Ithaca College

Fine Artists at Five, hosted by the Center for Faculty Excellence, continues Wednesday through Friday this week. Please join us at this Zoom link for 15-20 minutes starting at 5PM EDT.  

Wednesday, April 1

Daniel Gwirtzman­­–producer, educator, filmmaker and dancer--celebrates twenty-five years as a New York choreographer and company director. His repertory for the nonprofit Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company and other concert and commercial projects, has earned praise for its humor, stylistic diversity, musicality, charisma and accessibility. “Mr. Gwirtzman does know that in dance less can be more. And that’s a good thing for any choreographer to know” writes The New York Times. The New Yorker describes him as a choreographer of “high spirits and skill.” Daniel joined the IC faculty in the fall of 2019. Focus of presentation: Daniel will introduce highlights from his diverse repertory through a live narrated slideshow. A few minutes will be left to respond to questions.

Thursday, April 2

Marc Gomes is an actor, writer, filmmaker and teacher. Marc has starred in television series including, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Sue Thomas: FBeye, Commander in Chief; Lightning Force, Chasing Rainbows, Criminal Minds, Medium, Dexter, and Goliath. Marc performs as Third Space Performance Lab with scholar/performer Shanti Pillai. He has co-written and created The Lost Chronicles of Food, a television program that highlights the foodways and cooking methods that contributed to the development of early human societies and cultures. Gomes has served as a Development Committee member, an original teaching-artist, and director with The Unusual Suspects Theater Company since 1996. The Unusual Suspects brings theater making skills to incarcerated and underserved young people in Los Angeles as a means to foster self-confidence, and cultural and racial tolerance.

Friday, April 3

Michael Titlebaum is a saxophonist, composer and arranger, and IC’s Director of Jazz Studies. He has played in many of New York's world-famous musical venues, including the Blue Note, Smalls, Augies, Fez Under Time Cafe and the infamous CBGB's as well as the pit orchestra of the Broadway musical "Cats." He has performed with the Rochester and Binghamton Orchestras and dozens of internationally recognized artists and groups such as Jason Robert Brown, Red Rodney, Randy Brecker, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, Cab Calloway, Jeff Tyzik, Natalie Cole, Billy Taylor, Mel Torme, Manhattan Transfer, Branford Marsalis, Clark Terry, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Hart, Paquito D'Rivera, and many others.