This Week at the College of Music: Faculty + Staff Edition - Dec. 8, 2022

Can music heal? This artist and researcher wants to find out: The work of our Assistant Professor of Music Technology Grace Leslie—flutist, electronic musician and scientist—melds art, engineering and neuroscience to probe the millennia-spanning relationship between humans and a good tune ... and whether the right kind of music can help to heal the body and brain.

• Takács Quartet launches CU Series, expands community engagement
• Professor of Piano and Distinguished Professor David Korevaar’s edition of Luigi Perrachio’s Piano Quintet (1919) has been published (DaVinci Press). “This project dates back to my fall 2019 sabbatical, when I had the opportunity to look at—and photograph—the manuscript of the score at the library of the Conservatory in Turin, Italy,” he says. “Producing the edition has been a long process, which also included the help of [Associate Professor of Violin] Chas Wetherbee and the Carpe Diem String Quartet.” 
• Graduate students gain professional experience in AMRC archives
• Dec. 9, “A George Lynn Holiday”: The American Music Research Center’s George Lynn Memorial Award celebrates the legacy of former College of Music teacher George Lynn (1915-1989)—pedagogue, choral conductor, organist and composer. Nathan George, a sophomore music education major, was especially inspired by Lynn’s holiday arrangements—to be featured in a special event tomorrow evening!
• The Center for Humanities + the Arts celebrates and uplifts faculty publications and major artistic works on campus. Submit your works completed/published/exhibited in 2022 to the Faculty Celebration of Major Works Magazine by Dec. 15!

In caring community:

We’re saddened to share that our dear friends and colleagues—Professor of Music Education James (Jim) Austin and Associate Professor of Violin Charles (Chas) Wetherbee—are currently facing serious health challenges. In our tight-knit College of Music family, what affects one, affects all ... but together we can make a difference. Learn more about Chas’ fight against cancer and his current condition, and how to support his family of five facing financial uncertainty. At the same time, Jim is fighting chronic kidney disease and is awaiting a kidney transplant; he has been evaluated and approved for listing at two kidney transplant centers: UCHealth in Denver and the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Learn more about kidney disease from the National Kidney Foundation, including the urgent need for living donors. To explore what’s involved in becoming a living kidney donor—specifically in the name of James Austin, DOB 6-17-59—learn more here: UCHealth: 720-848-0855 or Mayo Clinic: 480-342-1010.