Lucinda Sloan
Lucinda Heck Sloan, DMA, is a professional singer and professor of music. She holds performance degrees from Radford University and the University of Illinois where she was a student of the renowned coach accompanist John Wustman. Mr. Wustman has played numerous recitals for Ms Sloan including Schubert's masterpiece "Winterreise". She has extensive opera, oratorio and recital credits. These include the alto solos in Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" with the Omaha Symphony, Mendelssohn "A Midsummer's Night Dream" with the Lincoln Symphony, Verdi's "Requiem" under the direction of Lionel Friend, of London, England. Her performance of Hugo Wolf's "Moerika Lieder" was reviewed and rated by the Omaha World Herald as one of the top ten Midwest performances of the decade. Ms. Sloan has also done regional recital and workshops for the National Association of Teachers of Singer, presented papers on Beethoven and Schubert at national conferences and served on the National Board of the Lilly Foundation on the Sciences and Arts whose mission is to integrate faith and learning.
Course Description
There has always been a close connection between the visual arts and music. This was particularly apparent in the Baroque where "The Doctrine of Affections" was the dominating artistic philosophy of the era. This philosophy centered on the desire of the arts to arouse the passions, emotions, of their audiences. Certain 'rules' and conceits were established in both art forms and the results can be stunning seen in the works of Rembrandt and Caravaggio and heard in the music of Bach and Vivaldi. The philosophy will be studied and then seen how it was translated into specific works. Students will then create works of art in their own voices will listening to music and utilizing the techniques studied.
Course Description
There has always been a close connection between the visual arts and music. This was particularly apparent in the Baroque where "The Doctrine of Affections" was the dominating artistic philosophy of the era. This philosophy centered on the desire of the arts to arouse the passions, emotions, of their audiences. Certain 'rules' and conceits were established in both art forms and the results can be stunning seen in the works of Rembrandt and Caravaggio and heard in the music of Bach and Vivaldi. The philosophy will be studied and then seen how it was translated into specific works. Students will then create works of art in their own voices will listening to music and utilizing the techniques studied.