Jason Tsichlis, a composer and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College senior, premieres his Mass in D-flat Major on May 21. The concert is open to the public at no cost.

A setting for sacred texts from the Liber Usualis, a collection of commonly used Gregorian chants, the mass is written for an unaccompanied mixed choir. Tsichlis will conduct the performance, making the event a double debut for this student from Winchester, Mass.

An art and visual culture major, Tsichlis composed the four-movement mass as an independent study, working with John Corrie, director of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Choir and artistic director of the Maine Music Society. “I naturally chose to write a mass because of the form’s important role in the history of Western choral music,” Tsichlis says.

Stylistically, the piece reflects specific composers more than any broad genre such as Romanticism. “I draw on composers such as the Renaissance masters Palestrina and Lasso, and then Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, Debussy and Biebl,” he says. “Two specific pieces I found quite influential are Mozart’s Requiem in D minor and Schubert’s Mass in G major.”

The 18 singers will include members of the college choir and of three ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ a cappella groups, the Merimanders, the Deansmen and the Manic Optimists.

• Thursday, May 21, at 8:30 p.m.
• Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. FMI: 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu

Fourteen studio art majors from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College show work from their yearlong thesis projects in the annual Senior Exhibition.

The exhibition runs through May 30. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. [More]

• Opening reception: Friday, April 10, at 6 p.m.
• ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St.

Fourteen studio art majors from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College show work from their yearlong thesis projects in the annual Senior Exhibition. The show opens with a reception at 6 p.m. Friday, April 10, in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St.

The exhibition runs through May 30. Open to the public at no cost, the museum’s regular hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, please call 207-786-6158 or visit www.bates.edu/museum.xml.

The Senior Exhibition artists are:

[intlink id=”7426″ type=”post”]H. Lincoln Benedict[/intlink] of Shaftsbury, Vt.;

[intlink id=”7443″ type=”post”]Sarah Codraro[/intlink] of Hancock, Maine;

[intlink id=”7466″ type=”post”]Hannah Davis[/intlink] of Bainbridge Island, Wa.;

[intlink id=”7928″ type=”post”]Ryan Dean[/intlink] of Cranston, R.I.;

[intlink id=”7973″ type=”post”]William Gardner[/intlink] of Waitsfield, Vt.;

[intlink id=”8230″ type=”post”]Rachel Kaplan[/intlink] of Westport, Conn.;

[intlink id=”8237″ type=”post”]Jessica Kase[/intlink] of Chappaqua, N.Y.;

[intlink id=”8244″ type=”post”]Elise Kornack[/intlink] of Dover, Mass.;

[intlink id=”8317″ type=”post”]Madeline McLean[/intlink] of Evergreen, Colo.;

[intlink id=”8263″ type=”post”]Elizabeth Mitchell[/intlink] of Auburn, Maine;

[intlink id=”8269″ type=”post”]Hwei Ling Ng[/intlink] of Selangor, Malaysia;

[intlink id=”8280″ type=”post”]Tyler Schoen[/intlink] of Wilton, Maine;

[intlink id=”8311″ type=”post”]Jason Tsichlis[/intlink] of Winchester, Mass.;

and [intlink id=”8290″ type=”post”]Margot Webel[/intlink] of Locust Valley, N.Y.

As their senior thesis requirement, studio art majors at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ create a substantial and cohesive body of work through studio practice and critical inquiry. The yearlong process is overseen by faculty and culminates in this exhibition.

The requirement allows students to develop independence and consistency. They achieve greater depth with their artwork and learn to work both critically and productively.