College of Fine Arts and Production

Photos By David Kadlubowski  The Canyon Choral Society performed its final concert of the 2017-18 academic year at First Southern Baptist Church on Wednesday. The concert featured Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna,” or “Eternal Light,” and Dan Forrest’s “Jubilate Deo.” The students’ next destination is Carnegie Hall, where they will perform at 1 p.m. April 23.    

“We’re here tonight to hopefully, not only mourn together and remember together, but to celebrate their lives together,” Dr. Tim Griffin, Dean of Students, said at Tuesday night’s Celebration of Life ceremony. The GCU community honored the lives of Christian Applegate, Roy Pietrek, Keisha Nicole Oyola Perales, Dr. Tiffany Mealman and Taylor White.

“There’s nothing like it,” Dr. Juan de Dios Hernandez says of performing at Carnegie Hall, which he and 120 GCU vocalists will do April 23. The campus community has one last chance to see those vocalists in concert before their big trip. The Canyon Choral Society will tackle Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna” and Dan Forrest’s “Jubilate Deo” at 7 p.m. Wednesday at First Southern Baptist Church.

Ethington Dance Theatre will wrap up its 2017-18 season with its spring dance concert, “The Tipping Point,” which will feature everything from tap to ballet, postmodern and jazz. About 40 performers will bring to life 13 choreographed works for the concert, which will run Friday to Sunday at Ethington Theatre.

Students took the director’s chair and rose to the top with their submissions to the GCU Film Festival. Elliott de Neve’s music video, “The Distance,” was named Best of Festival. It is the second consecutive year he has won the top award.

More than 30 short films are entered in the GCU Film Festival in eight categories, from documentaries to comedy and animation, to name a few. The films will be screened this weekend at Ethington Theatre, and the event culminates with an awards ceremony on Sunday.

When it comes to online learning, GCU’s faculty have established a reputation of being some of the most sought-after thought-leaders in presenting and publishing their scholarly work. Between 2012 and 2017, they led 163 presentations, and their work was featured in 138 publications. GCU are the innovators, said Rick Holbeck, Executive Director of Online Full-Time Faculty.

Photos by Travis Neely GCU News Bureau Ethington Theatre’s final production of the season is “Anything Goes,” the 1930s musical best known for featuring the music of Cole Porter. The play follows characters on an ocean liner from New York to London who find themselves in madcap situations, and a little romance, too.   

You’ll get tap dancing aplenty in “Anything Goes,” the bright, shiny musical extravaganza that features an almost 40-member cast, the music of Cole Porter, more than 100 costumes and collaborations among the College of Fine Arts and Production’s theatre, dance and music departments. It’s pure escapism, feel-good fun, says director Claude Pensis.

Photos by Slaven Gujic GCU News Bureau The first night of the Student Spotlight Spring Dance Concert was Tuesday in Thunderground. The final performance is scheduled for Wednesday.