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Greetings from Dean Ron JonesSubmitted by Ron Jones
Image by Justin Smith
First and most importantly, thank you for your interest in the arts at USF and your willingness to read this newsletter and allow us to share with you some of the highlights of this new academic year.
This edition of our newsletter opens with an image of our Herd of Thunder Marching Band. With USF now in the Big East Athletic Conference, the competition and exposure for USF is heightened. As you probably know, our football team and our Herd of Thunder Marching Band are getting better each year (not withstanding a few bumps along the road for the football team!). We are proud to demonstrate to such large audiences as those at Raymond James Stadium that the arts are an important - even critical - dimension of what builds a tradition of sprit at USF. You may have received a letter from us encouraging you to consider a gift for the Marching Band. If you want to help in the support of special extra costs for having a Marching Band (e.g., uniforms, travel to games on the road, stipends, etc.) but have not received the mailing, let us know. Call 813-974-1756 or visit http://usfweb2.usf.edu/ua/affmb/flash/. 519
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Ed Ross - Art and CommunitySubmitted by Jennifer Lenhart
In 2003 Ed Ross, School of Art and Art History adjunct faculty member and USF Art Studio graduate, started a largely volunteer organization, Community Stepping Stones, dedicated to providing education, mentoring of children and enriching the quality of life in low income neighborhoods through the Arts and community partnerships.
“A longtime fixture on the local arts scene, Ross has emerged in recent years as an advocate for not just the river that runs through his neighborhood, but also for another often overlooked resource close to home: the children who live nearby, most of whom come from low-income households,” says St. Petersburg Times reporter Sharon Ginn.
Ed Ross, Sulphur Springs resident since 1968, along with Community Stepping Stones volunteers, and community partners are helping the children of Sulphur Springs realize their artistic capabilities and practical business skills.
Not only does the program offer children the opportunity to develop their creative talents, it also simultaneously provides college students with the opportunity to teach an art for course credit. In fact, in less than a year the organization donates over 3,000 hours (equal to $44,000) of volunteer teaching time.
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Meet Our New Faculty: fall 2006Be sure to welcome the new CVPA faculty members!
Art and Art History
Gregory Green – Assistant Professor
Green is internationally recognized for his challenging work and the numerous controversies it has spawned both in the USA and Europe. Since the mid-1980’s, he has created artworks and performances exploring systems of control and the evolution of individual and collective empowerment He attended undergraduate school at The Art Academy of Cincinnati and graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Dr. Noel Schiller – Assistant Professor
Dr. Schiller is an expert in the field of Renaissance and Baroque Art. She graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her scholarly interests include Netherlandish art and theory of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, comic theory and contemporary viewing practices.
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School of Theatre and DanceSubmitted by Marc Powers
The semester has begun with a series of challenges to each of the schools which can either be looked at as Sissyphus’s rock or as opportunities for change. I am in the “opportunities” camp. While we are in the process of preparing for program reviews in both theatre and dance and, within a year, accreditation visits in both disciplines as well, we are also addressing the challenge of producing more student credit hours, developing bylaws for the school, identifying our priorities for enhancing our programs, beginning the process of three faculty searches, preparing for five major visiting residencies, and are, as I write this, in varying stages of the rehearsal process for three major productions. In short, it is business as usual for the School of Theatre and Dance.
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USFDance Graduate, Jermaine Terry, Joins Ailey IISubmitted by Sandra Robinson
Jermaine Terry, 2005 graduate of the Dance Program in the School of Theatre and Dance, has recently accepted a contract to dance with Ailey II. This company is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s best young talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers.
Immediately upon accepting the position, Jermaine began rehearsals to learn the company’s repertory in preparation for the rigorous touring schedule. The Ailey II season will include works by choreographers, Dwight Rhoden, Robert Battle and the founder, Alvin Ailey.
USFDance trained Jermaine from a beginner student to an exceptional dancer who received his BFA in Performance and graduated cum laude.
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Renowned Indian Singer Pandit Jasraj Brings World Music to USF Submitted by Philip Booth
This fall renowned singer Pandit Jasraj introduced the scales, rhythms and cultural and religious contexts of North Indian classical music to University of South Florida students via a unique performance-based class at the School of Music.
Jasraj was the guest artist in residence for Music of India/World, a course which was available for the first time this fall to music majors, non-majors and graduate students through the College of Visual & Performing Arts.
The residency, made possible in part by the office of USF Provost Renu Khator, was an outgrowth of the vocalist’s one-time appearance at USF in November 2005, during a course on Indian culture taught by Patricia Bowes-Jeffers.
“I got a lot of really good feedback from students who heard Jasraj last year,” said Bowes-Jeffers, a music education doctoral student who also is the instructor for the new class. “He’s a masterful teacher, and patient with everybody. He really brought out the best in them.”
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USF Resident Artist Series Submitted by Jennifer Lenhart
Tapping into its distinguished music faculty talent, the College of Visual & Performing Arts has created the Resident Artist Series. Critically acclaimed and accomplished professors perform, in part, to bring attention to the artistic excellence of the School of Music and also as an incentive to attract music students to USF from all over the world.
November 5, 2006 at 4 p.m.
Tom Brantley, trombone, "Obsessed With Treasure," CD release recital featuring the music of David Gluck. Guests include the USF Brass faculty, percussionist David Gluck, pianist Corey Jane Holt, and the Jazz Surge trombonists.
November 19, 2006 at 4 p.m.
John Robison, Baroque oboe and recorder, featuring music by Diomedes Cato, Anthoine Francisque, Petro Paolo Melii, Elias Mertel, Nicholas Vallet, and others.
All Resident Artist Series events take place in FAH 101 on the USF Tampa Campus.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students and seniors and can be purchased by visiting www.arts.usf.edu or by calling (813) 974-2323.
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TheatreUSF presents a Macy’s production of Moon on a Rainbow Shawl by Errol John
Submitted by Julie Rose
November 9-11 and November 15-19 at 8 pm,
November 12 and 19 at 3 pm,
Theatre 1
It is the mid 1950’s in a poor, tight-knit Trinidad inner-city neighborhood. A huge orange moon balloons above the rusting corrugated iron roofs shedding a glow that softens, to poetic idealization, the aspect of an otherwise harsh environment from which all the occupants are dreaming their escape to a better life….
Muttoo directs a cast of USF students and faculty in a highly acclaimed production that shows us how people deal with relationship problems, struggles against poverty and a willingness to better themselves, themes which are the same no matter what color you are.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. For additional information or to purchase tickets please visit www.arts.usf.edu or call the arts box office at 813-974-2323. 508
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Berni Searle: Approach Submitted by USF Contemporary Art Museum
USF Contemporary Art Museum
October 27–December 16, 2006
Berni Searle: Approach, is a multidimensional program with internationally celebrated South African artist, whose work in performance, photography, film and video installation address racial and gender inequities through the use of her body, personal histories and the construction of personal mythologies. After just over a decade of democracy, contemporary South African artists are examining identity and culture, and the clash of modern technologies with traditional practices and values.
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Jazz Masterworks Series presents: Happy 50th!Submitted by Dave Stamps
Following on the heels of a debut season that brought such luminary artists as Chick Corea, Slide Hampton, Karrin Allyson, and Gordon Goodwin to Central Florida; the Jazz Masterworks Series returns once again with an adventurous, eclectic, and swinging lineup for 2006/07. Produced in conjunction with the USF Center for Jazz Composition, the series focuses its attention on the jazz composer - performing classic jazz repertoire as well as premiers of cutting-edge literature.
Tickets are available for concerts through the individual venue box offices. Contact series Managing Director, Dave Stamps, for more information about artists/events for the upcoming season at 813-974-4285. For more information on the educational outreach concerts contact the Hillsborough County Arts Council.
The 2006/2007 Jazz Masterworks Series season features:
•“HAPPY 50TH!” Classic Jazz Works of 1956/57
Featuring: Clay Jenkins, Trumpet & Reggie Thomas, Piano
Performing: Miles Ahead Suite - as arranged by Gil Evans and recorded by Miles Davis and Cuban Fire Suite – Composed by Johnny Richards and recorded by Stan Kenton. Selections from Duke Ellington’s triumphant Newport Jazz Concert and more!
Monday, Nov. 13 – Tampa Theatre 8 PM
Tuesday, Nov. 14 – Palladium Theater 7:30 PM
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DanceUSF Presents Exhale – An Evening of Dance and VoiceSubmitted by Julie Rose
USF School of Theatre and Dance launches its 2006 - 2007 dance season with Exhale – An Evening of Dance and Voice. The concert will be presented October 27, 28 and November 2 - 4 at 8 pm and October 29 at 3 pm in Theatre 2, Tampa Campus. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and seniors and can be purchased through the College of Visual & Performing Arts Box Office by calling 813.974.2323 or visiting the arts box office website. 522
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The Sunday Series Presents Scott Kluksdahl Performing "Lines for Solo Cello"Submitted by Jennifer Lenhart
The Sunday Series, in partnership with the Tampa Museum of Art, is in full swing for the fall 2006 semester. Each month, professors and faculty from USF’s College of Visual & Performing Arts will host lectures and performances at the museum, with the ultimate goal of bringing the arts to the Tampa Bay community.
The next in the Series is world-renowned cellist Scott Kluksdahl, performing "Lines for Solo Cello." The program, titled after his first album release of the same name, will feature standard and contemporary works for the unaccompanied cello, in addition to works written specifically for him. Strings magazine identified Scott Kluksdahl as "a simply superb cellist, playing with consummate technical ease, a beautiful sound, total conviction, authority and dedication to music."
The event will be on Sunday, November 19 at 2 p.m. and is free with Tampa Museum of Art admission. For additional information, contact Tampa Museum of Art at (813) 274-8130.
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Victor Fung "Teaching Musicians to be Teachers"
Victor Fung, School of Music, recently returned from the annual conference of the College Music Society held in San Antonio, Texas, September 14-17, 2006. While there, he chaired a plenary panel on "Teaching Musicians to be Teachers," presented "World Musics in the College Curriculum: Searching for Equilibrium," facilitated the "Open Forum for Music Education and Music in General Studies," and presided a session on "Bilingualism, Attention, Preference, and Cultural Identity in Listening to Music." In addition, he is finishing his three-year term as Board Member for the Society and is continuing to serve on its International Initiatives Committee, Community Engagement Committee, and Program Committee.
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Elisabeth Fraser "Cultural Exchange and the Making of European Art 1500-1930" 
Associate Professor of Art History, Dr. Elisabeth Fraser, has been invited to participate in the annual prestigious Rand Lectures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on October 6 and 7, 2006.
Along with five major scholars, Fraser will address the topic of "Cultural Exchange and the Making of European Art 1500-1930."
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Jack Wilkins Performs and Presents at Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops 
Professor of Jazz Studies Jack Wilkins performed concerts and presented masterclasses and clinics at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops in Kentucky and the Jazzwise Summer Workshop in London. Both events drew attendants from around the world. While in the UK, Wilkins also performed in concert at The Bulls Head Tavern, a London jazz tradition which has been presenting world class jazz for over 40 years.
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Mark Koven Awarded Prestigious Florida Individual Artist Fellowship 
Mark Koven, visiting assistant professor of Studio Art, has been awarded a prestigious Florida Individual Artist Fellowship by the Florida Arts Council and Secretary of State for the 2006 Fellowship award year.
Selected by experts in the field from submissions throughout the state, Mark makes photographs based on his interactions with individuals throughout Florida. Having taught photography for the USF School of Art and Art History in 2005-2006, Mark is the Interim Coordinator of the Studio Foundation program this year.
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Gregory Green’s Artwork Part of Major Exhibition at Hayward Gallery in London 
Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Gregory Green’s artwork is included in a major exhibition at the prestigious Hayward Gallery in London that opened September 7 and closes November 19.
The exhibition, a celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Hayward Gallery on London’s South Bank, is titled “How to Improve the World: 60 Years of British Art, Arts Council Collection” and features works by “over 100 artists, ranging from Henry Moore and Francis Bacon to Sarah Lucas and Chris Ofili. Throughout this period, art has registered every significant shift of attitude and change in the economic, political and cultural climate, from the sober humanism of the post-War years, through the exuberance and irreverence of the 60s, to the brazen assertiveness of the 80s and the internationalism and self-consciousness of the present.”
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Theatre Alum on Touring Cast of the Broadway Show "Wicked" 
Terry Larson graduated cum laude in 2000 with a BA in Dance and then went on to receive her master’s of Physical Therapy from USF in 2004. She is currently the physical therapist for the touring cast of the Broadway show "Wicked." Terry is also working on her doctorate in Physical Therapy with graduation expected in 2007.
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