May 13, 2009
University Center for the Arts
1400 Remington Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
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We wish our students well as they take final exams this week. And to those students who are graduating and moving on, words can not express how proud we are of your accomplishments and how much we will miss you!
This weekend, enjoy some of the finest operatic talent in the country coming to the University Center for the Arts to perform Verdi's Il Trovatore.
In this e-newsletter, read about the 48th Annual Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp at CSU, the FUNDRED project at the University Art Museum, and a true arts supporter, Lilla B. Morgan.
See you at the UCA soon!
Sincerely,
Marketing and Publicity Director, School of the Arts |
| VERDI'S "IL TROVATORE" |
 Il Trovatore (The Troubadore) brings Opera Fort Collins' favorite performers together for a fiery production of Verdi's epic tale.
Noting the difficulty of the opera, the great tenor Caruso one said, "All you need is the four best singers in the world!" We certainly think this cast can handle it!
The collaboration, conducted by Wes Kenney, brings out the best and is a season must-hear!
Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 17, 2:00 p.m., Griffing Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts.
Tickets only available through the Lincoln Center Box Office. Contact 970.221.6730 or www.fcgov.com/lctix
$10/students, $30/seniors, $40/public |
| SUMMER MUSIC CAMP AT CSU |
 Welcome to Colorado State University's
48th Annual Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp
July 12-17, 2009
Sign Up NOW! Click Here
The goal of the Colorado State University Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp is to provide a paramount training ground for enthusiastic music students, furnishing them with the tools they need to learn, create, collaborate, perform and excel.
Imagine yourself at the foot of the majestic Rocky Mountains, spirit soaring while performing in ensembles, receiving individualized instruction, and taking numerous elective classes - all designed to enhance your artistic training and improve your music skills.
 Imagine having the rare opportunity to be showcased with famous conductors and clinicians, internationally acclaimed band directors, and celebrity performers while experiencing innovative teaching approaches that enhance your instrumental, vocal and orchestral experience.
Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp 2009 is a six day intensive music performance camp that takes place at CSU's new University Center for the Arts. Camp is open to students entering 7th grade through new high school graduates.
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| MUSEUM SUPPORTS NEW ORLEANS CLEAN-UP PROJECT |
 On Friday, April 3, the opening of the new University Art Museum was marked by a lecture from visiting artist Mel Chin. Chin, an artist and activist, spoke about his new project called OPERATION PAYDIRT/FUNDRED which supports implementing a solution to lead-related health issues challenging post-disaster New Orleans.
 The FUNDRED Website states that "The FUNDRED DOLLAR BILL PROJECT is an innovative artwork made of millions of drawings. This creative collective action is intended to support OPERATION PAYDIRT, an extraordinary art/science project uniting three million children with educators, scientists, health care professionals, designers, urban planners, engineers and artists.
Together they are working to make safe the lead polluted soil of New Orleans....Once FUNDRED reaches its goal of 3 million artworks, a specially retrofitted armored truck, running on straight vegetable oil, will be deployed across the nation to pick up the 7,000 lbs. of FUNDRED DOLLAR drawings. FUNDRED guards driving the armored truck will deliver the art currency to Washington D.C., where we will request from Congress an "even exchange" of 300,000,000 FUNDRED DOLLARS for $300,000,000 in funds and services to support the implementation of OPERATION PAYDIRT'S solution to lead-related health and quality-of-life issues still challenging post-disaster New Orleans."
 We encourage the Fort Collins community to take part in this project and assist Rocky Mountain High School which is taking a central role as a pick-up site for the FUNDRED truck.
With a push to increase community participation through the fall, come to the University Art Museum, located in the University Center for the Arts on Remington Street. The museum will provide FUNDRED templates and deliver your art work and your voices to the high school.
The University Art Museum is open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. All programs and exhibitions are free.
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| CSU BENEFACTOR |
This year, many events and exhibitions at the University Center for the Arts were sponsored by the Lilla B. Morgan Fund. Who is Lilla B. Morgan, and why is she so generous?
Lilla Graham (Bryan) Morgan was the wife of Colorado State's eighth president, William E. Morgan (1949-69). As a true first lady of Colorado State, Lilla Morgan contributed to the cultural vitality of the campus and community, a lifetime commitment she shared with her husband. She realized the importance of surrounding communities to know and understand its University neighbor, and she worked tirelessly to support and advance that goal.
A consummate hostess, Lilla Morgan also served on the city's Designing Tomorrow Today committee, and through that role she played an important part in the design and construction of the Lincoln Center, which opened in 1978.
After her death, the Lilla B. Morgan Memorial Fund was established at Colorado State to provide funding for special lectures, exhibitions, performances, and artwork at the University. Examples of uses include visiting and guest lecturers or artists, purchases of art and rare books, landscaping, exhibits, performances, scholarships, awards, and many other uses that enhance the cultural awareness of the CSU community.
In his memoir, Visionary Leadership, written with the assistance of Connie Pfeiffenberger, Bill Morgan wrote: "Lilla was a learned woman who appreciated the fine arts and literature of the masters. She had a good mind and was very thoughtful of others. ... She loved Colorado and Fort Collins and never wanted to leave, even though we had ample opportunities that probably would've been more remunerative."
A quick scan of CSU's archives reveals a small sampling of worthy projects funded or supported in part by the Lilla B. Morgan Memorial Fund:
- Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
- University Art Museum
- Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising
- Climate Change speaker series
- author programs such as Writers on the Plains
- artist exhibitions such as Art and Science Exhibition, Art in the Library, and Designing Women
- scholarships through the Colorado State University Women's Association
- American West Program
- speakers presented by the Creative Writing Program and Office of International Programs
- International Reading Series
- musical performances and renowned guest musicians
Story reprinted from "Today at CSU". | |
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