Summer 2004 events at Goshen College

 

All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.

June 7
Art exhibit: “Douglas Kinsey, printmaking and oil painting.” Hershberger Art Gallery, thru Sept. 15

Kinsey is professor emeritus of art at the University of Notre Dame. Most of his work deals with individuals within a community. The context is often one of conflict or hardship in which one tries to survive with integrity. A fall reception will be held on Sept. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m.



June 13-16
Conn-Selmer University. Advance registration required.

This event, now in its sixth year, features power-packed sessions designed to launch and sustain careers in music education. Participants join a network of colleagues and seasoned professionals, while acquiring proven strategies for teaching success. Call Deb Kauffman at 574-535-7361 for more information.

June 13
Boston Brass in Concert, presented by Conn-Selmer University, 7:30 p.m., Sauder Concert Hall, $12 general seating.

This fresh brass sensation is setting new standards in entertainment from exciting classical arrangements, to breathtaking vocal harmony, to burning jazz standards. Boston Brass is primed to achieve new levels in brass performance while treating audiences to a unique musical experience that captivates all ages. The ensemble’s lively repartee, touched with humor and personality, bridges the vast ocean of classical formality to delight audiences to an evening of boisterous fun, exciting knowledge and an enthusiastic love of music, deftly exhibited by five brash brass players.

June 18
Guest Recital: Sue Richards, celtic harp, and Sharon Knowles, 7:30 p.m., Rieth Recital Hall, $8 adults and $5 seniors/students.

 

June 19
Foresinger’s Bicentennial Tour Concert, 7:30 p.m., Rieth Recital Hall, $5 general admission.

Commemoration of two early hymnals: “Zion’s Harp” and “Gesangbuch”

June 20-27
Clarinet Summit. Advance registration required.

Clarinet Summit 2004 is a week long master class for advanced clarinetists, featuring artist-teachers, Richard Stoltzman and Kalmen Opperman, and Klezmer artist, Joel Rubin. For more information, contact John Graulty at 574-535-7950.

June 26-July 2
Plowshares Faculty Academy, “Transforming a Violent World: Sharing Resources, Tools and Vision.” Advance registration required. For more information, contact Dean Johnson at 574-535-7728.



June 27
Lecture: Rachel Harding, 7 p.m., Rieth Recital Hall.

Harding is the executive director of The Veterans of Hope Project at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colo., which documents the life stories of “Veterans,” men and women from a variety of ethnic, cultural and religious communities, who have been active for many years in movements for compassionate social change. She is the daughter of civil rights activists Vincent and the late Rosemarie Harding.



June 28
Lecture: Paul Loeb, 7 p.m., Rieth Recital Hall.

Loeb has spent more than 30 years studying and writing about the psychology of social involvement. He is the author of “Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time” and is an associated scholar at Seattle’s Center for Ethical Leadership and board chair of Peace Action of Washington state.

June 30
Lecture: Ruby Sales, 7 p.m., Rieth Recital Hall.

Sales is a civil rights veteran, historian, and activist from Jemison, Ala. In the 1960s, Sales, an African-American, became involved with the state’s Freedom Summer voter registration drive. One afternoon, Jonathan Daniels, a white seminarian, was shot for standing behind Sales in line at a corner store. This experience propelled her into a long career of social activism. Sales is currently director of Spirit House, which is focused on community organizing and spiritually based community building.

July 6-10
Soccer Camp. Advance registration required.

Soccer Camp for all youth age seven through high school age.

July 11-15
Piano Workshop and Academy. Advance registration required.

For over 30 years the Piano Workshop and Academy has stimulated and informed both teachers and students. Clinicians this year include Nelita True, Sam Holland, Clavier magazine editor Judy Nelson and composer-in-residence Philip Keveren.



July 11
Piano Workshop Faculty Recital, 7:30 p.m., Sauder Concert Hall.

July 12
Matthew Hill, solo piano recital, 7:30 p.m., Sauder Concert Hall, $5 general, $3 seniors and students.

Hill is associate professor of music at Goshen College where he teaches piano, piano pedagogy and literature, music history and humanities.

July 13
Jonathan Sokasits, solo piano recital, 7:30 p.m., Sauder Concert Hall, $5 general, $3 seniors and student.

Sokasits is associate professor of piano at Hastings (Neb.) College.

July 14
Nelita True, solo piano recital, 7:30 p.m., Sauder Concert Hall, $5 general, $3 seniors and students.

True made her debut at age 17 with the Chicago Symphony and her New York debut with the Juilliard Orchestra. She has been a visiting professor at St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia and is currently professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music.

July 15
Student ensemble recital and premier of new duet by Philip Keveren, 7:30 p.m., Sauder Concert Hall.

A multi-talented keyboard artist and composer, Keveren’s published works are diverse, ranging from commercial to sacred piano, organ, instrumental solo and choral compositions.

July 15-18
Celebramos! Hispanic Mennonite youth/young adult conference. Advance registration required.

Worship, workshops, recreation for Hispanic youth from across the U.S. and Canada.

July 15-18
Y-Lead. Conference for Mennonite high school leaders. Advance registration required.

Sponsored by Campus Ministries and the CALL project, this conference gathers high school leaders from across the country.

Aug. 21-24
New student days

Aug. 25
Fall semester classes begin



Goshen College’s Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center, Union Gymnasium, Umble Center and Westlawn Lounge are accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

Directions to the college and a campus map are available at https://www.goshen.edu/aboutgc/map.php

For ticket information, contact the Welcome Center, at (574) 535-7566, or e-mail joannp@goshen.edu.

Goshen College, established in 1894, is a four-year residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, Kaplan’s “Most Interesting Colleges” guide and U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit https://www.goshen.edu/.

Editors: For more information, contact News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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