Fine Arts Events
Piano Recital: Four and Six – Hands
Friday, March 9, 2018
12:00 p.m.
Piano Recital: Four and Six – Hands
The concert features Dr. Vicente Della Tonia (GSU/Perimeter),
Dr. Sergio Gallo (GSU), Dr. Joanna Kim (UNG), and Dr. Zeynep Ucbasaran.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.
Georgia State University’s Perimeter College
Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Piano Master Class: Guest Artist Dr. Zeynep Ucbasaran
Dr. Zeynep Ucbasaran
will coach select Georgia State University and Perimeter College music students in a masterclass on
Friday, March 9th
11:00 AM
This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Zeynep Ucbasaran is a concert pianist who started her music studies at age four at the Istanbul Conservatory. She has a Concert Artist Diploma from the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. She obtained her MA and DMA degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California. Her awards include American Liszt Society Award, Rozsnyai Memorial Award, Ina Broida Award from UCSB, and USC Associates Music Merit Scholarship. She is also a recipient of the MAA 2001 Aspen Summer Music Festival Scholarship, where she was selected to play in the distinguished artist Master Class of Leon Fleisher. Dr. Ucbasaran was a prize-winner in the 1996 and 2000 Los Angeles Liszt Competitions. She was designated a “woman of distinction in the year 2003” by the Daughters of Ataturk organization in the US. She has given many recitals and concerts in Turkey, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, Egypt, Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuenia, Belarus, and in the United States. Her Wigmore Hall debut in London was in November 2004.
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For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.
Georgia State University’s Perimeter College
Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Last chance to contribute to the Wish Tree at Clarkston!
All students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to contribute to a unique collaborative site-specific installation opportunity as part of a week long exhibition celebrating Earth Day at the Native Plant Botanical Garden on the Clarkston campus. Deadline for submission are next week, April 12!
Contribute to a collaborative installation project called the Wish Tree, inspired by Yoko Ono. Offerings should be submitted to Clarkston art department office, CF building by April 12. These can be paper, no larger than 5” x 7.” You must make a hole in the top for it to be strung up. These will not be returned.
Learn more about what a Wish Tree is and about how the project started at:
http://imaginepeacetower.com/yoko-onos-wish-trees/
Please contact Lisa Alembik from the Fine Arts Department (lalembik@gsu.edu) with any questions about either opportunity.
Creative Earth Day Opportunities
All students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to take part in 2 unique exhibition opportunities as part of a week long exhibition celebrating Earth Day at the Native Plant Botanical Garden.
Opportunity 1 (Deadline for proposals March 31, Delivery of accepted works due April 13): Open call for submissions for outdoor artwork that represents pollinators, beings or activities that spread a plants’ pollen. This could include bees, butterflies, birds, bats, bugs, wind and more. Anticipated works submitted by students, faculty, staff, or alumni, will highlight how important our pollinators are to reflect the mission of the Native Plant Botanical Garden which is to educate the public about native plants and temperate ferns.
Download the event flyer here!
Collaborative and site-specific work is encouraged. Art work must be able to withstand the elements for the entire week. Please contact Lisa Alembik from the Fine Arts Department (lalembik@gsu.edu) with a written proposal of what you would like to submit along with a jpg of your artwork or a proposal drawing by March 31. Be sure to include your contact information. The Native Plant Botanical Garden is open to the public on the Decatur campus. Keep in mind that work cannot be insured, and will be kept outdoors and open to the public for the entire week. Artwork submitted should remain for the duration of the exhibition.
Delivery will be Thursday, April 13 by appointment (afternoon) or April 14 (morning). Details to follow if your proposal is excepted.
Opportunity 2 (Deadline for submissions April 12): Contribute to a collaborative installation project on the Clarkston campus called the Wish Tree, inspired by Yoko Ono. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to drop off offering to Clarkston art department office, CF building by April 12. These can be paper, no larger than 5” x 7.” You must make a hole in the top for it to be strung up. These will not be returned.
Learn more about what a Wish Tree is and about how the project started at:
http://imaginepeacetower.com/yoko-onos-wish-trees/
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Eligibility for both events is limited to Perimeter College of Georgia State University students, faculty, staff and alumni. The Opening of the exhibition will be on Friday, April 14, 1-3 p.m.
Please contact Lisa Alembik from the Fine Arts Department (lalembik@gsu.edu) with any questions about either opportunity.
Concert: DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (Ticketed) 3/21
DeKalb Symphony Orchestra
Young Artists Concerto Competition Winners
First place – sixteen-year old violinist Phoebe Liu – Korngold’s Violin Concerto
Second place – sixteen-year old pianist Yuy Hsiang – Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2
Third place – fourteen-year old cellist Lexine Feng – Lalo’s Cello Concerto
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
8 p.m.
Also on the program is Overture to Nabucco and the world premiere of “Impressions from Japan” by Atlanta composer, Amy Leventhal.
The public is invited to meet the conductor at the 7 p.m. pre-concert conversation.
Georgia State University’s Perimeter College
Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
This event is $5 with a Panther Card.
To purchase tickets you may call 678-891-3565 or buy tickets here. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. For further information, please refer to http://www.dekalbsymphony.org/
DeKalb Youth Symphony Orchestra 3/8
DeKalb Youth Symphony Orchestra
Winter Concert 2017
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
8 p.m.
The DeKalb Youth Symphony Orchestra is the honor orchestra of the DeKalb County School System directed by Mr. Earl Kuutti for over 30 years. Composed of enthusiastic young musicians from across DeKalb County, DYS provides musical opportunities beyond the regular curriculum and offers students the chance to learn and perform music from a vast repertoire ranging from Classical to Modern, Opera to Pop, and Musicals to the Movies, recently debuting a new Scottish Symphony.
Georgia State University’s Perimeter College
Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.
Recital: Student Vocal Music Night Program – 3/6
Monday, March 6, 2017
8:00 p.m.
Student Vocal Music Night Program
Select Perimeter College vocal music students will perform a variety of art songs and opera and oratorio arias.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.
Georgia State University’s Perimeter College
Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Recital: Student Instrumental Night Program – 2/27
Monday, February 27, 2017
8:00 p.m.
Student Instrumental Night Program
Select Perimeter College instrumental music majors will perform repertoire from
classical music genres.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call Fine Arts Information, 678-891-3571.
Georgia State University’s Perimeter College
Marvin Cole Auditorium, Clarkston Campus
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus
Clarkston, GA 30021
Outdoor art exhibition seeks proposals by GSU faculty, staff, and students.
Call for outdoor artwork by students, faculty, staff and alumni
for “Pollinators in the Garden: an Outdoor Art Exhibition”
In celebration of Earth Day 2017, April 14-April 21
Native Plant Botanical Garden
Georgia State University Perimeter College, Decatur
Perimeter College of Georgia State University Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni are invited to take part in a week long exhibition, opening Friday, April 14, 1-3 p.m., celebrating Earth Day at our Native Plant Botanical Garden. Submissions are requested for outdoor artwork that represents pollinators, beings or activities that spread a plants’ pollen. This could include bees, butterflies, birds, bats, bugs, wind and more.
The mission of the Native Plant Botanical Garden is to educate the public about native plants and temperate ferns by providing a teaching environment. We would like this exhibit to highlight how important our pollinators are.
Collaborative and site-specific work is encouraged. Art work must be able to withstand the elements for the entire week. Please contact Lisa Alembik from the Fine Arts Department (lalembik@gsu.edu) with a written proposal of what you would like to submit along with a jpg of your artwork or a proposal drawing by March 31. Be sure to include your contact information. The garden is open to the public. Keep in mind that work cannot be insured, and will be kept outdoors and open to the public for the entire week.
Delivery of accepted submissions will be Thursday, April 13 by appointment (afternoon) or April 14 (morning). Details to follow if your proposal is excepted. Eligibility is limited to Perimeter College of Georgia State University students, faculty, staff and alumni. Artwork submitted should remain for the duration of the exhibition.
Questions? Contact lalembik@gsu.edu.