Yale Percussion Group wins PAS Competition
The Percussive Arts Society (PAS) has announced the winning ensembles from the PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competition and the inaugural World Music Percussion Ensemble Competition. The Yale Percussion Group, which is directed by faculty member Robert van Sice, is among the select group of winners. As a result of their success, the YPG is scheduled to perform a Showcase Concert at the PASIC 2009 conference in Indianapolis, IN.
In addition to the Yale Percussion Group, the college/university winners were from the University of North Texas (Mark Ford, Director), and Northern Illinois University (Dr. Gregory Beyer and Robert Chappell, Directors).
Ted Hearne ’09MMA wins Gaudeamus Prize
Gaudeamus Prize winner Ted Hearne, left, and runner-up Toru Nakatani
At the final concert of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, which took place in Amsterdam September 7-12, the Gaudeamus Prize was awarded to the American composer Ted Hearne (b. 1982). The award of 4,550 Euros is intended as a commission for a new work which will be performed at the 2010 International Gaudeamus Music Week.
Hearne received the prize for selected movements from Katrina Ballads, a composition performed on September 10 at the Conservatory of Amsterdam by the ensemble ‘de ereprijs’ conducted by Wim Boerman. Hearne himself was the soloist as singer. There was also an honorable mention for Toru Nakatani of Japan, whose 16_1/64_1 was performed on September 9 by Ensemble of the Conservatory of Amsterdam conducted by Jos Zwaanenburg. (more…)
New biography of oboist Robert Bloom
Robert Bloom (1908-1994), one of the foremost oboists of his time and a former member of the Yale School of Music faculty, is the subject of a new biography. Robert Bloom: The Story of a Working Musician brings together essays, correspondence, reviews, anecdotes and more. It also incorporates Bloom’s book on pedagogy dictated in 1975-1976: The Oboe, A Musical Instrument, as well as a disc of two chapters, one on reed-making and one a discography. (more…)
Block Party for new Yale students Sunday, Sep. 13
This event welcomes new Yale students and is free and open to the community.
The festival brings the community together to share food, music, and fun activities for all ages. Try the New Haven Parks and Recreation’s climbing wall, meet local safety officials, tour a New Haven fire engine, groove to music by Ultra Radio, get a balloon, have your face painted, and enjoy free BBQ food. For the climbing wall, the minimum height is 48 inches (122cm) and participants should wear shoes (not flip-flops or sandals) and pants (not skirts). Event will take place rain or shine.
This free event is hosted by the Office of New Haven and State Affairs, Graduate Housing Office at Yale, Graduate Student Life at the McDougal Center, and the Office of International Students and Scholars.
Details:
Block Party | 421 Temple Street
Sunday, September 13th | 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
More info at 203-432-2305
Jeremy Grall ’99MM appointed to faculty at University of Alabama
Guitarist Jeremy Grall ’99MM was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he will teach courses in guitar and music history.
This spring, Grall graduated with the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Memphis. Dr. Grall’s dissertation, titled An Analytical Edition of Giovanni Kapsberger’s Partite sulla Folia: Ornamentation, Performances Practices, and Compositional Structures in Kapsberger’s Folia Variations, combines his interests in musicology, music theory, and performance. He recently presented his research on Kapsberger at the Cardiff University Music Analysis Conference in Cardiff, Wales and the Society for Music Theory South-Central Chapter. (more…)
Stephen Adams ’59 awarded Yale Medal
Stephen Adams '59 and Denise Adams
Among the recipients of this year’s Yale Medal is Stephen Adams ’59, a member of the School of Music’s Board of Visitors and a donor whose generosity has transformed the School.
The Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) has announced five recipients of the Yale Medal in 2009. In addition to Mr. Adams, the recipients are Frances Beinecke ‘71, ‘74 MFS, Charles D. Ellis ‘59, Justice Carlos R. Moreno ‘70, and Eve Hart Rice ‘73.
Inaugurated in 1952, the Yale Medal is the highest award presented by the Association of Yale Alumni and is conferred solely to recognize and honor outstanding individual service to the University. Since its inception, the Yale Medal has been presented to 272 individuals, all of whom not only showed extraordinary devotion to the ideals of the University, but also were conspicuous in demonstrating their support of Yale through extensive, exemplary service on behalf of Yale as a whole or one of its many schools, institutes, or programs. (more…)
Paul Hawkshaw appointed deputy dean
Dean Robert Blocker announced today the appointment of Paul Hawkshaw as Deputy Dean of the School of Music. Professor Hawkshaw has served the School and University with distinction for twenty-five years, a tenure that has included eleven years as Associate Dean and two years as Acting Dean. He will continue his responsibilities as Director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and Yale Summer School of Music, a position he has held since 2003.
Paul Hawkshaw received his Ph.D from Columbia University and his faculty appointment at the School of Music in 1984. He is now Professor in the Practice of Music History and in this role has guided many YSM students through their MMA programs. His experience and institutional memory will be instrumental in the discussions and implementation of Beyond Boundaries, the School’s strategic plan.
Recognized throughout the world as a leading authority on the music of Anton Bruckner, Professor Hawkshaw’s publications include seven volumes of the composer’s Collected Works Edition (Vienna), most recently a new score and critical study of the composer’s Mass in F Minor. He served as co-author of Bruckner Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1997), Perspectives on Anton Bruckner (Ashgate, 2001), and he wrote the Bruckner biography for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. (more…)
