Ticket deadline nears for President’s Fine Arts Series

09/27/2001 BOZEMAN -- Some of the community’s finest music, art, architecture and theatre will be available as a part of the eight-event President’s Fine Arts Series that debuts Sept. 27.

This year the annual series opens at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 with “Handle’s Heavenly Harp,” a concert by Kimberly Houser and the MSU Faculty Quartet.

That event is followed with “Architect’s Home Tour” hosted by Thomas Bitnar at 2 p.m. Oct. 7. “Backstabbing,” a play by MSU alumni and award-winning playwright Scott Seiffert, will be performed at 8 p.m. Oct. 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27 at the Mainstage Theater in the MSU Student Union Building.

Ruty Autio, a Bozeman native who is now an internationally renowned ceramist, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8.

“Inherit the Wind,” a play by Lawrence and Lee, will be performed Feb. 15-16, 22-23 and March 1-2, at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre of the Student Union Building.

The popular Bozeman Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. March 7 in the Student Union Building. This is a great opportunity for those who did not get tickets for the orchestra’s sold-out annual series.

Nancy Zeltsman, an internationally renowned marimba player will perform at 7:30 April 14.  The final performance of the series is “Dessert for the Spirit: An Evening of Performance and Pastries” held at 7 p.m. April 25 in Reynolds Hall.

"The goal of the President's Fine Arts Series is to present to our community, in a single series, a premier program of the very best of performance, music, and artistic offerings from Montana State University,” said Jerry Bancroft, dean of the College of Arts and Architecture. “This is the ultimate season pass for the person who loves all the arts"

Tickets for the eight-event series are $65 and may be purchased from the Dean’s Office, College of Arts and Architecture. For more information, call the Dean’s office at 994-4405.

Send questions or comments to Carol Schmidt: cschmidt@montana.edu. Or you can send letters to Carol Schmidt, MSU Communications Services, 416 Culbertson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717.

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