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Bill Evans Festival, guest artists highlight Southeastern's "Encore!" 2010


Contact: Tonya Lowentritt

1/22/10



     HAMMOND – Festivals celebrating the late, great jazz pianist Bill Evans and the art of the guitar highlight the 2010 edition of “Encore!,” Southeastern’s spring performing arts series.
     Sponsored by the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, Encore! 2010 will feature a host of guest artists and dozens of concerts, recitals, operas, plays and dance programs from February through May.
     During the month of April, the ninth annual Bill Evans Jazz Festival honors the seven-time Grammy Award winner and 1950 Southeastern graduate who was the most influential jazz pianist of his generation. Throughout his life, Evans fondly remembered his college years, calling his time at Southeastern the happiest period of his life. He returned to campus for a concert 30 years after his graduation, shortly before his death in 1980.
     The 2010 festival will feature a special concert with pianist Bill Carrothers on April 22 at Southeastern’s Pottle Music Building Auditorium. Called “the new monster of the piano” by the French magazine “Telerama,” Carrothers has performed in the world’s most significant jazz venues for over 25 years. Other events associated with the festival include the Southeastern Alumni Jazz Ensemble directed by Richard Swartz on April 19, and Southeastern Jazz Combos and Jazz Ensemble II with Carrothers on April 23. All events are free.
     The spring performing arts series will also include the annual Southeastern Guitar Festival with four events during March that feature an eclectic mix of guitar programs, including music for guitar and voice, jazz, and traditional solo guitar and guitar ensembles. Artists include faculty guitarist Patrick Kerber, the Southeastern Guitar Trio, the Southeastern Guitar Ensemble, and the talented performers of the popular All Styles Night.
     The Southeastern Opera/Music Theatre Workshop will present Giacomo Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” at 7:30 p.m. nightly Feb. 3 – 6. Southeastern Theatre will join the schedule with an award-winning student written play by Zachary L. Boudreaux entitled “Parking Lot Babies.” 
     Most “Encore!” events are free. For an “Encore!” brochure or additional information, contact the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts at (985) 549-2184.
     The 2010 Encore! schedule includes:  
     ▪ Feb. 3-6 -- Southeastern Opera/Music Theatre Workshop: “Sour Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” by Giacomo Puccini, Charles Effler, director, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium. Tickets are $15, adults; $12, senior citizens/faculty/staff/alumni and non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students free with ID.
     ▪ Feb. 9 -- Faculty Trombone Recital: David Johansen, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ Feb. 11 -- Guest Artist Recital: Ensemble Ilusis, 5:30 p.m., Pottle Recital Hall.
     ▪ Feb. 18-20 -- Southeastern Theatre: the award-winning play “Parking Lot Babies,” written by student Zachary L. Boudreaux and directed by Jim Winter, (Rated “R”), 7:30 p.m. nightly, Vonnie Borden Theatre. Tickets are $10, adults; $5 senior citizens/faculty/staff/alumni and non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students free with ID.
     ▪ Feb. 22 -- Faculty Alumna Recital: Wendy Kinchen, soprano, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ Feb. 23 -- Guest Artist Clarinet Ensemble Recital: Michael Norsworthy, Jonathan Holden, and Christopher Kirkpatrick, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ Feb. 24 -- Guest Artist Recital: Aubry Bryan, tenor, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Recital Hall.
     ▪ March 1 -- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Recital, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 2 -- Guest Artist Recital: Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 3 -- Guitar Festival, Faculty Recital: Patrick Kerber, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium
     ▪ March 6 -- Faculty Alumni Recital: Jivka Jeleva, violin and Lucian Zidaru, piano, 6 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 8 -- Faculty Piano Recital: Kenneth Boulton, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 10 -- Guitar Artist Recital: TBA, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 11 -- Guest Artist Recital: H2 Saxophone Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.

     ▪ March 13 -- Jazz Ensemble One, Glem Hemberger, director, 30th Anniversary “Blues Brothers” Concert Event featuring Blues Brothers saxophonist “Blue” Lou Marini Jr., 7 p.m., Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $12, reserved seating; Southeastern students free with ID.
     ▪ March 15 -- Guest Artist Recital: Noel Engebretson, piano, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 17 -- Guitar Festival, Southeastern Guitar Trio, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 24 -- Guitar Festival, All Styles Night, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Performance Circle.
     ▪ March 25 -- Southeastern Women’s Chorale and Concert Choir, “Voices of the Holocaust,” Alissa Rowe, director, 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church.
     ▪ March 26 -- Guest Artist Alumnus Recital: Kerry Baham, piano, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ March 31 -- Jazz Ensemble One, Glen Hemberger, director, 7:30 p.m., Columbia Theatre. Tickets are $6 general admission; Southeastern students free with ID.
     ▪ April 14 -- Moxie Dance Project: “Visions,” Dana Brewer, director, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium. Tickets are $4, general admission; $2, senior citizens/faculty/staff/non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students free with ID.
     ▪ April 15 -- Faculty Recital: David Bernard, baritone, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ April 19 -- Bill Evans Jazz Festival, Southeastern Alumni Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ April 20 -- Southeastern Chamber Orchestra, Yakov Voldman, director, 7:30 p.m., Columbia Theatre. Tickets are $10, reserved seating; all students are free. 
     ▪ April 22 -- Bill Evans Jazz Festival: Headliner, Bill Evans Jazz Festival Trio featuring Bill Carrothers and Friends, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ April 23 -- Bill Evans Jazz Festival: Southeastern Jazz Combos with Bill Carrothers, 4 p.m., Pottle Recital Hall.
     ▪ April 23 -- Bill Evans Jazz Festival: Southeastern Jazz Ensemble II with Bill Carrothers, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ April 26 -- Mozart “Requiem,” presented by the Southeastern University Chorus, Northshore Chorale, Women’s Chorale, Concert Choir and the Northlake Performing Arts Society, Alissa Rowe, director, 7:30 p.m., Columbia Theatre. Tickets are $10, reserved seating; Southeastern students are free with ID.
     ▪ April 27 -- Southeastern Guitar Ensemble, Patrick Kerber, director, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ April 23 -- Percussion Ensemble II, Kevin Estoque, director, 5 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ April 28 -- Southeastern Wind Symphony, Glen Hemberger, director, 7:30 p.m., Columbia Theatre. Tickets are $10 reserved seating; all students free with ID.
     ▪ April 28-30 and May 1 -- Southeastern Theatre: “Fences” by August Wilson, Chad Winters, director, (Rated PG-13), 7:30 p.m. nightly, Vonnie Borden Theatre. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors/alumni/faculty/staff/non-Southeastern students; Southeastern students free with ID. ▪ April 29 -- Faculty Piano Recital: Henry Jones, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ May 3 -- Percussion Ensemble II, Kevin Estoque, director, 5:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ May 3 -- Percussion Ensemble I, Guy Gauthreaux, director, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.
     ▪ May 6 -- Symphonic Band, Paul Frechou, director, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Auditorium.



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