On Thursday at 3 p.m.,
violinist Nathan Southwick will perform at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of
Art event known as Third Thursday at 3.
The event — which offers a
free musical performance to students, staff and the general public — is held
monthly and is put on by the museum in partnership with the music department at
Utah State University.
James Michael Bankhead, the head
of Utah State’s Music Department, and Nadra Haffar, the educational curator for
the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, have sought performers who can
entertain and draw an audience.
“Nathan has great musical
capability,” Bankhead said. “He can charm an audience.”
“We want a performance that
will be appropriate for the museum and that will draw a good audience,” Haffar
said. “I know Mike chose Nathan to perform because he has the talent and will
put on a good show.”
Haffar said Southwick has
been preparing music to audition with, and the event will be a good opportunity
for him to practice his audition material in front of an audience.
Southwick said he is excited
for the recital and hopes many students and community members will come.
According to Andrea DeHaan, the
administrative coordinator of arts and performance at USU, the event began as
an attempt to get students to bring life back into the museum, which had been
closed during the fall due to understaffing.
Madison Smith, Madeleine Bramhall, Natalie Nix,
Torrey Green, Morgan Poulsen and Diego Mendiola contributed to this report.
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