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Performing Arts Series and Department of Theatre collaborationAvner the eccentricExceptions to Gravity7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 27Gates-Abegglen TheatreCenter for Performing Arts$7 Students/Youth, $13 Seniors, $14 AdultsPick 5: $4 Students/Youth, $9 Seniors, $9 AdultsCromer/Flory Artist-in-Residence

A master of the art of physical comedy, Avner weaves a spell of poetic simplicity in a show of hilarious predicaments that has audiences eating out of this hand. Best of all, there are no age, gender, or language barriers—Avner makes everyone laugh.

Performing Arts Seriesthe rivAlry, l.A. theAtre WorksSusan Albert Loewenberg, producing director7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7Hall Auditorium$9 Students/Youth, $19 Seniors, $20 AdultsPick 5: $6 Students/Youth, $15 Seniors, $15 AdultsCromer/Flory Artist-in-ResidenceSponsored by Kona Bistro and the Western College Alumnae Association. Media Partners: 88.5 WMUB, 91.7 WVXU

Equality. State’s rights. America’s future. In the 1858 Illinois Senate race, as the country steamrolled towards civil war, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas embarked on a series of debates. Their epic clash of ideas and oratory forged a future President and a nation. A local race quickly became the focus of a divided country, whose future was on the line.

Department of TheatreFor colored Girls Who hAve considered suicide When the rAinboW is enuFBy Ntozake ShangeDirected by John Frazier8:00 p.m., Feb. 22–252:00 p.m., Feb. 25–26Studio 88 Theatre, Center for Performing Arts$6 Students, $8 Senior, $9 Adults, $4 Curricular Discount*

The lives of seven women are rolled into one expressive voice in this unique and triumphant tale. From the agony of self-awareness to overcoming love loss, these women search for self through music, dance, laughter and pain. This highly acclaimed, award–winning play promises to excite, inspire, and transform the spirit.

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Department of MusicGrAnd niGht, “the GreAt AmericAn sonGbook”Benjamin Smolder, DirectorMari Opatz-Muni, Producer7:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday, March 23 & 24Hall Auditorium$10 Students, $15 Adults

Join Miami’s finest performers in an evening of song and dance celebrating music from the Great American Songbook. Enjoy this salute to the Big Band era featuring the live music of Cincinnati Brass, guest pianist Tedrin Lindsey, the Morpheus String Ensemble and the talented Grand Night Ensemble. For more information visit grandnight.info

Performing Arts Seriesi musici de montreAlFeaturing Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 27Hall Auditorium$9 Students/Youth, $17 Seniors, $18 AdultsPick 5: $6 Students/Youth, $13 Seniors, $13 AdultsSponsored by Gil & Joyce Gordon and the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet StudiesMedia Partners: 88.5 WMUB, 91.7 WVXU

Come see the music, come hear the art. The centerpiece of this towering program features the Mussorgsky classic in a production traveling with the award-winning film of choreographed surreal paintings by Natasha Turovsky. Now his music has inspired the art—15 intriguing paintings that have been digitally animated and choreographed to the music and projected above the orchestra. A feast for the senses!

Department of MusicmiAmi university steel bAndWith Guest Gary Gibson, steel panChris Tanner, director8:00 p.m., Friday, March 30Hall Auditorium$5 Students/Seniors, $7 Adults

The MU Steel Band will present a celebration of steel spanning two nights. Joining the group will be acclaimed steel pan artist and composer Gary Gibson from Seattle, Washington. The first event on Friday night (March 30) will feature the full power of Miami’s 25-piece steel band, performing original compositions by Gibson and others. On the second evening (March 31), an all-star pan-jazz combo including Gibson and renowned local jazz artists will dazzle the audience. The full MU Steel Band will join the combo at the end of the night for a smokin’ conclusion to the weekend!

Performing Arts SeriesRagamala Dance: Sacred Earch7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 1Hall Auditorium$9 Students/Youth, $17 Seniors, $18 AdultsPick 5: $6 Students/Youth, $13 Seniors, $13 AdultsSponsored by Center for American and World Cultures and The Knolls of OxfordFunded in part by the National Dance Project, media partners: 88.5 WMUB, 91.7 WVXU

Experience transcendence. With magical grace, Ragamala dances the ancient temple art form, Bharatanatyam. Performed against a vivid backdrop of painted prayers, Warli paintings, on a stage covered with ephemeral Kolam rice flour drawings, Ragamala’s Sacred Earth transforms the stage into a sacred space. The stunning dancers give phys-ical form to the spiritual expression of the Warlis and Kolams, illustrating the ephemeral nature of our existence and celebrating the ongoing, ever-renewing cycle of life.

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GAry Gibson And All-stAr PAn-JAzz combofeaturing the Miami University Steel Band8:00 p.m., Saturday, March 31Hall Auditorium$5 Students/Seniors, $7 Adults

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Department of Theatreour toWnBy Thornton WilderDirected by Ann Elizabeth Armstrong13TH ANNUAL JOHN D. YECK PRODUCTION8:00 p.m., April 5–7, 12–142:00 p.m., April 15Gates-Abegglen Theatre, Center for Performing Arts$6 Students, $8 Senior, $9 Adults, $4 Curricular Discount*

Our Town is one of the most frequently staged American plays asking the ques-tion, what is truly important in life? The stage manager takes the audience through Grover’s Corners as two families grow up, marry, live and die. Our Town embraces mundane routine, passionate desire, life changing rituals, and our attempts to grasp the eternal aspects of our existence.

Performing Arts SeriesbélA Fleck And the FlecktonesFriday, April 207:30 p.m., Millett Hall$20 Students/Youth, $30 Adults (not eligible for Pick 5)Sponsored by the Baymont Inn & Suites and Kona BistroIn collaboration with Miami Hamilton and Middletown Artist Series

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the extraordinary original lineup of Béla Fleck’s incredible Grammy Award-winning quartet: pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy, bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist Roy “Futurerman” Wooten and banjoist Fleck. While all manners of genres come into play—from classical and jazz to blue-grass and African music, to electric blues and Eastern European folk dances—the result is an impossible to pigeonhold sound all their own, a meeting of musical minds that remains, as ever, utterly indescribable.

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School of Fine ArtsdistinGuished Artist Alumni AWArds celebrAtionTuesday, April 34:00 p.m., Hall Auditorium

This special “Year of the Arts” event will bring back to campus distinguished alumni who are recognized nationally and internationally for their significant contributions to the world of the arts and design. Awardees for 2012 include Fletcher Benton (Art, B.F.A. ‘56), Jim Clemes (Architecture, B.E.D. ‘81), Robert Honeysucker (Music, M.M. ‘71), and Klara Zieglerova (Theatre, M.A. ‘92). These distinguished alumni will be on hand to discuss their careers and to received the first-ever Distinguished Artist Alumnus/Alumna Award.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27Avner the Eccentric* Exceptions to Gravity7:30 pm, Gates-Abegglen Theatre

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28A Capella Groups*8 pm, Hall Auditorium

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29Guest Artist RecitalMarlen Vavrikova, oboeHeather MacPhail, piano3 pm, Souers Recital Hall

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7The Rivalry* L.A. Theatre Works 7:30 pm, Hall Auditorium SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11Combined Choirs*Directed by Bill Bausano & Jeremy Jones8 pm, Hall Auditorium

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13Faculty RecitalJaime Morales-Matos, tromboneHeather MacPhail, piano8 pm, Souers Recital Hall

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19Chamber Singers and ChoraliersDirected by Bill Bausano4 pm, Kumler Chapel

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20Guest Artist RecitalIan Davidson, oboeRobert Thomas, piano8 pm, Souers Recital Hall

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22Wind EnsembleDirected by Gary SpeckAdam Frey, Euphonium8 pm, Hall Auditorium

FEBRUARY 22-25, 8 PMFEBRUARY 25-26, 2 PMFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf*By Ntozake ShangeDirected by John FrazierStudio 88 Theatre

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26Jazz EnsembleDirected by Jeremy LongSunday, February 263 pm, Hall Auditorium

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29Symphony Orchestra and Symphony BandDirected by Ricardo Averbach and Stephen LytleWith guest conductor Daniel Sommervilleand soloists Andrea Ridilla, oboe; and Christin Schillinger, bassoon7:30 pm, Hall Auditorium

SATURDAY, MARCH 17A Capella Groups*8 pm, Hall Auditorium

FRI & SAT, MARCH 23-24A Grand Night for Singing*Directed by Ben Smolder7:30 pm, Hall Auditorium

TUESDAY, MARCH 27I Musici de Montreal* Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition7:30 pm, Hall Auditorium

FRIDAY, MARCH 30Steel Band with guest Gary Gibson*Directed by Chris Tanner8 pm, Hall Auditorium

SATURDAY, MARCH 31Gary Gibson and All-Star Pan-Jazz Combo*With Miami University Steel BandDirected by Chris Tanner8 pm, Hall Auditorium

SUNDAY, APRIL 1Ragamala Dance*Sacred Earth7:30 pm, Hall Auditorium

TUESDAY, APRIL 3Distinguished Artist Alumni Awards Celebration4 pm, Hall Auditorium

TUESDAY, APRIL 3Percussion EnsembleDirected by Bill AlbinWith Guest Artist Jason KoontzAssociate Professor of Music at Eastern Kentucky University8 pm, Hall Auditorium

APRIL 5-7, 8 pmAPRIL 12-14, 8 pmAPRIL 15, 2 pmOur Town*By Thornton WilderDirected by Ann Elizabeth Armstrong13th Annual John D Yeck ProductionGates-Abegglen Theatre

TUESDAY, APRIL 10Jazz Ensemble with guest Dave Pietro*Directed by Jeremy Long8 pm, Hall Auditorium

SATURDAY, APRIL 14Collegiate Chorale*Conducted by Jeremy Jones8 pm, Kumler Chapel

MONDAY, APRIL 16Trumpet EnsembleJames Olcott, director8 pm, Souers Recital Hall

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18Wind EnsembleDirected by Gary Speck8 pm, Hall Auditorium

THURS & FRI, APRIL 19-20Men’s Glee Club*Directed by Jeremy Jones8 pm, Hall Auditorium

FRIDAY, APRIL 20Béla Fleck and the Flecktones* The Original Line-up7:30 pm, Millett Hall

SATURDAY, APRIL 21Chamber Singers Alumni ConcertDirected by Bill Bausano8 pm, Hall Auditorium

TUESDAY, APRIL 24Symphony OrchestraDirected by Ricardo Averbach8 pm, Hall Auditorium

THURSDAY, APRIL 26Symphony BandDirected by Stephen LytlePerforming with Talawanda High School Band7:30 pm, Hall Auditorium

FRIDAY, APRIL 27ChoraliersDirected by Bill Bausano8 pm, Hall Auditorium

SATURDAY, APRIL 28A Capella Groups*8 pm, Hall Auditorium

SATURDAY, APRIL 28Choral Union8 pm, Parish AuditoriumHamilton campus

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