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October 28, 2006
Upcoming Recitals
Ensemble Concert
Sunday, Oct. 29 at 4:00 pm
UT Choirs & Symphony Orchestra;
James R. Cox Auditorium.
Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, Oct. 29 at 8:00 pm
"Saxophone Quartet Extravaganza!" Featuring students from area high schools, UT Saxophone Studio, and more.
Music Hall.
Faculty & Guest Artist Recital
Monday, Oct. 30 at 8:00 pm
Guest Artist: Arno Bornkamp, saxophone; Connie Frigo, saxophone; Carol Zinavage, piano;
Music Hall.
Ensemble & Guest Artist Recital
Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 8:00 pm
Guest Artist: Bob Mintzer, saxophone; UT Jazz Big Band; UT Jazz Faculty Rhythm Section;
Music Hall.
Faculty Recital
Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 8:00 pm
Wesley Baldwin, cello;
Music Hall.
Junior Recital
Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 6:00 pm
Michael Miller, trombone; T.J. Keen, trumpet, cornet;
Music Hall.
Fraternity Recital
Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 8:00 pm
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Music Hall.
Faculty Recital
Friday, Nov. 3 at 8:00 pm
David Northington, piano;
Music Hall.
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:57 AM
October 27, 2006
Audiostreaming Database Workshop
Audiosteaming Databases: Bringing a World of Music to a Computer Near You
Learn how you can listen for free to music from around the world via the UT Library's audiostreaming databases. This session will focus on the Smithsonian Global Sound database, and include techniques for searching for music, playing selections, creating playlists of your favorite tracks, and sending listening suggestions to your friends and classmates. We will also investigate what music is available on the other audiostreaming databases and how these databases work in comparison to Smithsonian Global Sound. (1 hour)
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (1:25-2:25 pm)
Location: 127 Hodges Library
Instructor: Chris Durman, Music Librarian for Public services cdurman@utk.edu
Register for workshops at: www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/workshop/
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 03:45 PM
October 26, 2006
Faculty Recital: David Northington, piano
 | Faculty Recital Friday, Nov. 3 at 8:00 pm David Northington, piano; Music Hall. |
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 08:03 AM
October 25, 2006
Faculty Recital: Wesley Baldwin, cello
 | Faculty Recital Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 8:00 pm Wesley Baldwin, cello; Music Hall. |
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:59 AM
October 21, 2006
Upcoming Recitals
Graduate Recital
Sunday, Oct. 22 at 3:00 pm
Sarah Chumney, trumpet;
Music Hall.
Senior Recital
Monday, Oct. 23 at 8:00 pm
Taylor Hiner, string bass; Michelle Huang, piano;
Music Hall.
Senior Recital
Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 8:00 pm
Taylor Hiner, string bass; Michelle Huang, piano;
Music Hall.
Ensemble Concert
Thursday, Oct. 26 at 8:00 pm
Wind Ensemble; Featuring UT Saxophone Professor Connie Frigo;
James R. Cox Auditorium.
Graduate Recital
Friday, Oct. 27 at 8:00 pm
Elizabeth Elliott, voice;
Performance Hall I (Room 32), Alumni Memorial Building.
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:45 AM
October 17, 2006
Ensemble & Guest Artist Recital
 | Ensemble & Guest Artist Recital Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 8:00 pm Guest Artist: Bob Mintzer, saxophone; UT Jazz Big Band; UT Jazz Faculty Rhythm Section; Music Hall. |
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:44 AM
October 16, 2006
Sting sings John Dowland
| Sting's 'Labyrinth': 16th Century Pop Music
By Elizabeth Blair
Morning Edition, October 16, 2006 ยท Refined Elizabethan music might not come to mind when you think of Sting. Think again. The rock star has released Songs of the Labyrinth, a new CD of songs by John Dowland, one of the Elizabethan era's most important composers. It's a collection of songs for voice and lute -- a stringed instrument that was popular in the 16th century. |
Read the whole article at NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6263882
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 11:02 AM
October 14, 2006
Upcoming Recitals
Ensemble Concert
Thursday, Oct. 19 at 8:00 pm
Trombone Choir & Trombone Student Solos;
Music Hall.
Senior Recital
Friday, Oct. 20 at 8:00 pm
Kristin Brooke Loy, soprano; Ellen Raines, piano;
Music Hall.
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:56 AM
October 11, 2006
Jerry Coker in Knoxville Magazine
 | The Music Man:
"Don't go Back to school, kid"
By Jeanne McDonald It's always there, says Jerry Coker--a melody playing in his subconscious, one of thousands of songs he's performed in smoky nightclubs or concerts or has fallen asleep to in lonely hotel rooms on the road. "I can be driving or watching a movie," he says, "and I find myself fingering the keys. Then I turn off the subconscious and suddenly become aware that I'm hearing chord progressions. I'm actually practicing away from the horn!" Coker recalls a conversation with the great West Coast Cool Jazz trumpet player, Chet Baker, who was watching Coker's fingers moving on the table between them as they talked. Baker leaned forward and said in awe, "You do that too?" "The keys" Coker refers to are the keys on his tenor saxophone, which he has played all over the world with many of the best jazz artists in the business. Critics have praised his music for its lyricism and his ability to improvise melodies with phrases that segue seamlessly into one another. Now in his seventies, he still plays but gets more excited about teaching budding young musicians, many of whom are involved in the nationally renowned Jazz Studies Program that Coker instituted at the University of Tennessee in 1976, modeled after a wildly successful curriculum he had set up at Miami University years earlier. Although he officially retired from UT in 1997, Coker continues to teach Jazz Piano and Analysis of Jazz Styles with the aim of "working an overnight revelation for the students so they can see where their careers are headed." The program, which also covers Jazz History, Theory, Improvisation, Composition, Arranging and Pedagogy, has also had great success with its student and faculty jazz ensembles. And like Coker, his fellow teachers in the program are proven musicians: Program Coordinator Mark Boling; Donald Brown; Keith Brown; Rusty Holloway; Paul Haar; and Vance Thompson. |
Read more at Knoxville Magazine dot com: http://www.knoxmag.com/issues/current/articles/coker/
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 10:30 AM
October 08, 2006
The A to X of Alternative Music.
 | Taylor, Steve. The A to X of Alternative Music. New York: Continuum, 2004. Ref. ML102.P66T38 2004 Dedicated solely to Alternative Music, this book has short biographical entries on bands somewhat idiosyncratically selected by the author. A definition of Alternative music by Michael Stipe of REM opens the book and is followed by an essay explaining how the author decided which performers to include. Each artist entry offers a short biography of the performer or music group, where and when the group first started, and recommendations for which album(s) to buy first. Some pictures are scattered throughout the book and an index is included at the back. |
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:45 AM
October 07, 2006
The Aria Database
 | Glaubitz, Robert. The Aria Database . 1996-2001. http://www.aria-database.com/
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Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:45 AM
October 05, 2006
Upcoming Recitals
Faculty and Guest Recital
Sunday, Oct. 8 at 3:00 pm
Guest Artist Wallace Easter, horn; The Virginia Tech Horn Ensemble;
Prof. Calvin Smith, horn; The UT Horn Ensemble;
Music Hall.
Junior Recital
Sunday, Oct. 8 at 6:00 pm
Stephen Corrigan, drumset;
Music Hall.
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:55 AM
October 01, 2006
The Virginia Tech Horn Ensemble and Wallace Easter, horn
 | Faculty and Guest Recital Sunday, Oct. 8 at 3:00 pm Guest Artist Wallace Easter, horn; The Virginia Tech Horn Ensemble; Prof. Calvin Smith, horn; The UT Horn Ensemble; Music Hall. |
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 07:45 AM