WC fine arts presents seven April events
April is a busy month for fine arts at Weatherford College. Make sure to mark your calendar for these upcoming free events.
All events begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Marjorie Alkek Fine Arts Center unless otherwise noted.
On Thursday, April 6, WC’s master pianist Hyeyoung Song will perform a Beethoven Piano Sonata concert.
Duane Durrett’s annual “It’s All About the Music” concert is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, in the third-floor community room of the Emerging Technologies and Workforce Building. The evening will feature Patrick Hill on saxophone, Kelly Durbin and Fredrick Sanders on piano, Durrett on drums and Lou Harlas on bass.
On Friday, April 14, “Opera Goes to Broadway” will spotlight WC’s opera students singing selections from the best of musical theatre, directed by Rick Rainey.
Saturday, April 15, will feature WC’s second annual flute festival open to musicians of all ages and abilities. The event will end with a public concert at 5 p.m.
On Tuesday, April 18, the WC Jazz Orchestra performs its Tribute to Jazz Composers concert. The evening will spotlight American jazz music and its influence.
The public is invited to the final round of the fifth annual WC International Piano Competition on Saturday, April 22. The event begins at 8 a.m. and will feature the top 12 pianists from 80 artists who applied from around the globe. The award ceremony for the competition will take place at 3:30 p.m. with a reception to follow at 5:30 p.m.
From April 27 to April 29, WC theatre students perform “The Bacchae,” an ancient Greek tragedy written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia.
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