THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 2014

Lifting Spirits

A UT professor’s music instruction brings hope and joy to an unlikely group of Haitian music students. Page 8 FROM THE DIRECTOR

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DOC SEVERINSEN COMPETITION BLOWS DOWN THE HOUSE...... 1 Even a blizzard can’t stop the music at the CMS regional conference

BY THE NUMBERS...... 2 Doc Severinsen Competition Blows Down the House A look back on the School of Music’s first year in the Natalie BY CINDY MOFFETT L. Haslam Music Center Three years of meticulous planning and a clockwork four,” Murphy said. “So there was an honorable mention, but MEMORIES OF MARVELENE ...... 6 schedule began to unravel in the pre-dawn hours of February that one wouldn’t be performed at the awards night.” Six former students share their thoughts on the retiring 13, 2014. It was the first day of the College of Music Society joint The competition winners were “Up All Night” by Eric Knecht- professor regional conference at UT, and a once-in-a-decade snowstorm ges, “The Tao of Infinity” by Daniel McCarthy, and “Concerto had closed the Alfresco” by Peter Lieuwen. DONOR SPOTLIGHT: CAROL AEBERSOLD. . . 20 Lieuwen, the first-place winner, is composer-in-residence “The essence of living is giving” Atlanta and Char- lotte airports. Even at Texas A&M University. A few weeks before the conference, ADVISORY BOARD FUNDS SCHOLARSHIPS . . 21 UT’s daily opening Severinsen asked him to write an encore. “Lieuwen said ‘sure!’ The board sees continual growth in membership and impact was delayed. and then got off the phone and said, ‘what did I just do! How School of Music am I going to do this?’” Murphy said. But write it he did, as well professors and as make it to Knoxville before the storm began. Every year a wonderful creative team and I sit down to DEPARTMENTS conference co-hosts As the snow fell on Thursday, February 13, so did the num- ­begin work on what will become that year’s edition of Note- Brendan McConville, ber of conference attendees. Royse, Murphy, and McConville READY FOR THE WORLD...... 8 worthy. A few months later when I receive and read the first Barbara Murphy, reworked the schedule yet again. Gaps that appeared because proof, I’m continually amazed at the profound impact the IN PERFORMANCE...... 10 and David Royse presenters could not get to UT were filled by presenters already frantically reworked in Knoxville and originally scheduled for Thursday. Performanc- School of Music is making not only on campus, but around STUDENT NEWS ...... 14 the world. And, I know what’s going to be included! the schedule for a noon start only to learn that UT would es shifted to fill every available moment on Friday and Saturday, We’ve had a wonderful first year in our new home, the HONORS CONVOCATION AWARDS ...... 15 be closed for the day. One day of their two-and-a-half-day and some performances were skyped in from the host schools. Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. This magnificent building is FACULTY NEWS...... 16 conference vanished. “In the end it worked out pretty well,” Royse said. “We man- certainly a Top 25 facility by any comparison. The stunning Beginning in 2011, this conference had been planned as aged to play almost all the new pieces.” Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall has already hosted world-class FACULTY RECORDINGS ...... 18 a grand showcase of UT’s soon-to-be-completed Natalie “And it actually made the Friday night concert with Doc a artists, our wonderful faculty, and our top-notch students; all ALUMNI NEWS ...... 19 L. Haslam Music Center. The hosts expanded the event to real showcase for the school,” Murphy said. Most music stu- who continue to inspire and amaze with their talent. And let’s include the Mid-Atlantic and Southern CMS chapters as well dents had stage time either with the choir, the opera theater, not forget the wonderful teaching, mentoring, and study that as the Association for Technology in Music Instruction for their the wind ensemble, or the orchestra. Following these perfor- is occurring in classrooms, rehearsal rooms, studios, offices, On the cover: Billy, a student in Cange, Haiti, plays first-ever regional conference. mances, Severinsen walked onstage and said, “don’t leave yet.” and practice rooms. his oboe. View more photographs from Associate As this conference blended both research and performance, He, the DiMartinos, Vizzutti, and UT’s Cathy Leach blew the I hope as you read this edition you’ll agree with me that Professor Hillary Herndon’s summer trip to Haiti at UT music students were able to attend presentations, as well as house down with Lieuwen’s freshly written encore, “Joy Ride.” whether it is happening on campus, in a nearby prison, in Haiti, tiny.utk.edu/cange. perform and work with composers. For the hard-working hosts, it was their proudest moment. or wherever else, the School of Music has made an impact this How to make the conference even more exciting? The hosts “We had the great Doc Severinsen here and the greatest year. Our faculty and students have outdone themselves ­and Find more School of Music news and events approached legendary Tonight Show band leader Doc Severin- trumpet players in the world, and our students interacted and we’re sharing just a small glimpse of all of our activities. online at music.utk.edu. sen, a good friend to the school. “We proposed an international performed with them,” Royse said. Finally, on behalf of everyone in our school, I would like to competition for original, newly composed music for jazz trum- “I felt like an NFL franchise owner who just won the Super thank our many friends, patrons, and donors. You are with us pet and large ensemble,” Royse said. They asked if Severinsen Bowl,” McConville said. in each of these endeavors, and we are grateful to you and for would lend his name to the competition, judge it, and be the To hear performances of the winning compositions, visit you for all of your support. I hope you’ll enjoy this edition of keynote speaker at the conference. If so, what would it cost? tiny.utk.edu/severinsen. Noteworthy as much as I did! “Doc said, ‘fifty thousand dollars,’” Royse said. There was a long pause. “Or nothing.” Jeffrey Pappas The call for compositions brought in eighty-four works. After Above: Concert encore in Cox Auditorium with the three Director, School of Music two rounds of judging, Severinsen was given seven to choose solo trumpeters and Doc Severinsen. From L–R: Vince from, and even that was difficult. “He took his time and mulled DiMartino, Allen Vizzutti, Doc Severinsen, Gabe DiMartino, it over. He came back at one point and asked if he could pick and Cathy Leach, UT professor of trumpet.

NOTEWORTHY music.utk.edu 1 BY THE 304 NUMBERS The School of Music’s first full year in its new home—the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center—has been tremendous, to say the least. Our students, faculty, and staff are energized like never before, and it shows. Activity and energy positively bursts from every usable space in the building.

Here, we take a look back at how this state-of- JENNIE ANDREWS the-art music center has been used since the The number of lockers in the UT band’s storage doors opened in August 2013. room for instruments and uniforms.

Number of wood “I’m so happy that we have panels that can be a place our students and turned to become faculty can take ownership cloth panels (for of and be proud of.” changing the —Allison D. Adams, assistant professor of saxophone acoustics) in the “My students can BROWN DUSTIN 30 ensemble rooms. 818 spread out in a true Piano tunings, give or take one or two! artist’s studio envi- ronment, all working on their own projects, but still together as Number of speakers in the we intersect and Sandra G. Powell Recital share ideas from week Hall for “directional sound” to week.” that allows audience mem- —Andy Bliss, assistant bers to sense that sound is professor of percussion coming directly to them. JENNIE ANDREWS

The number of separate sheets of glazing in the building’s four floors. 1,467 About 30 percent are opaque ‘spandrel’ panels, which comprise the exterior curtain wall of the building, with many sheets combining to form the windows in each teaching studio or faculty office. In many cases, the larger teach- ing offices may have upwards of twenty-five individual sheets of glass. Various colors and patterns of glaze diffuse the light, allow less heat to transfer inside, and—from a dis- tance—reveal a subtle Number of performances held in digital music pattern. the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall during the 2013–14 academic year. DUSTIN BROWN 197 DUSTIN BROWN 2 NOTEWORTHY music.utk.edu 3 Number of specifically designed walls to allow

the building to withstand JENNIE ANDREWS moderate seismic activity.

17 JENNIE ANDREWS Number of glass steps in the 79“monumental staircase.”

“We have state-of-the-art facilities and enough space to adequately meet the students’ needs. Photograph of the Natalie Haslam building to come Having everything under one roof allows the faculty to better produce efficient, effective instruction.” —David Royse, associate professor of music education JENNIE ANDREWS

Number of ensemble rehearsal rooms in the building.

22,000 “I love my studio! I have to pinch myself when I come into the building! I have taught here for forty-two years and just can’t believe I am alive and here to tell GALLONS about this amazing new building.” The rainwater capacity of the cistern beneath the front lawn of the building. —Fay Swadley Adams, associate professor of piano The water is used to irrigate the landscaping. JENNIE ANDREWS

4 NOTEWORTHY music.utk.edu 5 Moore throughout the years: (clockwise from top left) as a graduate student at Memories of Marvelene Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity in 1970; with Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek at the 2014 College of Arts and What can you say that hasn’t already been said Sciences Commencement ceremony in about Marvelene Moore, a professor, educator, May; performing in the Italian opera Il mentor, and friend who touched the lives of so Girello as a graduate student in 1973; at many people during her thirty-five years at UT? her retirement reception—given by her We asked ourselves the same question. Then, former graduate assistants, the “Marvel- we asked those she has affected in so many etts”—in May 2014; with students from ways—her students. Enjoy this glimpse into the Lennon-Seney United Methodist Marvelene’s legacy through the remembrances Church Choir in 1985; and guest con- and memories of six of her students, each ducting the Arkansas Children’s Choir at continuing to touch and impact the world just the Arkansas Music Education Associa- as Marvelene taught them to! tion Conference in 1991. —Jeffrey Pappas, Director, School of Music Photos Courtesy of Marvelene Moore

“I first met Dr. Moore in 2003 when because it caused me to attempt and while providing meaningful advice and “Hi, my name is Joe, I have a wife and a huge check mark by the word “mentor.” ing how essential it is to their lives. I enrolled at the School of Music to accomplish more than I realized I could. insight into current educational issues. three kids and I live in a button factory...” Dr. Moore had just filled that spot. Then, they began to chant and sing. I complete my teaching license. From the One of my favorite life skills I learned In my last semester, I accompanied My life with Dr. Moore was a world of play. The course of study was exceptional. realized this was not just a performance first class, I could tell she was going to from her is to “be the duck.” Whatever Dr. Moore on a trip to Westminster Elementary methods was my favorite The in-depth and innovative classroom for them, but something deeper that challenge and motivate me to work hard. happens, if you want to give an air of Choir College where she presented class and the days that we spent moving activities were like none I had ever imag- connected them to all those who came As time passed, I learned more about calm, poise, and professionalism, picture a workshop to music education stu- to the music and sitting on the floor ined. These formative years shaped and before and would come later in their her impressive accomplishments and a duck swimming across a pond; it dents and professors. As I watched her learning to feel the lesson before we put it gave foundational structure to what I tribe. It conveyed beyond what the international work in the field of music glides across the water effortlessly. Un- interact with the participants, I realized to paper were among the most formative believe and do today as a university pro- spoken word can explain—their connec- education. As I had taken a long journey der water, however, its feet are paddling the breadth of Dr. Moore’s impact on experiences of my musical life. I continue fessor. My work with Dr. Moore inspired tion to their tribe, the creatures of the to my professional career, I was perhaps like mad. This has come back to me so pre-service teachers, current teachers, to use the inspiration and concepts that me to aspire to her level of excellence in forest, and the land they loved. a more motivated student. Dr. Moore’s many times when the pressure is on, and, really, all individuals who have had Marvelene gave us in my work today. facilitating the learning process of every Later in reflecting on the perfor- teaching style resonated with me like no and she didn’t just talk it, she lived it!” the privilege of working with her. She From learning that Dr. Moore did not student I encounter. mance, I began to form an understand- other teacher had in my undergraduate —Sarah Boyd, Rocky Hill Elementary Teacher, Knoxville was and is a beacon of light in the realm quite understand that she had to add I am exceptionally proud to have ing of the limitless power of music to work. I remember sitting in class listening of music education, and I think of her oil to her Mercedes, to my days stu- had the esteemed privilege to study represent not only an individual and to Dr. Moore and feeling as if I had at last “During my time as Dr. Moore’s often as I teach my own students.” dent teaching at Bearden High School and perform with Dr. Marvelene Moore. idea, but also a culture and a way of life. found my calling in life and was finally graduate assistant (2011–13), I often —Allison Hendrix, Music Teacher, Northshore Elemen- with her guidance, she continues to be I congratulate her on an extraordinary It is one thing to have this knowledge on the right path. Even though I felt like found myself thinking she was Wonder tary, Knoxville active in my heart. I am ever grateful for career. Her work across the globe speaks in one’s head. It is entirely different to I had shortcomings as a musician (like Woman. She has a passion for her pro- “The day I met Dr. Moore I was the love that she gave us.” volumes regarding her genuine passion see music play out through authentic sight-reading), she would gently but fession, her students, and her faith, and extremely intimidated, but very moti- —Joe Miller, Director of Choral Activities, Westminster for humanity as exhibited by the stew- cultural sources, and for a brief moment, firmly give me assignments and oppor- balances her obligations with poise and vated and determined to become Choir College, New Jersey ardship of her gifts.” see the world through different eyes. tunities to step up my skills and help me grace. Dr. Moore has a way of making the best music educator possible. Dr. —Gregory Broughton, General Sandy Beaver Professor To me, this was the purpose of just one grow as an educator and as a person. everyone she comes into contact with Moore was the best mentor I could “After transferring to UT to complete my of Music, University Of Georgia aspect of Dr. Moore’s work. She sought She often challenged me to do feel special. In my years at UT, she have ever asked for and she was undergraduate degree in music educa- to provide, through her vast network of more than I thought I could handle—a helped me explore and shape my ideas always in tune to what was happening tion, my initial contact in the program was “It is impossible to relay all of the connections and knowledge of multi- trait that I hope to have as a teacher, on philosophy and teaching practices in education and could even sense Dr. Marvelene Moore. I expressed to her many ways Dr. Moore impacted my life; cultural music, a window for musicians, when life was not going so well outside my goals, and her response was charged however, one of my fondest memories music teachers, students, and the public of school. with excitement for assisting me with is watching an amazing performance at large to not just see, but experience During my bachelor’s and master’s pursuing my dreams. I knew I had met the by Cherokee Native Americans at one and connect to others through music of programs, Dr. Moore was always present individual who would inspire, challenge, of the bi-annual Multicultural Music all types.” and consistent with her expectations. and provoke me to forge ahead. In looking Symposiums. The Cherokees spoke of —Gaile Stephens, Assistant Professor of Music Educa- She challenged me with each meeting at my college checklist, I was able to place their music with such passion, explain- tion, Emporia State University, Kansas we had about how I could improve or adjust to become a better teacher. After I graduated, Dr. Moore was always eager to hear about the students I was teaching and always willing to listen, give great advice, and share her vast wisdom. I truly appreciated her time and interest in all I was pursuing in my career. The University of Tennessee is losing a truly amazing music educator who has been a great inspiration to me. Thank you, Dr. Moore, for everything!” —Debbie Ellebracht, Elementary Music Teacher for USD #348, Baldwin City, Kansas

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string lessons and donated a few violins to the music program. Since 2010, Kathryn Dey from the South Carolina Governor’s School has traveled annually to Cange, bringing additional do- nated instruments and teaching lessons. There are now more than sixty-five music students in the village, overwhelming the capabilities of their volunteer director. During spring break 2014, I joined Dey on her annual weeklong trip to Cange and brought along Emily Zaita, a UT graduate student. We carried four string instruments, several clarinets, an oboe, reeds, extra strings, mouthpieces, sheet music, and even a xylophone to donate. We conducted daily rehearsals for three band groups, three string groups, a re- corder class, and taught individual lessons in everything from Opera for percussion to conducting. The students were incredibly hungry and grateful for our Inmates instruction. Before sunrise, they would gather outside our By Madeline Veenker, MM, building for lessons. We’d teach until after 10:00 p.m. Until voice, 2014 Lifting Spirits dark, all lessons were taught outside and drew a crowd of By Hillary Herndon, associate professor of viola observers from the village. Many of the students did not speak The group assembles before English, but we were able to communicate most instructions heading into the prison to The residents of Cange, Haiti, face many challenges in life. by demonstration. When this was insufficient, invariably one of perform. No cameras were Among the poorest in Haiti, the village was relocated to the the adults watching rehearsal would step up and translate. allowed inside the facility. arid mountains when the Artibonite River was dammed to Many of the instruments were in serious states of disrepair. create Lac de Péligre. Residents have no electricity or basic It is not possible to get replacement parts in Haiti, so the stu- sanitation, and until recently, the nearest water source required dents rely on guests to bring equipment. The students never a strenuous walk down (and back up) the mountain. once complained about the state of their instruments and they Throughout my graduate studies at UT, my most unique and it was pretty quiet with some people looking at us as we The magnitude of suffering in Cange led Paul Farmer to would graciously share, taking turns playing and observing in meaningful experience was organizing and participating in an walked past. After the performance there was a noticeable open a health clinic in the village in the 1980s. Now known as rehearsal so that all could have the opportunity to play. opera theatre outreach performance at the Morgan County buzz around the place with people talking about the per- Zanmi Lasante, the clinic has become the heart of the village, At the end of the week, the entire village came out for a cel- Correctional Complex in Wartburg, Tennessee. formance and waving and smiling. Additionally, the prison featuring a full hospital, a school, a work center, and a church. ebratory performance of the pieces we had worked on togeth- With interests in the administrative side of the performing filmed the performance and planned to rebroadcast it on The facility hosts numerous guest aid workers, some of whom er. Many beautiful speeches were given, relaying how music arts, I asked James Marvel, director of opera at UT, if I could their closed-circuit television channel so those unable to have donated band instruments for the village students. An lifts the spirits of the entire community. Their passionate pleas work on an outreach performance project to mutually benefit attend could still watch it. amateur musician and employee of the hospital volunteers his for continuing music instruction in Cange have inspired me to the community and UT opera students. Ever the nontradi- All twelve performers, in addition to James and Eileen, felt time to lead a student band that is the pride of Cange. look for ways to help make this a reality. I hope to work with tional thinker, James suggested we look into performing at a fortunate to participate in such a unique presentation of our After the 2010 earthquake, an annual music camp held in other organizations, including the School of Music, to develop a prison. We realized it would be both unusual and difficult to art to an often-forgotten-but-deserving portion of the East Port-au-Prince was relocated to the Zanmi Lasante compound. sustainable music program for the students of Cange. navigate, but if we could pull it off, it would be a truly unique Tennessee community. It was also an excellent reminder that Guest teachers at this summer camp gave several introductory View more of Herndon’s photos at tiny.utk.edu/cange. opportunity to bring opera to an underserved audience. opera is still a vital and relevant medium of expression and With the help of Steve Cantrell, the prison’s chaplain and communication in today’s society. volunteer coordinator, we scheduled a performance for April. The process was extremely detailed and well organized. We had to submit to background checks for our whole group, in addition to having all of our equipment and props approved before being allowed to perform. The twelve graduate student performers had been work- ing on performing and directing scenes as part of our per- formance techniques course. We used these same scenes to develop an hour-long performance of student-directed operatic scenes in English. The program included some of opera’s greatest hits as well as a few new works. Our talented coach-accompanist Eileen Downey stepped in at the last minute to accompany our performance. Upon arriving at the prison, we toured the yard as we made our way to the gymnasium to perform. About sixty inmates attended the performance, and they were so recep- tive and responsive. They laughed, applauded, and cheered, particularly for the high notes. I personally have never experi- enced such an actively engaged audience. When we finished performing, they lined up to shake our hands and were so appreciative, thankful, and polite. The group rehearsing at UT Eileen remarked to me how interesting it was to notice the prior to their performance. difference before and after—when we walked into the gym Kathryn Dey (fourth from left), Emily Zaita (center), and Hillary Herndon (fourth from right) with their students.

8 NOTEWORTHY music.utk.edu 9 IN PERFORMANCE

Throat Singers Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composers Visit Campus This spring, the School of Music hosted with students during rehearsals in the assistant professor of percussion, direct- Bring Unique Pulitzer Prize-winning composers John School of Music’s percussion suite. He ed the performance. Sounds to Campus Luther Adams and Steve Reich. also presented a lecture about his work “When the performance time came In March, Reich played a recording and compositions and how they relate at dusk, the air was clear and the au- Listeners new to the practice of ­Tuvan of his original piece, “WTC 9/11,” to an to his life as an environmental activist. dience was bustling around the space, throat singing often describe the audience of 200 students and faculty Following Adams’s visit, the UT soaking up the sounds,” Bliss said. “As practice as eerie, haunting, meditative, members before answering questions Percussion Ensemble and guests the piece concluded, the bird songs or supernatural. Last October, a per- about the composition. performed his outdoor masterpiece, and whistling faded into the trees and formance by Alash, a world-renowned “It is a very touching piece, and “Inuksuit for Nine to 99 Percussionists,” the quarry, leaving everyone acutely fo- Tuvan musical ensemble famous for everyone liked it a lot. The room was on a stunning evening at Ijams Nature cused on the remaining sounds—those throat singing, offered students, faculty, very quiet while it was played and for a Center in South Knoxville. Andrew Bliss, of Knoxville.” and the community an opportunity to few moments afterward,” said Barbara experience this music firsthand. Murphy, area coordinator and associate “The Tuvan throat-singing style was professor of music theory. rarely heard in the West before the col- At fifteen-and-a-half minutes, “WTC lapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but has 9/11” combines three string quartets and since become popular among aficiona- pre-recorded voices from events during dos of traditional music and first-time and after the September 11, 2001 attack. listeners alike,” said Rachel May Golden, “While composing it, I often tried UT associate professor and area coordi- The ensemble hails from the Republic Sun Ra Arkestra to Béla Fleck and the to make it longer,” Reich said of the nator of musicology. of Tuva, a tiny Central Asian nation. They Flecktones. three-movement piece. “But each time it Prior to the concert, Alash hosted a have appeared on dozens of college The event was part of the Distin- felt that extending its length reduced its workshop on Tuvan throat singing—a campuses, performed at major music guished Lecture Series in Musicology impact. The piece wanted to be terse.” unique practice where multiple pitches festivals, including Bonnaroo and South and was sponsored by the School of Listen to a recording of “WTC 9/11” emanate simultaneously from a single by Southwest, and collaborated with a Music and the Ready for the World at tiny.utk.edu/reich. performer’s voice. wide range of prominent artists from the initiative. In April, John Luther Adams visited campus as part of the community’s Students Dan Ornowski (MM candidate) and Wade Jenkins (BM candidate) perform Earth Day celebrations. Adams worked parts of “Inuksuit” at Ijams Nature Center. Swingle Singers Visit UT on World Tour

The Swingle Singers, an internationally Bach, launched the group to fame. The group is touring and performing in acclaimed a cappella vocal group known group, now based in London, England, Europe, the United Kingdom, Russia, Musical Transcendence for pushing the boundaries of the human has added new members to bring a and South and North America. The Chinese musician Xiaojun Huo performed easy to follow each other’s phrasings and voice, performed at UT in November fresh perspective to the group’s sound. concert at UT was co-sponsored by A Harmony of Strings in April 2014, at the understand where our musical collabora- 2013, in the James R. Cox Auditorium. This year marks the Swingle Singers’ the College of Arts and Sciences and University Center Auditorium. Miroslav tors may want to go, and so the respons- The group includes four men and three fiftieth anniversary. In celebration, the the School of Music. Hristov, assistant professor of violin, per- es to one another came naturally.” women who sing folk ballads, funk jams, formed alongside Huo. They were accom- This connection between the musi- fugues, opera, jazz, and pop. panied on stage by David Northington, cians on stage was visible to those enjoy- “This group is easily the highest pro- professor of piano, and his graduate ing the performance. file choral artists to ever perform on the student Grace Lee. “They truly showed ‘a harmony of UT campus,” said Angela Batey, direc- Huo is the first-ranking erhu player in strings’ by presenting erhu and violin tor of choral activities at the School of China. The erhu is a two-stringed bowed together. It illustrates that music has no Music. “The opportunity for our students musical instrument that originated in boundary,” said Shih-Lung Shaw, director and community to experience this group China and is known in the western world of the UT Confucius Institute. “The per- in a free concert is unprecedented.” as the “Chinese violin.” formance was a true harmony of western The group performed several tunes “Huo spoke no English, and David and and eastern music.” to a packed house, including “After the I do not speak Chinese, yet we commu- Huo’s distinctive musical talent was Storm” by Mumford & Sons, “Reservoir nicated rather effectively through the recognized when she was eight years old. Kids” by Edward Randell, “Single Ladies” music,” Hristov said. “After one short After graduating from the China Conser- by Beyoncé, “Lady Madonna” by The rehearsal where no words were spoken, vatory of Music, the highest educational Beatles, and “Don’t Explain” by Billie we were ready to perform. Music is a institution of music in the country, she Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. universal language that transcends other became a member of the China Opera The Grammy Award-winning group barriers and geo-political divides. As and is now its erhu principal. She has was established in 1963 by Ameri- humans, we all make natural inflections in performed worldwide in Greece, Turkey, can-born Ward Swingle, who assem- our voice that reflect agitation, inquisi- Spain, and Australia. bled a group of Parisian session singers tiveness, awe, resignation, and countless The event was hosted by UT’s Con- to sing some of Bach’s keyboard music. other transient emotions. When working fucius Institute and co-sponsored by the

The subsequent album, Jazz Sebastian SINGERS THE SWINGLE COURTESY with world-class musicians, it is quite School of Music.

10 NOTEWORTHY music.utk.edu 11 CONTRIBUTORS TO THE IN PERFORMANCE SCHOOL OF MUSIC A. C. Entertainment Inc. A440 Violin Shop Weeklong Festival Celebrates Legendary Pianist Jazz Fest Brings High-Schoolers to UT Robert E. and Virginia Acker BY CINDY MOFFETT Peter Austin and For seven decades, legendary pianist Byron Ellen Robinson Acly Janis has thrilled audiences around the The first-ever UT Jazz Festival, held on February Morristown, and the Knoxville Jazz Youth Or- Allison Dromgold Adams world. This spring, he celebrated his eighty- 22, 2014, brought in four high school jazz bands, chestra, which includes students from many Fay Swadley Adams fifth birthday by sharing his expertise with eighty students, and five fire trucks. The fire had Knoxville area schools. The bands played George A. Adams and a younger generation of musicians and nothing to do with the festival—a recharging for and learned from the UT jazz faculty in a Lynn Adcock students at UT. battery ignited carpeting in a different part of noncompetitive setting. “If it’s a competition, Jenny and John M. Adams III Janis hosted several master classes, in the Alumni Memorial Building—but everyone had it becomes all about winning trophies,” Boling John M. Adams Jr. which fifteen outstanding young pianists to evacuate. said. “We felt it was more valuable to have Carol and Robert Aebersold performed. Discussions, presentations, and Mark Boling, associate professor of jazz and them interact with someone who’s had a Lamar and Honey B. Alexander performances were also held at the School festival coordinator, seized the moment to walk lot of experience playing this music with big James Stewart Anderson of Music, including a presentation by Janis’s the students across campus to the new Natalie bands. That’s something the directors can get Stewart G. and Michelle Renee Anderson wife, Maria Cooper Janis. L. Haslam Music Center. a lot out of, too.” Patricia Lynn Andrews On the final afternoon, Janis enthralled “Even though there were rehearsals going on The day ended with a concert by the Steve H. and Barbara B. Apking attendees with intimate performances of everywhere, we wanted them to see the recital Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, featuring UT’s pi- Stephen C. and Angie Arnett Chopin—a composer with whom he has hall and classrooms,” Boling said. “We want to ano jazz great, Donald Brown. “We played a Bruce and Shirley B. Avery identified throughout his remarkable career. use the building to help recruit the best students lot of his arrangements and music, and it was Don and Alberta Bachman Janis was the first American pianist invit- we can get. We need to get them on campus really fun. The kids ate it up. They were so A. J. and Mary Kaelin Baker ed to perform in the Soviet Union during the and show them what’s here.” pumped,” said Boling, who is already working John E. and Anne N. Baldwin Cold War. He debuted with the Pittsburgh The festival did just that by pulling in jazz on an impressive lineup of performers and David Farrington and Symphony at age sixteen and has toured band students from Cocke County, Oak Ridge, events for next year’s festival. Cheryl Merin Barr extensively throughout the world performing Paul Barrette and Susan D. Martin solo recitals and concerts. Several US presi- Susan Kathleen Beasley dents have honored Janis during his career. Janet G. Bechtel “This celebration represents a once-in-a- Len and Patricia M. Bellingrath lifetime opportunity to experience the genius Robert D. and Susan M. Benner of one of America’s greatest pianists,” said Bernard E. and David Northington, professor of piano and a Barbara W. Bernstein former student of Janis. Judith Bible Carley E. Bilbrey III and Milla Drumright Bilbrey Shelley L. Binder George C. Bitzas and Lisa K. Owenby-Bitzas Lynn F. and Georgia B. Blake Andrew Michael Bliss Johnnie L. Boling Jr. New Triad Workshop Draws a Crowd Mark E. and Anita Boling Edmund L. and Susan M. Bolt Over the course of a career, a singer must sing countless William L. Bolt auditions for agents, conductors, and directors. Profes- Bonny Kate Elementary School sional progress often relies on successful auditions. In Sharon E. Boyce March, the School of Music hosted the New Triad for Michael L. and Sandra B. Boyd Performing Arts: Opera Master Class Series—an intensive William L. and Emily R. Boyd seminar focused on preparing young singers for vocal Watts Lights Up Stage Joy G. Brandon auditions. Jerry and Catherine E. Braunstein The event brought to campus five of the most recog- Internationally renowned classical pianist Andre Watts Robert J. and Martha W. Breazeale nized authorities in the world of classical music and stage performed to a full house at the Sandra G. Powell Recital Brickey-McCloud training. Students received hands-on guidance by these Hall in February. The program, including works by Bee- Elementary School gifted professionals. thoven, Chopin, Liszt, and others, was received with an Douglas S. and Caterina L. Bristol Many in the audience traveled to Knoxville for the semi- immediate standing ovation from all in attendance. Dinah L. Brock and John P. Jr. nar, including one group from Ohio. All were thrilled by the “We are so pleased to welcome an artist of Andre Jill and Jeff Brown enriching information provided at the sessions. Watts’s international stature to UT,” said David Northing- David E. Brunell “You could see the delight on the clinician’s faces as ton, professor of piano. “Watts played an exceptionally William L. and Jeannine Burkhart each singer got up to participate in the master classes,” beautiful and artistic performance of all of the pieces on Mary Helen Byers said Andrew Wentzel, professor of voice and organizer of the program.” Elizabeth A. Calhoun and Michael Corzin the seminar. “The level of our students and their ability to A Grammy Award-winning artist, Watts began play- Angelyn Gettelfinger Campbell respond and incorporate input on the spot energized each ing with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age nine. More Lucie and James Carlson Steven Gross with New professional and elevated each of our students.” than fifty years after his first performance, Watts remains Irene and Michael Carney Triad works with UT one of the world’s most celebrated musicians, having Suzanne R. Carriere performed worldwide before royalty and heads of state. student Caitlin Thomas. Patricia S. Carter Thomas A. Cervone and Susan Creswell

12 NOTEWORTHY NOTEWORTHYmusic.utk.edu 134 STUDENT NEWS Sandra S. Chesney HONORS CONVOCATION AWARDS 2014 Church Street United Methodist Church Parrel Appolis (BM) won the TMTA Se- Dale R. and Lauren Clark nior Division in flute and competed at the CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE COMPETITION Part of the college-wide Exhibition for Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA). Douglas Clark regional competition in Kentucky. Ariel Buehler is passionate about an unlikely combi- Stephen W. Clark and School of Music Winners: Yi-Ting Huang, piano; Carson Hayes, piano; UTopia Saxophone Quartet: Ryan nation: science and music. A Haslam Scholar from Knoxville, Rebecca L. Duncan-Clark In addition to winning the School of Music’s Bright, soprano saxophone; Mark Cook, alto saxophone; Jake Lane, tenor saxophone; Nick Lloyd, baritone saxo- she is a senior in food science and technology with a minor in Karen J. Cobb Concerto Competition, Lauren Asimak- phone; Nathan Williamson, djembe music. This year, she was awarded the prestigious Goldwater Stephen R. and Jan Cobble oupoulos (MM, flute performance) was an Scholarship and was named a Torchbearer, the highest honor Lynn R. and Raymond J. Coker Jr. alternate in the TMTA College Young Artist 2014 STUDENT RESEARCH CONTEST IN MUSIC for undergraduate students that the university awards. Bue- Andrea L. Colbert Competition and has played in several First Place: Nathan Reeves for his paper “Claudio Monteverdi’s Pianto della Madonna: Marian Piety, hler is a violist for the UT Symphony Orchestra, the UT Opera Community and high-level master classes. Eroticism, and Lament in Seventeenth-Century Venice.” Senior Center of Corryton Orchestra, and the UT Chamber Orchestra. She has taught Second Place: Tyler Mitchell for his paper “Defiance in Tragedie en musique: Lully and Quinault’s Paul and Darlia M. Conn Adam Ford (MME) served more than 360 hours of viola lessons to at-risk children as a volunteer at the Joy Empowering of the Feminine in Armide.” Mary Costa as the 2013–14 East of Music School. In addition, she has served as a student trustee for the Knoxville Ruth A. and William L. Couch Jr. Tennessee President for Opera Board of Directors and product development chair for the Institute of COLLEGE MUSIC SOCIETY SOUTHERN CHAPTER 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Christopher David Cox and Tennessee C-NAfME. Food Technologists Student Association. Honorable Mention: Lydia Kabalen in the Student Paper Contest for her paper “A Turn in Music Edu- Vee Panagakos “Ariel is consistently demonstrating a pursuit of excellence, service, and initia- cation: The Tanglewood Symposium.” Rachel Grubb (graduate Betsey Beeler Creekmore tive that goes well beyond expectations,” said a nominator for the Torchbearer Honorable Mention: Natalie Renfroe in the Student Paper Contest for her paper “Gender Distribu- artist certificate, violin) James A. and Diane Crook award. “She will undoubtedly continue to excel at all she undertakes, and she will tion: History of Women in the College Band.” has been accepted into the PhD program David H. and Linda D. Crumpton be a true Volunteer for life.” in music Mary F. Cushman education MUSIC STUDY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP 2014–15: Jacob Lane Janan H. and Susan M. Dakak and con- C. David and Jan Daugherty Cello students Willis Koa and Ben Rogers Knoxville. She also received the presti- ducting at STUDENT AMBASSADORS, 2014–15: Olivia Anderson, Liza Cooper, Marissa Mitchell, Erin Murphy, Dolly C. and Frank W. Davis Jr. were fellowship students at the prestigious gious 2014 Extraordinary Professional Florida State Jasmeen Pantleay, Noah Tuten Harry Preston Davis 2014 Roundtop Music Festival in Texas. Promise Award from the College of Arts University. She will study with Clifford Susan C. and Jimmy Davis and Sciences. Madsen, one of the most published music Amanda Lovell (MME) gave OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIORS, 2013–14 Anthony M. and Susanna V. Deaton education professors in the country. her paper, “The Dalcroze Krysta Rutland (MM) and Megan Chosen by the faculty in their individual areas, recipients must have a 3.5 GPA, show professional prom- Randall DeFord Method: Integration Into Whiteman (MM) were accepted into ise, and have made a significant overall contribution to the program. Harold and Lucinda Denton Lydia Kabalen (MME) was awarded the music education; music theory composition; piano American Music Education,” a prestigious piccolo symposium this Landon Paul, Benjamin Stevenson, / Carson Hayes, Adrienne Yetive Diiulio Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Profes- performance; Kyle Bothof, studio music and jazz; Alex Ward, voice performance during the CMS Southern summer in Iowa. Thomas R. Dillon sional Promise. She also gave her paper, “A and Mid-Atlantic Chapters Cathleen Dodge and Clark Miller Turn in Music Education: The Tanglewood Kimberly Joint Conference in Knoxville. SIGMA ALPHA IOTA SCHOLASTIC AWARD: Madison Witt Eileen Marie Downey

Symposium,” during the CMS Southern Simpkins Presented to an active senior member of the Gamma Rho chapter of SAI who holds the highest Michael W. Driskill and and Mid-Atlantic Chapters Joint Confer- This fall, graduating senior Chris Miller (MM, violin grade point average. Elizabeth B. Ford ence in Knoxville. is headed to England to begin his MM in performance) E. Ely and Phylis N. Driver cello performance at the Birmingham Con- presented a Peter Duden Inna Karsheva (BM, violin PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA COLLEGIATE HONOR AWARD: Evan Middleton servatoire, where he will be a student of juried poster Anne G. Dungan performance) presented Given to a graduating Sinfonian who has made significant contributions to both his chapter and renowned English cellist Alexander Baillie. session on school and has demonstrated outstanding musicianship, scholarship, and service. James D. and Carol E. Durham her research on underrep- teaching stu- Charleene G. Edwards resented Eastern Euro- Natalie Renfroe (MME) dent violinists Lynn W. England pean composers at UT’s gave her paper, “Gen- PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA SCHOLASTIC AWARD: John David Clark to overcome Carol J. Evans Undergraduate Research der Distribution: His- Presented to the graduating senior Sinfonian with the highest grade point average. the physical Carol Ross Evans Symposium in April. She also attended tory of Women in the effects of performance anxiety at the Glady A. Faires the prestigious Interharmony International College Band,” during GERALD W. BARNES FUND FOR EXCELLENCE IN WOODWINDS AWARD: Megan Brooker 2014 American String Teachers Associa- R. Kent and Susan A. Farris Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy, in July. the CMS Southern and Established by the Arkansas Community Foundation to reward excellence in woodwind studies. tion Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Mid-Atlantic Chapters Joint Conference in Scott A. and Jami Faulkner PRESSER SCHOLARSHIP: Elizabeth Cooper Harold Fee Presented annually to a UT music major who is a rising senior with a high grade point average and has Diane O. and Joe C. Feeman Jr. at least one third of his or her classes outside the field of music. The award is voted on by the faculty. James Fellenbaum John F. Fellers Thomas F. Fine and Patricia Maffeo PI KAPPA LAMBDA HONOR SOCIETY Carson Hayes (BM, piano performance, ‘14) was a featured solo pianist The only music organization recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. Dedicated Marcia Finfer at a special concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall in April. The concert, The Rite by its founders to the fostering of scholarly interest in the theoretical and historical aspects of First Christian Church of Spring: a Mix of Musical and Cultural Traditions, was part of the InterHarmony music and to the pursuit of eminent achievement in performance, composition, music education, Melody J. Fitzsimmons International Music Festival’s concert series. and research. Michelle Fratus Hayes has been an active music festival participant, attending the Sewan- Coy Freeman and 2014 NEW MEMBERS: Kathryn Kinnard Freeman nee Summer Music Festival, Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, Indiana Rachel Brown Abigail Puzzo Lyon Shelise Washington Rosemary Gartner University Piano Academy, and the InterHarmony International Music Festivals Jessie Anne Compton Kevin Nolan Sandra Wells Stephen P. and Mary Ann Geoffrey in Hinterzarten, Germany, and Arcidosso, Italy. Lindsey Cope Zachary Pentecost Elizabeth Williams David G. and Sharon W. Gerkin In 2013, Hayes won the UT Concerto Competition and played the first move- Peter Johnson Marshall Rollings Charles W. Goan ment of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 1 with the UT Symphony Orchestra. Frank B. and Anna Gray He also won the 2013 Tennessee MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition and Caaj A. and Yellie Greebe was selected as the alternate in the Southern Division this past January. Green Magnet Math and Science Academy W. Clayton and Elizabeth A. Greene Melinda V. and Donald Davis Grohman

14 NOTEWORTHY NOTEWORTHYmusic.utk.edu 154 Joseph K. Grubb and FACULTY NEWS Phylis J. Secrist John C. Habel and Dorothy Allison Adams (saxophone) was recently published Collaborative Piano Programs, as well as music Metzger Habel in Notes of Hope (Mountain Peak Music), a collec- director of the Emerging Artists Program. Melvyn L. and Edith C. Halbert tion of stories by musicians who have dealt with James Fellenbaum (orchestra) continued his Kenneth and Lynda Hamilton performance injuries. Adams writes of her struggle BY CINDY MOFFETT position as resident conductor with the Knox- Judy Handley Can’t Stop the Music and triumph over focal dystonia, which led to her ville Symphony Orchestra, where he made his Albert J. and Carmen C. Harb current research in the integration of yoga and mu- During Sande MacMorran’s forty years of teaching tuba and 280 musicians in five Masterworks debut in March in an all-Bach Allie Harmon sic pedagogy. Notes was compiled by David Vining euphonium (tenor tuba), he also directed, conducted, toured, orchestras. Professors Cecily program that included all six Brandenburg Patricia A. and David J. Harris Jr. and is available through iTunes. and played principle tuba for the Knoxville Symphony. Like any He has great mem- Nall and Sande Concerti. He continues to conduct education Kathryn M. Hart-Reilly good teacher, though, he is proudest of his students. ories of traveling with MacMorran at his Fay Swadley Adams (piano) continues to teach at and community partnership concerts, includ- Randall F. and Linda D. Hartwig “My UT students have become outstanding private legendary trombone retirement party. summer music institutes in Beaver Creek, Colorado; ing a Side-by-Side concert with Hardin Valley Hashem M. and Nazzy Hashemian teachers and band directors. Others play professionally, professor Don Hough the McPhail School of Music in Minneapolis, Min- Academy, Pops, and the KSO Young People’s Haslam Family Foundation Inc. such as in the nation’s premier Army, Navy, and Marine and UT’s Faculty nesota; and the Hart School of Music in Hartford, Concerts. Fellenbaum is also music director Natalie L. and James A. Haslam II bands in Washington, DC,” he said. Brasswind Quintet. Connecticut. Adams continued her association with for the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra, Joshua Henry He knows this playing field well. MacMorran was in grad- “It seemed that every MTNA as the national senior competition coordinator which celebrated its fortieth anniversary season Christopher Herndon uate school when he was drafted for the Vietnam War. Soon time a cold front or at the national conference held in Chicago. In June with special concerts and events. He also guest Hillary Anne Herndon after landing a position with the US Army Band in Washington, snow storm moved she received the TMTA’s Distinguished Service Award. conducted the Portland Columbia Symphony Mary D. Hess DC (Pershing’s Own), he and four other bandsmen founded toward Knoxville, we Orchestra in Portland, Oregon, and the Asheville Stephanie Rose Hibbert In fall 2013, Wesley Baldwin (cello) performed the prestigious US Army Brass Quintet. “We were sent to tour were already halfway Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina. Mark L. and Catherine C. Hill as concerto soloist with the Florence (SC), Oak separately from the rest of the band, and they even purchased to Florida.” Robin Hill Ridge, and Manchester (CT) symphonies. In April, Miroslav Hristov a plane ticket for my tuba,” he said. Since retiring Sheila and Christopher T. Hill he performed Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no. 1 (violin) received Over the years, MacMorran has had a baton in his hand at the end of 2013, Ann K. and Peter D. Holler in E Flat Major in two performances with the Chat- the 2014 TMTA’s almost as often as a tuba. This is his twenty-fifth season to MacMorran teaches Judith Ann Hollingsworth tanooga Symphony. This summer, Baldwin taught Teacher of the conduct for the Appalachian Ballet, and he was assistant and one day a week, conducts for the ballet, and continues to Henry C. and Alicia Randisi Hooker and performed at the ARIA and Wintergreen Year Award, the associate conductor for the Knoxville Symphony for thirteen play with the Knoxville Symphony. He also has more time for Carol Y. and William A. Horne Academies, the Michigan City Chamber Music Tennessee Gov- years. During his thirty years as music director and conductor flatwater canoeing and trips to his cabin on the French Broad Martha Ragsdale House Festival, and was on the faculty at the Cincinnati ernor’s School for for the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra, it grew from River. “Life is exciting and well-balanced,” he says. “I certainly Dana Douglas Howard and Young Artists Summer Cello Workshop. the Arts Out- a thirty-five-piece ensemble to an association of more than have no complaints!” Rogene Russell-Howard standing Teacher Last November, David Brunell (piano) performed Miroslav Petrov and Award, and the UT Maria Nathalie Hristov Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto no. 1 in G Minor Faculty Distin- Richard W. and Ann S. Ince with the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra. guished Teaching J. A. Fielden Co. Inc. At the Southern/Mid-Atlantic Joint Regional Col- Award. As part of John C. Jacobs Jr. lege Music Society Conference in February, Brunell the internationally Geurt and Carol G. Jacobs BY CINDY MOFFETT collaborated with David Northington ­(piano) Composer Says ‘Farewell’ acclaimed Kalei- Therese A. and Charles James in a duo-piano performance of Trepidations by dos Duo, Hristov’s Craig Jarvis Much-awarded composer Kenneth Jacobs joined UT’s tric-acoustic” to orchestral music and have been played across Doug Harbin of Arizona State University, and compact disc, Alan R. Javorcky music school in 1974. During his forty-year career he directed Europe, in North and South America, and in Australia. He has also presented “Two Roads Diverged in a Wood: Italy’s “Generation of 1880” and their Disciples, Christopher Allan Jerger and the composition program, built UT’s electronic sound studio, released seventeen solo compact discs of his music through ‘A Little Night Music,’” and “‘A Little Morning Alice Schoo-Jerger was released by Roméo Record in April. Hris- and taught acoustic and electronic music composition. the Opus One, Impact, and Zyode labels. Theory’—Should We Take the One Less Traveled Patricia A. Jobe tov presented his research, “Violin Treasures Jacobs, who retired this year, received his Doctor of His talent extends to visual mediums, as well. He toured By?” Brunell also gave this presentation at the Johnson String Instruments Inc. Unveiled: Bulgarian Pedagogical Methods and Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin. widely with a dozen presentations of his own mesmerizing art- TMTA state conference in Knoxville in June where Allen E. Johnson Literature for Developing Violinists” at the 2014 His many composition awards include the International New work and photography coupled with synthesized music. he performed piano duets with noted composer Jeffrey H. and Sharon B. Johnson Joint Regional Conference of the College Music Music Composers Award, the Brown University Choral Prize, American Record Guide said Jacobs is “more interested in Catherine Rollin of Detroit, Michigan. John Thomas and Society Southern and Mid-Atlantic Chapters in the Tennessee Orchestral Prize, and awards from the Tennes- communication, mood, and style than in the complexities of Jodie McTeer Johnson Patricia Carter (piano) self-published her latest Knoxville and at the 2014 National Conference see and Texas Music Educators Associations. ‘academic’ music. It is music of a deceptive kind—seemingly Katie Marguerite Johnson sight-reading textbook, Beginning Piano Artistry. of the American String Teachers Association in Jacobs’s compositions range from synthesized to “elec- simple and accessible, but created with consummate skill.” Virginia H. Jones This unique “big picture” approach focuses on body Louisville, Kentucky. Hristov presented “Petar Susan and Howard F. Kastner Jr. position, sight-reading without looking at the keys, Hristoskov’s Caprices for Solo Violin: A Hidden Chuckie Kirby creative improvisation, harmonization, and discover- Treasure from the Bulgarian Violin Literature” Glorietta Klarich ing the spirit of the music. at the Tennessee Music Educators Association Lowry Franklin and Jane W. Kline Want to give to the School of Music? Conference in Memphis. In November 2013, he Kevin Class (collaborative piano, opera) performed Knoxville Scottish Rite Foundation Did you know that the School of Music relies on donations to support performed No Strings Attached at Carnegie Hall two recitals last September for the Festival of the Knoxville Womans Club the major portion of our scholarship funds, as a great majority of our stu- as part of the Interharmony International Music Americas and recorded a compact disc in San Juan, Elisa C. Koehler dents require financial assistance? Through a donation to the school, you Festival Faculty Series. Puerto Rico, with violinist Francisco Caban. Last fall Elizabeth M. Koester can assist in ensuring that the best and most ­talented students attend Class visited Manila, the Philippines, where he con- (trumpet) performed at the Inter- Richard Kolasheski the UT School of Music. Cathy Leach ducted Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail and national Women’s Brass Conference with the Vickie H. and William M. Law Jr. There are many ways to give. The School of Music Enrichment Fund a series of master classes at the University of the Stiletto Brass Quintet and Monarch Brass, an Jon R. and Toni Lawler allows the school to allocate money toward specific funds or other ini- Philippines, Dilliman, for singers and chamber music. all-star brass ensemble comprised of outstand- Sherri Parker Lee tiatives as needed. Specific funds, including the UT Opera Theatre, the After conducting the Idyllwild Academy Orchestra ing female musicians from around the world. Lawrence P. and Kay S. Leibowitz Jazz Program, and the UT Symphony Orchestra, among many others, in May 2014, Class traveled back to Manila to estab- In April, she played concerts and conducted Ruth Ann Looney provide support to programs of your choice. lish the Philippines Young Artist Opera Program. master classes with the Stiletto Brass Quintet Jack Love and For more information on giving opportunities, visit utk.edu/go/gv Theresa Michaelene Lee He also joined the faculty of the prestigious Oberlin at Boston Conservatory, Keene State College, or contact Christopher Cox, director of development for the College Mary L. Luper in Italy Program as head of the Conducting and SUNY-Adirondack, Plymouth State College, and of Arts and Sciences, at 865-974-7692, or [email protected]. Sandra and James F. Lyon III Pearl A. Lyons Joseph H. and Ellen A. Macek

16 NOTEWORTHY music.utk.edu 17 FACULTY NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Julia and H. Cameron MacManus Joan Carolyn MacReynolds and Carmen J. Nappo Margaret Madden Spaulding High School in Rochester, New Hampshire. In Paula Bujes (MM, violin performance, ’10) is the B Sharp Youth Music program faculty in Fort Michael L. and Regina A. Maggart March, Leach served as a judge for the high school division professor of violin at the Universidade Federal do Worth, Texas. David E. and Tammy L. Marks of the National Trumpet Competition at Messiah College FACULTY Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil. In 2013, she received Nicholaus Meyers (MM, percussion performance, James C. and Barbara Marvel in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and cohosted a Pro-Am her Doctorate of Musical Arts in violin performance ’04) is the director of athletic bands and percussion Brenda A. Maupin clinic. Leach also serves on the Board of the International from Louisiana State University. RECORDINGS at North Dakota State University. Sheena McCall Trumpet Guild and attended the 2014 ITG Conference in Sarah Campbell (BM ’11) is teaching K–5 general King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Mitchell Needham (BS, EE, ’78) is the treasurer and Duane K. McClelland and music/chorus at Mt. Harmony Elementary in Janice McNeeley McClelland managing partner of Proven Compliance Solutions Keith McClelland (bassoon) performed with MTSU Owings, Maryland. Patsy L. and Wallace McClure Jr. Inc., an engineering consultancy that specializes in flute professor Deanna Little at the Murfreesboro Youth Adele M. McDonald Sharon Little Cundiff (BME ’60) is teaching power system reliability and compliance. Orchestra annual fundraiser in February. Last November, Richard L. and private piano lessons and also performs for Carole K. McLaughlin his group, Bea-UT-ful Bassoons, performed at the Veter- David Richeson (BS, ’84) is an associate profes- SAI, CU Music Interest Group, and other casual Darrin Patrick and ans Day Luncheon held at the John T. O’Connor Senior sor of music at the University of Arkansas at Little Sharon Isgett Mcmurry music clubs. Center in Knoxville. Rock, teaching jazz improvisation, history of jazz, Marcia D. and Robert J. Mielnik Jennifer D’Agostino (MM, voice, ’06) is the history of rock, and introduction to music. Colleen and Kevin Milks David Royse (music education) pre- director for the Chicago Opera Theater for M. Hughes Miller Jr. sented the Lightning Talk “Arts Inte- Kris Rucinski (BM, piano, ’12) is in the MM piano Teens program at Solorio Academy High School Deborah Fitch Milligan gration for K–12 Schools: Progressive performance program at the University of Cincin- in Chicago. She also is a teaching artist for Jacqueline L. Mines or Regressive?” during the fifty-sixth nati College-Conservatory of Music. He won a CCM “Opera for All” with Chicago Opera Theater and Fuad and Layla Mishu National Annual Conference of the Col- concerto competition by performing Lou Garrison’s teaches music education at Pilgrim Lutheran M. Janice Mitchell and lege Music Society in Cambridge, Mas- Piano Concerto, receiving rave reviews. School in Chicago, Illinois. In 2014, D’Agostino M. Wayne Honeycutt sachusetts, last November. He served as toured as a resident artist with Knoxville Opera Travis Skeen (BM, ’09) is a pastor of music and Dale Evelyn Molter panel moderator for “The Broad Brush as Adina in The Elixir of Love. worship at Mon-Aetna Baptist Church in Union, Janet Lee and A.L. Moore Jr. on Music-Science-Society” and as a panelist for “Next South Carolina. Michael T. and Judy Ann Morman Steps: Research to Policy and Practice” during the College Rachel Dennis (MM, ’12; graduate artist certifi- John H. Morrison and Music Society Summit: Music, Science, and Society in cate, ’13) was appointed as the piano instructor Dax Stokes (BM, euphonium performance, ’00) Vivian S. Montgomery Morrison Seattle, Washington, in May. Royse also presented the at the Episcopal School of Knoxville. is a reference librarian and adjunct instructor of Julie A. Morton session “Core Literature for School Bands and Orchestras” Gregory Tardy (jazz saxophone) released Hope in music at North Central Texas College, where he also Terry W. Morton Cheri Elkins (BME, voice, ’11) is now a graduate during the 2013 C-NAfME fall kickoff at Cumberland Uni- January 2014, a mix of original material, hymns, and served as the 2013–14 faculty congress president. Arie Virginia and student in UT’s school counseling program. Michael Motschman versity in Lebanon, Tennessee, last September. jazz standards in a modern jazz format. With this Brooke Neal Wood (BME, ’07) is pursing a PhD in Emerson J. Mounger and release, “Tardy proves himself an artist of vision and Olivia Ellis (MM, piano, ’10) was appointed to Joanne Riggins Mounger (bands) traveled to Ball State University fine arts administration from Texas Tech University. Gary Sousa depth, with a sound and purpose all his own.”—New the music faculty of Bryan College in Dayton, in December to guest conduct their wind ensemble in Barbara A. Murphy York City Jazz Record Tennessee. concert and serve as conductor and clinician for the Ball Charlotte Musgraves Music Study Club State University High School Honor Band. Sousa was David Northington Andrew Hunter (MME, ’04) left his position recognized in January by having an endowed scholarship as director of bands at Louisiana College to Are you an alumnus with Cecily Janice Nall (piano) released Aaron Carmen J. Nappo and named in his honor by UT alumnus and longtime UT Band Copland: Complete become minister of music at Main Street Bap- noteworthy news to share? Joan Carolyn MacReynolds supporter, William Salmons. The Dr. William K. Salmons Solo Piano Works, tist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and enter Take a moment to send us John M. Neal and Dr. Gary Sousa Band Leadership Award will provide Volume 2 in fall 2013. the DMA program in wind conducting at the your music-related stories Milton H. Nelson University of Southern Mississippi. scholarship support to undergraduate band leaders. As A review by the and photos, along with your Sandra J. Nelson head of the American Bandmasters Association Commis- degree, music field, and year of American Record Guide Steve Ingle (BS, ’94) continues to enjoy a very David B. and sioning Committee, Sousa oversaw the premiere of two Stephanie B. Northington states Northington’s busy and fulfilling career as a freelance bas- graduation. Please send your new works for band at this year’s ABA National Conven- updates to [email protected]. Nicholas J. and performance is soonist in the Chicago area. Jessica Northington tion in Montgomery, Alabama. Both premieres were the beautiful “with a clear, Robert F. Ogdin result of more than two years of work by Sousa and his Elizabeth Janners (BM, flute, ’04) is a master’s uncomplicated sense Mioko Y. Oliver committee of fifteen nationally recognized ABA mem- candidate for school counseling at Marquette of musical line, an absolutely perfect voicing of the Jeffrey and Joni Pappas bers. In August, Sousa served as head adjudicator at the University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. harmonies, and a sense of expression tailor-made for Joe P. Pass Victorian Music Festival in Melbourne, Australia. each piece.” David Kalhous (MM, piano, ’06) is an assistant Nancy C. Paule professor of piano at The Florida State Univer- Elizabeth Lapsley Pendergrast (tuba/euphonium) recently released two New Faces, Kelly Thomas sity School of Music. Dale J. and Rita S. Pendley CDs—A Hot Holiday, and March of the Wildcats—with Marla P. Peterson New Appointments his band, the Original Wildcat Jass Band. Young Kim (MM, piano, ’10) was appointed to the music faculty of Lincoln Memorial University Ronald E. and Nancy R. Pevey This year, we welcome new staff memberKenon in Harriman, Tennessee. William T. Pflanze Steward as assistant auditoria coordinator. We also are Pilot Corporation pleased to introduce seven new faculty members— Ann Letsinger (MME, ’10) has been working as Janet Sadler and David Pippin Loneka Wilkinson Battiste, lecturer in music education; a strings teacher in Nyeri, Kenya, since fall 2013. Powell Foundation Alex van Duuren, lecturer in trombone; Andrew Sigler, Previously, she was the orchestra director of the Sandra G. and James J. Powell Sr. lecturer in composition; Ken Stephenson and Jorge Miller Magnet Middle School in Georgia. Presser Foundation , lecturers in music theory; , Variego Angsumala Tamang Thomas Lovett (MM, violin performance, ’13) is Gwynn W. and Betty June Ramsey lecturer in musicology; and Kelly Thomas, lecturer in the orchestra director at Leonard Middle School Janice R. Reeves tuba/euphonium. Finally, congratulations to Victor in Fort Worth, Texas. He is also performing with Reuning and Son Violins Inc. Chavez, who is now an assistant professor of clarinet. the Pan American Ensemble and serves on Henry Q. and Dona Thompson Rinne Gary A. Riser

18 NOTEWORTHY music.utk.edu 19 DONOR SPOTLIGHT Dan Robbins Patricia L. Robinson John K. and Georgina G. Rogers Emily Fretz and Advisory Board D. Morton Rose Jr. Carol Aebersold Kevin M. and Janet A Ross BY CINDY MOFFETT BY CASSANDRA J. SPROLES Funds Scholarships Pete L. and Virginia B. Rowlett Mary-Molly Royse It’s easy to catch the Volunteer spirit. Just ask music Glo Klarich came to the School of Music Advisory Board William S. and Elisabeth Rukeyser education alumna and Elf on the Shelf creator Carol by way of a concert grand piano. When she wanted to Mary A. Russell Aebersold, who hadn’t been back to campus since get rid of the piano that had come with her house, the Alan and Patricia Brake Rutenberg school gratefully accepted it. graduating in 1970. Last year, she and her late hus- Margaret F. Fuller Not long afterward, Ken Keeling, who was the head band, Bob, visited at Homecoming and he fell in love Lisa M. Scrivani-Tidd and with the energy of the university. of the music school, asked if she and her husband would Roderick J. Tidd “He wanted to be a part of it all,” says Aebersold “The essence of help found an advisory board. “Being involved in music Anna K. Shea with a smile. “Even though he graduated from Virgin- for years—I had a short-lived career as a singer—it was a Courtney W. Shea ia Tech, he would put on his orange tie and go out. living is giving.” no-brainer,” she said. Bill Martin rounded out the board Moshe and Ilana I. Siman-Tov He was an honorary Vol.” of three, and their mission was to raise funds for schol- Scott Andrew Skoog The Aebersolds were impressed by the warm wel- arships. Using the music school’s faculty and student Jennings B. and Carol Ann Smalley come they received on campus and the way faculty, talent, they organized a springtime gala of music and Susan C. Somaini staff, and students seemed to care so much about fine dining. Peggy J. Sood the university. “Our first fundraiser was at Naples restaurant and it South Knoxville Elementary “You can tell everyone wants UT to be excellent in brought in a small amount,” she said. “We did it there for SPEAK every way,” she says. “That mindset has changed the two years before outgrowing it.” Dorothy B. and L. Caesar Stair III ambience of campus.” Both the number of board members and the amount Glo Klarich Emma B. Stallings They also were quite impressed with the newly of money raised continued to grow; now, twenty-three Nancy B. Stanley-Riser and opened Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. As a music members are helping power fundraisers that net Gary Riser education major, Aebersold attended classes in what $50,000 a year. Steinway Piano Gallery of Nashville was then known as the “new” music building, which “The amazing thing is, I’m still on it. I think they’re Billie M. Stephens was in the same location as the current Haslam Music afraid to get rid of me,” she chuckled. Karen Cook and Charles F. Sterchi III Center. She has fond memories of her classes and “I just wish everyone in Knoxville knew what’s avail- John C. and Roberta M. Stewart teachers, including UT Singers Director Guy Bach- able to them as free concerts and recitals and the quality Jeffrey Lynn and Amy Stiles man, whom she recalls being a mentor and a friend. of musicians that we have here, both the professors and Theresa A. Stone Today, the only similarity between the buildings the students. We have to keep up the quality of excel- Austin P. and Ann R. Stubblefield is the footprint. Otherwise, the new building is filled lence. And the only way to do it, to get great students, is Jerold C. Teachey and Jan H. Petri MD with the most up-to-date technology and the best by giving scholarships,” she said. The Ivory League musical instruments—UT became an All-Steinway In its continued focus on growth, the board is now ex- The New Cleveland Group Inc. school in 2013. ploring a fundraiser in Tellico Village. New member Jane Sabrina Diane Thomas Aebersold was “in awe” when she toured the new Tolhurst hopes to carry the effort even further. Donald V. Thompson II music building. “We were just so happy for the stu- “Perhaps we can have a music event in Blount County Todd Richesin Interiors dents,” she says. “To have such a facility is amazing and I can pull in people there and expand the horizons G. F. and Jane T. Tolhurst for them.” both ways. I think we have a lot of potential donors— David C. and Malinda B. Torbett After all, there’s a soft spot in Aebersold’s heart for people who are so loyal to UT, but who haven’t been Jane Tolhurst David and Alice J. Torbett students and education. She was a music teacher for asked yet.” Joseph B. Trahern Jr. three years in Scott County and Cleveland, Tennessee, A busy volunteer for the fine arts, music, and educa- David M. and Helen D. Traver before she married Bob (they were set up on a blind tion, the board is a natural match for her interests and John C. Trotter date by a student in Cleveland). During her teaching love of music. “The board exists to fundraise, and I’m a Monroe E. and Sandra L. Trout years, Aebersold says she encountered many children worker bee. I can really shine at parties, help decorate for who had never taken a music class. the gala, help get people to turn out, and fill the tables.” Robert M. and Nancy W. Trusty “I know there are some people, not too far away, Board Chair Mark Hill has a Steinway grand and Mary A. Tucker who are less fortunate,” Aebersold says. “And we sheets of music in his office, but he’s not a professional Ann Marie Tugwell wanted to help.” musician. The businessman calls music an avocation that Michael Hilton and Meme F. Tunnell Following their visit to campus last fall, the Aeber- drives much of his volunteer effort. Alexander and Nancy VanHook solds decided to make a $100,000 gift to the School “The School of Music is seriously deficient in scholar- Jane H. and Frank F. Venable Jr. of Music to help students fulfill their music dreams. ship funds. We have this world-class faculty, this glori- Tracy M. Viles The Carol and Robert Aebersold Endowed Schol- ous new building, and we lose some students to other Joseph A. and Wylene A. Vrba Janice Buxton and arship for the School of Music is already helping to schools because they have better scholarships,” Hill said. Dwight R. Wade Jr. make a difference for students who may not have “The challenge we face right now is to build on what James B. and M. Agnes Wager had the opportunity to attend college otherwise. we have and to become a bigger thinking, more effec- Stephanie C. Wayland “It makes me feel happy to help someone else,” tive fundraising arm. We’ll work with the development Wells Fargo Advisors LLC Aebersold says. And though she recently suffered office to grow.” Mark Hill Robert and Donna Wertz the unexpected loss of her husband, Aebersold is Susan C. Whipple taking to heart something that he often said: “The Joseph Harvey and essence of living is giving.” Karen Harr White William B. Wilhite

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