Music, Movies and More Scheduled During International Education Week Nov. 5-13
Keuka College will celebrate International Education Week Nov. 5-13 with a variety of events.
Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Center for Global Education, International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. The week also promotes programs which prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.
Among the events to mark the week at Keuka: a concert featuring University of Kentucky faculty members Peter Simpson (bassoon), associate professor of bassoon and assistant director of the School of Music, and Dieter Hennings (guitar and lute), instructor in guitar.
The performance, slated Monday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in Norton Chapel, will include Three Popular Songs, by Manuel DeFalla, Sonata in A minor, by Antonio Vivaldi, Suite in D minor, by Marin Marais, and Three Recercadas, by Diego Ortiz.
Peter Simpson
Simpson has taught at the University of Kentucky since 1976 and has been principal bassoon with the Lexington Philharmonic since 1978. He has also performed with the Louisville Orchestra, New Hampshire Music Festival, Goldovsky Opera Institute, Lakeside Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Ventura Symphony, Victoria Bach Festival, and the Des Moines Metro Opera.
An active chamber musician, Simpson has played in recitals at seven annual conferences of the International Double Reed Society. He is known for combining humor with classical music in “comedy recitals,” such as “The Bassoon Olympics” and “Opera: A Bassoonist’s View from the Pit.”
Dieter Hennings
Hennings has taught at the University of Kentucky since 2009, and has been a soloist with Canada’s New Music Concerts Ensemble, Eastman BroadBand Ensemble, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, the University of Arizona Philharmonia, and the Orquesta Juvenil de Sonora, Mexico.
He has won several prestigious competitions, including the 2008 Aaron Brock International Guitar Competition, 2005 Eastman Guitar Concerto Competition, the 2002 Villa de Petrer, Alicante (Spain) International Competition, and the 2001 Portland Guitar Competition, among others.
Other International Education Week events at Keuka include:
- Friday, Nov. 5: Rangoli (India) sand art celebration, Phillip’s Lounge, 3:30-5:30 p.m.;
- Friday, Nov. 5: Diwali (India) lighting ceremony, Norton Chapel lawn (rain location inside Norton Chapel), 5:45 p.m.;
- Monday, Nov. 8: Global Education: Crossing Boundaries, Corning Room, noon – 1 p.m.;
- Tuesday, Nov. 9: Peace Corps information session, Phillip’s Lounge, 11 a.m.;
- Tuesday, Nov. 9: Spotlight on China, Brezinsky Room, 4:30-5:30 p.m.;
- Wednesday, Nov. 10 : International student panel, Alumni Lounge, 6-7 p.m.;
- Wednesday, Nov. 10: Campus-wide international movie night, residence halls, time and location TBA;
- Thursday, Nov. 11: Spotlight on Vietnam, Brezinsky Room, 4:30-5:30 p.m.;
- Friday, Nov. 12: Spotlight on South Africa, Corning Room, 3:30-4:30 p.m.;
- Friday. Nov. 12: Faith and the Silver Screen series, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Brezinsky Room, 8 p.m.; and
- Saturday, Nov. 13: International Fair, Daniels Room, Geiser Refectory, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Door prizes will be given away during the events; to be eligible for the prizes, including the grand prize of an iPod Nano, pick up a “passport” during Rangoli. You must be present at events to win.
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