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Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2009Moscow State University Music Students Visit Buffalo State
The School of Arts and Humanities, led by Dean Benjamin Christy, hosted 15 students from Lomonosov Moscow State University on campus and in the Buffalo area for a firsthand look at American music, art, theater, and culture June 5–13.
The tour was part of an ongoing cultural exchange with Moscow State University (MSU) developed by Christy. The collaboration began a year ago with a trip to MSU by Christy and a delegation from Buffalo State that included Bradley Fuster, associate professor and chair of the Music Department, Lin Xia Jiang, professor and then-chair of the Fine Arts Department, and Ted Turkle, director of the Research Foundation at Buffalo State College.
MSU students heard presentations by Paul Ferington, lecturer of music and director of the Buffalo State Philharmonia Orchestra (American history and music); Carlos Jones, assistant professor of theater (American dance); Drew Kahn, chair and professor of theater (American theater); David Landrey, associate professor emeritus of English, and Christy (American history and poetry); and Chuck Mancuso, professor of music (American popular music: jazz).
Students also heard Buffalo State music students and Western New York music professionals in concert, including a student recital, a Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concert, and the Allen St. Jazz Band at Nietzsche’s.
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, the Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo, and a Buffalo Bisons baseball game were also part of the American experience planned by Christy with support from the department and community.
Established in 1755, Lomonosov Moscow State University has 40,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students, including 2,000 international students. It is located in Leninskie Gory, Moscow.
