Arts and Media October 2016

A dean (and his faculty) turn radio listeners' questions into a book demystifying classical music

USC Thornton School of Music Dean Robert A. Cutietta has been answering puzzling and persnickety questions on Classical KUSC’s “Ask the Dean” weekly radio feature on its Arts Alive show since 2006. Now, he’s compiled and tweaked some 140 of them for a new format. His book, Who Knew? Answers to Questions About Classical Music You Never Thought to Ask, was published this week by Oxford University Press.

Arts and Media October 2016

Tackling bullying in Colorado schools with bilingual Shakespeare and all-female cast

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is taking its all-female, bilingual tour of The Taming of the Shrew to Colorado schools. The Taming of the Shrew is the latest title in CSF’s Shakespeare & Violence Prevention series, which combines live performance and classroom workshops - using the latest bullying and violence prevention research - to empower students to become “upstanders” vs. “bystanders” when they see bullying happen around them. The tour, aimed at third- through 12th-graders, continues through Nov. 4. It will be staged at more than 30 schools and reach about 6,000 students.

Arts and Media September 2016

Curious kids are in for a delightful shock

In lieu of a dry lecture on the wonders of electromagnetism, a team of Rice University students built a contraption that combines elements of an automotive solenoid and a pinball machine for the Children's Museum of Houston.

Arts and Media September 2016

Second time, second chance: Cedar Valley’s Mike Bogle is nominated for a Grammy Award

Dr. Mike Bogle, the Cedar Valley College music instructor, has been named a quarterfinalist for next year’s Grammy Music Educator Award. Bogle is one of 290 quarterfinalists from 264 cities across 41 states who have been recognized by the Recording Academy and Grammy Foundation, which present the award.

Arts and Media September 2016

Detroit Museum Loans Prints for Oakland University Exhibit

The Detroit Institute of Arts is loaning 20 prints created by Works Projects Administration artists for an exhibition at the Oakland University Art Gallery. The free exhibition features dozens of prints from the 1920s to the 1940s. The WPA put millions of unemployed people to work in public works jobs and a unit commissioned artists to make prints.

Arts and Media September 2016

Eva Graham Named Institute Diversity Officer at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

Eva Graham was appointed Institute Diversity Officer at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). She will also serve as the Institute’s Title IX coordinator. Her career in higher education has been grounded in the theory and practices for creating access and promoting diversity and student success in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) education.

Arts and Media August 2016

CU Boulder offers graduate certificate in Applied Shakespeare

Beginning in spring 2017, CU Boulder becomes the first university in the nation to offer a graduate certificate in Applied Shakespeare. The hybrid online and immersive nine-credit course will take place in the classroom, on the stage and online. Students will engage in stage combat, script reading and Elizabethan history.

Arts and Media August 2016

Highlands University Gets Big Sheet Music Donation

A sheet music donation to Highlands University is doubling the collection at its music program. The college announced this week that former professor Ron Thielman is giving the school $150,000 worth of sheet music from more than 3,000 scores. Thielman, who retired from New Mexico State University in 1995, says he donated his collection to Highlands because of his fond memories as the school's director of bands.

Arts and Media August 2016

Pratt Institute Announces K-12 Center to Provide Arts Education to Community

Pratt Institute, a renowned New York City-based college that educates creative thinkers from around the world, has publicly announced its Center for Art, Design, and Community Engagement K-12. The Center’s mission is to provide access to instruction in art and design to New York City’s youth by leveraging Pratt’s resources and expertise.

Arts and Media July 2016

U of Alabama Community Music School Summer Camp Focuses on Stringed Instruments

The University of Alabama Community Music School summer strings camp at the Alberta School of Performing Arts is a one-week camp consists of 10 middle school students and seven high school students who act as their mentors. At the end of the week on Friday, the camp will conclude with a concert held in the Alberta school's auditorium.

Arts and Media July 2016

Rutgers Dance Student from San Juan has Choreography Recognized on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts stage

Javier Padilla, a third-year bachelor of fine arts dance major at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Jersey, saw his original choreography, “A Cønversation on Drowning,” performed June 9 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., at the 2016 National College Dance Festival.

Arts and Media July 2016

Two Henry Ford College Acting Students Earn Nominations for Prestigious Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship

Two officials from the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) nominated Henry Ford College (HFC) acting students Zach Ross and Samantha Kenbeek for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions. Based on their performances in Pulitzer-Prize winner Tracy Letts’s play “Bug,” Ross and Kenbeek will compete at the regional level in January 2017. If successful, they will showcase their talents at the national festival in Washington, D.C. “Bug” recently finished its run at HFC and was directed by Dr. George Popovich, HFC director of Theatre.