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The Latin American Music Center (LAMC), directed by Carmen Tellez, is a sponsor for Maria de Buenos Aires, an opera by Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer, which will be performed on August 31 in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater by ExArt , an innovative musical student association. In preparation, the group will be performing tango and music from the opera on July 8 from 8pm to 9:30pm during Tango Night at the Ragazzi Arte Café, 212 S. Rogers St. The artists performing include: Yuriria Rodriguez, soprano; Marcos Aguiar, tenor; Ulises Solano, tenor; André Micheletti, cello; Valeriano Fernandez, bandoneon; Hebe de Champeaux, violin, flute, piano; Alfredo Minetti, piano; Mike Mendelson, bass; Mary-Alice Powell, flute; and Tom Tudek, guitar.

The Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF), produced by Early Music Associates, Inc., is pleased to solicit proposals for concerts in its May 18 – May 28, 2007, festival. BLEMF invites interesting, diverse Early Music programs, which are not limited in scope of repertoire or performance style. Its intent is to diversify with multiculturalism, topic-focused programming, and novel approaches to performance practice. Proposals must be submitted by October 9, 2006. For more information, please contact Aubrey Scheffel at (812) 331-1263 or alscheff@indiana.edu.

Composer and Taiwan native Chi-Yi Hsu of Durham, NC, was named the winner of the USA International Harp Competition 2006 Composition Contest. The winning composition, Huan, will be a performance requirement at the 2007 USA International Harp Competition, held July 4 – July 15, in Bloomington, IN. The competition was founded in 1989 by Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Music Susann McDonald. For additional information, contact Aaron Kercheval at (812) 856-5715 or harpcomp@indiana.edu.

Philip Mann, pursuing his MM in conducting, won the 2006 Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors. This prestigious annual award is given to one or two conductors from the United States each year, giving them the opportunity to attend rehearsals at the Salzburg Music Festival.

Betsy Uschkrat, a master’s student in vocal performance, was recently crowned Miss Indiana. Click here for more information.

Thomas Baldner has been invited to teach and conduct at the Pierre Monteux School for a week in July. He is an alumnus of the school (1953 and ‘54).

Queen Elizabeth II greets clarinetist Julian Bliss, AD’02, following the July 19 prom at London’s Royal Albert Hall in honor of her 80th birthday. London’s The Times said, “The Queen did hear one top-class performance: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, played on the authentic basset clarinet (with its vital extra bass notes) by the 17-year-old Julian Bliss. Sinuous, immaculate and unfussy, he reserved his subtlest powers for the end of the sublime adagio, delivered so quietly that 6,000 people held their breath.” Bliss has been a favorite of the Royal Family, having performed several times at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and Covent Garden Opera House for Prince Phillip and Prince Charles and was among the distinguished artists invited to perform at the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations at Buckingham Palace in June 2002. He was a student of Howard Klug.

John Phillip Rush, MM’03, has been appointed Instructor of Flute at the University of Tulsa. Along with this appointment, Rush has also been named Principal Flute of the newly reformed Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. For the past two years, he has been living in Cincinnati, OH, performing with the School House Symphony and freelancing in the greater tri-state area (Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana). Rush has performed with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Ballet. This summer, he has a student participating in the Baroque Flute Masterclass at the National Flute Association Convention. While attending Indiana University, Rush was a student of Kate Lukas and Eva Legene.