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COFAC COLLOQUIUM #32

COFAC Colloquium #32 will take place on Friday, May 12 from 3:00 – 4:30 pm in the Center for the Arts, room 2032.  Susan Kirchner, Department of Dance and Cecylia Barczyk, Department of Music will be presenting.  Light refreshments will be available. Susan Kirchner, Department of Dance Shifting Rhythms of Generosity: A Reflection on Alcine Joseph Wiltz […]

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Sabbatical Presentation by Professor Cecylia Barczyk, Department of Music

Cecylia Barczyk, Department of Music One Sabbatical, Three Projects Towards Pedagogical Ends I will share videos from my performances in Poland, Malta, Germany, and Iceland. I will report the results of my research of contemporary Polish cello music suitable for pedagogical use at Towson University.  Five of my students are currently learning some of these works and will present them […]

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COFAC COLLOQUIUM #29

Sabbatical presentations will take place on Friday, November 18 from 3-4:30 pm in CA 3080. PHILLIP COLLISTER – DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Randall Thompson’s Solomon and Balkis: Redux for Chamber Orchestra Randall Thompson was one of the U.S’s most prominent composers of the 20th century. His only one-act opera, Solomon and Balkis has been reduced for small […]

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Sabbatical Presentation by Phillip Collister – Department of Music

Randall Thompson’s Solomon and Balkis: Redux for Chamber Orchestra By Phillip Collister Randall Thompson was one of the U.S’s most prominent composers of the 20th century. His only one-act opera, Solomon and Balkis has been reduced for small chamber orchestra by Prof. Phillip Collister, Dept. Of Music. Prof. Collister will discuss his sabbatical project and […]

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College of Liberal Arts – Battlefields and Homefronts: World War I and Modern Life

College of Liberal Arts – Battlefields and Homefronts: World War I and Modern Life “Arthur Nevin and the Singing Soldiers of Camp Grant: An American Composer’s Service during World War I” Aaron Ziegel (Department of Music) Wednesday, October 12, 12:15-1:15, LA 2317 In October 1917, Arthur Nevin arrived at Camp Grant to take up the […]

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A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PROFESSOR REYNALDO REYES

A Memorial Service for the late Professor Reynaldo Reyes, Department of Music, is scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 1 pm at St. Matthews Catholic Church, 5401 Loch Raven Blvd. (just below Good Samaritan Hospital). All are invited.

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Sabbatical Presentation by Natalie Mannix, Department of Music

Sabbatical Presentation:  Friday, April 15, 2016; 3:00 – 4:30 pm – Center for the Arts 2032   Natalie Mannix, Music Breaking Ground: A Celebration of Women Composers Natalie’s sabbatical presentation will discuss the historical necessity for an archival recording of women composers who wrote works for solo trombone and piano. The presentation will include biographical […]

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Sabbatical Presentation by Jonathan Leshnoff, Department of Music

A sabbatical presentation by Jonathan Leshnoff, Department of Music is scheduled for Friday, March 4, 2016 from 2:00 – 2:40 pm in the Center for the Arts, room 2032. Jonathan Leshnoff, Music Symphony No. 2: Innerspace For his sabbatical project, Jonathan Leshnoff composed his second symphony which was premiered in November 2015 by the Atlanta Symphony […]

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COFAC COLLOQUIUM 26 – FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016

Presentations for the Colloquium will take place in Center for the Arts, room 2032 on Friday, March 4, 2016 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Jonathan Leshnoff, Music Symphony No. 2: Innerspace For his sabbatical project, Jonathan Leshnoff composed his second symphony which was premiered in November 2015 by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Jonathan will discuss […]

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Sabbatical Presentation – Eva Mengelkoch, Department of Music

Lieder for Lena In 2007, a Virginia-based jazz musician discovered a box of lieder manuscripts in the basement of his house.  The lieder were composed by Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy and dedicated to his protégé Magdalene Schoch.  A grandson of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Albrecht was a  jurist and peace activist who represented Germany as an advisor […]

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Sabbatical Presentation – Diane Luchese, Department of Music

Recording the Contemporary Pipe Organ in Baltimore Since its 250 BCE invention, the pipe organ continues to develop, and accordingly composers continue to push the envelope of its expressive possibilities. In recent years, American builders have excelled in craftsmanship. Baltimore houses several noteworthy instruments that exemplify the design principles and tonal aesthetics currently in fashion. This […]

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Music History and Culture presentations: “The Politics of International Opera Production” (Prof. Aaron Ziegel) and “Queer Orientalism in the Disney Renaissance” (Prof. Sam Baltimore)

The Department of Music invites you to the research presentations of our Music History and Culture faculty, Prof. Aaron Ziegel and Prof. Sam Baltimore. Prof. Ziegel and Prof. Baltimore will give papers in the annual national meeting of the American Musicological Society in Milwaukee, WI, and will offer a preview of their papers on Tuesday, […]

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Music History and Culture presentations: “The Politics of International Opera Production” (Prof. Aaron Ziegel) and “Queer Orientalism in the Disney Renaissance” (Prof. Sam Baltimore)

The Department of Music invites you to the research presentations of our Music History and Culture faculty, Prof. Aaron Ziegel and Prof. Sam Baltimore. Prof. Ziegel and Prof. Baltimore will give papers in the annual national meeting of the American Musicological Society in Milwaukee, WI, and will offer a preview of their papers on Tuesday, […]

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