NOVA and Local Elementary and Middle School Students to take center stage during performance

Hello AL Campus,

The Northern Virginia Community College NOVA Alexandria Band, the John Adams Elementary School Orff Ensemble and the George Washington Middle School Jazz Band will perform a variety of musical selections as part of the Children’s Concert. The concert reflects the Alexandria Campus’s commitment to its community and is also a celebration of music education in the city’s local schools.

Music will include selections by Mark Camphouse, Henry Fillmore, Dizzy Gillespie, Carl Orff, Alfred Reed, and Richard Wagner.  The evening will also include a recognition ceremony for student winners from the Alexandria City Public Schools in the visual and performing arts categories of the National PTA Reflections Programs.

The Grand Finale will include a combined performance by the NOVA Alexandria Band and area elementary and middle school students. The concert is free and open to the public. Parking is free in the Beauregard Street Garage.

Date:              Thursday, 3 March 2016
Time:             7:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Location:       AL Campus Schlesinger Center
Contact:         Lisa C. Eckstein | 703.845.6252 or leckstein@nvcc.edu

Dear Alexandria Campus,

Please take a moment and to review the Spring Break Hours of the AL Campus Bookstore (March 7^th – March 13^th).

Monday & Tuesday:       9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday:                   9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Thursday:                      CLOSED for Inventory 
Friday:                            9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday:     CLOSED 

CONTACT:
For more information please contact Natalie Garcia |  703-671-0043

Facebook:                                     www.facebook.com/nova.alexandria.bkst
Store Website:                             www.nvcc.bncollege.com

Akosua Adoma Owusu is a Ghanaian/American artist who once taught documentary video at Nova. Internationally recognized for her avant-garde work by Art Forum, Indiewire, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Berlinale World Cinema Fund, she is a current Guggenheim Fellow.

“Her work addresses the collision of identities, where the African immigrant located in the United States has a triple consciousness. Owusu interprets Du Bois’ notion of double consciousness and creates a third identity or consciousness, representing the diverse consciousness of women and African immigrants interacting in African, white American, and black American culture.”

Date:                       Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Time:                      7:00 p.m.
Location:                Bisdorf Auditorium | AA-196
Contact:                  Page Carr | lcarr@nvcc.edu

Links: akosuaadoma.com/home.html and https://vimeo.com/user5596421
www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/akosua-adoma-owusu/

Owusu will screen several of her short, experimental films and talk about them. More abstract and associative visual essays than narrative dramas, these films will challenge and surprise.