Creatures of the Night Puppet Performance at Stevens Point Sculpture Park

The Stevens Point Sculpture Park invites you to join us at the Park on Thursday, October 20 for “Creatures of the Night,” a performance featuring puppets created by Stevens Point second and fourth graders.

Performances are at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm, at the new “Extended Point” gathering space. Artists Adam Valesano and Korrin Lohmann will also be at the Park to celebrate the completion of “Extended Point.”

“Creatures of the Night” puppets were created by second and fourth graders at Stevens Point Washington and Jefferson schools, working with artist-in-residence Pam Corcoran. The project was inspired by Fran Hammerstrom’s book, “Walk When the Moon is Full” and a book of poems about night creatures entitled, “Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night.” The performances will also feature songs about nocturnal animals.

The Stevens Point Sculpture Park is located at 900 North Second Street, in the wooded area south of the Zenoff Park parking lot.

Parking is free on Second Street and in the Zenoff lot.

UWSP Symphony Orchestra to perform

A performance by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Symphony Orchestra will be offered by the Department of Music on Wednesday, March 9.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Michelsen Hall in the Noel Fine Arts Center, 1800 Portage St., Stevens Point. As part of the Music Department Scholarship Series, tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for senior citizens, $3 for youth, and free the day of the concert for students with an UWSP ID.

Tickets are available at the University Information and Ticket Office in the Dreyfus University Center or by calling 715-346-4100 or 800-838-3378. Visa, MasterCard or Discover are accepted. Tickets may also be purchased at the door if seats are available.

The concert, conducted by Music Professor Patrick Miles, will include works by Oskar Bohme, Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Wagner. Brent Turney, assistant professor of trumpet, will be the featured soloist. Turney teaches applied trumpet and jazz history, and directs the Jazz Lab Band.

Turney is originally from the Philadelphia area, where he started his musical career. Turney is also active outside of the classroom as a freelance trumpet player performing regularly with orchestras, big bands, pit orchestras, recording studios and jazz combos in the Chicago area.

Visit the Department of Music or call 715-346-3107 for more information regarding the recital or upcoming events. Find the “UWSP Department of Music” on Facebook for future and post event information, alumni stories and updates on student activities.

Free forum focuses on connecting with the natural world

Inspiring people to connect with new ideas and each other, the Courtyard Connections series at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will kick off its inaugural forum on Tuesday, March 8.

Sponsored by the College of Fine Arts and Communication, the event, “Idylls for the Misbegotten,” will include two 20-minute multimedia presentations focusing on our relationship with nature. It will be held in the courtyard of the Noel Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m., beginning and ending with hors d’oeuvre and cash bar receptions. It is free and open to the public.

The first presentation will be held at 7:40 p.m. and features an introduction to the work of American composer George Crumb and a performance of his flute and percussion piece of the same name. Presenters include Julie Hobbs, Ryan Korb, Todd Truesdale and Robert Rosen of the Music Department.

The second presentation at 8:10 p.m. will focus on the National Park Service and its balance between preservation and conservation and human use. Melissa Baker of the College of Natural Resources forest recreation program and Kelly Roark of the Department of History will give this slide-show presentation.

“Courtyard Connections seeks to gather a community of faculty, staff, students and area residents who are interested in making connections through presenters who will share their passion with an open and receptive audience,” says Brendan Caldwell, assistant professor of the Music Department.

The series will offer two forums each semester, adds Caldwell, each with two short presentations that may be clearly connected or might inspire the audience to find their own connections between the two. The next is set for Wednesday, April 20, and will feature Dennis Willhoit of the Music Department speaking about opera and Roger Nelson of the Theatre and Dance Department talking about musical theatre.

For more information, contact Brendan Caldwell at 715-346-4599 or bcaldwel@uwsp.edu.

UWSP offers faculty piano recital

Pianist Molly Roseman, an associate professor of music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, will present a solo piano recital on Monday, February 21.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Michelsen Hall at UWSP’s Noel Fine Arts Center, 1800 Portage St., Stevens Point. As part of the Music Department Scholarship Series, tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for senior citizens, $3 for youth and free the day of the concert for students with UWSP ID.

Tickets are available at the University Information and Ticket Office in the Dreyfus University Center or by calling 715-346-4100 or 800-838-3378. Visa, MasterCard or Discover are accepted. Tickets may also be purchased at the door if seats are available.

The recital will feature a sonata titled “Forty-Nine” by Franz Josef Haydn, “Fantaisie” by Frederic Chopin, “Intimas Impresiones” by Frederico Mompou and “Sonata No. 1” by Alberto Ginastera.

Roseman has taught at UWSP since 2001. She has performed numerous times on Wisconsin Public Radio and has appeared at such venues including the South Beach Up North Music Festival in Wisconsin, the Atlanta Pro-Mozart Society, the Tallahassee Bach Parley in Florida, the National Flute Association and the International Saxophone Symposium. She has performed with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra and regularly performs with the Green Bay Symphony as their orchestral pianist.

Roseman and her husband, Jacob, also maintain an active performance schedule as a flute and piano duo. They have given numerous recitals at colleges, public school outreach programs, and chamber music series. In 2006, they released their debut CD, “Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something New,” which received notable acclaim. More information can be found at www.rosemanduo.com.