{"id":171086,"date":"2025-11-13T12:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=171086"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:24:48","slug":"171086","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/13\/171086\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming artistic events on the Bates campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we near the end of the semester, Bates is offering a varied lineup of arts events for the last few weeks of the year, hosting visiting writers and artists, and showcasing faculty and student work from the semester. Some events are much anticipated traditions, like the annual Fall Dance Concert, while others are new ventures, like the electronic compositions of the Bates Sound Studio. With something for everyone, these final showcases promise a strong finish to the semester\u2019s artistic calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Literary Arts Live presents Kevin Moffett<br><\/strong><em>Location: Muskie Archives 201<br>Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.<br><\/em>A reading by and discussion with Kevin Moffett, author of the National Book Award long-listed <em>Only Son<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fall Dance Concert<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Schaeffer Theatre<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Nov. 14\u201316, various times<\/em><em><br><\/em>Bates\u2019 annual ensemble and solo dance recital, featuring thesis work by Amara Ogbonna \u201926, Samantha Manogue \u201926, Liz Nahigian \u201926, and Lucy Whitelam \u201926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bates College Orchestra<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Saturday, Nov.15, 7:30 \u2013 9 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>The Bates College Orchestra performs Bart\u00f3k\u2019s <em>Romanian Folk Dances<\/em> and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Symphony No. 9, \u201cNew World.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bates Jazz Ensemble<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Monday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>The Bates Jazz Ensemble performs a program of big-band classics and contemporary arrangements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtual Horizons: New Frontiers in Immersive Listening<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>Original works by students of the Bates Sound Studio spanning fixed-media electronic compositions and performance-based projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bates Piano Recital<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Wednesday, Dec. 3, 4:30 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>Join some of the college\u2019s most experienced classical pianists as they present solo and ensemble works that they have prepared with instructor and musician Chiharu Naruse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brass Ensemble and Steel Pan Orchestra<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Wednesday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>A joint concert of the Bates Brass Ensemble and Steel Pan Orchestra \u2014 one of the most popular music events of the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bates Voice Studio Recital<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Thursday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>Students of Jo\u00eblle Morris perform a program of vocal works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Printmaking Workshop<\/strong><br>Location: Benjamin Mays Center 103<br>Friday, Dec. 5, 3 p.m.<br>The annual printmaking workshop with the Museum of Art. The event is free for Bates students and $5 general admission for community members.\u00a0All materials are provided, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/events\/winter-block-printing-workshop-holiday-cards\/\">online registration<\/a> is required ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bates College Choir<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br>Friday, <\/em><em>Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>The Bates College Choir performs choral arrangements of African American spirituals by Moses Hogan and William Dawson, along with classical and contemporary works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bates College Gamelan Ensemble<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em>Location: Olin Concert Hall<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>Saturday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m.<\/em><em><br><\/em>The Bates Gamelan Ensemble presents its Fall Semester concert, highlighting traditional Indonesian repertoire and student-composed works.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we near the end of the semester, Bates is offering a varied lineup of arts events for the last few weeks of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1819,"featured_media":171124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batesnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171086"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171161,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171086\/revisions\/171161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}