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In Memoriam: Robert Freeman, former dean of the UT College of Fine Arts | College of Fine Arts


Robert Freeman, former dean of the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, passed away on Oct. 18 at the age of 87. Freeman, an accomplished administrator, pianist and musicologist, joined the College of Fine Arts as dean in spring 2000 and served in that role until 2007. He served previously as the director of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester for 24 years and as president of the New England Conservatory of Music. In 2015 he retired from the faculty of the Butler School of Music, where he taught courses on the history and future of music as the Susan Menefee Ragan Regents Professor of Fine Arts.
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Dr. Samantha Ege and composer Soomin Kim, on Helen Hagan's Piano Concerto

On Oct. 21, pianist and musicologist Dr. Samantha Ege will join Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and the Yale Philharmonia for the world orchestral premiere of Helen Hagan’s Piano Concerto in C minor, featuring a new orchestration by composer and distinguished YSM alum Soomin Kim ’21MM ’22MMA. We spoke with Ege and Kim about Hagan, who, in 1912, became the first Black woman to graduate from the Yale School of Music, and about the Concerto in C minor. ....

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creative:impact - O say can you hear?

There are so many American myths: the Mayflower Story, George Washington never telling a lie, and then there is Francis Scott Key penning the lyrics to what became our national anthem. How much is of the "Star-Spangled Banner" story is true? Join Deb Polich on this edition of "creative impact." She welcomes back musicologist Mark Clague, whose new book, "O Say Can You Hear?" breaks down the music from the myth. ....

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