Taking Note
November 14, 2007
State of the University
Mark Huddleston, 19th president of the University of New Hampshire, cordially
invites you to attend the annual State of the University Address Thursday,
Nov. 15, from 12:30 – 2 p.m., in the Granite State Room, MUB.
Please join the entire university community to celebrate our accomplishments
and take a look at the year ahead.
Storyteller/Disability Rights Advocate To Speak Today
The Institute on Disability/UCED presents “The Right To Be Disabled” with
Norman Kunc, Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in MUB Theater I.
Most people view individuals with disabilities as being “deficient” in
some way and believe that by minimizing their disability the person will increase
their quality of life. Kunc, a well known disability rights advocate born with
cerebral palsy, challenges this perception, claiming that people with physical
and mental disabilities reflect the diversity of the human community.
Kunc will lead a thought-provoking discussion about striving to find ways
of welcoming all people into our midst. This event is free to all faculty,
staff, and students.
Questions? Call the Institute on Disability at 2-4320 or e-mail contact.iod@unh.edu.
MUB Fall Lecture Series Ends with Straight Talk on Hooking Up
“Hooking Up” with author Amber Madison, the last lecture in the
MUB’s fall series will take place Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in the Strafford
Room.
America’s young people want straight talk about sex from parents and
schools. Most are not getting it. Madison, author of “Hooking Up: A Girl’s
All-out Guide to Sex & Sexuality,” gives them what they want in simple
non-clinical language. Co-sponsored by the MUB and Health Services.
T School Students Enter Tree Festival
Horticultural technology students at the Thompson School have entered the
17th annual Festival of Trees, sponsored by the Portsmouth Garden Club and
the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development, Division
of Forests and Lands, Urban Forestry Center, Portsmouth.
The event will take place Nov. 16-18 at the Urban Forestry Center on Elwyn
Road. Money raised goes toward a scholarship program with a preference given
to students attending New Hampshire colleges and universities. Funds also support
conservation education and the historic gardens in the Seacoast.
With a nod toward sustainability and in keeping with the holiday “green
and sustainable” theme, the UNH students designed a tree using items
primarily found in nature.
A $5 donation is suggested. Children under 12 are free. The event runs from
4-8 p.m. Friday and 1-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Don’t forget to vote
for UNH’s tree.
Wind Symphony and N.H. Youth Band to Perform
The department of music presents the New Hampshire Youth Band under the direction
of Mark DeTurk and Casey Goodwin, and the UNH Wind Symphony under the direction
of Andrew Boysen on Sunday, Nov.18, at 3 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre of the
Paul Creative Arts Center.
The New Hampshire Youth Band, made up of area middle and high school students
along with UNH music education majors, performs high quality band literature
under the tutelage of faculty members Mark DeTurk and Casey Goodwin. The program
includes “Mosaic” by Stephen Paulus, “Star Wars (main theme)” by
John Williams, “American Riversongs” by Pierre LaPlante and “Fortress” by
Frank Ticheli.
The wind symphony program features music from Great Britain. Gustav Holst’s “Second
Suite in F” is a classic piece of basic band repertoire and an example
of great British band music. Percy Grainger’s “Lincolnshire Posy” is
also standard band repertoire, and although Grainger was Australian and lived
most of his life in America, the folk songs on which the piece is based were
collected by Grainger when he lived in England. “Samurai” by Nigel
Clarke is a terrific and exciting work from one of many young British composers
that are paving the way for a new generation of band music from Great Britain.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the
music department at 2-2404.
Chamber Singers and String Orchestra Nov. 17
The music department presents the UNH Chamber Singers and String Orchestra
under the direction of William Kempster in concert on Saturday, Nov. 17, at
8 p.m. in the Bratton Recital Hall of the Paul Creative Arts Center.
The concert will cycle around a complete performance of William Byrd's “Mass
for Four Voices”, written around 1593, a work that reflects the composer's
uneasy relationship with the state at the time on religious grounds. In a very
different way, the other major work on this program, the “Chamber Symphony
Op. 100a” for Strings, by Dmitri Shostakovich, written in 1960, also
reflects similar unease. As well as these works, the Chamber Singers will present
Mozart's delightful “Sechs Kanzonetten” for three voice (plus clarinets
and bassoon), and Alexander Agricola's “Transit Anna Timor”.
The UNH Strings will present Samuel Barber's masterpiece, the “Adagio
for Strings”.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the
music department at 2-2404.
Jazz Concert Nov. 19
On Monday, Nov.19, at 8 p.m., the UNH Traditional Jazz Series continues with
one of its most unusual and arresting programs, a concert by spectacular young
vibraphonist Stefon Harris and his quintet “Blackout.”
Harris is highly educated in both jazz and classical realms and is steeped
in profound and respectful knowledge of the imaginative essence of jazz, its
unique stylistic elements and improvisational emphasis. At 30, he has already
received recognition from numerous entities including New York’s Lincoln
Center, Boston’s esteemed Gardner Museum, and several prestigious journals,
international festivals, and major performance venues.
His presentations are characterized by originality and virtuosity as well
as vision and integrity; come prepared to be surprised, impressed, and aesthetically
invigorated.
The concert takes place in the Johnson Theatre of the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Tickets, $8 general admission, $6 senior citizen and students, are available
at the MUB Ticket Office, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and
one hour prior to the concert or call 2-2290.
For a listing of the upcoming season and other jazz events, call the department
of music at 2-2404.
Reminder: Turn In Your Waiver Forms
If you have not yet turned in your staff waiver forms to Business Services
for the spring undergraduate tuition billing, please do so before the Dec.13
tuition payment deadline. Forms can be obtained at Human Resources or the
Business Services Office.
Info and questions: Business Services at 2-2230 or email business.services@unh.edu
The Art Gallery Calendar of Events: October — December
2007
Exhibitions:
Through Dec.17 (Closed Nov.12 and Nov. 21-25)
Programs:
Nov.15 – Evening for Educators A gallery talk and discussion of the
current exhibitions “Shadow and Memory: Ellis Island's Un-restored Buildings:
The Photographs of Christopher Barnes” and “In Residence: Artists
and the MacDowell Colony Experience.” 4 - 6 p.m., pre-registration suggested.
The Art Gallery, Paul Creative Arts Center.
Nov.19 - Brown Bag Lunch Series: Film“Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First
Century: Power” Drawn from the popular PBS series, these weekly presentations
offer behind-the-scenes profiles of diverse contemporary artists. Featured
artists include Cai Guo-Qiang, Laylah Ali, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Ida Applebroog,
and original video artwork by Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler. (Art21, Inc.
1 hour, color) Noon. Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center.
Nov. 26 - Brown Bag Lunch Series: Film“Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First
Century: Memory” Drawn from the popular PBS series, these weekly presentations
offer behind-the-scenes profiles of diverse contemporary artists. Featured
artists include Susan Rothenberg, Mike Kelley, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Josiah McElheny,
and an original video artwork by Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler. (Art21,
Inc. 1 hour, color) Noon. Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center.
Dec. 3 - Brown Bag Lunch Series: Film“Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First
Century: Structures” Drawn from the popular PBS series, these weekly
presentations offer behind-the-scenes profiles of diverse contemporary artists.
Featured artists include Roni Horn, Matthew Ritchie, Fred Wilson, and Richard
Tuttle, and an original video artwork by Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler.
(Art21, Inc. 1 hour, color) Noon. Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center.
Dec.10 - Brown Bag Lunch Series: Film“Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First
Century: Play” Drawn from the popular PBS series, these weekly presentations
offer behind-the-scenes profiles of diverse contemporary artists. Featured
artists include Oliver Herring, Arturo Herrera, Jessica Stockholder, Ellen
Gallagher, and original video artwork by Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler.
(Art21, Inc. 1 hour, color) Noon. Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center.
Admission is free. Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m. -8 p.m.;
and Sat. and Sun. 1p.m.-5 p.m.; closed Fridays. Visitor parking is available
in C Lot (across from the Mill Road Shopping Center) at $1 per hour. For more
information visit art.gallery@unh.edu, www.unh.edu/art-gallery.
UNH Takes on Hunger – Holiday Fund and Food Drive
Donations to the New Hampshire Food Bank and UNH’s Cornucopia are being
collected on campus Oct. 27 – Nov. 17.
$1 = 4 meals: for every dollar donated, almost $8 worth of food can be provided
to our neighbors in need throughout New Hampshire. Donate to make a difference.
Cash gifts accepted at the Oct. 27 men’s football and hockey games and
the Oct. 28 women’s hockey game.
Can’t come to a game? Make a charitable cash donation online at http://www.nhfoodbank.org
For more information: NH Food Bank, Lauren Lipes, ldj4@unh.edu; Cornucopia
Food Pantry, Larry Brickner-Wood, larry.brickner-wood@unh.edu.
UNH Takes on Hunger is a collaboration of OXFAM UNH, Health Services, the
nutrition department, TSAS Community Leadership Program, the Office of Community
Service and Learning, Waysmeet Center, Cornucopia Food Pantry (on campus),
UNH Athletics and Student Nutrition Association.
New ArtBreak Series Dates
The ArtBreak series takes place Wednesdays, noon — 1 p.m. with the exception of the Nov. 14 event, which will be from noon — 1:30. All of the programs are held in The Art Gallery at the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Nov.28: Gallery talk by exhibiting artists Grant Drumheller and Beth Galston,
whose works are currently on view in the exhibition “In Residence: Artists
and the MacDowell Colony Experience.”
Dec.5: Concert: “The Music of Amy Beach” is presented by flute,
piano, and voice students. Led by Peggy Vagts, professor of music.
Dec.12: Slide lecture/gallery talk by Maine photographer Christopher Barnes,
whose works are on currently view in the exhibition “Shadow and Memory:
Ellis Island’s Unrestored Buildings: The Photographs of Christopher Barnes.”
UNH Celebrity Series
The 2007-2008 Celebrity Series continues the tradition of offering world-class
artistic variety for the Seacoast area. This season all events will begin
at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre of the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Season tickets are available now by contacting the MUB box office, 10
.am. to 4 p.m., at 2-2290 or visit www.unh.edu/celebrity to download an
order form.
Thursday, Nov. 15 - Juilliard String Quartet
The Juilliard String Quartet is internationally renowned and admired for
performances characterized by clarity of structure, beauty of sound, purity
of line and an extraordinary unanimity of purpose. Celebrated for its performances
of works by composers as diverse as Beethoven, Schubert, Bartók
and Elliott Carter, it has long been recognized as the quintessential American
string quartet.
The November program will include Haydn’s Quartet In E Flat Major,
Op. 76, No. 6; Quartet No. 13 In B Flat Minor, Op. 138 by Shostakovich;
and Beethoven’s Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1.
Friday, Feb.1 - Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
Antonio Pompa-Baldi’s 2005 appearance was one of the highlights
of recent seasons. Students and general audience alike clamored for his
return; he had mesmerized all with the sureness as well as the stunning
beauty of his playing. He has brought his assured touch on the keyboard
to some of the world's major concert venues, performing more than 70 engagements
per season.
As passionate a chamber musician as he is a recitalist and orchestral
soloist, Pompa-Baldi is a frequent guest at numerous chamber music festivals.
He serves as Distinguished Professor of Piano at the Cleveland Institute
of Music. His program will include works by Debussy, Schumann, and Liszt.
Monday, March 3, 2008, Teatro Lirico D’Europa –“La Traviata”
“La Traviata” is Verdi's beloved story of the ill-fated romance
between the courtesan Violetta and a commoner, Alfredo. Based on Alexandre
Dumas' play “La Dame aux camélias,” “La Traviata” argues
that true love must triumph over all, and that the highest virtue in a
human being is a good heart. Sung in Italian with English super titles,
this production features the Sofia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, as well
as outstanding professional vocal soloists from the major opera houses
of Europe and the USA.
The Johnson Theatre is handicapped accessible. Tickets can be purchase
online at www.unhmub.com/ticket, in the theatre lobby one hour prior to
curtain or at the MUB.
eVENTS Management System
The eVENTS Management System (EMS), developed by the Research Computing
Center, enables customers to register and pay for events such as conferences,
workshops, and camps via the web, and assists event managers with tracking
registration and payment activity.
The eVENTS system offers customizable registration forms for each event,
an online payment feature which accepts credit cards and e-checks and feeds
automatically into the Banner Finance system, and 24/7 access to live registration
reports.
More details are available at http://www.unh.edu/budget/events.htm or
by calling site administrator Jennifer Biron at 2-0828.
Lactation Room Available
Dimond Library and the UNH President’s Commission on the Status of
Women would like to call attention to a lactation room that is available
in Dimond Library. This private room contains a hospital-grade Medela breast
pump, a gliding rocker, a refrigerator, and soft music. The room is designed
for nursing and milk expression. A key can be checked out at the main circulation
desk of the library. Please contact Pam Lehman at 2-1512 or the commission
office at 2-1058 for more information.
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