An online music instructor at Minnesota State University has been named U. S. Fulbright Senior Scholar in Panama for the 2009-2010 academic year.
But this is nothing new for Julieta Alvarado, who also teaches at Southwest Minnesota State University. This is her second Fulbright.
Alvarado will teach the music courses “ Baroque Music” and “Colonial Music of the Americas” at the University of Panama beginning this semester. And next summer, she’ll research oral traditions in colonial Panama.
At the same time, she’ll continue to teach music online for MSU.
Alvarado is the second Minnesota State faculty member to receive a Fulbright Scholarship this year. Computer science faculty member Rebecca Bates is conducting her Fulbright research at the University of Sao Paulo until May.
Alvarado, who was a fulltime member of MSU’s music faculty in 2001, earned her first Fulbright before then: She received a three-year Fulbright award to conduct research on the keyboard music manuscripts at the Chiquitos Music Archives in Bolivia. This research is scheduled for publication in 2010.
Alvarado earned bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has presented recitals and lectures in many European and Latin American countries. Her performances are routinely featured on Minnesota Public Radio.
The Fulbright Scholars Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. Each year it sponsors about 1,100 U.S. scholars and professionals to teach and to research in more than 130 countries.
Scholar awards are based on academic or professional achievement and demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential.
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