Honors student Abigail Daner was recently featured on UT’s front page. Abigail will be performing several musical theatre songs with alumnus Tevi Eber on Tuesday, April 17th at a special concert highlighting the work of UT alumni. You can see more of Abby’s repertoire on her youtube channel.
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Honors Symposia – Dr. Vanessa Rukholm
On Thursday, March 1st, Dr. Vanessa Rukholm, of UT’s Department of Languages and Linguists, presented, “I can’t get you out of my head: popular music and second language learning.” Dr. Rukholm discussed some of the history of music and noted that music has long been an important element of human culture. The presentation also explored language acquisition and then combined the two, culminating in a discussion of how language may help facilitate second language learning.
Honors Symposium – Bradford Blackburn
UT Associate Professor of Music, Bradford Blackburn, recently presented some of his work on electronic music production to the Honors students. Dr. Blackburn detailed some history of electronic music production then performed three pieces for the students, two of which used a theremin. The pieces ranged from a piece using sounds made by water to one heavy on drumbeats. Afterward, students had an opportunity to try out the theremin and learn more about the software Dr. Blackburn uses for his compositions.
