Other ASU performances in the Westobou Festival include the following, which are being held in the Maxwell Theatre:

Sept. 18
ASU Opera Ensemble. Mostly Mozart. 7:30 p.m., $5, general public.

Sept. 19
Jazz Innovators. Ravi Coltrane and Ralph Alessi with Art Lande and Rob Foster. 7:30 p.m., $15, general public.

Sept. 20
A Celebration of Schumann Songs featuring Linda Banister, mezzo-soprano; Washington Isaac Holmes, baritone; and Rosalyn Floyd, piano. 7:30 p.m., $5 general public.
Sept. 21
Chamber Music Extravaganza featuring Trio Augusta and the Magellan String Quartet. 7:30 p.m., $5, general public.

Sept. 22
ASU Student Recital Showcase. 1 p.m., free.

Sept. 23
Two Piano Tango featuring Martin David Jones and Clara Park. 7:30 p.m., $5, general public.

Sept. 24
American Shakespeare Center in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. 7 p.m., $10, general public.

Sept. 25
American Shakespeare Center in William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. 7 p.m., $10, general public.

For tickets and more information, call ASU’s Maxwell Theatre box office at 706-667-4100.
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Coltrane, tenor and soprano saxophonist received a Grammy nomination for his 2005 release, In Flux, and his fifth release, Blending Times, features the acclaimed artist’s quartet. Coltrane also is a composer who has produced numerous albums as well as the founder of an independent record label.

ASU music professor Rob Foster was Coltrane’s teacher at the California Institute of the Arts. Foster has performed with some of the world’s most renowned musicians and entertainers. In 2009, The Name of the Wind was released by his group, Utake, and it features the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute. In 2003, he released his jazz CD, How’s That.  He also teaches music courses and applied lessons on the flute and sax in the Department of Music at ASU.

Brooklyn- based trumpeter and New York University music professor Ralph Alessi has a musical style that is “as clean and airy and sophisticated and disciplined as post-modern progressive jazz gets,” according to Jazz Times magazine. He has recorded five albums with each illustrating how he creatively blends post-bop with neoclassical jazz.
Art Lande, a Grammy-nominated pianist, drummer, and educator is known for his unique interpretations of jazz standards. He has performed and recorded with jazz greats such as Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, and Steve Swallow.

This ASU performance is made possible in part by a grant from the Porter Fleming Foundation and is sponsored by Sodexo and Bridgestone American Tire Operations, Aiken Plant.  General admission is $15. For tickets or more information, call the Maxwell Theatre Box Office 706-667-4100.

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Silk Road Ensemble explores the relationship between tradition and innovation in music and since its inception in 1998, has brought together musicians, composers, artists, and audiences from over 20 countries. They have commissioned over 60 works from international composers  and have  reached thousands of people at sold-out performances throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. They have performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Millinium Park, and the Hollywood Bowl in America.

Their most recent recording, released in 2007, is Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon. The musicians performing at this concert all tour and record regularly with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road’s artistic director and founder.

Seating is reserved for this concert; advance tickets may be obtained by ASU faculty, staff, and students with a valid identification.  Tickets for the general public are $15. For more information on this concert or to arrange an interview with the Silk Road Ensemble, contact Danielle Harris, media relations specialist, in ASU’s Office of Public Relations and Publications at 706-667-4821.

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Silk Road Ensemble explores the relationship between tradition and innovation in music and, since its inception in 1998, has brought together musicians, composers, artists, and audiences in over 20 countries. They have commissioned over 60 works from composers in a variety of nations and reached thousands of people at sold-out performances throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. They have performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Millinium Park, and the Hollywood Bowl in America; Royal Albert Hall in London; Shanghai Stadium and Hong Kong Cultural Center in China; and Concert Hall in Switzerland. Their most recent recording, released in 2007, is Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon. The musicians performing at this concert tour and record regularly with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road’s artistic director and founder.

Seating is reserved for this concert; advance tickets may be obtained by faculty, staff, and students with a valid JagCard. Tickets for the general public are $15. For more information on the Silk Road concert, which is made possible in part by a grant from the Porter Fleming Foundation, call the Maxwell Theatre Box Office at 706-667-4100.

For a complete listing of all Lyceum Series and Westobou Festival events, visit http://maxwelltheatre.aug.edu/schedulewestobou.html

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The first, cosponsored by the Clay Artists of the Southeast (C.A.S.E.) and installed under the guidance of Jackson Cheatham, ASU’s Gallery Director, will be an exhibition titled Inviting the Stars – An Exhibition of Local and National Ceramic Art, which opens Aug. 28 and runs through Oct. 2.

Seventeen C.A.S.E. ceramic artists have invited one nationally known artist each for a total of 34 pieces, plus one honorary work by Don Reitz, one of the most important and influential ceramic artists of this century. Ms. Priscilla Hollingsworth, also a member of C.A.S.E. and an associate professor of art, will also participate in the exhibition, as will ASU student Heather Gaitonde and Carissa Doying, part-time instructor of art. The diversity of work in the exhibition exemplifies the broad range of contemporary ceramic art produced throughout America.

The second exhibition is a temporary landscape-oriented project that relates archaeology to sculpture. Athens-based sculptor RG Brown was chosen by the art faculty for this exhibit because of his use of boat imagery and its connections to history and place. Displayed on the ASU campus will be a total of four traditional African canoes, two dugout and two plank style, that the artist commissioned as part of a Fulbright project in West Africa. These boats will be up during the festival and the artist’s gallery show.

RG Brown was chosen by the Department of Art because of his use of boat imagery in his sculpture. “This was seen as a good selection for the Westobou Festival, Westobou being the Native American name for the Savannah River, with its connections to history and place,” says faculty artist Brian Rust. “Also, it’s a good fit with the ASU campus, with our rich archaeological history,” he says.

Brown creates artworks that involve burying forms under the earth, having them scanned with sonar-type equipment, and then using that imagery as documentation for gallery-based artworks. The ASU project will involve these elements. On Aug. 13, Physical Plant staff excavated a hole approximately 30ft long, 12ft wide, and 3ft deep. Dr. Christopher Murphy, ASU’s resident archaeologists, suggested the best site for the digging, which is near parking lot #5. The artist, along with help from art students, formed a plywood and foam boat in the hole, which was then covered. Sonar scans will be performed Aug. 29 through Sept. 1, which will then be turned into digital images.

The end product of this will be an exhibition of the documentation in the New Space Gallery in October of 2008.

As part of the Westabou Festival, the two art exhibitions will include receptions and artists’ talks. For more information, contact the art department at 706-667-4888.