{"id":18127,"date":"2021-10-05T22:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T06:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=18127"},"modified":"2021-10-05T22:01:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T06:01:49","slug":"what-to-expect-from-smith-fine-arts-in-2021-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/what-to-expect-from-smith-fine-arts-in-2021-22\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect from Smith Fine Arts in 2021\u201322"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Smith Fine Arts Series performance lineup for its 44th season\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Camille Lenning<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smith Fine Arts Series is known as a haven for the arts, and its top quality productions are returning to present a variety of diverse performances for all ages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2021\/10\/building-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18084\" width=\"4272\" height=\"2848\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Halie Loren<\/b> <b>(Friday, Oct. 8)<\/b><span> \u2014 A multilingual singer-songwriter with eight albums to her name, Loren has received international critical acclaim for her jazz musical stylings.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Vianna Bergeron Brazilian Jazz (Saturday, Dec. 4)<\/b><span> \u2014 Known for performing a diverse mix of Brazilian music genres, this band features vocalist Rosi Bergeron, saxophonist Tom Bergeron, pianist Cassio Vianna, bassist Wagner Trindade and drummer Cam Siegal.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Rainbow Dance Theatre<\/b> <b>(Friday, Jan. 14)<\/b><span> \u2014 This Oregon-based dance company will perform their &#8220;20 in 2020&#8221; repertory show, choreographed for their 20 year anniversary tour, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Seamus Egan Project (Saturday, March 12)<\/b><span> \u2014 Specializing in Irish folk music, Egan has redefined the genre through his mastery of Irish flute, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo and other instruments. He will be joined by Scottish fiddler Jenna Moynihan, guitarist Kyle Sanna and guitarist, banjoist, mandolinist Owen Marshall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Thalea String Quartet<\/b> <b>(Saturday, April 2)<\/b><span> \u2014 This group of internationally renowned musicians brings timeless music to all audiences, featuring violinist Christopher Whitley, violinist Kumiko Sakamoto, violaist Lauren Spaulding and cellist Titilayo Ayangade.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Thornette David Band<\/b> <b>(Saturday, June 4)<\/b><span> \u2014 A blues legend, Davis has been on the scene since 1987 and will be performing with her seven piece band.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Day of show ticket sales begin as early as 6 p.m. Advance ticket purchases are $28 for adults, day of show tickets are $33 and both options are $10 for non-Western students. Those with a valid Western student ID can get their tickets free of charge, just make sure to show up early to book a seat. Call the Smith Fine Arts Series&#8217; office at 503-838-8333 with any questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16738\" width=\"4220\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png 4220w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-300x6.png 300w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1024x20.png 1024w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-768x15.png 768w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1536x30.png 1536w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-2048x40.png 2048w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1080x21.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4220px) 100vw, 4220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Contact the author at <a href=\"mailto:entertainmenteditor@thewesternhowl.com\">entertainmenteditor@thewesternhowl.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smith Fine Arts Series performance lineup for its 44th season\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Camille Lenning | Entertainment Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":18104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1206,1157,1156,161,1205,1203,54,1160,1204,1202,1201,1207],"class_list":["post-18127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-2021-22","tag-camille","tag-camille-lenning","tag-entertainment","tag-homecoming","tag-live-performance","tag-music","tag-october","tag-rice-auditorium","tag-smith-fine-arts","tag-smith-fine-arts-series","tag-the-arts"],"modified_by":"The Western Howl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}