BELOV, KIM TO PERFORM IN WASHINGTON
Professors Anton Belov and Albert Kim will present “The East-Western Divan, Art Songs Inspired by Persia” Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center.
The concert is a special preview performance before the duo heads to Washington, D.C., to perform at the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute. Currently, the Freer Gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring Persian calligraphy. In honor of this, Belov and Kim’s performance will feature German and Russian translations of Persian poets including Hafez and Mirza Shafi in settings by Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Rachmaninoff, Glazunov and Rubinstein.
Belov, a Juilliard-trained baritone and assistant professor of music at Linfield, has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall, Portland Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Symphony and elsewhere, and has been praised by the New York Times for stealing the show with his “rich, mellifluous voice” and “soulful pathos.” Belov has appeared with opera companies throughout the United States and has earned critical acclaim for his portrayals of characters as diverse as Count di Luna, Don Giovanni, Escamillo, Count Almaviva, Doctor Malatesta and Eugene Onegin.
A dedicated chamber musician, Kim has performed in the chamber music master classes of Robert Levin and Menahem Pressler and coached with Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma and others. Most recently, he completed and premiered an original instrumental transcription of Strauss’ “Salome” for the Tabletop Opera in Rochester, N.Y. He is the winner of the 2008 concerto competition and performed Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 with the Eastman Philharmonia.
For more information, call ext. 2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
DINOSAUR PHILOSOPHY TOPIC OF TALK
Leonard Finkelman, assistant professor of philosophy will present “Fuzzy Logic: Assessing the Evidence for Dinosaur Feathers” on Wednesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in 219 T.J. Day Hall.
In his lecture, he will provide evidence that dinosaurs had feathers and explain how different kinds of proof have contributed to scientific progress. In addition, Finkelman will discuss how philosophy fits into this study of dinosaurs.
Before joining the Linfield faculty in 2014, Finkelman received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy at the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. in philosophy at City University of New York Graduate Center. His scholarly interests include philosophy of biology with an emphasis on concepts in evolution and extinction. He has also co-authored the articles “The Value of Public Philosophy to Philosophers” and “The Extended (Evolutionary) Debate: Where Science Meets Philosophy.”
The lecture is sponsored by PLACE. For more information, contact Finkelman, ext. 2760 or dinosaurphilosophy@linfield.edu.
HATFIELD FILM TO BE SHOWN IN ICE
After five years of work by Linfield College alumni, a feature-length documentary film about Mark Hatfield made its television debut and will also be shown at Linfield.
“The Gentleman of the Senate: Oregon’s Mark Hatfield” aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting in January and will show at Linfield on Wednesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium. A Q&A with the filmmakers and former Hatfield staff members will follow the Linfield showing.
Linfield’s connection to the production is significant. Two of the executive producers are Devon Lyon ’97 and Kevin Curry ’92 (director of integrated media relations at Linfield). In addition, executive producer Rick Dancer is the great-grandson of J.O. Maxwell, after whom Maxwell Field is named, and his parents, Roy and Betty Dancer, are alumni. Further, both Senator Hatfield and his wife, Antoinette, received honorary degrees from Linfield in 1971. His daughter, Elizabeth Hatfield-Keller, earned a degree in 1984.
Focusing on Hatfield’s years in the U.S. Senate, the film examines how his leadership approach served him well on the big issues of the day. The 55 interviews conducted for the film encompass a range of people including President Bill Clinton, former U.S. Senate colleagues Sen. Bob Packwood (R-OR) and the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), as well as Oregon leaders and many former staff members who worked daily with Hatfield.
The showing is free and open to the public. For more information, call ext. 2321.
PHYSICS TOPIC OF SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM
Daniel Borrero from the Reed College Department of Physics, will present “On The Importance of Visualization in Nonlinear Dynamics: From Huygens’ Clocks to Hurricanes” during the iFOCUS Science Colloquium Lecture Series on Thurday, March 12, at 4:15 p.m. in 105 Murdock Hall, with refreshments at 4 p.m. The iFOCUS Science Colloquium Series is made possible by the Hearst Foundations. For more information, contact gcastill@linfield.edu or visit http://www.linfield.edu/science-colloquium.html
SANTANGELO PERCUSSION RECITAL SET
Music major Christian Santangelo ’15 will present a senior percussion recital on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Delkin Recital Hall in the Bull Music Center.
Santangelo will perform music written in the last 100 years on various percussion instruments, including timpani, snare drum and marimba. He is a student of adjunct percussion professor Florian Conzetti.
At Linfield, Santangelo has been a percussionist in the Linfield Jazz band and has played in the orchestra for various musicals. Santangelo is also involved in multiple local bands as a percussionist. He has played timpani in Beethoven’s second and fifth symphonies with local orchestras and has been a member of Oregon Crusaders’ Drum and Bugle Corps.
This recital is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Department of Music. For more information, call ext. 2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
HERMITAGE PIANO TRIO TO PERFORM
The critically acclaimed Hermitage Piano Trio will perform Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
The Trio, made up of Misha Keylin on violin, Sergey Antonov on cello and Ilya Kazantsev on piano, will perform “Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8” by Shostakovich; “Trio Elégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9” by Rachmaninoff; and “Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49” by Mendelssohn. The performance is presented in collaboration with Friends of Chamber Music.
The Hermitage Piano Trio is distinguished by its exuberant musicality, interpretative range and sumptuous sound. It excels at performing an enormous range of music and has a wide repertoire from Shostakovich, Arensky and Tchaikovsky to Haydn, Beethoven, Dvorak and Brahms.
The Trio is made up of three musicians who are noted soloists in their own right. In a career already spanning 45 countries on five continents, violinist Keylin released a CD with a series of the seven Henri Vieuxtemps violin concertos. These recordings have already sold over 120,000 copies worldwide and garnered numerous press accolades and awards. Antonov, hailed as “a brilliant cellist” by the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich, became one of the youngest cellists ever awarded the gold medal at the world’s premier musical contest, the quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Competition. Antonov’s entry into this elite stratum of sought-after classical artists has already placed him on stages at world-renowned venues from Russia’s Great Hall at the Moscow Conservatory to Suntory Hall in Tokyo. A passionate interpreter of his native Russian repertoire, pianist Kazantsev has been hailed by the Washington Post as “virtually flawless.” He has performed as a recitalist and soloist with orchestra extensively in Russia and the United States, as well as appearing in Germany, Japan, Italy, France, Canada, Ukraine, Belarus and Slovenia.
In the 2013-14 season, the Trio embarked on a major project in recognition of the 140th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth. The members of the Hermitage Piano Trio have taught at the Eastman School of Music, Boston University, Oberlin College and the Tanglewood Music Center. Antonov is the artistic director of the concert series for the Chamber Music Foundation of New England.
The concert is sponsored by the Linfield Department of Music and the Linfield Lively Arts Series, which features guest artists in concerts and in outreach activities, including master classes, open rehearsals and “Meet the Musicians” events with students and local audiences.
Tickets are $10 at the door and free for Linfield students with current ID. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts.
‘TEMPORAL POWERS’ TO PREMIERE
A conflict between man, wife, poverty and the need to do what is right sits at the heart of the upcoming Linfield College Theatre production, “Temporal Powers,” Teresa Deevy’s 1927 play newly unearthed by the Mint Theater Company in New York City. In addition, a post-show discussion and a lecture will be presented.
“Temporal Powers” runs March 17-20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall at Linfield and is directed by Kathryn Bennett, adjunct professor of theatre at Linfield. This production marks the West Coast premiere of the play and its first production by a college or university theatre in the U.S.
“Temporal Powers” tells the darkly humorous story of a great love struggling under the weight of conflicting passions. Desperate and penniless, a couple takes refuge for the night in a crumbling ruin. The answer to their prayers is buried within the walls, money for a fresh start, if only they could agree to use it. However, this money comes with its own baggage. What follows is a fierce moral struggle that no one can win.
In the spring of 2010, Jonathan Bank, producing artistic director of New York’s Mint Theater Company, traveled to Ireland to visit playwright Deevy’s home. Her estate donated her manuscripts to the Mint Theater Company, including “Temporal Powers,” which was later edited and adapted for a performance in 2011 by the Mint.
In addition to the play, Bank and Lex Runciman, professor of English at Linfield, will be panelists for a post-show discussion following the Tuesday, March 17, performance. Bank, who will visit classes while on campus, will also present a lecture, “The Teresa Deevy Project,” on Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m. in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall. The lecture is free but seating is limited. The lecture is sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Series at Linfield, the Department of English and the Department of Theatre and Communication Arts.
Actors in the play include seniors MacKensie Sempert as Min Donovan, Rhianna Bennett as Maggie Cooney, Daniel Bradley as Jim Slattery and Cody Purchase as Father O’Brien; juniors Lukasz Augustine as Moses Barron and Sammy West as Lizzie Brennan; sophomores Joella Cordell as Daisy Barron and Murphy Jackson as Ned Cooney; and freshman Ben Bartu as Michael Donovan. Additionally, senior Mariko Kajita is the stage manager. Set and lighting design is by Ty Marshall, professor of theatre arts, director of theatre and resident designer. Sound design and technical direction is by Rob Vaughn and costume design is by Laurel Peterson.
Bennett has acted in New York on daytime television in shows including “All My Children” and “As the World Turns.” She also worked off-off-Broadway and at the Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. She holds a master’s of fine arts from the University of South Carolina and has trained with the famous voice theorist Kristin Linklater and various teachers of the Juilliard School. Since returning to her native Northwest, she has directed numerous college productions and acts in indie films and commercials. Recently, she wrote a comic play called “In Search of the Red Skull,” which she directed and co-produced with PDX Playwrights at the 2015 Fertile Ground Theatre Festival in Portland. She is actively involved with the Portland Theatre Alliance and the Oregon Media Professionals Association. Read more about Bennettt at katiebennettstoryteller.com.
The play is presented by the Linfield Theatre Program. It investigates Linfield’s 2014-15 PLACE (Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement) theme by exploring the question of “How Do We Know?” through storytelling.
Tickets are $9 for full price; $7 for seniors (62+) and Linfield faculty and staff (two tickets per ID); and $5 for students (any age, any school, one ticket per ID); with a $2 discount on all tickets on opening night. Seating is reserved. Tickets will go on sale March 10 and will be available at http://www.linfield.edu/arts or by phone, or at the Marshall Theatre Box Office. Located just inside the lobby of Ford Hall, the box office is open Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., and until 7:30 p.m. on performance days. The Marshall Theatre is fully accessible.
For more information, call ext. 2292.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
MONDAY, MARCH 9
4 p.m.: Faculty assembly
TUESDAY, MARCH 10
11 a.m.: Wildcat Windup, Jonasson Hall
7:30 p.m.: Anton Belov and Albert Kim, “The East-Western Divan, Art Songs Inspired by Persia,” Delkin Recital Hall
8 p.m.: Celtic Christina Worship Service, Pioneer Hall Reading Room
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
6 p.m.: Lacrosse vs. St. Mary’s
7 p.m.: Leonard Finkelman, “Fuzzy Logic: Assessing the Evidence for Dinosaur Feathers,” 219 T.J. Day Hall.
7 p.m.: “The Gentleman of the Senate: Oregon’s Mark Hatfield,” Ice Auditorium
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
4:15 p.m.: Daniel Borrero, “On The Importance of Visualization in Nonlinear Dynamics: From Huygens’ Clocks to Hurricanes,” 105 Murdock Hall
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
3 p.m.: Baseball vs. St. Thomas, Tucson, Ariz.
4 p.m.: Women’s tennis at Lewis & Clark
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
10 a.m.: Track and field at Mt. Hood Invitational
11 a.m.: Women’s tennis at Willamette
11:30 a.m.: Baseball vs. Concordia-Chicago
Noon: Softball at PLU
1 p.m.: Men’s tennis vs. Willamette
3 p.m.: Baseball vs. Cal Lutheran, Tucson
7:30 p.m.: Christian Santangelo recital, Delkin Recital Hall
Today and tomorrow: Men’s and women’s golf at Lewis & Clark Invitational
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
7:30 a.m.: Baseball vs. Wesleyan, Tucson, Az.
Noon: Lacrosse at Whitman
Noon: Softball at UPS
