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JOIN US FOR MUSIC, DRAMA IN 2004 Jacksonville State University has no rivals when it comes to providing community entertainment, and I hope you will mark your calendar to attend the following music and drama events scheduled for our next semester. MUSIC Sunday, January 18 -- Trombone Clinic/Masterclass with Colin Williams, Principal trombone with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Time: 2:00 p.m. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Tuesday, January 27 -- Junior Recital - Melody Gaddis, flute. Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Thursday, January 29 -- Junior Recital - Melissa Weathers Payne, mezzo soprano - Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Friday, February 6 -- Junior Recital - Chrystial Hudson, soprano - Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Friday, February 13 -- Jazz I Concert - Time: 7:30 p.m. Dr. Chip Crotts, Director. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Sunday, February 15 Faculty Brass Quintet Performance - Time: 3:00 p.m. Dr. Chip Crotts, trumpet; Dr. John Merriman, trumpet; Dr. James Roberts, trombone; Jeffrey Solomon, horn; Chris Hosmer, tuba. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Sunday, February 15 Faculty Recital - Dr. Wendy Channel, piano - Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Anniston Museum of Natural History - Anniston. Friday, February 20 & Saturday, February 21 -- Scholarship Auditions (vocal & instrumental) - Time: All Day. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Saturday, February 21 -- Ft. Lee Army Band Performance - Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . Thursday, February 26 -- Trombone Studio Recital - Time: 8:00 p.m. Location: Mason Hall Performance Center . For more information about these performances, call 782-5559. DRAMA The spring 2004 semester opens with the Drama Department's 30-year anniversary performance February 19 - 22 and 26 - 29 of WEST SIDE STORY by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. When Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents originally conceived the idea of writing a musical version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, they planned to call it East Side Story and center it around a star-crossed romance between Jewish boy and an Italian Catholic girl. Because of other commitments, however, they were forced to shelve the project for six years, and by the time they returned to it, they decided that this idea had lost its social relevancy. Instead, they would tell the story of a native-born Polish boy and a Puerto Rican girl newly arrived in America -- and they would set it against the backdrop of clashing street gangs on the city's West side. At this point, Bernstein decided against writing his own lyrics and offered the job to a virtually unknown lyricist named Stephen Sondheim. West Side Story remains true to its Shakespearean model. Things look good for the young lovers in the beginning, but when Tony --much like Romeo -- accidentally kills his lover's brother while trying to break up a rumble, violence erupts. The musical received rave reviews for its unflinching portrayal of gang life. April 2004 will feature Alpha Psi Omega’s production of TOWARD’S ZERO, an Agatha Christie mystery. The winner of the 2003 Southern Playwright’s Competition, WISE WOMEN by Ron Osborne, will go on stage May 20-23. The main stage season will close with a newly translated play, THE VENETIAN WAY in June, 2004. The department will also be offering PROOF by David Auburn as part of a Second Stage series. Several other offerings are being considered for the Second Stage series. These will be in addition to the main stage series, and tickets may be purchased at the same time you purchase your season passes, or you may wait until the tickets go on sale to the general public. Season passes are still available: adults - $34; senior citizens/JSU employees - $29; and students/military personnel - $24. Call 256-782-5648 to purchase with MasterCard, Visa or Discover. Individual tickets will be processed after the season drive is complete. Single ticket prices for "West Side Story" are: adults - $10; senior citizens/JSU employees - $9; and students/military personnel - $8. All non-musical productions are $6 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and JSU employees, and $4 for students and military personnel. For more information or to be placed on the drama program's mailing list or to “pre-reserve” your current seating call 256-782-5648 |
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