Regis University Fine and Performing Arts Department

Opening next week! See you there!
May 17th. 5-8. Walker Fine Art Gallery

Great job Regis University Singers at Regis Pops!

The Regis University Pop Ensemble rocking out to a great crowd at Walker’s Pub.

Here are my wonderful senior thesis students. They just finished installing their artwork at the O’Sullivan Gallery. The exhibition "Point of View" looks spectacular, and their opening is this coming Thursday April 18, from 5PM –8PM. Please join us for this celebration.

DON’T THROW AWAY YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES!
Stick your glasses in an envelope and mail to the address below so that kids in Latin America can use them on October 2nd to watch the South American eclipse.
Eclipse Glasses USA LLC
PO Box 50571
Provo,UT
84605

The department faculty and staff took some time to take in today’s eclipse together. Thanks for bringing the eclipse glasses, Dr. Wright!

Congratulations to the Music Theater Ensemble and Rambler seniors!

The faculty and staff of the Department of Fine & Performing Arts are cheering on the Regis University women's basketball team as they face University of Texas at Tyler in the NCAA Division II South Central finals today. Go Rangers!!

It's official! The Regis women's basketball team earns the No. 3 seed and will square off against No. 6 UT Tyler this Friday in the first round of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament!

Regis University Mural

Dr. Wright and Dr. Notareschi standing by the poster to next week’s music faculty recital, Sing, Play, and Care. Join us to celebrate music and scholarship!

Very happy to announce the release today of my Scourge Songs, five songs about the pandemic on poetry by Alyse Knorr. The Nebula Ensemble recorded the piece last summer at Mighty Fine Productions with Loren Dorland and Colin Bricker as engineers. Chris Carboni produced the video. Catherine Flinchum, Josh Goo, Sarah Perske, Russ Callison, Arlo Adams, and Kevin McFarland perform. You can find it on the usual platforms (though it hasn't quite loaded on Spotify yet), but I think it's especially engaging to see the video, linked below. Many thanks to Regis University and Maryalice Jordan-Marsh and David Marsh for supporting the production.

Scourge Songs - Nebula Ensemble - Loretta K. Notareschi Scourge Songs (2022)5 Songs on the Covid-19 PandemicPerformed by the Nebula EnsembleMusic by Loretta K. NotareschiWords by Alyse KnorrAudio engineer: Loren D...

Our last music faculty meeting of the year - wishing everyone a happy and safe winter break. Keep practicing! :-)

Congratulations to the Regis University Collegium Musicum on an outstanding performance of early music this evening.

Congratulations to the Music Program's newest performing group: "Popular Music Ensemble" under the direction of Ryan Fiegl - rockin' the Pub tonight with their first live concert.

2023 Inspired Thinker Enrique Martinez Celaya
Three engaging days at Regis University

2023 Inspired Thinker speaker Enrique Martinez Celaya giving his keynote presentation on October 25, 2023

Inspired Thinker Series 2023 with Enrique Martinez Celaya was WONDERFUL!!

Department dinner with our Inspired Thinker Enrique Martinez Celaya at Yak and Yeti restaurant. Wonderful evening with good food and conversation.

6th Friday afternoon working on the Regis Community mural. I'm sharing some photos of my painter volunteers. Students, faculty staff and administration have helped paint. We're making good progress.

Wonderful opening and talk last evening at the Dayton Memorial Library. "El Grito de Aztlan" exhibition of Carlos Santistevan artwork. Congratulation to Carlos!

Join the Regis University Department of Fine and Performing Arts for a keynote discussion by artist, educator, and physicist Enrique Martínez Celaya. This keynote is brought to you as part of the department's Inspired Thinkers Series.
An exhibition of Celaya's work will be on display in the O’Sullivan Gallery Oct. 16 – Nov. 13. Join us for an opening reception 5-7 p.m., Oct. 25.
Enrique Martínez Celaya has pursued a singular vision through painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography, poetry, and prose. His work examines the complexities and mysteries of individual experience and explores the question of authenticity revealed in the friction between personal imperatives, social conditions, and universal circumstances. This lecture will offer an overview of the artist's work and concerns, influenced by and in dialog with literature and philosophy. It will include a particular emphasis on developing a practice.
About the Inspired Thinker's Series:
The Inspired Thinker's Series offers unique Arts-focused opportunities and experiences every two years. For this event, the Department of Fine and Performing Arts invites one inspiring artist, creator, and/or thinker (a musician, a performer, a visual artist, other creatives, or a researcher who focuses on the arts). Whatever their area of focus, they are INSPIRING! They change lives and change the world. This year, we are pleased to offer Regis University students, faculty, staff, and community members the opportunity to experience the art, practice, and words of artist, writer, and former physicist Enrique Martínez Celaya.

“El Grito de Aztlan”
An exhibition of artwork by Carlos Santistevan Sr.
Opening reception and talk on Thursday October 19,
from 4 to 6 PM
Exhibition dates October 1 - 31
Fireside Gallery, Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University
3333 Regis Blvd, Denver CO
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CANCELLED: Music Program Faculty Recital, 10/4/23
We regret to inform you that, due to the cancelling of classes at Regis University today, the Music Program Faculty Recital scheduled for tonight has been cancelled. We hope to work toward rescheduling this program for a future date. We will post updates as plans develop. Thank you for your support of the Regis University Fine & Performing Arts Music Program!

Today October 2, my Chicanismo/Chicanarte class had the privilege of hosting guest Juan Espinosa. He share is story of being a Vietnam vet, photo journalist and activist during the Chicano movement. He gave part of his presentation in main hall in front of his photographs from the early 1970's. Come check out the photos in main hall until October 31.

We finished day 4 of painting on the Regis community mural. We are making good progress and we've added a 5th day of painting on Friday October 13. We are not painting this coming Friday since it is the start of fall break. Thus far we have had about 80 people painting, which include students, faculty and staff. I am attaching some recent photos.

Last night’s treat for the ears and soul: A Latin American Song Tour with Daniela Guzman-Eguez and Theresa Crane! 💙💛

My Chicanismo/Chicanarte students and I received a special tour of the exhibition of "Desert Riders" at the Denver Art Museum today Sunday Sept. 17. from the curator Victoria Lyall. What a special treat for them!