Conservatory Faculty News

Music Therapy Program Hosts Virtual Sensory-Friendly Concert

Music therapy students and faculty will present “Trending Now: #SFC,” a virtual, inclusive, sensory-friendly concert experience from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec.…

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Marchment Directs UK Premiere of Adamo’s ‘Little Women’ at Opera Holland Park

Director of Opera and Associate Professor Ella Marchment, B.M., will direct the United Kingdom premiere of Mark Adamo’s “Little Women” (and world premiere of the…

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Bowden Performs Fung’s Trumpet Concerto with CYSO

Assistant Professor of Trumpet Mary Elizabeth Bowden, M.A., presented the Chicago premiere of Vivian Fung’s Concerto for Trumpet on Sunday, Nov. 14, during a fall…

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British Tenor David Butt Philip Works with Music Students

British tenor David Butt Philip presented a masterclass to music students on Thursday, Nov. 11, and participated in an informal Q&A session with students about…

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Naumenko Participates in Performances Celebrating Arvo Pärt at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Assistant Professor of Voice (Soprano) Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as part of the MetLiveArts series…

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Wagner Guest Conducts Williamsburg and Alabama Symphony Orchestras

Conductor, Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Conducting Jan Wagner, Diploma and Korrepetitions Praxis, Academy of Music in Vienna (Austria), will return to the…

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Chen ’19 Co-presents on Global Learning and IDE at AAC&U Annual Meeting

Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Professor of Dance Ting-Yu Chen ’19, Ed.D., will present alongside Director of Collaborative Online International Learning Younus Mirza, Ph.D.,…

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Romano ’91 Assumes Role as Elected Secretary of NFA

Adjunct Associate Professor of Musicianship Charlene Romano ’91, M.M., assumed her new role as the elected secretary of the National Flute Association (NFA) on Nov…

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Schwarz Performs Schostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with Symphoria

Assistant Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M., presented two performances of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 107 with Symphoria, the…

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Charlene Romano ’91 – Summer and Fall 2021 Updates

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Theory Charlene Romano ’91, M.M., was promoted to adjunct associate professor of musicianship in Fall 2021. Her new title is…

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