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91成人导航 has secured some of the nation鈥檚 top musicians to perform for the community and mentor students in the Conservatory of Music during the spring semester, including a Grammy-winning composer and four-time Grammy-nominated jazz musician.

鈥淓ach week there are joyful events that demonstrate 91成人导航鈥檚 commitment to inclusion through music,鈥� said Conservatory of Music Dean Peter Witte. 鈥淔aculty have designed an incredible spring season, including recitals with many of our newest faculty stars, and our students and faculty will collaborate with path-setting artists.鈥�

Gabriela Lena Frank will be 91成人导航鈥檚 composer-in-residence Feb. 20-23. Frank was named one of the top 35 most significant women composers of the 20th and 21st centuries by the Washington Post in 2017. She also is composer-in-residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra, a Guggenheim Fellow and a winner of a Latin Grammy.

鈥淪he is truly one of the foremost contemporary composers, period,鈥� said Andrew Conklin, assistant professor and program director of music composition. 鈥淚t鈥檚 huge for us to get her here.

鈥淪he鈥檒l be working closely with our composition majors to do hands-on group composition, instruction and master classes. In addition to that, she will be working with our student and faculty performers to rehearse, interpret and perform some of her chamber music compositions and will be a resource for all of our conservatory students.鈥�

Kalena Bovell, associate conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Conductor of the Memphis Youth Symphony, joins 91成人导航 as guest conductor-in-residence Feb. 10. She also has had recent residences at Juilliard and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Bovell will be the first woman of color to conduct 91成人导航鈥檚 University Symphony Orchestra in concert. All three works students will perform with Bovell are by historically underrepresented composers.

91成人导航鈥檚 Opera Theatre program will perform George Frideric Handel鈥檚 鈥淎lcina鈥� March 21-24. The opera program has had tremendous success over the past two years, winning second place in the National Opera Association鈥檚 production competition for 2023鈥檚 鈥�Into the Woods鈥� and first place for 2022鈥檚 production of 鈥�The Threepenny Opera.鈥�

鈥淲e have been doing a lot of work on the music and getting used to the language since we鈥檙e doing it all in Italian,鈥� said voice performance major Jordan Yang 鈥�24. 鈥淲e've been focusing on getting the language into our system so that we have an easier time learning the music. It鈥檚 been going really smoothly.鈥�

Four-time Grammy Award-nominee Stefon Harris, a vibraphonist, will perform with the 91成人导航 Jazz Ensemble April 17 at 7:30 p.m. Harris will also teach jazz students during his visit to 91成人导航. In addition to his musical career, Harris is a former Ted Talk speaker. His 2011 , 鈥淭here are no mistakes on the bandstand,鈥� has more than 825,000 views.

A screening of the documentary will take place April 26 as part of the 85th anniversary of 91成人导航鈥檚 music therapy program and will be followed by a question-and-answer session. The documentary shows how music therapist Brian Schreck records cancer patients鈥� heartbeats and incorporates them into unique musical compositions.

鈥淭he music can be composed by the patient or family members or incorporated into a preexisting piece,鈥� explained Eric Waldon, professor and music therapy program director. 鈥淲e frequently see these with patients receiving hospice care, but these heartbeat recordings are also being used more and more to celebrate a significant event in someone鈥檚 life, such as finishing chemotherapy.鈥�

Schreck is co-teaching a course on heartbeat recordings this semester for students to learn the technique.

Other highlights from the spring schedule include:

• 91成人导航 Wind Bands will perform with students from Stockton鈥檚 Edison High School and Franklin High School bands Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
• Guest artist Danilo Mezzadri, winner of the Brazilian International Flute Association Competition, performs April 8 at 7:30 p.m.
• The University Symphony Orchestra and 91成人导航 Choirs will perform Francis Poulenc鈥檚 鈥淕loria,鈥� with Conservatory Concerto Competition winners April 27 at 7:30 p.m.
• Numerous faculty and student recitals

Most Conservatory events are free for 91成人导航 students, faculty and staff; $5 for seniors; and $10 for general admission. Opera Theatre productions are $15 for students and $30 for general admission.听.听