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Summer 2011 Newsletter

Sylvia Kersenbaum International Star Donor Spotlight Harris Lyons Beach

Department of Music www.wku.edu/music Celebrating an International Performing and Teaching Career

Sylvia Haydee Kersenbaum joined the Toledo Symphony, The Symphony @ WKU Department of Music faculty in WKU and Louisville Orchestra. 1976, was tenured in 1982, retired Her recordings for the EMI-Angel in 2006 and finished the transitional label have won major international retirement program in 2011. When press acclaim. Her CD version of she was hired, she was accustomed to Tchaikovsky’s Concerto Op. 44 was giving at least 100 concerts a year in included in the EMI Europe and Liszt England, Europe and Japan, and was Hexameron Series of the 100 Vir- on the concert circuit for 10 years. tuosi of the 20th Century set. She has Born in , , the recorded works by Beethoven, Chopin, daughter of an Austrian father and Brahms, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, an Italian mother, she began musical Liszt, Weber, Mendelssohn, Schubert, studies at age 4 with her mother, a Granados, Glinka, Schumann, Franck, violinist, and began playing the piano Scriabin, Berg, Mozart, Ginastera, before she could read and before her Rachmaninoff, Bach, Grieg, Dohnanyi, feet could touch the pedals. De Falla, Gershwin, Hindemith, Haydn, She holds degrees in perfor- Janacek, Piazzola, Ravel and Strauss. mance, pedagogy and composition Her awards include the Best from the National Conservatory (Bue- Performer during the 2004 Concert nos Aires), graduating at age 14, and Season from the music critics in holds Artist Diplomas from both the Argentina, the WKU Faculty Award Academy of Santa Cecilia () and Her performances with noted for Research and Creative Activity in the Accademia Chigiana (). She orchestras include the London Sym- 1990, honorary membership in the studied under Vincente Scaramuzza in phony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Beethoven Society for Pianists in 1990, Buenos Aires, Guido Agosti in Rome, Orchestra, München Philharmoniker, listed in Who’s Who in the World, in , Hans Graf Bayerische Staatskapella, Orchestra a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor in , and made her solo debut de la Suisse Romande (Geneva), San Society and the 1999 KONEX Award in in , London and Vienna in the Francisco Symphony, BBC North- Buenos Aires as the Outstanding Per- 1971-72 season. Kersenbaum has ap- ern Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra former of the peared in recitals and as a soloist with (Zurich), Orchestra National del Last Decade. orchestras throughout Europe, the Far O.R.T.F. (Paris), New Zealand Sym- Students, East, and North and South America, phony Orchestra, Osaka critics and uni- has appeared as an accompanist for Philharmonic, Orquesta versity officials singers and instrumentalists, has con- de la UNAM (), have recog- ducted masterclasses in international Bournemouth Sympho- nized her tal- and national venues and is a Steinway ny, Tokyo Philharmonic, ent. In a 1978 Artist.

2 Department of Music 32- piano Sonata cycle twice (1989-90 and 2003-2004), “A Journey Through Beethoven’s Life,” whose composi- tions dates from 1795-1822. Even though she has had longstanding vi- sual problems for the past thirty years, her extraordinary ear and memoriza- tion ability has more than made up for the vision issues. Anyone who performs the complete Beethoven piano sonatas is in a special class. Memorization alone involves more than 700 pages of music. She has memorized all of the music that she has performed, as well as played harp with orchestras. As a result of her love of compo- sition, she composed the music for ’s compelling story, “The Masque of the Red Death,” about a deadly plague, a city with no name and no time, which premiered as a ballet in October 2001 in collaboration with the WKU Department of The- atre and Dance and The Symphony @ WKU. She was featured in a recent WKYU-PBS program, “An Evening with Sylvia Kersenbaum,” which was nominated for an Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Award. The program was an intimate concert that explored her tal- ent as a pianist, with beautiful per- formances of Debussy and Haydn, as well as interviews that gave a glimpse of her love of music. In 2002, the WKU student music fraternity, Delta Omicron, established a scholarship in her name, which was first awarded in 2005. Recipients of the letter from the late Dr. Dero Downing, away…The final impression remains Kersenbaum Scholarship have been “She has continued to reflect credit one of authority and stylistic convic- Jessica Carmichael, Rachel Norton, upon the Department of Music and tion.” WKU students contribute, “I’ve Rachel Stewart, Aleshia Akin, Melissa has contributed significantly to the learned more in the past four years Gensler and Ellen Murrey. cultural, educational and social life of from her than I have ever in my entire Her time on the Hill in the Ivan the University community.” life. With unconditional gratitude…; Wilson Fine Arts Center has been A music critic on her recordings Her strict discipline and yet sense of valued greatly by the University com- by Chopin, “As a Chopin interpreter humor has made my lessons wonder- munity and the Department of Music. she is a forceful, intense artist: every ful; She imparts an intelligent and The end of an era is here, but her phrase counts, each point is a part artistic interpretation in her teaching.” musicianship and talent will long be of a grand totality, nothing is thrown She has played the Beethoven remembered and cherished.

Department of Music 3 Imani Winds formed on the WKU campus, at Fellowship Award which time they met Ms. Cook dur- ing a masterclass session. Madelyn Cook, sophomore This program from July 27 – integrated music education August 6, 2011, held at Juilliard (horn) major from Portland, in New York City includes: TN, has been selected to participate in the Imani • Regular rehearsals and Winds Fellowship intense training within an Program, a program assigned ensemble with for a select group of culminating performances high level musicians • Full mentorship with Imani who wish to have wind Winds, complete with regular quintet/sextet as an integral part of coachings and participation their careers. This highly-acclaimed in both solo/chamber music L to R: Spencer Wills, Matt White, Matt Lund, Amy Spears, Erin Austin, Ellen Murrey quintet, Imani Winds, recently per- masterclasses

Pi Kappa Lambda Inductees Six students, selected by the Depart- ment faculty, were inducted in the Student WKU Theta Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, a national honorary music society. These new members were selected based on academic achieve- Achievements ment, musical skill and stellar charac- ter, with membership being extended to the highest ranking students from senior and graduate classes.

Performers of the Semester, Spring 2011 Front row L to R: Matt Lund (woodwinds), Amanda Ledford (voice), John Woods (voice); Seated: Nick Hall and Michael Menser (guitar); Standing: Justin Kirby (piano), Daniel McKillip (percussion), Madelyn Cook (brass), Steven Stewart (strings). The Performer of the Semester was Amanda Ledford. Brass Choir @ Commencement

4 Department of Music Department of Music 2010-2011 Graduates David Gibson Master’s Degree Erin Barger 2010 Wall of Fame Inductee Danny Benson Amberly Bush David Paul Gibson, a native of Louisville, Grant Calvert , has been active in the arts and Jin-Hui Jang education communities as a teacher on the Travis Miller high school and college levels, conductor, Megan Puckett Richard Rue composer, vocal performer, theatre artist, Adam Vincent church musician and arts administrator. Selena Walker Gibson holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree and Master of Music in Bachelor’s Degree Vocal Performance degree from Western Erin Austin, flute, BA Holly Barnes*, percussion, BM Kentucky University, where he performed Trish Beresford***, voice, BM numerous operatic roles, including Marcello, Chelsea **, voice, BM Figaro, Germont, Peter Abelard, and Rigo- Zachary Culp, double bass, BA letto, while studying voice under Ohm Pauli and Virgil Hale. While a student, Andrew Cusick**, voice, BA Gibson composed, staged and conducted his first opera,Antony and Cleopa- Laura Beth Galipeau, piano, BA tra, for its world premiere at WKU. He was the founder and first conductor Chelsea Garrison, clarinet, BM Jessica Gerbholz*, voice, BM of the Southern Kentucky Opera Guild and the Bowling Green Community Kevin Goodnight, trumpet, BM Chorus, as well as the Opera Theatre of Owensboro, served as artistic director Ashley Grueter*, , BM of the Old Rockport Civic Theater for seven seasons and, during the course of Dan Hall, trumpet, BM his career, has designed, directed and conducted over one hundred produc- Hannah Hall**, voice, BA tions of opera, musical theater and drama ranging from Puccini’s La Boheme Kelsey Hinton***, voice, BM to the works of Tennessee Williams and Lerner & Lowe. In 1983, the National Keith Kinder, trombone, BA Travis Lowe, voice, BM Endowment for the Arts selected Gibson as a Spoleto Fellow at the Festival Jessica Mays, clarinet, BM of Two Worlds, where he assisted its director Gian-Carlo Menotti. In 1989, Gregory McCord***, voice, BM Gibson was chosen to address the general body of the International Wagner Raeanne McKendree*, voice, BM Symposium held at the Juilliard School in New York. As a singer, he performed Ellen Murrey***, voice, BM on the concert and operatic stages throughout the United States, Europe Lauren O’Brien*^, piano, BA and locally with the Kentucky Opera, the Louisville Orchestra, the Evansville Kelsey Paschetto**, voice, BM Kristina Rasmussen***, piano, BM Philharmonic, and the Louisville Bach Society. Gibson’s major compositions Carolyn Rutter**, voice, BM include the operas, Antony and Cleopatra, Medea and Verlaine and Rimbaud Kendra Sanders, clarinet, BM (featured at the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris and in Charleville- Matt White**, trombone, BM Mézières, ); the major sacred works, An Easter Tryptic, Requiem, and Te Ian Wilder, trumpet, BM Deum; the song cycles, The Whitman Fragments, Three Lenten Songs, and Three Spencer Wills*, bassoon, BM Shakespeare Sonnets; and numerous anthems and incidental pieces. In 2008 the The Symphony @ WKU commissioned and premiered his composition, *cum laude In Celebration of Music, for its centennial season. He has served as director of **magna cum laude music at several churches throughout his career, including The Presbyterian ***summa cum laude ^Honors program graduate Church of Bowling Green, and has served as adjunct faculty in WKU’s Depart- ment of Music.

Department of Music 5 Alumni Accolades

Carrie Barnette, ‘95, is the national di- Lauren Carr, ‘10, is a recent graduate Jamie (Rone) Hunt, ’03, resides in rector of the American Orff-Schulwerk of Minnesota State College- South- Austin, Texas, with her husband Association, a non-profit music and east Technical with a diploma in Band Jeremy. She is enrolled at Texas State movement education organization Instrument Repair. She is the new flute University in San Marcos, Texas, and with more than 4,000 members, and is repair technician for Miyazawa Flutes is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Flute the mother of two boys, Chase (age 5) in Coralville, IA. Performance. As a member of the top and Callan (age 2). Wind Ensemble, she performed at Adrienne Hayes, the Texas Music Educators Associa- Chelsea Boston, ’11, will begin her ’09, finished her tion Convention (TMEA) in February teaching career in the Fall of 2011 in Masters degree as well as the College Band Direc- Brownsville, Texas, as the assistant in Cultural tors National Association (CBDNA) choir director at Manzano Middle Communication Conference in , Washington. School. Will Armour, ’09, will begin and Finance Hunt auditioned for and was accepted his teaching career in the Fall of 2011 at L’Institut into the National Flute Association’s in Brownsville, Texas, as the choir d’Etudes Su- Professional Flute Choir Competition director at Pace High School. Will and perieures des which will be held in August 2011 in Chelsea will celebrate a wedding in Arts in Paris, Charlotte, NC. July 2011 before they move to Texas. France. She has interned at Flor- ence Brunel artistic agency (baroque Melissa (Gensler) musique) in Paris since September Keeling, ‘10, Andrea Brown, 2010 and thanks to her experiences continues as a ‘99 & ‘02, and contacts, she will be opening teaching assistant married William her own agency soon. She organized at Middle Tennes- Nance on June a flute festival in May/June 2011 in see State Uni- 11, 2011. Paris, is the President of the associa- versity, pursuing tion MUSIQUE A LA RONDO and will a degree in flute be traveling to Turkey to research her performance. In second project. October 2010, she and Lee Michael Keeling released their Jessica Carmichael, ’06, married Hollye (Cheatham) Hornsby, ‘05, will first solo CD of original avant-garde Adam Horner on June 12, 2011. be the music specialist at Lincoln Trail compositions for the electric flute and Elementary School, Elizabethtown, guitar; the CD, “sanik,” is available on KY. Justin Hornsby, ’05, has recently iTunes. Melissa and Michael have cre- become the Worship Pastor at Severns ated a series of instructional and mu- Valley Baptist Church in Elizabeth- sic videos, viewable on YouTube. She town, KY. The Hornsby’s are proud performed solo at the 2011 MidSouth parents of 3 children, aged 1, 4 and 9 Flute Festival and presented a solo yrs. old. recital at MTSU in April, 2011. Melissa was married to Michael Lee Keeling in June, 2011.

6 Department of Music Mary Alice (Ratzlaff) Kolko, ’06, she goes head-to-head with some of Spencer Wills, currently in Chico, California, performs the state’s toughest skaters while play- ’11, will be the locally and throughout the northern ing roller derby with Bowling Green’s music special- California region with various cham- Vette City Vixens. ist at Bristow ber groups, as well as in the Camellia Elementary Symphony in Sacramento. She is es- Kallie Rogers, ’10, continues as a School in pecially active with her flute and harp graduate assistant at Middle Tennes- Warren County. duo, Dihanye. see State University. In January, she assisted in coordinating the annual Christina McCarl, ‘08, teaches elemen- MTSU Flute Festival, and she was also tary music, chorus, handbells and invited to perform at the “Local Artists Amir Zaheri, middle school band at Greensboro Recital” for the 2011 Mid-South Flute ’01, will be the Academy, a National Heritage Charter Festival in Nashville, TN. This summer, commissioned School in North Carolina. she will serve as a counselor, flute composer sectional teacher, and certified health for the 2012 Gregory McCord, ’10, will be the choir care provider for the Southern Winds Kentucky Music director at Allen County High School Concert Band, a Blue Lake Fine Arts Educators Asso- and Bazzell Middle School in Scotts- Camp International Exchange group. ciation All-State ville, Kentucky. The ensemble will tour Germany, Hol- Junior High land, and France. Mixed Choir, David Phillips, for SATB voices and solo viola, to be ‘08, is the proud Chris Westover, ’08, is the Music Direc- premiered in Louisville, KY in Febru- father of a new tor of the Civic Orchestra at the Univ. ary 2010. He was chosen to receive baby girl, Ella of Oklahoma where he also teaches the prestigious Narramore Fellowship Jane. undergraduate conducting courses. by the University of Alabama School He is pursuing the DMA in Orchestral of Music faculty. Zaheri’s composi- Conducting at OU, and is the founder tion, I Love My Friend, performed by and Artistic Director of an innovative, Conundrum, was selected for perfor- new-music orchestra in , Texas, mance at the NewNowNorse 2011 Sound and Silence. (www.sound- New Music Festival in March 2011, silence.org) He resides in Norman, held at Northern Kentucky University. Casey (Allmon) Powell, ’06, teaches 7th Oklahoma, where he enjoys garden- His new opera was premiered at the and 8th grade general music at Barren ing and model building in the summer University of Alabama’s Opera Theatre County Middle School in , KY. months. in March 2011 in Tuscaloosa, AL. She is now tenured and Zaheri performed Michael Kallstrom’s has just started BCMS’s You Might Like to Hear My Organ at the first string orchestra. 2010 Society of Composers, Inc. Na- Her hopes are that this tional Conference in November 2010, is just a stepping stone hosted by the University of South to developing a district- Carolina School of Music. He was a wide string program in selected composer for the Fresno New Glasgow. She also stays Music Festival in California in Novem- involved with many ber 2010, where his piece for soprano activities before and after and piano, What Lips My Lips Have school such as Fellow- Kissed, was performed by Conundrum ship of Christian Athletes, New Music Ensemble members Mary Trojan Extreme guitar Elizabeth Southworth, soprano, and and piano lessons, and Philip Amalong, piano. individual string instruc- tion. In her spare time, Chris Westover is the Music Director of the Civic Orchestra at the University of Oklahoma

Department of Music 7 The WKU Jazz Bands under the direction of Marshall Scott had a wonderful year of performances with outstanding guest soloists and clinicians, Chris Vadala, saxophone, John Blount, trumpet, and Jamey Aebersold with the jazz quartet. The jazz program continues to expand and now offers two Jazz Bands and the already existing Jazz Improvisation course.

Ronale, one of Sarah Berry’s former students, helps to recruit for String Explosion! summer camp The Year in Review The choral program at WKU continues to grow, culminating this year with a May 2011 performance entitled “And the Song am I… a celebration of American choral Music.” This concert featured performances from all ensembles on campus, and concluding numbers with the entire choral program, now numbering approximately 225. The Chorale Fall Tour included stops at several high schools, including Meade County, John Hardin and Shelby County. Major works performed included Brahms Schicksalslied and Nänie, and Dvorak’s Te Deum.

Pre-college string students perform with collegiate string students at Jackson’s Orchard in September

WKU Wind Ensemble in Costa Rica, July 2011

8 Department of Music Gemini 14 Jazz Band

1934 Women’s Glee Club From the Archives 1968 marching band uniform

1973 dedication of the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center 1933 Marching Band

2010 Big Red Marching Band

Department of Music 9 Jennifer Adam, choral music education, John Cipolla, clarinet & saxophone, is is a newly-appointed tenure-track president of the International Clarinet assistant professor of music at WKU Association. Cipolla was awarded a where she will direct the women’s sabbatical in the Spring 2011, during choir, teach music education courses which time he presented a lecture/ and music theory and observe student recital of the Carl Nielsen clarinet teachers. She is the co-advisor of the concerto, performed at the NACWPI American Choral Directors Associa- 2011 National Conference, presented tion (ACDA) student chapter as well clinics at various high schools and as beginning to enroll a community colleges in Kentucky, Tennessee and children’s chorus under the outreach Montana, and completed a clarinet of the Bowling Green Western Choral scale/exercise book. Cipolla has been Society. Prior to her appointment at invited to the Latin American Clarinet Western, she taught in elementary, Congress in Lima, Peru, to present a middle, and high schools in Penn- recital, master class and serve as a sylvania. She is passionate about competition judge. He performed as children’s choirs, having served as the a soloist with the WKU Band on their director of the Chorale of the Berks Costa Rica performance tour in June/ Classical Children’s Chorus (Read- July 2011. ing, PA) for six years. She received a bachelor’s degree in Music Education Faculty Mitzi Groom, department head, has (vocal) and violin performance from completed her term as President of the Wilkes University, a masters degree in Kentucky Association of College Music choral conducting and vocal perfor- Departments (KACMD) and continues mance from Temple University and Music to serve as a visiting evaluator and a doctorate in conducting from the Accreditation Commissioner for the University of South Carolina. National Association of Schools of Music. Heidi Álvarez, flute, gave her European Makers debut in the Summer of 2011 as a flute Paul Hondorp, director of choral activi- soloist and clinician in Paris, France, ties, completed his term as Southern where she premiered a new work for Sarah Berry, cello, directed the first Division ACDA Chair for Repertoire solo flute, The Falling Cinders of Time annual Symphony String Contest for and Standards (College/University) by by WKU composer and Distinguished Bowling Green string students and conducting a portion of the reading University Professor, Michael Kall- coordinated the annual String Finale session at the National Convention in strom. The Parisian concert tour and Concert for over 370 students. She . His article “Scholarly Edi- music festival, Rondo à la flûte, was directed the Drakes Creek Middle tions of Choral Music: An Interview created and organized by WKU flute School Orchestra who earned Distin- with Martin Banner” was published alumna Adrienne Hayes (‘09), who guished ratings at the KMEA Concert in three divisional ACDA newsletters. completed her masters degree at the Festival and at the KMEA Solo & He continues to work as a , in l’Institut d’Études Supérieures des Ensemble Festival. Performances this performances in with a newly-formed Arts. Álvarez performed as a soloist year included a Col Legno duo recital professional vocal ensemble, Vox Hu- with the WKU Band on their Costa with Mark Berry and several concerts mana, with performances this summer Rica performance tour in June/July with the Baker Chamber Players. Sarah in the Nashville area, and on the Li- 2011. and Mark also welcomed their second turgical Arts Series at the Presbyterian child, Erik Glenn, who was born on Church (Beethoven’s Scottish Songs). August 9, 2010. Vox Humana will appear in the near future on the Naxos label.

10 Department of Music Marshall Scott, trumpet, had an active In Memoriam and fun year performing eighteen Christmas Shows over six weekends Dr. Kent Campbell, former WKU band director, 1931-2011 in Elkins, West Virginia, at the Ameri- Jennifer Cromer, ’07 WKU alum, 1981-2011 can Mountain Theatre. The show was a “Branson Style” presentation featur- Weston Ford, ’01 WKU alum, 1976-2010 ing a wide variety of popular musical Dr. Virgil Hale, former WKU opera director, 1927-2010 styles and including many performers James “Roy” Jones, former WKU choral director, 1932-2011 who have performed as leading Nash- Dr. Lisa Murrell, ’89 & ’92 WKU alum, 1967-2011 ville and Headliners. He was a judge for the Collegiate Trumpet Deloris Trammel, former Office Associate, 1953-2011 Jazz Improvisation Competition for the International Trumpet Guild. Marshall Scott’s and John Martin’s latest CD JMS Jazz Duo received a favorable Michael Kallstrom, theory and compo- Wayne Pope, voice coordinator/opera review in the October 2010 of the In- sition, had international performances theatre director, took his Fantasies, ternational Trumpet Guild Journal. of his compositions in Australia, Frogs and Fairytales recital on the road Poland and France this past year. His to North Carolina, Memphis (Rhodes Mary Wolinski, music history and litera- sonata for organ was performed for College) and Missouri, where he ture, organized trips to the Nashville the International Conference of the presented a masterclass and choral Opera to see Umberto Giordano’s Society of Composers in Columbia, SC, clinic at Mineral Area College. Other Andrea Chénier and Georges Bizet’s by WKU Department of Music alum, performances included Dvorak’s Te Carmen. Over 100 students and faculty Amir Zaheri. Kallstrom premiered a Deum with the Bowling Green West- took part in these opera opportuni- new work featuring electronic music ern Choral Society, a reprise of his ties from WKU. She read a paper and his own animated videos, LIFE role as Santa with The Symphony @ at the 46th International Congress IS DREAMING, at WKU and sections WKU, recital duets with his favorite on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, of the work were also performed at soprano, Beth Pope, and a solo recital MI, in May 2011, titled “Ferial Office Augustana College and by thingNY at entitled, The Lies We Tell. Pope served Chants in Flanders, Paris, and Liège: the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center his second year as Governor of the KY A Study in Local Tastes.” This summer in New York City. His horn quartets National Association of Teachers of she participated in the Medieval and are the subject of a recently published Singing, presided over student audi- Renaissance Music Conference in Bar- doctoral dissertation at the University tions at Berea College and assisted at celona, Spain, presenting her paper, of Alabama. the Mid-South Regional Auditions. “The Case of the Disappearing Rests: A New Look at the Spanish In Seculum Kristin Polk, oboe and bassoon, and Bill Scott, orchestra director, guest Hocket in , BNE, Ms 20486.” Ben Polk, music appreciation, were conducted the symphony orchestra at selected to perform at the Interna- New England Music Camp during its tional Double Reed Society conven- 74th Season, served as adjudicator for tion in Tempe, Arizona, in May 2011. the KMEA District 12 Orchestra Festi- They performed September Canticles by val in Jefferson County, and presented Mark Scott for English horn and bass a conducting workshop at Dorman trombone, a piece they commissioned High School in Spartanburg, SC. in 2008. They both performed with the North Texas Wind Symphony in June 2011 and recorded the music for Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Volume 8, Grade 4, as a part of the GIA series.

Department of Music 11 Donor Spotlight Larnelle Harris, ‘69 WKU alum, was inducted into the Kentucky Country Music Hall of Fame in April 2011. This prestigious induction into the Hall of Fame is visible at http://youtu.be/3dXBGugDVkc. While he was at WKU, he studied voice with Ohm Pauli and played in Doc Livingston’s Gemini Band 14. Harris was the first in- ductee into the WKU Department of Music Wall of Fame in 1997. He was recently featured in the Potter College of Arts and Letters Magazine, found online at http:// epagepub.com/publication/?i=45056. The Department of Music is very proud of his accomplishments over his life’s career, and very appreciative of the new scholar- ship that he and his wife, Cynthia, have endowed, with the first recipient to be selected for Fall of 2011.

Greg Lyons, ’81 & ‘86 WKU alum, and Paula (Wells) Lyons, ’81 & ‘86 WKU alum, have been the owners of Royal Music in Bowling Green, KY, since 1991. Royal Music is the only school music store west of Lexington, being located on State Street in Bowling Green since 1964. In 2011, the business relocated to Cambridge Square on Fairview Avenue, boasting the same intuitive service and an expansive facility with improved parking. The Lyons have been loyal sup- porters of the Department of Music for many years, offering the use of instruments for methods classes, contributing to the Music Foundation fund and being a sponsor for symphony concerts. They have been integral in helping the area achieve the public school string instruction success by keeping an inventory stocked with appropriately-sized instruments and music , as well as taking these instruments to many schools for the children to experience firsthand the joy of playing an instrument. The Department of Mu- sic is most appreciative of their contributions to the department and to the community, and thanks them for being one of the game-changers for music educa- tion in the Commonwealth. David Lee, Dean, Potter College of Arts and Letters; Mitzi Groom, Head, Department of Music; Larnelle Harris

12 Department of Music Bennie Beach, Sr., and Pearl Beach have recently added funds to the Bennie Beach, Jr., Memorial Scholarship that will fund a scholarship for a second student, beginning in the Fall of 2011. The Beaches have played a very impor- tant part in the life of the Department of Music, contributing to this scholarship, attending numerous concerts each year and being part of the annual activities that are memorable for music students. Bennie, an emeritus faculty member of the WKU Department of Music and a 2006 WKU Centennial Composer, was presented with the Orpheus Award in 2011 by the band, and enjoyed hear- ing one of his compositions performed by the Brass Choir at the dedication of Ransdell Hall.

There is a need for celebration in the December 2011, with student and faculty Department of Music this year. In the move-in occurring in January 2012. When midst of academic fiscal stress and crisis, the move-in is complete, renovation to the department continues to move for- the FAC Recital Hall and the Band Room ward, in terms of content quality, student will occur, with expected completion in recruitment and facilities. Two students the Spring of 2012. We are very appre- will be awarded new scholarships in the ciative of the support that our admin- Fall of 2011, the Larnelle and Cynthia istrators have shown as these new Harris Scholarship and the Bennie programs and facilities take shape Beach, Jr., Memorial Scholarship. and move the department forward. The faculty is very aware of the Your contributions as donors are need to increase student retention, greatly appreciated as we see more and their efforts are succeeding. A of our students benefiting from your new Master of Music degree is in the generosity, knowing that each gift offing, with only one more hurdle counts. Thanks are extended to our to clear before implementation, donors for allowing us to be part of hopefully in the Fall of 2012. This new your lives. degree will have four tracks: music education (teacher certification), conducting (teacher certification), Mitzi Groom conducting, and pedagogy. With New music hall construction site, L to R: David Lee, Marshall Scott, Gary Schallert, Jeff Bright, Mitzi Groom, Paul Hondorp, Joe Stites, Mina Doerner Department of Music, Head great excitement we anticipate the completion of the new music hall in Department of Music 13 Carolyn & John Ridley Ms. Geraldine Rodda Ms. Jennie Curtis Roe Royal Music Company, Inc. 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Houchens Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Leavy Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Smith Dr. & Mrs. William Beard Ms. Rita Jo Finley Mr. Carl Lee Mrs. Tina Weber Smith Ms. Beverly Bell Mr. Mark Monroe Fredrick David & Laura Harper Lee Mrs. Marjorie Keller Spalding Dr. & Mrs. Mark Bigler Ms. Barbara Gary Dr. & Mrs. Larry Long Ms. Patti Stanton Mrs. Angela Beth Blakeman Mrs. Adrienne Gerber Mrs. Shelley Ann Long Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Stein Mr. Sam Bodine Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Anthony Glaser Mrs. Joyce Lopez Linda & Tom Stephens Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Borland, Jr. Mrs. Mary Gordon Ms. Catherine Miller Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Stone Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Allen Boyles Dr. & Mrs. John David Gover Ms. Martha Jo Lyne Dr. Robyn Swanson Ms. Jean Branum Dr. Murphy Howard Green Paula & Greg Lyons Dick & Carol Switzer Mr. Gregory Nelson Britt Barbara & John Grider Ms. Francine Markwell Ms. Lillian Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Carroll Brooks Joe & Mitzi Groom Mr. Richard Mazanec Mr. Patrick Allen Thomas Ms. Patsy K. Burris Ms. Frances Hall Ltc. 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Cornelia & Arvin Vos Mr. Clark Christiansen Jennifer & Paul Hondorp Dr. & Mrs. Jon Pauli Ms. Sally Wardwell Clyde’s Shoe Store Ms. Nancy Hopson Mrs. Frances Perdue Mr. & Mrs. Robert Watkins Dr. David Coffey Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Howard Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Peterie Mrs. Melissa Webb Mrs. Joan Collins Mr. Dett & Mrs. Robin Hunter Mr. Harold Levert Phillips, Jr. Ms. Juanita Moore Weiss COL (Ret) Doral Glen Conner Dr. Martha Iley Drs. Linda & Charles Pickle Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Whitaker Mr. Derek Ross Crafton Mr. David Allen Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Dwight Pounds Bart & Carol White Ted Cudnick Jim & Darlene Johnson Mrs. Doris Pruitt Roland & Mary Frances Willock Mrs. Emily Cunningham Dr. & Mrs. James Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Pulsinelli Ms. Mary Lou Wood Dr. & Mrs. Gary Dillard Mr. Robert Bradley Johnston Mrs. Miriam Ramirez Ms. Melanie Wood Mrs. Gail B. Dixon Nick & Pat Kafoglis Robert & Willanna Ramsey Ms. Pamela Yakel Ms. Mildred Kemp Dockstader Dr. Mike Kanan Dr. & Mrs. Gary Ransdell Mrs. Lisa Young Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dodd Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Karrick Dr. Bill Rideout Mr. Amir Zaheri

14 Department of Music Edward J. Pease Memorial Scholarship Spencer Wills, bassoon, Louisville, KY Matt Lund, saxophone, Lagrange, KY Wyatt Rossell, guitar, Bowling Green, KY Michael Menser, guitar, Dawson Springs, KY Charles W. Smith Scholarship Valerie Martin, flute, Bowling Green, KY Seymour Spiegelman Scholarship Blake Cox, voice, Brandenburg, KY Dr. Samuel W. and Jeane Payne Tinsley Music Scholarship Dr. Groom, Andrew Tucker (Music Dept. Faculty Scholarship recipient), Dr. Lee Susan Houghton, cello, Bowling Green, KY Marita Hawley Travelstead Scholarship Julia Fisher, voice, Louisville, KY Kate Douglas, voice, Owensboro, KY Nelle Gooch Travelstead Scholarship Ongoing Legacies Travis Lowe, voice, Rockfield, KY Vitale String Scholarship 2010-2011 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS Ashley Grueter, cello, Ashland City, KY Johnny Smith, viola, Lewisport, KY

Jerry Baker Scholarship Blanche and Austin Duckett Alyna Atkinson, violin, Fairbanks, AK Strings Music Scholarship Johnny Smith, viola, Lewisport, KY Samantha Miller, violin, Sedalia, KY Jackson Talley, violin, Princeton, KY Bennie Beach, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Anderson Adams, cello, Lexington, KY Curtis Turner, percussion, Rockport, IN Elias Kleinsmith, violin, Louisville, KY Jean Blankenship Scholarship Mitzi Groom/Trace Die Cast Scholarship Erich Haynes, guitar, Clarkson, KY Nathaniel Brown, organ, Bowling Green, KY Nicholas Hall, guitar, Louisville, KY Sylvia Kersenbaum Scholarship Bowling Green Music Club Scholarship Ellen Murrey, voice, Glasgow, KY Ellen Murrey, voice, Glasgow, KY Matt White, trombone, Bowling Green, KY Music Department Faculty Scholarship Ian Wilder, trumpet, Louisville, KY Athena Cage Scholarship Andrew Tucker, horn, Hodgenville, KY Matt Crocker, trombone, Franklin, KY Chris Blake, trumpet, Greenville, KY Kristina Rasmussen, piano, Versailles, KY Guytano Martorano, tuba, Cleaton, KY Kent Campbell Scholarship Hugh F. Johnson Scholarship Taylor Akin, euphonium, Magnolia, KY Josh Bloecher, violin, Fulton, KY Howard Carpenter String Ohm Pauli Scholarship and Piano Scholarship Alyna Atkinson, violin, Fairbanks, AK Josh Bloecher, violin, Fulton, KY Josh Bloecher, violin, Fulton, KY Former WKU President, Dr. Dero Downing and former music faculty Justin Kirby, piano, Lewisburg, KY member Nelle Gooch Travelstead Susan Houghton, cello, Bowling Green, KY Johnny Smith, viola, Lewisport, KY Liz Ward, double bass, San Antonio, TX

Department of Music 15 Western Kentucky University Department of Music 1906 College Heights Blvd. #41029 Bowling Green, KY 42101-1029

2011 Faculty in the Department of Music

Join us for our annual scholarship benefit recital, Autumn Collage: Chamber Music on the Hill at the FAC Recital Hall, October 2, 2011, at 3:00 p.m., with reception following.

EDITOR: Mitzi Groom | PHOTOS: Jeff Smith, Jeff Bright, Clinton Lewis | DESIGN: Marcus Dukes Read online at www.wku.edu/pcal/uploads/music/2011minstrel.pdf