Message from Interim Dean Laura Goodwin
With the “official” arrival of Spring on March 20, we welcome the warmer weather and flowering plants and trees – and embrace the second half of the semester with renewed energy and excitement. The College of Arts & Media has many wonderful events yet to occur this semester, including a visit by the actor and activist Wendell Pierce who is the best known for his HBO dramas – The Wire and Treme – and seven performances of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the 2013 BFA Exhibition at RedLine Gallery and Digital Visions, both featuring works by students in the Visual Arts programs; and the third annual Guitar Fest, including performances by guitar faculty on April 3 with visiting guitarist Paul Meyers. One April 4, CU Denver Live! presents the 1934 black and white silent film, A Story of Floating Weeds, directed by Yasojiro Ozu. Visiting composer and guitarist Alex de Grassi will perform his score for the film, commissioned by the 2006 New York Guitar Festival. Celebrating their 35th year of making music together, Tuck & Patti, a quintessential jazz guitar and voice duo, will combine their their soulful vocals and virtuosic guitar on the Concert Hall stage. To see the full listing, please be sure to view the events listed below under "CAM Events" section of this newsletter or view them at camarts.org/#events.
One internal change of note from earlier this year was the move of the National Center for Media Forensics from an off-campus location (where the program has been housed for the past 3½ years) to their new on-campus offices and meeting space in the ARTS Building. In January, we welcomed Catalin Grigoras, Director and Assistant Professor, Jeff Smith, Associate Director, and Leah Haloin, Administrative Manager and are working with them as they plan to transition their programs from extended studies to main campus. Enrollments in the media forensics emphasis area of the Master of Science in Recording Arts degree program are looking strong for next year.
CU Denver is currently celebrating its 40th Anniversary as Denver’s premier research university in downtown Denver. Lots of anniversary events are being planned for next fall. We are looking for CAM alumni to participate in a “talk back” presentation – if you are interested, please contact Cindy Barringer at 303-556-3548. Stay tuned for more information about various anniversary-related events as they become available in the next few months, and please plan to join us at one or more events to celebrate all of CAM’s accomplishments and look forward to many more in the years to come.
I want to take this opportunity to introduce and thank the members of CAM’s Advisory Board. This group, currently chaired by Randy Nogel, is comprised of outstanding individuals, representing a wide variety of external agencies and organizations – and includes some of CAM’s alumni. They have been extremely helpful in providing advice and guidance to CAM, and I have especially appreciated their contributions during this transition year. They are working with CAM leadership on a number of very worthwhile ideas and projects, including fund-raising for scholarships; the identification of more internship sites for students; the development of a CAM documentary; a proposal for the inclusion of CAM artwork in the new Academic Building 1 on campus; and Fall Convocation. We send a huge thank-you for their time, commitment, suggestions, and generous offers to help implement these and other projects. The current members are:
- Scott Aller, 5280 Live
- Kathleen Bates, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown
- Susan Beyda, Colorado Symphony
- Capucine Chapman, Fine Arts Program Manager Academic – Denver Public Schools
- Meredith Hutson, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
- Gwen Laine, Visual Artist
- Robert Leighton, Liberty Global, Inc.
- Randy Nogel, Lawyer
- Aaron Templer, Strategic Marketing
- Dierdre Wilson, Interior Design
- Chris Wineman, Semple Brown Design, P.C.
- Michele Wysocki, Photographer
- Donald Zuckerman, Colorado Film Commission
As the semester winds down, we look forward to the selection and arrival of CAM’s new Dean, who most likely will join the CU Denver community this summer. We also anticipate many fun-filled celebrations for our Spring 2013 graduates. On behalf of everyone in CAM, I send heartfelt congratulations to all the graduates and applaud your many fine accomplishments. We all wish you nothing but the best as you embark on your next adventures. Stay in touch!
With warm regards --
Laura
CAM News
- Learning to pour iron at CU Denver
Thanks to our CU Denver media relations expert, Marcia Nevile, the yearly Iron Pour extravaganza and with it the CU Denver Sculpture program took a serious leap ahead:
http://kdvr.com/2013/03/25/learning-to-pour-iron-at-cu-denver/
Campus story written by Amy Vaerewyck:
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/WhoWeAre/spotlight/students/Pages/Performing-Iron-II.aspx
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- MIX is on a roll...
MIX is on a roll! The group has been selected by BOSS (Boston Sings A Cappella Festival) to participate in Boston Sings’ second Collegiate Competition for 2013. BOSS selected MIX from a large group of a cappella hopefuls and is the only collegiate group selected from west of the Mississippi. Described as a "jam-packed" festival "with concerts, competitions, master classes and hands-on workshops led by some of the biggest names in the vocal music universe" MIX will vie with five other groups for the title of BOSS's Best Collegiate A Cappella Group – Cat’s Meow, University of Vermont, Divisi, Central Connecticut State University, Pitch, Please!, Northeastern University, Voices in Your Head, University of Chicago, and Volta, Syracuse University on Friday, April 5, at the Blackman Auditorium, Ell Hall, Boston.
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- Animation students thrilled to collaborate with top British artist
March 14, 2013, Chris Casey, columnist – Animation students at the University of Colorado Denver are "jazzed" by the rare chance to work with a renowned illustrator as they bring his drawings to life in an animated film.
British artist Howard McWilliam is visiting CU Denver's Digital Animation Center this week to give feedback to the students, and even learn some new skills on DAC's state-of-the-art animation computer software.
McWilliam has already spent months collaborating, via social media, with the students as they transform the award-winning children's book he illustrated, "I Need My Monster," into a short film. The students, who are working on their three-semester senior capstone project, are producing an eight-minute film short for "I Need My Monster," based on an adapted screenplay written by DAC Director Howard Cook.
To read more, please visit:
Covered by YouHub (denverpost.com) http://yourhub.denverpost.com/denver/award-winning-illustrator-visits-cu-denver-students/d7TDrSKbTEw3eeFbkdujXN-story?hl
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- February 8 - "Digital Media Help Detectives Solve Crimes"
Jeff Smith was interviewed by local CBS 4 affiliate on February 8. Read and view the interview here:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/02/08/digital-media-help-detectives-solve-crimes/
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- February 2 – "Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax: Mastermind Explains Voice Behind Fake Girlfriend"
Jeff Smith was interviewed as an expert on Saturday's "Good Morning America" by Lindsey Davis, ABC News in New York. In the interview, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo admits he was the mastermind behind the Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax. From the voicemail, Smith says there is no way Te'o could have known that the voice wasn't a woman but a man:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/manti-teo-hoax-mastermind-explains-voice-fake-girlfriend-18385268
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- The Invisible War
Two of our recent graduates Aaron Kopp and Scott Jacobsen and current student Ian Kellett served as assistant cameramen on the very powerful 2012 Academy Award feature documentary nominee, The Invisible War. The Invisible War is an investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military.
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- CU Denver film student creates his own can food drive for his newest movie...
CU Denver film student Benjamin Garst, creates his own can food drive for his newest movie. The 20 minute short film, "Rations" is about a zombie apocalypse and how the three main characters manange to spend the duration of the film in a bunker. The bunker served as the set and the cans serve as props for the film. Garst plans to donate all the cans to the Community Ministry Food Bank, 1755 S. Zuni St. once the filming in the bunker is complete.
YourHub article 1/29/13
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- "Edgey" Edge Gallery Show hosts two CAM student artists
February 20, 2013
The Edge Gallery is a haven for the up-and-coming artist. Two of our students – Estee Fox (a Painting and Drawing majoring graduating this spring) and Harry Kleeman (a sculpture major who also graduating is the spring) participated in a four person show last February reviewed by art critic, Michael Paglia. The four person show received rave reviews. Taking up the first member space was Fox's fox tales ft. 7 and marbles. Paglia described by Michael Pagia as a "whirlwind of creativity, an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink show."
Down a short corridor from Fox are Kleeman's New Works by Harry Kleeman. His sculpture/installation hybrids were very colorful and Paglia commented on what he saw that was Kleeman's strength he had great "instincts as a colorist."
http://www.westword.com/2013-02-21/culture/estee-fox-david-sole-daniel-nilsson-harry-kleeman/
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CAM Spotlight
- College Music Society selects Coe for ambassadorship
The College Music Society (CMS) has selected Judith Coe, associate professor of Music, College of Arts & Media, to serve as their inaugural ambassador to Ireland.
Coe has been a member of The College Music Society for many years and has served as a board member, co-chair and chair of the women’s committee, program chair for the International meeting in Ireland in 2001, and as a member of numerous committees (including recent appointments to the International Program and Careers Outside the Academy committees).
“CMS is a wonderful resource for music professors,” Coe said, “because of rich cross-disciplinary connections and a deep global exchange of ideas and performance practice that are possible within the academic community and beyond.”
CMS identified Coe’s strong ties to Ireland and her expertise in the nation’s music as a great asset to their program. The organization currently is increasing its international presence and hopes to use Coe’s knowledge, skills and experience to assist others who may be interested in Irish music. Her interest in Ireland and Irish music began as a teenager and was strengthened with a trip to Ireland in 2000 to attend the International Summer School of Music and Dance in the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. That study, work, and building of professional networks and friendships led to Coe teaching her first class at CU Denver on Irish music and to her U.S. Scholar’s Fulbright award in 2006-2007, an experience which Coe described as magical and transformative.
Appointed as a Fulbright Ambassador, 2010-2012 (and now a Fulbright Ambassador Emerita), Coe is teaching, for the second time, a CU Denver Honors and Leadership Program course on Irish Music, Peace, Politics and Popular Culture. Her Fulbright work and subsequent work she did during her 2011 sabbatical as a Visiting Scholar in the Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir/The Blasket Centre in Dunquin, Co. Kerry, Ireland figures largely in Coe’s UHL honors teaching and mentoring as well as her applied singing/songwriting teaching in the Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department. She is working with UHL director, Steve Medema, and UHL students on a developing a UHL Maymester/study abroad opportunity for 2014.Coe is delighted to be helping in inaugurating this program as the CMS Ambassador to Ireland and looks forward to sharing her love of and passion for Irish music, history, people and culture, through her ambassadorship with The College Music Society.
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- Erin Hackel wins an American Scandinavian Foundation Fellow for 2013
Erin Hackel was recently honored to be chosen as an American Scandinavian Foundation Fellow for 2013. She received a King Olav V fellowship to travel to Oslo, Norway and research the life of cabaret singer Bokken Lasson.
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CAM Events
2013 Guitar Festival
The College of Arts & Media strives to provide artistic events of quality, importance, and relevance to serve the intrinsic student, faculty & staff communities of the College and CU Denver, as well as the broader community of the Denver Metro region. This year’s Guitar Festival will feature a day of educational workshops open to the public and performances by a special guest artist and CU Denver faculty. The guest artists are chosen from a wide variety of genres, not limited to any particular discipline, approach or musical doctrine.
CU Denver's Guitar Festival is a returning event on the Auraria Campus featuring CU Denver faculty and special guest artists. The Music and Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) program is co-sponsoring these internationally known artists to teach workshops, give master classes and perform on the Concert Hall stage.
April 3-5, 2013
King Center Concert Hall
Sponsored by CU Denver Live! and the Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department
Concert Tickets:
$12 General Admission
$10 Group, Senior, Alumni
$5 CU Students with ID
Fac/Staff two free tickets w/ ID
Box Office:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm or 303.556.2296
Free parking available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
April 3rd
Accompanying the Jazz Singer – Guitar Fest Workshop | Wednesday, April 3rd | 12:30pm | King Center Recital Hall | Free to CU Denver students with ID (ticket required) | General Admission - $10.00 | Featuring Paul Clark Meyers – one hour lecture/demo
CU DENVER Guitar Fest: Faculty Guitar Nightwith Paul Meyers | Wednesday, April 3 | 7:30pm | King Center Concert Hall | Our talented CU DENVER MEIS faculty continue the tradition of a guitar performance which includes composer and jazz guitarist: Paul Clarke Meyers.
April 4th
Arranging for the Guitar – Guitar Fest Workshop featuring Alex de Grassi | Thursday, April 4th | 12:30pm | King Center Recital Hall | Free to CU Denver students with ID (ticket required) | General Admission - $10.00 | A 90 minute lecture/demo – performers and guitars welcome. Visit: www.degrassi.com
CU DENVER Guitar Fest: Story of Floating Weeds with Alex de Grassi | Thursday, April 4th | 7:30pm | King Center Concert Hall | A 1934 Japanese silent film screened with live acoustic guitar accompaniment. Visit: www.degrassi.com
April 5th
Vocal Improv & the Creative Process - Guitar Fest Workshop featuring Patti Cathcart Andress | Friday, April 5th | 1:00pm | King Center Concert Hall | Free to CU Denver students with ID (ticket required) | General Admission - $10.00
Finger Style Jazz Guitar - Guitar Fest Workshop featuring Tuck Andress | Friday, April 5th | 1:00pm | King Center Music and Dance Studio, KC120 | Free to CU Denver students with ID (ticket required) | General Admission - $10.00 | Performers and guitars welcome!
CU DENVER Guitar Fest: Tuck and Patti | Friday, April 5th | 7:30pm | King Center Concert Hall | This American Jazz duo will perform and conduct master classes. Visit: www.tuckandpatti.com
For more information, please contact Sean McGowan, festival faculty sponsor, or call 303-352-3934.
CU Denver Student Exhibition
Emmanuel Gallery on the Auraria campus
Juror: Michael Chavez, Denver's Public Art Manager
Exhibition contiues through April 4
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Friday, 10 am – 6 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm
The CU Denver Annual Juried Student Art Show continues through April 4. This year, the Visual Arts deparment chose Michael Chavez, Denver's Public Art Manager, as judge for the show.
For more event information and updates, please visit: camarts.org/#events
Doctor Doug and the Dirty Shoes Band
Thursday, April 11 • 7:30pm
King Center Recital Hall
Enjoy music from all eras with a twist - Doug Krause creates a musical blender of blues and jazz. For more information visit www.dirtyshoesband.com.
Tickets:
$5 CU Denver students
$10 groups/Sr 50
$12 general admission
Box Office:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm or 303.556.2296
Free parking available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Wendell Pierce
Thursday, April 11, 2013 • 7:00pm
Tivoli Turnhalle,
Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria Campus
FREE and open to the public
The College of Arts & Media’s Department of Theatre, Film, & Video Production Department presents an evening with actor Wendell Pierce. Pierce, a graduate of the Julliard School of Drama, is best known as tfor his HBO dramas, which include his portrayals of Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire (he won a 2007 NAACP Image award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series as the detective) and trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme. In 2013, Pierce appeared in the USA network TV series Suits, playing the high-profile lawyer Robert Zane.
Pierce’s film career includes appearing in Spike Lee's films Malcolm X, Get on the Bus, and Forrest Whitaker's Waiting to Exhale. Pierce played band manager Wilbur Brassfield in the 2004 Oscar Award winning blockbuster Ray, with Jamie Foxx.In 2011, he appeared in the film Horrible Bosses as Detective Hagan. In 2012, he played J. Jenks in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. In the same year, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the film Four.
A native of New Orleans, Pierce began building local neighborhood grocery stores aptly named “Sterling Farms” in many of the low-income neighborhoods hit by Hurricane Katrina. The grocery stores offer fresh, high-quality food instead of the high sugar and fat alternatives offered by local mini marts. The first store, located in a defunct Winn-Dixie, opened on Friday, March 22. Four stores are planned to open in this year.
The evening event is set with a lecture given by Pierce, followed by a panel hosted by Joanne Ostrow, staff columnist of the Denver Post. A question and answer period with follow the panel.
For additional information please visit: http://www.camarts.org/#events/details/123
10th Annual Art History Symposium
Saturday, April 13 • 10:00am
King Center Recital Hall
FREE and open to the public - no ticket required
Refreshments provided
Parking passes will be provided at the event
CU Denver students will present their research on modern times, postmodern developments, and visual culture. Come hear about revolutionary moments when artists challenged the status quo. Learn how doors are opening as a result of new approaches to art and find out how iconic cultural figures keep shaping our lives today.
Presenters:
Kira Temple-Wood: "Rubens, Religion, and the Rise of Sexuality"
Elaine Song: "The Evolution of Corsets: Submission or Domination?"
Jennifer Sundance: "Wassily Kandinsky and the Spiritual in Abstract Photography"
Emma Hofmann: "More Than Money Can Buy: Art As Power"
The Annual Art History Symposium is sponsored by the Art History Student Association, the Visual Arts Department, and the College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver.
The Claim Jumpers
Wednesday, April 17 • 7:30pm
King Center Recital Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
Please note: This event is free but a ticket to the event is required for entry. Tickets must be picked up in advance/prior to the day of the show at the http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm. The KC Box Office may not be open the night of the performance so pick up your tickets early!
Free parking is available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub or voucher as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
The CU Denver Claim Jumpers group, founded by Bill Clark and directed by Eric Staffeldt, consists of the annual formation of participants in the band are instrumentalists and vocalists who have demonstrated a proficiency in their area of musical study and on their particular instrument, and who can contribute to and benefit from the ensemble performance opportunities this band experience offers.
Eric Staffeldt is the QCJB’s trombonist and director of the ensemble. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Denver and writes and arranges for a number of local groups, including the QCJB. He is a freelance musician as well as a regular performing member of several Denver area ensembles, ranging in style from classical to salsa to jazz.
A Progressive Orchestra Project
Thursday, April 18 • 7:30pm
King Center Concert Hall
Professor Gregory Walker has engaged the Colorado Chamber Orchestra for a unique event that will fuse avant-garde and classical music elements. A thought-provoking exploration of innovative sounds involving a dozen musicians on stage, the centerpiece of the concert will be the world-premiere of touch guitarist Markus Reuter's Todmorden 513. Global Solstice by Gregory T.S. Walker for electric guitar and chamber orchestra will also be a part of the evening's event.
For information about Todmorden 513 and Markus Reuter: http://todmorden513.com/
For more information about Global Solstice and Gregory T.S. Walker: http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~gwalker/guitar.main.html
Tickets:
$5 CU Denver students
$10 groups/Sr 50
$12 general admission
Box Office:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm or 303.556.2296
Free parking available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Acapocalypse II
Monday, April 22 • 7:30pm
King Center Concert Hall
Acapocalypse II is a MEIS a cappella ensemble performance directed by Erin Hackel. Acapocalypse II features CU Denver MIX, the 9th Street Singers, and CU Denver Voices.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Please note: This event is free but a ticket to the event is required for entry. Tickets must be picked up in advance/prior to the day of the show at the http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm. The KC Box Office may not be open the night of the performance so pick up your tickets early!
Free parking is available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub or voucher as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Musical Theatre Scenes
Directed by Leslie Soich
Tuesday, April 23 • 7:30pm
King Center Recital Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
Please note: This event is free but a ticket to the event is required for entry. Tickets must be picked up in advance/prior to the day of the show at the http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm. The KC Box Office may not be open the night of the performance so pick up your tickets early!
Free parking is available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub or voucher as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Voz de la Clave and Percussion Ensemble
Wednesday, April 24 • 7:30pm
King Center Concert Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
Please note: This event is free but a ticket to the event is required for entry. Tickets must be picked up in advance/prior to the day of the show at the King Center Box Office. The KC Box Office may not be open the night of the performance so pick up your tickets early!
Free parking is available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub or voucher as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Directed by Peter Ellingson and Thomas VanSchoick
Spice it up with a night of amazing Latin music from CU Denver’s Latin Ensemble Voz de la Clave. The captivating repertoire consists of traditional and contemporary hits of the Latin world. Performers explore the fundamentals of music using traditional instrumentation and techniques.
A talented pool of percussionists play through a maze of syncopated synergy and diverse musical genres. Students performances range from duets to fully conducted “symphonies” of xylophone, vibraphone, congas, and marimba.
CAM JAM
Thursday, April 25
Tivoli Commons Stage
For start times and details, please contact elizabeth.hearne@ucdenver.edu or chris.daniels@ucdenver.edu
CAM JAM brings new live music to camus and helps to celebrate the great local talent of Denver and CU Denver. CAM JAM will be showcasing several local bands, all of which play different musical syles and genres.
CU Denver Piano Night
Thursday, April 25
King Center Concert Hall
6:15pm Alumni Panel (doors open at 6:00pm)
The alumni panel features presentations and performances by Adam Revel, Gayle Leali, and Sarah Coughlin. Panel audience guests can enter a raffle to win free piano books and CDs!
7:30pm Faculty Concert
CU Denver Piano Night feature piano solo and duo performances by CU Denver faculty – Pete Ellingson, Carmen Sandim, Sophia Park-Song, Drew Morell, Dina Bodaubay, Pamela Weng, Collette St. Clair, and Peter Stoltzman. Oringinal compositions as well as Jazz, Classical, Afro-Cuban, and Brazilian standards will be performed during the evening of music.
Tickets:
$5 CU Denver students
$10 groups/Sr 50
$12 general admission
Box Office:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm or 303.556.2296
Free parking available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Singer/Songwriter Ensemble
Directed by Owen Kortz
Wednesday, May 1 • 7:30pm
King Center Recital Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
Please note: This event is free but a ticket to the event is required for entry. Tickets must be picked up in advance/prior to the day of the show at the http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm. The KC Box Office may not be open the night of the performance so pick up your tickets early!
Free parking is available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub or voucher as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Experience a night of Singer/Songwriter magic with CU Denver’s Singer/Songwriter Ensemble, led by singer/songwriter Owen Kortz. Students perform original songs, share their musical and lyrical inspirations, and let the listener in on the creativity behind the finished song.
Acoustic/Electric and Mobile Device Ensemble
Directed by Todd Reid
Thursday, May 2 • 7:30pm
King Center Recital Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
Please note: This event is free but a ticket to the event is required for entry. Tickets must be picked up in advance/prior to the day of the show at the http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm. The KC Box Office may not be open the night of the performance so pick up your tickets early!
Free parking is available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub or voucher as payment upon exit:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
The Acoustic/Electric and Mobile Device Ensemble takes traditional instruments such as guitar, bass, and drums and combines them with real-time sounds from digital instruments, turntables and other electronic sources. This combination creates a unique, experimental sound. The ensemble plays improvised music and creative interpretations along with arrangements of popular classics.
A Midsummers Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
May 2-4 and 8-11 • 7:30pm
Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre, King Center
Tickets:
$5 CU Denver Students
$10 non-CU Denver Students, Seniors, Alumni, Groups (10 people or more)
$15 General Admission
Fac/Staff – two free tickets w/ ID
Box Office:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm or 303.556.2296
Free parking available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub as payment upon ext:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Directed by Dan Hiester, A Midsummer Night's Dream is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596 and portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's strangest and most delightful creations, and it marks a departure from his earlier works and from others of the English Renaissance. The play features three interlocking plots – four lovers, a wedding, and an amateur theater troupe controlled and manipulated by fairies.
Categorized as a comedy, the play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
Pop/Rock Ensemble
Directed by Andy Guerrero and Ed Breazeale
Friday, May 3 • 7:30pm
King Center Concert Hall
This event is free and open to the public.
Please note: This event is free but a ticket to the event is required for entry. Tickets must be picked up in advance/prior to the day of the show at the http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/boxoffice.htm. The KC Box Office may not be open the night of the performance so pick up your tickets early!
Free parking is available in the Seventh Street Garage (7SG) with ticket stub or voucher:
http://www.ahec.edu/kingcenter/directions
Enjoy one of CU Denver’s more contemporary ensembles, the Pop Rock Ensemble. This ensemble explores modern styles with high levels of musicianship. Students study and perform pop masterpieces as well as create original compositions.
Digital Visions
Wednesday, May 15 • 6:30pm
King Center Concert Hall
Free, not ticket is required. Parking passes for the 7th Street Garage will be available.
Digital Visions is a University of Colorado Denver digital video juried student exhibition featuring work from the College of Arts & Media programs, including Digital Design, Visual Arts, and Theatre, Film, and Video Production. An screening of the entries begins at 6:30pm followed by an awards presentation.
Utilizing the computer as an editing and compositing tool, students at the University of Colorado Denver explore the artistic potential of digital video and motion graphics as an art form and as a means of communication. Using implied associations made by the juxtaposition of image with image and image with sound these artists reveal and confront issues facing and challenging people today. Embracing such topics as gender roles in our society, sexual evolution, personal identity, environmental and political issues this screening explores the needs and concerns of today's youth. Categories include animation, experimental, promo/intro/trailer, comedy, documentary, public service and narrative. Prizes will be awarded for best of show in each category.
Spring 2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Reception, and Screening
Spring 2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition
The College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver proudly presents the Spring 2013 BFA Thesis Exhibition at RedLine. This exhibition will represent the graduating seniors in the emphasis areas of Painting and Drawing, Illustration, Sculpture, Photography, Digital Design, and Digital Animation.
Please join us for the reception and festivities on Thursday, May 16, from 5-8 PM. The exhibition opens Tuesday, May 6 and runs to Sunday, May 17, 2013.
The exhibition at RedLine is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 10-5 and Saturday and Sunday, 11-5.
RedLine
2350 Arapahoe Street
Denver. CO 80205
www.redlinearts.org
2013 BFA Thesis Screening
Thursday, May 16 • 8pm
The College of Arts and Media Digital Design and Digital Animation programs will present its graduating seniors thesis work at the Denver Crossroads Theatre, 2590 Washington Street.
