September 2012

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College Humor Live

  • September 1, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Concert Hall

The team from CollegeHumor is escaping the Internet to put on a live show at George Mason University!

Hosted by: Jake Hurwitz and Jeff Rosenberg
Featuring: Jermaine Fowler and Streeter Seidel

To see a sample video, click here.

Web Site

Free/Ticketed

Drawings/Paintings by Undergraduate Students

  • September 3, 2012 - September 21, 2012

School of Art and Design Building

Three different shows throughout the building.

Gregg Segal - Photography

  • September 3, 2012 - September 26, 2012

Mason Hall Atrium Gallery

Web Site

The New York Tenors - Canceled

  • September 8, 2012

The September 8th New York Tenors performance has been canceled and rescheduled for June 8th, 2013.

More information will be available here soon for those of you who currently hold tickets to the originally scheduled performance.

Show Canceled by promoter - Daniel Rodriguez

  • September 8, 2012

Daniel Rodriguez, "America's Beloved Tenor," came to light during one of the darkest times in our nation's history. This former NYC police officer comforted a grieving nation with his amazing voice in the days following that tragic event. We saw how his gift of music touched people; we have come to know him as a man of courage and compassion. Now touring the world as a full-time professional singer, Daniel's performances continue to uplift and inspire. Joined by The Jesse Lynch Trio and The Highland Divas, Daniel will pay honor to all of our military and first responders with his Spirit of America concert. Join us for an exceptional evening filled with music in a way that only Daniel can deliver.

An Evening with Jay Sandrich

  • September 11, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Mason Hall, Meese Conference Room

The notable TV Director/Producer speaks via live satellite about his Hollywood career, the film and tv industries, and his work with Lucy, Cosby, Mary Tyler Moore, and others.

$10 students, faculty, staff, seniors and groups
$15 general admission

College of Science Fall Convocation

  • September 12, 2012 at 6:00 pm

Concert Hall Lobby

Visual Voices: Trends in Contemporary Art

  • September 13, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Harris Theater

Sue Spaid

Grand Piano Celebration Concert

  • September 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm

Concert Hall

Grand Piano Celebration

Read more about the Grand Piano Celebration Concert here.

To view/download the event program as a PDF file, click here.

$5 students K-12 and non-Mason students
$15 seniors
$20 general admission

Free to Mason Students with Mason ID.

Mason Carry On

  • September 17, 2012 at 9:30 am

Concert Hall

Presidential Town Hall Meeting

  • September 19, 2012 at 10:30 am

Harris Theater

Brian McCurdy Doctoral Lecture Recital*

  • September 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Harris Theater

ArtsBus

  • September 22, 2012 at 6:00 am

Finley Building

Brian McCurdy Doctoral Clarinet Recital*

  • September 22, 2012 at 1:00 pm

de Laski - Room 3001

Fairfax Symphony Orchestra

  • September 22, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Concert Hall

Jeffrey Biegel, piano

ADAMS: Chairman Dances – Foxtrot for Orchestra
ZWILICH: Shadows for Piano and Orchestra
(Virginia Premiere and Co-Commission)
BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes, “On the Town”
GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F Major

All Masterworks performances are at 8:00 p.m., with a pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m.

Program and artists subject to change.

Web Site

$55, $45, $25

Faculty Artist Series

  • September 23, 2012 at 2:00 pm

de Laski - Room 3001

Meg Owens, oboe; Kathleen Mulcahy; clarinet with Rochelle Oedemann, clarinet; Julianna Nickel, flute; Sophie Cook, piano; Faculty Artist Series*

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Spellbinding Bach

  • September 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Concert Hall

Celebrating 20 years of bringing his beloved Keyboard Conversations series to the Center for the Arts, virtuoso pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns this year with a thrilling program honoring the grand master of Baroque music, Johann Sebastian Bach. Mr. Siegel has captivated both piano aficionados and neophytes alike with his “concerts with commentary” series, in which he illuminates the lives and works of the most famous composers of all time. In this concert, he spotlights this preeminent German composer, performing dramatic, poetic, virtuoso works that Bach wrote to “wow” his listeners — the famous Italian Concerto, the awe inspiring Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, the scintillating Toccata in D Major, and the lively G Major Partita.

Web Site

$38, $30, $19

Steinway Piano Galleries

John Kilkenny, percussion, Faculty Artist Series*

  • September 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm

de Laski - Room 3001

Ryan McCoy, MFA Thesis Show

  • September 24, 2012 - September 28, 2012

Fine Art Gallery

Web Site

Fall for the Book

  • September 24, 2012 - September 30, 2012

Gallery 123

Web Site

Vision Series: Economics for Everyman

  • September 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Concert Hall

Steven Pearlstein, Robinson Professor, Public and International Affairs

The Washington Post’s Pulitzer-prize winning columnist Steven Pearlstein has been teaching economics to his readers for two decades, explaining he ins and outs of... click here to read more

Who is Steven Pearlstein?

Web Site

Free/Non-ticketed

Fall for the Book, Karen Russell

  • September 26, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Grand Tier III

Fall for the Book, Alice Walker

  • September 27, 2012

Concert Hall

Time To Be Announced...

Free/Non-ticketed

Fall for the Book, Kurt Eichenwald

  • September 27, 2012 at 10:30 am

Harris Theater

Fall for the Book, MFA Fellows Reading

  • September 27, 2012 at 6:00 pm

Grand Tier III

Visual Voices: Hiding in Plain Sight

  • September 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Harris Theater

Hasan Elahi

Fall for the Book, Jane Hirshfield

  • September 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Grand Tier III

Fall for the Book, Mystery Wirters of America Panel

  • September 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm

Grand Tier III

Fall for the Book, Neil Gaiman

  • September 28, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Concert Hall

Free/Non-ticketed

Sutton Foster

  • September 29, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Concert Hall

This luminous performer presents an unforgettable evening of Broadway showstoppers and tender cabaret-style ballads that showcase her powerful soprano, fantastic footwork, and dazzling stage presence. Actress, singer, and dancer Sutton Foster has earned critical acclaim for her Tony Award-winning roles on Broadway as evangelist-turned-nightclub singer Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes and her breakout performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie.  She has appeared in Little Women, The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein, and Shrek the Musical, and is the star of the brand new television series, Bunheads. Don’t miss this incredible vocal powerhouse that has taken the musical theater world by storm! “Ms. Foster has the voice of a trumpet and a big, gleaming presence that floods the house.” (The New York Times)

Learn a little bit more about Sutton in a very candid interview.

Visit the artist's website.

$70, $55, $40

Joseph Robinson Oboe Masterclass

  • September 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm

de Laski - Room 3001

Fall for the Book, Congressman Tim Ryan Reading

  • September 30, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Harris Theater

Fall for the Book, MFA Alumni Reading

  • September 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm

Grand Tier III

Fall for the Book, Michael Chabon; Fairfax Prize Presentation

  • September 30, 2012 at 6:30 pm

Concert Hall

Free/Non-ticketed

Emma Johnson Senior Cello Recital*

  • September 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Harris Theater

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