Upcoming Events

Student Organization Presidents Council meeting, noon, Tuesday, Dec. 6 in the University Center, room 221/227.

UT Tyler Wind Ensemble ,7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Vaughn Auditorium. Directed by Dr. Jeffrey Emge, UT Tyler’s best wind and percussion students will perform masterworks by Michael Daugherty, Peter Tchaikovsky, Paul Hindemith, Gustav Holst, J.S. Bach and Frank Ticheli.

Jim Brickman, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at the UT Tyler Cowan Center. For tickets call the UT Tyler Cowan Center box office 903.566.7424.

Opera Workshop ,7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 in the Braithwaite Recital Hall. Under the direction of Dr. Molly Johnson, graduate and undergraduate music students will present staged excerpts from operas and operettas by Purcell, Gilbert and Sullivan, Donizetti, Menotti and more.

Children’s Theatre Workshop , 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 in The Theatre. Directed by Dr. Mary Ellen Wright, students of the Children's Theatre class will adapt and perform short plays for children.

Evening of Acting Scenes , 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10 in The Theatre.Directed by Dr. Mary Ellen Wright and Dr. James A. Hatfield, acting scenes, audition selections and Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship scenes will be performed by UT Tyler theatre students.

Opera Workshop , 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 in the Braithwaite Recital Hall. Under the direction of Dr. Molly Johnson, graduate and undergraduate music students will present staged excerpts from operas and operettas by Purcell, Gilbert and Sullivan, Donizetti, Menotti and more.

Tyler Community Band/Patriot Singers , 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 in the Vaughn Auditorium. A joint concert of holiday favorites, featuring Tyler wind and percussion players from the Tyler area and the UT Tyler Patriot Singers, directed by Dr. Mark Johnson.

Fall Commencement, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at the UT Tyler Cowan Center. For more information, go to www.uttyler.edu/news/announcements/commencement.html.

The Friends of the Arts and Theatre’s 3rd Wednesday Film Series Hollywood to Broadway – The Graduate in Cowan Center, room 1009. Film presentations introduced by Professor Jim Yancy and Dr. James A. Hatfield. This semester the series features Hollywood films adapted for production on the Broadway Stage.

Christmas holidays for staff, Begin Friday, Dec. 23. All offices reopen Monday, Jan. 2.