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Acclaimed conductor Benjamin Zander to speak about leadership at Bryant business competition Oct. 21

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (Oct. 3, 2008) - Benjamin Zander, the internationally renown conductor of the Boston Philharmonic whose presentations on leadership and team building have wowed four World Economic Forums in Davos, Switzerland, will speak at Bryant University on Tuesday, Oct. 21. His presentation, which begins at 7 p.m. in Stepan Grand Hall in the George E. Bello Center for Information and Technology, is free and open to the public.

Zander uses the analogy of the orchestra to demonstrate how an organization can unite as a team to unleash its full potential. His presentation, in demand by Fortune 500 companies throughout the world, is the keynote at Bryant University’s fall elevator pitch competition. In it, students have 90 seconds to convince a panel of judges that their business idea is worth further exploration. Judges for the final round, which begins at 6 p.m. in the Bello Center, include:

Alan Hassenfeld, CEO (retired), Hasbro
Evie Goldfine, co-founder, Omnipoint, (now T-Mobile), and Harvard Business Plan Competition judge
Susan Keller, partner, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
John Pantarillo, president, RDW Group
Andy Thomas ’89, former president, Heineken USA

The contest and Zander’s presentation are sponsored by Bryant’s Global Entrepreneurship Program and Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO), and the course’s faculty. (Bryant’s CEO chapter was named best in the country in November 2008.)

Bryant University hosting the return engagement of Spanish classical guitarist Francesc de Paula Soler

Bryant University is pleased to announce the return engagement of Spanish classical guitarist Francesc de Paula Soler. Maestro Soler will present a guitar master class, conferencia musicada and recital on Monday, Oct. 5-7.

Maestro Soler will teach a guitar master class Sunday, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. in the Management Resource Center (MRC) Lecture Hall 1. Space is limited to six students. Observers are welcome. To register, contact Kim Keyes at kkeyes@bryant.edu or (401) 232-6729.

The conferencia musicada will be held Monday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in MRC 3. The lecture, Breve historia de la música y literatura hispanas, will be in Spanish and is open to the public. The program is as follows: 1- El Camino de Santiago; 2- En La Época del Descubrimiento; 3- El Siglo de Oro; 4- Cervantes: La Música en El Quijote; 5- La Guitarra Española en el esplendor de la literatura Latinoamérica; 6- La Generación del 27 y los grandes maestros de la Guitarra Española: Segovia, Yepes, Rodrigo, etc.

Soler's recital will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in Stepan Grand Hall at the Bello Center for Information and Technology. The recital is open to the public. Bryant students, faculty, and staff can pick up free tickets at the Bryant Center Information Desk. Tickets are $10 for the general public and are available at the door.

Soler's performances have been hailed around the world. In November 2002, the Washington Post wrote: "Soler showed himself to be unusually sensitive to color and the rhapsodic rise and fall of the phrases ... he played dazzling solos with his left hand on the fingerboard, unleashed a battery of right-hand percussive effects on the body of the guitar, and engaged in some creative pitch-bending on blues-tinged melodies."

Soler began studying guitar at the age of 11, and earned highest honors at Barcelona's prestigious Conservatorio Superior de Musica. He also studied with Andres Segovia and Narciso Yepes. His second CD, "The Golden Polyphemus," a collection of Spanish music for guitar and vihuela (a precursor to the classical guitar) is in the works, as is a book, "Guitar Technique Manual."

The program, part of Soler's 13th U.S. tour, is co-sponsored by Bryant University's Department of Modern Languages, the College of Arts and Sciences, the University's Intercultural Center the Embassy of Spain and the Spanish Ministry of Culture. For more information about the recital, contact Dr. Tony Houston, thouston@bryant.edu.

Additional information about Soler is available on his Web site at http://www.telefonica.net

JWU to Host National Press Club, World Affairs Council

Local Journalists to Take Part in Panel Discussion About the Future of Journalism in the United States

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Sept. 15, 2008 - Johnson & Wales University will be hosting a forum in conjunction with the National Press Club (NPC) and the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island at Xavier Auditorium on Monday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 a.m. The NPC is currently celebrating its 100th year of existence as one of world’s premier journalistic organizations by visiting each state in the country to mark this momentous occasion. To commemorate their visit to Providence, JWU will be the site of a panel discussion comprised of local journalists, including: Tim White, WPRI Channel 12 reporter; Bob Whitcomb, Vice President and Editor of the Editorial Pages for the Providence Journal; Jim Hummel, former reporter for ABC 6; and Robert Flanders, former justice of the RI Supreme Court. The topic for the discussion is: “From Edward R. Murrow to Paris Hilton: How is News Defined Today”. All attendees will receive a free copy of the DVD “The National Press Club: A Century of Headlines”. This event is free and open to the public. Please call 598-1848 for more information.

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