Professional Activities

Members of the Keene State College Guitar Orchestra (Colin Isotti, Harold Jones, David Pastore, and Andrew Johnston), with their Director, Dr. Jose Manuel Lezcano, performed May 24 - 28 at several cultural educational institutions in Quito and Northern Ecuador, including the Casa de la Musica Concert Hall, the Universidad Politecnica del Norte en Ibarra, the Instituto de Musica de Cotacachi, and the Universidad de los Hemisferios. They performed a program including the world premiere of KSC student Brian Campbell’s Rio for Guitar Ensemble, and the South American premiere of Dr. Lezcano’s Homenaje a Victor Jara, as well as works by Vivaldi, Sor, and Machado. They were assisted with funding from the Office of Undergraduate Conference Travel, the Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, the Music Department, and Quito’s La Casa de la Musica. In April, the KSC Guitar Orchestra joined forces with the Boston Guitar Orchestra and the Timberlane High School Guitar Ensemble at Festival 21 in Boston, organized by director Frank Wallace and the Boston Guitar Society, in the world premiere of Dr. Lezcano’s Homenaje to Victor Jara, conducted by the composer, with narration by Dr. Patricia Pedroza of Modern Languages. Dr. Lezcano was commissioned by Meet the Composer New England and the BCGS to compose this work celebrating the music and life of slain singer-songwriter and Chilean political activist Victor Jara.

Judy Brophy, CELT, will be presenting on Sharing Student Work Using Google Sites at the Association of Small Computer Users in Education conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina June 17.