50th Anniversary Program

Celebrating the Arts: Honoring Our Past and Looking to the Future

Bronco Marching Band

Professor Trey Harris, Director 

“WMU Fanfare” 
Robert Longfield, arr. Leonard Meretta

“WMU Fight Song” 

Welcome

Dan Guyette, College of Fine Arts Dean

Edward Montgomery,  WMU President

Theatre Distinguished Alumni Eric Gutman*

“One Song, Glory” (Rent)
Music and lyrics by Jonathan Larsen

“Broadway, Here I Come!” (Smash)
Music and lyrics by Joe Iconis

“I Wish I Could Go Back to College” (Avenue Q)
Performed with: Haley Rivard, Lily McKinnon, Tommy Glodo and Carter Wright

Speaker

Carl Doubleday* – Music faculty, emeriti, administrator
1968-2009

Laneé Dickens, Ebony Vision

“Colorful”
Choreographed by Jordan Jackson
Music: See-Line Woman by Nina Simone and The Feeling of Jazz by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane 

Speaker

Nina Nelson – Dance faculty, emeriti, chair
1982-2019

Junqi Sophie Tang, Violin and Yu-Lien The,* Piano

Histoire du tango III. “Nightclub 1960”

State of Michigan Tributes

Nate Engle, Governor’s office
State Senator Sean McCann
State Representative Julie M. Rogers
State Representative Christine Morse

Western Dance Project

“Ricochet”
Choreographed by Kiki Lucas
Professor Kelsey Paschich, Artistic Director
Music: "Mur" by: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto and "Thunders And Lightnings" by Ezio Bosso

Speaker

Alison Moore – Senior Art Education Student

Musical Theatre Student Ensemble

Les Miserables Medley
Featuring: Sophia Bellefeuille, Grace Carroll, True Chin-Parker, Kalyse Connor, Mason Gratton, Madeline Hatfield, Henry Lee, Megan Ludwig, Adam Nyhoff, Ana Isabel Passero, and Sophia Schlitt

Speaker

Jack Carney – Art faculty, emeriti, photo program founder
1966-2000

University Student Chorale

Professor Kimberly Dunn Adams, Conductor
Christopher Gray,* Collaborative Pianist

“A Vision Unfolding” from Anthems of a Crowd
Composed by Derrick Skye 

“Wild Forces” from The Hope of Loving
Composed by Jake Runestad 

Speaker

 D. Terry Williams – Theatre faculty, emeriti, chair
1982-2007

Student Advanced Jazz Ensemble 

Professor Andrew Rathbun, Director

“Put Your BeBop in a Box”
Composed by Ryan Bills

Speaker

Dan Guyette – College of Fine Arts Dean
2013-present

Gold Company 

Greg Jasperse,* Director
Faith Quashie,* Solist 

“Never One Thing” 
Composed by Mary Erlewine, arranged by Faith Quashie*