Category: Performances

The Wichita State Opera Theater, under the direction of Professor Alan Held, will present its annual “Scenes and Songs” performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 in Wiedemann Hall.

The performance is a yearly campus favorite and will feature the opera students in various scenes from Weill’s “Street Scene,” Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” and J. Strauss’s “Die Fledermaus.” Tickets are available by calling the WSU Fine Arts Box Office at 316-978-3233 or by visiting the Ticket Office website.

The first performance in 2024 of Wednesdays in Wiedemann with Professor Lynne Davis will take place at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 in Wiedemann Hall on the great Marcussen organ.

There is admission at no additional charge to the half-hour program, which includes works by Nicolas de Grigny, Samuel Barber and Louis Vierne. Come and experience WSU’s iconic hall and organ.

Dr. Cristina Castaldi, associate professor of voice, soprano, will sing for the Faculty Artist Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28 in Wiedemann Hall. She will sing songs and arias by composer Giuseppe Verdi in recital.

Wichita State students can request their student ticket at no additional charge in advance by going to the Fine Arts Box Office located in Duerksen Fine Arts Center during operating hours. Students must show a Shocker ID to receive their ticket.

Mark Foley, professor of double bass, appears in concert with the WSU Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 in Miller Concert Hall. Foley will perform his own concerto composed for the occasion. The concert, led by Mark Laycock, will also include music by Vaughan Williams.

The Little Wichita Concerto, for double bass and chamber orchestra, draws upon a wide variety of styles and influences, including jazz, rock and roll, and classical music. Foley also serves as principal bass of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and performs each summer as a member of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in Boulder.

A mainstay of the Wichita jazz scene, Foley is a first-call bassist for club dates and sessions with local and national players. He is the founder and musical director of the Knob Festival of New Music, an annual series of concerts presenting performances of wildly diverse new works by local, national and international artists.

The concert also includes Vaughan Williams’s “A London Symphony.” Premiered in 1914, the symphony features rich melodic invention, powerful climaxes and extraordinary structural cohesion across its four movements. It was the piece the composer conducted most frequently in his appearances with orchestras around the world.

Tickets are available through the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-978-3233.

The School of Music and Choral Activities are proud to present the 60th annual Candlelight Concerts Dec. 1-3 in Wiedemann Hall.

Come get immersed in the beautiful sounds of the season as they continue to celebrate the long-lasting tradition of the WSU Candlelight Concerts.

Wednesdays in Wiedemann with Lynne Davis presents its annual Christmas Organ Concert on the Marcussen organ at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6 in Wiedemann Hall. Admission is available at no additional charge to hear and participate in the yearly event, which includes audience singing of beloved songs and carols as well as works on the organ and for solo voice with Alan Held and Hilary Taylor, both from the voice faculty at the School of Music.

The event will be live-streamed on the School of Music Facebook page.

Wichita State University Opera Theater will present two performances of Italian opera entitled “Suor Angelica and Friends” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 in Wiedemann Hall.

Highlights from multiple operas will be heard including selections from “Il Trovatore,” “Madama Butterfly,” “Rigoletto” and “Le Nozze di Figaro” followed by a complete performance of Puccini’s most beloved one-act opera, “Suor Angelica.” Featured in the performance will be WSU faculty members, Dr. Hilary Grace Taylor and Dr. Warren Kim.

WSU Opera Theater is under the direction of Alan Held, professor of voice and director of opera studies.

WSU students can request their student ticket at no additional charge in advance by going to the Fine Arts Box Office in Duerksen Fine Arts Center during operating hours. Students must show their Shocker ID.

Tickets can be purchased online through the Fine Arts Box Office or by phone at 316-978-3233.

“Organized Rhythm”, the exceptional duo of organist, Clive Driskill-Smith, and percussionist, Joseph Gramley, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 in Wiedemann Hall.

The combination of the two instruments onstage is explosive and will appeal to a large audience and don’t miss the Conversation with the Artists, an onstage interview with host, Lynne Davis. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the artists and what they do.

Tickets can be purchased at the College of Fine Arts Box Office and through the online storefront. Wichita State students can receive one ticket at no additional charge with their Shocker ID thanks to the support of the Student Government Association.

The School of Performing Arts proudly presents “A Chorus Line” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2-4 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 5 in Wilner Auditorium.

Ticket prices are $20 for adults; $18 for senior citizens, military, and faculty and staff; and $12 for children and students. Wichita State students can receive one ticket at no additional charge with their Shocker ID thanks to the support of the Student Government for College of Fine Arts performances. Call the Box Office at 316-978-3233 or order tickets from the online storefront.

Directed and choreographed (adapted from Michael Bennet’s original Broadway choreography) by Amy Baker Schwiethale, “A Chorus Line” examines one day in the lives of seventeen dancers, all vying for a spot in the “chorus line” of a Broadway musical. After the first round of cuts, Zach, the director and choreographer, asks each dancer to speak about themselves. Discomfort opens into revelation, confession leads to redemption and within the bright, outwardly homogenous chorus, the audience begins to see each dancer’s individuality.

The School of Performing Arts is thrilled to announce that 2021 Alum Ariel Glorsky-Seyl will be joining the performance as a special guest artist to portray the role of Diana Morales in “A Chorus Line.” During her time at WSU, she played several roles including Susan in “[title of show]” and Amy in “The Theory of Relativity.”

Join the WSU Wind Ensemble for a mesmerizing musical journey at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 in Miller Concert Hall. Experience Steven Bryant’s captivating “Ecstatic Waters,” Luis Serrano Alarcón’s diverse “Duende” and the dynamic finale “DOPE” by Katahj Copley, accompanied by a film premiere.

WSU students with a Shocker ID can request their student tickets at no additional charge in advance by going to the Fine Arts Box Office located in Duerksen Fine Arts Center during operating hours.

Tickets can be purchased online at the Fine Arts Box Office or by phone at 316-978-3233.