The College of Humanities & Fine Arts Sampler 2007
Selections by Alumni, Faculty and Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Introduction by Joel W. Martin, Dean
Joel Martin assumed the post of Dean of the College of Humanities & Fine Arts in August of 2006, after serving as interim dean of the college of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside, since 2004. He was the Costo Professor of American Indian Affairs in the department of history and religious studies there from 2000, and chaired the department beginning in 2002. Joel’s research has been focused on how different peoples responded to contact and colonialism in America and how the memory or suppression of this history relates to power, defines communities, and shapes narratives, art, and politics.
1. Canto del Viente, The University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching
Band, George Parks conducting
The University of Massachusetts Minuteman Band, George Parks, Conductor: (http://www.umass.edu/band) The band has performed for six Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies, and in 1998, received the most prestigious honor bestowed upon college bands, the Louis C. Sudler Trophy. Canto del Viente was written by Anthony Yaklich in 1982. The
Minuteman Marching Band has included it in its season repertoire many times since 1987.
2.Theories of Time and Space, (poem) Natasha Trethewey ’95G
Natasha Trethewey,’95G: (http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/trethewey.html ) Natasha Trethewey received her MFA in Poetry at UMass Amherst. Her first collection, Domestic Work (Graywolf Press, 2000,) won multiple awards. She is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University. Theories of Time and Space
appears in her 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning collection, Native Guard: Poems (Houghton Mifflin 2006.)
3.Scherzo from Quartet No. 2 “In Memoriam” (Peter Schickele) The Lark
Quartet, Astrid Schween, Kathryn Lockwood, Maria Bachman, Deborah Buck, Music
The Lark Quartet: (http://www.larkquartet.com )The Lark Quartet, (Astrid Schween, Kathryn Lockwood, Maria Bachman, Deborah Buck,) has been in residence in the Department of Music and Dance at UMass Amherst since 2005.They perform throughout North America and Europe, and are the recipients of many awards and honors. Scherzo from Quartet No. 2 “In Memoriam” is an excerpt from the Peter Schickele composition commissioned and performed by the Lark.
4. En La Calle San Sebastián (poem) Martín Espada, English
Martín Espada: (http://www.martinespada.net) Martín Espada is a Professor in the Department of English at UMass Amherst where he teaches poetry, especially that of Pablo Neruda to whom he has been compared. He has published many books of poetry, much of it reflecting his Puerto Rican heritage and work experiences as a bouncer, tenants rights lawyer and poet/professor. En La Calle San Sebastián is taken from his audio-book, Now the Dead Will Dance the Mambo,(Leapfrog Press AudioBooks 2004)
5. Tango Amoroso composed by Bruce MacCombie, Music, performance
by Appasionata
Bruce MacCombie ’67, ’68G, ’86H: Bruce MacCombie is an internationally recognized composer with an impressive list of awards and commissions. Bruce taught at Yale, Julliard and Boston Univeristy. He was Vice President and Director of Publications, G. Schirmer and Associated Music Publishers, Executive Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and was Associate Dean in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, 2002-2006. Tango Amoroso was commissioned by the International Guitar Festival in 2004 for the Appasionata Trio.
6. The Trumpeter of Krakow (a story in English and Polish) Robert Rothstein,
Comparative Literature, The Walter Raleigh Amesbury, Jr. and Cecile
Dudley Amesbury Professor for Teaching and Research of the Polish
Language, Literature and Culture
Robert Rothstein: (http://www.umass.edu/judaic/faculty/robertrothstein.html) Robert A. Rothstein is Professor of Judaic and Slavic Studies and of Comparative Literature, and Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, and the The Walter Raleigh Amesbury Jr. and Cecile Dudley Amesbury Professor for Teaching and Research of the Polish Language, Literature and Culture. He maintains a long-standing interest in folklore. The Trumpeter of Krakow is a well-known Polish story, relating a tale of bravery and pride dear to the city of Krakow.
7. Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby, Marta Mozelle ‘07 and her
Solid Senders
Marta Mozelle MacRostie ’07: Marta focused much of her education on the art of puppetry, studying in MA, CT and in Spain. As Marta Mozelle, she performs her mix of Jump Blues and Swing with her band, The Solid Senders, bringing their high-energy act to swing events across New England and New York.
8. Momma Don’t Allow no Cursing in Renaissance England, a WFCR
commentary by Arthur Kinney, Director, The Massachusetts Center
for Renaissance Studies
Arthur Kinney: Arthur F. Kinney is Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History and Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For many years he was heard regularly on radio station WFCR offering commentaries on life during the Renaissance. This one aired in October, 2004.
9. The Blues Ain’t in No Bottle, Steven Tracy, Afro-American Studies,
with the Growling Kingsnakes.
Steve Tracy: (http://www.umass.edu/afroam ) Steven C.Tracy, musician and Professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies, has recorded with his own band and opened for such greats as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and many others. He is widely published in African-American Literature, especially on Langston Hughes, and on the Blues. The Blues Ain’t in No Bottle is an original composition. The Growling Kingsnakes hailed from Cinncinati, Ohio.
10. Dialects, (excerpt from lecture) John McCarthy, Linguistics
John McCarthy: (http://people.umass.edu/jjmccart) is a Professor of Linguistics whose research is focused in phonological theory and allied fields. A “native speaker of the Boston dialect” his lectures on the words and accent of our across-the-state-neighbor and capital city are always popular. We present an excerpt from one of them here.
11. Suite No.1 in G Major S. 1007 Prelude, J.S. Bach, Nicholas Gold ‘09
Nicholas Gold ’09: (http://www.nicholasgold.com) is a sophomore at UMass Amherst, studying cello with Astrid Schween of the Lark Quartet. He was chosen as the Outstanding Artist in 2004 at the Brevard Music Center and has played with a number of orchestras and chamber groups in the northeast and in his home state of Alabama.
12. Yellow Wolf Spirit (poem) Ron Welburn, English, Director, Native
American Indian Studies Certificate Program
Ron Welburn: (http://www.umass.edu/english/facProfiles/Welburn.htm) Ron Welburn is a Professor in English. He is of Gingaskin & Assateague/Cherokee/African American heritage, and directs the undergraduate Native American Indian Studies Certificate Program.Yellow Wolf Spirit was selected by Adrienne Rich for inclusion in Best American Poetry 1996.
Copyright 2007, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst. All selections are used by permission of the artists.
Project Manager: Laurie A Neely
Technical Production: Adam LaMontagne, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Translation Center.