Andreas Xenopoulos was the winner of the Greek University Women’s Club Scholarship Competition, held in April 2011 in Chicago. He was awarded a $1000 prize. Andreas was awarded an assistantship to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for doctoral studies in piano performance, starting fall 2011.
(Submitted by Robert Satterlee)
The Bowling Green Philharmonia will present its final concert of the spring season at 8 p.m. Wednesday (April 20) in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center.
Dr. Emily Freeman Brown, director of orchestral activities at Bowling Green State University, will conduct the performance, which will include works by Dmitri Kabalevsky, Ludwig van Beethoven and Paul Hindemith, and will feature the University Choral Society, directed by Mark Munson.
The program begins with the overture to Kabalevsky’s lively opera “Colas Breugnon.” Set in 17th-century France and based on a novel by Romain Rolland, the piece uses French folk idioms in a fresh but traditional way and has become a popular work in the orchestral repertoire.
The University Choral Society will join the Philharmonia in Beethoven’s “Mass in C major.” Although the piece is often overshadowed by his larger works, it shows Beethoven’s innovative style, setting the text in a way that had never been done before and using tympani to accompany the voices.
Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” (Matthias the Painter) is among his most famous orchestral works. The symphony is based on themes from his opera of the same name. Hindemith used the themes as a trial run of the music for his opera, which premiered four years later.
Tickets for the event are $10 for adults and $7 for senior citizens, with a $3 increase the day of the performance. Students can purchase tickets for $5 and a canned good. Call the center box office weekdays from noon to p.m. at 419-372-8171 or toll-free 1-800-589-2224.
(Submitted by Susan Knapp)
David Harnish, Ph.D., Associate Dean and Professor of Ethnomusicology’s 400-page edited volume, Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia, was published this month by Oxford University Press. The book features eleven case studies by a noted international authorship, along with a comprehensive introduction and an epilogue written by senior scholar, Judith Becker. Harnish wrote one chapter, co-wrote the Introduction, and edited the volume numerous times with second editor, Anne Rasmussen.
(Submitted by David Harnish)
Gregory Ruffer was recently named Music Department Chair at the Patel Conservatory of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa. He was also named Chorus Master for Opera Tampa. Ruffer recieved a Bachelors’ of Music from the CMA in 1987, and a Masters’ Degree from the CMA in 1995.
(Submitted by Susan Knapp)
Harmonium (Bojangles) Saxophone Quartet are the Co-Winners of the Arriaga National 2011 Chamber Music Competition (Stamford, CT).
Bill Conn, soprano
Po-Fang Chang, alto
Collin Stegeman, tenor
Sheldon Johnson, baritone
(sharing honors with a Juilliard piano trio)
(Submitted by John Sampen)
Trumpet player Josh Silver, guitarist Paul Cohn, saxophonists Nicole Hassell and Brian Lang all received Outstanding Soloist Certificates at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival on March 5th.
(Submitted by David Bixler)
