category: Campus News Venezuelan connection boosts C-N Strings Program category: Campus News | January 14, 2016 Ana Oliveros, Edward Pulgar, Mrs. Oliveros and Paula Oliveros are pictured at Ana’s junior recital at C-N in 2015. by Kimary Clelland, courtesy of The Standard Banner (Jan. 12, 2016) – Why would young talented violinists who have the strong national support from their own country come to the United States to study music? All three Venezuelan violinists attending Carson-Newman and their professor who is also a native of their country say, unlike Venezuela, America provides the opportunity to get a college degree. With numerous other universities in America such as the well-known Juilliard in New York, why did these three students select Carson-Newman? Sisters Ana and Paula Oliveros and Euclides Andrade Silva all had violin teachers in their country who knew Edward Pulgar, a violin teacher at Carson-Newman. Pulgar says he can see himself (over 16 years ago) in these three young violin students he teaches. He won his first violin competition in his country at age 13 and made his conducting debut by age 20. In 1999, he received a scholarship to study violin in the U.S. “I was inspired to leave my country and come to America because of the desire to learn … to improve as a violinist and as a conductor,” he recalls of… [click to read more]
Campus News Carson-Newman says “thank you” to those announcing retirements this year Carson-Newman honored those announcing retirements this year at a special reception on campus Thursday, April 25. The group of eight individuals represent 179 years of combined service to the University. […]
Campus News Lemus-Guzman and Tuberville presented Carson-Newman’s Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Carson-Newman University announced that German Lemus-Guzman and Aiden Tuberville are recipients of the 2024 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. The recognition, announced during C-N’s Honors Convocation, is the highest honor the […]
Campus News University presents highest faculty, staff honors Carson-Newman University presented some of its highest awards to faculty and staff during its 55th annual Honors Convocation on April 18. Those honored during the special event were Dr. Thomas […]