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Upcoming HAIKU Conference features Penn Music faculty Jim Sykes and Naomi Waltham-Smith, along with a performance and discussion with the Daedalus Quartet
WHEN: September 12 – 13, 2014 WHERE: Penn Museum, Rainey AuditoriumREGISTER: http://www.haikuconference.com/register/SCHEDULE: http://www.haikuconference.com/schedule/
NEW INTERIM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED
We are pleased to announce that Thomas Hong has agreed to join us as our one-year Interim Director of the University of Pennsylvania Orchestra. Thomas holds conducting degrees from Rice University (M.Mus. in instrumental conducting), The Curtis Institute of Music (Artist Diploma in orchestral conducting), and Temple University (M.Mus. in choral conducting).Thomas comes to us as an Associate Conductor and Professor of Music at the Rice University Shepherd School. He is also the Director of
NEW WIND ENSEMBLE INTERIM DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED
With the recent departure of our director of the orchestra and wind ensemble, we are pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Ketner has accepted the one-year interim position of Director of the Wind Ensemble. Mike has his D.M.A from Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester, Rochester, NY) as well as a certificate in non-profit administration from the Fels Institute here at Penn. He is also the University of Pennsylvania Department of Music Director of Performance and Admissions Liaison.
Penn Gazette Arts and Culture blog highlights music listening selections from faculty and staff
In a two-part post, the Penn Gazette Arts and Culture blog features music listening suggestions from various staff and faculty at the Music Department. Both Part 1 and Part 2 highlight some new and interesting summer listening suggestions.
Festschrift for Emeritus Professor Eugene Narmour Published
Musical Implications: Essays in Honor of Eugene NarmourLawrence F. Bernstein, EditorAlexander Rozin, EditorThis collection of seventeen essays by friends, colleagues, and formerstudents, edited by Lawrence F. Bernstein and Alexander Rozin,celebrates the extraordinarily broad intellectual reach of EugeneNarmour, Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music atthe University of Pennsylvania, a seminal figure in the field of musictheory, and a path breaking scholar in music cognition. The studies
Jee-Weon Cha, Ph.d. 2002, publishes in Psychology of Music.
"The Takadimi System Reconsidered: Its Psychological Foundations and Some Proposals for Improvement," Psychology of Music (2014; DOI 10.1177/0305735614528063).It is available for download at:http://pom.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/03/24/0305735614528063
Dr. Monique Ingalls, (PH.D. 2008), has been appointed
Assistant Professor at the Baylor University School of Music. Congratulations! She has also been named a Fellow of the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music for 2014-15.
MACSEM annual meeting held at University of Penn March 29-30, 2014
http://ethnocenter.org/MACSEM/AnnualMeeting
The Department of South Asia Studies presents: Transitions in Indian Music and Dance in the Colonial Indian Ocean, c. 1750-1950
Professore Jim Sykes will be a participant in this conference, which will also include a special concert: Khyal, Sitar, Tabla: The Current GenerationThree New York-based stars of classical music: Samarth Nagarkar, Abhik Mukherjee, Nitin MittaFriday, April 25th, 8pm - Carriage House, Goodhand Room, 3907 Spruce St. Conference: Friday April 25-Saturday April 26thfor more info, visit: sites.sas.upenn.edu/transitions2014/