Elainie Lillios (Associate Professor of Composition) received a 2011 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for her creative work. The Individual Excellence Awards program provides grants to Ohio artists for the exceptional merit of a completed body of work. These awards recognize creativity and imagination that exemplify the highest level of achievement and advancement of the art form for a particular discipline. Lillios was awarded in the interdisciplinary/performance art category, with submissions including her recent pieces “Nostalgic Visions” for piano and live, interactive electroacoustics (commissioned by BGSU faculty member Thomas Rosenkranz) and “2BTextures”, an experimental animation with electroacoustic music that she created collaboratively with BGSU faculty member/digital artist Bonnie Mitchell.

(Submitted by Elainie Lillios)

Bowling Green State University Richard Kennell Retirement Reception Friday, April 15, 2011 | 3:30-5:30 p.m. Stage of Kobacker Hall Moore Musical Arts Center Provost Kenneth Borland is hosting a special reception to celebrate and honor Dr. Richard Kennell for his years of service as a faculty member and his leadership as the Dean of the College of Musical Arts. A brief program will begin at 4 p.m. Bowling Green State University

 
(Submitted by Susan Knapp)

Alarm Will Sound (www.alarmwillsound.com) performed at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in New York City March 10, 2011, an original show entitled, “1969.”

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal published full-length feature articles about Alarm Will Sound and the show before the show.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/arts/music/06alarm.html?ref=allankozinn

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703580004576180580962654412.html

The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times published highly positive reviews of the event:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/arts/music/1969-by-alarm-will-sound-at-carnegie-hall-music-review.html?_r=2&emc=eta1

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/03/dispatch-from-new-york-john-lennon-and-karlheinz-stockhausen-together-at-last-.html

(Submitted by Jacqueline Leclair)

Dr. Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu’s solo CD, THE PLEASURE DOME OF KUBLA KHAN, Piano Works of Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Centaur), was recently reviewed by the Audio Video Club of Atlanta, saying, “Under Liu’s thoughtful interpretive style and her delicate touch at the keyboard, these pieces emerge as a labor of love. She does a wonderful job bringing out Griffes’ salient features as a composer.”

To read the entire review, click here.

(Submitted by Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu)