Art Department Presents...

Calendar of Events

February 1—25

Ceramic Sculpture by

Megan Wolfe, Perkinson

Art Gallery

Saturday, February 6

Jazz at LSB with Kevin

Hart & the Vibe Tribe,

3:30-5:30 pm

Millikin-Decatur

Symphony Orchestra

presents Conductor

Candidate, Martha

Placeres, 7:30 pm in

Kirkland Fine Arts

Center

Thursday, February 11

MU Wrestling

Extravaganza, 6:00 pm

in Kirkland Fine Arts

Center

Saturday, February 13

Jazz at LSB with

Diversity, 3:30-5:30 pm

February 18—20

The Magic Pinafore,

7:30 pm in Albert Taylor

Theatre

Friday, February 19

Kate Reid, vocalist,

7:30 pm at Westminster

Presbyterian Church,

1360 West Main St.

Celtic Nights—Spirit of

Freedom, 7:30 pm in

Kirkland fine Arts

Center

Megan Wolfe and University of North Carolina Asheville Clay Connection

January 25-February 25 Perkinson Art Gallery

Gallery hours Monday-Friday 12:00-5:00 pm

Megan is an Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics at the University of North Carolina in Asheville. The show will include ceramic sculptural work by her, a few of her former students, and a some potter friends. An Artist Talk with Megan Wolfe will take place on Thursday, February 25, 4:00 pm in Kirkland 128 and a closing reception will follow from 5:00-6:30 pm. This is free and open to the public.

Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Candidate, Martha Placeres, & Young Artists Concert

Saturday, February 6, 7:30 pm Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Tickets $13-$16.50

Originally from Mexico, Martha Placeres is known for her passion for music and music education. She has a Bachelors Degree from the Puebla State Conservatory of Music in Violin Performance, a Masters in Music Education from the University of Texas at Brownsville, and a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from Texas Tech University.

As a music educator advocate, Dr. Placeres created and developed the string and orchestra programs at UT Brownsville and was also involved in bringing string education to the city of Brownsville by founding multiple string projects. She is an active orchestra clinician for the Texas Music Educators Association and the Topeka, Kansas area. As a certified member of the Texas Music Adjudicators Association, she is constantly asked to judge for Solo and Ensemble Contest in different UIL Texas regions.

Appearing with Dr. Placeres will be three Millikin students, who were winners of this year’s Concerto/Aria Competition. They are Kyle Johnson, piano; John Robinson, trombone; and Abigail Karnes, soprano.

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Calendar of Events

Continued

Saturday, February 20

Jazz at LSB with

Decatur Big Band,

3:30-5:30 pm

Vocal Jazz Festival,

8:30 am to 5:00 pm in

Kirkland Fine Arts

Center

Sunday, February 21

The Magic Pinafore,

2:00 pm in Albert Taylor

Theatre

Synergy, 4:00 pm in

Kirkland Fine Arts

Center

Monday, February 22

Junior Instrumental

Recital, Emily Altic,

Oboe and Michael

Anderson, Saxophone,

6:00 pm in Kaeuper

Hall

Tuesday, February 23

Guest/Former Faculty

Voice Recital, Dr. J.R.

Fralick, tenor, 7:30 pm

in Kaeuper Hall

Saturday, February 27

Jazz at LSB with Boss

Trio, 3:30-5:30 pm

Sunday, February 28

Faculty Recital Series

featuring Silvan

Negrutiu, piano,

4:00 pm in Kirkland

Fine Arts Center

February 29—April 8

The Matchbook Series:

Miniature Paintings by

Michael Dubina,

Perkinson Art Gallery

Kirkland Fine Arts Center

MU Wrestling Extravaganza Thursday, February 11, 6:00 pm

Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Tickets: $10

Join the Millikin Chamber Percussion

Ensemble for a brief preview of its upcoming

Synergy program preceding the match with

Cornell College in Kirkland Fine Arts Center.

The ensemble will provide music throughout

the match, as well.

Department of Theatre and Dance

Music and Lyrics by W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan

Book by Terry Stone and William Gorton

Directed by Terry Stone

Thursday, February 18, 7:30 pm

Friday, February 19, 7:30 pm

Saturday, February 20, 7:30 pm

Sunday, February 21, 2:00 pm

Albert Taylor Theatre

Tickets: $12-$14

Adapting well-known musical numbers with updated texts from the great Gilbert

and Sullivan operettas, The Magic Pinafore spoofs both “grand” opera (the Magic

Flute in particular) and the current craze for student magicians and the schools

they attend.

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School of Music

Kate Reid, singer/pianist Friday, February 19, 7:30 pm

Westminster Presbyterian Church

1360 West Main St.

Tickets will be $5 at the door

Kate will be performing with Mikel Combs, bass and Brian Justison,

drums. Kate Reid is a working jazz singer and pianist appearing

regularly with her quartet at jazz venues all over the Los Angeles area.

She has worked with many of the great jazz musicians in Los Angeles

including guitarists Ron Eschete and Larry Koonse and drummer Roy

McCurdy to name just a few. She is in demand by audiences for her swing

style and delivery of great jazz standard lyrics. Kate’s latest CD, The Love I’m In, was released in September of

2011 and features tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts and pianist Otmaro Ruiz. Like her 2008 release,

Sentimental Mood, The Love I’m In includes tunes from the great American songbook.

Kate is a working session singer in L.A. and has lent her voice to feature films, commercials, publishing

demos, cruise ship shows and artist albums. In April of 2011, Hal Leonard published the vocal method book

How To Get The GLEE Sound which Kate co-authored with producer/author Andy Waterman of Umbrella

Media.

Dr. Kate Reid is on the music faculty at Cypress College in Cypress, California and currently serves as chair of

the music department as well as head of the applied music and jazz programs. Kate holds a B.M. in Jazz

Studies from Western Michigan University (1992), a M.M. (1996) and a D.M.A. (2002) in Jazz Performance

from the University of Miami. More information can be found at www.katereidmusic.com

College of Fine Arts Patrons Society

The Millikin University College of Fine Arts Patrons Society was

created to benefit the over 600 Millikin student-artists participating in

nearly 20 degree programs. Membership dues provide budget support

and help create special projects which might otherwise go unfunded. The

society’s mission is to bring together the university and individuals who

believe in the promotion and support of the fine and performing arts and

the student-artist at Millikin University. If you would like more

information about the Patrons Society, you can visit the web at:

www.millikin.edu/patrons-society, or you may also contact us by phone at

the College of Fine Arts 217-362-6499.

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Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Celtic Nights—Spirit of Freedom Friday, February 19, 7:30 pm

Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Tickets: $25-$45, School Age $5

Direct from Ireland, Spirit of Freedom tells the story of Irish independence, beginning 100 years ago with the Easter Rising. Akin to America's 4th of July, the

Easter Rising of 1916 created the Ireland we know and love today. Celtic Nights honors the struggle of a people fighting to gain freedom, independence, and true democracy through music, song, dance and story telling with pride and passion. The cast of three male vocalists and three beautiful female singers, six of Ireland's most talented and coveted international dancers and our fine musicians, will leave the theatre ringing with the sounds of Celtic Music old and new. Songs will be sung, dances will be danced, and music will be played. Celtic Nights will capture the essence of a great people from a small Island and their journey of hope and desire. Check out the website at: http://www.celticnights.ie/

School of Music

27th Annual Vocal Jazz Festival Saturday, February 20, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Free and open to the public

This year’s festival will feature clinicians Kate Reid from

University of Miami, Matt Falker from Mira Costa

College, and Brad Rees from Tiffin University.

Performances will begin on stage around 8:30 am. Each

ensemble will receive a 30 minute clinic following their

performance. OneVoice will present a short concert at

1:00 pm. Activities will conclude by 5:00 pm and, of

course, there is no admission charge.

School of Music Recital

Monday, February 22, 6:00 pm in Kaeuper Hall

Junior Instrumental Recital, Emily Altic, Oboe and Michael Anderson, saxophone

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School of Music

Faculty Recital Series

Percussion Ensemble Synergy Sunday, February 21, 4:00 pm

Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Free and open to the public

Synergy 2016 will explore the unique relationship between music

and sports. The program will feature a variety of music ranging

from Rocael Hurtado’s “Tennis Club” for marimba ensemble to

Richard Lerman’s “Travelon Gamelon” for six players

performing on three amplified bicycles. Members of the MU

wrestling team will join the ensemble for the premiere of a new

dramatic work composed by Dr. Jeremy Brunk entitled, “Match

Play.”

Silvan Negrutiu, piano Sunday, February 28, 4:00 pm

Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Free and open to the public

On Sunday, February 28, the School of Music at Millikin

University concludes its second season of the Faculty

Recital Series. Dr. Silvan Negruţiu will present an

outstanding program of classic piano works, including

pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin and

Ginastera.

Pianist Silvan Negruţiu has performed around the world

and has appeared as soloist with prestigious orchestras

including Dublin Symphony and the Enescu Philharmonic.

A dynamic piano pedagogue, he is in demand for master

classes and piano competition juries. Currently, Negruţiu is

Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Millikin University.

Millikin’s music faculty work tirelessly to bring out their

students’ artistry. This recital series gives Millikin’s faculty the opportunity to share their own artistic voices

with the community. We have all heard about Millikin's music faculty. Now let's listen.

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Guest Voice Recital

Dr. JR Fralick, tenor Tuesday, February 23, 7:30 pm

Kaeuper Hall Free and open to the public

Dr. JR Fralick, who served on the Millikin University

faculty 1995-2001, returns in a recital entitled "Telling

Stories." Every song tells a story, and enjoy an evening

of story-telling in songs including classical art song,

musical theater, standards, cabaret and opera.

Dr. Bruce Gibbons will collaborate on piano.

Tenor JR Fralick has appeared as soloist with the

Jerusalem Symphony, the Russian Philharmonic and

many orchestras in the United States. To add to his

many orchestral performances, he will tour with the

Music Inspire Africa orchestra as tenor soloist in

Messiah and giving recitals across South Africa in May

2016. He has performed his favorite operatic roles

(Rudolfo in La Boheme, Alfredo in La Traviata and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni) with companies

in the United States and Italy. An avid recitalist, he has been featured on numerous prestigious

recital series in the U.S., Lieder Recitals in Austria and is a recurring guest with Austin’s classical

band REVEL. While his specialties are Russian music and the music of Benjamin Britten, he has

also ventured into cabaret and related styles, headlining at the Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland

Fusion-Fest, and Cleveland Public Theater.

Dr. Fralick studied music education at Friends University, music history at Kansas State University

and vocal performance and pedagogy at The Ohio State University; he earned Vocology

Certification with the National Center for Voice. Dr. Fralick currently teaches at Baldwin Wallace

Conservatory and has previously taught at Millikin University and the Fairbanks Summer Arts

Festival. Summer 2016 he will return to InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy to

teach. He is Director of Music at the historic and renowned Old Stone Church on Public Square,

Cleveland. JR loves food and travel, having eaten in twenty-two different countries!

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Perkinson Art Gallery

The Matchbook Series:

Miniature Paintings by Michael Dubina February 29-April 8

Perkinson Art Gallery in

Kirkland Fine Arts Center

Open Monday-Friday 12:00-5:00 pm

Michael Dubina has been an acclaimed painter of the Midwestern landscape for over 20 years. While known for his large scale panoramic works, his newest landscape paintings are rendered in minute, evocative and visionary detail. These jewel-like works embody at once a sense of magic realism and an expansive, romantic expressionism. The images are painted with traditional oil techniques on the inside of matchbook covers, and are floated in over-sized black frames which complement the physicality of the painted object.

In Dubina’s work one can sense such influences as the atmospheric qualities of 19th century tonalism, the tranquility of Luminism, and the romantic spiritualism of the Hudson River School. But instead of looking back nostalgically, Dubina brings these qualities into our time, placing his striking attempts to conjure the sublime on the inside of common everyday restaurant matchbook covers. Add to this the inspirational quotes, sometimes by famous people, sometimes by fellow artists, and sometimes by Dubina himself, and one gets the added sense of both timeliness and timelessness in his works. And finally, Dubina has cleverly adopted the strategy of working on, and completing one painting per day, so that each of these paintings is corresponding with the day they were created in the series. This not only ties each to a specific day, but also frames the artist’s commitment to his daily studio practice.

A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, March 10, from 5:00-7:00 pm in Perkinson Art Gallery.