Jump to content

Name Your Distinguished Professorship


maestrowick

Recommended Posts

Let's have some fun. You have been given an endowed professorship at Young Composer University. What would you name your professorship? Meaning, you will name the title of your endowment and a brief description of the person you named them after (the person needs to have been AT LEAST a part of the 20th Century, no Ludwig von Beethoven Distinguished Professors! :w00t: )

I'll do two different fields: :santa:

Chad E. Hughes, James Aikman Distinguished Professor of Composition

(my former comp teacher)

Chad E. Hughes, Benjamin L Pruitt Distinguished Professor of Conducting

(my former band director)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

OK, this would be like...

Robert F. Beers, Gustav Mahler Distinguished Professor of Basic Orchestration

(Mahler is, alongside Tchaikovsky, the composer that inspires me the most - but, unlike Tchaikovsky, did made the cut into the 20th century).

or perhaps:

Robert F. Beers, Irwin Hoffman Distinguished Professor of Conducting

(Irwin Hoffman, former head of Costa Rica's National Symphony Orchestra, has been so far the only conductor to perform one of my works)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is an interesting game. If I'm being serious I think I'd probably have to be the Mark Bowden Professor Emeritus of Chamber Music.

If silly, the 2008 Egri Merlot Professor Emirates Airline of Finishing Pieces the Night Before Deadline Day.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...