Eleven artists and scholars, representing the fields of Music, Playwriting, and Theatre Studies, have been selected from among the applicants for Howard Foundation Fellowships for 2008-2009. The fellows and their projects are:
Music (Composition):
Amy Williams, Assistant Professor, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, Cineshape Series.
Matthew Burtner, Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Virginia, Composition of a multimedia opera, “Unganaqtuq (a profound attachment)”, staged in multiple remote locations and performed simultaneously using distance technology.
Kotoka Suzuki, Assistant Professor of Music, The University of Chicago, Lumia Project for Chamber Ensemble, Video and Computer (Real-Time Audio and Visual Processing) and Electro-Acoustic Work for 840 Speakers.
Music (Performance):
Robert Nairn, Associate Professor of Double Bass, Penn State University, School of Music, Australian Double Bass compositions.
Music (Musicology):
Joy Calico, Associate Professor of Musicology, Vanderbilt University, Musical Remigration: Schoenberg’s "A Survivor from Warsaw" in postwar Europe.
Frederick Moehn, Assistant Professor of Music, Stony Brook University,
Music and Globalization in Postdictatorship Brazil.
Playwriting:
Sheri Wilner, Independent Playwright, Kingdom City.
Naomi Iizuka, Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of California, San Diego, A play entitled “Three Taoist Transcendants Admire A Toad."
Charlotte Meehan, Playwright–in-Residence, Associate Professor, Department of English, Wheaton College, 27 Tips on Banishing the Blues.
Theatre Studies:
Alisa Solomon, Associate Professor and Director, Arts & Culture MA Program, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Fiddler’s Fortunes: American Culture, Jewish Identity and the Mighty Afterlife of a Musical Comedy.
Scott T. Cummings, Associate Professor of Playwriting and Dramatic Literature, Theatre Department, Boston College, The Anatomy of Inspiration: The Theatre of Maria Irene Fornes.