As the academic year winds down, California State University, Fresno’s music, theatre and art departments have a variety of concerts, workshops, recitals and shows planned. The events are open to the public.

For more information music events and tickets call 559.278.2654 or see the Web site

www.csufresno.edu/music/CurrentEvents.html.

For information about the University Theatre performance, call 559.278.2216 or see the Web site www.csufresno.edu/Theatre/ .

For information about the Department of Art and Design shows call 559.278.2121.

For a campus map, see www.csufresno.edu/univrelations/map/Default.html.

May calendar

May 1: President’s Quintet & Clendenin Brass Quintet – 7:30 p.m., Wahlberg Recital Hall; $5 general; $4 faculty, staff, seniors, students.

May 3: New Music Ensemble – 7:30 p.m., Wahlberg Recital Hall; $6 general, $5 faculty/staff/ seniors/students.

May 5: Philip Lorenz Keyboard Concerts series – 8 p.m., Concert Hall. A French themed program will feature Pascal Rogé, an award-winning French pianist. This will be the finale of the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts series’ 34th season. The program of works by Fauré, Satie, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc is presented in conjunction with Alliance Française de Fresno. For details, call 559.278.2337 or www.keyboardconcerts.com/index.htm.

May 5-13: “The Gospel at Colonus.” The University Theatre will offer its last performance of the season, May 5-6 and 9-13 at 8 p.m. and May 7 at 2 p.m. in the John Wright Theatre; $17 general admission, $15 faculty/staff/Alumni Association members/seniors, $8 students. For more information, call 559.278.2216.

May 6-7: Opera Workshop, “There is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast!” Opera Workshop and Chamber Singers present comic scenes from Gilbert & Sullivan’s operettas “Iolanthe,” “The Mikado,” “The Gondoliers” and “The Pirates of Penzance” under the direction of Randolph Lacy; 7:30 p.m. May 6 and 3 p.m. on May 7 in Concert Hall; cost $10 general, $8 faculty/staff, $5 seniors/students.

May 8: Faculty composer’s recital – 7:30 p.m., Wahlberg Recital Hall; $8 general, $5 faculty/ staff/seniors/students.

May 8: Fresno State String Orchestra under the direction of Dieter Wulfhorst; 8 p.m., Concert Hall; $8 general, $5 faculty/staff/seniors/students.

May 9: Wind Ensemble Concerto Concert under direction of Lawrence Sutherland; 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall; $6 general, $5 faculty/staff/seniors/students.

May 10: Symphonic Band under the direction of Gary Gilroy; 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall; $6 general, $5 faculty/staff/seniors/students.

May 10-17: Tabidachi “Just before flight” – An art exhibition in the Conley Art Gallery will feature the graduating seniors’ work. Admission is free and open by appointment by calling 559.278.2121.

May 14: Fresno Community Chorus – “Coro Piccolo,” 8 p.m., Concert Hall. The 35-member chamber ensemble will present Gioachino Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle” under the direction of Anna Hamre. Featured are soloists Brigid deJong, Crissand Darling, Randolph Lacy and John Karr, pianist Joy Gaje and Catherine Walker on organ. Tickets are available at the door: $10 general; $8 faculty/staff/students. For more information: 559.278.2654.

(Copy by University Communications student-intern Megan Jacobsen.)