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  • The Viva Voce! Choral Series presents Avanti Chamber Singers – Water Music: Of Rain, River and Sea

    The Avanti Chamber Singers celebrate spring and the conclusion of their 10th Anniversary Season with “Water Music: Songs of Rain, River and Sea"

    On Saturday, April 30, 2016, the Avanti Chamber Singers (ACS) present a beautiful and varied evening of original choral works and arrangements on the subject of water in all its forms. The audience will hear classical works, spirituals, folk songs and selections from the "Great American Songbook."

    The program will feature, symbolically, ten different soloists from the choir. Several multi-talented choristers will also serve as flutists, and the ACS will be joined by guest pianist Karin Di Bella, Chair of the Department of Music at Brock University.

    The variety of composers and arrangers featured in this all-English program include international names (Barber, Copland, Elgar, Holst) as well as a range of Canadians, including those from Ontario (Daley, Telfer, Weaver) and, most importantly, Niagara (John Butler, Matthew Royal). The "Great American Songbook" is represented by well-known songwriters Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin and Henry Mancini.

    Conductor Harris Loewen states, “Water has been a favourite subject and symbol for poets and musicians over the centuries, and seems a fitting focus for a spring concert and a 10th anniversary conclusion. I think audiences will really love letting this beautiful program just flow over them!”

    ACS alumni are encouraged to come and celebrate with us. Please contact the choir through their website (avantichambersingers.com), to arrange for free admission to the concert and reception.

    The Viva Voce Choral Series, presented by the Department of Music is a key part of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts’ mandate in building connections between the community and Brock University.

    Join us for an evening of superb music on Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m., held at Covenant Christian Reformed Church, 278 Parnell Rd., St. Catharines. Admission at the door is $25 adults; $20 seniors & students; $5 eyeGo high school program. A $5 discount is available for advance tickets (excluding eyeGo) and can be purchased in St. Catharines at BookSmart (Scott & Vine Plaza) and Thorold Music (Glendale Avenue).

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    For more information contact: Marie Balsom, Communications
    Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
    T: 905.688.5550, ext. 4765 | E: mbalsom@brocku.ca | W: brocku.ca/miwsfpa

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  • 2016 eLearning Call for Submissions – Deadline Monday April 18

    This is a reminder to full-time faculty wishing to develop a new graduate or undergraduate credit course or adapt an existing course to be delivered in a fully online format. The deadline for submissions is Monday April 18th, 2016.

    Proposals are encouraged under the following general criteria.
    1. mandatory courses required for majors
    2. context credit courses
    3. large enrolment courses

     

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  • DART 4F56 presents: The Flu Season by Will Eno

    Will Eno’s “The Flu Season” plays whack-a-mole with everything you expect love to be.

    On stage in the Dramatics Arts Theatre, this Oppenheimer award-winning play has been selected by the graduating dramatic arts students as the strangest, most theatrical screen shot of the state of romantic affairs today.

    This unexpected comedy comes from the playwright the New York Times hails as “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation.”

    Romance is hacked and hijacked when a man and woman meet in a “retreat centre” that is surely unique in the known universe. They are under the observation of technicians and caretakers who are themselves infected by the multiplying pathetic fallacies of romance. Lovers are mad. Love hurts. Love makes you do crazy things. Love is The Flu Season.

    Guided by director and Professor Gyllian Raby, the 4F56 company includes: Elizabeth Amos, Eliza Anthony, Kelsey Burcher, Mary Askwith, Maria Evers, Alex Franks, Mark Harrigan, Robert Herr, Daryl Hunter, Jeremy Knapton, Katelyn Lander, Kevin Langendyk, Cole Larson, Oriana Marrone, Melinda Mohammed, Josh Sanger, and Raylene Turner.

    Such programs from the Department of Dramatic Arts are an integral part of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts’ mandate in building connections between the community and the breadth of talent and creativity at Brock University. For more information about the Department of Dramatic Arts visit: brocku.ca/dramaticarts The Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts is located at its new, state-of-the-art teaching, production and performance facility in the heart of the City of St. Catharines.

    The Flu Season runs April 14, 15, and 16, at 7:30 pm, in the Dramatic Arts Theatre at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, 15 Artists’ Common, in downtown St. Catharines. Tickets are $5 (applicable fees and taxes are extra) and can be purchased at the door, or through the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Box Office at 905.688.0722; long distance toll free 1-855-515-0722; email: boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca; online: firstontariopac.ca

    You can receive a $2 discount on your ticket with a purchase of a meal of $5 or more from the following participating downtown eatries: Mahtay Caf_, Rise Above, The Bull BBQ Pit, Sky Bar Lounge at Brock University, Bella Noella’s Pizzeria, Gwen’s Teas, and So Jollof. Simply bring your restaurant receipt or voucher to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Box Office to receive this discount. This offer is not available online.

    Limited paid parking is available on-site, however, there are more than 1,000 spots available in nearby parking garages, surface lots and on city streets within a five-minute walk to our address at 15 Artists’ Common. Visit http://www.stcatharines.ca/en/livein/ParkingLotsGarages.asp for a list of parking locations

    For interviews please contact:
    Marie Balsom, Communications,
    Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
    T: 905-688-5550, ext. 4765 | E: mbalsom@brocku.ca | W: www.brocku.ca/miwsfpa
     

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  • Visual Arts Spring/Summer 2016 course announcement.

    Visual Arts Spring/Summer 2016 Course Offerings

    There are still some spaces available in the following courses:

    VISA 1Q99 Introduction to The History of Western Art offered on-line in duration 3 of the spring term.

    VISA 2F05 Introduction to Sculpture is offered on Tuesday and Thursday in duration 1 of the spring term.

    VISA 2P99 Introduction to Sound Design is offered on Monday & Wednesday 9:00-3:00 in duration 2 of the spring term.

    VISA 3P10 Expanded Video Process & Production offered on Monday & Wednesday 9:00-3:00 in duration 3 of the spring term.

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  • Visual Arts Spring/Summer course announcement.

    Visual Arts Spring/Summer 2016 Course Offerings

    There are still some spaces available in the following courses:

    VISA 1Q99 Introduction to The History of Western Art offered on-line in duration 3 of the spring term.

    VISA 2F05 Introduction to Sculpture is offered on Tuesday and Thursday in duration 1 of the spring term.

    VISA 2P99 Introduction to Sound Design is offered on Monday & Wednesday 9:00-3:00 in duration 2 of the spring term.

    VISA 3P10 Expanded Video Process & Production offered on Monday & Wednesday 9:00-3:00 in duration 3 of the spring term.

     

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  • Visa Instructor part of upcoming group exhibition.

    Photography Instructor Amy Friend is part of an upcoming group exhibition titled Chronologues.

    Museum London
    May 7 > August 21, 2016

    For more information on this event please click HERE

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  • Prof. E. Virgulti Heading a Study Tour to Italy (ITAL 3F50). 30 Students Will Experience the History, Art and Culture of Medieval and Renaissance Italy

    Prof. E. Virgulti Heading a Study Tour to Italy (ITAL 3F50): 30 Students Will Experience the History, Art and Culture of Medieval and Renaissance Italy

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  • Brock Press publishes a feature article in French: “La francophonie dans la r_gion du Niagara.”

     Brock Press publishes double page in French!

    To celebrate the week of francophonie around the world, Brock Press publishes a feature article in French: "La francophonie dans la r_gion du Niagara." Its author, M_lanie Pfaeffli, is a student in French Studies. Merci, M_lanie !

    http://www.brockpress.com/2016/03/la-francophonie-dans-la-region-de-niagara/

    Bonne lecture !

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  • Spanish Program pioneers service learning courses for Faculty of Humanities

     Brock Press: Spanish Department pioneers service learning courses for Faculty of Humanities

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  • Visa Professor Emeritus mounts exhibition in Dublin.

    Visa Professor Emeritus Merijean Morrissey is part of a group exhibition titled Fragments, Metaphors, Smithereens mounted at the Graphic Studio Gallery in Dublin, Ireland. For more information on this event please click HERE.

     

     

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