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Archive for October, 2020

Friday, October 30th, 2020

Weis Center Sessions #21: Paul J. Botelho (Vocal Improvisation)

Welcome to our 21st installment of Weis Center Sessions. Each Friday, we release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. This week, we feature Bucknell Music Professor Paul J. Botelho performing a vocal improvisation. Praised for his “vocal virtuosity,” Azorean-American composer/performer Paul J. Botelho performs worldwide. His work includes acoustic and electro-acoustic music, vocal improvisation, multimedia installation pieces, visual art works, and one-act operas. As a countertenor, he performs vocally primarily through extended technique and incorporates the voice into much of his music. His recent work explores vocal responses to composed and prerecorded sonic environments and […]

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Posted by on October 30, 2020

Friday, October 23rd, 2020

Weis Center Sessions #20: Ryan Hill ’24 “Waltz for Debby” (Piano)

Welcome to our 20th installment of Weis Center Sessions. Each Friday, we release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. This week, we feature Bucknell student Ryan Hill ’24 performing the piece “Waltz for Debby” on piano. Ryan is from Bethlehem, PA. Ryan is a music education major with a concentration in piano and is involved with the jazz band, improv club, theatre program, and Rooke Chapel singers at the university. He says, “Waltz for Debby is one of my favorite jazz charts, and in my opinion has a beautiful piano solo. There is a lot […]

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Posted by on October 23, 2020

Friday, October 16th, 2020

Weis Center Sessions #19: Nora Kamerow ’21 “Defining Beauty” (Poetry)

Welcome to our 19th installment of Weis Center Sessions. Each Friday, we release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. Today we feature Bucknell student Nora Kamerow ’21 as she reads three original poems related to the topic of “Defining Beauty.” Nora’s poems are: Norma Jeane, kallos/beauty, and Fatal Rigidity. Nora is from State College, PA and is studying French, English and Creative Writing. Recorded at and produced by the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University. Enjoy! #WeisCenterSessions

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Posted by on October 16, 2020

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Weis Center Sessions #18: Carl Kirby (Guitar) and Steve Catania (Mandolin)

Welcome to our 18th installment of Weis Center Sessions! Each Friday, we release a video that features a member of the BucknellU University community. Today we feature Carl Kirby on guitar and Steve Catania on mandolin performing “Bossa Dorado.” Carl Kirby (guitar) is a Professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences. Steve Catania (mandolin) has produced instruments such as gourdolins, dulcimers, tongue drums, gourd kalimbas, and his invention Catpaws, a type of wooden spoon percussion instrument with a more civilized sound than metal spoons. Although Carl and Steve have played a lot of music together in numerous jam […]

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Posted by on October 9, 2020

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

Weis Center Sessions #17: Chiara Evans ’21 (Traditional Balinese Dance)

Welcome to our 17th installment of Weis Center Sessions! Each Friday, we release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. Today we feature Bucknell student Chiara Evans ’21. Chiara is a senior biology major with a dance minor from Natick, Massachusetts. Chiara is a biology Teaching Assistant, an arts merit scholar for dance, a member of the Bucknell Dance Company, a participant in the University Gamelan, and an employee of the Campus Box Office. After graduation, Chiara plans to apply to medical school. Chiara has been dancing since she was four (mostly ballet), and became interested […]

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Posted by on October 2, 2020

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