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The UB Symphony Orchestra is now welcoming new members to join for the Spring Semester. IMPORTANT: Our new rehearsal schedule in the Spring will be Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:00-9:00PM. Click here for more info. (Click here for the Fall Semester weekly schedule.)
James Avery has joined the Music Department as Visiting Professor of Piano and Director of the UB Contemporary Ensemble for the 2007/2008 year. Prof. Avery is a distinguished performer and conductor, whose many recordings will be well-known to any enthusiast of recent music.
Alan Street has been appointed the Slee Professor of Music Theory, beginning with the Spring semester 2008. Prof. Street, formerly of the University of Exeter, is a specialist in philosophical issues relating to music, and, while at UB, will continue to serve as the editor of the journal Music Analysis.
Stephanie Van der Wel will be joining the Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology, for the Spring semester 2008. Prof. Van der Wel recently completed her dissertation at UCLA, on country western music.
The Music Department would like to welcome Christian Baldini as the new Director of the UB Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Baldini brings an extraordinary talent and commitment to the orchestra, as well as a great deal of experience working with young people, from his native Argentina.
During the 2007/08 academic year, the Music Department will be conducting searches for full-time tenure-track positions in Percussion and in Historical Musicology. Details of these searches will be announced when they are available.
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