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Dave Zanolla's Disney Dream Course

The WIU Comm 379 (Disney World Communication Culture) class members and Zanolla

Communication faculty member Dave Zanolla planned his dream course and students registered-twice-and then he was the guest of "all things amusement park" podcast and you can read all about it. Lucky Dave to get to design and teach his dream course, and lucky, lucky students get to take the class and earn credit for a trip to Disney World!

Read the whole story from University Relations and listen to the podcast clip from "The Season Pass."

Community Music School Offers New Programs and Registration for Lessons

Western Illinois University's Community Music School (CMS) is accepting 2011-2012 registrations for private student lessons on drums, voice, guitar and piano, as well as for Family Music Classes and the youth string orchestra. This year, CMS has added a teacher to coach a jazz combo as well as to teach private lessons on drums. Private voice lessons are now also offered. All ages and abilities are welcome to take lessons on all instruments!

Community Music School fresh air concert

Drum lessons, along with the new jazz combo program, will be taught by graduate student Steve Aldeman. Mr. Aldeman has been playing the drums professionally for over 35 years and has taught drummers of all ages for the past 25 years. As a performer, he has worked with artists from a variety of styles including Jazz, Blues, Rock and Pop and has performed in a variety of shows and theater productions. He has played with Joe Lovano, Bobby Shew, Richie Cole, Bobby Enriquez, Ira Sullivan, Larry Coryell, Eric Alexander, Matt Murphy, Blackie Schakner, David Brenner, Bob Newhart, and countless other musicians. The WIU Jazz program will oversee the combo program taught by Steve and will provide opportunities to work with the famed Jazz faculty. We are excited to have Steve come to Western and for these new programs!

Keith Holz comments and poses a question during the colloquium.

Holz Reports on Moscow Colloquium

From June 23-24, 2011, Associate Professor Art, Keith Holz participated in an international colloquium How the Second Exile Causes the First to Speak: Moscow Archives and the Arts in Paris, 1933-1945, held in Moscow at the German Historical Institute and Russian State Military Archive. The colloquium was organized by Ines Rotermund-Reynard of the German Forum for Art History-Paris with cooperation and support from Nikolaus Katzer, Director, German Historical Institute-Moscow; and Andreas Beyer, Director, German Forum for Art History-Paris.