Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students

"This is Princeton" 

8 p.m. Friday, February 19

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall

Princeton University

The benefit event is designed to highlight the rich arts culture on campus, and is free and open to the public. The showcase will feature performances by University musicians, singers and dancers.

A number of talented solo artists will perform, including the following singer-songwriters: Princeton senior Ellen Adams; Princeton junior Phyllis Heitjan; and Princeton sophomore Jess Turner. Dancers Adam Zivkovic and Chanel Carmona, both Princeton seniors, also will perform. Kevin Cotter, senior associate director for Annual Giving in the University's Office of Development and a Princeton alumnus, will perform a solo piano piece. Sheila Kohler, a lecturer in Creative Writing in the University's Lewis Center for the Arts, will read from one of her works.

Talented group ensembles also will be featured, including the graduate student band NAFTA, the student Indian dance troupe Naacho and the undergraduate musical theater group Princeton Triangle Club. The Black Arts Company will perform a dramatic piece and the co-ed student a cappella group Shere Khan will sing. Princeton freshman Mariana Olaizola also will perform a solo ballet piece on behalf of the Princeton University Ballet.

The event is organized by the University's Undergraduate Student Government Social Committee and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students. 

Donations will be accepted during the event to benefit the Arts Council of Princeton's community youth and scholarship programs, which provide free and subsidized arts education programming for at-risk local youth. For more information about the Arts Council and their programs visit:  www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. 

The complimentary tickets can be collected at the Frist Ticket Office (open Monday through Friday, 12pm to 6pm) or at Richardson Auditorium starting at 6pm on Friday, February 19.

For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students at (609) 258-5750.