E-Weekly Newsletter February 2011
Week Of February 25, 2011
YouTube Session - 9am TODAY
A special session will be held this morning in Bird Hall, to be led by UofL Director of Digital Media, Jeff Rushton. Those working on division YouTube clips are especially encouraged to attend.
National Symphony Orchestra @ UofL story
http://copiousnotes.bloginky.com/2011/02/19/national-symphony-orchestra-here-to-connect/#storylink=misearch
UPCOMING EVENTS
JAZZ WEEK 852.6907 for ticket information
Friday, February 25
- 8:00 p.m. - Antonio Hart, saxophone, with Jazz Ensemble I & the Faculty Jazz Ensemble - $15 general, $5 students
Saturday, February 26
- 8:00 p.m. - Jeff Hamilton Trio with Jazz Ensemble I - $15 general, $5 students
Tuesday, March 1
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Guest Artist: Lee Luvisi, piano - performing music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Thursday, March 3
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Guest Artists: Existential Pilot
Friday, March 4
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - University Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, March 6
- 3:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - University Choirs
- 7:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Macauley Chamber Music Competition Winners Recital
Week of February 18, 2011
Faculty support letters for students’ summer grant applications
… should be addressed “To whom it may concern” and delivered or emailed to Debbie Hawley by the absolute deadline of Monday, February 21 at 4pm. We’ve done our best to stress to students to request letters well in advance, and appreciate your support of their applications.
Pat Rafferty will be performing the Barber Violin Concerto with combined members of the LO and National Symphony Orchestra on the Keep Louisville Symphonic concert this evening at 5:30 at the Marriott Ballroom downtown.
Audit Services will perform a routine audit of data encryption beginning February 21. The objectives are: 1) to assess the level of compliance with University policies regarding the encryption of servers, laptops, desktops, removable media, and peripheral devices in departments and units that process and store sensitive information. 2) to evaluate the adequacy of University data encryption standards and guidelines and the effectiveness of the enforcement of existing policies. The scope of the audit will include, but not be limited to, interviews with faculty and staff, and the review and assessment of the use of encryption in selected business units and departments, as well as other items or issues identified during the course of the audit. Selected departments and units will be reviewed for compliance with University policies regarding encryption of devices that process or store sensitive data. Please inform department heads and administrators that we may be scheduling a review in their respective areas. - Barry V. Scott, Senior Information Systems Auditor
Green Threads: Sustainability Across the Curriculum - Invitation to Participate - see attached flyer for full details
@louisville.edu
As previously announced, faculty and staff will switch to Microsoft Exchange email this fall. To ensure continuity of email delivery during the transition, please use @louisville.edu instead of @gwise.louisville.edu when sharing your email address on business cards, curriculum vitae, the web, etc. For example, jane.doe@gwise.louisville.edu becomes jane.doe@louisville.edu. Email addressed to the @louisville.edu domain will continue to be delivered to your GroupWise email account now and to your Microsoft Exchange email account after the migration.
IT no longer accepting requests for Restoring Email and Voice Mail
Information Technology spends about 1,000 hours annually restoring email and voice mail for university community members. Due to increased demand on our resources, we will be unable to continue accepting these requests. This will allow us to reinvest the time and effort into strategic technology initiatives. As of February 16, IT is no longer accepting requests for restoring email and voice mail. Thank you for your support as we work to build a stronger technology foundation at UofL.
Making a YouTube Video
A special session has been scheduled for Friday, February 25, 9-10am in Bird Recital Hall, to be led by UofL Director of Digital Media, Jeff Rushton. Those working on division YouTube clips are especially encouraged to attend.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, February 18
- 7:00 p.m. (Bird Recital Hall) - University Student Composers present Electronic & Computer Music
Sunday, February 20
- 2:00 p.m. - "Discover Jazz" at ear X-tacy
The various styles and sounds of jazz will come to life in a partnership between the UofL School of Music and ear X-tacy. Led by Ansyn Banks, assistant professor of jazz studies with the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program, the UofL International Jazz Quintet will demonstrate modal, 60’s jazz, ECM label releases and today’s jazz at ear X-tacy, 2226 Bardstown Road. The free program is an initiative between the partners to showcase jazz genres in an entertaining and educational format. Banks will discuss characteristics of the various jazz styles. The music will be demonstrated by students from around the globe and by selections from store CDs. Performances will be conducted on the in-store stage. ear X-tacy is known as Louisville's "alternative record store”, owned and operated by John Timmons. For more information, contact Banks at 852-1858 or ear X-tacy at 452-1799.
- 7:30 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - University Wind Symphony & Chamber Winds Louisville
Monday, February 21
- 11:00 a.m. (Music Building Room 248) - Masterclass: Bayla Keyes, violin
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Guest Artist: Bayla Keyes, violin - performing music by Maurice Ravel, Béla Bartók & Nelson Keyes.
Violinist Bayla Keyes, daughter of UofL music professor Nelson Keyes (who died in 1986) will give a memorial concert to benefit the Nelson Keyes Scholarship Fund, which supports outstanding students in theory and composition at the School of Music. There is no admission charge, but donations to the Scholarship Fund will be accepted. Her co-artist will be pianist Robert Merfeld. Bayla Keyes teaches violin and chamber music at Boston University and is Artistic Director of both the Interlochen Chamber Music Conference and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute String Quartet Seminar. Ms. Keyes founded the Muir String Quartet and toured internationally, winning the Evian and Naumburg Awards and two Grand Prix du Disques. We are very pleased to welcome her back to Louisville and to have her performance assist in raising funds for the endowment named for her father. For more information: http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/faculty/keyes/
Tuesday, February 22
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - University Symphonic Band & Concert Band
JAZZ WEEK call 502.852.6907 for ticket information
Wednesday, February 23
- 8:00 p.m. - Renato Vasconcellos, piano - $5
Thursday, February 24
- 8:00 p.m. - Adjudicators Quartet with Jazz Ensemble II - $10 general, $5 students
Friday, February 25
- 8:00 p.m. - Antonio Hart, saxophone, with Jazz Ensemble I & the Faculty Jazz Ensemble - $15 general, $10 students
Saturday, February 26
- 8:00 p.m. - Jeff Hamilton Trio with Jazz Ensemble I - $15 general, $10 students
Tuesday, March 1
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Guest Artist: Lee Luvisi, piano - performing music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Week of February 11, 2011
Preparing Videos for YouTube
A special session for faculty has been scheduled for Friday, February 25, 9-10am, room TBA, to be led by UofL's new Director of Digital Media, Jeff Rushton. Those working on division YouTube clips are especially encouraged to attend.
Marc Satterwhite and his student José Díaz have had pieces selected for the Foro de Música Nueva in Mexico City in June. The Foro is one of the most important new music events in Latin America. The works selected are Satterwhite's Colores de Miró, for woodwind quintet, and Díaz's Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas, for orchestra. José Díaz, from Mexico City, started his MM in composition this semester as a Fulbright Scholar.
Jerry Tolson has recently completed two invited presentations on Teaching Jazz Style; one for the Georgia Music Educators Association conference in Savannah and one for the Arizona Music Educators conference in Mesa.
Pat Rafferty will be performing the Barber Violin Concerto with combined members of the LO and National Symphony Orchestra on the Keep Louisville Symphonic concert on Friday, February 18 at 5:30pm at the Marriott Ballroom downtown.
UofL presents "Discover Jazz" program at ear X-tacy
Swing, bebop, cool jazz and more to be performed
The various styles and sounds of jazz will come to life in a two-part program produced through a partnership between the UofL School of Music and ear X-tacy Feb. 13 and 20.
Led by Ansyn Banks, assistant professor of jazz studies with the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program, the UofL International Jazz Quintet will demonstrate swing, bebop, cool jazz and hard bop forms on Feb. 13 and modal, 60’s jazz, ECM label releases and today’s jazz on Feb. 20. Each session starts at 2 p.m. at ear X-tacy's store, 2226 Bardstown Road. The free program is an initiative between the partners to showcase jazz genres in an entertaining and educational format. The sessions are designed to help both new listeners and experienced fans deepen their understanding of the music. Banks will discuss characteristics of the various jazz styles. The music will be demonstrated by students from around the globe and by selections from store CDs. Performances will be conducted on the in-store stage.
Banks coaches combos and teaches jazz trumpet and other courses in the UofL jazz program. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Banks has played with some of the most important music figures of recent times such as the legendary Hank Marr and Gene Walker, and Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra. In addition to the Jazz genre, Banks has shared the stage with The Mighty Dells, The Temptations and other R&B artists.
ear X-tacy is known as Louisville's "alternative record store” and is owned and operated by John Timmons. For more information, contact Banks at 852-1858 or ear X-tacy at 452-1799.
View and print an updated, Spring 2011, one-page faculty & staff phone directory.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, February 11
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Faculty Artists: Bruce Heim, horn, & Harry Pickens, piano
Sunday, February 13
- 3:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) ***Ticketed Event*** Speed Concert Series: Nicole Cabell, soprano - Hattie Bishop Speed Concert Series events are free for members of the Speed Museum and SoM students with ID, $10 admission at the door for non-members.
Monday, February 14
- 7:00 p.m. (Bird Recital Hall) - University Jazz Combos
Tuesday, February 15
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) ***Canceled*** - University Student Composers
Wednesday, February 16
- 7:00 p.m. (Bird Recital Hall) - University Jazz Repertory Ensembles
Wednesday, February 16
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Faculty Artists: Brett Shuster, trombone, & Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano
Friday, February 18
- 7:00 p.m. (Bird Recital Hall) - University Student Composers present Electronic & Computer Music
Sunday, February 20
- 7:30 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - University Wind Symphony & Chamber Winds Louisville
Monday, February 21
- 11:00 a.m. (Music Building Room 248) - Masterclass: Bayla Keyes, violin
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Guest Artist: Bayla Keyes, violin - performing music by Maurice Ravel, Béla Bartók & Nelson Keyes.
Violinist Bayla Keyes, daughter of UofL music professor Nelson Keyes (who died in 1986) will give a memorial concert to benefit the Nelson Keyes Scholarship Fund, which supports outstanding students in theory and composition at the School of Music. There is no admission charge, but donations to the Scholarship Fund will be accepted. Her co-artist will be pianist Robert Merfeld. Bayla Keyes teaches violin and chamber music at Boston University and is Artistic Director of both the Interlochen Chamber Music Conference and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute String Quartet Seminar. Ms. Keyes founded the Muir String Quartet and toured internationally, winning the Evian and Naumburg Awards and two Grand Prix du Disques. We are very pleased to welcome her back to Louisville and to have her performance assist in raising funds for the endowment named for her father. For more information: http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/faculty/keyes/
Week of February 4, 2011
UPDATE--Student Evaluations of Teaching, Fall 2010
Now that all faculty have had a chance to review the reports of online evaluations submitted by students last fall, we have heard from a few of you that some seem to be missing, or that somehow the entirety of what you have viewed just doesn't look complete. Please report any specific problems or issues you have with your evaluation reports to me. I'll compile a list of issues to begin addressing with the office of Institutional Research. Our goal is to resolve any current problems with the eXplorance system prior to the collection of Spring online course evaluations, so your feedback is greatly appreciated. Take a look at eXplorance, providing colleges and universities with enterprise-class software for the automation of course evaluations and surveys. www.explorance.com -DBH
BUILDING UPDATES
-HVAC work continues through mid-February. Systems are currently being balanced/calibrated and temperatures should stabilize in the coming weeks. Ceiling tiles will be returned as work is completed in each area. Thank you for your patience during this transition.
-Master key is still missing. New locks/keys have been ordered with Klein, and are expected to be installed when order is received (no time estimation has been given). To make this transition smoother, the University Locksmith will cut new keys 'before' the key cores are changed. New keys will be issued as soon as they are received. Once your lock has been changed, you will already have the new key, and will need to return the old key to me. More information will be provided as it is received.
-Security camera project to hopefully be completed this month. - Angela Keene
Faculty Absence Report
http://louisville.edu/music/faculty-staff/resources-for-uofl-music-faculty-staff/faculty-absence-report
This online form was developed and posted a few years ago, and it's probably time for a reminder. For absences from campus of more than one day, faculty are expected to submit this form, posted under Faculty Documents on the Faculty & Staff Resources page, at least three working days prior to your anticipated absence. It's automatically sent to Debbie Hawley with a copy to your Division Head. Thank you all!
Open Scholarship Committee Meetings
Monday, February 7, 12noon-2pm, Green Room
Wednesday, March 2, 6-9pm, Green Room
2011 Summer Music Grants
Music majors may apply for summer music grants now. Recall that each application must include at least one faculty recommendation letter, so be expecting requests. The firm deadline is 4pm on Feb. 21. Two levels of review will occur: first by the Deans and Division Heads, and then by the Student Advisory Council, the group that makes funding recommendations to the dean.
Ashley Miller (Freshman, Music Therapy/Jazz major) will be a featured soloist with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra this Saturday evening. Ashley will be playing Escapades by John Williams. It is the theme song from the movie Catch Me If You Can. It is quite a challenging piece which she has memorized for the performance. Ashley won the Betty F. Brown Award for Instrumental Excellence in Columbus, IN, an annual scholarship competition for Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors in Columbus. The Seniors are in a separate class from the Sophomores and Juniors and compete for scholarship money as opposed to money for lessons and music camps. There are three monetary awards given in the senior division. The top winner also gets the chance to audition to perform a solo with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra the next year. Ashley won the top prize and received $3,000 as well as the opportunity to audition for a solo with the Philharmonic. She auditioned for David Bowden, Music Director and Conductor of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra and passed. She sounds outstanding on the piece! -Mike Tracy
African American Music Heritage Institute
Songs of Freedom: Music from Ordinary People with Extraordinary Courage; the Men and Women of the Underground Railroad
Monday and Tuesday, February 7-8
The Institute will include workshops and a concert on Spirituals and other freedom songs performed by Messengers for Christ directed by Ronn Norfleet, a presentation by Dr. J. Blaine Hudson, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and a lecture by Dr. Alicestyne Turley from the Dept. of Pan African Studies.Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend any or all of the events listed.
Monday, February 7
4:00 p.m. Workshop for UofL Students and Kentuckiana Teachers by Dr. Alicestyne Turley (Comstock Concert Hall)
8:00 p.m. Public Concert featuring guest artists Messengers for Christ, Ronn Norfleet, Director, and Dr. J. Blaine Hudson, Dean College of Arts & Sciences (Comstock Concert Hall; $5.00 donation requested; UofL students and children 10 and under admitted free). Presented in conjunction with the Carnegie Center for Art & History.
Tuesday, February 8
1:00-2:15 p.m. - Lecture, African American Music Class, Dr. Alicestyne Turley (Bird Recital Hall) -Jerry Tolson
2011 KMEA In-Service Conference Research Session
UofL will be well represented at the KMEA In-Service Conference Research Session. Amy Acklin will begin the session with a presentation, “The Effect of Practicing with a Visual Aid on the Dynamic Contrast of Undergraduate Conductors.” The following UofL music education and music therapy students will present posters:
Student of Rob Amchin:
“Passion for Little People: Personal Paths to Teach Elementary General Music” by Rebecca Dennis
Students of Amy Acklin:
“The Effect of a Tuning Pitch with Different Timbres on University Woodwind Majors Intonation” by Andy Buchholz
“The Effect of Digitalized Rhythm Analysis on Tempo Precision of University Music Majors” by Aaron Klausing
“The Effect of Singing on Intonation of Undergraduate Music Majors” by Ashley Mattingly
“The Effect of Preconducting Behavior on the Perception of Ensemble Attentiveness” by Jennifer Pope
“Physiological Responses to Instrument Timbers Between Male and Female College Music Majors” by Jesse Schuler
“The Effect of Low and High Tuning Notes on the Intonation of University Brass Music Majors” by Kinsey Whearty
Students of Barbara Wheeler:
"Effects of Music, Visual Stimuli, and Paired Music-Visual Stimuli on Heart Rate When Viewing a Film" by Leah Fowler
"Physiological and Affective Effects of Contrasting Music Styles in Stress Management" by Emily Caudill
"Performance Anxiety: Effects of Performing with Music versus Performing from Memory" by Grant Powell
“Live and Recorded Music: Differences in Preference among College Musicians" by Armistead Grandstaff
The session will be held on Thursday, February 10, at 2:50. The students will really appreciate faculty and student support, so we invite you to stop by and to encourage students who are at the conference to do the same.
Please support the Music Therapy (MTOUL) Valentine's Fundraiser!!!
MTOUL is sponsoring a Valentine's fundraiser. They are selling little Valentine's candy gifts that will be delivered during major ensemble rehearsals between February 8 and February 14 and to various offices. (Thanks to those of you who will allow them to deliver them during the ensembles - they plan to do it before rehearsal begins so as not to disrupt the rehearsal and should be contacting you in advance to be sure that this is OK.) The fundraiser is to raise money for the workshop by Carolyn Kenny on March 4. MTOUL has made a commitment to pay her - PLEASE help them raise the money to do this!Although they sold these from the lobby this week, at this point the only way to buy one is from an MTOUL member - preferably Laurel Yoder (laurel.yoder@louisville.edu) - or from Barbara Wheeler. They are $1 each or 5 for $4 (buy 4, get 1 free!). MTOUL will really appreciate your support as they work to meet their commitment to pay our guest. Thank you!! - Barbara Wheeler
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tonight, February 4
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Guest Artists: Kentucky Baroque Trumpets - performing music by J.S. Bach, Alessandro Melani, Gottfried Reiche, Giuseppe Torelli & others.
Sunday, February 6
- 3:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) **Ticketed Event** Guest Artists: Kentucky Center Chamber Players - performing music by American composer James Stephenson & others; $10 general admission, $8 senior citizens, $1 students at the door.
Monday, February 7
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) **Ticketed Event** - African-American Music Heritage Institute: Messengers for Christ - Songs of Freedom, The Men & Women of the Underground Railroad. $5 admission at the door.
Tuesday, February 8
- 7:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - University Collegiate Chorale with Noe Middle School & Eastern High School choirs.
Thursday, February 10
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) **Ticketed Event** - Guest Artist: Michael Isla, guitar - $15 general admission, $10 students, seniors & Louisville Guitar Society members at the door.
Friday, February 11
- 8:00 p.m. (Comstock Concert Hall) - Faculty Artists: Bruce Heim, horn, & Harry Pickens, piano
