Author: Liam Otten

The Gateway Festival Orchestra will continue its 42nd annual season of free summer performances with a concert entitled “The French Connection” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 17, in Washington University’s Brookings Quadrangle.

James RichardsThe Gateway Festival Orchestra will launch its 42nd season of free summer concerts with “Midwest Musical Masters,” highlighting composers and young artists from Missouri and Illinois, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 10, in Washington University’s Brookings Quadrangle. The orchestra is conducted by James Richards, professor of orchestral studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Subsequent concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 24 and 31.

Classes will be taught largely by WUSTL faculty and are held in the School of Art’s Florence facility, with frequent trips to museums and churches.

Subsequent concerts will take place at 7:30 p.m. July 17, 24 and 31; attendees are encouraged to bring lawn seating.

The visual communications major has emerged as an outstanding performer, starring as Laura in The Glass Menagerie, among many other roles.

The Buenos Aires, Argentina, native successfully negotiates balance restrictions to create environments that are both functional & stirring.

The series highlights the interdisciplinary, the multicultural and the experimental; the season will open Oct. 21-22 with Slanguage.

Photo by Joe Angeles Forgotten Opportunity, an installation by School of Art senior Oliver O’Donnell, is part of the 19th annual University City Sculpture Series.

Courtesy imageSoweto Gospel ChoirThe Edison Theatre at Washington University in St. Louis will celebrate its 33rd year of exuberant dance, rich musical traditions and classic and cutting-edge theatre with the 2005-06 OVATIONS! Series. Founded in 1973, the OVATIONS! Series serves both the campus and St. Louis communities by presenting the highest caliber national and international artists performing works intended to challenge, educate and inspire. The series highlights the interdisciplinary, the multicultural and the experimental, through new works as well as through innovative interpretations of classical material not otherwise seen in St. Louis.

She joined the museum as curator in fall 1999 and regularly teaches seminars in the Department of Art History and Archaeology.