Friday, January 05, 2007

Le Moyne College Events


Wednesday, January 24, 7 p.m."Islam, Christianity, Secularity and Secularism: The Challenge since Regensburg"

Father Patrick Ryan, a Jesuit and native of New York City, became the vice president for university mission and ministry at Fordham University in New York in 2005. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1957 and did his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Fordham in English language and literature. In 1964 he began a long career as a teacher and academic administrator in West Africa, where he has spent 26 of the past 42 years. After ordination in 1968, he completed a doctorate at Harvard University in the comparative history of religion, specializing in Arabic and Islamic studies. For 15 years he taught in this area in Ghanaian universities. He also taught for briefer periods at Fordham and at the Gregorian University in Rome. From 1999-2005 he was the first president of Loyola Jesuit College, a coeducational high school in Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja. Father Ryan has published three books and numerous articles, both scholarly and popular.
Sponsored by the Sanzone Center, the lecture will be held in Grewen Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

Friday, January 26, 2007 at 7:30 pmMusic Journeys Concert Series: JTV and the Boombox All-Stars

Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis is fascinated with American culture. His series of pieces for live performers with video images and taped tracks blaring out of boomboxes explore a variety of themes -- "The Body of Your Dreams" (American health culture), "Grab It!" (life behind bars) and "Heartbreakers" (the Jerry Springer Show). Don't miss this ultimate fusion of classical and pop culture. For ticket information, call 445-4523.

Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 7:30 pmMusic Journeys Concert Series: Kathy Supové and Jenny Choi

Supové's Exploding Piano project has created an exciting new repertoire of multi-media gems. Choi's searing violin playing ranges from the classics to jazz and modern styles. Alone and together, this duo will be a feast for the eyes, ears and soul! For ticket information, call 445-4523.

Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 2:00 pmMusic Journeys Concert Series: Marya Martin and Robert Auler

Flutist Marya Martin'a master of her instrument is equaled only by her dashing and energetic stage presence. Come watch her play Billie Holiday -- in JTV's Lipstick -- as well as a witch in Gerard Beljon's Something Wicked and '12 flutes at once' in Steve Reich's Vermont Counterpoint. Oswego's piano man Robert Auler then treats us to Martin Bresnick's sumptuous setting of William Blake's poetry in Dream of the Lost Traveler -- From the Dates of Eden with video by Leslie Weinstein. For ticket information, call 445-4523.