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Vol. 80 No. 052
Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Memphis
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Memphis music makes history By Samuel Prager
news@dailyhelmsman.com The world of music will be “all shook up” as Memphis honors some of its most notable musicians, including Elvis, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis and others. The Memphis Music Hall of Fame, an administration of the Smithsonian-developed Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, will have its inaugural induction at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts tonight at 7 p.m. “It’s a salute to those individuals and to Memphis as a whole. Inductees range from early pioneers to the hay day with Sun Studio and Stax Records to more contemporary artists,” John Doyle, executive director of the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and Memphis Music Hall of Fame, said. “Most of the inductees or family members of those deceased will be in attendance and honored.” A nominating committee made up of local and national music professionals chose a list of 25 initial inductees to be honored at this first ceremony, to take place yearly from now on. The committee’s members included studio owners, producers, authors and historians who picked the musicians based on a variety of criteria that reflects Memphis’ musical heritage and integrity.
news@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis opera “Idomeneo” took home the first place award in this year’s National Opera Association’s Production Competition. The award is the second for the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, following the same placing for its 2008 performance of “Hansel and Gretel.” The opera, directed by faculty member Copeland Woodruff and conducted by Mark Ensley, is a tale about a Cretan King who returns home after the siege of Troy. “Because of a vow to save his life, he has to sacrifice the life of his son, Idamante, to appease the god Neptune,” Carol Morse, the marketing and communications manager of the
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Interviews for provost start today By Lisa Babb
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B.B. King (top left), Jerry Lee Lewis (bottom left), Isaac Hayes (bottom center) and Elvis Presley are some of the Memphis artists to be inducted into the Memphis Hall of Fame tonight at 7 p.m. at the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. “There’s not a general rule, that’s part of the beauty about it. Memphis music is an independent. It kind of breaks the rules,” said David Less, member of the nomi-
nating committee and partner at Memphis International Records. ”If we saw an inductee, we would know it. If we couldn’t justify it to the other committee members,
then they shouldn’t be in it.” With ties to the origin of the blues with W.C. Handy and the
see Music on page 3
U of M opera wins first place in national opera competition By Samantha Esgro
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School of Music, said. The company’s production followed the example of violence Mozart set up in the writing of “Idomeneo.” Using post-war heroes, he added his own battle cry to the Enlightenment philosophers, artists, scientists and statesmen of the day. The National Opera Association’s panel of judges is made up of opera professionals who have no prior knowledge of which opera companies submit the videos of productions. The winners are selected based on the production budget and size of the program and critiqued on vocal and orchestral performance, dramatic quality, stage direction, set, lighting and costumes. “This opera is the background for exploration of the movement from one generation to another and the violence of letting go,” Morse said. n
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For the past two months, University of Memphis officials have scoured the academic world for a new provost. The search has been narrowed down to two candidates: M. David Rudd and Donald S. Siegel. “We want everybody’s input. The provost is the second most important position on campus,” said Stephanie Beasley, assistant to the president for community relations. “We want it to be a collaborative affair.” The two candidates have been invited for on-campus interviews that students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. They will give presentations and answer attendees’ questions. “We are trying to reach as many people as possible with these sessions,” said Janann Sherman, chair of the history department and member of the provost search committee. The interviews will begin today and last until Tuesday. “We chose two sessions, one in the afternoon and one in the morning on two different days, on two sides of campus, to give as many faculty, staff and students as possible the opportunity to hear each candidate,” Beasley said. Rudd’s open sessions are scheduled for today from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom C and Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. in room 203 in the FedEx Institute of Technology. Rudd currently serves as dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah. He has helped raise more than $13 million for the U of U. Siegel is currently dean of the School of Business and a management professor at the University at Albany, the State University of New York. He has helped raise over $15 million for that university. Siegel’s open sessions are scheduled for Monday from 2:30 to 3:30
Photo courtesy of Carol Morse
see Provost on page 7
Malco Cooper plays Idomeneo on set of the winning opera.
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