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Exhibition: Future Nature/Content Aware
October 27 at 9:00 am - November 22 at 5:00 pm - FREE
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Future Nature / Content Aware will feature the latest work from photographer Aspen Hochhalter in the Milliken Art Gallery. This series explores how computers, and specifically the Photoshop content-aware algorithm, interprets and reconstructs partial panoramic photographs to give us a glimpse into a digital “vision.” “These photographs were intentionally taken in such a way to emphasize and exaggerate digital artifacts
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Converse Symphony Orchestra: Danzón
November 10 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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The Petrie School of Music presents “Danzón,” a concert by the Converse Symphony Orchestra featuring the 2022 concerto competition winners Madeline Owens, soprano, Sydney Stevens, oboe, and Liu Luxin, clarinet. Directed by Eric Scheider, the program features lively and colorful dance-inspired music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Florence Price, Arturo Márquez, and more. This event is free and open to the public, and also available via live stream.
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Pens & Pages: Holiday Themed Writing Workshop
November 10 at 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm- FREE
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Offered by the Converse Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing and led by author and MFA program director Rick Mulkey, you will explore the roots of holiday memories, ponder the stories we tell ourselves about this time of year, and write your holiday experiences for the year ahead. These reflections can become creative fertile ground for memoirs, poetry, journaling, and more. The workshop is designed for writers of all experience levels.
November 10, 5-6:00 pm at Truphae, 550 South Main Street, Suite 200, Greenville, SC. Free and open to the public.
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Performing & Visual Arts Scholarship Event
November 11 at 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
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High school seniors are invited to audition for talent-based scholarships with the School of the Arts. Students will prepare an audition or portfolio to present in Art & Design, Theatre & Dance, or Music.
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Junior Recital: Mary Ashton Garrett
November 11 at 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm - FREE
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The Petrie School of Music presents a senior recital by Mary Ashton Garrett, soprano. Featuring works by Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, Mozart and more. This event is free and open to the public.
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Junior Recital: Simon Mishler, tenor
November 11 at 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm - FREE
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The Petrie School of Music presents a junior recital by Simon Mishler, tenor. Featuring works by Donaudy, Mozart, Handel and more.
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Senior Recital: Cassandra Shaddock, clarinet
November 11 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm - FREE
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The Petrie School of Music presents a senior recital by Cassandra Shaddock, clarinet. Featuring works by André Messager, Robert Schumann and more.
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The Petrie Winds - Fall 2022 Recital
November 13 at 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - FREE
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The Petrie School of Music presents a recital by The Petrie Winds, Converse’s faculty woodwind quintet. Featuring professors Chris Vaneman, flute; Kelly Vaneman, oboe; Karen Hill, clarinet; Frank Watson, bassoon; and Ericka Tyner Grodrian, horn. Works by Valerie Coleman, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Carl Nielsen. Sunday, November 13 at 4:00PM in Daniel Recital Hall.
This event is free and open to the public, and also available via livestream.
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Graduate Recital: Anna Neely, soprano
November 14 at 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm -FREE
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The Petrie School of Music presents a Graduate recital by Anna Neely, soprano. Featuring works Vincenzo Bellini, Gweneth Walker, Gustav Mahler and more. This event is free and open to the public.
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November 2022 Arts on Tap
November 16 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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The Petrie School of Music and Converse School of the Arts have partnered with the Ciclops Cyderi & Brewery to provide a performance series at the brewery! This series is a free and family-friendly way to offer high-quality music in a relaxed atmosphere.
Featured musicians will perform in a range of genres and styles including opera, chamber music, musical theatre, pop, new music, folk, and more.
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The Spartanburg Master Chorale: Alzheimer's Stories
November 17 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - FREE
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The Petrie School of Music and the Alzheimer’s Association of South Carolina present When Memory Fades, a concert for Alzheimer’s awareness by the Spartanburg Master Chorale. Featuring the moving oratorio Alzheimer’s Stories by Robert Cohen, this work grapples with this devastating disease while offering hope, love, and music to those who suffer from Alzheimer’s, those whose loved-ones struggle with it, and the caregivers who provide kindness and dignity for their patients.
This concert is generously sponsored by Agape Care Group, Comfort Keepers, and White Oak Management. Thursday, November 17 at 7:30PM in Twichell Auditorium, this event is free and open to the public. Valet parking will be provided for those requiring assistance.
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Converse Theatre presents The Thanksgiving Play
November 17 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Theatre Converse presents Larissa FastHorse’s biting satire The Thanksgiving Play.
“Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.”
Thursday, November 17th 7:30pm
Friday, November 18th 7:30pm
Saturday, November 19th 7:30pm
Sunday, November 20th 2:30pm
Lever Auditorium, Converse University
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Carlos Moseley Series: Ying Quartet
November 21 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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The Ying Quartet occupies a position of unique prominence in the classical music world, combining brilliantly communicative performances with a fearlessly imaginative view of chamber music in today’s world. Now in its third decade, the Quartet has established itself as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications. Their performances regularly take place in many of the world’s most important concert halls; at the same time, the Quartet’s belief that concert music can also be a meaningful part of everyday life has also drawn the foursome to perform in settings as diverse as the workplace, schools, juvenile prisons, and the White House.
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2022 Festival of Lessons and Carols
December 1 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm - FREE
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The Spartanburg community is invited to join us on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. to enjoy the annual Festival of Lessons and Carols in Twichell Auditorium.
Festival of Lessons and Carols celebrates the Christmas season with traditional carols and hymns, along with student-led scripture readings. Spartanburg Master Chorale, Converse Wind Ensemble, and the Converse Chorale will perform these beloved, traditional songs between the readings. The audience will be invited to sing along in many segments of the service. The livestream will begin at the start of the event.
In addition to the two Christmas trees on the Twichell stage, luminaries will line the front campus for the evening’s glow. Funds collected from the sale of luminaries will be contributed to the Student Benevolence Fund. Luminary submissions received by Friday, November 11th will be recognized in the program.
Festival of Lessons and Carols is free and open to the public.
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