LeeU Collab Music

09/16/2021

We are so fortunate our keynote speaker, Dr. Elvia Puccinelli will present an Opera Masterclass this Friday at 3:30 pm (EST) at Lee University. Lee Opera Theatre students and piano students are very looking forward to working with her!

This event will be live-streamed at: https://livestream.com/leeu (free). Please tune in and join us!

09/14/2021

We are very excited to celebrate our 2nd season of LeeU Collab Music in a few days! D-4!

We are thrilled that our three new School of Music faculty, Dr. Vanessa Muen Wei, Dr. Brian Reichenbach, and Dr. Cameron Weatherford, will join us as our panelists. We look forward to hearing their musical collaboration experiences in piano, chamber music, orchestra, choir, and more!

The online registration deadline has passed, but we are still accepting a few more. Please visit us at www.LeeUCollabMusic.com.

09/10/2021

We are very excited for Prof. Brian Sweigart (Head of Eurhythmics at Cleveland Institue of Music) to join us at LeeU Collab Music!

"Eurhythmics is the study of rhythm through body movement, based on the work of educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Music is experienced in many ways – through the ear, through the mind, and through the body. Eurhythmics harnesses all of those experiences in order to strengthen their relationship and allow a performer to have greater expressive control over their performances. In this introductory session, we will explore how music and movement work together to reinforce the foundational rhythmic concepts of pulse and subdivision, and how those concepts can be combined in various ways to reinforce tempo, create meter, and generate polyrhythms such as 2 against 3."

Here is a short video clip of Mr. Sweigart introducing Eurhythmics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMBdg4u4f78

Tomorrow (9/11) is the last day to register for the LeeU Collab Music! Please join us in this wonderful collaborative journey!
(Online registration is available at www.LeeUCollabMusic.com)

Brian Sweigart is the head of the Cleveland Institute of Music Eurhythmics department (as well as being an alumnus). See and hear what's this program is all ...

09/08/2021

LeeU Collab Music is excited to be returning on Saturday, September 18th! Please be reminded that the last day to register for the Fall 2021 event is this Saturday, September 11th. To register, visit www.LeeUCollabMusic.com, and don’t miss out on this fantastic event!

09/02/2021

"...how writing about the music process brings about renewed insight into our subject, whether it is writing program notes, preparing a composer's biography, or discussing the music and characters we prepare..."

We are so looking forward to Dr. Nico de Villiers's lecture on "The Collaborative Researcher." He will share his journey as a collaborative researcher, how he came to write about music, and the challenges and triumphs which lie beyond the covers of a book.

The online registration is open until next Saturday ($50 registration fee). www.LeeUCollabMusic.com
Please contact us if you have any questions.

08/30/2021

It's our privilege Dr. Elvia Puccinelli (Faculty at the University of North Texas, and the founder and president of the International Keyboard Collaborative Piano Society) will join us at the LeeU Collab Music on 9/18! We look forward to hearing her inspiring speech about musical collaboration and insightful teaching at the masterclass.

We hope to see you there! The online registration is now open until Sept. 11th. ($50 registration fee.) For more info, please visit our website www.LeeUCollabMusic.com

08/22/2021

We are thrilled to invite you to our 2nd season of LeeU Collab Music! Please join us at the fantastic sessions with our distinguished presenters on Saturday, September 18th, in-person & Zoom!

Online registration is available at www.LeeUCollabMusic.com until Sept. 11th. Please contact us if you have any questions!

05/13/2021

LeeU Collab Music is thrilled to host a very special session with Prof. Sahar Nouri (University of Denver) on Saturday, May 22nd, at 11a-1p (EST) via Zoom. Prof. Nouri is going to present a lecture on Czech Diction with Dvořák's Cigánské Melodie, Op. 55. Her lecture will include interactive work on pronunciation.

The event is free, but seats are limited (first come, first serve). Please contact us at [email protected] to receive the Zoom link.

02/07/2021

Thank you so much everyone for joining the LeeU Collab Music Spring 2021! It was a wonderful workshop with over 60 participants joining from 14 different states and Canada. We loved spending time with you and discussing musical collaboration all day!

We appreciate our presenters, Dr. Ana María Otamendi for her insightful keynote speech and illuminating lecture, Drs. Mark Bailey, Luke Gambill, and Nathaniel Olson for sharing their inspirational musical journey, Dr. Aram Arakelyan for his intuitive masterclass, Dr. Andrea Dismukes for her enlightening diction workshop, Dr. Charlotte Kies for her constructive tips and suggestions for chamber music rehearsal, and Dr. Randy Sheeks for his encouraging and invaluable session on improvisation. We can't be more grateful! Thank you so much!!

Please join us in our next LeeU Collab Music in the fall of 2021! We look forward to continuing this collaborative journey!

01/28/2021

It is our great pleasure to introduce our last guest speaker, Dr. Luke Gambill. We look forward to learning from his journey of musical collaboration in the various fields in the panel discussion.

"As a Dove Award winning and multiple Dove Award nominee recipient, Dr. Luke Gambill’s music ministry, corporate and academic career histories include him as Worship Leader, Producer, Orchestrator, Writer, Touring Clinician/Musician, and Professor."

01/25/2021

We are very fortunate and honored to have Dr. Andrea Dismukes join us in our spring LeeU Collab Music this Saturday. A fantastic mezzo-soprano, diction expert, wonderful pedagogue who has touched numerous young musicians' hearts. We look forward to her diction workshop!

01/23/2021

1 day left to sign up! www.LeeUCollabMusic.com

We are thrilled to introduce our panelist, Dr. Nathaniel Olson, who had many years of diverse experiences in Music including teaching in Korea and Indonesia and serving in the Army Reserves as a trumpeter/vocalist with the 208th Army Band.
We look forward to learning from his journey of musical collaboration in these various fields in the panel discussion.