Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Le Moyne

11/22/2024

Music week starts early this year! Don't miss Carol Jacobe's vocal studio performing selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS, this Sunday at 1 p.m.

At 3 p.m., following the Jacobe studio, students from other lesson studios will be performing in their culminating recitals.

Both events are free and open to the public.

Our Winter Music Festival will continue on Monday, Dec. 2 with Rock Ensemble! Find tickets for the festival by visiting the link below or calling our box office, (315) 445-4200.

https://lemoyne.showare.com/default.asp?search=music

11/22/2024

Monday, explore the power of dance with a collaborative recital and lecture.

Prior to the performance, guest Sukanya Burman will present Dance as a Tool for Social Change in Reilly Hall, Reilley Room (RH 446) at 4 p.m.

In this lecture, Burman explores the historical significance of dance as a powerful agent of social change, particularly within the United States. Drawing from personal experiences and global movements, the discussion will highlight the role of dance in promoting justice, equity, and inclusion.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

In Moving Conversations, dancers explore prayer and meditation through movement, connecting intentional motion paired with music to physical and emotional wellbeing in student and faculty-choreographed pieces, with special guest Sukanya Burman.

The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in our Jesuit Theatre. Tickets available, visit the link below or call our box office at (315) 445-4200
Buy now: https://lemoyne.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=109

Both events are cosponsored by the Carroll College of Arts & Sciences, the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging and Campus Ministry.

11/21/2024

Opening tonight- Le Moyne Student Dance Company | Fall Recital! Dance Until We Drop features student and guest-choreographed routines with a dozen dances with over 30 performers.

Tickets are still available for all shows, visit the link below or call our box office at (315) 445-4200

Buy now: https://lemoyne.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=103

11/20/2024

Ola Kraszpulska, our visiting professor of scenic design, has partnered with the Behind the Scenes Charity for their annual holiday card fundraiser!

Behind the Scene's is a mental health initiative that provides tools and resources to support basic needs of all entertainment industry workers and their families and promotes mental health and wellness.

In addition, the charity provides basic needs grants to entertainment technology professionals, or their immediate dependent family, who are seriously ill or injured, and counseling grants are available to entertainment technology professionals to assist with therapy or rehab.

Orders for digital cards are still available until December 13. Visit this link to order yours: https://wp.behindthescenescharity.org/product-category/cards/

10/30/2024

🎶 "We're five college students on our way to an old abandoned cabin in the woods" 🎶 What could go wrong?

Tickets are still available for the closing weekend of Evil Dead The Musical!

Performances:
Oct. 31, 8 p.m.
Nov. 1, 8 p.m.*
Nov. 2, 2 and 8 p.m.

*Women in Horror panel discussion starts at 7 p.m. and will wrap up before the show starts. This panel is free and open to the public.

Get your tickets here: https://lemoyne.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=101

10/23/2024

Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. The classic cult films come to life on stage in one of the craziest, funniest and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time.

On Nov. 1 join us in the Marren Studio for Women in Horror, an engaging pre-show discussion prior to the 8 p.m. performance of Evil Dead The Musical. Expert panelists Amy Shore, Ph.D. (SUNY Oswego), Matthew J. Fee, Ph.D. (Le Moyne College) and Jaynelle D. Nixon, Ph.D. (Syracuse University) will explore the transformation of female characters throughout the decades and examine their impact on the genre, with moderation by Professor Ola Kraszpulska. It’s bound to be a scream—don’t miss it!

Evil Dead The Musical
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 and 26, 8 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, Jesuit Theatre
200 Springfield Road
Syracuse, NY 13214

For tickets call our box office (315) 445-4200 or visit the link below:
https://lemoyne.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=101

10/21/2024

In April, students from our Dance Choreography course participated in the annual National Water Dance by performing The Last Drop, an original work.

Below is a recap video of all groups who participated in the event, including our dolphins.

National Water Dance is a national community of dancers and movers who believe in the power of dance to move our bodies, our spirits, and our collective energies in bringing attention to the fragility of our waters and the impact of climate change. By creating a national simultaneous movement choir we unite across the United States with our neighbors in the region to move with one voice for responsible stewardship of our Earth.

This video is a comprehensive representation of the many dancers who participated in National Water Dance

09/30/2024

Wishing Edgar in the Red Room luck this weekend as it heads off to the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards in Baltimore, M.D.!

Last fall the play debuted at Le Moyne College before having an an award-winning run at Montréal Fringe Festival this summer and is now nominated for the Poe Festival's 2024 Saturday 'Visiter' Awards in the “Adaptations of E.A. Poe’s Life or Works” category.

Listen to our very own Matt Chiorini talk more about the Poe project below:

In this video, we explore Matt Chiorni's nomination for the prestigious 2024 Saturday Visiter Awards, which celebrate innovative works inspired by Edgar Alla...

09/26/2024

Tonight- don't miss The Westerlies!

With concert hall precision and folklike approachability, The Westerlies present traditional shape-note hymns alongside original compositions inspired by the musical properties of shape-note singing, cutting new trails across the vast expanse of the American musical landscape.

Join us in Grewen Auditorium! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door, by calling our box office at (315) 445-4200 or by visiting the link below:
https://lemoyne.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=100

09/10/2024

In collaboration with the Spanish embassy, the theatre program presents a staged reading of Frederico Garcia Lorca's 'Yerma', in a new adaptation by María Goiricelaya, translated by May Farnsworth.

This tragic poem tells of a childless woman living in rural Spain and her desperate desire for motherhood and ownership of her body. Chloe Budziszewski ('25) directs.

Experience the staged reading this Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, Jesuit Theatre.

This event is free and open to the public. The Performing Arts Center is located at 200 Springfield Rd, Syracuse, NY 13214

08/28/2024

Students! Welcome back to the arts at Le Moyne 🎉 We're kicking the semester off with lots of opportunities to get involved, make sure to save these dates!

Questions or want more info? Email us at [email protected]

06/21/2024

Congratulations to Edgar in the Red Room for winning Outstanding English Production at Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal this past weekend!

The show, which debuted at the Jesuit Theatre this past fall, is a creation of VPA's Matt Chiorini and Greg Giovanini, with projections by Lindsey Voorhees and lighting/technical design by John Czajkowski.

The cast and creative team includes a mix of current students Hannah Mendillo, Carly Nicolai and Tim Kelsey; alumni Kylee Galarneau, Aidan McKenna and Patrick Burke; along with Maya Dwyer and Anka Chiorini.

This show is a product of our Musical Theatre Incubator project that launched this spring. Next stop on the incubator journey is Kafkamusical on the world's biggest stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

06/06/2024

Introducing the Musical Theatre Incubator, a new program housed in Le Moyne College's Department of Visual and Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity.

The incubator has been established to encourage and nurture the creation of new musical theatre works, to create new opportunities for students to engage in the creative process, and to provide a venue for creative entrepreneurship.

Thanks to generous patrons, alumni and support from The Stanley W. Metcalf and D.E. French Foundations, students and faculty will present two original works at Fringe festivals this summer, Edgar in the Red Room in Montréal and Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Edgar in the Red Room (Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal) June 8-16

Kafkamusical (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) July 31-August 26



Find out more about the Musical Theatre Incubator: https://www.lemoyne.edu/News/News-Article/ArticleId/469

06/03/2024

🏳️‍🌈 Happy ! 🏳️‍⚧️ The VPA stands with our LGBTQIA+ community and celebrates the impact and influence alums, students, parents, friends, faculty and staff bring to the arts and world.

05/06/2024

Students in Prof. Waale's Visual Design class transformed Grewen Quad's sidewalk today with large bug-themed chalk murals for the appropriately named Bugs On the Quad exhibit.

These students collaborated with Dr. Sherilyn Smith, who provided dragonfly and beetle inspiration. The murals will remain on the quad for public viewing for several days.

Student artists: Bethany Baran, Corinne Becker, Brittany Betts, Riley Brennan, Brianna Buonagurio, Leah Dashkevich, Timiyah Evans, Isabella Ferlenda, Joseph Garland, Kadence Hoag, Devin Linares, Sarai Lira, Allison Ryan and Alia Tennon.

05/01/2024

April was PACKED with arts events at Le Moyne, featuring the following:
+ Ride the Cyclone
+ Jordan Gunn
+ Impact Awards
+ Le Moyne Student Dance Company
+ National Water Dance
+ Out of the Darkness Walk
+ Earth and Beyond: Multi-arts Event
+ Plan 9 from Outer Space
+ Rock Ensemble, Burning Down the House

Spring semester events wrap up this week with the Spring Choral Concert on May 1, Jazz Ensemble on May 2 and Jazzuits Alumni Concert on May 3.

Which will we be seeing you at?

04/29/2024

Rock Ensemble is Burning Down the House tonight in the W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, Jesuit Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

The performance covers a collection of rock music including songs by Talking Heads, The Cure, David Bowie and more.

Tickets are still available at lemoyne.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=83 or by calling our box office at (315)445-4200

04/29/2024