McDaniel College Presents Cultural Events for January and February

McDaniel College is offering a diverse calendar of music and art events throughout January and February. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-857-2599.

ART EXHIBIT
For gallery hours, call 410-857-2595 or http://www.mcdaniel.edu/5531.htm

Sweet Tooth: Paintings by Christi Harris
Jan. 26 - Feb. 19, Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall
Closing reception, including an Artist's Talk, will be held 7-9 p.m. Feb. 19. The Artist's Talk begins at 7:30 p.m.

Christi Harris' work and research interests center on food - its consumption, cultural and personal meaning and its aesthetics. The Hampton, Va., resident says she sees food as "an intermediary between family history and body image." Certain foods, she says, serve as symbols. For example, slabs of colorless meat convey the difficulty of family relationships in a context where being forced to eat everything on your plate equated to obedience. Other works, such as her icing paintings, celebrate the "ridiculous obsession" her family has with cake and sweets. The Jell-O series, "Crowning Glory," represents the "disgusting concoctions" made from gelatin during the 1950s and through the 1980s.

Harris teaches Foundation and Advanced Studio courses through the Department of Fine Art and Art History at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va.

View Harris' work at www.christilynnharris.com

Carroll County: Photographs by Walter P. Calahan
Feb. 23 - March 19, Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall
Opening reception, including Artist's Talk, will be held Feb. 23 from 7-9pm

Walter Calahan, an adjunct lecturer in the McDaniel College Department of Art and Art History, has been an independent photographer since 1987. Before that, he was photo editor for USA Today and staff photographer for the Courier News of central New Jersey and the Billings Gazette in Montana. His photographic career has taken him from the lava tube caves in Idaho to the surgical clinics for Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan and to the tumult of the Romanian revolution. His photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including the Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Car and Driver. Among his other clients are the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, American Express, The Nature Conservancy and the Washington Performing Arts Society. Based in Westminster, Calahan says his studio "travels with me to light any environment." View Calahan's work at www.walterpcalahan.com/Cheers/Home.html. An example of the work to be displayed at Rice Gallery can be viewed at http://bit.ly/5kepLs.

MUSIC
Information: 410-857-2599 or http://www.mcdaniel.edu/3490.htm

Monday Night Music presents Chopin at 200 with David Kreider
7 p.m. Feb. 1 in McDaniel Lounge
David Kreider will perform excerpts from Chopin's music, including: Etudes, Preludes, Ballades, and Nocturnes. The evening will focus on "the timelessness of Chopin's music and some new perspectives on his teaching and performing as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth," Kreider says. A senior lecturer in piano with McDaniel College's Department of Music, Kreider holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from The catholic University of America, studied piano in Vienna, and presented debut recitals in London, Vienna, and Carnegie RecitAl Hall.

Chamber Music on the Hill presents Romance in Winter: 200 Years of Robert Schumann
3 p.m. Feb. 14 at Scott Center at Carroll Community College
(Inclement weather date: 3 p.m. Feb. 21 at Scott Center)
Tickets may be purchased at the door - $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and veterans; children and students with valid ID admitted free.
The program will feature the Westminster Trio (David Kreider, Melissa Zaraya, and Esther Mellon) with Donald Horneff on piano, Renate Falkner on viola, Steven Thomas on cello, Lynn Griffith on French horn and tenor Evan Walker. This commemoration of Robert Schumann will include his Piano Quartet in E Flat, Op. 47; Andante and Variations for Two Pianos, Two Cellos, and French Horn, Op. 46; Adagio and Allegro for Piano and French Horn, Op. 70; and excerpts from Dichter Liebe, Op.48.

McDaniel Student Composers Recital
7 p.m. Feb. 20 in Levine Hall Band Room (Room 100)
The premiere pieces will feature mostly piano music, as well as a guitar piece and a three-movement work for an electric ensemble or rock band.

6th Annual Madrigal Feast
6 p.m. Feb. 21 in Decker Center Forum
Call 410-857-2599 for ticket information
Under the direction of Music Professor Margaret Boudreaux, this year's Madrigal Singers include Matthew Albertson, Colleen Alford, Whitney Arkin, Rich Esposito, Sara Groveman, Anne Hebert, Leslie Higgins, Lydia Hubble, Andrew Lazarchik, Kathleen Levendusky, Victoria Potucek, Sarah Reeves, Lauren Schwartzbart, Jeneice Shaw, David Van Tassell, Joshua Vyskocil, and Tyler Workman. "The theme this year is a costume ball. It's a combination of Mardi-Gras/Carnival and Valentine's Day, even though we're a little late for both," Boudreaux says. The program will be a combination of love songs, joyful, playful, and sad. At least one lute song will be performed with recent alumna Justine Koontz on guitar.

McDaniel College, a private four-year college of the liberal arts and sciences, was founded in 1867 as Western Maryland College. Students pursue more than 60 programs of study, including dual majors and student-designed majors. The 1,700 undergraduates and 1,300 graduate students receive personal attention and take advantage of leadership opportunities in the close-knit community, where the average class size is 17 and professors are dedicated mentors. The 160-acre campus is located in Westminster, Md., 30 miles northwest of Baltimore and 56 miles north of Washington, D.C.

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