Todd Atlas and Chris Boerner (both Trinity '01) open Sound Pure LLC, a recording studio, custom guitar boutique and audio equipment sales and consultancy business in their newly renovated building in the heart of Durham. Profile date: Fall 2008.
Joy Calico (Ph.D. 1999) publishes Brecht at the Opera (U. California Press, 2008), the first full-length, systematic study of the artist's ambivalent engagement with opera. Profile date: Spring 2008.
Lily Hirsch (Ph.D. 2006) receives publication contract for Hitler's Jewish Orchestra: Musical Politics in the Berlin Jewish Culture League (U. Michigan Press). Profile date: Fall 2008.
Frances Hsieh (B.A. 2002) completes her second season as a violinist with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. She received her master's degree in music and certificate in orchestra performance from the Eastman School of Music. Profile date: Spring 2008.
Chia-Yu Hsu (Ph.D. candidate) composes new music with choreographer Keith A. Thompson and the Duke Dance Department. Profile date: Fall 2007.
George Lam (Ph.D. candidate) writes original music for the Duke Theater Studies production of Shakespeare's Pericles. Profile date: Fall 2007.
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Talya Lieberman (Trinity '07) makes a mark with a Wall Street Journal front-page article and New York Times Freakonomics blog.
Nathaniel Stookey (Ph.D. 2003) collaborates with children's author Lemony Snicket on The Composer is Dead, performed by the North Carolina Symphony, March 8, 2008. Profile date: Spring 2008.
Jayne Swank (B.A. 2008) named Lilly Fellow for 2008-09 academic year. Profile date: Spring 2008.
Special Web Feature Articles
Professor Emeritus Alexander Silbiger awarded 2008 Mellon Foundation Emeritus Fellowship
Monti Ellison performs with the Djembe and Afro-Cuban Ensembles, Nov. 21, 2008