Author: Liam Otten

The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will be joined by Marissa Shields, winner of the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences’ annual Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition, for a performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in the University’s Graham Chapel.

He is the author of eight books of poetry, including The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998, a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

They will perform a concert of original compositions and improvisations at 8 p.m. Nov. 19 in Steinberg Auditorium.

The fiery, internationally renowned dance company was founded in Madrid in 1993 by artistic director Martin Santangelo and his wife, Soledad Barrio.

Courtesy photoArthur SzeAcclaimed poet Arthur Sze, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from his work at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 10. In addition, Sze will speak on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.

Courtesy photoClea GalhanoRenowned recorder soloist Clea Galhano will join Washington University’s Kingsbury Ensemble for a concert of “Virtuoso Recorder Music of the Baroque” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. The recorder – a wind instrument similar to the flute – was frequently included in ensembles of the Baroque era. Galhano, a Brazilian player now living in the United States, has performed widely with early music ensembles.

Theatrical pioneer Anne Bogart will bring the first American stage production of this early German Renaissance classic to WUSTL Nov. 11-12.

The illustrated lecture stems from her recent book, 100 Best Books for Children, an in-depth survey of children’s literature.

The darkly comic portrait of a highly idiosyncratic family by Canadian playwright George Walker is directed by Senior Lecturer William Whitaker.

Each spring, four student plays — two full-length works and two shorts — are selected by blind jury and work-shopped the following fall.