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CAMPUS NEWS Febrmiy 9,2§§5 Music of Chopin performed by Meredith College faculty members 2 LACEY MADDREY Staff Writer Members of the Meredith Piano faculty filled Carswell Concert Hall with the music of Frederic Chopin on February 3 as part of a series of events entitled, “Celebrating George Sand and Chopin: In Honor of the George Sand Bicentennial.” Professor James Clybum, former coordinator of piano study atMeredith, introduced the faculty program with a narrative and slideshow about ('hopin’s birthplace and other areas of impor tance in the composer’s life. The piano performance began with the beautiful Chopin pieces. Impromptu in A-flat major. Op. 29, and Nocturne in C-sharp minor. Op. Posth. played by Dr. Margaret Evans, instructor of Piano. Evans entered the Meredith faculty in 1994, not merely a teacher, but a solo ist and collaborative artist as well. Evans has performed with orchestras in Chicago, Montana, and Central Illi nois; on public radio; and at the Art Institute of Chicago alongside an exhibit on Ger man Romanticism. Evans is renowned for her inter pretations of Mozart and the Impressionist masters. Drs. James Fogle and Kent Lyman took the stage to per form a very lively Rondo for Two Pianos in C major. Op. 73. The piece involved two pianos and perfect ex ecution of timing by both performers. Fogle, Professor of Music, teaches courses in music literature and his tory, keyboard harmony and of course, piano. Fogle, like Evans has also performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist. He is also the coor dinator of graduate studies in music here at Meredith. Lyman, Associate Profes sor of Music and Coordina tor of Piano Instruction, is a noted soloist and chamber artist throughout the United States and in South Ko rea. Lyman has performed with several orchestras and on a CD of chamber music honoring Virgil Thomson. The faculty program concluded with the piece. Ballade in F minor. Op. 52 played by Professor Frank Pittman. Pittman, Instructor of Piano, came to Meredith in 1998. Pittman is a well- known soloist, accompanist, and collaborative musician and has studied with several other renowned musicians. He has performed through out the United States as well as Europe and has been on British radio. Pittman is cur rently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at UNC-G. Exclusively for the faculty perfonnance, a special piano was brought into the Car- swell Concert Hall. Called the “Imperial” Bosendor- fer, this piano took a total of five years to build. The massive piano contains an extra octave in the lower register conveniently paint ed black to prevent the pianist from accidentally stumbling upon these keys. “Celebrating George Sand and Chopin: In Honor of the George Sand Bicentennial” began in October of 2004 with a French performance by actor Claude Beauclair and company. It ran into November with a lecture by Adam Wibrowski on Sand and Chopin, a public screen ing of Les Enfants du siecle, and a literary and musical recital by Meredith students. The celebration picked up again on February 2 with guest artist Ann Schein, continued with the faculty performance on February 3, and culminated with a Chopin recital by artist Wal ter Haut/ig on February 4. Music downloading a problem for students on campus NINA BORUM Staff Writer Music downloading is an increasingly popular ac tivity. A cheap and conve nient way to keep your fa vorite tunes close at hand, downloading songs illegally has become a real tempta tion here at Meredith. The Recording Industry Asso ciation of America (RIAA) emailed Tech services last week concerning piracy is sues at Meredith College. According to Douglas Aim, Network Services Ad ministrator, there have been around 15 to 20 complaints from copyright holders in the past school year due to Meredith students down loading music illegally. Recently in Vann, Resi dent Director Kelly West was wrongly accused by the RIAA of illegally down loading certain songs. Aim later explained that our IP address changes every hour and rotate to different lap tops. The RIAA scans IP ad dresses for those that share illegal files. If you get an /IP address of someone who has dov^oiloaded and shared illegal files you, like Kelly West, could be blamed with out warning. West encour ages all students to stay away from illegal down loading because it can even tually lead to a lawsuit. She recommends using iTunes for your .downloading needs or going to a music store. Although there is no way that you can prevent West’s imfortunate situation fi’om happening to you, you can do your part by deciding not to download music illegally. While you may find piracy convenient, it negatively affects the music industry which includes the artist, songwriters, producers, re tailers and so on. Every time you download illegally, you cost the industry legitimate sales. Downloading just one or two songs adds up. According to the RIAA, the music industry loses around $4.2 billion annu ally to piracy worldwide. You can find legal music downloading sites at Listen, com and Pressplay.com. Both of these sites offer unlimited streaming songs for $9.95 a month. AOL users should try Musicnet. com for $8.95 a month. To become more educated on copyright law visit the Recording Industry Asso ciation of America’s web site at www.riaa.com or the Music Coalition's website at www.musicunited.org. omt;i Did you miss out on signing up for the Belize Service Trip? There’s room for at the Meredith LeaderSbapee Instit iile on May 17 - 22,2095. Joio other Meredith students for this highly interactive, energizing, six-day leadership development eiperience. Registration: Febrnary 14-25,2M5 Office of Student Aclhnties and Leadei^ Development
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