FOOSA celebrates 10th anniversary with two Fresno concerts

June 7, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

FOOSA Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Calif.

The Gala Concert, “From Sorrow to Celebration: Mahler 5 at the Saroyan,” is at 8 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the William Saroyan Theatre in downtown Fresno. Tickets are free with registration.

University Dance Theatre presents student-produced spring dance concert

April 25, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Fresno State’s University Dance Theatre (UDT) will present “We Are,” a student-produced and choreographed dance concert under the artistic direction of Alyssa Garvin.

Philip Lorenz International Keyboard Concert Series celebrates 50 years

April 20, 2022.Reading time 16 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.”

Interior Design seniors present their work at ‘Revive’ exhibit

April 19, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Group photo of the Class of 2022 interior design students on the Conley Art building balcony.

The Fresno State interior design class of 2022 will showcase their work in the “Revive” exhibition from April 22-29 in the Phebe Conley Art Gallery.

Music Department presents Percussion Studio Recital

April 13, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Fresno State Music Department invites the community to enjoy an exciting evening of percussion music at 8 p.m. Monday, April 18, in the Concert Hall.

Violin and Viola Festival culminates in a Gala Concert

April 13, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Violinist Timothy Kantor, violist Kate Hamilton and violinist Gina Coletti will join Fresno State faculty cellist Dr. Thomas Loewenheim, violinist Dr. Limor Toren-Immerman with accompaniment by Drew Quiring for the tenth annual Fresno State Violin and Viola Festival Gala Concert held at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 23 in the Concert Hall.

Students present original works at the Composers Recital

April 13, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

he Fresno State Music Department invites the public to a thrilling evening of music by student composers at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Concert Hall.

Lecture series focuses on the therapeutic benefits of art

February 9, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

The unique workshops are designed to benefit everyone, whether or not they are artists.

University Theatre brings gripping docudrama ‘Wilderness’ to the stage

November 23, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

A woman stands on a red rock overlooking a canyon as the sun sets.

“Wilderness” is a pulsating documentary theatre piece that speaks to our collective search for connection and hope as families survive the extraordinary pressures and complexities that accompany coming of age in 21st-century America.

Holocaust instruments to be played in ‘Violins of Hope’ concert

November 22, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Yaacov Zimermann worked in Warsaw and had many clients Jews and Christians. He was known to support young violinists such as Michel Swalbe (see former violin) and Ida Haendle, the child prodigy who turned a world known virtuoso. This hand-made violin is outstanding because it is unusually decorated by five Stars of David, four on the upper deck and one on the back. The decorations were made with glue mixed with black powder, usually made to order.

Dozens of men, women, children, elderly and sick were packed in each cattle car – so tight they couldn’t move. As the train pulled to a stop, the clunks and rattles gave way to the sound of an orchestra along the tracks. They had arrived at Auschwitz.

Message from the Dean

All of us in the College of Arts and Humanities hope that you and yours are doing well!

Our faculty have been hard at work, and our college’s students and alumni are pursuing their dreams in a wide variety of fields. We are excited to embark on a new venture with the creation of the M.K. Gandhi Center: Inner Peace and Sarvodaya. Thanks to a generous gift from the Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation, our campus and community will experience courses and programming dedicated to Gandhian peacemaking and upliftment of everyone in society. We hope you will join us at future events.

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