Dr. Jeanne Belfy

It can make you pull your car over to the side of the road and cry because there is such a connection, says Jeanne Belfy, professor of music, and oboe and music history teacher at Boise State University.THE LOVE CONNECTION"It's well-documented and has been known by scholars and philosophers for millennia," Belfy says.More recently, scientists and neurologists are finding there is a physical reason.A song that stirs an emotion becomes neurologically linked to a personal event, similar to the olfactory association, when you get a whiff of Chanel No. 5.But music is more emotional.Why?"The music recharges the emotion experienced during, or as a result of, the personal event," Belfy says.

Nominated by fellow music professor Jeanne Belfy, Marcellus Brown, of Detroit, has taught at Boise State for 13 years.

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Dr. Jeanne Belfy

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Dr. Jeanne Belfy, Professor of Music, has taught at Boise State University since 1983.She is responsible for teaching music appreciation, music history, and applied oboe, and also serves as Program Coordinator for Graduate Programs in Music, and Artistic Director for the Boise Chamber Music Series.Dr. Belfy holds the Ph.D. in historical musicology from the University of Kentucky, in cooperation with the University of Louisville,where she was a Presidential Fellow for three years and a Teaching Assistant for two years.She completed her Master of Music degree in music history at Ball State University while serving as a Graduate Assistant in oboe performance,and holds the Bachelor of Music Education from Northern Michigan University,summa cum laude.

Dr. Belfy's article, "Judith and the Louisville Orchestra: the Rest of the Story," may be found in the College Music Symposium, Vo.32(Fall 1991), pp.36-48.
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As an oboist and English horn player, Dr. Belfy has performed numerous solo and chamber recitals, as well as over 35 performances with the Boise Chamber Orchestra as principal, several seasons with the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra as principal English horn, and four years as a casual player with the Louisville Orchestra.She has also played with the Louisville Bach Society Orchestra,the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Muncie Symphony, and the Louisville Ensemble for Contemporary Music.

An applied oboe instructor for over twenty years, Dr. Belfy has placed pupils in the Interlochen Arts Academy, the National Music Camp, Northwestern University School of Music, Indiana University, the University of Louisville, Western Michigan University, and Michigan State University.Her oboe pupils have won many scholarship and concerto awards and competitions.Memberships include Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Delta Pi; the AMS, CMS and IDRS; MTNA and IMTA.

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Dr. Jeanne Belfy

Email: jbelfy@boisestate.edu

Her emphasis on the internal workings of a character's experience ,whatever the genre , evokes deeply personal connections from readers, said Jeanne Belfy, a professor of music at Boise State University and a devoted fan."She had such an influence on me when I was a teenager," Belfy said.

Chamber music double feature: For 20 years, Boiseans have reveled in world-class chamber music, thanks to an innovative public/private partnership begun by Jeff Sadler and Jeanne Belfy: the Boise Chamber Music Society.
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"A wish to utilize the 203-seat Recital Hall in the newly-constructed Morrison Center for the Performing Arts was the motivation for the entire undertaking," says Jeanne, a BSU professor of music, organizer of the original series and BCMS' institutional backbone.
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The program's centerpiece, Jeanne says, is David Balakrishnan's "Mara's Garden of False Delights," integrating jazz, American vernacular, western classical and East Indian musical genres.