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Music For Health Syllabus, Eric B. Miller

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

Mindfulness Through Biofeedback And Meditation Syllabus, Eric B. Miller

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.

Roger Voisin Memorial Trumpet Competition 2024, Marc Reese, Gerald Karni, Lynn University Philharmonia

Roger Voisin Memorial Trumpet Competition

Founder and Artistic Director

• Marc Reese

Judges

• Christopher Martin
• Amy McCabe
• Clément Saunier

Composer

• Joseph Turrin
• Comissioned Work: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Pianists

• Sheng-Yuan Kuan
• Lisa Leonard
• Tatiana Lokhina
• Darren Matias

Competition Schedule

• January 12, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. - Semi-final Round
• January 12, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. - Judges' Recital
• January 13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. - Final Round and Award Ceremony

Louise Farrenc: A Woman Composer's Voice Rising Out Of Obscurity, Allika Polowchak

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Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a prolific composer, performer, and teacher of art music in Romantic-era France. Widely regarded during her lifetime for her incredible natural talent and hard work, her compositions fell into obscurity after her death due to general disinterest in women’s contributions to art. As Louise Farrenc started to become more recognized in the later 20th century, efforts were focused on reviving her instrumental works, but little is known about her choral and vocal pieces to this day.

Playing Changes: Music As Mediator Between Japanese And Black Americans, E Taylor Atkins

Faculty Books & Book Chapters

Since the mid-twentieth century, music has played a central role in encounters and interactions between the people of Japan and those of African descent. It proved far more effective for pro- moting interracial dialogue and understanding than efforts in the early 1900s to foster an alliance against white supremacy and imperialism. This essay unpacks the ways that encounters with Black music transformed Japanese musicking and generated knowledge and empathy for people of African descent among Japanese. Personal interactions between Black and Japanese musicians constituted a process of “grassroots globalization” that circumvented the dominance of American mass media in representing African …