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MacDowell Residency

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Eleanor Aversa

In August I will begin a four-week residency at the MacDowell Colony. I cannot think of a more ideal place to begin composing my dissertation. MacDowell is the oldest artists’ colony in the country, founded 1906 by the widow of Continue reading MacDowell Residency→

Scholarship to The Bowdoin International Music Festival

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Eleanor Aversa

This summer I will be attending the Bowdoin International Music Festival on a Resident Assistant Scholarship. I’m looking forward to studying with Derek Bermel and Robert Beaser, and I’m also grateful for the privilege of living with great instrumentalists for Continue reading Scholarship to The Bowdoin International Music Festival→

Penn TA Prize Finalist

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Eleanor Aversa

I’ve been named a Finalist for the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students. I am touched to have received a student nomination and honored that the committee has selected me from 300 nominations as one of 20 Continue reading Penn TA Prize Finalist→

Publication in Drunken Boat

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Eleanor Aversa

Drunken Boat is an online journal of art and literature founded about a decade ago by Ravi Shankar (not that one, this one). The journal is named after the Rimbaud poem. My essay What I Learned from the Russians is Continue reading Publication in Drunken Boat→