Department of Theatre

The 34th Annual Stilwell Student Awards Exhibition recognizes artistic talent and creative work from the University of South Dakota Fine Arts BFA and MFA students. This year's juror is 2010 USD Art Department Alumnus and sculptor of the Coyote Legacy Sculpture, Cameron Stalheim.

The annual Quad State Honor Band Festival brings together the finest high school musicians from our region. Students will have the opportunity to work with John LaCognata, USD's Director of Bands, and with Todd Cranson, USD's Director of Athletic Bands. In addition, all festival students will have an opportunity to work with our guest composer/clinician and perform his music. This year's guest, Brant Karrick, joined the faculty of Northern Kentucky University in the fall of 2003 as Director of Bands. To learn more about Karrick, and about how you or your students can participate in the Quad State Honor Band Festival, please visit the website.

The piano area of the USD Department of Music presents their students in this showcase event, open to the public at no charge.

Start the symposium day with art. Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S... Symposium events are open to the public at no charge.

Explore the human experience through Art, Drama, Education, English, Law, Music, Neuroscience and Philosophy. See elsewhere in this USD Events Calendar for information about specific events.

Amy Fill, MFA, and Acting Gallery Director talks about this exceptional event. Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S... Symposium events are open to the public at no charge.

Dr. Diaz on "Irreducible Cognition: Toward an Embodied and Non-Reductive Study of Musical Experience." Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S...Symposium events are open to the public at no charge. To learn more about Dr. Diaz, visit https://cogs.sitehost.iu.edu/people/profile.php?u=fmdiaz .

Presentation in Fine Arts Room 150 by USD's Jing Williams, Phd, Asst Prof of Education and Deborah Reeves, Prof of Music. Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S... Symposium events are open to the public at no charge.

USD's Sean Kammer, Phd, Prof. of Law presents in Fine Arts Room 150. Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S... Symposium events are open to the public at no charge.

Dracyn Blount and Mikael Darmanie from 'Of Ebony Embers' talk about their work and their ensemble in Fine Arts Room 150. Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S... Symposium events are open to the public at no charge. For more info about this ensemble: https://www.coreensemble.com/shows-on-tour/of-ebony-embers/ .

Of Ebony Embers in performance. Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S... Symposium events are open to the public at no charge. For more info about this ensemble: https://www.coreensemble.com/shows-on-tour/of-ebony-embers/ .

Presentation by USD's Darlene Farabee, Phd, Chair and Assoc Prof of English. Sound, Color, Shape... is an interdisciplinary symposium meant to bring together students and faculty from all across the USD campus. This year, there will be presenters from five of the seven USD schools and colleges. The symposium explores the human experience and how we seek to understand our environment and the world around us. The environment we explore is not just limited to our physical surroundings, but also includes our social, political, philosophical, psychological or emotional realms. This and all S,C,S... Symposium events are open to the public at no charge.