Stonewall inspired concert features composer Benjamin Boone and poet Faylita Hicks

October 8, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Black and white headshots of Benjamin Boone and Faylita Hicks with their names spelled out in text on a dark blue textured background.

Presented by the Center for Creativity and the Arts, “Benjamin Boone and Faylita Hicks: Nobody Promised You Tomorrow Concert and Poetry Reading” begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Phebe Conley Art Gallery courtyard. The outdoor concert and indoor art exhibit are free and open to the public.

Philip Lorenz International Keyboard Concert Series celebrates 50 years

September 14, 2021.Reading time 15 minutes.

“The unique experience of watching a master perform live music is transformational: One feels the vibrations, feels the emotion and hears the vital energy of life, flowing from the heart through the fingertips,” Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval said. “For 50 years, the Philip Lorenz International Keyboard Concert Series has brought us this gift that elevates and revitalizes the soul. Fresno State is honored to host this community and international treasure.”

FOOSA to give the first public musical performance at Fresno State in over a year

June 23, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Conductor Thomas Loewenheim leads the 2021 string orchestra during rehearsal

Conductor Thomas Loewenheim leads a stellar string orchestra in a lush, romantic program full of passionate works from the early 20th century for the first public music performance at Fresno State since March 2020.

‘All in the Timing’ streams levity to your screen

June 1, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Woman holds a book with a cup of coffee while looking at a young man in a weird flex pose. All in front of an absurdly colorful background.

“Emerging from this pandemic, it just felt right to me to present a bit of fun layered with some serious notes, but not too serious.” ~ J Daniel Herring.

‘Agony of Ecstasy’ production tackles gender norms

April 28, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

A woman and a man, loosely dressed as dentists, peer into your mouth. The woman is holding a knife and fork while the man holds sticks with horned balls on the end.

“The Agony of Ecstasy” is a compilation of four short plays exploring the performative aspects of gender norms and the power struggle at the heart of human relationships.

Contemporary Dance Ensemble celebrates 10th anniversary with first pandemic-era work

March 15, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

"We Can Work Alone" dancers on stage wearing COVID-19 masks

The production, which was filmed in the John Wright Theatre, will stream online at 7:30 p.m. March 12–13 and March 16–20, and 2 p.m. March 14.

4th Art Song Festival features Grammy winning bass-baritone Gerald Finley, student singers, poets and composers

February 22, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Aaleyah Wilson at Robin Fisher Masterclass 3rd Festival 2020

Two Fresno State poetry students and five music composition students have been selected as finalists in the fourth annual Art Song Festival competition which will take place on Feb. 26 and 27 on Zoom.

Choirs combine in celebration of MLK, Black History Month

February 19, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

In an annual tradition, the Fresno State choirs directed by Dr. Cari Earnhart and Fresno City College choirs, directed by Julie Dana, combine for “Walk in Peace: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 26 on YouTube.

Composer Dr. Joseph Bohigian to perform a piece inspired by the Armenian diaspora

February 17, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Displacement and dispersion loom large in the Armenian collective memory, as seen through their music and the work of the composer and musicologist Komitas. A longing to reclaim elements of lost culture pervades the Armenian diaspora, where Home is reconstituted in exile.

Dr. Vahram Shemmassian to speak on ‘The Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915’

February 3, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dr. Vahram Shemmassian and the ‘The Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915’ book cover

Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, Director of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Northridge, will speak about his new book “The Armenians of Musa Dagh: From Obscurity to Genocide Resistance and Fame 1840-1915” at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb, 6 on Zoom.