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Choirs present 'A Christmas Celebration'
Nov 10, 2016
Cal Poly Choirs to Present ‘A Christmas Celebration’ Dec. 3
Event will be music Professor Thomas Davies 34th and final holiday concert
The Cal Poly Choirs will present the annual holiday spectacular “A Christmas Celebration” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in Harman Hall of the
Performing Arts Center.
PolyPhonics, the University Singers and the Cal Poly Early Music Ensemble will perform holiday favorites and new works under the direction of music Professor Thomas Davies at the popular yearly event. The Cal Poly Brass Ensemble, conducted by Christopher J. Woodruff, will add to the festive performances.
Cal Poly staff members Susan Azaret Davies and Paul Woodring will accompany the choirs and perform solo works for piano and organ.
Cal Poly Fall Jazz Concert Set for Dec. 2
Nov 10, 2016
Cal Poly’s University Jazz Bands will present their annual Fall Jazz Concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 in Spanos Theatre on campus.
Two big bands and a pair of combos will demonstrate this generation's approach to one of America’s great art forms, said Paul Rinzler, director of jazz studies at Cal Poly.
The big bands are composed of four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones, a rhythm section and vocalist. University Jazz Band I and II will perform both traditional and contemporary jazz, including such standards as “Fly Me to the Moon,” pop classics including “Moondance” in a jazz setting, jazz/funk arrangements such as “Fowl Play” and contemporary jazz like Pat Metheny’s “See the World.” Two jazz combos will also perform.
The University Jazz Band I went on a performance tour of London over the summer and performed for this fall’s Jubilee by the Sea in Pismo Beach on Oct. 28.
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Campus Wide "13th" Documentary Screenings
Nov 1, 2016
This year's "Constitution Day" event will be is a day-long set of screenings and open discussions of the new documentary "13th". The film is about the 13th amendment to the constitution, which states that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." The film outlines very powerfully how this has led to "From slave to criminal with one amendment".
The event, sponsored by OUDI, the College of Liberal Arts, and a number of CLA Departments (Ethnic Studies, History, Political Science, Social Sciences, and Women & Gender Studies) takes place on Thursday, November 3rd
International Education Week
Oct 27, 2016
November 14-18, 2016
On Monday, November 14, the first speaker during International Education Week will be presenting, from 5:00-6:30 in Chumash Auditorium.
Don Barletti is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, and the keynote speaker for the International Education Week.
The Roads Most Traveled: Causes and Consequences of Illegal Immigration, will be an eye-opening, thought-provoking presentation, and we are extremely excited to have such an influential speaker kick-off this educational week!
Honored CLA Alumni Speaks at Cal Poly
Oct 25, 2016
Jim Kouf Presents: Survivalist Writing
Saturday Nov 5, 10:00am-12:00pm
Honored CLA alumni and award-winning screenwriter and producer, Jim Kouf, will be speaking at Cal Poly! His talk will be one for the books, as he discusses how to succeed in Hollywood.
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Cal Poly band at Bandfest
Oct 20, 2016
Cal Poly Bands to Celebrate ‘American Masters’ at Bandfest Concert Nov. 13
Nearly 300 students will perform at Cal Poly’s annual Bandfest at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, in Harman Hall in the Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center.
The show, titled “American Masters,” will feature the Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble in an evening of bold and powerful works by living American composers for the modern symphonic band.
The evening will also include the Mustang Marching Band performing high-energy selections for the traditional stadium band.
Noted Photographer Speaks at Cal Poly
Oct 20, 2016
Noted Photographer, Filmmaker Henry Horenstein to Speak Oct. 25 at Cal Poly
Distinguished American photographer and filmmaker Henry Horenstein will speak at Cal Poly from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the Constructions Innovations Center (No. 186), Room C303.
Horenstein will show samples of his photographs and films while telling the stories behind the images. His work includes fine art and commercial photography, book publishing and, more recently, documentary films.
He has published more than 30 books, including monographs such as “Animalia,” “Honky Tonk,” “Close Relations” and “Show,” and instructional texts about analogue and digital photography.
Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department Presents 'Cosi'
Oct 18, 2016
The Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department will present the comedy “Cosi” at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 10-12, and Tuesday through Thursday, Nov 15-17,in the university’s Spanos Theatre.
The play, written by Australian playwright Louis Nowra, is set in a mental institution in Melbourne, Australia, in 1971. In the production, Lewis, a recent university graduate, is hired to direct a play to be performed by the patients. Roy, an ebullient manic-depressive, convinces the group to perform Mozart’s opera “Cosi fan Tutti.”