Meryl Mantione (MM 鈥�84, DMA 鈥�89)
Mantione retired from the School of Music at Ball State University in May 2021 after a 34 year teaching career.
Posted Mar. 27, 2023
Max Stern (DMA 鈥�89)
Stern鈥攃omposer, performer, conductor, musicologist and educator鈥攑ioneers biblical compositions blending contemporary idioms and genres. The Israel Music Institute released his 鈥淩etrospective鈥� recording. Stern鈥檚 publication鈥斺�淭he Speech of the Angels: Thoughts on the Theory of Music A Philosophical Perspective鈥濃�攅xplores the meaning of the Theory of Music from a humanistic perspective. Additionally, Stern was invited to Budapest, Hungary, to attend a performance of his composition 鈥淧rayer for Israel鈥� by the Kecskemet Singing Circle under renowned conductor and Kod谩ly method expert P茅ter Erdei at the European Cantors Association 14th Convention. Stern鈥檚 鈥溾�� CD鈥攃omprising five biblical compositions鈥攚as released in October 2023.听
Posted Mar. 27, 2023
Max Stern (DMA 鈥�89)
Stern鈥檚 book鈥斺�溾�濃�攈as been published by Nova Academic Publishers. 鈥淚t鈥檚 based on my reviews as music critic for The Jerusalem Post from 1988-2020,鈥� says Stern. 鈥淚f it were not for my studies at the CU Boulder College of Music, this book would never have been written. It was the coursework I did in American Music with Professor William Kearns鈥攁nd the academic papers under Professor Karl Kroeger and Professor Richard Toensing鈥攖hat gave me the skill and background in writing, critical thinking and evaluation to become a music critic.鈥�
Posted Jun. 26, 2024
