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On April 15, 350 students from Ithaca College’s School of Music will take the stage to perform Giuseppe Verdi's classic Requiem at Lincoln Center’s famed Avery Fisher Hall.
Members of the choir, chorus, women’s chorale, and symphony orchestra will travel from Ithaca to New York City to bring this powerful music to...
African treasures gathered from his trips to the continent adorn his office. Authentic xylophones and drums embellish shelves and cabinets, while a colorful, handwoven cloth brightens the room, and an African tapestry hangs on the wall behind his desk. But these souvenirs of Africa do more than simply decorate -- they symbolize the effervescent cultural awareness...
Spring break was anything but ordinary for the Ithaca College wind ensemble. One of IC’s many touring musical groups, the wind ensemble had the opportunity to go to Ireland this past March to perform in the Emerald Isle with some of that country’s premier wind bands.
The tour, entitled “An American Tapestry,” featured...
When I was a kid, I was fascinated with film music. I would come home from the movie theater singing the film’s musical themes, and they would become the soundtrack to my own backyard games—at least until the next big movie came out. Even as I grew older this interest remained; while my friends were buying the latest Matchbox 20 CD, I was listening to...
For any composer, hearing one’s work played by a prestigious orchestra is as good as it gets. Composer Paul Fowler ’01 debuted his composition Tapu'at at Carnegie Hall in New York City on February 25, 2007, with the New York Youth Symphony. Fowler, who won a composition competition sponsored by the orchestra, says that the piece was inspired...
Merry Christmas indeed. On December 8th, bass vocalist Adam Strube '08 will get the chance of a lifetime. He will perform in Washington, D.C., at the White House holiday events. After having received the support and provocation of Ithaca graduate Carl Ruck, Strube was compelled to apply for the chance to sing for President Bush and his guests. Strube, a music...
When Paul Fowler ’01 answered his phone one day in the spring of 2006, he was notified that his entry had been selected as the winner of a composition contest for the New York Youth Symphony. He was surprised, to say the least. “I had completely forgotten I had submitted the piece,” says Fowler, who found himself in the sonorous...
Some things get better with age—and in the case of the Enduring Masters concert series, that’s exactly the point. A joint effort between the School of Music and the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute, the Enduring Masters series will showcase legendary musicians performing and reflecting on aging and their art. Guests slated for the series include...
As a music composition major, I arrived on campus freshman year with a dream: to write a musical that would one day be performed as part of IC’s main-stage season. With the help of my professor, mentor, and friend Greg Woodward, that dream is about to become a reality.
Senior year of high school I had read my...
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