Music

Members of the Elon University community participated in the Greensboro (N.C.) 48 Hour Film Project. Participants met June 24 at 7:30 p.m. to draw a genre out of a hat. They were given a character, prop and line of dialogue to incorporate into the 4-7 minute film. The creative team then met to brainstorm script ideas.

Matthew Buckmaster, assistant professor of music and education, was recently elected the chair-elect of the North Carolina Music Educators Association Higher Education division.

Omri Shimron, assistant professor of music, has been invited to participate in the annual reading and scoring of the College Board's Advanced Placement Examinations this June in the subject of Music Theory.

On Saturday, June 18, Polly Cornelius performed as a guest soprano soloist with the Imaginary Friends Ensemble at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Erdmann, professor of music, had three 6,000 word articles published and featured on the front cover of the July/August 2011 issue of Saxophone Journal.

Tony Sawyer, a lecturer and director of bands at Elon University, was awarded the national Paula Crider Award by the Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority at the Wind Ensemble's May 10 concert.

While at Duke University, associate professor Jon Metzger presented a lecture on the historically significant and influential jazz vibraphonists for a Jazz Masters Symposium, gave a master class for Jazz Studies students, and performed as the featured soloist with the Duke University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of John Brown.

Thomas Erdmann, a professor of music, had his article, "Crossing Borders, An Interview With Frank London," published in the June 2011 issue of The International Trumpet Guild Journal.

Associate professor of music Jon Metzger has been featured in an interview for Voice of America, the official broadcast institution of the United States federal government broadcast in 53 languages to an audience of 123 million people.

Thomas Erdmann, professor of music, had three 6,000-word articles featured on the front cover of the May/June 2011 issue of Saxophone Journal.