BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 RDATE:20180311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 RDATE:20181104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180317T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180317T203000 LOCATION:Agnes Flanagan Chapel GEO:45.450821;-122.671419 SUMMARY:Vincent McDermott Memorial Concert DESCRIPTION:The Lewis &\; Clark College Music Department presents the Vincent McDermott Memorial Concert on Saturday\, March 17\, 2018 at 7:30p m in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. This concert\, presented in memory of our beloved Lewis &\; Clark composer and faculty member\, will feature mu sic written by Vincent McDermott\, Lou Harrison\, and others. The program includes our Javanese gamelan\, Hindustani music\, art songs\, and Ghana ian traditional music in performances by Lewis &\; Clark faculty\, stu dents\, alumni\, and guests. Join us as we celebrate the life of Vincent McDermott: composer\, faculty member\, and co-founder of the LC world mus ic program. \;Vince McDermott\, professor emeritus of music\, died February 10\, 2016\, while on a visit in North Sumatra\, Indonesia. He wa s 82. McDermott\, an accomplished composer who worked in many genres\, w as a new music pioneer whose compositions included pathbreaking work that employed both classical European and Asian musical forms and instrumenta tion. His compositions included works for orchestra\, chamber ensembles\, voice and chorus\, solo instruments\, and Javanese gamelan. He also comp osed operas\, two of which—The King of Bali and Mata Hari—were premie red on campus. McDermott earned his PhD in music composition\, music h istory\, and aesthetics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. Before coming to Lewis &\; Clark in 1977\, he taught for a year at the Hampt on Institute in Virginia\, then for 10 years at the Wisconsin Conservator y of Music in Milwaukee. During his two decades at Lewis &\; Clark\, McDermott pioneered the teaching and performance of world music. He devel oped courses on the music of East and Southeast Asia and the music of Ind ia\, Africa\, and the Middle East. He also instituted or supervised perfo rmance classes in African marimba\; Ghanaian drumming\, singing\, and dan ce\; Indian sitar\, tabla\, and vina\; Japanese koto and shamisen\; and J avanese gamelan. Thanks to McDermott—and the generosity of donor Lorai ne Fenwick—the college acquired the Venerable Showers of Beauty gamelan \, a magnificent set of Javanese instruments that dates back to around 18 80. This gamelan was the first of its kind in the Northwest and about the 10th gamelan to arrive in the United States. "Vincent changed my life i n the most surprising and unexpected way after introducing me to gamelan when I was 18 or 19 in a world music class\," remembers Mindy Johnston B. A. '97\, who now teaches gamelan at Lewis &\; Clark and Portland State University and directs the Venerable Showers of Beauty gamelan ensemble. "His influence on my life sent me running with open \;arms down a pa th I couldn't have imagined… . He has touched the lives of countless in dividuals around the world\, particularly through his love of gamelan."&# 160\; In 1998\, after his retirement from Lewis &\; Clark\, McDermott taught at the College of William &\; Mary\, where his then-wife\, Sop hia Serghi BA '94\, a noted composer herself\, serves on the faculty. From 2002 to 2003\, McDermott was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Insti tut Seni Indonesia in Yogyakarta. Since that time\, he had made his life in Indonesia with his wife\, Sary Sinaga\, also known as Ipeh\, and their son\, Shaun. He enjoyed a full and busy "retirement" as a composer and p erformer. In 2013\, he published a well-received book\, Imagi-Nation: Mem buat Musik Biasa Jadi Luar Biasa\, about his experiences as a teacher\, m entor\, and composer of music in Indonesia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Lewis &\; Clark College Music De partment presents the Vincent McDermott Memorial Concert on Saturday\, Ma rch 17\, 2018 at 7:30pm in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. This concert\, pres ented in memory of our beloved Lewis &\; Clark composer and faculty me mber\, will feature music written by Vincent McDermott\, Lou Harrison\, a nd others. The program includes our Javanese gamelan\, Hindustani music\, art songs\, and Ghanaian traditional music in performances by Lewis & \; Clark faculty\, students\, alumni\, and guests. Join us as we celebrat e the life of Vincent McDermott: composer\, faculty member\, and co-found er of the LC world music program.
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Vince McD ermott\, professor emeritus of music\, died February 10\, 2016\, while on a visit in North Sumatra\, Indonesia. He was 82.
McDerm ott\, an accomplished composer who worked in many genres\, was a new musi c pioneer whose compositions included pathbreaking work that employed bot h classical European and Asian musical forms and instrumentation. His com positions included works for orchestra\, chamber ensembles\, voice and ch orus\, solo instruments\, and Javanese gamelan. He also composed operas\, two of which—The King of Bali and Mata Hari—were premiered on campus .
McDermott earned his PhD in music composition\, music history \, and aesthetics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. Before comin g to Lewis &\; Clark in 1977\, he taught for a year at the Hampton Ins titute in Virginia\, then for 10 years at the Wisconsin Conservatory of M usic in Milwaukee.
During his two decades at Lewis &\; Clark\, McDermott pioneered the teaching and performance of world music. He deve loped courses on the music of East and Southeast Asia and the music of In dia\, Africa\, and the Middle East. He also instituted or supervised perf ormance classes in African marimba\; Ghanaian drumming\, singing\, and da nce\; Indian sitar\, tabla\, and vina\; Japanese koto and shamisen\; and Javanese gamelan.
Thanks to McDermott—and the generosity of don or Loraine Fenwick—the college acquired the Venerable Showers of Beauty gamelan\, a magnificent set of Javanese instruments that dates back to a round 1880. This gamelan was the first of its kind in the Northwest and a bout the 10th gamelan to arrive in the United States.
"Vincent ch anged my life in the most surprising and unexpected way after introducing me to gamelan when I was 18 or 19 in a world music class\," remembers Mi ndy Johnston BA '97\, who now teaches gamelan at Lewis &\; Clark and Portland State University and directs the Venerable Showers of Beauty ga melan ensemble. "His influence on my life sent me running with open \ ;arms down a path I couldn't have imagined… . He has touched the lives of countless individuals around the world\, particularly through his love of gamelan." \;
In 1998\, after his retirement from Lewis &a mp\; Clark\, McDermott taught at the College of William &\; Mary\, whe re his then-wife\, Sophia Serghi BA '94\, a noted composer herself\, se rves on the faculty.
From 2002 to 2003\, McDermott was a Fulbrigh
t Senior Scholar at the Institut Seni Indonesia in Yogyakarta. Since that
time\, he had made his life in Indonesia with his wife\, Sary Sinaga\, a
lso known as Ipeh\, and their son\, Shaun. He enjoyed a full and busy "re
tirement" as a composer and performer. In 2013\, he published a well-rece
ived book\, Imagi-Nation: Membuat Musik Biasa Jadi Luar Biasa\, about his
experiences as a teacher\, mentor\, and composer of music in Indonesia.<
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nts the Vincent McDermott Memorial Concert on Saturday\, March 17\, 2018
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y of our beloved Lewis &\; Clark composer and faculty member\, will fe
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program includes our Javanese gamelan\, Hindustani music\, art songs\, a
nd Ghanaian traditional music in performances by Lewis &\; Clark facul
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