Graduates of UWindsor programs in music and visual arts will exhibit their talents during Winter Celebration, Saturday, January 16, at the Capitol Theatre.

The Artcite gallery will host works by alumni of the School of Creative Arts. Titled “NINE,” the show will open at 7 p.m. Saturday, will run through February 27, and features art by:

• Patricia Coates (MFA 2013)
• Vanessa Cornell (MFA 2015)
• Nic de Cosson (MFA 2013)
• Amy Friend (MFA 2008)
• Arturo Herrera (BFA 2012, MFA 2015)
• Mike Marcon (BFA 2011, MFA 2014, B.Ed 2015)
• Victor Romao (BFA 1991, B.Ed 1992, MFA 2010)
• Laura Shintani (MFA 2012)
• Joey Stewart (MFA 2011)

Complete exhibition details are available at http://www1.uwindsor.ca/visualarts/soca-alumni-exhibition-opening-at-artcite-inc.

The musical side will be represented by the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, with guest soloists drawn from the ranks of music grads—and one current student. The program will include arias from best-loved operas by Mozart, Verdi and Rossini; a tango by the master Astor Piazzolla; the Scherzo from Beethoven’s third symphony; and magical concerti for guitar and marimba and orchestra.

The featured soloists are:

• soprano Erin Armstrong (BMus 2007)
• mezzo-soprano Amelia Daigle (BMus 2012)
• saxophonist Marc Funkenhauser (BMus 2010)
• marimbist Greg Samek (BMus 2006)
• guitarist Daniel Turner, a third-year BMus student

The concert starts at 8 p.m. Admission is $20, with a student rate of $10. Order tickets by phone at 519-253-3000, ext. 4212, or purchase online at www.uwindsor.ca/music. Find a full program and profiles of the performers on the event website.

The Capitol Theatre is located at 121 University Avenue West.