MTSU faculty and staff took to WGNS Radio recently to share information
about an upcoming opera performance, major renovations to science facilities
and an ongoing partnership to document the area’s black history.
The
details were shared during the Feb. 20 “Action Line” program with host Bart
Walker. The live program was broadcast on FM 100.5, 101.9 and AM 1450 from
the WGNS studio in downtown Murfreesboro. If you missed it, you can listen
to a podcast of the show here.
Guests
and their topics were as follows:
H. Stephen Smith,
professor of voice in the MTSU School of Music, discussed the upcoming presentation
of the opera “Dido and Aeneas” March 31 through April 1.
The MTSU Opera Theater will
present “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, March 31-April 1, in the Hinton Music Hall inside the Wright Music
Building. Tickets are $10 to the general public and free to MTSU students with
a valid ID.
“Dido
and Aeneas” is an opera
composed in or before 1689 by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell. Purcell is considered one of the greatest English composers of his
era. This era was known as the Baroque period, which was known for music that
combined passionate emotion with complex, challenging techniques. MTSU students
will put an interesting twist on their production by setting the opera well
into the future — in the year 2500.
For more information about MTSU
Opera Theater or become involved, contact Smith at h.stephen.smith@mtsu.edu or call 615-898-2504.
Dr. Ron Henderson,
chair for the Department of Physics, discussed the recent grand re-opening of
the renovated Wiser-Patten and Davis Science legacy buildings.
MTSU held a Feb. 15 ceremony to
reopen the two buildings, which underwent roughly $20 million in renovations to
provide updated space and technology to several of science-related programs. These
renovations provide new homes for
physics, geosciences, anthropology and other departments and functions of the university.
The university also unveiled the
Science Corridor of Innovation, which combines the two renovated structures
with the new Science Building and will eventually includes assets such as the
living-learning residence hall for science students and the observatories.
Dr. Brenden Martin, professor of history
and director of the MTSU Public History Program, MTSU graduate student Lindsey
Fisher, and Vonchelle Stembridge, program coordinator for Bradley
Academy Museum and Cultural Center, discussed an ongoing African-American
history project.
The MTSU Public History Program is
partnering with Bradley and the Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department to
create and install a new exhibit to interpret the history of African-American education
in Rutherford County.
MTSU wants to get the word out to
let the community know about this partnership, and is inviting anyone who has
stories, images, objects, or memorabilia that they would be willing to share.
Read more and learn how you can
help at http://www.mtsunews.com/bradley-academy-history-project-2017/.
Students, faculty and staff who
are interested in guesting on WGNS to promote their MTSU-related
activities should contact Jimmy Hart, director of news and media relations, at
615-898-5131 or via email at jimmy.hart@mtsu.edu.
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