Maryville College Arts & Culture Calendar
  • Jan 2010
  • Feb 2010
  • Mar 2010
  • Apr 2010
  • May 2010
MLK Forum

Jan. 14 | 6:30 pm | Martin Luther King Community Forum

Alumni Gymnasium

This forum will focus on learning how Dr. King and the civil rights movement can help guide us in current challenges of community-building with Latin Americans in East Tennessee. A call to action and opportunities for service and leadership will be integral to the forum.
 

Feb. 7-28 | Scholastic Art Competition

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Scholastic is a national competition for high school and middle school students from 11 counties in East Tennessee. A panel of six professional artists and art historians will serve as judges. The grand opening ceremony will take place on Sun., Feb. 7 in the Grand Foyer with works on display in the three galleries located in the two buildings of the complex.

Feb. 16 | Andrew Irvine | Interfaith Dialogue Series

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Feb. 16 | 7 pm | Diversity Film Series

LAWSON AUDITORIUM, FAYERWEATHER HALL

Feb. 19 | 8 pm | Larry Smithee | Faculty Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, RECITAL HALL

The MC community and public are invited to screen the film “Training Rules,” which explores the topic of homophobia in the setting of Penn State’s women’s basketball team.

Feb. 23 | 1 pm & 7 pm | Dr. Sam Keen | February Meetings

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, RECITAL HALL

Blending insights shared in a forthcoming book and reflections on boyhood days spent in the College Woods, author, professor and philosopher Sam Keen will speak on “Fragments of a Future Religion.” He will also sign Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds and The Absence of God: Dwelling in the Presence of the Sacred at both events.

March 1 – 31 | Faculty Art Show

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS STUDENT GALLERY

March 1 | TBA | Dr. Julie Galambush | Interfaith Dialogue Series

Dr. Julie Galambush is an associate professor of religious studies at the College of William and Mary. Formerly an ordained American Baptist minister, Galambush converted to Judaism. She recently published a popular work entitled The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book. She will be speaking on the interaction between Judaism and Christianity in the Bible.

March 2 | 7:30 pm | Showcase of Area Artists

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

This year’s showcase will spotlight the talents of soloists selected by audition to perform concerto works with The Orchestra at Maryville College. Tickets at the door: $10 adults; $7.50 seniors 60+; free to students 18 and under and to Maryville College faculty, staff and students with ID.

March 3 | TBA | Patrick Finney | Student Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, RECITAL HALL

March 4 | TBA | Alpha Psi Omega Benefit Production

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, FLEX THEATRE

The benefit production will be a cabaret-style variety show with student, faculty and community performers. Artwork by MC students will be on display in the foyer. Two types of tickets will be available, one including dinner and the show and a standard ticket for the production. Ticket prices will be announced and go on sale early in the spring semester. Proceeds will benefit the East Tennessee Chapter of the Autism Society of America.

March 9 | TBA | Chase Hatmaker | Student Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, RECITAL HALL

March 19 – 21 | Foothills Quilters’ 30th Anniversary Quilt

COOPER ATHLETIC CENTER

March 24 | 7 pm | Diversity Film Series

LAWSON AUDITORIUM, FAYERWEATHER HALL

The MC Community and public are invited to screen “Black Nation/Queer Nation,” an experimental documentary chronicling the 1995 ground-breaking conference on lesbian and gay sexualities in the African Diaspora. It draws connections between popular culture and contemporary black gay media production.

March 25 | TBA | MC Choir Concert

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

March 26 | 8 pm | Jo Dee Messina Concert

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

Jo Dee Messina is an award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist who has had nine #1 singles and has been honored by The Country Music Association, The Academy of Country Music and The Grammy Awards. She was the first female country artist to score three multiple-week #1 songs from the same album.

March 27 | 7:30 pm | CLAYTON Center Opening Gala

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

The Gala highlights East Tennessee talent from a wide array of artistic forms. The evening promises dancers, musicians and singers. Also available for the public will be art displays in the three galleries featured at the Center.

March 28 | 2 pm | Adams Foundation Piano Series Concert

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, RECITAL HALL

Identical twins Richard and John Contiguglia are among the most acclaimed and versatile piano duos in the world. The concerts feature America’s foremost piano performers in venues throughout the nation.

March 29 | 7 pm | Banff Film Festival

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

March 29 | 8 pm | Delores Ziegler and John Wesley Wright

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, RECITAL HALL

As part of the Grand Opening weekend, Delores Ziegler and John Wesley Wright will perform a joint recital. With a repertoire that extends from bel canto to verismo, American mezzo-soprano Ziegler has appeared in the world’s greatest opera houses. She is from Georgia and received her bachelor’s degree in music from Maryville College and her master’s degree from the University of Tennessee. Tenor Wright is known for his artistic and soulful interpretations of music from baroque to Broadway. Holding degrees from Maryville College (’87) and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (’90), his diversity as an artist has afforded him, among other things, a nationally-televised concert for the Belgian Royal Family and tours as a soloist and in professional ensembles throughout the United States, Europe and Japan.

April 6 | TBA | Student Panel | Interfaith Dialogue Series

April 7 – 30 | Art Werger

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Nationally-acclaimed artist and printmaker Art Werger will be displaying his work in the Center’s professional gallery.

April 15 | TBA | Will Yager | Student Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

April 16 – 17 | TBA | Tennessee Speech and Drama League State Tournament

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

April 18 | 4 pm | Community Band Concert | Spring Concert

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

April 20 | TBA | Math Contest

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS MAIN HALL

April 20 | 7 pm | Diversity Film Series

LAWSON AUDITORIUM, FAYERWEATHER HALL

The MC Community and public are invited to screen award-winning film “I Exist,” featuring young men and women who combat negative stereotypes as gay and lesbian Middle Easterners who live in the United States.

April 22 | TBA | Jazz Band Concert

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS RECITAL HALL

April 23 | TBA | Phillip McCants | Student Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS RECITAL HALL

April 23 | TBA | Dr. Gibson’s Portrait Reveal

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS GRAND FOYER

April 24 – 25 | Appalachian Ballet | “Peter Pan”

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

April 24 | 8 pm
April 25 | 2 pm

April 25 | pm | Piano Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS RECITAL HALL

April 26 | 7:30 pm | The Orchestra at Maryville College, Community Chorus & Concert Choir | Spring Concert

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Tickets at the door, $10 adults, $7.50 seniors 60+, free to students 18 and under and to Maryville College faculty, staff, and students with ID.

April 29 – May 2 | 8 pm | Maryville College Theatre Department | “Our Town”

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS FLEX THEATRE

April 29 | 8 pm | Dr. Ralph Stanley and Clinch Mountain Boys with Cherryholmes

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS MAIN HALL

Bluegrass royalty and three-time Grammy Award winner Dr. Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys have teamed up with the first family of bluegrass, Cherryholmes, to showcase the very best of this musical tradition’s past, present and future.

April 30 | 7:30 pm | Ball in the House

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

Ball in the House is a tour de force of vocal sound that must be heard and seen to be believed. This five-man, pop/R & B "mouth band" hails from Boston, Mass.

April 30 – May 1 | TBA | Choir Festival

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AUDITORIUM

May 1 | TBA | Piano Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS RECITAL HALL

May 6 – 7 | TBA | MC Dance Ensemble Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS MAIN HALL

May 8 | TBA| Piano Recital

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS RECITAL HALL

May 14 | TBA | Wood and Strings Puppet Theatre

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS MAIN HALL and FLEX THEATRE

Wood and Strings Theatre uses the captivating and comprehensive nature of art to engage the imagination, create experiences full of meaning and provide tools to build positive solutions for life's challenges. A puppet-making workshop will also be held in conjunction with this presentation.

May 16 | 2 pm | MC Baccalaureate

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL

May 16 | 6 pm | MC Commencement

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, MAIN HALL (rain location)

May 20 – 21 | TBA | TCPRA

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AUDITORIUM