{"id":111610,"date":"2021-09-08T10:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=111610"},"modified":"2022-09-26T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:19:48","slug":"levitt-pavilion-concert-to-showcase-wright-states-fine-and-performing-art-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/09\/08\/levitt-pavilion-concert-to-showcase-wright-states-fine-and-performing-art-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Levitt Pavilion concert to showcase Wright State&#8217;s fine and performing art students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/levitt-graphic-04-1024x634-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-111566\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2021\/09\/Levitt-Graphic.04-1024x634-1-508x315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wright State University music, musical theatre and visual arts programs will come together for a special concert at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State Arts Live! A Celebration of Fine and Performing Arts will be presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 South Main Street. <a href=\"https:\/\/levittdayton.org\/on-the-lawn\/\">Read about the venue&#8217;s safety guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The free concert features a sampling of Wright State&#8217;s fine and performing arts while promoting the 2021\u201322 music, theatre and visual arts season offered in the Creative Arts Center. It also serves as a launch of ArtsGala, Wright State\u2019s annual art event and fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thought it would be a great way to showcase all of the performing and visual arts at Wright State, while at the same time incorporating the launch of ArtsGala 2022,&#8221; said Dan Zehringer, D.M.A., chair of the School of Music. &#8220;We really wanted to highlight to our alumni and patrons the amount of diverse programming opportunities available year-round in the CAC and partake in what we&#8217;re doing. After all, the arts at Wright State University host the largest amount of concerts of any organization in the Miami Valley.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The concert also presents a unique opportunity for the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberal-arts.wright.edu\/music\">School of Music<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberal-arts.wright.edu\/theatre-dance-and-motion-pictures\">Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberal-arts.wright.edu\/art-and-art-history\">Department of Art and Art History<\/a> to perform on the same stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a great time for all of us to share the stage and celebrate the arts at Wright State University,&#8221; said Joe Deer, artist director of the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The concert will include performances by the Men&#8217;s Chorus and Fight Club, under the direction of James Tipps, Ph.D., professor of music; the Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Jerry Noble, director of percussion; and the Jazz Band and Faculty Quartet, conducted by David Diamond, D.M.A., adjunct instructor in trumpet, and joined by members of the School of Music faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Music theatre students will present selections from &#8220;Mamma Mia!,&#8221; which will be performed Oct. 29\u2013Nov. 14 in the Festival Playhouse in the Creative Arts Center.<\/p>\n<p>The performances will be accompanied by an on-stage slideshow of works by students and faculty in Wright State&#8217;s Department of Art and Art History.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While our patrons are enjoying the live music performed on stage, they can also see visually works from our art department,&#8221; Zehringer said.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Liberal Arts hopes the Sept. 16 concert is the beginning of a new tradition every fall at the Levitt Pavilion, Zehringer said.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State Arts Live is sponsored by ArtsGala, which takes place April 9, 2022, in the Creative Arts Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State Arts Live! A Celebration of Fine and Performing Arts will be presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Levitt Pavilion Dayton. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/09\/08\/levitt-pavilion-concert-to-showcase-wright-states-fine-and-performing-art-students\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":111562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,2037,4312,4859,725,747,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-arts-scene","category-artsgala","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-home-news-sidebar","category-liberal-arts","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111610"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111626,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111610\/revisions\/111626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}