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Vol. 3, No. 3 - October 17, 2003
New Music Series Upcoming at the Tang Many visitors to the Tang Teaching Museum have admired the extraordinary piano that resides in the museum’s Payne Room. Built in 1904, around the same time as the founding of the Young Women’s Industrial Club, this magnificent Steinway has long been associated with both the College and its founder, Lucy Scribner. The piano has recently been completely restored, thanks to the generosity of Trustee Emerita Jean Poskanzer Rudnick ’44, who fondly recalls this piano’s central place in the College’s original Skidmore Hall, where students often gathered around it to sing together, sometimes with President Henry Moore as their accompanist. Joseph’s Book Wins New Honor Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention (Yale University Press, 2002) by Charles M. Joseph, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, has received the Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Each year ASCAP presents five awards for outstanding achievement in print, broadcast, and news media. The Deems Taylor Award is given annually to an American author for excellence in writing about a subject in music. ASCAP winners last year included Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ned Rorem, National Public Radio’s program Fresh Air, and the public television program, Evening at Pops. This year's winners will be recognized at an event in December at Lincoln Center. Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention was chosen in the symphonic books category. Now in its fourth printing, the book considers the background and psychology of the two men, the dynamics of their interactions, their personal and professional similarities and differences, and the political and historical circumstances that influenced their work. Elizabeth Kendall, writing in The New York Times Book Review, called Joseph “a master of an elegant and refreshingly courteous prose” in a page-one review published in August 2002. ASCAP is a membership association of more than 160,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. Ultimate Frisbee Team to Be Recognized A recognition ceremony for the Ultimate Frisbee team members who rescued a 19-year-old accident victim earlier this fall is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 21, on the main floor of Case Center (near the Burgess Café). State Assemblyman Paul D. Tonko (D-Amsterdam), the New York State Police, the Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc., and Hagaman Volunteer Fire Department will jointly recognize the five students who rescued the victim from her vehicle before it exploded and caught fire. During the morning of Saturday, Sept. 13, Jennifer Martin was driving west on State Highway 67 in Montgomery County when she hit head-on with a tow truck just past the intersection of Morrow Road. Seconds after the accident occurred, a car carrying Skidmore students David Williamson, 21, a senior; Ian Williamson (no relation), 19, a sophomore; David Frazier, 24, a senior; Matthew Gershun, 19, a sophomore; and Davin Lyons, 19, a sophomore, came upon the scene. The students stopped and pulled Martin from her vehicle moments before the car burst into flames. Members of the campus community are welcome at the event. There will be an on-campus venue to view the Nov. 10 program: the Case entertainment lounge (lower level, Case Center) has been booked for anyone interested to stop in and watch the show. |