Spring 2008

Fiddling with the Stars
by Lee Graves (UVA Magazine)
Violin Prodigy Rocks with Ringo, Wins Nationwide Grammy Contest

Happy Birthday University Singers!
by Jane Ford (U.Va. Media Relations)
University Singers Celebrate 50 Years of Making Music and Building Community

Digitizing the Musical Past
by Erin Mayhood
U.Va. Arts Council Funds Project to Catalog, Digitalize and Preserve Nineteenth Century Sheet Music

The Courtesan's Arts
by Elizabeth Lindau
Faculty Publication Receives Major International Book Award

New Performance Faculty
by Geoffrey Philabaum
Geoffrey Philabaum interviews Ayn Balija and Ian Zook

U.Va. Confers State's First Ph.D. in Music
by Jane Ford (U.Va. Media Relations)
Mary Simonson Dissertation Explores "Music, Dance and Female Creativity in Early 20th Century American Performance"

Musical Frankensteins
by Sarah Estes Graham (UVA Magazine)
When a Robot Makes Music, What Does It Sound Like?

Music Means the World to Me
by Ibby Roberts
Kate Tamarkin and the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra Take Area Youth on a Musical Trip Around the World.

Strike Up the Band!
by Jane Ford (U.Va. Media Relations)
Ad Campaign Gives Cavalier Marching Band National Exposure

Painted Violins Hit Fundraising High Note
by David Maurer (Daily Progress)
Instruments to be Auctioned Off During a Gala Event at U.Va.’s Abbott Center

Faculty News
Accomplishments and Accolades

Graduate Student News
Awards, Conferences, Essays Accepted and Recordings Produced By Our Graduate Students