Department of Music Blog

Andrew Weintraub was featured in a recent Indonesian television series produced by Voice of America. The series presented profiles of Americans with a passion for Indonesia. In August, the series aired on national and regional stations in Indonesia during Indonesian independence month. You can see the program here.

Carolina Santamaria Delgado (PhD 06, ethnomusicology) sent us photos from a conference on interdisciplinary music that she co-organized: Primer Encuentro Interdisplinario de Investigaciones Musicales (First Interdisciplinary Encounter of Music Research). She is pictured above with Dr. Daniel Sheehy from the Smithsonian Institution, one of the keynote speakers. A Professor of music at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá Colombia, Carolina writes,

“I’m very happy in Bogotá, and working at the Universidad Javeriana’s Music Department. I have been pretty busy over the last two years since I came back, taking care of several courses as well as organizing a national music conference that was held last May. That was a real challenge, actually at some point I thought it was easier to get a PhD than to put together a conference!”

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Today we welcomed new and returning grad students to the department with a a reception in the third floor lounge.

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(Note: I’ve made Roger’s comments regarding the Pitt Magazine feature on our orchestra into a separate post since they include announcements about auditions and the first meeting. —Phil Thompson, communications coordinator)

1. … and this year promises to be even more exciting (not to mention suspenseful!)

For orchestra members who are returning,
our first meeting is Wednesday August 29th in Bellefield Hall Auditorium
7:30 pm - strings only: Grieg: Holberg Suite
8:00 pm – Stravinsky: Petrushka

Auditions for incoming members will be held on Monday - Wednesday, August 27 - 29th. There is an audition sign-up sheet posted in the 1st floor hallway of the Music Building.

I might as well include the syllabus and schedule for Fall 07:

2. University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Fall 2007 Syllabus
Music 0620 Section 1010 Lec 10595 Wednesday evenings 7:30 – 9:30 P
All meetings are held in Bellefield Hall Auditorium unless otherwise stated.
Director/Instructor: Roger Zahab office phone 412 624 4017; rzahab@pitt.edu (more…)

On Sunday the 19th of August I will be performing my first show as the newly formed electronic rock one-man band Sachem Orenda. The event takes place at Howlers Coyote Cafe on Liberty Avenue. For more information visit www.myspace.com/sachemoclark.