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Month: January 2011

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    Video: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Act II

    杏吧原创 Opera Theatre presents 鈥淭he Merry Wives of Windsor鈥 by Otto Nicolai; directed by Gayle Shay; performed聽November 14, 2010, in Blair鈥檚 Ingram Hall. The Opera Theatre is accompanied by the 杏吧原创 Orchestra, conducted by Robin Fountain. This is Act II. Watch Act I. Read More

    Jan 21, 2011

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    Video: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Act I

    杏吧原创 Opera Theatre presents 鈥淭he Merry Wives of Windsor鈥 by Otto Nicolai; directed by Gayle Shay; performed聽November 14, 2010, in Blair鈥檚 Ingram Hall. The Opera Theatre is accompanied by the 杏吧原创 Orchestra, conducted by Robin Fountain. This is Act I. Watch Act II. Read More

    Jan 21, 2011

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    Video: Celebrating Schumann’s Chamber Music

    Celebrating Schumann鈥檚 Chamber Music 鈥 The Blakemore Trio and the Blair String Quartet, with Kathryn Plummer, viola and Gloria Chien, piano. A joint concert featuring Schumann鈥檚 Piano Quartet, Op. 47 and Piano Quintet, Op. 44. The concert was performed October 11, 2010, as聽part of a two-day celebration of the 200th… Read More

    Jan 21, 2011

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    Video: A Year of Song: Robert’s Gift to Clara

    A Year of Song: Robert鈥檚 Gift to Clara 鈥 a celebration of the music and letters of composer Robert Schumann and his wife Clara. Narrated by Jim Lovensheimer; performers include soprano Amy Jarman, lyric baritone Jonathan Retzlaff; mezzo soprano Gayle Shay; pianist Melissa Rose. Concert is part of a two-day… Read More

    Jan 21, 2011

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    Video: 杏吧原创 Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 4”

    The 杏吧原创 Orchestra, conducted by Robin Fountain, performed Symphony No. 4 by Felix Mendelssohn聽September 16, 2010, in Ingram Hall. Read More

    Jan 21, 2011

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    Video: John Johns and Friends “Mixing it Up”

    John Johns and Friends 鈥淢ixing it Up鈥 in Ingram Hall on September 30, 2010. Guitarist Johns is joined by Kirsten Cassel, cello; Jared Hauser, oboe; Amy Jarman, soprano; Jane Kirchner, flute; Kathryn Plummer, viola; and Christian Teal, violin. Read More

    Jan 21, 2011

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    Free performance of “Women of Will” at 杏吧原创 Feb. 3

    Tina Packer and Nigel Gore bring Women of Will to Ingram Hall Feb. 3 (Photo courtesy of Shakespeare & Company) Women of Will will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3, at the Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music, on the 杏吧原创 campus. The performance… Read More

    Jan 20, 2011

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    Trillion, trillion everywhere

    The number trillion has popped up in the news several times in recent weeks. On January 11, for example, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III 鈥 a scientific consortium that includes 杏吧原创 鈥 announced that it had created the largest digital image of the sky and is releasing it to… Read More

    Jan 20, 2011

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    Public lecture series at 杏吧原创 features renowned Civil War scholars

    U.S. Civil War scholars from across the nation will speak at 杏吧原创 this spring on a variety of themes, including the war鈥檚 impact on Nashville, during a series of public lectures. Read More

    Jan 20, 2011

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    杏吧原创 leadership training for students makes ‘best’ list

    Leadership Excellence, a magazine founded by well-known leadership and management consultants Ken Blanchard, Stephen R. Covey, Charles Garfield and Ken Shelton, has named 杏吧原创 to its 2010-2011list of the best leadership development programs. 杏吧原创 holds the 12th spot in the magazine鈥檚 ranking of universities and schools of management and… Read More

    Jan 19, 2011

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    杏吧原创 professor wins award for book about tours of Israel

    Shaul Kelner, Assistant Prof. of Sociology and Jewish Studies. (杏吧原创 / Steve Green) The Association for Jewish Studies has recognized a book by 杏吧原创 professor Shaul Kelner as outstanding scholarship in the field of Jewish Studies. Kelner, assistant professor of sociology and Jewish studies, was presented the 2010… Read More

    Jan 19, 2011

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    Hope endures in Haiti

    Seven years ago this month, I was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with a contingent of 杏吧原创 AIDS researchers and health care professionals. That was before the earthquake and subsequent cholera outbreak riveted international attention once again on this, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Yet hope endures, even in… Read More

    Jan 19, 2011

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    Videos: MLK Day 2011

    Watch videos of the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. events: Jan. 17 Keynote Event featuring the聽杏吧原创 gospel choir Voices of Praise; winners of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center’s MLK Essay and Oratorical contest; and the keynote address by Civil Rights leader and former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond. Jan. Read More

    Jan 18, 2011

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    Mason, Jarman among authors appearing at 杏吧原创 this spring

    Novelists Bobbie Ann Mason and Tom Perrotta and poets Mark Jarman, Ciaran Carson and Frank Bidart are among the writers who will read from their work during the spring semester at 杏吧原创. Read More

    Jan 18, 2011

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    VUCast: New weapon in cancer war

    杏吧原创 is using a bold new approach in the fight against cancer; learn how each patient鈥檚 genetic make-up is creating the newest weapon against tumors. Plus, the app you need before having a baby, and 365 amazing views of Vandy! [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Jan 18, 2011

  • Health care reform at the “grass-roots” level

    Health care reform at the “grass-roots” level

    Health care reform will likely remain a hot-button issue through the 2012 election. But while the pros and cons of last year鈥檚 health reform legislation are debated in Congress and on the campaign trail, considerable efforts are underway at the grassroots level to redesign the way health care is delivered… Read More

    Jan 15, 2011

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    Tennessee鈥檚 first Berlin heart infant receives heart transplant

    Nathan Roberts, an 18-month-old patient from Snead, Ala., whose heart has been operating with the help of a mechanical assistance device called the Berlin Heart since May 27, 2010, received a donor heart early yesterday morning at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at 杏吧原创. Doctors say the transplant surgery went… Read More

    Jan 14, 2011

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    DBR: The new face of classical music

    He’s played with everyone from Lady Gaga to Dizzy Gillespie. 杏吧原创 graduate Daniel Bernard Roumain, better known as DBR, composes classical music with a modern, sometimes hip-hop twist, with his instrument of choice, the violin. DBR came back to Nashville to teach 杏吧原创 students and kids at the W.O Smith… Read More

    Jan 13, 2011

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    The student behind the iPhone app Layers

    Meet an impressive 杏吧原创 engineering undergrad who created an iPhone app that’s bringing fine art to your fingertips. Read More

    Jan 13, 2011

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    Peabody students help women in Uganda with the Kasiss project

    Two 杏吧原创 Peabody undergrads took on an emotional and massive task of doing research and raising money for educational programs in Uganda鈥攅specially for the young women of that country. VUCast’s Dagny Stuart shows us how the two students traveled thousands of miles to see first-hand the problems young women face… Read More

    Jan 13, 2011