by Yvonne Widenor | Aug 2, 2023 | Faculty
Please join us as ArtsCanisius welcomes A Musical Feast: The Joy of Music and Song with special guest Stephen McKinley Henderson, to Montante Cultural Center.
On Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 4:00 p.m., Anthony Chase will moderate a celebration of song, music and poetry. Stephen McKinley Henderson will read poetry and also participate in a Q&A after sensational performances by Tiffany DuMouchelle, soprano, Holly Bewlay, soprano, George Caldwell, piano, and Michael Serio, piano.
Tickets are: General Admission: $20; Seniors: $15; and Students/Faculty & Staff $5. They can be purchased online at canisius.edu/artscanisius or at the door.
This program is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Re-grant program, a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Services Inc.
For more information about this and future ArtsCanisius events, please email Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Art History and Music Programs, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
by Yvonne Widenor | Jul 5, 2023 | Faculty
The Canisius Adult Lifelong Learning Institute (CALLI) will present “To Hell and Back: Reading Dante’s Inferno” as a course open to all.
Professor Johanna Fisher will conduct the course over Zoom in August and early September. It will be recorded on Tuesday afternoons from 12:00 to 1:00 PM EST and can be available to others if this day and time does not suit them. As described by Professor Fisher, “Dante’s Divine Comedy is the pinnacle of literacy achievement in medieval literature and an important work in the development of Italian culture.”
This six-lecture online course offers a critical reading of selected cantos of Dante’s Inferno, the first part of his epic poem in three parts, The Divine Comedy. We will comparatively discuss Dante’s poem in relation to its biblical and classical archetypes/ allusions, yet we will also seek to consider the protagonist’s journey as a life-affirming experience from which we all can benefit, despite the at times frightening descriptions of hell.
We will also consider the cantos, from the perspective of some of Dante’s previous works, sources of biographical information and revolutionary poetic beauty [Beatrice] Dante’s influences on other medieval as well as modern day writers; and what we, as modern readers, may gain from a thorough understanding and appreciation of this work of indisputable genius.”
To learn more, please check out the poster above. Registration may be completed by visiting https://tinyurl.com/mruts6cv Kindly contact Professor Yvonne Widenor with any questions at widenory@canisius.edu
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Art History and Music Programs, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
by Yvonne Widenor | Apr 28, 2023 | Faculty
Please join us as we enjoy the wonderful talents of our ensemble musicians and their directors as their end-of-the semester concerts begin on Friday, April 28.
Jazz Ensemble will perform pieces by Sonny Rollins, Jerome Kern and others, under the direction of Russell Scarbrough Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Montante Cultural Center.
Next up is the Chamber Orchestra, directed by Ansgarius Aylward, as they perform works by Handel, Mascagni, and Vivaldi on Sunday, April 30, also in Montante Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.
Then Chorale will perform in Christ-the-King Chapel on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. Under the direction of Bradley Wingert, they will perform pieces composed by Billy Joel, Roland E. Martin, and Amy F. Bernon among others.
All concerts are free and open to the public. Please contact Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu for additional details.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Art History and Music Programs, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
by Yvonne Widenor | Apr 26, 2023 | Faculty
Students, faculty and staff are invited to Makerspace on Thursday, April 27, 2023 in the Library from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. The group will begin work on the LEGO Disney Castle. (We also have creator sets for those who want to build their own masterpiece.)
If there are any questions about this and future Makerspace events, which are hosted by the Art History Program in the MLLC Department, please contact Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Art History and Music Programs, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
by Yvonne Widenor | Apr 19, 2023 | Faculty
ArtsCanisius is thrilled to usher in the new season with the spectacular music group Pavana. Please join us on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. in Montante Cultural Center as this early music trio presents “Ecco la Primavera” (‘Spring is Here’). This is Pavana’s second concert at Canisius and we are eager to be enchanted by a repertoire of Italian Baroque works.
Pavana was founded in 2021 and is comprised of Suzanne Fatta, contralto, Daniel Yost, lute, and Roland Hayes, lute, theorbo, Renaissance guitar and lute, Baroque guitar, and other stringed instruments. A recording of their previous concert at Canisius can be viewed from ArtsCanisius’ webpage as well.
Tickets will be available at the door and are currently available online at canisius.edu/artscanisius; they are priced as follows: general admission: $15, faculty or staff of any educational institution: $7, and students: $5. For additional information about this and other ArtsCanisius events, please email Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu
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Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Art History and Music Programs, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
