Messiah College invites you to the
Calvin and Janet
HIGH CENTER
for WORSHIP and
PERFORMING ARTS
2014-2015 SEASON
season schedule
At-a-glance
Fall Theater performance:
Finding Gravity
Thursday, Oct. 16,
Friday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.
and Saturday, Oct. 18, Sunday, Oct. 19,
3 p.m., Poorman Black Box Theater
Manhattan Transfer:
Living Room Sessions
Friday, Oct. 24, 2014
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
The Mendelssohn Piano Trio
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014
7:30 p.m., High Foundation Recital Hall
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014
7:30 p.m., Parmer Hall
Messiah College
Christmas Concert
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
Susquehanna Chorale
Holiday Concert
Friday, Dec. 19, 2014
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
Stringfever
Friday, Feb. 20, 2015
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
Michele Norris
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015
7 p.m., Parmer Hall
Brahms Requiem
by Johannes Brahms
Friday, April 17, 2015
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
Susquehanna Chorale
Spring Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2015
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
from the president
Dear Friends,
The opening of the Calvin and Janet High Center for Worship and Performing
Arts has introduced a new era of creativity, expression and educational opportunity at Messiah College. And now I am delighted to invite you to be a part
of the cultural life of this magnificent new venue during our 2014-2015 season.
Engage the arts and humanities through a special yearlong series of lectures,
theatrical productions and concerts featuring our talented student and
faculty performers, as well as distinguished guest lecturers and visiting
performing artists.
While you are here, you will see (and hear) for yourself why the High Center
is quickly becoming known as one of the acoustically and aesthetically finest
performance venues in our region.
Warm regards,
President, Messiah College
finding gravity
by George MacDonald,
adapted for the stage by
Valerie Rae Smith
Appropriate for all ages
Running time: 50 mins
Thursday, Oct. 16, Friday, Oct.17,
7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18
and Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, 3 p.m.
Poorman Black Box Theater
A handsome prince helps a princess who is
afflicted by weightlessness and laughter by
filling her heart and eyes with the weight and
tears of love.
Sponsored by the Messiah College Department
of Theatre and Dance
Ticket information available at
messiah.edu/theatretickets.
manhattan transfer: Living Room Sessions
Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, 8 p.m.
Parmer Hall
Considered the greatest vocal group in history for broadening the musical landscape with their innovative jazz/pop sound, The Manhattan Transfer’s presentation of “The Living Room Sessions” will take the audience on a journey from
their early days through their long and successful career to the present.
The group will share some of the stories behind the music—their inspirations,
collaborations and tales from the studio and the road. Accompanied by piano
and bass, The Manhattan Transfer will perform some of their biggest hits as
well as some lesser-known and never-released tunes.
Long known as musical pioneers, the platinum-selling super group made Grammy history by becoming the first to simultaneously win a Grammy in both the
jazz and pop categories. The group, which is a member of the Vocal Group Hall
of Fame, has won 10 Grammys and been nominated for 17.
the mendelssohn
piano trio
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
High Foundation Recital Hall
The Mendelssohn Piano Trio presents
a second program of the complete
Beethoven’s piano trios cycle. This program offers a unique insight into the
evolution of Beethoven’s compositional
style and an overview of his extraordinary
legacy. Compositions from early, middle
and late Beethoven will offer a journey
from the witty Piano Trio Op. 1, No. 1 to
masterful “Kakadu” Variations, Op. 121
and the festive Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2.
Sponsored by the Messiah College
School of the Arts
Ticket information available at
messiah.edu/highcenterseason.
The Manhattan Transfer is Cheryl Bentyne, vocals; Tim Hauser, vocals;
Alan Paul, vocals; and Janis Siegel, vocals.
Sponsored by the Messiah College Cultural Series
Tickets: general admission $35; students $15 (with Messiah College ID). To purchase, please contact
the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036.
As one of the most recognized historians of
the day, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book,
“The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of
Journalism,” is a dynamic history of the first
decade of the Progressive Era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming
unseamed and reform was in the air.
Author of several best-selling books, Goodwin
won the Pulitzer Prize for “No Ordinary Time:
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home
Front in World War II.” A contributor both
on and off the air to the PBS documentaries
“LBJ,” “The Kennedys,” and “FDR and Baseball,” Goodwin is the person most turn to for
a keen historical perspective on political and
current events.
doris kearns goodwin
“The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt,
William Howard Taft and the Golden Age
of Journalism”
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014
7:30 p.m., Parmer Hall
“Lincoln,” the film version of her acclaimed
book, “Team of Rivals,” was produced by
Steven Spielberg and premiered in November
2012 to rave reviews and multiple Golden
Globe and Oscar nominations. Dreamworks
Studios and Steven Spielberg have also
acquired the film rights to “The Bully Pulpit.”
Sponsored by the Office of the President
General admission tickets are $25. Student tickets (with
Messiah College ID) are $10. To purchase, please contact
the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 after
Aug. 1, 2014.
messiah college
christmas
concert
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
Various music department
ensembles perform the College’s
annual Christmas Concert.
Sponsored by the Messiah College
Department of Music
Tickets: general admission, $10; senior, $5; and
child/student, $3. To purchase, please contact the
Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 after
Oct. 1, 2014.
susquehanna
chorale
holiday concert:
A Candlelight Christmas
Linda Tedford, founder,
conductor and artistic director
Friday, December 19, 2014
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
Experience the beauty of the Christmas
season as the Susquehanna Chorale presents its Candlelight Christmas, featuring
music from the Renaissance through the
21st century. Join many audience members
who state repeatedly that this is the start
of their Christmas season.
Tickets: Adults: $20 in advance, $25 at the door;
Students $5; Discount for faculty and staff.
To purchase, please contact the Messiah College
Ticket Office at 717-691-6036.
stringfever
Friday, Feb. 20, 2015
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
If you’re looking for an amazing evening’s
entertainment like you’ve never seen before,
then meet Giles, Ralph, Graham and Neal
Broadbent, aka Stringfever. With their electric
instruments and unique sound, the world’s
first genetically modified string quartet combine exceptional musical skill with a real talent for involving and engaging audiences to
provide you with a night you’ll never forget.
Sponsored by the Messiah College
Cultural Series
Tickets: general admission $25; students $10 (with Messiah
College ID). To purchase, please contact the Messiah
College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036.
An award-winning journalist, Michele Norris
is currently a host and special correspondent
for NPR. Previously, Norris served as co-host
of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” public
radio’s longest-running national program.
Norris and “All Things Considered” received
many of journalism’s highest honors, including a Peabody Award, duPont Award,
an Overseas Press Club Award, and she was
named the 2009 Journalist of the Year by the
National Association of Black Journalists.
Before joining NPR, she served as a correspondent for ABC News, where she reported
extensively on education, inner city issues,
the national drug problem and poverty.
While at ABC, Norris earned an Emmy Award
and Peabody Award for her contribution to
the network’s coverage of 9/11.
Norris is the author of the 2010 best-selling
memoir, “The Grace of Silence,” which began
michele norris
“Eavesdropping on America’s
Conversation on Race”
SPRING HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM
KEYNOTE LECTURE
2015 symposium theme:
“Race in America”
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015
7 p.m., Parmer Hall
as a quest to uncover how America talked
about race in the wake of the 2008 presidential election and became an eye-opening
family history lesson revealing Norris’ family’s racial legacy and a window on America’s
complicated racial history. The book also led
to “The Race Card Project,” a blog that asks
people to submit their thoughts and observations about race in six words.
Sponsored by the Messiah College Center for
Public Humanities
Free tickets are required for this event; to reserve, please
contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at
717-691-6036 after Dec. 1, 2014.
BRAHMS
REQUIEM
kevin puts:
symphony no. 1
brahms:
a german
requiem
The Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stuart Malina
The Messiah College Concert
Choir, Messiah College Choral Arts
Society and the Susquehanna
Chorale, conducted by Linda
Tedford, artistic director
susquehanna
chorale spring
concert
Friday, April 17, 2015
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
In contrast to the heaven-storming, fire and
brimstone Requiems of the likes of Berlioz
and Verdi, Johannes Brahms’s “A German
Requiem” is a work of peaceful consolation
and surpassing beauty. These performances
will be sung in English. On the first half,
the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra
presents the 1st Symphony of Pulitzer Prizewinning American composer, Kevin Puts.
Sponsored by the Messiah College
School of the Arts
Ticket information available at
messiah.edu/highcenterseason.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
8 p.m., Parmer Hall
Savor the pure sound and versatility of the
Susquehanna Chorale featured in the music
of Monteverdi, Esenvalds and Gjeilo, as well
as love songs, spirituals and a stunning
arrangement of “Amazing Grace.”
Tickets: Adults: $20 in advance, $25 at the door; Students
$5; Discount for faculty and staff. To purchase, please contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036.
For more information:
Additional details on the 2014-2015
season of the Calvin and Janet High
Center for Worship and Performing
Arts may be found at
messiah.edu/highcenterseason.
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2014-2015 SEASON
Calvin and Janet
HIGH CENTER
for WORSHIP and
PERFORMING ARTS
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