News, Publications & Research | Programs in Visual and Performing Arts

St. Bonaventure student theater group to present ‘We Live by the Sea’ April 6-9

Mar 29, 2022 | SBU Theater, the student theater group at 51�Թ�app, will present its spring 2022 production “We Live by the Sea” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, April 6-9, at Garret Theater, located adjacent to Devereux Hall on the St. Bonaventure campus.

Konrad Paszkudski Jazz Trio to perform works from the Great American Songbook at St. Bonaventure

Feb 25, 2022 | The Konrad Paszkudski Jazz Trio will perform works from the Great American Songbook at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 11, at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

WNY Chamber Orchestra with conductor Glen Cortese to return to St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Jan 31, 2022 | The Western New York Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Glen Cortese, will perform at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13.

Olean pastor, SBU students to speak at celebration of MLK Jan. 31

Jan 19, 2022 | Rev. Gerald Slack, pastor and superintendent of Olean’s Sacred Temple Church of God in Christ, will be the featured speaker at 51�Թ�app’s celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Award-winning chamber music ensemble Merz Trio to perform at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Jan 12, 2022 | Merz Trio, winner of multiple music awards including the 2019 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Highly acclaimed Frisson Ensemble to present holiday concert at 51�Թ�app’s Quick Center

Nov 19, 2021 | Frisson Ensemble, an 11-member group said to feature the best and brightest of classical music’s rising stars, will perform at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3.

St. Bonaventure choirs to perform Sunday at university’s Quick Center for the Arts

Nov 03, 2021 | 51�Թ�app’s Concert and Chamber choirs will return to the stage at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, for the first time since the pandemic began.

'American Characters,' SBU Theater's first live production in two years, takes the stage tonight

Oct 20, 2021 | Six student actors take the stage in Garret Theater on the 51�Թ�app campus tonight (Oct. 20) for a staging of the short verse play "American Character."

Invoke string quartet, international prize winners, to perform at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Oct 07, 2021 | The dynamic multi-string quartet Invoke, winner of the 2018 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, will perform at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct 15.

Baritone Kenneth Overton to perform spirituals for opening of Friends concert season at St. Bonaventure

Sep 10, 2021 | Internationally acclaimed baritone Kenneth Overton, together with pianist Gregory Thompson, will open the 2021-2022 Friends of Good Music performance season at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts with an evening of spirituals on Friday, Sept. 24.

51�Թ�app’s Quick Center for the Arts to reopen galleries in late summer

Jun 25, 2021 | Art galleries at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will reopen in late August following a summer of work to restore gallery spaces that had been repurposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

51�Թ�app’s Quick Center showcases work of young artists in virtual exhibition

Jun 24, 2021 | Nearly 100 young artists from across the region showcased their talent in the first-ever virtual presentation of the Middle-High School Juried Art Exhibition, held annually by the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 51�Թ�app.

SBU Theater student’s capstone project expresses pain, hope of extraordinary year

Jun 14, 2021 | Undaunted by COVID-19 limitations, the students of SBU Theater produced a video production this spring expressing the power of theater to inspire and revive.

St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center for the Arts selected for grant to help museums impacted by COVID-19

Dec 09, 2020 | The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 51�Թ�app has received a grant through the Museum Association of New York (MANY) designed to help museums impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic share their collections with audiences who cannot physically visit them.

3D textile art exhibition opens Feb. 8 at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center for the Arts

Feb 03, 2020 | Three-dimensional textile works from more than 40 artists from around the world will be on display Feb. 8 to April 30 at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Slavic Soul Party!, No. 1 in Balkan-soul-gypsy-funk, to perform at St. Bonaventure's Quick Center

Jan 13, 2020 | The fiery Balkan brass band Slavic Soul Party!, known for blending superior virtuosity and spontaneous fun, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Two albums by Sabina now available to Spotify listeners

Dec 03, 2019 | Two albums by Dr. Les Sabina, professor of music and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, are now available to non-industry, general listening audiences.

German vocal ensemble Calmus to present Christmas carols in several languages in St. Bonaventure concert

Dec 02, 2019 | The German vocal ensemble Calmus will perform "Christmas A-Cappella," a performance of traditional Christmas carols in several languages, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Violinist Barbara Luisi, pianist Alessandro Taverna to perform as duo at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Nov 05, 2019 | The internationally acclaimed duo of violinist Barbara Luisi and pianist Alessandro Taverna will present “Music from Les Images-Encore and Mozart Sonatas” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at 51�Թ�app’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

SBU Theater’s upcoming performance of ‘Lines’ called ‘unpredictable … entertainingly strange’

Oct 18, 2019 | “Lines,” a newly devised play by SBU Theater featuring Shakespeare, magic, dance and song, will be performed Wednesday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. each night in Garret Theater on the 51�Թ�app campus.