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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The New York State Council on the Arts recently
invited SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
Janet
Nepkie of the Music
Department of the SUNY College at Oneonta to participate in its Cultural
Blueprints program. The program is designed to identify regional challenges
and opportunities for coordinated action by the arts, economic development,
and philanthropic communities.
Dr. Nepkie led two 70-minute discussions on "Intellectual Capital and
Workforce Development" during the Mohawk Valley session earlier this month.
Speakers at the Cultural Blueprints session included New York State
Assemblypersons RoAnn M. Destito and David R. Townsend as well as Heather
Hitchens, Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts.
Conference participants included arts professionals, economic development
experts, private philanthropists, tourism professionals, public officials,
artists, and business, education, and community leaders who considered the
issues and opportunities in the Mohawk Valley during facilitated work
sessions.
A member of the SUNY Oneonta Music Department faculty since 1970, Dr.
Nepkie led the development of the College's distinctive and very popular
Music Industry program. She has also served as President of the national
Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association, organized
conferences on Academic Intellectual Property, and served as a trustee of
the Copyright Society of the USA. An accomplished cellist, Dr. Nepkie has
performed with the Catskill Symphony, Utica Symphony, and Glimmerglass
Opera.
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