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Fall 2024 Exhibitions Opening September 7

Learn more about upcoming exhibitions and see the museum event calendar.

Tickets to are free for AU students with ID, $10 for alumni, staff, faculty, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older), $15 general public unless otherwise noted.

Faculty Music Concert: Oh He Dead
October 26, 7:30 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall

Kick back with DC-based indie soul band Oh He Dead, featuring AU music faculty Alex Salser on guitar. Oh He Dead is a study in contradictions. The band sounds as smooth and lux as leather, but there’s also a levity there, like a feather in flight. Those contrasts and contradictions are ever more evident on their new studio album, Ugly, a suite of songs that encompasses everything from death to new love.

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AU Chamber Singers
International Tour Preview Concert: Colombia
November 2, 7:30 p.m., November 3, 3 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall

Daniel Abraham, director

The AU Chamber Singers present an international pre-tour concert program at AU before they visit Colombia in May 2025, returning to South America for the first time since the 1990s. With joint programs planned with The Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (Autonomous University of Bucaramanga) and concert stops leading to Bogata, this program will be the first preview of the a cappella program to be presented during this historic tour. This mixed program will feature traditional choral music from across the Americas including Colombian and Latin American composers.��

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AU Chorus
Tree of Peace
November 8-9, 7:30 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall

Casey Cook, director
Barbara Wilkinson, pianist

Regardless of the outcome of the 2024 election, we can all agree that we've been through some trying times over the past few years. Tree of Peace offers a moment of respite—a musical sanctuary where harmony can take root and flourish in our lives, if only for an evening. Join the AU Chorus for a concert revolving around the themes of peace, tranquility, and nature, concluding with a performance of Gwenyth Walker's "Tree of Peace."

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AU Symphonic Band
Folk Song
November 10, 3 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall

Matthew Brown, conductor

The AU Symphonic Band explores pieces inspired by folk songs and dances from around the world. The program will include works by Alfred Reed, Robert W. Smith, Carol Brittin Chambers, and others, and conclude with Ralph Vaughan Williams' iconic classic, "English Folk Song Suite."��

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AU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Combos
Fall for Jazz
November 15, 7:30 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall

Joshua Bayer, director

Welcome autumn with the AU Jazz Orchestra as they play a full menu of works and styles including bop, swing, Latin, funk, and rock.����

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AU Symphony Orchestra
Dvořák Symphony no. 7
November 16, 7:30 p.m., November 17, 3 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall

Matthew Brown, conductor

The AU Symphony Orchestra tackles Antonin Dvořák’s formidable Symphony no. 7. Written in 1885, it is a staple of the symphony orchestra canon. The program will begin with Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Sibelius' haunting "Valse triste," and the AU Symphony Orchestra premiere of Barbara Harbach's Symphony no. 1, "Veneration."��

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Tickets to events are free for AU students with ID, $10 for alumni, staff, faculty, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older), $15 general public.

Senior Dance Capstone with Guest Artist
November 15-16, 7:30 p.m. | Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre

Ronya-Lee Anderson, artistic director
Amber Marie Daniels, production coordinator

The AU Dance Program's graduating majors present an evening of creative research and original choreography.

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Choreo-LabNovember 16, 2 p.m. | Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre

Sarah Beth Oppenheim, artistic director
Amber Marie Daniels, production coordinator

Choreo-Lab is a mainstage event from the AU Dance Program featuring new work by guest artists and student choreographers. Join us as we welcome fresh choreographic voices to the AU stage.

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Tickets to are free for AU students with ID, $10 for alumni, staff, faculty, children (under 18), and senior citizens (55 and older), $15 general public.

In Pieces: A New Musical
October 24-26 | Katzen Arts Center, Studio Theatre

Music and Lyrics by Joey Contreras
Directed by Carl Menninger
Music Direction by Deborah Jacobson
Choreographed by David Singleton

You never know who might be around the corner if you take a chance on love. In Pieces: A New Musical reflects on the romantic journeys of eight characters as they look back at their pasts, learn to embrace all the pieces of who they are, and discover what it means to find love. Set in New York City and featuring a pop score by Joey Contreras, In Pieces is a candid take on self-identity, growth, and acceptance.

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Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea
November 19-22 | Katzen Arts Center, Studio Theatre

By Julia Izumi
Directed by Nick Martin

The Little Mermaid is Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved and well-known fairytale, which is why it’s not the story our friend Dolan is going to tell you. No, he’s going to tell you the story of a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human. They are not the same story at all—he swears.

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“Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

The AU Studio Art MFA Program presents visiting artists throughout the year.

Howie Lee Weiss
October 24, 6 p.m. | Katzen 201
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Image: Howie Lee Weiss, #13 - GROUP. Photo by Joseph Hyde Photography.

Rush Baker IV
November 7, 6 p.m. | Katzen 201
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Image: All Quiet II,��2024. Acrylic, resin, paper, plaster on canvas 50 x 40 in.

Julie Wills
November 21, 6 p.m. | Katzen 201
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Image: Julie Wills, Clouds Filled to Bursting, 2023.