Monday, October 26, 2009

Provost Provides Pianist to Please the People's Ears

The Provost’s forum this October is a lesson in The Piano and the Pendulum, by Lucy DeSa. Dr. DeSa is the distinguished Assistant Professor of Music for Birmingham-Southern, recently added to the BSC faculty for the 2008-09 year. Lucy DeSa gained her Bachelor of Music from the University of California, Irvine in 1983 and later completed her Master of Music from the University of Southern California in 1986, finally gaining a Doctor of Musical Arts from Stony Brook University in 2007. With all these educational honors, she graced the faculty of University of California Irvine, Irvine Valley College and University of Massachusetts, Lowell before coming to BSC, as well as performing nationally as a recitalist and chamber musician. Dr. DeSa has great skill in teaching and performing her music; her primary interests include collaborative piano, group piano, keyboard harmony and applied piano. You may have been lucky enough to have her for an MS 110, 310, or 410 piano class, and can attest to Dr. DeSa’s prestigious skills. Up until now, these skills have been somewhat hidden from the greater BSC community, but on October 27 that will be remedied as Lucy DeSa presents an 11:00 am Provost’s Forum titled The Piano and the Pendulum. Held in Hill hall the alliterative title will come to life under Dr. DeSa’s care, and I’m sure the crowd will come away refreshed. Birmingham-Southern students are encouraged to attend this unmasking of a master—and for the skeptics, don’t worry—you can even check her out on Facebook.

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