Friday Morning Lecture Series: “Nation Building: The Search for National Identity in Latin America”
Dr. Luis Martín, Professor Emeritus of History, SMU
The invasion of Spain by Napoleon in 1808 precipitated the collapse of the Spanish Empire and began the long, painful process of Latin American independence and of the creation of new nation-states. This 11-part lecture series will examine and analyze that process of “nation building” and the roles played in it by the different segments of colonial society: Indians, mestizos, creoles and peninsulares. Attention will also be paid to the impact delivered on the wars of independence by merchant guilds, the landowners, the church and the colonial army. A few men of destiny will be presented as leaders of the transition from colonies to independent nations: men like Tupac Amaru, Hidalgo,
San Martin and Bolivar. Once Spain was defeated and Latin America was liberated from the colonial yoke, the different regions of the continent engaged in several wars among themselves to determine their borders and frontiers and to crystallize their national identities.
February 1 – April 26, 2013 (no lectures March 15 & 29), 10:30 a.m.
Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium, Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205) $40 total for all 11 lectures; free for museum members and SMU faculty, staff and students. Pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, call 214-768-2740.
Meadows Symphony Orchestra: Student Conductors’ Concert
Graduate students in the conducting program at SMU Meadows lead the Meadows Symphony in a concert featuring winners of the Meadows Undergraduate Concerto Competition as soloists. The program will include Mozart’s Alleluia and Magic Flute Overture, Rossini’s “Una voce poca fa,” Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Saint-Saëns’ Morceau de Concert and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2. Student conductors are Eldred Marshall Jonathan Moore and Parisa Zaeri. Soloists will include Daniel Hawkins, horn, and Rebecca Roose, soprano.
February 1 at 8 p.m. and February 3 at 3 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE Call 214-768-1951.
Hawn Gallery Exhibit: “Linda Darnell: From Dallas to Hollywood – Selections from the Jeff Gordon Collection”
Film historian Jeff Gordon (Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari) has bequeathed his extensive collection of posters, lobby cards, scrapbooks and other film-related items to SMU. Although the collection will not be transferred to SMU for some time, Gordon is curating this exhibition drawn from its holdings as a “sneak preview,” with special attention being paid to the acting career of Dallas native Linda Darnell (Forever Amber, A Letter to Three Wives).
February 3 – May 17, 2013. Open during regular library hours: 8 a.m.- midnight Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri.; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.; 1 p.m.- midnight, Sun.
Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE Call 214-768-2303.
Expanding Your Horizons Brown Bag Concert Series: International Folk Musicians Miguel Antonio & Vladimir Kaliazin
Vladimir Kaliazin, Grammy-nominated master of the Russian bayan (button accordion), joins guitar virtuoso Miguel Antonio in a diverse concert of folk music from Russia, Costa Rica and points in between.
February 6 at 12 p.m.
Taubman Atrium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205), FREE Call 214-768-1951.
Meadows Opera Theatre: Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
This virtuoso comic masterpiece tells the tale of the only virgin left in a small English town, a meek, shy mama’s boy who is crowned May King when none of the local girls are deemed pure enough to wear the crown. When his buddies secretly spike his coronation lemonade with rum, Albert goes on a bender and gains the courage to discover what the world outside his mama’s greengrocer shop has to offer, much to the shock and horror of the proper, puritanical townsfolk!
Full of delightfully wicked, deftly drawn characters, Britten’s chamber opera sparkles with freshness, color and limitless charm. Sung in English with English super titles, this production is part of the official Britten 100 International Centenary Celebration of the composer’s birth. Directed by Hank Hammett; accompanied by the Meadows Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Phillips.
February 7-10; 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun.
Bob Hope Theatre in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
$13 adults, $10 seniors, $7 students/SMU faculty & staff Call 214-768-2787.
Faculty Artist and Distinguished Alumni Recital Series: Matt Albert, violin, and guest artist Adam Marks, piano
Meadows faculty artist Matt Albert and pianist Adam Marks present a recital that explores music both groove-based and melodic for violin and piano. Playing works by John Adams, Maurice Ravel, Michael van der Sloot, Henryk Górecki and Sergei Prokofiev, Albert and Marks tour rhythmically driven music with high-octane emotion.
February 11, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205
$13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for students and SMU faculty & staff Call 214-768-2787.
Meadows Museum Art Activity: “Drawing from the Masters”
Guest artist Ian O’Brien leads afternoons of informal drawing instruction based on works in the Meadows Museum’s permanent collection. Each session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students ages 15 and older, and open to all levels of experience. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. No registration is required.
Attendance is limited to 20 and is on a first-come, first-served basis.
February 17, 1:30-3 p.m.
Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE with regular museum admission, which is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4 for non-SMU students; and FREE for children under 12, museum members and SMU students, faculty and staff. Call 214-768-4677.
Meadows Wind Ensemble: “I Have a Dream”
The Meadows Wind Ensemble and conductor Jack Delaney present a Black History Month celebration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, featuring a performance of the iconic speech with narration by distinguished Meadows alumnus and star of opera and oratorio Donnie Ray Albert.
The program also includes a gospel collaboration with the incomparable Hamilton Park Baptist Church Men’s Chorus, conducted by John Sherow-Tatum, and a performance of Olly Wilson’s A City Called Heaven. In addition, Albert will perform two traditional spirituals: “A City Called Heaven,” based on the Olly Wilson work, and “At the River.”
February 22 at 8 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
$13 adults, $10 seniors, $7 students/SMU faculty & staff Call 214-768-2787.
Brown Bag Dance Series
The Brown Bag Dance Series features free lunchtime performances of 10-15 short ballet, modern and jazz works. The Brown Bag Series offers student choreographers a chance to showcase their own original and inventive works, some of which have evolved into national award-winning productions.
February 25 – March 1; 12 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 12:30 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.
Bob Hope Lobby of the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
FREE Call 214-768-2718.
The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson
The Rimers of Eldritch has been described as a play that prefigured David Lynch’s film Blue Velvet. This early work is by the Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson, a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, who was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist.
New York Times critic Mel Gussow said it “looks behind the Spoon River Anthology exterior in order to expose the warring frustrations…of a small ghostly town frozen in time and place, the mid-century in the Middle West.” Directed by Benard Cummings, assistant professor in the Division of Theatre.
February 27 – March 3, 2013; 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun.
Greer Garson Theatre in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
$13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for students and SMU faculty & staff Call 214-768-2787.