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This month’s Boston College arts calendar is dominated by the University’s annual Arts Festival, which begins today and runs through Saturday. The festival — with a theme this year of “Make it Pop!” — offers a full complement of events and activities over the next three days, from music and dance performances to exhibits and readings, and special appearances by interdisciplinary artist and alumni honoree Chris Doyle ’81. [Full schedule at www.bc.edu/artsfestival]
But BC’s arts scene will still be quite active after the festival ends. Here is a look at events of interest for the latter part of April.
• On Sunday, Voices of Imani offers its annual spring concert at 5 p.m. in Lyons Hall’s Welch Dining Room. According to organizers, the performance celebrates the end of the academic year and showcases the talents of the choir in a vibrant, spiritual setting. For more information e-mail Voicesofimani.bc@gmail.com.
• On Monday, April 27, Boston College Baroque will present a concert under the direction of Music Department lecturer Anne-Marie Chubet. The string ensemble specializes in music of the Baroque period, including works by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and their contemporaries. The group will perform at 6 p.m. in Gasson 100.
• Later in that venue, at 7:30 p.m., the Boston College Chamber Music Society will perform under the direction of Sandra Hebert, Music Department assistant professor of the practice. The group – an umbrella organization for small ensembles based in the Music Department – includes instrumentalists, pianists and vocalists. The group also will take the stage in Gasson 100 the following day, April 28, for a 4:30 p.m. performance.
• Pianist Tina Dimonda – a 2006 Music Department alumna who also earned a master’s degree in philosophy from BC in 2012 – returns to campus on Wednesday, April 29. She will perform works by Scarlatti, Mozart, Chopin and Messiaen at 8 p.m. in Gasson 100.
For information on the Music Department concerts, call ext.2-6004.
• The final event in this year’s Gaelic Roots series on April 30 features husband-wife duo Chris Newman (guitar) and Máire Ní Chathasaigh (harp), who perform a distinctive and innovative take on Celtic music that includes swing jazz, bluegrass, baroque and other influences. Newman and Ní Cathasaigh have performed at numerous events and venues in the US, Europe and other parts of the world, and toured with leading Celtic performers such as Altan, Cherish the Ladies, Maura O’Connell and Mary Black. They have recorded six albums together and appeared on TV in the US, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Australia and France.
The event, which takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Cadigan Alumni Center on Brighton Campus, is free and open to the public but registration is required. A link to register is available at the Gaelic Roots website, www.bc.edu/gaelicroots.
In addition to music events, several art and photography exhibits are on display through, or beyond, the end of the month:
• Boston College Art Club Student Show, Carney Hall, first floor, Student Programs hallway (through May 1)
• “Beyond the Postcard: The Other Side of Cuba,” O’Neill Library, Level One Galley (through April 30)
• “From the Eagle’s Eye: A Rotating Gallery of Student Photography,” Maloney Hall, fourth floor reception area (through May 15)
• “Creating Boston Common: The Evolution of America’s Oldest Park,” Stokes Hall South, History Department, third floor (through May 31)
• “One Story Draws Another: Staff Selections from the Burns Library’s Irish Collections,” Burns Library (through May 8)
• “Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire,” McMullen Museum of Art, Devlin Hal (through May 31)
For more information on the above exhibits, and other events on campus, see www.bc.edu/events.