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Professor of Jazz Trumpet Marcus Belgrave received the 2002
Benny Golson Jazz Master Award from the Howard University Jazz Ensemble
(HUJE) in a tribute held on the Howard campus November 21.
was so honored, says Howard University Professor and Director of
HUJE Fred Irby III, "because of his legendary work as an artist
and because of his mentoring young musicians who have gone to become
great artists." Con-gressman John Conyers Jr. of Michigan presented
him with the award. Belgrave was a featured performer in several
songs with the HUJE during the event.
composer, arranger, recording artist, and producer, Belgrave first
earned recognition at the age of 18, when his extensive collaborations
with Ray Charles included a solo on "Alexander's Ragtime Band" on
the album The Genius of Ray Charles. A versatile performer who plays
avant-garde and traditional New Orleans jazz, blues, and ragtime,
Belgrave has also performed with Max Roach, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles
Mingus, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dizzy Gillespie.
prominent recording musician with Motown Records, Belgrave is heard
on many of the label's hits, including "Dancing in the Street,"
"The Way You Do the Things You Do," and "My Girl." Writer Allan
Slutsky interviewed Belgrave for his book, Standing in the Shadows
of Motown, the basis for Paul Justman's 2002 film of the same name.
Belgrave appears in the film performing with the Funk Brothers,
the previously unheralded Motown musicians - called "the soul behind
the sound" - who are the subjects of the film.
is an original member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and
he has toured with the group since 1988. Among his recordings is
the critically acclaimed Marcus Belgrave with Detroit's Jazz Piano
Legacy (vol. 1) with Tommy Flanagan and Geri Allen.
cofounded the jazz studies program at the Detroit Metro Arts Complex
and also founded that city's Jazz Development Workshop. He was an
original faculty member of the Oakland University jazz studies program.
joined Oberlin's faculty in 2001 and since then has had "some great
students," he says, noting that he emphasizes improvisation in his
work with them. "What is surprising to me is the quality of their
musicianship and their awareness of jazz," Belgrave says of his
Oberlin students. "The desire to perform and play this music is
uppermost in their minds."
was profiled in the May 2002 issue of Jazztimes. -MJ
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Leslie Roberts, a senior composition major whose original works
had been performed at the Midwest Composers Symposium at Indiana
University and at a festival for female composers at Meredith College,
died May 9, 2002. She was 24 years old. She was a student of composition
professors Randolph Coleman and Lewis Nielson; Nielson remembered
her as "a very gentle person, very much liked by her peers in the
program. She was very dedicated to the finding of her own compositional
voice." She is survived by her parents, her brother, and her grandparents.
Professor of Violoncello Andor Toth Jr. '69 died September 24,
2002, following a long illness. He was 54 years old. Toth, who was
also professor of chamber music, taught at the Oberlin Conservatory
of Music for 30 years; he was a student of George Neikrug at Oberlin.
He was influenced by the Central European traditions of the Hungarian
Quartet, cellist Gábor Rejto, with whom Toth also studied,
and - of course - his father, violinist Andor Toth Sr.
In 1972, upon joining Oberlin's faculty, he and his father, together
with violinist Richard Young and violist Denes Koromzay, formed
the New Hungarian Quartet in residence at Oberlin. His mother, the
soprano Louise Rose, also joined the Oberlin faculty that year as
a voice teacher. Toth senior has also taught at Oberlin. In 1982,
Toth formed the Oberlin Trio with Emeritus Professor of Pianoforte
Joseph Schwartz and former violin faculty member Stephen Clapp.
Prior to joining Oberlin's faculty Toth taught at the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music. He was a soloist with the Joffrey Ballet
and the Houston Symphony; when he joined the San Francisco Symphony
at the age of 20, he was their youngest member. He served frequently
as an adjudicator for international competitions, including the
11th Tchaikovsky Competition. He is survived by his wife and his
parents. A concert celebrating Toth's life and featuring students
from his cello studio is planned for Thursday, April 24, at 8:30
p.m. in Kulas Recital Hall.
Willard Warch '31, Emeritus Professor of Music Theory and Composition,
died October 12, 2002, at Kendal at Oberlin. He was 93 years old.
A memorial service was held in October at Kendal. Warch, who earned
both the B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees at Oberlin, was a member of the
Composition and Theory Department for 30 years. Before joining the
Oberlin faculty, he was a schoolmaster at the Punahou School in
Honolulu and played first cello with the Honolulu Symphony. During
World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was stationed
in England as a member of the Army Air Corps Band. The author of
five music study textbooks, he also wrote, in 1967, Our First 100
Years: A History of the Conservatory of Music. He is survived by
his wife of 59 years and his daughter.
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Take a deep breath. Michael Lynn's title is a long
one: Professor of Recorder and Baroque Flute,
Associate Dean for Facilities and Technology, and Curator
of Musical Instruments. For brevity's sake he is known, in Oberlin's
beloved shorthand, as "Dean of Stuff."
And what stuff this early music scholar's career is made of. He
has taught at Oberlin for 26 years - "more than half my life,"
he says. In 1991 he helped found Apollo's Fire, the Cleveland Baroque
Orchestra, and has performed with them ever since, garnering reviews
such as this from The Washington Post: "Michael Lynn and Kathie
Lynn [Teacher of Baroque Flute] displayed stunning artistry on recorder
and flute, taking subtle advantage of the instruments' delicately
contrasting timbres." He gives master classes throughout the United
States, writes regularly for Flute Talk, and last year experienced
two of the most satisfying premieres of his performing life -
playing in the Royer opera [see Le Pouvoir de l'Amour Triumphant,
p. 24] and the recently rediscovered St. Matthew Passion by Carl
Philipp Emanuel Bach with the Bach and Baroque Ensemble at its first
premiere in Pittsburgh (others took place last spring in Hamburg,
at Harvard University, and in Houston).
Lynn says the chance to premier such works is an exciting privilege,
but it is Emanuel Bach's St. Matthew Passion that resounds for him
with a familial influence that is as personal as it is musicological.
Lost during World War II, Emanuel's score was found in 1999 in
the Ukraine. Its significance as his last important vocal work led
to its distinction as the first work to be published in the new
C.P.E. Bach series issued under the auspices of the Packard Humanities
Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
According to Don Franklin, who directed the Pittsburgh performance
in Heinz Chapel, the work is dated 1789, the year after Emanuel's
death. Although Emanuel prepared the score, his widow supervised
its performance. It was conceived and performed during a time when
the Passion score of his father, Johann Sebastian Bach, was no longer
known. The elder Bach's St. Matthew Passion was revived 40 years
later by Mendelssohn at the Sing-Akademie in Berlin.
Like father, like son, it would seem. But the patrilineal similarities
extend beyond the Bachs.
The Houston performance of St. Matthew Passion, with the Houston
Bach Society, was conducted by Michael Lynn's father, Robert Lynn,
who is the ensemble's director.
Any further coincidence was thwarted by the vagaries of a busy
musician's schedule: Michael Lynn was unable to perform under his
father's baton because he had previously booked concerts with Apollo's
Fire, although the elder Lynn saw his son perform in Pittsburgh.
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Teacher of Classical Guitar Stephen Aron chaired a panel
at the national symposium of the American String Teachers' Association,
held May 2002 in East Lansing, Mich. During spring and fall 2002
the Cleveland-based modern dance company Groundworks featured Aron
in 12 northeast Ohio performances. Also in fall 2002 he gave a lecture
and recital at the Guitar Foundation of America's international
festival in Miami, and he launched an eight-concert, two-year series
of Oberlin recitals featuring a complete survey of the guitar repertoire.
During his 2001-02 sabbatical, and with the support of a Powers
travel grant, Associate Professor of Histori-cal Performance David
Breitman traveled to England, France, Holland, Switzerland,
and Austria, playing and recording historically significant pianos
made from 1780 to 1860. He also visited schools that offered programs
in historical performance or early music to learn about their curricula
and build relationships between them and the Conservatory.
Conservatory Librarian Deborah Campana was elected to a
three-year term as a member-at-large on the board of directors of
the International Association of Music Libraries in April 2002.
A few months earlier she gave a presentation on the renovation and
expansion of the Conservatory library at the annual meeting of the
Music Library Association, held in Las Vegas. Campana was also elected
to the board of the American Music Center, a nonprofit organization
based in New York City that includes 2,500 composers, artists, organizations,
educators, and patrons dedicated to promoting the creation, performance,
and general appreciation of contemporary American music. In August
2002 Campana delivered a paper, "Libraries in Music Teaching Institutions
in the United States," at the annual conference of the International
Association of Music Libraries in Berkeley, Calif.
In November 2001 Teacher of Flute and Chamber Music Kathleen
Chastain served as a member of the Fulbright screening committee.
In 2002 she presented master classes and a recital in Curitiba,
Brazil; served as a jury member for the Juanita Miller Young Artists
Competition in Dallas;presented master classes and recitals at Eastern
Illinois and Idaho State universities; and gave a master class in
Burgundy, France, which included students from Seoul, Korea. Chastain
performed Tom Lopez's Espaces Pointillés, which she commissioned,
for the Cleveland Composers' Guild in September 2002.
Teacher of Saxophone Paul Cohen's May 2002 performances
included concerts with the Locrian Chamber Ensemble in New York
City; premieres of new works by Akmal Parwez, Pauline Olivieros,
and David MacDonald; a performance with Composers Concordance; and
solo performances with Raritan Valley Winds. He gave summer series
performances with the Goldman Band and also performed at Lincoln
Center and Prospect Park. With the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet
at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, he performed original 19th-century
works on 19th-century Adolphe Sax saxophones, then compared the
sound to the same works played on contemporary instruments. Cohen's
article "The Secret Life of the Original Version of Dahl's Concerto
for Alto Saxophone" was published in the Journal for the World Association
for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. His fall 2002 performances included
recitals at Oberlin and Rutgers with organist Antonius Bittman,
the East Coast premiere of Robert Aldridge's Sound Moves Blues at
Montclair State University, a lecture and performance at the national
Heckelphone Convention in New York City, and recitals with the New
Hudson Saxophone Quartet at William Paterson University in September
and C.W. Post College in October. Cohen was a guest lecturer and
performer at the British Saxophone Convention in Cardiff, Wales,
in October 2002. He joined Red {an orchestra}, a new Cleveland-based
ensemble, at the Cleveland Museum of Art for performances of works
by Weill, Bowles, Ravel, and Copland.
Professor of Music Theory Warren Darcy published an article,
"Rota-tional Form, Teleological Genesis, and Fantasy Projection
in the Slow Move-ment of Mahler's Sixth Symphony," in the Journal
of 19th-Century Music. Darcy presented "Rotational Form and the
Thematization of Failure in Mahler's Fish Sermon" at the annual
meeting of Music Theory Midwest, held in St. Paul, Minn., in May
2002. These papers integrate new analytical methods developed by
Darcy and James Hepokowski with traditional modes of analysis such
as Schenkerian theory.
The English version of The Simple Flute, Professor of Flute Michel
Debost's book, published in 2002, has been called "the most
charming encyclopedia ever written" by The Flute Network, and "full
of sensitivity and good sense . . . a delight to read," by Emmanuel
Pahud, solo flutist with the Berlin Philhar-monic. In 2002 Debost
attended festivals in Brazil and England and judged competitions
in Texas and Portugal. In September 2002 he attended the Homage
to Michel Debost Flute Festival, held in Lima, Peru.
During 2002 Professor of Piano Monique Duphil performed
in solo recital and with orchestras and chamber ensembles in 30
concerts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and South America.
Associate Professor of Music Education Joanne Erwin published
an article, "Students are Number 1," in the August 2002 issue of
American String Teacher. During summer 2002 Erwin conducted student
orchestras at Capitol University for the Suzuki Institute and directed
a chamber music week at the Conservatory for children ages 10 through
Teacher of Double Bass Scott Haigh spent summer 2002 coaching
chamber music at the Kent Blossom School and performing with the
Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Music Center. He performed throughout
the fall and winter at Severance Hall. In November he presented
a double bass master class for 22 students at the Eastman School
of Music.
Associate Professor of Music Education Jody Kerchner's
article, "Keeping the Artistry: Modeling the Professional Life,"
was published in the Spring 2002 issue of the Journal of Music Teacher
Education. Kerchner served as clinician for "Pass It On! Accessible
Music Listening Strategies for Secon-dary General Music Students"
at the Music Educators National Conference last April in Nashville,
and she presented "Choral Music Methods" at the University of Connecticut
(Storrs) in July. With the support of a 2002 Oberlin College H.
H. Powers travel grant, she attended the International Society of
Music Education Confer-ence in Bergen, Norway, in August, where
she presented "Inviting Adolescents into the Singing Community."
She performed with the Oberlin Choristers Youth Chorale in a tour
of Reading, Pa., in March, and as an alto soloist in performances
by the Black River Singers of Bach's St. John's Passion in May.
Professor of Music Education John Knight, a consulting
editor for The Instrumentalist since 1990, had many articles, works
of criticism, and editorials published in the magazine in 2001 and
2002, including "The Genius of Willem Mengelberg in a Classic Strauss
Recording," "The Perils of Over Conducting," and "The Haunting Beauty
of Tchaikovsky in the Hands of Herbert von Karajan." He reviewed
Paavo Jarvi's conducting of Symphonie Fantastique with the Cincinnati
Symphony and the Centennial Edition (1943-2000) recording of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra; and his editorials included "Starting
the Journey" and "Music of the Heart." In January 2002 Knight was
a delegate to the curriculum conference of the Ohio Association
of Private Colleges of Teacher Education at Malone College. In May
he served as guest conductor and clinician at the Lake Erie Music
Festival at Cleveland State University, and in June he received
the Tri-M music award from the Oberlin High School band for his
outstanding contributions to music education. Also in June, he served
as a college advisor to the Ohio Music Education Association's adjudicated
events committee.
Assistant Professor of Music Theory Rebecca Leydon served
as co-editor, with Kimi Kärki and Henri Terho, of Looking Back,
Looking Ahead: Proceedings of the 11th Biannual IASPM Conference,
published in September 2002. The proceedings include papers presented
at the meeting of the International Association for the Study of
Popular Music in Turku, Finland, in July 2001. Other recently published
articles by Leydon include "The Soft-Focus Sound: Reverb as a Gendered
Attribute in Mid-century Mood Music" in Perspectives of New Music
(vol. 39, no. 2) and "Debussy's Late Style and the Devices of Early
Silent Cinema" in Music Theory Spectrum (vol. 23, no. 2).
Professor of Singing Daune Mahy was featured as soprano
soloist in Mozart's Requiem, performed by the Trinity Cathedral
Choir and Orchestra in Cleveland on September 11, 2002. Mahy directs
the Oberlin in Italy program, held each June in Urbania, Italy;
last year 50 students from throughout the United States were featured
in concerts, opera scenes, chamber music, and Verdi's La Traviata
in theaters in Urbania, Urbino, and St. Angelo in Vado. Joining
Mahy on the faculty there were Professor of Singing Gerald Crawford
and Associate Professor of Singing Lorraine Manz. In July
Crawford and Mahy directed the annual Oberlin Vocal Academy for
High School Students. Thirty-eight students from America and Turkey
participated in private lessons, performance master classes, theory,
aural skills, and special interest sessions. Additional faculty
members included Jennifer Bertoni '92, Kris Johnson '98,
and Assistant Music Director of Oberlin Opera Theater Alan Montgomery.
Professor of Violin Marilyn McDonald performed frequently
throughout 2002. As a member of the Axelrod String Quartet and the
Castle Trio, she appeared in concerts at the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, D.C.; Little Washington, Va.; and Santa Fe. With
the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble she toured Georgia and Florida in February
2002 and presented master classes at Florida State University. McDonald
also led the Boston Baroque Orchestra in Boston's Jordan Hall, the
Opus 1 Orchestra in Orchestra Hall in Chicago, was concertmaster
and soloist with the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, Wis.,
and performed and taught at Oberlin's Baroque Perfor-mance Institute
(BPI). Of her BPI performance, The Plain Dealer's Wilma Salisbury
wrote: "Violinist Marilyn McDonald made the sparks fly in Leclair's
Concerto in A minor, Op. 7, No. 5. Emphasizing contrasts of tempo
and mood, she smoked the fast movements and cooled the elegant largo."
Assistant Professor of Musicology Charles McGuire presented
a lecture, "How Does Your Druid Dance? Race, Religion, and the Pastoral
in Elgar and Acworth's Caractacus," at the Surrey Elgar Conference
in England in January 2002. He also presented "Elgar, the Cantata,
and the Construction of British Musical Identity" at Trinity University
in San Antonio, Texas, in May. McGuire's book, Elgar's Oratorios:
The Creation of an Epic Narrative, was published by Ashgate in May.
Associate Professor of Historical Performance Catharina Meints
performed with the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble (OBE) in February 2002
in Columbus, Ga., and Tallahassee, Fla. She also presented a joint
master class with OBE members at Columbus State University, as well
as solo master classes at Florida State University. In April Meints
judged the collegiate division of the Cleveland Cello Society's
annual competition for young cellists. A member of the Cleveland
Orchestra since 1971, she presented eight classes to second graders
at Rozelle Elemen-tary School in East Cleveland and at St. Stanislaus
School in Cleveland
as part of the orchestra's Learning through Music program.
Professor of Singing Richard Miller's 2002 master classes
- many of them intensive, week-long courses - included
sessions at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand, in January;
the Glenn Gould Professional School at Toronto's Royal Conservatory
of Music in March; Northern Arizona and Concordia universities in
June; the National Convention of the National Association of Teachers
of Singing in San Diego, and the University of Kansas in July. Miller
directed the Institute of Voice Performance Peda-gogy in Oberlin
in July and presented a two-week master class (his 24th) at the
International Summer Academy at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria,
in August. He then gave master classes at the School of Music in
Ljublana, Slovenia, and at the Gloriae Dei Artes Foundation in Orleans,
Mass. Last April, Miller received the Special Recognition Award
for Excellence in Teaching from the New York Singing Teachers Association
(NYSTA). "We recognize Richard Miller as being a very special pedagogue
in the world," says Thomas Cultice, chair of NYSTA'S symposium,
during which Miller gave a master class.
Assistant Music Director of Oberlin Opera Theater Alan Montgomery
received the Appreciation Award for Outstanding Deeds and Service
from the Oberlin Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs,
Inc. (NBPWC) in March 2002. Montgomery has provided accompaniment
for the Leontyne Price Competition, sponsored by the Oberlin NBPWC,
for nearly 20 years. His reviews of the Oberlin production of Le
Pouvoir de l'Amour, the Cleveland Opera's Le Nozze di Figaro and
Rigoletto, and the Cleveland Orchestra's tribute concert for Christoph
von Dohnanyi appeared in Opera News Online in 2002.
In fall 2001 Associate Professor of Music Theory Stephen Moore
performed solo piano recitals at the University of Rhode Island,
West Virginia University, and, in January 2002, in Olympia, Wash.
He represented America's eurhythmics teachers at the National Conference
of the Dalcroze Society in Minneapolis last June and served as a
guest faculty mem- ber at Dalcroze Summer Institutes at Carnegie
Mellon University and the University of Washington in Seattle.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Electronic and Computer Music
John Morrison received an Individual Artist Fellowship from
the Ohio Arts Council and was named to the council's roster of artists
in residence. The Beachwood Middle School band commissioned Morrison's
Brown Dog and premiered it in February 2002. Saxo-phonist Timothy
McAllister, who had commissioned Morrison's Crows for alto saxophone
and soprano on a text by Xue Di, premiered the work in April. During
the summer of 2002, Morrison completed recordings in Minneapolis
for an upcoming Innova release fronted by the Intergalactic Contemporary
Ensemble and soprano Maria Jette.
Professor of Electronic and Computer Music Gary Lee Nelson,
with his frequent collaborator and wife, painter and video artist
Christine Gorbach, were special guest performers at the national
meeting of the Society of Composers International, held in April
Oberlin's Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Professor
of Musicology Steven Plank, presented a program of Tudor
ceremonial music for the Latin Rite in April at Calvary Episcopal
Church in Pittsburgh. The church's music director, Alan Lewis '85,
invited the group. The program, which featured music from the early
16th-century English repertoire, was reprised in Oberlin.
Associate Professor of Trumpet Roy Poper, a former visiting
assistant professor, was appointed to his current position in 2002.
He is recording a compact disc featuring the music of Los Angeles
composers, among them Halsey Stevens, Richard Halligan (formerly
of Blood, Sweat, and Tears), Maria Newman, and Morton Lauridson.
Associate Professor of Instrumental Accompanying James Howsmon
also appears on the recording, which is scheduled for release this
of Violoncello Peter Rejto performed throughout the United
States in 2002 with the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and in South Carolina
and Georgia with the Alma Ensemble. His summer festival performances
in-cluded the Hampden-Sydney Chamber Music Festival in Virginia,
the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Vermont's Killington
Music Festival, and Maine's Kneisel Hall Festival. He presented
solo recitals at Grand Valley State College in Michigan and the
Cleveland Institute of Music in February 2002 and at the Arts Ignite
Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., in October. Rejto serves regularly
as artistic director of the annual Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival
in March.
Assistant Professor of Aural Skills Deborah Rifkin presented
a paper, "An Associative Dance: Three Types of Motives in Prokofiev's
Music" at the Music Theory Midwest Conference at the University
of Minnesota in May. The paper advances a theory of motives in Prokofiev's
music and raises issues about motivic transformation and analytical
Associate Professor of Music Theory Lynne Rogers presented
"A Serial Passage of Diatonic Ancestry: What Stravinsky's Sketches
Reveal about the 'Te Deum' from The Flood" at a Stravinsky symposium
sponsored by the University of British Columbia Library and School
of Music in Vancouver in April 2002.
Professor of Piano Sedmara Rutstein's 2002 performances
include solo and chamber music recitals at the Academy of Music
in Vancouver, British Columbia; at St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall
in Russia; and in Bethesda, Md. Rutstein was an instructor at the
Oberlin in Cassalmaggiore (Italy) program in July, where she gave
a master class and solo and chamber music recitals. She returned
for a second time to St. Petersburg, Russia, participating in the
International Festival of Conservatories, where she gave a master
class and another solo recital. Compozitor Publishing House in St.
Petersburg released Rutstein's compact disc recording, 24 Preludes
and Fugues for Piano by Sergei Slonimsky.
At the 30th International Viola Congress in Seattle in June, Professor
of Viola Peter Slowik received the American Viola Society's
highest award, the Maurice Riley Viola Award, for "outstanding teaching,
scholarship, and performance." There, Slowik performed Maurice Gardner's
Tricinium for solo viola and played in the final gala concert. His
master class in Seattle, "Techniques for Successful Orchestral Auditions,"
was reviewed by Stringendo, the journal of the Australian Strings
Association, as "the master class that most clearly demonstrated
a master mentor and profound pedagogue at work, combining a penetrating
perception with an engaging and entertaining repartee." Slowik's
Ohio activities included presenting at the Ohio Viola Society's
Master Class
Day in November 2001, judging the Midwest Young Artists' Solo Com-petition,
and conducting the Viola Super Sunday chamber music session for
the Ohio Viola Society, funded by Chamber Music America, in January
2002. In August he performed chamber music concerts at the Musicorda
Festival in South Hadley, Mass.; Mozart's Quintet K. 516 with the
St. Petersburg String Quartet; and Mendelssohn's Piano Quintet with
Oberlin faculty colleagues.
Assistant Professor of Music Theory Diane Urista presented
a paper, "What Performance Tells Us about Analysis," at the College
Music Society's Great Lakes Chapter meeting in March 2002 at St.
Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. She presented an expanded version
of the paper at the Music Theory Society's New York State Conference
at Barnard College in April.
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MIGA recently closed its second transaction supporting a project with an Islamic financing structure—the first was for a port project in Djibouti back in 2007. For this new project, MIGA provided political risk insurance to two financial institutions, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg and Saudi British Bank, for their $450 million financing to the Indonesia telecoms company PT Natrindon Telepon Selular, or NTS.The company is majority-owned by Saudi Telecom, and the deal formed part of an overall $1.2 billion financing to help NTS greatly expand its GSM network in Indonesia.
MIGA is behind the transaction because the new financing will help the company increase network quality and expand coverage, getting telecommunications to lower-income segments of the Indonesian market as well as to remote islands of the archipelago.
Unlike the Djibouti transaction, which involved Musharaka financing, the NTS project involved a particular type of Islamic finance known as Murabaha financing. It essentially involves a sale and purchase of commodities. There are four basic steps, which happen instantaneously, and four basic players:
Step 1. Financier buys commodities at market price from a commodity seller.
Step 2. Financier sells the commodities to the project company at a deferred price, with a profit component, so that the sales price plus the profit component matches an amortization schedule on a loan.
Step 3. The project company sells the commodities to a commodity purchaser at the sales price.
Step 4. The commodity purchaser sells the commodity back to the original seller at the sales price.
Since this all happens instantaneously, the commodities never actually change hands, and the transactions are recorded by book entry only so that the financier directly funds the project company. However, though this mechanism—unlike a loan—there is no actual "interest" component, which is prohibited under Islamic law.
Although the concept is fairly simple, the documentation was far from it. To add to the complexity, there were a number of novel issues to be addressed. To give a few examples: (1) there are three separate tranches of funding, and MIGA is covering a minority share of the financing, which had implications for MIGA's policy covenants; (2) two separate currencies are being utilized, whereas the MIGA guarantee was only in US Dollars, so the potential currency fluctuations needed to be tackled; (3) There were challenging details to work out over coverage of principal and profit (analogous to the interest component of a conventional loan), which resulted in MIGA covering 100% of principal of a loan for the first time. (4) there is additional sponsor support and we had to ensure that there was no overlap in coverage; (5) the financing was being syndicated after closing, potentially to a sukuk issuance, and the banks wanted to ensure that syndicates had could "opt-out" of MIGA cover; (6) as the project company is responsible for paying the premium, special provisions and timing arrangements needed to be included for any instance where it may fail to do so; and (7) MIGA had to obtain reinsurance from the private market, so all of these special provisions were subject to reinsurance approval.
As the attorney on the transaction, I was responsible not only for drafting the MIGA guarantees—including negotiating and drafting all of these special provisions—but also reviewing all of the underlying documentation. For me, this was the most complicated transaction I have ever worked on, and it was a huge challenge for the team to tackle all of the issues that needed to be addressed.
In the end, however, we did finally come to agreement on all points, and were able to issue MIGA's first-ever contract of guarantee for Murabaha financing. This is an important demonstration of MIGA's increasing flexibility and, given the growing role of Islamic financial markets in supporting projects in developing countries, it was indeed a landmark transaction.

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Ten Of The Most Ludicrous Fox News Guests
Blog ››› ››› BEN DIMIERO
Last week, Fox News invited discredited conspiracy theorist Kathleen Willey on air to smear Hillary Clinton. Willey has for years spread outlandish conspiracies about the Clintons, including suggesting that they may have been behind the death of her husband and former White House aide Vince Foster.
During the interview Fox host Megyn Kelly pointed out that "detractors" say Willey is a "dishonest person," and that "there's no direct evidence tying the Clintons" to some of Willey's more outrageous allegations. But the fact that Willey is dishonest and lacks evidence for her smears merely highlights the folly of giving her a platform in the first place.
Fox News has had similar lapses in judgment when hosting other conspiracy theorists and smear artists in the past. Among others, Fox has hosted a person who thinks the Obama administration may have "orchestrated" the Benghazi attacks; a guest that believes the president and Osama bin Laden are literally the same person; a blogger that thinks Obama's father isn't Obama's father; a contributor that once wrote a column arguing Rep. Gary Condit had Chandra Levy killed by a gay Caribbean motorcycle gang; and someone who thinks the president "bears traits that resemble the Antichrist."
Below is an admittedly incomplete list of the least credible guests the network has ever hosted. People that just missed the cut include a self-proclaimed prophet who warned that the Antichrist "will employ precisely the same methods" as President Obama and the author of the birther tomes Where's The Birth Certificate? and Where's The Real Birth Certificate?


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Marquette is committed to high quality and fair decision-making based on accurate information and also effective and efficient administrative practices. Additionally, Marquette is eager to promote the many accomplishments and expertise of its faculty. Marquette's Faculty Activities Database (FAD) is a means to achieve these goals.
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Manchester United's Robin Van Persie has the most popular shirt in the Premier League, according to the latest figures.
The 2012-13 Golden Boot winner fired in 30 goals in his first season at Old Trafford, and a Daily Mirror report claims he's turned down as many as five big-money sponsorship deals this summer to concentrate on a second title next season.
But while he's not personally cashing in, Manchester United certainly are.
His number 20 jersey accounts for more than one quarter of all Premier League shirts sold in the United Kingdom.
As you would expect, Manchester United dominate the overall list with four players in the top 10. Liverpool boast two, Chelsea two, Arsenal one and Manchester City one.
The 29-year-old Dutchman completed his £24m move to United last summer, and a hugely successful first season has seen his popularity skyrocket - especially in the lucrative Far East market.
But Van Persie insists he remains focussed on his playing career, and isn't interested in building a brand.
"I have discovered that I have now reached a new stage of my career," Van Persie said as reported by the Daily Mirror.
"I have just spent almost two weeks in Asia with the Holland national team and have been absolutely amazed by the level of my own popularity over there.
"I have been getting some incredible commercial offers, but I have decided to skip them all.
"I looked at my schedule of travelling and the amount of matches I have to play and decided my football and my fitness comes first, not money.
"After the Asia tour with Holland, I will have to travel again to Asia and Australia with Manchester United next month.
"In between, big companies wanted me to spend more time in Thailand, Malaysia, China and a few more countries. The opportunities for me were incredible. But I feel I need every moment to rest so I can peak again as a player in the new season."
So, Van Persie may be top - but who makes up the rest of the top 10? Check out the count down by scrolling through at the top of the article.


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Van Persie at the double for United
Robin van Persie once again underlined his value to Manchester United as a double strike helped the Red Devils cruise to a 4-0 win over Wigan at the DW Stadium.
Although Javier Hernandez also managed a smartly taken double as United preserved their seven-point lead at the top, it was Van Persie who stamped his class on proceedings.
His 18th goal of the season was one of his best, calmly stepping inside Ivan Ramis before firing into the corner with his supposedly weaker right-foot. And as he tapped Danny Welbeck's square ball into an empty net in stoppage time, it means Van Persie has now scored eight goals in his last eight games.
Ferguson had filled his midfield, denying Roberto Martinez's men the space to implement an intended passing game. The attacking warning came when Ryan Giggs lifted a superb crossfield ball beyond Wigan's defence, which Hernandez reached, only to be correctly ruled offside as he beat Ali Al Habsi.
Jonny Evans then nipped in front of Arouna Kone to intercept Gary Caldwell's poorly-hit clearance, the Northern Irishman advanced far enough to divert Tom Cleverley's square ball into the path of Patrice Evra.
After one fresh air shot, Evra let fly with a low stinger which Al Habsi could not hold, allowing Hernandez to pounce from close range. It was the Mexican's 11th goal of the season and his 30th overall in the Premier League for United. Remarkably, all 30 have come from inside the area.
Van Persie then got in on the act as, after a mix-up in midfield gifted United possession deep inside the Wigan half, the hosts could not afford Ivan Ramis' slip. Ramis recovered his ground, only for Van Persie to step inside the defender and find the far corner with a right-footed effort of unerring accuracy.
There was little chance of United throwing away the advantage he had given them. Other than a wafer-thin offside call that went against Kone, who tapped home Franco di Santo's low cross, the visitors were completely dominant.
No-one could begrudge them their third, just after the hour, when Van Persie's free-kick deflected into Hernandez's path. And the striker was once again in the box as he delivered the first-time finish.
With Shinji Kagawa also getting a valuable 20 minutes under his belt, United are in a position of strength, and fittingly Van Persie had the last word two minutes from time.


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ITF anti-doping manager Stuart Miller told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the federation is working toward more blood and out-of-competition drug testing on players.
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The Best Student Research Award was established in 1972 and is administered by the ASIS&T Information Science Education Committee. Since 1996 it has been sponsored by Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, on behalf of the late David Severn, a 1968 Pratt Alumnus.
1.1 The award shall consist of round-trip travel expenses and full registration for the ASIS&T annual meeting, not to exceed $500, to be paid by Pratt Institute; a certificate; and possible submission of the paper for publication in the Journal of the Association for Information Science (JASIST).
1.2 If runners-up are designated, they will receive letters of "honorable mention," signed by the ASIS&T President, but shall not share in the award.
1.3 Travel reimbursements will be made 4-6 weeks after receipts are submitted to HQ.
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2.1 The purpose of this award is to encourage student research and writing in the field of information science.
3. Eligibility
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7.2 The degree of compliance with "Instructions for Contributors," found in the Journal of the Association for Information Science, regarding format, style, and organization shall also be judged.
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- Significance of information science findings - 18;
- Originality - 18;
- Clarity of expression - 18;
- Compliance with JASIST instructions - 10;
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- reports on any changes in the World Bank's growth outlook for Russia.
We hope the World Bank's new Russia Monthly Economic Developments will complement other institutions' assessments by providing an impartial reflection on the current economic situation in Russia.
The latest Russia Monthly Economic Developments will be posted around the 5th of each month on the World Bank's Russia country webpage.
How can you explain, that
How can you explain, that Russia is now a high-income country? There are so many poor people, official monthly income is about 800 dollars and inflation is 3-4 times higher then officially stated.
Dear Farid – thank you for
one more question: why a 4
one more question: why a 4 month period adjust The World Bank's expertize by 1/3? some minor adjustments are understandable, but from 3 to 2 % is too much, isn't it?


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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Healthcare expenses related to Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s treatment for bipolar disorder is forcing him to sell his Washington home, his aides say.
The Victorian-style home is on the market for $2.5 million, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.
Jackson chief of staff Rick Bryant said in a statement that, "Like millions of Americans, Congressman Jackson and Mrs. (Sandi) Jackson are grappling with soaring healthcare costs and are selling their residence to help defray costs of their obligations."
Jackson went on medical leave June 10 and was treated at a Tucson clinic before being admitted to the Mayo Clinic.
The Sept. 8 real estate listing said Jackson's four-bedroom, three-bath, two-half-bath home was built in 1921. The 2,936-square-foot house has five fireplaces, a gourmet kitchen, a sun room and a rooftop deck with a Jacuzzi. It was purchased in 1998 for $575,000.
Jackson has not returned to the Capitol since he became ill. Aides say he is now recuperating in Washington.


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Clif Bar Adds Limited Edition Peppermint Stick
Emeryville, Calif.-based Clif Bar and Co. adds Peppermint Stick to its line of holiday-inspired flavored organic energy bars. The cool tingle of a classic Peppermint Stick rounds out the warm, fresh-baked taste of Spiced Pumpkin Pie and Iced Gingerbread, while still delivering Clif's athlete-crafted blend of carbohydrates, protein and fiber for sustained energy. Clif Bars don't contain trans fats, hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors, sweeteners or preservatives.
In the spirit of the season, Clif Bar will donate 1 percent of net sales from the holiday-inspired flavors to Winter Wildlands Alliance, a national organization that works on behalf of skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers, winter hikers and other outdoor adventurers to address national issues that impact winter wildlands.
"It's great knowing that we're providing people with sound nutrition and sustained energy in nostalgic flavors, while contributing to protecting the places they play through our partnership with Winter Wildlands Alliance." says Carly Lutz, brand director of Clif Bar.
Suggested retail price is $1.39.