This week,Ìýtwo new exhibits featuring local artists are on display in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tower through March, a lecture-recital at Brechemin Auditorium, and a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ vocal performance highlightingÌýscenes from Mozart’s operas.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tower Exhibit: Don Silverstein
January through March 2017Ìý|ÌýÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tower
The illustrative work and abstract paintings of prolific artist Donald Silverstein will be on display on the Mezzanine Level of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tower this quarter. Ìý

Lecture-Recital: Dainius Vaicekonis, Piano
7:30 p.m., January 12 |ÌýBrechemin Auditorium
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ alumnus and former artist-in-residence Dainius Vaicekonis, now head of keyboard studies at Seattle Pacific University, presents a lecture-recital focused on aspects of unity in the last three piano sonatas of Beethoven: Opus 109, Opus 110, and Opus 111.Ìý
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tower Exhibit: Deborah Conger Hughes
January through March 24, 2017Ìý| Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tower
Two exhibits at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tower will honor the generous spirit and creative ingenuity of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ alumna and retiree Deborah Conger Hughes. ÌýThese works include Assemblage Boxes and Flâneur: Photographs by Deborah Conger Hughes, which will be on display in the Tower’s Skybridge Corridor Gallery and the South Plaza Fountain Gallery, respectively.

Opera Theater: Mozart Scenes
7:30 p.m., January 14 | Meany Studio Theater
Artists-in-residence Stephen Stubbs and Cyndia Sieden lead students from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ vocal performance program in scenes from Mozart’s operas.Ìý
Littlefield Organ Series: Timothy Olsen
3:00 p.m., January 15 | Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room
Professor of Organ at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts performs a recital on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Littlefield Organ.Ìý