Aida Huseynova publication and media presentations

01.29.2013 | Jacobs School of Music

Aida Huseynova (second from left), participated in the weekly TV show "Gerib Akhshamlar".

Aida Huseynova, adjunct lecturer in music (Music in General Studies), published the article “From Chanting the Quran to Singing Oratorio: Choral Music in West and Central Asia” in “The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music,” edited by Andre de Quadros (Cambridge University Press, 2012). The article analyses unique forms of choral music that have emerged in this vast region since antiquity.

For details, visit http://cco.cambridge.org/uid=1450/extract?id=ccol9780521111737_CCOL9780521111737A013

On December 28, 2012, Huseynova was featured on the Public Television of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In the weekly TV show “Gerib Akhshamlar” hosted by Yusif Gunaydin, Huseynova talked about her teaching experience at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She spoke about her work with Indiana University International Vocal Ensemble led by Katherine Strand: IVE performed three songs from Azerbaijan at the concert “Love on the Silk Road: Voices of Central Eurasia” that took place in the IU Jacobs School of Music Auer Hall on November 11, 2012. Huseynova also talked about her participation in the residency program of Kronos Quartet and the Alim Qasimov Ensemble at Berkeley and Stanford Universities in February 2012. With the Public Television’s 24/7 online live streaming, Yusif Gunaydin’s show enjoys popularity among wide audiences all over the world.

Jacobs School and Ryder Series present film “Orchestra of Exiles”

11.26.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

He rescued some of the world’s greatest musicians to create one of the world’s greatest orchestras . . . .

Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman, Joshua Bell are featured in “Orchestra of Exiles,” the suspenseful chronicle of how one man helped save Europe’s premiere Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis during WWII.

In the early 1930’s Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness and an entourage of allies including Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein, Huberman saved close to 1000 Jews – along with the musical heritage of Europe.  (2012; 85 min)

Presented by The Ryder Series, with support from the IU Jacobs School of Music, “Orchestra of Exiles” will be screened on November 30, December 1, 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 7:00 pm on campus at the IU Fine Arts Theater (FA 102) in the IU Fine Arts Building.
It will be screened off campus on Sunday, Dec 2 at 7:00 pm at Bear’s Place.

Admission is $5.

For more information visit www.TheRyder.com

Connie Cook Glen to present at CMS Conference

11.02.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

Connie Cook Glen, coordinator of the Music in General Studies Program, will present a paper, “Music of War, Music of Peace: Inspiring Advocacy,” Nov. 16 at the College Music Society National Conference in San Diego. The paper is inspired by her course on this topic, and the concept of the “Artist-Citizen.”

Alumnus David Milne (MM ’90) leads a new band in the Jazz from A to Z season

10.25.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

Led by saxophonist Dave Milne and vibraphonist Dave Hagedorn, Spiral Vision, a hard bop fusion  quintet, pays homage to Hutcherson/Land to present this somewhat neglected body of music.

Read more about the band here.

Jacobs lecturer Cary Boyce appointed General Manager at Spokane Public Radio

07.23.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

Congratulations to Cary Boyce, alumnus composer and Jacobs School adjunct lecturer in Music in General Studies, who has been named president and general manager of Spokane Public Radio in Spokane, WA. Boyce joins Spokane Public Radio following seven years as WFIU Public Radio’s operations and production manager.

Spokane Public Radio Press Release:

Spokane Public Radio Announces New General Manager

July 21, 2012

Spokane, WA– Following a national search, Dr. Cary Boyce has been named president and general manager of Spokane Public Radio. Boyce was chosen after a careful vetting of national and local candidates by the station’s search committee. “We had a pool of high-quality individuals and feel we have the right person to lead the organization into the future,” said Search Committee Chair and SPR Board President Tom Parker. “Cary brings nearly 20 years of experience in the operations, management, and funding of public radio and we are thrilled he has accepted the position. I am very excited and unbelievably optimistic that SPR has a bright future with Cary leading the team.” Boyce will officially begin September 1.

Dr. Boyce comes to SPR from WFIU, Indiana Public Media, where he acted for the past seven years as the station’s operations and production manager. His extensive public radio experience with WFIU includes not only broadcast, production, and syndication experience, but work on expansion of integrated media in the service of public broadcasting as well. Boyce is also an active composer and musician, and an Emmy Award winner for original music composed for the PBS documentary Harp Dreams in 2011. He has been the recipient of numerous music grants, including awards from the Pew Charitable Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, and Arts International. Dr. Boyce is co-founder of the innovative music company, Aguava New Music Studio, which has garnered awards and accolades from around the world. “Dr. Boyce’s public radio experience coupled with his commitment to the arts fits the station’s mission perfectly,” said Parker.

“It’s a pleasure and an honor to accept the general manager position for Spokane Public Radio,” stated Dr. Boyce. “Public media on the whole is experiencing a sea of change in operations, production, and of course our funding models…but the vision and value of public broadcasting remain the same.” Boyce noted that with great challenges come great opportunities. “With a strong and loyal crew, and the support of the listeners and communities it serves, SPR is well poised to face these challenges. Together, we will find a path to a bright and sustainable future.”

Boyce will take the leadership role in working with the board of directors on development, maintenance of the station’s mission, and coordination and implementation of long-range and strategic plans. His priorities include a review of current operations and programming, identifying ways to expand listenership and increase revenue, and getting to know the communities that SPR serves. “For the first year, I’ll spend a great deal of time listening,” Boyce said. “I will visit the communities throughout the listening region and seek out the opinions and perceptions of our listeners and partners.”

Parker explained, “The board chose Dr. Boyce for his proven range of abilities to expand and emphasize listener, donor, and business relationships while developing and executing strategic ways forward. He has a long record of success in the multiple directions that public media is heading.”

Boyce replaces Richard Kunkel who over the past 22 years expanded SPR from one station to three, secured federal funding to convert outlying translators into transmitters, and advanced the station’s HD channels.

“The board, the staff, and the community are enthusiastic about the possibilities that lie ahead for us,” said Parker. “With a rich history, a strong mission, and the fresh vision that Dr. Boyce brings, there isn’t anything that the organization can’t accomplish.”

Spokane Public Radio stations KPBX 91.1, KSFC 91.9, and KPBZ 90.3 are the primary sources of music and arts information, humanities programming, and world, national, state, regional and local news across a 20,000 square mile area including north central and eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana, southeast British Columbia, and parts of northeastern Oregon. SPR is the region’s NPR affiliate with a staff of 28 full and part-time employees, an annual budget of $1.8 million, and a cume of more than 70,000 weekly listeners.

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Kristen Bellisario participates in First Global sustainable Soundscapes Network workshop

07.23.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

Kristen Bellisario, adjunct lecturer in the Music and General Studies program, has been invited to the First Global Sustainable Soundscapes Network workshop in Baraboo Wisconsin (July 22-25). The workshop and conference is sponsored by Dr. Bryan C. Pinjanowski, Principal Investigator, NSF Global Sustainable Soundscapes Network at the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University

The overarching objective of the network is to bring together ecologists (landscape ecologists and conservation biologists), acoustic ecologists (from the creative arts) and acousticians and psychoacousticians (scientists that study sound and how people perceive sound) to coordinate studies in diverse soundscapes around the world.

Listening Workshops designed to: (1) increase listening skills of ecologists and conservation biologists in order to improve research capability on soundscapes; (2) learn more about how humans use acoustics to perceive their surroundings so that society values protecting soundscapes. Teams of ecologists, acoustic ecologists, and psychoacousticians will visit five unique ecosystems over the course of the five year project.

Ten network members and four Soundscape Fellows will travel to a site and join 3-6 local hosts for these listening workshops. We will attempt to select members that will attend these workshops so that there is a good balance of ecologists, social scientists, natural resource managers (generally part of the local host group) and acoustic ecologists.

The listening workshops will be held in the Kenai Wildlife Refuge, Midwest Temperate Ecosystem, Sonoran Desert Region, Borneo Equatorial Rainforest, and Mediterranean Landscapes in Tuscany.

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Glenn Gass celebrated as Provost Professor

03.09.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

In a celebration at the Neal Marshall Grand Hall, Monday, March 5, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President Lauren Robel, Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, departmental colleagues, family, and friends gathered to honor Glenn Gass’s induction as Indiana University Provost Professor. The ceremony was shared by three other professors receiving the honor this year – Provost Professor of History and Philosophy of Science Colin Allen, Provost Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Olaf Sporns, and Provost Professor of Anthropology Richard R. Wilk.

In addition the gathering heard the Tracy M. Sonneborn Lecture by Awardee Professor of English, Stephen Watt, who lectured on “Irish Schlemiels: The Performance of Ethnicity on the Nineteenth-Century Stage”

  • Photos of the gathering can be seen here.
  • A press release about the event can be seen here.

    • Aida Huseynova participates in Kronos Quartet residency

    02.17.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

    On February 5-12, Aida Huseynova, Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Music in General Studies), was the invited scholar for a residency program of the Kronos Quartet and Alim Qasimov Ensemble from Azerbaijan, which took place at Berkeley and Stanford Universities. Dr.Huseynova gave two pre-concert talks, and moderated the lecture-demonstration.

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    David Ward-Steinman celebrates reissue of CD and Carnegie Hall premiere

    02.17.2012 | Jacobs School of Music

    David Ward-Steinman’s composition, Fragments From Sappho, has just been reissued on CD by New World Records, NY.  Originally released on LP in 1969, it featured Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Samuel Baron (flute), David Glazer (clarinet), and David Ward-Steinman (piano).

    The critic for High Fidelity magazine called the recording “one of the great finds of the year.  To begin with, he has a marvelous translation by Mary Barnard which is full of kittenish intensity and is a bit of a masterpiece in its own right.  The setting is for voice, with very important obbligato parts for flute and clarinet ricochets off this text in brilliant fashion, and the performance by Curtin, Baron, and Glazer is equally brilliant.  This is the best setting of old Greek texts since Debussy’s Chasons de Bilitis.   [A.F. in High Fidelity, November 1969] (The CD also includes songs by Ned Rorem.)

    Click for more information and to buy the CD >

    In other news, Ward-Steinman was recently commissioned to write a song for the Brazilian soprano Daniella Carvalho’s Carnegie Hall debut Jan. 23, 2012.  The song, Jewels, was commissioned by the conductor Jeff Eckstein for his wife Daniella to premiere on her Jewels of the Heart benefit concert for the International Children’s Heart Foundation, held in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.  The pianist for the occasion was Martin Hennessy.

    Glen Gass hosts BEATLEMANIA fundraiser for Monroe County History Center, Feb 24

    11.22.2011 | Jacobs School of Music

    Professor Glen Gass will be the featured speaker at BEATLEMANIA: The Long and Winding Road – an evening of wining, dining, and the Beatles, February 24, 2012, in support of The Monroe County History Center. The evening will take place at COOK World Headquarters and will include interactive exhibits in the Gateway and Permanent Galleries.  6:00 p.m. reception. Program by Professor Gass at 7:30 p.m.