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Daniel
Abraham - Daniel Abraham to guest conduct at Carnegie
Hall in November 2008 William Smith - Assistant Professor of Music - performed with the African-American Jazz Caucus (AAJC) Dance Band at the International Association for Jazz Education annual conference in Long Beach, California (January 2005). Smith’s W.E.S. Group also performed "A Jazz Mass,” an original composition that weaves the text for the Episcopal Church Liturgy in a jazz setting. Smith was interviewed about his group performances by Black Entertainment Television (BET) on WBGO 88.3 in New York City and by National Public Radio (NPR). Jerzy Sapieyevski - Professor of Music - decorated with the Knight Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland by President Kwasniewski of Poland in advance of his State Visit to the United Stated. The official ceremony will take place at the Embassy of Poland in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2005. Gail Humphries Mardirosian - Associate Professor of Theatre - with Lynn Fox, School of Education, presented papers at the American Reading Forum national conference in December held in Marco Island, Florida. Entitled "The Imagination Quest (IQ) Model for the Role of the Arts in Literacy Learning", these papers presented the results of teacher training projects and literacy learning initiatives implemented in Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland, school systems during the past year. The research projects have been funded through grants from the Webber Family Foundation, The Brimstone Foundation, and Lockheed Martin. The projects involved professional development training for teachers for reading certification and arts-based instructional initiatives for at-risk students to enhance literacy learning. Caleen Sinnette Jennings – Professor of Theatre - interviewed James Earl Jones for the Kennedy Center on October 13. She also wrote and directed a new children's play entitled Wish Eye New, which played with great success to 400 area school children and the Colgate University community in Hamilton, New York, November 30 through December 4. Jennings is currently an NEH Distinguished Chair in the English Department at Colgate University for fall 2004 semester while on sabbatical. Daniel
Abraham - Assistant Professor of Music - conducted a sold-out
period-instrument performance of Telemann's Cantata Du Aber, Daniel,
Gehe Hin, and both J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti Nos. 2 &
6 with The Bach Sinfonia on Nov. 20, 2004. The concert was not only
well received by the audience but the program was highly praised by Cecelia
Porter in her review that appeared in The Washington Post on
Monday Nov. 22. Michael Murawski - Administrative Coordinator - presented a paper entitled “Assessment Strategies and Student Learning in In-Depth Interdisciplinary Arts General Education Courses" at the annual meeting of the Association of Integrative Studies (October 2004) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Caleen Sinnette Jennings - Professor of Theatre, Director of Theatre & Music Theatre- participated in a Shakespeare Conference which was included in a press release on Yahoo.com. Gail
Humphries Mardirosian - Associate
Professor of Theatre, Department Chair - has recently received two support
grants to continue her research with Imagination Quest (IQ), a theatre-
and arts-based teaching and learning model created through a collaboration
of American University's Department of Performing Arts and School of Education
(Dr. Lynn Fox) with Imagination Stage, Inc. A grant from the Webber Foundation
will support teacher training through a Maryland State Department of Education
approved course for professional development of teachers, conducted for
teachers in the Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools program entitled
Early Recognition of Potential: Program of Assessment, Diagnosis, and
Instruction (PADI). A second grant from the Brimstone Foundation will
support parent workshops and teacher training in literacy learning through
the arts at Mildred Green Elementary School in Anacostia. Haig Mardirosian - Professor of Music, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs - has been highlighted as soloist on a new CD of the Bach "Clavierubung, Part III," Centaur Records, CRC 2667. Sherrie Barr - Assistant Professor of Dance, Director of Dance - presented a paper "Feedback in the Technique Class - A Place and Time for Ethical Wholeness" as part of the Ethics in Dance Education Panel at the NDA Conference, Dance Pedagogy for the 21st Century, in Dallas, Texas - January 16-19, 2004. Emily Becher - Assistant Professor of Theatre, Lighting Design - provided lighting and pyrotechnics design for Apalachian Ballet Company's productions of Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, as well as the upcoming design for Giselle in May. Becher is also collaborating on a special project with Raji Reich and Lisa Muller entitled Dimensional Dance, a 3D phsyical collaboration between physics, light and motion. Sherrie Barr - Assistant Professor of Dance, Director of Dance- recently presented a workshop, "Here is our Story," at the international conference "Pulses and Impulses for Dance in the Community." The conference was held outside of Lisbon, Portugal, October 23-26. She also was an invited panel participant in the roundtable entitled "No Specialist Knowledge Required - A Discussion." Daniel Abraham - Assistant Professor of Music - was named in October to the Maryland State Arts Council Music Advisory Panel for 2005. Gail
Humphries Mardirosian - Associate
Professor of Theatre & Music Theatre, Department Chair - presented
with Lynn Fox, Dean of the School of Education at AU, at the International
Literacy and Research Network Conference on Learning at the Institute
of Education, University of London this July 2003. The presentation consisted
of a workshop and a paper that will be published in an upcoming monograph
entitled "Literacy Learning for At-Risk Students Through Arts-Based
Instruction - A Case Study of the Imagination Quest (IQ) Model."
Gail Humphries Mardirosian - Associate Professor of Theatre & Music Theatre, Department Chair - directed "And the World Goes Round" by Kander and Ebb this Summer 2003 at the Papermill Theatre, a professional theatre in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Emily Becher - Assistant Professor of Theatre, Lighting Designer - has recently been listed in "Who's Who in Fine Arts Higher Education." Daniel Abraham - Assistant Professor of Music - conducted a concert with The Bach Sinfonia in honor of the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, 21-22 March 2003. Prof. Abraham has also recorded an interview for the new PBS series "The History Detectives," premiering in June 2003. Caleen Sinnette Jennings - Professor of Theatre - American University Provost Cornelius M. Kerwin announced that Prof. Jennings will be this year's recipient of the Scholar-Teacher of the Year, given annually to a faculty member who exemplifies the tradition of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service at American University. Rob Esposito - Assistant Professor of Dance - has been invited to teach a 10-day course on dance improvisation and choreography in Spring 2004 at the Shi Chuan University College of Arts in the People's Republic of China. Gail
Humphries Mardirosian
- Associate Professor of Theatre & Music Theatre, Department Chair
- is participating on March 21 and 22 in a conference sponsored by the
Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students, entitled
"Diamonds in the Rough: Practical Strategies for Uncovering the Brilliance
of Gifted Underachieving Students." Gail is a presenter on a panel
entitled "Integrating the Arts into Education" sharing the findings
of her research on professional development training for teachers in arts
integration. She is also leading an interactive presentation with students
from Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia. These students are
currently participating in a project Gail is leading focusing on Science
Learning through the Arts. Funded by a grant from Lockheed-Martin Corporation,
this project is one of several arts integration initiatives of Imagination
Quest (IQ), a unique collaboration of Imagination Stage and American
University. IQ focuses on the use of arts-based teaching/learning to enhance
teacher effectiveness, improve student achievement, and further parental/guardian
involvement. Naima Prevots - Professor of Dance - was presented with the Pola Nirenska Lifetime Achievement Award by the Washington Performing Arts Society during the October 26th event celebrating her inspiration and achievements here in the Department of Performing Arts over the past 35 years, as well as her forthcoming retirement. Caleen Sinnette Jennings - Professor of Theatre - was prominently featured in a Washington Post article about her role in the Kennedy Center's "Page to Stage" project. Jennings hosted two events during this festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (http://www.kennedy-center.org): a performance of her play, Bess and Tess, and a workshop featuring plays by two of her AU students. The three-day "Page to Stage" festival on September 1-3 showcased a series of free readings, open rehearsals, and panel discussions for plays and musicals being developed by their respective artists-in-residence, including the debut of Streets of America. To read more, visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A144-2002Aug26.html or http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=XCPRB. Naima Prevots - Professor of Dance - was the recipient of a prestigious Fullbright grant in Dance. She was hosted in January 2002 by the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. To read more about Dr. Prevots's Fullbright experiences, visit http://www.cies.org/cies/specialists/ss_nprevots.htm.
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