This Week at Baylor – Dec. 4-10, 2016
Baylor Bella Voce will perform in the Carol Vespers Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5. (Courtesy photo)
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WACO, Texas (Dec. 2, 2016) – This week, Baylor University will host several notable events, including a Christmas concert and a lecture by environmental science professor Trey Brown, Ph.D.
Monday, Dec. 5, is the last day of classes for the fall semester. Tuesday, Dec. 6, and Wednesday, Dec. 7, are study days before final examinations begin Thursday, Dec. 8.
SUNDAY, Dec. 4
Christmas Carillon Recital – University Carillonneur Lynnete Geary will present a carillon concert at 2 p.m. on the McLane Carillon in the tower of Pat Neff Hall, 1320 S. 7th St. Lawn chairs are welcome on the grounds for the concert. In case of rain, you can hear the concert from the covered walkway along Draper Hall. This recital is free and open to the public.
Carol Vespers – Baylor Bella Voce, pianist and composer Kurt Kaiser, flutist Helen Ann Shanley and clarinetist Richard Shanley will perform in the Carol Vespers Christmas concert at 3 p.m. in the McLean Foyer of Meditation at Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. Tickets are $15 and are available through the School of Music box office, or click here to purchase tickets online.
Composer Forum Concert – Works by students from the studio of Scott McAllister, Ph.D., professor of composition in the School of Music, will be featured in a concert at 8 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall of the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. This event is free and open to the public.
MONDAY, Dec. 5
Student Carillon Recital – Carillon student Mitchell M. Won will present a student carillon concert at 4 p.m. on the McLane Carillon in the tower of Pat Neff Hall, 1320 S. 7th St. Lawn chairs are welcome on the grounds for the concert. In case of rain, you can hear the concert from the covered walkway along Draper Hall. This recital is free and open to the public.
Carol Vespers – Baylor Bella Voce, pianist and composer Kurt Kaiser, flutist Helen Ann Shanley and clarinetist Richard Shanley will perform in the Carol Vespers Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. in the McLean Foyer of Meditation at Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. Tickets are $15 and are available through the School of Music box office, or click here to purchase tickets online.
TUESDAY, Dec. 6
Environmental Science Lecture – Trey Brown, Ph.D., lecturer in environmental science in the College of Arts & Sciences, will deliver a lecture on lead contamination and toxicity at 5 p.m. in Room A108 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave.
by Kalli Damschen, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805
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