Music

Victoria Fischer Faw was featured guest artist for the spring meeting of the Chicago Area Music Teachers Association April 13-15, presenting a lecture-recital and a series of masterclasses about Bartok's music.

Omri Shimron , an assistant professor of music, received a last-minute invitation to participate in an 8-hand, two-piano recital at St. Petersburg College in Florida on Friday, April 8, a performance that included works by Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Dvorak, Schubert, Grainger and Sousa.

Thomas Erdmann, a professor of music, had his 6,000-word article, "A Conversation With Jazz Singer Norma Winstone," published in the Spring 2011 issue of WomenArts Quarterly Journal.

Polly Cornelius presented at "The ART of Public Memory" conference held at UNC-Greensboro on Saturday, April 9.

Elon Director of Choral Activities and associate professor Stephen A. Futrell appeared as featured guest vocal soloist with the National Youth Choir at Carnegie Hall on April 3.

On April 1-2, three senior music majors participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing mid-Atlantic regional conference and competition at Shennandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Va.

Artist-in-Residence and Associate Professor of Music Jon Metzger can be heard on two recently released jazz recordings, including The Stream of Pearls (with pianist Claire Ritter on Zoning Records) and The Blue and Green Project (with saxophonist Jack Wilkins, trombonist Tom Brantley, guitarist Corey Christianson, pianist Per Danielsson, and drummer Danny Gottlieb on Clave-Bop Records).

Music major Josh Goldstein and Omri Shimron, assistant professor of music, participated in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Elizabeth Cowling Cello Celebration March 24-26. The three-day event celebrated the life and work of Elizabeth Cowling, who was a cellist, pedagogue, author and major contributor to UNCG's Silva Cello Music Library.

In his celebrated career as a music producer, Elliot Mazer has created records for some of the most influential artists of the past four decades, and he now brings his knowledge to Elon University as the Visiting Distinguished Scholar in Music Technology.

Matthew Buckmaster, assistant professor of music and education, presented at the Humanities Education and Research Association's annual conference in San Francisco, CA on March 3, 2011.