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San Jose State UniversitySJSU ScholarWorksUpbeat (School of Music and Dance) College of Humanities and the ArtsFall 10-1-2013Stay in Time, Oct. 2013San Jose State University, School of Music and DanceFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/musicanddance_newsPart of the Dance Commons, and the Music CommonsThis Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Humanities and the Arts at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted forinclusion in Upbeat (School of Music and Dance) by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contactscholarworks@sjsu.edu.Recommended CitationSan Jose State University, School of Music and Dance, "Stay in Time, Oct. 2013" (2013). Upbeat (School of Music and Dance). Book 6.http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/musicanddance_news/6Learn about the events and accomplishments of SJSU's Music andDance programs!View this email in your browserInstrument ofthe MonthThe modern piano wasdeveloped in the early 18thcentury as a response to itsancestors' minimal dynamicrange. Unlike theharpsichord and clavichord,the piano produces soundwhen its strings are struckby small hammers, allowingfor a wider dynamic controland lending the instrumentits name, the pianoforte orfortepiano.October 2013 newsletterThe stage is set!SMD's concert season is just around the corner, andour students are ready to take the stage! Take amoment to find out what SMD has planned for youthis semester.New associate dean Dr.William Street will perform hisown saxophone recital onOctober 22, along withProfessor Dale Wolford.Learn more.Download this month's newsletter in PDF!Subscribe Past IssuesShare Translate"Stay in Time" with SJSU's School of Music and Dance! http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5ed19866f1bec91930127...1 of 2 11/17/14, 9:21 AMSJSUPoweringTheArts@SJSUDance@SJSUMusicPowering the ArtsWebsiteSJSUPoweringTheArtsH&A Day 2013 is coming up!Don't miss this year's StudentShowcase, featuring SMDstudent performances, displaybooths, and refreshments.The event is free to the public.Learn more.Copyright © 2013 SJSU Powering the Arts, All rights reserved.unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Subscribe Past IssuesShare Translate"Stay in Time" with SJSU's School of Music and Dance! http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5ed19866f1bec91930127...2 of 2 11/17/14, 9:21 AMDr. Brian Belet’s composition Summer Phantoms: Nocturne, for piano and computer processing, will be performed at this year’s Electronic Music Midwest festival in Kansas City, KS on October 25 by pianist Kari Johnson (www.emmfestival.org).The Director of the School of Music and Dance travelled to Honolulu to appear as Pong in a Hawaii Opera Theater’s production of Puccini’s Turandot. Performances were Oct 11, 13, and 15. This is an opera long associated with Professor Frank, beginning in 1977 when he appeared with Luciano Pavarotti in his first appearances as CALAF and Montseratt Caballe in the role of Turandot with Riccardo Chailly in his US conducting debut.  Dale Wolford will perform with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in an outdoor performance at Chrissy Field in San Francisco with over 800 performers in a new piece by composer Lisa Bielwa. Professor Wolford will lead and perform with the Sacred Heart Cathedral High School orchestra in the performance. In addition, Professor Wolford will perform with our new associate dean, William Street, at his October 22 recital at 7:30pm in the Music Concert Hall in a new work for two alto saxophones and piano entitled “Jeu de Telephone.” Composed by Paul Steenhuisen, the piece will include some audience participation that actually encourages them to leave their cell phones on!Company One, the musical theatre company in the School of Music and Dance, now in its 24th year under the direction of Professor Janie Scott, will be performing at the H&A Showcase on October 25 as well as performing for the dance program’s Be a Dance Major For a Day event, also held on October 25. The Company is currently in rehearsal for its upcoming production, “Crime Scene Investigation: Circus Victims Unit” opening in November.did you know...Professor Layna Chianakas and Dr. Anthony Radford of CSU Fresno completed a week-long “Professor Swap.” It is the first of two collaborations between the two universities, the second being CoOPERAtion: A Collaborative Opera Scenes Program, in which our two Opera Theaters will combine for evenings of opera scenes at each others’ schools, December 6 in Fresno and December 7 in San José at 7:30pm in the Concert Hall.Beethoven Center director Dr. William Meredith is leading a tour to Beethoven’s, Haydn’s, and Mozart’s Vienna during the second half of October. The tour includes special opportunities to examine the original manuscripts of the composer’s last two wills, the handwritten catalog of his book collection after his death (including which books were taken by the censors), visits to the surviving Beethoven apartments, a private tour of the opera house in which Fidelio was premiered, and much more.Dr. Aaron Lington traveled to Nova Scotia in mid-September to lecture on jazz and improvisation at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. After completing his lectures, he traveled to Halifax to record the fourth installment of his group, the Bicoastal Collective, a project he co-leads with trumpeter Paul Tynan. This new album is scheduled for release in mid-2014.Professor Hagé van Dijk just finished mixing at the Coffee House venue at the 56th Monterey Jazz Festival. Some of his sets were broadcast live on the Yamaha Disklavier channel, and others are available On Demand.The SJSU Choraliers just released their new album, A Choraliers Christmas. This CD release is an effort to raise funds for their summer concert tour in England and France. The Choraliers and the SJSU Concert Choir will make their debut on Friday, October 18 at Campbell United Methodist Church with a concert celebrating Benjamin Britten’s centennial entitled Rule Brittania!sjsu.edu/poweringtheartsPoweringTheArts@sjsu.edusjsupoweringthearts@sjsumusicblogs.sjsu.edu/poweringtheartssjsupoweringtheartsoctober 2013This monthly newsletter was written and designed by the SMD Marketing Team. If any faculty or staff has important information that he or she would like to haveincluded in next month’s issue , contact the team via poweringthearts@sjsu.edu.MUSIC AND DANCE NEWSstay  in  t imeUpcoming EventsMusicWednesday, October 167:30pmLatin Jazz Ensemble ConcertThursday, October 177:30pmSymphonic Band ConcertFriday, October 187:30pmChoir Concert “Rule Britannia!”Tuesday, October 227:30pmWilliam Street RecitalFriday, October 25 7:30pmSymphony OrchestraWednesday, October 307:30pmGuitar Ensemble ConcertDanceFriday and Saturday, October 18, 198:00pmsjDANCEco in ConcertSaturday, October 262:30pm, 8:00pmUniversity Dance Theatre “In the Rough”sjsu.edu/poweringtheartsPoweringTheArts@sjsu.edusjsupoweringthearts@sjsumusicblogs.sjsu.edu/poweringtheartssjsupoweringthearts This monthly newsletter was written and designed by the SMD Marketing Team. If any faculty or staff has important information that he or she would like to haveincluded in next month’s issue , contact the team via poweringthearts@sjsu.edu.

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