THE NEWSLETTER
THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720, and is published each Friday. All items
for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Magie Dobson, Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday of each week.
FEBRUARY 5. 1999
IMPORTANT EVENTS
Friday, February 12 Noon University Faculty Meeting
Rinker Auditorium, Davis Hall
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THURMAN LECTURE SERIES. Dr. Ann Douglas, Author, Educator, is the second speaker in the Spring 1999
Thurman Lecture Series. Her lecture entitled "Terrible Honesty: If You Live You Burn" is Thursday, February 11,
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the Stetson Room. A Faculty Workshop with Dr. Douglas is scheduled for Friday, February
12, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. in Rooms 204/205 of the Carlton Union Building. For more information on this and other
lectures contact Jefferson Rogers, ext. 7598. From: Maggie Dobson
The University Faculty Meeting scheduled for next Friday, February 12, at noon in Rinker Auditorium will be an
open discussion of the current administrative/governance structure and processes. Michele Skelton, Chair of the
Senate Faculty Welfare Committee, will moderate the discussion, which will focus on three issues: (1) What
works: Benefits/Advantages of the new system; (2) What does not work: Concerns/Disadvantages of the new
system; and (3) Suggestions for change. Please note that no administrators will be present at this meeting.
Each faculty member will receive a separate mailing which provides additional background information and
describes more fully the function of this meeting. A light lunch will be provided beginning at 11:45 a.m.
From: Debbi Dinkins, Secretary/Treasurer, Faculty Senate
Live in Elizabeth Hall, Friday, February 5, 7:30 p.m.—Reminder of recital of the Cann Duo, pianists. See last week's
Newsletter for details.
Live in Elizabeth Hall, Sunday, February 7, 3:00 p.m.—The Tallahassee Wind Quintet with Stetson oboist Ann
Adams, and Florida State musicians, Stephanie Rae, flute; Chantel Hovendick, clarinet; Melissa Mackey, bassoon;
and R. Brady Finch, horn, will play two works by 20th-century composers Vincent Persichetti and Jean Francaix.
The quintet will be joined by Stetson wind players, Lynn Cholka, clarinet; Ashley Heintzen, bassoon; and William
Rogan, horn, for the final two works, Beethoven's Rondino in E-Flat Major and Gounod's Petite Symphonie.
Live in Elizabeth Hall, Monday, February 8, 7:30 p.m. —Concert benefiting the Athens Theatre.
Live in Elizabeth Hall. Friday, February 12, 7:30 p.m.—The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Bobby
Adams, will perform a program of music for band by Vittorio Giannini, David Stanhope, Maurice Ravel, and Leonard
Bernstein, and will premiere Journey to Avalon by Panaiotis. Panaiotis is an Orlando-based composer/performer
and Stetson faculty member who teaches World Music and directs the Digital Arts Ensemble. He received his PhD
in Music from the University of California at San Diego and has received grants from ASCAP, the New York State
Council for the Arts, Meet the Composer, Maverick Music Projects, the Pauline Oliveros Foundation, and from the
National Endowment for the Arts to create an operatic multi-media theater work. He is represented as composer
and/or performer on seven compact discs and is the sole composer on a 1994 cd of two dance works, 77je Ballad
of Frankie Silver and Awakening. In describing Journey to Avalon, Panaiotis says, "Avalon is an island paradise
in the western seas to which King Arthur is carried after his death. Journey to Avalon begins with a farewell call
to those who mourn the great king. The mystical journey that follows leads to the gates of Avalon." When asked
whether this performance was a premiere, Panaiotis responded, "The piece itself has been a lengthy journey." So
check out our URL to learn about the journey of Journey. The band will end the concert with arrangements of
songs from Bernstein's musical Candide.
URL: http://stetson.edU/schools/music/aboutconcerts.html#feb 12 From: Jan Kindred
