The Stony Brook University Department of Theatre Arts is running a student production of “Hamlet,” April 11 through April 14 and April 18 through April 21 (Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm; Sunday at 2 pm) in Theater One at the Staller Center. Stony Brook alumna Valerie Clayman Pye ’92, who has trained and worked [...]

“Hooray for Hollywood” comes to Staller Center on Sunday, March 24, at 7 pm, with performers recreating more than 30 songs and dances live on stage in this nostalgic journey through the most popular movie musicals of the past 50 years. Featuring songs from Singing in the Rain and The Glenn Miller Story to Titanic, Hairspray [...]

Sounds and ideas from Asian cultures — ranging from gamelan to the I Ching, from the qanun to the Zen koan — are central to 20th-century percussion repertoire. Experience and explore these cross-cultural connections in an evening of Asian and Asian-inspired compositions from John Cage, Tan Dun and James Tenney, performed by Christopher Graham, from Stony BrookUniversity’s Department of Music, and [...]

Work by three graduate students of fine arts will be exhibited in the University Art Gallery in the Staller Center from Saturday, March 16, through Saturday, April 6. A reception honoring the artists will be held on Saturday, March 16, from 7 pm to 9 pm. “MFA Thesis Exhibition 2013” includes paintings, photographs and mixed [...]

The Harlem Renaissance Tribute Raisin’ Cane — featuring award-winning actress, singer and dancer Jasmine Guy, along with the Avery Sharpe Jazz Trio — was a huge success at Staller Center on February 23, with a diverse audience of more than 800 people. “After seeing the premiere of this show at The Apollo in 2007, I was determined to bring [...]

The University Orchestra will present its annual Family Concert on Tuesday, February 26, at Staller Center’s Main Stage at 7:30 pm. Conductor Susan Deaver leads the Orchestra in a one-hour interactive concert that includes a kaleidoscope of orchestral music. The Family Concert is a perfect experience for the whole family. The featured soloist is 16-year-old [...]

Jackson Pollock’s dynamic painting style has inspired musicians in diverse genres. Now musical artists can tap directly into Pollock’s energy when they play the limited edition Jackson Pollock Studio Guitar or Jackson Pollock Studio Bass from Waterstone Musical Instruments of Nashville. Each instrument retails for $1,500, including a hardshell case and a certificate of authenticity. They [...]

Emerson String Quartet violinist Philip Setzer and pianist Gilbert Kalish will perform in concert on Friday, February 1, at 8 pm in Staller Center‘s Recital Hall. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Gilbert Kalish Endowed Scholarship Fund, which supports Stony Brook music students. Setzer and Kalish, who are on the faculty at Stony Brook [...]

Motionhouse, an acclaimed U.K. dance theatre-company that integrates movement and film, brings a visually stunning production to the U.S. for the first time with Scattered. Motionhouse performs at Staller Center’s Main Stage on Saturday, February 16, at 8 pm. The seven dancers perform on a huge curved floor that disappears skywards on stage using projection [...]

Trumpet player Kevin Cobb and trombonist Michael Powell, both artists-in-residence with Stony Brook University’s Department of Music, are members of the American Brass Quintet (ABQ), which will receive Chamber Music America’s (CMA) highest honor: The Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award. The award will be presented at CMA’s national conference banquet in New York City [...]