March 23, 2008
Finale and Smart Music now on Music Library loaner laptops!
 
| The Music Library now offers Finale and Smart Music on our loaner laptops. Laptops may be checked out for four hours at a time and may leave the library. |
Posted by Matt Jordan at 01:15 PM
August 23, 2007
UT Grad Trains, Performs among Opera's Best
 | More than 650 wanted to sing, but only 28 got the nod. UT graduate William Compton was one of them. What inspired such spirited competition? The opportunity to perform for the summer at the renowned Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y. Compton '04, a tenor, earned a slot in the opera's Young American Artists program, which offers performance and study opportunities for some of the best early-career talent in the world of opera. Glimmerglass presents 43 productions of four operas during its annual festival season in July and August. |
Read the full story at eTorch News
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 08:06 AM
August 16, 2007
Edward Zambara
In Memoriam
--- Edward Zambara, a former voice teacher in the UT School of Music and the founding director of the Knoxville Opera, died Aug 7 from injuries sustained in a fall at his home. One of the most sought-after voice teachers in the United States and a mentor to many opera singers, Zambara was 81. He was a resident of Brookline, Mass., and was teaching at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music at the time of his death. In 1952, Zambara joined the UT music faculty. He went to the University of Oregon in 1958 but returned to Knoxville in 1961, where he served as chairman of UT's voice department until 1981. In 1980, he received the Tennessee Governor's Award in the Arts. Zambara was buried Friday in Boston.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/11/voice-teacher-zambara-dead-at-81/
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 11:06 AM
July 17, 2007
High Note: UT Alumnus and Trombonist Goes to Vienna
KNOXVILLE -- Jeremy Wilson's budding career as a trombonist has hit a high note with an invitation to join the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jeremy Wilson
"Obviously, I am shocked, stunned, elated, overwhelmed and unbelievably overjoyed that I was chosen," Wilson said. "I don't know when it will sink in, but the fact is that come September I will have the honor and privilege to perform with one of the greatest orchestras in the world."
Don Hough, Wilson's trombone instructor at UT, said his former student's achievement is very impressive.
"It's huge. It just doesn't happen," said Hough, who retired in December. "People have waited 20 to 30 years to get into this orchestra."
Posted by Connie Steigenga at 02:03 PM
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