Grand Valley Winds

The Grand Valley Winds Quintet will perform works by Joseph Jongen, Arthur Fine and Gyorgy Ligeti at noon on April 6 in the Cook-DeWitt Center. Members include GVSU faculty, Christopher Kanter on flute, Malen Vavriokova on oboe, Joel Schekman on clarinet, Vincent Karamanov on bassoon and Richard Britsch on horn.

The Quintet’s mission is to enrich Grand Valley State University and its community by performing concerts of varied repertoire, to promote chamber music in the region, serve the state by offering free public school clinics and recitals, and to host instrument days for middle school and high school students.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/music.

Career Exploration Seminar with Sarah Gordon, Manager of Artists & Attractions, and Opus 3 Artists

As part of the Career Exploration Seminar series, students will have the opportunity to hear from Sarah Gordon at 4 p.m. on April 6 in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Room 1325 in the Performing Arts Center.

Gordon is a manager and agent with Opus 3 Artists in New York, representing artists such as Sarah Chang, Conrad Tao and Les Violons du Roy.

Since joining Opus 3 in 2010, Gordon has distinguished herself as the top producing agent, expanded the artist roster, and represents the company at national conferences.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/music.

Spotlight Productions presents Dan+Shay

The 2016 Spring Concert will feature the country duo Dan+Shay with opening acts Ryan Kinder and Joel Crouse at 8 p.m. on April 7 in the Fieldhouse Arena.

Critically acclaimed duo Dan+Shay (Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart with their first album “Where It All Began,” which was released in 2014.

With more than 25 million YouTube views, they are the only new country duo in SoundScan recorded history to debut at No. 1. Additionally, the pair has sold over 1.5 million digital tracks and over 372,000 album equivalents, which includes 117 million streams.

Doors will open at 7 p.m. and tickets are on sale at the 20/20 Information Desk. Grand Valley State University student tickets cost $10, GVSU staff/faculty/alumni tickets cost $15, and public tickets are $25.

For more information visit www.danandshay.com or www.gvsu.edu/studentlife.

GVSU Theater presents ‘Six Characters in search of an Author’

The Grand Valley State University theater department is putting on the show “Six Characters in search of an Author.”

The show tells the story of actors and directors interrupted in the preparation of a rehearsal by the arrival of six visitors. The six visitors say they are unfinished characters from a play and are looking for way to have their theater live completed.

The characters proceed to take over the rehearsal sharing their story through to its tragic conclusion. The show leaves the audience questioning the idea of objective reality and the shifting nature of human identity.

There will be showings at 7:30 p.m. on April 8 and 9 and at 2 p.m. on April 10 in the Louis Armstrong Theatre of the Performing Arts Center.

Piano Studio Recital: Students of Helen Marlais

The piano students of Helen Marlais will perform in recital at 4 p.m. on April 9 in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Room 1325 in the Performing Arts Center.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/piano.

Clarinet Studio Recital: Students of Arthur Campbell

The clarinet students of Arthur Campbell will perform in recital at 5 p.m. on April 9 in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Room 1325 in the Performing Arts Center.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/music.