Past Faculty Announcements
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Diana Mittler-Battipaglia Wins 2012 Lehman College Distinguished Service Award.
Since 1986, Prof. Battipaglia has presented over fifty major concerts featuring chorus members and orchestra members drawn from Lehman students, faculty, alumni and staff, high school students, and members of the community. “Dr B” is truly the heart and soul of the Music program at Lehman: her musicianship, scholarship and selfless dedication are a beacon providing artistry, education and enjoyment to generations of our Lehman and Bronx communities.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Molly Morkoski introduces new recording and wins 2012 scholarship award.
Professor Molly Morkoski introduces her new CD, entitled Threads. "The selections on this disc encompass my musical journey as a college and graduate student through my time as a beginning professional in New York City." Threads, on the Albany Records label, is available on Amazon and iTunes. In 2012 Prof. Morkoski also received the School of Arts and Humanities Award for Scholarship. Please visit www.mollymorkoski.com for more information.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Penny Prince holds auditions for new musical production
The Lehman Music Department's 2012 musical production, entitled Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, is an original sci-fi/ fantasy musical with script by Jeffrey Beer and score by Penny Prince. Professor Prince, also the Director, held auditions on Monday and Tuesday, January 30 and 31. Please click here for more information.
"I Climbed the Hair of the Girl" from the Spring 2011 musical, Rapunzel.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Victor Rendon's article on Paul Guerrero appears in the December 2011 issue of Modern Drummer
In the "What Do You Know About" featured section of the December 2011 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, Professor Victor Rendon discusses Paul Guerrero, his former teacher.
"The influence of this Texas legend, who worked with Woody Herman and Stan Kenton and was a close colleague of Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, and Shelly Manne, is still being felt today."
Please click here for the full article.
Faculty Spotlight: World Premiere of Professor John Corigliano's One Sweet Morning
John Corigliano's latest work, One Sweet Morning, commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Co-commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and the Shanghai Symphony, and written for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, the piece had its world premiere on September 30, 2011, featuring soloist Stephanie Blythe.
For information about the performance, please visit the New York Philharmonic's website here.
For a recent New York Times article about Professor Corigliano, please click here.
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Penny Prince Wins Thirteenth ASCAP Award
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
has awarded Professor Penny Prince (Music) her thirteenth consecutive
award for educational and popular music composition. On campus,
Professor Prince is known for her original musical theatrical
productions, staged during the spring semester.
A prolific composer, Professor Prince has built a reputation for collaborating with her cast members to create new material. She has produced several productions at Lehman, including Rapunzel, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, and Sleeping Beauty. Her musical When I Get To Where I’m Going, about the civil rights bus boycotts of the 1950s, was recently performed at a middle school in Brooklyn under the direction of Lehman alumnus Michel Mok.
“When Michel was a student at Lehman, he attended a performance of our play about the bus boycott movement, and now, as a music teacher in Brooklyn, he was determined to stage the show with his own students,” explains Professor Prince. “It was thrilling to attend the show and see what a new generation of pupils did with the material.”
A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Professor Prince earned her Ph.D. in music education from the Steinhardt School at NYU.
(Text quoted from Lehman Today. September 16, 2011: "Music Professor Wins Thirteenth ASCAP Award").
Faculty Spotlight: Marta Ghezzo Wins Teacher of the Year 2010 Award
Marta Ghezzo, Professor of Music, received
the Teacher of the Year 2010 Award. She teaches theory, musicianship,
and music appreciation and is praised loudly and prized widely by
students for her exceptional patience and dedication, her inspiring
passion, and her mastery of the musicianship. She has also mentored
many students who work as tutors for the Academic Center for
Excellence, and she has made an international impact on music education
through her visiting lectures in Italy and her well-established
textbook, Solfege, Ear Training, Rhythm, Dictation, and Music Theory.
Click here for the speech Professor Ghezzo intended to deliver at Lehman's Convocation, with pictures of her career as a music educator.
Faculty Spotlight: Hollander Honored for Service
Professor
Alan Hollander received a Faculty Recognition Award from the School of
Arts and Humanities for his service, which adds in vital ways to the
cultural fabric of the Music Department, the college, and the wider
community. He has conducted numerous performances by the Lehman Band
(including its annual Commencement exercises), conducted and played
with the Woodwind Quintet, coordinated two college/high school jazz
festivals, and arranged music for the Lehman Foundation, the Macaulay
Honors College, and the National College Board Conference. He also
served on several college-wide committees, including the Lehman Stages
Advisory Committee, the Campus Activities Committee, and the Multimedia
Center Advisory Committee. In the Music Department, Professor
Hollander has managed its performance budget and its private
instruction program, and has worked tirelessly to develop the
relationship between Lehman and the Celia Cruz High School.
Last modified: Sep 13, 2012
