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Kala Pierson, a New York City-based composer and sound/media artist, has been announced as the winner of the inaugural Gregg Smith Choral Competition Contest in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Approximately 50 young cellists from across New York State will come to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ on Saturday, Nov. 14, for Cello Fest.

Gregg Pasquarelli, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Architecture NYC spring 2010 visiting critic and principal of ShOP Architects, New York City, will speak at the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Architecture on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Jerusalem-based artist Ayana Friedman will visit ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ on Nov. 3-5 to discuss Holocaust teacher education programs, and the art of the children of Holocaust survivors.

Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed Distinguished Professor.

Soprano Julianna Sabol and pianist Kevin Moore, both members of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music faculty, will present a concert Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 12:30 p.m. in the Everson Museum of Art’s Hosmer Auditorium.

Depiction of African and African American beauty in the media is the subject of a major ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Symposium event.

The Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, one of Europe’s foremost chamber ensembles, is marking the bicentennial of Haydn’s death with a special appearance at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

The WIS Brass Project ensemble will kick off the second annual John Coltrane Memorial Contemporary Jazz Series at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, in the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company Black Box Theater Dee-Davis Room, 805 E. Genesee St., ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Stage is one of 13 theaters across the nation to receive a grant for future audiences from the New Generations Program.