Vol. 19, No. 12 |
Nov. 18, 1999 |
University Singers' concert features award-winning songs
A highlight of the program is At the Edge of Great Quiet, by Cynthia Folio. This set of songs was a winner in the 1999 New Music Delaware regional composers' competition. The songs are settings of four poems from the collection poetryALASKAwomen: Top of the World. The collection was specifically written to inspire new works of music and art. Also featured on the program are settings of poems from the Holocaust, Cradle of Fire by Michael Isaacson. For information on the concert and other programs and events sponsored by the Department of Music, call 831-2577. Hekun Wu to make first UD appearance as conductorOn Saturday, Dec. 4, the University Orchestra directed by Hekun Wu will present a free concert at 2 p.m. in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. Wu joined the UD faculty this fall. Born in Shanghai, he was educated at the Shanghai Conservatory, Conservatoire de Paris, Boston University and the University of Minnesota. As a concert cellist, Wu has performed to critical acclaim as both concert soloist with orchestras and as recitalist in Asia, Europe and the United States. A critic in the China Times wrote, "Wu's playing combines virtuosic technique with thoughtful and poetic expressiveness." In addition to directing the University Orchestra, Wu teaches cello in the Department of Music. The Dec. 4 program features Wu as soloist in Fauré's Elegie. Also included on the program are Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 ("Pastorale"), and selections by Bartok, Stravinsky, Dvorak and Borodin. For information, call 831-2577. Interdisciplinary seminar for faculty in Gore HallA Case Study in Interdisciplinarity and General Education: The First-Year Honors Colloquium" will be presented from 3:30-5 p.m., today, Nov. 18, in Room 318 Gore Hall. Faculty and students involved in an interdisciplinary general education course-the Honors Colloquium-will share their experiences in a program that has been a centerpiece in the University Honors Program since the 1970s. The session will offer a forum for thinking through the issues involved in interdisciplinary and/or multidisciplinary teaching, and for learning about the role advanced undergraduates play as writing fellows in these and other courses. This session may be useful to faculty who are thinking of developing Honors "Pathways to Discovery" courses as well as "traditional" Honors colloquia. The program is sponsored jointly by the Honors Program and Center for Teaching Effectiveness. To register, send e-mail to <cte-reg@udel.edu> or call 831-2027. Graduate students display artworks in Recitation Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Art, the reception is free and open to the public. The "New Works" exhibition, which also is free and open to the public, features student projects and runs through Nov. 24. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Featured artists include David Lenoue, Gerald Lopez and Andrew Wrigley, all with paintings; Matthew Gehring and Alan Burslem, both in ceramic works; Michael Hampton, Megan Mitchell and J.D. Talasek, all in photography; and Linda Long and Shawn Williams, printmaking. For more information, call 831-2244. . Library hours
All library hours are available by calling 831-BOOK and on the library web page at <http://www.lib.udel.edu>. Bus trip to Winterthur's Yuletide exhibition Dec. 13
Buses will leave the parking lot of Cannon Laboratory in Lewes at 9:15 a.m., depart from Milford Plaza at 9:45 a.m. and leave from the parking lot at K-Mart in Dover at 10:15 a.m. Cost of $40 includes transportation, admission to Winterthur and lunch. Buses will leave Winterthur for the return trip at 3 p.m. The Yuletide tour begins with a mid-1800s illustration of Clement Moore's A Visit From St. Nicholas and ends with a lavish array of toys. Along the way, visitors can view a tea party for little girls in the late 1700s and Christmas day gift-opening with the du Ponts at Winterthur in the early 20th century. There also will be time to tour the galleries, visit the gift shop and ride the garden tram. Lunch will be served at the Garden Restaurant at 11:30 a.m. The tour follows at 12:30 p.m. For reservations, send a check-made payable to the University of Delaware-to University of Delaware, Carter Partnership Center, P.O. Box 660, Georgetown DE 19947. For charge card orders, call (302) 855-1620 or (302) 735-8200. Alumnus featured speaker at museum studies lectureCharles T. Lyle, executive director of Boscobel Restoration Inc., will present a lecture on "Defining and Redefining the Period Interior," as part of the Museum Studies Program 1999 Fall Forum lectures. The free, public program will be presented at 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 19, in Room 202 Old College. Lyle received his bachelor's degree in history from the University of Minnesota and his master's degree in history from UD in 1971. He previously served as executive director of the Maryland Historical Society and executive director of the Historical Society of Delaware. He was a guest lecturer for the UD Museum Studies Program from 1971-1993. Currently, he teaches for the Public Programs Division at the Bard Graduate Center in the Decorative Arts in New York City. Lyle's special interest is in historic house museums, and he has served as a consultant for sites in Virginia, Maryland and the U.S. Virgin Islands, among others. For information, call 831-8236. Local author to sign books on Jewish history in Delaware
Her talk will be followed by a reception in her honor at the Chaiken Center, the home of the Jewish Studies Program, at 231 South College Avenue. The talk and reception are both free and open to the public. Young also will sign copies of her book, which will be available for purchase. They are for sale at a discounted rate during November, which is Jewish Book Month. The book traces the history of Delaware's first Jewish community, which grew from 100 Jews in 1879 to 4,000 by the early 1920s. The book studies one community's success in balancing the demands of being American and being Jewish. Young served as the first woman president of the Jewish Federation of Delaware from 1993-1996 and also as president of the Milton and Hattie Kutz Foundation and the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware. She chaired the editorial committee of the Jewish Voice newspaper in Wlmington and has served as president of the Grand Opera House and wrote The Grand Experience: A History of the Grand Opera House. For more information, call the center at 831-3324 or send e-mail to <cjs@udel.edu> or visit its web site at <http://www.udel. edu/jsp/events.html>. Botanic Gardens to hold Volunteer Fest on Nov. 20
Participants should come prepared to work at winterizing the gardens and to take part in games, educational demonstrations and fall crafts. In addition, a variety of foods made from fall fruits will be provided for volunteers to enjoy. For more information, call Teresa Holton or Kristina Slater at 831-1374. Book Fair at city libraryA Book Fair, sponsored by the Friends of the Newark Free Library, will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 20, and from 1-5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 21, at the library at 750 Library Ave. in Newark. The new book sale will offer both hard and softcover books, including best sellers; educational books and games for children, teens and adults; cookbooks; and books on nutrition, medicine, sports, science, nature, hobbies, home and garden. Everything is offered for sale at 30 to 70 percent off list prices, and profits will benefit the library. Prof releases new CD with music from the Balkans
One of the best known Slavic music groups in the country, Sviraj specializes in the music from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo and Bulgaria and made its first recording in answer to popular demand. "Our audiences kept asking if we had recordings of our music, so we got together in Raczar's living room and recorded a tape in 1990. We made about 300 tapes, rapidly sold out and realized we needed professional recordings for our audiences," Yanich recalled. The result was the Balkan Jam I CD and tape, followed by Balkan Jam II. This summer, Sviraj also was invited to make a recording on Omnium Records for an album featuring Balkan music to benefit Doctors without Borders, the organization receiving the Nobel Peace Prize this year. The group has played in a variety of venues, from local events, such as weddings, to performances for PBS, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress and folk festivals. Recently Sviraj took part in a Tamburtiza Association of America festival, featuring 24 tamburtizas-or Balkan orchestras- from all over the country. "It was an extravanganza with 2,000 people, and an opportunity to play with the best groups in the country. This year, we hosted the festival in Harrisburg," Yanich said. On the local scene, last month, the group put in an 11-hour day, playing for a christening, followed by the "Survivors Picnic" from the festival and topping it off with a jam session at the hotel. "Everyone was singing, dancing and playing instruments and having a wonderful time," Yanich said. "We play because we enjoy it. I love the work and research I do at the University in criminal justice and media and public policy, but music is my passion and provides a good balance," Yanich said. Music of the Balkans has been a vital part of Yanich's life for as long as he can remember. As a boy, he learned to sing and play different instruments, from the bugarija to the piano, and is mostly self-taught, although he studied the accordion for six years. "My father and uncles all were musicians, and I grew up with a musical cultural heritage. Both liturgical and secular music are the glue that binds our community together," he said. Graphic designer Keith Hekert, University Media Services, contributed his talents to create the cover design for the CD. "His design captures the spirit of the music and has attracted attention from our audiences and praise from other Balkan music groups," Yanich said.
Sviraj will be playing at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 9, at Rainbow Records on Main Street in Newark to celebrate the release of the group's new CD, Sviraj Ciganine. Free blood pressure check available today
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The University Singers, directed by Ruth Oatman, will present a free concert at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 5, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
First-year master of fine arts graduate students at UD will hold a free, public reception for the exhibition "New Works" from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 19, at the Department of Art Gallery in Room 102 Recitation Hall.
University Library and Agriculture Library Collection hours for the Thanksgiving recess are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 24; closed, Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 25-27; and 2 p.m.- midnight, Sunday, Nov. 28.
The Office of Alumni and University Relations is sponsoring a bus trip from southern Delaware to the Yuletide display at Winterthur Museum and Gardens on Monday, Dec. 13.
Toni Young, the author of Becoming American, Remaining Jewish, published by the University of Delaware Press, will speak at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 22, in Room 104 Gore Hall.
The University of Delaware Botanic Gardens will hold a Volunteer Fall Festival from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Fischer Greenhouse.
Sviraj Ciganine is the latest Balkan Jam CD recorded by Sviraj (which means "play"), a Balkan musical group, featuring Danilo Yanich, Center for Community Development and Family Policy, who plays bugarija (a stringed instrument), accordion and guitar. The ensemble also includes his boyhood friends from Steeltown, Pa., violinist Raczar Lopatic and bass player Lenny Tepsich. The three musicians are vocalists as well as instrumentalists, and Yanich's brother, Tosh, also is featured on the recording.
A free blood pressure screening for employees will be offered from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., today, Nov. 18, in Room 120 Pearson Hall. No registration is required for this service, sponsored by the UD Wellness Center.