Published: February 19, 2018
UT Symphony Orchestra to Give Concert Feb. 21
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, join The University of Tampa Symphony Orchestra for an eclectic concert, with works ranging from Mozart to Star Wars. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Falk Theatre, 428 W. Kennedy Blvd., and is free and open to the public.
The program for the concert features Mozart's Overture to Marriage of Figaro, Lehar's Ballsirenen, Arias from Pirates of Penzance (featuring trumpet soloist Steven Hager), the American folk song Shenandoah and music from the film Star Wars.
Membership in the orchestra is open to community members of all ages, including high school, who play string, wind, brass and percussion.
Under the direction of Susan B. Robinson, the orchestra plays a variety of music, from serious classical works to lighter fare. All repertoire is performed at a high level of technical and artistic achievement.
Visitor parking is available on the ground floor of the Thomas Parking Garage. For more information about the event, contact Robinson at srobinson@ut.edu.
On Sunday, April 8, The University of Tampa’s 2017-2018 Sykes Chapel Concert Artist Series will conclude with a performance by the Philadelphia Brass, called “one of the gems of Philadelphia’s cultural life” by NPR’s Martin Goldsmith. The concert begins at 2 p.m. in the Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values and is free and open to the public.
The concert will have a special emphasis on American music, featuring works by Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington and Frank Loesser, among others.
On Friday, March 30, The University of Tampa will welcome pianist Frederick Moyer — hailed by The New York Times as “first-class” and The Milwaukee Journal as “a superstar pianist” — for a guest recital. The concert, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Plant Hall Grand Salon.
The program for the performance will include works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Oscar Peterson.
“There are a lot of stereotypes and studies that say boys aren’t as good in second language acquisition as females,” said Harrington, who worked with Assistant Professor Andrew DeMil on the research project, “Gender differences in Spanish Language Learning: Speaking Exams,” which they presented at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference in February and to the UT Board of Trustees March 22.
“We wanted to do a study of our own here at UT. In the previous year (DeMil) had studied reading comprehension of girls versus boys, so we wanted to study speaking this year,” said Harrington, of Maple Grove, MN. “The results were the same though. The boys aren’t any worse, if not the same, as females. They are just extremely underrepresented.”