The March calendar of events in the College of Visual and Performing Arts features diverse performances, including the play Baby and the International Guitar Festival.Baby is a tuneful, touching musical gem featuring a trio of couples—each at a different stage of their relationship—as they face the joys and travails surrounding the universal experience of life’s beginning.

Performance times are March 24-27 at 8 p.m., and March 28, at 2 p.m., in the Pridemore Playhouse, Porterfield Hall. Tickets go on sale one week prior to the opening at the Pridemore Box Office. Admission is $8 for the general public, $5 for RU faculty and staff, free with RU student I.D., and $5 for seniors 55 and over and groups of 10 or more.

The International Guitar Festival will open with a gala concert at 8 p.m. on March 19 at Christ Episcopal Church in Roanoke and will continue at Radford University’s Covington Center for Visual and Performing Arts March 20 and 21. Under the direction of music professor Robert Trent, the weekend, themed “Women Guitarists and Composers,” will feature Paraguayan guitarist and Barrios expert Luz Maria Bobadilla and Flamenco guitarist/singer/dancer Marija Temo. RU flutist Leslie Marrs will join Trent in works of women composers, and a youth guitar program and a guitar orchestra will round out the program.

Admission is free. Visit www.radford.edu/~rstrent and click on Radford International Guitar Festival for detailed information or email Trent at rstrent@radford.edu.

Other Visual and Performing Arts events in March include:

Department of Music
(All events are at 8 p.m. in the Performance Hall of the Covington Center. Admission is free.)

• Monday, March 1 – RU Choral Mid-Winter Concert featuring the Madrigal Singers

• Wednesday, March 3 – RU Band Concert featuring the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band directed by Wayne Gallops. Featuring works by Barnes, Nelhybel, Sparke, Barber, Kabalevsky, Milhaud, Gregson

• Monday, March 15 – Nitza Kats “Almost Spring” piano recital

• Tuesday, March 16 – Organ recital featuring faculty and guests

• Wednesday March 17 – Chamber Brass Ensembles featuring Fort Lee Army Band

• Monday March 22 – Clarinet concert featuring David Allen

• Thursday, March 30 – RU Faculty Jazz Concert

Department of Interior Design and Fashion Design

• Tuesday, March 16 through Monday, March 22, The Gallery at the Covington Center – Capstone Celebrations and the Interior Design and Fashion Design Majors Exhibition

• Saturday, March 20, 7 p.m., Preston Hall, Bondurant Auditorium – Annual Fashion Show; Admission is $7 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets may be purchased in McGuffey 211 or by calling 540.831.5386. A reception will take place in the foyer of the Covington Center from 4 to 6 p.m.

Department of Art

• Continuing through Friday, March 5, The Gallery at the Covington Center – RU Juried Student Show

• Tuesday, March 16 through Monday, March 22, The Gallery at the Covington Center – Interior Design Exhibition featuring works by graduating interior design students; exhibit includes designs and impressions from home to office, business motifs and more.

• Continuing through Friday, April 2, Gallery 205, Powell Hall – Graduate Art Student Association Exhibition; students mount their installations in various media.

Admission to art events is free. Hours in the Gallery at the Covington Center are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, noon – 4 p.m. Gallery 205 in Powell Hall exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – noon and 1 – 5 p.m.