Pops
 October
12-15
Tuesday-Friday, 7:30pm, Pottle Music Building Auditorium
Southeastern
Opera-Music Theatre
A Little Night
Music
A Little Night Music offers an invitation to a past era of elegance
and enchantment. A sexy and sophisticated tribute to the foibles of love,
Sondheim’s most cherished musical roman weds unforgettable songs with a
penetratingly witty script inspired by Shakespeare’s immortal line: “Lord,
what fools these mortals be.”
$12 adults; $8 srs/fac/staff/alumni, non-SLU students; SLU students
free with ID
 October
14
Thursday, 2pm, Pottle Music Building Auditorium
Thursday, 7pm, Columbia Conference Center
Hot Club of San
Francisco
Led by former Dan Hicks guitarist and songwriter Paul Mehling, the
Hot Club of San Francisco turns back the hands of time to Paris in the
1930s. The setting in the Columbia Theatre Conference Center, complete
with intimate tables and special lighting, will be reminiscent of the City
of lights’ small jazz clubs.
$30 general admission (Seating is limited)
Sponsored by SucaCanes Jazz & Blues Club
Running time -- 2 hours, 10 minutes
 October
15
Friday, 7pm, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
Keep on the
Sunny Side: The Songs and Story of the Carter Family
A musical review about the shy gospel trio who made Appalachian
music famous. A. P., Maybelle and Sara Carter were not only pioneers with
their simple, haunting music, but players in a romantic and inspirational
story. This revue looks at A.P. and Sara's great love, and their beloved
“Sunny Side” recording.
Running time -- 2 hours, 10 minutes
$18 adults; $15 srs/fac/staff/alumni; $12 group rate; $8 non-SLU
students; SLU students free
Sponsored by Wal-Mart Distribution Center, Harry McKneely
& Son Funeral Homes
 October
18
Monday, 7pm, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
D’Vine
A world-class gospel and inspirational music group, D’Vine has performed
its sophisticated, richly harmonic sound around the world. Two sisters
and a friend, this trio shares a gift of music that captures the heart,
soul and spirit.
$8 adults; $6 srs/fac/staff/alumni; $5 group rate; $3 non-SLU students;
SLU students free
Running time -- 90 minutes
Supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division
of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation
& Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. Funding
has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a
federal agency.
 October
22
Friday, 7 p.m., Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
The Fab Four
With uncanny, note-perfect live renditions of Beatles' songs, The Fab
Four will make you think you're watching the real thing and they do it
all without any tapes, sequences or backing tracks! The Fab Four was chosen
over hundreds of other sound-alike bands to portray the Beatles in CBS’s
The Linda McCartney Story and MGM’s Heartbreakers. Their incredible stage
show is the ultimate tribute to John, Paul, George and Ringo -- and it
even includes an Ed Sullivan look-alike!
$18 adults; $15 srs/fac/staff/alumni; $12 group rate; $8 non-SLU
students; SLU students free
Running time -- 1 hour, 45 minutes
Sponsored by AmSouth Bank, Ross Downing Chevrolet,
BellSouth, C.A.R.E., Inc., Dr & Mrs. Jerry Hollimon, Plaza Orthopedics,
Patty & Paul Hubert, Zemurray’s II
 October
31
Sunday, 7:30 p.m., University Center (Doors open at 5 pm)
Picnic ‘n Pops
Sentimental Serenaders
If songs like “In The Mood, “Blue Moon,” or Glenn Miller’s “Moonlight
Serenade” aren’t already on your list of favorites, they soon will be once
you’ve had the opportunity to hear the Sentimental Serenaders, a north
shore-based group of musicians and vocalists. Inspired by arrangers and
musicians such as Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Guy Lombardo,
the orchestra has carved a special niche for people who love the music
and like to shake a leg.
Arena seating, $5 adults, $3 students (under 12 free with adult)
Running time -- approximately 90 minutes
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Hammond
Classical
 October
25
Monday, 7pm, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
Southeastern
Chamber Orchestra
Under the direction of Yakov Voldman, Southeastern’s acclaimed Chamber
Orchestra will perform selections from Bisset’s Carmen, and will welcome
as soloist Ilya Kaler. Mr. Kahler, the only violinist ever to win gold
medals at the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Paganini competitions, will perform
a Brahms violin concerto. The American Record Guide described his recordings
of the Paganini Caprices to be “in a class by themselves,” while the Washington
Post praised Kaler as “a consummate musician...in total control at all
times, with a peerless mastery of his violin.”
FREE
Running time -- 2 hours, 30 minutes
 October
27
Wednesday, 7pm, Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
Southeastern
Wind Symphony
Heroes, Lost
and Fallen
The nationally acclaimed Southeastern Wind Symphony, directed by Glen
Hemberger, presents a concert dedicated to America's war veterans, featuring
David Gillingham's award-winning Heroes, Lost and Fallen. The symphony
will be joined by Scott Hartman, head of the trombone departments of Boston
University and Yale University. Hartman is a former member of the famed
Empire Brass Quintet, and currently performs and records with Proteus 7,
the Millennium Brass, and the trombone quartet Four of a Kind. He has been
featured with the Boston Esplanade Pops, Chicago Symphony, and the BBC
Radio Orchestra.
FREE
Running time -- 1 hour, 15 minutes
 October
28
Thursday, 2pm & 7pm, Pottle Music Building Auditorium
Milano Classica
Critics around the globe have cited Milano Classica’s musicianship
as “returning the charm” to familiar scores from the Baroque, Italian and
German repertoire, as well as contemporary composers. This Italian chamber
orchestra has performed in Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia,
and Turkey, and is a regular in many international music festivals. You
won’t want to miss this concert, which includes Vivaldi’s the much loved
classic, Four Seasons.
$8 adults; $6 srs/fac/staff/alumni; $5 group rate; $3 non-SLU students;
SLU student free
Running time -- 1 hour, 30 min
Sponsored by First Guaranty Bank and Northshore Imaging
Jazz-Matazz
October
1
Friday, noon, Cate Square
Brown Bag Concert
Bring your picnic lunch and a lawn chair and enjoy a Southeastern jazz
lunchtime kickoff to Fanfare’s 19th season.
FREE
Running time -- 1 hour
Hosted by Hammond Chamber of Commerce
 October
9
Saturday, 2pm, Homecoming Parade; 5:30 pm, Strawberry Stadium
Olympia Brass
Band
Fanfare gets in the spirit -- Southeastern’s green-and-gold spirit,
that is -- when New Orleans’ famed Olympia Brass Band adds its tuneful
second line strut to the university’s annual Homecoming parade through
downtown Hammond and its soulful, sassy sound to pre-game festivities in
Strawberry Stadium.
Football tickets: 985-549-5466.
Sponsored by the Southeastern Alumni Association,
First Guaranty Bank
Music
for a Sunday Afternoon
 October
3
Sunday, 3pm, Maritime Museum, 133 Mabel Dr., Madisonville (Directions:
985-845-9200)
New Leviathan
Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra
With unmistakable authenticity and infectious verve, the New Leviathan
lovingly re-creates the cakewalks, rags, rumbas, two-steps, and jazzy sounds
of American pop music from the Roaring '20s. Enjoy an outdoor concert on
the banks of the beautiful Tchefucte River followed by a reception and
tour of the museum’s lively exhibits detailing the north shore’s maritime
heritage.
FREE
Running time -- approximately 1 hour
Hosted by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum
 October
10
Sunday, 3pm, Greenfield Baptist Church (100 J.W. Davis Dr., Hammond)
Anthony Williams,
organ
As an award-winning recitalist, Anthony Williams has performed in churches,
colleges, and universities throughout the United States, Central America
and Europe. As a music educator, he teaches organ and music history, and
is university organist, at Dillard University. He was the youngest director
ever of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers in Nashville, Tenn., and is
renowned as a specialist in American music and music of black and African-American
composers. He will perform on the church’s Allen Renaissance 80 Stop Three-Manual
organ. A reception will follow the concert.
FREE
Running time -- approximately 1 hour
Hosted by the Greenfield Baptist Church
October
17
3pm, First Presbyterian Church (197 S. 4th St., Ponchatoula)
Faculty Brass
Ensemble
Enjoy the talents of Southeastern faculty and student musicians as
they perform a stirring repertoire of classical brass music. A reception
will follow the concert.
FREE
Running time -- approximately 1 hour
Hosted by the First Presbyterian Church
 October
24
Sunday, 3pm, First United Methodist Church (2200 Rue Denise, Hammond)
Centenary Choir
For 60 years the Centenary College Choir has performed throughout the
world. Recently, the choir performed at the Congressional Medal of Honor
banquet, entertained at a Christmas reception in The White House (for the
fifth straight year), and toured Brazil and South Africa. Enjoy the choir’s
varied repertoire -- from Bach to Broadway, folk to contemporary, and opera
to oratorio -- and mingle with the talented young singers at a post-concert
reception.
FREE
Running time -- approximately 1 hour
Hosted by the First United Methodist Church. |
