Arts and Culture at Wake Forest University
This program brings performing artists of national and international reputation to the campus of Wake Forest and to the surrounding community. Considered as education and entertainment of the highest quality, such celebrated performers as Itzhak Perlman, Christopher Parkening, Ravi Shankar, Denyce Graves, and the National Symphony with Leonard Slatkin have appeared on the Secrest Series. Each event is free to Wake Forest students, faculty and staff.
For more information about the series and purchasing tickets,
Additionally, please enjoy our blog, www.secrestseries.blogspot.com
for more information about artists and insights into upcoming performances
please visit our website, www.secrest.wfu.edu.
This event includes extensive additional Secrest “Accents”:
• Jazz Clinic and Workshop. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 3:30 PM in Brendle Recital Hall. WFU students and jazz educators and musicians from other regional jazz programs will participate.
• Photography Slide/Lecture Talk (Rain Forest Images) of Sam Abell, of National Geographic. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 PM at Kulynch Auditorium, Byrum Center
• “No Return: The Humanities Confronting Climate Change.” A talk by Karen Pinkus (Humanities Institute). Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 4 PM in DeTamble in Tribble Hall.
• Secrest Signature pre-performance talk, Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:40 PM in the Balcony Room of Wait Chapel. Speaker is Jacqui Carrasco, Associate professor of Music.
• “Amazon Gold”, documentary film screenings, preceded by Miles Silman, Director of CEES and Professor of Biology. Friday, Sept. 21 at 7:00 in Kulynch/Byrum Center. (Additional screenings on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 11 am in Pugh Auditorium and Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7 PM in Pugh Auditorium)
Love Fail: Anonymous 4 in a new project by David Lang
Thursday, October 4
7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall
The Secrest accents to accompany Love Fail will be a talk by Brian Gorelick, associate Professor of Music. 6:40 PM in Room 208, adjacent to Brendle Hall.
Danu: A Christmas in Ireland
Wednesday, November 28
7:30 pm in Wait Chapel
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Thursday, January 24, 2013
7:30 pm in Wait Chapel
The Secrest Signature Speaker for this event will be Peter Kairoff, pianist, director of Casa Artom in Venice, and Professor of Music.
Strata
Thursday, March 21, 2013
7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall
Kenneth Frazelle, composer and faculty member at UNCSA, with lead the Secrest accents talk at 6:40PM in Room 201, adjacent to the Brendle Hall lobby.
Shantala Shivalingappa: Indian Classical Dancer
Friday, April 19, 2013
7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall
For Information Please Contact 336.758.5757
Lillian Shelton, director
Anne Hillgartner, student intern
secrest@wfu.edu
Added August 23rd