teaching the arts

* Open Rank
Stanford University (California)
(date posted: 9/30/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576756-01&pg=e

* Director, School of Music
University of Florida (Florida)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576609-01&pg=e

* Assistant Professor of Theatre
Valdosta State University (Georgia)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000575526-01&pg=e

* Music
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576993-01&pg=e

* Artist/Teacher - Opera Coach
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576987-01&pg=e

* Music
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge (Louisiana)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576991-01&pg=e

* Multiple Positions: English, Communications, Theatre, Music, Biology, and Chemistry
Northern Michigan University (Michigan)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576498-01&pg=e

* Three positions in Music
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minnesota)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576675-01&pg=e

* Clinical Assistant Professor in Dance Education
Rutgers University at New Brunswick (New Jersey)
(date posted: 10/1/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000577010-01&pg=e

* Assistant Professor of Dance
State University of New York College at Brockport (New York)
(date posted: 9/30/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576641-01&pg=e

* Assistant Professor of Costume Technology
Elon University (North Carolina)
(date posted: 10/3/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000577445-01&pg=e

* Faculty - multiple disciplines
University of North Dakota (North Dakota)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576285-01&pg=e

* Multiple Faculty Positions
Ashford University (Ohio)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576754-01&pg=e

* Theatre Assistant Professor
Miami University (Ohio) (Ohio)
(date posted: 9/30/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576612-01&pg=e

* Multiple Position Openings
College of Charleston (South Carolina)
(date posted: 10/6/2008)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000576702-01&pg=e

man: biology of a fall

Contemporary Opera Premiere Explores

Biological Warfare,Mind Control, and Famous 1950's CIA Misdeed

Man: Biology of a Fall, a new full-length opera with music by Evan Hause and a libretto by Gary Heidt, will have a four-performance world premiere run on October 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Kumble Theater, the new cutting-edge performance space of the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University (1 University Place, Brooklyn).

The opera, presented in chamber orchestra version and utilizing live electronics, will feature a cast of 10 male singers, 2 female singers and 2 actors. The opera stars Lyric Tenor Steven Ebel supported by a large cast consisting of Darren Lougée, San-ky Kim, Mark Peters, David A. Gordon, Mary Ellen Assue, Raemond Martin, Jeffrey Mandelbaum, C. David Morrow, John Schenkel, Kamala Sankaram, actors Christopher Burris, Miriam Tabb and Yuval Boim. It will be directed by Jyana S. Gregory with lighting design by Matthew Richards, costumes by Jessica Ford, and sets by Rumiko Ishii.

Conducted by the composer, the opera deals with Frank Olson (1910-1953) who was one of the first American scientists to study biological weapons, such as anthrax, for the Army. He also witnessed violent interrogation techniques used on ex-Nazi POWs in post-war Europe, some ending in death. He observed first-hand accounts of fighter pilots returning from the Korean War who reported the use of biological weapons on enemy soldiers. He was ultimately drugged with LSD and subjected to interrogation himself when he began having reservations about his work. Then he went out a hotel window in New York City. Suicide or murder?

The opera is a fictional account of the final mysterious days of his life.This opera, Man: Biology of a Fall, is the third and final opera of what composer and librettist call the "Defenestration Trilogy (written between 2000 and 2007) of which two already-produced operas are The Birth and Theft of Television concerning the suicide of F.M. inventor Edwin Armstrong and Nightingale dealing with the last days of James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense who went out a hospital window under unknown circumstances. In reviewing the work, Opera News called it “fresh and dramatic" and the Village Voice called it "dramatic and haunting."

Performances:
Thursday, October 4, 7:30 PM, Friday, October 5, 7:30 PM, Saturday, October 6, 7:30 PM, Sunday, October 7, 3:00 PM at Kumble Theater (1 University Place, Brooklyn).

Tickets $35 & $25; $15 Students and Seniors. Kumble Theater Box Office: (718) 488-1624 or www.KumbleTheater.org.

Directions: 2/3/4/5 trains to Nevins Street; B/ M/Q/R trains to DeKalb Avenue; A/C trains to Hoyt-Schermerhorn; G to Fulton; LIRR to Flatbush Terminal.

www.ManBiologyOfAFall.com