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Encomium.(Martin Boykan)(Brief Article)
AS A STUDENT at Brandeis in the 1970s, I had the good fortune to take a number of Martin Boykan's classes (in fact, anything I could find that he taught). From his course on the Schoenberg Trio to his composition seminar, to his proseminar in tonal composition (in which he demonstrated a sensitivity to the subtleties of the tonal literature that held us in awe), he gave his students an exceptionally intelligent and insightful perspective on music.
Analysis classes began with a dialogue that elicited contributions from the students and usually ended with a dramatic revelation as Boykan assembled the ideas that had been the subject of the last hour's discussion into a beautifully coherent reading of the music we had been studying.
In composition seminars his almost frighteningly perceptive ear caused him to find things that, even in my own music, I hadn't been aware of.
And if I, or someone else, took a wrong turn in a piece, he would, in his ...
- For Marty.(Martin Boykan's Fourth String Quartet)(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
- Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music Anderson, Allen June 22, 2000 700+ words
...the initial presentation of ideas in the first movement of Martin Boykan's Fourth String Quartet, an octave line enters in the...ALLEN ANDERSON has been a student, colleague and friend of Martin Boykan since 1973. He teaches at the University of North Carolina...
- Echoes of Petrarch: Martin Boykan and Musical Narrative.
- Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music Anderson, Paul Thomas June 22, 2000 700+ words
...justified only if it possesses a demonstrable logical framework and complies scrupulously with the demands of the same. Martin Boykan propounds a contrasting analytical approach, which he labels "music as narrative." Simply stated, a piece of music tells...
- To Martin Boykan on His Seventieth Birthday.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music Bauer, Ross June 22, 2000 700+ words
[MUSICAL NOTES NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] ROSS BAUER teaches composition and is Chair of the Music Department at the University of California, Davis. He has also taught at Stanford and Brandeis Universities. Founder and Director of Empyrean Ensemble for the past thirteen years, he has remained
- Fof Martin Boykan's Birthday Festschrift.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Perspectives of New Music Rakowski, David June 22, 2000 700+ words
I FIRST GOT TO KNOW Marty Boykan through his music. I heard Eric Moe perform Marty's Fantasy Sonata on an Earplay concert in San Francisco, and I was bowled over. The piece was beautiful and extremely lyrical, and formally it was crystal clear. I could hear passages where intervals were distinctly
- FINE ARTS FUND BUILDS A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE FOR CULTURE.(EDITORIAL)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) March 8, 1997 700+ words
...that they become a unified city. The Fine Arts Fund is the bridge joining culture and...future. Why, you ask, should I take the Fine Arts Fund bridge? Regardless of where you...Northern Kentucky chairman of the 1997 Fine Arts Fund campaign and a board member of the...
- Fine Arts Lamps Defeats Chinese Manufacturer and French Distributor in Two...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 28, 2007 700+ words
...China and France have ruled in favor of Fine Arts Lamps, an international manufacturer...copying, manufacturing, and sale of Fine Arts Lamps' copyright- protected designs...intellectual property cases of 2006. Fine Arts Lamps filed lawsuits in both China and...
- FINE ARTS FUND AWARDS 27 GRANTS.(Living)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) August 5, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Post staff report The Fine Arts Fund has awarded 27 small and mid-sized...amount granted was $202,500. The Fine Arts Fund Grants Program, established in...organizations. The total raised in this year's Fine Arts Fund -- $10,920,407 -- surpassed...
- Fine Arts Theatre's Shift Is Shawnee's Gain, Mission, Kan.'s Loss.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 19, 2002 700+ words
...loss Thursday, as news spread of the Fine Arts Theatre's pending move. Officials in Shawnee rejoiced upon learning that the Fine Arts would move three miles west down Johnson...kick-start their revival efforts. The Fine Arts' announcement couldn't come at a better...
