Performing Arts Advisory

[Ann Doyle <>]

Hello all  --  It was wonderful to see many of you in Philadelphia last 
week at our evening meeting.   I wasn't able to run the meeting and take 
perfect notes, but I do want to recap key points from our conversation as 
some interesting project ideas emerged.

In attendance:
Eric Miller -- University of Pennsylvania
Fred Rees -  Indiana University and Purdue University at Indianapolis
Brian Shepard -- University of Southern California
Mark George --  Cleveland Institute of Music
Christianne Orto -- Manhattan School of Music
Richard Kim -- Manhattan School of Music
Kevin Abbott -- Notre Dame
Hubert Daugherty -- Rice University
Lloyd Shorter -- University of Delaware
Bruce Block -- Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Jay Brazelle -- Virginia Commonwealth University
Tom Knab -- Case Western Reserve University
John Yost -- Bradley University

Welcome RIAA:
Bruce Block gave us an overview of the RIAA mission, goals and 
projects.   RIAA represents major labels and, of relevance to this group, 
provides content to university music departments.  Their primary areas of 
focus are education, litigation, legislation and technology.   Group 
interest was expressed in developing methods to make recordings available 
to students for educational use.   Bruce invited the group to work 
collectively to define their needs more explicitly for the RIAA's 
consideration.   There was consensus that the National Association of 
Schools of Music should be involved in defining needs.   I agreed to 
convene an interested group to continue these discussions.   Please let me 
know if you would like to work with me.

Member Updates:
Brian Shepard --  Working with his new institution, USC Thornton School of 
Music and the Integrated Media Systems Lab on upcoming projects.
Mark George --  CIM has been providing video conferencing to military bases 
in Iraq to provide music and connect military personnel with family members 
in Ohio.
Fred Rees -- March 3 and 4, 2006 IUPUI is hosting a 2-day state-wide 
symposium on research, performance, live demos.  Contact Fred if interested 
in attending.  Fred's email is 
Christianne Orto -- MSM is collaborating with Chinese Music Conservatories 
in Shanghai and Beijing where there is a strong interest in jazz. MSM is 
involving Jazz at Lincoln Center in these projects.
Lloyd Shorter -- University of Delaware now has three fully equipped 
T.V./Video conference studios and are hosting an increasing number of 
high-profile education events with masters such as Phillip Glass.   They 
would be interested in netcasting some of these events.  I agreed to look 
into the possibility of Internet2 helping with this on a project basis.
John Yost -- Bradley University is starting projects with Bangor and Delhi 
India this year.   Bradley is also involved in NIH and music grants funding 
work on aging and alzheimer's.
Tom Knab -- Case Western is an Open Student Television Network (OSTN) 
member and interesting in working on film project involving OSTN and 
Internet2.  Choreographer Gary Galbraith is ready to create a new 
multi-site performance building on the success of 2002 Kinetic 
Shadows.   He is also involved in dancer wellness workshops bridging his 
background in biomedical engineering and as a Martha Graham 
principal.   Case faculty also presenting their latest research on 
stereoscopic technology at SIGGRAPH.  The annual New Media Consortium 
conference will be hosted June 7-10, 2006 in Cleveland with Case Western's 
involvement.

If I have missed anything critical, please feel free to reply with 
additions.   Again, it was great to have a wonderful set of discussions 
with you in person!   All best.   --  Ann


Ann Doyle
Arts & Humanities Initiatives
Internet2
(734) 352-7011