Dukas, Paul

Dukas, Paul, famous French composer and teacher;b. Paris, Oct. 1,1865; d. there, May 17, 1935. From 1882 to 1888 he was a student at the Paris Cons., studying under Mathias (piano), Dubois (harmony), and Guiraud (composition). He won 1st prize for counterpoint and fugue in 1886, and the 2nd Prix de Rome with a cantata, Velleda (1888). He began writing music reviews in 1892, and was music critic of the Revue Hebdomadaire and Gazette des Beaux-Arts. In 1906 he was made a Chevalier of the Legion cThonneur. From 1910 to 1913, and again from 1928 to 1935, he was prof. of the orch. class at the Cons. In 1918 he was elected Debussy's successor as …

Community forum targets local ex-offenders

A free, community forum this weekend will address some critical issues ex-offenders face when dealing with the criminal justice system.

"We hope this forum will be able to answer some of the lingering questions families within our community often have when a love one goes through the criminal justice system," said Evangelist Leonardo Gilbert, minister at Sheldon Heights Church of Christ, which is hosting the forum.

Gilbert hopes the forum helps many ex-offenders and family members who live in the church's 60628 ZIP code, which includes the Roseland, Pullman and West Pullman communities. The forum is from noon-4 p.m. July 19 at Sheldon Heights church, 11325 S. Halsted St. …

Hong Kong deports 3rd pro-Tibet activist

A third pro-Tibet activist has been deported from Hong Kong ahead of the local leg of the Olympic torch relay.

Lhadon Tethong of Students for a Free Tibet says fellow group member Tsering Lama, a Canadian …

Digging phase of Deep Tunnel project wraps up today

After 27 years of blasting and digging and $2.4 billion,construction crews today will cut through the last chunk of limestoneon the last leg of the massive Deep Tunnel stormwater controlproject.

The milestone "hole through," as it's known in the earth-boringbusiness, will complete the 109th and final mile of tunneling -- andtouch off a celebration among workers who have toiled underground foryears.

"Holing through in a tunnel is like winning the World Series, theIndy 500 and the Daytona 500 all in one day for a miner," said TroyBradshaw, special projects superintendent on the effort.

Today's work will happen deep under the south suburbs inside thenew 7.9-mile …

Curing an out of phase PA system while on tour

because many bands do not carry production, this situation holds true for the large majority of touring bands through North America. Most of the time entering a venue where production is supplied by a sound company or an in-house system, the system is usually packaged properly (in phase). Through some of my experiences I have run into instances where this is not always true. So what do you do if this is the case?

Here are a few things to keep in mind when coming up against an out-of-phase sound system in a club situation. Remember the house engineer and you are on the same team so you don't want to offend him/her by jumping down their throat insisting that the system is …

Raonic credits training in Barcelona for success

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Milos Raonic's first appearance at the Barcelona Open on Monday will mark the closest thing to a homecoming outside of his native Canada for one of the rising stars of men's tennis.

Raonic credits his climb up the rankings to a preseason move to the Catalan capital. A seven-week stint here was the lead-in to the Australian Open where the 20-year-old qualifier from Thornhill, Ontario, reached the last 16 in January.

Since Jan. 1, Raonic has jumped 122 spots in the rankings to No. 34.

"I think it was a big decision to make because it is hard to leave home, but it was the right decision," Raonic told The Associated Press from Barcelona's Royal Tennis …

Sanofi-Aventis names new member to board

Sanofi-Aventis SA Tuesday said it would nominate physicist Catherine Brechignac to its board of directors at its next shareholder meeting in May.

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