Student Recital (April 23, 2012)

Londonderry Air / Joseph McCarthy arr. Domenico Savino Alison Kenney, soprano Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1 / Richard Strauss Diane M. Card, alto from Dichterliebe, Op. 48 / Robert Schumann Im wunderschonen Monat Mai Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen Allnachtlich im Traume Greg Fernandes, bass Prelude No. 4 / Heitor Villa-Lobos Nick Rice, guitar Kind of In Love / John Harbison Why / Jonathan Larson Samuel Lathrop, tenor Sonata for Saxophone in Eb and Piano / Bernard Heiden Chelsea Fisk, alto saxophone The Crucifixion, Op. 29, No. 5 / Samuel Barber Mary Sanker, soprano Sicilienne, Op. 78 / Gabriel Faure Charles Sherwin, trombone Sonata for Trumpet and Piano / Eric Ewazen II. James Sheehan, trumpethttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1035/thumbnail.jp

Student Recital (December 12, 2012)

What Good Would the Moon Be / Kurt Weill Jordan Ennis, soprano Concerto / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Andante Cantabile Sage Lewis, trombone Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25, No. 24 / Robert Schumann Long Time Ago / Aaron Copland Richard Moran, tenor Estudios Sencillos / Leo Brouwer Five Studies / Fredric Hand Nolan Driscoll, guitar Study No. 7 in A minor / Matteo Carcassi Jeremy Place, guitar Concerto no. 3 in G, K. 216 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Allegro Carla Mason, violin Etude No. 14 in D Major / M. Carcassi Etude No. 1 in E minor / Heitor Villa-Lobos James Davidson, guitar Prelude No. 4 / H. Villa-Lobos Mark Gavin, guitar Bois Epais / Jean-Baptiste Lully The Call / Ralph Vaughan Williams Justine Smigel, mezzo-soprano Allegro, Op. 20 / Joseph Hector Fiocco Gail Colombo, violin Improvisation II et III pour Saxophone Alto Seul / Ryo Noda III Chelsea Fisk, alto saxophonehttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1034/thumbnail.jp

Scholarship Fundraising Gala Concert (November 4, 2013)

Fanfare pour precede La Péri / Paul Dukas BSU Brass Choir Ballade in g minor, Op. 23, No. 1 / Frédéric Chopin Alex Heinrich, piano Mon cœur s\u27ouvre à ta voix / Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns from Samson and Delilah, Op. 47 Diane Card, alto Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / George Frederic Handel from Solomon BSU Flute Choir Night Bird / Karen Tanaka Chelsea Fisk, Alto Saxophone Dark Eyes (Les yeux noirs) / Trad. Jazz Manouche Project, Vlad Milenkovic, dir. Deh, vieni, non tardar / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from “Le Nozze di Figaro” Mary Sanker, soprano Sonata No. 1 / Bohuslav Martinů Allegro Moderato Jennifer Drake, flute Sunburst / Andrew York James Davidson, guitar Salmo 150 / Ernani Aguiar A Lover and his Lass / Matthew Harris from Shakespeare Songs, Book III BSU Chamber Singers, Dr. Steven Young, dir. World Street Jam / trad. Khakatay, Dr. Salil Sachdev, dir. Attitude Dance / Stephen Kupka and Emilio Castillo arr. Mark Taylor BSU Jazz Band, Dr. Donald Running, dirhttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1046/thumbnail.jp

Student Recital: Chelsea Fisk (April 12, 2013)

Cello Suite no. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 / Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude Scaramouche / Darius Milhaud Vif Modere Brazileira Night Bird / Karen Tanaka Shenandoah / arr. Bruce Evans Jon Amon, soprano saxophone Sean Every, alto saxophone Corey Morris, tenor saxophone Chelsea Fisk, baritone saxophonehttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1054/thumbnail.jp

Student Recital: 300-400 Level Students (November 2, 2012)

Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 / Johann Sebastian Bach Gigue Susan Blazejewski, viola Dans la forêt de Septembre, Op. 85, No. 1 / Gabriel Fauré Sam Lathrop, tenor Papageno Aria / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 Stuart Cabral, baritone Sarastro’s Aria from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 / W. A. Mozart Gregory Fernandes, bass Suite pour Saxophone Alto et Piano / Paul Bonneau Improvisation Danse des Demons Chelsea Fisk, alto saxophonehttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1024/thumbnail.jp

Predictors of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency procedure use among older people with multiple sclerosis: a national case–control study

Background Following the initial reports of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) and the purported curative potential of venoplasty, (coined the ‘liberation’ procedure) Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) began to travel abroad to receive the unregulated procedure, often placing them at odds with their health providers. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing older MS patients’ decision to undergo the procedure in order to develop more specific and targeted health information. Methods We performed secondary analysis of data collected as part of the ‘Canadian Survey of Health Lifestyle and Aging with MS’ from people over the age of 55 years with MS symptoms for 20 or more years. The survey consisted of self-reported information on impairments, disability, participation, demographics, personal and environmental factors. In order to compare respondents who underwent the procedure to those who did not and to develop a predictive model, we created a comparison group using a case–control algorithm, controlling for age, gender and education, and matching procedure cases to controls 1:3. We used multivariate stepwise least likelihood regression of ‘a priori’ variables to determine predictive factors. Results The prevalence of the ‘liberation’ procedure in our sample was 12.8% (95/743), substantially lower than reported in previous studies of complementary/alternative treatments in MS. The predictive model contained five factors; living alone (Odds ratio 0.24, 95%CI 0.09-0.63), diagnosis of anxiety (Odds ratio 0.29, 95%CI 0.10 - 0.84), rating of neurologist’s helpfulness (Odds ratio 0.56, 95%CI 0.44 -0 .71), Body Mass Index (Odds ratio 0.93, 95%CI, 0.89 - 0.98) and perceived physical impact of MS (Odds ratio 1.02, 95%CI 1.01 - 1.04). Conclusions Predictive factors differed from previous studies of complementary/alternative treatment use likely due to both the invasiveness of the procedure and the advanced age of our study cohort. Our findings suggest that health professionals should target information on the risks and benefits of unregulated procedures to those patients who feel dissatisfied with their neurologist and they should include family members in discussions since they may be providing the logistical support to travel abroad and undergo the ‘liberation’ procedure. Our findings may be applicable to others with chronic disabling conditions who contemplate the user-pay unregulated invasive procedures available to them

The Manatee [2015]

The Manatee is a literary journal run by the students of Southern New Hampshire Universit

Student Recital (Nov. 18, 2011)

Etude XXXI / Garwood Whaley Daniel Maloney, timpani Va godendo / George Frideric Handel Mary Sanker, soprano Kiss the Air / Scott Alan Samuel Lathrop, tenor Sonata / Bernhard Heiden III. Adagio – Presto Chelsea Fisk, alto saxophone Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 / Johann Sebastian Bach I. Allegro moderato Carla Mason, violin Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 / J. S. Bach I. Prelude Nick Rice, guitar Per la gloria d’adorarvi / Giovanni Battista Bononcini Mi Choe, soprano Sonata No. 5 in e minor, BWV 1034 / J. S. Bach I. Adagio ma non tanto II. Allegro Angela Chan, flute Portraits in Rhythm / Anthony Cirone Nicole Desmarais, snare drum Nocturne from Four Songs / Samuel Barber Meghan Foley, mezzo soprano Sonata for Eb Alto Saxophone / Wolfgang Jacobi I. Allegro James-ace Thackston, alto saxophone Capricho Arabe / Francisco Tarrega No. 11 from Studio Sencillos / Leo Brouwer James Davidson, guitar Romanza / anon. Ian Timpany, guitar Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Op. 48, No. 1 / Heinrich Heine Richard Moran, tenor Barcarolle (Belle nuit, ô nuit d\u27amour) / Jacques Offenbach from Les contes d’Hoffmann Stuart Cabral, countertenor Diane Card, alto Suite No. 1, Op. 131d / Max Reger I. Molto Sostenuto Susan Blazejewski, viola Lydia, Op. 4, No. 2 / Gabriel Fauré Come Away, Death, Op. 6, No. 1 / Roger Quilter Joseph Steinkrauss, baritonehttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1010/thumbnail.jp

Nearly 400 million people are at higher risk of schistosomiasis because dams block the migration of snail-eating river prawns.

Dams have long been associated with elevated burdens of human schistosomiasis, but how dams increase disease is not always clear, in part because dams have many ecological and socio-economic effects. A recent hypothesis argues that dams block reproduction of the migratory river prawns that eat the snail hosts of schistosomiasis. In the Senegal River Basin, there is evidence that prawn populations declined and schistosomiasis increased after completion of the Diama Dam. Restoring prawns to a water-access site upstream of the dam reduced snail density and reinfection rates in people. However, whether a similar cascade of effects (from dams to prawns to snails to human schistosomiasis) occurs elsewhere is unknown. Here, we examine large dams worldwide and identify where their catchments intersect with endemic schistosomiasis and the historical habitat ranges of large, migratory Macrobrachium spp. prawns. River prawn habitats are widespread, and we estimate that 277-385 million people live within schistosomiasis-endemic regions where river prawns are or were present (out of the 800 million people who are at risk of schistosomiasis). Using a published repository of schistosomiasis studies in sub-Saharan Africa, we compared infection before and after the construction of 14 large dams for people living in: (i) upstream catchments within historical habitats of native prawns, (ii) comparable undammed watersheds, and (iii) dammed catchments beyond the historical reach of migratory prawns. Damming was followed by greater increases in schistosomiasis within prawn habitats than outside prawn habitats. We estimate that one third to one half of the global population-at-risk of schistosomiasis could benefit from restoration of native prawns. Because dams block prawn migrations, our results suggest that prawn extirpation contributes to the sharp increase of schistosomiasis after damming, and points to prawn restoration as an ecological solution for reducing human disease.This article is part of the themed issue 'Conservation, biodiversity and infectious disease: scientific evidence and policy implications'