Accomplishments: School of Music
Andre Chiang, DMA, PAVA-RV (Music - Voice) presented a workshop at the Hybrid Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA) Symposium. The workshop was titled, "Opening the Lower Range for Voice Users Using the 'Moan'." The audience for the symposium is international in scope and appeals to all vocology adjacent fields such as speech-language…
Andre Chiang, DMA, baritone (Music - Voice Faculty), is performing the role of Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro in Landlocked Opera’s inaugural collaboration with the Missouri Symphony in Columbia, Missouri. The performances are on Sept. 9 and 10 in the historic Missouri Theatre.
During the rehearsal process of the opera, Chiang also gave a lecture…
Marta Plominska (Music) was recently awarded an Aspire2STEAM scholarship. Aspire2STEAM.org provides educational scholarships and mentoring to young women and girls who are working toward careers that require education in science, tech, engineering, the arts, or math (STEAM). Plominska is a post-doctoral fellow in flute performance at UNLV,…
Stephen Caplan's (Music) article, "Eviter la Perte Auditive," was recently published in La Lettre du Hauboïste, the journal of the Association Française du Hautbois. This is a translation of Caplan's article, "Avoiding Hearing Loss," which was published in 2022 in The Double Reed.
Amy Brown (Music) was an invited presenter for the 2023 AstroKnot Festival. "The AstroKnot Festival, powered by PNC, is all about tying Space Age Ideas to our current pedagogy using design and invention. Our goal with this conference is to encourage and foster creativity, curiosity, and collaboration in order to demonstrate strategies we can use…
Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) was a featured performer and teacher for the Ostrava Oboe Master Classes, held at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. He joined other international faculty for a week of teaching, coaching, and performing with oboe students from around the world.
At the 49th Annual Pacific-Southwest Emmy Awards, Alex Stopa’s (Music) original composition, Spiral, received three Emmy nominations, winning two of these in the categories of "Arts and Entertainment" and "Director – Short Form Content."
Stopa says, “I’m thrilled and honored to receive these Awards. I hope that this unique project helps…
Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) is a featured clinician for the international conference of the Association for Body Mapping Education (ABME), being held at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte from June 21-25. Caplan is a Sponsoring Teacher for the organization and is leading master classes and round table discussions. ABME educates…
Associate professor Kimberly Gratland James (Music), D.Mus., performed the role of Herodias in Richard Strauss's challenging opera, Salome, with Rimrock Opera in early April. Later in the month she performed as a soloist in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Idaho Falls Symphony, a work she has performed often with symphonies across the United…
André Chiang, DMA (Music - Voice) recently participated in a workshop performance of the opera, Fearless, words and music written by Derrick Wang. The performance was produced by Opera Delaware in Wilmington, Delaware, and Chiang sang the role of Clint. The opera follows the life and accomplishments of Hazel Ying Lee, the first Chinese-…
Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) was a featured speaker for the Music Teachers National Association national conference held in Reno, Nevada. His talk, "90% Mental, the Other Half in Physical! — The Body/Mind Conundrum in Music Performance," was part of MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday: Musician Wellness. Caplan also invited to discuss…
Professor Stephen Caplan (Music) was a featured speaker for the national conference of the Music Teachers National Association held in Reno, Nevada. His talk, "90% Mental, the Other Half in Physical! — The Body/Mind Conundrum in Music Performance," was part of MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday: Musician Wellness. Caplan was also invited to participate in a…