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UH EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – FEB.
16 - 29, 2004
MONDAY, Feb. 16
A.I. Lack Music Master Series
Viola selections performed by acclaimed guest artist Karen Tuttle.
A.I. Lack Music Master Series, 7 p.m., Feb. 16. Moores School
of Music, Dudley Recital Hall. Free. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
TUESDAY, Feb. 17
Blaffer Gallery: “Trespassing:
Houses x Artists”
“Trespassing: Houses x Artists” features designs of
houses imagined by nine contemporary artists in collaboration
with New York-based architecture firm, OpenOffice. The artists
were free to rethink the house as a spatial and social entity
and the projects are presented through a variety of strategies
including models, sketches, digital media and/or full-scale realization.
“Trespassing: Houses x Artists.” Exhibit runs through
Mar. 14. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. First Floor.
Gallery Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday. Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Blaffer Gallery: “Fraser
Stables: Solo Shoot”
“Fraser Stables: Solo Shoot” features single audio
dialogue synchronized with two different video projections reciting
the same story but at different moments in the narrative forcing
the viewer to piece together the narrative on his/her own. “Fraser
Stables: Solo Shoot.” Exhibit runs through Mar. 14. Blaffer
Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. Second Floor. Gallery Hours:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Blaffer Gallery: “Inset”
“Inset” is the fifth in the museum’s Special
Projects series organized by Atopia Projects. Works commissioned
for this project respond to the challenge of engaging with or
intervening in existing institutional, social and cultural frameworks
and structures. “Inset.” Exhibit runs through Mar.
14. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. Second Floor. Gallery
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday. Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Winds of Texas Woodwind Quintet
Recital
Moores School of Music presents faculty and guest artists performing
works by Hindemith, Janacek and Mozart. Winds of Texas Woodwind
Quintet Recital, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 17. Moores Opera House, Entrance
16 off Cullen Boulevard. General Admission, $10, students/seniors
$5. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
International Dinner Series: France
The Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and
Barron’s Restaurant present the Spring 2004 International
Dinner Series. Student-run dinners feature different cuisines
from around the world every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through
April 29 with “France” scheduled this week. Spring
2004 International Dinner Series, “France,” 5 -7:30
p.m., Feb. 17, 18, 19. Barron’s Restaurant. For reservations
and information, 713-743-2555 or www.hrm.uh.edu/barrons.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18
Faculty Recital: “Greatest
Piano Trios”
Emanuel Borok, Concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, on violin;
David Tomatz, former Director, Moores School of Music on cello;
and Timothy Hester on piano perform selections by Beethoven, Bloch
and Mendelssohn. “Greatest Piano Trios.” 7:30 p.m.,
Feb. 18. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard.
$10 General admission, $5, students/seniors. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
FRIDAY, Feb. 20
Theater: Noises Off
Go behind the scenes of what it’s like to put on a comedy
in the theater. Hailed by critics, Michael Frayn’s farce
is guaranteed to make you laugh. Noises Off. 8 p.m., Feb. 20,
21, 27, 29; 2 p.m., Feb. 28. Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre. Entrance
16 off Cullen Boulevard. $13 General admission, $6 students, $8
seniors, $10 faculty/staff/alumni. 713-743-2929. http://www.hfac.uh.edu/theatre/
Choral Artists: “Music for
a Cathedral”
The UH Choral Artists are a premiere graduate level Chamber Choir
of 26 advanced singers. Under the direction of Charles Hausmann,
they will perform choral selections at Trinity Episcopal Church.
“Music for a Cathedral.” 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20. Trinity
Episcopal Church, 3415 Main at Holcombe. 713-528-4100.
6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival
Texas Music Jazz Festival Project featuring Texas-based jazz musicians
in concert. 6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival, 7:30 p. m., Feb.
20. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard. $10
General admission, $5, students/seniors. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
SATURDAY, Feb. 21
6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival
featuring Lew Soloff
Moores School of Music Jazz Orchestra and special guest Lew Soloff
(formerly with Maynard Ferguson and Blood, Sweat and Tears) in
concert performing selections by Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus,
Duke Ellington and more. - 6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival, 7:30
p. m., Feb. 21, Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard.
$15 General admission, $7, students/seniors. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
SUNDAY, Feb. 22
Choruses: “Songs of Love
and Passion”
The University of Houston Moores School of Music presents UH Choruses,
The Fort Bend Boys Choir, Langham Creek Girls Choir and the Strake
Jesuit Triple Trio performing “Songs of Love and Passion,”
an annual feast of choral music. “Songs of Love and Passion.”
3 p.m., Feb. 22. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard.
Free. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
TUESDAY, Feb. 24
Art Leture
Guest Lecturer Galia Solomonoff of OpenOffice, New York will speak
on Blaffer Gallery’s current exhibition, “Trespassing:
Houses X Artists.” Art Lecture, “Trespassing: Houses
X Artists.” 6 p.m., Feb. 24. Auditorium, Gerald D. Hines
College of Architecture. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Faculty Chamber Recital
“Music of Living American Composers” with works by
Robert Beaser, Robert Ochoa and Jan Bach performed by the University
of Houston faculty chamber musicians. “Music of Living American
Composers” 7:30 p.m., Feb. 24. Moores Opera House, Entrance
16 off Cullen Boulevard. $10 General admission, $5 students/seniors.
713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
International Dinner Series: Scandinavia
The Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and
Barron’s Restaurant present the Spring 2004 International
Dinner Series. Student-run dinners feature different cuisines
from around the world every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through
April 29 with “Scandinavia” scheduled this week. Spring
2004 International Dinner Series, “Scandinavia,” 5
-7:30 p.m., Feb. 24, 25, 26. Barron’s Restaurant. For reservations
and information, 713-743-2555 or www.hrm.uh.edu/barrons.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25
A.I. Lack Music Master Series
Master class with guest flautist Paula Robinson. A.I. Lack Music
Master Series, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25. Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd
School of Music, Rice University. Free. 713-348-8000. www.uh.edu/music.
THURSDAY, Feb. 26
Brown Bag Lunch Tour
Nora Laos, UH assistant professor of architectural history, will
discuss the Blaffer Gallery exhibit, “Tresspasing: Houses
X Artists.” Bring your lunch and continue the discussion
after the tour. “Trespassing: Houses X Artists.” 12
p.m., Feb. 26. Auditorium, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture.
Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
A.I. Lack Music Master Series
Master class with guest flautist Paula Robinson and Timothy Hester
on piano perform works by Prokofiev, Liebermann, Debussy and Chaminade.
A.I. Lack Music Master Series, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 26. Opera House,
Moores School of Music. $10 General admission, $5 students/seniors.
713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
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