Kudos

Tom Beck, Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, Lectured at George Eastman House and BMA
Tom Beck, chief curator for the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, recently lectured at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and the Baltimore Museum of Art. At the George Eastman House he delivered two presentations: one on “Humanism in Photography: The Imagery of David Seymour” and another on “Curatorial Issues in Photography.” At the Baltimore Museum of Art, he spoke on “Modernism in Photography” to a fully subscribed two-hour workshop sponsored by the Print, Drawing and Photograph Society and the Friends of Modern Art.
Robert H. Deluty, Psychology, Publishes 11th Book
Robert H. Deluty, associate professor of psychology, published his 11th book of poetry, In the Moment (Gateway Press). “In the Moment marks an even greater potency in Deluty’s amazingly prolific poetic output. With its recurrent references to student life from elementary to graduate levels, and to marriages from the wedding to the long, long run, In the Moment is not just a collection but a book, almost a novel,” wrote Clarinda Harriss, professor of English at Towson University.
February 16, 2007
Twice As Nice: Retrievers Sweep Conference Crowns at 2007 America East Swimming and Diving Championships
The UMBC men’s swimming and diving team was crowned America East Conference Champions Sunday evening for the fourth year in a row. This year, however, was different, as for the first time, the Retriever women shared in the glory, claiming their first-ever America East title, marking the fourth time in conference history but first in a decade that the same school has won both the men’s and women’s championships.
http://www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/swimming/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=3225
UMBC Ice Hockey Gains First Regional Playoff Birth
For the first time in the club’s history, the UMBC Ice Hockey team will be competing in the ACHA (American Collegiate Hockey Association) Southeastern Regional Conference Playoffs.
http://www.umbc.edu/sportclubs/
Anna Rubin, Music, Receives Maryland State Arts Council Awards, Receives Commissions
Anna Rubin, associate professor of music, recently received a $3,000 Individual Artists Award from the Maryland State Arts Council and has received commissions for new work.
Rubin was one of eight composers commissioned by CUBE Ensemble-Chicago and Jungemusik/Berlin to write works commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bertolt Brecht. Written for soprano and electronics, Rubin’s ‘Legende, vom Toten Soldaten’ (Story of the Dead Soldier), a satiric anti-war rant, premiered in Berlin in September 2006 and will be performed in May in Chicago. Recent performances of other works have occurred in Tasmania and more locally in Hartford, New Orleans and Murray State University (KY) and at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Rubin’s analysis of Francis Dhomont’s electroacoustic work, “Forêt profonde,” was published in the fall in a book of essays, Portraits Polychromes No. 10 Francis Dhomont, Ina (Institut national de l’audiovisuel), 2006, in French. A brief summary and an aural excerpt from “Forêt profonde” are available at http://www.ina.fr/grm/acousmaline/polychromes/dhomont/ in French or English. She will be discussing her analytic approach to Dhomont’s work in June at the Electroacoustic Music Studies Network conference on ‘The Languages of Electroacoustic Music’ in Leicester, UK.
Rubin is currently completing a duo for UMBC’s Michael Richards, professor of clarinet, and Kazuko Tanosaki, director of the post-baccalaureate certificate in American contemporary music. The McFish Duo, comprised of Marlow Fisher, viola, and Kathleen MacIntosh, harpsichord, have commissioned Rubin to write them a new work for the 2008 season.
Maria Loos, recorder player based in Salzburg, Austria has also commissioned Rubin to write a companion piece to the Vivaldi Recorder Concerto “La Notte.”
February 9, 2007
Eric Dyer ’95, Visual Arts, and IRC Fellows Perform With Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The final performance of “Shout,” a brass and percussion composition by members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and an animation created by Eric Dyer ’95, assistant professor of visual arts, and Imaging Research Center Fellows will be held on Feb. 4 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The animation is performed “live” with the Symphony and was performed numerous times this fall. At the conclusion of the concert, the Zoetropes (an animation toy) and technique to produce the animation will be on display in the lobby of the Meyerhoff.
Read more about Dyer in the Baltimore Sun.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/lifestyle/bal-to.dyer02feb02,0,5177585.story