Judy Lochhead, Chair
Perry Goldstein, Graduate Program Director
Sheila Silver, Director of Undergraduate Studies

UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, November 20 8:00 PM RH - Camerata Singers, $ Conductor Alice Cavanaugh leads the beautiful voices of the Camerata Singers in a concert of music from Spain, with Adam Nielsen, piano and Yannis Petridis, guitar. Tickets $10/$5. Sunday, November 23 7:00 PM RH - Computer Music Stony Brook students, guest composers and performers showcase the latest in sonic technology and sound manipulation software and hardware, with real-time electronic performance and fixed media. Tuesday, November 24 8:00 PM RH - Stony Brook Opera A program of scenes from Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress and operas by Benjamin Britten, semi-staged and sung in the original English language, with piano accompaniment. Timothy Long, Conductor; Jennifer Aylmer, Stage Director. Tickets $10/$5 STUDENT RECITALS AND COLLOQUIA Thursday, November 19 12:00 PM RH - Lynn Steeves, Horn 3:00 PM RH - Rebecca Metheney Mason, flute 5:00 PM RH - Ya-ting Yu, flute Monday, November 30 3:00 PM RH - DMA Lecture Recital - Eileen Mack, Clarinet Clarinet vs. Tape: temporal synchronization in electro-acoustic works. Tuesday, December 1 4:15 PM Music Library Seminar Room - Giuseppe Gerbino (Columbia University)

DEPARTMENT NEWS November 2009 Professor Sarah Fuller Lifetime Membership in the Society for Music Theory which recognizes extraordinary achievement in the field of music theory and a long-standing contribution to music theoretical endeavor.  In addition to this award, a volume of the Journal of Music Theory  (52/2:2008) is dedicated to Professor Fuller.  The volume was edited by Professor Jennifer Bain (PhD, Stony Brook) and contributors include:  Cristle Collins Judd, Elizabeth Aubrey, Rebecca Maloy, Virginia Newes, Jennifer Bain, and a new article by Sally. Joanna Kaczorowska, violin (DMA and Assistant Professor), and Pablo Lavandera, piano (DMA, and Visiting Scholar) 2009 First Prize for Collaborative Artists in the Liszt-Garrison Competition, including another award for "Best Interpretation."  The prize includes several performances in the United States and a performance at the 2010 Wagner Festival in Bayreuth.  For more information on this prize, see: http://lisztgarrisoncompetition.org/files/winners-2009.pdf