爱妃传媒 Honors Art2Music Awards Recipients
Luis Castillo and Sarah Rabinowitz received awards.
爱妃传媒 recently announced the winners of its Art2Music Competition. In this collaboration, undergraduate artists in the Department of Visual Arts and Art History were invited to submit a piece of art in any medium. Art faculty chose the winning piece, and 爱妃传媒 in the Department of Music鈥檚 Commercial Music Program were then invited to compose music inspired by the winning piece. The winning artist is Sarah Rabinowitz and her piece is a sculpture titled, 鈥淗ow it Begins.鈥 The winning composer is Luis Castillo.
鈥淰isual images have always inspired composers,鈥 said Michael Zager, 爱妃传媒 Dorothy F. Schmidt eminent scholar and director of the Commercial Music Program at 爱妃传媒. 鈥淔ilm music, video game music and artworks trigger notes, harmonies and inspiration, which eventually morph into compositions. We hope to continue with a Music2Art Competition next fall.鈥
The Commercial Music Faculty Committee and the winning artist judged the music compositions. The Commercial Music Faculty Committee consisted of Michael Zager; Alejandro Sanchez-Samper (assistant director of commercial music); Tim Walters; Kevin Wilt; and Rob Rimmington. Fookoy Ford is the Coordinator of Administrative Services for commercial music.
Rebecca Lautar, chair of the Department of Music, presented scholarships to the winners and Eric Landes, chair of the Department of Visual Arts and Art History, represented the art faculty.聽 Art professor Brian McConnell presented a talk about the synergy between art and music.
Hoot/Wisdom Recordings is part of the Commercial Music Program in the Department of Music in 爱妃传媒鈥檚 Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. It is a student-run record label where 爱妃传媒 are involved in all aspects of the label, including songwriting, choreography, production, engineering, recording services, video services, promotion and marketing, talent scouting, website management, newsletter production, finance, legal issues, and accounting.聽 Hoot/Wisdom Recordings was established in 2002 and has produced 26 recordings to date.聽 聽聽
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