Trinity University is pleased to present the 2018-19 Stieren Arts Enrichment Series, which brings to campus a distinguished array of outstanding leaders in the fields of art, music, drama, communication, literature, art history and aesthetics. The series begins on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 and culminates on Monday, April 8, 2019.
Stieren Arts Enrichment Series special guests include:
Andrea Cavarra - "Andrea Cavarra: A One Man Show"
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, 7 p.m., Stieren Theater
Andrea Cavarra is a commedia dell’arte speciaist, which is a unique theatrical style that grew out of the folk arts of mask-making, clowning, acrobatics, puppetry, and improvisation into a beloved art form whose influence on theatrical art is incalculable.
Jeremy Huw Williams and Paula Fan - Vocal Masterclass
Monday, Oct. 29 2018, 4 p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
Guest artists Williams, baritone, and Fan, piano, will present a masterclass featuring Trinity University vocal students. Williams is renowned as a fine exponent of contemporary music. Fan has performed on five continents as a soloist and chamber musician.
Jeremy Huw Williams and Paula Fan - Recital: A Century of Song
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 7:30 p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
Artists Williams, baritone, and Fan, piano, will present "A Century of Song." The recital celebrates 100 years of art song, with a focus on Hubert Parry and Claude Debussy.
Jeremy Huw Williams - Presentation: How to Stand Out in a Crowd - Preparation, Programming, and Partnership
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, 12:30 p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
Williams, a baritone, is renowned as a fine exponent of contemporary music and has made many commercial recordings, including more than ten solo discs of songs.
Kathleen Higgins - Lecture: Aesthetics, Empathy, and Bereavement
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, 7:30 p.m., Chapman Center, Great Hall
Higgins is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Her lecture will explore artistic devices and aesthetic strategies that help communicate the bizarre phenomenology of bereavement, thus enabling empathy for those not directly acquainted with this kind of loss.
New Country Saxophone Quartet - Masterclass
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2018, 1p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
The quartet will present a masterclass that will feature both Trinity University students as well as members of the San Antonio community. They are a pioneering and versatile group winning newfound enthusiasm for its art form.
New Country Saxophone Quartet - Concert
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2018, 3 p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
New Country Saxophone Quartet have been heard in major concert venues in Los Angeles, New York, and Amsterdam, and on radio and television in the United States, Europe, and Central America.
Béatrice Coron - Lecture: Art in a 1000 Cuts
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 6 p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
Coron has been exploring visual storytelling in artist books, paper cutting, and public art, and adapts her papercut designs in metal, stone, and glass.
Jinjoo Cho - Violin Masterclass
Friday, March 29, 2019, 3 p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
Cho presents a violin masterclass that will feature members of the Trinity University violin studio. She has captured numerous awards and captivated audiences around the world, and is exploring new ways to bring classical music to young audiences in Asia and North America.
Jinjoo Cho - Dvorak Violin Concerto & Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Friday, March 29, 2019, 3 p.m., Ruth Taylor Recital Hall
The Trinity Symphony Orchestra presents a special performance featuring Cho playing the Dvořák Violin Concerto, as well as a performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Sharon Olds (poet) - “An Evening with Sharon Olds: A Reading with Commentary”
Monday, April 8, 2019, 8 p.m., Chapman Center, Great Hall
Olds is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Stag’s Leap, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize and the T. S. Eliot Prize.
The Stieren Arts Enrichment Series is made possible by an endowment gift from Jane and the late Arthur Stieren of San Antonio. For more information visit Trinity’s events calendar.
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