Dean Kaptain podcasts

Announcing CMS Podcasts

The Committee on Higher Education of The College Music Society is producing podcasts that address topics of interest to the field of music. Hosted by Committee Chair Laurence Kaptain, Dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts at Louisiana State University, the podcasts feature interviews with special guests and inquiry to topics of current interest to all teaching music in higher education.
All CMS members are welcome to enjoy the podcasts.

Click on this link  http://web.me.com/kaptainld/Laurence_Kaptain_Podcasts/CMS_MIHE/CMS_MIHE.html for access. Click "Subscribe" and the podcasts will be automatically delivered to your iTunes account.
New interviews will be released biweekly. Upcoming podcasts will include leaders in curricular development, student recruiting and retention, and other exciting areas.
We hope you will enjoy this new series from CMS! If you have questions or suggestions for future interviews, please get in touch with Committee Chair Laurence Kaptain at  kaptain@lsu.edu.

LSU Theatre grad bags New York City gig

From Dr. Michael Tick, Chair LSU Dept. of Theatre and Producing Director of Swine Palace

Bradley Sanchez, a graduating senior will be working with the Roundabout Theatre Company in the marketing department beginning June 1, 2010.  He’ll be working directly under the marketing manager, as well as with the events coordinator for various events including the "Sondheim on Sondheim" social.  His new boss, Shannon informed him that he will also be working with RTC's advertising agency in specific placement and positioning strategies. He  will also be solely responsible for creating next season's subscription benefits package, as well as the coordination of several subscriber events (He’ll be in charge of working with vendors, sponsors, rsvp's, etc).

Bradley informs me that, “both Shannon the marketing manager and Tom the associate marketing director are very impressed with LSU’s Arts Admin concentration, as well as the people I worked with at the Pearl last summer. So thanks for all that you guys and the department have done to prepare me for accepting this position.”

Kudos to Kristin Sosnowsky and Vastine Stabler for mentoring Bradley; he deserves to be a the center of a Tony Award-winning company in New York’s Times Square!   

The Dean performs with Allentown Symphony

Review of Dean Kaptain and the Allentown Symphony: Review of Dean Kaptain's concert with the Allentown Symphony.

Great performing arts in great natural beauty

Photo credit: Dolores Arce-Kaptain

Taken with an iPhone 3GS

040410--Easter Sunday

LSU Campus

This is my first spring in Baton Rouge, and the natural beauty of the campus is exceptional. How fortunate we are to have world-class students and faculty creating great art surrounded by stately trees, flowers that bloom (with abandon), gorgeous lakes, and an unmatched style of life that supports and evokes inspiration and artistic expression.  lk

two aerial silk pieces choreographed by Prof. Nick Erickson

Here are some photos of Aqua, presented by Of Moving Colors at the Manship Theatre this past weekend. Nick Erickson choreographed two aerial silk pieces using current and former LSU students.

LSU Orchestra Conductor--review of concert with Louisiana Philharmonic (New Orleans)

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/04/conductor_carlos_riazuelo_pian.html


Bravo Maestro Carlos!!!

Carlos Riazuelo