Marisa Rezende November 28, 2007
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A recent interview with Brazilian composer Marisa Rezende here.
In review November 27, 2007
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In review: contemporary music in performance at UNC Chapel Hill, featuring composer and saxophonist Mark Engebretson (pictured above with Duke faculty member Susan Fancher, also heard at the concert).
Nikolai Brucher November 20, 2007
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A recent interview with Brazilian composer Nikolai Brucher here or here.
Changes to hours of operation November 15, 2007
Posted by Tom Moore in : Uncategorized , add a commentIn order to more effectively use our staff budget, we will make some minor changes to the hours of operation of the Music Library/Music Media Center, beginning with spring semester of 2007/8.
Our new hours will be:
Monday-Thursday 9 AM - 9 PM
Friday 9 AM - 5 PM Saturday 12 Noon - 5 PM Sunday 1 PM - 9 PM
Who needs classical music? November 8, 2007
Posted by Tom Moore in : Uncategorized , add a commentNoted curmudgeon and scholar Richard Taruskin has a lengthy piece of journalism in The New Republic, ostensibly reviewing three recent books dealing with the crisis in classical music. You can read them all at the Music Library, and see if you agree with RT.
Julian Johnson: Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Value 781.68013 J67, W628, 2002
Joshua Fineberg : Classical Music, Why Bother? Hearing the World of Contemporary Culture Through a Composer’s Ears ML3800 .F444 2006
Lawrence Kramer: Why Classical Music Still Matters ML3800 .K72 2007
