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Award-winning chamber music ensemble Merz Trio to perform at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Jan 12, 2022 | Merz Trio, winner of multiple music awards including the 2019 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Highly acclaimed Frisson Ensemble to present holiday concert at St. Bonaventure University’s Quick Center

Nov 19, 2021 | Frisson Ensemble, an 11-member group said to feature the best and brightest of classical music’s rising stars, will perform at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3.

St. Bonaventure choirs to perform Sunday at university’s Quick Center for the Arts

Nov 03, 2021 | St. Bonaventure University’s Concert and Chamber choirs will return to the stage at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, for the first time since the pandemic began.

'American Characters,' SBU Theater's first live production in two years, takes the stage tonight

Oct 20, 2021 | Six student actors take the stage in Garret Theater on the St. Bonaventure University campus tonight (Oct. 20) for a staging of the short verse play "American Character."

Invoke string quartet, international prize winners, to perform at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Oct 07, 2021 | The dynamic multi-string quartet Invoke, winner of the 2018 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, will perform at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct 15.

Baritone Kenneth Overton to perform spirituals for opening of Friends concert season at St. Bonaventure

Sep 10, 2021 | Internationally acclaimed baritone Kenneth Overton, together with pianist Gregory Thompson, will open the 2021-2022 Friends of Good Music performance season at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts with an evening of spirituals on Friday, Sept. 24.

St. Bonaventure University’s Quick Center for the Arts to reopen galleries in late summer

Jun 25, 2021 | Art galleries at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will reopen in late August following a summer of work to restore gallery spaces that had been repurposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

St. Bonaventure University’s Quick Center showcases work of young artists in virtual exhibition

Jun 24, 2021 | Nearly 100 young artists from across the region showcased their talent in the first-ever virtual presentation of the Middle-High School Juried Art Exhibition, held annually by the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University.

SBU Theater student’s capstone project expresses pain, hope of extraordinary year

Jun 14, 2021 | Undaunted by COVID-19 limitations, the students of SBU Theater produced a video production this spring expressing the power of theater to inspire and revive.

St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center for the Arts selected for grant to help museums impacted by COVID-19

Dec 09, 2020 | The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University has received a grant through the Museum Association of New York (MANY) designed to help museums impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic share their collections with audiences who cannot physically visit them.

3D textile art exhibition opens Feb. 8 at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center for the Arts

Feb 03, 2020 | Three-dimensional textile works from more than 40 artists from around the world will be on display Feb. 8 to April 30 at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Slavic Soul Party!, No. 1 in Balkan-soul-gypsy-funk, to perform at St. Bonaventure's Quick Center

Jan 13, 2020 | The fiery Balkan brass band Slavic Soul Party!, known for blending superior virtuosity and spontaneous fun, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Two albums by Sabina now available to Spotify listeners

Dec 03, 2019 | Two albums by Dr. Les Sabina, professor of music and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, are now available to non-industry, general listening audiences.

German vocal ensemble Calmus to present Christmas carols in several languages in St. Bonaventure concert

Dec 02, 2019 | The German vocal ensemble Calmus will perform "Christmas A-Cappella," a performance of traditional Christmas carols in several languages, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

Violinist Barbara Luisi, pianist Alessandro Taverna to perform as duo at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Nov 05, 2019 | The internationally acclaimed duo of violinist Barbara Luisi and pianist Alessandro Taverna will present “Music from Les Images-Encore and Mozart Sonatas” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

SBU Theater’s upcoming performance of ‘Lines’ called ‘unpredictable … entertainingly strange’

Oct 18, 2019 | “Lines,” a newly devised play by SBU Theater featuring Shakespeare, magic, dance and song, will be performed Wednesday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. each night in Garret Theater on the St. Bonaventure University campus.

French virtuoso Julien Labro to present ‘The Art of the Accordion’ at St. Bonaventure’s Quick Center

Oct 04, 2019 | Acclaimed accordion and bandoneón player Julien Labro will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. It is the second concert in the 2019-2020 Friends of Good Music performance season.

Buffalo Philharmonic String Orchestra to open Friends of Good Music season at St. Bonaventure

Aug 27, 2019 | The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s String Orchestra opens the 2019-2020 Friends of Good Music season at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts with a performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22.