Campus event educates on autism spectrum disorder, music

Capri Scarcelli | Staff Writer 03/12/2020 Autism spectrum disorder affects 1 in every 59 children. Music, however, affects everyone. This Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14 in PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University professors Elizabeth Fein and Paul Miller have co-organized an event called “Divergent Musicalities: Teaching, Learning, Sharing, and Making Music Across the Autism Spectrum,” which illuminates how important a musical environment is for … Continue reading Campus event educates on autism spectrum disorder, music

The Duquesne DukeMarch 12, 2020

Arts & Entertainment

Duquesne-built synthesizer makes debut in professor and student’s performance

By Josiah Martin | Arts & Entertainment Editor 08/29/19 The Mary Pappert School of Music will unveil the results of its modular synthesizer construction project with a performance on Aug. 29. Modular synthesizers are musical instruments wherein electronic signals are created and manipulated by individual sections called “modules,” which, in tandem, can produce virtually infinite different sounds. The synthesizer, with many of its pieces built … Continue reading Duquesne-built synthesizer makes debut in professor and student’s performance

The Duquesne DukeAugust 29, 2019

Arts & Entertainment

New group replicates DU’s music history

By Josiah Martin | Staff Writer 09/28/17 A new musical ensemble has sprung up on campus — one dedicated to celebrating Duquesne University’s history by playing music that would have been familiar to Marquis Michelange Duquesne de Menneville, the university’s namesake. The Duke’s Music, as the group is known, offers a chance to “get into [Baroque] music through the guy that we named the school … Continue reading New group replicates DU’s music history

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