Who is Abby Aresty?</h1> <article> <h1>Who is Abby Aresty?</h1> <p>ygay — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:54:22 +0000</p> <span>Who is Abby Aresty?</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-08-23T10:54:22-04:00" title="Monday, August 23, 2021 - 10:54">Mon, 08/23/2021 - 10:54</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>One might expect a technical director and lecturer in the TIMARA department to have a related interest in sound, but did you know that Abby Aresty wore a traffic cone on her head in her preschool class photo? Learn more about Aresty in this installment of Who Am I?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Full Name:</strong> <a href="/abby-aresty" target="_blank">Abby Aresty</a> </p> <p><strong>Department and location on campus:</strong> <a href="/timara" target="_blank">Technology in Music and Related Arts</a> (TIMARA) located in the basement of <a href="/bibbins" target="_blank">Bibbins Hall</a></p> <p><strong>How many years at 91ֱ��?</strong> Four</p> <p><strong>Job title:</strong> Technical Director and Lecturer </p> <p><strong>What does your job entail?</strong> I manage the TIMARA studios and supervise the student workers who help to keep things running smoothly. I also teach classes in sound art, making, community-engaged art, and hybrid technologies, and manage a small lab of student workers who help with a variety of TIMARA-related community-engaged projects. </p> <p><strong>Have you always had a fascination with music?</strong> Yes, I started playing the horn in the fourth grade.</p> <p><strong>TIMARA is such a unique artform. What is it about this genre that interests you?</strong> I'm interested in all things related to sound and listening. TIMARA's combination of music, technology, and related arts affords a great deal of room for creative experimentation around these themes and across disciplines. </p> <p><strong>Favorite keepsake?</strong> The chuppah my mom wove for our wedding. </p> <p><strong>Favorite place in 91ֱ�� and why?</strong> Home. My second favorite place in 91ֱ�� is the TIMARA studios, for obvious reasons. </p> <p><strong>Favorite childhood memory?</strong> I have a group photo of my preschool class in which I am front and center, with a traffic cone on my head—the photo reminds me not to take myself too seriously.</p> <p><strong>Best vacation ever?</strong> Camping as a kid </p> <p><strong>Any recent achievements you would like to tell us about?</strong> I'm super proud of all the work we have put into the <a href="/news/timara-retreat-girls-fosters-creativity-through-steam" target="_blank">Girls Electronic Arts Retreat</a> over the past two years. </p> <p><strong>Any new projects you would like to tell us about?</strong> I’m pretty excited about the throw pillow synthesizers we are making for the TIMARA lobby—shout out to Lily Lansdell and Kiera Saltz for all their work!</p> <p><strong>Hobbies?</strong> Dabbling in new things, especially crafts.</p> <p><strong>Nickname(s)?</strong> My favorite nickname, though it hasn't stuck yet, is Tabby, for all the web browser tabs I tend to have open.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-08-23T12:00:00Z">Mon, 08/23/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2551">Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/abby-aresty" hreflang="und">Abby Aresty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Technical Director and Lecturer Abby Aresty.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: Spring Semester Begins</h1> <p>ygay — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:55:10 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: Spring Semester Begins</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-02-12T15:55:10-05:00" title="Friday, February 12, 2021 - 15:55">Fri, 02/12/2021 - 15:55</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>An ice tower, fire pits, music, hot beverages, snacks, and a skating rink greeted members of the 91ֱ�� College community in Wilder Bowl in early February. The TGIF event is an effort to create a space for the campus to safely gather. <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUaZVH3" target="_blank">Winter Oberland</a> will continue through mid-March and is open to those in 91ֱ��’s testing protocol.</p> <p>View more early spring semester photos in this week’s photo series.</p> <hr> <p> </p> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Professor of Music Theory <a href="/jared-hartt" target="_blank">Jared Hartt</a> instructs students in his Counterpoints class located this semester in Kulas Recital Hall. Photo credit: Jonathan Clark ’25</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption><a href="/ami-dang" target="_blank">Ami Dang ’06</a> gave a <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUfgzrR" target="_blank">live-streamed concert</a> at the <a href="/cat" target="_blank">Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse</a> at the start of the spring semester. Dang performed ambient music with sitar, Ableton Push and computer. Associate Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts Chair <a href="/tom-lopez" target="_blank">Tom Lopez ’89</a> opened for Dang. Lopez performed a short set with a hammer dulcimer and laptop. Dang, joined the <a href="/timara" target="_blank">TIMARA</a> faculty this year. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Many businesses in downtown 91ֱ�� have found creative ways to continue operating under social distancing guidelines. Large wood partitions separate guests in the downstairs dining area in the Feve. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Coffee and baked goods draw customers to Slow Train Cafe in downtown 91ֱ��. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Fabrication Lab Supervisor <a href="/rachel-smith" target="_blank">Rachel Smith</a> encourages visitors to take a dab of hand sanitizer. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>This Week in Photos is a selection of images and is not meant to represent a weekly timeline. Images highlight campus, community, people, and events related to 91ֱ�� College.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-02-12T12:00:00Z">Fri, 02/12/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Outdoor activities, live-streamed concerts, and socially distanced classes are underway for the spring semester.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2551">Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jared-hartt" hreflang="und">Jared Hartt</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/art" hreflang="und">Studio Art</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/music-theory" hreflang="und">Music Theory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Students at Winter Oberland ice skate in a rink near Mudd Center.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Mike Crupi</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: Unlikely Spaces and Familiar Places</h1> <p>ygay — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:05:12 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: Unlikely Spaces and Familiar Places</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-10-02T14:05:12-04:00" title="Friday, October 2, 2020 - 14:05">Fri, 10/02/2020 - 14:05</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p> </p> <hr> <p> </p> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>TIMARA and jazz majors give a <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmR4b39A" target="_blank">livestream performance </a>at the Cat in the Cream. Photo credit: Anokha Venugopal</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>The first of many <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmR3MAg7" target="_blank">jazz forums </a>in Tappan Square’s Clark Bandstand. Photo credit: Jack Lichtenstein ’23</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption><a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmR7DCzT" target="_blank">Students watch </a>the Presidential debate in Wilder Bowl. Photo credit: Jack Lichtenstein ’23</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Student work is critiqued in a drawing class led by Visiting Assistant Professor Omid Shekari. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Students celebrated<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmR4ea36" target="_blank"> TGIF and Latinx Heritage Month </a>in Wilder Bowl with music from popular Latinx artists. Photo credit: John Seyfried</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Swinging near Finney Chapel. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>A view down South Professor Street. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>This Week in Photos is a selection of images and is not meant to represent a weekly timeline. Images highlight campus, community, people, and events related to 91ֱ�� College.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-10-02T12:00:00Z">Fri, 10/02/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Latinx Heritage Month, TGIF, and the first presidential debate find a home in Wilder Bowl; concerts by TIMARA and jazz students are livestreamed in the Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse; the patio of Mudd Center welcomes the 91ֱ�� College Choir; Clark Bandstand in Tappan Square becomes a stage for jazz forums; and familiar places in between.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2566">Wilder Bowl</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=34691">Jazz Performance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35596">Voice</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/gregory-ristow" hreflang="und">Gregory Ristow ’01</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/jazz-studies" hreflang="und">Jazz Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Associate Professor of Conducting Gregory Ristow ’01 leads the 91ֱ�� College Choir during an outdoor rehearsal.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Teaching in the New Normal: Holly Handman-Lopez</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:28:31 +0000</p> <span>Teaching in the New Normal: Holly Handman-Lopez</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-04-28T17:28:31-04:00" title="Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 17:28">Tue, 04/28/2020 - 17:28</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In this series we are sharing stories from faculty on how they are navigating this new normal. How have you adapted instruction to a remote learning environment? How have students shifted how they learn and participate? What’s changed, what’s stayed the same, or what has come as a pleasant surprise?</p> <p>Please <a href="mailto:communic@oberlin.edu">share an example or anecdote</a> that addresses one of these areas.</p> <p>Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance <a href="/holly-handman-lopez">Holly Handman-Lopez</a> shares how, even in the challenging circumstances of these times, students have been able to find ways to express themselves and stay connected to their creative community. Through a collective screen dance project, 17 dance majors and minors continue to pursue creative projects because, “Learning how to keep going even when the ground beneath your feet is shifting—this is what artists do,” says Handman-Lopez. </p> <p>From Handman: </p> <p>Moving with other dancers, rehearsing in preparation for concerts, and performing for audiences—these are the things dancers love to do. This semester, our students lost opportunities to experience the joys and challenges of creating and performing new choreographies. Senior majors who needed to complete their capstone projects have had to revise their plans numerous times as circumstances changed. Live performances with sizable casts scheduled for various campus venues have been reimagined into screen dances and other interdisciplinary projects. One senior dance major chose to work with two small groups of students who are quarantining together; one pod has three dancers, the other has two. In this instance, what had been a sextet scheduled for performance in Fairchild Chapel will become a screen dance featuring a trio and a duet.</p> <p>In an effort to support our students and to give them a way to express themselves and stay connected to their creative community, I devised a collective screen dance project inspired by the Exquisite Corps by Mitchel Rose of Ohio State University. His project featured many superstars of contemporary dance. We are featuring superstars of 91ֱ��, 17 dance majors and minors who continue to pursue their creative projects, no matter how many times they are thwarted or redirected by our ever-changing circumstances. Learning how to keep going even when the ground beneath your feet is shifting—this is what artists do.</p> <p>Despite time zone differences, intermittent Wi-Fi, and quarantine challenges, every single student who signed on to the project persevered and contributed a unique clip to the piece. My only request was that they begin where their classmate had ended and keep it within a short timeframe. Each student designed their segment and recruited a camera person or made it work on their own. Our student editor, fourth-year Clarissa Heart, connected the clips seamlessly, and <a href="/timara">TIMARA’s</a> <a href="/tom-lopez">Tom Lopez</a> created the sound score.</p> <p>I’m excited to have it completed for International Dance Day on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, and I’m so pleased that dance can offer something to our community during this time of separation.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-04-28T12:00:00Z">Tue, 04/28/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>These days, the classroom has taken on new meaning for both faculty and students at 91ֱ��.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2372">Performing Arts</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25331">Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/holly-handman-lopez" hreflang="und">Holly Handman-Lopez</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/tom-lopez" hreflang="und">Tom Lopez ’89</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/dance" hreflang="und">Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Student Kierra Nguyen.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of the 91ֱ�� College Department of Dance</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id class="o-flex--video-embed"> <div class="video-embed-field-provider-vimeo video-embed-field-responsive-video"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="field field--name-field-bio-card-el-biography field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="biography-card"> <figure> </figure> <div class="biography-card__content"> <h2><span>Holly Handman-Lopez</span> </h2> <ul class="item-list list--clean" style="margin-top: 0px;"> <li class="professional-title">Assistant Professor of Dance</li> </ul> <a class="view-more" href="/holly-handman-lopez">View Holly Handman-Lopez’s biography</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Winter Term in 91ֱ��: 2020</h1> <p>ygay — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:35:06 +0000</p> <span>Winter Term in 91ֱ��: 2020</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-02-24T10:35:06-05:00" title="Monday, February 24, 2020 - 10:35">Mon, 02/24/2020 - 10:35</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-02-24T12:00:00Z">Mon, 02/24/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a class="view-more" href="https://photo-stories.oberlin.edu/winter-term-in-oberlin/">Browse Winter Term in 91ֱ��: 2020</a></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2413">Social Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2378">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25346">English</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25411">Physics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25326">Creative Writing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25456">Russian</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25276">Latin American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25331">Dance</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25376">Greek Language and Literature</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25436">Studio Art</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35596">Voice</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25441">Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25306">Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25246">Biochemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35911">Flute</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/abby-aresty" hreflang="und">Abby Aresty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/joshua-sperling" hreflang="und">Joshua Sperling</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/peter-naegele" hreflang="und">Peter Naegele</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/abe-reshad" hreflang="und">Abe Reshad</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jan-cooper" hreflang="und">Jan Cooper</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jason-stalnaker" hreflang="und">Jason Stalnaker</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/will-parsons" hreflang="und">William (Will) Parsons</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/chemistry-biochemistry" hreflang="und">Chemistry and Biochemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/theater" hreflang="und">Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/winds-brass-and-percussion" hreflang="und">Winds, Brass, and Percussion</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a 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href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/latin-american-studies" hreflang="und">Latin American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Students in the Practicum in Exhibit Design project work on a community-informed exhibit of Alaska Native cultural objects that will be displayed in the Mary Church Terrell Library in the spring.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Celebrating 50 Years of Electronic & Computer Music</h1> <p>ygay — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:30:29 +0000</p> <span>Celebrating 50 Years of Electronic & Computer Music</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-11-20T12:30:29-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 12:30">Wed, 11/20/2019 - 12:30</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>More than 500 musicians took part in an extended musical collage in Finney Chapel on November 16, celebrating the 50th anniversary of 91ֱ��'s <a href="/node/51641" target="_blank">TIMARA</a> department. </p> <p>The immersive surround-sound experience combined live electronic and computer processing and fixed media with performances by numerous groups including 91ֱ�� Conservatory’s Brass Ensemble, College Choir, and Collegium, 91ֱ�� College Taiko and OSteel, 91ֱ�� Choristers, the Obertones and Acapelicans, and the 91ֱ�� College and High School marching bands.</p> <p>View more photos from the event on <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJsvKWK">91ֱ�� Flickr</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-11-20T12:00:00Z">Wed, 11/20/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3319">Community Engagement</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3317">TIMARA 50th Anniversary Celebration</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div 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<article> <h1>2017-2018 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 14 May 2019 19:39:01 +0000</p> <span>2017-2018 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-05-14T15:39:01-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 15:39">Tue, 05/14/2019 - 15:39</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><ul class="news-grid"> <li> <p>Six faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music received Excellence in Teaching Awards for the 2017-2018 academic year. The recipients are Ron Cheung, professor of economics; Fredara Hadley, visiting assistant professor of ethnomusicology; Laurie McMillin, professor of rhetoric and composition; Gregory Ristow ’01, associate professor of conducting; Daniel Stinebring, Francis D. Federighi Professor of Physics; and Peter V. Swendsen ’99, associate professor of computer music and digital arts. The faculty members shared what this recognition means to them.</p> </li> <li> <div class="grid-container"> <div> <p><strong>Ron Cheung, Professor of Economics</strong></p> <p>Ron Cheung conducts research in local public finance and urban economics. He is particularly interested in how the growing trend of homeowners associations has affected municipal budgets, local governance, and property values. In other research, he has explored property tax limitations, local elections, land use regulation and housing markets. He has published in the <cite>Journal of Urban Economics</cite>, <cite>Regional Science & Urban Economics</cite>, and the <cite>National Tax Journal</cite>. He teaches classes in public economics and urban economics, principles of economics and intermediate microeconomics, and a seminar on housing.</p> <p>“Teaching at 91ֱ�� is a particularly rewarding experience because I feel students are as invested in learning as I am in teaching. This means that I constantly have to think about how to make my lectures more relevant, applied, and engaging. It’s a challenge to myself that I look forward to with every class that I teach.”</p> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <hr></li> <li> <div class="grid-container"> <div> <p><strong>Fredara Hadley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology</strong></p> <p>Fredara M. Hadley is an alumna of Florida A&M University and Clark-Atlanta University and holds advanced degrees in African American studies and ethnomusicology. Her research centers on understanding the functionality of black popular music in everyday life and surveying the diverse musical practices that coexist in African American communities. Hadley has presented at numerous scholarly conferences throughout the United States and in Brazil, Canada, and Ghana. She has appeared in several television documentaries and NPR programs. At 91ֱ��, Hadley teaches Introduction to African American Music; Black Music in the Hour of Chaos; the Anthropology of Entrepreneurship; and Pop Music and U.S. Urban Identities. In fall 2019, she will coteach a StudiOC cluster centered on 91ֱ�� alumna Shirley Graham DuBois ’34.</p> <p>“This award is a wonderful and humbling surprise! It's a joy to teach at 91ֱ��, and I often say that it’s the toughest teaching job because 91ֱ�� students are so curious that they will push the conversation deeper. And to me, that’s a good thing. I love that my students are willing to go with me on these journeys of discovery, and I’m delighted that 91ֱ�� honored my commitment to teaching in such a way.”</p> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Jennifer Manna</figcaption> </figure> </div> <hr></li> <li> <div class="grid-container"> <div> <p><strong>Laurie McMillin, Professor of Rhetoric and Composition</strong></p> <p>Laurie Hovell McMillin is a professor of rhetoric and composition and director of the Writing Program. Because her own writing and research cuts across genres and disciplines, McMillin enjoys helping students to negotiate the demands of a liberal arts curriculum. Her teaching interests include writing pedagogy, language diversity, and travel writing, and her research focuses on travel writing, nonfiction prose, South Asian culture and religion, and Tibetan studies. Her publications include <cite>English in Tibet, Tibet in English: Self-Presentation in the Tibetan Diaspora</cite> (Palgrave Press), <cite>Buried Indians: Digging Up the Past in a Midwestern Town</cite> (University of Wisconsin), and the forthcoming volume, <cite>Spaces and Places in Western India: Formations and Delineations</cite> (Routledge), edited with Bina Sengar. She also edits the online journal <cite>AWAY: Experiments in Travel and Telling</cite>.</p> <p>“I'm really honored to receive this award. At 91ֱ��, I focus on the teaching of writing: I work with students at all levels, teach Writing Associates who work with other students, and also support faculty in the teaching of writing. I find connecting with people over writing really meaningful, whether the writer is a middle schooler in a summer workshop or a senior professor developing a new syllabus. The teaching of writing is my passion, so I'm pleased to have this work recognized by others.”</p> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <hr></li> <li> <div class="grid-container"> <div> <p><strong>Gregory Ristow ’01, Associate Professor of Conducting</strong></p> <p>Gregory Ristow directs the 91ֱ�� College Choir and Musical Union and teaches courses in vocal chamber music and conducting. He has conducted with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Houston’s Foundation for Modern Music, the Voices chamber choir in Rochester, N.Y., as artistic director of Encore Vocal Arts in Indianapolis, and as assistant conductor of the Gregory Kunde Chorale in Rochester. He has sung with the Houston Chamber Choir and Houston’s Mercury Baroque. Ristow earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting at the Eastman School of Music, where he taught undergraduate and graduate conducting and was assistant conductor of the Eastman Chorale and the Eastman-Rochester Chorus. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music education at 91ֱ��’s Conservatory of Music, master’s degrees in conducting and music theory pedagogy at the Eastman School of Music, a Dalcroze certificate at the Juilliard School, and a Dalcroze license at the Longy School of Music.</p> <p>“Of all the places I’ve taught in my career, 91ֱ�� has by far the most challenging and engaging students. They make me constantly re-examine how and what I’m doing in classes and rehearsals. They rise to a challenge, be it intellectual or artistic, and remind me that the limits of what we teach need not be predefined. It’s an honor to teach here, to be recognized in this way, and to have the chance to dream about what future I will have learned from these wonderful students about teaching.”</p> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <hr></li> <li> <div class="grid-container"> <div> <p><strong>Daniel Stinebring, Francis D. Federighi Professor of Physics</strong></p> <p>Dan Stinebring earned a bachelor’s at Williams College and a PhD at Cornell University. He has been a faculty member at 91ֱ�� for almost 30 years. Funded by grants from the National Science Foundation since 1993, he has involved 91ֱ�� students in his research, which has focused on using pulsars to explore interstellar space and detect gravitational waves. As part of this research, he and students have traveled to the Netherlands, South Africa, India, China, Australia, and many places in North America. Prior to coming to 91ֱ��, Stinebring taught for five years in the physics department at Princeton University.</p> <p>“Of all the satisfying teaching I’ve done in the last 29 years at 91ֱ��, my favorite memory is standing out under the stars with Intro Astronomy students as we, together, marveled at the beauty and immensity of the cosmos. I also had the privilege of sharing with both the intro and advanced students how astronomers and physicists have decoded some of the universe’s puzzles through light of all wavelengths and, now, gravitational waves!”</p> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <hr></li> <li> <div class="grid-container"> <div> <p><strong>Peter V. Swendsen ’99 Associate Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts</strong></p> <p>Peter Swendsen is interested in creating a sense of place for performers and listeners, often by using field recordings and real-world processes in music that combine acoustic instruments with electronics. His recent CD, <cite>Allusions to Seasons and Weather</cite>, features several such pieces, many of which were developed with 91ֱ�� students and alumni. In 2016, he premiered <cite>What Noises Remain</cite>, an evening-length work cocreated with percussionist Jennifer Torrence ’09 based on Shakespeare’s <cite>The Tempest</cite>. In 2017, he and Jay Ashby composed the score for <cite>The Foreigner’s Home</cite>, a documentary about novelist Toni Morrison by 91ֱ�� colleagues Rian Brown-Orso and Geoff Pingree. He has created more than 40 scores for dance, including recent collaborations with David Shimotakahara at GroundWorks Dance Theater in Cleveland and Amy Miller at Gibney Dance in New York City.</p> <p>“The award gives me yet another reason to think of and thank the amazing teachers I’ve had in my own life—starting with my parents, going way back to my first music teachers, Jim Willow and Joyce Schwinn, the excellent teachers I had at 91ֱ��, such as the long-time TIMARA professor Gary Lee Nelson, and my many graduate school mentors, including Maggi Payne and Judith Shatin. Whatever kind of teacher I am today is thanks to them and thanks to my students and colleagues at 91ֱ��, especially those in the TIMARA department, who inspire me daily, even hourly. I honestly still feel much more like a student than a teacher, but I’m humbled and grateful to receive this award alongside five incredible peers.”</p> <hr> <p>The Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes faculty in the college and conservatory who have demonstrated sustained and distinctive excellence in their teaching at 91ֱ��. An award is given in each division of the college (arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics). The College Faculty Council solicits nominations, which are then reviewed by a faculty committee. The conservatory dean recommends six to seven conservatory faculty to the Conservatory Faculty Council, and together they review and narrow the list of recommendations to three recipients.</p> </div> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</figcaption> </figure> </div> </li> </ul> <style type="text/css">.grid-container figcaption { color: inherit; position: static; left: 0; bottom: 0; background: none; padding: 0; } ul.news-grid { list-style-type: none; padding: 0; } .grid-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 150px; grid-column-gap: 25px; } @media only screen and (max-width: 768px) { .grid-container { grid-template-columns: 100%; grid-row-gap: 20px; } .grid-container img { object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 0; width: 250px; height: 250px; } } .vertical_line { border-left: 4px solid #A6CE39; padding-left: 10px; } </style> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-05-14T12:00:00Z">Tue, 05/14/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2576">Excellence in Teaching Award</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25341">Economics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=28856">Musicology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25451">Writing and Communication</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25411">Physics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/ron-cheung" hreflang="und">Ron Cheung</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/laurie-mcmillin" hreflang="und">Laurie Hovell McMillin</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/gregory-ristow" hreflang="und">Gregory Ristow ’01</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/economics" hreflang="und">Economics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/musicology" hreflang="und">Musicology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/writing-and-communication" hreflang="und">Communication Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/conducting-and-ensembles" hreflang="und">Conducting and Ensembles</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/physics-and-astronomy" hreflang="und">Physics and Astronomy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Recipients of the 2017-2018 Excellence in Teaching Award stand with President Carmen Twillie Ambar in her house during a reception and dinner in their honor. From left: President Ambar, Ron Cheung, Fredara Hadley, Daniel Stinebring, Gregory Ristow, Laurie McMillin, Peter V. Swendsen, Acting Dean of the Conservatory William Quillen, Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences David Kamitsuka.<br> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Dale Preston ’83</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>