2016 SPRING SEMESTER (Ticket Information)
Thursday, April 14
Brass Ensemble Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 19
Jazz Band and Combo Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 20—Saturday, April 23
Theater Department presents Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Michael Abbott
Experimental Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
(Auditions Monday, February 29 and Tuesday, March 1; Ball or Experimental Theater, 7 p.m.)
Information about Our Town by Thornton Wilder will be forthcoming. The play will be directed by Michael Abbott.
April 22 – May 15
Art Exhibit Opening - 2016 Senior Art Majors Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, April 22, 4:30–6 p.m.
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Wabash senior art majors Zachary Boren, Robert Carter, Shariff Harrison, James Kennedy, Roy Taylor, and Aren Peterson will exhibit their art works. The exhibit represents a final rite of passage for these talented men who have dedicated their academic focus to the visual arts.
Sunday, April 24
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Admission to the art galleries, theater productions, music events, and Visiting Artists Series programs is FREE. Tickets are not required to view exhibits in the art galleries or to attend Music Department concerts. FREE tickets are required for Theater Department productions and Visiting Artists Series programs.
Spring semester tickets available Thursday, January 7, 2016.
Contact the Box Office by: email: boxoffice@wabash.edu; Phone: 765-361-6411
Box Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Box Office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Theater and Visiting Artists events. Please note: Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.
All events and locations are subject to change. Please visit www.wabash.edu/calendar for the latest calendar information.
Past Events
September 10 - 11
Visiting Artists Series presents Penélope
Thursday, Sept. 10 (Spanish) and Friday, Sept. 11 (English)
Experimental Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
September 25
Visiting Artists Series presents Comedian David Drake
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m.
September 30
Visiting Artists Series presents Mirasol Quartet
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m.
October 3
Homecoming Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
October 7-10
Theater Department presents The Misanthrope
Adapted by Jessie Mills and Brian Sutow from Moliere's classic comedy
Directed by Jessie Mills
Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
October 25
Cheryl Everett and Reginald Rodgers will present a program of music for two pianos. Ms. Everett is Adjunct Instructor of piano and organ for the College, and Dr. Rodgers is Professor of Music at Anderson University.
November 5
Student Recital
Korb Classroom, Fine Arts Center
4:30 p.m.
This retrospective exhibition celebrates the distinguished teaching and artistic career of Professor of Art Doug Calisch. Calisch has taught ceramics, sculpture, and photography at Wabash College for 35 years. The exhibit encompasses a broad range of his art, including significant ceramic, mixed media, wood, and painted wood constructions, along with his recent wall-relief constructions using found objects and photographs. His work embodies the delicate balance between preserving an object’s history and creating new ways of looking at and thinking about forms and images.
Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m.
A blossom of color, energy and motion, "like endlessly proliferating forces of cosmic energy," says the New York Times. The dances of Nai-Ni Chen fuse the dynamic freedom of American modern dance with the grace and splendor of Asian art. The Company's productions take the audience beyond cultural boundaries to where tradition meets innovation and freedom arises from discipline. Choreographer/Dancer Nai-Ni Chen is an artist whose work defies categorization, as she is continually working on new ideas from influences around the world. Her mesmerizing and dramatic contemporary choreography has gained increasing recognition among domestic and international presenters and festivals. Recently, the Company was honored by a distinctive grant award from both the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities and the Department of State to represent the United States in a seven-city tour arranged by the Tamaulipas International Arts Festival in Mexico.
Tuesday, November 10
Brass Ensemble & Jazz Band
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Two of the Wabash College instrumental ensembles will present this lively concert. Enjoy performances by the Brass Ensemble and the Jazz Band.
Wednesday, November 11—Thursday, November 12
Theater Department presents Studio One-Acts
Original plays directed and performed by Wabash students
Expermental Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
The Theater Department acting and directing classes present a selection of one-act plays.
Wednesday, November 18
Wamidan & Jazz Combo Concert
Salter Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 6
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m
Wednesday, December 9
The 48th Christmas Festival of Music and Readings
Pioneer Chapel
8 p.m.
The Christmas Festival, which started at Wabash in 1968, alternates performance of musical numbers, congregational hymns and carols, and readings from the Bible. It is modeled on the King’s College Festival of Lessons and Carols at Cambridge University in England. The musical prelude begins at 7:30PM.
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Carrie Newcomer is an American singer, songwriter, and author. She has produced 15 solo CDs and has received numberous awards for her music and related charitable activities. Her albums include Betty's Diner, The Gathering of Spirits, and A Permeable Life, which has an accompanying book of poetry and essays. Newcomer is married to Robert Meitus (Wabash Class of 1988), an entertainment and intellectual property lawyer.
Thursday, February 11
Electronic Music Soundscapes Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Information about this interesting concert will be forthcoming. Compositions by both students and professional composers will be included in the program.
7:30 p.m.
The only time the International Congress of Organists was held in the United States (Philadelphia 1977), a young organist from New York City was awarded the First Prize in Organ Performance by a panel of distinguished international judges. The next day, another panel of distinguished judges from around the world, again operating in the blind, awarded the First Prize in Organ Improvisation--and the winner was the same young American organist. David Hurd, then Music Director at the Church of the Intercession (Episcopal) in Harlem, within the space of a couple of days had walked away with the two most prestigious organ prizes in the world at the time. Two decades later David Hurd is widely recognized as one of the foremost church musicians and concert organists in the country, with a long list of awards, prizes, honors and achievements to his credit. He studied both at the Preparatory Division of the Juilliard School and at Manhattan's High School of Music and Art. Later he attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating with a music degree in 1971, and went on for further study at the University of North Carolina and, back in New York, at the Manhattan School of Music. His organ teachers have included Bronson Ragan, Garth Peacock, Arthur Poister, and Rudolph Kremer. Since 1976, David Hurd has worked at The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City, first as Director of Chapel Music and later also as Professor of Church Music and Organist.
Saturday February 20
Salter Concert Hall
4 p.m.
Chicago Mass Choir is one of the nation's premier gospel choirs. Organized over twenty years ago, the Chicago Mass Choir has its roots in the Ecclesiastes Community Choir founded by James C. Chambers, musical director at Haven of Rest M.B. Church. Since their first recording in 1990, the internationally acclaimed Chicago Mass Choir has grown into one of the strongest and most exciting choirs on the gospel scene. They have been at the top of Billboard’s charts, won numerous awards, and have been nominated for multiple Stellar Awards and Grammy Awards with their gimmick-free, straight ahead approach to gospel music. In 1994, Dr. Feranda Williamson took the reins and the choir continues under her leadership. A renowned soloist in her own right, Dr. Williamson also serves as Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Capella University.
Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center
8 p.m. each evening
Thursday, February 25
Student Recital
Korb Classroom, Fine Arts Center
4:30 p.m.
Student Recital
Korb Classroom, Fine Arts Center
4:30 p.m.
Art Exhibit Opening - Generations: Sculpture in Stone from Zimbabwe, Africa
Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Featuring large-scale stone sculptures from the nation of Zimbabwe, this exhibition reveals one of the 20
th and 21
st centuries' most cohesive and enduring art movements. The Hans Dietrich Huebert Collection spans three generations of works by Shona artists; from early masters and second-generation sculptors like Nicholas Mukomberanwa and Dominic Benhura, who received worldwide acclaim, to new sculptors like Eddy Nyagweta and Washington Msonza.
Generations is curated by Professor Elizabeth Morton and Wabash students.
Wamidan Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 10
Glee Club Campus Concert
Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
4 p.m.
