LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts 21st Century Initiatives

Dinos Constantinides Concert in New York City--June 4, 2013

MIT arts community--including 4 Nobel Laureates

http://spectrum.mit.edu/articles/portrait-of-the-artists/

Jerome Friedman, MIT Professor Emeritus, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Painter
Salvador Luria, Founder of MIT’s Center for Cancer Research, Nobel Laureate in Biology, Sculptor
Sidney Altman ’60, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, MIT Dramashop
Richard Feynman ’39, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Drums
Erik Demaine, MIT Professor, MacArthur Fellow, Origami
Tim Berners-Lee, MIT Professor, Founder of the World Wide Web, Singer
Donald Sadoway, MIT Professor, Actor
Jay Keyser, MIT Professor Emeritus, Jazz Trombone
Charles Zhang ’94, Chairman and CEO, Sohu Musical Theater Guild
Alex Dreyfoos ’54, Co-founder, Photoelectronics Corporation, Oscar for Technical Achievement
Amar Bose ’51 ’52 ’56, Founder, Bose Corporation, Inventor of the Bose Sound System
Mahendrajeet “Miki” Singh ’86, Co-founder, Art Technology Group, Rock Singer, The Singhs
Alex Rigopulos ’92 ’94 , Co-founder, Harmonix Music Systems, Gamelan Gala Tika
Eran Egozy ’95, Co-founder, Harmonix Music Systems, Clarinet
William Warner ’80, Founder, Avid Technology, Recipient of Oscar and Emmy
Ben Bernanke ’79, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Bank, Saxophone
Tom Scott ’66, Sound Engineer, Recipient of Academy Awards for Sound Mixing
Ronald McNair ’77, Astronaut, Saxophone
Cady Coleman ’83, Astronaut, Flute
Carlos Prieto ’58, World-class Cellist
Tom Scholz ’69 ’70, Rock Guitarist, Founder Boston
John Underkoffler ’88 ’91 ’99, Science and Technology Advisor to Steven Spielberg
Gerald Katell ’62, President, Katell Productions, Actor and Producer
Pardis Sabeti ’97, Geneticist, Rock Singer, Thousand Days
John Miller ’64, Minnesota Orchestra, Bassoonist
Andrew Silver ’64 ’67, Filmmaker
Eliot Mack ’96, Lightcraft Technology, Inventor, Prevision Virtual Studio System
Rajesh Mehta ’86, Founder, ORKA-M Singapore, Hybrid Trumpet Player, Ensemble Leader
Jay Jackendoff ’69, Co-director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts, Clarinet
Mary Farbood ’01 ’06, Creator of Hyperscore, Harpsichord
Stephanie McGuire ’96, Marshall Scholar, Professional Opera Singer
David Breitman ’76, Director, Historical Performance Program, Oberlin Conservatory, Piano
Elaine Chew ’98 ’00, Founder and Director, Music Computation and Cognition Lab, USC, Piano
Jose L. Elizondo ’95, Nuance Communications, Composer
Michael Good ’79 ’81, Founder of Recordare LLC, Inventor of MusicXML, Tenor
Kenneth E. Goodson ’89 ’91 ’93, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, Baritone, Cello, Vocal
Michael Koerner ’49, President, Canada Overseas Investments, and Chancellor, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Piano
Peter Godart ’15, Mechanical Engineering, Jazz Piano, Organ, A Cappella
Emily Jackson ’12, Chemical Engineering, Flute
Nathaniel Atnafu ’14, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bass
Rebecca MacRae ’14, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Piano
Latifah Hamzah ’12, Mechanical Engineering, Violin
Vineet Gopal ’14, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Flute
Shu Zheng ’13, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Piano
Tochukwu Okoro ’14, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Rambax (drumming)
Chelsi Green ’13, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Alto, MIT Chorallaries« Previous | Next »

Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)

Very sad to learn that French Composer Henri Dutilleux passed away today at age 97. I collaborated with him twice in Montreal (with Charles Dutoit and Montreal Symphony), twice in Carnegie Hall (with Isaac Stern), Boston's Symphony Hall and then at Tanglewood in the summer of 1995. What a wonderful gentle person with an incredible gift for color and timbre in his music.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2013/05/22/186052590/henri-dutilleux-leading-french-composer-dies-at-97

More graduation pics--PhD composition grads with Dinos Constatinides

LSU--Proud to be a founding member of Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities a2ru

http://a2ru.org/about/

LSU 100 Banquet at Crowne Plaza Hotel, May 9, 2013

Miriam Overton, Fran Lawrence (Ourso College of Business), Larry Kaptain,
Stephen Davd Beck and other guests

With our good friend Robert Byrnes of
Homeland Health Care (Dallas)

Photo Credits: Kristina Sutton

LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts Diploma Ceremony with Liz Lerman, May 17, 2013

Dean Kaptain, Liz Lerman, and Ashley Dixon (BM, '13)

Liz Lerman and her treasure!

School of Music Director Stephen David Beck and Liz Lerman

Dean Kaptain amnd Esther Waite (DMA, '13)

With BM graduate (violin) Erika Zelada who is from Paraguay. Her mother made the trip from Asunción. Erika will be continuing her studies at the University of Illinois.

Prof. Robert Peck and Liz Lerman

Mike VI

Esther Waite (DMA, '13)

Liz Lerman, Katrina Despain (MFA, '13) and Kaptain

Mozart

Miriam Overton and Liz Lerman

Prof. Katherine Kemler, Esther Waite (DMA, '13) and Prof. Carlos Riazuelo

BM graduate (violin) Guillermo Salas-Suarez with his aunt and father who both traveled to Baton Rouge from Costa Rica. Guillermo is continuing his studies at Indiana University. 

Gabriela Chihaescu and Esther Waite (DMA, '13)