Month: August 2014

In the Heights Auditions–Calling all Actors, Singers, Dancers and Musician!

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Audition Notice: Open to all Wesleyan Students and Community

Calling all Actors, Singers, Dancers and Musicians!

Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of the Theater and Music departments’ production of In The Heights since it rocked the Broadway world in 2008. In The Heights started right here on campus, in a Second Stage production at the Patricelli ‘92 Theater!

Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda ’02 and book by playwriting faculty Quiara Alegría Hudes, this award-winning musical about life in New York City’s Washington Heights asks for a diverse cast and various performing expertise.

***Please note: students performing in this faculty production will receive a full course credit***

We are looking for actors, singers, dancers, rappers, musicians, and more. Want to work backstage? Please contact Stage Manager Miranda Haymon at mhaymon@wesleyan.edu as soon as possible!

Sign up for an audition on the call board in the Theater Department foyer:

Vocal Auditions – Thursday 9/4, Friday 9/5 – 5 to 10pm, Saturday 9/6 – 12 to 5pm Dance auditions – Sunday 9/7 – 1:30 to 4:30pm Call backs (as necessary) – Thursday 9/11 and Friday 9/12 – 5 to 10pm

¯Piano accompanist available on Wednesday 9/3 from 5:30-7:30pm to practice one song, one time through per student auditoner. Email Aileen Lambert at ajlambert@wesleyan.edu for location and to reserve a spot. ¯Vocal Auditions to be held in the CFA Theater and/or Theater Studio (TST 001). Dance Auditions to be held in Fayerweather 106/108. ¯For audition instructions, character list, sides/vocal parts: www.wesleyan.edu/theater, click on side bar link.

Questions? Email Stage Manager Miranda Haymon (‘16)  – mhaymon@wesleyan.edu

Pit Orchestra Auditions are being held for the following positions:

Please note: Interested individuals must IMMEDIATELY contact Nadya Potemkina (npotemkina@wesleyan.edu) to schedule an audition

Reed (requires proficiency in all of the following: flute/piccolo, clarinet, SATB saxophone), Trumpet (B-flat, flugel, piccolo), Trombone, Keyboard/rehearsal accompanist (paid student-worker position, requires solid sight-reading skills; prior accompanying experience is a plus), Guitar, Bass, Drums/percussion

 

 

New Linked-Major: College of Integrative Sciences & Seminar Course

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Dear Students,

Welcome back to campus!  While you have been away, there have been new developments in the Sciences, which may be important to you.  Since the College was just approved, courses related to the CIS were not listed during pre-registration.

A core mission of this new college is to develop student skills in interdisciplinary thinking and science research that cuts across disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches are becoming vital for success and growth in our current technology driven society.

To introduce students to these challenges, the CIS is offering a new seminar course, “Research Frontiers in research1 the Sciences” (CIS 221/222).  The course is open to all students who have completed at least an introductory science course, and forms the gateway for students who are interested in the “linked-major” offered by the CIS.  It is available in add-drop.  The 0.50 credit course meets Fridays, 2:40-3:30 p.m.

Visit our webpages (http://www.wesleyan.edu/cis), check out wesmaps, or contact me for further information.

Have a productive semester!   Prof. Francis W. Starr, Professor, Physics Department, and Director, College of Integrative Sciences

HIST 362 for Sophomores!

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Dear members of the sophomore class,

researchAre you planning to declare a major in History this year?  Do you think you might study abroad in the fall semester of your junior year?  And are you ready for the intellectual challenge of a lifetime?

If the answer to these three questions is “yes”, then you should consider taking HIST 362 this fall.  This course is required of all History majors and is supposed to be taken in the fall of the junior year.  It is only offered in the fall semester every year.  The History Department has decided to open one section of this course this fall to prospective majors in the sophomore class.

Questions?  Email wpinch@wesleyan.edu.