Topic: music
Podcast: Mozart’s spirit pervades students’ monumental performance of Requiem
22 April 2009
- Living Portland
In a musical collaboration unlike anything seen at Lewis & Clark in recent decades, two choirs and the orchestra will together perform a concert including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final masterpiece, the Requiem, in two concerts this weekend. Following a year of tremendous choral growth, with student participation more than doubling, the Requiem performances will bring together [...]
Slideshow: Counseling Psychology Professor and PTSD expert Andraé Brown travels to Iraq
9 February 2009
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
After years of researching the legacy and impact of violence on marginalized populations—and on black males in particular—Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology Andraé L. Brown readily accepted rapper David Banner’s invitation to join his USO tour of Iraq and Kuwait last month. Click to view photographsAs roommates in graduate school, Brown and Banner became friends upon [...]
Video: Electronic music concert closes fall performance season
5 December 2008
- Living Portland
As the fall semester comes to a close, students of electronic music will share their work in a concert on Monday, December 8. “The concert celebrates the creativity of all of the electronic music students, each of whom has created an original piece of music, along with a movie and/or live performance,” said Visiting Instructor Jeff [...]
Video: Music students and faculty inspire each other through education, performance
14 November 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
For senior Lisa Neher, the college experience culminated in a transformative lesson: learning to break the rules. A testament to her instruction in Lewis & Clark’s composition program, Neher is heading toward graduation armed with classical training and prepared to share her musical voice with the world. “Starting out as a composition student, you’re learning the [...]
Slideshow: Collaboration reigns as “Urinetown” comes to Lewis & Clark
31 October 2008
- Living Portland
For the first time in 10 years, Lewis & Clark’s Fir Acres Theatre will be filled with the melodies of a main stage musical. Opening Nov. 6, “Urinetown, the Musical,” marks a major collaboration between the theatre and music departments, members of Portland’s creative community and close to sixty student actors, musicians, and crew members. Click [...]
Students lead political discourse on campus
18 March 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
(Portland, Ore.)—As the nation trains its focus on the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and the remaining states on the primary calendar, Oregon readies itself what could be the most relevant primary in recent state history. Lewis & Clark students are among those preparing for the May 20th primary, as campus groups are engaged in [...]
Governor honors Seeley for his contributions to music in Oregon
30 July 2007
- Living Portland
(Portland, Ore.)—Gil Seeley, James W. Rogers Professor of Music at Lewis & Clark, received a prestigious award for his dedication to furthering choral arts in Oregon, including his artistic direction of the Oregon Repertory Singers. On July 18, Governor Ted Kulongoski conferred Governor’s Arts Awards on Seeley and seven other distinguished recipients in a ceremony [...]