{"id":21805,"date":"2026-06-18T08:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21805"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:24:10","slug":"elizabethtown-college-professor-of-music-selected-for-competitive-artist-residency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/elizabethtown-college-professor-of-music-selected-for-competitive-artist-residency\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Professor of Music Selected for Competitive Artist Residency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College Professor of Music Justin Badgerow has been selected as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/bibe\/getinvolved\/artist-in-residence-program.htm\">2026 Artist-in-Residence<\/a> at Big Bend National Park from June 29 to July 11, making him one of six artists chosen through a highly competitive, nationwide selection process.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI am incredibly excited for the opportunity to combine two of my greatest passions: music, and my deep love for the outdoors and environmental stewardship,\u201d Badgerow said. \u201cI plan to devote my time to refining my knowledge and performance of repertoire centered around music that defines &#8216;place,&#8217; while also composing new piano music for both solo and chamber settings. I look forward to bringing the inspiration from this immersive residency back to the campus and sharing it with our community.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two-week long residency will take place in the remote wilderness of West Texas, accompanied by sights such as the Chisos Mountains and the Rio Grande. The residency serves as a unique opportunity to connect the public with the park\u2019s cultural and natural resources through the lens of creative practice.<\/p>\n<p>Badgerow was selected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/index.htm\">National Park Service<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/bbnha.org\/\">Big Bend Natural History Association<\/a>. Applicants were required to submit an extensive portfolio, along with a detailed public outreach proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Badgerow will focus his efforts on live performance of existing piano works, as well as creating compositions inspired by the park\u2019s landscape and his own experiences. He will also prepare a public outreach program, in the form of a two-hour lecture recital.<\/p>\n<p>Badgerow plans to share the labors of this residency with the campus community through a Monday Series Concert, which will include both solo and collaborative performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College Professor of Music Justin Badgerow has been selected as a 2026 Artist-in-Residence at Big Bend National Park from June 29 to July 11, making him one of six artists chosen through a highly competitive, nationwide selection process. \u201cI am incredibly excited for the opportunity to combine two of my greatest passions: music, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":21807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[197,1350],"class_list":["post-21805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21805"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21847,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21805\/revisions\/21847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}