Jenny Putney '09 Performing in La Jolla
Theatre alumna Jenny Putney ’09 is in the cast of Our Town, playing at the La Jolla Playhouse Oct. 3-6 as part of the With Out Walls Festival. In this new version of Our Town, a group of twenty-somethings invites the audience over for a party under the stars!
Taking Stage Direction from a Broadway Pro is All in a Morning’s Class
Broadway star and Conservatory of Music alumnus Dennis Kelly ’67 has taken silly sitcom roles because work is work and another line on the resume is always good. He exercises and eats right because stage life is demanding. He walks into every audition room “with eagerness – unless I’ve been told not to.” And to
Theatre Alumna Wins Ovation Award
Kellie Spill ’12 won the Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in Triassic Parq The Musical at the Chance Theater. In addition, Matthew McCray ’98 was nominated for Best Director of a Play for Our Class with Son of Semele Ensemble. Read more about The Ovation Awards in the Los
Music Professor Wins Composition Competition
Vera Ivanova, assistant professor of music, has won the 2013 Earplay Donald Aird Composers Competition with her composition for piano “Three Studies in Uneven Meters.” The prize comes with a monetary award and a performance of the winning composition at the closing concert of the Earplay ensemble’s 2013-2014 season on May 19th, 2014
Music Alum Launches Orchestra and Singers
Nove Deypalan ’08 has launched the Walnut Valley Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale and the all-professional Nove Deypalan Singers. The world-premiere concert of the Nove Deypalan Singers is October 12 at the First Baptist Church in Pasadena. The all-professional singers are world-class concert artists who were and/or presently affiliated with famous institutions such as, the LA Opera, LA
Celebrate Homecoming With the Big Band
The Big Band Bubbly Brunch will feature Chapman’s newest and brightest stars: our very own Big Band, under the direction of Albert Alva. A cross between Frank Sinatra and Harry Connick Jr., this ensemble will leave you wanting more. The Big Band Bubbly Brunch is October 6 in the Attallah Piazza and is
Opera Chapman Presents "Gems of the Bel Canto Era"
In the early 19th century, Italian opera was dominated by three immensely talented and popular composers: Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. These men knew exactly what their audiences wanted to hear and delivered it in abundance. ”Gems of the Bel Canto Era” will feature scenes, arias and duets from Bellini’s Il Pirata, La Sonnambula and
It’s ‘De-Lovely’ — Dennis Kelly ’67 is back in town with ‘Anything Goes’
Broadway star and Conservatory Of Music alumnus Dennis Kelly ’67 was awarded the university’s 2010 Alumni Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award. He returns to Orange County this month in the touring production of Anything Goes at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.As the tipsy and near-sighted Wall Street banker Elisha Whitney, Kelly says he
Music Students Win PASIC Scholarships
Current music students Joy Liu ’15 and Christina Cheon ’14 have been awarded scholarships to attend the Percussive Arts Society’s International Convention (PASIC) this November in Indianapolis, Indiana. Joy was awarded the James Sewrey scholarship, and Christina the George Contreas scholarship. These scholarships pay for the students’ registration
More Faculty News
Robin Kish, assistant professor of dance, was invited as a guest faculty member for the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science course titled Healthy Dance Practice and Performance, and guest speaker at the preconference education workshop at the annual conference of the Performing Arts Medicine Association in Snowmass, CO, where she also presented original