BGSU Arts Events through Dec. 3

The University Choral Society and the Graduate Brass Quintet will present "Joyous Sounds' Tuesday, Nov. 28. Details below.

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Nov. 26 – Praecepta, the student chapter of the Society of Composers Inc. at BGSU’s College of Musical Arts, will give a performance at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall, located in the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free

Nov. 27 – The Graduate String Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall at Moore Musical Arts Center. Free

Nov. 28 – The University Choral Society will perform a festive holiday program titled “Joyous Sounds: A Yuletide Celebration,” featuring the BGSU Graduate Brass Quintet and Michael Gartz, organist at First United Methodist Church. The performance will begin 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Bowling Green. Free

Nov. 29 – Trombonist Brittany Lasch will give a Faculty Artist Series performance. Lasch was the winner of the 2015 National Collegiate Solo Competition hosted by the U.S. Army Band and the 2010 Eisenberg-Fried Brass Concerto Competition, and was the recipient of the Zulalian Foundation Award in 2014. Her trombone quartet Boston Based was just named the winner of the 2017 International Trombone Association’s Quartet Competition. Her performance will begin at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall, in the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free

Nov. 30 – The Concert Band will give a concert at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall, located in the Moore Musical Arts Center. Advance tickets are $7 for students and $10 for other adults; tickets the day of the concert are, respectively, $10 and $13. Tickets can also be purchased at bgsu.edu/arts. For more information, call the box office between noon and 6 p.m. weekdays at 419-372-8171.

Dec. 1 – Celloist Deborah Pae will conduct a free master class at 3:30 p.m. in the Choral Rehearsal Hall and give a free performance at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall, both at at the Moore Musical Arts Center.  Pae’s 2017-2018 season highlights include concerto performances of “Rhapsodies for Cello and Strings” by Jeffrey Mumford and Haydn’s Concerto in C as well as chamber music and solo recital tours in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Brussels, France, Indonesia and Taiwan.

Dec. 1 – The Men’s and Women’s Chorus will be in concert at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall, located in the Moore Musical Arts Center. Advance tickets are $7 for students and $10 for other adults; tickets the day of the concert are, respectively, $10 and $13. Tickets can also be purchased at bgsu.edu/arts. For more information, call the box office between noon and 6 p.m. weekdays at 419-372-8171.

Dec. 2 – The College of Musical Arts will hold a Music Audition Day for prospective students in the Moore Musical Arts center. Visit bgsu.edu/musical-arts for more information.

Dec.  2 – ArtsX, the annual holiday extravaganza, offers a showcase of art across the spectrum for art lovers of all ages. The 13th annual event theme is “Make. Believe.” and will feature the magic and imagination of puppetry as well as the talents and creations of students, faculty and alumni musicians, artists, dancers and performers. BGSU alumna Mel Hatch Douglas brings her Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre to campus, and BGSU puppet master Bradford Clark will share some of his puppet masterpieces. Hands-on activities, exhibits, demonstrations and art sales for holiday shoppers round out the evening. The talents of School of Art faculty and staff will be part of the ArtsX experience with the opening of the 66th annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition. Their mixed media, print, paint, glass and graphic works will be displayed in the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery through Dec. 18. ArtsX will run from 5-9 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. and The Wolfe Center for the Arts. More information at https://www.bgsu.edu/ArtsX. Free

Dec. 2 – The Guest Artist Series continues with Eric Huebner on the piano. Huebner has drawn worldwide acclaim for his performances of new and traditional music since making his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 17. In 2012, he was appointed pianist of the New York Philharmonic and has been featured in works by Lindberg, Stravinsky, Ives, Milhaud, Carter and Richard Strauss. In 2016, he was featured in recital as part of the New York Philharmonic’s “Messiaen Week” – a series of concerts featuring the work of the late French composer. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall, located in the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free

Nic (Shannan Bingham) and her mother (Kristyn Curnow) discuss Nic’s first day in American school in the Treehouse Troupe’s production of “New Kid.”

Dec. 3 – BGSU’s Treehouse Troupe will give a public performance. The Treehouse Troupe, of the Department of Theatre & Film, is a major outreach project that encompasses the University goals of education, service, and research/creative activity. In over 25 years, the Treehouse Troupe has performed nearly 1,200 shows and presented nearly 3,000 workshops for over 300,000 students, teachers and public audiences. There will be performances at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre at the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Free

Dec. 3 – The BGSU Philharmonia will give a concert at 3 p.m. in Kobacker Hall, located in the Moore Musical Arts Center. Advance tickets are $7 for students and $10 for other adults; tickets the day of the concert are, respectively, $10 and $13. Tickets can also be purchased at bgsu.edu/arts. For more information, call the box office between noon and 6 p.m. weekdays at 419-372-8171.

Dec. 3 – The University Band rounds out the year with a concert at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall, at Moore Musical Arts Center. Advance tickets are $7 for students and $10 for other adults; tickets the day of the concert are, respectively, $10 and $13. Tickets can also be purchased at bgsu.edu/arts. For more information, call the box office between noon and 6 p.m. weekdays at 419-372-8171.