Enjoy the arts with performances this week
Time is running out to enjoy this season’s fine & performing arts events in some of the magnificent venues at North Central College. Call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit www.northcentralcollege.edu/show for a full schedule or to order tickets.
On Friday, May 29, join North Central College’s Concert Choir, directed by Professor of Music Jeordano Martinez, for a special graduation concert featuring a repertoire of its extended work with full orchestra. The performance begins at 8 p.m. Friday in Wentz Concert Hall.
On Saturday, May 30, North Central College students will perform arias and scenes from the legendary operas “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Don Giovanni” and “Cosi fan Tutte” by Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte as part of an Opera Workshop. Matt Boresi, visiting lecturer of theatre, and Jeordano Martinez, professor of music, will give theatrical and music direction, with accompaniment by Jon Warfel, visiting lecturer of music. The evening begins at 8 p.m. Saturday in Wentz Concert Hall.
Two big events round out the weekend and the month on Sunday, May 31. The student-run Cardinal Dance Company presents its second annual show at 3 p.m. Sunday in Pfeiffer Hall. The group choreographs and performs its own routines to a variety of music. Admission is only $3/person at the door!
Finally, North Central College welcomes East Meets West Music Arts for the memorial concert and presentation, “Ode to Freedom,” marking the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event begins at 7:45 p.m. Sunday in Wentz Concert Hall and includes a candle-lighting ceremony, commemorative musical performance and slide show, and a forum with special guests Lu Decheng, one of three heroes at Tiananmen Square, and Wei Jingsheng, prominent Chinese human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Admission is free but donations are welcome.
Enjoy the arts at North Central College!
