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Sounds THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC FALL 2004 School of Music Announces the “Encore” Recital Hall Renovation Project The School of Music is pleased to announce the “Encore” Recital Hall Project, a fundraising initiative to support renovation of the Florence Kopleff Recital Hall, built in 1970 and located inside the Arts & Humanities Building. The 404seat auditorium has superb acoustics for student and faculty recitals, chamber ensemble concerts, lectures, workshops and masterclasses. The Encore Project recognizes the importance of this cherished performance space with a planned $2 million enhancement of the Lobby, construction of a canopied entrance foyer and renovation of the Kopleff Recital Hall. Naming opportunities will be available as part of the renovation project, with anticipated completion by fall 2006. In May 2004, Georgia State University named the Recital Hall’s interior performing space in honor of artist-in-residence and professor emerita Florence Kopleff. “Florence Kopleff possessed one of the greatest contralto voices in the last half of the 20th century,” said John Haberlen, director of the School of Music. “Thus it is fitting that Georgia State TOP TO BOTTOM: Exterior rendering (with new canopy entrance); Lobby rendering (naming opportunity); Interior rendering University underscores her legacy by naming the Recital Hall in her honor, reminding all who perform there of her great career while providing inspiration for their own.” INTERIOR HALL RENOVATION LOBBY RENOVATION • New stage floor with an elevator lift for opera productions and pit orchestra • Surround-sound projection/speaker system with multi-purpose mechanically operated 12’ x 16’ screen • State-of-the-art lighting system with energyefficient, computer-controlled stage lights • Acoustical side wall curtains • Expanded aisles with new silver railings • New wooden veneer stage panels • Restoration of the hall’s interior seats RECITAL HALL NAMING OPPORTUNITIES • The Entrance Foyer and Lobby • Green Room • Pipe Organ (New Digital Console) • Guest Artist’s Room • Seats in the Kopleff Recital Hall • Construction of a new canopy entrance to the Lobby • New multi-faceted ceiling design • Addition of a kitchen facility • Refurbishing of the Green Room • Expansion and modernization of public restrooms • Restoration of all surfaces and artistic reception rooms to their original brilliance • Enhanced lighting scheme with new fixtures OTHER SCHOOL OF MUSIC NAMING OPPORTUNITIES • Director’s Office • Faculty Studios • Performance Areas For more information about the Kopleff Recital Hall and giving opportunities, please contact Sarah L. McCoy, Director of Development for the College of Arts & Sciences, at 404-651-3548 or SarahLMcCoy@gsu.edu. Composer John Harbison in Residence at School of Music October 25-26, 2004 FREE CONCERT - OCTOBER 26, 7:30 PM The School of Music welcomes renowned American composer John Harbison for a two day residency at Georgia State, culminating in a free concert featuring works by the composer and performed by School of Music ensembles on Tuesday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts. While in residence, Mr. Harbison will John Harbison deliver the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s lecture on “Aspects of composition,” coach School of Music ensembles, and participate in the composer’s seminar. His appearance is part of a larger Atlanta-wide celebration of Harbison’s work, including a world premiere of a commissioned work by the Atlanta Chamber Players on Sunday, October 24 in Emerson Hall at Emory University’s Schwartz Center. John Harbison is among America’s most distinguished artistic figures. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including two of the most prestigious: the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” award and the Pulitzer Prize. Harbison has composed music for most of America’s premiere musical institutions, including the Metropolitan Opera (for whom he wrote The Great Gatsby, 1999), the Chicago and Boston Symphony Orchestras, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Harbison received an undergraduate degree from Harvard and the MFA from Princeton before joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he currently occupies an Institute Professorship. He also serves as President of the Copland Fund. His works include four string quartets, four symphonies, a ballet, three operas, a cantata and numerous chamber and choral works,more than 50 of which have been recorded on leading record labels. Mr. Harbison has been composer-in-residence with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, American Academy in Rome, and numerous festivals, including Tanglewood, Marlboro and Aspen. He is principal guest conductor of Emmanuel Music in Boston and recently premiered his motet Abraham (commissioned for the Papal continued on page 4