Lawrence
Today magazine, Fall 2006
Two works by John Halvor Benson, instructor in music, were premiered at the
College Music Society’s Great Lakes Chapter annual conference. Both compositions,
Corners and Wings and Things, are collections of musical settings by Emily
Dickinson, a total of 19 songs, part of a larger project called From Emily’s
Window.
Associate Professor of Music John E. Daniel’s compact disc of trumpet
music by Karel Husa has been released by Mark Records. Professor Daniel is
featured as the trumpet soloist on Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra. This
is the first recording of this landmark work, commissioned by the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra.
“The BIAS Map: Behaviors from Intergroup Affect and Stereotype,” a
paper co-authored by Peter Glick, professor of psychology, received honorable
mention for the 2005-06 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize, awarded by
the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues to the best paper of
the year on intergroup relations.
Samantha Dannielle Jankins, ’08, a theatre arts major from Oshkosh, Wis.,
was chosen in May as Miss Wisconsin National Teenager 2006.
Joanne Metcalf, assistant professor of music, traveled to Italy in May for a
performance of three of her compositions at the Harvard Center for Renaissance
Studies. Her long-time collaborators, the German ensemble Singer Pur, performed
Il nome del bel fior, Kyria christifera, and Ego dilecto meo, all works they
have commissioned over the past ten years.
A public sculpture by Rob Neilson, assistant professor of studio art, has been
installed at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. He also has been awarded a commission
from the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte, N.C., to design and build a public
piece for the Eastway Sports Complex in Charlotte, and he also has a new commission
to build a public sculpture for the Lydia Bruun Woods Memorial Library in Falls
City, Neb.
Gretchen Revie, assistant professor, reference librarian, and
instruction coordinator at the Seeley G. Mudd Library, organized and participated
in a panel discussion on “Libraries and the
USA Patriot Act” at the Neenah Public Library. Among other participants
was attorney John Peterson, ’73.
Bethany
Wiese, ’08, from Davenport, Iowa, was chosen to
perform with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra on its summer tour. She was
the only tuba player
in the 40-member group, which performs mostly waterfront concerts on a specially
designed barge. This year’s tour was primarily in Louisiana and included
stops in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.