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Public Announcement 12 October 2021 Regular Meeting

STATE OF NEW MEXICO
MUSIC COMMISSION

REGULAR MEETING
12 October 2021
1:00 p.m.

The New Mexico Music Commission will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 1:00pm. In light of the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-004, declaring a state of public health emergency and directing agencies to take necessary precautions to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19, the Music Commission has decided to hold the October 12, 2021 meeting via videoconference. The meeting is open to the public.

The meeting will take place by Zoom. You may participate with a computer or phone.

Here is the Zoom information:

When: Oct 12, 2021 01:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Music Commission Regular Meeting

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/j/92541501029?pwd=ZTJxcDIzTXNNNGpMaVluZzduVGpsUT09

Passcode: 149907

Or One tap mobile :
US: +13462487799,,92541501029#,,,,*149907# or +16699006833,,92541501029#,,,,*149907#

Or Telephone:
Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592

Webinar ID: 925 4150 1029
Passcode: 149907
International numbers available: https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/u/kes5v72uIA

If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified signed language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting, or both please contact the New Mexico Relay Network at 1-800-659-1779 or New Mexico Arts at 505-827-6490, statewide at 1-800-879-4278, or via email at CynthiaR.Gonzales@state.nm.us at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting date or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and meeting minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact New Mexico Arts if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

A copy of the meeting agenda is available here.

 

       

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Felberg, Leonard

Leonard Felberg ~ Albuquerque

Leonard “Lenny” Felberg (1931-2018), Professor Emeritus at University of New Mexico, esteemed violinist, and internationally known violin pedagogue was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., October 1, 1931 to Russian immigrants, Esther and Philip Felberg. Lenny loved his Brooklyn childhood. He remembered riding the New York subway trains all night on a single ten-cent token, eating favorite knishes at Katz’s Deli, playing stickball in the street and going to Coney Island on hot summer days. He began violin studies at the age of nine and often attended Carnegie Hall concerts, where he was introduced to performances by the great violin masters of the early 20th c. “golden” period. Stickball gave way to practicing, but he still insisted his father carry the violin on the way to lessons, so the other kids wouldn’t tease him.

After receiving B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees from Yale University, where he studied with Joseph Fuchs and was awarded the distinguished Horatio Parker Fellowship, Lenny joined the 7th Army Symphony, where he was featured soloist performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto on tours of France, Germany, Luxembourg and the British Isles. After Army service, he was accepted into one of the world’s leading orchestras, The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, serving under legendary conductor Eduard Van Beinum for 3 years.

Returning to the U.S., he began Doctoral studies in Violin Performance and Pedagogy at Indiana University, simultaneously accepting a violin professorship at the University of Georgia. At I.U. he studied with Daniel Guilet, and was mentored by renowned violinist/teacher, Josef Gingold and cellist Janos Starker, with whom he studied chamber music. Prof. Gingold was instrumental in bringing him to perform at the June Music Festival in the summer of 1965, where he became acquainted with New Mexico, his future home. While at I.U., he met and married fellow Doctoral student in Piano Performance, Arlette Zendmeer. The couple joined the faculty of the University of Toledo, during which he performed summers with the Berkshire Quartet, taught at Syracuse University and, as violinist of the Toledo String Quartet, won a medal at the Geneva International Competition.

The Felbergs moved to Albuquerque when he was offered the Violin Professorship at The University of New Mexico. With the formation of The Seraphin Trio came a period of intense concert productivity as well as teaching and performing workshops; he gave master classes throughout the U.S. and Brazil and accepted the post of Concertmaster of The Santa Fe Symphony for 25 years. He appeared as soloist with orchestras throughout the southwestern United States; in chamber concerts, in music festivals and symposiums all over Mexico and New Mexico. He is a 1992 recipient of the “Artist of the Year” Bravos Award, performed for most of his career on a 1740 Stradivarius violin and was known for his warm, rich tone, as well as his flair and virtuosity.

Prof. Felberg has had a revered, distinguished teaching career, and a large diversity of students came to him from all over the world in search of his enormous pedagogical knowledge, disciplined, analytical and innovative technical solutions, and his creative approach towards fingering, which many students now guard sacredly. He taught with great humility and conscience, and was patient and kind in the studio. He influenced and inspired, and many of his students have gone on to careers in major orchestras, major conservatories and universities all over the world, to careers as soloists, chamber musicians, and mentors to the next generation of violinists.

Lenny lived a full, rich life with meaning, he adored his family, his numerous lifelong friends and his students, and had an unrivaled sense of humor, punctuated by his raucous laugh right before the punchline. He loved opera, world travel, reading history books, golf (where he shot a hole-in-one on two separate occasions) and, above all, he worshiped anything to do with his instrument.

source: Albuquerque Journal, from Mr. Felberg’s obituary published November 25, 2018.

No copyright is claimed in the above creative examples and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, the New Mexico Music Commission asserts that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe these materials have been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact us.

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Grusin, Dave

Dave Grusin ~ Santa Fe

Dave Grusin has written the music and composed the theme songs for over twenty network television shows including “Maude”, “St. Elsewhere” and “Good Times”.  Dave was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning one Oscar for “The Milagro Beanfield War“.  His other nominated films include, “The Champ”, “Tootsie”, “On Golden Pond,” “Heaven Can Wait,” “The Firm”, “The Fabulous Baker Boys” and “Havana.”  He was the co-founder of GRP Records, the groundbreaking jazz label that was nominated for eighty Grammy Awards.  Dave himself was nominated for thirty-eight Grammys and he won ten. Grusin has scored more than sixty Feature Films and been involved as a producer, composer and pianist on over one hundred record albums.

above: Dave Grusin : Not Enough Time is a Feature Length Documentary Film about the adventure-filled life and extraordinary career of composer, pianist and arranger, Dave Grusin. Over the past 60 years, Dave has been nominated for thirty-eight Grammy Awards, eight Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and one Emmy Award along with many other achievements. Grusin was also a co-founder of GRP Records, the best-selling jazz label for five consecutive years. His forward-thinking partnership with Larry Rosen had a monumental impact on the record industry. They set a standard for digital recording fidelity and became notorious for the “Grusin-Rosen Sound.” As a composer, producer and arranger, Dave Grusin is one of the most prolific American musicians of the last century.

for more information: grusinfilm.com

No copyright is claimed in the above creative examples and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, the New Mexico Music Commission asserts that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe these materials have been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact us.

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Songs

2020 – Albuquerque – Shawn Brooks

Songs About New Mexico: Albuquerque

written by Shawn Brooks Keihne and Daniel Solis, performed by Shawn Brooks

New Mexico-based Shawn Brooks Kiehne has enjoyed singing for more than two decades. He’s embarked on an unusual career path, becoming “El Gringo,” the first (and perhaps only) Anglo to perform genuine norteño/banda music. Brooks wrote Albuquerque with songwriting partner, Daniel Solis, in 2020. El Gringo’s albums are available via digital delivery systems like iTunes and Amazon, and samples of his work can be heard at MySpace.

 

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Regular Meeting 12 October 2021

State of New Mexico
Music Commission
Regular Meeting

12 October 2021
1:00pm
via Zoom

AGENDA

I. Call to order : Chair Medina

II. Roll Call and Introductions : Secretary Abeyta

III. Consider approving the agenda : ACTION by roll call vote

IV. Consider approving 13 July 2021 minutes : ACTION by roll call vote

V. Administrative reports

A. Department of Cultural Affairs : Jane Egan, Special Assistant to Secretary Garcia y Griego

B. New Mexico Arts : Michelle Laflamme-Childs, NMA Executive Director

C. New Mexico Arts Commission : Nancy Cooper, Arts Commissioner and NMMC Liaison

D. New Mexico Music Commission : Carlos Medina, NMMC Chair

VI. Committee reports

A.  Development : Commissioner Frouge, Chair

B.  Education : Commissioner Seifert, Chair

C.  Production : Commissioner Abeyta, Chair

VII. Rural County Outreach reports

A. Commissioner Abeyta : Mora | San Juan

B. Commissioner Anderson : Hildago | Rio Arriba

C. Commissioner Diaz : Harding | Luna

D. Commissioner Frouge : Colfax | Taos

E. Commissioner Langerman : Sierra | Socorro

F. Commissioner Lee : DeBaca | Union

G. Commissioner McCarroll : Eddy | Los Alamos

H. Commissioner Medina : San Miguel | Quay

I. Commissioner Nava : Cibola | Guadalupe

J. Commissioner Ponce : Chaves | Lea

K. Commissioner Rogers : Doña Ana | Otero

L. Commissioner Seifert : Curry | Roosevelt

M. Commissioner Swapp : Catron | Grant

N. Commissioner Whitney : Torrance

O. Commissioner : Lincoln | McKinley | Valencia

VIII. COVID-19 Vaccination PSA reports : Medina

A. Webpage

B. YouTube playlist

IX. Revision of Commission Bylaws : Chris Moander, Assistant Attorney General

A. Penultimate NMMC Bylaws

X. Introduction of GCA Conflict of Interest Forms : AAG Moander

A. General Disclosure

B. Ad hoc Gig/Event Disclosure

XI. Foundation update : David Schwartz, President New Mexico Music Commission Foundation

XII. Adjournment : Medina

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