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March 2013
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MUSIC
Congratulations Graduates!
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NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS FOR FALL, 2013
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BRANDON KEITH BROWN
Director of the University Orchestra
Brandon Keith Brown holds an MM in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and a BM in Violin Performance from Northwestern University. He won 3d Prize in the 2012 Sir Georg Solti Competition for Conductors. Selected by the Vienna Philharmonic as winner of 2011 Ansbacher Fellowship, he was in residence at The Salzburg Festival and conducted Vienna Philharmonic members in the opera camps for young people. Orchestras he has conducted include the Baltimore, Cincinnati, Danish National, Fort Worth, Frankfurt Radio, Omaha, and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestras. He also conducted the Yakima Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich, Croatian Radio and Television Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Versatile in opera, Brown was music director for Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte and Puccini's Suor Angelica, and assistant conductor for Britten's Albert Herring.
Brown conducted at The 2010 Castleton Festival in Virginia under the direction of Lorin Maazel and at the 2009 American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, with David Zinman. He competed in Zagreb Croatia at the 2011 Matacic International Competition for Young Conductors and the second round of the 2012 Malko International Conducting Competition in Copenhagen. |
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STEFAN CARIS LOVE
Music Theory
Stefan Caris Love has an MA/PhD in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and an AB with Honors in Music from Brown University. He was an Instructor at Eastman, a Visiting Instructor at Oberlin Conservatory and a Lecturer in Music at the University of Chicago. Co-winner of the 2009 Bruce Benward Student Analysis Competition sponsored by the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, he published articles in leading peer-reviewed journals -- Music Theory Spectrum, Music Theory Online and the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy. He presented papers at the College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference, the Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting and the Renaissance Society of America's Annual Meeting. His research includes analysis of jazz; his dissertation was entitled "On Phrase Rhythm in Jazz." In his recent research, he has begun to apply his findings to other styles, including the music of the common-practice period.
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OFF-CAMPUS UMASS AMHERST PERFORMANCES:
University Chorale, Stephen A. Paparo, conductor
Finalist in the WGBY Together in Song Choral Competition
Performance at Showcase Concert,
Paramount Theatre, Springfield, MA
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 7pm
Horn Choir, Laura Klock, director
New Hampshire Music Educators Association Conference, Concord, NH
Friday, April 12, 2013
Studio Orchestra, Jeffrey W. Holmes, director
NAfME Biennial Eastern Division Conference,
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT
Performance with special guest Sheila Jordan, jazz vocalist
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Chamber Choir, Tony Thornton, conductor
Performance, Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony,
State House, Boston MA
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Marimba Bands & Marimba Ensembles,
Thomas Hannum, director
Performances & Clinics at Springfield Central High School
and Science & Technology High School
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Cello Ensemble, Astrid Schween, director
Cafe Buenos Aires - The Spirit of Tango
At The Arts Block, Greenfield, MA, Feb. 22 & 24 and
Longy School, Cambridge, MA, March 9
With the Wistaria Chamber Music Society
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FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:
Here is a Video about the Music Program at UMass Amherst
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