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Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Click on individual event listings for the Mason Gross Galleries schedule.
Rutgers Jazz Lab Band: “Jazz & The Music of Brazil”
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe development of musical style in Brazil can be described as an example of cultural creolization in the New World. A complex intertwining of several ethnic traditions has produced a rich exchange of distinctive cultural practices, and the "blending" of these Western and non-Western influences has created a unique cultural sensibility as well as original idioms of musical expression.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Jordan Strafer
Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesJordan Strafer (b. 1990, Miami) is a New York-based artist working primarily in video. She received her BFA from The New School in 2016 and her MFA from Bard College in 2019. Strafer’s work has been included in group exhibitions at SculptureCenter, New York (2020); Red Tracy, Copenhagen, (2020–21); The New Museum, New York (2021); Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin (2021); and Ludwig Forum, Aachen (2023). Strafer’s videos, PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER (2022), was presented as part of the Currents section of the 60th New York Film Festival in 2022. Solo presentations of her work include PUNCHLINE at Participant Inc, New York in 2022, LOOPHOLE at Secession, Vienna, and Index, Stockholm, and MERCY NO NO at Heidi, Berlin in 2023.
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble: “Prof” Fielder Memorial Concert
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesHonoring late trumpet master and educator William "Prof" Fielder with alum and guest artist Terell Stafford.
Low Brass Ensembles Recital
Shindell Choral Hall 85 George Street, New Brunswick, United StatesFeaturing Rutgers Trombone Choir, Euphonium Ensemble, and Tuba Euphonium Ensemble.
Rutgers Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesSaxophonist and concerto competition winner Tyler Sakow will take the stage to perform "Concerto for Alto Saxophone" by Paul Creston with the RSO. After the intermission, RSO will present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 without a conductor for the first time in its history.
BFA Senior Solo Dance Concert
Loree Dance Theater 70 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesNew interdisciplinary choreographic works by BFA senior dance majors.
Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir
Kirkpatrick Chapel 81 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir will perform a program of works from various style periods.
Guest Artist: Susan Starr
Shindell Choral Hall 85 George Street, New Brunswick, United StatesInternationally renowned for both a brilliant technique and a distinct musical personality, pianist Susan Starr has performed to packed houses and critical acclaim throughout the world since receiving the silver medal in 2nd Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition.
RESCHEDULED 11/13 – Visiting Artist Lecture: JJJJJerome Ellis
Virtual EventsJJJJJerome Ellis is an artist and a proud stutterer. He makes music and writes books.
Visiting Filmmaker Series: “Aftersun”
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesA screening of Aftersun (2022) and a post-screening Q&A with writer/director Charlotte Wells. At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). But Calum […]