Juneau Symphony Conductor Troy Quinn will kick off the first event of the University of Alaska Southeast’s Sound and Motion Spring Arts and Culture series this Friday, Jan. 22. Quinn will demystify the craft of conducting and explore its unique role in diverse musical cultures during his talk, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Egan Lecture Hall.
Other regular events this season include the Jan. 29 UAS showing of The Juneau Underground Motion Picture (JUMP) Society’s biannual festival of locally made short films; Treasures from the State Film Archives on Feb. 19; and the Woosh Kinaadeiyí Poetry Slam March 25. Also on the schedule this season is a Yupik singing and drumming performance by a Byron Nicholai of Toksook Bay, Feb. 12; HARM, a women’s musical ensemble blending psych-folk and hip-hop with classical themes on March 4; and a presentation by photographer and adjunct faculty Ben Huff on latest projects from Juneau to Adak on April 8.
The series runs several, but not all, Fridays through April 15, concluding with the annual launch of the UAS-published art and writing journal, Tidal Echoes.
All events take place in the Egan Lecture Hall except Yup’ik Singing & Drumming with Byron Nicholai, which will be held in the Egan Library.
The detailed schedule can be found at the website: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sound_motion/
