NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Collaboration among university departments and programs sounds like a good thing. Faculty members and students working together across disciplines and learning from each other creates better opportunity for all.

But in reality, cross-discipline collaboration can be hard. Departments establish routines and schedules that can make it difficult to align with other programs. For example, in most cases, theatre rehearsals take place in the evening, while music rehearsals happen during the day, followed by performances in the evening.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Fans of music made popular over the past 70 years won’t want to miss the fourth installment of the concert series “Broadway, Movies and Classics” presented by Stephen F. Austin State University’s Orchestra of the Pines at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

The program will take audiences through generations of music with the tunes of popular artists such as Journey, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Paul Simon and much more, according to Dr. Gene H. Moon, director of orchestras at SFA and of the Orchestra of the Pines.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — When Elizabeth Hutchison, lecturer in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Computer Science, learned about the Girls Who Code club at the Nacogdoches Public Library, she immediately wanted to be involved, and students in the department responded just as enthusiastically.

For an hour each week, computer science students meet at the library and help local girls learn how to code. The nonprofit organization Girls Who Code teaches girls the basics of computer programming while the SFA students assist and answer questions.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Area students will learn that science can be fun and exciting when the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and the Children’s Performing Arts Series once again present Super Scientific Circus in two performances Wednesday, March 7, in W.M. Turner Auditorium.

Widely popular among CPAS audiences, Super Scientific Circus features circus skills, magic tricks, comedy and mime to illustrate fundamental scientific concepts such as gravity, air pressure and ultraviolet light.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Join Stephen F. Austin State University’s Swingin' Axes and Swingin’ Aces jazz bands for a thrilling evening of jazz and fun at the Fredonia Brewery on Friday, March 2, starting at 6 p.m.

From 6:30 to 8 p.m., hear music composed and arranged by the late Darrell Holt, a nationally recognized jazz arranger/composer and a former director of the Swingin' Axes. The Swingin’ Aces, directed by Dr. J.D. Salas, associate professor of tuba and euphonium studies, will open the set followed by the Swingin’ Axes.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — As giggles hush in the library of Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School, Stephen F. Austin State University senior Melanie Lynch begins reading “Anna Hibiscus’ Song” by Atinuke and Lauren Tobia.

Recently, SFA students and faculty members participated in the National African-American Read-In, an event promoting diversity in children’s literature and highlighting African-American authors. This is the second year SFA has participated.

“I love being involved with the students and helping improve their educational experience,” Lynch said.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “Queen Mimi” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Guest pianist May Phang will perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

Her performance is part of the SFA School of Music’s Calliope Concert Series. She is currently on the piano faculty at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

Dr. Andrew Parr, professor of piano at SFA, met Phang when he was attending the Interharmony Chamber Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy, in 2016.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Four music faculty members at Stephen F. Austin State University will lend their talents to a fundraising concert that will benefit a voice scholarship.

The concert, “Beethoven and Bonn-Bons,” will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Old University Building and will feature Jennifer Dalmas, violinist; Evgeni Raychev, cellist; and Andrew and Linda Parr, pianists.