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Music, Arts, Culture on Campus

At Albertson College of Idaho, learning continues well beyond class time, often during the fun and excitement of campus activities. Options run the gamut from student-run programming to professional performance troupes. The student-elected Program Council plans events ranging from concerts and comedians to Homecoming and Spring Fling. The International Student Organization gives students the opportunity to explore other cultures through the exchange of ideas over traditional foods during international ‘snack feeds.’ The Caldwell Fine Arts brings world-renowned musicians and entertainers to the Albertson College of Idaho campus and invites students to attend the performances.

Visiting Lecturers

Throughout the year the campus and larger Treasure Valley community are invited to a series of guest lecturers ranging from biologists to statesmen and theologians. These lectures are often held in the board room on the third floor of Sterry Hall and are free and open to the public. Recent lectures have explored such topics as creationism versus evolution and the state of U.S. relations with African nations.

Music

The Music Department is housed in the Langroise Center for the Performing and Fine Arts, which features a 188-seat recital hall. Additional classes and concerts take place in Jewett Auditorium, which includes an outstanding concert hall equipped with a 48-rank Casavant Freres pipe organ and a conservatory grand piano. Nationally prominent concert artists are featured annually here through the Caldwell Fine Arts series.

The Music Department fosters an enhanced appreciation of the performing arts through the many performances in the Langroise Recital Hall, which is also home to a yearly series of concerts by artists-in-residence the Langroise Trio, a rarity in a college of this size. The three performers, violinist Geoffrey Trabichoff, violist David Wayne Johnson, and cellist Samuel Whitney Smith, form our string faculty and prepare students to the highest levels demanded by the profession. The trio was established in 1991 and bears the name of the late arts patron Gladys Langroise.

Students have ample opportunities to perform in solo recitals, musical theatre, opera, ensemble concerts and area churches. The annual choir tour has taken students to such locales as Europe, Canada, the Pacific Northwest, California, and Hawaii.

The department offers a unique chamber music experience through the new Cerveny Chamber Music Institute, with intensive training in violin, viola and cello within a traditional liberal arts curriculum. The residency of the Langroise Trio provides very close contact that includes applied lessons, chamber music coaching, orchestral practicum, weekly master classes or recitals and chamber music performances. Advanced students may occasionally be invited to appear as guest artists with the Langroise Trio. In addition, advanced students are encouraged to audition for a Boise Philharmonic Orchestra apprenticeship, which will enable them to perform with a metropolitan level professional orchestra while in school.

Theatre

The Department prepares theatre majors for graduate study, a theatre career and careers in other fields that benefit from the creative oral communication and managerial skills developed by the discipline. Department productions are an integral part of the instructional program, enhance student aesthetic abilities and enrich the College community and general public. Past performances have included everything from Shakespeare to obscure 20th century comedies.

The Studio Theatre in the Langroise Center serves as the primary playing space for Mainstage Theatre productions and classroom work for acting and directing classes at ACI. This black box theatre converts to thrust, stadium and arena configurations with movable seating sections. All performances are open to the public and the theatre program is open to all students, regardless of major.

Art

The art curriculum is structured to provide students with basic skills in two- and three-dimensional studies such as drawing, painting, design fundamentals, photography, ceramics and sculpture. All these areas include a theoretical component, which is further supported by survey courses in the history of art. Students may then pursue a chosen area in depth, and on a more experimental level by taking advanced studies courses that focus on individual projects in a variety of media. Group discussions of these projects are intended to promote a more personal style of art making, along with skills in critical thinking, visual responsiveness and an awareness of aesthetic issues common to most art forms.

Throughout the year, the artwork of students, professors, visiting artists, and works from the college’s western and ethnographic collections are displayed in Rosenthal Art Gallery. The gallery is located in Blatchley Hall. The displays are always open to the public and often open with a reception and opportunity to meet the artist.

Campus Clubs/Organizations

With more than 60 student organizations, something is always happening on campus. The organizations range from improv theatre clubs to the service group Circle K International. Students will also find an active Greek community with six national fraternities and sororities, and one local sorority on campus. The Campus Ministries program allows students to continue to grow in faith during their academic career. The program is non-denominational and offers late night worship services, small-group bible study and service opportunities.


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