Since 1982 musicians of national and international reputation have taught on the University of Alabama campus through UA Endowed Chair in Music.
Originally, the Chair rotated annually among four areas: composition/theory, history/musicology, education/therapy, and performance. Since 1988, the Chair has rotated only among the first three areas, and there has been a smaller performance component each year.
2009-2010 Endowed Chair in Music Composition:
Peter Westergaard, composer
Tuesday, March 9
Concert Hall – 7:30 p.m.
Video Presentation of “Alice in Wonderland”
Thursday, March 11
Recital Hall – 7:30 p.m.
Mario Davidovsky, composer
Thursday, April 15
Concert Hall – 7:30 p.m.
2009-2010 Endowed Chair in Theory:
Poundie Burstein is Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He also teaches music analysis at Mannes College The New School for Music and has taught at Queens College and Columbia University. His primary areas of scholarly interest include Schenkerian analysis and form studies; he has written articles devoted to the works of Alkan, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Schubert, and Clara Schumann, among others. In addition to his scholarly work, he has performed extensively as a pianist for comedy improvisation groups in the NYC area. In 1995 Prof. Burstein received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the New School University, and his article “The Off-Tonic Return in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, and Other Works,” in Music Analysis was the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Publication Award of the Society of Music Theory. In 1999 Prof. Burstein co-chaired (along with Adrienne Block) “The Music of Amy Beach: An Interdisciplinary Conference,” and he was President of the Music Theory Society of New York State (MTSNYS) from 2003-2007.
EVENTS
Tuesday, January 19th
Lecture: “Distance Hearing”
9:30-10:45 A.M.
Room 181
Lecture: “Koch and Sonata-Form Expositions”
12:30-1:45 P.M.
Room 181
Wednesday, January 20th
Lecture: “Open or Closed”
11:00-11:50 A.M.
Recital Hall
Discussion: “Current Research Interests”
4:00-5:00 P.M.
Room 257
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