Professor of Music James Holleman conducting choir The College Orchestra Directors Association named James Holleman, professor of music, its national president. “I am honored and humbled to serve as president of the College Orchestra Directors Association,” Holleman said in a Hillsdale College press release. “It is a terrific organization of directors who are experienced and...
If you could personally attend one of the performances of any music composer throughout history, who would you choose? I would attend a concert in Vienna of a Beethoven symphony. Although I would have to say, too, if I could hear Ella Fitzgerald live, that would be amazing. If you could be in “Guinness World...
The Hillsdale College Faculty Woodwind Quintet will perform Nov. 12 at 7:00 p.m. in Conrad Recital Hall. The quintet will feature five adjunct instructors of music: Jaimie Wagner (flute), Kaycee Ware-Thomas (oboe), Andrew Sprung (clarinet), Cynthia Duda-Pant (bassoon), and Al Taplin (horn). James Holleman, professor and music department chairman, said this quintet is unique because...
Students claim they don’t have enough time to keep up music in college. Music Department Chairman James Holleman said he would disagree. Twenty-one years ago when he was first hired, only five percent of Hillsdale students participated in the music program. Now, more than 30 percent of students are involved in the music department. “When...
This weekend, 170 members of the Hillsdale College music department’s symphony orchestra and two choirs will participate in three performances of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” One-third of the school — roughly 500 students — regularly participate in the music department and one-quarter are members of ensembles. In 1997, however, only 50 students were in the...