Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

August 23, 2004

2004-05 Celebrity Series Schedule Announced
UA Announces Guest Organ Recital Featuring David Buice
Social Work Calling for Family Caregiver Volunteers
Dialog Announces Publishing Schedule for Fall 2004
Submit Announcements to Dialog and Dialog Extra Online

2004-05 Celebrity Series Schedule Announced

UA's School of Music proudly announces its Celebrity Series concert schedule for 2004- 05. This season's four offerings are Take 6; Gil Shaham, violin, and Orli Shaham, piano; Frank Moody Memorial Concert with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra; and the Billy Taylor Jazz Trio, all of which will offer a variety of styles to delight audiences. All four performances are sponsored by the Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation, which marks the 16th year that the Moody Foundation has brought an internationally acclaimed talent to the University and underwritten the performances of world-class performers.

All performances are held in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the UA campus at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Celebrity Series subscriptions are $72 for main floor and first balcony and $55 for second balcony and main floor Rows A and B. Single ticket prices are $22 and $15 for general audiences and $7 for students with valid IDs. For ticket information or an immediate credit card purchase call the School of Music Box Office at 348-7111.

Take 6 — Friday, Sept. 10

This award-winning Christian sextet broke new ground in a cappella in the 80s, paving the way for the popular revival of R&B vocal groups. Their jazz harmonies, original songs and vocal pyrotechnics represent some of the best a cappella ever recorded. The one constant for Take 6 is their spiritual foundations and their richly layered and uniquely fashioned harmonies.

Gil Shaham, violin, Orli Shaham, piano — Saturday, Nov. 13

Brother and sister have made extended duo-recital tours of Europe and North America. Gil Shaham and Orli Shaham also released a recording of "Dvorak for Two" on the Deutsche Grammophon label in 1997. Violinist Gil is internationally recognized by audiences and many noted critics as one of today's most virtuosic and engaging classical artists. Pianist Orli has established an impressive international reputation as one of today's most gifted young pianists. Her recent seasons have included successful debuts with the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras, both resulting in re-engagements.

Frank Moody Memorial Concert: Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Alistair Willis, conductor, William Wolfram, piano — Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005, 3 p.m.

As part of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra's program for the Frank Moody Memorial Concert, William Wolfram will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 under the baton of Alastair Willis. American pianist Wolfram was winner of the Silver Medal in both the William Kapell and the Naumberg international piano competitions. He is a versatile recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician who has garnered the respect of musicians and the acclaim of critics across the country. Wolfram is a graduate of The Juilliard School and lives in New York City.

Billy Taylor Jazz Trio, Saturday — April 9, 2005

Billy Taylor Jazz Trio Vigorously dedicated to nurturing jazz and creating new forums and opportunities for the artists who perform it, Billy Taylor is an American radio and television icon who not only composes jazz but also performs it, appearing with such jazz greats as Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. As the music director of the first-ever television series about jazz (The Subject is Jazz) in 1958, the host of daily radio shows featuring jazz artists in the 1960s, the musical director of The David Frost Show in the 1970s, arts correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning from the early 1980s to present, as an accomplished pianist, Taylor has helped to bring jazz and the musicians who perform it the recognition and critical acclaim they so justly deserve.

UA Announces Guest Organ Recital Featuring David Buice

UA's School of Music announces a guest recital featuring organist David Buice on the Holtkamp Organ Monday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building. Buice's recital, "Darkness into Light: A Meditation on Chorale Preludes of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)" is free and open to the public. For further information contact the School of Music box office at 348-7111.

Organist at Oak Grove United Methodist Church, and Harpsichordist-in-Residence at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art in Atlanta, Buice has developed a national reputation as one of the most satisfying performers on organ and harpsichord to be heard on today's concert circuit. He studied with former UA organist Warren Hutton. He made his New York City debut in two recitals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, playing the Museum's historic 1830 Appleton pipe organ, as well as becoming the first solo harpsichordist to be presented on the exclusive Patrons Lounge Recital Series. He returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in April of 2004 to play a lute-harpsichord recital for the Patrons Lounge Series.

Social Work Calling for Family Caregiver Volunteers

A five-year study about family caregiving to older family members, Family Relationships in Late Life (FRILL), is looking for volunteers to participate in the project. FRILL is being funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging and is taking place in the areas in and around Athens, Ga., Pittsburgh, and Tuscaloosa. The Alabama segment is being conducted by UA's School of Social Work. Investigators, Drs. Jordan Kosberg and Debra Nelson-Gardell, from the UA School of Social Work, and Dr. Forrest Scogin, from the UA department of psychology, are studying the experiences of family and friends who provide care to older persons. Care recipients and caregivers will both participate in this project:

Care recipients are to be over the age of 60 and have an illness or disability that requires some assistance in the performance of activities of daily living (i.e., bathing, eating, shopping). Caregivers are to be family or friends over the age of 21 who live with the older care recipient. At the conclusion of this study, it is anticipated that analyses will provide findings on the differences in the caregiving experience, if any, by geographic area, gender, race, and time in the caregiving role. Upon completion of each interview, both the caregiver and the care recipient will each receive a check in the amount of $25. For more information about this project and its need for volunteers, contact Cynthia Timmons, B.S.W., at 348-7027.

Dialog Announces Publishing Schedule for Fall 2004

The fall 2004 Dialog publication schedule with deadlines in parentheses follows; deadlines for submissions are Wednesdays, eight working days prior to publication date: Sept. 7 (Aug. 25); Sept. 20 (Sept. 8); Oct. 4 (Sept. 22); Oct. 18 (Oct. 6); Nov. 1, (Oct. 20); Nov. 15 (Nov. 3); Dec. 13 (Dec. 1).

Issues of Dialog are located on the Web at dialog.ua.edu or from UA's home page, click on the UA News link. Dialog is listed in the left column. For more information, call or e-mail Joanna Hutt, editor, at 348-7661 or jhutt@ur.ua.edu.

Submit Announcements to Dialog and Dialog Extra Online

Faculty and staff are invited to submit announcements of events, lectures, performances and other activities to Dialog and Dialog Extra online. Simply go to http://dialog.ua.edu/dialogsubmit1.html and fill out the form. Be sure to include a contact phone number in case questions arise. Dialog Extra, the email newsletter, will go to a weekly publication schedule beginning Aug. 23. You can expect to receive Dialog Extra each Monday. Each edition will include events and activities scheduled for that week only. Activities scheduled Tuesday through the following Monday will be included in each edition. We hope this streamlined process and more frequent publication will provide current information in a timely and useful manner. The print edition of Dialog will continue to be published every two weeks during the academic year and less frequently during the summer. If you have questions, please contact Joanna Hutt, Dialog editor, at 348-7661 or jhutt@ur.ua.edu or Cathy Andreen, director of media relations, at 348-8322 or candreen@ur.ua.edu.

Faculty and staff may submit material for Faculty and Staff Notes electronically: go to the website at dialog.ua.edu and click the left-column link for submitting a Faculty/Staff Notes entry. An F/S Notes entry cites publications, performances, appointments, awards or elections to professional positions.

The sender may request an FS Notes form by e-mail to shibbard@ur.ua.edu. The form will be returned in a reply e-mail. After receiving that reply, the sender then clicks on "Reply" and fills in the form. After completion, the sender returns the reply. The sender may keep the form as a template word processing document. The completed form can be sent by e-mail to the same address as an attachment or embedded in an email. The office assistant may keep a template for faculty and staff to complete as needed and to be returned electronically.

Please include your academic and/or staff title. Dialog regrets being unable to publish information on presentations, speeches and addresses, or on works yet to be published. For more information, call the Office of Media Relations at 348-5320.

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