Faculty News
A violin concerto composed by music faculty member Allen Shawn, commissioned by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), was performed on Thursday, March 11, and Saturday, March 13, at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre in Rochester.
Faculty member Ann Pibal was one of 30 U.S. artists this month to receive a $20,000 grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
The National Endowment of the Arts has awarded author and faculty member Doug Bauer a $25,000 grant in support of his ongoing work in contemporary literature.
Bennington President Elizabeth Coleman delivered a speech this week on effective leadership at The Royal College of Defence Studies in London, an internationally renowned program that attracts senior leaders and strategists from around the world.
Faculty member Liz Deschenes' Right/Left photography exhibition was on display last month at the prestigious Sutton Lane art gallery, marking her third solo exhibition of 2009 (and her first-ever in Paris).