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Sound Cast of San Giorgio Maggiore Musical ArchitectureTuesday, 5/3/16 | 6pm | Lower Lawn | Free
Palladian EchoesTuesday, 5/3/16 | 7pm | Old Cabell Hall Lobby | FreeThis sound installation brings recordings of Palladio's Venetian masterpiece,San Giorgio Maggiore into and around Old Cabell Hall, creating a multichannelsound walk for listeners in the context of the UVA Lawn. Jefferson'sarchitectural works were inspired by Palladian design, and this piece sets up aPalladian Echo in proximity to Jefferson's Rotunda. Sound Cast of San GiorgioMaggiore is a collaboration between Dr. Matthew Burtner of Music and Dr.Anselmo Canfora of Architecture, created thanks to the generous support fromthe Vice Provost for the Arts Faculty Arts Research Award.
DigitalisTuesday, 5/3/16 | 8pm | Old Cabell Hall | FreeThe University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music presents Digitalis 2016on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall. Digitalis, the annualcomputer music festival at UVA, is brought to you by the Virginia Center forComputer Music and the University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music.
This free concert of experimental work for sound and visual media features premiers by undergraduateand graduate students in Composition and Computer Technologies. These adventurous concerts inviteaudiences to explore new dimensions of musical experimentation.
African Music and DanceTuesday, 5/3/16 | 9:30pm | Hunter Smith Band Building | FreeThis year’s event is a combined concert and allout African dance party,featuring traditional Ghanaian Ewe dances with Master guest artist Nani Agbeli.An added treat will be electronic production and DJ input from Prof. NoelLobley’s Global Beats course, rounding out the evening with dancing for
everyone! The theme is Telling Y/OUR Stories, making this music meaningful in our own context,celebrating graduating seniors on the last day of classes, inviting the community, and in the African way
facing bereavement and endings of all kinds by singing and dancing in an affirmation of life. Come joinus! Free parking next door in the Culbreth Garage.
Jazz in the AmphitheaterWednesday, 5/4/16 | 12pm | UVA Amphitheater | FreeThe University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music presents the UVA JazzGroups for an end of the year Jazz Jam on Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 fromnoon to 3pm in the UVA Amphitheater. (Rain cancels)The Jazz Small Groups are taught by distinguished jazz performance facultymembers Pete Spaar, Jeff Decker and Mike Rosensky. The groups range in
size from quartets to octets and vary in skilllevel from intermediate to advanced. Repertoire is chosenfrom a diverse range of jazz styles by such greats as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane,Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, among many others, as well as originalcompositions by both faculty and students.
Time Lapse Dance performance of "Ice Cycle"Wednesday, 5/4/16 | 8pm | Old Cabell Hall | Free, but Tickets RequiredNew York based Time Lapse Dance performs Ice Cycle live during ClimateCultures at the University of Virginia. Expressing the fragility and dynamism ofthe Arctic icescape, Ice Cycle was inspired by choreographer Jody Sperling'sjourney to the Chukchi Sea and her experience dancing on polar sea
ice. Alaskanborn composer Matthew Burtner, a specialist in the music of snow and ice, collaborated tocreate an original score for Sperling's choreography.
Charlottesville Symphony Presents: Pops at theParamountSaturday, 6/4/16 | 7:30pm | Paramount Theater | TicketsGet your tickets now to the Charlottesville Symphony's first ever Pops at theParamount at the historic Paramount Theater on Charlottesville's DowntownMall! Highlights of the program include music from Downton Abbey, Star Wars,South Pacific and George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with piano soloist
Jeremy Thompson. You can find the full program and purchase tickets at The Paramount website. Thebest seats are already going fast!
Student, Faculty, & Staff News
Michael Puri at Johns Hopkins UniversityIn April 2016, Associate Professor Michael Puri presented in the colloquiumseries for musicology at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Hespoke about some significant musical affinities between German Romanticismand French Modernism that have hitherto gone unnoticed.
Michael Puri with the Journal of the AmericanMusicological SocietyAssociate Professor Michael J. Puri just began a threeyear term as ReviewEditor for the Journal of the American Musicological Society, which is theflagship journal for music research. Puri is the first UVA faculty member ever tohave been appointed to one of its editorial positions. He will be assisted byJustin Mueller, a rising thirdyear candidate in the McIntire Department ofMusic's PhD program in Critical and Comparative Studies.
Klezmer EnsembleCelebrating its 10th anniversary under the direction of associate professor JoelRubin, the UVA Klezmer Ensemble offered up its own take on the long Jewishtradition of Klezmer music during a concert on April 14. Caroline Newmanwrites an article in UVAToday about this innovative concert entitled "UVA'sKlezmer Ensemble Pairs Modern Rock with Jewish Tradition".
Dr. Gretchen CarlsonCongratulations to Gretchen Carlson on successfully defending herdissertation, "Jazz Goes to the Movies: Contemporary Jazz Musicians' Work atthe Intersections of the Jazz and Film Art Worlds." Her research brings asociological perspective to jazz in film, examining the behindthescenesdynamics of jazz artists' work in the film industry, and their negotiations of theirown experiences and creative practices within these industry structures. Herinterdisciplinary research combined perspectives and approaches from thevaried fields of sociology, jazz studies, ethnomusicology, and film studies. Her
committee included Scott DeVeaux, Karl Miller, and Nomi Dave from the Music Department, as well asHector Amaya from the Media Studies Department. The defense was wellattended by members of theMusic Department. Congrats to Dr. Carlson!
Dr. Courtney KleftisCongratulations to Courtney Kleftis who successfully defended her dissertationOperatic Transvestism, Disguise Roles, and Women's Sexual Agency inHandel's Operas (17271741) on Thursday, April 7th. The dissertation providesfascinating new insight into the long neglected female singers who animatedHandel's operas. The newly minted Dr. Kleftis deftly interprets 18th centurysatire, operatic scores, and modern performances. Congrats to Dr. Kleftis onher tremendous accomplishment!
Bonnie GordonBonnie Gordon, associate professor of music in the Critical and ComparativeStudies program, has been appointed as a Robert Lehman Visiting Professor inresidence at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian RenaissanceStudies in Florence from January to June 2017. Her project is Voice Machines:The Castrato, The Cat Piano and Other Strange Sounds.
Time Lapse Dance to Stage Polar Rhythms: Dance andMusic of Ice at Speyer HallMatthew Burtner will perform in NYC for a 4show set from June 24. Globalwarming meets dance in "Polar Rhythms: Dance and Music of Ice", a programpresented by choreographer Jody Sperling and her company Time LapseDance. To read more and buy tickets, click here.
Affiliated Events
The Oratorio Society of VirginiaFriday, 5/13/16 | 7:30pm | Paramount Theater | TicketsSunday, 5/15/16 | 2:30pm | Paramount Theater | TicketsThe Oratorio Society of Virginia, in collaboration with Ash Lawn Opera, ispleased to announce their spring performance of Verdi's La Traviata. LaTraviata is the tale of Violetta, a doomed courtesan who falls in love with thedevoted young Alfredo. An enthralling and heartbreaking masterpiece
combining stunning music with wrenching drama, Giuseppe Verdi's work has become one of thecornerstones of the operatic canon. Each performance will be preceded by a 45 minute lecture fromMichelle Krisel, Ash Lawn Opera's Artistic Director.
Still Spaces Available for WTJU's Summer Radio CampsKnow a middle or high school student who might like to get behind the mic andmake some great radio? Then join WTJU this July for one of our summer 2016radio camps! Students will learn the basics of audio production, conduct radiointerviews, visit music venues and studios in town, produce a short audio piece,and put together a radio show.
Middle School radio camp (ages 1114): July 1115, 9am3pm dailyHigh School radio camp (ages 1518): July 1822, 9am3pm dailyFind out more and register at wtju.net/radiocamps.
Other Information
Designing New Musical Instruments
Fall 2016 MUSI 4559: Sound Synthesis and ControlSpring 2017 MUSI 4535: Instrument Design and Performance
New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) is a growing field that explores technologiesfor performing music. NIME is interdisciplinary, incorporating perspectives from music,sculpture, engineering, humancomputer interaction (HCI), and design. Starting in the Fall,we will offer a twocourse sequence on designing, building, and performing with newmusical interfaces.
Fall 2016: MUSI 4559 Sound Synthesis and Control
This class will cover the basic skills needed for building new musical interfaces. We will learnrealtime digital sound synthesis and use sensors to measure users’ movements as controldata. The class is primarily project based, and we will prototype a number of new musicalinstruments to explore different types of synthesis and interaction. We will usemicrocontrollers and singleboard computers to embed electronics within various physicalformfactors. Some experience with music and technology is expected.
Spring 2017: MUSI 4535 Instrument Design and Performance
This course explores the physical design and performance practices of new musicalinstruments. We will learn to create interfaces for controlling software on the computer (PD,Max/MSP, Ableton) as well as standalone instruments and processing systems. We willcover basic woodworking, digital fabrication, and interface design in order to constructphysical enclosures and sculptural objects. In addition to creating instruments, an emphasiswill be placed on learning and performing our new systems. This course is project basedand experience with sound and technology is expected.
Taking both courses is encouraged, but not required.
Volunteers WantedThe Music Department seeks volunteers to help with all sorts of tasks, including office work, flyering,ushering, taking photographs, and online editing. Interested? Email [email protected] or call434.924.6492
Module Hours Daily: 9am10:45pm ***Exam Schedule***
Wednesday, 5/4 Thursday, 5/12 = 9am8:45pm
Friday, 5/13 = 9am4:45pm
Saturday, 5/14 Sunday, 5/15 = Closed
Monday, 5/16 Thursday, 5/19 = 1pm4:45pm
Friday, 5/20 Sunday, 5/22 = Closed
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