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THE UNIVERSITY OP MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

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Number i? * July is, 2003

Professor
Named
Academy Fellow

Her interdisciplinary work
in physics, chemistry and
physical science means that dis-
tinguished physics professor,
Ellen D.Williams, w^ears a lot of
hats. Most recently, being named
a fellow of the American Acade-
my of Arts and Sciences has
added a new dimension to her
repertoire.

•1* -^1- *.-».»-_ »■ -,-

FILE PHOTO BY JOHN T. CON

Ellen Williams

The academy emphasizes cre-
ative approaches to research in
international security, social pol-
icy, education and the humani-
ties. Williams wilJ join the ranks
of such esteemed individuals as
imtversity presidents, Nobel
Prize wiimcrs and ]*ulitzer Prize

See WILLIAMS, page 2

Meeting Campus
Supply Needs

Editor's note. This is the first of
a two-part series on Procure-
ment and Supply 's General
Stores and Terrapin Trader.

With more than
126,000 items from
which to choose, it
seems that the university's Phys-
ical Distribution Center gives
real meaning to the phrase "one-
stop shopping."

Contracts with Boise Cascade
and Grainger mean that this
unit within the Department of
Procurement and Supply divi-
sion can provide just about
every office supply and hard-
ware store product the campus
commimity needs. Larry Walton,
assistant director, says that it is
less costly to purchase needed
supplies through General Stores
because the contracts competi-
tively bid and the prices are
"extremely attractive." Cus-
tomers also have the conven-

Set SUPPLY, page 3

Smith School Teams with MPT on Business Show

PHOTO BV JEFF HSESNEBJ?

RKu Agarwal, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Information Systems at the Smith School, is interviewed by Jeff
Satkin during the June t7 Smith Business Close-Up segment. Agarwat spoke about offshore IT outsourcing.

The Robert H. Smith
School of Business at
the University of
Mainland has teamed
up with Maryland Public Tele-
vision (MPT) to produce a
regular television segment
focusii^ on today's best busi-
ness practices and other busi-
ness management issues. The
segment, called "Smith Busi-
ness Close-Up," will air as part
of the weekly Business Con-
nection program that is broad-
cast Thursday evenings at 7:30
p.m. on MPT. The segment

will feature interviews with
Smith School faculty members
and other business manage-
ment experts, and will ori^-
nate from the business school.
"As one of the world's lead-
ing insttnnWMS*jr manage-
ment research and education
for the digital economy, the
Smith School of Business can
deliver invaluable insight to
viewers of Maryland Public
Television,'' said Howard
Frank, dean of the Smith
School. "Our relationship
with MPT is a great opportu-

nity for business leaders,
entrepreneurs, and other
members of the region's busi-
ness commtinity to benefit
finm the Smith School's
expertise and research into
best business practices."

The first "Smith Business
Close-Up" segment featured
an interview with Lirry Gor-
don, Ernst & Young Alumni
Professor of Managerial
Accoimting at the Smith
School. The interview cen-

See TELEVISION, page 4

Staffer Serves Campus, Community Extraordinarily

Monica Herrera is for-
mally an account
associate for the
School of Languages, Litera-
tures and Cultures, but is
known campuswide as a
notary public, Spanish transla-
tor, instructor and tutor, coim-
selorand consultant, who
often offers her services at a
moment's notice and free of
charge.

"In reality, Monica's various
activities on campus have
touched the lives of many
members of our community,"
wrote Sandra Gyp ess, chair of
the Spanish and Portuguese
department, in a February let-
ter nominating Herrera for the
Board of Regent's University
System of Maryland Staff
Award for "Extraordinary Pub-
lic Service to the University or
Greater Community." Just
before press time, Outlook
learned that Herrara received
the Board of Regents award.
"Her performance indeed
illustrates a record of exem-
plary accomplishments and is
marked by distinctive contri-

butions to the efficient and
effective operation of adminis-
trative, academic, research and
service unit on campus,"
wrote Cypress.

Giving, for Herrera, is a two-
way street. "1 know that 1 give
a lot of things, my time and
energy, but 1 get gratitude and
I feel comfortable doing it."

As a Spanish translator she
communicates the concerns
of Latino employees to Facili-
ties Management and Dining
Services' employers.

Herrara, a grandmother and
single mother of four has
come a long way, Cypess said,
since she beginning education
studies at the imiversity in
1994, the same year Cypess
was hired to teach Latin litera-
ture.

"She has become disci-
plined," she said. "She was a
very observant person and
she became better and better
at studying literature and
especially using her own life
experiences."

Herrera said her professor,
co-worker and friend tau^t

her a lot about herself and her
heritage that keeps her going.
"Dr. Cypess taught me to be a
better mother and a better
person and to love myself,"
she said.

Herrera woiics seven days a
week. On the weekends she
tutors Georgetown Day High
School students in their
homes. Georgetown Spanish
teacher Maribel Prieto said
Herrera has tutored her stu-
dents often for free for six
years. "For several years she
has been helpii^ them obtain
study skills and organizational
skills."

Pieto, an alunma and former
teaching assistant, met Her-
rera while earning her gradu-
ate and doctoral degrees. "She
was in.strumental," Prieto said
of her friend of almost 16
years. "She helped graduate
students get dieir papers in
on time, keeping track of all
the deadlines and papers they
needed to submit and also to
get jobs."

See HERRERA, page 3

Professor Brings
Creativity, Energy
to Economics

His imagination, enthusi-
asm and ability to bring
people together as a
team were among the top char-
acteristics that attracted the
tiepartment to bring aboard
professor John List two years
ago, said Dean of the College of
Agriculture and Natural
Resources Thomas A. Fretz.

"He's a relatively young per-
son who's done a lot of really
creative and analytically sound
work," said Bruce Gardner, chair
of the Department of Agricultur-
al and Resource Economics.
List's work has earned recogni-
tion from economists all over
the country; Gardner said.

After taking leave from Mary-
land last year to serve on the
President's Council of Econom-
ic Advisors (CEA), a group of
economists who advise the
President of the United States
on all economic matters, the
department remains just as
impressed with List's approach
to studying how people make
economic decisions.

This spring, List will begin
teaching a new experimental
economics course for doctoral
candidates that will highlight
this relatively new field of eco-
nomics. List said experimental
economics has grown in promi-
nence recentiy, due in part to
the topic winning the Nobel
Prize in economics in 2002, He
described this gerue of econom-
ics as taking the lab to the field
to ejcamine how agents respond
to rcal-world changes. List's
method of experimental eco-
nomics examines existing mar-
ket situations to predict wrhat
influences people's economic
behaviors.

The model for his ideal field
experiment consists of "going to
a natural environment, control-
ling some aspect of the market
via treatments,' and learning
something interesting," List said.

In a recent field experiment,
Ust tested two theories on char-
itable fundtaising in capital
campaigns. The examination
was based on two premises
from other studies; the first sug-
gested publicly announced seed
contributions can increase th,e
total amoimt of charitable ^y-
ing in a capital campaign. The
second premise suggested
another method for increasing
fundraising is by promising to
refund donors' contributions in
case the campaign threshold is
not reached. Data from direct
mail solicitations sent to 3,000
central Floridian residents con-
firmed the premises of both

See LIST, page 4

JULY 15, 2003

dateline
maryland

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS : JULY li-3i

Weave Those Dreams

Monday, July 28 St Tuesday. Joly 29, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Leam
DrsamWaavar MX-Fast and Easy! in 0231 Lefrak Hall.
Learn to create and manage Web sites without HTML.
DreamWeaver makes it easy and this two-day class makes it possi-
ble. The software is an integrated development environment that
provides visual layout toots for creating professional Web sites and
applications. The course (session DW0307) is sponsored by the Col-
lege of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Price for students, staff, fec-
ulty and alumni. $89; general public, $129, For more information,
contact LearnlT Staff at 6-1670 or LearnrT@oacs.umd.edu, or visit
wwwXearnfT.umd.edu.

July 16

(Geographic Information Sys-
tems) software. The workshop
is free, but advance registration
required at www.lib.umd.edu/
GOV/gisworkshophtml. Seat-
ing is limited to 18 people. For
more information, contact Gov-
ernment Documents and Maps
at 5-9165 orgis@umail.uind.
edu, or visit www.lib.umd.edu/
GOV/gisworkshop . html .

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Management
Skills for Adnilnistralive
Professionals IIOIU Chesa-
peake Building The Depart-
ment of University Human
Resources is offering a seminar
on how to strengthen your
ability to manage cooperative
efforts and multitasking in a
busy office.The cost is $ 1 00. *k**

For more information, contact JlBy Z3
Natalie Torres at 5-565 1 , or
traindev® accmail.umd.edu, or
go to http://uhr.umd.edu.

9 a.m. -4 p.m., Web Design-
er and Developer 101 4404

Computer & Space Science.
This Office of Information
Technology 4-day 0uly 16, 17,
23 and 24) training program
provides skills training and
mentored workshops in the
design, development and main-
tenance of Web sites to faculty,
staff and students. Individuals
with basic HTML skiUs will
learn to construct usable and
accessible web sites using
advanced HTML, cascading
stylesheets and Dreamweaver
Registration is required at
www. oil, u md , ed u/webde ve I-
oper. Class fees (staff $200; fac-
ulty/students $160; USM associ-
ates $260) arc not assessed
until the end of the 4-day pro-
gram for those paying with uni-
versity funds. For more infor-
mation, contact Deborah
Mateik at 5-2945 or oit-train-
ing@tmid.edu. or visit www.
oit. iraid ed u/webd eveloper

9:30-1 1 a.m. Laboratory
safety orientation session

3104 Chesapeake BIdg. Offered
by the Department of Environ-
mental Safety, this training is
offered to assure regulatory
compliance. Space is limited.
Contact Jeanette Cartron at 5-
2131 or j cartron ©accmail.
umd.edu to reserve a seat.

July 24

|tily17

10 a.m.>2 p.m.. Introduc-
tion to ArcView Workshtps
(UM Libraries) 2109 McK

eidin Library. A hands-on work-
shop that teaches the basic
operations of the ArcView GIS

8:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Tlie Under-
side of Service Learning —
and How to Avoid it 0121

Dorchester Hall. An interactive
workshop invites participants
to explore the intersection of
service-learning and multicuJ-
turalism. Susan Jones of The
Ohio State University su^ests
some of the dangers that can
result from .service that is not
grounded in an understanding
of divereity. The workshop
includes a presentation of
Jones' research (8:45 a.m.-
noon), group discussion and
experiential activities that can
be used with students. Free,
but p re-registration required.
Presented by the Office of the
Vice President of Student
Affairs and Commuter Affairs
and Community Service. For
more information, contact
Cheri M. Love at 4-5387, or
clove 1 @umd.edu.

10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.. Spatial
Analysis with ArcView 3.2

2109 McKeldin Ubrary. A
hands-on workshop exploring
the analytical operations of
ArcView 32. The workshop is
ft«e, but advanced registration
is required at www.libumd.
edu/GOV/gisworkshop.html.
Seating is limited to 18 people.
For more information, contact
Govenmient Docimients and
Maps at 5-9165 or
gis@umail.umd.edu, or visit
www. 11 b . umd . ed u/GOV/
gisworkshop.html.

12:30-4:30 p.m. Multicut-
turalism in Practice 0120
Anne Arundel. An interactive
workshop that invites partici-
pants to apply the lessons from
research about service-learning
in multicultural settings to the
cross-cultural and diversity of
our woik. Using results from
her recent study of students'
experiences of working with
the those with HIV/AIDS,
Susan Jones of The Ohio State
University will explore how
service-learning can expand
Acuity's and staffs imderstand-
ing of students' knowledge,
experiences and appreciation
of diversity. Lunch will be
served. Free, but prc-rcgistra-
tion required. For more infor-
mation, contact Cheri M. Love
at 4-5387,or clovel@umd.edu.

Vi I U U f '^ ti t- t

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7 p.m. Jazz bassist Rufus
Reid Gildenhorn Recital Halt.
The George Vance Summer -
Bass Workshop at Maryland
presents one of the world's -
premier jazz bassists. Program
to be announced. Frank Proto,
composerTickets:$15.Call
(301) 405-ARTS. f

jiffy 31

8 p.m. Fran9ois Rabbath, -
double bass; Elizabeth
Azcona-Hartmark, piano •

Gildenhorn Recital Hall. Pro-
gram to be announced. Pre-
sented by the George Vance
Summer Bass Workshop, Tick-
ets; $15, Call (301) 405-ARTS.

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WilliamSE Versatile Scientist

Continued from page i

recipients who comprise the
academy's membership.
Among those invited to the
academy this year are United
Nations Secretary General
Kofi Annan and journalist Wal-
ter Cronkite.

Williams is looking forward
to taking an active role in the
organization after her formal
induction to the academy this
October.'Like any other
organization, you get out of it
what you put in to it," said
Williams, who cited public
outreach initiatives, academy
studies and working to influ-
ence legislation as chief ways
she plans to become involved.

As she has done for the last
10 years, Williams is spending
the simimer in Southef-n Cali-
fornia working for a govern-
ment organization known as
JASON (which is not an acro-
nym), conducting power and
energy studies for the Army.

In the last four to five years,
Williams has fVxrused her
research at Maryland in the
nanotechnology field, specifi-
cally studying the surfaces of
individual atoms and mole-
cules, searching for ways to
put materials together to cre-
ate new properties.

Williams explained that
each information system
innovation that increases
computer speed and power
has come from advance-
ments in making computer
components smaller and
more compact. Williams'
research examines materials
of small structiires and seeks
to find out how smaL these
vital components can be
made. Williams said her
research has implications for
biology and national
defense.

Funded by the National
Science Foundation, she the
directs the surface dynamics
and morphology group of
the Materials Research Sci-
ence and Engineering Center
(MRSEC),at Maryland.The
group's mission is to find
practical capabilities for _
characterizing and predict-
ing the evolution of materi-
als structures on very small
scales.The MRSEC includes
about 20 faculty members,
20 graduate students and 10
post-doctoral students.

One of the aspects of
MRSEC Williams is most pas-
sionate about is the center's
active educational outreach
program at local public K-12
schools. University graduate
students work closely with
science teachers to lead les-
sons that correlate with the
classroom's curriculum, with
the goal of engaging young
students in science before
their interest has strayed
from the subject. Williams
said the program has had
great response with teachers
at Bcrwyn Heights Elemen-
tary and Northwestern High
School. In classrooms g^adt^

ate students have built
demonstrations of the
scaiuied probe microscope,
which allows the user to look
at the surface of individual
atoms and molecules, sensing
textiue in a mehtod similar to
reading Braille.

Since 1990, Williams has
worked with the university's
Institute for Physical Science
and Technology, an interdisci-
plinary research and educa-
tional outreach institute. Her
research there is in
nanoscience applicatidns.

Originally from the Detroit
suburbs, Williams completed
her undergraduate work in
chemistry at Michigan State
before earning her doctorate
in chemistry- at California
Institute of Technology.

Besides her research, pub-
lishing and teaching obliga-
tions, Williams' family is a top
priority. She and her husband,
Neil Gehrcis, an astrophysicist
at NASA Goddaid in Green-
belt, have two children, ^
Tommy, 15, and Emily, 12.'

— Stacy Kaper,
g;raduate journalism student

Correction

I rt the June 10 issue of Out-
look, in the story "Young
Adults Not Sure of Adult-
hood," Jeffrey Arnett was
mis identified as a visiting
professor. Arnett is a
research associate with the
Oepartmeot of Human Devel-
opment in the College of
Education.

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July 1(1- 25, .2<>0.>

The 25th Annlvmary

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^^^^^^^V his year marks the 25th anniversary of the William Kapell International Piano Com-
[ \M petition and Festival taking place in its new home, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts

M Center at Maryland. Forty-two of the world's finest young pianists will gather at the

Xte=s««^ Center to compete for First Prize and the international recognition that accompa-

nies the title. But the competition is oniy part of the excitement. . , A celebratory festival will also take
place concurrently with competition rounds, featuring a free community open house, jazz concerts, classi-
cal recitals, masterclasses, workshops, lecture/demonstrations, panel discussions, and much more! Inside,
you'll find a complete listing of events, be introduced to some of the contestants, learn about how the
competition works, and maybe even discover some new things about the piano.

A Grand

Piano Party

Sundav, July 20—1-3:30 p.m. FREE

Where else can you try out a harp-
sichord, enjoy a lively boogie-woo-
gie concert or piano recital, play
name that tune, learn where the
^vord "bravo" comes from, receive
your very own part from a piano's
"innards," and stuff your face with
a piece of cake — all in the span
of a couple of hours? This
unique educational and
entertaining open house
celebrates the 25th
anniversary of the
competition and
festival, and
serves as a
great event
for the whole
family! See
page 3 for
details.

Multiple Grammy-winner McCoy lyner

Tuesday, July 22 • 8:30 p.m.

Pianist McCoy Tyner has made an
indelible mark on modem jazz. His
identifiable blues-based piano style,
replete with sophisticated chords and
harmonic contributions, has influ-
enced generations of contemporary
jazz pianists.

A native Philadelphian, McCoy
lyner discovered a love of blues and
bebop at an early age, organizing a 7-
piece R & B band and leading jam
sessions in his mother's beaut)- shop.
At age 17, he began a career-changing
relationship with local hero Miles
Davis's sideman John Coltrane, who
later recruited lyncr for what would
become one of the most celebrated
groups in modem jazz.

Today, Tyner has released over 75
albums under his name, earning four
Grammys and the distinction of Jazz
Master from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has collaborated
and recorded with a veritable Who's Who of Modem Jazz — Art Blake y,
Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrcntine and many others.
As his remarkable career continues to unfold, the 64 year-old Tyner
seems more determined than ever to defy any one genre, style, or set-
ting. He performs and tours throughout the United States, Europe, and
Japan, and just released his latest CD, "Land of Giants", on June 26. Tyiier
will perform with his trio onT\iesday,July 22 at 8:30 p.m. in the Ina &
Jack Kay Theatre. Tickets are $25. CaU 301.405.ARTS.

"For ma, all music is a
journey of the soul into
new, uncharted territo-
ry." — McCoy Tyner

Clarice Smith

Pei^ormngArts

Centerat MARyiAND

JULY 16-25, 2003

A Biginnif's Guidi to the KapgU Compttition §^ Fistlvil

Vocabulary

Et>ert if you don't "tickle the ivories" yourself, you
can talk like the pros. Here are some useful
tertttsfrom the competition and festival that
may be frequently used. . .

Sonata (from It. suonare.'to sound'): an instrumental
composition in several contrasting movements, usually
for a solo instrument or small chamber ensemble

Cottcerto [con-CHAIR-toe] (Fr, concert, Gcr Konzerf):
an extended composition for a solo instrument (or

instruments) and orchestra; the standard form includes
a fast movement, followed by a slow movement, fol-
lowed by another fost movement
See finalists' Concerto Round with the Baltimore Sym-
phony Orchestra, page 5.

Cadenza: An elaborate and virtuostic passage played
by the soloist alone during a concerto; generally rhap-
sodic and out of tempo, giving the performer a great
deal of improvisatory freedom

Klavier: A term for the keyboard of a piano, harpsi-
chord, oi^n, etc.

See Leo LaSota's The V^U-Regulated Klavier, A Grand
Piano Party event, page J.

Piano trio; Not a piece for three pianos, but rather a
composition for piano and two other instruments, usu-
ally violin and cello.

See Rita Sloan and Music from Aspen 's chamber
music recital on Monday, fuly 21 on page 5.

Soundboard: The thin sheet of wood in a piano, harp-
sichord, clavichord, or the like, that serves to amplify
the sound of the strings and helps to form the charac-
teristic tone quality of the instrument

Action: In keyboard instrutnetits, the mechanlsni set in

motion by the fingers

See Leo La Sola's Grand Piano Party event, page 3-

Touch; ^(Wi reference to keyboard instruments, a term
used to describe either the amount of force required to
depress a key ('touch weight') or the distance that a
key may be depressed ('touch depth' or 'key dip'). Thus
a keyboard may be said to have a heavy or a light
touch, as well as a deep or a shallow touch.

Compiled from

tmvw. grovemufic. CQm and Baker's Dictionary of

Music by Nicholas Slonimsky.

Random Piano Pacta

• There are more than 10 million
pianos in American homes, busi-
nesses and institutions.

• There are currently more than
50 brand names of pianos.

• The name piano is an abbre-
viation of the name originally
selected for the instrument:
piano et forte (soft and loud).
Bartolomeo Cristofori, who built
the first piano in 1700, chose
this name because of the instru-
ment's capability of being played
softly and loudly, something that
previous keyboards were not
able to do.

• It takes a year and more than
200 people to make a Steinway
piano.

• The term "tickle the ivories"
refers to playing the ivory keys
of the piano. However, ivory
has not been used to
make piano keys
since about the - -

1950s, They are
plastic, some-

times referred to as "ivorine."

• The average medium-size piano
has approximately 230 strings.

• Since hammers strike the
strings, the piano is considered a
percussion instrument.

• The piano is comprised of
more than 12,000 parts, over
7,000 of which are moving
parts.

From wunvpianowQrld.com/
facts.hlm — — ' "

• Yamaha Disklavier pianos are
capable of recording any per-
formance played on them note
for note, as well as reflecting the
nuances of interpretation. To
accomplish this task, Disklaviers
are fitted with a computer and

IPAM:
Celebrating 25 Years
Pianists

optic sensors that record a hand-
played performance on floppy
disk. On playback from the disk,
the Disklavier's keys move up
and down like the old player
piano.

From www, keyboardwizards.
com/order/diskla v2,htm

• In a study done with a group
of college students, each student
listened to 10 minutes of a
Mozart piano sonata before tak-
ing an IQ test. After listening to
the music, the vStudents' scores
improved by nine points.

From www.people. Westminster-
college, edu/studen ts/ckbO W8/
facts.btml

• A study done at Michigan State
University showed that elderly
people who took piano lessons
had decreased anxiety, depres-
sion, and loneliness.

From www.people.
westm instercolleg e.

edu/students/
:khO508/
facts.btml

A walk through the Exhibition Gallery of the Michelle Smith Performing

Arts Library in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center reveals a treasure trove

of pianist artifacts in glass display cases: Franz Liszt's scrawling autograph, a letter

from Josef Hofmann, an extremely rare 1903 record of Edward Grieg performing his

"Norwegian Bridal Procession" In Paris, William Kapell's diary detailing his whirlwind

schedule of practicing, performing and traveling.

These items are all part of the collections of the International Piano Archives at Maryland,
which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. IPAM possesses 96 percent of all commercial

piano recordings ever issued, as well as books, scores, programs, letters, reviews, photo-
graphs, diaries and other related items — all of which help to illuminate the history of piano

performance.

And what is IPAM Curator Donald Manildl's favorite thing about working to collect and pre-
serve all these rare and valuable items? "Helping the accomplishments of great pianists to
be made known," Manildi said. He recognizes the valuable service the archives provide to
students and faculty, and also to the international community of scholars and music
k lovers. Individuals can make an appointment with the archives (to ensure that visitors f
receive ample individual attention) utilize the resources. Manildi recalls one individ-
ual who chose to take advarvtage of the archives' extensive collection of record-
ings, listening to 103 performances of the same Chopin etude for compara-
tive analysis.

IPAM will celebrate its anniversary with a special multimedia

event on Thursday, July 24 at 4:30 p.m., "Remembering

Kapell: An IPAM Anniversary Retrospective," in

the Gildenhorn Recital Hall.

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"There is nothing to it. You only heve
to hit the right note at the right time,
and the instrument plays itself."

— JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

"If I play a wrong note, then I play
the next one twice as beautifully."

—ARTHUR RUBENSTEIN

"I love to play the piano, but I hate
being a pianist."

— MAR.TMA ARCERICH

"A recorded performance has the
possibility of being perfect; a live
performanfw has the possibility of
being live."

— mviNG kolooin

"I am not fitted to give concerts. The
audience intimidates me, I feel
choked by its breath, paralyzed by its
curious glances, struck dumb by all
those strange faces."

—FREDERIC CHOPIN

"The notes I handle no better than
many pianists. But the pauses
between the notes — ah, that is
where the art residesl"

—ART OR SCHNABBL

"H I don't practice for one day, I
know it. If I don't practice for two
days, the critics know it. If I don't
practice for three days, the audience
knows it."

— IGNACE JAN PADER.EWSKI

KAPELL PIANO COMPETITION AT CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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Ongoing Events

1:30-3:00 p.m.

A Keyboard Petting Zoo

Laboratory Theatre

Keyboards from the Renaissance to
the 21st Century will be on dis-
play, including many that audi-
ence members will be encour-
aged to try for themselves.
Several historic keyboards

from the Museum of the American
Piano in Manhattan will be dis-
played, and computerized digital
keyboards from Kawai America
and Jordan Kitt's Music will give
us a hint of what the future will
bring. Hands-on fun for all ages.

Mark Jaster,
"The Maestro"

Grand Pavilion

It's musical mayhem in the Center

when this mime also known as
"The Maestro" wanders through-
out the pavilion, providing laughs
with his antics as an eccentric,
mute conductor. Jester trained
with master teachers Marcel
Marceau and Etienne Decroux,
and has been dubbed by The
Was/t/rtgfori Post a "clown extraor-
dinaire and one of the most grace-
ful performers you will ever see
on a stage."

Mark Jester

1:00 p.m.
Student
Recitals

Gild en horn Recital Hsil
Universitv of Maryland School of
Music, Student Recitals

Some of the School of Music's

finest piano students perform

some of the world's best-loved

piano music in this 45-minute

recital,

Yi-Tang Chuang

(student of Cleveland Page)

Chopin - Variations Srillante on a

(heme by Hal^vy

Yong Sook Park

(student o1 Bradford Gowen)

Banok - Suiie, Op. M

Gina Kim

(student of Larissa Dedova)

Wagner/Moszkowski - Tsoiden Tod

1:00 & 2:15 p.m.

Michael Kaeshammer Trio

Jazz, stride and boogie-woogie
Kay Theatre

25-year-old keyboard wizard
Michael Kaeshammer (pronounced
case-hammer} is one of Canada's
most exciting young stars. With his
versatile trio, he plays stride, boo-
gie-woogie and jazz piano with a

Bruce Adolphe

Michael Kaeshammer

technique and fire that is irre-
sistible. Kaeshammer is a walking,
rocking history of jazz, playing
tunes that range from the stride
masters of the 1 920's to the mod-
ern jazz giants of today.

1:15 p.m.

Bruce Adolphe, "Piano

Puzzlers Live!"

Dekelboum Concert Hall

Ever played "name that tune"? For
NPR's Performance Today, compos-
er/author/pianist Bruce Adolphe
came up with a quiz that adds a
twist, hie plays popular melodies in
the style of classical composers
and challenges listeners to name
the tone and the composer Bruce
will be playing those melodies live
and selecting volunteers from the
audience to help puzzle them out.

1:30 p.m.

Kevin Gift, "The
Recital Experi-
ence" for chil-
dren ages 4-12.

Kogod Theater

The Recital Experience
introduces young peo-
ple to the exciting
world of classical con-
certs. Sometimes listening to a
concert can be a little confusing!
This program explains things like
why people clap at the end of
some pieces and not at the end of
others, and where words like
"bravo" and "encore" come from.
Kevin Gift began his studies in
Caracas, Venezuela at the age of
four and has performed recitals in
Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington,
D.C.

1:45 p.m.

Leo LaSota, "The Weil-
Regulated Klavier: How
Pianos Work"

Lecture Hall, Room 2200

This fascinating presentation
explains the amazing machinery of
the modern piano action and how

it is regulated to provide the
pianist with the most responsive
touch. Attendees get what is liter-
ally an inside look at the star of our
Grand Piano Party, and every audi-
ence member will receive compli-
mentary action parts. Dr LaSota
has been a concert piano techni-
cian in the Washington, DC area
for fifteen years.

2:00 p.m.
Student Recitals

Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Universtty of Maryland School of
Music, Student Recitals

Some of the Ut^^ School of Music's

finest piano students perform

some of the world's best-loved

piano music in this 45-minute

recital.

Young-ji Kim

(student of Bradford Gowen)

Beethoven - Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2

Anastasia VoKchok

(student of Santiago Rodriguez!

Schubert/Liszt- Song Transcriptions

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz

Naoko Takao

(student of Santiago Rodriquez)

Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 3 in 8

minor. Op. 56

2:30 p.m.

Kevin Gift, "The Recital
Experience" for children
ages 4-12.

Kogod Theater

Do I have to Practice? is a familiar
question to parents and teachers
alike. Most kids would rather play
soccer or basketball than practice
an instrument. So how did a typi-
cal boy like Kevin Gift grow up to
be a concert pianist? Kevin shares
the different ways he made practic-
ing fun as a child. Playing selec-
tions from his jazz and classical
repertoire, he demonstrates just
how far practicing can take you,
encouraging would-be musicians
to keep at it.

3:00 p.m.

Keyboard Raffle Drawing

and Cutting of the Cake

Grand Pavilion

The winner of the fantastic Roland
keyboard (valued at $2,999) donat-
ed by Jordan Kitt's Music is drawn.
Enjoy a delicious piece of Grand
Piano Cake created by Creative
Cakes!

"A Grand Piano Party" is sponsored
by Kawai America Corporation,

Irish pianist John
O'Conor has
earned interna-
tional praise for
his impeccable
technique, elo-
quent phrasing,
and mastery of
keyboard color. He
has helped to raise awareness of the works
of his fellow countryman, 19th-eentury com-
poser John Field, the "fether" of the nocturne.
His recording of Field's nocturnes was fiea-
tured on Billboard's classical charts for many
weeks. O'Conor 's more than 20 recordings
also include a CD of the complete Beethoven
Bagatelles, cited by the The Neiv York Times
as the best recording of these works. You '11
have the opportunity to hear O'Conor's
beautiful in[erpretation of Field's Nocturnes,
Beethoven's Bagatelles, and more at his July
19 recital at 8:30 pm.The program includes:

Field — Three Nocturnes: No. 5 in B-f fat;

No. 6 in F; No. ISin E ("Le Midi")

Scriabin — Prelude and Nocturne for the Left

Hand Alone. Op. 9

Beethoven — Six Bagatelles. Op. 1 26

Barber — Nocturne - Hommage k John Field

Schubert — Impromptus D. 899

Tickets are $25.CaU 301.405ARTS.

Rha Sloan, a

member of tlie
piano Eaculty at
the University of
Maryland School
of Music, also
directs the Col-
laboraiive Artist
Prograni. She is a
piano foculty men^r at the Mpen Musk-
Festival and is founder and coordinattir of
its Collaborative Artist and Piano Chamber
Music Programs. David Halen, concert-
ma.ster of the St. Louis Symphony, has
served as concertmaster at the Aspen
Masic Festival for two years. Thomas
Grossenbacher is a cello Acuity mem-
ber at tiie A.spcii Music Festival, and serves
as principal cellist of the Zurich Tonhalle
Otchcstra.The program for their Monday.
July 21 recital at 8:^0 p.m. includes:

Ravel — Sonata for VioHn and Piano
Shostakovich — Sonata tof Cello and Piaho
Dvorak — "Dumky" Trio f

Tickets for this redtal are $25. Yoii can
ali«> sec this trio in action as they lead an
"fnformance," a combination open
rehearsal and lecture/demonstration at
10 a.m. tnformance tickets are $10. CaU
30 1. -405 .ARTS.

Hailed by Tbe
Washington Post
as "one of the most
impressive young
pianists on die
horizon today,"
Christopher
Tayiaristhe 1990
First Prize winner
at the Kapell competition, and also won the
Bronze Medal in the 1993 Van Qibum Inter-
national Piano Competition. He has appeared
with the New York and Los Angeles Philhar-
monics; the Detroit, St. Lou is, Atlanta, and
Houston Symphonies; and the Boston Pops.
Taylor graduated suixinu cum laude in mathe-
matics from Harvard University, and is cur-
rently Assistant Professor of Piano I¥rfor-
mance at the University of Wisconsin in Madi-
son. He and fellow Kapell laureate Angela
Cheng will also lead a woricshop on "Prepar-
ii^ for Piano Competitions" on Friday, July 25
at 10 a.m.Taylor's program for his Thursday,
July 24 recital at 8:30 p.m. includes:

Beethoven — Sonata in D, Op. 10, No. 3
George Perle — 6 New Etudes (1984)
George Perle — 6 Etudes 11973-6)
Leonard Bernstein — Touches
Franz Uszt — From 12 Transcendental Etudes

Tickets ate $25. Call 301 .40 5. ARTS.

Thelyriclara,
romanticism and
virtuosity of
Larissa Dado-
va's performanc-
es have earned
her Imemational
acclaim, including
kudos from Tbe
Wfisbington ftjis/ for her ability to go
'straight to the heart of the muac."An
as.su<:iatc professor of music at the Uni-
versity of Maryland, this Russian-bom
pianist holds a Doctor of Musical Arts
degree in piano performance from the
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservator
For over 20 years, she has performed as i
soloist and in duo with pianist husband
Mikhail Volctiok. Her recital pro-am for
Wedne.sday.July 23 at 8:30 p.m. include

Mozart — Sonata (n A Major, K. 331
Chopin — Grand Valse Brilliante in E-flat
Major, Op.18; Valse Brifliante tn A minor,
Op.34, No.2; Valse Brilliante in F Major,
Op.34, No.3; Nocturne in F Major. Op.15,
No.l; Nocturne m F-sharp Major, Op.15.
No.2; Scherzo No.3, Op. 39
Debussy — Six Preludes from Book 2:
Prokofiev — Sonata No.2, Op 14

fcTickets arc $25. CaU 301 .405jyiTS.

Legend

DCH=Elsie and Marvin
Dekelboum Concert Hall

GRH=Joseph and Alma
Gildentiorn Recital Hall

LAB=Laboratorv Theatre

KAY=lna and Jack Ki
Theatre

KGD=Rot>ert and Arlene
Kogod Theatre

JULY 16-25, 2

Wednesday, July 16

9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.