EVENTS

Montclair State alumni are invited to participate in a wide variety of dynamic programs throughout the year. These include lifelong learning lectures and panels, special activities for recent graduates, as well as social and networking opportunities ranging from career services to athletics, musical and theater performances and more.

Below is a list of current programming. We encourage you to check back often as new events and programming are under development and being added to the calendar continuously. Click the links where applicable or call the Office of Alumni Relations at 973-655-4141 for more information.

SEPTEMBER 2011

Piano-Violin Duo
Date: September 13
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Leshowitz Recital Hall
Cost: Free
Details: John J. Cali School faculty member Mansoon Han Kim, piano, and Soh-Hyun Park Altino, violin, a member of the University of Memphis faculty, perform works by Beethoven, Franck and Prokofiev.

Harry Carson Booksigning: Captain for Life
Date: September 15
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
Former New York Giants linebacking great and Hall of Famer Harry Carson will sign copies of his new memoir, "Captain for Life." To reserve a signed copy, call 973-655-2378.

AnDa Union: From the Steppes to the City: A Celebration of Music from Inner Mongolia
Date: September 17, 8 p.m. and September 18, 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Inner Mongolia’s AnDa Union is on a mission to re-ignite a passion for the culture of their native land, both at home and around the world. Featuring the amazing sounds of the “morin huur” (horse-headed fiddle), the vocal power of “hoomai” (throat singing), and footage from their awe-inspiring 2010 documentary interwoven throughout, this ten-member ensemble will perform an extremely engaging program that will leave audience members breathless, undeniably moved and forever changed.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Three Doctors Annual Mentor Day
Date: September 17
Time:11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Student Center Ballrooms
Description: Local middle school students and their parents/guardians are invited to participate in a day filled with mentorship, empowerment and fun! Montclair State Community members and designated affiliates of the Three Doctors will serve as mentors and volunteers for an interactive day with the Three Doctors of Newark! For more information contact Dr. Daniel Jean: jeand@montclair.edu

Coccia Institute: Film Screening of Luchino Visconti’s Senso in recognition of Il Risorgimento--150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
In collaboration with Montclair State University’s Amici Club and Dr. Teresa Fiore, Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies
Date: September 19
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Dickson Hall-- Cohen Lounge
Description: Based on Camillo Boito's short story with the same title, this tragic romance by Luchino Visconti , set during the Austrian occupation of Italy, is deeply intertwined with some of the most significant moments of the Italian Risorgimento. Alida Valli is Livia Serpieri, a nineteenth-century countess supportive of the cause of Italian independence, espoused by her patriot cousin, count Usseri (played by Massimo Girotti). She puts her marriage and political principles on the line by engaging in a torrid affair with a dashing but vile Austrian lieutenant, played by Farley Granger. Besides the ill-fated illicit love story, the class clash, the outstanding classical soundtrack (Verdi and Bruckner), the luxurious aristocratic sets and the actual palazzi that open on breathtaking beauty of the Italian countryside, the real core of the movie is the betrayal of the Risorgimento cause. Visconti, who succeeds in representing lively the historical background in which this melodramatic romance takes place, vibrantly highlights the political and ideological crisis that Italian patriots face after the defeat at the Battle of Custoza. Considered an extraordinary tribute to the Italian Risorgimento, Senso is an operatic melodrama evoking reckless emotions with strong social and historical connotations.
Contact: Dr. Mary Ann Re, Director-Coccia Institute, 973-655-4038 or rem@mail.montclair.edu

Montclair Book 2011 Author Eric Weiner to Visit Montclair State University
Date: September 20
Time: 4:30 p.m. - Live Lit! Eric Weiner Reading from Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine and 7:00 p.m. - Keynote by Eric Weiner: The Geography of Bliss In Person
Location: University Hall, Conference Center - 7th Floor
Details: Eric Weiner, Montclair Book 2011 author, will come to campus on September 20, 2011. Weiner is author of Montclair Book 2011, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World, a New York Times Bestseller. Weiner, a former correspondent for NPR and the New York Times, has written stories from more than three dozen countries. His work has appeared in the New Republic, International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The New York Times Magazine, and the anthology, Best American Travel Writing. He writes a regular column for the literary travel website, worldhum.com.

Coccia Institute: Public meeting of the NJIIAHC (New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission)
Date: September 21
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Dickson Hall-- Cohen Lounge (Montclair State University)
Contact: Dr. Mary Ann Re, Director-Coccia Institute, 973.655.4038 or rem@mail.montclair.edu

Targeting a Great Career: How to Achieve Satisfaction in Your Next Job!
Date: September 21
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall - First Floor
Description: Are you looking to change careers? If you missed this session in August or want a refresher, join us for this career seminar. Many job seekers pick their next job target based on "That's what I've always done," "That's what I'm good at," or "That's where the money is." Yet it is not often that we take a step back and methodically test these assumptions, to see if other paths are both possible and might bring us more satisfaction. Knowing what you like to do, what you’re good at, and where you want to go in life-- these are the keys to planning a career move that will be rewarding and "right" for you. In this talk, we’ll review self-assessment exercises that will provide both this self-knowledge as well as a framework for making decisions among many career possibilities. Specific exercises include the “Seven Stories” to assess what you enjoy doing that you're good at, a job-related values exercise, the “15 and 40 year vision,” and a methodology for making decisions between different job alternatives. The evening will feature Robert Hellman, a certified Five O'Clock Club Career Coach, a Vice President at the Club, a professor at New York University, and author of the book Your Social Media Job Search.
RSVP: AlumniRSVP@mail.montclair.edu by September 18 with your name, graduation year and phone number. Please reference 9/21 Targeting a Great Career in the subject line.
Refreshments will be served. All visitors are directed to park in the Red Hawk Parking Deck for a nominal fee. For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 973-655-4141.

Graduate Information Session
Date: September 21, 2011
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: University Hall, 7th Floor
Description: The Graduate Information Session is designed to provide potential applicants an overview of the benefits of graduate study, the admissions process, and financial aid. Immediately following the Graduate School overview there will be breakout sessions related to Initial Teacher Certification,Advanced Graduate Study for Teachers, Graduate Programs in the Human Services, and the Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Dr. Salvador Minuchin, World Renowned Therapist and Theorist
Date: September 22
Location: University Hall Conference Center
Description:The Department of Family and Child Studies of the College of Education and Human Services is pleased to host world-renowned therapist and theorist Dr. Salvador Minuchin for its annual conference on September 22. Dr. Minuchin revolutionized therapeutic treatment by changing the focus from individual-oriented to family-oriented therapy and developed Structural Family Therapy. In 2007, a survey of 2,600 practitioners named Dr. Minuchin as one of the ten most influential therapists of the past quarter-century. Sessions will take place in the University Hall Conference Center, and registration is required for both sessions.For more information and to register, click here.

COMPANHIA URBANA DE DANÇA | SONIA DESTRI (Brazil)
Date: September 22 & 23, 7:30 p.m., September 24, 8 p.m., and September 25, 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Companhia Urbana de Dança sees the power in possibilities - the intense energy that collects in the calm before the storm. Directed by Sonia Destri, this Brazilian dance group with roots in hip-hop, urban and contemporary dance consists of eight young dancers from the suburbs and favelas of Rio de Janeiro. With ID:ENTIDADES and the American Premiere of Chapa Quente, audiences will witness the next evolution of urban dance.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Carol Brown Goldberg Symposium
Date: September 24
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: University Hall, Phyllis and Gerald Leboff Lecture Hall
Description: Speakers include Donald Kuspit, moderator; Don Kimes of American University; Glenn Harper, Sculpture Magazine; and Lenore Miller of Luther W. Brady Art Gallery of George Washington University. An exhibition opening reception follows the same day from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Registration fee: $25.00 includes catalog and refreshments. 20% discount to older adults with valid I.D.
Register by September 20, 2011 via Education Coordinator 973-655-6941 or jacobsm@mail.montclair.edu

Preservation and Composition in Italy's Folk Music. A presentation by Gualtiero Bertelli
Sponsored by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies with the support of the John J. Cali School of Music and the Coccia Institute at Montclair State University
Date: September 29, 2011
Time:12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall (Cali School of Music
Cost: Free
Description: Bertelli will discuss issues of preservation, transformation and re-arrangement of the traditional music as well as original composition within this tradition. While concentrating on the Italian repertoire, he will also address classic cases related to the U.S. scene, with specific reference to socially engaged songs. Mention will also be made to the invaluable work of Alan Lomax, an American ethnomusicologist active in Italy (among many other places), whose recordings have been vital to the field. Bertelli will play a selection of traditional, rearranged, and original songs to illustrate these topics.Born in Venice, Bertelli comes from a proletarian family with a strong passion for music. Over his long career he has constantly combined his research interests in Venetian folk music with social, political, and historical themes. He is the founder and an active member of several folk groups (Canzoniere Popolare Veneto, Nuovo Canzoniere Veneto), which have been central to the Italian scene since the 1960s. Bertelli has worked with famous cantautori popolari (folk singsong writers) such as Giovanna Marini and Paolo Pietrangeli. In 1982 he was awarded the Tenco Prize for the song Barche de carta (Paper boats) for Best Dialect Song. With "La Compagnia delle Acque," an eclectic group of musicians, singers and actors that he founded and directs, Bertelli performs shows in Italy and abroad on issues as diverse as migrations, liberation movements, pop culture under Fascism, and labor songs. His current project ("Recounting and Singing Venice") combines music and storytelling about his native town.
For Bertelli’s site, see: www.gualtierobertelli.it. The presentation is linked to the show The Horde.
Contact: Inserra Chair, Dr. Teresa Fiore at inserra@montclair.edu or www.montclair.edu/inserra

Inserra Chair: L’orda (The Horde): Stories, Songs and Images of Italian Emigration
Sponsored by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies with the support of the Coccia Institute, the John J. Cali School of Music and the History Department at Montclair State University
Date: September 30
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall--John J. Cali School of Music
Description: Directed by Gualtiero Bertelli and performed by La Compagnia delle acque with the special participation of Gian Antonio Stella. Adapted from Stella’s 2002 best-seller with the same title, this multi-media show presents the fascinating story of Italian emigration starting from the post-Unification era until the 1970s. Through historical accounts, anecdotes, and factual data, renowned Corriere della Sera journalist Stella takes the audience on a journey through Europe and the Americas as an old-time storyteller. Accompanied by images of archival documents, illustrations, and photographs, which are projected on a screen, Stella’s engaging tale of the emigrants’ struggles, failures, and successes is enriched throughout by songs collected or written by ethnomusicologist Bertelli and performed by the Compagnia delle Acque ensemble with traditional instruments. The company’s tour is included in the NY-NJ Italian Culture Bridge Program, and made possible by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, the Consulates of Italy in New York and Newark, and SUNY Stony Brook.
Contact: inserra@montclair.edu or www.montclair.edu/inserra/

Segal Gallery Exhibition: Carol Brown Goldberg Painting and Sculpture
Date: September 20 - December 10
Location: George Segal Gallery
Description: The Carol Brown Goldberg Painting and Sculpture exhibition opens to the public on September 20 and will run through December 10, 2011. Complementing it is a full color exhibition catalog, a symposium on September 24 entitled Carol Brown Goldberg, and educational programs for children and adults. For more information, click here.

Special Lobby Exhibition: Tom Caravaglia and the Choreography of the Camera
Date: September – December 2011
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater Lobby
Ticket Cost: Free and Open to the Public during normal box office hours
Description: For the better part of 50 years, Tom Caravaglia has worked as an innovative photographer in many different genres, with his most jaw-dropping images coming from the world of dance performance. He crafts images of exceptional beauty, celebrating the motion of the human form in provocative and soul-searching ways. At the age of 83, Caravaglia is still creating new works. In a world of ever-increasing reliance on “fixing it in post,” Tom insists that the camera do the work. All of his images are created without digital manipulation or embellishment. His works stand as a testament not only to the artistry of dance, but also as an insight to the relationship between photographer and subject – the magic of motion captured forever. In the vein of such previous exhibitions of work by Christopher Janney and E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology), Peak Performances is honored to showcase a retrospective of the works of Tom Caravaglia, complete with behind-the-scenes viewpoints from the man himself. For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

OCTOBER 2011

Piano Circus – Trilogies
Performed by David Appleton, Paul Cassidy, Kate Halsall, Dawn Hardwick, Semra Kurutaç, James Young
Date: October 1
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Consisting of six performers circling six pianos, Piano Circus provides an intricate high-wire act of technical mastery. Join us for an atmospheric evening of music and multimedia that will highlight the past, present and future of this hypnotic UK supergroup. The program will include US premieres by Colin Riley, as well as works by long-time collaborator Graham Fitkin. Sonically complex yet immediately accessible, the six-member Piano Circus has culled influences from all areas of the musical spectrum. Classical, jazz, pop, rock, improvisation and standard composition meld seamlessly to create a sound like no other.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

My Roger Maris Story
Date: October 1
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
Details: On the 50th anniversary of Roger Maris' 61st home run, storyteller Andy Strasberg will present the unique tale of his touching relationship with his Yankee hero.
RSVP: 973-655-6891

18th Annual Broadcasting Alumni Reception
Date: October 6
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: DuMont Television Center
Description: Broadcasting alumni are invited join fellow graduates, faculty, staff, and current students for the 18th Annual Broadcastin Alumni Reception.
RSVP: By September 30 at pirohp@mail.montclair.edu or 973-65-5158

DANCING HENRY FIVE
Pick Up Performance Co(S) | David Gordon
Date: October 6 & 7, 7:30 p.m.
October 8 , 8 p.m.
October 9, 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Winner of a National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces in Dance Award, this “post-modern strike and spin” is a fun and offbeat transformation of the play you thought you knew, featuring Karen Graham, Robert La Fosse (in the title role) and Valda Setterfield. Gordon blends performance, dance, William Walton’s soaring film scores and the voices of past Henrys such as Christopher Plummer and Laurence Olivier. The final product is an hour-long performance beyond definition or expectation, creating (in the words of Shakespeare himself) “the brightest heaven for invention”
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

CHSS Marie-Frazee-Baldassarre Speakers & Poets: Eilean Ni Chulleanain
Date: October 13
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall - First Floor
Description: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is one of the most distinguished poets writing today.  Her most recent volume, The Sun-Fish, was awarded the Griffin Prize for Poetry and was a runner-up for the T.S. Eliot Prize and several other awards.  Her first volume, Acts and Monuments, won the Patrick Kavanagh award.  Other volumes include The Brazen Serpent and The Girl who Married the Reindeer.  She has translated poetry from Irish, Italian, and Romanian.  At Trinity College Dublin Eiléan taught the literature of the English Reformation and the European Renaissance for many years, and she has also been  Head of the Department of English and Dean of the Faculty of Arts.   Although her poetry has been considered “difficult,” students here at MSU liked it very much and appreciated its brilliance and subtlety.
Contact: mcdiarmidl@mail.montclair.edu or 973-655-4274

Kaleidoscope
The John J. Cali School of Music
Date: October 14, 7:30 p.m. and October 15, 8 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Don't miss this 90-minute non-stop showcase featuring music of all styles: choral, orchestral, band jazz, vocal, chamber, musical theatre, and solo instrumental!
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Campy & Yogi: The Men Behind the Myths
Date: October 15
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
Details: Allen Barra, author of Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, and Neil Lanctot, author of Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella, will explore the lives and legacies of baseball’s two greatest catchers in program moderated by historian Marty Appel. Both authors' books available for purchase. Regular Museum admission.
RSVP: 973-655-6891

National Chamber Choir of Ireland
Paul Hillier, Artistic Director and Conductor
Date: October 16
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Many stories have been born from the mists of Irish mythology. None, however, can match the epic tale of St. Patrick’s encounter with Caílte and Oisín, the last of Finn mac Cumaill’s legendary band of warriors. This grand saga, the Acallam na Senórach: “An Irish Colloquy”, intertwines the ancient lore and the new religion, creating a new and lasting vision for Ireland. The tale has been adapted into an hour-long English-language music and vocal piece by composer Tarik O’Regan.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Coccia Institute: Film screening – Luchino Visconti’s Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) in recognition of Il Risorgimento – 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
In collaboration with Montclair State University’s Amici Club and Dr. Teresa Fiore, Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies
Date: October 17
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Dickson Hall-- Cohen Lounge
Description: Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard is an epic on the grandest possible scale. The film is set in Sicily and recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of the Italian Risorgimento--the period that marks the end of foreign occupation and emergence of Italy as a unified and democratic state. Starring Burt Lancaster as Prince Salina, the Sicilian leopard of the title, an aging patrician whose declining fortunes under Garibaldi and the fights for independence of the 1860s lead him to arrange a financially advantageous marriage between his nephew Tancredi (Alain Delon) and Angelica(Claudia Cardinale), the daughter of a rich merchant, Don Calogero Sedara (Paolo Stoppa). The movie exults in the last gasps of the nobility's wealth even as it acknowledges and, ambivalently, endorses the necessity of its end. Awarded the Palme d’Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, The Leopard translates Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel, and the history it recounts, into a truly cinematic masterpiece.
Contact: Dr. Mary Ann Re, Director-Coccia Institute, 973-655-4038 or rem@mail.montclair.edu

A Chorus Line
Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Edward Kleban; Book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante;
Directed by Clay James
A co-production by the John J. Cali School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Dance
Date: October 19, 20, 21, 25, 26 & 27, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 22, 23, & 30, 2 p.m.
Oct. 22, 29, 8 p.m.
Location:Memorial Auditorium
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: For 17 dancers, their audition for a new Broadway musical is the one opportunity to do what they've always dreamed—to have the chance to dance. This is A Chorus Line, the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. This singular sensation, winner of nine Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for drama with a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante; lyrics by Edward Kleban and music by Marvin Hamlisch is the longest-running American Broadway musical ever. Come meet the next generation of Broadway’s best!
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Watch the World Series With Yogi
Date: October 20
Time: 7:00 -11:00 p.m.
Location: Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
Details: The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center will be hosting its unique “Watch the World Series With Yogi” event on Thursday, Oct. 20 for Game 2 of the Series, with visitors getting to rub elbows with the man who has won more World Series rings (10) than anyone in baseball history. The event, including a ballpark dinner, will take place in the newly refurbished Museum theater, with only 65 guests.
Cost: Tickets are $250, with proceeds to benefit the Museum’s education programs.
RSVP: 973-655-2378

Kūlanihāko‘i: Living Waters by Nā Kinimakalehua
Artistic Director - Hōkūlani Holt
Date: October 20 & 21, 7:30 p.m.
October 22, 8 p.m.
October 23, 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: For untold generations, the seafaring people of the Hawaiian Islands have looked to the horizon for a glimpse of what is to come. Kūlanihāko‘i: Living Waters is a new hula drama created by Nā Kinimakalehua, a consortium of Kumu Hula (hula masters) that blends the traditional and contemporary stories of Hawaii.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Coccia Institute: Teaching Italian Symposium/Workshop IV
Date: October 21
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: University Hall Conference Center
Description: The AP Italian Exam: Formazione di docenti e discenti (professional development conference for teachers of Italian K-16). Presentation of the national Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12)
Contact: Dr. Mary Ann Re, Director-Coccia Institute, 973.655.4038 or rem@mail.montclair.edu

Fall Graduate Open House
Date: October 23
Time: 12:00 p.m.
More details to follow!

SAVE THE DATE
Homecoming
Saturday, October 29

Come back to campus for a Homecoming celebration of fun events and programs for the whole family
that will make your return to Montclair State unforgettable.

Class of 1986 25th Reunion Celebration
Date: 10/29/11 (Homecoming)
Description: Calling all 1986 graduates! We'd like your participation in helping to plan your 25th anniversary. We've set the date for October 29 to coincide with Homecoming. If you or anyone you know from the Class of 1986 is interested in chairing a committee to help spread the word to your classmates, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 973-655-4141 or alumni@mail.montclair.edu.

FAR
Wayne Mcgregor | Random Dance (U.K.)
Date: October 27 & 28, 7:30 p.m.
October 29, 8 p.m.
October 30, 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Wayne McGregor is hunting the ghost in the machine. Inspired by Roy Porter’s Flesh in the Age of Reason (detailing cognitive exploration during the Enlightenment), FAR is a kinetically explosive interpretation of the mind-body connection. McGregor’s dancers, classically trained and moving with an almost super-human energy, whip themselves around the stage in a blur of spins and disjointed angles - hyperextended arms and legs doing the near impossible. They search for the divine relationship between the body and the soul.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Getting Down to Business: Seminar on Sports Media Careers
Date: October 30
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Details: Conference in conjunction with Lunar Sports Group for students seeking insights into careers in sports. Seminar features presentations from some of the New York area's leading sports media professionals.
For more information: 973-228-5500 or pcapra@lunarsportsgroup.com

NOVEMBER 2011

MSU Symphonic Band and MSU Campus-Community Band
The John J. Cali School of Music
Date: November 1
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Thomas McCauley and Shelley Axelson, conductors Including music by Jager, Stamp, Grainger and Respighi.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

MSU Symphony Orchestra
The John J. Cali School of Music
Date: November 5
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Ken Lam, conductor. Newly appointed Director of Orchestra Studies Ken Lam and the MSU Symphony Orchestra will present a season of contemporary and classical masterpieces, including works by Beethoven, Brahms, Barber and Ravel, and featuring MSU Concerto Competition Winner Wenwen Liu performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

University Singers & Wind Symphony Fall Concert
The John J. Cali School of Music
Date: November 6
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Heather J. Buchanan & Thomas McCauley, conductors. The Singers will feature a variety of sacred and secular choral repertoire, including Brahms’ Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Wolf’s Verborgenheit, Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque, Stanford’s “Justorum animae” from Three Motets, and the East Coast premiere of Stametz’s “Niño de Rosas” from Three Mystical Choruses. The MSU Wind Symphony will present movements from Czechoslovakian composer Antonin Dvořák's wonderful chamber piece, Serenade, op. 44 and Pulitzer Prize winning composer and fellow Czech composer Karel Husa's Music for Prague 1968.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Inserra Chair: Joseph Stella’s Futurism between Italy and the U.S.
Sponsored by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies at Montclair State University, with the support of the Newark Museum, the Consulate of Italy in Newark, and the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C.
Date: November 10
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Billy Johnson Auditorium, Newark Museum
Description: A panel of Italian Studies and Visual Arts experts on Stella’s artistic trajectory. Newark Museum galleries will be open for viewing of his famous polyptych "Voice of the City of New York Interpreted”
Contact: inserra@montclair.edu or www.montclair.edu/inserra/

Attorney Alumni Network Event
Date: November 15
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: University Conference Center
Description: The Montclair State University Attorney Alumni Network event will take place at the University Conference Center high atop University Hall with a panoramic view of Manhattan. We hope that you can join us for hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. If you are a Montclair State University alumnus/a who has completed undergraduate or graduate programs at Montclair State and have gone on to become an attorney, please complete this survey to assist us as we work to build the Montclair State Attorney Alumni Network. Please respond no later than August 31 to alumni@mail.montclair.edu. Kindly indicate Attorney Alumni Event in the subject line or call the Alumni Relations Office at 973-655-4141.

Stage Door by Edna Ferber, and George S. Kaufman
Directed by Susan Kerner
Montclair State University's Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of the Arts
Date: November 17, 18 & 21, 7:30 p.m.
November 19 & 20, 2 p.m.
November 19, 8 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman’s classic 1936 comedy reveals the colorful world of young actresses pursuing careers in New York City. A charming love letter to the theatre, Stage Door examines the lure of Hollywood and the temptation to abandon the stage for the silver screen. Hilarity, romance, and despair infuse the characters’ lives as they strive to stay true to themselves and hold onto their dreams.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

Works-a-Foot 2011
Montclair State University's Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of the Arts
Artistic Directors - Nancy Lushington and Lori Katterhenry
Date: November 30, December 1 & 2, 7:30 p.m.
December 3 , 8 p.m.
December 4, 2 p.m.
Location: Memorial Auditorium
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: The MSU Dance Department's first show of the season is a must-see event, featuring choreography by world renowned director and choreographer Bill T. Jones. D-Man in the Waters (1989( is Bill T. Jones's joyful tour-de-force and a genuine modern dance classic, set to Mendelssohn's Octet in E Flat Major Opus 20. Dedicated to former company member Demian Acquavella, this renowned work is a celebration of life and the resiliency of the human spirit. Other choreographers for this concert include Earl Mosley and MSU dance faculty members.
For more information or to purchase tickets: www.peakperfs.org / 973-655-5112

DECEMBER 2011

MSU Symphony Orchestra
The John J. Cali School of Music
Date: December 3
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Ken Lam, conductor. Newly appointed Director of Orchestra Studies Ken Lam and the MSU Symphony Orchestra will present a season of contemporary and classical masterpieces, including works by Beethoven, Brahms, Barber and Ravel, and featuring MSU Concerto Competition Winner Wenwen Liu performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.
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MSU Jazz Band I
The John J. Cali School of Music
Date: December 4
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Ticket Cost: $15
Description: Jeffrey Kunkel, director. The December jazz concert will present the first Cali School of Music Alumni Jazz Band, featuring alumni who have played in the MSU Jazz Band over the last 13 years under Dr. Kunkel's direction. Following the alumni performance, the MSU Jazz Band will perform Benny Carter's Kansas City Suite, as recorded by the legendary band of New Jersey's own Count Basie.
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MARCH 2011

Coccia Institute: Italian Language and Culture Day
Sponsored by Coccia Institute and ITANJ (Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey)
Date: March 28
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: University Hall Conference Center
Description: Original performances in Italian by students in middle and high schools
Contact: Dr. Mary Ann Re, Director-Coccia Institute, 973.655.4038 or rem@mail.montclair.edu

APRIL 2011

MSU Opera Fall Workshop
The John J. Cali School of Music
Date:  April 28, 8 p.m.
April 29, 3 p.m.
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Tickets: $15
Description: Jeffrey Gall, Director; MSU Symphony - Ken Lam, Conductor. Springtime means comic opera at MSU! The MSU Opera Workshop, MSU Symphony and MSU’s Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America team up to present fully-staged performances of a comic masterpiece chosen from the rich Italian operatic tradition. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Pre-concert talk by Professor Jeffrey Gall at 1:30 pm on April 29!
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