Faculty News, May 2013
In Lithuania to take part as a judge in the Juventus 2013 International Choral Competition, Stephen Jaffe spoke on "Reflections On New Media, The Orchestra, and the Documentary Impulse" in lectures at Kaunas University of Technology, and meetings with the Lithuanian Composers' Union in Vilnius. The talks focused on…
Graduation and Awards 2013
Undergraduate Degrees Conferred First Major Nicholas James Gubbins Jordan James Kvale Long Cameron Allan Alvarez Thompkins The Anne Marie Parsons Memorial Prize For excellence in the field of jazz studies Jenny Louise Walters Paul Bryan Award To recognize outstanding musicianship and exemplary service to the Duke University Wind Symphony…
Graduate Fellowships and Awards, 2013-2014
Graduate students in the Department of Music have been awarded the following fellowships and awards for the 2013-14 year: Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Fellowship: Stephen Pysnik, David Kirkland Garner Evan Frankel Fellowship: Yana Lowry Ottis Green Fellowship: Darren Mueller International Travel Research Fellowship: Jung-Min Lee Pre-Dissertation and…
Graduate Student News, May 2013
Bryan Christian will present his dissertation research "Combination-tone Class Sets and Redefining the Role of les couleurs in Claude Vivier's Bouchara" as a paper at the 2013 Annual Society for Music Theory Conference to be held in Charlotte, NC, Oct. 31 - Nov. 3, 2013. Christian's composition Combination was…
Alumni News, May 2013
Giuseppe Gerbino (Ph.D. musicology, 2001) received a Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award last February. Established on a donation from trustee Gerry Lenfest (Law '58), the $75,000 Lenfest award recognizes Columbia University faculty who demonstrate unusual merit in scholarship, university citizenship, and professional involvement. Gerbino is Associate Professor and Chair of…
Interactive Computer Music: A Duke Student Project
This is Duke Senior Clara Starkweather demonstrating one of her final projects for MUS 274S (Interactive Computer Music), taught by Scott Lindroth. In the class, students developed interactive motion-to-music systems using web cameras as well as the Kinect camera. They all wrote their own computer code using a software…
Duke Wind Symphony honors Paul Bryan
On April 18, 2013 the Duke University Wind Symphony, directed by Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, presented a concert dedicated to Professor Emeritus Paul Bryan, featuring works he conducted, arranged, and commissioned during his legendary tenure at Duke. Special guests included more than 60 Duke University Wind Symphony alumni who took the…
Duke Opera Workshop: Comedy Tonight!
On April 19 and 21, 2013, Duke Opera Workshop presented Comedy Tonight!, scenes of mirth & merriment from operas by Donizetti, Menotti, Mozart, Smetana, and Verdi. Members of The Juggling Club at Duke also participated in this production, which was directed by Susan Dunn. David Heid was the pianist…
