Peter J. Arduini is an American businessman. He is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Integra LifeSciences. Arduini served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Integra LifeSciences from November 2010 prior his appointment as CEO on January 3, 2012. He previously served in various executive capacities at Baxter Healthcare and General Electric Healthcare. Mr. Arduini received a B.S. in Marketing from Susquehanna University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
He also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Italian American Foundation.
He also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Italian American Foundation.
Background
In January 2010, the Dolphin Hotel was closed, the company owning the property having gone into liquidation the previous year. Swiss based bank UBS became the effective landlord, with the local county council remaining the freeholder. Some two years later, the Cwtch Community Group gained access to the building via an open window, a common practice under the England and Wales legal system.
The community members who have occupied the building include an A-Level Student, a Civil Servant and a Grandmother. The Group's spokesperson, a Graphic Designer, is also a member of the Swansea Occupy movement.
Sun Ming Sheu or Sunny Sheu was an activist fighting corruption in New York City who died under mysterious circumstances on June 26, 2010. Sheu's story became the subject of considerable attention when it was publicized by the blogs Naked Capitalism and Foreclosure Fraud.
Victim of foreclosure fraud
Shue's struggle against corruption was documented in the Black Star News, which documented his fight with the courts to keep his home after it had been fraudulently sold by a third party. Sheu was embraced by the critics of the judicial foreclosure process who had emerged in the wake of the 2010 foreclosure fraud scandal.
Death
Prior to his death, Sheu reported being kidnapped and given numerous death threats for a corruption investigation he was conducting of a judge in the New York State Unified Court System. Out of concern for his life he had prepared a video for YouTube describing the threats he was receiving and the evidence he had obtained against a New York Judge.
On June 26, 2010, Shue was found on the streets of Queens in a coma. He was taken to the New York Hospital Queens, but subsequently died. After conducting an autopsy, the medical examiner said the cause of death was a "blunt force trauma to the head with skull fractures and brain injuries". Shue's body was cremated shortly thereafter.
Allegations of murder, cover-up
No investigation into the death of Sheu was conducted by NYPD.
Sheu's friends and associates remain convinced that Sheu was murdered in connection with his investigation.<ref name =NakedCapitalism/> According to Sheu's supporters, there has been an attempt to cover-up the circumstances of Sheu's death by the NYPD.
Victim of foreclosure fraud
Shue's struggle against corruption was documented in the Black Star News, which documented his fight with the courts to keep his home after it had been fraudulently sold by a third party. Sheu was embraced by the critics of the judicial foreclosure process who had emerged in the wake of the 2010 foreclosure fraud scandal.
Death
Prior to his death, Sheu reported being kidnapped and given numerous death threats for a corruption investigation he was conducting of a judge in the New York State Unified Court System. Out of concern for his life he had prepared a video for YouTube describing the threats he was receiving and the evidence he had obtained against a New York Judge.
On June 26, 2010, Shue was found on the streets of Queens in a coma. He was taken to the New York Hospital Queens, but subsequently died. After conducting an autopsy, the medical examiner said the cause of death was a "blunt force trauma to the head with skull fractures and brain injuries". Shue's body was cremated shortly thereafter.
Allegations of murder, cover-up
No investigation into the death of Sheu was conducted by NYPD.
Sheu's friends and associates remain convinced that Sheu was murdered in connection with his investigation.<ref name =NakedCapitalism/> According to Sheu's supporters, there has been an attempt to cover-up the circumstances of Sheu's death by the NYPD.
Dr. Evan Feldman (Born 1970 in New York) nephew of Jack Feldman, is an American conductor, arranger, and music text book author. Feldman is currently the assistant director of bands at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has directed a large number of ensembles throughout America. His book titled "Instrumental Music Education" was recently published by Routledge Publishing and is now being used in many Universities music education programs.
Early years
Feldman began playing Clarinet at Hewlett Elementary School and continued playing through Woodmere Middle school, and G.W. Hewlett High school. His early interest and inspiration came from playing in public music groups and his uncle Jack Feldman, who is best known for writing the lyrics to "Copacabana" and the Disney movie and TV show "Newsies".
Schooling
In May 1992, Feldman received his Bachelor of Arts in Music with honors from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He then proceeded to study at Ithaca College to receive his Masters of Music in Conducting in May 1995. His principle conductors at Ithaca were Rodney Winther and Grant Cooper. He later enrolled in the University of North Carolina to receive his Masters in Education in 1996. He studied at the Eastman School of Music until 2003, when he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts and was nominated for the Graue Award for Excellence in Musicology.
Conducting and Teaching
Feldman began his conducting career at the Eastman School of Music where he served as the Graduate conducting assistant from 1999-2002. During his time there he conducted the Eastman School of Music's wind ensemble and received the Teaching assistant prize being the first conductor to win it. In the middle of his career at Eastman he also served as a visiting instructor and director at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam New York during the spring of 2001. There he taught undergraduate conduction classes and conduced the symphonic and concert bands. In 2002, Feldman founded the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, to create an opportunity for the local directors and private teachers to played valued wind music, he continued to conduct this group until 2005. In 2005, he became the director of bands at the College of William and Mary and taught beginning and advanced conducting classes along with orchestration. In 2008, he became the assistant director of bands at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is still there today. He also conducts the Greensboro Concert band, that began in 2010.
He conducts the Triangle Wind Ensemble.
Publications
Feldman recently published a book titled "Instrumental Music Education" that is being used nation wide as a college textbook. He also has contributed to the series "A Composer's Insight" by writing the chapter on Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, David Bedford, and a soon to be Adam Gorb. Other of his writings have been included in "The Instrumentalist", the "Iowa Bandmaster Journal", the "MENC Music educators journal", and the "IGEB Alta Musica". A list of his publications has been listed:
Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony
College textbook - Lead author, co-author with Ari Contzius, Routledge Publishing, Scheduled for September 2010
"John Bourgeois," "James Curnow," "Allen McMurray" (dictionary articles)
The Grove Dictionary of American Music, edited by Charles Garrett, Oxford University Press, February 2010
"David Bedford" (book chapter)
In A Composer's Insight, vol. 4, edited by Timothy Salzman, Meredith Music Publications, September 2009
"Antonin Dvorak and His Interaction with the American Concert Band" (article)
IGEB Alta Music (2006), edited by Bernard Habla, 2008
“Richard Rodney Bennett,” (book chapter)
In A Composer’s Insight, vol. 3, edited by Timothy Salzman, Meredith Music Publications, June 2006
“Sergei Prokofiev’s American Overture in B-flat: History, Context, Analysis, and
Transcription.” (article)
IGEB Alta Musica (2004), edited by Bernard Habla, 2005
“Harmonic Rhythm,” by Joseph Swain (book review)
Music Educator’s Journal, published online via the MENC website, 2004
“Teaching Audiences What We Teach Our Students” (journal article)
Journal of the Iowa Bandmasters Association,Vol. 62, No. 3, Fall 2003
“Fresh Ideas for Band Concerts” (article)
The Instrumentalist Magazine, Vol. 58, No. 1, August 2003
“Compendium of Modern Instrumental Techniques, by Gardner Read” (book review)
Fontes artis musicae, Vol. 42, No. 2, April 1995
“The American Wind Symphony Commissioning Project, by Jeffrey
Renshaw; A Conductor’s Repertory of Chamber Music, ed. William Scott, American
Orchestral Music, by Richard Koshgarian” (book reviews)
Fontes artis musicae, Vol. 41, No. 2, April 1994
Performances
UNC Performances
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, October 2008
Student Composition Recital, Person Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2008
Christopher Homick: Jetstra
Music on the Hill: UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2008
Featured works: Wilson: Piece of Mind; Grainger: Gumsuckers March; Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2009
Featured works: Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat; Lindroth: Spin Cycle
Kenan Spectrum Concert, UNC Wind Ensemble, Kenan Rehearsal Hall, April 2009
Featured work: Dukas, Fanfare pour précéder La Péri
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2009
Featured works: Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Mozart: Serenade in C-minor, K. 388
UNC Youth Wind Ensemble, Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2009
Student Composition Recital, Kenan Rehearsal Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, May 2009
Alex Van Gils: O Cool is the Valley, How to Build a Tree
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, October 2009
Featured works: Gould: Symphony No. 4; Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat (James Ketch, soloist)
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, December 2009
Featured works: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Adams: Lollapalooza
Music on the Hill: Faculty Chamber Ensemble, Gerard Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, January 2010
Featured works: Walton: Façade (Terry Rhodes, narrator)
Department of Music Spectrum Concert: UNC Wind Ensemble, Kenan Rehearsal Hall,
February 2010
UNC Wind Ensemble: David: Octarine Spark; Debussy: The Engulfed Cathedral
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2010
Featured works: Bryant: Ecstatic Waters; Debussy: The Engulfed Cathedral; David: Octarine Spark
UNC Youth Wind Ensemble, Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2010
Music on the Hill: UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2010
Featured works: Ticheli: Symphony No. 2; Dvorak: Serenade in D-minor, Op. 44
Guest Conducting and Other Concerts
Greensboro Concert Band, Conductor
Latham Park, Greensboro, NC, August 2010
Greensboro Concert Band, Conductor
Grimsley High School Stadium, Greensboro, NC, July 2010
Cedar Ridge High School, Guest Conductor
Hillsborough, NC, April 2010
North Carolina Central District (Western), Adjudicator, NC MPA
Hillsborough, NC, March 2010
Wakefield High School, Adjudicator
Raleigh, NC, March 2010
Ulster County Middle School All-County Band, Conductor and Clinician
SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY, March 2010
North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Guest Conductor
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, March 2010
Chapel Hill Philharmonia, Guest Conductor
Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2010
Featured work: Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Orange County High School All-County, Conductor and Clinician
Hillsborough, NC, December 2009
Franklin Academy High School Wind Ensemble, Guest Conductor
Wake Forest, NC, December 2009
Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, Guest Conductor
Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference, Des Moines, IA, May 2009
North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Guest Conductor
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, March 2009
Western Carolina Bandmasters 11-12 Honor Band
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, February 2006
SCIBA (South Central Iowa Bandmasters Association) 11-12 Honor Band
Des Moines, IA, January 2005
All-Carolina 9-10 Honor Band
Chapel Hill, NC, February 2005
Little Hawkeye High School Honor Band
Oskaloosa, IA, February 2004
Central College BandFest
Pella, IA, January 2002-05
Recent Clinics
West Davidson High School, Lexington, NC (April 2010)
Cedar Ridge High School, Hillsborough, NC (April 2010)
Triangle Youth Brass Ensemble, Chapel Hill, NC (January 2010)
Franklin Academy Wind Ensemble, Wake Forest, NC (2009)
Wakefield High School Wind Ensemble, Raleigh, NC (2009)
Panther Creek High School Wind Ensemble, Cary, NC (2009)
Middle Creek High School Wind Ensemble, Apex, NC (2009)
Cedar Ridge High School, Hillsborough, NC (2009)
Washingtonville High School, Washingtonville, NY (2009)
Early years
Feldman began playing Clarinet at Hewlett Elementary School and continued playing through Woodmere Middle school, and G.W. Hewlett High school. His early interest and inspiration came from playing in public music groups and his uncle Jack Feldman, who is best known for writing the lyrics to "Copacabana" and the Disney movie and TV show "Newsies".
Schooling
In May 1992, Feldman received his Bachelor of Arts in Music with honors from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He then proceeded to study at Ithaca College to receive his Masters of Music in Conducting in May 1995. His principle conductors at Ithaca were Rodney Winther and Grant Cooper. He later enrolled in the University of North Carolina to receive his Masters in Education in 1996. He studied at the Eastman School of Music until 2003, when he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts and was nominated for the Graue Award for Excellence in Musicology.
Conducting and Teaching
Feldman began his conducting career at the Eastman School of Music where he served as the Graduate conducting assistant from 1999-2002. During his time there he conducted the Eastman School of Music's wind ensemble and received the Teaching assistant prize being the first conductor to win it. In the middle of his career at Eastman he also served as a visiting instructor and director at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam New York during the spring of 2001. There he taught undergraduate conduction classes and conduced the symphonic and concert bands. In 2002, Feldman founded the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, to create an opportunity for the local directors and private teachers to played valued wind music, he continued to conduct this group until 2005. In 2005, he became the director of bands at the College of William and Mary and taught beginning and advanced conducting classes along with orchestration. In 2008, he became the assistant director of bands at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is still there today. He also conducts the Greensboro Concert band, that began in 2010.
He conducts the Triangle Wind Ensemble.
Publications
Feldman recently published a book titled "Instrumental Music Education" that is being used nation wide as a college textbook. He also has contributed to the series "A Composer's Insight" by writing the chapter on Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, David Bedford, and a soon to be Adam Gorb. Other of his writings have been included in "The Instrumentalist", the "Iowa Bandmaster Journal", the "MENC Music educators journal", and the "IGEB Alta Musica". A list of his publications has been listed:
Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony
College textbook - Lead author, co-author with Ari Contzius, Routledge Publishing, Scheduled for September 2010
"John Bourgeois," "James Curnow," "Allen McMurray" (dictionary articles)
The Grove Dictionary of American Music, edited by Charles Garrett, Oxford University Press, February 2010
"David Bedford" (book chapter)
In A Composer's Insight, vol. 4, edited by Timothy Salzman, Meredith Music Publications, September 2009
"Antonin Dvorak and His Interaction with the American Concert Band" (article)
IGEB Alta Music (2006), edited by Bernard Habla, 2008
“Richard Rodney Bennett,” (book chapter)
In A Composer’s Insight, vol. 3, edited by Timothy Salzman, Meredith Music Publications, June 2006
“Sergei Prokofiev’s American Overture in B-flat: History, Context, Analysis, and
Transcription.” (article)
IGEB Alta Musica (2004), edited by Bernard Habla, 2005
“Harmonic Rhythm,” by Joseph Swain (book review)
Music Educator’s Journal, published online via the MENC website, 2004
“Teaching Audiences What We Teach Our Students” (journal article)
Journal of the Iowa Bandmasters Association,Vol. 62, No. 3, Fall 2003
“Fresh Ideas for Band Concerts” (article)
The Instrumentalist Magazine, Vol. 58, No. 1, August 2003
“Compendium of Modern Instrumental Techniques, by Gardner Read” (book review)
Fontes artis musicae, Vol. 42, No. 2, April 1995
“The American Wind Symphony Commissioning Project, by Jeffrey
Renshaw; A Conductor’s Repertory of Chamber Music, ed. William Scott, American
Orchestral Music, by Richard Koshgarian” (book reviews)
Fontes artis musicae, Vol. 41, No. 2, April 1994
Performances
UNC Performances
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, October 2008
Student Composition Recital, Person Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2008
Christopher Homick: Jetstra
Music on the Hill: UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, November 2008
Featured works: Wilson: Piece of Mind; Grainger: Gumsuckers March; Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2009
Featured works: Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat; Lindroth: Spin Cycle
Kenan Spectrum Concert, UNC Wind Ensemble, Kenan Rehearsal Hall, April 2009
Featured work: Dukas, Fanfare pour précéder La Péri
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2009
Featured works: Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Mozart: Serenade in C-minor, K. 388
UNC Youth Wind Ensemble, Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2009
Student Composition Recital, Kenan Rehearsal Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, May 2009
Alex Van Gils: O Cool is the Valley, How to Build a Tree
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, October 2009
Featured works: Gould: Symphony No. 4; Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat (James Ketch, soloist)
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, December 2009
Featured works: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Adams: Lollapalooza
Music on the Hill: Faculty Chamber Ensemble, Gerard Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, January 2010
Featured works: Walton: Façade (Terry Rhodes, narrator)
Department of Music Spectrum Concert: UNC Wind Ensemble, Kenan Rehearsal Hall,
February 2010
UNC Wind Ensemble: David: Octarine Spark; Debussy: The Engulfed Cathedral
UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2010
Featured works: Bryant: Ecstatic Waters; Debussy: The Engulfed Cathedral; David: Octarine Spark
UNC Youth Wind Ensemble, Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2010
Music on the Hill: UNC Wind Ensemble, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2010
Featured works: Ticheli: Symphony No. 2; Dvorak: Serenade in D-minor, Op. 44
Guest Conducting and Other Concerts
Greensboro Concert Band, Conductor
Latham Park, Greensboro, NC, August 2010
Greensboro Concert Band, Conductor
Grimsley High School Stadium, Greensboro, NC, July 2010
Cedar Ridge High School, Guest Conductor
Hillsborough, NC, April 2010
North Carolina Central District (Western), Adjudicator, NC MPA
Hillsborough, NC, March 2010
Wakefield High School, Adjudicator
Raleigh, NC, March 2010
Ulster County Middle School All-County Band, Conductor and Clinician
SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY, March 2010
North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Guest Conductor
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, March 2010
Chapel Hill Philharmonia, Guest Conductor
Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, February 2010
Featured work: Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Orange County High School All-County, Conductor and Clinician
Hillsborough, NC, December 2009
Franklin Academy High School Wind Ensemble, Guest Conductor
Wake Forest, NC, December 2009
Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, Guest Conductor
Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference, Des Moines, IA, May 2009
North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Guest Conductor
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC, March 2009
Western Carolina Bandmasters 11-12 Honor Band
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, February 2006
SCIBA (South Central Iowa Bandmasters Association) 11-12 Honor Band
Des Moines, IA, January 2005
All-Carolina 9-10 Honor Band
Chapel Hill, NC, February 2005
Little Hawkeye High School Honor Band
Oskaloosa, IA, February 2004
Central College BandFest
Pella, IA, January 2002-05
Recent Clinics
West Davidson High School, Lexington, NC (April 2010)
Cedar Ridge High School, Hillsborough, NC (April 2010)
Triangle Youth Brass Ensemble, Chapel Hill, NC (January 2010)
Franklin Academy Wind Ensemble, Wake Forest, NC (2009)
Wakefield High School Wind Ensemble, Raleigh, NC (2009)
Panther Creek High School Wind Ensemble, Cary, NC (2009)
Middle Creek High School Wind Ensemble, Apex, NC (2009)
Cedar Ridge High School, Hillsborough, NC (2009)
Washingtonville High School, Washingtonville, NY (2009)