The deadline for submissions for Tutti, the magazine of the University of Minnesota School of Music, is Friday, May 30, 2008.
Summer Programs at the School of Music
The School of Music hosts a variety of summer music programs including the Summer Music Theatre Workshop sponsored by the Twin Cities Opera Guild; Summer Choir co-sponsored by the Oratorio Society; and the Bravo! String and Keyboard Institute. For audition, registration, and schedule information, contact mus-ppr@umn.edu.
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New Music Ensemble Consortium
University of Iowa School of Music Center for New Music
David Gompper, director and conductor
Thursday, May 8, 7:30 pm
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Jazz Ensemble III
Friday, May 9, 12 pm
Amphitheater between Ferguson and Anderson Halls
Piano Ensembles
Friday, May 9, 4 pm
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
New Music Ensemble Consortium
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music
Laura Schwendinger, director
Friday, May 9, 7:30 pm
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
New Music Ensemble Consortium
University of Minnesota School of Music
Saturday, May 10, 3:30 pm
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
Chamber Music Gala
Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 pm
Ted Mann Concert Hall
Kroumata Master Class, percussion
Friday, May 30, 3:30 pm
Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall
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Doug Geers discusses electronic music in The Minnesota Daily. To view the story and for a link to a related feature video, visit The Minnesota Daily website.
School of Music faculty and composition alumni will be highlighted in American Public Media’s Pipedreams special program broadcast in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Minnesota’s statehood. The program, “A Minnesota Organ Book,” will feature works by Minnesota composers on the state’s sesquicentennial, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Featured SOM composers include David Evan Thomas, Carol Barnett, Cary John Franklin, Anne Kilstofte, Stephen Paulus, Monte Mason, Janika Vandervelde, and Linda Tutas Haugen. For more information on the program, visit the Pipedreams website.
University Opera Theatre students, Katherine Crawford and Brandon Miller, are featured in The Minnesota Daily for their work in the guerilla opera series Opera on Tap. Visit The Minnesota Daily website to read their story and to find out more about the series.
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The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, including SOM faculty members, will perform works by Schubert, Stravinsky and Dvorák in Zankel Hall as a part of Carnegie Hall’s 2007-08 season on Sunday, May 11 at 7:30 pm. SOM faculty performing with the SPCO include Thomas Ashworth, Julia Bororad-Kogan, Gary Bordner, Christopher Brown, and Charles Ullery. Visit the Carnegie Hall website for program and ticket information.
Anna Schultz's (Visiting Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology) article, "The Collision of Genres and Collusion of Participants: Marathi Rastriya Kirtan and the Communication of Hindu Nationalism," was published in the most recent issue of Ethnomusicology, 52 (1). Also, in March Schultz traveled to Vancouver to present an invited paper, “‘You Can Put It in Any Air’: Disarticulations of Repertoire from Style in Indo-Guyanese-American Temples,” for the Performing Culture in South Asia: New Technologies, Texts, and Traditions conference at the University of British Columbia.
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Congratulations to voice students Rebecca Fadell (student of Glenda Maurice) and Anna Hersey (student of Lawrence Weller) on their National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) regional competition victories. Both students will go on to compete in the NATS National Competition Finals in Nashville, TN on June 26, 2008.
Elliott Miles McKinley (PhD, Composition, '08, student of Doug Geers and Alex Lubet) recently accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Music at Indiana University East in Richmond, IN. McKinley will teach theory and composition as well as head the music department where he will develop and lead their music program. His appointment starts in the fall.
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K. Christian McGuire (MA, Music, '07) will present excerpts from his thesis, Symphonia Caritatis: The Cistercian Chants of Hildegard von Bingen at the 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo on May 8-11. In late May both he and President Harry Chalmiers will represent the McNally-Smith College of Music at the 25th Anniversary of the International Society for Hildegard von Bingen studies at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. For more information, visit McGuire's website.
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Audrey Stottler of the New York Metropolitan Opera, will present an opera workshop at MacPhail Center for Music for classical voice students. The workshop is open to all students studying classical music, lieder, opera arias and art songs. A Theater/Movement Specialist will be present to coach singers on blocking and dramatic expression. This is an opportunity for experienced singers interested in continuing or expanding their classical music/opera/lieder study. No audition is necessary to participate. Students are asked to prepare 1–3 selections for study. The class is offered from 6pm-9pm Tuesdays and Thursdays starting June 10. More information on tuition and class times is available at the MacPhail Center for Music website.
The Minnesota Orchestra presents a three-week Percussion Festival that puts its fabulous back row musicians front and center, May 21 through June 6. Visit minnesotaorchestra.org for complete festival details and for information on discounted student tickets.
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Please send submissions for the next issue of Ostinato to mus-ppr@umn.edu by noon on Wednesday, May 14.
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