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Trump is 'perfectly happy' to hit China with new tariffs if Xi meeting doesn't go well, Mnuchin says – CNBC
Mnuchin weighed in on several of the thorniest subjects thought to be separating the American and Chinese sides from a deal.
For one, he said that the issue of removing China's so-called non-tariff barriers to foreign companies succeeding within its borders remains central to the U.S. position on the talks.
"In negotiating our agreement, one of the big parts of the agreement has always been about non-tariff barriers, is about forced technology transfer. These are very important issues to us, and critical to any agreement," Mnuchin said. "These are issues where we've made a lot of progress, and any agreement we have, we'll need to be certain that that's included."
American officials and businesses have long argued that China's official and unofficial rules put non-Chinese firms at a disadvantage in the country. One of the most frequently cited examples is a "forced tech transfer" regime — in which companies are coerced into sharing their advanced technology and know-how with Chinese organizations in exchange for market access.
Trump has also suggested that he may want his negotiating teams to pick up the issue of China's currency, but Mnuchin on Sunday dismissed the notion that Beijing is actively keeping the yuan low in an effort to win a trade advantage over the likes of the U.S.
Instead, he said, any weakness now seen in the Chinese currency is the result of downward economic pressures — in part due to Trump's tariffs on the country.
"I do think their currency has been under pressure," the Treasury secretary said. "There's no question that, as we put on tariffs, people will move their manufacturing outside of China, into other areas, and that's going to have a very negative impact on their economy. And I think you see that reflected in the currency."
Another topic that has raised tensions between Beijing and Washington is Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. The U.S. government has cracked down on the tech firm, effectively blacklisting it from doing business with American businesses, on the basis of claims it is a security risk. The rationale, according to the Trump administration is that the firm's involvement in sensitive networking technology could potentially be leveraged by Beijing for spying or other malicious actions. Both China and the company have denied such a risk exists.
Mnuchin emphasized that the Huawei blacklisting is solely a national security issue, and isn't a non-tariff front of the trade war — even though Trump has suggested that the telecom company could get wrapped into a wider deal.
"They're separate from trade: Both we and China have acknowledged that in our discussions," he said. "Now, of course, President Trump, when he has the meeting, to the extent he gets certain comfort on Huawei or other issues, obviously we can talk about national security issues, but these are separate issues, they're not being linked to trade."
He emphasized the U.S. claim — central to recruiting allies in its effort to control the spread of Huawei tech — that Trump's prior comments do not reveal an effort to gain trade leverage over Beijing: "I think what the president is saying is, if we move forward on trade, that perhaps he'll be willing to do certain things on Huawei if he gets comfort from China on that, and certain guarantees."


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IHS: Grid-tied storage to double in 2016, to emulate growth of solar
Industry analysts IHS Markit expect the grid-tied energy storage market to double in 2016, from 1.4 GWh to 2.9 GWh. IHS expects on-grid storage capacity to reach 21 GWh by 2025.
July 28, 2016 Jonathan Gifford
Describing it as emulating solar's growth, IHS Markit expects global grid-tied storage market to more than double this year. Lithium ion technology is set to become "the mainstream energy storage technology," IHS concludes, capturing more than 80% market share in the grid-tied segment.
"Energy storage is set to grow as fast as solar photovoltaic energy has in recent years, sparking strong interest from a wide range of players and underscored by recent mergers and acquisitions among car manufacturers, major oil and gas companies, and conventional power suppliers," said Marianne Boust, principal analyst, IHS Markit, in a statement.
In a notable acquisition, French oil giant Total completed its purchase of battery supplier Saft for US$1.1 billion on July 19.
Looking to markets, IHS expects Japan and the U.S. to lead the way, with market segment revenues totaling more than $50 billion by 2026. Additionally, the analysts point to promising "activity" on the grid-tied storage front in South Africa, Kenya, and the Phillippines.
Optimizing self-consumption from PV arrays and potentially other distributed generation sources, and serving backup power needs will drive strong behind-the-meter storage growth. IHS confirms that Japan, China, and the U.S. all currently have more than 1 GWh of behind-the-meter storage capacity installed, with that set to grow.
"Looking to the future, half of all energy storage will come from households and businesses seeking to control their energy consumption, which will massively disrupt the traditional business models from established utilities and large equipment manufacturers," Boust said.
In Australia and Japan, grid-tied storage is set to reach more than 5% of all installed generating capacity in 2025.
IHS Markit published its findings today in its Grid-Connected Energy Storage Forecast Database.
Jonathan Gifford
Jonathan is the Founding Editor of pv magazine Australia. Jonathan joined pv magazine in 2011 and became the Editor in Chief in 2014.
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Welsh terriers look similar to Airedale terriers. They are rugged looking, small dogs that have a double coat, which is course, abundant and wiry on the outside and soft and short underneath. The Welsh terriers coloring is tan, black, and grizzle or black and tan. All Welsh terrier puppies are born black and the puppies lighten gradually as they get older. They have a squared off beard, furry moustache, bushy eyebrows and a docked tail. Their eyes are almond shaped, dark and small with a black nose. For puppy's ears to take on the right adult form, some dogs require their ears trained.
Welsh terriers make wonderful pets for families with young, active children. These loving, affectionate, intelligent, hardy, loyal dogs can withstand some rough play and love to be included in all family activities. Train and socialize them when Welsh terriers are young to keep them from becoming timid or unruly. The intelligent and bright Welsh terriers need constant variety and consistent, firm training because they understand what is required from them but are often cunning and try to get their own way or disobey commands. Most Welsh terriers love to dig and swim. These highly active dogs require daily exercise to help burn off some of their endless energy.
The Welsh terrier's wiry coat requires clipping every two or three months and brushing every two or three days with a brush and comb. Depending upon the dogs coat condition, Welsh terriers usually require their coats plucked three or more times annually. Show dogs need even greater grooming level attention. Welsh terriers shed none or very little hair and require bathing only when necessary.
Originally developed in Wales as a British black and tan terrier offshoot, they used these terriers to hunt badger, fox, and otter either alone or in hound packs. Many believe they bred the Celtic strain of welsh terrier from the black and tan terriers and the English strain using the fox terrier and Airedale terrier. In 1844 in England, they showed the Welsh terrier for the first time and in 1888, they imported the first Welsh terriers to the United States. Primarily used as companion dogs and family pets, they still use some Welsh terriers for tracking and hunting.


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BDO / Moore Stephens Merger
The merger between accountants and advisers BDO LLP and Moore Stephens LLP in London was completed earlier this month.Clients of the merged firm, BDO, will have access to offices in over 160 countries with a presence in every major shipping location in the world.Michael Simms, Partner and Head, Shipping & Transport at BDO, said: "The merger enables us to deliver the ever-increasing range and depth of solutions demanded by our clients, who can expect the same high-quality, industry-leading service to which they have become accustomed."
Moore Stephens: Leaner, Greener Shipping Will Attract Investment in 2019
Accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens says shipping will continue to attract investors in 2019 if it fulfills its ESG (environmental, social and governance) responsibilities.In the latest issue of Bottom Line, the Moore Stephens shipping sector newsletter, Richard Greiner, a partner in the firm's Shipping & Transport team, says, "It has been suggested that the future is very much like the present, only longer. Should that prove to be the case for the shipping industry…
Moore Stephens: Ship Operating Costs to Rise in 2018, 2019
International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says total vessel operating costs in the shipping industry are expected to rise by 2.7% in 2018 and by 3.1% in 2019, according to our latest survey.Responses to the firm's latest annual Future Operating Costs Survey revealed that drydocking is the cost category likely to increase most significantly in both 2018 and 2019, accompanied in the latter case by repairs and maintenance. The cost of drydocking is expected to increase by 2.1% in 2018 and by 2.3% in 2019…
Moore Stephens: Ship Operating Costs Decline Again
International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by 1.3% in 2017. This compares with the 1.1% average fall in costs recorded for 2016. For the third successive year, all categories of expenditure in 2017 were down on those for the previous 12-month period, most notably for insurance costs and stores.The findings are set out in OpCost 2018 (www.opcostonline.com), Moore Stephens' unique ship operating costs benchmarking tool…
UK Tax Regime Continues to Provide Stability for Shipping
International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens has outlined a number of unexpected changes introduced by the UK Budget 2018 which could have implications for the shipping and offshore maritime industries. But it stresses that these are relatively minor alterations which will have a limited impact on what continues to be a stable tax regime for the maritime sector.The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) will increase from £200,000 ($254,000) to £1 million ($1.27 million) per annum for all qualifying investments in plant and machinery made between January 1…
Moore Stephens: Shipping Confidence Dips
Shipping confidence dipped slightly in the three months to end-November 2018, according to the latest Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.The average confidence level expressed by respondents fell to 6.0 out of a maximum score of 10.0, compared to the 6.3 recorded in August 2018.Confidence on the part of all main categories of respondent was down, with the exception of brokers, where the rating increased from 4.9 to 5.2. Owners' confidence fell to 6.4 from 6.8…
Bulk Shipping: Economics 101
Supply and Demand in the bulk transport sectors will define the course line ahead. Less ships and more cargo will be the key.The drybulk sector – where iron ore, coal, grain and other raw materials dominate – is still wrestling with a decade-long hangover that began with the financial collapse of 2008. A recovery ensued in 2010 and 2011, but, following the time honored trade pattern, the brighter outlook brought about an avalanche of new build orders and another drop in rates ensued.
Shipping's Half Year Report: Extra Classes Needed?
With the industry hoping for better "grades" after the "effort" of recent years, this week's Analysis updates our half year shipping report showing a ClarkSea Index up 9% y-o-y but still below trend since the financial crisis (see Graph of the Week). After comments of "must do better" and "showing potential" in recent years, do the statistics suggest "extra classes" will again be needed over the summer holidays?Progress But No Time To Relax!Our ClarkSea Index (comprising tankers…
Shipping Confidence Slips on Geopolitical Fears
Shipping confidence dipped very slightly in the three months to end-August 2018, according to the latest Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. Moore Stephens' Richard Greiner weighs in:The average confidence level expressed by respondents was down to 6.3 out of a maximum possible score of 10.0, this compared to the four-year-high of 6.4 recorded in May 2018. Confidence on the part of owners, however, was up from 6.6 to 6.8, equalling the highest level achieved by this category of respondent when the survey was launched in May 2008…
Ten Years After, Shipping Industry Confidence Holds Firm
Shipping confidence held steady in the three months to end-May 2018 according to the latest Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. The average confidence level expressed by respondents was unchanged at the four-year high of 6.4 out of 10.0 recorded in February 2018. Confidence on the part of owners was also sustained at a four-year high, of 6.6, while managers' confidence was up from 6.4 to 6.7. The rating for charterers was up to 6.7 from 5.0 and confidence in the broking sector was up from 6.1 to 6.3.
Shipping Industry Confidence Holds Firm: Moore Stephens
Ship Operating Costs to Increase for 2017 and 2018
Vessel operating costs are expected to rise in both 2017 and 2018, according to Moore Stephens' survey. Repairs & maintenance and spares are the cost categories which are likely to increase most significantly in each of the two years. The survey is based on responses from key players in the international shipping industry, predominantly shipowners and managers in Europe and Asia. Those responses revealed that vessel operating costs are likely to rise by 2.1% in 2017 and by 2.4% in 2018.
Shipping Confidence Rises to 3.5 Year High -Survey
Shipping confidence held steady at its highest rating in the past three-and-a-half years in the three months to end-November 2017, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. The average confidence level expressed by respondents was unchanged at the level of 6.2 out of 10 recorded in the previous survey in August 2017. Confidence on the part of charterers was significantly up, from 4.7 to 7.7, the highest…
Shipping Industry Confidence at Four-Year High
Shipping confidence reached a four-year high in the three months to end-February 2018, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. The average confidence level expressed by respondents was up from 6.2 out of 10.0 in November 2017 to 6.4 this time. Confidence on the part of owners was also at a four-year high, up from 6.4 to 6.6, while managers' confidence was up too, from 6.1 to 6.4. The rating for charterers…
Shipping Industry Confidence Improves – with Caveats
Operating cost movements are central to shipping's fortunes. Shipping has certainly lived up to its reputation for volatility during the past twelve months. The quarterly Moore Stephens Shipping Confidence Survey showed industry confidence improving for the second successive quarter in the three months to end-August 2016, but this was from its lowest level for eight years. The industry has been beset by a range of all-too-familiar problems, including depressed freight rates, tonnage overcapacity in many sectors, problematic geopolitical developments and mounting regulation.
Shipping Confidence Steady despite Industry, Political Pressures
Shipping confidence held steady in the three months to end-February 2017, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. In February 2017, the average confidence level expressed by respondents was 5.6 out of 10, unchanged from the previous survey in November 2016 and equal to the highest rating since August 2015. Owners were the only main category to show an improved level of confidence, up from 5.4 to 5.6.
VLCC Rates to Remain Weak on Output, Tonnage Woes
Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which fell to a near six-month low on Thursday, will remain weak until the Asian refinery maintenance season gets completed, starting April-end. "I haven't seen a collapse in rates like this for some time. People are taking insane rates," said Ashok Sharma, managing director of ship broker BRS Baxi in Singapore. Output cuts by oil producers, refinery maintenance in Asia and the reactivation of older vessels previously used as…
Shipping Confidence Climbs to Three-year High
Shipping confidence reached its equal highest rating in the past three years, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey for the three months to end-May 2017 from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. The average confidence level expressed by respondents to the survey was up to 6.1 out of 10 from the 5.6 recorded in the previous survey in February 2017. Increased confidence was recorded by all main categories of respondent to the survey, which launched in May 2008 with an overall confidence rating of 6.8.
Shipping Beware Changing Risk Landscape -Moore Stephens
Effective management of risk within the industry has improved slightly over the past 12 months, according to the third annual Shipping Risk Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. But shipping still needs to up its game in terms of managing its exposure to risk, which is increasing and changing in nature, not least in terms of the threat posed by cyber security, Moore Stephens says. Survey respondents rated the extent to which enterprise and business…
Shipping Confidence Continues to Climb -Report
A recent survey found that shipping confidence reached its highest rating in the past three years in the three months to end-August 2017. According to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens, the average confidence level expressed by respondents to the survey was up slightly from the 6.1 out of 10 recorded in the previous survey in May 2017 to a three-year high of 6.2. The improved rating was attributable mainly to increased confidence on the part of owners, up from 6.1 to 6.5.
Shipping Operating Costs Declining -Report
Total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by an average of 1.1 percent in 2016, says international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens. This compares with the 2.4 percent average fall in costs recorded for 2015. For the second successive year, all categories of expenditure were down on those for the previous 12-month period, most notably for insurance costs and stores. The findings are set out inMoore Stephens' ship operating costs benchmarking tool OpCost 2017…
Vessel Operating Costs on the Rise -Moore Stephens
Vessel operating costs are expected to rise in both 2017 and 2018, according to the latest survey by international account and shipping consultant Moore Stephens. Repairs and maintenance and spares are the cost categories which are likely to increase most significantly in each of the two years. The survey is based on responses from key players in the international shipping industry, predominantly shipowners and managers in Europe and Asia. Those responses revealed that vessel operating costs are likely to rise by 2.1 percent in 2017 and by 2.4 percent in 2018.
Moore Stephens: 4th Straight Year of Operating Costs Decline
International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by an average of 2.4% in 2015. This compares with the 0.8% average fall in costs recorded for 2014, and is the fourth successive overall year-on-year reduction in such costs. All categories of expenditure were down on those for the previous 12-month period. This suggests continued pragmatic management of costs by ship owners and operators, as well as a reduction in active trading for some owners as a result of the prolonged worldwide economic downturn.
Ship Operating Costs Set to Rise -Survey
Vessel operating costs are expected to rise in both 2016 and 2017, according to the latest survey by international accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens. Repairs and maintenance and spares are the cost categories which are likely to increase most significantly in each of the two years. The survey is based on responses from key players in the international shipping industry, predominantly shipowners and managers in Europe and Asia. Those responses revealed that vessel operating costs are expected to rise by 1.9 percent in 2016 and by 2.5 percent in 2017.
Shippers' Confidence at 15-month High -Survey
Shipping confidence improved for the third successive quarter in the three months to end-November 2016, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. In November 2016, the average confidence level expressed by respondents was 5.6 out of 10, equaling the highest rating since August 2015. All main categories of respondent were more confident than in August 2016, when the overall rating was 5.4. Charterers' confidence this time increased by 2 points, to 6.8, the highest figure in the life of the survey for such respondents.
Shipping Confidence Improved: Moore Stephens
Shipping confidence improved for the third successive quarter in the three months to end-November 2016, says a report by Moore Stephens, an accounting and advisory network in UK. In November 2016, the average confidence level expressed by respondents was 5.6 out of 10.0, equalling the highest rating since August 2015. All main categories of respondent were more confident than in August 2016, when the overall rating was 5.4. Charterers' confidence this time increased by 2.0 points, to 6.8, the highest figure in the life of the survey for such respondents.
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As a Cirrus owner and longtime aviation enthusiast, the founder of Mistwood Aviation believes in a commitment to excellence and an exceptional customer experience.
I am Don McLaughlin and the founder and Managing Member of Mistwood Aviation Services, LLC. I began flying in 1978 and have owned a variety of Cessna, Bonanza, Piper and Cirrus aircraft since that time. I am a serial entrepreneur and have founded and run a number of successful businesses since 1974. I have used aircraft to support my various businesses throughout the last 42 years and have been an experienced consumer of aviation maintenance and services over that time. In 1997, I purchased Mistwood Airport at the Lake of the Ozarks. Mistwood Airport (24MO) is a private airport and has a 2,800' x 36' paved runway. It is membership based and has a number of member pilots with homes in the area.
In 2004, I founded Mistwood Aviation Services to support various aviation-related endeavors. Ten years later, I purchased a 2014 Cirrus SR-22T that is based at Mistwood Airport. I fly in to Spirit of St. Louis Airport frequently and I quickly found that St. Louis lacked competent service resources for Cirrus aircraft. After discussing the limited local support options with a number of other St. Louis Cirrus owners, I recognized that there was a need for a service and training center that was modeled after the Cirrus philosophy of innovation, quality and safety while delivering an exceptional customer experience.
In February of 2014, I began discussions with Cirrus Aircraft about the possibility of starting a Cirrus Service and Training Center at Spirit Airport. Up until this point, all Authorized Service Center (ASC) designations were added on to existing service organizations. This method has had varying results and outcomes and had been less than successful in St. Louis. After over a year of discussions, Cirrus approved Mistwood Aviation as a Cirrus Authorized Service Center. No one had ever started an ASC that was purpose built and designed for the Cirrus owner.
During the discussions in 2015, I began to investigate the local maintenance technicians with Cirrus experience. This investigation involved Cirrus Field Service personnel as well as local owners. John Merriman's name kept coming up with extremely high recommendations. John has had a successful career working on Cirrus Aircraft since 2001 and has had extensive Cirrus training and experience. After many discussions with John and with Cirrus, I offered John the position of Director of Maintenance for Mistwood Aviation. John understands the excellence and quality that create an exceptional customer experience and he has created a culture within Mistwood Aviation to support that outcome.
I invite you to call or come by our facility and experience an organization that is focused on you and your airplane. We realize that our success is only achievable when our customers have a truly exceptional experience and are excited to recommend us. This philosophy has proven successful in my other businesses and we look forward to serving you.


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If you've strolled along West 134th street in the past week, you probably noticed some beautiful artwork -- along with flowers and clean streets, part of a beautification effort that the West Harlem Progressive Democratic Club is proud to have taken part in.
The event, in which WHPDC, the West 134th Street Block Association, The Mission Continues Harlem Platoon, and the 30th Precinct Explorers came together as part of a community response to three shootings that happened on the block earlier in the year.
"Having residents take stock of what happens on the street where they live is a strong stance against the destructive activities of drug and gun violence," says Gricel Ortiz-Thompson, the club's vice president. "Forming block associations and organizing activities which all resident can take part offers a sense of ownership. When neighbors commune to invest time, energy and labor; that type of activity empowers resident to say, 'this is where I live and this is how I want it to look and feel.'"
The beautification effort brought together everyone from children to grandparents to build tree beds, plant flowers, and paint efforts, with art and design led by Stefen Reed of The Children's Art Carnival. "We wanted this event to help foster relationships amongst neighbors and ensure continued communion with the upkeep and seasonal maintenance," Gricel added. "I was honored to share in the experience and although I don't live on the block (but still live in the community); having participated gave me a sense of possessing equity in the neighborhood."
District Leader Corey Ortega (D-Manhattan) said, "We are mobilizing our community to respond to the spree of shootings that took place on West 134th Street. In partnership, with the Block Association Leaders, The Mission Continues, the New York City Police Department, and Councilmember Mark Levine we are launching a series of community events to promote a better quality of life on West 134th Street."
Alongside the beautification project, the NYPD has also placed a number of security cameras and engaged in a series of community meetings with the help of local mediation groups.
Images courtesy of the West 134th Street Block Association and Stefen Reed.


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According to Noah Smith in an opinion piece for Bloomberg, the federal government has the funds and power to end homelessness in the United States.
Service plans for program participants are individualized based on their needs, circumstances and market conditions, and focus on helping households find and keep housing.
If communities want to continue this good work that they did with HPRP and end and prevent homelessness, then TANF and Rapid Re-housing is one of the answers.
Rapid rehousing is an effective and efficient strategy to help families and individuals quickly move out of homelessness and into permanent housing with appropriate services.


Yesterday we saw how lava tubes would act as a radiation shelter for astronauts on the moon. There are, however, several other potential advantages in putting a base in a lava tube.
Firstly, protection from meteoroids. The moon is constantly pounded by meteors weighing tiny fractions of a gram (we call them micrometeors), as well as meteor showers of larger meteors now and again. Although the micrometeorites are an unfortunate annoyance and can be compensated for by building equipment slightly bulkier than ideal, the larger meteor showers would be a serious danger to an exposed base. Placing a base inside a lava tube would protect it from meteor showers, thus making anti-meteor armour less of a necessity, and the tube would also provide a shelter for delicate equipment that would be easily damaged by meteors.
Second are thermal considerations. The lunar surface varies from ≅100 K in the nighttime to ≅400 K in the day, which means that thermal regulation of a base in order to keep it comfortable for humans could be a bit of a nightmare. If a base is placed in a lava tube, protection from heat is no longer a problem - all you need to do would is try your utmost to keep heat in, and we have experience of dealing with that kind of problem from polar research bases.
Finally is the problem of lunar dust. Formed from lunar rock by millions of years of bombardment by meteors, lunar dust is a serious headache. It's a very fine powder that gets into everything, clogging up motors, covering solar panels and shorting out electronics. But because lava tube interiors have been protected from meteors, we expect them to be relative dust free. Of course, by the time we've been walking and driving in and out for a couple of weeks it won't be.
So we've established that putting a lunar base inside a lava tube would be a good idea. So how do we go about finding a good site?


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ENERGY PLANT SUGGESTED FOR HIGH SCHOOL
By PENELOPE OVERTON; Courant Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN -- — The consultant hired to rescue the troubled high school building project is suggesting installation of an alternative energy system to shave at least $2 million off the total cost.
PinnacleOne, a national construction consulting firm, has suggested local officials consider three options to offset the construction bids that came in about $17 million over the city's pre-construction estimates.
The options involve a variety of changes to the building, but all three include construction of a central plant on campus to generate electricity as well as to heat and cool the building and its planned pool.
PinnacleOne says this system would shave at least $2 million from the price and help Middletown edge closer to its approved $79.9 million budget. In all, it is the single biggest cost savings that PinnacleOne is suggesting.
But it was clear when the company presented its ideas to the public over the last week that local residents really didn't understand the new system and had little confidence in the idea or the estimated cost savings.
Some people in the crowd, which numbered about 100, wanted to know if PinnacleOne stood to make any money off its recommendation by being the one to build the system, run it or even through the referral of another company.
"This is pretty complicated stuff," said Stephen Shapiro, a member of the city's high school building committee. "Two million dollars is a big assumption. Could you give us a guarantee that we would save that much?"
Bill Trail, the local PinnacleOne executive overseeing the project, said he would bring one of the firm's energy experts, Darr Hashempour, to Middletown Wednesday to explain the system and its estimated cost savings.
On Friday, Hashempour said by phone that PinnacleOne has already put similar systems in place in two California community colleges. The savings prompted seven other California colleges and two school districts to follow suit.
Here's how Hashempour describes the alternative energy proposal:
The plant relies on a trigeneration system, which uses natural gas to turn turbines or engines that create electricity at a price that would be lower than a Connecticut school could get from a local utility company.
The "trigen" system then captures the heat generated by those engines or turbines, rather than allowing it to escape into the atmosphere like a traditional system and uses it to heat water that will in turn heat the school.
The system uses an absorption chiller to convert hot water into cool water. That chilled water is piped into a coil in the air conditioning system. A fan blows air over the cool coil, which in turn chills the air.
Hashempour said PinnacleOne would help Middletown hire a local energy services company to build the central plant. The city could add the cost into the project totals or ask the firm to help the city finance the plant construction.
If it pays up front, the city would be able to save money in its future energy bills and maintenance costs of up to 50 percent, Hashempour said. But that will not help the city reduce the price of building the new school now.
To do that, the city could opt for the finance option, which is kind of like a long-term lease. The city would use annual energy savings to pay off its lease. A California high school expects to pay off its plant financing in just four years.
Under this plan, the city could use the money it would have spent to install a traditional heating and cooling system in the school for other purposes -- such as cutting overall project costs by at least $2 million, Hashempour said.
Hashempour said he has not crunched the local numbers yet, but said he is confident Middletown can save at least $2 million, if not several million more, right away if it finances the project through a company leasing scenario.
He said PinnacleOne does not stand to make any money off the system if it's built. It will receive a $360,000 consulting fee from the city either way. Also, PinnacleOne gets no referral fee from a company hired to build the plant, he said.


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The Chambers and Partners Greater China Region 2023 rankings are announced
Tanner De Witt is delighted once again to be recognised by Chambers & Partners in their inaugural 2023 Greater China Region Guide for each of its main practice areas. Please see full results and editorial commentary below. Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms (Band 2)Full ranking here. Tanner…Read More
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The Legal 500 2023 rankings are announced for Asia-Pacific
Tanner De Witt is proud to again be recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2023 for employment, restructuring and insolvency, dispute resolution, technology, media, telecommunications (TMT), commercial, corporate and M&A, private client and family. Legal 500's Hall of Fame includes Partners Ian De Witt and Robin Darton, while Pamela Mak and Russell Bennett are…Read More
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When a director's days are numbered… removal of directors under the Companies Ordinance of Hong Kong
Members of a Hong Kong private company may remove a director without cause subject to the requirements set out in the Companies Ordinance ("CO"). The general requirements are set out in s. 462 and s. 463 of the CO. They are: A director may…Read More
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Results of 2022 Chambers Greater China Region Guide announced
Tanner De Witt is delighted once again to be recognised by Chambers & Partners in their inaugural 2022 Greater China Region Guide for each of its main practice areas. Please see full results and editorial commentary below. Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms (Band 2)Full ranking here. What the…Read More
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Tanner De Witt joins the Greener Litigation Pledge
We are proud to announce that Tanner De Witt is now a signatory to the Greener Litigation Pledge.
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Press release: Tanner De Witt further grows commercial and regulatory practice with appointment of consultant Munenori Kaku
Click here to read the Japanese translation of this press release. Tanner De Witt confirms the appointment of senior commercial and regulatory lawyer Munenori (Muny) Kaku as a Consultant with the firm's Corporate and Commercial practice. The appointment was effective Monday 20 September 2021. Muny,…Read More
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New option if your employment / dependant visa is expiring soon or has expired
A recent change in policy on extensions of stay by the Immigration Department is now permitting applications to be made by applicants who are unable to return to Hong Kong before the expiry of their employment or dependant visas. To be eligible, the applicant must…Read More
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Tanner De Witt is proud to be recommended this year in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2021 for its four main practice areas; corporate and commercial, employment, restructuring and insolvency and dispute resolution. Notably, partners Ian De Witt, Robin Darton and Kim Boreham are ranked in the Hall of Fame, while Pamela Mak is recognised…Read More
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Eddie Look and Tim Drew attend the Mergermarket Asian M&A Forum
Corporate Commercial Co-Heads Eddie Look and Tim Drew recently attended the Mergermarket Asian M&A Forum, which was held virtually from 18 to 20 August. Co-hosted by Mergermarket and AVCJ, the forum connected over 600 leading corporates, private equity investors, and professional advisors for an exclusive…Read More
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The Court-Free Amalgamation Process in Hong Kong
An amalgamation is a legal process under which the assets and liabilities of two or more companies incorporated in Hong Kong merge and are brought under one of the original companies. Tim Drew and Herman Pang from the Corporate and Commercial practice group of Tanner…Read More
Tanner De Witt is proud to once again be recommended this year in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2020 for its four main practice areas; corporate and commercial, labour and employment, restructuring and insolvency and litigation and dispute resolution. Notably, partners Ian De Witt, Robin Darton and Kim Boreham have retained their leading…Read More
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Running to help senior citizens in the Discovery Bay 10K!
On Saturday 7 December, six Tanner De Witt runners ran the annual Discovery Bay 10K – an event that we have supported for several years as Title Sponsor! Tim Drew, Jan Willem Möller, Natalie Lam, Raymond Ko, Erica Chung and Pete Spizzirri all raced, with Tim Drew finishing fastest…Read More
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National League Predictions: Our best guess at 2000's winners and losers
by Baseball Prospectus | April 01, 2000
National League East JeffBower ClayDavenport JeffHildebrand RanyJazayerli ChrisKahrl KeithLaw DavePease StevenRubio JoeSheehan MichaelWolverton DerekZumsteg TotalPoints AtlantaBraves 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 55 New YorkMets 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 40 PhiladelphiaPhillies 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 32…
From The Mailbag: DiMaggio vs. Williams, Davenport Translations, More Mets Fun
by Baseball Prospectus | March 27, 2000
DiMaggio vs. Williams I just finished reading an essay in George Will's book, "Bunts" concerning the '41 season and the rivalry between Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. Will, along with most other historical and modern analysts of the '41 season, clearly feels that Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak was a "greater" achievement than Williams's '41…
Prospectus Roundtable: Realignment
The BP crew discusses the implications of a rumored plan to redistribute baseball's teams.
Big Exciting Contest #3!: Make us laugh and earn tickets to a game near you!
Valentine's Day is behind us, and pitchers and catchers are well into their late-winter preparations. And while Mike Piazza and Ismael Valdes stretch, throw, catch and hit, fantasy players around the world are also gearing up for some springtime action. With all the preparation involved in playing games like roto or Scoresheet, the players we…
Prospectus Roundtable: Al Martin to the Padres
by Baseball Prospectus | February 24, 2000
Wednesday, the San Diego Padres acquired left fielder Al Martin from the Pittsburgh Pirates for pinch-hitter John Vander Wal and two pitching prospects, Geraldo Padua and Jim Sak. This received a surprising amount of attention from our staff. Chris Kahrl: Looks like time for another round of condolences. Al Martin? How does he help the…
Prospectus Roundtable: Ken Griffey Trade
On Thursday, three months of speculation came to an end as the Seattle Mariners traded Ken Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Cameron, Brett Tomko, shortstop prospect Antonio Perez and relief prospect Jake Meyer. For more information on Perez and Meyer, take a look at their Davenport Translations. Keith Law: I think the…
From The Mailbag: Gerut vs. Clemente, Hampton vs. Dotel, Gord Ash vs. Chris Kahrl
Colorado Rockies Jody Gerut had a great first half last season, but no way will he grace the confines of Coors this year unless he really comes on and even then it will be only as a September callup. Also, what is your "EqA" supposed to measure? The EqA's for some Rockies players make no…
Prospectus Roundtable: John Rocker Suspension
On Monday, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig suspended Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker until May 1 as punishment for his statements against ethnic minorities, immigrants and homosexuals. Jeff Bower: This is patently absurd. It certainly seems that the repercussions from fans and players are more than adequate punishment for the "crime" and act as an adequate…
Prospectus Roundtable: All hail Czar Bud
by Baseball Prospectus | January 23, 2000
On Thursday, baseball's owners signed a resolution that gave Commissioner Bud Selig significant power to make unilateral decisions to restore competitive balance. While Selig did not immediately go Robin Hood on the likes of George Steinbrenner, this decision has many ramifications for the game, both on and off the field. Joe Sheehan: It's an ownership…
Prospectus Roundtable: Mets vs. Braves
by Baseball Prospectus | October 13, 1999
Before The Game Keith Law: Braves in FOUR? Oh, we're going to get hate mail… Joe Sheehan: I can see the Mets winning a game…I just can't fathom which one, or how. Rany Jazayerli: The chances for a Braves' sweep are about as high as that of a career revival for anyone who has appeared…
From The Mailbag: Ben Christensen and Neifi Perez
by Baseball Prospectus | September 02, 1999
BEN CHRISTENSEN BRAVO!! Thank you for having the guts not to soft-peddle the behavior of this lout. If he wasn't an athlete, he'd be in prison right now… which is exactly where he belongs. Yet another case of preferential treatment for an athlete who might be able to make someone else a few bucks. A…
Individual Ballots: All of BP's midseason ballots
by Baseball Prospectus | July 15, 1999
Rany Jazayerli Players of the Year 1) Derek Jeter 2) Nomar Garciaparra 3) Jeff Bagwell 4) Tony Fernandez 5) Ken Griffey, Jr. 6) Larry Walker 7) Alex Rodriguez 8) Sean Casey 9) Shawn Green 10) Tie, Roberto Alomar & Manny Ramirez HM) Dave Nilsson Can anyone really argue that Jeter and Garciaparra are not head…
The Extra Guys, Part 2: More players you won't find in this year's book
HITTERS Glen Barker PS Age 28 Year Team Lge AB H DB TP HR BB R RBI SB CS Out BA OBA SA EQA EQR Defense 1996 Fayettvl SAL 138 31 0 0 1 10 9 7 6 3 110 .225 .277 .246 .182 8 36-OF 113 1996 Jacksnvl Sou 121 15 0 1 0…
The Extra Guys, Part I: Players you won't find in this year's book
This is the first of two articles where we'll comment on players who appeared on Opening Day rosters, but for one reason or another were omitted from the book. The remainder will appear in an article early next week. HITTERS Gary Bennett C Bats R Age 27 Year Team Lge AB H DB TP HR…
Projected 1999 National League Standings: We guesstimate the season's winners and losers
NL East | NL Central | NL West Welcome to Baseball Prospectus' predictions for 1999. We'll go division by division and each of our staff members will tell you what they think about the races. Remember, there's a reason we don't print this stuff in the book; there is no good way we know of…
Projected 1999 American League Standings: We guesstimate the season's winners and losers
AL East | AL Central | AL West Welcome to Baseball Prospectus' predictions for 1999. We'll go division by division and each of our staff members will tell you what they think about the races. Remember, there's a reason we don't print this stuff in the book; there is no good way we know of…


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1.1 Brief Introduction of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
1.2 Development of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
1.3 Status of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
Chapter Two Manufacturing Technology of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
2.1 Development of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturing Technology
2.2 Analysis of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturing Technology
2.3 Trends of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturing Technology
Chapter Four 2014-2019 Global and Chinese Market of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
4.1 2014-2019 Global Capacity, Production and Production Value of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
4.2 2014-2019 Global Cost and Profit of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
4.3 Market Comparison of Global and Chinese (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
4.4 2014-2019 Global and Chinese Supply and Consumption of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
4.5 2014-2019 Chinese Import and Export of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
Chapter Five Market Status of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
5.1 Market Competition of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry by Company
5.2 Market Competition of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry by Country (USA, EU, Japan, Chinese etc.)
5.3 Market Analysis of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Consumption by Application/Type
Chapter Six 2019-2024 Market Forecast of Global and Chinese (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
6.1 2019-2024 Global and Chinese Capacity, Production, and Production Value of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
6.2 2019-2024 (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry Cost and Profit Estimation
6.3 2019-2024 Global and Chinese Market Share of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
Chapter Seven Analysis of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry Chain
Chapter Eight Global and Chinese Economic Impact on (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
8.3 Effects to (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
Chapter Nine Market Dynamics of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
9.1 (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry News
9.2 (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry Development Challenges
9.3 (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry Development Opportunities
Chapter Eleven Research Conclusions of Global and Chinese (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Industry
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Table Development of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturing Technology
Figure Manufacturing Process of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
Table Trends of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturing Technology
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Figure 2014-2019 (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Production Global Market Share
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Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Capacity List
Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Capacity Share List
Figure 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturers Capacity Share
Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Production List
Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Production Share List
Figure 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturers Production Share
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Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Production Value List
Figure 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Production Value and Growth Rate
Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Production Value Share List
Figure 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Manufacturers Production Value Share
Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Capacity Production Cost Profit and Gross Margin List
Figure 2014-2019 Chinese Share of Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Production
Table 2014-2019 Global Supply and Consumption of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
Table 2014-2019 Import and Export of (S)-(-)-propylene oxide
Figure 2018 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Capacity Market Share
Figure 2018 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Production Market Share
Figure 2018 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Manufacturers Production Value Market Share
Table 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Key Countries Capacity List
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Figure 78 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Consumption Volume Market by Application
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Figure 79 2014-2019 Global (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Consumption Volume Market Share by Application
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Figure 80 2014-2019 Chinese (S)-(-)-propylene oxide Consumption Volume Market by Application
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Watch our concerto winners talk about the works they'll play this Sunday at our annual Symphony Showcase
Musically, UW-Madison's annual concerto competition ranges far and wide. This year, winners included a vocalist (Cayla Rosché, soprano, singing Strauss's Vier Letzte Lieder, TrV 296); a violinist (Richard Silvers, performing Dvorak's Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53); a piano duo (Adalia Hernandez Abrego and Jiawen Zhang, playing Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor); a composer (Anne McAninch, with the UW-Symphony Orchestra performing her new work, Fanfare for Orchestra); and a bassoonist (Chia-Yu Hsu, who will play Bitsch's Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra).
Watch here and join the fun, Sunday, March 10, 7:30 PM, Mills Hall. Tickets: $12 adults, children and students free, available at the Memorial Union, online and at the door. Learn more here.
New summer offering: "Delta Blues," with Professor Charles Dill. Now offered online!
Registration begins April 1; check back soon for precise course number.
See course guide here.
This class, first offered by Professor Dill in spring 2017, will now be available online as a four-week summer course. In the class, Dill traces the history of the blues within America's racial history, beginning with the living conditions that produced the blues in rural Mississippi, and detailing the emergence of blues in the early recording industry (Paramount, OKeh), including the earliest examples (W.C. Handy, Mamie Smith), as well as the singers emerging in the 1920s (Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson). The class then follows migrations northward to Memphis (jug bands) and Chicago (electric blues), traces the emerging importance of radio and live performance (King Biscuit Time, WDIA, the Chittlin' Circuit) as well as living conditions in Chicago (Maxwell Street). It will track early marketing of blues to white audiences (Josh White, Lead Belly) and end with the reemergence of the blues as '60s folk music. The course is supplemented with extensive musical selections and documentary footage of interviews and performances.
Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1960. Courtesy WikiCommons.
Musicians travel to Cuban sister city, Camaguey
A group of Madison musicians, including UW-Madison bass instructor Nick Moran, jazz studies director Johannes Wallmann and cellist Meredith Nesbitt traveled to Cuba in January. The American musicians played four concerts with Cuban musicians in addition to workshops and other opportunities.
Read story on Channel 3000.
"Just Bach" in Madison
Sarah Brailey
Doctoral voice candidate Sarah Brailey returned to Wisconsin last fall after ten years in New York City. "One of my favorite parts of my musical life in New York City was how much Bach I had the chance to sing. I regularly sang with the two big liturgical Bach series: Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Lutheran and Bach at One at Trinity Wall Street. Last spring, just after I had decided I would return to Madison for my doctorate (I got my master's here in '07) I ran into Madison violist, Marika Fischer Hoyt, who was in NYC and was attending a Bach at One concert in which I was soloing. We chatted after the concert about how I was coming back to Madison and wouldn't it be great if there were a similar free, afternoon Bach series that regularly featured Bach's wonderful and vast cantata repertoire. She got Paul Rowe and Cheryl Bensman-Rowe on board and the rest is history!"
Other Just Bach artistic staff include Cheryl Bensman-Rowe and Paul Rowe, founders of the Madison Early Music Festival; violist Marika Fischer Hoyt; organist Mark Brampton Smith; violinist and SOM alumna Kangwon Lee Kim; cellist and viola da gamba player James Waldo, a doctoral student at UW-Madison; UW-Madison doctoral tenor Wesley Dunnagan; cellist Anton TenWolde; and violinist Nathan Giglierano, a UW-Madison SOM alumnus.
Next "Just Bach" concert: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 1 PM
On the program:
BWV 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden
JM Bach: Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil
Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue, Madison
https://justbach.org/
Vinyl Grows in Popularity
From On Wisconsin magazine
"Staff members at Mills Music Library have noticed students' growing interest in vinyl in recent years. Tom Caw, the music public services librarian, says staff and librarians across the country have reported an increase in people requesting, listening to, or checking out long-playing vinyl.
" 'I think part of the allure for the vinyl listening experience is that it's a physical interaction with a device, and I think people are used to having access online to streaming media,' " Caw says. " 'The interactive physical experience is something you can't replicate online.' "
In case you had not heard, "Record Store Day" is April 13.
Upcoming events-Click links for details
Student-run opera: "The Old Maid and the Thief"
Two performances – Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9, 6:30 PM, Music Hall. Free.
Faculty Recital: Jessica Johnson, solo piano – Works of Female Composers
Friday, March 8 @ 8:00 pm PM, Mills Hall. Free.
Wind Fest with Milwaukee Symphony Guests
Saturday, March 9, Humanities. Free event. Beginning at 1:30 PM, the afternoon will include master classes in flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon with MSO guests, followed by instrumental choir readings and chamber music master classes with members of the Wingra Wind Quintet, UW's faculty quintet.
Final concert:
8:00 PM, Mills Hall. David Gillingham's rarely performed Concerto for Wind Quintet and Wind Ensemble.
Heather Zinninger Yarmel, assistant principal flute, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Young Steele, principal oboe, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
William Helmers, clarinet, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Catherine Chen, principal bassoon, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
The Journey of African-American Song with John Wesley Wright
Saturday, March 9 @ 8:00 PM, Morphy Hall. Free.
For this special event, John Wesley Wright will present a recital of a variety of African-American music including examples of calls and chants, children's game songs, spirituals and ring shouts, hymns and gospels, civil rights era songs, and contemporary songs. During his three-day residency, he will also present a master class and workshop.
UW Jazz Orchestra
Monday, March 11, 7:30 PM, Memorial Union Play Circle. Free.
Faculty Recital: Julia Rottmayer, soprano and Martha Fischer, piano
March 12 @ 7:30 PM, Mills Hall. Free.
Soprano Julia Rottmayer and pianist Martha Fischer present a concert featuring art songs from a mother and child's perspective.
Wisconsin Brass Quintet
Thursday, March 14 @ 7:30 PM, Mills Hall. Free.
Featuring student trumpeter Brighin Kane-Grade performing Simple (Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland, arranged by Daniel Schlosberg.
Other works include music of Bernstein, Isaac Albenez, and David Sampson.
Le Domaine Musical with Marc Vallon and friends
Friday, March 15 @ 7:30 PM, Mills Hall. Free.
A concert of rarely performed music, including a deeply moving piece by Luciano Berio, O King, written in 1968 after the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our Full Concert Calendar includes recitals, students ensembles, and more
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Anne McAninch
Richard Silvers
Jiawen Zhang
Chia-Yu Hsu
Adalia Hernandez Abrego
Cayla Rosché
Once again, the School of Music features some of our top talent at Symphony Showcase, our annual concerto winners' recital. Please join us!
Sunday, March 10 – 7:30 PM
Mills Hall, 455 N. Park Street
$12 adults, free to students/children, music majors, faculty and staff.
https://www.music.wisc.edu/about-us/tickets/
Winners of the 2018-2019 competition:
Adalia Hernandez Abrego, piano
Jiawen Zhang, piano
Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor
Chia-Yu Hsu, bassoon
Bitsch – Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra
Anne McAninch, composition
World Premiere: Fanfare for Orchestra
Cayla Rosché, soprano
Strauss – Vier Letzte Lieder, TrV 296
Richard Silvers, violin
Dvorak – Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53
Read biographies here.
Congratulations to the winners of the Irving Shain Woodwind-Piano Duo Competition
A competition and recital sponsored by former UW-Madison Chancellor Irving Shain. Winners were announced on Feb. 12 and the winners' recital was held on February 16.
2019 Winners:
Zachary Pulse, oboe, with Anna Siampani, piano
Chia-Yu Hsu, bassoon, with Kangwoo Jin, piano
Rocker Steven Miller to receive an honorary degree at May 10 Kohl Center commencement
Arriving at UW–Madison in 1961, Miller spent seven semesters as a comparative literature major, including a year abroad at the University of Copenhagen. He credits his time in Madison with sharpening his social conscience, further noting, "When I got there, they didn't have any rock bands." He created the Ardells and the Knightranes, bands that performed for local clubs and parties every Friday and Saturday night. Fellow students Gary Gerlach, Boz Scaggs and Ben Sidran were in those bands. Read more here.
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"Pure Harbison": UW-Madison's Mead Witter School of Music celebrates the octogenarian composer
UW-Madison opera, theater programs venture 'Into the Woods' together
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Inc. has been granted $20,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a premiere performance of Artemisia by UW-Madison faculty composer Laura Schwendinger, with libretto by Ginger Strand, The opera is based on the life and work of Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. There will also be related community engagement programming. Artemisia will also be presented in New York City in early March at Trinity Church Wall Street and in early June in San Francisco at Z space.
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A very busy two weeks for the Mead Witter School of Music!
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This weekend: World Premiere of John Harbison's Viola Sonata with Sally Chisholm and pianist Timothy Lovelace
Sunday, February 17, 7:30 PM, Mills Hall. $25. Buy tickets here.
Learn about the event here.
The concert includes solo performances by Chisholm and Lovelace and the full Pro Arte Quartet.
Read a recent Isthmus review of the Pro Arte Quartet.
On Sunday, Feb. 10, the Wisconsin State Journal published a story about the upcoming John Harbison events in Madison. Read the story here.
UW Wind Ensemble with soloist Midori Samson
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2:00 PM, Mills Hall.
With Scott Teeple, conductor and Cole Hairston and Ross Wolf, graduate conductors. This concert will be livestreamed. Check this page for updates: https://www.music.wisc.edu/video/
Midori Samson
Presenting doctoral bassoonist Midori Samson, winner of the inaugural Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition. Midori, student of Professor Marc Vallon and recipient of a Collins Fellowship at the school of music, has a secondary focus in social work. She holds roles as second bassoon in the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and principal bassoon in the Beloit-Janesville Symphony. She previously was a fellow in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has performed in several Chicago Symphony Orchestra family concerts, as well as with the Austin, Charleston, and New World Symphonies, the National Orchestral Institute, and the Pacific Music Festival. Midori holds degrees from The Juilliard School and the University of Texas at Austin. Midori will perform the Concerto for Bassoon (1999) of Frigyes Hidas . Click to see full program.
UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra, featuring works of composer Augusta Read Thomas
Thursday, February 14, 7:30 PM, Mills Hall – Free
With Chad Hutchinson, conductor, and graduate conductors Michael Dolan and Ji Hyun Yim. Click to see full program.
Augusta Read Thomas will be in residence at UW-Madison for this concert. Join us for a master class with Ms. Thomas, Feb. 14, 2:00 to 5:00 PM, Morphy Hall.
Among her many accomplishments, Ms. Thomas founded the University of Chicago's Center for Contemporary Composition: "a dynamic, collaborative, and interdisciplinary environment for the creation, performance and study of new music and for the advancement of the careers of emerging and established composers, performers, and scholars." An influential teacher at Eastman, Northwestern, Tanglewood, and Aspen Music Festival, she is only the 16th person to be designated University Professor at the University of Chicago. From 1997 through 2006, Thomas was Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony, working with conductors Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez.
UW-Western Percussion Ensemble with guest composer Elliot Cole and percussionist Peter Ferry
Wednesday, February 20, 7:30 PM, Mills Hall
Ticketed – Children $7 – Adults $17. Buy tickets here; also sold at door.
Presenting a three-day residency by composer Elliot Cole and percussionist Peter Ferry, who will perform with the UW-Western Percussion Ensemble. Works on the program will include "The Future is Bright" for soloist, film, and percussion ensemble and "Hanuman's Leap" for percussion group, digital playback, and voice. Learn more here.
Elliot Cole is a composer and "charismatic contemporary bard" (NY Times). He has performed his music with Grammy winners Roomful of Teeth, Grammy nominees A Far Cry and Metropolis Ensemble, as well as the Chicago Composers Orchestra, New Vintage Baroque, the Lucerne Festival Academy, and as a member of the book-club-band Oracle Hysterical. His percussion music has been performed by over 250 percussion ensembles all over the world. In 2017 he was invited by Talks at Google to share his unique approach to music through computer programming. He is on faculty at New York's The New School and Juilliard's Evening Division, and is program director of Musicambia at Sing Sing prison, where he works with a music school for incarcerated men.
University Opera and University Theatre: Sondheim's Into the Woods
From February 21 through 24, University Theatre and University Opera, in partnership with the Wisconsin Union Theater, will co-present Into the Woods at Shannon Hall in the Memorial Union, marking the first time in twelve years that the Mead Witter School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Drama have collaborated on a production. David Ronis, Karen K. Bishop director of opera, will direct, and Chad Hutchinson, orchestra director, will conduct.
Five performances are planned: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:30 PM, and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM.
Read about the show.
Buy tickets here.
Guest Artist: Rhea Olivaccé, soprano, with Martha Fischer, piano
The Black Voice – A Collection of African American Art Songs and Spirituals
Recital: Saturday, February 23, 6:30 PM, Morphy Hall
Master class: February 22, 5:00 PM, Morphy Hall
Free and open to the public.
In New York: Laura Schwendinger's Artemisia
Trinity Church Wall Street
St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway and Fulton Street, New York City
The Time's Arrow Festival continues its commitment to amplifying the voices of female artists across multiple mediums. The festival includes the fully staged world premiere of the new opera Artemisia by UW-Madison faculty composer Laura Schwendinger. Artemisia tells the story of the Baroque artist who portrayed herself as Susanna in her famous painting Susanna and the Elders.
Schwendinger's "High Wire Act" praised in Boston
From the Boston Classical Review: "If one needed to be reminded that a program of contemporary music can be engaging – even riveting – on its own terms, Collage New Music's concert's Sunday night at Pickman Hall was the place to be. CNM music director David Hoose led a reading of High Wire Act that brimmed with personality. Sarah Brady's realization of Schwendinger's brilliant flute writing was particularly compelling: precise, nimble, and fiery." Read the review here.
The School of Music offers a smorgasbord of performances each year; we invite you to visit our website and click on our events calendar. We also publish a season brochure that is mailed every August. To receive the brochure, please send your postal address to the School of Music.
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UW-Madison alumni form 3/4 of new strings education quartet in Door County
Executive director also an alumna
The first time UW-Madison's Hunt Quartet played in Door County for Midsummer's Music, a Door County summer chamber music festival, it was in response to an emergency.
The renowned Pro Arte Quartet had long been booked to play, but the quartet had to cancel. Midsummer's artistic director James Berkenstock scrambled to fill the void.
The Griffon String Quartet. L-R: Roy Meyer, Ryan Louie, "Vini" Sant'Ana, and Blakeley Menghini. Photograph by Ben Menghini.
David Perry, violinist with the Pro Arte, had a solution: Hire the Hunt, the graduate string quartet at UW-Madison. "David said that this particular configuration of the Hunt Quartet was superb," says Berkenstock. "He said they already had a program and would do a great job."
Classical pianist Christopher Taylor continues his Liszt/Beethoven cycle
Franz Liszt was a superstar pianist. He was a virtuoso who invented the orchestral tone poem, taught 400 students for free, conducted and composed. Musicologist Alan Walker wrote three volumes about Liszt, shedding light on all of Liszt's work but especially his genius for transcription. Writes Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times, "The best of these works are much more than virtuosic stunts. Liszt's piano transcriptions of the nine Beethoven symphonies are works of genius. Vladimir Horowitz, in a 1988 interview, told me that he deeply regretted never having played Liszt's arrangements of the Beethoven symphonies in public."
Few pianists have tackled all nine Beethoven transcriptions. Christopher Taylor is one. On Saturday, February 9, at 8:00 PM in Mills Hall, Taylor will perform his sixth transcription – Beethoven's 8th Symphony. Saturday's concert will also include six preludes by Nikolai Kapustin, a whose works span both classical and jazz, and the Fantasy in C Major, D. 760 ("Der Wanderer") of Franz Schubert.
Christopher Taylor. Photograph by Michael R. Anderson.
In 2020, Christopher Taylor will celebrate Beethoven's 250th anniversary with performances of the Franz Liszt transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies, in Madison and beyond. In Boston, Taylor will perform the entire set in five concerts at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Tickets for Taylor's Feb. 9 concert ($17 adults, $7 children) may be purchased online or in person.
Purchase options here:
Or, purchase online directly at this link.
Pro Arte Quartet this Saturday
February 2 @ 8:00 pm, Mills Concert Hall, 455 N. Park St.
Program: String Quartet D Major, Op. 50 No. 6 "The Frog"(1796) – Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 9 in Eb Major, Op. 117 (1964) – Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3 (1842) – Robert Schumann
"Schubertiade" charms audience once again
Isthmus's John Barker wrote, "A carefully prepared program and a multi-page handout with the full German song texts, with English translations, allowed the audience to become fully immersed in the music.
"And what absolutely wonderful music!"
Check our Facebook page for images from the January 27 concert.
The Perlman Trio following their performance of Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2, second movement: Mercedes Cullen, Kanwoo Jin, and Micah Cheng. With Bill Lutes at piano. Photograph by Michael R. Anderson.
Jazz Composers Group and Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble  February 1 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Avenue
Wingra Wind Quintet in Richland Center February 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 26625 Crestview Dr Richland Center, WI  Members of the Wingra Wind Quintet in concert, presented by the Richland Concert Association at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Richland Center.
UW Jazz Orchestra & the Billy Childs Quartet February 9 @ 8:00 pm Memorial Union-Shannon Hall, 800 Langdon Street WI  Jazz pianist Billy Childs, the 2018 Grammy Award winner for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, will join the UW Jazz Orchestra on stage for an exciting opening act prior to his appearance with the Billy Childs Quartet.
UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra, with composer Augusta Read Thomas February 14 @ 7:30 pm Mills Concert Hall. With Chad Hutchinson, conductor, and graduate conductors Michael Dolan and Ji Hyun Yim.  Program: Jean Sibelius- Valse Triste; Augusta Read Thomas- Of Paradise and Light; Augusta Read Thomas- Prayer and Celebration; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Symphony No. 39 in Eb. Major, K. 543. Augusta Read Thomas will be in residence at UW-Madison for this concert. Join us for a master class with Ms. Thomas, Feb. 14, 2:00 to 5:00 PM, Music Hall.
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University Opera and Theatre present Sondheim musical, "Into The Woods"
Freudian psychology meets musical theater in Sondheim's Into the Woods
University Theatre and University Opera join to present Stephen Sondheim's classic mashup
Cinderella wants to go to the ball; Jack wants to climb the beanstalk; Little Red Riding Hood wants to take some goodies to her grandmother; Rapunzel is stuck in a tower. Add to these popular fairy tales one more about a baker, his wife, and the witch next door, weave them all together, and you have the ingenious mashup otherwise known as Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods.
From February 21st through 24th, 2019, University Theatre and University Opera, in partnership with the Wisconsin Union Theater, will co-present Into the Woods at Shannon Hall in the Memorial Union, marking the first time in twelve years that the Mead Witter School of Music and the Department of Theatre and Drama have collaborated on a production. David Ronis, Karen K. Bishop director of opera, will direct, and Chad Hutchinson, orchestra director, will conduct.
Into the Woods costume design for Granny and the Baker's Wife, by Ashley Bellet.
The production will feature 20 singer-actors on stage, supported by over 70 instrumentalists, stage crew, and theater artisans from the School of Music, Department of Theatre and Drama, Department of Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, and from the campus-at-large, accompanied by the UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra.
The timing of this presentation, two weeks after Madison Opera's production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music, could not be better for all lovers of musical theater and particularly the work of Stephen Sondheim. The opportunity to see two fully-realized, productions of Sondheim's major works in such a short time will certainly make February 2019 "Sondheim Month" in Madison.
Into the Woods is a story of interconnected fairy tales where familiar characters venture into the woods to fulfill their deepest wishes. Half way through, it appears that all are succeeding and will live "happily ever after" until the real consequences of the characters' actions come back to haunt them – and they do with a vengeance. Ultimately, each finds resolution and comfort in community, but only after sacrifices are made and difficult lessons are learned.
Into the Woods is chock full of memorable, urbane, often funny, beautiful songs – indeed many of Sondheim's best – including Cinderella's "On the Steps of the Palace," Jack's "Giant's in the Sky," the ironic duet, "Agony," sung by the two Princes, the Witch's heartfelt "Stay With Me," and finally, the show's moving anthem "No One is Alone."
This elaborate production will feature the work of two student designers. M.F.A. scenic design student John Drescher, assisted by Ariana White, Jake Prine, and Emma Bruland, have crafted an imaginative set that incorporates projections and involves many moving parts. Senior Ethan White serves as sound designer, assisted by Isabel Coff, sound engineer. They are joined by professionals: costume designer Ashley Bellet, lighting designer Kenneth Ferencek, and props designer Lydia Berggruen. Completing the production team will be production stage manager Jahana Azodi, technical director Greg Silver, scene shop head Rob Wagner, assistant directors Benjamin Hopkins and Thomas Kasdorf, and assistant stage managers Molly Jean Frisch and Dylan Thoren. Additional production support is provided by scenic charge Emily Rudolf, lighting board operator Hope Robiolio, and master electrician Alice Combs.
The majority of performers on stage will be undergraduate students. Miranda Kettlewell and Elisheva Pront will split performances as Cinderella; Zoe Bockhorst and Meghan Stecker will share performances of Little Red Riding Hood; Talia Engstrom and Emily Vandenberg will both perform the role of the Baker's Wife; Bryanna Plaisir will take the role of the Witch; Michael Kelley will be the Baker; and Christian Brenny will perform the role of Jack. The Princes will be Benjamin Galvin (Cinderella's Prince) and Tanner Zocher (Rapunzel's Prince) and the Wolf/Steward will be played by Cobi Tappa. Cinderella's adopted family will be portrayed by Faith Fuller (Stepmother), Josie Brandmeier (Florinda), Shasparay Lighteard (Lucinda) and Zach Wolff (Cinderella's Father). The triple assignment of Cinderella's Mother, Granny, and the Giant will be fulfilled by Angela Peterson. Master's student Kelsey Wang will be Rapunzel. Doctoral candidates Quanda Johnson and Joshua Kelly will play the roles of Jack's Mother and the Narrator/Mysterious Man respectively. Besides Maestro Hutchinson, the musical team will consist of Mead Witter vocal coach Dr. Daniel Fung, doctoral candidate Thomas Kasdorf (musical preparation), and Wade Troyer (rehearsal pianist). In addition, doctoral student Michael Dolan will serve as assistant conductor and conduct one performance.
University Opera is a cultural service of the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose mission is to provide comprehensive operatic training and performance opportunities for our students and operatic programming to the community. For more information, please contact opera@music.wisc.edu. Or visit the School of Music's web site at music.wisc.edu.
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Famed scholar to illumine Schubert history; New strings scholarship created; Medical Orchestra offers musical balm
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Medical Orchestra soothes performers as much as patrons
On December 3, the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health presented an inaugural concert of the Medical Orchestra of Wisconsin, performing works by Dvorak, Sibelius, and Schubert. The orchestra is composed of the school's medical students, graduate students, faculty, and staff, and was conducted by School of Music graduate conducting assistants Jenny Yim and Michael Dolan (pictured, at the podium). The orchestra's next concert is planned for April 14 in Mills Hall.
Renowned Schubert scholar Susan Youens to present at annual Schubertiade
Susan Youens, recently retired from the University of Notre Dame, has one of the most impressive musicology resumes in the world, and she'll visit on January 27 to tell us a story or two about Franz Schubert. Youens has won four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as fellowships from the National Humanities Center, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. She's written eight books, hundreds of articles, essays and chapters, and lectured all over the world.
"Dr. Youens will explore the rich relationship of Schubert's music to the poems he chose to set and the emergence of new directions in Schubert's style," says co-organizer William Lutes. "The influence of Beethoven had loomed large throughout Schubert's music, and in the year following Beethoven's death, the 31-year-old composer wrote works of homage to this great master, as he saw his own music becoming more widely recognized, published and performed."
Highlights of our Schubertiade will be a complete performance of Schubert's 14 final songs, published after his death as Schwanengesang, or "Swan Songs" – among the composer's richest and most forward looking works; the humorous and risqué Refrain-Lieder, the slow movement of the great Piano Trio in E-flat major, the enchanting Rondo in A major for piano four-hands; and the beautiful song Auf den Strom for voice, horn and piano, composed for a concert commemorating the first anniversary of Beethoven's death, and filled with subtly haunting references to Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.
Our Mills Hall living room, Schubertiade 2014. Image by Michael R. Anderson.
In addition to pianists Martha Fischer and Bill Lutes, our guests will include voice faculty members Mimmi Fulmer, Julia Rottmayer and Paul Rowe, voice students Sarah Brailey, Wesley Dunnagan, and Benjamin Hopkins, graduate hornist Joanna Schultz, and guest singer Cheryl Bensman-Rowe. We are also pleased to present the Perlman Trio (Mercedes Cullen, violin; Micah Cheng, cello; Kangwoo Jin, piano).
We thank our generous donors Ann Boyer and Kato Perlman for their longtime support of our Schubertiades, the Perlman Trio, and other musicians and events.
2019 SCHUBERTIADE SCHEDULE:
Master class with Susan Youens. Thursday, January 24, 4:30 PM, Morphy Hall. (Free)
Pre-concert lecture: 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 27, Morphy Hall. (Free.)
Concert: 3:00 PM, Sunday, January 27, Mills Hall. (Buy tickets here.)
Post-concert reception, included with ticket purchase: Sunday, January 27, University Club, 5:30 PM.
TICKETS: $17 adults, $7 all age students/children. Free to music majors, faculty and staff. To avoid long lines, we suggest arriving 30 minutes early or buying tickets ahead of time, either in person or online. Please see link below.
Purchase options (online, by telephone and in person) here:
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Announcing The Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Strings Scholarship Fund
This new scholarship was created with a generous gift from Dr. Stanley and Mrs. Shirley Inhorn. The fund supports graduate and undergraduate students who study string performance at the Mead Witter School of Music at UW-Madison. Susan C. Cook, director of the School of Music, expressed her thanks to the Inhorns. "Stan and Shirley Inhorn have been great and generous friends to the Madison music community. Their ongoing support of the Mead Witter School of Music will ensure that our wonderful students can realize their musical dreams."
To make an online gift to the Dr. Stanley and Shirley Inhorn Strings Scholarship Fund, visit supportuw.org/giveto/StringsScholarship (or click the image above).
To make a gift by mail, please make your check payable to the University of Wisconsin Foundation and note the fund name in the memo line. Send your check to University of Wisconsin Foundation, US Bank Lockbox, Box 78808, Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807.
The Inhorns will be formally recognized at a concert on February 17, featuring the world premiere of John Harbison's Viola Sonata, performed by the Pro Arte Quartet's Sally Chisholm and Minneapolis pianist Timothy Lovelace. The full Pro Arte Quartet will also perform.
Sally Chisholm
Read about the Inhorns and this concert.
TICKETS: Buy tickets ($25) to the world premiere of John Harbison's Viola Sonata, with Pro Arte violist Sally Chisholm and Minneapolis pianist Timothy Lovelace. The full Pro Arte Quartet will also perform.
In person: Memorial Union Box Office, 800 Langdon Street.
Online: https://artsticketing.wisc.edu
Christopher Taylor to perform Liszt, Schubert and Kapustin on February 9
Christopher Taylor. Image by Michael R. Anderson.
Faculty pianist Christopher Taylor, a 1993 bronze medal winner in the Van Cliburn competition, will perform Franz Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93. This will be the sixth Lizst transcription of Beethoven's symphonies that Taylor has performed. Also on the program: Six of Nikolai Kapustin's 24 Preludes and the Fantasy in C Major, D. 760 ("Der Wanderer") of Franz Schubert.
Following Taylor's 2017 performance of Liszt's arrangement of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony plus two other works, musicologist Mark DeVoto wrote this in the Boston Musical Intelligencer: "No other piano recital I've heard in the past three years has equaled this one for it combination of excitement, interest, and emotion. I hope Taylor will return early and often with whatever conventional or unconventional repertoire he wishes."
DeVoto's wish has come true: Later this year, Taylor will perform the entire Liszt-Beethoven cycle at the Isabella Gardiner Museum in Boston.
Taylor also recently performed in Madison Symphony Orchestra's "Remembering Lenny" program of mid-November.
Award Announcements: Jazz Studies Professor Johannes Wallmann and graduate pianist Anna Siampani
UW-Madison's Division of the Arts provides annual awards for arts achievements and future endeavors. This year, the School of Music is represented twice. Johannes Wallmann, director of jazz studies & associate professor of music, received the Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts. Anna Siampani, graduate pianist studying with Professor Jessica Johnson, received the David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Fellowship for a Woman in the Arts.
Pianist Anna Siampani
Siampani, a native of Veria, Greece, will use the project award to finance her dissertation research. That project includes first-ever primary source research into the solo piano works of Manolis Kalomiris, a composer born in Smyrna, Greece in 1883, who died in 1962. Kalomiris is seen as the father of modern Greek music. This April, Anna will present two events, a lecture and a recital delving into these works, "demonstrating the characteristic Greek idiom with the complexity and inflection of the folk rhythms, the varying touches of articulation and the flowing pacing of the performance practices. She'll follow up with a CD recording and accompanying booklet containing analysis of the works.
Over the holiday break, Anna returned to Greece to dig into the libraries at the Manolis Kalomiris Society, The National Conservatory, National Library of Greece, and the Lilian Voudouri Music Library of Greece.
Upcoming concert highlights at the School of Music
Double Reed Fest
Saturday, January 19, beginning 1:30 PM in Mills Hall. Hosted by UW-Madison faculty Andreas Oeste, oboe and Marc Vallon, bassoon, the Double Reed Fest brings together oboists and bassoonists of all ages and abilities in a festive celebration of their instruments.
The Panama Papers: Tom Curry, tuba; Mark Hetzler, trombone; and Anthony DiSanza, percussion
Saturday, January 26, 8:00 PM, Mills Hall. Free.
Schubertiade with Martha Fischer, Bill Lutes and Schubert scholar Susan Youens (See above.)
Sunday, January 27, 2:00 PM (lecture), 3:00 PM (concert). $7 – $17.
Spring 2019 Carillon Concerts with Lyle Anderson. Observatory Drive.
All concerts are Sundays at 3:00 PM.
January 13 & 27; February 10 & 24; March 10 & 24; April 14 & 28; May 12 & 26.
Decoda Interactive Performance Residency
Final concert: Thursday, January 31, 7:30 PM, Mills Hall.
Decoda is a collective of versatile artists dedicated to creating dynamic performances and creative programs designed for social impact. Decoda's pursuits place equal emphasis on artistry and engagement to create meaningful musical experiences around the globe through concerts in major international venues and neighborhood projects with vibrant community partners.
7th Wisconsin Summit for Band Conductors
Friday, February 1 @ 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
A workshop featuring internationally renowned clinicians focused on self-improvement for the middle and high school band directors. Hosted by Scott Teeple, professor, conductor of Wind Ensemble.


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describe Completion do
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  let(:skill) { create(:skill) }
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  let!(:completion) { create(:completion, skill: skill, user: user) }

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