Joy Calico publishes Brecht at the Opera (U. California Press, 2008), the first full-length, systematic study of the artist's ambivalent engagement with opera.
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.
Chia-Yu Hsu composes new music with choreographer Keith A. Thompson and the Duke Dance Department.
George Lam (video) writes original music for the Duke Theater Studies production of Shakespeare's Pericles. (download via iTunesU here)
Nathaniel Stookey collaborates with children's author Lemony Snicket on The Composer is Dead, performed by the North Carolina Symphony, March 8th.