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Faculty News
Kiira Schmidt Carper, assistant professor of musical theater in the Department of Drama, was a guest performer in the multi-disciplinary performance event Linzer Klanwolke ("Odyssey: A Journey Through Worlds") in Linz, Austria, which was part of the internationally celebrated music festival, Brucknerfest. She recently recreated the original “West Side Story” choreography by Jerome Robbins for the opera company Teatro Lirico di Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy, bringing fellow drama faculty member Felipe Panamá as her dance captain.
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University Musicians, West Point Band to Perform Together As Part of Events Around Military Appreciation Day
The spirit of the Orange will unite with the precision of the United States Army’s oldest active-duty band, the West Point Band, for several events this weekend at the University, including a public concert with the University’s Wind Ensemble in Crouse College’s Setnor Auditorium Sunday, Sept. 24.
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Setnor Students, Faculty and Alumni Help Society for New Music Present 2023-24 Season
Highlights of the Society for New Music’s 52nd season, which features members of the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Setnor School of Music, include the world premiere of a score to the 1915 silent drama “A Fool There Was” (Sept. 26), an audience-participatory work by former Chicago Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence Augusta Read Thomas (Oct. 14) and a staged opera about Syracuse folk and blues legend Elizabeth “Libba” Cotton (Jan. 21, 2024).
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Sam Van Aken, associate professor studio arts in the School of Art, and his artwork "The Open Orchard" on Governors Island, New York, was featured in the recent New York Times article about land art. His installation “Tree of 40 Fruit: The Boulder Trees,” part of the exhibition “agriCULTURE: Art Inspired by the Land” in Boulder, Colorado, was featured in The Art Newspaper.
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James Abbott, professor of practice of sound recording technology in the Setnor School of Music, was quoted in the Lifewire story “Why Not Everyone Thinks AI-Generated Music Is Grammy Worthy.”
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College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty
Sixteen new full-time faculty joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) in August for the 2023-24 academic year. Two of the faculty members are also new department chairs in the college.
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VPA Sophomore Wins Fellowship, Plans Film on the Mental Health of Refugee Youth
Rayan Mohamed, a sophomore film major in the Department of Film and Media Arts, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Imagining America/Joy of Giving Something Fellow. The program aims to elevate photography and digital media as pathways for undergraduate students to pursue their careers and make a difference in their communities.
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Heath Hanlin, associate professor of computer art and animation in the Department of Film and Media Arts, was quoted in the Lifewire article “Why a New Court Ruling Against AI Is a Victory for Human Artists.”
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Emily Goldstein Nolan, professor of practice of art therapy in the Department of Creative Arts Therapy, authored the new book "Community Art Therapy: Theory and Practice" (Routledge). The book provides a narrative exploration of community art therapy woven from its rich practice, theory, the multiple was that it can be applied in practice and through practitioner reflections.
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BioArt Pushes the Limits of Visual Art, Science and Technology
From war-torn landscapes to living canvases, BioArt transforms trauma into healing.
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Tom MacDougall ’92 Donates Platinum Records to Special Collections Research Center
Tom MacDougall ’92, the current president of Walt Disney Music and an alumnus of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, recently donated platinum records from the Disney films “Frozen II,” and “Moana” to Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center. The records will be viewable to the many Setnor School of Music students who visit the Belfer classroom, where they are displayed.
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Wendy Moy, assistant professor of music education in the Setnor School of Music and School of Education, co-authored "Singing Success Representing Primarily Undergraduate Institutions" in Choral Journal. This interview article explores the factors for success in primarily undergraduate institutions that have a rich history of choral singing and provides advice for conductors leading similar programs. Five conductors, from early career to late career, speak about the spectrum of successes and challenges in their collegiate choral organizations.
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Lynn Greenky, professor emerita in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, had her piece "Judicial orders restricting Trump's speech seek to balance his own constitutional rights" published on Yahoo! News.
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Student News
Tevvon Hines, a graduate film student in the Department of Film and Media Arts, had his short film “Nightfall” selected for the 2023 Pulling Focus African American Film Festival of the Quad Cities (Iowa) and the 2023 Reel East Texas Film Festival, where it will screen on November 11.
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Keven James Rudrow, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, had his essay "Quare Vernacular Discourse: Vulnerability, Mentorship, and Coming Out on YouTube" published in Critical Studies in Media Communication, a ranked journal of the National Communication Association. Read More...
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Setnor School Announces 2023 Gregg Smith National Choral Composition Contest
In honor and memory of the historic work of American composer/conductor Gregg Smith and the Gregg Smith Singers, the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music's Department of Choral Studies is pleased to announce the 2023 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest. Read More...
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Department of Drama Announces 2023-24 Season
The Department of Drama is pleased to announce the 2023/2024 season, consisting of six productions: “Guys and Dolls” (Oct. 6 - 15), “Ghost Ship” (Nov. 10 - 18), “A Christmas Carol” (Nov. 24 - Dec. 31 and co-produced with Syracuse Stage), “Head Over Heels” (March 1 - 9), “Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle” (March 29 - April 14) and “The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play About The End of Theatre)” (April 19 - 28). Read More...
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College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces Spring 2023 Dean’s List
The following undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts were among those named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours and earn at least a 3.6 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) during the semester. Read More...
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Alumni News
Kathryn Ferentchak '17, a film alumnus of the Department of Film and Media Arts, was recently named 2023 Filmmaker of the Year/Visual Effects by Pro Moviemaker Magazine for artist JWalks’ music video “White Wine.” Ferentchak served as director and producer of the video, and Theo Dudley was writer and creative director. The video was the first shoot at Cinepacks’ brand-new LED virtual production studio in Hollywood, combining mixed media, aerial dancing and in-camera visual effects. Read More...
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Breedlove Readers Display Works at Community ‘ArtStory’ Event
The artwork of local teens was on display during a recent event hosted by professors Courtney Mauldin and Rochele Royster at Syracuse University’s South Side Communications Center. Participants in the event, “ArtStory: Love & Language,” were members of the Breedlove Readers, a young adult book club for middle and high school Black girls in Central New York. Their artwork was inspired by the books as well as their own lives.
