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MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

MAG--x5-3081; www.rochester.edu/MAG

July 11, 18--Summer Smorgasbord Lectures. On July 11, Roberta Schwartz speaks on "Museums in Pittsburgh." On July 18, Lucy Durkin speaks on "The Hartford Connection." These two armchair tours are the first of five weekly lectures on great museums of the Northeast. The series ends August 8. Admission fee. Cutler Union Conference Room, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Register by calling the Creative Workshop, ext. 3056.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tours--Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. July 10, 17, 6:30 p.m.

Through July 31--Rochester Art Club Juried Exhibition. Every three years, the Memorial Art Gallery hosts the Rochester Art Club's annual juried exhibition. The show features works in all media by members of the club, which is one of the country's oldest.

Long-term installations

Through 2001--New Acquisitions for a New Millennium. Showcases 21 masterworks acquired during the last four years, including one of the most significant acquisitions in Gallery history--the inner coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset, an Egyptian official of the 4th century BCE.

Through 2002--About Face: Copley's Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith. An interactive installation about Colonial American portrait painter John Singleton Copley and silversmith Nathaniel Hurd. Dorothy McBride Gill Education Center.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through August 2001--Rochester's Hope. An exhibition tracing some of the physical and spiritual connections between the University and Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friedlander Lobby. Open during regular library hours; call x5-7600 for recorded information about library hours.

MUSIC

Eastman School of Music--24-hour MusicLine x4-1100; www.rochester.edu/Eastman (* tickets required)

Community Education Division Summer Concert Series--Concerts feature Eastman CED and collegiate faculty as well as other notable guest artists. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted).

July 2--Bob Sneider. The Eastman jazz guitarist's concert features music from his latest CD, Out of the Darkness, and other jazz and popular standards. Joining him are local musicians Tony Padilla (Latin percussion), Bob Stata (bass), Mike Melito (drums), Josh Rutner (saxophone), and Paul Hofmann (piano).

July 4--Fourth of July Fluteworks! Eastman CED flutist Sophia Gibbs-Kim and friends present a special one-hour concert to celebrate our nation's birthday. The program features Serenade by Eastman's legendary director Howard Hanson, Robert Beaser's Mountain Songs for flute and guitar, Lowell Liebermann's Sonata for Flute and Piano, Katherine Hoover's Kokopeli, and Three American Pieces by Lukas Foss. The Fourth of July celebration culminates with a patriotic encore--featuring the music of John Phillip Sousa.

July 5--Wesley Nance and Megumi Kanda. CED and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra trumpeter Wesley Nance presents an evening of brass music, featuring several of his Eastman and RPO colleagues--including Megumi Kanda on trombone.

July 9--Mitzie Collins and Friends: World Music. CED's Mitzie Collins presents her annual world music extravaganza. Features this year include Rochester trio Stone Soup, which draws from Bulgarian, Appalachian, and Irish musical influences. The program will also include Russian classical and folk music, Scottish pipe music, African-American choir music, and Native American song and dance.

July 11--Gene Bertoncini.* Jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini returns for his annual summer concert.

July 15--Jeremy Zhu and Howard Spindler. CED faculty violinist Jeremy Zhu teams up with CED Interim Director Howard Spindler (piano) for a Sunday afternoon concert featuring the music of Mozart, Fauré, Kreisler, and Prokofiev. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

July 16--Petar Kodzas. CED faculty guitarist Petar Kodzas--with the help of soprano Pamela Kurau, other CED colleagues, and WXXI's Mordecai Lipshutz--presents an all-Schubert concert in the spirit of a 19th century soirée.

July 18--Carolyn Triozzi. CED and Rochester-area flutist and educator Carolyn Triozzi, accompanied by pianist Kevin Lieb, performs music for flute and piano by Jolivet, Franck, and Thea Musgrave.

July 19--Tara Noval. Violinist Tara Noval--Rochester native who will perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra this summer--presents a concert called the Virtuoso Violin. Accompanied by her mother, Pittsford resident Barbara Noval, she performs the music of Bach, Bartók, Chausson, and others.

Summer Sings--A series of choral music reading sessions. Open to singers of all ages and abilities. Free and open to the public (a $5 donation is suggested). Scores and refreshments are provided, and parking is free in the East End Garage. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For more information call x4-1440.

July 3--Beethoven, Symphony No. 9; Vaughan Williams, Dona nobis pacem. William Weinert, conductor.

July 10--Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise. Roger Wilhelm, conductor.

July 17--Mozart, Mass in C minor. Daniel Bara, conductor.

Other concerts--Concerts feature students/amateur performers. Kilbourn Hall.

Summer Jazz Studies

July 5--Small Group concert. 4 p.m.
July 6--Large Ensemble concert. 4 p.m.

Jazz Fantasy Camp

July 12--Combo concert. 7:30 p.m.
July 13--Large Ensemble concert. 4 p.m.

Music Horizons

July 12--Chamber Ensemble concert. Room 120, 7 p.m.
July 13--Solo recitals. 7 p.m.

Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition

July 21--Preliminaries. 1:30-9:45 p.m.
July 22--Preliminaries. 1:30-6 p.m.
July 23--Semi-finals. 1:30-9:45 p.m.

River Campus

Hopeman Memorial Carillon Summer Recital Series--Outdoor concerts performed on the carillon in Rush Rhees tower. Sponsored by the College music department, x5-2828. Audience members can bring blankets, lawn chairs, and picnics. Free. Eastman Quadrangle, 7 p.m.

July 9--Ellen Espenschied and Roy Lee. Ellen Espenschied, director of the Yale Freshman Chorus, performs the opening concert with recent Yale graduate Roy Lee. The two will present a program of classical music, folk songs, and compositions specifically for the carillon.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Noon Hour Health Bites--Informal monthly series of health-/wellness-related topics. Sponsored by the Strong Employee Assistance Program. No fee or preregistration is required. Feel free to bring a lunch. For more information call x5-4987 or visit www.urmc.rochester.edu/eap/eap.html.

July 10--The Nuts and Bolts of Child Care. Anne Leone, director of Worklife Services at the Child Care Council, discusses things families need to think about when looking for child care, including interview questions and how to develop a working partnership with your provider. She also describes what the Child Care Council offers to members of the community. Rooms A and B, Ambulatory Care Facility, URMC.

RELIGION

River Campus Interfaith Chapel--x5-4321; www.rochester.edu/chapel/services.html

Roman Catholic Mass
Sunday Mass: July 8, 15, 22. 10:30 a.m., River Level

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
July 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23. 12:30 p.m.
July 8, 15, 22. 11:15 a.m.

Roman Catholic Communion Service
July 6, 13, 20. 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship
July 8, 15, 22. 10:15 a.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

Warner School
July 9-10--Institute on Catholic Education. Now in its 12th year, the Warner School holds two days of programming for teachers, administrators, and others involved in Catholic education. Keynote speakers are Almeta Whitis, an ordained interfaith minister, and Sister Clare Fitzgerald, founder and former director of the Catholic School Leadership Program at Boston College. Registration and fee required. Wilson Commons. For more information call x5-8270 or x5-7833.

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

Discounts for activities are available to all University staff, faculty, and students through the University Activities Program. All tickets are available at the hospital Cashier's Office and the Customer Service Center in the Susan B. Anthony Halls on the River Campus. The Eastman School and Memorial Art Gallery carry movie theater tickets only. For further information check the University Activities Program flier or call x5-7942. The current list can be accessed at www.rochester.edu/working/services/auxops/ActivitiesProg1.htm

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