IN CITE ARTS FESTIVAL

Boston University College of Fine Arts presents
InCite Arts Festival
March 9-15, 2008


New York, NY – The Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) is pleased to present the first annual InCite Arts Festival, taking place March 9-15 in New York City. Conceived to showcase the dynamic artistic strengths and synergy of the College’s schools of Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts, each school is offering new and interdisciplinary programming that boasts an eclectic and compelling combination of titles and artists.

The InCite Arts Festival will feature an exhibition of works by MFA painting and sculpture students from the BU School of Visual Arts, a chamber orchestra concert featuring a world premiere and three New York premieres of works by composers with close affiliations with the BU School of Music, a performance of Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s rarely performed Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a new play by recent CFA alumna Nitzan Halperin about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Michael Nyman’s one-act opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and a showcase of senior actors from the BU School of Theatre.

Led by a Host Committee of prominent Boston University alumni and New-York based arts supporters, the festival will also feature a series of educational and social events hosted by Committee members. Host Committee members include Broadway producer Stewart Lane, director Nicholas Martin, painters Pat Steir and Andrew Raftery, and SungEun Han-Anderson, President of the Anderson Family Foundation. The Host Committee is designed to reach out to the 50,000 members of the BU community in the Tri-State area, to engage alumni, parents, prospective students, and other supporters through this all-encompassing one-week celebration of the Boston University College of Fine Arts.

The Boston University College of Fine Arts was created in 1954 to bring together the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the School of Visual Arts. The University’s vision was to create a community of artists in a conservatory-style school offering professional training in the arts to both undergraduate and graduate students, complemented by a liberal arts curriculum for undergraduate students. Since those early days, education at the College of Fine Arts has begun on the B.U. campus and extended into the city of Boston, a rich center of cultural, artistic and intellectual activity.

Festival Schedule


Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Juried by João Ribas, critic/curator at The Drawing Center in New York and head of the MFA Thesis Committee at New York University
Sunday, March 9 – Saturday, March 15
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 11, 6:00-9:00pm
Robert Steele Gallery

Theatre Showcase
Tuesday, March 11, 6:00pm
Wednesday, March 12, 3:00pm and 6:00pm
West Bank Café
Laurie Beechman Theatre

These Worlds In Us: Chamber Orchestra Concert
Boston University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Cornell
Featuring soloists Simon Estes, baritone; Na Sun, violin; Todd Palmer, clarinet; and Elsbieta Brandys, flute
Includes the world premiere of Three Songs of Nature by Martin Amlin, the New York premieres of These Worlds in Us by Melissa Mazzoli, Tracer by Richard Cornell with digital video of images by Deborah Cornell, and Concertino by Jonathan Newman; plus The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind by Osvaldo Golijov.
Thursday, March 13, 8:00pm
The Town Hall

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Written by Tom Stoppard
Music by André Previn
Jim Petosa, Director
Neal Hampton, Conductor
Friday, March 14, 8:00pm
The Town Hall

The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
Music by Michael Nyman
Libretto by Christopher Rawlence and Michael Nyman, assisted by Michael Morris
Based on the book by Oliver Sacks
William Lumpkin, Conductor
Jim Petosa, Stage Director
Monday, March 10, 7:00pm
Wednesday, March 12, 7:00pm
Helen Mills Theater

Sow and Weep
By Nitzan Halperin
Jason McDowell-Green, Director
Monday, March 10, 9:00pm
Wednesday, March 12, 9:00pm
Helen Mills Theater


Ticket and Venue Information


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Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 212-307-4100 for events at The Town Hall.
Visit www.bu.edu/cfa/incite for box office information regarding events at Helen Mills Theater.