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UP Wind Symphony Concert, Nov. 16: “The Legend of Maracaibo”

November 8, 2019

The Wind Symphony will celebrate the music of Spain, Portugal, and Mexico in a free concert, “The Legend of Maracaibo,” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, in Buckley Center Auditorium (this is a venue change from the original location of Roosevelt High School). The Wind Symphony is conducted by Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts, and undergraduate conducting associates Mike Cleary and Bianca Salazar.

Filed Under: 11-11-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Patrick Murphy, Performing and Fine Arts, Wind Symphony

Chapel Choir and Wind Symphony Concert: Feb. 17

February 9, 2018

The Wind Symphony and Chapel Choir will join forces for the fourth annual Junior Parents Weekend Chapel Concert on Saturday, February 17, at 3 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. This year’s music includes Give Us This Day, composed by and in memory of Wind Symphony friend David Maslanka. A selection from the Chapel Choir will feature a performance on the “pipa,” an ancient Chinese instrument played by Tinglei Huang ’18. The two ensembles will combine for a “Kyrie” adapted from Beethoven’s 7th Symphony. Conducting associates Christina Beningfield ’18 and Kaileigh Grishaber ’18 make their conducting debuts in what promises to be an exceptional afternoon of music. Free and open to all.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-12-2018, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Chapel Choir, Performing and Fine Arts, Wind Symphony

Wind Symphony Concert, April 19

April 13, 2015

WS Seniors copyThe UP Wind Symphony presents its final concert of the year on Sunday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. Included on the program is the World Premiere of Shattering Infinity by Benjamin Taylor. The UP Wind Symphony is the lead commissioner of this piece and is joined in a consortium by such notable universities as Indiana University, San Diego State University, and the University of South Carolina. In addition, the Wind Symphony honors its graduating seniors in their final UP performance with a rousing performance of Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing & Fine Arts, Wind Symphony

Wind Symphony and Orchestra Concert, Oct. 4

September 29, 2014

symphonyThe University Wind Symphony and Orchestra will perform a concert on Saturday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.

The Wind Symphony program looks at the use of humor in music, including Percy Grainger’s whimsical Country Gardens, Paul Hart’s Cartoon, and Jonathan Newman’s “bubblegum pop” piece Single, featuring senior vocalist Amelia Segler. Rounding out the program is John Mackey’s Aurora Awakes, one of the most significant band works thus far in the 21st century.

The University Orchestra will feature Margaret Brouwer’s stirring and elegiac tone poem, Remembrances, as well as student concerto competition winner David Yee playing Alexander Glazunov’s Concerto in E flat major for alto saxophone.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-30-2013, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing & Fine Arts, University Orchestra, Wind Symphony

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Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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