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Alexandra Mascolo-David

• CMU composer creates musical tribute to Mackinac Island

  - July 28, 2008
  The beauty and legends of one of Michigan's favorite tourist hotspots will come to life in a soon-to-premiere musical composition. -read more.

• “The Will” at Idlewild: Classical Connections to African American Culture - Friday, May 30 - Sunday, June 1

  - May 30, 2008
  “The Will,” written by Sandra Seaton, emeritus professor of English at Central Michigan University, portrays the life of an African American family in a small town in Tennessee after the Civil War. -read more.

• CMU Grad named MSBOA Band Teacher of the Year for 2008.

  - April 28, 2008
  Jeffrey K. Bennett, Director of Bands at Harbor Springs Public Schools, received his Bachelor of Music Education and Masters of Music in Performance degrees from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. He studied percussion with Professor Robert Hohner, music education with Professor Emeritus Norman C. Dietz, and conducting with John E. Williamson. -read more.

• CMU's Opus XI featuring international cuisine, entertainment

  - March 25, 2008
  Central Michigan University's Music Building will be filled with the sounds of the School of Music's most talented performers during an annual fundraising event in April. -read more.

• CMU honors seven faculty members with teaching excellence and distinguished service awards

  - March 25, 2008
  Quality teaching and sustained service are core components that help to create the foundation of educational excellence that Central Michigan University recognizes in its faculty members. -read more.

• International flavor: CMU faculty pianist to perform abroad

  - March 13, 2008
  Portuguese audiences will soon be treated to the research and talents of a Central Michigan University faculty pianist. Portugal native Alexandra Mascolo-David, a professor of piano in CMU's School of Music, will perform April 21 at the prestigious Teatro Sao Luiz in Lisbon. The solo recital will formally mark the Portuguese release of Mascolo-David's two acclaimed volumes of Francisco Mignone's "Valsas Brasileiras" (Brazilian waltzes), which were released in the U.S. in 2001 and 2007. -read more.

• CMU prof pens novel based on Vietnam experiences

  - February 25, 2008
  It's quite a departure from his usual subject matter and writing style, but one Central Michigan University faculty member's latest writing project tells a story that has been inside him for decades. "The Chaplain's Assistant: God, Country, and Vietnam," the first novel by Timothy Caldwell, CMU School of Music professor of voice, recently was published by iUniverse under his pen name, JT Caldwell. -read more.

• CMU horn prof sharing musical 'Souvenirs' on new CD

  - January 28, 2008
  A Central Michigan University faculty member and two colleagues spent a week of a recent summer making music together, and the "Souvenirs" from their journey will soon be available to the public. "Souvenirs," a compact disc featuring Bruce Bonnell, assistant professor of horn in CMU's School of Music, with internationally known colleagues Vieri Bottazzini, flute, and Peter Green, piano, was recorded in CMU's Staples Family Concert Hall in 2005 and will soon be released on Centaur Records. The project was funded by a CMU Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors grant through the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. -read more.