February 2022
Join me as I present a night of twentieth century piano music, featuring works by prominent composers such as Debussy and Ravel, in addition to lesser-known composers such as Henri Dutilleux, Florence Price, and Jean Coulthard. Hope to see you there!
Mars has captured the limelight as regards the concept of “terraforming,” transforming an alien planet to support earthlike life. However, terraforming the moon might be a smarter option.
Graduate flutist Stasia Kulsa will take you on musical tour of the world with works from Poland, Austria, America, and Germany. She will be performing with pianist Dr. Yuna Roh.
Premieres of Composition Student Theo Mitchell, including Galaxy Fish, Atlas’ Lullaby, Grief, and Sunshine Through the Leaves. The program features a variety of student performers from various areas.
Title: Alternative sensing approaches using paper-based devices
A tour of February night skies, followed by the planetarium production “Distant Worlds – Alien Life?”
WSU jazz pianist and music professor Jake Svendsen presents an evening of jazz piano improvisation in a modern trio setting, featuring WSU faculty David Bjur on bass and Darryl Singleton on drums. The pieces performed are drawn from the early to middle period of jazz music’s history, and…
A tour of February night skies, followed by the planetarium production “Distant Worlds – Alien Life?”
School of Biological Sciences seminar: Dr. John Drake, U. of Georgia, “The macroecology of epidemics
Title: Controls on Interfacial Water Structure near Oxide Mineral Surfaces: Implication for Environmental Reactivity
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Mario Ferreira, Department of Physics at University of Aveiro. Dr. Ferreira will present their talk, “Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers”.
Zircon: Host Form for Actinide Radioisotopes Disposal
Join Riley Hoover for an evening of Paris Conservatory and othersuch French Horn solo music as well as two chamber pieces for Horn, Piano, and Tuba/Trombone. Riley’s Senior Recital is a must-see for exciting and aggressive brass playing.
The theory and simulation of systems that have realistic complexity and size and evolve across massive time scales are a critical challenge predicated upon the accurate description of many-body interactions. It builds upon the science of the small to create a new “Middle Science” whose research vision integrates modern math and data science with chemical theories that will be discussed in this seminar.
A tour of February night skies, followed by the fulldome production “The Hot and Energetic Universe.”
This program will feature piano sonatas by Beethoven and Liszt.
Beethoven’s sonata op. 2 no. 3, in four movements, is considered his first virtuosic sonata. Although in classical style, it presents pre-romantic characteristics (especially in the second movement), and its orchestral conception pushes the instrument toward its limits.
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A tour of February night skies, followed by the fulldome production “The Hot and Energetic Universe.”
The Washington State University School of Music will present their first jazz concert of the semester on Tuesday, February 15, at 7:30pm, in Kimbrough Concert Hall. The concert will feature faculty ensemble Jazz Northwest and the award-winning WSU Jazz Big Band under the direction of Regents Professor and…
WSU’s School of the Environment (SoE) will host the Lane Family Lecture in Environmental Science: public presentation by leading environmental justice activist Catherine Coleman Flowers.
WSU experts in diverse fields, ranging from environmental science to sociology, economics, biosystems engineering and community building, will discuss links between their work and environmental justice issues during a free, public event hosted by the School of the Environment online and in person.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites all to a colloquium featuring Dr. Brian Saam, Department of Physics & Astronomy at Washington State University. Dr. Saam will present their talk, “Adventures in Angular Momentum”.
The goal of this competition is to not only call attention to the importance of recognizing the vast inequalities that persists in the world today, but also to recognize the necessity to build a new world – to dream, to envision, to invent, to create – redefining how we live and interact with our surroundings.
Traveling wave structures for lossless ion manipulations (TW-SLIM) is a recently developed technique for the separation of gas-phase ions. Constructed of affordable and highly customizable printed circuit boards, TW-SLIM offers a unique degree of customizability and has already seen extensive growth and evolution in its lifetime.
A guided tour of February night skies and the fulldome planetarium presentation “The Sun: Our Living Star.”
A guided tour of February night skies and the fulldome planetarium presentation “The Sun: Our Living Star.”
Guns are an enduring and deeply polarizing feature in American society. The gun industry has been accused of abandoning self-imposed restraints in favor of fueling extremism. How have we reached this situation, and can anything be done to promote a sensible approach to gun ownership?
This program is called “Exhibition” because all of the pieces are showy in some way. Vexilla Regis Prodeunt sets a Gregorian chant melody in an over-the-top way that only Liszt can. Haydn’s sonata no. 6, one of his earliest, is full of ornamentations, seemingly everywhere. The namesake Mussorgsky…
The Crimson Flute Choir, directed by Dr. Sophia Tegart, will be performing works by Coolen, Piazzolla, Respighi, composition student Theo Mitchell, and more.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. Zachariah Etienne, Associate Professor at University of Idaho. Dr. Etienne will present his talk, “Next-Generation Black Hole and Neutron Star Collision Simulations”.
Enjoy a night of music featuring five unique composers such as Shostakovich, Arild Plau, Alec Wilder, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Jacques Castérède. Thursday, February 24th, 7:30pm in Bryan Hall Theatre.
The WSU Percussion Ensemble and members of the percussion studio will present solo and chamber music for mallet keyboard percussion. Music will include original compositions and transcriptions of popular music performed on marimba and vibraphone.
A guided tour of February night skies and “The Phantom of the Universe,” a fulldome movie about dark matter.
A guided tour of February night skies and “The Phantom of the Universe,” a fulldome movie about dark matter.
Dr. Mechthild Tegeder presents, Central role of assimilate partitioning in plant performance.
Actinides, including uranium, are of unparalleled societal importance. They are the fuels of nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons, are essential for production of many medical isotopes, and are serious environmental contaminants at numerous sites associated with the nuclear fuel cycle or nuclear weapons production.