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Penn State Laureate Activities
2008-2009
Kim Cook
To
increase visibility for the Arts and Humanities at Penn State and
create a greater awareness of the quality of the arts and humanities
programs
Scheduled Concerts and Activities for the Penn State Laureate
-Saturday, August 23rd, President's New Student Convocation
featuring introductory video/interview for 7000 freshmen
-Saturday August 30, HUDDLE with the Faculty presentation
“Getting to Know the Cello: A Conversation with Penn
State’s University -Laureate” featuring a quartet
of students from the Penn State Cello Choir
-Power Point overview for football crowd explaining the history The cello, some of my
research/creative activities, and a quartet of
cellists playing selections ending with the Penn State
Alma Mater. 120 audience members
-September 15, Meeting with the Chancellors of the Commonwealth Colleges
power point presentation overview of what I can
offer for each of the campuses, explaining my
experience at Penn State, my research/creative
activity, describing possible residency opportunities,
22 Chancellors
-September 17, Palmer Museum of Art, Solo Recital, Noontime series, Bach Sixth Suite, Cello quartet
selections, Alma Mater, 100 audience members
-September 19, Presidents Club Reception, Cello Choir plays for 600 donors, guest appearance of
President Graham Spanier on the washboard.
-October 3, 2008, President’s Open House 2:30-4:00 Penn State Cello Choir performs for audience of 300
and President Graham B. Spanier
during the annual President's Office Open House at Old Main.
-October 6, 2008, Taping of WPSU Radio Interview and performance for “Take Note”
-October 22-24, Travel to Pittsburgh for Oct. 23 Recital for Honors students at Penn State New
Kensington and performance for Penn State New Kingston Gala
-October 26, 2008, Recital at the Unitarian Fellowship, State College
-November 7-8, Travel to Elkins West Virginia with the Castalia Trio for Recital and Residency
-November 16, Concerto performance with the Penn State Philharmonic, Brahms Double Concerto
-December 2, Guest Presentation for class by Dr. Sherry Roush
(From Leonardo da Vinci to Vespucci to Gucci: The Impact of Italian Genius)
-December 5, 2:30 p.m. Penn State Cello Choir performs Gershwin medley, tango, and a fiddle tune.
-December 7-8, Recitals and workshop at Fayette Campus
-December 9, College Faculty meeting presentation, Hintz Alumni Center
-December 14-21, Concerto Performance in Kharkov, Ukraine, Saint-Saens Concerto
-December 22, 3:45, Performance at Alumni Holiday party, Hintz Alumni Center
-January 23, 2009, FORUM series “Making Music at Penn State: A Cellist’s Story” featuring the Penn State Cello Choir
-February 22, 2009 2:00 p.m. Recital at the Altoona Campus
-WPSU-TV, video recording of performance and interview
-March 1, 2009, Brahms Double Concerto at the York Campus
-March 28, 2009, The Trout Quintet in Johnstown
-April 7, 2009, To the Best of My Knowledge with President Graham Spanier
-April 22-26, San Francisco, Recitals and Master Class
-May 1, Solo Recital, Williamsport, PA
-May 23-31, Solo Recital, Varna, Bulgaria
-Weekly newswire paragraph “Musical Notes from the Laureate”
Explanations to make classical music more accessible.
Research/Creative Activity for 2008/09
-CD recording of Cello Concertos by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky for Fall, 2008
-2008-09 recording of Suites #1 and #6 by J.S. Bach
repertoire for concerts and recitals;
works by Brahms, Ginastera, Chopin, Saint-Saens, Prokofiev
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