PURCHASE COLLEGE DECEMBER 2007
CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Saturday, December 1
Free First Saturday Discover art with the whole family. 1 PM, Neuberger Museum. 914-251-6100.

Nutcracker ’07 Ashley Bouder and Jared Angle, principal dancers from the New York City Ballet and over 150 local children join the Purchase Dance Corps in this production of the holiday classic. With choreography by the Conservatory of Dance faculty, and artistic direction by former New York City Ballet dancer and faculty member Bettijane Sills. 2 PM & 7 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $45, $35, $25. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org. Also on Dec. 2 at 1 PM & 5 PM.

Closing Reception for David Schwarz Project 7: Tobias Putrih. The Slovenian artist’s pieces are inspired by his view of failed Soviet-style social utopianism. 6:30-8 PM. Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Art+Design Bldg. 914-251-6750.

Monday, December 3
Admissions Information Session includes a presentation and question-and-answer session with an Admissions Representative, a walking tour of campus, and a visit to a residence hall. Reservations required. 10 AM, Buffer Room, Administration Bldg. Free. For reservations, 914-251-6300 or www.purchase.edu/visit. Sessions also on Dec. 5, 8, 10 & 12 at 10 AM.

Wednesday, December 5
School of the Arts Tour Starting at the Office of Admissions, these are tours specifically designed to view the Conservatories of Theatre Arts & Film, Music and Dance and the School of Art+Design. Reservations required.1 PM. For reservations, 914-251-6300 or www.purchase.edu/visit.

New Media Lecture by Galen Joseph-Hunter, Tom Roe and Tianna Kennedy of free103point9, a non-profit arts organization focused on establishing and cultivating the genre Transmissions Arts. They promote artists who explore ideas around transmission as a medium for creative expression. Co-sponsored by the Neuberger Museum and the New Media Program. Part of the First Wednesdays @ the Neu. 6:30 PM, Neuberger Museum. Free. 914-251-6100.

Thursday, December 6
Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra with music director Ray Vega, presents Algo Nuevo y Algo Clasico, a concert of new and classic works. The program includes new works by Vega, Wayne Wallace, Oscar Hernandez and others, and classics by Ray Santos (in-residence at Purchase College) and Chico O’Farrill. 7:30 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Friday, December 7
MFA Dance Concert Conservatory of Dance first year graduate students Ekaterina Zharinova, Rick Murray, Veronica Oh, Mercedes Pablos, Kara Tatelbaum and Jillian Vasbinder present original choreography and repertory performances in ballet and modern dance. 7 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg. $5, $3 students, at the door, cash or check only. 914-251-6800.

Purchase Opera presents Giancarlo Menotti’s holiday season classic Amahl and the Night Visitors directed by Jacque Trussel. A simple story of the crippled boy Amahl who receives a visit from three kings who are on their way to Bethlehem. What happens next is nothing less than a miracle. 7:30 PM; Recital Hall, Music Bldg. $15 adults, $5 children under 16. 914-251-5909. Also on Dec. 8 at 7 PM; and Dec. 9 at 2:30 PM.

Purchase Repertory Theatre presents New Plays Repertory featuring Moises Kaufman’s The Laramie Project directed by Victoria Holloway, and Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel directed by Dean Irby. Both productions feature the Junior Acting Company. Intimate Apparel, Dec. 7 & 15 at 8 PM, and Dec. 9 & 15 at 2 PM; Laramie Project, Dec. 8, 12, 13 & 14 at 8 PM; Repertory Theatre, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20; $15, seniors & non-Purchase students. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Yamato featuring the pulsating sounds of Japan’s traditional Wadaiko drums. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $50, $40, $30. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Saturday, December 8
Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra continues the mission and legacy of its predecessor, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. Led by jazz trumpeter, composer and conductor Jon Faddis, director of Jazz Performance at the Purchase College School of the Arts, Conservatory of Music. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $45, $35, $25. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Sunday, December 9
Free Arts Day presented in conjunction with the Westchester Arts Council Free Arts Day, includes a series of special events for children and adults. 12-5 PM, Neuberger Museum. 914-251-6100.

Monday, December 10
MFA Graduating Group Exhibition The School of Art+Design presents the cutting-edge work of current Master of Fine Arts degree candidates and affords a preview of the students’ spring thesis shows, the culmination of their study before graduating and entering the professional art world. Working in a variety of traditional and innovative modes, the students prefigure the trends of the next wave of visual artists. 9 AM-5 PM, M-F, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Art+Design Bldg. Free. 914-251-6750. Opening Reception, Dec. 11, 4-7 PM. Through Jan. 14.

Brass Program in Concert presented by the Conservatory of Music. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Tuesday, December 11
Woodwinds in Concert presented by the Conservatory of Music. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Wednesday, December 12
Visiting Artist Lecture with painter David Humphrey, whose work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among other major institutions. 6:30 PM, Room 1016, Art+Design Bldg. Free. 914-251-6750.

Thursday, December 13
The Billy Joel Graduate String Quartet in Residence The iO Quartet presents a program that includes Beethoven’s Op. 132. The iO Quartet features Nicholas DiEugenio and Elizabeth Weisser, violins; Maiya Papach, viola; and Christopher Gross, cello. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Friday, December 14
Holiday Concert The Purchase Symphony Orchestra and the Purchase College Chorus present Solstice Celebration, with Hugh Murphy, associate conductor. The concert features Praetorius’s Tänze aus Terpischore, arranged for brass ensemble by Graham Ashton; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049, for solo violin, two flutes, strings and continuo; and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 9, Lobgesang, for Orchestra, Chorus and soloist. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

MFA/BFA Dance Concert Conservatory of Dance second year graduate students Huiying Wills, Yung-li Chen and graduating MFA candidate Donna Salgado, along with graduating BFA candidates Cori Kresge and Erin Heustis, present original choreography and repertory performances in ballet and modern dance. 8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg. $5, $3 students, at the door, cash or check only. 914-251-6800. Also on Dec. 15. 

Monday, December 17
Woodwinds: Repertoire Performance Hour presented by the Conservatory of Music. 2 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Tuesday, December 18
Composer-Performer Workshop presented by the Conservatory of Music. 12 Noon, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Pianists in Recital The Conservatory of Music presents accomplished graduate and undergraduate students in concert. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Talk Cinema Preview an independent or foreign film before its release. 7 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Wednesday, December 19
Special Chamber Music Concert presented by the Conservatory of Music. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Thursday, December 20
Piano & Strings Chamber Music Concert I presented by the Conservatory of Music. 3 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Purchase Camerata in concert. Directed by Bradley Brookshire. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free.  914-251-6700.

Friday, December 21
Piano & Strings Chamber Music Concert II presented by the Conservatory of Music. 3 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART Exhibitions
Tobias Putrih: Quasi-Random
Through December 30, 2007

Miniaturizing Modernism: Richard Pettibone Paints the Neuberger’s Rickey Collection
Through January 6, 2008

African Art & Culture: Selections from the Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art
Ongoing

Reframing American Art: Selections from the Roy R. Neuberger Collection
Ongoing

UPCOMING EVENTS
David Schwarz Project 8, Functioning as a project space for the Neuberger Museum’s exhibition: Person of the Crowd, the Art of the Flânerie, curated by Director Thom Collins. Jan. 23-March 13, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Art+Design Bldg.

Spring 2008 Artist-in-Residence Lecture with Fo Wilson, Jan. 24 at 6:30 PM,
Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Art+Design Bldg.

Noon Music with Voice and Opera Students, Jan. 28, 12 Noon, Recital Hall, Music Bldg.