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 Glenda Dawn Goss Program Initiated in 2006 By Jon Saari, Trustee
The LOY for 2012 is Glenda Dawn Goss, a prominent Sibelius scholar and musicologist who teaches at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. This is the first LOY appointee who lives much of the year in Finland, so her availability is specific to that part of the year when she lives in the United States: January through May, 2012, November-December, 2012, and January through March, 2013. Glenda Goss is an American southerner, who for a long time taught Renaissance culture and music at the University of Georgia. In 1989, intrigued by the Sibelius presented in the correspondence of a New York music critic, she uprooted herself and moved to Finland for a year. It was the beginning of a long immersion. She learned Swedish and Finnish, and eventually became Editor-in-Chief of the team creating the critical edition of Sibelius’ works in the 1990s. English readers perhaps know Glenda Goss best through her 2009 book Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland (University of Chicago Press). This massive undertaking is the fruit of 20 years of research and writing. As a non-Finn Glenda Goss brings what she calls an “outsider’s perspective” to the Sibelius story. She approaches it in a way that makes sense to Americans, and in a way that the FFN Board thinks will also be illuminating to Finnish Americans, whether descendants or expatriates. Because of her special position between cultures, the Board welcomes her as an LOY partner in interpreting Finland to America. So chapter leaders, think big! Plan a Sibelius event around Glenda Goss. Her extemporaneous style and wide knowledge make her an outstanding lecturer. To plan an event, check with the LOY Coordinator Jon Saari at jsaari@nmu.edu for date availability during the months that she is in the United States. Past LOYs: 2006 LOY Ben Strout Fire and Ice 2007 - 2008 LOYs Mark Coir and Susan Saarinen |
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