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Russell To Present Senior Vocal Performance Recital At Ouachita May 3, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present Seth Russell in his senor voice recital Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. A reception will follow the recital in Hammons Gallery.

Russell, a senior vocal performance major from Crossett, Ark., is a three-time National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) regional finalist and a two-time NATS state finalist. He has held three lead roles in the Ouachita opera performances and is a young artist for The OperaMaya Foundation in Mexico …

Ouachita To Present One-Act Play Festival May 5-6, Ali Robinson, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Theatre Arts will host its student-directed One-Act Play Festival on Thursday and Friday, May 5-6, at in Verser Theatre. Thursday’s performances will begin at 8 p.m., and Friday’s performances will begin at 7 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.

The One-Acts are a project for students enrolled in a directing course who are working to complete a theatre degree. Ten one-act plays will be performed over the two-day festival.

Ouachita Singers And Women’S Chorus To Perform At Ouachita May 2, Elizabeth Baker, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University will host the Ouachita Singers and Women’s Chorus in concert on Monday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. The concert will be free and open to the public and will be professionally recorded for a new CD due for release in the fall.

Ouachita Singers includes 39 students who rehearse three times weekly to prepare for their performances. The group is under the direction of Dr. Gary Gerber, dean of the School of Fine Arts.

Ouachita’S Allison Austin To Present Sophomore Recital April 29, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host Allison Austin in her sophomore recital on Friday, April 29, at 11 a.m. The performance will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.

Austin, a sophomore musical theatre major from Mena, Ark., is a member of the Carl Goodson Honors Program, Alpha Psi Omega national theatre honor society, Sigma Alpha Iota international music fraternity for women and the Student National Association of Teachers of Singing. She is also involved in Women’s Chorus and performed in Ouachita’s 2015 Muse Project theatre production, …

Ouachita’S Tiger Steel To Present Spring Concert May 4, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University will host the Tiger Steel Drum Ensemble in its spring concert May 4 in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Founded in 2013, Tiger Steel includes both music and non-music majors.

Ouachita Baptist To Host 39th Annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition April 30, Meaghan Pollizi, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host the 39th annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition on Saturday, April 30, at 3 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall in OBU’s Mabee Fine Arts Center. The competition is free and open to the public.

Participants will each perform two pieces in different styles from memory. The competition was established by Virginia Queen, professor emerita of music, who taught piano at Ouachita for more than 40 years.

Ouachita To Host Abbey Fowler’S Senior Art Exhibit April 25-May 14, Ali Robinson, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host the senior art exhibit of Abbey Fowler, a senior graphic design, mass communications and French triple major from Arkadelphia, Ark., from April 25-May 14 in Hammons Gallery, located in OBU’s Mabee Fine Arts Center. The exhibit is free and open to the public. A reception also will be held Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m.

Fowler’s exhibit, titled “Association,” will showcase an array of works inspired by the various interests in which she was involved throughout her years at Ouachita. The exhibit will focus heavily on graphic design, but also will …

Ouachita Concert Choir To Perform Hayes’ Requiem And Te Deum April 28, Caitlyn Barker, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Concert Choir will perform Mark Hayes’ Requiem and Te Deum on Thursday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at www.obu.edu/boxoffice.

The performance will be “an uplifting, exhilarating and worshipful musical experience,” said Dr. Jon Secrest, chair of Ouachita’s Department of Applied Music and director of the choir. “The music of Mark Hayes has immediate appeal for the tastes of our student musicians and audience members alike.”

Ouachita To Host Composers Symposium April 25, Caitlyn Barker, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University will hold a Composers Symposium on Monday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. The symposium will be free and open to the public.

The Composers Symposium will feature the original compositions of several students. Music composition students spend several weeks and months working on and perfecting their pieces to prepare them for performance.

Ouachita’S School Of Fine Arts To Present “Footloose The Musical” April 21-24, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Melanie Herring And Devin Jones To Present Senior Art Exhibits At Ouachita April 4-15, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host Melanie Herring and Devin Jones’ senior art exhibits April 4-15 in Moses-Provine Hall’s Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery. Jones’ exhibit will be held on the first floor, and Herring’s exhibit will be on the second floor. Both exhibits are free and open to the public. A reception for both seniors also will be held in the gallery on April 4 at 7 p.m.

Winners Of Ouachita’S Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit Announced, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Atkinson To Present Sophomore Musical Theatre Recital At Ouachita March 4, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita To Host 18th Annual Mary Shambarger Competition For Singers Feb. 23, Meaghan Pollizi, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita To Host “Boys To Black Men” Exhibit By Chrystal Seawood Jan. 25-Feb. 26, Brooke Zimny, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts will host Chrystal Seawood in a guest exhibit, “Boys to Black Men,” Jan. 25-Feb. 26. The exhibit will be held in the university’s Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery in Moses-Provine Hall and is free and open to the public. A closing reception and artist lecture will be held Feb. 26.

“Boys to Black Men” responds to the highly publicized shooting deaths among unarmed, black males at the hands of police. Seawood surveyed a group of black teen boys from her hometown of Forrest City, Ark., to understand how these national incidents influence the boys’ …

Lei Cai And Hee-Kyung Juhn To Present Faculty Piano Recital Jan. 25 At Ouachita, Anna Hurst, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host Dr. Lei Cai and Dr. Hee-Kyung Juhn in a faculty piano recital Monday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The recital will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall on Ouachita’s campus and is free and open to the public.

Cai, associate professor of music at Ouachita, and his wife, Juhn, director of keyboard studies at Henderson State University, will showcase works for four hands on one piano, works for two pianos and solo pieces.

World-Renowned Pianist Andrew Cooperstock To Perform Feb. 1 At Ouachita, Rachel Gaddis, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University will host guest musician Dr. Andrew Cooperstock for a piano recital Monday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. Cooperstock will also offer a master class prior to the recital at 3 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.

A solo pianist and chamber musician, Cooperstock has appeared on six continents and in most of the 50 states. He has performed at the United Nations, New York’s Alice Tully, Merkin and Carnegie halls, Broadway’s 54 Below, Greenwich Village’s Le Poisson Rouge and Brooklyn’s BargeMusic.

Ouachita To Host Student Juried Art Exhibit Feb. 1-29, Brooke Zimny, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Art Club will host its annual Juried Student Art Exhibit Feb. 1-29 in Ouachita’s Hammons Art Gallery, located in Mabee Fine Arts Center. This year’s juror was John Deering, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Winners will be announced at a reception Feb. 12, 6-7 p.m., in Hammons Gallery. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.