Paige Rose, assistant professor of music education, and Ryan Fisher, assistant professor of choral music education, recently presented a session entitled, “Enhancing Instruction Through SMART Technology” at the College Music Society Southern Division Conference at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA. They also presented the same session to the music education faculty and graduate students at Louisiana State University.
David Bailin’s, art instructor, solo exhibition entitled “Paper Trails 2” will be on display at the Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries-Little Rock from March 12 to May 29.
The UCA Concert Choir, under the direction of Professor John Erwin, is preparing to present a feature concert at the annual Arkansas All-State Conference in Hot Springs on Feb. 19. The UCA Concert Choir is the Music Department’s top vocal ensemble and the state’s foremost choral group. Having performed nationally and internationally, including invited performances at the prestigious National Conference of the American Choral Director’s Association, this year’s ensemble of UCA students continues its tradition of superb performances of the best in choral literature.
UCA Music Department faculty joined colleagues from Hendrix College and selected UCA students for a unique performance of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 at Reynolds Performance Hall on Feb. 8. In the latest installment of its “Babii Bruckner” series, music faculty participate in a chamber ensemble presentation of large 19th century orchestral works. These performances bring the intensity and intimacy of chamber music to music normally performed by large symphony orchestras. Carolyn Brown, Lorraine Duso, Kelly Johnson, Brent Shires, Larry Jones, Stefanie Dickinson, Carl Anthony, Paul Dickinson, Linda Hsu, Israel Getzov, Katherine Reynolds, Stephen Feldman, and James Hatch represented the UCA Music faculty.
Matt Chiorini, assistant professor of theatre, has been recognized for his work with the production of Machinal. The UCA production of the play by Sophie Treadwell has been chosen as one of only six plays to be invited to perform at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region VI, to be held in Feb. 23-27 at Amarillo College in Amarillo, Texas. Chiorini’s production was chosen as the Director’s Choice at the state festival held recently at Arkansas State University – Beebe. It was then viewed by members of the Region VI committee, along with nineteen other entries from the Region VI area, and chosen to attend the regional festival. Chiorini serves as director. Chiorini is the Founding Artistic Director of the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre. He received his MFA from A.R.T. Institute at Harvard University (where he was the winner of an Independent Reviewers of New England Award) and the Moscow Art Theater, where he lived in the spring of 2002.
Tim Thornes, assistant professor of linguistics in the Department of Writing, received assistance from a CFAC Research Award and support from the University Research Council toward bringing a body of Northern Paiute oral narratives to print. Northern Paiute is a highly endangered Native American language spoken by just a few hundred people living mainly in northern Nevada and eastern Oregon. These narratives represent different genres of natural speech from recordings of some of the eldest fluent speakers-meticulously transcribed in the language and translated in collaboration with community members involved in its preservation. The final product will include the accompanying audio recordings, a grammatical sketch, and a glossary of Northern Paiute terms. Thornes has worked with speakers from various communities for the past 15 years in an effort to document and preserve the language.