Arts And Entertainment

Boston-based marimba master Nancy Zeltsman, founder of the international Zeltsman Marimba Festival, promises that Humboldt State and Arcata Playhouse audiences will hear “absolutely ear-opening percussion” at her concert series June 30-July 13.

Humboldt State University’s Department of Music and Music Professor Eugene Novotney will host the international Zeltsman Marimba Festival June 30 - July 13 with multiple concerts open to the public.

Humboldt State will host the Zeltsman Marimba Festival June 30 to July 13 on the HSU campus.

_Part of an occasional series on HSU’s 2013-14 centennial celebration._

String bassist Millie Martin performs a Faculty Artist Series concert in Fulkerson Recital Hall at noon on Sunday, May 12.

_Part of an occasional series on HSU’s 2013-14 centennial celebration._

Humboldt Symphony will perform its well-planned and rehearsed final concert of the year on May 10 and 12, with classics ranging from the 17th to the 20th centuries. But there will also be a surprise—even to conductor Paul Cummings.

The HSU University Singers and the Humboldt Chorale perform an evening of sacred music, including the Mass of the Children, on Sunday, May 12 at 8 p.m. in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

From the most famous Mexican bolero and a 1950s torch song to a Stevie Wonder classic, the HSU Jazz Orchestra reassembles jazz horizons in its May 11 concert at 8 p.m. in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

_This is the second story in an occasional series on HSU’s 2013-14 Centennial celebration._ When art professor Sarah Whorf first learned of HSU’s 2013-14 centennial celebration last year, she knew she had to get involved.

The clarinet is a versatile instrument—but can it really sound like an electric guitar? Blake McGee, visiting clarinetist from the University of Wyoming, will put it to the test in a solo concert 8 p.m. May 2 and an HSU Symphonic Band performance 8 p.m. May 3 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

The most important work in the percussion ensemble repertoire, Bantu music from Cuba and calypso dance rhythms are all featured in the shared HSU Percussion Ensemble, World Percussion Group and Calypso Band concert 8 p.m. Saturday, May 4 in the Van Duzer Theatre.

Songs from the Renaissance to the Beatles are given voice in the Madrigal and Mad River Transit Singers spring concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 5 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

He traveled around the world and is considered the founder of modern geography. Charles Darwin once called him the “greatest scientific traveler who ever lived.”

The visiting University of British Columbia Wind Ensemble and the HSU Symphonic Band share a free concert on Monday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

Is it love or ambition? Is it genius or madness? And what is the proof?

How do you survey 20th century music and leave out spaghetti westerns, African rhythms and video games? If you’re the HSU Guitar Ensemble in their April 19 concert, you don’t.

The road to heaven goes through hell—at least if you’re a soprano. Your first name doesn’t even have to be Tony.

Humboldt State will host the 46th annual Humboldt Film Festival April 17-20 on the HSU campus.

Offering everything from mainstream standards to funk and postmodern blends, five HSU Jazz Combos perform two shows of small group jazz at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Friday April 12.

Humboldt State University’s 2013 Art Graduates exhibition will be held at the Reese Bullen Gallery, April 18-May 18. A public reception and brief awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 2, 5-7 p.m. A closing ceremony will be on Saturday May 18 following commencement.

An All-Star lineup of musicians from China brings two haunting works to HSU when the Beijing Chamber Ensemble performs pieces by Beethoven and Brahms at Fulkerson Recital Hall on Tuesday April 9.

Humboldt Bay Brass Band presents “Venetians and Volcanoes” as its annual HSU concert on Friday April 5 in Fulkerson Recital Hall.

Displaying a variety of styles and movements, HSU dance studies students explore the balancing acts of life in their annual spring dance concert, “On the Edge of Your Feet” in the Van Duzer Theatre for the first two weekends of April.

Humboldt State University First Street Gallery is pleased to present The Fools of April: Paintings and Mixed Media Sculpture by David White. The exhibition will be on display from April 6th through Sunday, May 19th, 2013.