Sarah Brown Ferrario
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Last update: 6/03
Areas of Special Interest
Dissertation (working title): “‘Towards the Great Man’: The Evolution of the Individual as the Agent of Historical Change in Classical Greece”
Secondary qualification: Greek tragedy
Secondary qualification: Greek archaeology
Education
Pursuing Ph. D. in Classics (expected 2005)
Master of Arts in Classics with Distinction on Greek and Latin Literature General Examinations (2001)
Master of Philosophy in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature (1998)
Bachelor of Science in Flute Performance, Latin, and Ancient Greek with High Distinction (1996)
Regular Membership
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in
Universities of Michigan/Wisconsin Summer Session in
Teaching and Professional Experience
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Greek and Latin, The
Elementary Greek GR 101-102
Greek Literature in Translation CLAS 312
Intensive Elementary Greek GR 509 ( = GR 101-102)
Greek Tragedy and Opera (co-instructor with Andrew Earle Simpson) CLAS/MUS 300
Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Classics,
Elementary Latin 580:101
Instructor, Moderations Intercollegiate Language Program,
Advanced Latin Syntax
Organizer and Co-Organizer, Graduate Work-in-Progress Seminar (1-6/1998)
Sub-Faculty of Languages and Literature, Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University of
Teacher Training Program for instruction in the classical languages (3-6/1997)
Moderations Intercollegiate Language Program, Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University of
Excavation
Publications
Carmina Amoris, translation of a series of medieval Latin poems for publication of symphonic score by Steven Sametz, Oxford University Press (forthcoming)
P. Oxy. inv. 102/25(a) in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri series, Egypt Exploration Society (forthcoming)
Presentations
“Adapting Agamemnon? The Construction of an Operatic Libretto from a Classicist’s Perspective” (5/03)
“Agamemnon: The Libretto” (4/25-27/2003)
Pre-performance talk, The Catholic University of America
“Burial Customs at the Dawn of the Bronze Age and the ‘Coming of the Greeks’” (10/2002)
Classical Association of the Atlantic States Conference,
“The Oresteia Project: A Case Study of Expanding Audiences for A Contemporary Opera” (9/2002)
College Music Society National Conference,
Opera libretto for Agamemnon, music by Andrew Earle Simpson (4/2001 and 4/2003)
A new translation and adaptation of the original ancient Greek text by Aeschylus. Full-stage production 4/25-27/2003, workshop production 4/20-21/2001, The Catholic University of America
“From Greek Drama to American Opera: The Making of an Oresteia Libretto” (2/2002)
‘Tea talk’ (presentation of work in progress), American
“Aeschylus, Agamemnon, and the Athenian Stage” (4/20-21/2001)
Pre-performance talk, The Catholic University of America
“The Deployment of Metallic Language and Imagery in Five Plays of Aeschylus” (5/1999)
CorHaLi Conference on Greek Literature,
“The ‘Conservatization’ of Historical Tragedy in the Fifth Century BC” (6/1998)
Graduate Work-in-Progress Seminar, Sub-Faculty of Languages and Literature, Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University of
“‘Killed a Flourishing Branch of Art’: The Sumptuary Legislation of Demetrios of Phaleron and its Effects on the Funerary Monuments of
Graduate Work-in-Progress Seminar, Sub-Faculty of Languages and Literature, Faculty of Literae Humaniores, University of
Major Scholarships and Fellowships
Graduate Prize Fellowship, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Full one-year award for dissertation work
Graduate Fellowship,
Full five-year award for doctoral study
Fulbright Scholarship,
Full one-year award for Regular Membership at the
British
Full two-year award for master’s degree study
Herman B. Wells Scholarship,
Full four-year award for undergraduate study
Other Significant Grants, Prizes, and Awards
Public Program Award, full-stage production of Agamemnon (see above); joint award with Andrew Earle Simpson
Classical Association of the Atlantic States (2002)
Public Program Award, workshop production of Agamemnon (see above); joint award with Andrew Earle Simpson
Classical Association of the Atlantic States (2001)
Arthur J. Hanson Memorial Award for Summer Language Study
Department of Classics,
Committee for European Studies Summer Language Study Grant
George W. Perkins Prize in the Humanities
Department of Classics,
Marshall Travel Grant for research in
British
Christ Church Travel Grant for work and research in
Marshall Travel Grant for work and research in
British
Founder's Day (Dean's) List every semester at
Gertrude Johnson Book Prize for Classics
Department of Classical Studies,
Senior Achievement Award
Norman T. Pratt Traveling Fellowship
Department of Classical Studies,
David and Jenny Curry Scholarship for Study Abroad
Department of Classical Studies,
Gertrude Johnson Book Prize for Latin
Department of Classical Studies,
DeLone Undergraduate Essay Prize
Paper: “Songs from the Darkness: Observations on the Cultural Role of Music in Ancient
McKaig Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership and Service in the Academic Assembly
David and Jenny Curry Scholarship
Department of Classical Studies,
Gertrude Johnson Book Prize for Greek
Department of Classical Studies,
Norton-Mavor Latin Prize
Department of Classical Studies,
Professional Membership
Classical Association of the