WALTER ANDERSON'S
Robinson & Friends

produced by and starring
mezzo-soprano
LESTER SENTER

~ CHILDREN and ADULTS ~
can experience Walter Anderson's art in a multi-media program combining visual arts, vocal, instrumental music and dance.

Original music composition by composer/conductor
- Colman Pearce
with additional music for male voices -Dr. Timothy Coker in collaboration with the Belhaven College Dance Department

FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 14, 2003
8:00 p.m.
Belhaven College Center for the Arts
835 Riverside Drive
Jackson, Mississippi

Tickets are no longer available online, however you can still purchase tickets by calling the box office at (601) 968-0090. In addition, tickets will also be available at the door of the Belhaven College Center for the Arts, beginning at 5:30 pm.

To purchase tickets, call
(601) 968-0090 or click here to order online.

Click here to reference seating chart for ticket prices @ $50, $30, $10

Preview Robinson & Friends prior to the scheduled engagements
at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.

Walter Anderson wrote the story, Robinson, the Pleasant History of an Unusual Cat, to entertain and educate his children. It was inspired by a neighbor's cat who would sneak into the Anderson home, at night, and walk up and down the keys of their piano. The storyline reveals how an ordinary cat becomes aware of his unusual talents and uses them in extraordinary ways.

It was such a charming yet powerful tale that in 1998, Lester Senter (Mississippi mezzo-soprano) convinced Colman Pearce, Conductor of the Mississippi Symphony in Jackson, Mississippi, to write an original musical setting for chamber orchestra which we have called Robinson, the Cat. It premiered with the Mississippi Symphony in that year and has been performed over twenty times in concerts throughout Mississippi, as well as in Austin, Texas, and Dublin, Ireland. It was recorded at the Dublin performance and will be released as a CD later this year.

Robinson & Friends has been invited to the Smithsonian Discovery Series for three performances January 9 - 10, 2004, to close the Anderson art exhibit which will be there September 26 - January 11 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Anderson's birth.

The Thalia Mara Arts International Foundation is presenting Robinson & Friends on November 14, 2003, at Belhaven College Center for the Arts. Don't miss four new premier performances based on the works of Walter Anderson -- a collaboration of Mississippi's best: Mezzo-Soprano, Lester Senter; Composer/Conductor, Colman Pearce and his orchestra; Composer/Conductor, Dr. Timothy Coker and his Men's Chorus; Belhaven College Dance Department and Choreographers Stephen Wynne and Amy Roark-McIntosh; Video Projectionist, Jeanne Luckett; Video Editor, Lance Cooper; Lighting Designer, Bill Kickbush; and Narrator, William Fulton.

This program will be taken to Mary O'Keefe Theater for the Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and The Dixon Gallery & Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee. It will also be available to travel with the Walter Anderson Exhibit.

As Mississippians, we are justly proud of the work of Walter Anderson and the recognition afforded him by the Smithsonian, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, the Mississippi Museum of Art, and other museums showcasing his art.