EVENTS

VUCA LobbyEvents marked with a dollar sign ($) have ticket requirements or admission charges. Music and Theatre events are $15 Adult, $10 Sr. Citizen and Non-VU Students unless otherwise noted. There is no charge for VU students, faculty and staff with a valid VU ID. To order tickets online, visit Valpo ArtsMedia.

If the event you are looking for is not on our calendar, it may be sponsored by another department. Visit the University Calendar for a campus-wide listing of events.





September

Fri 5 Faculty Recital: Christopher M. Cock, tenor, Maura Janton Cock, soprano, and Nicole Lee, piano, 7:30 p.m., DRH 7:30 p.m.
Fri 5 Domestic Vision: Twenty-Five Years of the Art of Joel Sheesley and Encounters/Encuentros: Tradition and Innovation in the Art of Spain and Latin America. Opening reception: BMA 7:00 p.m.
Wed 10 Fiction Reading with Rick Barton, BMA 7:00 p.m.
Mon 15 Community Organ Festival, sponsored by the American Guild of Organists, CR 7:30 p.m.
Sat 20 Faculty Recital: Ralph Klapis, baritone and Joseph Bognar, piano, DRH 7:30 p.m.
Wed 24 Gallery Talk with Artist Joel Sheesley, 7:00 p.m., BMA 7:00 p.m.
Sun 28 Baroque Music Concert, Joseph Bognar, piano, Gregory Maytan, violin and Jennet Ingle, oboe, 3:00 p.m. DRH 3:00 p.m.


October

Wed

1

Sudent Coffee Hour (for Hispanic art show) with VU Foreign Language Professors Stacy Hoult and Carlos Miguel-Pueyo, BMA 7:00 p.m.
Fri 3 Faculty Recital: John Schreckengost, french horn and Nicole Lee, piano, DRH 7:30 p.m.
Sun 5 Faculty Recital: Yu Lien The, piano and Lori Sims, piano, DRH 3:00 p.m.
Tue 7 Teacher Workshop, BMA

9:00 -

11:00 a.m.

Wed 8 Guest Recital: Ulrich Böeme, Organist of the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany, CR, $ 7:30 p.m.
Fri 10 The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Lee Orchard, director, UT $ 8:00 p.m.
Sat 11 The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Lee Orchard, director, UT $ 2:00 p.m.
Sat 11 Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Friesen-Carper. conductor, with guest artist Mark O’Connor, violin, CR Special ticket prices apply, $25 adult, $20 seniors, $15 non VU student 8:00 p.m.
Sun 12 The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Lee Orchard, director, UT $ 7:00 p.m.
Sun 12 Valparaiso University Chorale, Bach Choir and Orchestra, Christopher Cock, conductor, CR, $ 3:00 p.m.
Tue 14 Prose Reading with Walter Wangerin, Jr., BMA 7:00 p.m.
Thur 16 The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Lee Orchard, director, UT $ 8:00 p.m.
Sat 18 The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Lee Orchard, director, UT $ 8:00 p.m.
Sun 19 The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Lee Orchard, director, UT $ 8:00 p.m.
Tue 28 Faculty Jazz Trio, Jeff Brown, percussion, Bruce Evans, string bass and Billy Foster, piano, UT, Free but tickets required 7:30 p.m.


November

Wed 5 Student Coffee Hour with Artist Joel Sheesley, BMA 7:00 p.m.
Sat 8 Valparaiso University Luce Concert Band and Community/University Concert Band, Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor, CR 4:00 p.m.
Sat 8 Valparaiso University Chamber Concert Band, Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor, CR 7:30 p.m.
Sun 9 Faculty Recital: Gregory Maytan, violin and Nicole Lee, piano, DRH 7:30 p.m.
Tue 11 Poetry Reading with Susanna Childress, BMA 7:00 p.m.
Thur 13 Guest Ensemble: North American Brass Company, DRH 7:30 p.m.
Thur 13 Beyond Therapy, by Christopher Durang, Andrew White, director, Studio Theatre, $ 8:00 p.m.
Fri 14 Beyond Therapy, by Christopher Durang, Andrew White, director, Studio Theatre, $ 8:00 p.m.
Sat 15 Beyond Therapy, by Christopher Durang, Andrew White, director, Studio Theatre, $ 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Sun 16 Beyond Therapy, by Christopher Durang, Andrew White, director, Studio Theatre, $ 2:00 p.m.
Tue 18 Valparaiso University Jazz Ensemble, Jeffrey Brown, conductor, UT 7:30 p.m.


December

Wed 3 Student Poetry Reading with VU English Porfessor Edward Byrne, BMA 7:00 p.m.
Fri 5 Valparaiso University Christmas Concert: Symphony Orchestra, Dennis

Friesen-Carper, conductor, Chorale, Christopher M. Cock, conductor, Chamber Concert Band,

Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor,CR, $
7:30 p.m.
Sat 6 Valparaiso University Christmas Concert: Symphony Orchestra, Dennis

Friesen-Carper, conductor, Chorale, Christopher M. Cock, conductor, Chamber Concert Band,

Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor, CR, $
5:00 p.m.
Sun 7 Julefest: Sounds of the Season: Luce Concert Band and Community/University

Concert Band, Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor, UT
4:00 p.m.
Wed 10 Acting and Directing Showcase, student directors and actors showcased in annual marathon of scenes, Studio Theatre 8:00 p.m.
Thur 11 Acting and Directing Showcase, student directors and actors showcased in annual marathon of scenes, Studio Theatre 8:00 p.m.
Fri 12 Advent Christmas Vespers: Kantorei, Lorraine S. Brugh, conductor, University Singers, Angela Young Smucker, conductor, CR 7:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
Sat 13 The Christopher Railroad China Collection: The Art of Dining on Rails and Recollections of Valparaiso’s Kissing Bridge. Opening Reception, BMA 2:00 p.m.