Arts and Humanities News
NY Jazz Trombonist to Play With Student Group
The School of Arts and Humanities presents renowned jazz trombonist, composer and arranger John Fedchock performing with the UT Dallas Jazz Ensemble on Nov. 20. Fedchock will perform the first half of the concert with the UT Dallas Jazz Ensemble, a big band made up of UT Dallas students. The second half will feature Fedchock with guest artists including faculty member Kelly Durbin. read more
Renowned Guitar Expert Endows Professorship
Russell Cleveland, an internationally known collector of classical and acoustic guitars and a driving force behind the Texas Guitar Competition, has taken his passion for music another step by endowing a professorship in guitar studies at UT Dallas. read more
Prof Lauded for Work in Translation Studies
University of Texas at Dallas Arts and Humanities Professor Rainer Schulte has been honored with the Linda Gaboriau Translation Award for his contributions to the field of translation studies. The Gaboriau Award is given annually to an American, Canadian or Mexican translator who translates national or international contemporary authors and who has made a significant contribution to the art of translation and to literature. read more
'Book of Liz' Emphasizes Value of Uniqueness
The Book of Liz - the Sedaris siblings' satire on self-worth, peer recognition and cheeseballs - opens at UT Dallas on Thursday, Oct. 1. The story hinges on the secret ingredient in a recipe that the title character has been making since she was 12. read more
Ensemble to Play Works by Rodriguez, Messiaen
San Antonio's SOLI Chamber Ensemble makes its Dallas debut on Friday, Oct. 2, at Jonsson Performance Hall, performing works by UT Dallas Professor of Music Robert Xavier Rodriguez. Messiaen's monumental Quartet for the End of Time will be juxtaposed with Rodriguez's Les Niais Amoureux and Musica, por un tiempo. read more
Tale from Wilderness Kicks Off Lecture Series
Author Rick Bass launched the inaugural season of the Arts and Humanities Lecture Series at UT Dallas with a fiction reading Tuesday night in the Jonsson Performance Hall. He read a selection from his acclaimed 2007 short story collection The Lives of Rocks titled "Her First Elk," in which an inexperienced young hunter inadvertently poaches an elk buck in the Montana wilderness, then gets a lesson in field dressing from the very landowners on whose property she trespassed. read more
