By Josh Hughes
There’s so much that happens on campus any given week of the year that it’s easy to get lost in the oversaturation of event posters and banners hanging high from the VU and collaged on every corner of Red Square. It’s times like these, when it feels like too much is happening, that it can actually be calming to find some less advertised, quieter events going on around Western. For instance, ever seen a poster for a student or faculty recital on campus? Unless you spend your time running through the halls of PAC, the answer is probably a no. Yet events from the College of Performing Arts occur around the clock with little recognition outside of students in the program, even though all events are open to the public, often times for free.
Just last week faculty members Lisa McCarthy, Pat Nelson and Jill Whitman performed as a trio of flute, bassoon and harp in one of the numerous concert halls hidden inside the PAC. Performing pieces by Rota, Blank, Jolivet and Albert with an emphasis on improvisation between the flute and the bassoon, the trio of distinguished professors quietly enacted one of the first recitals of the year. Though performing arts students and faculty attended the show, a sad Facebook event page read “0 went, 0 interested”, exemplifying the lack of exposure that the college gets in regards to its advertisement of performances.
Though you may have missed out on hearing one of the most unique ensembles of the quarter, there’s still plenty going on in the department throughout the quarter, ranging from student recitals to an Afro-Brazilian sextet. In place of Facebook event pages and posters on the bulletins in Miller Hall, here’s a representative list of exciting, free events going on throughout the College of Performing Arts this quarter:
Oct. 24: Octavia Schultz Voice Recital in, 8 p.m.
Oct. 28: Bassoon Halloween Concert in, 7 p.m.
Nov. 5: Global Spice Presents Projeto Arcomusical, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 8: Gran Wilson Operatic Singing Master Class in PAC 282, 2 p.m.
Nov. 9: Gran Wilson Recital w/ Rachael Roulet on Piano, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 15: NowHearThis: Contemporary Pieces by Boulez, Eastman, and Lang, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 17: WWU Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 18: Matthew Gudakov Violin Recital, 4 p.m.
Nov. 19: University Choir, 3 p.m.
Nov. 27: Composers of Western (Student Compositions), 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 30: Wind Symphony, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 2: Cori Holquinn Cello Junior Recital, 4 p.m.
Dec. 3: Dylan Cisneros Voice Recital, 8 p.m.
Dec. 5: Chamber I, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 6: WWU Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 7: Chamber II, 7:30 p.m.
*All performances are in PAC 155 unless noted otherwise