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Saint Mary's College
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Gwen O'Brien
gobrien@saintmarys.edu
Moreau Center for the Arts Announces Upcoming Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Moreau Center for the Arts Announces 2010-2011 Season
Contact:
Gwen O’Brien
Director of Media Relations
Saint Mary’s College
(574) 284-4579
June 29, 2010 (Notre Dame, Ind.)—Moreau Center for the Arts at Saint Mary's College proudly announces its 2010-2011 Performing Arts Series. Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 1, and are available to order online on the revamped MoreauCenter.com. The improved Web site offers an organized, intuitive listing of events on campus, with performer photos and audio and video clips.
The fall season has a distinctively jazzy feel.
Well-known jazz musician Gato Barbieri will perform at O’Laughlin Auditorium on September 18 at 7:30 p.m. Beginning professionally as a teenager playing alto sax in Buenos Aires clubs, Barbieri’s five-decade career has covered virtually the entire jazz landscape. His legend continues on his most recent and 50th album “The Shadow of the Cat”(Peak/Concord PKD-8509-2), which won Billboard’s prestigious 2003 Latin Jazz Album of the Year and garnered a Latin Grammy nomination. Barbieri is part of the College’s extended family, as his wife is alumna Laura Ryndak Barbieri ’79.
The Benefit Jazz Concert for Children of Abraham will take place in O’Laughlin on September 9 at 7:30 p.m., featuring the music of Bryan Lubeck, David Wells and the Jim Pickley Trio. Lubeck, known for his Spanish guitar and urban rhythms, has played at venues in southwestern Michigan including the Tabor Hill Winery and the Krasl Art Fair. Meanwhile, Wells plays the flugelhorn and the trumpet. Heavily influenced by Louie Armstrong, Herb Alpert, and The Tijuana Brass, Wells evolved into an instrumental soloist with the capability to reach audiences on an intimate level. And local jazz enthusiasts will know the Jim Pickley Trio, which has played in Michiana venues like South Bend’s Club LaSalle and Trio’s as well as the Elkhart Jazz Festival. Children of Abraham is a nonprofit organization with its roots in northwest Indiana. Its principal mission is to provide free medical supplies and equipment to medically underserved countries.
Another highlight of the fall season is author Thomas Cahill as the 2010 Christian Culture Lecture speaker, September 22 at 7:30 p.m. in O’Laughlin . Among Cahill’s recently published books are A Saint on Death Row, Pope John XIII (for the Penguin "Lives" series), and Mysteries of the Middle Ages, part of his on-going project, "Hinges of History.”
There will be two fine arts aspects to the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) conference, “Women as Intercultural Leaders,” September 30-October 2. On October 1, the group Teatro Luna presents Generic Latina, a production aimed at combating Latina stereotypes dominating mainstream media. The art show “Picturing Paradise” opens on September 30, featuring embroidered and appliquéd fabric pictures called cuadros, created by women of two art cooperatives located in Pamplona Alta, a shantytown situated on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Meanwhile, the CWIL conference keynote speaker is Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College, who will speak at 7:30 p.m. on September 30 in O'Laughlin Auditorium.
Saint Mary’s students will perform Into the Woods, November 11-14. The story includes the beloved fairy tale characters of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and others—all seeking a world of "happily ever after." The spring season includes the Milwaukee Ballet II program, which performs on March 26. The dance company’s curriculum is based on the artistic vision of Milwaukee Ballet and gives dancers the training needed to bridge the gap between student and professional.
For more on the 2010-2011 Performing Arts Series at Moreau Center for the Arts, go to MoreauCenter.com.
About Saint Mary’s College: Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind., is a four-year, Catholic, women’s institution offering five bachelor’s degrees and more than 30 major areas of study. Saint Mary’s College has six nationally accredited academic programs: social work, art, music, teacher education, chemistry and nursing. Saint Mary's College ranks among the nation's top 100 liberal arts colleges in U.S. News & World Report's 2010 annual survey. Founded in 1844, Saint Mary’s is a pioneer in the education of women, and is sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
