Music

Media Assistance: Liam Otten Senior News Writer liam_otten@wustl.edu (314) 935-8494

Chair: Dolores Pesce (dpesce@wustl.edu)

Home Page: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~music/ Telephone: (314) 935-5581

The Department of Music at Washington University is dedicated to undergraduate instruction for all students at all levels. Music majors, music minors, and other interested students share the same introductory classes, permitting easy interaction between majors and non-majors. We seek students who recognize music as a serious activity and consider the study of music an indispensable part of their lives, regardless of what career they have in mind.

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The world in six songs Multi-talented psychologist and musician at Assembly Series (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12531.html) Sept. 26, 2008 -- Session musician, commercial recording engineer, live sound engineer, record producer, bestselling author and psychologist, Daniel Levitin visits the WUSTL campus at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 8 in Graham Chapel for the next installment of the Assembly Series.

"A Mixed Media Celebration: Harold Blumenfeld's Latest Works" at Washington University Oct. 13 (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12140.html) Sept. 22, 2008 -- Harold Blumenfeld Download Within a month of publishing his notorious collection Les Fleurs du mal ("Flowers of Evil," 1857), the French poet Charles Baudelaire was charged with insulting public decency and ordered to remove six works from subsequent editions. Yet Baudelaire's poems, which centered on themes of eroticism and mortality, would influence generations of writers. Now St. Louis composer Harold Blumenfeld has recorded Vers Sataniques ("Satanic Verse"), a major new piece based on Les Fleurs du mal, which will be featured as part of a mixed media concert Oct. 13.

Measure for Measure Ensemble Chaconne to perform music from Shakespeare's plays Oct. 6 (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12406.html) Sept. 15, 2008 -- Though no scores are included in his published works, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) frequently employed music in his plays, writing poems for new songs and adopting existing ballads. On Oct. 6 the acclaimed period music trio Ensemble Chaconne, joined by mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal, will present "Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays," a concert of works associated with the Bard, in the university's Edison Theatre.

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Hugh Macdonald Avis Blewett Professor of Music (http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/156.html) Hugh MacDonald Download Macdonald is a renowned expert on the music of Hector Berlioz and has published extensively on the works of the French Romantic composer. He is well-known for translating operas into English from German, French and Italian and regularly presents pre-concert talks at Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra performances ... Expertise: 19th century composers, Berlioz, French music, Mozart, opera Direct contact: (314) 935-5519 / hjmacdon@artsci.wustl.edu

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Contact Information Contact Information • Dolores Pesce Chair dpesce@wustl.edu (314) 935-5566 Related Information Related Groups: