World-renowned mezzo-soprano Elaine Bonazzi, who is retiring after being a member of Stony Brook’s Department of Music for many years, will be honored on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 3:00 pm in Staller Center’s Recital Hall. The concert is open to the public and admission is free. The recital features several distinguished former students, including [...]
Master illusionist Lyn Dillies brings The Magic of Lyn to the Staller Center Main Stage on Sunday, May 6, at 4:00 pm. Dillies has entertained audiences of all ages throughout the U.S. and Canada for more than two decades. Hailed as the finest female magician in the land, Lyn’s engaging personality, along with the hypnotic [...]
As commencement approaches, Stony Brook University will presents its annual exhibition of works by senior art majors. This year’s show will be on view at the University Art Gallery in the Staller Center for the Arts from Wednesday, May 2, through Thursday, May 17. A reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, May [...]
A rare musical feat takes place in the Staller Center Recital Hall when Colin Carr, renowned cellist and professor of music at Stony Brook University, performs Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach in two concerts over two days, Saturday, April 21, at 8 pm and Sunday, April 22, at 7 pm. When [...]
The Center for Dance, Movement and Somatic Learning will present Closed Body/Safe Heart, the Stony Brook Performance Dance Ensemble’s spring performance opening on Thursday, April 12, at 8 pm in Nassau Hall. Performances include the premier of Aconteceu/It Happened, a story depicting the lives of street children in Rio de Janeiro; Hey Penny, a contemporary [...]
On Friday, April 13, at 8 pm, and Sunday, April 15, at 2 pm, the Stony Brook Opera and Stony Brook Baroque Ensemble will present a fully staged production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s popular opera, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), on Staller Center’s Main Stage. The opera recounts the efforts [...]
Stony Brook senior Ed Arzomand has been working on a project called “Stony Brook Secrets,” which is now on display in the Student Activities Center Art Gallery through March 29. It is based on the ongoing community mail art project project PostSecret created by Frank Warren, in which people mail in their secrets anonymously on a homemade [...]
Many people choose dance as a fun way to stay in shape and maintain a healthy lifestyle. But for some, this physical activity has served an even greater purpose — it has given them back their lives. At The Festival of the Moving Body on March 17 at the Charles B. Wang Center, participants will [...]
The Annual Children’s Concert, “Masquerade,” will be presented at Staller Center on Tuesday, March 13, at 8:00 pm by the University Orchestra with conductor Susan Deaver. This program features sixth grade pianist Lawrence Lan, winner of the 2011 Stony Brook University Pre-College Division Concerto Competition, who will perform the first movement of Schumann’s Piano Concerto. [...]
Staller Center’s Annual Gala features one of Broadway’s finest talents, Bebe Neuwirth, in her show, “Stories with Piano,” on Saturday, March 10, at 8 pm. The multi-talented actress; singer; dancer; and star of Broadway, movies and television, is best known for her acclaimed roles in Sweet Charity, Chicago, Damn Yankees, The Addams Family, and as [...]
