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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Anne Hagan Bentz, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of music, performed in February as part of the Friday Morning Music Club (FMMC) in Riderwood, Md.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Amy Camardese, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of education, was published in the Winter 2014 issue of The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin. Camardese, a resident of Youngstown, is a member of the Beta Chi Chapter in Ohio.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. R. Tad Greig, will perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Conference.
"Our Wind Ensemble was offered Friday, April 30, at 1:20 p.m.," Greig said.Ìý "It's the most prestigious spot in the conference because it will be followed by an address from the Secretary of Education."
¾¨Ó㴫ý was one of 25 groups chosen from 150 audition recordings sent last fall.
"This is the first time a large instrumental ensemble from ¾¨Ó㴫ý received such a distinction," Greig said.Ìý "Commonly, the college instrumental groups are chosen from larger schools and universities, most of whom have graduate programs, as well as undergraduate programs."
"I'm extremely proud of the Wind Ensemble, the literature that they are able to perform, and the seriousness with which our students approach their performances," Greig continued.Ìý "As a representative of ¾¨Ó㴫ý, we want to let our colleagues know that our Music Department and musical opportunities here are current, comprehensive, and extremely competitive with other institutions of higher learning regardless of size."
While at the conference, Greig will deliver a lecture, "Warming up: Training for Future Success," which focuses on the use of the initial time in ensemble rehearsals when ensemble directors prepare their students for the rehearsal class.Ìý Greig will use the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Wind Ensemble to demonstrate various techniques to help engage students, to help warm up the minds of the students, as well as their instruments, and to develop proficiencies that will lead to enhanced learning.Ìý
Other instrumental ensembles include the Titan Marching Band, The Symphonic Band, Orchestra, and Jazz Ensemble.
The state music convention regularly draws over 1,000 music educators from Pennsylvania and surrounding states who attend to see the finest ensembles in the state, and to attend various sessions and seminars to help enhance and promote music and music education.
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For more information, contact Greig at (724) 946-7279 or e-mail greigrt@westminster.edu.
The third annual New Wilmington Area Business Expo will be held Saturday, March 19 at the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Memorial Field House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Businesses wishing to participate should register by Feb. 14.Ìý Space is filling up fast, according to event organizers.Ìý Contact Anne Bruening (724-946-3300) for more information.
ÌýLast year's Business Expo featured booths from 105 area businesses and over 1,000 visitors packed the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Field House.Ìý This year the Business Expo will expand to the main and auxiliary gyms and the lobby to provide additional room for business booths and patrons.
"We hope that local businesses will take advantage of this great opportunity and participate," said event co-chair Betty Jones.Ìý "This type of event is a great way to introduce yourself and your business to potential customers and other businesses.Ìý We are excited about the quality of the door prizes that will be given away, and expect this year's Business Expo to showcase some of the great things available in our community."
Jones added that "home-based" businesses and food vendors are welcome to participate.
ÌýThe event is organized by the New Wilmington Area Chamber of Commerce and is intended to provide local businesses with one-on-one contacts and marketing opportunities.Ìý Patrons of the event will have the opportunity to win one of many valuable door prizes being donated by participating businesses.Ìý Admission to the event is free.
ÌýAll area businesses are invited to participate.Ìý A registration fee is required in addition to providing a door prize.Ìý Each participating business will be given space to display their products.Ìý New Wilmington Area Chamber members receive a discount off the registration fee.Ìý Deadline to register is Feb. 14, and space is limited.
Contact co-chair Anne Bruening (724-946-3300) for more information, or visit for the latest Chamber news.
F.J. Hartland, playwright and 1980 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate, will speak at the Bleasby Colloquium Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater located in the McKelvey Campus Center.
"Hartland is an award-winning playwright with plays produced and work-shopped in Off and Off-Off-Broadway in New York and Pittsburgh," said Dr. Andrew Ade, assistant professor of English at ¾¨Ó㴫ý and coordinator of this event. "Two of his plays have been published by Samuel French. His latest play, 'Postcards from a Dead Dog,' won the top prize at the 2005 Pittsburgh New Works Festival, an annual showcase of new plays that has produced his works in each of the last seven years. Hartland is also director of theater arts and associate professor of English at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson."
This colloquium is the second in a series of events scheduled for the George Bleasby Colloquia, a series of literary events in honor of Dr. Bleasby, who chaired the Department of English at ¾¨Ó㴫ý from 1954-75.
Contact Ade at (724) 946-7349 or e-mail adeaw@westminster.edu for more information.
¾¨Ó㴫ý has announced plans to add wireless capabilities to its TitanNet campus computer network.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Preschool Lab was recently granted accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). This prestigious recognition has been achieved by only seven percent of early childhood programs nationwide.
Mardi Gras is coming to ¾¨Ó㴫ý Friday, Feb. 14, from 6-8 p.m. in Orr Lobby. Following the carnival the band "Allister" will perform in Orr Auditorium with opening act "December Sun."
Alpha Phi Omega, a national coed service fraternity at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, is sponsoring a "Valentines for Veterans of War" party Monday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in Hillside Lobby.
"Paper, markers, glitter, glue, scissors&everything you need to make a Valentine will be available to make Valentines," said Lauren Perkins, sophomore elementary education major from Evans City and publicity chair for Alpha Phi Omega.Ìý "Then we will deliver them to a local veterans hospital."
Dr. Alan Gittis, ¾¨Ó㴫ý professor of psychology, and Dr. David Goldberg, ¾¨Ó㴫ý assistant professor of philosophy, recently attended the Society for Neuroscience conference in Atlanta.
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