As the days get longer and the weather begins to turn warmer, East Tennessee State University’s campus is blooming with arts activities.

ETSU is home to a thriving arts community, and the university invites the public to visit campus and take in art exhibits, concerts, films and more this spring.

Department of Music

  • The ETSU Orchestra will perform at State Street United Methodist Church, 650 Valley Drive, Bristol, Virginia, on March 1 at 7:30 p.m.
  • A BucsWorth Tenor Bass Choirs Collaborative Concert with the Virginia Glee Club will be held March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 105 S. Boone Street, Johnson City.
  • The internationally acclaimed ETSU Chorale will travel for a concert tour of Ireland from March 9-19, and a Send-Off Concert will be held March 3 at 3 p.m. at Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 S. Roan Street, Johnson City.
  • Adjunct faculty member Monica Song will perform a Faculty Piano Recital on March 3 at the Martin Center for the Arts.
  • A Percussion Studio Recital will be held March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Center.
  • The Opening Bands Concert featuring the ETSU Wind Ensemble and Concert Band will be held March 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Center.
  • Dr. Steph Frye-Clark will perform a Faculty Tuba Recital on March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Center.
  • BucsWorth and Belles in Concert featuring the Department of Music’s tenor/bass and soprano/alto choirs will be March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Center.
  • Perfect Harmony, a concert showcasing ETSU’s a cappella ensembles Greyscale, Swashbucklers, Ascension, Harmonium and The Buc Four, will be held March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Center.
  • Three student recitals will be performed March 24 at the Martin Center: Kerri Draskovich, flute, at 2 p.m.; Kate Boundy, clarinet, at 5 p.m.; and Bowen Yi, piano, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sam Mears will perform a Student Trumpet Recital on March 25 at the Martin Center.
  • A Flute Duet Recital featuring ETSU faculty member Roya Farzaneh and guest artist Nancy Scheeloch-Bingham, accompanied by pianist Monica Song, will be held March 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Martin Center.

Reece Museum

  • Current exhibits at the Reece Museum include “Storehouse of Knowledge: Recent Acquisitions to the Reece Museum’s Collection,” which runs through March 22; “View from West Poplar Street to Gilmer Park,” which closes March 8 and showcases paintings by ETSU alumnus Bill Nickels; and “Embodying Culture: Women in Appalachia,” which continues through July 5. Receptions for these exhibits will be held Thursday, Feb. 29, at 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.

ETSU Art Galleries

  • The “Positive/Negative 39 National Juried Art Exhibition” continues through March 8 at Slocumb Galleries in Ball Hall, with a reception and juror’s lecture by Michelle Fisher, curator of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, planned for March 7 from 5-7 p.m.
  • The Tipton Gallery in downtown Johnson City is hosting an MFA Exhibition by Ben Conley through March 8, with a reception on March 1 at 6 p.m. as part of the city’s First Friday celebration; an MFA Exhibition by Ursula Gullow from March 11-22 with a reception on March 22 at 6 p.m.; a Digital Media Students Exhibition from March 18-29; and an MFA Exhibition by Delaney Rogers from March 25-April 5.

Martin Center for the Arts

Cinema at ETSU

  • The 52 Film Festival, in which teams have 52 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film with a public screening at the end, will be held March 1-3 at the Wallace Theatre, 215 E. Main Street, Johnson City.
  • The First Friday Screening Series: Arthouse Academy will screen “Anatomy of a Fall” on March 1 at 7 p.m. at the Bud Frank Theatre, Gilbreath Hall.

Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies

  • The Old-Time Bands of ETSU’s Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies will host and perform in a Square Dance event on March 6 at the Down Home, 300 W. Main Street, Johnson City.

For disability accommodations for events held on the ETSU campus, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at (423) 439-8346.

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