Music

Assistant Professor Omri Shimron (music) and Adjunct Instructor Virginia Novine-Whittaker performed a recital on Saturday, May 1, as part of a local fundraising campaign supporting the Greensboro chamber music series Music for a Great Space.

Thomas Erdmann, professor of music, had his article, "Finding His Own Way Through Hard Work," about trumpeter Christian Scott, published in the June 2010 issue of the International Trumpet Guild Journal.

The Elon University Phoenix Piano Trio (Dan Skidmore, violin, Meaghan Skogen, Cello, and Victoria Fischer Faw, piano) presented a benefit concerton April 24 for the Highland Camerata in Independence, Va.

Elon University juniors Josh Carswell and Amanda Fish, both music performance majors, have been selected to participate in the American Opera Singers Project this June.

Two music students have been accepted to the Manhattan School of Music Summer Vocal Festival.

Polly Butler Cornelius, soprano, and Victoria Fischer-Faw, piano, performed two recitals of American music in Perugia and Foligno Italy on March 18 and 19.

Professor and faculty pianist Victoria Fischer Faw was featured as guest artist in a solo recital, master classes, and as judge of high school and collegiate piano competitions March 11-13, 2010, in the Dr. Sharyn Edwards 32nd annual Piano Festival and Competition at Southeastern North Carolina Community College.