Past Music News
Dr. Jean Richards presented on Ravel
Location: Madison, WI
Associate Professor of Music Dr. Jean Richards, UMM's professor for Music Theory, presented a paper comparing harmonic structures in two compositions by Maurice Ravel entitled “Ravel: Nearly as Many Circle Progressions in a Fugue as in a Forlane” at The Musician’s Workshop, the annual, national meeting of the Macro Analysis Creative Research Organizaition (MACRO), in Madison, Wisconsin, June 2009.
Martin Seggelke presented at International WASBE Conference
The World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) is the most important international organization in the field of wind music. Their biannual conference was hosted in Cincinnati, OH in July 2009. At the conference, UMM's Director of Wind Ensembles and Assistant Professor of Music, Dr. Martin Seggelke, gave a well-received presentation of his latest research on Historic and Current Developments in German Wind Music. The presentation was supported by the University of Minnesota Imagine Funds grant.
Ann DuHamel at New Paltz Piano Summer Festival
This past summer, UMM's new Head of Keyboard Studies, Ann DuHamel, participated in the New Paltz Piano Summer Festival, where she studied with renowned pianists Vladimir Feltsman, Robert Hamilton, Philip Kawin, Alexander Korsantia, Yong Hi Moon, Paul Ostrovsky, Robert Roux, and Susan Starr.
She also was invited to perform on the "Rising Stars" concert, as part of the Old Capitol Piano Sundays concert series in Iowa City, Iowa. The recital was taped by the University of Iowa to be broadcast in future televised programs.
Ann DuHamel on Tour
Head of Keyboard Studies Ann DuHamel is currently on tour with soprano Catherine Verrilli, assistant professor of voice and vocal pedagogy at St Cloud State University. Their recital program, "American Mystics, American Treasures," has been performed in Minnesota, Iowa, and MIssouri, with upcoming engagements on the East Coast and at UMM on September 27, 2009 at 7:30PM in the HFA Recital Hall on campus. Free admission!
Congratulations, Dr. Carucci!
Event Date/Time: Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2009 11:00 am
Joe Carucci received his DMA in Saxophone Performance in the Summer 2009 at the University of Kentucky with the completion of his doctoral document titled The Contribution of Gerry Mulligan’s Concert Jazz Band to the Jazz Tradition. Big Band transcriptions by Joe Carucci of four of the Concert Jazz Band’s original compositions and arrangements are presented in the document and were featured in a lecture recital in March 2009 at the Singletary Recital Hall in Lexington, Kentucky.
