Fine Arts Society

This society has been formed for the purpose of further educating the students of Franciscan University through exposure to the fine arts. We will endeavor to provide opportunities for the student body to attend cultural/fine arts events off campus (primarily in Pittsburgh, PA) and promote on-campus fine arts events. Yearly we develop and advertise a "Fine Arts Series", consisting of on-campus and off-campus events compatible with the mission of the university. Affordable tickets are offered to faculty, staff, students, and members of the surrounding community, along with free and/or inexpensive transportation. We believe that through exposure to the fine arts, our university community may be brought to a greater appreciation of the good, the true, and the beautiful.

Society Schedule of Events, Spring 2013

Ticketing and More Information

Tickets may be purchased at the cashier window in Starvaggi Hall. Email notification provided when tickets arrive. Tickets will then be available for pick-up at the Faculty Secretary office (Egan 244). Ticket prices are based on a generous grant from Student Life.

All events are open to all University students, faculty/staff, their families, and the local community.

Ticket deadlines are not flexible.

Transportation is available through the Fine Arts Society for $5 for FUS students and $10 for all others. Vans leave campus 90 minutes prior to the event.

For more information email the Fine Arts Society at anathantheatre@franciscan.edu

Phipps Conservatory Tour
When: Saturday, February 9, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Where: Phipps Conservatory
Ticket Price: $5 for Franciscan University students, $11 for other students, $12 for faculty and staff.
Deadline for buying tickets: Friday, February 1
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, a great steel and glass Victorian greenhouse, has been inviting visitors to explore the beauty and mysteries of plants since 1893. Set amidst one of Pittsburgh's largest greenspaces, Schenley Park, Phipps Conservatory stands as a cultural and architectural centerpiece of the city's Oakland neighborhood.
Verdi and Wagner Greatest Hits
(Pittsburgh Symphony)
When: Sunday, March 3, 2:30 p.m.
Where: Heinz Hall
Ticket Price: $8 for Franciscan University students, $15 for others students, $20 for faculty and staff.
Deadline for buying tickets: Friday, February 8
It’s a 200th birthday celebration! Pittsburgh Opera General Director Christopher Hahn hosts an evening of greatest hits from two of operas most prolific yet contrasting composers.
John Paul the Great Fine Arts Lecture
When: Sunday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Gentile Gallery, Franciscan University, J.C. Williams Center
Ticket Price: Free for all.
Speaker: Dino Marcantonio, Architect
Wheeling Symphony
When: Friday, March 8, 8:00 p.m.
Where: Capital Music Hall, Wheeling, WV
Ticket Price: Free for Franciscan University students, half-price for Faculty/Staff
To Order Tickets: Purchase tickets through Wheeling Symphony box office 1-800-395-9241 Deadline for ordering transportation: Friday, March 1
The orchestra celebrates the 50th birthday year of Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon by performing her dynamic Concerto for Orchestra. American soprano Ilana Davidson brings a crystalline soprano, assured musicality and interpretive insight to Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate.
Madame Butterfly
Pittsburgh Opera
When: Sunday, March 24, 2:00 p.m.
Where: Benedum Center
Ticket Price: $5 for Franciscan University students, $10 for other students, $20 for faculty and staff.
Deadline for buying tickets: Friday, March 8
We're introduced to the lopsided love between a young Japanese woman and Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a U.S. Naval officer. The young woman, nicknamed Butterfly, gives up her family and her religion to be with Pinkerton. Pinkerton gives up nothing, and promptly leaves for nearly three years. He eventually returns, with his American wife, and the young Butterfly is mortally devastated.
Joshua Bell
Pittsburgh Symphony
When: Sunday, April 14, 2:30 p.m.
Where: Heinz Hall
Ticket Price: $8 for Franciscan University students, $15 for other students, $20 for faculty and staff.
Deadline for buying tickets: Friday, April 5
Grammy Award-winning violinist and Pittsburgh favorite, Joshua Bell returns for an impassioned performance of Brahms’ technically-demanding Violin Concerto. Bell plays with intensity, bravura and joyous rapture that only a master violinist can achieve.
Cinderella
Pittsburgh Ballet
When: Sunday, April 21, 2:00 p.m.
Where: Benedum Center
Ticket Price: $8 for Franciscan University students, $15 for other students, $20 for faculty and staff.
Deadline for buying tickets: Friday, April 12
Closing the PBT 2012-13 Season happily ever after is the enchanting story of Cinderella. The choreography, humor, and dancing supported by the acclaimed Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Orchestra will delight audiences members of all ages.
Beethoven's Ninth
Pittsburgh Symphony
When: Sunday, April 28, 2:30 p.m.
Where: Heinz Hall
Ticket Price: $8 for Franciscan University students, $15 for other students, $20 for faculty and staff.
Deadline for buying tickets: Friday, April 19
As part of the Music for the Spirit Festival concert, Manfred Honeck and the PSO pay tribute to the good in mankind. The Gift, commissioned by the PSO in honor of long-time Board Chair Richard P. Simmons, makes its premiere. Beethoven’s final symphonic masterpiece is one of the most recognizable pieces of all time. Its text is taken from Friedrich Schiller’s poem, “Ode to Joy,” which celebrates harmony among mankind.

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