Summer Events Featured in Clark Honors College 50th Anniversary Celebration

Classical music lovers, historians, and Shakespeare enthusiasts will enjoy the summer arts events hosted by the Robert D. Clark Honors College as part of their fiftieth anniversary.

In collaboration with the Oregon Bach Festival, CHC alumni, friends and supporters are invited to four Inside Line presentations prior to major works performed during the 2010 Oregon Bach Festival. Special discount tickets are also offered for the Portland opening concert on Sunday, June 27, and the Eugene recital given by Thomas Quasthoff and Jeffrey Kahane on Thursday, July 1. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the CHC’s 50th anniversary website upcoming events page.

Shakespeare fans are invited to three “Summer Shakespeare” sessions, each lasting three days and including tickets to evening performances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. Each session is led by a UO faculty member, and includes afternoon workshops, a backstage tour and discussion with an Oregon Shakespeare Festival cast member. Sessions are offered: July 29-31, August 4-6, and August 6-8. For more details and registration information, click here.

Plans are underway for Homecoming 2010 events (November 1-7, 2010) and a wonderful 50th anniversary celebration gala at the Nines hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday, February 19, 2011. Mark your calendars now!

For all information on upcoming events, historical sketches of the past fifty years, and profiles of CHC alumni (updated bi-monthly), visit the 50th Anniversary website.

Any questions, suggestions, and comments should be directed to Renee Dorjahn, CHC 50th Anniversary Coordinator, at CHC50@uoregon.edu.