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brief notes UI School of Music If UI School of Music director Karl Kramer’s vision becomes reality, the Allerton Music Barn Festival – to take place for the first time Aug. 31 through Sept. 3 at a pastoral site in Central Illinois – could find its own niche on the nation’s cultural map alongside some of the most reputable and best-known summer music festivals. In the meantime, the pilot version of the School of Music’s Labor Day weekend festival is expected to draw audiences from throughout the Midwest with its eclectic mix of music and culinary accompaniments. The setting for the festival is the UI’s Allerton Park and Retreat Center. The concert venue is a restored 19th-century Dutch hay barn located near the southeast edge of the park. “Ever since I saw the barn five years ago while wandering around the grounds during an orientation for new faculty at Allerton, I was convinced I could turn it into a concert hall,” Kramer said. This year’s festival will feature four days of programming highlighting a wide selection of musical genres, from American classical and Latin jazz to Balinese gamelan and zydeco. Performers include the 14-piece Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble; Allerton Festival Chamber Orchestra, comprising faculty musicians from the UI School of Music, including members of the Pacifica Quartet; Balinese Wayan Kulit Gamelan Musicians & Puppetry, an ensemble of leading American and Balinese gamelan musicians directed by Gusti Sudarta; and Big Grove Zydeco, a local band with Creole, blues, Cajun and country roots led by UI ethnomusicology professor Tom Turino. Admission to the festival, which will range in price from $47 to $51 per day, with a $226 season-pass option, will include a pre-event meal prepared by K-Spear Culinary Arts. The menus – different each day – have been created by Rhonda Killian-Sinkosky, the owner and executive chef of Montgomery’s restaurant in Monticello, to complement each musical program. Musical programs, menus, directions, information regarding lodging and other events and activities available at the park and the community of Monticello are available at the festival Web site: www.allertonmusicbarn.com. Tickets are available for purchase online at the festival Web site or through the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts ticket office and Web site, 217-333-6280, www.krannertcenter.com/tickets. Tickets must be purchased in advance. As the festival evolves, Kramer said he hopes to expand it to include an institute or school, similar to those associated with the Tanglewood and Spoleto festivals, he said. “It would mostly be geared toward college-aged students, and I’m hoping to be able to tie it to the Burgos festival,” he said, referring to the Burgos Summer Chamber Music Festival, which the UI music school initiated in 2006 in conjunction with governmental agencies in Spain’s Castilla y Léon region. “We would start in Champaign, then take participants to Spain for the second half.” UI Research Park The performance space and seating area for “OUTSIDE at the UI Research Park” are located just south of the Motorola building at the corner of First Street and St. Mary’s Road in Champaign. Crews have been re-grading and replanting the area to create a shaded, grassy seating space that will accommodate about 500 people on a sloped area and additional seating in the tree-lined perimeter. The performances:
All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free. Free parking is available in research park lots (not on First Street). Spirits and locally grown, organic food are available at concession stands located at the northwest corner of the SAIC/Caterpillar building. The series is presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in association with Fox/Atkins Development LLC, the UI Research Park and the Illinois Natural History Survey. Hospitality Management Guests will be seated at 6:30 p.m. at the Bevier Café, located on the second floor of Bevier Hall. The five-course prix fixe menu will offer a taste of the area’s best products. Featured foods will depend on the availability of fresh items at the time of the meal. A vegetarian option will be available. The cost of the five-course meal is $50 per person; wine will be available at an additional cost. Reservations are required. Call 333-6520. A credit card is required to hold a reservation. “As a fundraiser, this event will help the hospitality management and dietetics programs update equipment for both business and educational purposes,” said Jill Craft, hospitality management instructor. “This is a great opportunity for the students to showcase what they are learning while helping to raise money for these programs.” For more information on donating to the renovation of the Quantity Foods Facilities, contact Marla Todd at 244-2875 or Kim Morton at 312-575-7805. Biennial Conference for Women The 2008 conference theme, “Now is the Moment,” is meant to encourage participants to take actions that honor the past, build upon the present and focus on future goals. During the conference, attendees will hear from keynote speakers, and choose between breakout sessions. Content will be different each day, so participants can attend one or both days. Keynote speakers include Ellen Goodman, Bob Greene, Sheila Crump Johnson, Patricia O’Brien and Anna Quindlen. For more information about speakers and the breakout sessions, go to www.theconferenceforwomen.com. Online registration allows departments to register multiple participants. Payment can be made with a FOAPAL number, P-Card or check. Jazz Jam The Soybean Press, a new campus initiative to expand awareness and knowledge of traditional printing techniques, will benefit from proceeds collected during happy hour July 18 at the Iron Post, 120 S. Race St., Urbana. Ken Smith, jazz guitarist, and Identity Crises, a jazz ensemble, will play from 5-7 p.m. Donation at the door is $5 and all proceeds go to The Soybean Press initiatives. The Soybean Press preserves and teaches the tradition of letterpress printing with the goal of expanding awareness and knowledge of fine press books. It crafts beautifully printed texts and inspires an appreciation of the book – from its physical design and manufacture to its intellectual content and enduring role in human culture. It is a collaborative effort of five campus units: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UI Press, Facilities and Services, and the School of Art and Design. The Soybean Press welcomes project ideas, which must be approved by a committee. For more information, call 333-3777. Student/Staff Directory Further links to the Employee Information Form on the NESSIE Web site can be used to update campus and home mailing addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. A university NetID and password are required. Those without computer access may use any public computer site on campus or computers located at the Personnel Services Office or the Academic Human Resources Office. In addition, faculty and staff members may choose to withhold their home address and/or their home telephone number from the directory. Those who wish to suppress information must complete the online Suppression Request Form: www.publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/resources/directoryforms.html#suppression. Suppression requests made in 2004 and subsequent years remain in effect until an employee submits a Reinstate Information Form, available online. Also at this same site are allied/affiliated agency employee forms for employees of agencies officially affiliated or allied with the UI who want to be included in the directory. All changes must be made by Sept. 14 to appear in the 2007-2008 edition of the directory. For more information, contact Creative Services, 333-9200 or creativeservices@uiuc.edu. The electronic version of the phonebook, accessed on the Web, is maintained by Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services. Author talk Last month Burgos was in San Diego working with the Padres baseball team on their tribute to the Negro Leagues. He also was among a group of scholars who conducted a comprehensive study of the Negro Leagues and black baseball. In June of 2005, the National Baseball Hall of Fame selected Burgos to serve on a screening committee of 12 people charged with drafting a ballot of Negro League candidates to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Burgos also voted in that historic election, which was held in February of 2006. Fiscal year 2007-08
*Dec. 24 is a one-half gift day from the chancellor and the president and a one-half excused day that does not require the use of benefits. Staff employees who are required to work any part of this day will be compensated in accordance with Policy and Rules, Rule 11.13 Excused Absence with Pay/Gift Day (https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/pdf/policy/rules/pr11r13.pdf). **Dec. 26-28 and 31 are reduced-service days. As in past years, it is expected that most units will be closed and most employees will not be working on these days. Additional information about these reduced-service days will be communicated this year closer to the holiday period. Two floating holidays can be taken anytime during this fiscal year; however, the scheduling of these holidays is subject to departmental approval.
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