Localization News Release
The Mozart Project
Contact: Andrea
Address: Butler University
4200 Sunset
Indianapolis, IN 46208 For Immediate Release
Friday, October 14, 2005


INDIANAPOLIS--- Butler University’s Jordan College of Fine Arts departments will work together to celebrate the school’s sesquicentennial with their original production, “The Mozart Project”, this February.

This event will be the first time all of the disciplines; the symphony, chorus, band, theatre and dance companies will collaborate on one project.

“I think it’s a good idea to put the project together because a lot of the time our dance, music and theater departments are so isolated from each other,” said Emily VanSpeybroeck, a coordinator on the Mozart Project Committee. “It’s nice to have all the departments working together for once.”

The event, featuring approximately 100 hand selected students, will open with a performance of Mozart’s “Requiem” by Butler Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Chorus and a quartet of Butler choir students. The second act will feature the Butler Theatre’s version of Pushkin’s “Mozart and Salieri,” and the performance will close with a Butler Ballet performance to Mozart’s “Paris Symphony, Divertimento in D and Piano Concerto.”

The Butler Chorus in its entirety will not be performing because of previous engagements.

Students who are participating in the project were chosen based upon a combination of skill level and seniority in their discipline.

The ballet pieces will feature choreography original to the “Mozart Project,” written by four of the department’s professors, Derek Jarvis, Michelle Jarvis, Stephan Laurent and Derek Reid.

“This is an additional performance for ballet performers,” said Libby Dye, another student coordinator on the Mozart Project Committee. “Dancers are excited for any extra opportunity. Usually we only have our Midwinter performance this time of year. With the Mozart Project we can do what we love, perform, twice as much as usual, as well as celebrate Butler’s 150th year in our own way. It’s also nice to do something for the alumni and to show them the talent and the passion in our departments today.”

In fact, senior arts administration majors won’t just be inviting alumni to the production, they will be planning and developing a catered luncheon for them preceeding the performance.

“That way, we get to work and interact with alumni, our biggest fan base,” VanSpeybroeck said. “It makes the event fun for all age groups.”

In addition, alumni will be able to hear deans from each of the four colleges represented will speak at the luncheon.

Dye and VanSpeybroeck are joined with Liesl Krieger, Megan O’Rourke, Emily Stephenich and Daniel Thompson to form the Mozart Project Committee. These senior arts administration majors were selected for the committee because of their dedication to both the arts administration profession, and their chosen art form.

The Mozart Project will be held in Butler University’s Clowes Memorial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.
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