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…)
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…)
Violist Ettore Causa appointed to YSM faculty
The Yale School of Music announces with pleasure the appointment of Ettore Causa as Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Viola. Mr. Causa will join the faculty in September.
Since 2001, Mr. Causa has served as professor of viola and chamber music at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland, and he regularly presents master classes throughout Europe and South America. Additionally, he is a member of the Aria Quartet, with whom he performs throughout the world. Mr. Causa studied at the International Menuhin Academy with Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Johannes Eskar, and Alberto Lysy. His advanced studies were with Michael Tree at the Manhattan School of Music.
Immediately following his studies, Mr. Causa was appointed as the First Solo Viola of the Carl Nielsen Philharmonic in Denmark and was also leader of the Copenhagen Chamber Soloists. In 2000, he was awarded both the Schidlof Prize and the J. Barbirolli Prize at the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in England. (more…)
William Westney ’76DMA named Hans Christian Andersen Guest Professor at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) for 2009-10
William Westney (DMA ’76, Piano Performance) has been named the Hans Christian Andersen Guest Professor at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) for the 2009-10 academic year. This six-month university-wide interdisciplinary residency is granted annually to one scholar in any field. During his time in Scandinavia he will also perform as guest artist at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
In June 2009 he was the principal guest artist/presenter at the Singapore Piano Teachers’ Association “Pedagogy Symposium,” playing a solo recital and giving five days of workshops and lectures. While in Asia he also returned to Tonghai University in Taiwan as guest clinician. Earlier in the year, Dr. Westney, who holds two endowed positions at Texas Tech University, was given the university’s highest teaching honor, the Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award (only one award is given out of a faculty of over 1200). An in-depth interview with William Westney entitled “Breakthroughs – the Sweetest Moments in Teaching” comprised the cover article of the May/June 2009 magazine Clavier Companion – a new publication resulting from the merger of two well-established pedagogy magazines, Clavier and Keyboard Companion. His book The Perfect Wrong Note (Amadeus Press), now in its second printing, has sold over 10,000 copies worldwide.
Toshi Shimada appointed music director of Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra in New London, CT., is thrilled to announce the appointment of Toshiyuki (Toshi) Shimada as its new music director. Shimada, currently the music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra (the university’s undergraduate orchestra), will be the fifth music director in the ECSO’s 63-year history.
Toshiyuki Shimada has been music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra of Yale University since 2005. He is also music director laureate of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, in Portland, Maine, where he served as music director from 1986 to 2006. Prior to his Portland engagement, he was associate conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra for six years, beginning in 1981. Since 1998, he has also served as principal conductor of the Vienna Modern Masters record label in Austria. In addition, he is music director and chief creative officer of the Trinity Music Partners, LLC, which holds the worldwide rights to the Vatican Library Music Collection, and he has been serving as artistic adviser of the Tulare County Symphony Orchestra in California since 2007. (more…)
John Sipher ’08MM appointed principal trombone of Syracuse Symphony
John Sipher ’08MM has been appointed principal trombone of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He will begin performing with the orchestra of its summer season and will begin full time in September. (more…)
Cellist Dmitri Atapine earns awards, faculty appointment
Dmitri Atapine ’05MMA, ’06AD has been appointed to the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno. Beginning in September, Atapine will be Assistant Professor of Cello. In the past year he has also been awarded the Top Prize and the Yamaha Corporation Special Prize at the Spanish National Cello Competition.
The First Prize winner at the 2004 Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition (Mexico), Mr. Atapine has since been recognized as an exciting cellist and accomplished chamber musician. (more…)
Bo Li ’09MM to be principal viola of Atlanta Opera
Bo Li, who will graduate this year with a master of music degree in viola, has been appointed principal viola with the Atlanta Opera for the 2009-2010 season. Bo Li studied with the late Jesse Levine at the Yale School of Music after graduating from in 2007 from the Beijing Central Conservatory, where he studied with Wing Ho ’87MM, also a student of Levine.
“I would like to show my deep appreciation to Jesse,” Li said. “I could only have received this appointment at Atlanta Opera because of him. He not only taught me how to play music, but also to let me understand how to treat other people and how to live as a man: a great mentor! I have also been taught by Wing Ho for many years, who was Jesse’s former student, and I have learned so much from him also.” (more…)
Violinist Nicholas DiEugenio ’08AD appointed Assistant Professor at Ithaca College
Nicholas DiEugenio ’08AD has been appointed Assistant Professor of Violin at the Ithaca College School of Music. The position is tenure-track and begins this August.
BIOGRAPHY
Praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer for his “invigorating, silken” playing and “mysterious atmosphere,” violinist Nicholas DiEugenio leads a versatile musical life as a multi-faceted performer of composers from Buxtehude to Carter. This year’s projects include concerts at Town Hall in Seattle and Merkin Hall in New York, as well as concerts at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Recently, Mr. DiEugenio performed Ezra Laderman’s Violin Duets in Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) along with violinist Katie Hyun. He has premiered chamber works by composers Yevgeniy Sharlat, Matthew Barnson, and Timo Andres at Yale, as well as at Roulette in New York, and by Stephen Gorbos at Cornell. (more…)
Julian Pellicano appointed to faculty at Longy
Julian Pellicano ‘07MA, currently a conducting fellow at the Yale School of Music, has been appointed the artistic director of large ensembles in the Conservatory and principal conductor of the Longy Chamber Orchestra and Longy Chamber Winds, beginning in September. Currently, Mr. Pellicano serves as the assistant conductor of the New Britain (Conn.) Symphony and has toured with New Paths, New Music, a New York-based organization promoting cultural exchange through new music. Since 2008 he has been the conductor of the Norfolk New Music Ensemble, at the Norfolk (Conn.) Chamber Music Festival. In addition to overseeing the direction of Longy’s large ensemble program, Mr. Pellicano will teach conducting, privately and in classroom instruction, and will also serve on the Conservatory Faculty Advisory Council. (more…)
John Mangan ’94MM appointed Vice President & Dean of Curtis Institute of Music
John Mangan, a graduate of the Yale School of Music and a lecturer in the Department of History, has been appointed as the next Vice President and Dean of the Curtis Institute of Music. Dr. Mangan will oversee the academic, musical studies, and performance curricula, as well as all areas relating to students and faculty. He succeeds Robert Fitzpatrick, who retires in May after a twenty-nine-year tenure at Curtis.
According to Roberto Díaz, president and chief executive officer of Curtis, Dr. Mangan brings to Curtis broad experience in academic administration, teaching, and music performance. For the last seven years, he has held administrative and teaching posts at Yale University, most recently as assistant dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and lecturer in the Department of History. From 2002 to 2006 he worked in undergraduate academic and student affairs at Yale as dean of Jonathan Edwards College, long regarded as Yale’s music and arts residential college. Dr. Mangan holds a Ph.D. in History and Education from Columbia University. A classical guitarist with extensive performing experience, he earned a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. (more…)
Chad Burrow ‘01MM appointed professor of clarinet at University of Michigan
Chad Burrow ‘01MM has been appointed to the prestigious position of professor of clarinet at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
The winner of prizes and awards from the 2001 Young Concert Artist International Competition in New York City, the 2000 Woolsey Hall Competition, the 2000 Artist International Competition, and the 1997 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the European press has said that Chad Burrow performs with “brilliant technique and tonal beauty mixed with an expressive ferocity.” In a summer of 2007 review, the Danish critic Henrik Svane went on to describe a Burrow performance as virtuosity, energy, and power without compromise. It is no surprise that Burrow was the only American clarinetist invited to participate in the 2003 Munich Competition. (more…)
Yale Announces Appointment of Conductor Masaaki Suzuki
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music are pleased to announce the joint appointment of eminent Bach scholar and conductor Masaaki Suzuki as Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting and conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum, the University’s renowned chamber choir. The two-year appointment will begin July 1, 2009.
Since founding Bach Collegium Japan in 1990, Suzuki has established himself as a leading authority on the works of J.S. Bach. He has remained the Collegium’s music director ever since, taking the group regularly to major venues and festivals in Europe and the United States and building up an outstanding reputation for the expressive refinement of his performances. In addition to conducting, Suzuki is also acclaimed as an organist and harpsichordist.
He is regularly invited to work with distinguished European soloists and groups, such as Collegium Vocale Gent and the Freiburger Barockorchester; he recently appeared in London with the Britten Sinfonia in a program of Britten, Mozart and Stravinsky. Forthcoming engagements with other ensembles include the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Nagoya Philharmonic and the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestras. In 2001 Suzuki was decorated with the Federal Order of Merit from Germany.
Suzuki’s impressive discography on the BIS label includes his interpretations with Bach Collegium Japan of Bach’s major choral works and sacred cantatas. He has now completed 40 volumes. (more…)
