This Week at the College of Music: Community Edition - Oct. 13, 2022

“At its core, music making is inherently about listening to one another, respecting and discussing differences, sharing leadership and coming together around a common goal, a unified whole … the same values that form the bedrock of a well-functioning democracy. To that end, we’re working continually to refine and flex our offerings, update our applied curriculum, implement ever more diverse programming and repertoire, and nurture intentional inclusivity in everything we do … all to expand our students’ agency and self-determination in meeting and exceeding their aspirations.” Learn more in the latest edition of our Dean’s Downbeat.

Photo: Dean John Davis at the annual National Association of Music Executives of State Universities [NAMESU] conference recently: “Expanded preparation of our students for the multifaceted world they face—what I call the universal musician—is a hot topic!” Left to right: Tayloe Harding, Dean, University of South Carolina School of Music; John Richmond, Dean, UNT College of Music; and our Dean John Davis.

• Our amazing students and alumni never cease to inspire: In Professor of Musicology Rob Shay’s MUSC 4202 class last spring, Emma Shelby—who graduated in May (BA)—researched the music of Maddalena Casulana, the first published woman composer (at least in the Western world). According to Shay, her works appeared in several Italian prints in the 1560s and 1570s. Shelby discovered that one of Casulana’s madrigals, previously thought to survive only in an incomplete state, has in fact come down to us in a complete state in a printed anthology from the time, which survives in a library in France. Shelby has since self-published her edition of this work: Wow! 
• The magical world of Mozart puppet theater: College of Music alumna Colorado native Katie Mahan is collaborating with Colorado Public Radio on a series called “Mozart Snapshots”—taking listeners on a journey through Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s life in Salzburg, Austria. She talks with Salzburger Marionettentheater’s artistic director Philippe Brunner about the theater’s full-length opera productions using hand-carved marionettes.
• World Singing Day is Oct. 15: Join the global singalong locally at 2-3:30 p.m. on the Pearl Street Mall. See you there!
• Mark your calendar for three free colloquium talks this semester: Oct. 17, Elizabeth Tolbert: “Musical Meaning and the Sociality of Musical Form”; Oct. 24, Grace Leslie: “Brain-Body Music Interfaces for Creativity, Education and Well-Being”; and Nov. 28, alumnus Chase Peeler: “Around On the Porch” (a book talk). All events will take place at 4:45-6 p.m.in the Imig Music Building, S102.
• Oct. 21-23, join us for La Bohème—Puccini’s timeless, sweeping tale of young artists in the throes of love, envy, betrayal and heartbreak!

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