Event Calendar

Pippin

A musical based on the life of Pippin the Hunchback, the son of Charlemagne. Pippin ranks among the longest-running Broadway musicals in musical theater history. Show times are 7:30 PM Wed-Sat; 2:00 PM Sun. Tickets are $5 for APSU students with ID, children, active military, and senior citizens. General admission is $10.

Bread and Words: Annual Benefit Reading and Dinner

Readings by APSU faculty, graduate students and special guests in the Morgan University Center Ballroom. Dinner at 6 p.m. followed by readings at 7 p.m. $5 donation at the door support Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen.

Lecture by Visual Artist Joan Linder

In a culture hyper-saturated by electronic imagery, Joan Linder uses the traditional materials of a quill pen and a bottle of ink to create large-scale drawings that persist in exploring and claiming the sub-technological process of observation and mark making.

Dermabrasion: Exhibition of Works by Warren Greene

Art critics have called Greene’s work hypnotic, meditative and transcendent. This show has all the earmarks of a collector’s dream. Opening and reception at 7 p.m., November 9. This show runs from November 9 through December 2.

Holiday Choral Concert

Begin the holiday at APSU and come hear faculty and students perform your favorite songs of the season! This performance is sure to warm your heart and ring in good cheer.

The Austin Peay Wind Ensemble

In this semester finale, conductor Gregory Wolynec leads the Austin Peay Wind Ensemble in a concert of some of the finest works ever composed for winds and percussion.

APSU Student Choreography Showing

The APSU Dance Program has grown incredibly fast under the tutelage and guidance of professor Marcus Hayes. The Student Choreography Showing is an eclectic blend of dance styles ranging from ballet to hip-hop to modern dance.

B.F.A. Shows

The B.F.A. Shows is the most anticipated and interesting show of the year. Opening and reception at 7 p.m., December 7.

The Austin Peay Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert

Join the Austin Peay Symphony Orchestra and conductor Gregory Wolynec as we welcome a toast to Vienna in Clarksville. This concert features waltzes, overtures and novelty pieces by the Strauss family. Warm up the holidays at The Peay!

Clarksville Community Concert Series: Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival

The Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival brings Russian music, culture, and passion to life through song and dance.

Dimensions Contemporary Music Series: The Music of Chen Yi

This concert features APSU music faculty playing compositions by world-renowned Chinese composer Chen Yi and the winner of the 2009-2010 APSU Young Composers Competition.

Southern Circuit: Tour of Independent Filmmakers

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics explores the monumental career of 97-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman, whose images helped to shape the careers of some of the greatest architects of the 20th century. The screening will be followed by a Q and A with director Eric Bricker. Admission is free to APSU students with ID; general admission is $2 at the door.

Lecture by Visual Artist Clifton Meador

Clifton Meador is an artist whose recent work combines photography, writing, printmaking and design to explore how history, narrative and place perform within the space of the book.

Surrender: Images of the Exotic

Curated by Cindy Marsh and Warren Greene, this show explores the narratives about travel to faraway places by photographer, printer and book artist Clifton Meador, whose work navigates a terrain that challenges our perception of reality by straying between image and text, the ancient world and modern times. The exhibition runs from January 19 through February 9.

GuitarFest

Under the direction of Stanley Yates, the APSU GuitarFest is an annual event that brings exciting concert guitarists to campus for performances.

Reading by Kentucky Novelist Squire Babcock

Squire Babcock is the author of The King of Gaheena, which has received wide critical acclaim. He is the director of the low-residency Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at Murray State University and is an Associate Professor of English.

Governors Honor Band Festival

A performance with this year’s Honor Band guest conductors.

Governors Honor Band Festival Closing Concert

This concert will feature nearly 200 of the region’s finest high school musicians performing in the Symphonic and Concert Bands.

APSU Annual Choral Festival

Lecture by Visual Artist Ruthanne Tudball

Tudball’s work draws inspiration from the rhythmical movement in the earth (tide patterns, water, etc.) and from the human body.

The APSU Wind Ensemble World Premier: American Master Composer Lee Hoiby

The APSU Wind Ensemble performs a program under the direction of Gregory Wolynec and features the world premier of Lee Hoiby’s Triple Concerto for flute, clarinet and English horn. Faculty soloists: Lisa Vanarsdel, Mingzhe Wang and Jeanette Zyko.

Lecture by Visual Artist Kevin Tavin

Kevin Tavin teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His research focuses on visual culture, critical pedagogy, cultural studies and art education.

Clarksville Community Concert Series: Gateway Chamber Ensemble

The Gateway Chamber Ensemble is a new and exciting ensemble providing the Clarksville community with professional-level performances of milestone works. Making use of a flexible instrumentation, the ensemble is based around the Austin Peay State University's outstanding performance faculty and includes many of the area's leading professional musicians.

Noel Coward's "Private Lives"

Private Lives is considered a prime example of the sophisticated comedies of Noel Coward. Dust off your spats and find out why this play has entertained audiences for well over half a century. Tickets are $5 for APSU students with ID, children, active military, and senior citizens. General admission is $10. Show times are: 7:30 PM Wednesday through Saturday; and 2:00 PM Sunday.

Form is Content: The Ceramics of Ken Shipley

Ken Shipley has worked in ceramics for 30 years and began his career as an apprentice to both Charles Counts (Rising Fawn, Ga.) and Bill Ashley (Chattanooga, Tenn.). His works are in permanent collections of many national and international museums and galleries.

Southern Circuit: Tour of Independent Filmmakers

This documentary was filmed at ICC headquarters in The Hague for three years with unprecedented access to the inner workings of the Court, the dreamers behind it and the obstacles they need to overcome as they create a new paradigm for global justice. There will be a Q and A with director Paco de Onis and producer Pamela Yates.

Dimensions Contemporary Music Series: The Music of Igor Stravinsky

An all-Stravinsky concert featuring APSU faculty soloists and the Gateway Chamber Ensemble. The program features a complete performance of Stravinsky’s landmark composition Octet.

42nd Annual Student Art Exhbition

The APSU Symphony Orchestra

The APSU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gregory Wolynec performs the winning entries of the 2009-2010 Concerto Competition. The program includes a performance of Respighi’s landmark composition, Pines of Rome. Free for APSU students with I.D.; $8 for adults; $5 students and senior citizens; $20 for a family of four.

Spring Dance Concert

The annual Austin Peay Spring Dance Concert highlights the University’s fine student dancers and features choreography by dance professor Marcus Hayes. Show times are: 7:30 PM Wednesday through Saturday; and 2:00 PM Sunday.

Reading by Fiction Writer and Essayist Michael Martone

Martone is the author of two collections of non-fiction, including The Flatness and Other Landscapes and seven works of fiction, including the self-titled fictional autobiography, Michael Martone. He is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Alabama. A reception and book signing will follow the reading. The reading will be in the Morgan University Center, Room 303

Southern Circuit: Tour of Independent Filmmakers

Bleacher Boys is a documentary relating the stories of five men whose shared dream of playing major league baseball were dashed due to blindness. Their stories unfold in chapters like the innings of a baseball game with them sitting in the bleachers. There will be a Q and A with director Karen Hunter following the screening. Students free with I.D.; $2 admission fee for public.

Clarksville Community Concert Series: Joel Frahm Quartet

The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Clarksville Community Concert Association are pleased to present the Joel Frahm Jazz Quartet as the featured concert of the Mid-South Jazz Festival on Saturday, April 10 , at 7:30 p.m., in the APSU Concert Hall. Tickets are $25. You may purchase a ticket by calling 931-221-7818

Acuff Chair of Excellence Visual Arts Exhibition

The 2009-2010 Acuff Chair of Excellence, Ian Berry, curates an exhibition of contemporary works exploring experimental strategies in contemporary curating. Ian Berry is a specialist in contemporary art and has organized several exhibitions for the Tang Museum, including projects that combine antique maps, scientific equipment, Rube Goldberg cartoons and Shaker furniture with new works of international contemporary art.

Puss 'N Boots

A retelling of this classic children's story. Show times are: 7:30 PM Wednesday through Saturday; and 2:00 PM Sunday. Tickets are $5 for APSU students with ID, children, active military, and senior citizens. General admission is $10.

The Austin Peay Wind Ensemble

In this semester finale, conductor Gregory Wolynec leads the Austin Peay Wind Ensemble in a concert of some of the finest works ever composed for winds and percussion.