Austria Music
2004–2005 Fulbright Awards – Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Musical Instrument Training ... Ethnomusicology ... Eastman School of Music ... [Read More]
Ruth Hall of Middletown, Rhode Island
Ruth Hall of Middletown, Rhode IslandBy Sean Reid/Daily News StaffMiddletown, Rhode Island[Reprinted with permission of Newport Daily News]June 6, 2002, MIDDLETOWN--Would a junior in high school ever imagine that she'd be back at her alma mater almost 25 years later, talking to students about her job in the Foreign Service?That's what Ruth M. Hall, a U.S. consular officer in Frankfurt, Germany, did this week. On Tuesday, she spoke to a group of history students at Middletown High a ... [Read More]
Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights: A Developing Country's Perspective
The music industry in all its ramifications forms a major part ofcultural industries since it is one of the formats through whichmusical folklore is expressed. In Ghana, musicians have a vastreservoir of indigenous Ghanaian music from which they draw theirinspiration; they are able to modify and arrange expressions offolklore to modern-day music. ... In Ghana during the 1970s and 1980s, with the advent of taperecording machines and videocassette recorders, the production ofindigenous music was on the ascent and could be heard all overthe country. Yet the musicians, artists, producers, and othersinvolved in the legitimate production of music — and the musicindustry as a whole — had never been poorer due to the impact ofthese new recording technologies and their encouragement ofpiracy. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Dobriansky in Austria Says U.S. Committed on Climate Change
It is hard not to look back with wonder on the technological advances that have taken place over the last two centuries. That is especially true here in Vienna - a city that is synonymous with music, the arts and culture, but also industry, as many of you here can attest-and a city that also has been at the center of so many important events in the past and the present. Our ability to communicate freely with friends in remote and distant places, to travel easily around the world, or to diagnose and treat once fatal diseases, would be awe-inspiring to our predecessors from the early 19th or even the early 20th centuries. ... [Read More]
English Teaching Forum Online – Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Since its inception in New Orleans over a century ago, jazz has become a global musical phenomenon with devoted fans and talented musicians all over the world. This musical diversity has produced rich blends of melodies and harmonies. As jazz has spread in popularity, it has influenced other forms of music. It has changed the way musicians view their art—from a confining, restricted reenactment of a composer's work, to an expressive, unique translation by the individual musician. Jazz—the quintessential American music—is a music of freedom and innovation, not just for the artist but for the listener as well. As Wynton Marsalis noted, "It is an improvisational art that makes itself up as it goes along, just like the country that gave it birth." References ... [Read More]
"It's Academic" Special Edition
The movie "The Sound of Music" was set in what homeland of Arnold Schwarzenegger? ... This year's event offered an international twist on the show hosting students from the Islamic Saudi Academy and the French International School, as well as students from three Washington-area high schools grouped as the "American Schools." Many of the questions selected included foreign subjects on sports, music, the movies, or politics. The contest pace was fast and the questions difficult. The American Schools team won by a close margin. ... [Read More]
Publication (Paper Show) - FACES OF AFRICA: THE ART OF FACES OF AFRICA:
He accepted the offer, then met and married a young Armenian woman named Mary from Massachusetts, who also loved music and art. They then moved to California, to begin a new life.Leo learned everything he could about recording and how to repair sound equipment. A year later, in 1953, his boss said, "You're ready now," and sent Leo and his wife, a jeep, and a load of recording equipment to Pakistan. There, Leo worked for a while with the music director of Radio Pakistan, traveling around with him recording music. ... [Read More]
CultureConnect: SuccessStories
The group included Hohigo Jasse, a musician who plays traditional Mozambican instruments and also has exhibited his drawings in Austria—see photographs from Ms. Wilson's trip. He brought his musical instruments and was ready to learn and share his art. He even performed on stage with Mary Wilson! ... Mary Wilson and young Pakistani musician Nauman Lasharie discuss music ... Inspired by their meetings outside the U.S., some have visited the United States for further mentoring or to show their own talents. A Costa Rican acting student met Doris Roberts at her own home. A musician from Mozambique performed with Mary Wilson onstage. ... [Read More]
Fulbright Gallery : The Musician and His Fulbright Experience
John Hilliard is Professor of Music, a resident composer, and Chair of the Contemporary Music Festival at the School of Music of James Madison University. He has received commissions and grants from many sources, including the Mid-America Arts Council, the Fulbright Program, the American Symphony Orchestra League, the Meet-the-Composer Program, the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the NEA. Hilliard received his doctorate in composition from Cornell in 1983, studying there with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Karel Husa. His other composition teachers: Donald Erb, W. Francis McBeth, Eugene Kurtz, George Balch Wilson, Robert Palmer and Ned Rorem. Hilliard has been the featured guest composer at over twenty universities around the country. His works have been performed widely in the U.S. and in the United Kingdom, Austria, South America, Canada, Hong Kong, and Japan. He was one of two composers requested to ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Its nine provinces shape a nation of diverse charm. In the Tirol, winter sees garlanded cattle return to valley farms from summer pasture on meadow heights, and skiers claim the slopes. Neighboring Salzburg, too, is a paradise of winter sports and summer hiking; its namesake city holds a famed festival rich with the music of a land that gave the world such greats as Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, and Haydn. Pine-forested and rocky peaks of these provinces contrast with the blue lakes of Carinthia and the green vineyards of Styria. ... [Read More]
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