Special Events
100% Centennial Exhibition
Exhibition: January 20, 2006 - Mid-March
Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University
To showcase the talent and accomplishments of a century of Carnegie Mellon artists, the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University is organizing three floors of exciting exhibits entitled 100% Centennial.
100% Centennial: Representing CFA
Welcoming visitors to the exhibition, the ground floor of the gallery will highlight documented static and/or time-based art forms through projections, video kiosks, headphones and monitors.
100% Centennial: Wall-to-Wall CFA
The second floor of the exhibit will feature an energetic and inclusive salon-style installation of digitally documented and physical works, surveying the creative diversity and decades of accomplishment of CFA graduates.
100% Centennial: Collecting CFA
Focusing on works by prominent alumni artists borrowed from public and private collections. The third floor exhibition is presented in partnership with The Carnegie Museum of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum.
Carnegie Mellon Night at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
February 4, 2006
Heinz Hall
Pinchas Zuckerman conducts two faculty soloists—Andres Cardenes and Anne Williams.
Beaux Arts ball and Celebration
Festival and Ball: March 4, 2006
Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts
(By invitation only. CFA Alumni, current Carnegie Mellon students, staff and administration are invited to attend.)
Visit the Beaux Arts Ball page for more information.
Centennial Events
The following is a continually updating list of events for the Centennial celebration year. The events are organized in chronological order by month and indicate which of the schools will be hosting the event.
2006 |
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January
100% Centennial: CFA Alumni Exhibition
Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University
Presented January 20 through March 5, the alumni exhibition is a celebration of the work by alumni from all five CFA Schools.
| Date | Host | Event | Location | Time |
| 1/19 | Music | Cuarteto Latinoamericano | Alumni Concert Hall | 7:30 pm |
| 1/20 | Miller | Opening Reception of 100% Centennial: CFA Alumni Exhibition—A celebration of the work by alumni from all five CFA schools |
Miller Gallery | 5-8 pm |
| 1/22 | Music | Third Presbyterian Church Chamber Orchestra | 8 pm | |
| 1/23 | CAS | Joseph Roach lecture/5:30pm | Philip Chosky Theater | |
| 1/26 | Music | Albert Herring | Philip Chosky Theater | 8 pm |
| 1/27 | Music | Albert Herring | Philip Chosky Theater | 8 pm |
| 1/28 | Music | Albert Herring | Philip Chosky Theater | 8 pm |
| 1/29 | Music | Albert Herring | Philip Chosky Theater | 2:30 pm |
| 1/30 | CAS | Colin McCabe lecture | Philip Chosky Theater | 5:30 pm |
February
100% Centennial: CFA Alumni Exhibition
Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University
Presented January 20 through March 5, the alumni exhibition is a celebration of the work by alumni from all five CFA Schools.
| Date | Host | Event | Location | Time |
| 2/4 | Music | Carnegie Mellon Night at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra—Pinchas Zuckerman conducts two faculty soloists—Andres Cardenes and Anne Williams |
Heinz Hall | |
| 2/9 | Music | Upper St. Clair H.S. with Carnegie Mellon Jazz Ensembles | 8 pm | |
| 2/9 | Music | Upper St. Clair H.S. with Wind Ensemble | 8 pm | |
| 2/11 | Music | Contemporary Ensemble | Kresge Recital Hall | 5 pm |
| 2/23 | Drama | Preview: "Nathan the Wise" directed by Mladen Kiselov. Written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. This play takes place in Jerusalem during the height of the Crusades. | ||
| 2/24 | Drama | Opening: "Nathan the Wise" directed by Mladen Kiselov. Written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. This play takes place in Jerusalem during the height of the Crusades. | ||
| 2/26 | Music | Instrumental Jazz Ensembles | Kresge Recital Hall | 3 pm |
| 2/27 | CAS | Tom Smart lecture | Philip Chosky Theater | 5:30 pm |
March
100% Centennial: CFA Alumni Exhibition
Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University
Presented January 20 through March 5, the alumni exhibition is a celebration of the work by alumni from all five CFA Schools.
| Date | Host | Event | Location | Time |
| 3/1 | Music | Philharmonic Student Composer concert | Carnegie Music Hall | 8 pm |
| 3/4 | Drama | Closing: "Nathan the Wise" directed by Mladen Kiselov. Written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. This play takes place in Jerusalem during the height of the Crusades. | ||
| 3/4 | CFA | Beaux Arts Ball (by invitation only) An evening of costumes and celebration, student entertainment and elegant eats |
College of Fine Arts | 8 pm |
| 3/20 | CAS | Michael Roth lecture | Philip Chosky Theater | 5:30 pm |
| 3/23 | Music | Cuarteto Latinoamericano | Alumni Concert Hall | 7:30 pm |
| 3/24 | Miller | MFA Thesis Exhibit Miller Gallery reception | Miller Gallery | 5-8 pm |
| 3/26 | Music | Combined choirs | Rangos Ballroom | 3 pm |
| 3/29 | Music | Philharmonic | Carnegie Music Hall | 8 pm |
April
| Date | Host | Event | Location | Time |
| 4/3 | CAS | Lorraine Daston lecture | Philip Chosky Theater | 5:30 pm |
| 4/5 | Music | Philharmonic | Heinz Hall | 8 pm |
| 4/8 | Music | Contemporary Ensemble | Kresge Recital Hall | 5 pm |
| 4/9 | Music | Baroque Ensemble | Alumni Concert Hall | 5 pm |
| 4/12 | Music | Wind Ensemble | Carnegie Music Hall | 8 pm |
| 4/2 | Music | Vocal Jazz Ensemble | Alumni Concert Hall | 5 pm |
| 4/23 | Music | Instrumental Jazz Ensembles | Kresge Recital Hall | 7 pm |
| 4/24 | Art | Senior Award Exhibit | CFA 3rd and 4th floors | |
| 4/26 | Art | Junior Award Exhibit | CFA 3rd and 4th floors | |
| 4/27 | Drama | Preview: "As You Like It," directed by a guest. Shakespeare sets this play in the Forest of Arden, which is protected from explorers and untarnished by cartographers. | ||
| 4/28 | Drama | Opening: "As You Like It," directed by a guest. Shakespeare sets this play in the Forest of Arden, which is protected from explorers and untarnished by cartographers. |
May
| Date | Host | Event | Location | Time |
| 5/1 | CAS | Katheryn Linduff lecture | Philip Chosky Theater | 5:30 pm |
| 5/1 | Art | Sophomore Award Exhibit | CFA 3rd and 4th floors | |
| 5/3 | Art | Freshman Awards Exhibit | CFA 3rd and 4th floors | |
| 5/3 | Music | Philharmonic | Heinz Hall | 8 pm |
| 5/5 | Art | Spring Art Awards Picnic | 4:30-6 pm | |
| 5/5 | Miller | Senior Exhibit reception | Miller Gallery | 6-8 pm |
| 5/6 | Drama | Closing: "As You Like It," directed by a guest. Shakespeare sets this play in the Forest of Arden, which is protected from explorers and untarnished by cartographers. |