Worthy of Your Dreams!: Foulger School of Music Gala
Who: Weber State University Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities
and Department of Performing Arts
What: Sid & Mary Foulger School of Music Gala Celebration
When: 7:30 pm o Friday, 14 September 2012
Where: Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
The Weber State University Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts
& Humanities and the WSU Department of Performing Arts will
celebrate the dedication of the Sid & Mary Foulger School of Music
with a musical gala at 7:30 pm, Friday, 14 September, in the Austad
Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. The WSU Jazz
Combo will entertain guests upon arrival at the main entrance (west) of
the Browning Center, at 7 pm.
The program at 7:30 will begin with remarks by WSU President Ann
Milner, Madonne Miner, Dean of the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts
& Humanities and Sid Foulger with a video tribute to Mr. Foulger.
The musical program will feature:
Chamber Orchestra Ogden, conducted by Dr. Michael Palumbo, with
WSU student, Chin-Jung Hsieh, pianist, playing the first movement of the
Ravel "Concerto in G";
WSU Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr. Mark Henderson;
WSU student, Fan-Ya Lin, piano, performing Chopin´s "Ballade No. 4 Op. 52 in f minor";
and the grand finale, "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin
arranged for five pianos by Fan-Ya Lin and Jared Jaccard and performed
by Fan-Ya Lin, Jared Jaccard, Eliza Taylor, Ling-Yu Lee and Maggie
Whatcott
This past spring Weber State University announced the $5 million
pledge by Sid W. Foulger to endow a school of music at Weber State
University. WSU President Ann Millner then announced the establishment
of the Sid & Mary Foulger School of Music in the Department of
Performing Arts and the WSU Board of Trustees unanimously voted to
create it.
Arts & Humanities Dean Miner considers Foulger´s gift
tremendously important. "Having a school of music symbolically and
literally affirms the importance of music education at Weber State," she
said. "It proclaims a level of achievement and support. I envision the
Sid & Mary Foulger School of Music as a place where students receive
a remarkably personalized education; one that encourages them to soar
to heights beyond what they ever imagined possible."
A pianist himself, Foulger has a close affinity with the
performing arts, especially music. He is a firm believer in the
transformative power of music, and is committed to advancing
opportunities for music education and achievement. We thank him for his
generous gift to WSU and the future of our committed and talented
students.
This formal naming ceremony and public celebration is free and
open to the public. Children 8 years and older are welcome to attend.
This will be a gala affair and all are invited to celebrate the new Sid
& Mary Foulger School of Music at Weber State University!
For more information about the Sid & Mary Foulger School of Music in the WSU Department of Performing Arts,
contact Carol Biddle, cbiddle@weber.edu
For more information about the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities,
contact Madonne Miner, madonneminer@weber.edu
For more information about the WSU Department of Performing Arts or the Gala performance,
contact Caril Jennings, crjennings@weber.edu
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