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UTSA Music Professor, John Nix aims to unite communities through the power of singing.
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Word from Music Chair, Eugene Dowdy
AMERICA SINGS
Sing with us as we celebrate the legacy of MLK
BEATS & EATS
Check-out the newest tradition for UTSA Music
CIAO CIAO
UTSA Music students leave to Urbino
On behalf of the UTSA Music Department, I am ple e-magazine, Cadenza, a monthly collection of artic the students, staff and faculty of our department. W newsletter with a vibrant, informative multi-paged our busy and talented music majors and faculty.
Each volume, or “ opus ” will inform you of our student, guest, and faculty performances for the month, as well as provide listings of upcoming performances, camps, workshops or other activities targeting the UTSA and San Antonio communities We will be better able to keep you informed on updates in the UTSA Music Department and how other happenings in and around UTSA and San Antonio affect us and what we do.
One of the highlights to note for the Spring 2018 semester is that the Music Department is running our biannual study abroad program in Urbino, Italy. This semester fourteen music majors are continuing their full-time music study on location in Urbino. While under the tutelage of associate professor, Dr Drew Stephen (program director), our students will also be working with artist music teachers in Italy We appreciate the many donors who helped support this life-changing opportunity, as well as the College of Liberal and Fine Arts
There are many opportunities for you to be entertained, enriched and educated by the music and musings of the UTSA Music Department and we hope that Cadenza will be an inspiring way for us to connect with you.
From all of us at the UTSA Department of Music, may 2018 be a year of happiness and continued accomplishment in your life
Go ‘Runners!
Gene Dowdy, Interim Chair
The UTSA Department of Music is hosting music major auditions during the following dates:
Fall 2018 Entrance (Scholarship audition)
February 10, 2018: All Areas (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Strings, Guitar, Piano, and Voice)
March 3, 2018: All Areas (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Strings, Guitar, Piano, and Voice)
Fall 2018 Entrance (Non-Scholarship audition)
May 5, 2018: Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Guitar, and Voice
Click Here for more info: music utsa edu/index php/prospective-students/audition-process
The UTSA Music Department presents the documentary film, Composed which explores and addresses performance anxiety through the stories of professional classical musicians.
A Q & A with the producter/director, John Beder will follow.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 - 11:30AM UTSA Recital Hall
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By John Nix UTSA Vocal Faculty
When people make music together, they not only have to sing or play their part, but they also have to listen to and coordinate their singing or playing with all the other people performing at that time It is a shared experience, and a very “inthe-moment” activity We feel most alive when we are engaged in emotionally important, “right here, right now ” activities
Last year, singers and choirs in 27 cities joined together to sing on Martin Luther King holiday as a part of the America Sings Together project. UTSA Music Professor John Nix leads this project, and in a recent interview, he talked about why the project is important:
“It’ s about getting people of all races and religions to stop for a moment and sing together in honor of one of our country’ s greatest leaders Martin Luther King led a nation-changing movement fifty years ago Many of the concerns raised by the civil rights movement are still serious problems We as a country need to keep working to make King’ s “Dream” a reality for all Americans
Here is more information on this year ’ s effort:
At 11:00 AM in each time zone on Martin Luther King Day (Monday, January 15, 2018), you, your families, your coworkers, your church groups, and your school choirs are invited to stop and sing "Amazing Grace" with the people around you. The 4 verses of John Newton's longer poem that we will all sing are printed below. The intent of this nationwide effort is to honor Dr. King's legacy and to spread a sense of community in the Americas.
Please spread the word through Social Media. The idea is to have the whole nation singing together at that time!
Please visit and share the link for this event on Facebook, which can be found at: www facebook com/events/383929255378975/
A PSA video can be found at: https://youtu be/R6o4gn2oLmo
Use the hashtag #AmericaSingsTogetherMLKDay2018 when you post on social media
Here are the words we will use: Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’ Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.
When we ’ ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ ve no less days to sing God’ s praise Than when we ’d first begun.
UTSA Music is excited to host it's inaugural "Beats & Eats" to kick-off the new semester! Beats & Eats is a way to rally the UTSA music community, including our faculty, students, alumni and friends.
This months Beats & Eats outing will be hosted at The Cove San Antonio featuring "Down for the Count", which includes UTSA faculty members Eugene Dowdy and Gary Mabry.
Come on out and show your UTSA pride! Don't forget money for food and drinks.
DATE: January 20th, 2018
TIME: 6:30-8:30pm
LOCATION: The Cove -606 W Cypress St, San Antonio, TX
Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/1585876818125009/
Urbino Italy
Fourteenstudentsfromthedepartment ofmusicwillarriveinUrbino,Italyon January24thtoparticipateinaUTSA studyabroadprogramledbymusic professorDr.DrewStephen.Theirhome forthenextthirteenweeksisacharming RenaissancecityandUnescoWorld Heritagesitenestledamongthehillsof theMarcheregionofItaly.Thestudents willbetakingcoursesinmusichistory, conducting,andItalianlanguage.Theywill alsohavetheopportunitytotakelessons withprofessionalItalianmusiciansfrom theregionandattendconcertsatnearby concerthallsandoperahouses.
Aboveall,thestudentswillbeimmersedintherichcultureandmusicaltraditionsof Italy. Urbinoisawonderfullyvibrantcitywithquaintcobblestonestreetsthatmeander throughthecityinunexpecteddirections.
AlthoughthestudentswillspendmostoftheirtimeinUrbino,theprogramincludes tripstothirteendifferentcitiesincludingRome,Florence,Venice,Verona,andBologna. Thesetripsallowvisitstomuseums,galleries,andothersitesthatareintegratedinto theirstudiesandanimportantpartofthestudyofmusic.Someoftheplaceswevisit includethehouseinnearbyPesarowhereRossiniwasborn,theSistineChapelwhere Palestrinaservedasmaestrodicappella,andSt.Mark’sBasilicainVenicewhere MonteverdiandGabrielicreatedtheirgloriouspolychoralmotets.
TheMusicinUrbinostudyabroadexperienceisanextraordinaryopportunityformusic studentsatUTSA.Itgivesthemachancetoliveandlearninanenvironmentthatis vastlydifferentfromtheirownandexposesthemtoalternateviewswhileenriching theirsocialandculturalexperienceofmusic.TheywillreturntoSanAntoniowitha deeperunderstandingoftheirplaceintheworld,preparedtomakelasting contributionstotheinternationalcommunity.
JANUARY 18th
U P C O M I N G R E C I T A L S :
Senior Recital: James Ruiz-Kurz, violin
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 7:30pm
UTSA Recital Hall
Senior Recital: Jacob Bernstein, composition
Friday, January 19, 2018 at 7:30pm
UTSA Recital Hall
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