Six years ago, the Peruvian band Wayanay Inka wowed a local audience with its virtuosity on instruments from the Andes: bamboo panpipes, flutes and charangos, for instance. On July 14, the band returns as the climax of the 2008 University Summer Performance Series.
The 19th annual concert series is a collaboration between Texas A&M University and the University of Houston Moores School of Music. Elite faculty and students perform in College Station early in the week and on following days in Houston.
This year's season consists of seven concerts, rather than the usual five, because of the booking of Wayanay Inka and internationally acclaimed Polish pianist Adam Wodnicki. The extra performances have been underwritten by the Arts Council of Brazos Valley and the Gilbert and Thyra Plass Arts Foundation.
The schedule:
• June 2 -- Summer Salon, Rudder Theater on the Texas A&M campus.
• June 9 -- Texas Music Festival Jazz Project, Rudder Theater.
• June 13 -- Texas Music Festival Orchestra, Klauspeter Seibel conductor, Rudder Auditorium.
• June 16 -- As American As ...., Texas Music Festival Orchestra, Franz Krager conductor, Rudder Theater.
• June 23 -- Double Fantasy, Rudder Theater.
• July 8 -- Wodnicki, George Bush Presidential Conference Center, 1000 George Bush Drive W. in College Station.
• July 14 -- Wayanay Inka, Rudder Theater.
All concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Season tickets are $30 for students and $90 for nonstudents at the Memorial Student Center box office on campus.
Tickets for four performances of your choice are $20 for students and $55 for nonstudents. Individual tickets are $5 for students and $15 for nonstudents.
Sponsors are the Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts, the Department of Performance Studies, the Memorial Student Center, the University Honors Program, the Arts Council of Brazos Valley and the Office of the President at Texas A&M University.
Calling all seniors
Part of the explosive growth experienced by Bryan-College Station during the past 10 years results from an increase in the ranks of senior citizens.
On Wednesday, a host of organizations will spread the welcome mat to provide seniors with information about nutrition, entertainment, health and fitness, volunteer opportunities and dozens of other activities.
The free event, sponsored by H-E-B and The Eagle, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive in Bryan.
Seminars include "Improving Your Health Through Dancing" by Susan Quiring, home safety by Alma Fonseca, joint replacement by Bill Whiting, estate planning by Cletus Davis and "Senior Beware! Top 10 Scams Targeting Seniors" by Barbara and Paul Pratt.
Entertainers include Sylvester Singleton from 9 to 10 a.m., the Medicare Jam Band from 10 to 11 a.m., A Joyful Noise from 11 a.m. to noon, Texas A&M Swing Cats from noon to 12:30 p.m., Stetson Trio afrom 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and Dave Michulka Band from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
'El Vaquero'
Tales of cowboys in the Old West will be spun by Angel Vigil at the George Bush Presidential Library Center, 1000 George Bush Drive W. in College Station, at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
'El Vaquero' is a free event presented by the Bush Museum Storytellers Guild.
Book signing
Author Debra Clopton will sign her books at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Madison County Library.
The event is hosted by the Madison County Writers Guild.
Clopton is a Madisonville native and the author of a popular series of Christian romance novels that have won her the 2006 Inspirational Readers Choice Award and the 2007 Barclay's Gold Award.
More 'Peril'
The ocean is still a dangerous place in Navasota Theatre Alliance's Peril on the High Seas.
Performances of the melodrama will continue at 2 this afternoon, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. May 25.
The Saturday performance will be a dinner theater beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 for singles and $40 per couple. Reservations are required by calling 936-825-3195.
Regular tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for students and senior citizens, $5 for children 12 and under and $6 for NTA members. Thursday tickets are two-for-one.
TROUPE classes
Brazos Valley TROUPE's Summer Musical Theatre Camp will feature a production of Annie Jr., an all-kids version of the popular Broadway show.
Registration ends May 20 or when 25 children have signed up.
Tuition is $200 for members and $225 for nonmembers; call 846-4903 to reserve a spot.
Auditions will be May 27. Audition materials can be picked up at 3705 E. 29th St. between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
Workshop dates are June 17-20, 23-27 and 30, July 1-2 and 7-11 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Performance dates are July 11-13 and 17-18, at 3705 E. 29th St. in Bryan.
Art notes
• The reception for the Brazos Valley Art League Student Scholarship Show will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Texas Gallery, 2275 Dartmouth St. in College Station.
The student art will be on display through May 31. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.
• Artist Margit Ilika honors grandmothers with her "Viva Las Abuelas!" exhibit at the Frame Gallery, 216 N. Bryan St. in downtown Bryan.
Ilka is the first of the featured-artist series started by gallery owner Greta Watkins. The gallery also offers art classes. For more information, call Watkins at 822-0496.
• The Benjamin Knox Art Center, 405 University Drive in College Station, is offering a Kid's Art Camp. Five week-long sessions will start June 9 for children who have finished first to fifth grades. The instructor will be Teri Head.
Registration is $100 with a $25 discount if signed up by May 31.
For more information, call 696-5669 or go online to www.benjaminknox.com.
• Jim Butler's e-mail address is jim.butler@theeagle.com.
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