Capital University in Bexley has announced its calendar for the arts in 2009-2010, which includes major events at the Conservatory of Music, Schumacher Gallery and University Theatre.

For more information on any of these events, visit www.capital.edu. The schedules are listed as follows:

The Capital University Conservatory of Music:
Wind Band Invitational and New Band Music Reading Clinic, Nov. 13 and 14
Area and regional high school musicians get the opportunity to work on the latest concert band music with professional composers.

Christmas Festival, Dec. 3-6
The Christmas Festival continues a legacy dating back to the 1928 founding of the Capital University Chapel Choir by the late Ellis E. Snyder. It features the Chapel Choir, Choral Union, the Women’s Chorus and a variety of instrumentalists. Tickets will go on sale to the general public in early November.

NOW Music Festival, Feb. 8-12, 2010
Held once a year, the NOW Music Festival features new compositions in a variety of styles, from classical music to jazz. This weeklong event features student and faculty ensemble concerts, both on campus and in the community, and world-class jazz artists in clinics, workshops and in concert.

Wind Symphony and Symphonic Winds, Sundays, Oct. 4, Dec. 11, March 21, April 25
The Symphonic Winds, under the direction of Barry E. Kopetz, is the principal wind band within the Capital University program. The Symphonic Winds perform six campus concerts per year, featuring all styles and periods. Guest soloists are featured with the Symphonic Winds and guest conductors frequently appear in concert.

Choral Union, March 13, 8 p.m. in Mees Hall

Capital University/Bexley Community Orchestra, Nov. 8, Feb. 14, May 2

Chapel Choir, Oct. 9 and April 23

This select mixed ensemble is the Conservatory's most advanced choir and is recognized as one of the outstanding college choral groups in the nation. 

 
Big Band, Nov. 20
The Capital University Big Band, under the direction of Dr. Lou Fischer, is an 18-piece, undergraduate, award-winning jazz ensemble that performs both standard/traditional and contemporary repertoire.

Opera/Music Theatre Performances
Jan. 30-31 and April 17-18
Under the direction of Professor Mark A. Baker, the Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop concentrates on all aspects of vocal stagecraft. Each year the workshop also mounts fully staged productions.

The Schumacher Gallery 2009-2010 exhibitions:
Lee and Grant, Opening Sept. 9 and running through Oct. 17. A public reception will take place in the gallery from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 11.
Drawing upon a rich assortment of documents, photographs, paintings, prints and historic materials, this exhibition traces the lives, careers and historical impact of these two Civil War generals.

Bexley Art Walk, Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Jan. 22 and April 16, from 5-7:30 p.m.

Bexley art galleries — The Schumacher Gallery, Art Access Gallery, Hammond-Harkins Gallery and Brian Roberts Gallery — will coordinate five art walks this year.

Alice Schille: The Early Years, 1902-1914, Oct. 27 through Dec. 5. A reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Nov. 13.
Curated by James M. Keny of Keny Galleries, this is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the engaging, masterfully painted works upon which Schille built her national reputation in the first decades of the 20th century. Key examples from the Dutch, Dalmatian and Le Puy series are featured.

Selected Works from The Schumacher Gallery’s Ethnic Collections, Jan. 18 through Feb. 6, 2010. A reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Jan. 22.
Through recent generous gifts, The Schumacher Gallery has acquired a significant number of African and Oceanic works. This exhibition features selected sculptures, masks and artifacts that add to the diversity of the gallery’s collections.

Elliot Erwitt’s Dog Dogs, Feb. 12 through March 31. A reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Feb. 12.
One of the 20th century’s most celebrated photographers, Elliott Erwitt pays tribute to man's best friend. With his quirky and humorous style, his masterfully executed photographs show him to be an acute observer of the canine world.

Capital University Student Art Exhibition, April 13 through April 24. A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. April 16.
This multimedia juried exhibition showcases a variety of works created by the students of Capital University.

Capital University Theatre
The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Oct. 22-25

Shakespeare’s masterful study of vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself.

Zip! Zap! Zop! A Flurry of Fables and Fractured Fairy Tales adapted and directed by Capital’s Dan Heaton and based on stories by AJ Jacobs, Nov. 19-22
An ugly princess. A stupid king. A zap-happy witch. Not to mention frogs, donkeys, horses, bees, gnats, goblins, dragon, genies and lots of chickens. All are part of this fast-paced family friendly, flurry of fables and fractured fairy tales.

Return to the Forbidden Planet, a musical by Bob Carlton and Shakespeare’s Lost Rock ‘n Roll Science Fiction Musical, Feb. 18-21
The Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction movie very loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. This musical takes a rather light-hearted view of 1950s science fiction movies and Shakespeare.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, April 22-25
Set in the mountains of Connemara County, Galway, Ireland, this award-winning play tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably toward the play’s terrifying denouement.

For more information, visit www.capital.edu.