Kilstofte Music In the House

Those of us who attended the Furman Presidential Inauguration this past Friday got to hear the premiere of two of Mark Kilstofte's choral works, commissioned for the event. You might not know that the Furman Library recently acquired most of his past oeuvre, with one copy in the music library for check-out, study, and performance; a second copy housed in the Furman Collection up in Special Collections and Archives, on the 2nd floor of the main library.

Mark Kilstofte was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the 2010-2011 academic year, and is off campus working on compositions this year. You can find more information on his website, or on the Furman University music website.

Joan Sutherland Lives On in the Music Library

Dame Joan Sutherland, diva soprano extraordinaire, died on Sunday at her home in Switzerland. You can read her obituary in the New York Times.

Lucky for us, her voice lives on through sound and video recordings. We have a fair number in the music library collection. Remember that students can check out DVDs! Come watch her in one of her famous roles.