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2021-11-03 16:06:04
As the first iteration of the competition, this year's Hindemith International Viola Competition took place between October 14 and October 20, 2021, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Organized by the Viola Foundation Walter Witte and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, the competition focuses on young violists embarking […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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2021-01-29 12:47:00
Sudden death of US School of Music chief
Dennis Ashew, director of the Director of our School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has died suddenly of an unknown cause. Peter Witte writes: When we first met, decades ago, Dennis AsKew and I realized we were both Georgia brass players adjusting to the cold and grey in Michigan. He […]
2017-03-19 16:15:53
This world’s waited long enough
Happy 70th birthday actress Glenn Close. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI-hrMVWBf8 Born on this day in 1661 composer Francesco Gasparini. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihb9qTC1IsY Born on this day in 1801 librettist Salvadore Cammarano. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFd8HxdAZyY On this day in 1859 Charles Gounod’s Faust premiered in Paris. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEZFR_zNwv4 Five years later his opera Mireille also premiered. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS1UmV3yq_k Born on this day in 1872 impresario Sergey Pavlovich Dyagilev. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWLag-4lkcc Born on this day in 1898 baritone Armando Borgioli. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsm-vGRCEk Born on this day in 1911 tenor Erich Witte. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxRUuWzSrIU Born on this day in 1912 lyricist and librettist Hugh Callingham Wheeler. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFBei6wdvM8 Born on this day in 1915 mezzo-soprano Nancy Evans. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkYY1DBalY Born on this day in 1921 baritone Robert McFerrin. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpdehvuuLe0 Born on this day in 1930 bass Boris Timofeyevich Shtokolov. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjHKskk850s Born on this day in 1939 baritone Hermann Becht. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWyJaeKcQXY Happy 71st birthday soprano […]
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2017-02-22 21:46:28
Dean of music gets an upgrade
From the University of the Pacific, California: Peter Witte has been appointed Dean of the Conservatory of Music. Peter comes to us from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), where he has served as the Dean of their internationally renowned Conservatory of Music and Dance since 2008. He brings with him a record of increasing student diversity and academic success. The Provost is proud that the reputation of Pacific’s Conservatory has enabled us to attract such a talented leader to help shape its future. During his tenure at UMKC, the Conservatory achieved its $48 million fundraising goal, the largest in UMKC history for a single project, for the proposed $96 million UMKC downtown arts campus. This project will move the Conservatory into the heart of Kansas City’s new downtown arts district. His other accomplishments include launching a more inclusive and holistic review of student applications, resulting in a 45 percent increase […]
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