Portland State Magazine Fall 2013

FALL 2013 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 9 New Works PASSIONATE COMMITMENTS: THE LIVES OF ANNA ROCHESTER AND GRACE HUTCHINS By Julia M. Allen MA ’76, State University of New York Press, 2013 DUEL WITH THE DEVIL: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND AARON BURR TEAMED UP TO TAKE ON AMERICA’S FIRST SENSATIONAL MURDER MYSTERY By Paul Collins (English faculty), Crown publishing, 2013 ADORING ADDIE Leslie Gould MA ’09, Bethany House Publishers, 2013 YOU’VE GOT ME Music CD by Naomi LaViolette MM ’01, 2013 SISYPHUS SHRUGGED By Robert Peate MEd ’10, CreateSpace, 2012 THE S-WORD By Chelsea Pitcher ’04, Gallery Books, 2013 NEGOTIATING SHADOWS By Grace E. Reed MA ’08, George Ronald Publisher, 2012 THE CHILDREN OF KINGS: A DARKOVER NOVEL By Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross MS ’71, Penguin Group, 2013 CONTEMPORARY ART ABOUT ARCHITECTURE: A STRANGE UTILITY Edited by Isabelle Loring Wallace and Nora Wendl (Architecture faculty), Ashgate Publishing, 2013 Singers take Italian Grand Prix THE VENUES WERE GRAND, the singing emotional, and winning was “an amazing feeling,” says Ethan Sperry, director of the Portland State Chamber Choir. In July the choir won the Grand Prix award at the 52nd annual Seghizzi International Choral Competition in Gorizia, Italy. This was the first top win for a U.S. ensemble. The competition featured 22 choirs from 21 countries. For the PSU choir’s final and winning set, the students amazed the other choirs with a performance that ranged from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Blessed Art Thou O Lord” sung in Russian to Leonard Cohen’s contemporary hit “Hallelujah.”  F A N F A R E Schnitzer-winning artists BOLD GRAPHIC DESIGN and art that addresses social issues won students Patricia Vazquez Gomez and Jordan Hoagbin the first Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prizes at PSU. An exhibit of their work is planned for Oct. 3 to Nov. 1 in Autzen Gallery, 205 Neuberger Hall. Gomez, an Art & Social Practice MFA student, was selected by a jury of art faculty, local artists, and art collectors for her thought-provoking paintings, video, and live events. Hoagbin, a sophomore studying graphic design, was praised by jurors for the uniqueness of his work. This Schnitzer Prize was created this year in the College of the Arts with a gift from the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation. Autzen Gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Painting by Patricia Vazquez Gomez Design by Jordan Hoagbin