College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences

Featuring an exciting and diverse group of UNI School of Music faculty artists, this concert will kick off the spring 2012 Spotlight Series concerts. This event is ticketed. For tickets, call (319) 273-4TIX, or visit www.uni.edu/tickets .

Visiting artist Ricardo Rapoport, bassoon, will present a recital. Born in Brazil, where he first studied the bassoon and performed professionally, Rapoport continued on to France where he was awarded a First Prize from the Paris Conservatory, and studied with the world renowned French bassoonist Maurice Allard. He has recorded extensively with many of the most important period orchestras in Europe today, such as Le Concert Spiritual, and le petite Bande, and his recently released CD of the Dard Six Sonatas for bassoon has won critical acclaim. This event is free and open to the public.

Planetarium shows at 7 and 8 p.m. lasting about 30 minutes each.  Free and open to the the public.

Dr. E. Arthur "Art" Bettis of the University of Iowa's Department of Geoscience will outline the processes that formed the landscape of the Mississippi River valley during the last glacial period and over the past 10,000 years. Bettis will also discuss why bottomland restoration scenarios should incorporate existing information about the valley’s geomorphology to develop cost-effective projects and best management practices.

His teaching and research focus on landscape evolution during the past 2 million years. He pursues interests in the long-term behavior of eolian, fluvial and glacial systems and the impact of human activities on the landscape. His recent research involves the Homo erectus peopling and occupation of island Southeast Asia, stratigraphic and sedimentological studies of Midcontinet U.S. loess depositional systems, and the application of alluvial lithostratigraphy in stream management and restoration.

UNI School of Music faculty artist Randy Grabowski will present a trumpet recital with Sean Botkin, piano. This event is free and open to the public.

The UNI Suzuki School will present the Northern Iowa Youth Orchestra in concert. This event is free and open to the public.

The Henderson Invitational Speech Tournament, named after Bill Henderson, director of forensics at UNI from 1978-1997.

Planetarium shows at 7 and 8 p.m. lasting about 30 minutes each.  Free and open to the the public.

The Communication Student Association will hold its first meeting of the spring semester. Learn about getting involved on campus, build your resume and meet other students who are searching for jobs and internships. All majors and minors are welcome, however this is a communication based student organization. CSA's mission is to build your resume, present opportunities for success and help the community; email unicsa2@gmail.com for more information.

School of Music instructor of music education Michelle Swanson will coordinate this workshop. For more information, contact Michelle.Swanson@uni.edu.