Departmental Activities

Recent & Upcoming Speakers and Events, 2010-2011: 

CONCERTS 

• Pianist Victor Asuncion (all Chopin concert), Wednesday, October 13, 2010, Jackson Memorial Hall, 7:45 p.m.
   
• The Dunamis Trio (piano trios by Turina, Schonfeld, and Mendelssohn), Wednesday, November 10, 2010, JM Hall, 7:45 p.m.
   
• Garth Newel Piano Quartet, Wednesday, March 2, 2011, JM Hall, 7:45 p.m.
   
• Hesperus Early Music Ensemble, Wednesday, March 30, 2011, Gillis Theater, CLE, 7:45 p.m.

SYMPOSIA AND READINGS
 

• Celebration of Writing, October 13-20, 2010, in connection with the National Day on Writing.  For full details, click here. 
  
   
• Sigma Tau Delta sponsored book reading by John Leland, Learning the Valley, October 27, 2010, 7:45 p.m., Turman Room, Preston Library
    
• Excavating Place: A Panel Discussion on Environmental Literature  (sponsored by the Institute Writing Program, the Institute Honors Program, and the Office of the Dean), featuring John Leland as a panelist, December 1, 2010, 4:30 p.m., Turman Room of Preston Library
   
• The Fourth VMI Poetry Symposium, March  4-5, 2011, Preston Library

TRIPS 

• The English Society trip to the Virginia Film Festival, November 4-7, 2010
   
• The English Society trip to Washington, D.C., February 18-20, 2011
   
• The Department of English and Fine Arts Spring Furlough trip to London, March 12-20, 2011
   
• The Timmins-Gentry Music Society trip to New York, March 24-27, 2011