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Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series, October 12, 2021, Paul Borg, Tuyen Tonnu, Marie Labonville

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

October 12, 2021

Tuesday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Treasurer's Report For Calendar Year 2005, Art Skantz

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

At JBS-USA's teleconferences annual meeting on November 19, 2005, new Treasure Art Skantz delivered a financial report. Here is his updated end-of-year summary of Income and Expenses during the year.

A Bjorling-Happening In Kansas City, December 20, 2005, Dan Shea, Terry Williams

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As Dan and Gail Shea prepared for their pre-holiday drive from Wisconsin to California, it occurred to Dan that Kansas City is something of a hotbed of true Jussicologists- maybe we could all get together? So Dan called Pat Darrow and emailed Terry Williams and Ed Walter, and then Terry called Don Quinn and local opera broadcaster Jim Seaver and singers Gustavo and Sarah Halley. Everyone wanted to meet, including some spouses, so a room for 12 was arranged at a local restaurant and a talk-fest broke out. So many fine folks with amusing stories about Jussi and other operatic …

Overview Of The 2004 Jbs Congress In Pictures

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Photos by Pelle Jansson and Hans Thunstrom

Farkas Delivers Congress Keynote, Andrew Farkas

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Bjorling family members, distinguished Guests, Ladies ,md Gentlemen: It is a great pleasure to be here with you at the opening of The Fourth Jussi Bjorling Congress, in this beautiful city and in this beautiful hall, so generously placed at our disposal.

Naxos's New Transcription Of The 1950 Met Opera Broadcast Of Faust., Goran Forsling

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

What follows is excerpted from Goran Forsling's:, review for Musicweb, of Naxos's recent release of a newly remastered recording of Bjorling's 1950 Faust broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera.

Jussi Bjorling In London, Harold Rosenthal

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

We first heard Jussi Bjorling in the autumn of 1937, but we had certainly heard of him before that. His first gramophone recordings, arias from Tosca, La fanciulla del West, La boheme, Aida and Rigoletto, had already been issued, and the advance publicity had spoken of "a new Caruso", a claim which led the great English critic, Ernest Newman, to comment: "Here lies as usual a press-agent". (This is said to be the wording of a famous inscription on a gravestone somewhere in the U.S.A.)

The Singer And The Actor, Edvin Adolphson

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It would not be overstating the case to say that Jussi Bjorling was extremely popular with artists of the spoken theatre too. He was always very eager to team all about the problems of the theatre and of he actor's art, and when he met actors he never failed to ask us about our experiences in the theatre. He wanted to know as much as possible about the stage and its techniques.

Jussi Bjorling And The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, H. A. Bronsted

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

There were all too few occasions on which we at the Royal Theatre enjoyed the good fortune of being able to persuade Jussi Bjorling to sing on our stage. In return, though, these guest appearances become memorable events in our theatre's little history. During the Royal Swedish Opera's guest performances in Copenhagen in 1933 he sang the roles of Vladimir in Prince. Igor and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. ln 1942 he brightened the dark period of occupation as the Duke in Rigoletto and Rodolfo in La boheme, And he was with us in our joy at the liberation when, …

A Sovereign Artistry, Holger Lowenadler

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Jussi Bjorling! I remembered all the times I heard the young tenor in the 1930s: he was the impecunious, enamoured Rodolfo in La boheme; the cynical Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto; Cavaradossi, the fighter for liberty in Tosca; Manon Lescaut's noble des Grieux; the lyrical Romeo or Faust; the despairing Canio. The voice was always the same- warm, healthy, beautiful.

The Voice Of Silver That Conquered The Storm, Marguertie Wenner-Gren

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Recounting the memories of our years of friendship with Jussi is like trying to describe a richly faceted diamond.

On Wings Of Song, Bertil Bokstedt

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

To have had the pleasure of being Jussi's regular accompanist over many years is what one can truly call a journey on wings of song. The first such occasion was at Grona Lund in summer 1951, a concert which was preceded by rehearsals on Siaro in a specially equipped studio which looks out on blue firths and an idyllic little fishing cottage. Notwithstanding all wonderful concerts at which I accompanied him, it was there in that studio that I experienced Jussi's most beautiful tones; there he was himself; there, even during the later years, he gave his high C free …

Personal Study Of A Master-Singer

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Today's book, Until the wing breaks-a book about Jussi Bjorling, is no ordinary biography. Yrsa Stenius makes an admirable attempt to map what happens with the man Jussi Bjorling during his short life. In the book one is tossed between hope and despair, and one puts it aside with a lump in the throat- the price of art can be terribly high, the author demonstrates.

Yrsa Stenius' Controversial Book Tills Vingen Brister, Lena Von Bondsdorff

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The following is a translation of a review, by Lena von Bondsdorff, of Yrsa Stenius' book Till the Wing Breaks. It appeared on October 23,2002 in Hufvudstadsbladet , the leading newspaper in Miss Stenius' home country, Finland.

The Jb Sallskapet Meets In Voxna, July 16-17, 2005, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The Scandinavian JB Society put on a marvelous event during the weekend of July 16-17, in Voxna, Sweden, a village situated smack in the very center of Sweden, roughly 80 km directly north of Borlange

Jbs-Usa Travels To Minneapolis June 2006

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The JBS-USA Board of Directors is required lo meet for an Annual Meeting each November and the most recent meeting came via telephone conference call on November 19, 2005. A key point of discussion: we can't keep meeting like this, it's much more fun to meet in person.

Editorial Aria, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Welcome to Issue Number 15 of our Jussi Bjorling Society Journal -and a too-brief discussion here of a big topic: All that is going on in the world of Jussi Bjorling's tremendous legacy.

Front Matter

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

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2021-2022 Master Class - Dr. Lauren Hodges (Viola), Lauren Hodges, Hyemin Lee, Ellen Galentas, Gabriella Mazzone, Gabriel Galley, Daniel Guevara, Rosa Zoraida Ortega Iannelli

Master Classes

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2021-2022 Master Class - Dr. Jon Robertson (Piano), Jon Robertson, Shuqi Yang, Sharon Villegas, Ryan Aguilar, Feruza Dadabaeva, Robiyakhon Akromova

Master Classes

No abstract provided.

14th Annual Popper Day Recital: Isu Cello Ensemble And Guests, October 10, 2021, Cora Swenson Lee, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

October 10, 2021

4:00 p.m.

Afternoon Of Brass, October 10, 2021, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

October 10, 2021

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Book Review: Globalization, Nationalism And Music Education In The Twenty-First Century In Greater China, By Wai-Chung Ho, Amsterdam University Press, 2021, P. 342, Isbn: 978-9463729932, Frank Abrahams

Visions of Research in Music Education

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Inspired Practice: The Values Of High School Band Directors, Gregory X. Whitmore

Visions of Research in Music Education

This study addresses how high school band directors operationalize their values for music education in their band program s. High school band directors described that their values developed from a variety of influences, namely their educator identity, and the experience of their own participation in high school and collegiate music. I employed a qualitative methodology to determine emergent themes and compare participant responses and band program curricula. Findings from this study indicate these values inform many band directors’ decisions regarding high school band curricula, which they operationalize in curricular outcomes, and through a variety of artistic and educational opportunities for …

Text And Translations, October 9, 2021, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

No abstract provided.

Senior Recital, October 9, 2021, Grace Pauley, Grace Reuter

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

October 9, 2021

Saturday Afternoon

2:00 p.m.

The Jussi Bjorling Society-Usa Annual Meeting Of The Board Of Directors, Kendall F. Svengalis

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The meeting was celled to order at 11:10 by President Dan Shea, with the following members present: Sue Flaster, Kendall Svengalis, Greg Fitzmaurice, Art Skantz. and Ward Murray. What follows is a summary version of the minutes of that telephone meeting.

A Worthy Il Trovatore Unearthed By Ward Marston, Goran Forsling

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

There still pop up more or less sensational historic documents in the field of recorded opera. This 60-year-old broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera was not unknown -it has even been in circulation for quite some time among collectors but then in such inferior sound that it gave very little pleasure. Now it appears, in more than acceptable sound, where both chorus and orchestra are amazingly well reproduced in a close recording. The solo voices are so life-like that they are almost touchable. Whether new original tapes have been found is not made clear in the booklet but the name Ward …

George Jellinek: My Road To Radio And "The Vocal Scene"

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The entry in McFarland's sales catalogue of books on the performing arts begins with the statement:" George Jellinek, announcer of the beloved WQXR radio show 'The Vocal Scene'..." For those who have listened to Mr. Jellinek's programs over three decades, the statement could just as well have begun: "Beloved George Jellinek, announcer of the WQXR radio show 'the Vocal Scene'..." That might have been inappropriate in a publisher's catalog, but for his thousands of listeners and fans nationwide, it would seem to be a favor statement .

Ballo Revisited, Andrew Farkas

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

An inexhaustible source of frustration for writers about the past, people and events, is the ongoing discovery of relevant materials. As time passes, documents and artifacts come to light sometimes through further search, sometimes by serendipity. Every time that happens, the writer and and researcher can just grit his teeth, and either ignore the fickle hand of of fate that slipped him some useful material too late, or continue to expand on his chosen subject and append a small piece of writing to is published research.