Tickets and information for all performance events are available over the phone (562-985-7000), by mail or in person (CSULB Arts Ticket Office, 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach, CA 90815), or by visiting the CSULB Arts Ticket Box Office website. CSULB Arts Ticket Office Hours are Monday-Friday, 11am-6pm; Saturday, noon-4pm.
Parking on campus is available to the general public in all student lots when a $5 day pass is purchased. Day passes are available at the CSULB Parking Office or through the Yellow Kiosks located near the entrances of each parking lot. Patron parking outside of performance venues is available for $5 in attended lots on the afternoon or evening of performances. Additional information is available at www.csulb.edu/maps.
The School of Art galleries exhibit more than 75 shows of CSULB student work during each fall and spring semester. Opening receptions for exhibitions are Sundays from 5-7pm. Weekday viewing hours are 12-5pm Monday through Thursday. The galleries are also open Wednesday evenings from 5-7pm. Design Department Gallery hours vary and are included with each exhibition listing. Admission is free of charge for all Art and Design gallery exhibits. The University Art Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday 12-5, Thursday 12-8pm. Admission is $4 for the general public, free for UAM members, CSULB students, staff and faculty, and children under 12.
August 26-September 5
CSULB School of Art
GLAMFA (Greater Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts) Exhibit
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
GLAMFA: The Greater Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts Exhibition is a representation of the next wave of contemporary artists. The exhibition features the works of MFA and MA students from the greater Los Angeles area and is curated by CSULB students. Galleries are open Monday-Thursday from 12-5 and Wednesday from 12-7.
Friday, September 6 at 8pm
Cole Conservatory of Music Faculty Artist Series
Singing Bowl Concert
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Free Admission
September 7-December 8
University Art Museum
Gabe Bartalos: Abhorrence and Obsession
Admission: Free to UAM members + CSULB students, faculty and staff;
General Public $4, children under 12 free if accompanied by an adult
For over fifteen years, Gabe Bartalos has broken new ground and created constantly evolving characters and sets—part set design, part art installation— that tie the psychology of emotional responses to the visual effects of the moving image. Bartalos ventures into unexplored territory and opens up a new dialogue that pushes us to rethink our ideas about visual effects and character design in relation to film, the visual arts and the film audience. The exhibition will include a number of large scale works Bartalos produced for Matthew Barney’s Cremaster series and key set designs from a range of cult horror films designed by Bartalos including Brain Damage and Skinned Deep. This is the first show in a museum context of Bartalos’ work and expands the UAM interest in blurring the boundaries between the visual arts, film and popular culture.
Saturday, September 7 at 8pm
University Art Museum
Gabe Bartalos in Conversation with Matthew Barney
Carpenter Center Tickets: $15 general admission
$50 VIP Seating includes reserved seats and a private post event reception
Special effects master Gabe Bartalos sits down for a rare in-person conversation with legendary artist Matthew Barney. Join us for an unforgettable evening as these two share their insights on special effects on such films as the Cremaster Cycle (1995-2002), giving voice to their thoughts, processes, and motivations. Gabe Bartalos is a prosthetic effects artist who specializes in character effects and explicit gore. He has developed the prosthetic make-up effects for Barney since 1991 and in 2004 he made his directorial debut with the surrealistic film Skinned Deep, which he also wrote and produced. Bartalos has worked on cult classics such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996), and Godzilla (1998). His work pushes us to rethink conventional visual effects and set design. Mathew Barney is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing, and film. His epic Cremaster Cycle, explores the process of creation through sculpture and video in five feature-length films. These films are imaginative and brilliant and examine the transcendence of physical limitations within an interdisciplinary art practice.
September 8-12
CSULB School of Art
Lindsay McGee and Devin O’Brien, Drawing & Painting/ Annette Heully, Fibers/ Julian Rubalcaba, Graphic Design/ Zhaoyang Cui, Drawing & Painting/
BFA Fibers Exhibition
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
McGee and O’Brien put together a two-person painting exhibition that focuses on landscapes that fall between representation and abstraction, and in the adjacent gallery Zhaoyang Cui’s ink paintings and calligraphy offer a different perspective on artistic styles for a western and Chinese audience. Annette Heully’s series of weavings explore density, transparency, color and texture, while the BFA Fibers Group Exhibition features work by many of the graduating seniors in the discipline. Julian Rubalcaba uses video, typography and gardening to highlight waste management and sustainability issues relevant to Muscoy, CA.
Friday-Saturday, September 13-14 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
The Beach Café
Gerald Daniel Recital hall Tickets: $10
The students of the Choral, Vocal and Opera Studies Program put on their exceedingly popular cabaret-style show, featuring favorites from the world of Broadway, Jazz, Light Classical and Pop music.
September 15-19
CSULB School of Art
Christine Locke, Photography/Michael Rollins, Drawing & Painting/
I Tan Wong, Photography/Hosanna Rubio, Metals/
Sara Hakimrabet and Don Tinling, Photography
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Christine Locke’s photographs meld together to show how people rarely remember their past as a clear sequence of events. Michael Rollins will use abstract paintings generated in the studio as an active installation. I Tan Wong's photographs will use images combining the human body with sculpture in order to explore both forms combined as a new object. Hosanna Rubio’s exhibition uses a variety of media to explore the issues of health care, consumerism, the environment and urban living. Hakimrabet and Tinling offer an installation featuring photography, video, costumed figures, suspended objects, and sound.
Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 7pm
CSULB Department of Dance
5th Annual CSULB 4 the Camera Outdoor Film Festival
Empty Lot on Pine Avenue, south of 7th Street (across from the former LB Press Telegram Building) Admission is free
The 5th Annual CSULB 4-the-Camera Outdoor Film Festival is co-sponsored by the Arts Council for Long Beach through the A Lot Initiative, part of a national conversation on creative place-making of art. The Festival kicks off a year of activities leading up the 20th anniversary of the CSULB Dance Center in April 2014 with a series of short screen dances produced by students, faculty/staff, and alumni of the Department of Dance at CSULB. A question-and-answer session with the artists will follow the screenings.
Friday, September 20 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Cole Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Carpenter Center Tickets: $15/$10
Conducted by Johannes Müller-Stosch, the progam features Richard Strauss’ Don Quixote, Op. 35 with faculty soloists Josephine Moerschel (viola) and David Garrett (cello), and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45.
September 20-October 12
California Repertory Company presents:
Blackbird by David Harrower, directed by Trevor Biship
Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm
Due to Dark Harbor aboard the Queen Mary, performances on Oct 4-5 and 11-12 will begin at 6pm
Royal Theater at the Queen Mary Tickets: $25/$20
Inspired by the crimes of sex offender Toby Studebaker, this Laurence Olivier Award-winning play illuminates with sustained intensity a relationship that will challenge, stun, and transform perspective.
September 22-26
CSULB School of Art
Debbie Carlson, Metals/ Chelsea Wonenberg, Ceramics/Cathy Hsiao, Fiber/ Collaborative Sculpture /Anita Morrissey, Drawing & Painting
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Debbie Carlson’s installation will utilize collected, everyday objects and materials to explore the idea of the Chinese String Theory. Chelsea Wonenberg will exhibit an array of pictorial tableware while Anita Morrissey creates representations of women in the media. Cathy Hsiao’s installation will use video and sculptural elements created with natural dyes, crystals, and unique fibers. For the collaborative sculpture exhibit Jenna Kurtz, Troy Rounseville and Dana Fleming collectively show their work addressing the dynamic and refractory qualities of light as it interacts with space, objects, and surface.
Friday, September 27 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Alumni Recital
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
A host of CSULB’s most talented alumni return for a recital benefiting the Cole Conservatory of Music. Curated by Ann Louise Thaiss.
Saturday, September 28 9:30am-5pm
CSULB Department of Film and Electronic Arts
1912-2013: 101 Years of Michelangelo Antonioni
Anatol Center Admission is free
This one day conference explores the work of one of the most important directors of modern cinema. Film scholars Murray Pomerance, Thomas Harrison, Mary Ann M. Carolan, Fulvio Orsitto, and Fletcher Beasley will discuss the many factors of Antonioni’s creative output, from his choice of music to his use of color. The conference will conclude with a screening of Antonioni’s recently restored masterpiece La notte (1961), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau. Presented in collaboration with the George L. Graziadio Center for Italian Studies.
Saturday, September 28 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Faculty Artist Series
Darren Thaves, Arnel Ignacio, Dave Gerhart, Rena Urso-Trapani
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
September 29-October 3
CSULB School of Art
School of Art MFA Group Show
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
All CSULB Student Art Galleries will feature a department-wide MFA exhibit, showcasing work by all prospective MFA candidates, as part of their required advancement to degree process. A wide variety of media, genres, aesthetics, and artistic disciplines will be represented.
Monday, September 30 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Composition Studio Recital
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Alan Shockley, Director
Wednesday, October 2 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Woodwind Chamber Music
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
John Barcellona, Director
Wednesday, October 2 & Thursday, October 3
Carpenter Center Cabaret Series:
David Burnham: Mostly Broadway
Dinner/Beverage Service 6-6:45pm | Performance 7pm
Single ticket prices vary, call for details
Broadway star David Burnham (Wicked, A Light in the Piazza) unleashes a strong, confident baritone that soars into the tenor range. The San Francisco Chronicle proclaims, “Burnham gives a joyously electric performance!”
October 3-4 at 8pm, October 5 at 2&8pm
CSULB Department of Dance
MFA Fall Concert
Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater Tickets: $20 General Admission $16 CSULB and DRC members
Featuring original choreography by Liz Curtis, Alison Hart, Kathleen Helm, and Maggie Philips.
October 4-12
Theatre Arts Undergraduate Production:
Fever/Dream an adaptation of Calderon’s Life is a Dream by Sheila Callaghan
directed by Alexandra Billings
Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm, with a 2pm matinee on Saturday, October 12
Studio Theatre at CSULB Tickets $15/$12
Life is a Dream in this rabunctious reimagining of Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s 17th century play. An unsuspecting corporate heir climbs the ladder from basement to corner office with uproarious and unsettling results.
October 6-10
CSULB School of Art
Drawing & Painting Small Group Show/Brian Valenzuela, MFA Animation & Illustration/Damaris Leal, Museum Studies/Jamie Tablason, MFA Animation & Illustration/Tina Phan, Fiber
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Courtny Heiser, Jenny Aguirre, Jaimie Villatoro present their paintings which use decomposing subjects as the imagery. Brian Valenzuela’s MFA thesis exhibition features drawings and paintings that embody a lack of resolve within social environments and interaction, while Jamie Tablason’s thesis exhibit features watercolor paintings that explore the theme of exaggerated memories and family stories. Museum Studies student Damaris Leal curates an exhibition featuring artists whose work revised conceptions of the past to shape cultural and gender identity. Tina Phan showcases garments inspired by the ocean and created with traditional textile and fiber-making techniques.
Thursday, October 10 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
Carpenter Center Tickets: $10/$7
Recognized internationally as a premier university wind ensemble, the CSULB Wind Symphony brings together the finest wind and percussion performers within the Cole Conservatory of Music. The Wind Symphony and its members bring the highest quality wind literature to a professional level of performance. The Los Angeles Times hailed the group as "...thoroughly disciplined and euphonious!" The CSULB Symphonic Band is an auditioned group comprised of instrumentalists from throughout CSULB. The group includes music majors, minors, and non-music majors. The Wind Symphony is led by John Carnahan, while the Symphonic Band performs under the direction of Jermie Arnold.
Saturday, October 12 at 8pm
Carpenter Center Dance Series:
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Carpenter Center Tickets: $40 Regular
Critics and audiences alike applaud the innovative, moving and compelling work that has made this Utah-based company internationally renowned. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the company will perform a creative and contrasting collection of dance choreographed by artists who are fearlessly pushing the boundaries of the art form.
Sunday, October 13 at 4pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Concert Jazz Orchestra/Studio Jazz Band
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Under the direction of CSULB Director of Jazz Studies Jeff Jarvis, the Concert Jazz Orchestra (CJO) has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz At Lincoln Center, Catalina's Jazz Club, and many more prestigious venues. The CJO will be joined by drummer Carl Allen, Artistic Director of the jazz program at Julliard. The Studio Jazz Band is highly skilled contingent of jazz majors that perform an impressive array of challenging works for large jazz ensemble. They will also perform with Carl Allen at the concert.
October 13-17
CSULB School of Art
Nina Lodico, Photography/Brian Parkhill, MFA Sculpture/
Renee Chartier, Photography/Marty Knop, Printmaking/
Ben DuVall and Brian Mark, Graphic Design
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Based upon solitude and loneliness, Nina Lodico’s portraits depict abstract fantasy worlds created in domestic spaces. Brian Parkhill’s MFA Thesis Exhibition shows artworks created by fictional artists Brian Parkhill and Bru Ruff II who were asked to explore notions of repetition and routine. Renee Chartier uses installation and digital photographs to address questions of multiplicity, accuracy, and original sources within the digital epoch, while Marty Knop explores number theory utilizing video, installation and printmaking. The graphic design work of Ben DuVall and Brian Mark explores seven narratives of creation.
Thursday, October 17 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Brass Chamber Music and Concert Band
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Thursday, October 17 at 8pm
Wit & Wisdom Series:
An Evening with Garrison Keillor
Carpenter Center Tickets: $65 Regular
Spend a rousing evening with the leading connoisseur of life’s cherished moments, as the host of NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion returns to captivate you with his wonderfully wry anecdotes about everyday life. At age 70 he relives the good times—and the music that brings it all back: hymns, jingles, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, pop tunes, limericks, rock ‘n roll, Beethoven, love sonnets, rags, blues and rousers!
Friday, October 18 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Cole Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Carpenter Center Tickets: $15/$10
An evening of outstanding performances begins with the Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Mark Alpizar, Graduate Conductor. He will lead the ensemble through Glazunov’s Alto-Saxophone Concerto featuring Patrick Olmos on saxophone. Patric was the winner of the 2012-2013 Concerto Competition. The Chamber Orchestra will also offer Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C major. The full orchestra, led by Johannes Müller-Stosch, will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 3, with faculty soloist Craig Richey at the piano, and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis.
Sunday, October 20 at 2pm
Carpenter CenterSunday Afternoon Concert Series:
An Afternoon with Hal Linden
Carpenter Center Tickets: $35 Regular
Share an afternoon of music and song with Tony award winner Hal Linden, the popular star of TV’s Barney Miller. The versatile Broadway actor and singer shows off his vocal skills and clarinet chops, as he travels the American musical landscape from Gershwin to Benny Goodman.
Sunday, October 20 at 4pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Faculty Artist Series
Rob Frear, Trumpet
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
October 20-24
CSULB School of Art
Bo Young Peterson, Drawing & Painting/Anita Enriquez, Drawing & Painting/
Anjuli Submaranian, Metals/Ink 12/Nicholas Gaby, Sculpture
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Bo Peterson’s paintings utilize geometric shapes and observation from nature, while Anita Enriquez explores the human figure in terms of objectification and commercialism. Anjuli Submaranian’s exhibition showcases a series of enameled animal brooches. Ink 12 is a group exhibition from current printmaking students. Nicholas Gaby’s large sculptures present gifts for patrons at various times over the course of the exhibition.
Wednesday, October 23 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
University Woodwind Quintet and Conservatory Brass Quintet
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
The University Wind Quintet is composed of the finest wind performers in the CSULB Cole Conservatory of Music. Known for its consistent superior quality of performance, the group is very active – performing concerts, presentations, and in competitions throughout the West, including the renowned Coleman and Monterey Chamber Competitions. Like the Wind Quintet, the Conservatory Brass Quintet is made up of the best brass players at CSULB, and tours regularly throughout the state and performs in regional conventions and competitions.
Friday, October 25 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
World Percussion Concert
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
The CSULB World Percussion Ensemble is dedicated to the performance of traditional percussion music primarily from non-Western cultures.
Saturday, October 26 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
University Choir and Chamber Choir
Gerald Daniel Recital hall Tickets: $10/$7
The CSULB Chamber Choir and University Choirs have sung with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Pacific Symphony, the Long Beach Symphony, and the Pasadena Pops Orchestra. Last year, the CSULB Chamber Choir performed at the TED conference with Eric Whitacre and as back up for the Rolling Stones. Dr. Jonathan Talberg, head of the CSULB Choral, Vocal and Opera program at CSULB, directs both of these ensembles.
October 27-31
CSULB School of Art
Multi-media Group Show/Photo Club Group Exhibition/Erica Fojtik, Sculpture/
Chelsea Mosher, Photography/Diane Williams, Drawing & Painting
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Dawn Ertl will curate a multi-media group exhibition exploring sound-based work. The Photo Club group exhibition, curated by Nina Lodico, will feature traditional photography. Erica Fojtik’s kinetic sculpture studies the growth of salt crystals. Chelsea Mosher exhibits a series of photographs highlighting the aesthetic projection of nature onto the built environment, while Diane Williams exhibits paintings and wire sculptures.
October 28-November 1
CSULB Department of Design
Design 441A Senior Works in Progress Show
Design Department Gallery Free and Open to the Public
Examples of the work of CSULB’s Industrial Design senior students, in varying stages of completion. Gallery Hours are Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm.
Friday, November 1 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Faculty Artist Series
John Barcellona, Flute
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
November 1-10
Theatre Arts Undergraduate Production:
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin
additional material by Jay Reiss, directed by Joanne Gordon
Runs Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm; special 2pm show on Sat, Nov 9, and at 1 & 6pm on Sun, Nov 10
Studio Theatre at CSULB Tickets: $15/$12
Six awkward adolescents spell their way to acceptance in this charming Tony Award-winning musical. Join our contestants in celebrating the agony and ecstasy of competition.
Saturday, November 2 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Fall Choral Concert
Location to Be Determined Tickets: $10/$7
Featuring performances by the Women's Men's choruses and the 49er Choir, this concert will take place off campus. The location will be announced at a later date.
Sunday, November 3 at 4pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Jazz Lab Band
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Drew Ninmer, recipient of the Beau and Jo France Graduate Jazz Studies Scholarship, is the leader of this talented group of aspiring jazz musicians. During their inaugural season last year, the JLB performed works by Thad Jones, the Count Basie Orchestra, Sammy Nestico, Pat Metheny, and more. The addition of this big band ensures that all jazz majors have performing opportunities in a large ensemble setting.
November 3-7
CSULB School of Art
The Clothed Body/ Dusty Tailor, Printmaking/Vav Vavrek, Sculpture/
Alice Chiang, MFA Illustration
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
“The Clothed Body” is an exhibition curated by Professor Karen Kleinfelder’s Art History students. Utilizing textiles, relief prints, lithography, and objects, Dusty Tailor will create an installation similar to a living space for the artist and viewers. Vav Vavrek creates an “alternative to music” from a performative installation that combines video, sound and kinetic sculpture. Alice Chiang’s MFA thesis exhibition will showcase an illustrated book created by the artist about her impressions of the apartments of Bancial, Taiwan.
Monday, November 4 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
New Music Ensemble
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Alan Shockley, Director
Wednesday, November 6 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Composers Guild
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Free Admission
Alan Shockley, Director
Thursday, November 7 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Percussion Ensemble
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Dave Gerhart, Director
Friday, November 8 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Guest Artist Series
LA Percussion Quartet
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
November 8-December 7
California Repertory Company presents:
Penelope by Enda Walsh, directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca
Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm; no performances Tuesday, November 12 and November 26-30
Royal Theater at the Queen Mary Tickets: $25/$20
Purgatory is a swimming pool…Inspired by Homer’s The Odyssey, award-winning Irish writer Enda Walsh’s Penelope is a hilarious, haunting, and extravagantly imaginative retelling of four men’s attempts to woo the beautiful Penelope in the absence of her husband.
Saturday, November 9 at 8pm and Sunday, November 10 at 4pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Opera Masterpieces
Gerald Daniel Recital hall Tickets:$10/$7
Scenes, arias, duets and ensemble pieces from some of the best-loved operas in the world.
November 10-14
CSULB School of Art
BFA Photography Exhibition/Ngoc Minh Ton Nu, BFA Ceramics/
Chloe Gray, BFA Sculpture/ Dante Marie Cox, BFA Sculpture
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
The BFA Photography Exhibition features work from graduating seniors, while Ngoc Minh Ton Nu displays his detailed ceramic sculptures. Chloe Gray’s show features a series of stop-motion animations, weavings, drawings, and sculptures that explore collaborations with young artists. In Dante Cox’s BFA exhibition, architectural works are arranged in the gallery to address ideas of building, construction, and the urban environment.
Tuesday, November 12 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Saxophone Ensemble
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Jay Mason, Director
Wednesday, November 13 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Woodwind Chamber Music
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
John Barcellona, Director
Thursday, November 14 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
University String Chamber
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
David Garrett, Director
Friday, November 15 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
University String Quartet
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Lorenz Gamma, Director
November 15-18
CSULB Department of Design
Design 431A Senior Works in Progress Show
Design Department Gallery Free and Open to the Public
Examples of the work of CSULB’s Interior Architectural Design senior students, in varying stages of completion. Gallery Hours are Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm.
Saturday, November 16 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Vocal Jazz Concert - Pacific Standard Time and Jazz and Tonic
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Christine Guter, Director
Sunday, November 17 at 4pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Piano Showcase
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Shun-Lin Chou, Director
November 17-21
CSULB School of Art
BFA Sculpture Exhibition/Jordan Joyce, Printmaking/
Mark Ditchkus, BFA Sculpture/ Wei-Lin Wang, MFA Graphic Design
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Student work from BFA students in the Sculpture program is showcased in this group exhibition, while Mark Ditchkus’ solo exhibition explores the preservation of the self, institutions, and social order. Wei-Lin Wang presents several projects that offer new perspectives of local neighborhoods, while portraits of family and merit badges are presented by Jordan Joyce, using mostly relief prints.
Monday, November 18 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Collegium Musicum
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Roger Hickman, Director
Tuesday, November 19 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
University Percussion Group
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Dave Gerhart, Director
November 20-22 at 8pm, November 23 at 2&8pm
CSULB Department of Dance
CSULB Dance in Concert
Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater Tickets: $20 General Admission $16 CSULB and DRC members
An evening of original dances choreographed by CSULB Dance faculty Colleen Dunagan, Keith Johnson, Sophie Monat, and Andrew Vaca, and featuring a dance by guest artist Alex Ketley.
Thursday, November 21 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Brass Ensemble
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/Free for students
Robert Frear, Director
Friday, November 22 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Cole Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Carpenter Center Tickets: $15/$10
Graduate Conductor Mark Alpizar leads the orchestra through Smetana’s Overture to The Bartered Bride. Johannes Müller-Stosch conducts Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, featuring faculty soloist Katia Popov on violin, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish.”
November 22-December 8
Theatre Arts Undergraduate Production:
The Raven – a devised performance piece
conceived and directed by undergraduate Theatre Arts student Lizzy Ferdinandi
Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm; additional matinees on Dec 7-8 at 2pm; no performances Nov 26-30
Studio Theater at CSULB Tickets: $15/$12
A visually stunning and emotionally provocative movement based performance piece inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s 1845 narrative poem. Special Alumni Event and reception on Saturday, December 7 immediately following the 2pm performance. Celebrate our alumni and enjoy dessert with friends.
Saturday, November 23 at 4pm
Cole Conservatory
Guest Artist Series
Daniel Shapiro, Piano
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Saturday, November 23 & Sunday, November 24 at 2pm
Carpenter Center WOW! Series:
Jabbawockeez
Carpenter Center Tickets: $50
The original champions of MTV’s Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew—whose meteoric rise to fame has made them a worldwide sensation—pull out all the stops in this immensely theatrical and mesmerizing performance filled with humor, audience interaction, and wicked dance moves. Dressed in their signature expressionless white masks and gloves, they guide attention away from individual identities toward a unified group, creating a canvas for the audience to visualize the music by painting artistic imagery through their intricate moves!
Sunday, November 24 at 4pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Concert Jazz Orchestra/Studio Jazz Band
University Theater Tickets: $10/$7
Jeff Jarvis, Director
December 1-5
CSULB School of Art
The 46th Annual Holiday Art Sale
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Thousands of original works by CSULB School of Art faculty and students will be on display and for sale, with something for every artistic taste and budget. Sculpture, ceramics, metal work, jewelry, photography, illustration – art work to peruse, purchase, and take home or give as a gift fills all five student galleries.
Monday, December 2 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Concert Band and Brass Chamber
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
December 2-6
CSULB Department of Design
Design 360A Environmental Communication Review
Design Department Gallery Free and Open to the Public
Gallery Hours are Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm.
Tuesday, December 3 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Piano Plus!
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Wednesday, December 4 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Laptop Ensemble
Gerald Daniel Recital Hall Tickets: $10/$7
Martin Herman, Director
Thursday, December 5 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
Carpenter Center Tickets: $10/$7
John Carnahan and Jermie Arnold, Director
Friday, December 6 at 8pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Caribbean Holiday Celebration
Featuring Liam Teague, Stee Drum Artist
Carpenter Center Tickets: $15/$10/$5 for children under 5
During this very popular annual concert, the CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra is joined by the World Percussion Group and the Percussion Ensemble playing holiday music from around the globe. Liam Teague, hailed as the “Paganini of the Steel Pan,” is the featured guest artist.
Saturday, December 7 7:30pm
CSULB Department of Film and Electronic Arts
Fall 2013 Student Film Showcase
University Theatre Tickets: $5 in advance/$6 students/$10 general public
Student films presented at the Fall 2013 Film showcase represent completed projects from various departmental film production courses andrepresent the diverse cultural and ethic backgrounds of FEA's production students.
Saturday, December 7 at 8pm
Carpenter Center presents
Frederica von Stade and SONOS Handbell Ensemble
Carpenter Center Tickets: $40 Regular
A performance of passion and emotional connection that can only be described as divine, the legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade teams up with the breathtaking virtuosity of Sonos Handbell Ensemble to deliver the most enchanting holiday concert of the season.
Saturday, December 7 at 4&8 pm; Sunday, December 8 at 4pm
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Winter Festival Concert
First Congregational Church Tickets: $25/$15/$8
More than 200 singers ring in the holidays with favorite carols, songs, and classical works in Long Beach's greatest Winter extravaganza. Set in the historic sanctuary of First Congregational Church of Long Beach, the CSULB Winter Festival Concert has thrilled audiences for three decades! Enjoy the majesty of the great Moeller organ, handbells, vocal jazz, and, of course the combined voices of all 5 choirs, including the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir, one of America's great University chorales. Tickets go on sale November 1st.
December 8-12
CSULB School of Art
BFA Drawing & Painting Exhibition/Trista Zehnpfennig, BFA Metals/
Dakota Gracey, BFA Sculpture/ Matthew Taylor Williams, BFA Sculpture
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
The BFA Drawing and Painting Exhibition showcases work from graduating students. Trista Zehnpfennig utilizes a variety of metalworking techniques to explore the notion of the overlooked in her BFA exhibition. Dakota Gracey’s BFA exhibition features a variety of 2D, 3D, and sound-based works. In his BFA exhibition, Matthew Williams explores systematic reproductions that dictate and form our primary basis for reality.
December 15-19
CSULB School of Art
The Life of the Real Artist!
CSULB Student Art Galleries Admission is Free
Group Drawing and Painting graduate students from Professor Tom Krumpak’s graduate seminar will curate an alumni exhibition.
Wednesday, December 18 & Thursday, December 19
Carpenter Center Cabaret Series:
Rachel York: Let’s Fall in Love
Dinner/Beverage Service 6-6:45pm | Performance 7pm
Carpenter Center Single ticket prices vary, call for details
Audiences leapt to their feet cheering when Broadway star Rachel York (City of Angels, Les Miserables) debuted at the Carpenter Center in 2011. Fresh from the National tour of Broadway’s Anything Goes, she returns with her divine voice and endless charm in a brand new show.
Saturday, December 21 at 8pm
Carpenter Center presents
A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit
Carpenter Center
Tickets: $30 Regular
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…and what better way to get the entire family into the holiday spirit than by enjoying classic Vince Guaraldi Christmas tunes performed by one of the greatest contemporary jazz pianists! This memorable evening of cherished songs will feature a special appearance by The All American Boys Chorus.
