PURCHASE COLLEGE
NOVEMBER 2007 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Saturday, November 1
David Schwarz Project 7 The School of Art+Design presents the work of Tobias Putrih from the Neuberger Museum’s exhibition of this important contemporary artist. Putrih is a Slovenian artist who lives and works in New York City and Ljubljana. His pieces, frequently created through obsessive processes, were inspired by his childhood experience of and subsequent meditations on failed Soviet-style social utopianism as it shaped such powerful cultural practices as the cinema, architecture and design, and science. M-F, 9 AM-5 PM. Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Art+Design Bldg. Free. Closing Reception: Dec. 1, 6:30-8 PM. 914-251-6750. Through Dec. 1.

MFA Art Exhibit Matriculations, an exhibition of artwork in painting, print media, photography and installations by School of Art+Design graduate students on view at the Benheim Gallery at the Greenwich Arts Council. 10 AM-5 PM, M-F; 12-5 PM, Sat., Benheim Gallery, 229 Greenwich Ave., 2nd Floor, Greenwich, Conn. 914-251-6750 or 203-622-3998 or www.greenwicharts.org. Through Nov. 17.

Friday, November 2
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 Nov. 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 17, 26 & 28 at 10 AM, and Nov. 16 & 30 at 10 AM & 2 PM.

Purchase Repertory Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s classic comedy As You Like It, directed by Chris O’Connor and  featuring students from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film. In the enchanted Forest of Arden, the line separating reality and fantasy is blurred.  8 PM, Repertory Theatre, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20; $15, seniors & non-Purchase students. Season pass, $80 individual; $150, for two. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org. Also on Nov. 3, 8, 9 & 10 at 8 PM; Nov. 4 & 10 at 2 PM.

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $70, $60, $50, $40. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Saturday, November 3
Neuberger Museum of Art Gala Cabaret Neu, honoring the legacy of artist and arts patron Kitty Carlisle Hart. 6:30 PM, Neuberger Museum. 914-251-6115.

Sunday, November 4
Paris Piano Trio 3 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $38. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Monday, November 5
Noon Music Students from the Conservatory of Music Voice and Opera program perform a free concert. 12 Noon, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700. Also on Nov. 19.

Tuesday, November 6
Pianists in Recital The Conservatory of Music presents accomplished graduate and undergraduate piano students in concert. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Wednesday, November 7
School of the Arts Tours 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. Sessions also on Nov. 14 & 28.

Thursday, November 8
Art Symposium ”The Body Politic: A Symposium on Performance Art and Social Change in the United States.” 7 PM, Neuberger Museum. $6, $3 museum members. 914-251-6100.

African Drumming Ensemble presented by the Conservatory of Music. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Friday, November 9
Book Discussion and Tour The Big Read. 12 PM, Neuberger Museum. Free with Museum admission. 914-251-6100.

Jazz Spectrum at Symphony Space Pianist Bobby Avey, a Jon Faddis protégé from the Conservatory of Music, pairs with saxophonist Steve Wilson from Chick Corea’s band Origins in a concert entitled “Mixed Doubles.” The program also includes the musically vivacious pianist-composer Dawn Clement collaborating with the innovative saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. 7:30 PM, Symphony Space, 95th St. & Broadway, NYC. $25 in advance; $30 day of show. 212-864-5400.

Saturday, November 10
Radio Macbeth Siti Company 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $40, $30. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Monday, November 12
Open House Prospective students and their families can meet Purchase College administrators, faculty, students and staff and participate in a tour of campus and ask questions about programs, classes and student life. Reservations required. 9 AM, The Performing Arts Ctr. Free. For reservations, 914-251-6300 or www.purchase.edu/visit.

Purchase College School of the Arts Gala Celebrating the Nelson A. Rockefeller Awards honoring Merce Cunningham, Douglas Durst and the Durst Organization, Helen Frankenthaler, Ming Cho Lee and Jessye Norman. Dinner reception, awards presentation and School of the Arts visual and performing arts students offering unique tributes. 6:30 PM, Millennium Broadway Hotel/The Hudson Theater, 145 West 44th St., NYC. $500, $1,000. 212-677-3173 x235 or www.purchase.edu/soagala.

Tuesday, November 13
Art+Design Holiday Silent Auction The School of Art+Design’s annual auction offers an opportunity to view and purchase artwork in all media donated by the School’s faculty, alumni and students. 4-6 PM, Room 1016, Art+Design Bldg. 914-251-6750.

Chamber Jazz The Conservatory of Music presents a variety of ensembles from the Jazz Studies program performing an eclectic program of standard and contemporary music. 6:30 PM, Choral Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Faculty Recital The Conservatory of Music presents faculty Calvin Wiersma (violin), Julia Lichten (cello) and Paul Ostrovsky (piano) performing Mozart’s C Major Piano Trio, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 (transcribed for Piano Trio), and Brahms’s Trio in B Major, Op. 8. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Wednesday, November 14
Art Sandwiched-In Re-Presentation and Transformation of the African Collection. 12 PM, Neuberger Museum. Free with Museum admission. 914-251-6100.

Natural & Social Sciences Lecture “Fighting International Terror Through Law Enforcement” with guest speaker Jeff Breinholt, former Deputy Chief of Counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of Justice. 6:30 PM, Room 1001, Natural Sciences Bldg. Free. 914-251-6601.

Visiting Artist Lecture The School of Art+Design presents painter and printmaker Robert Kipniss who has exhibited his work internationally, and is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum and the Brooklyn Museum, among others. 6:30 PM, Room 1016, Art+Design Bldg. Free. 914-251-6750.

Faculty Recital The Conservatory of Music presents Jon Klibonoff, piano, performing works by Ravel, Ligeti and the last Schubert Sonata. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Thursday, November 15
Contemporary & Percussion Ensembles in concert, performing the music of James Tenney, David Saperstein and others. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Friday, November 16
Jazz Spectrum at Symphony Space In honor of his 85th birthday, Joe Wilder headlines “Legacy: Three Generations of Jazz Trumpet,” with Purchase Jazz professor Jon Faddis, 55, and Max Darché, 25, the first James Moody Scholar at Purchase College. 7:30 PM, Symphony Space, 95th St. & Broadway, NYC.  $25 in advance; $30 day of show. 212-864-5400.

Purchase Symphony Orchestra presents Mozart & Mahler, a concert featuring Mozart’s Prague Symphony, No. 38 in D Major and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, Titan. With guest conductor Paul Lustig Dunkel of the Westchester Philharmonic. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence One Shot. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $45, $35, $25. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.Also on Nov. 17.

Shaolin Warriors 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $50, $40, $30. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Sunday, November 18
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg & Anne-Marie McDermott 3 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $65, $55, $45, $35. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Monday, November 19
Conservatory Faculty String Quartet presents Explorations, featuring Conservatory of Music faculty Laurie Smukler and Calvin Wiersma, violins; Ira Weller, viola; and Julia Lichten, cello. 4 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Tuesday, November 20
Faculty Composers Concert presented by the Conservatory of Music. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Monday, November 26
Ensemble-in-Residence presented by the Conservatory of Music. The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble performs Ashton’s Miniatures, Hindemith’s Morgenmusik, Pugh’s Avariations and a new student work. The Ensemble includes Graham Ashton and Mark Gould, trumpets; Ann Ellsworth, horn; and James Markey, trombone. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Tuesday, November 27
Talk Cinema Screen and independent or foreign film before its release. 7 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Soul Voices Gospel Ensemble presented by the Conservatory of Music. Directed by Professor Pete Malinverni. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Wednesday, November 28
Brass Chamber Music The Conservatory of Music presents students from the Brass area in concert, 12 Noon, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Junior Composers Concert presented by the Conservatory of Music. 6 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Visiting Artist Lecture The School of Art+Design presents installation artist Mika Rottenberg, who exhibits internationally, and whose work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, among others. 6:30 PM, Room 1016, Art+Design Bldg. Free. 914-251-6750.

Thursday, November 29
Purchase Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Todd Coolman, offers a dazzling concert “Front and Center: Faculty Showcase” featuring two new Jazz Studies faculty—the acclaimed tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and the renowned pianist David Hazeltine. 7:30 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.

Contemporary & Percussion Ensembles perform the music of Davidovsky, Kaplan, Stanley and Jones. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.

Friday, November 30
Nutcracker ’07 Ashley Bouder and Jared Angle, principal dancers from the New York City Ballet and over 100 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 Conservatory ballet faculty member Bettijane Sills. 7:15 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $45, $35, $25. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org. Also on Dec. 1 at 2 PM & 7 PM and Dec. 2 at 1 PM & 5 PM.

Jazz Spectrum at Symphony Space Pianist, flutist and composer Jovino Santos Neto, who obliterates the barriers between classical, jazz and Brazilian music, pairs up with South Bronx native, multi-talented trumpeter, percussionist, composer, and arranger Ray Vega, director of the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra, in a concert entitled “New Latin Jazz: From Brazil to the Bronx.” 7:30 PM, Symphony Space, 95th St. & Broadway, NYC.  $25 in advance; $30 day of show. 212-864-5400.

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