2019/2020 Celebration of the Humanities
About the Arts at MJC
The MJC Arts Division serves the surrounding community by providing quality performing
and visual arts experiences for audiences both young and experienced. The Art Gallery
presents a variety of shows each year focused on student, faculty and community work. An outstanding community orchestra and band provide free and low cost concerts for
students and area music lovers. The Theatre and Dance Department produces six events
each year including comedies, dramas as well as modern, jazz and hip-hop dance concerts.The
Arts Division partners with on and off campus organizations to produce an annual calendar
of special events including international music ensembles, guest lecturers, political
commentators and solo artists.
Looking to transfer to a four-year university? MJC's Arts, Humanities and Communications
programs are the gateway to a wide range of popular majors.
Programs
Art and Photography
Associate in Arts for Transfer: Art History
Associate in Arts for Transfer: Studio Arts
Associate in Arts: Art
Associate in Arts: Photography
Communication Studies
Associate in Arts for Transfer: Communication Studies
Associate in Arts: Communication Studies
Skills Recognition Award: Communication Studies
Associate in Arts: Dance
Humanities
Associate in Arts: General Studies – Emphasis in Humanities
Associate in Arts: University Preparation – Emphasis in Humanities
Music
Associate in Arts for Transfer: Music
Associate in Arts: Music
Skills Recognition Award: Recording Arts
Theatre
Associate in Arts for Transfer: Theatre
Associate in Arts: Theatre
Skills Recognition Award: Design and Technical Theatre
Skills Recognition Award: Theatre Performance
Location
Arts, Humanities, & Communications - Division Office
Performing and Media Arts Center Room 205 (PAC 205)
435 College Ave - Modesto, CA 95350
Michael Sundquist, Division Dean
Lori Sammis, Division Secretary
Jacquelin Wingett, Administrative Specialist
Cassandra Jane Shoemate, Administrative Technician
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Division Events & Concerts Fall 2019
Thank you for supporting
the ARTS at MJC!
November
The Motion Sickness of Time Travel
Artwork by Paul Berger
October 29 to November 21
Monday-Friday
11:00am-5:00pm
*Art Gallery now open on Fridays!
Fall Sing
Wednesday, November 6
3:30pm-5:30pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
For information please contact Cathryn Tortell, tortellc@mjc.edu
Guitar Concert featuring Michael Silva
Wednesday, November 6 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
Michael Silva / silvam@mjc.edu
Orchestra Day
Thursday, November 7
9:30am-1pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
For information please contact Anne Martin, martinan@mjc.edu
Campus Closed
November 28 and 29
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wind and Percussion Concert
Thursday, November 14 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
Elementary Voice Recital
Monday, November 18 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
Guitar Concert
Wednesday, November 20 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
Travis Silvers / silverst@yosemite.edu
Strings Concert
Friday, November 22 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
Applied Voice Recital
Monday, November 25 at 7pm
First United Methodist Church
850 16th Street
Downtown Modesto
*Free Concert * Free Parking*
Jazz Band
Monday, November 25 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
*Free Concert*
Piano Enrichment
Tuesday, November 26 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
December
Symphonic Band Concert
Monday, December 2 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
*Free Concert*
Erik Maki / makie@yosemite.edu
Community Orchestra Concert
'From the Earth to the Stars'
Featuring the Planets by Gustav Holst and the film music from Star Trek
Tuesday, December 3 at 7pm
Tickets: $5 General / $2 Students
Tickets available at the door
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
Anne Martin / martinan@yosemite.edu
Electronic Music Concert
Wednesday, December 4 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
David Dow / dowd@mjc.edu
Community Concert Band
Wednesday, December 4 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
*Free Concert*
Erik Maki / makie@yosemite.edu
Applied Piano Concert
Thursday, December 5 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
Alejandro Sabre / sabrea@yosemite.edu
'Home for the Holidays'
Winter Choral Concert
Friday, December 6 at 7pm
Tickets $6 General / $5 Students & Seniors
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
Cathryn Tortell / tortellc@yosemite.edu
Tickets Available Online, at the MJC Box Office and at the Door
Big Band Christmas
Sponsored by the MJC Foundation and the Ernie Bucio Little Big Band
Sunday, December 8 at 2pm
Tickets $10
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
This is a fundraiser - all proceeds go towards music scholarships for our music majors.
Thank you for supporting the arts!
Tickets Available Online, at the MJC Box Office and at the Door
MJC FINALS WEEK
December 9th - 13th
The Cripple of Inishmaan
December 5 Preview at 7pm
December 6, 7, 13, 14 at 7pm
December 15 at 2pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Little Theatre
$11 General / $9 Students & Seniors
*Disclaimer* This production will have adult language and themes. Please, no children
under the age of 14.
Tickets Available Online, at the MJC Box Office and at the Door
Lynette Borrelli-Glidewell / borrellil@mjc.edu
MJC Winter Break ~ Happy Holidays, have a safe break!
December 16 - January 1
MJC Campus will be Closed
Campus will reopen January 2nd
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Division Events & Concerts Spring 2020
January
Artwork by Dan Petersen & Dale Laitinen
January 21st-February 13th
Monday-Friday
11:00am-5:00pm
Artist Reception Thursday, January 30 5:30 - 7:30pm
Artist will speak at approximately 6:00pm
*Light refreshments will be served
Stanislaus County Music Educators Association (SCMEA)
January 24 and 25
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
For more information please email Erik Maki / makie@mjc.edu
February
Off~Balance Dance
Modern Rep Concert
February 5, 6, 7, 8 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
$11 General / $9 Students & Seniors
Tickets Available Online, at the MJC Box Office and at the Door
Speech Night
Tuesday, February 11
4:00pm/7:00pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
$5 Pre-sale / $8 at the door
Guitar Concert
Wednesday, February 19 at 7pm
MJC, Recital Hall
Tickets available at the door
Travis Silvers / silverst@yosemite.edu
Faculty Music Concert
Friday, February 21 at 7pm
MJC, Recital Hall
$12 General / $10 Students & Seniors
Tickets Available Online, at the MJC Box Office and at the Door
Anne Martin / martinan@yosemite.edu
“Schism: The Art of the Fractured Self”
Artwork by Jay Scantling
Through painting, sculpture and video, Schism: The art of the Fractured Self depicts
and reflects the fracturing and dissociation of identity in the face of trauma and
its reconfiguration through the creative process. Through imagery derived from dreams
and paralleling themes from mythology, the show presents the transformations of the
self in response to adversity and the creation of art as cycles of destruction followed
by renewal. Schism is about the construction of beauty and meaning out of the horror
of overwhelming life experience.
February 25th-March 19th
Monday-Friday
11:00am-5:00pm
Artist Reception Thursday, March 5 5:30 - 7:30pm
Artist will speak at approximately 6:00pm
*Light refreshments will be served
March
SHREK THE MUSICAL
March 26 Preview
March 27, 28 at 7pm
April 3, 4 at 7pm
April 5 at 2pm
April 2 and 3 at 10am *special school performances
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
$15 General / $12 Students & Seniors
Tickets Available Online, at the MJC Box Office and at the Door
Lynette Borrelli-Glidewell / borrellil@mjc.edu
Youth Art Month
Artwork by local young artists in San Joaquin and Stanislaus County
March 28-April 2nd
Saturday and Sunday
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Monday-Thursday
11:00am-5:00pm
Reception and Awards Thursday, April 2nd 5:30pm-7:30pm
April
Electronic Music Concert
Wednesday, April 1 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
String Concert
Friday, April 3 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
Anne Martin / martinan@yosemite.edu
* Free Concert *
SHREK THE MUSICAL
March 26 Preview
March 27, 28 at 7pm
April 3, 4 at 7pm
April 5 at 2pm
April 2 and 3 at 10am *special school performances
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
$15 General / $12 Students & Seniors
Tickets Available Online, at the MJC Box Office and at the Door
Lynette Borrelli-Glidewell / borrellil@mjc.edu
Elementary Voice Recital
Monday, April 6 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
Duana Demus Leslie / demus-leslied@yosemite.edu
*Free Concert*
New Music Concert
Friday, April 10 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
David Dow / dowd@yosemite.edu
* Free Concert *
Jazz Band Concert
Monday, April 13 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
Erik Maki / makie@yosemite.edu
* Free Concert *
Wind & Brass Concert
Thursday, April 16 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
*Free Concert*
Erik Maki / makie@yosemite.edu
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
Saturday, April 18
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
Cathryn Tortell / tortellc@mjc.edu
Symphonic Band Concert
Monday, April 20 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
*Free Concert*
Erik Maki / makie@yosemite.edu
Guitar Concert
Monday, April 20 at 7pm
MJC, Recital Hall
Tickets available at the door
Travis Silvers / silverst@mjc.edu
Community Orchestra Concert
Tuesday, April 21 at 7pm
Tickets: $5 General / $2 Students
Tickets available at the door
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
Tickets Available at the Door
Anne Martin / martinan@yosemite.edu
Community Concert Band
Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
*Free Concert*
Erik Maki / makie@yosemite.edu
Piano Enrichment Concert
Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm
Recital Hall (Music 108), East Campus
Janisse Foresti / forestij@yosemite.edu
* Free Concert *
Applied Piano Concert
Thursday, April 23 at 7pm
MJC, Recital Hall
*Free Concert*
Spring Choral Concert
Friday, April 24 at 7pm
Performing and Media Arts Center, Main Auditorium
Tickets $6 General / $5 Students & Seniors
Tickets are available at Box Office, and at the door beginning 90 minutes prior to
each performance
May
New Play Fest
Produced by Michael Lynch
Directors TBA
May 29, 30 at 7pm
June 4, 5, 6 at 7pm
Cabaret West Dance Studio, West Campus
$11 General / $9 Students & Seniors
Tickets will be available online and at the door beginning 90 minutes prior to each performance
Last Updated 11.5.19