School of Music News tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156 2009-11-18T21:40:48Z Movable Type 4.25 Employment Opportunities at the School of Music tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.205216 2009-11-17T17:30:17Z 2009-11-18T21:40:48Z Faculty positions Applied Clarinet--Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor (word document) Ethnomusicology--Assistant Professor, Tenure Track (word document) The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer and educator.... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Faculty positions
Applied Clarinet--Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor (word document)

Ethnomusicology--Assistant Professor, Tenure Track (word document)

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer and educator.

]]> The University of Minnesota School of Music presents a one-day "Instrumental Conducting Symposium" for professional band directors of all levels tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.196590 2009-10-08T19:19:06Z 2009-11-10T15:22:38Z The University of Minnesota School of Music presents a one-day "Instrumental Conducting Symposium" for professional band directors of all levels Saturday, December 12, 2009 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ferguson Hall, University of Minneapolis School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Saturday, December 12, 2009 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ferguson Hall, University of Minneapolis

The Conducting Symposium will inspire you and invigorate your passion for teaching and music-making. The symposium focuses on issues of interest to music educators at all levels including effective rehearsal and conducting techniques, communication, and movement for conductors. You will learn how to become an advocate for genuine music-making by approaching it from the inside out. The Conducting Symposium will be limited to 50 overall participants with 12 conductors selected to participate as active conductors. Participants will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

For more information, download the Conducting Schedule Cover Letter. To apply, download the Application and Conducting Component.

]]> 16th Annual High School Honor Band tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.192834 2009-09-23T21:12:06Z 2009-09-23T21:24:10Z The University of Minnesota High School Honor Band Weekend will be Friday, January 29 through Sunday, January 31, 2010. Ninety of the upper Midwest's finest young wind and percussion instrumentalists will rehearse and perform challenging wind music in Ted Mann... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel The University of Minnesota High School Honor Band Weekend will be Friday, January 29 through Sunday, January 31, 2010. Ninety of the upper Midwest's finest young wind and percussion instrumentalists will rehearse and perform challenging wind music in Ted Mann Concert Hall.

For more information, download the Letter from the Directors.

To apply, download the application.

All applications and tapes must be received in the University of Minnesota Bands Office no later than Monday, November 9, 2009.

]]> School of Music Fall 2009 Convocation with Keynote by Marin Alsop tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.189155 2009-08-28T23:31:05Z 2009-08-28T23:56:59Z Featuring a keynote by Marin Alsop, internationally acclaimed conductor, on "Education and the Arts: Musicians as Engaged Leaders" and a performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Make Our Garden Grow" by the University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs. School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Event will take place in Ted Mann Concert Hall on Tuesday, October 6 at 10 a.m. Featuring a keynote by Marin Alsop, internationally acclaimed conductor, on "Education and the Arts: Musicians as Engaged Leaders" and a performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Make Our Garden Grow" by the University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs. Featured speakers also include James A. Parente, Jr., College of Liberal Arts Dean and David E. Myers, School of Music Director. The community is invited to attend. For more information on Marin Alsop, visit her website.

]]> U of M School of Music Introduces New Summer Programs tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.181483 2009-05-26T17:21:58Z 2009-05-26T17:27:12Z Discover new and perennial U of M School of Music summer programs! New programs include Opera Arriva!, an opera intensive for advanced operatic performers, and the U of M Summer Orchestra. Visit our Summer at the School of Music to... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Discover new and perennial U of M School of Music summer programs! New programs include Opera Arriva!, an opera intensive for advanced operatic performers, and the U of M Summer Orchestra. Visit our Summer at the School of Music to find the program for you.

]]> Mobile Music for Everyday People: A Symposium on Mobile Music tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.180404 2009-05-14T18:49:10Z 2009-05-14T19:13:29Z The University of Minnesota School of Music, the Department of Art, the Collaborative Arts Department, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the Minnesota Futures Grant Program present Mobile Music for Everyday People: A Symposium on Mobile Music and Sound on... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel The University of Minnesota School of Music, the Department of Art, the Collaborative Arts Department, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the Minnesota Futures Grant Program present Mobile Music for Everyday People: A Symposium on Mobile Music and Sound on May 22 and May 23. Michael Bull, author of Sound Moves: iPod Culture and Urban Experience (2007), will be the keynote speaker. Other featured participants include Ali Momeni, Jenny Schmid and Minneapolis Art on Wheels.


]]> CMW Presents Three World Premieres by SOM Students tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.179698 2009-05-08T15:45:40Z 2009-05-08T16:01:17Z Join the Contemporary Music Workshop for three world premieres of new works by School of Music composition students. The concert will take place on Friday, May 8 at 7 pm in Ferguson Hall, Room 85. The encore performance will be... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Join the Contemporary Music Workshop for three world premieres of new works by School of Music composition students. The concert will take place on Friday, May 8 at 7 pm in Ferguson Hall, Room 85. The encore performance will be on Tuesday, May 12 at 3:30 pm in Ferguson Hall, Room 85. Noriko Kawai and James Dillon direct the Contemporary Music Workshop.

]]> U of M Opera Theatre presents Leoš Janácek’s Jenůfa, April 23-26, 2009 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.174752 2009-04-03T22:48:30Z 2009-04-03T22:58:12Z The University of Minnesota Opera Theatre presents Leoš Janácek’s Jenůfa. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25 and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in Ted Mann Concert Hall. U of M students,... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel opera image.jpg

The University of Minnesota Opera Theatre presents Leoš Janácek’s Jenůfa. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25 and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in Ted Mann Concert Hall. U of M students, faculty and staff receive a two for one ticket discount. For more information visit the University Opera Theatre webpage.

Photo by Kelly MacWilliams.

]]> Internationally Renowned Duo Gelland to perform James Dillon's Work at the Weisman Museum tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.173661 2009-03-27T20:22:38Z 2009-03-27T20:30:29Z The School of Music and the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota present The Duo Gelland, internationally renowned Swedish violin duo, performing the music of James Dillon and Luigi Nono. The concert will take place on Monday,... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Duo Gelland1.jpg The School of Music and the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota present The Duo Gelland, internationally renowned Swedish violin duo, performing the music of James Dillon and Luigi Nono. The concert will take place on Monday, March 30 at 7 p.m. at the Weisman Art Museum (333 East River Road on the University's East Bank Campus in Minneapolis). The concert is free and open to the public, and no advance tickets are required.


The Duo Gelland, featuring Cecilia and Martin Gelland, tackle new music with an overwhelming empathy and a virtually feverish intensity, capturing their audience in a bubble of absolute presence. The Duo Gelland’s awards include the internationally prestigious Annual German Record Critics’ Award Jahrespreis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2008 for James Dillon’s Traumwerk on DVD and the Interpreter’s Prize of the Society of Swedish Composers. For further information visit the Duo Gelland website.

]]> SOM Alumni/Composer Featured on MPR Discussing Professor Mark Russell Smith tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.170988 2009-03-12T16:58:43Z 2009-03-12T17:14:18Z Listen to School of Music alumni/composer David Evan Thomas discuss professor/conductor Mark Russell Smith's monumental task of conducting two Mahler symphonies in one week on Minnesota Public Radio's website. Mark Russell Smith will lead the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Listen to School of Music alumni/composer David Evan Thomas discuss professor/conductor Mark Russell Smith's monumental task of conducting two Mahler symphonies in one week on Minnesota Public Radio's website. Mark Russell Smith will lead the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 9, Thursday, March 12, at Ted Mann Concert Hall. On March 13 and 14, he'll conduct the Minnesota Orchestra as it performs Mahler's Symphony No. 4 at Orchestra Hall. David Even Thomas is a freelance composer in Minneapolis

]]> Professor Kathy Saltzman Romey featured in New York Times Article tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.170500 2009-03-09T22:38:07Z 2009-03-09T22:40:01Z Professor Kathy Saltzman Romey (choral) was featured in a New York Times review of her Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus concert with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The concert was a performance of Haydn’s oratorio “Die Schöpfung” (“The Creation”) at Carnegie... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Professor Kathy Saltzman Romey (choral) was featured in a New York Times review of her Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus concert with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The concert was a performance of Haydn’s oratorio “Die Schöpfung” (“The Creation”) at Carnegie Hall. To read the full review, visit the New York Times website.

]]> School of Music Professor Peter Mercer-Taylor in The New Yorker tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.170498 2009-03-09T22:35:05Z 2009-03-09T22:37:07Z School of Music professor Peter Mercer-Taylor (Musicology) was mentioned in Alex Ross's article "The Youngest Master, Mendelssohn at two hundred" in The New Yorker magazine. To read the article, visit The New Yorker website.... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel School of Music professor Peter Mercer-Taylor (Musicology) was mentioned in Alex Ross's article "The Youngest Master, Mendelssohn at two hundred" in The New Yorker magazine. To read the article, visit The New Yorker website.

]]> Piano Student Denis Evstuhin Wins First Prize at Iowa Piano Competition tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.170497 2009-03-09T22:27:30Z 2009-03-09T22:31:20Z Denis Evstuhin (DMA candidate, Piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) won the First Prize at Iowa Piano Competition, a three day contest, hosted by the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra in Iowa. The program included two complete Piano Quintets and Concerti for... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel Denis Evstuhin (DMA candidate, Piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) won the First Prize at Iowa Piano Competition, a three day contest, hosted by the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra in Iowa. The program included two complete Piano Quintets and Concerti for Piano and Orchestra in addition to the solo round. Twelve contestants were selected, representing wide spectrum of universities and conservatories. Six proceeded to the second round and three performed in the finals with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. Evstuhin performed Haydn's Sonata and Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody in the first round; in the second round, he performed the third and fifth movements of Shostakovich's Quintet and the first movement from Dvorak's Quintet; and for the third round, he performed Grieg's Concerto. Second, third, and fourth prizes went to graduate students from Yale, Ann Arbor, and Juilliard.

]]> Film Based On James Dillon's "Traumwerk Book I" Earns Prestigious German Award tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/mus-ppr/music//7156.161199 2009-01-05T22:00:46Z 2009-01-07T18:11:15Z A 2008 “Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik? (The Annual German Record Critics’ Award) was recently awarded to the film Traumwerk, Book I for Violin Duo directed by Johan Ramstroem and based on an interpretation of the music of James Dillon,... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel james dillon.jpg

A 2008 “Jahrespreis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik? (The Annual German Record Critics’ Award) was recently awarded to the film Traumwerk, Book I for Violin Duo directed by Johan Ramstroem and based on an interpretation of the music of James Dillon, University of Minnesota School of Music professor and composer. Traumwerk (Dreamwork) was one of ten recipients to receive the award, winning the category of classical DVD for film and sound production. Click here for the press release.

]]> University Opera Theatre featured in the Minnesota Daily tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/mus-ppr/music//7156.153809 2008-11-10T20:03:11Z 2008-11-10T20:05:44Z To read the front page article about School of Music student Brian Frutiger and University Opera Theatre, check out the Minnesota Daily website.... School of Music Pubs and Public Rel To read the front page article about School of Music student Brian Frutiger and University Opera Theatre, check out the Minnesota Daily website.

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