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In
this Issue
NSF
Funds Universal BEATS
Third
Generation Pianist to Perform
"Shadows
and Reflections"
Chancellor
Sullivan to Retire Student
Honors
Save
the Date: High School Piano Day
Upcoming
Events
Tuesday, January 15, 7:30 p.m.
Carla LeFevre, soprano, & Inara Zandmane,
piano
School
of Music Recital Hall
Saturday,
January 19, 7:30 p.m.
Jonathan Noffsinger, saxophone
School of Music Recital Hall
Wednesday,
January 23, 5:30 p.m.
Fabian Lopez, violin, and Sinthia Perez,
harp
School of Music Recital Hall
Wednesday,
January 23, 7:30 p.m.
Chad Eby, jazz saxophone
School of Music Organ Hall
Thursday,
January 24, 4:00 p.m.
CHT Lecture Series: Philip Rupprecht, Duke
University
"Wordless Dramas: Character and Action in Music of Thea Musgrave and
Harrison Birtwistle"
School of Music
Collins Lecture Hall
Sunday,
January 27, 7:30 p.m.
Nancy Walker, soprano
School of Music Recital Hall
Monday,
January 28, 7:30 p.m.
Nancy Davis & Sharon Johnson, alumni
piano recital
School of Music Recital
Hall
Tuesday,
January 29, 7:30 p.m.
Jura Margulis, piano
School of Music Organ Hall
Wednesday,
January 30, 4:00 p.m.
CHT Colloquium: Dr. Annegret Fauser,
UNC Chapel Hill
"Fighting with Scores: American Musicians during World War II"
School of Music Collins Lecture Hall
On
the Horizon
Tuesday,
February 5, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Composers Concert
School of Music Recital Hall
Wednesday,
February 6, 4:00 p.m.
CHT Colloquium:
Michal Buchler, Florida State University
“Dramatic Oppositions and their Musical Voices in Guys and Dolls”
School of Music Collins Lecture Hall
Thursday,
February 7 through Sunday, February 10
February 7-9 @ 7:30 p.m
February 10 @ 2:00 p.m.
UNCG Opera Theatre's Studio Opera presents
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado
Grimsley High School Auditorium Sunday,
February 10, 7:30 p.m.
Gesa Kordes, faculty and guest artist
recital
School of Music Organ Hall
Tuesday,
February 12, 7:30 p.m.
Sylvia Smith Duo
School of Music Recital Hall
Thursday,
February 14, 10:00 a.m.
McIver Lectureship in Vocal Pedagogy
School of Music
Friday,
February 15, 7:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band
Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center
Saturday,
February 16, 2:00 p.m.
Carolina Band Festival Honor Band Concerts
Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center
Monday,
February 18, 7:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra
Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center
Wednesday,
February 20, 7:30 p.m.
Student Composers Concert I
School of Music Organ Hall
Sunday,
February 24, 5:30 p.m.
Chamber Singers & Baroque Ensemble
West Market United Methodist Church
Monday,
February 25, 7:30 p.m.
Student Composers Concert
School of Music Recital Hall
Tuesday,
February 26, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Ensemble
School of Music Recital Hall
Thursday,
February 28, 4:00 p.m.
CHT Lecture: Alejandro Rutty, UNCG
"Understanding
Style and Genre: Tango, Piazzolla, and the CD Bin"
School of Music Collins Lecture Hall
Friday,
February 29, 7:30 p.m.
University Band
Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center
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January
2008 E-Newsletter
Happy
New Year from the School of Music! Classes will begin on Monday, January 14,
with performances starting up soon after. We hope to see you in the audience!
Congratulations
Alums!
Dean John
Deal speaks to new School of Music graduates at the special commencement
ceremony
held in the Recital Hall on Thursday, December 20.
National
Science Foundation Funds "Universal BEATS"
The Music Research
Institute will embark on a two and a half-year project that will introduce
second through fifth-grade students to science and math through the
innovative use of BioMusic. Titled “Universal
BEATS,” the
project will incorporate the field of BioMusic, the study of the musical
sounds of all species of plants and
animals, into math and science curricula.
The project
is funded through a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
The project will
use
music and natural sounds to teach students lessons
in biodiversity, neurophysiology, human evolution, the physics of sound
and cultural diversity.
Universal
BEATS is collaboration between UNCG, NC State University,
the Kenan Institute of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
and the National Science
Foundation. The goal of the program is to develop a standards-based
curriculum that introduces elementary-aged students to the deep roots
of human music.
In January,
two teams of BioMusic fellows consisting of two science and music teachers,
will begin developing educational modules that they
will
introduce
into two schools in the fall. The fellows will work with renowned
science experts such as Dr. Steve Nowicki, dean of undergraduate education
at Duke University
and an expert in the evolution of animal communication. In 2009
the
project will be expanded to approximately 60 teachers.
Third
Generation Pianist to Perform
 Renowned
pianist Jura Margulis, whom the Washington Post praised
for his “titanic reserves of sheer power,” will perform
on Tuesday, January 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Organ Hall. The program will
include works by Bach, Chopin and Brahms.
Jura
is an associate professor of music and artist in residence at the Fulbright
College of the University
of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
A third-generation pianist, he has performed throughout the world including
appearances with the Russian National Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra
and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit. Margulis' honors
and awards include prizes in more than a dozen international competitions.
He is a recipient of the esteemed Pro Europa prize, awarded by the European
Foundation for Culture.
"Shadows
and Reflections"
A
photography exhibit of works by Sarah Dorsey, Director of the
Music Library, is
on display in the gallery located near TLC's Media Services in
McIver Building. The exhibit will be up through the end of February.
Click
here for a map of the campus.
"I like to call
myself the Accidental Photographer," says Dorsey. "Many of these
photos are lucky accidents that I'm happy to share, images that pull me
in and
widen my appreciation for the world around us."
Chancellor
Sullivan to Retire
Chancellor
Patricia A. Sullivan announced that she will retire as chancellor, effective
July 31, 2008. Sullivan is UNCG's ninth chief executive. She
took over as chancellor on January 1, 1995, after serving as vice president
for academic affairs and interim president at Texas
Woman's University. She is currently the senior chancellor
in the UNC system. Click
here for additional information.
Student
News & Honors
Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, clarinet,
has been accepted to present her dissertation work at the Midwest Graduate
Music Consortium 2008 Annual Conference in Madison, WI and at the Southeast
and Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEMSEC) Conference
in Tallahassee, FL.
If you know of
additional student, faculty and staff honors that are not listed above,
please email them to Jennifer Scott at
jcscott@uncg.edu.
Save
the Date: High School Piano Day
Join the UNCG piano faculty on Saturday,
February 16th for an exciting day of piano master classes
and recitals. Open to high school students and teachers. More information
and registration will be available soon via mail and www.uncg.edu/mus/pianoday.
Sign
the Guestbook for James Leo Roueche
A
virtual guestbook is still available for friends to share
their memories
of "Colonel
Jim" at http://www.uncg.edu/mus/memorialbook.
Are
you Current?
Have you updated your alumni biography for the School of Music? For your convenience
we now offer an online update submission form at www.uncg.edu/mus/update. We
love hearing from you, so please be sure to keep us posted!
Fall
2007 Fortissimo Now Available
The
Fall 2007 edition of the School of Music magazine, Fortissimo, is now available
both in print and online. Click here to
request a copy of the Fortissimo or visit our web site to download the magazine
at www.uncg.edu/mus/eventsNews.
Visit the School
of Music web site for more information, links, pictures and beyond!
Questions? Click
here to email the School of Music e-newsletter editor.
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