http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles Wed, 17 May 2006 21:19:35 GMT Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/31 Between teaching viola individually and in groups, directing the Missouri String Project, and playing professionally with several internationally renowned chamber music groups, music professor Leslie Perna keeps very busy. Yet you have the distinct impression in listening to her talk that all of her work is thoroughly enjoyable. Wed, 17 May 2006 21:19:35 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/31 (LuAnne Roth) http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/43 “There’s nothing quite like the high of hearing one of your own pieces played,” MU Professor of Music W. Thomas McKenney admits, “but to me the most important thing is the active, creative process itself.” Having internalized his teacher’s advice that music must be a balance of emotion and intellect, and that if you have too much of either one “things get out of whack,” McKenney focuses on both levels. His goal is to assure that “structurally and formally, a piece is going to work.” Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:12:35 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/43 (LuAnne Roth)