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Myles Slatin
March 3, 1924—May 9, 2010

Myles Slatin, Ph.D., of Buffalo, retired UB English professor and long-time member and supporter of Hallwalls, died on May 9, 2010, after a long illness. He was 86.

Born in Queens, Myles attended Flushing High and Queens College and served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, learning Japanese as part of a team that cracked enemy codes. After the War he earned his doctorate at Yale University with a study on Ezra Pound, then moved to Buffalo in 1952 when he became an associate professor in the University of Buffalo English Department, where he taught Romantic and modern poetry and was an early proponent of women writers and feminist activists. He also explored contemporary authors and popular fiction in his classes, which are fondly remembered by generations of students. As an associate dean in the 1960s, Myles was active in the University of Buffalo's transition into the SUNY system, recruiting numerous faculty members and participating in the recruitment of then UC Berkeley Chancellor Martin Meyerson as UB's new President. Myles was director of Lockwood Library from 1969 to 1973, during a period of student protests when the library experienced vandalism, including numerous small bombings. He retired from the UB faculty in 1994 after 42 years.

Long an avid art collector, tireless gallerygoer, and patron of local artists, Myles focused almost entirely on visual art after he retired from teaching literature, taking drawing and painting classes at UB and renting a studio on Buffalo's West Side to pursue his own art. He and his wife of 57 years, Diana Bluestein Slatin, a distinguished fine artist and fashion illustrator, were deeply involved with Hallwalls on both its Visual Artists Committee and Board of Directors. When Diana died in 2003, Myles generously invited friends who were so inclined to make donations in Diana's memory to Hallwalls, as many did. In the same spirit, Myles's surviving son Peter and other family members have indicated that memorial gifts in Myles's name may be made to either Hallwalls or Jewish Family Services of Buffalo.

Gifts to Hallwalls in Memory of our admired friend Myles Slatin will be acknowledged individually as well as publicly here, and we thank his family for their thoughtfulness in making this suggestion. As of June 9th, generous gifts in Myles's memory have been gratefully received from Nancy A. Hamilton, John M. Jablonski, and Harvey J. & Deborah Breverman.
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IN THE GALLERY:
From Jul. 30, 2010
through Aug. 31, 2010

Gallery hours:
Tues.—Fri. 11-6
Sat. 11-2
Sun. & Mon. closed

Hallwalls Members Exhibition: Faster Pussycat, Spill! Spill!

Fri., Apr. 18, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
presented by Hallwalls and Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music with a Steinway concert grand sponsored by Denton Cottier & Daniels
Winston Choi
Solo Piano
Asbury Hall

Program
Yvar Mikhashoff - Elemental Figures (world premiere)
Yvar Mikhashoff - Portrait of Madame Butterfly
Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit
Elliott Carter - Night Fantasies


Winston Choi biography
Winner of the 2002 Orléans Concours International and Laureate of the 2003 Honens International Piano Competition, Canadian pianist Winston Choi is an inquisitive performer whose fresh approach to standard repertory, and masterful understanding, performance and commitment to works by living composers, make him one of today’s most dynamic young concert artists.

Choi maintains an active international performing schedule. In demand as a concerto soloist, he has appeared with l’Orchestre National de Lille, l’Orchestre Symphonique d’Orléans, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Radio Orchestra, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, and the Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, among others.

Known for his colorful approach to programming and insightful commentary from the stage, Choi has recently appeared in recital at the National Arts Centre of Canada, the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, New York’s Carnegie-Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Kravis Center in Florida, and the "Cicle Grans Solistes" in Spain. Choi performs extensively in France, having played venues such as the Salle Cortot, Lille’s Festival Rencontre Robert Casadesus, the Messiaen Festival, and the Strasbourg Festival. Frequently in demand throughout his native Canada, he has been awarded numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts. His numerous performances can often be heard on CBC radio broadcasts. Recently, he toured Eastern Ontario and Quebec under the auspices of Jeunesses Musicales and embarked on a 10-city Prairie Debut tour of the Canadian Prairie provinces. An accomplished chamber musician, he tours regularly with his wife, MingHuan Xu as Duo Diorama.

As a dedicated champion of contemporary music, Choi has premiered and commissioned over 100 works by young composers as well as established masters. A composer himself, being involved with the creative process is an integral part of his artistry. He was the first pianist to perform Pierre Boulez’s last version of Incises in North America and made the South American premiere of Luciano Berio‘s Sonata for pianoforte solo. He also regularly appears in concert at IRCAM, the world’s most renowned institution for contemporary music. Composers he has collaborated with include William Bolcom, Elliott Carter, Brian Ferneyhough, Bright Sheng, Christian Wolff, Chen Yi and John Zorn. He is also a core member of the new music ensemble Brave New Works.

Already a prolific recording artist, Choi’s debut CD, the complete piano works of Elliott Carter (l’Empreinte Digitale in France) was given 5 stars by BBC Music Magazine. He has also recorded 2 CDs of the piano music of Jacques Lenot for the Intrada label, having won the Grand Prix du Disque from l’Académie Charles Cros for Volume I. Other labels he can be heard on include Arktos, Crystal Records, and QuadroFrame.

Choi began his studies in Toronto with James Tweedie and Vivienne Bailey. He obtained both his Bachelor and Master Degrees at Indiana University, receiving the Performer’s Certificate studying with Menahem Pressler. Further studies were with Ursula Oppens at Northwestern University, where he completed his Doctorate of Music. An accomplished teacher, he is also in demand as a master class clinician. Previously on the faculties of Bowling Green State University and the Oberlin Conservatory, he is Assistant Professor and Head of Piano at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
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