NEWS & EVENTS

selected upcoming events:

UNM WIND SYMPHONY
	Cármelo de los Santos, violin soloist, Kurt Weill Violin Concerto. Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 p.m. Popejoy Hall.

KEITH LEMMONS, Clarinet
	25th Anniversary Gala Faculty Recital. Music by Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Mauldin and Arutiunian. With Professors Scott Ney, vibraphone; Cármelo de los Santos, violin; Valerie Potter, flute; Kevin Vigneau, oboe, Leslie Umphrey, soprano. Also Stephen Montoya, piano. Sunday, October 25, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Keller Hall. Tickets: $10/$7/$3.

DR. WILLIAM SEYMOUR:

Lecture on "Music, Mind and Brain: A Triad of Listening, Learning & Performing." Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Domenici Center Auditorium (at the southeast intersection of Stanford and Marble). Free. The Continuum Lecture Series ("Looking Toward Honoring the continuing Contributions of UNM Professors Emeritae and Emeriti") will present Prof. William Seymour in an informal dialogue examining music and related disciplines for a deeper undertanding and enrichment of the musical experience. As part of Dr. Seymour’s presentation, the Abe Franck String Quartet (the Department of Music graduate student quartet) will perform.  With degrees from Washington University and Music and Arts College in St. Louis, Dr. Seymour joined the UNM Department of Music faculty in 1962.  During his tenure, he taught piano, music education, music aesthetics and psychology, low brass and many other related subjects.  Dr. Seymour also served as department chair and Assistant Dean of Fine Arts.   Since his retirement as an Associate Professor in 1993, he continues his research into music and neuroscience and teaches piano and the art of teaching piano.

SOUTH AFRICA MEETS THE SOUTHWEST: Celebrating Arts-in-Medicine Across Cultures A free concert of Southwest, African, Classical, and Contemporary Music Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, 8:00 p.m. Keller Hall, in the UNM Center for the Arts For concert details, click HERE. Visit the Arts-in-Medicine webpage HERE.

NEWS archives

2009 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium

In Memoriam: George Robert

Faculty Members Win Grammy

Steven Feld on NPR: Honking Horns Transformed: Ghana's Por Por Music