NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Graduate and undergraduate singers at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a virtual concert that will feature recitatives and arias from Part 1 of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.”

Dr. Ron Petti, coordinator of collaborative piano at SFA will accompany soloists at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the free online concert that will be accessible at music.sfasu.edu on the day of the performance.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – There are still some opportunities to see the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre’s presentation of Ian McWethy and Carrie McCrossen’s play “Rideshare/Overshare” at 7:30 nightly through Saturday, Nov. 14, in either an in-person performance in Kennedy Auditorium on the SFA campus or through virtual access.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Educators wanting to further their careers can now earn a doctorate in educational leadership without leaving their hometowns through a new online program in the James I. Perkins College of Education at Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University Symphony Orchestra’s virtual performance on Wednesday, Nov. 18, will feature music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Darius Milhaud.

Beginning at 7:30 p.m. and accessible through live streaming free of charge at music.sfasu.edu, the concert’s main feature is Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings,” according to Dr. Gregory Grabowski, the orchestra’s conductor.

“The Tchaikovsky (piece) is one of the biggest standards of string repertoire,” Grabowski said.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Kantorei choirs at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a virtual concert titled “Sanctity” that will feature sacred music written for treble chorus at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.

The concert program will include “Messe Basse” by Gabriel Fauré; “Gloria” from Mass no. 6 by György Orbàn; and “Psalm 23” by the late, great Canadian composer Srul Irving Glick. Dr. Tod Fish, associate director of choral activities in the SFA School of Music, directs the choirs.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Singin’ Axes at Stephen F. Austin State University will showcase the work of Johannes Brahms when the student ensemble presents the virtual concert “Rhapsody” at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.

Directed by Dr. Tod Fish, associate director of choral activities in the SFA School of Music, the Singin’ Axes will perform Brahms’ Opus 53, also known as “Alto Rhapsody.” Featured performer will be School of Music faculty member Nita Hudson as mezzo-soprano soloist.

Also on the program is Benjamin Britten’s “The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. John Hendricks, professor and department chair of the Stephen F. Austin State University Department of Mass Communication, recently edited and contributed to the book “Radio’s Second Century: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives,” published by Rutgers University Press.

As the broadcasting industry approaches its 100th anniversary, this book is the first to study how the industry has evolved and adapted to remain a dominant mass medium.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will host its Brave Space Series at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Multimedia Room. The discussion will focus on consent.
 
“The Office of Multicultural Affairs’ open dialogue series invites participants to discuss society’s meaning of consent versus its actual definition,” said La-Meria Seriale, OMA student ambassador. “In this discussion, we will learn how to properly ask for consent and how to apply it in today's society.”
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – When the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre presents the play “Rideshare/Overshare,” audiences will see each cast member playing multiple characters that the theatre students have thoughtfully and carefully created.

Each of these characters has a unique personality and an equally unique costume specifically designed to fit the wacky persona developed by the imaginative student actors.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Whether it means spending hours paddling a canoe down a river or wading into it herself, Jessie Johnson, a graduate student in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Biology, is doing what she can to study and protect a threatened species of snake.
 
Working under a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Conservation License Plate Grant, Johnson is studying the Brazos River watersnake and its habitat, assisting in providing an updated understanding of the snake’s occurrence and demography.