UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 1, Page 4
September 3, 1992
Up and coming
Performing Arts Series a potpourri
The 1992-93 Performing Art Series will begin its season Friday,
Sept. 18. Two package series are available or individual tickets for
concerts may be purchased. For tickets, call the Mitchell Hall box
office at 831-2204, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon-5 p.m. For
information, call 831-2852.
The fall series includes:
Friday, Sept. 18-World-renowned harpsichordist Igor Kipnis with
the Renaissance ensemble, Calliope, 8 p.m., Newark Hall
auditorium. Kipnis will narrate "The Bestiary" by Peter
Schickele (PDQ Bach).
Wednesday, Oct. 14-The Uptown String Quartet will perform an
unusual repertoire of spirituals, blues, R&B and ragtime,
8 p.m., Newark Hall auditorium.
Friday, Nov. 20-Relache, a contemporary music ensemble from
Philadelphia, whose program includes a work in progress by
Fred Ho, musically combining his Chinese heritage and jazz,
8 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
Sunday, Dec. 6-Seasonal concert by the music department faculty,
3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building.
Music department's gala concert Sept. 9
The faculty of the music department will be showcased in an
Annual Gala Concert at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 at the Loudis
Recital Hall of the Amy E.du Pont Music Building. Doors will open at
7:30 p.m. for the free, public event.
Selections, which span four centuries and two continents, will be
performed by the Faculty Jazz Ensemble, Karen Flint, David Herman,
Christine Delbeau, Julie Nishimura, Alan Hamant, Marcy Rosen, Jay
Hildebrandt, Marie Robinson, Michael Steinberg, the Delaware Brass
Quintet, the Taggart-Grycky Flute and Guitar Duo and the Mendelssohn
String Quartet.
A meet-the-artists reception will follow in the building's
atrium.
Sen. William V. Roth to open B&E series
U.S. Sen.William V. Roth will kick off this year's business and
economics breakfast series on Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Arsht Hall on the
Wilmington campus. His topic is "Toward a Competitive American
Future."
The series will feature talks by faculty from the College of
Business and Economics and other noted Delawareans. An American-style
buffet will be served, and the cost is included in the registration
fee. Participants can register for individual sessions or the series.
Future programs include: "A Forecast of the State Budget," by
Edward Ratledge, director of the University's Center for Applied
Demographic and Survey Research; "He Sleeps in Jersey: The Saga of
Jimmy Hoffa" by Arthur Sloane, professor of business administration;
"Economic Prospects for Delaware" by John Stapleford, director of the
University's Bureau of Economic and Business Research; "Measuring
Perception of Service Quality" by Ajay Manrai, associate professor of
marketing; and "Privatization of Real Estate and Joint Venturing in
the Russian Federation" by Jack P. Stoltz, president of Stoltz Realty
Co. and Stoltz Bros. Ltd.
For further information, contact Bette Cella at 831-8839.
Seminar on writing grant proposals set
A three-session seminar series on writing proposals for grants
and funding information will be held from 1:30-5 p.m., Sept. 22-24, in
the Kirkwood Room of the Perkins Student Center.
The first two sessions deal with grant preparation.The third
presents funding information. Participants may sign up for the series,
both writing seminars or the funding information session. Sponsored by
the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the series will be
conducted by Marvin B. Sussman, Unidel Professor Emeritus of Human
Behavior and research consultant in the vice provost's office.
For information, call 831-2136.
SDALL fall classes to begin in Milford
A course catalog from the Southern Delaware Academy of Lifelong
Learning for adults 55 and older is available from the Milford Center,
15 Southwest Front St., telephone 423-5000.
This fall session, from Sept. 22-Dec. 8, prospective academy
members may sample a five-week course for $20 or a 10-week course for
$40. The regular fee of $60 entitles members access to an unlimited
number of courses.
This fall, two courses will be offered at the Lewes Library on
Tuesdays. A morning course is "Weather and Air Traffic Control," and
an afternoon session is "Yesterdays for Tomorrow," about writing
family stories for future generations.
Delaware coast is symposium topic
A symposium,"The Delaware Coastal Zone Act: Celebrating the Past,
Charting the Future," will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 22, in
the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington. Sponsored by the
University of Delaware Sea Grant College Program and Graduate College
of Marine Studies and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Contol, the symposium will cost $30, including lunch.
The deadline is Sept. 30. For further information, call 831-8086.
Faculty sopranos to perform in Loudis
Free, public faculty recitals will feature soprano Melanie DeMent
at 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, and soprano Marie Robinson at 3 p.m.,
Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Loudis Recital Hall in the Amy E. du Pont
Music Building.
DeMent, assistant professor of voice, will present a program
including "Non piu di fiori" from La Clemenze di Tito by Mozart; songs
by Charles Koechlin and Richard Trunk; "Three Sonnets of William
Shakespeare for soprano, clarinet and piano" by Michael Horvit; and a
cantata by Giovanni Battista Brevi. She will be assisted by
clarinetist Vincent Marinelli and pianist Julie Nishimura.
Robinson, accompanied by Nishimura, and will sing Erlkonig by
Schubert, Ah, perfido! by Beethoven, songs by Schumann, Poulenc and
Robert Hogenson and a set of spirituals.
Show to mark DIAE 10th anniversary
The Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education (DIAE) will
present Sandi Shackelford in a one-woman play, An Audience with Fanny
Kemble, from 8-10 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, at Copeland Hall, Winterthur
Museum.
Based on the famous actress' diaries, the play focuses on a time
in her life when she was the wife of Pierce Butler and mistress of his
Georgia plantation, where she tried to improve the conditions of the
700 slaves living there. Admission is $20. For information, call
454-2217.