CLA: School of Music News

Lydia Artymiw (Distinguished McKnight Professor of Piano) performed three concerts at the 17th annual Virginia Arts Festival in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA. On May 11 and 12, she performed in Stravinsky's Les Noces with pianists Andre-Michel Schub, Josu de Solaun, and Anna Petrova, the Virginia Festival Chamber Musicians and Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus, conducted by JoAnn Falletta, also recording the Stravinsky for the Naxos label. She then joined Schub, Perova, and de Solaun for two programs of two piano works by Schumann, Brahms, Ravel, Debussy, and Smetana.

Phil Hey (jazz) was celebrated at the Artists' Quarter on May 17 and 18. The concerts marked his 60th birthday and included a variety of performers. More info.

Guerino Mazzola (creativity, improvisation, and mathematical music theory) is president of the Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music. The Society's May 2013 newsletter is available, which includes a foreward from Mazzola, information about the 4th International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, and more. Read the newsletter.

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Adriana Zabala (voice) performed the role of Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro with Florentine Opera in Milwaukee. It was her debut role with the company. The show received a favorable review from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in Elaine Schmidt's article "Singing, acting both stellar in 'Figaro'." Schmidt writes, "Adriana Zabala brought warmth and presence to both her mezzo-soprano sound and the Cherubino 'pants' role." Zabala was interviewed by Tom Strini in his Third Coast Daily article, "Florentine Friends: Soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Mezzo Adriana Zabala." Read the interview.

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U of M School of Music will present composer and U of M professor James Dillon's Book of Elements, a five-volume piano solo, performed by pianist Noriko Kawai on Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Ted Mann Concert Hall (2128 4th St. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455). This event is free and open to the public.

Kawai performed The Book of Elements, which has been described by BBC Music Magazine as "rich" and "utterly riveting," at the UK Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the Royal College of Music in London, and the Alicante Summer Festival in Spain. In 2003, she recorded a CD of Elements.

"To play all volumes in one go is a quite a tour de force," says Kawai, who premiered volume 2 in Germany. "It's about 90 minutes without any intermission."

But daunting as it is, Kawai savors the challenge; once she starts, she says, time ceases to exist and the music takes over. "What I like about Dillon's piano music is, despite his vast knowledge of the keyboard literature, his language remains unique, outrageous, elegant, exasperating, funny, and helplessly beautiful," she says.

When asked what he wanted people to leave with after attending the May 15 concert, Dillon, who started composing at about the age of seven or eight, replied: "The only thing one can hope for is that an audience has an open and curious mind, nothing else. And actually, what they'd leave with, I don't want to have any control over whatsoever. The concert contains all the things that one demands of a concert, which is essentially a kind of musical magic."

"The Book of Elements a five-part essay in continuity versus discontinuity and concentrated substance for solo piano that amounts, I think, to be the most significant contribution to the pianist's repertoire since György Ligeti's Etudes."
--Tom Service, The Guardian

Read The Guardian's Guide to James Dillon's music: http://bit.ly/16xXjZS

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David Baldwin (trumpet) will attend the International Trumpet Guild Conference, June 11-15, 2013 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Baldwin has two CDs issued by this organization that feature his interpretation of the etudes of Theo Charlier, Reginaldo Caffarelli, Jean Baptise Arban, and Marcel Bitsch. Baldwin was a founding member of the International Trumpet Guild and has been Secretary and a long-time Board Member.

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Lydia Artymiw (piano) was featured in David Patterson's Boston Musical Intelligencer article "Kashkashian and Artymiw evoke Wonder." He writes, "'Wonderful'--someone voiced, less as exclamation, more as testimony--that very inflection of the word capturing the essence of Kim Kashkashian and Lydia Artymiw in recital at Jordan Hall Thursday evening." Read the article.

Alex Lubet's (theory/composition) new solo guitar album Spectral Blues: New Music for Acoustic Guitar was favorably reviewed in the May-June American Record Guide. Highlights include: "[Lubet] seems to affirm that he is as whole a performer alone as when he is with others," and "The performances by the composer have as much authenticity as one could ask for, so if this description interests you, seek this out."

Guerino Mazzola (creativity, improvisation, and mathematical music theory) will be a guest at MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology's "guerino mazzola & reza negarestani \ sonic practice, discourse and auditory experimentation" event. The event takes place on Thursday, May 9 at 10 a.m. in Cambridge. More info.

The Ancia Saxophone Quartet, which includes faculty member Angela Wyatt (saxophone), is featured in the current issue of Chamber Music America magazine.

Adriana Zabala (voice) will sing the role of Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro with Florentine Opera on May 10 and 12 in Milwaukee. It will be her debut role with the company.

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We are saddened to share that Paul Haack, our treasured colleague and nationally recognized figure in the field of music education, has passed away. His enormous contributions to music education and administration, and his reputation as a rigorous scholar and caring and gentle teacher will assure his continuing presence in our hearts and minds. Funeral arrangements have been made for Thursday, May 2 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in New Brighton, MN. Visitation is at 10 a.m. and mass will take place at 11 a.m.

In 1988, Haack joined the faculty at the the University of Minnesota School of Music, where he served as head of the Music Education/Music Therapy Division for 15 years. His teaching fields included instrumental, general music, and related arts methods and the psychology, sociology, and aesthetics of music. He retired in 2007.

In 2002, Haack was inaugurated into the Minnesota Music Educators Association Hall of Fame for his contributions to the organization and the field of music education.

In addition to serving on a variety of national commissions, committees, and editorial boards, Professor Haack was coauthor of Principles and Processes of Music Education and published several textbook chapters and over 150 articles in professional journals. He served on the steering committee of the International Foundation for Music Research (IFMR).

"For Paul, his work life has been about service to his students, his colleagues, his universities, and his profession. Each of these constituencies has benefited from his gentle and wise guidance. He was a gentleman and a gentle-man, treating each person with grace and dignity. While many would argue that Paul Haack's greatest contributions to music education have come through his many books, chapters, and articles, he would argue that his most important work was with students. In each class that he taught or seminar he gave, he created learning moments with musical examples, dry wit and extensive knowledge of music and music learning. In his work with students he displayed a never-ending supply of patience, a focus on student strengths, and eye on writing detail and a breadth of knowledge that brought out the best in each advisee." -Keitha Hamann, Associate Professor of Music Education.

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Rebecca Shockley (piano) gave a presentation on Mapping Music for the Music Teachers National Association annual conference in Anaheim in March. Her co-presenter was Dr. Melissa Colgin, associate professor of flute at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The Ancia Saxophone Quartet, which includes faculty member Angela Wyatt (saxophone), will perform Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Studio Z (St. Paul). Tickets are $5 students/seniors/advance, $10 at the door. Program includes Jeff Herriott's as night descends, the waters beckon for saxophone quartet and electronics as well as quartets by Philip Glass and Fred Sturm. ANCIA will perform music of Desenclos, Dove, Carisi, and Dodgion at the Weisman Art Museum on Sunday, May 5 at 4 p.m. (no admission charge). These concerts are made possible in part by a grant through the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. For information and tickets, visit anciaquartet.com.

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University of Minnesota voice professor emerita Glenda Maurice passed away on April 16, 2013. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Saturday, May 18 at 11 a.m. at Unity Church-Unitarian (732 Holly Avenue, N Grotto St, St Paul, MN 55104).

After recording "Cry Me a River" at the age of sixteen, Glenda Maurice secured a spot on Pat Boone's television show. She later attended Texas Wesleyan University where she encountered classical vocal music. In 1988, Maurice joined the faculty of University of Minnesota School of Music. Her vocal students have gone on to win the national Metropolitan Opera auditions, sing on the roster of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and win first place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Auditions.

Her book Finding Vocal Artistry will be published by Xlibris books and will be available through their bookstore, on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other websites.

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Scott Lipscomb (music education) and Dee Lundell (Learning Through Music) received a $3,000 grant from the Twin Cities Opera Guild to support the 4th Grade Opera program at Folwell School, an urban, K-8 fine arts magnet in south Minneapolis. A portion of these funds was used to take more than 100 students to the Ordway to see the Minnesota Opera's production of Puccini's Turandot. This experience, and others, prepare the students for creating their own opera based on the life of Nelson Mandela, a music integration program that fulfills their social studies curriculum. A dozen U of M students (mostly music education majors) will be involved in this innovative application of music to support learning in the arts and in other academic areas.

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Fernando Meza (percussion) and Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) were recently judges for the Chicago Symphony Youth Competition. Meza judged the final round and Fiterstein judged the preliminary round.

Adriana Zabala (voice) is featured in an episode of Minnesota Original focusing on Minnesota Opera's New Works. The episode highlights her role in John Patrick Shanley and Douglas J. Cuomo's opera Doubt, which made its world premiere in January 2013. Watch the video.

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School of Music flute professor Immanuel Davis discussed his latest CD "On A Clear Morning" on Classical Minnesota Public radio with host Alison Young. Listen now.

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Listen to U of M School of Music professor/mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala and composer/pianist Gregg Kallor talk with Classical MPR host Steve Staruch about the music for their free recital tonight, March 28, at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Listen now.

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Lydia Artymiw's (piano) March schedule included performances with cellist Peter Wiley and violist Steven Tenenbom for the Music at the Institute Series in New York on March 2 and with 2013 Grammy winner, violist Kim Kashkashian at Queens College, New York on March 15; Sacramento State University (CSUS) in Sacramento on March 17; and at Jordan Hall in Boston on March 28.

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Melissa Deal (PSEO, violin, student of Sally O'Reilly) was a winner of the 2013 Schubert Club Scholarship Competition Preliminaries in the Senior High School Strings division.

Pei-Lei Lin (D.M.A. candidate, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was the 2013 winner of the Suji Lee $2500 Scholarship award sponsored by the Taiwanese Association of America, Minnesota Chapter (TAAMN). She also won second prize and a $600 scholarship in the Thursday Musical Competition, college division, in March 2013.

Megan Ruan (PSEO, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) is a finalist for Classical Minnesota Public Radio's Minnesota Varsity Competition. Listen to Ruan perform SOM alumnus Stephen Paulus's Piano Prelude and vote for her.

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SOM students performed in the Before Bach's Birthday Bash concert on March 16 in celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday at the Chapel of the Incarnation, Luther Seminary (St. Paul). This event was presented in cooperation with the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Minnesota Public Radio, and American Public Media's Pipedreams. The first hour of the performance was broadcast live on MPR. SOM student performers included: Bethel Balge and Pei-Lei Lin (piano, students of Lydia Artymiw); Benjamin Alle (student of David Balwin); Eric Bigalke, Aaron Hirsch, Julie Kim, and Phillip Radtke (organ, students of Dean Billmeyer); David Cherwien, Laura Edman, Nils Halker, Joseph Henry, and Mary Newton (alumni, organ, students of Dean Billmeyer); and Nathaniel Yaffe (cello, student of Tanya Remenikova).

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U of M School of Music professor/mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala and composer/pianist Gregg Kallor present Kallor's acclaimed settings of poems by Emily Dickinson and William Butler Yeats at on Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Ted Mann Concert Hall (2128 4th St. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455). This event is free and open to the public.

Kallor and Zabala premiered these cycles at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2007 and recorded them the following year. This program also features many selections from Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch, Debussy settings of Paul Bourget, and a few Spanish surprises. Read more.

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Immanuel Davis (flute) and Timothy Lovelace (piano) will perform with Käthe Jarka (cello) in an evening of works by Philippe Gaubert with 1899 Erard piano from the Schubert Club Collection and 1865 Louis Lot flute. Concert to celebrate release of their On a Clear Morning CD. Wine and cheese reception to follow. The event takes place on Monday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Schubert Club. Tickets: $10 in advance/$15 at the door/$5 with student ID. More info.

On June 8, 2013 the Holland Festival will present a marathon performance of James Dillon's (composition) epic work Nine Rivers, performed by three ensembles from the Netherlands and percussionist and conductor Steven Schick. Visit the Holland Festival website for more information and tickets.

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Tom Ashworth (trombone) has submitted four successful grant proposals in the past year, and was most recently awarded a $6,500 CLA Imagine Grant for Special Events for the 2014 U of M Brass Symposium: Building Musical Bridges. The symposium will feature area professional brass ensembles, U of M student ensembles, and eight high school and college ensembles at Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall and Ted Mann Concert Hall. In addition, the ensembles will perform at local schools, nursing homes, hospitals, and churches. The April 2014 symposium will feature faculty members in several panel discussions on public engagement and entrepreneurship. If your college or high school brass ensemble (quintet or larger) would like to participate in the symposium, contact Tom Ashworth.

James Dillon (composition) received a glowing review from The Guardian in the article "A Guide to James Dillon's music." Reviewer Tom Service writes, "...Dillon has created some of the most inventive and thrillingly expressive contemporary music around" and "Dillon's music is fearlessly, relentlessly explorative. To hear it is to confront a volcanic imagination that makes listening an act of thrilling, vertiginous unpredictability." Read the review.

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Great reviews are in from the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press of the February 26, 2013 Joffrey Ballet performance with the University Symphony Orchestra (Mark Russell Smith, conductor).

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The School of Music was well represented at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter In-Service Clinic (February 13-15).

School of Music professors Akosua Addo, Keitha Hamann, Scott Lipscomb, Michael Silverman, and Laura Sindberg presented sessions. SOM music education graduate students Kinh T. Vu and Casey Clementson presented a poster session hosted by Keitha Hamann.

The U of M Trombone Choir and Jazz 'Bones (pictured above) performed selections by Grieg, Gabrieli, Saint Saens, Mahler, and Haydn and the Jazz 'Bones performed music by Hoagy Carmichael and Dean Sorenson. U of M alumnus and member of the US Army Blues Victor Barranco was guest soloist and guest conductors were Jerry Luckhardt and Henry Charles Smith.

The following School of Music performance and music education students performed in the Intercollegiate Band: Lindsay Cox, Haley Cramer, Camille Galles, Jennifer Minor, Drew Morrisette, Roy Peinaar, Brianna Preblich, Robert Reeve, and Michelle Robertus.

SOM student teacher Cameron Kinghorn conducted a segment of a concert presented by the elementary school students he teaches.

School of Music staff Anne Barnes, Laura Krider, and Anabel Wirt were in attendance representing the SOM.

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Tom Ashworth (trombone) performed with a tuba/euphonium quintet on American Public Media's A Prairie Home Companion on February 16. Watch a video of Ashworth on lead euphonium on "Tuba Blues."


Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) was interviewed on Classical Minnesota Public Radio on February 23 by host Alison Young and is featured in the MPR article, "Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein concertizes the Midwest." Listen to the interview and read the article.

Keitha Hamann (music education) presented "Teacher Evaluation - What's Coming in Minnesota?" as part of MMEA's Teacher Evaluation Task Force (which she co-chairs) at the MMEA Midwinter In-Service Clinic.

Scott D. Lipscomb (music education) presented a session at the annual MMEA Midwinter In-Service Clinic titled "Mobile apps are all the rage: You too can create music-based apps for your classroom (and beyond!)." Lipscomb demonstrated how free tools for iPhone, iPod, and iPad application development greatly simplify the process of creating professional-looking mobile applications. After introducing the tools, he then demonstrated for those present how to create an application that responded to user button clicks by playing a musical tone and showing the same note on a musical staff.

Fernando Meza (percussion) will perform with the Dominican Republic National Symphony as principal timpanist for the Santo Domingo Music Festival (soloists in the festival will include Joshua Bell, violin; Alison Balsom, trumpet; Jue Wang, piano; and Gautier Capuçon, cello). At the end of March, he will give a 5-day percussion seminar in Bogotá, Colombia at the National University, organized by the Youth Philharmonic of Colombia. He will judge the final round of the Chicago Symphony Youth Competition on March 30.

Laura Sindberg (music education) presented a session on the rehearsal planning process as a vital component of effective teaching to 180 music educators at the at the MMEA Midwinter In-Service Clinic.

Mark Russell Smith (orchestra) was interviewed in the Star Tribune article, "Joffrey Ballet at the Orpheum Theatre Feb. 26" about why the performance is important to students. Smith has also been named artistic director of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies.

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Mark Russell Smith (orchestras) conducts the University Symphony Orchestra as they perform Stravinsky's Rite of Spring with the Joffrey Ballet. Learn more about the performance by listening to Mark Russell Smith's talk (given on February 14) or by watching the preview video.

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Mark Bjork (violin and pedagogy) served as guest clinician for a workshop for students in the Suzuki program associated with Centenary College in Shreveport, LA on February 8 and 9 and presented master classes on February 10.

Listen to Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) on Thursday, February 21 at noon on Classical Minnesota Public Radio (99.5 FM) in conversation with host Allison Young about his upcoming Midwest concert tour that includes performances in Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Indiana, and Montana.

Listen to Craig Kirchhoff (bands) lead the University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble in a performance of Jeffrey Brooks's "Dreadnought" (recorded in 1997) on the February 15, 2013 edition of American Public Media's Composer's Datebook. Brooks's "Dreadnought" was written for the University of Minnesota Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Listen here.

A review of Alex Lubet's new album Spectral Blues can be found at babysue.com. The album received 5 stars as a Top Pick for February. The reviewer called it "Wonderfully resonant and compelling from start to finish..."

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Listen to School of Music professor Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) on Thursday, February 21 at noon on Classical Minnesota Public Radio (99.5 FM) in conversation with host Allison Young about his upcoming Midwest concert tour which will include performances in Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Indiana and Montana. See full tour schedule here.

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Alexander Braginsky (piano) was interviewed in International Piano magazine's September/October 2012 education issue in the article "Teaching at the top Part 1" and in the November/December 2012 issue in the article "Teaching at the top Part 2."
Immanuel Davis (flute) was featured on the cover of the New York Flute Club newsletter in the article "Eclectic Flutist Immanuel Davis Has His Cake and Eats it Too!" He performed with Timothy Lovelace (piano) and Bradley Brookshire (harpsichord) on December 16, 2012 in a recital at Baruch Performing Arts Centers.
Adriana Zabala's (voice) performance in the Minnesota Opera's production of Doubt (January 26 - February 3) was reviewed in The New York Times.

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Alexander Braginsky's (piano) student Henry Wang (Rochester, MN) won the MTNA Junior Division at the regional level in Lawrence, Kansas. Henry has moved on to MTNA Finals at Anaheim, CA to be held in March.

Alex Lubet's (theory/composition) new album Spectral Blues: New Music for Acoustic Guitar (Ravello) was ranked #2 in downloads among "Modern & 20th Century" recordings on Amazon.com, as of January 19. It can be downloaded or pre-ordered on CD on Amazon.

Maja Radovanlija (guitar) recently joined the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet and has begun touring and performing with the ensemble. MGQ was founded in 1986, and is one of the few guitar ensembles in the U.S. Radovanlija is honored to be the first woman to join the quartet. More information and concert schedule. Photo (left to right): Joseph Hagedorn, Maja Radovanlija, alum/current student Wade Oden, and Ben Gateño - photo by Leslie Shank.

Adriana Zabala (voice) sings the role of Sister James in the Minnesota Opera's world premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo's Doubt on January 26, 29, 31 and February 2 and 3 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. For student tickets and more information, visit the Minnesota Opera website. The opera was featured in the Star Tribune's article, "Minnesota Opera premieres 'Doubt.'" Read the article. Rehearsal photo (left to right): Christine Brewer, Denyce Graves, Matthew Worth and Adriana Zabala.

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School of Music voice professor Adriana Zabala sings the role of Sister James in the Minnesota Opera's world premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo's Doubt on January 26, 29, 31 and February 2 and 3 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. For student tickets and more information, visit the Minnesota Opera website. Rehearsal photo (left to right): Christine Brewer, Denyce Graves, Matthew Worth and Adriana Zabala.

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Two of Sally O'Reilly's (violin) students recently won competitions. Melissa Deal (PSEO) won first prize in the LaCrosse Symphony's Rising Star Competition. She will perform as soloist with the orchestra later this spring. Jason Shu (Blake student) won the High School String level of Music Teachers National Association's divisional competitions in Lawrence, KS. He will compete at the National competition in Anaheim, CA in March. Pianist Garret Ross, former student of Alexander Braginsky, accompanied Shu.

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Sally O'Reilly (violin) was invited to give a master class at the Liszt Academy in Budapest in mid-December. Photo: Sally O'Reilly (center) with violinists who participated in her master class.

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U of M School of Music musicology professor Karen Painter discusses Mahler's song cycle Kindertotenlieder on the December 21, 2012 edition of Public Radio International's The World. Listen to the interview "Mahler's Songs on the Death of Children" on The World's website.

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Matthew Mehaffey (choral) has hired a chamber orchestra and 16 of the Twin Cities' finest vocalists to present an all-professional production of George Frederic Handel's iconic oratorio Messiah at Central Presbyterian Church (500 Cedar Street, St. Paul, MN, 55010) on December 14 at 8 p.m. This concert is sponsored by the Oratorio Society of Minnesota. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students. Visit the Oratorio Society website or call 866-811-4111 for more information.

Sally O'Reilly's (violin) students James Zabawa (B.M. candidate, violin) and Jason Shu (private student) have been chosen to perform in Joseph Silverstein's
violin masterclass on December 1 at MacPhail Center for Music at 2 p.m. Both Zabawa and Shu attended Italy Summer Music in Pienza last August. Shu also received a Performers Award in the MNSOTA Mary West Solo Competition earlier this month.

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Hill House Chamber Players will present recital on Mondays, November 19 and 26. Music of SOM former faculty member Jeffrey Van, Janacek and Dvorak. Performances by SOM faculty members Adriana Zabala, Tanya Remenikova, Thomas Turner, and Jeffrey Van; Cathy Schubliske of the Minnesota Orchestra; and pianist Ivan Konev (SOM alumnus). Concerts are held at the Hill House in St. Paul at 7:30 p.m. More information at schubert.org.

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Adriana Zabala (voice) will sing at the New York preview of Douglas Cuomo's opera Doubt, based on the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play by John Patrick Shanley. The performace will take place tonight, Monday, November 5 at the Guggenheim for Works & Process at 6:30 p.m. (central time). Watch the live online broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess.

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Faculty member Scott Lipscomb (music education) traveled with six music education doctoral students to attend the annual meeting of the Committee on Inter-Institutional Cooperation (CIC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This annual event provides an opportunity for faculty and graduate students from Big Ten institutions to gather together, present research, and develop long-term, professional relationships. This year, four research posters were presented by U of M music education doctoral students:

• Casey Clementson: "The quest for quality: Multicultural repertoire for instrumental music"
• John Stewart: "Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance in the high school band: A case study"
• Kinh Vu: "Music in our schools: Sexual orientation and curriculum"
• Multiple authors: "Two-year college music programs in Minnesota"--The co-authored poster represents a collaborative research project completed as part of Doctoral Seminar (MUED 8900), which was co-authored - under the supervision of all music education faculty - by John Stewart, Yolanda Williams, Kinh Vu, Tracey Collins, Casey Clementson, and David Berberick, with valuable assistance from Jennifer Hawkinson and David Rolandson.

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Matthew Rahaim's (musicology/ethnomusicology) book Musicking Bodies: Gesture and Voice in Hindustani Music is now available on Wesleyan University Press. Rahaim will discuss his new book at the U of M Bookstore, Coffman Memorial Union on Thursday, November 29 at 4 p.m. Rahaim will sign copies of his book following the discussion. Learn more on the U of M Bookstore website.

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Mark Bjork (violin and pedagogy) presented a talk "Now go Home and Practice, But How?" to the fall clinic of the Minnesota String and Orchestra Teachers Association (state chapter of American String Teachers Association) on October 18.

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Gear up for this Saturday's Collage Concert celebrating composer and faculty emeritus Dominick Argento by reading this U of M News story "Setting life to music" on Argento.

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Matthew Bribitzer-Stull's (music theory) article "From Nibelheim to Hollywood: The Associativity of Harmonic Progression" and Karen Painter's (musicology/ethnomusicology) article "Depoliticizing America's Wagner in the Nazi Era" appear in The Legacy of Richard Wagner, edited by Luca Sala and published by Brepols Publishers.

Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) recently performed three concerts with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as soloist in Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto with conductor Thomas Dausgaard. Of the performances the Star Tribune wrote "Alexander Fiterstein proved a mercurial and sure footed soloist, fully equal to Nielsen's virtuosic and histrionic demands" and the Pioneer Press wrote "The Nielsen Concerto proved a fabulous forum for the skills of soloist Alexander Fiterstein." This week Alexander Fiterstein performs the same concerto in Columbia, SC with the University of South Carolina Symphony.

Jerry Luckhardt (bands) is featured in the Star Tribune article "Sweet, but deafening, sound of music" on ear protection and health risks for musicians. Also featured in the article is Luckhardt's daughter, Emily Luckhardt, who is drum major of Rosemount High's marching band.

Guerino Mazzola (creativity, improvisation, and mathematical music theory) was invited to deliver the annual William Poland Lecture in Music Theory at Ohio State University. The prestigious William Poland Lecture has been given by leading lights in the field of music theory since 1990, among them David Lewin and Richard Cohn.

Sally O'Reilly (violin) was interviewed for the article "3 Steps Along the Road Toward Greater Musical Confidence" by Christopher Roberts in the November issue of Strings Magazine.

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School of Music professor Dean Sorenson (jazz) has been chosen as a 2012 ASCAP Plus Award recipient. These awards, made by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, reflect their continuing commitment to assist and encourage ASCAP composers. Awards are granted by an independent panel and are based upon the unique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the Society.

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Look for University Opera Theatre's production of Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein's Parables, directed by David Walsh, on Twin Cities Public Television this fall! The first Parables broadcast will take place on Sunday, October 28 at 8 p.m. Find more times.

Parables on Twin Cities Public Television is a Minnesota partnership production and is a co-production of the University of Minnesota School of Music and Twin Cities Public Television with additional funding from Douglas and Andrew Reeves in honor of their parents, J.B. and Julie Reeves. Learn about University Opera Theatre's current season here.

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The Ancia Saxophone Quartet, which includes faculty member Angela Wyatt (saxophone), will perform in Sateren Auditorium at Augsburg College on Thursday, October 11 at 7 p.m. The concert will feature Ives' String Quartet No. 1, Alexander Glazunov's Quartet, William Albright's Fantasy Etudes and selections by Astor Piazzolla. The concert will conclude with Will Gregory's High Life, a groove-based piece featuring the soprano saxophone, based on the West African pop-influenced musical style of the same name. Admission is free and open to the public. Visit Ancia Saxophone Quartet's website for more information.

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Clarinet Professor Alexander Fiterstein will perform with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Danish Conductor Thomas Dausgaard on Friday, October 5 at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday, October 6 at 8 p.m. at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Fiterstein will perform Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto.

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Timothy Lovelace (collaborative piano/coaching) was featured in the Pioneer Press article "Orchestra review: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra thinks small - and that's a very big thing" for his performance in a Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Neighborhood Series event. Read the article.

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Talea Ensemble of New York will give the U.S. premiere of James Dillon's (composition) "New York Triptych" conducted by James Baker on September 21 at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd St. New York. Talea Ensemble, who commissioned the work, gave the world premiere in July in Damstadt, Germany. More info.

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U of M School of Music voice professor Adriana Zabala is featured in the New York Times article "A New Opera Center, for Practicing as Well as Performing." Photo: Zabala rehearsing Minnesota Opera's upcoming production of Douglas J. Cuomo and John Patrick Shanley's Doubt in Opera America's new National Opera Center in Manhattan.

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Barbara Kierig (voice) has been asked to serve as judge for the District Metropolitan Opera Auditions in Buffalo on January 12, 2013. This comprises Buffalo, Toronto, Syracuse, and Rochester, and includes singers from Eastman School of Music. Kierig will also judge for District Met Auditions in San Diego on October 13.

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John Marks (audio engineer) collaborated with the local experimental rock trio, Brute Heart on an original score to the German Expressionist film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The score was commissioned by the Walker Art Center, and the ensemble performed it live to the film on August 20, 2012 in the finale presentation of the WAC's 2012 Movies and Music Series. The Star Tribune reported this feature on the composition in their article, "Local music: Brute Heart's somnambulist blues." Read the article.

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Listen to School of Music clarinet professor Alexander Fiterstein's recording of "Nocturne" by Ronn Yedidia from his recent CD Impromptu, Nocturne and World Dance tomorrow, Friday September 7 at 1:20 p.m., on "Performance Today" on Classical MPR (99.5 FM).

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As supervisor of the School of Music's Learning Through Music (LTM) internships, Scott Lipscomb (music education) attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at Folwell School in south Minneapolis, the new location of the arts magnet (K-8) that formerly existed at Ramsey School. On hand for the occasion were over a dozen University of Minnesota instrumentalists, performing and adding greatly to the festive atmosphere. At Folwell, LTM interns will continue to work with classroom teachers and students every year to develop a 4th grade opera and continue the 2nd grade Music Circle program that focuses on social literacy development. In addition, in collaboration with instrumental teacher Corey Needleman (B.M., 1999, percussion, student of Fernando Meza), Laura Sindberg (music education) has established the Band Project, providing instrumental music education students real-world experiences with 5th grade students as they learn to play their instruments, compose, and improvise. This vibrant set of community engagement projects continues to benefit all involved at Folwell and those from the U of M.

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David Damschroder's (music theory) Harmony in Haydn and Mozart, the third book of his Harmony Project, has been published by Cambridge University Press. He is currently at work on the fourth volume, Harmony in Chopin, which formed the basis for "Formal/Harmonic Conflicts in Chopin's Mazurkas," a lecture delivered at the 17th Biennial International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, Edinburg, during June.

Laura Sindberg (music education) served as conductor of the International Wind Ensemble and Mountie/Ranger Bands at the 2012 International Music Camp, held at the International Peace Garden. Students were from Canada and the United States, along with several students from Surinam, Hong Kong, Sweden, and Croatia. The International Music Camp provides sessions for musicians and artists of all ages, gathered to study art and perform at a high level.

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Timothy Lovelace (collaborative piano) will perform in the 2012 Alexandria Festival of the Lakes on Friday, August 3 at 7:30 p.m at the United Methodist Church in Alexandria, MN. Ensemble 61, featuring SOM alumni, will perform in the festival as well. For ticket information and more, visit the Alexandria Festival of the Lakes website.

Fernando Meza (percussion) was back for his 9th season as percussion coach for the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA). The two week residence in preparation of the YOA tour of Chile was held at the University of La Serena in northern Chile. While in Chile, Meza worked with the young percussionists from the Peña Hen Experimental Music School and organized and performed in a successful percussion ensemble concert with musicians from YOA. Following his time in Chile, Meza was the faculty member for the Colombian Youth Philharmonic's residence, held at the Estelar Resort and Convention Center in the city of Paipa where he coached the percussionists of the CYP in preparation of their tour of Colombia and Brazil with internationally renowned violinist Sarah Chang.

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Mark Russell Smith (orchestra) has been announced as Interim Artistic Advisor and Symphony Conductor for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) 2012-13 season. More info.

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Christopher Brown (bass) will give a seminar and recital at BASS2012, the biennial European double bass convention taking place August 14-19. BASS2012 promotes the development of double bass playing and its network of amateurs, students, professors, performers, educational establishment, bass makers and manufacturers of accessories. There will be more than 150 bass events at the convention, including competitions, recitals, master classes, seminars, showcases and open stages for both classical and jazz bass music.

Professors Guerino Mazzola (creativity, improvisation, and mathematical music theory) and David Walsh (opera theatre) recently held a two-week workshop of Mazzola's opera Apocalypse - Now and Then, with the support of the CLA's Grant-in-Aid program. Five scenes from the proposed opera, which deals with the creation and commercialization of music, were distilled into one 15-minute segment which was recorded in Barker Dance Center at the culmination of the workshop. Participants included four singers from the voice/opera program, four graduate orchestral students, two students from the Dance program and one dancer from St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, as well as students from Theatre, Public Policy and Anthropology. Also involved was young German-Italian composer, Manuela Kerer, who wrote the score for the opera. The DVD recording of the performance will be edited and then used to solicit funding for a future production of the full opera.

With the generous support of $150,000 in private funding, together with a CIRI grant from the School of Music and the College of Liberal Arts, University Opera Theatre director David Walsh was able to undertake a 3-week residency this spring with Grammy Award-winning composers, Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein. The guest artists collaborated with voice majors, as well as choral, orchestral, and composition students on a variety of projects. The residency included a concert of vocal and instrumental works (including extracts of new composition by doctoral composition candidate, Tiffany Skidmore); the workshop presentation of extensive scenes from a new opera by Aldridge and Garfein, Sister Carrie; and culminated in the first ever staging of their symphonic oratorio, Parables, involving close to 200 participants onstage. The Parables project, which entailed an educational outreach program in six area high schools and utilized 12 dance students from St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, was filmed by Twin Cities Public Television and will be aired this fall. In the meantime, discussions are being held with a major regional opera company regarding a potential future co-production of the world premiere of Sister Carrie.

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Barbara Kierig (voice) has been asked to serve as a judge for the District Metropolitan Auditions in San Diego on October 13.

Faculty member Tanya Remenikova (cello) and alumnus Denis Evstuhin (D.M.A., 2011, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) gave a recital on July 14 at The Museum of Russian Art. Program included works by Grieg, Tchaikovky and Rachmaninov. They will perform on Sunday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the opening concert of the International Cello Academy "Cello: An American Experience." The program will include Sonatas for cello and piano by J.S. Bach, S. Barber, and F. Mendelssohn. The concert will take place at Urness Hall, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.

Adriana Zabala (voice) was involved for two years in the development of the recently launched Mill City Summer Opera (MCSO). On July 12 the company started a sold-out run of Pagliacci in their unique venue, the Mill City Museum Ruin Courtyard. Founded by Karen Brooks and headed by Artistic Director David Lefkowich, MCSO also features a Studio Artists Program, built and directed by Professor Zabala. The Studio Artists Program, which includes nine singers from the University of Minnesota, includes Educational Engagement, master classes, main stage chorus, and a Showcase performance entitled Let's Make A Scene, which takes place on Thursday, July 19 at 8 p.m. in the Mill City Ruin Courtyard. It is free and open to the public. The University of Minnesota singers taking part in the MCSO Studio Artists Program are Elizabeth Steffensen, Sara Yoder, Carrie Hall, Reyna Sawtell, Sidney Walker, Brennan Blankenship, David Morgan, Richard Joseph, Joe Okell, Stephen Cunningham, Justin Spenner, and Stephen Mumbert.

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David Grayson (musicology) presented papers at three international conferences celebrating the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy's birth: "The Early Recordings of Pelléas" at the Cité de la Musique and Opéra-Comique in Paris in February, "Paysage sentimental: si doux, si triste, si dormant..." at the University of Montreal in March, and "Reflections on the new edition of Pelléas" at Gresham College in London in April. All three are scheduled for publication. Another article, "L'Édition scientifique de Pelléas" will be published later this year in "Pelléas et Mélisande" cent ans après: études et documents (Paris: Symétrie). He also gave several pre-concert talks for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

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University of Minnesota piano professor and Steinway artist Paul Shaw brought a case study life when he was invited to assistant professor Enno Siemsen's Global Operations Strategy class. Read more to find out what happened when business met the arts.

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Bravo! Advanced Studies for the Serious String Player and Pianist was established in 1989 by Sally O'Reilly to meet the needs of the growing number of young musicians who choose to spend a portion of each summer focusing on their development as musicians and instrumentalists. Bravo! began on Sunday, June 10 and culminates on Saturday, July 7 at the Bravo! Gala concert at Ted Mann Concert Hall. For a complete schedule of events and information about the program, visit the Bravo! page.

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Julia Bogorad-Kogan (flute) performed Edgard Varese's Density 21.5 for solo flute on The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's Ordway and Ted Mann Concert Hall series on May 25 through 27. Of this performance, the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Larry Fuchsberg wrote in his review titled "Juxtaposing Mozart with modernist by SPCO": "Julia Bogorad-Kogan, the SPCO's exceptional principal, offered both high drama and a remarkable range of timbres. Written for a platinum flute, the music seemed to deepen in color by being played on Bogorad-Kogan's gold-copper-silver instrument." The St. Paul Pioneer Press's Rob Hubbard called the performance "a tour de force" in his review "Mozart and modernist match up in SPCO concert."

Alex Lubet's (creative studies & media) album Spectral Blues will be released on the Parma label and distributed by Naxos. The album contains two suites for acoustic guitar, performed by the composer. His article "Listening to Bob Dylan" will appear in the next issue of Cognitive Critique. His essay "Losing...My Religion: Music, Disability, Gender and Jewish and Islamic Law" will appear in the forthcoming Music and Identity Politics, Ian Biddle, editor (Ashgate).

Jeffrey Van (retired guitar faculty) performed with violin and harpsichord in works by Corelli and Ponce with the Hill House Chamber Players in February, played Astor Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango for flute and guitar on the South Dakota Symphony's Chamber Series in March, and performed in a concert with the Macalester College choir (Matthew Mehaffey, conductor) in April which featured Van's compositions Night Sings to Morning for choir and guitar, and the Minnesota premiere of his setting of The Garden by Moonlight for choir, flute, clarinet, violin and cello(commissioned by Macalester College).

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Akosua Obuo Addo (music education) received the 2012 Education Service award for her contribution to innovative learning for students through Ordway programming. The Ordway Center for Performing Arts holds an Annual Liaison Appreciation Event to honor educators and institutions for advancing Ordway's arts programming, as well as its education and community programs mission. Educators and institutions receive awards for Philanthropy, Vision, Community Commitment, and Education Service. Addo also published a chapter in Ukpokodu, O. & Ukpokodu, P. Ed. "Contemporary Voices from the Margin: African Educators on African and American Education" titled "African Education through the Arts."

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Immanuel Davis's recent performance with the Bach Society will be broadcast by Steve Staruch on May 17 at 3:15 p.m. on Classical Minnesota Public Radio (99.5 FM). On the broadcast, he will perform a Telemann Quartet from "Tafelmusik" for flute, oboe, violin, and continuo (playing baroque instruments). Davis received a $10,000 Artist Initiative Award grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board in March. With the grant, he will perform a series of concerts around the state of Minnesota with world-renowned colleague Barthold Kuijken.

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Listen to School of Music professor Lydia Artymiw (piano) and School of Music alumnus Andrew Staupe (B.M., M.M., piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) on America Public Media's Performance Today on Friday, May 11 at 1 p.m. on Classical Minnesota Public Radio (KSJN-FM 99.5) and nationwide on public radio stations throughout the U.S. in a broadcast of their performance of Mozart: Concerto No. 10 in E-flat major for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365/316a with the Minnesota Orchestra. The original performance took place under the baton of Osmo Vanska at Orchestra Hall on January 14, 2011. To find out where and when Performance Today is broadcast in your area, please visit the Performance Today website.

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Watch the University of Minnesota School of Music's Jazz Ensemble I & Symphonic Band perform SOM professor Dean Sorenson's "New Directions" featuring Charles Lazarus (trumpet soloist) at Ted Mann Concert Hall on April 30, 2012. SOM professor Jerry Luckhardt conducted the Symphonic Band and Dean Sorenson conducted Jazz Ensemble I. Watch the video on the U of M School of Music's YouTube channel.

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Professor Alexander Fiterstein's (clarinet) new album "Ronn Yedidia: Impromptu, Nocturne and World Dance" was recently featured on NPR All Things Considered, Weekend Edition (Saturday, May 5). Listen to the story on NPR's website.

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Guerino Mazzola (creativity and mathematical music theory), theater professor Carl Flink, and electrical and computer engineering professor Guillermo Sapiro were advisors on U of M student Laruen Butler's (dance and mechanical engineering) upcoming project Voices of Fire. Voices of Fire features dancers using electronic sensors to control the music with their movement. As they dance a process of re-creation using imagery of fire, the dancers also transform the music using the "fire" of electricity. The music gives the movement an additional voice, and the audience can listen to the dancing and see the sound. Voices of Fire is directed by Lauren Butler with dancers Katie Taintor and Lauren Butler. With music by Michael Legan, programming by Patrick Flanagan, and visual design by Aleksey Polukéyev. Choreography, system design, and hardware by Lauren Butler. Voices of Fire will take place on Saturday, May 12 at 5 p.m. at TekBox Theater in downtown Minneapolis.

Fernando Meza (percussion) presented a clinic on Latin Drumming and offered master classes at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia on April 20 and 21. He recently performed under conductors Mark Wigglesworth and Kristjan Järvi with the Minnesota Orchestra and performed on marimba for the world premiere of Bulgarian composer Vassil Kazandjiev's Fantasy Concertante for flute, horn, cello and marimba for the 2012 Balkanicus concert at the U of M School of Music.

Listen to Mark Russell Smith (orchestral conducting) in conversation with Classical Minnesota Public Radio host Alison Young in "The Inspiring and Innovative Mark Russell Smith." Professor Smith talks about his favorite works and the University Symphony Orchestra concert which took place on Friday, May 4 at Ted Mann Concert Hall.



Dean Sorenson's (jazz) book First Place for Jazz, was recently published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company. Visit the First Place for Jazz website to watch the video overview of the publication.

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Christa Saeger (D.M.A. candidate, cello, student of Tanya Remenikova) performed the first Tiny Desk Music Concert outside Nanette Hanks's office in U of M's Johnston Hall on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Hanks is sponsoring the series and Jerry Luckhardt (bands) is coordinating the performances. Work at the U and want a Tiny Desk Concert at your place? Email professor Luckhardt with your interest. Listen to a few minutes of Saeger's performance.

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Listen to School of Music orchestral professor Mark Russell Smith in conversation with Classical Minnesota Public Radio host Alison Young in "The Inspiring and Innovative Mark Russell Smith." Professor Smith talks about his favorite works and about the upcoming University Symphony Orchestra concert on Friday, May 4 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. The concert will feature Mahler's Totenfeier (1888), a performance of "Glitter and Be Gay" from Leonard Bernstein's Candide and "Non, Monsieur, mon mari" from Francis Poulenc's Les Mamelles De Tiresias (Alphonse LeDuc-King Music, Inc.) by Laura Hynes, the U of M School of Music concerto competition winner, and Strauss's Suite and Final Scene from Der Rosenkavalier.

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Dean Billmeyer (organ) will be the featured guest organist at a service of Choral Evensong at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church on Sunday, May 6 at 4 p.m. The service will feature portions of Handel's Messiah with soloists and full orchestra. Among the soloists is School of Music alumna Krista Palmquist. Billmeyer gave an organ master class and solo recital at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, on April 21 and 22.

Scott D. Lipscomb (music education) spent the past week at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell working with colleagues toward the goal of reinforcing musical and computational learning through a team-teaching model. Lipscomb is serving on the research team as program evaluator for a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation entitled "Computational Thinking Through Computing and Music." The team is designing collaborative workshops involving pairs of faculty - one from music, one from computer science. More about the program.

Alex Lubet's (creative studies & media) Music, Disability and Society was reviewed in Disability & Society. Highlights include: "Lubet has been a pioneer in the field of music and disability, and his recent monograph Music, Disability, and Society is a major contribution. With his primarily first-person account of life and work within (and without) this field of study, Lubet opens up a new stream of humanitarian thought and methodology.... [A]n essential addition to the growing body of scholarship on music and disability... Lubet questions long-held ideas about the nature of disability, its social construction, and the field of Disability Studies itself."

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Listen to School of Music voice professor Adriana Zabala in conversation with Classical Minnesota Public Radio host Alison Young in "Mezzo Adriana Zabala has all the right stuff." Professor Zabala talks about performing in University Opera Theatre's production of Robert Aldridge's Parables, running April 19 through April 22. She also chats with Alison Young about her desert island playlist.

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U of M School of Music, University Opera Theatre's production of Parables is featured on Minnesota Public Radio News' All Things Considered. Visit MPR's website to hear the story and view the slideshow.

MPR reporter Dan Olson also featured School of Music graduate voice student Anna DeGraff (student of John De Haan) on the MPR Blog, view the story here.

University Opera Theatre's production of Robert Aldridge's Parables runs from Thursday, April 19 through Sunday, April 22. Ticket information and more. Parables will be directed by University Opera Theatre's director David Walsh and conducted by Kathy Saltzman Romey.

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School of Music professor Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) will tour with Interlochen Arts Academy March 18 to 22 and may be in a city near you - Detroit, Grand Rapids, Chicago, and Interlochen. Check out this link to catch up with professor Fiterstein and for online streaming info.

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Listen to the School of Music's artistic director of orchestral studies Mark Russell Smith on Classical Minnesota Public Radio with host John Birge on Britten's War Requiem and the School of Music's Britten Peace Project.

Then read about the Britten War Requiem concert and last weekend's Jazz Festival on the Minneapolis Star Tribune's "Big Gigs for week of 2/24."

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The SOM teamed up with the U of M Carlson School of Management to create a holiday flash mob video like no other. The video features SOM student Greg Wrenn (saxophone); Campus Singers Maroon, Gold, and Mosaic; Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus, University Singers, Kathy Saltzman Romey (coordinator, conductor); with audio by the SOM's own Phillip O'Toole. Watch the video here.

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Listen to U of M School of Music professor Immanuel Davis on Classical Minnesota Public Radio with host Steve Staruch on Bach's fateful meeting with Frederick the Great. Professor Davis will perform Bach's masterpiece The Musical Offering on Sunday, October 30 with the Bach Society of Minnesota on period instruments. See the Bach Society of Minnesota website for concert information.

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Listen to Classical Minnesota Public Radio Host John Birge chat with School of Music Convocation Keynote Speaker Helena Gaunt (Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London) and School of Music Director David Myers on Classical MPR on "Becoming a Musician in the 21st Century." The School of Music Convocation will take place on Thursday, October 6 at 10 a.m. in Ted Mann Concert Hall and is free and open to the public.

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The University of Minnesota School of Music was featured in Minnesota Public Radio's (MPR) All Things Considered coverage of new U of M President Kaler's Inauguration on Thursday, September 22 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. In this story, School of Music Professor Peter Mercer-Taylor (musicology) was asked for his thoughts on the Inauguration and shared that he "...walked away from the whole thing just very inspired, and ready to buckle down and move into a new era if we can carve one out." See MPR's photo gallery of the Inauguration "Photos: Pomp and circumstance for new U of M president" to view SOM students performing in the Inauguration ceremony as well as the University Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mark Russell Smith.

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U of M School of Music faculty and students performed the music for the Inauguration ceremony for new University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler at Ted Mann Concert Hall. The School of Music provided music throughout the ceremony - including works by Brahms, Verdi and the work The Road Home by SOM alumnus/composer Stephen Paulus (M.A. 1976, Ph.D. 1978, composition). Visit the official Inauguration webpage for complete program information.

Congratulations to the School of Music students and faculty who made us proud at the new U President Kaler's Inauguration: Trumpet students, studios of Professors Baldwin and Bordner; Students from Jazz Studies program, conducted by Professor Sorenson; Trombone students, studios of Professors Ashworth and Tranter; String sextet, coached by Professor Konkol; University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Professor Mark Russell Smith; University Singers, conducted by Professor Saltzman Romey; and Combined University Choirs and University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Professors Saltzman Romey and Kirchhoff.

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Guest Artist Eliezer Freitas Santos and Professors Scott Currie and David Myers are featured in the Minnesota Daily article "School of Music finds way to offset cuts: teaching the samba" on Creative Instructional Residencies Initiatives (CIRIs) at the U of M School of Music.

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U of M professor James Dillon (composition) is interviewed in Time Out New York in "Interview: James Dillon A Scottish composer's poetic, problematic magnum opus comes to Miller Theatre" by Amanda MacBlane. Dillon is also featured in The Star-Ledger's article "James Dillon's decades-in-the-making work is an ambitious symphonic cycle" by Ronni Reich. Steven Schick will conduct the American premiere of Dillon's "Nine Rivers" at the Miller Theater in New York City on September 14, 16, and 17 and is featured in the New York Times article "Steven Schick Brings 'Nine Rivers' to New York: Tough Assignment for an Accidental Conductor." The event, jointly produced with Works & Process at the Guggenheim, divides the work across three evenings. For more information, visit the Miller Theater's website. Watch a video featuring Steven Schick on the U.S. premiere of "Nine Rivers."

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School of Music professors Jean del Santo (voice), Laura Sindberg (instrumental music education) as well as alumnus Paul Budde and Michael Duffy (SOM Music Technology, Media Lab and Studios Specialist) are featured in a recent Minnesota Daily article "App draws School of Music's interest" by Kathryn Elliott.

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This week's SOM Super Fan is musicology professor Peter Mercer-Taylor. Professor Mercer-Taylor teaches it all - from Nirvana to Schumann and his playlist reflects it. He even has a soft spot for Dolly Parton (don't we all?). He can also tell you where to find the best falafel in the Twin Cities. Let's meet Peter Mercer-Taylor!

1. Where are you originally from (hometown)?
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

2. Do you play any instruments?
I grew up playing the guitar and bass guitar, and can get around alright on the piano in most pop contexts. I once survived a read-through of Mozart's 29th Symphony as the sole member of the viola section, but it wasn't pretty. I've also tinkered around on mandolin, banjo, flute, and drums.

3. What was the last live performance that blew you away?
Mendelssohn's Elijah last year, in Ted Mann Concert Hall, with the U's own Matt Mehaffey running the baton. Dazzling!

4. How long have you worked at the U of M School of Music?
Ten years.

5. What do you like most about the U of M School of Music?
The community. After six years at a smaller school, I figured a place the size of the U could only feel cold and impersonal. Not so! Wonderfully committed professors and dedicated, engaged students.

6. Name your favorite musical moment at the SOM.
The 2009 production of Jenufa. Where has this opera been all my life?

7. Where is your favorite place to eat/hang out on campus and/or the Twin Cities?
Mim's, the Middle-Eastern place on Cleveland Avenue just off the St. Paul campus. Friendly folks, and the falafel has never let me down.

8. What's most frequently on your playlist?
Schumann string quartets just lately, but I'll never change the station on Cee Lo Green, Adele, or Nirvana.

9. What is something you know about the SOM faculty that no one else does?
Most of them won't laugh if you tell them you've got a soft spot for Dolly Parton (and who doesn't?).

10. What are the first three things that come to mind when someone mentions Minnesota?
Loons, cross-country skiing, and civic-minded people who are very proud of the place they live.

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School of Music professor Sally O'Reilly is currently featured on the Twin Cities Public Television program MN Original, in a profile on her 15 year-old violin student and School of Music Bravo! Strings and Keyboard Institute participant Sedra Bistodeau. The segment features interviews with professor O'Reilly as well as a peek behind the scenes in her violin studio. Watch the video.

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Sumanth Gopinath (music theory) is a featured scholar of ringtones in John Timpane's article "Symphony in B(eeps)" in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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University of Minnesota piano professor Alexander Braginsky is the president/artistic director of the Minnesota International e-Piano Competition, which is about to begin. Catch the first round this Friday on July 1. Visit the Minnesota International E-Piano Competition for complete details.

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School of Music associate professor Adriana Zabala is currently featured on the Twin Cities Public Television program MN Original, in a profile of the Resident Artists Program at the Minnesota Opera. The segment features an interview, live footage from the Minnesota Opera's production of Wuthering Heights, and production photos from Zabala's past roles with the company. Professor Zabala also discusses her role as a professor at the U of M School of Music. Watch the video.

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U of M School of Music professor John Snow (oboe), recently won the 2011/2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Performing Musicians administered by MacPhail Center for Music. These fellowships are intended to reward artistic excellence and to support performing musicians who have reached a critical point in their career development. A McKnight Fellowship can help an artist set aside periods of time for study, reflection, experimentation, and exploration; take advantage of an opportunity; or work on a new project. Read the press release.

Congratulations to SOM composition student Jeremy Wagner (student of James Dillon) who is a recipient of this year's McKnight Composition Fellowship. These awards, which include $25,000 in unrestricted funds for each recipient, are meant to acknowledge excellence in the field of music composition. Read more.

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Minneapolis, MN (5/11/2011)--The Royal Philharmonic Society has honoured University of Minnesota composition professor James Dillon by presenting him with the Large-Scale Composition Award for Nine Rivers, premiered in Glasgow last November by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Presented at the RPS Music Awards at the Dorchester Hotel in London, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, the jury highlighted the work's "sheer ambition and the consistency of creative thought sustaining it". The first ever staging of this marathon four-hour piece was an ambitious artistic collaboration between Glasgow Life and the BBC. Read more

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The U of M School of Music and the Encore Wind Ensemble's Festival of Community Bands, scheduled for Saturday, April 30, is featured in Kim Ode's article "Community bands offer fellowship of music" in the Star Tribune. School of Music professor Jerry Luckhardt is organizing the festival. School of Music conducting student Christina Chen-Beyers is also featured in the article and online slideshow.

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University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Mark Russell Smith, will give a Pre-concert performance prior to the Minnesota Orchestra's concert at Orchestra Hall on Friday, April 29 at 6:25 p.m. The University Symphony Orchestra will perform Mahler's Symphony #3, movements 3 and 6. Maestra Marin Alsop will lead the Minnesota Orchestra in a performance of Brahms' Third at 8 p.m. U of M School of Music alumus Jonathan Magness will be the violin soloist.

You must purchase tickets for the 8 p.m. concert to attend the 6:25 p.m. Pre-concert with the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra. Ticket information can be found on the Minnesota Orchestra website.

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University Opera Theatre's (UOT) production of Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus is featured in Marty Marosi's article "Students bring Golden Age Hollywood to opera's stage" in the Minnesota Daily. Please note that the article erroneously states that the opera opens next week. UOT's production of Die Fledermaus runs from Thursday, April 7 to Sunday, April 10. See opera.umn.edu for details.

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Read School of Music student Colin Holter's article "Dal Niente Plays Dillon" in the Twin Cities Daily Planet. This article focuses on ensemble dal niente's upcoming performance, titled "ensemble dal niente: Music of James Dillon," of School of Music composition professor James Dillon's work. This event will take place at The Southern Theater on Sunday, April 3 at 7 p.m. Visit The Southern Theater website for ticket information (including discounted student tickets).

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SOM piano students Kate Yeonjoo Bae, Loren Fishman, Min Jung Kim, Kevin Hobbs, Eunhye Choi, Sophie Christian (students of Lydia Artymiw), and Eun Kyung Ahn (student of Alexander Braginsky) along with students of Dean Billmeyer (organ) Brent Nolte, Joseph Henry, and Aaron Hirsch will participate in a day-long sequence of five free hour-long concerts in Saint Paul on Saturday, March 19. This "Before Bach's Birthday" Bash (BBBB) anticipates the coming of spring and celebrates the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Minnesota Public Radio's PIPEDREAMS program, in collaboration with the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (TCAGO) and the Bach Society of Minnesota, are collaborating to produce this all-day event. More info.

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David Walsh (director, University Opera Theatre) is featured in the March issue of Minnesota Magazine in an article titled "Strauss Goes Hollywood" on University Opera Theatre and its upcoming production of Strauss's Die Fledermaus (April 7-10). University Opera Theatre students Brianna Farah, John Grau, Laurent Kuehnl, Laura Lammers are also featured.

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The music of University of Minnesota School of Music composition professor James Dillon will be featured in an evening of music at the Southern Theater (1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454) titled "Ensemble Dal Niente: Music of James Dillon" on Sunday, April 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Southern Theater website.

The Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente performs a range of music from the past century: European avant-garde, American high modernism and styles influenced by popular music and jazz. For this performance, the group tackles the cutting-edge music of composer and University of Minnesota professor James Dillon, showcasing an array of solo and ensemble pieces featuring U of M School of Music alumna and Twin Cities soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, string quartet and more. Dillon's catalogue is rooted in the European classical tradition, touched by his formative exposure to Scottish pipe music, and displays a wide interest in other music from jazz and Delta blues, to the Hindustani classical tradition and Oriental court music.

Read more.

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SOM clarinet professor Alexander Fiterstein was recently named in The League of American Orchestra's Symphony magazine's 2011 annual listing of emerging artists. Symphony magazine's annual listing of emerging soloists and conductors is inspired by the breadth and sheer volume of young classical talent. The New York Times has praised Fiterstein's playing for possessing a "beautiful liquid clarity."

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The University of Minnesota's Symphonic and University Bands present the world premiere of Immersion for Symphonic Band by Alex Shapiro on Wednesday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Ted Mann Concert Hall. This three-movement electro-acoustic work is inspired by water and water-based life and will include multi-media visual film art created by School of Music student Jay'd Hagberg in collaboration with the composer. This event is free and open to the public. Read more.

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School of Music piano professor Lydia Artymiw, along with her former pupil, St. Paul's own Andrew Staupe, will appear with the Minnesota Orchestra in a program titled Mid-Winter Mozart: Jupiter, The Final Symphony and will perform Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos on Friday, January 14 at 8 pm at Orchestra Hall. The School of Music's oboe professor John Snow will also be featured on the program and will perform Mozart's Oboe Concerto.

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James Dillon's (composition) orchestral epic Nine Rivers was performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Glasgow City Halls and Fruit Market on Sunday, November 14 and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 next year. The performance received five star reviews in The Herald Scotland, The Scotsman, The Guardian, and The Classical Source.

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Listen to University Opera Theatre featured on Classical Minnesota Public Radio, with University Opera Theatre students performing selections from the current run of the new American opera "Elmer Gantry" and Classical MPR host Alison Young in conversation with "Elmer Gantry" composer Robert Aldridge and librettist Herschel Garfein. "Elmer Gantry" is running at the School of Music's Ted Mann Concert Hall through Sunday, November 21.

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Denis Evstuhin (D.M.A. candidate, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) was one of five finalists at the Paderewski International Piano Competition and finished the competition in 4th place. As part of the prize, he received invitations to festivals in France and Poland. He performed Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 on Friday, November 19. The two week long competition, held in Bydgozcz, Poland, began on November 9 with 40 participants selected from applicants from around the world. Evstuhin is currently featured on Minnesota Public Radio's website. Evstuhin was also invited to make his New York debut playing a recital at the International Keyboard Festival at Mannes College

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School of Music professor of composition, James Dillon, was featured in Ivan Hewitt's article "James Dillon: Many rivers to cross..." in The Telegrap. Dillon's orchestral epic Nine Rivers will receive its world premiere by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Glasgow City Halls and Fruit Market on Sunday, November 14 and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 next year. Dillon's premiere was also featured in The Guardian, where he was called "Scotland's greatest living composer."

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SOM University Opera Theatre is featured on University of Minnesota homepage in the story "'Elmer Gantry' takes the stage at Ted Mann" by Deane Morrison.

The story features a video, which combines rehearsal photos with a duet between Elmer Gantry (Will Bryan) and Sharon Falconer (Bergen Baker) with pianist Joseph Welch. Also in this story, a Q &A with "Elmer Gantry" librettist Herschel Garfein.

Also, hear singers from the production, along with composer Robert Aldridge, librettist Herschel Garfein, and director David Walsh, at noon Friday, Nov. 19, on Classical Minnesota Public Radio, 99.5 FM in the Twin Cities.

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Professor Scott Lipscomb (music education) appeared on Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning with host Kerri Miller on Tuesday, November 2 for an Election Day discussion related to Professor Lipscomb's research on the role of music in multimedia contexts. Archive audio of the discussion is available on the MPR website.

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The University of Minnesota School of Music's October and November featured event highlights include University Singers Fall Concert: The Music of Jeffrey Van (11/12), 49th Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert (11/13&14), Faculty Recital: Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet and Timothy Lovelace, piano (11/15), A Conversation with Carter Pann and Frank Ticheli (11/18), University Opera Theatre's Minnesota premiere of Robert Aldridge's Elmer Gantry (11/18-21), and Jazz Ensemble I opening for the JazzMN Orchestra (11/20).

Visit the School of Music press page for the complete release.

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Music education professor Scott Lipscomb will be featured on WCCO-TV's 10 O'Clock News in the "Good Question" segment on Friday, June 4. Professor Lipscomb will tackle the eternal question of what makes for the perfect summer pop song.

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The CD recording of James Dillon's (composition) opera Philomela has just won France's prestigious "Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Lyrique" award for 2010. Dillon will personally receive the award at a ceremony to be held at Opera Bastille, Paris on Wednesday, May 7, 2010. The award was inaugurated by l'Académie Charles Cros in 1948 and offers prizes in various categories. Previous winners reads like a veritable who's who of classical music.

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Denis Evstuhin (D.M.A. candidate, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) performed Chopin's Scherzo No. 1 and other works live at the Fitzgerald Theater on American Public Media's radio program A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor on Saturday, February 20, 2010. Listen to archival audio of Evstuhin's performance on the Prairie Home Companion website.

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U of M School of Music Professor Karen Painter is featured in Barbara Isenberg's article "Renoir paintings of his later years are on display at the LACMA" in the February 14, 2010 edition of the Los Angeles Times.

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Four SOM students with the Contemporary Music Workshop had their works premiered by the world famous violinist Irvine Arditti on December 4, 2009. Watch the video on the Minnesota Daily website.

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Listen SOM graduate student Jessica Narum discuss violinist Irvine Arditti's upcoming visit to the School of Music on MPR's Art Hounds

The School of Music's Contemporary Music Workshop (CMW) will present a special series of events featuring world-renowned British violinist Irvine Arditti in his first visit to the Twin Cities in more than 15 years. For complete information, read the press release for this special series.

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Watch as three University of Minnesota graduate conducting students rehearse operas by Igor Stravinsky for the November 19-22, 2009 run of "Stravinsky in Paris" at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Minnesota Daily reporter Tom Johnson goes behind the scenes in this Minnesota Daily video to find out what it takes to prepare for three short operas in one evening. Click here for a related article in the Minnesota Daily.

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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.

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Read about Violin Professor Young-Nam Kim's experience performing in North Korea in the Pyongyang Spring Arts Festival from April 10-18 in The Pioneer Press and on MinnPost.com. Kim performed Vivaldi's Four Seasons and a work for solo violin and orchestra by a North Korean composer with the Pyongyang National Conservatory Orchestra.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

Noriko Kawai, piano; John De Haan, voice; Nickolai Kolarov, cello; Rudolph Kremer, violin; and graduate students and members of the School of Music New Music Ensemble perform the works of Thomas Simaku (Albania), Ivan Spassov (Bulgaria), Simeon Pironkov (Bulgaria), Roumen Balyozov (Bulgaria), and Sorin Lerescu (Romania).

Continue reading "Fifth Annual Concert of Balkan Contemporary Music BALKANICUS: Music from Albania, Bulgaria and Romania" »

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Music for Japanese Instruments and Guitar
featuring Alex Lubet (theory/composition) and Iris Shiraishi
Fri, Mar 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Dreamland Arts, 677 Hamline Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-645-5506
http://www.dreamlandarts.com/events/detail.php?eventId=98
Pay what you can at the door, please reserve seats.

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Ethnomusicology/musicology faculty member Karen Painter will release her new book, Symphonic Aspirations (Harvard University Press) on January 15, 2008.

Continue reading "Faculty Book Release: "Symphonic Aspirations" by Karen Painter" »

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Iris Shiraishi and Alex Lubet (theory / composition) present Far East/Lower East a program of original music for Japanese instruments and guitar on Asian and Jewish themes at Form + Content Gallery, 210 2nd St N, Minneapolis on Sunday, January 6, 2-3 pm.

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Kathy Saltzman Romey (choral) recently received a Grammy nomination with the Minnesota Chorale and Minnesota Orchestra.

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Matthew Bribitzer-Stull (theory / composition) was recently given the 2007 Emerging Scholar Award from the Society for Music Theory for “The A-flat–C–E Complex: The Origin and Function of Chromatic Major Third Collections in Nineteenth-Century Music,� published in Music Theory Spectrum 28/2 (2006).

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Tanya Remenikova (cello) has been awarded the 2007 Master Teacher Studio Award from the Minnesota Chapter of the American String Teachers Association.

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CLA is well represented in the twelve new featured discoveries as part of the Driven to Discover campaign. Specifically, the work of Kathryn Sikkink, Scott Lipscomb (music education), Monica Luciana, Steve Manson, Pat Frazier, and the Guthrie BFA are featured.

Continue reading "Scott Lipscomb featured on Driven to Discover sidewalk cling" »

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