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Maggie Wilcox Junior Violin Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2020-2021

Maggie Wilcox performs her junior recital in violin, a program titled: Still Waters, featuring works by Brahms, Bach, Paganini, and others.

A Musical Weekend In Washington, Janel Lundgren, Editor

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

“It was a wonderful idea to bring JB Society members together for an outstanding performance with the National Symphony Orchestra with such great singers. The dinner at the Kennedy Center was quite enjoyable, met some interesting people and had a good time.

A Longtime Member Recalls The Roots Of Her Fascination With Jussi, Vicki Wallshein, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The Directors of our Jussi Björling Society-USA had their annual meeting in Washington DC last November, and the delightful Vicki Wallshein attended several sessions with her mother, Dixie. One of the main social events was Sunday brunch at the DC Army and Navy Club, hosted by Carol Pozefsky, where we had good opportunities to swap notes with others about how Jussi Björling had entered our lives! Vicki had this especially charming story:

Announcing The Member Marketplace!

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

JBS-USA is happy to offer a new, free service to our members. On our website, we now have a new page called Member Marketplace, a place for our members to offer up for sale, swap, or donation, any music-related items or collections they might have which they now want to “offload”. Only members of the Society may post items. Buyers, however, may be anyone from the general public who visits our website.

What Becomes Of My Jussi Stuff?, Walter B. Rudolph, Contributing Editor

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Regrettably, there is no Jussicology or scholarship in what I’m offering. But it is timely. We, as the Jussi Björling Society-USA, are occasionally approached by people with Björling recordings, seeking an afterlife, or an off-load, of their collections. Major repositories are systematically turning away such collections. And now, on a larger scale, we have joined the struggle to preserve the invaluable resource of the Swedish Record Archive.

Save The Swedish Record Archive!

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

“I am forwarding and strongly recommending an appeal against the actual destruction of the Swedish Radio Record Library, where I once worked. The collections there were of great importance for my work on the Jussi Björling Phonography. The text is also in English, and I hope that international support for the action against the wasting of a Swedish cultural treasure might be of some importance.” —Harald Henrysson

The First Second Caruso, James A. Drake

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

I don’t want to be another Caruso; I just want to be Gigli,” said the tenor who inherited many of Caruso’s lyric roles after his sudden death in 1921. Over the years, other tenors have expressed similar reservations, sincere or otherwise, about the “second Caruso” label which Beniamino Gigli addressed in his memoirs. Yet there actually was a “second Caruso”: the legendary tenor’s son and namesake, Enrico Caruso, Jr., whom I was privileged to meet at a social event in Tampa, Florida.

Revisiting Jussi’S Last New York Recital, Janel E. Lundgren, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

From Jussi by Anna-Lisa Björling, Andrew Farkas (Amadeus Press, 1996, page 327):

“Jussi closed the autumn tour with a recital at Hunter College on 27 December 1959. His popularity and drawing power were such that he and Schauwecker had been invited back for this ‘concert extraordinary’ only nine months after their previous appearance. It was a capacity house; many people had to be seated on the stage behind him, but as always, Jussi sang at least one number or a couple of encores facing them. Cornell Mac- Neil recalls the night, the last time he heard Jussi sing.

About November 1959, Göran Forsling

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

I have already dealt with the autumn of 1959 in Jussi of the Month November 2018, ( on the Jussi Björling Sällskapet website) but when I now return there it is from a somewhat different perspective, which may perhaps offer a further dimension to the artistry of Jussi. That Jussi’s plans for that autumn were thwarted through illness and limited to a small number of appearances has been mentioned earlier, but it’s interesting to realize that almost all of those appearances were recorded and, at least partially issued on records. On 20 August he gave a concert at Gröna Lund …

Announcing Immortal Performances’ New Release Of Roméo Et Juliette: Notes For Roméo Release, Richard Caniell

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Jussi Björling is particularly celebrated for his singing in Roméo et Juliette and La bohème, especially for a mixture of refulgent passion and much refinement in the characterizations sung in tones of such resplendency that we can scarcely believe such sound could be uttered by the human voice. These two roles are memorably represented by performances sung in his youth (in 1940) at the Royal Opera Stockholm. In March 2020 we are presenting our restoration of the complete 1940 Roméo et Juliette as well as a complete 1943 Act II. In addition the set includes the world premiere commercial …

Jussi’S Three Debuts At The Stockholm Opera, Nils-Göran Olve

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As readers of this journal may know Jussi Björling’s first role in opera was the tiny part of the Lamplighter in Manon Lescaut, a role which is only 18 bars long – but most of them solo – in that opera’s third act. That was on 21 July 1930, and the venue was of course the Stockholm Opera, or as it says on the poster “Kungl. Teatern” — an abbreviation for “Kungliga Teatern” — The Royal Theatre. If you can master rudimentary Swedish you can find it and much of the data that I will cite in this article on …

Front Matter

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

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Dean Macdonald Junior Piano Recital, Arkansas State University Department Of Music

Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

The Art Of Incorporating Afro-Latin Rhythms In Modern Jazz: In The Style Of Maria Schneider, Kristen Janelle

Composition/Recording Projects

This thesis explores how Afro-Latin rhythms came into use in modern jazz, specifically in the work of Maria Schneider and the author. Several Afro-Latin genres are explained theoretically and historically.

Oscar Quiroz Senior Recital, Arkansas State University Department Of Music

Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

University Band, April 28, 2021, F. Mack Wood

School of Music Programs

Braden Auditorium
April 28, 2021
Wednesday Evening
7:00 p.m.

Enhancing Performance Through Research And Analysis, Sarah Brewer

Recital Papers

Music can be both deeply expressive and highly academic. One can create beautiful music by intuition alone, using both what is written on the page and their own musicality to produce a unique version of any musical work. A musician can also create beautiful music by utilizing research and analysis of a work to determine proper performance practice, reveal composer intentions, and inform musical decisions for a piece of music. By using both analytical and expressive methods, the performer can effectively produce art, giving a piece the potential to exist in versions varying in detail but authentically communicating the message …

Uni Opera: In The Studio, April 27, 2021 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

2020-2021 Performance Forum - April 27, 2021, Vishnu Ramankutty, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Clarece Lamarr, Devin Lamarr, Robiyakhon Akromova, Jonathon Winter, David Brill

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Alexander Pershounin, Double Bass, Faculty Recital, April 26, 2021 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recitals given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Tyler Utter, Jazz Saxophone, April 25, 2021 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Graduate Recital: Aj Nemsick, Trombone; Lu Witzig, Piano; April 25, 2021, Aj Nemsick, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 25, 2021
Sunday Afternoon
2:00 p.m.

Illinois State University String Orchestra, April 25, 2021, Glenn Block

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 25, 2021
Sunday Afternoon
7:00 p.m.

String Orchestra, April 25, 2021, Glenn Block

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 25, 2021
Sunday Afternoon
7:00 p.m.

Choral Collage, April 25, 2021, Mark Grizzard, Karyl Carlson, Ahra Cho

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 25, 2021
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Orpheus In The Underworld, Dallas Heaton, Usu Opera

All Music Department Programs

Spring 2021 broadcast production of Offenbach's "Orphée aux enters" in English translation.

Symphonic Winds, April 24, 2021, F. Mack Wood

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 24, 2021
Saturday
Noon

Musical Theatre Showcase: A Performance Journey And Reflection, Alyssa Zamora

Honors Theses

For her senior musical theatre showcase, Alyssa Zamora attended and in person showcase with agents and theatre professionals in Detroit. Later, she recorded videos of her performing “Thrills” by Donna Missal and “I Want Them...” by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler. In addition to videos of her performance, she reflects on her growth in her time as a student at Western Michigan University and looks at how she has grown as an artist and how her showcase experience set her up for success in the professional theatre industry.

Wind Symphony, April 24, 2021, Anthony C. Marinello Iii, Lauren Bobarsky

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 24, 2021
Saturday Evening
5:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Rhiannon Cosper, Viola; Vicky Nyder, Viola; Grace Eom, Piano; April 24, 2021, Rhiannon Cosper, Vicky Nyder, Grace Eom

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
April 24, 2021
Saturday Afternoon
5:30 p.m.