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Workshop with Composer/Violinist Jonathan Keren

York Room 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Switzerland-based composer/violinist Jonathan Keren will run a workshop alongside Prof. Gilad Cohen. Praised by the New York Times for shifting between "tastes of sublime mysticism and catastrophic wildness," Mr. Keren has built his career working in a wide range of musical genres including classical music, Baroque, Irish music, Arabic music, and Klezimer. At the workshop, […]

ARHT 225 Modern Art: Field Trip

Museum of Modern Art 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY, United States

This event is open to students enrolled in ARHT 225 only. Professor Meredith Davis will bring her ARHT 225 Modern Art class to the Museum of Modern Art on October […]

MUSI 240 & MUSI 255- Field Trip

The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY, United States

This event is for students enrolled in MUSI 240: Music in Asia and MUSI 255: Music, History, and Culture ONLY. Students enrolled in Professor Marc Gidal's "Music in Asia" and "Music, History, and Culture" courses will take a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to learn to understand a selection of music traditions […]

ARTS 206-Black and White Photography : Field Trip

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University 71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

This trip is open to students enrolled in ARTS 206: Black and White Photography only. Professor Yolanda del Amo will bring her Black and White Photography class to the Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University to visit the show "Subjective Objective: A Century of Social Photography". This is a closed event.

Raoul Peck: “I am Not Your Negro” Screening and Talk by Director

Sharp Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road: Berrie Center, Mahwah, United States

Join us for a screening of I Am Not Your Negro (90 min.), written by James Baldwin, directed by renowned filmmaker Raoul Peck and narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. The screening will be followed by Director Raoul Peck’s presentation, “I Am Not your Negro: Conversations on Identity, History, Race and Baldwin.” This event was made […]

Backstage Tour of the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera 30 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, United States

This event is open to students enrolled in Theater Practicum, Producing the Play, Basic Lighting for Stage & TV, Craft of Costume, Stagecraft, and Drafting ONLY.   Professor Rachel Budin has arranged for students to take a tour of the backstage and technical support areas of the Metropolitan Opera. Students will see costumes, scenery, lights- […]

Artist Talk: Matt Jensen

Alumni Lounges; SC 156 Ramapo College of New Jersey; Alumni Lounge SC 156, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Rain Date 10/23 Artist Matthew Jensen's multi-disciplinary practice combines photography with walking, collecting and rigorous site-specific explorations of landscapes. His projects strive to connect people to places by expanding the traditions of landscape photography to include a range of mediums and actions. Artist Talk 1:25-2:15 SC 156 Workshop 2:15-5:45 Walk to Work: Expanding the Photographic […]

Music from China

Susan Cheng, Wang Guowei, and a third member of their ensemble Music from China will present traditional and contemporary compositions of Chinese "silk and bamboo" music. Similar to the group's workshop at Ramapo in Spring 2015, the workshop will focus on  he instruments, ensemble interaction, approaches to program music (instrumental music that portrays non-musical topics), […]

Japanese Noh Acting Demonstration

BC 141 Ramapo College of New Jersey; BC 141, Mahwah, NJ, United States

This is a closed event. Noh performer Elizabeth Down of the Noh Training Project engages our students in observation and experiential activity of the art of Japanese Noh acting. Students will be able to watch an expert performer use her body and voice to perform the difficult, ancient art of Noh and then have opportunities […]