After 100 years of opening the doors of opportunity for residents of the Paso del Norte region and serving as a model for educational innovation and cultural exchange, The University of Texas at El Paso begins our second 100 years as a recognized leader in redefining higher education for a 21st century student demographic. The University’s Centennial Lecture Series invites noteworthy speakers to the UTEP campus to share their perspectives on a broad range of contemporary issues that are likely to impact our society, culture, and lives in the years ahead. We invite you to join us in exploring important and timely topics and expanding our thinking about how they may help shape UTEP’s next 100 years.

President Diana Natalicio
and the
Department of Music

cordially invite you to attend a UTEP Centennial Lecture

“The Future of Classical Music:
How We Should Change”

Greg Sandow
American music critic, composer, writer, consultant and professor

Greg Sandow is an American music critic, composer, writer, consultant, Juilliard Professor, and public speaker who works on the future of classical music. He is a graduate of Harvard University, with a bachelor’s degree in government, and of Yale University, with a master’s degree in composition. For many years, Sandow was best known as a music critic, both of classical and pop music for such prestigious publications as The Village Voice, the New York Times Book Review, Opera News, and the Wall Street Journal. He was also chief pop critic for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, and was a senior music editor for Entertainment Weekly. Sandow has made public appearances throughout the United States and abroad, working with prestigious ensembles including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. He is currently a member of the Graduate Studies Faculty at The Juilliard School and taught at Eastman School of Music, where he gave the commencement address in 2008. Currently, Mr. Sandow blogs about the future of classical music on the ArtsJournal website, where he works to define major issues affecting classical music.