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SHEPHERD SCHOOL IN THE NEWS -- 2004

Office of News and Media Relations
Jennifer Evans
Media Relations Specialist
Email: jevans@rice.edu

12-15	Young People's Concert Features Peter and the Wolf Audiences young and old will delight in the Young People's Concert featuring "Peter and the Wolf" by Sergei Prokofiev presented by the Shepherd Society. This wonderful concert will be on Saturday, January 29th at 11 a.m. in Stude Concert Hall. The Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Daniel Myssyk and Ghun Kim and Rachel Buchman will narrate. This concert serves as an excellent introduction to symphonic music and instruments as well as superb storytelling.
12-14	Madeleine Kabat Performs in Cleveland Orchestra Concert Series Each year, The Cleveland Orchestra performs a special 75-minute concert for Northeast Ohio's high school students. The Cleveland Orchestra's High School Morning Concert Series is designed to feature exceptionally talented young soloists and to present musical selections which show the diversity of the orchestral repertoire. The concerts introduce high school students to the traditional format of orchestral programs.
12-9	Examining the Musician's Mind “Music and the Mind,” a series of six lectures over the next five months at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, will explore the minds of musicians — how their brains differ, how they learn music, why they create music, how and if music engages the mind and what happens when musicians have strokes or other brain diseases.
11-22	How Instruments Work and How They Make Their Sounds How Instruments Work and How They Make Their Sounds, was the theme of today's student led JUMP! concert. Students from Dodson Elementary School, and Key and St. Stephen's Middle Schools were introduced to a variety of instruments, including double bass, violin, piano, trumpet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn.
11-22	Chamber Music Festival: Spotlight on Italy The Shepherd School of Music is pleased to announce its first chamber music festival - four days of concerts from December 8th-11th. The performers will include an impressive array of groups featuring Shepherd School students from the string, wind, piano and brass departments. Although chamber music has always had a central position in the curriculum at the Shepherd School, it had the exposure to the larger Houston audience that the performances deserve.
11-17	Peruvian Chorus to Stop in Houston The Shepherd School was chosen as one of the tour venues due to the efforts of Phillip Kloeckner, organist and lecturer in music at Rice. Five years ago, when Kloeckner was doing doctoral research on 19th-century organs and organ music in Peru, he became acquainted with a number of musicians and musicologists there. When he announced plans to return to Peru last summer, they asked if he would be interested in becoming involved in the Laudate Project. He accepted the invitation and subsequently became the North American representative for the project.
11-10	Aidan Soder Makes Solo Appearance with Houston Symphony On November 20-22, 2004, mezzo soprano Aidan Soder becomes the first Shepherd School vocalist to make a solo appearance with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. In a subscription series concert, Hans Graf conducts a performance of Mahler's Das klagende Lied and Schubert's Symphony No. 8, Unfinished in Jones Hall in Houston, Texas.
11-10	Rice Observes Veterans Day with Ceremony Sponsored by Rice University, the ceremony will feature remarks by Provost Eugene Levy and Griffin Hetrick, Hanszen College senior and member of the Rice NROTC. Music will be provided by the Marching Owl Band and by Shepherd School student, tenor Daniel Williamson, Sid Rich freshman and student of Joyce Farwell. The ceremony will also include a flag- raising by the NROTC and recognition of military service. A reception will follow the 20-minute ceremony.
11-8	Lola Astanova Soloist with Clear Lake Symphony Orchestra Lola Astanova is working under the artistic mentorship of internationally acclaimed pianist Robert Roux at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she was accepted with a full scholarship and the Presidential Scholars Award. She is appearing as soloist with the Clear Lake Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. in a performance of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto.
11-6	Shepherd School Orchestra Premieres New Works On a weekend of two premieres by the Shepherd School Orchestra, the Horn Concerto was written for William VerMeulen and Larry Rachleff, who premiere the work in Stude Concert Hall on Saturday, November 6, 2004.
11-5	Melody and Accompaniment Theme of Inreach Concert Melody and Accompaniment was the theme of yesterday's JUMP! (Just for yoU Music Program) on November 4, 2004 at the Shepherd School of Music. Sonja Thoms, student coordinator, led Shepherd School wind students in performances for 5th graders from Collins Elementary School in the Alief Independent School District.
11-5	Rice Electonic Music Sudio hosts LaTex Festival The Rice Electronic Music Labs (REMLABS) at the Shepherd School of Music is hosting the 2004 LaTex Festival which showcases the work of student composers from four Louisiana and Texas universities in electronic music. The festival brings together student composers from Rice University, the University of North Texas, the University of Texas at Austin and Louisiana State University, who work with computers and electronic media to generate and process sounds for their new works, said Kurt Stallmann, assistant professor of composition and theory and director of the electronic music studio.
11-3	Master Class with Representatives of the U.S. Army Field Band A master class given by representatives from the United States Army Field Band on Wednesdat, November 3, 2004 at 12:00 p.m. at the Shepherd School of Music covered audition techniques and performance opportunities in the military. Joining Marie Speziale and students of the Shepherd School of Music was MSG Ginger Turner, Trumpet Section Leader of the U.S. Army Field Band.
11-2	James Gaffigan Shares 1st Prize at 2nd International Conductors' Competition in Germany The American James Gaffigan and the Bulgarian Ivo Venkov both won first prizes in the 2nd International Conductors’ Competition Sir Georg Solti. Second prize was awarded to the Swede Johannes Gustavsson. At the final concert the three finalists conducted the Frankfurter Museumsorchester (orchestra of the Frankfurt Opera), performing the following pieces of music: James Gaffigan “Till Eulenspiegel” by Richard Strauss, Ivo Venkov “La Mer” by Claude Debussy and Johannes Gustavsson “Dance Suite” by Béla Bartók.
11-1	Shepherd School Students Perform Turn of the Screw Benjamin Britten’s haunting operatic setting of Henry James’ classical psychological thriller, “The Turn of the Screw,” tells the unusual story of a conflict between the newly appointed governess at a country estate and the evil spirits that lurk there. Set in Victorian England, the opera will be presented by the undergraduate and graduate opera and voice students of the Shepherd School of Music Nov. 9, 11, 13 and 14 as part of the Leon Wilson Clark Opera Series.
11-1	Fischer Duo Performs at Wortham Center Downtown workers, schools, seniors and day care centers are among the many who enjoy Da Camera’s free lunchtime concerts on the first Wednesday of each month, October through May, at noon in the lobby of the Wortham Theater Center. The Fischer Duo, Norman Fischer, cello; Jeanne Kierman Fischer, piano, will be performing a free concert on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at 12:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Wortham Center.
10-27	Music for Children Around Houston Nationally beloved recording artist and teacher Rachel Buchman has compiled a family friendly listing of musical activites for you and your child. Buchman plays guitar and piano, banjo and harmonica; in her classes and recordings for children she plays everything from the glockenspiel to the spoons
10-27	Recital Celebrates the Music of Aaron Copland Celebrating the 104th anniversary of Aaron Copland's birth, Shepherd School students are performing an all Copland program on November 14th at 8:00 p.m. in Duncan Recital Hall at Rice University. A student of Brian Connelly, Levi Hammer will be conducting and performing a program that consists of Billy the Kid, the Piano Variations, Quiet City and Appalachian Spring.
10-22	Training and Trusting: The Psychology of Performance On Monday, November 8 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm CDT, The Shepherd School of Music will present a live on-line webcast program featuring Performance Enhancement Consultant John Eliot and Shepherd School students in a masterclass setting. It will be open to the public on-line with instant viewer feedback through America Online Instant Messaging.
10-4	Engaging Audiences Interactive Webcast On Wednesday, October 13 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm CDT, The Shepherd School of Music will present a live on-line webcast program featuring arts consultant Eric Booth and Shepherd School students in a masterclass setting. Mr. Booth will present Engaging Audiences:Redefining the Artist’s Role, via Internet2. It will be open to the public on-line with instant viewer feedback through America Online Instant Messaging.
10-3	Communicating with Music A fanfare of seven trumpets led by Shepherd School trumpet Professor Marie Speziale kicked off the 2004-2005 season of the Just for U Music Program in the Duncan Recital Hall at the Shepherd School of Music on the campus of Rice University. JUMP! stands for the Just for U Music Program and is provided as an in-house education program for elementary and middle school students from Title I schools in the Houston area. JUMP! is designed to introduce classical music to the students and promote the joy of sharing music with one another.
10-1	Richard Stoltzman Master Class Shepherd School clarinet students Maiko Sasaki, Hsing-Hui Hsu, Philip Broderick, and Brian Viliunas performed for world renowned clarinetist Richard Stoltzman in a master class in Duncan Recital Hall on Friday, October 1st. Miako Sasaki performed the Dances Preludes of Witold Lutoslawski along with pianist Kana Mimaki. Hsing-Hui Hsu with Patti Wolf performed portions of the Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1 of Johannes Brahms. Philip Broderick with Webster Trio pianist Robert Moeling performed portions of the Sonate, Op. 176 of Camille Saint-Seans. Finally, Brian Viliunas performed the Five Pieces for Clarinet Alone by William O. Smith. All of the performers on the master class were clarinet students of Michael Webster.
9-29	Shepherd School Faculty Bolster Da Camera Opener Da Camera Chamber Music Series opens Saturday, October 2 bolstered by a quartet of Shepherd School faculty members performing an all Beethoven program in the Cullen Theater at the Wortham Theater Center. Joined by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, violinist Lucy Stoltzman, cellist Bion Tsang, and pianist and Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg, Shepherd School faculty William Ver Meulen, horn; Benjamin Kamins, bassoon; James Dunham, viola; and Paul Ellison, bass perform the Trio in B-flat, Op. 11 for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, the Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3 for Violin, Cello, and Piano, and the Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20.
9-28	Brian Connelly Debuts Internet2 at the Shepherd School Shepherd School of Music pianist Brian Connelly joined the Research Channel meeting in Austin from Rice University via DVTS technology. Mr. Connelly played the music of Beethoven on a Beethoven-era 1790s piano, and then demonstrated the differences in performance of this music on a modern concert grand piano for the The Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting hosted by The University of Texas at Austin.
9-23	Shepherd School Faculty Record Music of Libby Larsen SugarHill Recording Studios and Shepherd School of Music Chief Engineer Andy Bradley was busy recording on location with six-time Grammy nominated producer Judith Sherman the past week in Duncan Recital Hall at the Shepherd School of Music. Sherman has numerous accolades including the winner of the 1993 Classical Producer of the Year Award. She is one of the top-noted recording figures in the world of contemporary classical music and has worked alongside prominent composers such as Steve Reich, Charles Wuorinen, Elliot Carter, Christopher Rouse, Shulamit Ran, Phillip Glass and Terry Riley.
9-22	Symphony and Chamber Orchestra Open Fall Season Presenting an all-Beethoven program, the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra begins its 2004-05 concert series Sept. 26. The concert will begin with Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Overture to ‘Fidelio,’ Op. 72,” which will be conducted by Daniel Myssyk, a master’s student in orchestral conducting. The piece will be followed by “Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, ‘Emperor.’” Rice Professor of Piano Jon Kimura Parker will be the soloist. The concert will conclude with “Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93,” one of the dozens of symphonies, piano sonatas and concertos, string quartets, operas and chamber music compositions that the popular German composer wrote.
9-21	Tokyo String Quartet Master Class Founded in 1969, this remarkable ensemble of Eastern and Western musicians appears regularly in the major music centers of the world. Praised for their superb technical command and the commitment and intensity they bring to performances and recordings, the members of the Tokyo String Quartet have captivated an entire generation through their continuing musical achievements.
9-15	Rice Professors Receive National Composition Awards Four Rice University music professors received the 2004-2005 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Award for their original compositions and recent performances.
9-3	Shepherd School Medical Outreach Club Founded in January of 2004, Shepherd School students Jessica Blackwell and Isaac Chua have organized and are promoting an outreach opportunity in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Blackwell, a sophomore violin student of Sergiu Luca, and Chua, a senior voice student, see outreach as a way to give back to the community.
8-27	Children's Concerts at the Shepherd School On September 30, 2004, a fanfare of seven trumpets will kick off the 2004-2005 season of JUMP! in the Duncan Recital Hall at the Shepherd School of Music on the campus of Rice University. JUMP! stands for the Just for U Music Program and is provided as an in-house education program for elementary and middle school students from Title I schools in the Houston area. JUMP! is designed to introduce classical music to the students and promote the joy of sharing music with one another. The season will be comprised of six interactive and informative concerts throughout the school year with performances by student ensembles from the Shepherd School of Music. Concerts are offered free of charge, but by reservation only.
8-23	Raphael Fliegel Celebrates 86 Years Raphael Fliegel, former concertmaster and principal second violinist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Professor Emeritus of Violin at the Shepherd School of Music celebrated his 86th birthday with fellow colleagues, faculty, students and staff. Fliegel has been on the faculty of the Shepherd School of Music since 1977.
8-17	Clara Shin Takes Silver Medal in World Piano Competition On Sunday July 11, 2004, Neal Gittleman of the Dayton Philharmonic conducted three medal finalists and the World Festival Orchestra for the World Piano Competition. Shepherd School pianist Clara Jung Yang Shin was awarded the silver medal and will be making a concert appearance in Cincinnati in the 2004-2005 concert season.
8-9	Webster Trio Releases World Wide Webster Recorded in 2002 in Stude Concert Hall at the Shepherd School of Music, The Webster Trio releases a new CD of works that were transcribed from piano, four hands for flute, clarinet and piano by Michael Webster. The CD is being sold through Crystal Records, Inc.
8-4	Novus Trombone Quartet Wins ITA Competition Novus from Rice University was announced as the winner of the competition and the group received their prize from Jiggs Whigham, representing the International Trombone Association.
7-28	Orchestra to Perform with Leebron Inauguration Although the inauguration is still more than two months away, plans are already in place for the ceremony inducting David Leebron as the seventh president of Rice University. The Oct. 2 investiture ceremony will be the highlight of two days’ events designed to give all members of the Rice community a chance to participate in the inauguration. The day will be capped with an inaugural concert by the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra.
7-27	This is the Symphony! The beauty and eloquence of classical music performed by a symphony orchestra can be a pleasure for a lifetime. In this introductory class, musicologist Nancy Gisbrecht Bailey will explain what constitutes classical music, provide an overview of its major stylistic periods, and discuss the instruments of the symphony orchestra. Guest speakers will include instrumentalists from the Shepherd School of Music as well as a vocal soloist and member of the conducting staff from the Houston Symphony. Each class will include illustrations from a variety of recordings.
7-26	Orientation Week Starts August 15 New Families Orientation and O-Week begin on August 15. O-Week serves to introduce new students to college life here at Rice University.
7-22	New Practice Rooms To meet the demand for available practice spaces, the Shepherd School of Music has begun work on two additional practice rooms in the upstairs practice wings in Alice Pratt Brown Hall, increasing the number of practice rooms to forty-seven.
5-28	Steven Parker and Caroline Shaw Earn Awards Steven Parker, who received his master’s degree this month in trombone performance, will be studying at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen, Germany. Caroline Shaw received a Watson Fellowship and will travel to France, England and Italy to study various garden styles and concepts.
5-21	Taking Center Stage at Kennedy Center May 29 Seven students from the Shepherd School of Music have been chosen to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington in May. Benjamin Jaber, horn; Hyojin Ahn and Lola Astanova, piano; and the Enso String Quartet, the graduate quartet-in-residence, will perform the week of May 24 for the Conservatory Project at the Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage. The performance will be broadcast live on the Web.
5-21	Norman Fischer and Kurt Stallmann Perform with Michele Bragwen Dance Ensemble The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble presents new works to live original music on Friday May 21, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall in the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University. The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble presents a performance of contemporary dance to live original music. Norman Fischer and Kurt Stallmann performs Kaija Saariaho’s engaging score for solo cello and live electronics.
5-12	Schnoebelen Joins Rank of Professor Emeritus Anne Schnoebelen, the Joseph and Ida Kirkland Mullen Professor Emerita of Music, was a founding member of the Shepherd School of Music in 1974 and has been hailed as an indispensable presence ever since. In her 30 years at Rice, she has served as chair of the musicology department, director of graduate studies and interim dean.
5-7	Navigating Music Careers Officially Launches Janet Rarick, artist teacher of wind ensembles, received a $3,220 grant for “Interactive Teaching Events: Navigating Music Careers Interactive.” This project will add an interactive component to the existing curriculum Web site Navigating Music Careers.
4-26	Enso Quartet Performs at Carnegie Hall The Enso String Quartet, the graduate quartet-in-residence at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, will perform at Carnegie Hall April 27
4-23	Rice Celebrates Next Century Campaign As Rice celebrates the success of the Rice: The Next Century Campaign, it is impossible to miss the impact on the campus of the first comprehensive campaign in the history of the university.
4-21	Digital Riot Rice Electronic Music Studio Labs multimedia production featuring new music by composition students of the Shepherd School: Jacob Barton, Thomas Conroy, Daniel Sedgwick, Christopher Lee, Takuma Itoh, David Garner, and performers including Nick Anaya and John Widmer.
4-20	Commencement 2004 Information The Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8th will be held outside. Umbrellas, sunscreen, and other protection from sun or rain are advisable. In the event of severe inclement weather, the entire Commencement ceremony will take place in Autry Court in the Rice Gym. Seating in Autry Court is extremely limited, and all seating is on the second floor, which is accessible only by stairs. Please contact the Campus Police at (713) 348-6000 or the Campus Operator at (713) 348-0000 after 7:00 a.m. for confirmation on the morning of Commencement. If the inclement weather plan is in effect, all degree candidates should assemble in the Rice Gym by 7:45 a.m.
4-16	Takuma Itoh Receives Morton Gould Young Composer Award ASCAP Foundation President Marilyn Bergman has announced the winners of the 2004 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. Congratulating the award recipients, Marilyn Bergman said, " The 2004 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards honor gifted young composers from 9 years of age to 30. These young talents represent the future of American concert music. We congratulate the recipients and express our appreciation to the dedicated panel of ASCAP composers who selected the winners from amongst 500 submissions."
4-15	Something Old, Something New Students from St. Stephen's Montessori School and the Alief Leadership Center joined students of the Shepherd School of Music in Duncan Recital Hall for an inreach concert featuring music as from as early as the 18th century to today.
4-15	Composers' Forum The composers' forum features works composed and performed by students of the Shepherd School of Music. The forum will feature music of Jacob Barton, Cristi Macelaru, David Garner, Troy Wayne, Thomas Conroy, Phillip Cornell, Christopher Lee, Seth Ward, Dan Sedgwick, Lembit Beecher, Phillip Miller, and Randolph Partain.
4-13	Practicum in Comtemporary Music This course in music composition and performance features works composed and performed by students at the Shepherd School of Music. Each student writes a newly composed work for an ensemble formed within the class. The piece is then coached and rehearsed as it is being written. Students involved in this years class include Jacob Barton, Victoria Bass, Brandon Bell, Brian Hermanson, Francis Koiner, David Pencil, Caroline Shaw, Erin Watson, Troy Wayne, and David Wightman.
4-7	Percussion Ensemble Explores World Music Matthew McClung is a percussionist with a diverse background. In the spring of 2002, Matthew received a Presser Award, which funded his two-month trip to Ghana, West Africa, where he studied traditional drumming techniques with master drummers of the Ewe tribe, and gyil (African xylophone) techniques with Kakraba Lobi, who is considered one of the ultimate virtuosi of the instrument. McClung is teaching three of the pieces he learned in Ghana in preparation for a Doctoral Lecture Recital on April 17th. The Shepherd School Percussion Ensemble will be performing the same Ewe tribe music on April 15th in Stude Concert Hall. The instruments used in both performances were commissioned by McClung and made in Ghana.
4-1	Shepherd School Bassoonists Search for Cane Not far from the Shepherd School of Music in the Texas Medical Center amidst the hospitals, parking garages, and restaurants, lies a small cane field. Led by Benjamin Kamins, Professor of Bassoon at the Shepherd School of Music, the Shepherd School bassoon studio went pursuing some fresh cane for reed making, but it won't be ready for at least another ten years. Having a good source of cane is essential for every professional level bassoonist.
4-1	The Musical Mind David Rosenfield, a professor of neurology and the director of the Speech and Language Center, Department of Neurology, at Baylor College of Medicine/The Methodist Hospital, will discuss how musicians' brains function at a lecture April 13 at the Shepherd School of Music.
3-31	Student Concerto Competition Winners Four students from the Shepherd School of Music were chosen as this years winners of the Concerto Competition held on March 20th and 27th in Stude Concert Hall at Rice University. Nuiko Wadden, harp; Yeon-Sun Joo, cello; Kana Mimaki, piano; and Jessica Osborne, piano; were all chosen as winners and will have an opportunity to perform a concerto or solo work with the orchestra.
3-30	Shepherd School Alum Damian Montano's Work Premiered by Houston Symphony Orchestra A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Damian Montano is currently an active composer and bassoonist in Los Angeles, California. He is a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and has received numerous concert music commissions from ensembles throughout the country. He most recently completed a Concerto for Piccolo, Contrabassoon, and Orchestra, premiered by the Houston Symphony this April. Mr. Montano additionally works extensively as a film and television composer. His music can currently be heard on NBC’s Daytime Reality Drama, “Starting Over.”
3-30	Guarneri String Quartet Master Class The renowned Guarneri String Quartet has circled the globe countless times since it was formed in 1964, playing in the world's most prestigious halls in North and South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. The quartet performs tonight for the Houston Friends of Music Chamber Music Series in Stude Concert Hall on Tuesday, March 30th. The program features the String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K. 464 by Mozart; the String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso" by Beethoven; and the String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae" by Sibelius.
3-26	Carl Allen: Drummer, Composer, Producer and Educator The pursuit of knowledge, experience, and ever-present swing is a recurring theme in the life of drummer/composer and Milwaukee native Carl Allen. It's a theme that began to take shape when, as a teenager, he performed with such greats as Sonny Stitt and James Moody and it's a theme to which he held fast as his musical quest took him to The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (1979-81) and New Jersey's William Patterson College (1981-83). While at William Patterson, he pursued his life-long dream -- the drum chair in trumpeter Freddie Hubbard's band
3-25	Symphony Orchestra Features Dramatic Works Three powerful and dramatic works kick off the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra's concert March 26. The symphony orchestra will perform Paul Hindemith’s “Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber,” Béla Bartók’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” and Claude Debussy’s “La Mer.” The concert will be conducted by Larry Rachleff, music director of the Shepherd School Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. Jeffrey Neufeld, a winner of the 2003 Shepherd School Concerto Competition, will perform the Bartók piano concerto.
3-22	Dean Robert Yekovich Addresses Composition Seminar Robert Yekovich, the fifth Dean of the Shepherd School of Music, formerly served as the Dean of the School of Music of the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts and Executive Director of the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute. In addition, Dr. Yekovich served for the past five years as the managing dean of illuminations, a five-week summer arts festival of dance, drama, filmmaking and music on the Outer Banks at Manteo, N.C. He also produced eleven consecutive European tours of the NCSA International Music Program's Festival Orchestra during his tenure.
3-22	Lynn Harell Performs with Houston Symphony Houston Symphony Music Director and Artist-in-Residence at the Shepherd School of Music, Hans Graf and cellist Lynn Harrell highlight the schedule for the summer performing arts series at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in the Woodlands.
3-17	Shepherd School Opera Presents 'Werther' Werther is based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's popular 1774 novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers). Goethe became internationally known after this novel was published even though he was already well-known for his plays, essays and lyrical verses.
3-17	Kimura Parker Performs Premiere of 'Rite of Spring' Pianist Jon Kimura Parker is not one who is afraid to face his challenges head-on. In fact, he's eagerly awaiting the performance of his world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring." A technically difficult piece filled with many details, Parker said he chose to compose his own piano version instead of replying on other weaker piano versions. "There are some extant published attempts to reproduce this on one piano with only two hands, but I don't think they are that terrific," he said. "So as a challenge, I am writing my own arrangement."
3-17	Financial Aid Notice for 2004-2005 Priority filing date for need-based assistance is April 15, 2004. Families must re-apply each year. For additional information please contact Susie Schoepf
3-15	Larry Rachleff Stays with R.I. Philharmonic Larry Rachleff, Music Director of the Shepherd School Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, is now in his eighth season with the Rhode Island Philharmonic and has signed a contact extension keeping him in Rhode Island until at least May of 2007. The contract extension was to have been announced at a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Rachleff, who heads the orchestra training program at the Shepherd School of Music has held the post of music director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic longer than any other music director, except for founder Francis Madeira.
3-12	Mok-Hyun Gibson-Lane Finalist in Music Competition Moky as she is affectionately called is 22 and is a native of Wellington, New Zealand. She has been playing cello since she was 9 years of age. She completed her Bachelor of Music (Hons) at Victoria and is currently studying for her Masters degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas with world renowned cellist Lynn Harrell.
3-9	Musicology Department Impelling in 2003-2004 The Shepherd School of Music boasts an active musicology department which outputs an enormous amount of historical research annually.
3-9	Walter Bailey Presents Lecture for Alumni College Ten years ago, Elizabeth Gillis, wife of newly inaugurated Rice President Malcolm Gillis, suggested Rice offer an educational opportunity for alumni that would bring them back to campus and feature some of Rice's greatest professors. Gaining insight from her experience at other institutions around the United States, the Association of Rice Alumni introduced Alumni College. Open to alumni, parents and all other friends of the university, Alumni College is a weekend long program offering a chance to return to campus, to meet new friends, rekindle old acquaintances and to learn more from Rice's outstanding faculty.
3-3	Connexions Project Launches Composer Anthony K. Brandt is no computer guru, but thanks to Rice University's Connexions Project, he's using the Internet to fulfill a longtime dream of interweaving music and text to form a truly interactive music appreciation course.
2-26	Alice Pratt Brown Hall Landscaping During the later part of October 2003, a new landscape enhancement project commenced east of the Alice Pratt Brown building. The landscape architecture firm, Office of James Burnett, provided the design. This includes planters, with a variety of low maintenance plants along the east facade of the building, as well as Mexican sycamores planted in a circular fashion on both sides of a future semi-circular sidewalk (per Sasaki's landscape master plan) and three rows of live oaks in the north-south direction.
2-26	Taking Center Stage at the Kennedy Center Seven students from the Shepherd School of Music have been chosen to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington in May. Benjamin Jaber , horn; Hyojin Ahn and Lola Astanova , piano; and the Enso String Quartet , the graduate quartet-in-residence, will perform the week of May 24 for the Conservatory Project at the Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage. The performance will be broadcast live on the Web.
2-25	Paula Robison Flute Master Class Known to millions from her television appearances on CBS Sunday Morning, Live from Lincoln Center and Christmas at the Kennedy Center, Ms. Robison was a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and was for ten years co-director of chamber music at both the Italian and American Spoleto Festivals. With her lively interest in expanding flute repertoire, she has commissioned orchestral works by Leon Kirchner, Toru Takemitsu, Oliver Knussen, Robert Beaser and Kenneth Frazelle.
2-19	Eastman Brass Master Class After a stunning concert February 18th, members of the Eastman Brass worked with Shepherd School students in a master class February 19th. Student brass quintets and the Novus Trombone Quartet performed in the Master Class in Stude Concert Hall. Breakout sessions followed with students receiving individual attention from each member of the Eastman Brass.
2-14	Where There's a Will There's a Way Valentine's Day - that time of year when thoughts turn to love and finding that perfect someone. Every couple has a story about how they met. Some hearts collide by simple coincidence. Others have long courtships reminiscent of a Harlequin Romance. Rice employees Leone Buyse and Michael Webster are no exception.
2-12	Chamber Music InReach Concert The interactive performance series for young people continues in a concert for students in Duncan Recital Hall. ""We have found that our concerts are a great way to get children exposed to a college campus at an early age. Who knows what dreams may come from these experiences? If even one or two children can be inspired to go to college, it will be worth it."
2-4	Annual Service Awards for Faculty and Staff Faculty and Staff who joined the Rice community as long ago as 1954 and as recently as 1998 celebrated their service to the university at the annual Service Awards luncheon Feb. 4, 2004 at Rice Memorial Center.
2-1	Music of Pierre Jalbert to be Performed By Shepherd School Orchestra and Houston Symphony Pierre Jalbert ¹s award-winning piece In Aeternam will be performed for the first time in Houston by the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in a concert Feb. 13 and 14. The concert, which also includes Carl Orff¹s Carmina Burana, begins at 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall and also features the Rice Chorale and the Houston Children¹s Chorus.
1-26	Renowned Clarinetist Stanley Hasty Gives Masterclass Stanley Hasty, professor emeritus of clarinet at the Eastman School of Music, was born in 1920 and joined the Eastman faculty in 1955. He also joined the Rochester Philharmonic at that time. Before coming to Rochester, he served as principal clarinet for the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He served as professor of clarinet or principal teacher of clarinet at the Cleveland Institute, the Peabody Conservatory, Indiana University, Carnegie Institute (now the Mellon Institute), the New England Conservatory, and the Juilliard School of Music.
1-23	Access to Campus During Superbowl Weekend The Rice University campus will be somewhat more tightly wrapped than usual Friday, Saturday and particularly Sunday, the day of the game. All day Friday, Jan. 30, access will be possible through only Entrances 8 (University Boulevard at Stockton), 11 (Rice Boulevard at Shepherd) and 13 (Rice Boulevard at Kent). Saturday, Jan. 31, the open entrances will be 8, 11 and possibly 12 (Rice Boulevard at Wilton) . Sunday, Feb. 1, the only way to access campus will be through Entrance 8, by the Rice University Police Department headquarters.
1-19	Making Beautiful Music Together: Continuing Studies Presents Collaborations of Music and the Arts Van Gogh's Starry Night and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are just two examples of artistic masterpieces that have inspired beautiful music. The sweeping film score of Gone With the Wind and the haunting notes of Bolero were also the results of collaborations of music and the arts. How does music attempt to depict visual art, myth, cinematic scenes, or the written word? Musicologist Dr. Nancy Gisbrecht Bailey will discuss the creative process involved in interpreting art through music and present excerpts from classical compositions, art song, choral music, opera, and modern movie scores.
1-17	Childhood Music Specialist Rachel Buchman Performs with the Shepherd School Orchestra The Shepherd School of Music's Symphony Orchestra will perform Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. Assistant Conductor Marlon Chen will lead the orchestra in a performance of Benjamin Britten's "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," intended to cultivate children's interest and knowledge in music.
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