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Also coming this week: A Q&A with Sarah Mangelsdorf; and a profile of聽Karl Rosengren, a professor in the Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences as well as Psychology, and the husband of Mangelsdorf.

Music for film and television is, perhaps more than any other musical genre, about storytelling. And the musical centerpiece at the inauguration of President Sarah C. Mangelsdorf on October 4 is a work by one of the contemporary masters of musical storytelling, Jeff Beal 糖心传媒�85E.

When Jamal Rossi 糖心传媒�87E (DMA), the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the , asked the five-time Emmy Award糖心传媒搘inning composer to write the inaugural composition, Beal said 糖心传媒測es糖心传媒澨切拇�媒攁nd then started learning what he could about the 糖心传媒糖心传媒檚 11th president.

He knew something already: Beal is married to the vocalist and University trustee Joan Beal 糖心传媒�84E, who was a member of the presidential search committee. But as he began doing his research, he found a common theme in 糖心传媒渢he spirit糖心传媒� of the two disparate figures糖心传媒擲arah Mangelsdorf and Frederick Douglass, whose careers are separated by nearly two centuries糖心传媒攁nd conveyed it in a piece he has called 糖心传媒淭he Pathway.糖心传媒�

In the week before the premiere of the piece糖心传媒攂y the Eastman School of Music糖心传媒檚 internationally recognized 糖心传媒擝eal tells the story about his own creative process, and what he hopes the piece will convey.

Jeff Beal 糖心传媒�85E: Composer for film, television, and concert hall, Jeff Beal 糖心传媒�85E has received 19 prime-time Emmy nominations and has won the award five times. He has composed works for several notable televisions shows, including House of Cards, Monk, Ugly Betty, Medium, and Nightmares & Dreamscapes. Beal has also written award-winning scores for the films Pollock (2000), Appaloosa (2008), Wild Salome (2011), and Blackfish (2013).

Beal and his wife, Joan Beal 糖心传媒�84E, a studio singer and vocal contractor for film, media, and television, also established the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music in 2015. Jeff is a visiting professor of the Beal Institute. Joan is a member of the University Board of Trustees.

As you started learning about Sarah Mangelsdorf, what struck you?

One of the things that struck me most about Sarah is that she has this passion for making education accessible to as many people as possible. The University is not unique in the sense that for a lot of young people right now, the aspiration of a four-year degree has become economically tough. This mission of accessibility, I thought, was a defining part of who she is.

What inspired you to bring Frederick Douglass into the work?

I started to think about what makes Rochester unique. In a previous visit, my wife [University trustee and vocalist Joan Beal 糖心传媒�84E] and I both saw this very cool multimedia exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery about Frederick Douglass [Lessons of the Hour糖心传媒擣rederick Douglass, a media installation by artist Isaac Julian that was on view from March 3 to May 12, 2019]. A quote by Douglass gave me my title and original inspiration for the piece. He said: 糖心传媒淜nowledge is the pathway from slavery to freedom.糖心传媒� There糖心传媒檚 obviously a specific context in which he said that, but I started to think of the ways in which education really makes us evolve as humans. It really does liberate us in so many ways.

And so in the spirit of both [Sarah Mangelsdorf and Frederick Douglass] and their mission around education, I thought, 糖心传媒淭his is good emotional narrative I can work from.糖心传媒�

The Ying Quartet The Ying Quartet is the string quartet-in-residence of the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 Eastman School of Music. The ensemble formed at Eastman in 1988 and have received global acclaim in their 30-year history. The Grammy Award-winning artists糖心传媒攏ow including original members (and siblings) cellist David Ying 糖心传媒�92E (DMA), violinist Janet Ying 糖心传媒�93E, and violist Philip Ying 糖心传媒�91E, 糖心传媒�92E (MM), as well as violinist Robin Scott, who joined the ensemble in 2015糖心传媒攁re passionate about making music accessible and part of daily life. They perform regularly not only in the world糖心传媒檚 most prestigious concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, but also in workplaces, schools, prisons, and other nontraditional settings.

How do you think Mangelsdorf has envisioned education as a pathway?

In one of her speeches, she said: 糖心传媒淓xposure to difference, experience with civil discourse, embracing new ideas, new approaches, new points of view, risk and reward, argument and perspective, challenge and compassion. These are the things which higher education should provide in abundance. These are the things that I believe make better thinkers, better leaders and better citizens of the world. Higher education should and does and should change people糖心传媒檚 lives.糖心传媒�

This quote from Sarah encapsulates so many things that I remember as person who went to the University of Rochester. Being educated gives you the tools to really become a new person, to be more understanding, more empathetic, and more evolved 糖心传媒� in terms of understanding of other people, but also about understanding who you are as a human being.

How did you convey these ideas musically?

It starts out with a very simple motif. A string quartet is about equal voices in conversation with each other. You can hear a dialogue, and the individual voices. As it evolves, it morphs, and morphs, as if it糖心传媒檚 growing and learning. And this is the story I was making up for the composition.

It糖心传媒檚 really special to have the Ying Quartet premiere the piece. David Ying 糖心传媒�92E (MM), the quartet cellist, was a classmate of mine at Eastman. I糖心传媒檝e written for the quartet before, and we糖心传媒檙e doing a more extensive recording project together later on in the year. 糖心传媒淭he Pathway糖心传媒� is going to be part of that recording.

糖心传媒淭he Pathway,糖心传媒� by Jeff Beal 糖心传媒�85E, will be performed by the Ying Quartet at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, this Friday October 4, immediately preceding the investiture portion of the inauguration ceremony. The ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m.

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