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Music/Musicology
Seth Brodsky (2005-06)
Seth is an Assistant Professor in the music department at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Following a year in Berlin as a German Chancellor Fellow, he is completing a book titled Utopian Strain: Ambivalent Absolutes in European Music, 1961-2001, which explores four of postwar Europe’s most influential composers (Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, Helmut Lachenmann, and Wolfgang Rihm) within the context of T.W. Adorno’s writing on utopia. Related projects include articles on Rihm and the German metaphysical tradition; an article (in preparation) on Berio and the poet Paul Celan; and an examination of postwar European music’s endeavors in alternative memorial, not only to the aesthetic utopias of modernism’s past, but also to the last century’s genocides and art’s complicity therein. This work also informs Seth’s recent courses, which include an undergraduate seminar on intertextuality and influence in twentieth-century music; a graduate seminar on composing at the turn of the millennium; and an undergraduate lecture on music and melancholy. seth.brodsky@yale.edu (6/25/07)
Laura Dahl (1992-93)
Pianist Laura Dahl is an active performer as well as teacher. She
has performed in international venues including Carnegie Hall, the
Berlin Philharmonic, the Henley Festival, Davies Symphony Hall,
the Carmel Bach Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival. Together
with violinist Dawn Harms and cellist Emil Miland, Laura is a founding
member of the Harmida Piano Trio. She is the founder and artistic
director of the A. Jess Shenson Recital Series at Stanford University,
and the founder and artistic director of Music by the Mountain,
a new chamber music festival in northern California. Laura Dahl
is a member of the music faculty at Stanford University,
where she teaches collaborative and solo piano, chamber music, art
song interpretation, and diction for singers. While a German Chancellor Fellow in Berlin, Laura worked with pianist Phillip Moll, baritone
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and composer Aribert Reimann. Her project
focused on the study and performance of German Lieder. Laura.Dahl@stanford.edu
(4/24/06)
Damon Thomas Lee (2002-03)
Damon is an Artistic and Scientific Associate at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, where he teaches Media Music, Film-scoring, and Max/MSP for electronic composition, live-electronic, and interactive projects. During his year as a German Chancellor Fellow, he studied Music Composition, Media Music, and Collaboration with Sandeep Bhagwati. Since completing his fellowship, Damon has been Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (ZKM), KlangRaumKrems Minoritenkirche, Krems an der Donau, and the Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz. Recent audiovisual collaborations with artist Lida Abdul have resulted in a number of exhibitions worldwide. Damon continues to write concert works for ensembles, including Germany's leading new music group, the Ensemble Modern. dtl6@cornell.edu (3/17/08)
Brian Mathias (2007-08)
Brian finished his undergraduate work in psychology and music performance at Carnegie Mellon University in 2007. As a German Chancellor Fellow in Leipzig, Brian will work with the Neurocognition of Music group at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Science. His work will focus on the cognitive and neural processes involved in the perception of speech and music. briansmathias@gmail.com (7/3/07)
Ryan Minor (2000-01)
Ryan is an Assistant Professor of musicology in the music
department at SUNY Stony Brook. As a German Chancellor Fellow,
Ryan researched the choral movement in nineteenth-century Germany—primarily
in Berlin, but also with archival trips to Bonn, Luebeck, Hamburg,
Leipzig, and Bremen. This research went into his dissertation, recently
completed at the University of Chicago. His current research interests
include Brahms, Wagner, nationalism, and music and politics. Ryan.Minor@stonybrook.edu
(4/24/07)
Lizz Porter (2004-05)
Lizz Porter spent her year as a German Chancellor Fellow studying
horn performance with Ab Koster at the Hochschule für Musik
in Hamburg. Her project coupled work with the early valveless horn
and study of German musical history and culture with the goal of
forming a more educated view of early German works and the distinct
German performance style. She has a Bachelor of Music degree and
a Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and a
Master of Music degree from Rice University. She is working
on an artist diploma at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg,
and working as 3./1. Horn with the Luebeck Philharmonic Orchestra.
lizzporter@yahoo.com (5/1/06)
Ivan Raykoff (1999-00)
Ivan is a professor in the Arts concentration at Eugene Lang College,
The New School for Liberal Arts in New York. He teaches music courses
and interdisciplinary arts courses as well as performing and composing
as a pianist. He has recently completed a forthcoming collection
of essays titled A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics
in the Eurovision Song Contest. He is also completing his book project
"Dreams of Love: Representing the 'Romantic' Pianist,"
which examines the popular iconography of the concert pianist in
films, literature, and visual culture. As a German Chancellor Fellow,
Ivan did dissertation research on this topic in Berlin's libraries
and film archives, exploring the links between German and American
popular culture in the early 20th century. He completed his Ph.D.
in the Critical Studies and Experimental Practices program in music
at the University of California, San Diego. raykoffi@newschool.edu
(5/15/06)
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