November 28, 2012
Palumbo Professor Michael Palumbo played through the pain in his last faculty recital on Monday. “I broke my finger when I dropped a 30-pound weight on it at the gym during exercise,” Palumbo said. “I’m playing on it because I have no choice.” His broken finger was on his left hand, which he uses to [...]
Weber State University graduate Alicia Washington has brought a whole new element to Ogden’s performing arts scene. Ogden’s newest performance space is Good Company Theatre, located on Historic 25th Street. The theater will be a location for performances, artwork and workshops by local artists and performers for the public. According to its mission statement, “Good [...]
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While it is an actor’s job to take the audience to a new world, it is the job of the behind-the-scene teams to create that world and make it believable. One team that operates almost invisibly in the Weber State University Performing Arts Department is its costume crew. From creating elaborate costumes to picking out [...]
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Shannon Roberts is a new visiting professor for the Weber State University Music Department and the newest addition to the jazz and band programs on campus. Donald Keipp, the former director of both the marching and jazz band, retired last year after a long and successful career at WSU. Roberts holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree in music [...]
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Former Utah poet laureate Katharine Coles shared her experiences of visiting Antarctica with students for the Water Works series presented by Weber State University. The poetry reading took place on Thursday, Oct. 4. “She’s here tonight as part of Weber State’s yearlong program dedicated to the study of water called Water Works,” said Jan Hamer, [...]
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Music was played, money was raised and Adrian Maxson was remembered. On Saturday, September 29th, the fifth annual Adrian Maxson Memorial Concert and Scholarship Fundraiser was held in Weber State University’s Allred Theater in the Val A. Browning Center at 7:30 p.m. This fundraising concert is held each year in honor of Adrian Maxson. He [...]
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