By DAVID DUPONT
BG Independent News
In an email to patrons, Bill Mathis, dean of the College of Musical Arts, lamented that usually the college would be deep into its schedule of performances by now.
In this year of COVID-19, though, action is just starting to stir on the university’s stages.
On Wednesday, Sept. 23, Cellist Brian Snow and pianist Robert Satterlee will perform the first Faculty Artist Series recital of the semester. On the program are three sonatas for cello and piano by Ludwig Von Beethoven, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The recital will be livestreamed from Bryan Recital Hall.
The faculty recital series continues through October.
On Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., the School of Art will present “Sexual Assault: The Conversation Continues,” a virtual discussion with participant/survivors in the exhibition, “Seen + Heard: Conversations About Sexual Assault, Abuse and Rape” on display through Sept. 25. The WebEx event will feature a panel discussion with the photographer Honey Lazar and 10 of the subjects whose stories she documented with images and audio for “SEEN + HEARD.” The panel will be moderated by Tonya Rider, BGSU Title IX investigator.
Also, on Thursday the Creative Writing Program reading seriescontinues at 7:30 p.m. in Prout Chapel with distinguished alumnus Dustin Parsons.
On Friday and Saturday, the Department of Theatre and Film will present Madeline George’s “The Most Massive Woman Wins”about women in a liposuction clinic. The production will be staged on the back lawn of the Wolfe Center to an audience of 40 people, who will be socially distanced and required to wear masks. Both shows are filled to capacity.
The “SEEN + HEARD” panel is the first in the Virtual Arts Series 2020: The Corona Edition, a series of Thursday night performances and presentations. In the past the campus arts initiative has bundled together Premier Arts offerings, and this is a way to keep the concept going.
Other offerings in the series, all at 7:30 p.m., this semester will be:
- A reading by poet Ruth Awad, Oct. 1. Part of the Arts and Sciences Visiting Writer Series
- Screen – Play: An Evening of Screenwriting from the Department of Theatre and Film, Oct. 15.
- The New Music Festival, College of Musical Arts, Oct. 22. The festival, with guest composer Augusta Read Thomas and guest ensemble Third Coast Percussion, will be held virtually from Oct. 15-18.
- Selected Short Films, Department of Theatre and Film, Oct. 29.
- Qualified Rank Faculty Virtual Art Exhibit, School of Art, Nov. 12.
- Faculty Artist Series, Nov. 19, College of Musical Arts.
- ArtsX, the extravaganza bringing together all the arts units on campus, Dec. 5.
For information on how to livestream these events and others, visit the BGSU arts at bgsu.edu/arts.
