February Performing & Fine Arts performances

Performing and Fine Arts

February 14, 2019

‘Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead’

February 13-16, 7:30 p.m. and February 16, 2 p.m.

In this “unauthorized parody” of an iconic comic strip, CB questions the meaning of life and death following the demise of his dog. His friends have their own problems and aren’t much help. But his interest in an artistic boy — the target of his group’s bullying — sets events in motion that propel teen angst to its very limits. The play explores mature themes that relate to growing up.

Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students and seniors.

For more information, or to purchase tickets contact magohuntboxoffice@up.edu or 503.943.7287.

Wind Symphony and Chapel Choir concert

Saturday, February 16, 3 p.m.

The Wind Symphony and Chapel Choir combine for their fifth annual Junior Parents & Families Weekend Chapel Concert. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Frank Ticheli’s Angels in the Architecture the West Coast premiere of Joel Love’s Musica Dei, donum optimi, and the ensembles combining for Claude T. Smith’s stirring arrangement of God of Our Fathers, the National Hymn of the United States.

University Singers & Bel Canto concert

Sunday, February 17, 1:30 p.m.

Bel Canto's program will take you on a journey from the sizzling sass of All That Jazz to the lush tropical paradise of Bali Ha’i while the University Singers will entertain with songs and choruses from Hamilton, Candide, Into the Woods, Ragtime, and more. The event takes place in Buckley Center Auditorium and is free to the public. Come enjoy the best of Broadway conducted by Kathryn Briggs, David De Lyser, and Student Associate Conductor Natalie Werner ’19.

UP Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Combo concert

Sunday, February 17, 3:30 p.m.

The UP Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform works by composers and arrangers including Benny Carter, Tom Garling, Ann Ronell, Neal Hefti, Radiohead, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, and more. The concert, free and open to the public, will be held in Mago Hunt Recital Hall.

UP Orchestra concert

Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 p.m.

This concert, held in Buckley Center Auditorium, features Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, with UP's Provost Thomas Greene as narrator, Dvorak's Symphony from the New World, and Bloch's Concerto Grosso.

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