A Concert in Honor of Nicholas Temperley on his 80th Birthday
If you can, please join us on Saturday July 28 for this concert of choral and orchestral music to celebrate Emeritus Professor Nicholas Temperley's 80th birthday and his seminal contribution to British...
View Article"Crystallography - Defining the Shape of Our Modern Mind" Exhibit
Curated by University of Illinois Chemistry Professors Gregory S. Girolami and Vera V. Mainz, this exhibition explores the development of crystallography from its beginnings in ancient Greece to its...
View ArticleA Musical Affair: Sousas Forgotten Operettas, 1879-1915
The works of Gilbert and Sullivan were widely appropriated by composers such as John Philip Sousa, who produced full arrangements of The Sorcerer (1878) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1879). They were also...
View ArticleMarch-mystique: Sousas Performance Practice as Grand Theatrical Entertainment
Sousa believed ?the chief aim of the composer is to produce color, dynamics, nuances and to emphasize the story-telling quality? of his music as theatrical entertainment. While most individuals today...
View ArticleA Happening Place: John Cages Multimedia Collaborations at the University of...
Composer John Cage moved from New York to Champaign-Urbana in 1967 to become an Associate of the Center for Advanced Studies and Visiting Professor of Music of the University of Illinois. Cage?s...
View ArticleComedy and Tragedy in Salvatore Martiranos Underworld
Salvatore Martirano (1927-1995) composed Underworld during the years 1964 and 1965, just after he joined the theory and composition faculty at the University of Illinois. The piece is scored for four...
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