Rough Genre-Blending Performance and Creative Innovation, Frost Musicians Are Raising the Bar on the Experience of Music

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Catch Crescendothe rough genre-blending performance and creative innovation, Frost musicians are raising the bar on the experience of music. Message from the Dean

Dear Alumni and Friends of the Frost School of Music,

Can you feel it? A musical crescendo is welling up at the Frost School of Music. Whether you graduated recently or decades ago—or you are a current student, faculty, or fan—all of us are bound together by our common love of music and our dedication to performing, composing, and researching at the highest levels.

Be proud! Frost alumni are performing on concert stages worldwide, starring on Broadway, recording in Hollywood, working in orchestra pits of major opera companies, managing festivals and performing arts venues, teaching musicians of tomorrow, and spearheading discoveries in their fields.

On a curricular level, this was a year of amazing transformation at the Frost School. We implemented two new graduate degrees, hired faculty members from the most distinguished ranks of the music profession, and piloted the Frost Experiential Music Curriculum. We also reached out even more to our community with several initiatives, including Frost MusicReach, detailed further in this issue of Score magazine.

All of this tells me one thing—the Frost School of Music is setting the bar for the future of music education. We owe much of our success to the support we received this year from wonderful alumni and friends who choose to give back so others may receive the opportunities their talent deserves.

As a result, I am proud to report that the Frost School has significantly increased its merit-based undergraduate scholarship pool and graduate fellowships, enabling us to attract the brightest and most talented musicians in the country. In the last three years the average SAT score for incoming Frost freshmen has risen by 90 points!

Published annually, Score magazine updates you on all the Frost School activities while also serving as a global music forum of shared knowledge and passion. I encourage you to reach out and tell us about the many ways you are shaping the music profession. My email address is [email protected], and I look forward to hearing from you.

So, say it with pride and tell the world—“I’m a Frost musician!” Be sure to include your Frost degree information in your professional biography, link the Frost homepage www.music.miami.edu to your website, and help us build the reputation of the Frost School by recommending it to all young people you meet who are aspiring to make their lives in music.

I am proud to be your dean and proud to be a Frost musician.

Warmly,

Shelton G. Berg Dean, Frost School of Music Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music Spring 2011

Frost School of Music Frost School of Music Dean Shelton G. Berg contents Associate Dean, Administration Nicholas J. DeCarbo Associate Dean, Graduate Studies F EATURES Edward P. Asmus Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Studies Kenneth J. Moses Assistant Dean, Development Passing the Baton Holly Freyre 18 African-American maestros reflect on the paths they took Director, Admissions and Recruitment Karen Kerr to get from the Frost School to the professional podium. Director, Business Affairs Denise Eutsey Director, Marketing and Communications Julia D. Berg 22 Winds of Change University Communications The Frost Wind Ensemble and Director Gary Green are Vice President for Communications breathing new life into the literary canon for wind band by 18 Jacqueline R. Menendez commissioning new works from today’s greatest composers. Assistant Vice President for Communications and Marketing 26 Todd Ellenberg Director of Editorial Services Meredith Danton 26 Mancini on the Marquee Art and Design Director From HBO specials to JazzRoots concerts and more, the Scott Fricker Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra is turning up the tempo Senior Graphic Designer Sau Ping Choi at premier performance spaces. Production Supervisor Angie Villanueva

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Experiential Music Curriculum Shapes Versatile Musicians

assistant professor in the Department of Music Theory and Composition at the Frost School, who has played a pivotal role in implementing the EMC in the classroom. “The most rewarding part about teaching this curricu- Experiential Music OvErhAulinG thE unDErGrADuAtE lum is being able to see tremendous progress in students’ Curriculum in music curriculum to be more relevant for today’s music abilities in all facets of music.” Session: From left, world is a top priority of the national Association instead of relying on rote learning, the curriculum Assistant Professor of Schools of Music (nASM), an organization of trains students to readily hear, perform, and understand Juan Chattah, more than 600 schools, conservatories, colleges, music of varying styles in historical and contemporary Visiting Professor and universities that establishes national standards contexts; read musical scores and hear the music in their John Stewart, and for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other minds; perform in ensembles of all sizes and genres with Lecturer Raina credentials. to date, the Frost School of Music is an understanding of both theory and performance; and Murnak. the first accredited member to significantly revise its learn to collaborate and compose in varying styles. These undergraduate curriculum to internalized musical skills are then applied and amplified address nASM concerns. when students participate in larger ensembles; rehears- “ The most rewarding The Experiential Music als are more productive, and performances are even more part about teaching Curriculum (EMC) is a fresh informed and inspired. approach created by the Frost “Fostering our students’ ability to transfer knowl- this curriculum School of Music faculty that edge from theory to performance, from aural training to is being able to develops “internal musicians” music history, even from math or linguistics to music is through a carefully planned and key in developing their ability to function musically in see tremendous tested program that fully inte- a complex musical world,” Chattah says. “We want our progress in grates performance, music history, students to be versatile. We know the music industry is students’ abilities in ear training, music theory, and extremely volatile, so we want them to easily adapt in this composition in four to six hours constantly changing environment.” all facets of music.” of weekly chamber music and The EMC also requires every student to take a full small group hands-on year of music technology classes, where they learn ad- sessions. All freshman music students at the Frost vanced music notation, music sequencing, and hard-disk School of Music are now enrolled in the Experiential recording techniques on their own laptops. in addition, Music Curriculum from day one, regardless of major. they take a year of music business classes, where they “We are not following traditional—and often learn how to negotiate contracts, set up a business, and dated—pedagogical methods,” says Juan Chattah, market their musical skills in a new-media environment.

{ 2 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Music Business Faculty Serona Elton Spearheads Miami Live Music Month thE AirWAvES OvEr Greater Miami swelled in the month of november as Miami live Music Month brought Miami’s live music scene to the forefront of South Florida’s cultural landscape. Co- inciding with the annual Miami Music Festival, this month-long promotion showcased local artists, live music venues, and upcoming performances. A partnership of the Greater Miami Convention & visitors Bureau (GMCvB) and the Miami-Dade Office of Film & Entertainment’s Advisory Board, Miami As a champion for the music live is the only month-long festival of its kind in the world business, Elton is a strong mentor to dedicated solely to the promotion of live music within the aspiring students, even bringing them to community. it follows the same model as Miami Spice the GMCvB for insight on the bureau restaurant Month, Miami Spa Month, Miami Attractions and its role in community development. The new Miami Month, and other successful GMCvB programs. “Serona Elton is a very dynamic individual with Live festival Serona Elton, M.M. ’95, assistant professor in the energy, spunk, passion and a great bevy of knowledge conceptualized by Frost School’s Music Business and Entertainment that makes her an amazing advocate for the music Assistant Professor industries program, was instrumental in the Miami live and entertainment industries,” says rolando Aedo, Serona Elton, M.M. program’s inception. Elton, who is responsible for over- M.B.A. ’06, senior vice president of marketing and ’95, promotes live seeing music-related activities on the Miami-Dade Office tourism for the GMCvB. music attendance of Film & Entertainment’s Advisory Board, describes the Events and performances were held in many of Miami’s with a “Rock the benefits of the program as circular. well-known spaces—transit lounge, Churchill’s, and Bus Tour” and other “increased awareness through Miami live leads to more tobacco road—as well as off-the-beaten-path businesses. creative marketing patronage of live music venues and may encourage the Aedo added that one of Miami live’s goals is to strategies. opening of additional venues,” she explains. “The more live increase artist retention in Miami by showcasing the city music venues we have, the more opportunities there are for as a place where musicians can build their careers. musicians to perform, and the more attractive the live For more information and updates about Miami live music scene in Miami looks to visitors and residents alike.” Music Month, visit www.MiamiliveMusicMonth.com.

Redesigned Website Offers New Bells and Whistles

fter an extensive development and testing phase, the the Frost faculty Dean Shelly Berg, AUniversity of Miami’s Frost School of Music launched its website committee right, with Brian redesigned website in July 2010, which now features a variety and the University Kershner and of new and enhanced features, such as complete listings of of Miami Information Christina Delphus concerts, master classes, and recitals at all of the school’s Technology Web from UM Information performance venues; expanded faculty profiles; and videos of Design and Technology, reveal students sharing their academic and musical experiences. Development Group; the new Frost The site, viewed at www.music.miami.edu, is also the Frost Communications office implemented their vision. website. searchable. In addition, each of the school’s 12 musical Two forthcoming phases of development on the site will programs is featured on the homepage in its own accordion provide expanded coverage for the Instrumental Performance section that includes a short video of faculty members (strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion) department, Band describing the program. The design concept was created by of the Hour, Choral Studies, Graduate Studies, and more.

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Stamps Jazz Quintet Records CD of Original Compositions Members of the in 2009, A GrOup OF FivE Outstanding Soloist awards. Stamps Jazz Quintet gifted jazz students began their Members of the 2010-2011 won two out of studies together at the Frost quintet are Daniel Andrews (saxo- three Outstanding School of Music as the Stamps phone), James Suter (bass), Michael Soloist awards Jazz Quintet, and the combination piolet (drums/percussion), at the Monterey has proved to be electric. This year Stephen Szabadi (trombone), Next Generation the group released its first CD, a and nick hetko (piano). Chuck Festival, earned collection of original compositions Bergeron is the faculty mentor. four DownBeat on Summit records. The Stamps Jazz Quintet is student awards, The Stamps Jazz Quintet supported by the Stamps Family and released their made its debut in a grand perfor- Charitable Foundation, which first CD. mance at Festival Miami 2009 established a generous scholar- with vibraphonist Gary Burton, ship program to help attract the continuing with a host of concert most heavily recruited high school performances and audio and musicians to the Frost School video recordings throughout the of Music in the areas of strings, school year. in February 2010 the woodwinds, brass, and jazz. group traveled to Denver to do a “Stamps” students are grouped series of clinics and master classes, into small ensembles that perform including a performance at the together for all four years of their university of Denver, a live radio broadcast on KuvO, undergraduate studies, and they each receive a scholar- and a night at jazz club Dazzle. They also performed last ship for full tuition, room, and board. unique touring year at the prestigious Monterey next Generation and performing opportunities at festivals and venues of Festival in California, where they won two out of three distinction are also funded.

Jazz Students Rack Up More DownBeat Awards ixteen DownBeat collegiate music awards went to Frost Frost Concert Jazz SSchool of Music students in 2011—a record for the Depart- Band, pictured far ment of Studio Music and Jazz. José Valentino Ruiz, pictured right (Dante Luciani, right, is the winner of five individual awards for performances director); Frost Studio on the flute and bass guitar. Ensemble awards went to Emmet Jazz Band (Steve Cohen Trio (Martin Bejerano, director), Stamps Jazz Quintet Guerra, director); (Chuck Bergeron, director), and Frost Studio Jazz Band Frost Salsa Orchestra (Stephen Guerra, director). Individual undergraduate awards (Alberto De la Reguera, went to Emmet Cohen, piano; Gabe Medd, trumpet; Alex Weitz, director); Funk/Fusion tenor saxophone; and Dan Andrews, alto saxophone. Graduate Ensemble (Steve awards went to Timothy Buchholz for jazz voice and Kathleen Rucker, director); and Hollingsworth for jazz arrangement. Original composition “bridget & blue” ensemble featuring Bridget Davis and Luke awards went to Sam Yulsman and Gary Allen Thomas. Moellman (Gary Lindsay, director); as well as individual awards Twelve DownBeat collegiate awards were awarded in 2010 to Troy Roberts and Steve Brickman and multiple awards to to the Frost JV1 Jazz Vocal Ensemble (Larry Lapin, director); Timothy Buchholtz and Luke Moellman.

{ 4 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Frost Students Mentor At-Risk Teens through MusicReach Stamps Jazz Quintet Records CD of Original Compositions rECOGnizinG thAt A SuStAinED rElAtiOnShip with a caring adult greatly increases a child’s chances of attending college, Frost Musicreach pairs Frost School student mentors with at-risk junior high and high school students. Developed in partnership with Arts for learning, Miami-Dade public Schools, Communities in Schools, and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, the program pairs musically inclined at-risk seventh graders with the best and brightest Frost freshmen, who “adopt” them for four years. The program is quickly becoming a national role model, using music as a bridge to help teens stay in school and on a positive pervision by Ken Moses, assistant dean of undergraduate Frost MusicReach course for the future. studies, and Steve Guerra, Frost outreach coordinator. mentors meet Musicreach mentors provide weekly semi-private The executive director of the Greater Miami Youth Sym- weekly with their and group music lessons to their younger cohorts, as phony is Frost alumna Melissa lesniak, ph.D. ’05. mentees to review well as assist with schoolwork and provide life guidance. The Frost School is also partnering with ASpirA newly learned They also provide side-by-side and sectional coaching north Youth leadership Charter School in north music concepts at Greater Miami Youth Symphony rehearsals and Miami for a second outreach program with similar and provide semi- participate in larger group and community events, con- mentoring by Frost students. Coordinated by a dedicated private lessons. certs, and team-building activities. The program is con- graduate student, Chris Klaxton, the ASpirA project ducted on Sundays, primarily at the university of Miami reaches an ethnically diverse population at the middle Coral Gables campus. Musicreach mentors are trained school on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. and assessed by experts from Arts for learning with su- “From the first note i blow on the horn or the first chord i strum on the guitar, there are instantly smiles in the room,” Klaxton says. “Each day at ASpirA, despite any set of challenges that day brings, i leave feeling confident i have helped a student. We put our best foot forward in trying to be positive adult role models, and the changes i see in these students over such a short period of time assure me that we are making a difference.” A $5,000 donation matches a Frost School mentor with two teen students for an entire year. to help, please contact Alana hardan at 305-284-2238 or ahardan@miami. edu. Both programs truly make a difference for our mentors and the teens they serve.

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String Quartets Celebrate Korn Family Gift of this extraordinary gift, the Frost School presented a String Quartet Celebration on January 28, 2011 at Maurice Gusman Concert hall featuring works from the collection, including selected movements from string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn, ludwig van Beethoven, Bedrich Smetana, Dmitri Shostakovitch, Anton rubenstein, and Franz Xaver richter, plus works by Fritz Kreisler, Carlos Gardel, Stephen Foster, and Scott Joplin. Donors Robyn Altman, Organized by professor and strings program above left, and director ross harbaugh, the String Quartet Celebration Jacqueline Banchik, highlighted the talents of the Stamps String Quartet above right, attended (Arianne urban, victor Colmenares, Amanda Diaz, a dedication concert in Christopher Young), new land String Quartet (Beatriz honor of their late hunDrEDS OF Mint-COnDitiOn printed vera, hector hernandez-perez, rafael ramirez, Chia-li father, Bernard music pieces and rare editions of mostly string quartet Yu), and Fernandez String Quartet (luis Fernandez, J. Korn, M.D., who repertoire, as well as high-quality CD recordings by a wide Jennifer Shea, Joshua Shepherd, Monica Godbee). donated an extensive spectrum of professional string quartets, are all part of a robyn and Michael Altman and Jacqueline and string music library to precious collection carefully indexed by the late Bernard howard Banchik are avid music fans and generous the Frost School. They J. Korn, M.D. in addition to a successful medical career supporters of nonprofit music organizations, including are pictured with two in los Angeles, Korn was an amateur violinist who en- The armonyh project. The Banchiks have known Frost students from the joyed performing string quartet music throughout his life. School Dean Shelly Berg for over 15 years. Through this Stamps String Quartet. now the music that brought so much joy to Korn’s life association, they identified the university of Miami’s is enriching the lives of Frost School of Music faculty and Marta and Austin Weeks Music library as the ideal students. Korn’s daughters, Jacqueline Banchik and robyn permanent home for the Korn Family String Music Altman, recently donated the Korn Family String Music Collection, where it will be used extensively by faculty Collection to the Frost School in his honor. in recognition and students for performance and research.

Frost School Presents Two Panels at 2011 Global Business Forum Margaret Martin, thE FrOSt SChOOl of Music hosted two panels at in los founder of the the university of Miami’s 2011 Global Business Forum Angeles, and award-winning in January 2011. The first panel,eurologic n Music nina Kraus, Harmony Project, Therapy: A Bridge between Art and Science in Global director of was a panelist at the healthcare, was moderated by Shannon K. de l’Etoile, the Auditory University of Miami associate professor and director of the Music Therapy neuroscience Global Business program at the Frost School. panelists included Michael lab at northwestern university, presented the second Forum 2011. Thaut, professor of music and neuroscience at Colorado panel, Achieving Social Change through Music, which State university, and teresa lesiuk, assistant professor explored how music training and mentoring of at-risk of music therapy at the Frost School. youth provide a cost-effective means of addressing a wide Margaret Martin, founder of The armonyh project range of public health problems.

{ 6 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Dean Berg on the Move it WAS A BuSY YEAr for Dean Shelly Berg, who traveled around the country to perform, meet with alumni, and attend industry conferences, including the 2010 national Association of Schools of Music (nASM) conference in Boston. While attending alumni receptions in los Angeles, Chicago, new York, and Washington, D.C., Berg received highly valuable input from hundreds of uM alumni who attended. he also hosted alumni receptions at select music education conferences, including the Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA) and texas Music Educators Association (tMEA). he conducted all-state ensembles for the FMEA and tMEA and the Music for reputation for leading the way in higher education music. The late pianist All/Bands of America jazz ensemble, which auditions now we are poised to make another giant leap forward Billy Taylor, left, is all-star students from across the country. Five students with a critical mass of outstanding new alumni who are pictured with from that ensemble have auditioned and enrolled at the moving rapidly up the ranks in professional orchestras Frost student Frost School. and industry positions. i am honored to work with our Natalie York and her Berg continues to concertize selectively as a piano wonderful faculty artists, and excited to be attracting father Mike York, soloist and with his jazz trio at such venues as the Kennedy brilliant new professors to the most dynamic music following Dean Berg’s Center Jazz Club (April 2010) and the hollywood Bowl school in the country. look out Music World, here come performance at the (August 2010). he performed, arranged, and orches- the great musicians of the Frost School of Music!” Kennedy Center. trated for Arturo Sandoval’s three-time latin Grammy- winning CD, A Time for Love, which was first premiered by Arturo Sandoval and the henry Mancini institute Orchestra in a live concert at Festival Miami 2009 in Gusman Concert hall, conducted by co-arranger and Musicology Program Expands orchestrator Jorge Calandrelli. Berg is scheduled to per- he Musicology Program welcomed its largest incoming class of form a concert and record with the royal philharmonic Tmusicologists to date, with interests ranging from Haitian popular in london this September. music and French musical identity to the relationships between musicology Berg is an advisor to the Jazz Education network and medicine. Musicology students are conducting research abroad ( JEn) as well as the board of the Quincy Jones Musiq through fellowships they have received, and program graduates presented Consortium, a national network of leaders from the mu- papers at national meetings of the Society for Ethnomusicology and the sic industry and music education who share resources, College Music Society. networks, and their passion to make music an ongoing part of the lives of children in the united States. A vot- ing member of the national Association of recording Arts and Sciences (nArAS), Berg was selected to serve on screening committees for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. in addition to his busy administrative and fundraising schedule, he also teaches private piano students and interacts with students in forums and master classes. “As i travel for performances and to meet with alumni and generous supporters around the country, i am proud to spread the message of the life-changing education that musicians receive at the Frost School of Music,” says Berg. “The Frost School has a long-standing

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New Dual Program Ideal for Aspiring Music Industry Attorneys cities in the united States and the music center for the latin American divisions of all major music companies, Miami offers exceptional internship and work opportunities. The J.D./M.M. program was introduced on the heels of another innovative Frost School thE univErSitY OF MiAMi School of law and launch, the Master of Arts in Arts presenting and live the Frost School of Music offer the first-ever joint degree Entertainment. led by Chris palmer, a former Warner program that trains students in the essentials of law as Bros. music executive who is still the artist manager for well as in the dynamic practices of the music business— take 6, the program is geared for music industry profes- critical skills for becoming a successful attorney in the sionals who want to quickly expand their career options music industry. by learning how to present and promote live entertain- Through this program, students can complete ment in the for-profit world of performing arts venues, both a Juris Doctor degree from the School of law and live touring shows, festival production, event marketing, a Master of Music in Music Business and Entertainment and more. industries degree from the Frost School at an accelerated For more information about these graduate programs pace (three to four years). Both schools are among the or to apply, please call Frost Graduate Admissions at top in the country. And, as one of the four major music 305-284-2241 or email [email protected].

Frost Hosts Hundreds of High Schoolers

Joshua Habermann, ach year the Frost School of Music hosts several events associate professor Ethat invite high school students to campus for master and program classes with Frost faculty and lectures about careers in music. director for Choral In May 2010, more than 400 Miami-Dade public high school Studies, conducts at students attended Grammy Career Day, presented by the the UM Honor Choir Gibson Foundation with support from the Ford Motor Company Festival. Fund and in partnership with The Recording Academy Florida Chapter and the Grammy Foundation. The outreach program provided insight on preparing for careers in music. Dean Shelly Berg was a “super panelist” along with producer Dan Warner, ’92. Faculty Shannon de l’Etoile and Rey Sanchez were over 500 student performers. The instrumental students were panelists on the session “Music Teaching Careers.” selected from more than 600 applications and traveled from all For the 29th consecutive year, the Music Education and parts of Florida. Choral groups and their teachers participated Band programs jointly hosted the Frost School’s annual Honor in a full day of rehearsals and workshops, culminating in a Band Festival for over 150 high school students, and the grand finale evening concert. The festivals were coordinated by Choral program hosted its annual UM Honor Choir Festival for Nicholas DeCarbo and Joshua Habermann, respectively.

{ 8 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Festival Miami Features Award-Winning Frost Talent

Students from the Bruce The Frost Concert hornsby Creative Jazz Band and the thE FrOSt SChOOl OF MuSiC American Music program Henry Mancini serves as an important cultural focal took the stage with Dozier, Institute Orchestra point for the South Florida community, performing both with him are two perennial and Festival Miami is one of the premier and for him. From the favorites at Festival manifestations of that commitment. students’ mandolin-based Miami. Above right The 27th Festival Miami, which ran bluegrass version of Yo u is Scott Flavin, HMI October 8-30, 2010, delivered more Keep Me Hangin’ On to resident conductor. than 20 concerts and six master classes Bruce hornsby’s own Lamont Dozier, in a dynamic array of styles and genres. interpretation of Same Old bottom photo on Sandra lopez, B.M. ’96, soprano and Frost School of Song on piano, several tributes to Dozier’s genius caused right, conducts a Music 2010 Distinguished Alumna, opened the festival the legend to smile from ear to ear. master class with with the Frost Symphony Orchestra and Frost Chorale in addition, Frost faculty member Santiago rodriguez Associate Professor Frost Hosts Hundreds of High Schoolers in a stunning performance of poulenc’s Gloria and presented a masterful solo piano recital, and a beautiful Rey Sanchez. Strauss’s Four Last Songs. The Frost Wind Ensemble chamber music concert showcased distinguished Frost performed spine-tingling works by Mason Bates and faculty artists Craig Morris (trumpet), richard todd John Corigliano; the Frost vocal Jazz Ensemble Jv1 (horn), robert Weiner (oboe), Margaret Donaghue performed with vivacious vocalist Sunny Wilkinson; and (clarinet), luciani Magnanini (bassoon), Shelton Berg the henry Mancini institute Orchestra, conducted by (piano), and the faculty Bergonzi String Quartet (Glenn Scott Flavin, performed a stylistically eclectic program Basham, Scott Flavin, pamela McConnell, ross harbaugh). with flutistnestor torres, as well as a tribute to the Frost faculty and student composers also presented Cuban big bands with tiempo libre. concerts of their contemporary works. The Frost Concert Other notable guest artists included violinist Mark Jazz Band closed the festival with an exciting concert O’Connor and his hot Swing trio, the tropical dance featuring trombonist Wycliff Gordon. music duo hansel and raul, and Motown songwriter Frost director of events Marianne Mijares organized lamont Dozier, who wrote more than 50 no. 1 hits for Festival Miami, with programming input from Frost artists like The Supremes, The Four tops, and Marvin School faculty and Dean Shelly Berg. William Dillon, Gaye. he performed several of them in front of a packed director of music operations, and paul Griffith, director house in Gusman Concert hall while also sharing details of recording services, supervised event production and of the personal adventures that inspired his lyrics. recording.

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Students Experience the Making of a Musical with Phil Ramone Lanza! included over a dozen original songs written and orchestrated by Frost School students. “in basically three hours, they gave us the script and said, ‘Go write something, and we’ll hear what you come up with,’” recalls tori tullier, a senior media writing and production student who wrote two of the songs selected for the musical. “Almost half of the songs written by students came out of that first session.” Musical theatre major heath Saunders was so enthusiastic about the project that he volunteered to be a “script doctor,” studying the script line by line, review- ing all songs with Berg and ramone, and converting dialogue into song. he then became assistant director, working closely with Charles Messina to coach the actors Vocal student A FEW YEArS AGO, phil ramone began noticing during rehearsal, develop extensive choreography to Ferenando that operatic performers like Andrea Bocelli and Josh streamline stage entrances and exits, and add elements Murga, left, and Groban were gaining popularity among American youth. that move action forward and intensify mood. Angelo Marchese, So the Grammy- and Emmy-winning producer and music While the directors and songwriters were hard B.M. ’96, right, sing industry pioneer (his production of Billy Joel’s 52nd at work, students in the Master of Arts in Arts the lead roles of Street was the first CD ever pressed) decided the time presenting program were coordinating ticketing, Enrico Caruso and was right for a show about Mario lanza, the legendary marketing, and other aspects of production; School of Mario Lanza in a tenor and hollywood actor whose struggles with alcohol, Communication students were creating a behind-the- concert reading of weight, women, and fame led him to an early death. scenes documentary; and students from the College of Lanza! ramone and tv producer Sonny Grosso commissioned Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theatre Arts were richard vetere to write the book, hired Charles auditioning alongside Frost School musical theatre and Messina as director, then pitched the idea of a musical to opera students for the cast. Frost School Dean Shelly Berg. Then ramone told hollywood actor and longtime The result is the phil ramone project, an endeavor lanza fan robert Davi about the project, and Davi that joined ramone with students and faculty through- signed on for the cameo role of mobster lucky luciano. out the university to write, produce, perform, and Those fortunate enough to warp through time at the market Lanza! Lanza! concert reading experienced several goose-bump The Frost School presented a concert reading of the moments, including a dramatic duet between Mario new musical on november 8 and 9, 2010 in Gusman lanza, played by Angelo Marchese, B.M. ’96, and the Concert hall, transporting audiences back to the 1950s ghost of Enrico Caruso, played by Frost School gradu- and into the life of Mario lanza. The rich, booming voices ate student Ferenando Murga. Their voices meshed in a of the performers, the depth of the lyrics they sang, and crescendo of passion and power that invoked the living, the flawless synchronicity between the cast and the on- breathing legacies of lanza and Caruso. stage henry Mancini institute Orchestra made it seem “it’s a real pro performance,” says ramone, who more like a full performance rather than a concert reading. expresses interest in bringing Lanza! to new York City. “There may not be another music school in the “And the cast performs it to the top of the line.” country that can pull together a project of this scope,” A highlights video will be posted soon on the Frost Berg says. website at www.music.miami.edu.

{ 10 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Senior Adults Broaden Their Horizons at Frost The ensemble is unique because no experience is necessary to join. Administered through the Department of Music Education, the university of Miami’s new horizons Music chapter came to fruition in October 2009 and continues to expand. news of the program spreads primarily through personal referral by the participants. Although some were hesitant about learning to play an instrument later on in life, the Frost School of Music is providing them with an opportu- plAYinG A MuSiCAl inStruMEnt can help nity they simply cannot pass up. seniors sharpen their mental acuity while adding joy “The adults were so excited to learn to play their and a sense of purpose to their lives. Through the new instrument that they really brought the spirit and joy horizons Music program, the Frost School of Music of making music to a new level,” says Miami’s new offers senior adults in the greater Miami area an oppor- horizons band director and Frost School graduate stu- tunity to learn or relearn to play a musical instrument. dent Susana M. lalama, shown left.

Peter and the Wolf Delights 5,000 Second-Graders he Frost Symphony Orchestra performed a free outreach Tconcert for more than 5,000 Miami-Dade County Public Schools second-graders at the BankUnited Center on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus on April 7, 2010. The program began with the orchestra accompanying the young crowd as they sang a rousing performance of The Star-Spangled Banner, followed by an engaging instrumental arrangement of Fauré’s Pavane, featuring Shelly Berg as piano soloist. The young audience was then treated to a full performance of the beloved children’s story Peter and the Wolf, authored and composed by Sergei Prokofiev for narrator and orchestra. Martin Greenspan was the narrator, with conductors Thomas Sleeper and Zoe Zenodi. The children delighted in identifying the instruments represented by Peter (strings), the bird (flute), duck (oboe), cat (clarinet), grand- father (bassoon), wolf (French horns), hunters (woodwinds), and special effects by the percussion section.

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Renée Fleming’s Master Class Is a Frost High Note WOrlD-rEnOWnED SOprAnO renée Fleming chose the Frost School of Music to give her first-ever master class in Florida. Fleming worked with four talented Frost vocal students—Anna hersey, Jeffrey Wienand, Maria Fenty Denison, and David tayloe—in a rare master class that kicked off a Frost Opera Theater Benefit Festival in March 2010. Festivities continued with a meet-the-artist reception and a Frost Opera Theater benefit concert featuring student and faculty performances. “ Fleming understands Fleming is one of the most that if the art form beloved musical ambassadors of our time. She has performed she has served for the united States Supreme so well is to Court and hrh The rincep of Wales at Buckingham palace, survive, the next and she celebrated the 20th generation needs anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s performance of Six Operas in Sixty Minutes, performed to be nourished.” velvet revolution at the invitation by students and the chamber orchestra. The second of václav havel. She recently annual Wall to Wall Opera for All Festival, a full-day received her 12th Grammy affair for parents and children in the piano reparatoryp nomination for her latest album, Verismo. According to Division, took place in november. Following the March Opera News, “renée Fleming is among the select group benefit concert, the Frost Opera Theater, together with of artists who qualify as true master teachers….Fleming the Frost Symphony Orchestra, presented two one-act understands that if the art form she has served so well is operas in April: Strawberry Fields, by Michael torke to survive, the next generation needs to be nourished.” and A.r. Gurney; and Ballymore, Part One: Winners, by The Frost Opera Theater began its 2009-2010 richard Wargo. Both composers were in residence for season in October with a standing-room-only, premiere rehearsals and performances.

Studio Music and Jazz Gets Guest Artist Boost he Frost School of Music received an anonymous Tdonation to bring outstanding jazz artists to campus to present master classes and forums for students in the Department of Studio Music and Jazz. Recent artists include Jeff Hirshfield, Jamie Baum, John Fedchock, Joshua Breakstone, Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Larry Goldings, and Pat Metheny, shown left, as well as two multi-day residencies with Ignacio Berroa and Chris Potter.

{ 12 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 The Cleveland Orchestra Helps Student Composers and Performers Shine FOr thE pASt FOur YEArS, The Cleveland Orchestra has paired its annual Miami residency with wonderful opportunities for students at the Frost School of Music. During its 2010 residency, The Cleveland Orchestra treated students to a workshop on auditioning and performed two new student compositions at a first-of-its-kind concert. At the workshop, professor tim Conner welcomed Cleveland Orchestra musicians Jeffrey rathbun (oboe), Shachar israel (trumpet), Musicians from The Cleveland and Saeran St. Christopher (flute) to hear Orchestra—including oboist Jeff eight Frost School students practice sev- Rathbun, above left, and violinist Eli eral audition excerpts at the victor Clarke Matthews, above right—conduct master recital hall. The adjudicating musicians gave classes and host mock auditions and comments, criticisms, and helpful hints on composition reading sessions annually at auditioning, including information about in- Frost. Student Jose Leon, bottom photo, tonation, color, phrasing, emphasis, versatility, participates in an audition workshop. rhythm, and more. participating students were Stan Spinola (French horn), leslie Scarpino (trumpet), Jim Drayton (oboe), Brett Cornwall (clarinet), rachel Branzer (clarinet), Eduardo Martinez (flute), and Cleveland Orchestra and fellows from the new World Jose leon (bass trombone). As a general comment for Symphony premiered two chamber works by Frost low brass, the adjudicators advised, “Don’t think of ‘big School student composers liza Seigido and valentin sound’ as ‘low.’ Think ‘focus’ and ‘clean’ instead. Sing, take Bogdin. The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art your time, and play out, like a solo.” hosted the performance. Composition professor lansing Following other performances, Shachar israel of- Mcloskey coordinated the effort, which was the first fered general advice on vibrato: “Think of vibrato as an collaboration between the four organizations. ornament, not part of your sound. Control vibrato at Musicians from The Cleveland Orchestra returned different dynamic levels and also on long tones.” in terms again in 2011 for new residency programming and to of overall stage presence and musicianship, Cleveland conduct a variety of instrumental master classes. A Orchestra musicians advised the students to exaggerate reading session of new compositions by Frost School more and suggested visualizing an actor’s stage makeup. students in March determined a group of finalists whose “it feels crazy up close, but it makes sense to the audi- works were performed by Cleveland Orchestra musicians ence,” they said. in a special concert on April 9, 2011. to wrap up, the orchestra musicians shared some tips Also this April, the Society of Composers at Frost from their own experiences in landing auditions: “Make hosted a residency by the acclaimed Borup-Ernst Duo, sure every detail is in place. perform with personality. who gave a lecture and demonstration, worked with have something to say, and have total command of your student composers, and presented two exciting concerts instrument.” that culminated in the world premieres of several works A March 2010 performance by members of The written expressly for them by Frost student composers.

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Violinist Mark O’Connor Returns as Artist-in-Residence GrAMMY-WinninG violinist and composer Mark O’Connor returned to the Frost School for a second year as artist-in-residence for four separate weeks in January, March, and April 2011. he worked with several program areas of the school, privately mentoring Frost students in the violin Studio Class, Stamps String Quartet, Bluegrass En- “ Mark O’Connor is semble, American pop Ensemble, Frost Salsa Orchestra, and various a unique fit for the Experiential Music Ensembles. Frost School of he also conducted a Friday Forum on chamber music with a Music, where our Q&A about creating and main- vision is to equip taining chamber music programs students for vibrant in today’s musical landscape. “Mark O’Connor is a unique careers in the fit for the Frost School of Music, 21st century.” where our vision is to equip sessions with string students, and lecture-demonstra- students for vibrant careers in the tions for students in the fields of music business, theory 21st century,” says professor ross and composition, musicology, and song writing. Ad- harbaugh, director of the string program. ditionally, the Frost School hosted an O’Connor violin O’Connor was previously on campus in november Method teacher training Seminar that provided 15 2009 and in January and March of 2010, where his ac- hours of professional development credits for 18 partici- tivities included chamber music coaching, improvisation pants, mostly local string teachers and Frost students.

BMI Exec Talks Shop with Composition Classes speaker. Jackson is BMi assistant vice president, Classical Music relations; president of the BMi Foundation; and director of the BMi Student Composer Awards. Broadcast Music, inc. (BMi) collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it distributes as royalties to songwriters, composers, and music publishers. At his workshop, Jackson shed new light on the function of a performing rights organization for composers and authors, focusing on his specialty area of classical music. Students asked far-reaching questions ranging from international rights management, blanket A SEptEMBEr 2010 student forum hosted by Frost licenses, and registering copyrights to practical matters of School Composition faculty featured new York-based how rights organizations collect and distribute royalties music business impresario ralph Jackson as a guest to their members.

{ 14 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Singer-Songwriter Jimmy Buffett Gives Sage Advice AS pArt OF thE StAMpS FAMilY Charitable Foundation Distinguished visitors Series, Jimmy Buffett was on campus last April to offer advice and performance pearls, including his own formula: “take ten deep breaths before you walk up on any stage, never forget to duck, and never forget it can go to hell at any time.” Buffett, who has turned his notoriety and laid-back style into a solid brand in everything from music to beer to restaurants, ex- plained that he became a branding pioneer by Jimmy Buffett, taking ownership of his persona and talent. left, composer “if you don’t do it yourself, they will steal Libby Larsen, and it from you,” he said. neuroscientist After the Q&A session, Buffett strapped Daniel Levitin, above, on his guitar and launched into his 1970s-era lecture on campus in tune “Migration” before concluding with a rousing rendi- creativity and success. he counseled the many Frost conjunction with the tion of “volcano” that had an audience of more than 600 School students in the audience to venture into the city Stamps Distinguished singing along. Before leaving the stage to sign autographs, and explore the “world out there at your doorstep.” Visitors Series. Buffett was presented with a no. 80 hurricanes football philanthropists roe and penny Stamps established jersey by series sponsor penny Stamps and uM provost the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation Distinguished Thomas J. leBlanc. visitors Series in 2003 to enrich educational and artistic “i’ll think about retiring when i hit that number,” experiences for students at the Frost School of Music. quipped Buffett, who tours extensively. Buffett noted Go to www.music.miami.edu to read spotlight stories on that Miami—a great “microcosm of culture expressed the 2011 Stamps Distinguished visitors: Matt Wilson, in music and art”—has played an important role in his lamont Dozier, libby larsen, and Daniel levitin.

Jazz Icon Dave Holland Arrives This Fall FrOSt will welcome legendary jazz groups from the Frost School. bassist, composer, and bandleader Dave holland received early Dave holland in fall 2011 for his critical acclaim when he began per- first annual weeklong artist resi- forming with Miles Davis in 1968 dency, sponsored by the Department and has been featured on hundreds of Studio Music and Jazz. of landmark jazz recordings during The Dave holland 2011 esir - his five-decade career with such dency will include master classes and notable artists as Anthony Braxton, workshops with students focusing Stan Getz, Cassandra Wilson, on improvisation, composition, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, Joe and performance. The culmination henderson, Thelonious Monk, of the residency will be a concert Betty Carter, pat Metheny, Kenny featuring the music of Dave holland Wheeler, Bill Frisell, roy haynes, performed by two top student jazz and herbie hancock.

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 15 } Student Stars

Chamber Music Entrepreneurs

Master’s student “We want to show Corey Klein, horn, classical musicians that performs with Frost you can make a living students and faculty in without only getting an a new chamber music orchestra job or being a series at Fairchild soloist,” Klein says. Tropical Botanic The second part of Garden, which he Klein’s plan aligns with coordinates. the Frost School’s grant- funded hMi: Outbound program. he is organizing a crash course with guest speakers from schools, hospitals, AuDiEnCE DEvElOpMEnt is a hot topic in and community centers who will share what they want classical music circles these days. Frost Master of Music in an outreach program—and Frost chamber groups will student Corey Klein notes that while “young artist determine how to best deliver it. concerts” are cropping up at chamber music festivals with From classical music to bluegrass, rock bands to jazz the idea of attracting younger audiences, established combos, any interested group can audition to be a part of musicians often get booked, making it hard for younger the course and subsequent tour, but only four or five will groups to get off the ground. So Klein devised a three- be accepted. They’ll perform regularly in community and pronged strategy to address the issue, and as a result, the commercial venues, earn income, network in the commu- Frost School of Music placed him in charge of chamber nity, and learn important business skills. Each group will music outreach. be encouraged to develop a website and press kit to send “Corey Klein has creative ideas about how to attract to major festivals for concert bookings, with information new audiences to chamber music that go beyond old- on the repertoire and concerts they’ve performed and the school thinking,” says Berg. “his strategies will be a win- outreach they’ve done. win for participating Frost students and the community.” The third prong of the plan involves opening a new A graduate of the Curtis institute, Klein came to the music venue near village at Merrick park in Coral Frost School to study French horn with Associate profes- Gables. Developed by a Frost School donor, the venue sor richard todd after organizing a summer music festival will have a club atmosphere with very low overhead. in California, where he recorded the first 3-D Blu-ray of Klein hopes it will become a hub of contemporary music chamber music. The first prong of his plan is a chamber in Miami, much like le poisson rouge in Greenwich music series at Fairchild tropical Botanic Garden. Klein village, ne w York . contracts student groups and student-faculty ensembles “in addition to rock and jazz, we’ll have our own to perform at “Sunday Sounds at Fairchild.” Attendance classical music series featuring classical music of today,” has more than doubled in just a few months. says Klein. he points to an indie rock group from “There is a group of Frost students called FridaMusiq Sweden called little Dragon that was performing in who perform experimental improvisatory classical music the Wynwood Arts District recently as an example of that’s very edgy and cerebral,” Klein says. “We had them play how musical genres are blending. “They played with at Sunday Sounds, and kids were running up to hear them!” sounds and colors and tones that were extremely similar Student performers address the audience and talk to contemporary classical music,” he says enthusiastically. about their backgrounds, their instruments, and the Klein has shown that he is the perfect person to repertoire. it teaches them how to take a proactive role synergize energy, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial in being hired as a musician. Klein’s own horn quartet, spirit with the need to broaden chamber music outreach Occhi verdi, performed in April. among audiences of all ages.

{ 16 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Student Connects Music Educators through Twitter tAlEntED AnD tECh-SAvvY, feedback from all over the country.” music education major Andrew zweibel here’s how MusEdChat works. started checking out a new fad called participants submit discussion topics via twitter back in August 2008. a Discussion Form. Then a poll is taken “For a while i didn’t get it,” he remem- midweek to decide the winning discussion bers. “Then i started following EdChat topic for the weekly chat. and posted a few music questions. Music “Every Monday at 8 p.m. ESt we teachers in the field answered, and a cool all sit down and send twitter updates little online network developed.” related to the discussion topic using the zweibel found EdChat a bit sprawling, so in March #MusEdChat hashtag (keyword). Everyone searches for 2010 he returned to twitter and started his own chat the hashtag to view each other’s tweets, and an hour-long called MusEdChat. (The full link is musicedmajor.net/ discussion begins,” explains zweibel, who has presented musedchat.) sessions on social media in the music classroom at “The basic impetus for it was that i realized that two music educator conferences. “There are discussion music teachers are isolated,” says zweibel, now a senior prompts, questions, thoughts, and a very interesting and finishing up his student teaching. “English teach- discourse on a range of topics such as fundraising, pr, ers can go into the break room and ask other English and teaching concepts and techniques. Questions get teachers for advice, and so on. Music teachers are often matched with responses.” just one in a school; a band director and choral director Especially rewarding, he says, are participants who can’t compare notes in the same way. So, now i connect tweet something like, “i’m totally new, where do i start?” music teachers through twitter, and they can get instant “A flurry of replies comes in. it’s a welcome party!”

Multi-Talented Music Maker t was clear from a young age that Alessandra Levy was not bass player, so opportunities Ionly destined to make music, she was destined to make it in like that helped me become a as many different ways as possible. better musician.” “My mom’s a music teacher, and both of my parents are Levy notes that in addition musicians,” says Levy, a jazz vocal performance senior at the to supportive faculty, her fellow Frost School. “I was always in the orchestra and the choir, I students have fostered her liked to participate in theater, and of course I took piano les - musical growth. “The students sons. I always wanted to be involved in different things.” I’ve met here—whether it’s jam- At the Frost School, she’s taken full advantage of all that’s ming with them in Foster until available. She plays the double bass in the Frost Symphony midnight or asking them, ‘Hey, will you run through this with Orchestra. She sings in the jazz vocal ensembles JV1 and me?’—is the thing that has changed my life the most.” Extensions. She plays the piano and composes. She performs Originally from New York City, Levy plans to return there in songwriting, bluegrass, and R&B ensembles and gigs with upon graduation, tapping into the vast alumni network that has fellow students. Stepping out of her jazz comfort zone came sprung up in recent decades. She is confident that the Frost first. When she approached music director Thomas Sleeper School completely prepared her for a successful career. about joining the Frost Symphony Orchestra, he assured her “I think this school is really about professionalism, showing she’d be fine. up on time and being prepared—and showing respect for who- “I had to take that music—Mahler symphonies, Brahms, and ever hires you to do the gig,” she says. “That was instilled in so on—and practice for hours and hours,” Levy admits. But now us, so how can I not feel prepared if I’ve been given the ways I am a lot better at reading orchestra music and a much better to be responsible and professional in the music world?”

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 17 } African-American maestros reflect on the paths they took to get from

B y the Frost School to the professional podium. David Menconi Passing

B y David Menconi the More than 40 years laterBaton, Willie Waters, B.M. ’73, still remembers the road-to- Damascus moment that launched him toward becoming an opera conductor. it was his sophomore year of high school, and Waters was playing trumpet in the marching band, trying to master the “triumphal March” from verdi’s Aida. the teacher announced that he wanted his charges to hear the piece “the way it should be heard,” rendered by a full orchestra. So he cued up a recording, pressed “play”—and that was it.

“Something about that just really clicked with me,” says ing Symphony Orchestra in West virginia, it’s even Waters, who has conducted opera companies from harder than for their non-minority counterparts. San Francisco to South Africa. “it was something i’d “There is a challenge of perception,” says raphel. “i never really heard before, and i just decided i had to would say there is not a general comfort level with hear more of it. very simply, it was the voice. i was just selecting an African-American as leader of an organiza- captivated by the sound of the human voice; there’s no tion, especially an arts organization, which is one of the instrument like it. That’s what resonated.” first challenges i faced. Also, i do think the American Before long, Waters was spending his Saturday classical music scene is infatuated with Europe. i think afternoons tuning into the Metropolitan Opera on his there have been positions for which i haven’t been radio. During the week, he’d visit the library to listen considered, given that i’m African-American.” and read further. Even after he entered the university of Waters’s earliest musical training was at church in Miami’s Frost School of Music to study piano, Waters Goulds, Florida, where his piano-teacher grandmother kept his operatic focus—not to sing, but to conduct. taught him to play. The classical genre piqued his interest As an African-American, he was a rarity in the field. when his older siblings were studying classical voice. By “i decided that classical was where i wanted to fo- 11th grade, Waters was participating in the university cus because i knew there weren’t many African-Amer- of Miami’s upward Bound, a federally sponsored icans in classical music,” Waters says. “And there were program for minority youth. he came to Frost on a full even fewer conductors and administrators. Almost scholarship. And since his parents were of the “old none, in fact. That seemed crazy. So why not do it?” school” and preached the virtues of having something talk to anyone in classical music, and they’ll tell to fall back on, Waters got a music-education degree (a rchestra you it’s almost impossible to break into because of skill he still uses as a vocal coach). hony o simple supply and demand. There aren’t many jobs in After graduating from Frost, Waters went on to ym P the field out there, and more artists are coming out of Memphis State university and was just shy of earn- artford s artford music schools every year. Competition is fierce. For an ing his master’s degree in conducting when the San African-American maestro like Waters, and for André Francisco Opera called. The company offered him an raphel, B.M. ’84, who is music director of the Wheel- administrative job, but he’d have to leave school. Photo courtesy of h Photo courtesy “i was interested in the behind-the-scenes workings to conduct Porgy and Bess. two years ago, they took it to and got a lot of encouragement to take the job,” Waters Berlin for 27 performances. There was, however, one dis- says. “The dean was the first person appointment about his South African sojourn: nelson i went to talk to, and even he said, Mandela did not attend any of the performances. ‘You absolutely have to do this.’ “We got together and sent a personal letter asking So i never got my master’s. Yes, it Mandela to attend, and he did respond,” Waters says. would be nice to have the paper. “But Mandela said his goal was to introduce indigenous But i’ve got 30 years of experience South African music to the public. So he did not want to and an honorary doctorate from get involved in anything perceived as a white Eurocentric the university of hartford.” art form. But the minister of culture attended and was Waters worked in San knocked off her feet.” Willie Waters Francisco for five years, learning like Waters, André raphel benefited from early expo- the ins and outs of a major-league sure to a college music program. he grew up in Durham, opera company. Then Florida beckoned him to return north Carolina, where he began playing trombone in the for a conducting job with the Greater Miami Opera seventh grade—selected, he says, because it was “the instru- (later renamed the Florida Grand Opera). The plan ment no one else wanted to play.” By high school, raphel was for Waters to become artistic director after five was playing in the Duke university Youth Symphony. years. But he did it in three, becoming the first African- Watching broadcasts of the Previn and the Pittsburgh American to hold that title for a major opera company series (featuring pianist Andre previn with the pittsburgh anywhere in America. For 14 years Water conducted Symphony Orchestra) hooked raphel further. Attend- and worked as artistic director for the opera company, ing Frost brought raphel into contact with jazz musi- tending to logistical matters as well as artistic direction. cians and fostered his broadly eclectic musical outlook.

it was a fairly crushing workload, especially since Waters After Frost, raphel did graduate work at Yale university, had a thriving freelance career conducting operas and where he met the conducting teacher Otto Werner symphonies all over the world. Mueller. he continued working with Mueller at Yale and Wanting to conduct more and administrate less, later the Curtis institute and Juilliard. Waters gave up the artistic director job in Miami in 1992 “All that school was ten years of my life,” raphel says. to focus on conducting. The move paid big dividends “But orchestras anticipate and expect a level of leadership three years later, when he had the opportunity to go to that doesn’t allow for error. As a conductor you must be South Africa and conduct Porgy and Bess. it was the first fully prepared musically before you step on the podium.” time the Gershwin classic was ever staged there. prior to taking up professional residence with the “Artistically, socially, and politically, that was a very Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, raphel did stints as an big thing,” Waters says. “Apartheid had just been dis- assistant with the new York philharmonic, philadelphia banded about a year and a half before that, so it wouldn’t Orchestra, and St. louis Symphony. he has a splashy even have been possible until then. it used to be that list of credits, too, including a Carnegie hall debut in blacks had to sit in the back of the balcony if they could 1997 and guest-conducting spots with major orchestras go to the theater at all. All of a sudden, not only were across America and beyond. if moving ahead required they able to be a regular part of the audience, but also more salesmanship than should have been necessary, he perform onstage and work backstage. it was very amaz- has more than met the challenge. ing and emotional for all of us.” “The good part is that i’ve had to learn to think about Waters has maintained relations with the South and articulate what i do and who i am as an artist in a African Opera Company, going back another six times concise way that helps others understand what makes me

{ 20 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 different,” he says. “The better i can do that, somehow the issue of race becomes less of a factor.” That has also been helpful in terms of promoting audience outreach, a specialty of raphel’s over the years. While he was with the St. louis Symphony, raphel helped launch its in uni- André Raphel son program, a partnership with local churches to establish a closer relationship between Caldwell coaches students from a variety of ethnic and André Raphel, the orchestra and African-American community. cultural backgrounds. B.M. ’84, shown in Wheeling, raphel oversees a new College Series “has it been tough? Of course. i’ve had markets i’ve above conducting that tries to reach younger audiences in imaginative been closed out of. But that’s showbiz, as they say,” muses an outdoor summer ways. One recent offering was a pops program featuring Caldwell, who continues with sage advice for others who concert, is the the music of classic-rock band led zeppelin. Another may have been dissuaded from pursuing their interests. music director for combined The American Seasons by polyglot folk violinist “What’s important for people, especially young artists, the Wheeling (and Frost artist-in-residence) Mark O’Connor with is to ignore that and forge ahead. to succeed, artists need Symphony Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral). to determine what they want to add to the vast world of Orchestra. “i’ve been very fortunate to feel comfortable with cross- knowledge, and to keep that vision in front of them.” collaborations going back to Frost, where i developed Caldwell admits that success is now harder than ever friendships with players from the jazz discipline,” raphel for younger artists trying to break into classical music. says. “That way of thinking needs to become standard for “The biggest problem for young people orchestras to be successful in the 21st century.” is that the economic climate has changed raphel believes that such interdisciplinary col- entirely,” Caldwell says. “My generation laborations will be the next wave for the music world in had the ability to explore and make mis- general, not just the classical world. takes. That’s essential to any profession, “i would tell younger musicians to embrace the world but especially the arts. And nobody can globally and seek collaborators from other disciplines,” he afford to make mistakes anymore. That says. “We used to be so concerned about putting everything said, there are always solutions to chal- Michael into categories, but it’s all coming so much closer together lenges, and each generation must define Caldwell now. The key for the next generation will be to embrace and find their own answers.” that and find new ways to approach programming while if there’s one person who can attest to the vulner- not losing the integrity of what the music’s about.” ability of classical music in today’s faltering economy, it’s Waters. he had a career setback in 2008 when the rost alumnus Michael Caldwell, B.M. ’71, Connecticut Opera (where he’d been general and artistic M.M ’73, had his share of challenges breaking in director since 1999) folded. But he has continued to Fas a classical pianist. “i grew up in a segregated work, teaching opera at the university of Connecticut society, but i had other advantages. i had educated parents while also conducting productions all over the world. who understood what it meant to support the arts, which “it’s always been difficult,” Waters says. nfortu“u - was certainly unusual for Fayetteville, north Carolina.” nately, our attention to the arts is not what it should be One of the earliest African-American classical pia- because the arts are still looked at as ‘elitist’ in America. if nists to gain an international reputation, Caldwell trav- you want to have a career in music, you have to immerse eled the globe in 1984, 1988, and 1992 as a u.S. Artistic yourself in life as well as music. life will inform what you Ambassador, a position created by president ronald do as a musician and a performer.” reagan. now director of the performing and visual arts at the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences at nova David Menconi is a freelance writer and the music critic Southeastern university in Fort lauderdale, Florida, at the News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 21 } By Susan G. l ichtman p hoto by Ed Freedman W i n d s of Change

When the Frost Wind Ensemble, under the direction Series—to its latest works by Daugherty and others, of Gary Green, took the stage in Seattle’s Benaroya hall Green’s dedication to commissioning works for wind on March 25, 2011 to perform Lost Vegas by three- band has been nothing short of exemplary. in 15 years time Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty, he has commissioned more than 30 works, some of it was not the first time they premiered an original which have become standards in the repertoire for commissioned work. Green, who has been professor of wind ensemble. music and director of bands at the Frost School of Music “Gary Green and the Frost Wind Ensemble have long for 18 years, has developed an impressive reputation for been committed to commissioning the world’s great- expanding the literature for wind bands. est composers to write for the wind band, and they are “The commissioning of new works by important com- known for their premieres of this century’s greatest new posers is critical in the development of music of our time,” wind band compositions,” observes tom Duffy, director Green says. of bands at Yale university and president of the College From the Frost Wind Ensemble’s first commission— Band Directors national Association (CBDnA), which Urban Requiem by Michael Colgrass in 1996, made recently held its national conference in Seattle. possible through the Abraham Frost Commission As one of just seven ensembles chosen to perform at

Frost Wind Ensemble performs at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. The Frost Wind Ensemble and Director Gary Green are breathing new life into the literary canon for wind band by commissioning works from today’s greatest composers .

the CBDnA conference—and the only one to perform in marches and novelty pieces for bands, but there still was a the world-class Benaroya hall, home of the Seattle Sym- lack of music written for the ensemble.” phony—the Frost Wind Ensemble’s exciting program As early bands like the Great Goldman Band, the included Frank ticheli’s Symphony No. 1, which Green Sousa Band, and the Marine Band began himself took two years to transcribe for wind ensemble; to commission composers to write for “The The Shadow of Sirius by Joel puckett, featuring Associ- band, the body of literature began to commissioning ate professor trudy Kane as flute soloist; and two Frost grow and has continued to this day. of new works by School commissions: Daugherty’s Lost Vegas and Sea-Blue Green expresses a sense of urgency important composers Circuitry by Mason Bates. and responsibility toward adding is critical in the Green notes that although concert bands have existed to the body of band literature that for roughly 200 years, there has been a shortage of litera- some say is unique among college development of music ture written especially for this grouping of musicians. band directors. of our time.” “There was a time when the only music for bands was “if we don’t commission and encour- transcriptions of orchestral pieces,” he says. “Sure, John age new work, there’s no opportunity for growth,” Green phillip Sousa, herbert Clarke, and others were writing comments. Commissioning new works, ing, with his heart and his soul.” the ensemble. At times, this has pre- bringing in composers to work with For Frost Wind Ensemble trum- sented some interesting challenges. students, and premiering their pieces pet player paul piazza, participating Green recalls when Michael are among the things that have in this process and working with the Colgrass, the composer of the ensem- made the Frost School’s composers has been extraordinary. ble’s first commission,Urban Requiem, “Commissioning instrumental perfor- “A large number of other college came to campus and even continued new works, bringing in mance program wind ensemble programs play working with the students after so strong, says transcriptions of literature from the rehearsal just to go through things. composers to work and Daugherty, one past,” piazza remarks. “You rarely “i remember one day i started rehearse with students, and of today’s most get an opportunity to see something the rehearsal and began conducting, premiering their pieces are frequently fresh and new like this, and bring it but nothing they were playing was among the things that have commissioned, to an audience.” on my page,” Green says. “So i said made the Frost School’s programmed, Frost French horn player najjah to the group, ‘Are we lost? What and recorded Thompson agrees: “Mr. Green is just exactly is going on here?’ Michael Instrumental Performance American an awesome conductor who is known responded, ‘Oh, we got together last program so composers. his worldwide. A lot of composers want to night and changed all that.’” strong.” Superman-inspired write for his ensemble, and to be part For composer Michael Daugherty, Metropolis Symphony re- of that is just a dream come true.” interacting with students is a great part cording, performed by the nashville not every composer is comfort- of the commissioning process because Symphony, landed three Grammy able with or even interested in writ- “it is like a workshop. The students get Awards: Best Orchestral perfor- ing specifically for wind ensemble. to see how a piece is put together, so mance, Best Classical Contemporary Green takes this and other factors it’s a great educational experience.” he Composition, and Best Engineering into account when selecting a com- also observes that student performers Classical Album. poser for a commissioned piece. tend to bring a focus and passion to “There are just a handful of “The composer has to be comfort- the project that he finds refreshing. schools that have the means and the able with the medium because there “Although i like working with players to do this in a significant way, are many things to consider. not being professional musicians, sometimes and the Frost School of Music is one a composer, i would imagine there is they lack the enthusiasm of college of those schools,” Daugherty says. a limited amount of color potential students. Certainly i think that Composer Joel puckett adds, without strings or the larger group of comes across to any composer who “it’s always humbling when someone an orchestra,” Green suggests. “But the works in a college environment; it’s believes in a piece enough to commit really good composers find a way to inevitably a positive experience.” the students’ lives for the better part discover that multitude of color and Above all, Green looks for a of a few months to your music. it’s sound that’s possible in any group of composer whose music speaks to us, even better when it’s someone you instruments. Then they’re on their best reflects humanity, and is an ex- really trust, someone you know will own to explore that palette of color.” pression of life. Green recalled how deliver your thoughts and vision. i part of the process also involves he once asked Frank ticheli, “What trust Gary [Green]. he is a person having the composer come to is it you look for in a conductor?” he who makes music with his entire be- campus to work and rehearse with replied, “i look for someone to find

{ 24 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Left to right: Composers Joel Puckett and Michael Daugherty relax with Frost Wind Ensemble director Gary Green after world premieres in Gusman Hall; Michael Daugherty interacts with Frost students; Composer Mason Bates introduces the Frost Wind Ensemble at Festival Miami; Green conducting the ensemble.

something in my music that i don’t with the help of wind band enthusi- fostered by the Frost School. know is there.” ast howard Gourwitz. “We have really inspired leader- “how can i find something in Daugherty once said his ideas ship right now, ” he remarks. “What there that you don’t know?” was for compositions could come from you do in life depends on whether you Green’s response before realizing browsing through secondhand book are open- or closed-minded to the op- that the answer is humanity. “ticheli stores, antique shops, and small portunities presented to you. life can heard a perfect performance of his towns he would pass through while be just ‘ho-hum,’ or it can be unbeliev- music once, yet stated he could driving on the back roads of America. ably wonderful.” find no evidence of humanity in Commenting on Lost Vegas, Green distinguishes between lit- the room. The performance was so which he calls “a real show piece for erature, which he defines as “written technically perfect that there was no the ensemble,” Daugherty says, “it pays for a group,” and repertoire, which feeling behind the notes.” homage to the las vegas of the past he describes as “what we continually that doesn’t exist anymore—you know, perform.” he keeps commission- rom where do composers draw of the days when the rat pack and ing new pieces, even if they never their vision and their inspira- Frank Sinatra performed edgy material, become part of the repertoire. Ftion? When Joel puckett and his when the casinos were ruled by the “Some pieces will be played often, wife suffered a tragic loss, he had underworld, and where gigan- “Mr. others will be worthy of be- difficulty dealing with it until he tic neon signs trumpeted ing played but played less, found some poetry that uplifted him the great performers Green’s ability to and still others won’t and ultimately helped him to heal. of all time. With the program original music be played at all,” he ex- The collection of poetry,The Shadow vegas of now, all that and music by living plains. “That’s the risk of Sirius by poet laureate W. S. has been torn down. composers is an you take when you Merwin, filled him with “a profound My composition for commission a work.” sadness that was, at the same time, symphony band is a trip incredible part of this Motivated by the brimming with hope.” his resulting down memory lane.” program.” idea of creating a legacy work by the same name has already Green, a French horn player, for future generations, Green been performed 20 times by wind remembers his high school band adds, “There are composers on Earth ensembles around the country. director and many of his college right now who are as talented as Daugherty has composed a series professors with great fondness. But the great Mahler, Beethoven, or of works dedicated to popular places he also remembers being taught to Shostakovich. We won’t know their in America, including Niagara Falls perform music a certain way. “it was genius in our lifetime because it for band (1997), Route 66 for orches- pretty sterile actually,” he says. “The takes years to be recognized. But we tra (1998), Sunset Strip for chamber kinds of things we’re doing now were can’t miss the opportunity to com- orchestra (1999), his symphony in never, ever in their books.” mission them. At the Frost School, three movements, Motorcity Triptych Approaching the process as a we are doing our best to promote (2000), and now Lost Vegas for band creative partnership between the their work.” (2011), commissioned by the uM composer, the conductor, the stu- Frost Wind Ensemble and the uni- dents, and even the donor, Green is susan G. lichtman is a freelance versity of Michigan Symphony Band, grateful for the unique environment writer and editor in Miami, Florida.

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 25 } By Julia Berg and Meredith Danton P hoto by Daniel Azoulay

Film composer Dave Grusin leads the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra from the piano at the Adrienne Arsht Center. From HBO specials to JazzRoots concerts and more, the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra is turning up the tempo at premier performance spaces.

Stan Spinola, a Henry Mancini Institute Fellow and first- by the 75-piece Mancini Institute Orchestra. The show not year D.M.A. student, can finesse any Schumann or only fused Broadway with Latin and jazz music, it also fea- Mahler piece from his French horn with relative tured some of Grusin’s best-known cinematic themes from ease. Crooning a jazzed-up interpretation of the films such as On Golden Pond, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and West Side Story score by Grammy- and Academy The Firm. • “This was the most difficult music I’ve ever Award-winning composer/arranger Dave Grusin had to play,” says Spinola, who stresses that the orchestra is another story. • Yet Spinola found himself on had only three days to learn the music and rehearse before stage at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing the performance. “And playing in front of a packed house Arts, playing first horn directly behind first trumpetA rturo during a busy time of the semester added to the challenge. Sandoval in JazzRoots: An Evening with Dave Grusin. Ultimately it came down to sight-reading and focus, trying to The December 2009 performance, now available on CD, listen and count.” • Real world, genre-blending performanc- DVD, and iPad app, featured Grusin and guest artists es like this are the hallmark of the Henry Mancini Institute Sandoval, Patti Austin, Jon Secada, Monica Mancini, Gary (HMI). TheH MI Orchestra is comprised of a full orchestra Burton, Nestor Torres, and Sammy Figueroa—all backed (strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion), plus an additional complement of jazz instruments (saxophones, trombones, trumpets) and world percussion and rhythm section instruments (piano, bass, drums, guitar). As previously reported in Score, attracting and incorporating the Henry Mancini Institute into the Frost School of Music was a primary goal for the faculty and Dean Shelly Berg upon his arrival. In three short years it has become a shining example of a new paradigm in music higher education. “We’re losing string players hBO special with comedian robert orchestra pit, so you’re dealing with because classical music isn’t relevant Klein, filmed at the Broward Center the on-stage production and aesthetic to today’s kids,” says Ashley liberty, and aired last summer; and the elements such as lighting and stage M.M. ’08, a violin instructor at premiere of Lanza!, featuring the full direction. it’s the musician as actor.” Carrollton School of the Sacred hMi Orchestra and uM vocalists The inaugural performance of heart in Miami and concertmaster in a stage reading produced by the the henry Mancini institute at for several hMi Orchestra perfor- legendary phil ramone (see story on the Frost School of Music hap- mances. “how do we keep our music page 10). As a Frost alumna, liberty pened in the fall of 2007 at a uM programs from being axed? You have says the Mancini institute is increas- Bankunited Center concert called to infuse latin, jazz, and rock along ing the value of her degree. “Bruce hornsby and Friends,” with classical. With the Mancini “The hMi Orchestra trains mu- which combined talented students institute, you get all the elements sicians to be super adaptable.” liberty from the Bruce hornsby Creative appealing to an audience coming says. “in a classical orchestra, the American Music program with the from today’s world of stimulation.” emphasis is on perfect re-creation. henry Mancini institute Orchestra. liberty’s credits with the hMi in the Mancini Orchestra, by add- They performed on a large stadium Orchestra include a 2010 Festival ing elements of improvisation, the stage to a crowd of 3,000, with such Miami show with latin band tiempo emphasis is on moment-to-moment musical greats as Bruce hornsby, libre; the Unfair and Unbalanced creation. You’re no longer in an B.M. ’77, Steve Miller, and Will lee, ’87, who all donated their artist fees toward music scholarships. About Terence Blanchard Since then, the henry Mancini Born in New Orleans, where he still resides, Terence Blanchard is a leg - institute has flourished. Dean Berg endary jazz trumpeter who recently joined the Henry Mancini Institute has raised significant private dona- as artistic director. Blanchard has more than 29 albums to his credit, tions to fund annual stipends for 40 earning a “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” Grammy for his performance Mancini Fellows, matched with free on Jeff “Tain” Watts’s project, Watts, a Grammy for his solo “Be-Bop” graduate tuition by the university of on Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival and a Grammy for his CD, A Miami. The goal by the end of 2012 Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina). is to have 65 graduate fellows whose Blanchard also is a prolific film composer with more than 50 film focus is on learning and performing and television credits, including Spike Lee’s 25th Hour, for which he a wide spectrum of styles and genres. earned a Golden Globe nomination. He completed the score for Lee’s particularly interested in recruiting Miracle at St. Anna, and the soundtrack for Darnell Martin’s Cadillac more string players, Berg notes, “The Records. He is currently working on two Broadway plays, The Mother arrival of the henry Mancini *#@ with the Hat and A Streetcar Named Desire; George Lucas’s film institute has helped us to increase about the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails; and a commission for Opera the size, depth, and quality of the Theatre of St. Louis. Frost Symphony Orchestra and provided additional instrumentation

{ 28 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Dave Grusin to support the Frost Opera Theater Botanic Garden and in Miami-Dade “rather than digging in its and new chamber music initiatives.” public Schools. heels, the Frost School is ever Another recent big step for- Blanchard will travel to Miami changing with the climate,” Spinola ward for the hMi is the arrival of to work with the henry Mancini says. “When you learn these five-time Grammy Award-winning institute regularly throughout the different skills, you have them in trumpeter and film composer year, becoming the final link in a your arsenal.” terence Blanchard as artistic direc- leadership triumvirate that includes So, what’s next for the henry tor. “terence Blanchard is ideally faculty violinist, conductor, and ar- Mancini institute? An all-Gershwin suited to lead the henry Mancini ranger Scott Flavin as hMi artistic program produced in partnership institute,” Berg says. “he is a bril- coordinator/resident conductor and with Festival Miami, Jazzroots, liant and inspired musician, with an Steve Guerra as hMi coordinator. and the Arsht Center will feature almost unmatched panoply of skills. Flavin prepares the orchestra in the hMi Orchestra on november he is also a wonderful teacher who just a few rehearsals to perform at 4, 2011, with an exciting lineup of will play a leading role in fostering future musicians.” As artistic director, Blanchard ‘‘With the Henry Mancini Institute, will conduct the hMi Orchestra you get all the elements appealing to an audience and work closely with its musicians to sharpen professional coming from today’s world of stimulation. ’’ skills such as performing and recording the music of iconic film a very high level. “We are teaching celebrity artists. visit www.festival- composers, multimedia recording for students to improvise, sight-read, miami.com for guest artist details. television, and mastery of multicul- record in the studio, and play in the “My experience with the Mancini tural and multi-style performances wide variety of styles that are neces- institute is interchangeable with and recordings. sary today,” he explains. “These are what’s happening in l.A. and new The henry Mancini nstitutei elements of musicianship that hMi York ,” liberty says. “here in Miami is primed to support Blanchard’s is providing.” i get to work with top artists who fly activities at the Frost School and Spinola, whose career goal is a here to perform with us. The Mancini beyond thanks to a $500,000 Knight full-time position with a professional institute has definitely invited the Arts Challenge grant from the James orchestra, notes that the music music industry into the educational l. and John S. Knight Founda- business today demands musicians realm. it’s cutting-edge.” tion and matching gift from uM who “do it all,” as opposed to those trustee Adrienne Arsht. The grants who specialize in just one area. The Julia Berg is director of market- support a new community outreach henry Mancini institute was a ing and communications for the Frost initiative called hMi: Outbound, strong incentive for him to attend School. Meredith Danton is editorial which provides film and chamber the Frost School because it uniquely director in the UM Office of Commu- music concerts at Fairchild tropical prepares him for such demands. nications and Marketing.

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 29 } Faculty Updates Welcoming New Frost School Faculty the phillip and patricia frost school of music is pleased to introduce you to our newest assistant and associate professors, visiting professors, and lecturers—all of whom bring a broad range of professional experiences to the school and engage students in new ways of learning. among this excellent group are more than a dozen renowned musicians who teach a myriad of disciplines, including the frost experiential music curriculum, composition, keyboard, voice, jazz, instrumental performance, string pedagogy, and our new arts presenting and live entertainment program. we’re sure you’ll agree that the frost school of music is in good hands with these new appointments, who provide dynamic and relevant music instruction for today’s changing world.

Juan Chattah, assistant professor of theory and com- As a composer, his music ranges from tangos to interac- position, holds an M.M. and a ph.D. in music theory and tive electroacoustic music to children’s songs for the radio composition from Florida State university, a B.M. in drama series Stories in the Air, broadcast internationally piano performance from the utrecht Conservatorium through public radio international. his concert music (The netherlands), and a Certificate of Music Education is highly influenced by archetypical gestures and moods from the Conservatorio de Musica in Cordoba (Argentina). of film music. As a pianist, he studied in Theether n - As a theorist, his primary research interest concerns the lands under herman uhlhorn and David Kuyken and application of models drawn from linguistics and critical participated in master classes with Michel Beroff, vani theory to the analysis of film music. he has presented his Moravec, and paul Badura-Skoda. he has performed research at several noted conferences, including Music extensively in Europe and latin America, and his and the Moving image (new York 2009) and the College students have won numerous national and international Music Society (portland 2009 / Salt lake City 2007). competitions.

Charles Mason, B.M. ’77, associate professor of Festival, and nuova Musica Consonante in romani, theory and composition, has received many awards for which was broadcast throughout italy and on npr’s Per- his compositions, including the American Composers formance Today. Mason has received commissions from Orchestra “playing it unsafe” prize, the 2005 rome many top ensembles, including American Composers Or- prize, the premi internacional de Composició Musical chestra, DuO 46, Miami String Quartet, Gregg Smith Ciutat de tarragona Orchestra Music prize, and a na- Singers, Dale Warland Singers, Corona Guitar Kvartet, tional Endowment for the Arts individual Artist Award. OniX (Mexico), luna nova, bassist robert Black, he completed his D.M.A. and M.M. in composition at violinist Karen Bentley pollick, and new York Golliard the university of illinois and B.M. with honors from the Ensemble, as well as cellists Madeleine Shapiro, Craig Frost School, which named him its 2009 Distinguished hultgren, and Jeffrey Solow. in 2005 he was a composer Alumnus. his music has been performed worldwide, in residence at the international Centre for Composers in including the Foro internacional de Musica nueva in visby, Sweden and twice sponsored by the Seaside insti- Mexico City, Quirinale in rome, Aspen Summer Music tute as an “Escape to Create” composer-in-residence.

{ 30 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Chris Palmer is assistant professor and program wins for take 6, a no. 1 jazz album for Bela Fleck and director for the new Arts presenting and live Entertain- the Flecktones, an airplay award from Billboard Magazine ment program, where he teaches and mentors graduate for Beth nielsen Chapman, and a multi-platinum award students about the live entertainment industry. he holds for Jeff Foxworthy’s debut release. later, as general a B.B.A. and an M.B.A. from Belmont university and manager and senior vice president of marketing for presently serves as the managing partner for the jazz/ Warner nashville, palmer would oversee releases such as Welcoming New gospel a cappella group take 6, overseeing their world- Breathe by Faith hill, selling over eight million units, and wide recording and touring affairs. prior to his career in introduce new artists such as Blake Shelton, trick pony, artist management, palmer worked with Warner Bros. and Big & rich. Before joining the faculty of the Frost records for more than 20 years, based in both the nash- School of Music, palmer was the director of Music Busi- Frost School Faculty ville and Burbank offices. As vice president of Warner’s ness at Murray State university, in Murray, Kentucky. progressive Music from 1990-2000, he was responsible palmer is a leadership Music alumnus and a member of for introducing and marketing such artists as Mark the national Academy of recording Arts and Sciences, O’Connor, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Beth nielsen Music and Entertainment industry Educators Associa- Chapman, take 6, and Jeff Foxworthy. highlights for the tion, Country Music Association, and Association of progressive Music department included Grammy Award performing Arts presenters.

Brian Powell is assistant professor of double bass in Orchestra. powell has received recognition in several solo the Department of instrumental performance and string competitions, including winning the Aspen Music Festival music pedagogy in the Music Education program. Since Double Bass Solo Competition. As an educator, he taught his arrival at Frost, he has presented a faculty solo recital more than 200 string students every year from the elemen- and performed as a soloist with the Frost Symphony tary to collegiate levels. he was formerly the director of Orchestra, as well as in featured chamber music concerts orchestras at Eastern high School in louisville, Kentucky, with the Bergonzi String Quartet and other professional and on the string faculty at Bellarmine university as dou- ensembles. he has a B.M. in performance and a master’s ble bass instructor. his orchestra at Eastern was selected degree in teaching from indiana university, and he is a to perform at the KMEA State convention in 2004 and doctoral candidate at the College-Conservatory of Music 2011. last year, powell was selected Jefferson County’s at the university of Cincinnati. A former member of the high School Music teacher of the Year. he has presided new World Symphony under the direction of Michael as president of the Kentucky chapter of the American tilson Thomas, powell also performed regularly with String teachers Association, and he remains an active the louisville Orchestra and Chautauqua Symphony performer and clinician throughout the united States.

Naoko Takao, assistant professor of keyboard and Kennedy Center for the performing Arts. An pedagogy, also is on the summer faculty of the rocky enthusiastic advocate of newly composed music, takao ridge Music Center in Colorado. prior to joining Frost, often premiers new works and performs for such notable she was a long-time faculty member at the levine organizations as the rose international Cello Competi- School of Music in Washington, D.C. She enjoys a tion. She has coached chamber music extensively with versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, ardent the members of the Guarneri Quartet, is a founding educator, master class clinician, adjudicator, and member of the post Classical Ensemble, and performs a pedagogue. Winner of numerous soloist awards, wide range of works by Copland, Schoenberg, and other including the gold medal at the 2000 San Antonio modern luminaries. her solo piano recitals often feature international piano Competition and the most recent works by Beethoven, Chopin, ravel, and rachmaninoff. award from the S&r Foundation, she has performed Originally from Japan, takao studied at the preparatory concerti with the Alexandria Symphony in virginia, program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music laredo philharmonic in texas, and Ohio valley and earned a B.M. from the hartt School of Music and Symphony and chamber music concerts at the an M.M. and a D.M.A. from university of Maryland, Smithsonian, Strathmore, library of Congress, College park.

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S. Mark Aliapoulios, B.M. ’78, visiting professor of voice, is artistic director of The Choral Society of the palm Beaches. he served for several years on the faculties of the

Jason Carder, B.M. ’96, M.M. ’04, is visiting assistant professional experience includes tours with the bands of professor of jazz trumpet in the Department of Studio Yanni, Maria Schneider, ray Charles, Woody herman, Music and Jazz. During his formative years, he received Maynard Ferguson, paul Anka, K.C. and the Sunshine the Fine Arts Award at interlochen, the Maynard Band, and the Jaco pastorius (Word of Mouth) Big Ferguson Award in the McDonald’s All American Jazz Band. An in-demand lead trumpet player who is also an Band, and First prize in the international trumpet excellent improviser, Carder has performed on motion Guild Jazz Competition in 1988. his formal musical picture soundtracks and has contributed his talent to education continued at interlochen Arts Academy, and over 80 albums, including Maria Schneider’s Sky Blue he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in studio and Arturo Sandoval’s Rumba Palace, Americana, and music and jazz from the university of Miami. Carder’s Hot House.

John Stewart, a visiting professor of theory and Beta Kappa teaching prize (1994) and the Joseph r. composition, is helping to pilot the Frost Experiential levenson Memorial teaching Award (2008). he was Music Curriculum. A composer and music theorist, he named a “Favorite professor” of the harvard College earned degrees from the new England Conservatory class of 2009. in addition, Stewart was the founder and and harvard university, where he studied with Earl director of the Young Musicians’ program at Oregon’s Kim, leon Kirchner, and lukas Foss, among others. Ernest Bloch Festival. As a member of the Composer’s A composer of chamber, vocal, and orchestral music, Symposium at the festival, he received numerous Stewart taught at the new England Conservatory premieres of his music. Since retiring from harvard, for many years before joining the faculty of harvard Stewart has composed, served as lecturer on a harvard university, where he taught courses in harmony, Alumni tour in 2008, and pursued his love of watercolor counterpoint, composition, and musicianship for more painting. he composed a piano trio premiered at the than 25 years until his retirement in 2008. he received university of Mississippi in April 2010 and recently both of the teaching prizes at harvard: the harvard phi completed a text on the Bach Chorales.

Matthew Strauss is a visiting lecturer in timpani and member of the percussion section in the Chicago Sym- percussion in addition to his position as percussionist with phony Orchestra from 2002 to 2004. he has performed the houston Symphony. prior to his posts in houston regularly with the philadelphia Orchestra, new York phil- and as former timpanist with the American Symphony harmonic, new Jersey Symphony Orchestra, American Orchestra at the Bard Music Festival, he performed as a Symphony Orchestra, and harrisburg Symphony.

{ 32 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 New Lecturers Martin Bejerano, M.M. ’98, is a visiting lecturer in Christian McBride Band, Kenny Garrett, roy hargrove, jazz piano. After winning third place in the 1999 Great James Moody, Jimmy heath, and Marcus printup. he American Jazz piano Competition, he joined the quartet has toured with Jazz reach, a nonprofit organization of legendary jazz drummer roy haynes. Their recording that presents multimedia concerts for children. his Fountain of Youth was nominated for a 2004 Grammy debut CD as a leader, Evolution/Revolution (reservoir) Award for Best instrumental Jazz Album. Bejerano also rose to no. 9 on the Jazz Week Jazz Album Chart. he tours and records with guitarist russell Malone’s quartet. was recently awarded the new Jazz Works composer/ he has performed with such jazz luminaries as the ensemble grant from Chamber Music of America.

Stephen Guerra Jr. is a jazz composition lecturer in and has performed alongside many jazz greats including the Department of Studio Music and Jazz and conductor phil Woods, Al Grey, Snooky Young, Marshall royal, John of the Frost Studio Jazz Band. he is also director of com- Faddis, and Jeff “tain” Watts. he has served as composer- munity outreach for the Frost School and coordinator for in-residence throughout the u.S. through the Commission the henry Mancini institute. Guerra is currently pursu- project and national Endowment for the Arts. he was a ing a D.M.A in jazz composition from the Frost School featured soloist on Clark terry’s Young titans of Jazz 2003 of Music. he earned a B.A. from the university of new release Live at Marihan’s and the louie Bellson Big Band’s hampshire and an M.M. from the Eastman School of Mu- Louie and Clark Expedition 2. in 2009 the Stephen Guerra sic. Guerra is in high demand as a composer and arranger Big Band released its first album,Namesake .

Carlos Rivera is a lecturer in the Bruce hornsby from the herb Alpert Foundation, ACO, BMi, and Creative American Music program. A composer and ASCAp and was recently invited into the Miami guitarist, he incorporates diverse musical influences Symphony Orchestra’s Strategic Alliances program. in his work, reflecting his multicultural upbringing in he earned a D.M.A. in music composition at uSC’s Washington, D.C., Guatemala, Costa rica, panama, Thornton School. Equally comfortable in the popular Miami, and los Angeles. his music has been performed music world, his guitar work is featured on soundtracks by Chanticleer, the American Composers Orchestra (Crash, Dragonfly) and studio sessions for island/ (ACO), new England philharmonic, and the los Def Jam, universal records, Mtv, vh-1, and ABC’s Angeles Guitar Quartet. he has received awards Scrubs.

Daniel Strange, M.M. ’09, is a lecturer in jazz piano, A Chorus Line and Jersey Boys and with the Stephen teaching jazz ear training and all four levels of jazz Guerra Big Band. Strange earned his B.M. at the piano class. he also maintains his own piano studio university of Southern Maine and M.M. at the Frost in Miami, is director of the Young Musicians All-Star School of Music, having served as the jazz piano teaching Jazz Ensemble, and performs frequently with his wife, assistant and performed with three of its premiere jazz violinist Ashley liberty, M.M. ’08. he has played in ensembles: the Jazz vocal 1 Ensemble, the Frost Sextet, orchestra pits for the national touring companies of and the Frost Concert Jazz Band.

Susan Williams, soprano, is a lecturer in voice. She appeared nationally and internationally as a vocal soloist earned her D.M.A. degree in vocal performance at the and in a wide range of leading opera roles including Cleveland institute of Music, M.M. from the university Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Despina in Così fan tutte, of Akron, and B.M. from Birmingham-Southern Adele in Die Fledermaus, Sandrina in Mozart’s La finta College. prior to her appointment at Frost, she was giardiniera, and Constance in poulenc’s Dialogues of the the opera department administrator at the Cleveland Carmelites. She was an apprentice with lyric Opera institute of Music and a member of the voice faculty Cleveland, where she prepared the role of Beth in Little at the Cleveland Music School Settlement. She has Women under the direction of composer Mark Adamo.

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Edward P. Asmus, dean of graduate Geoffrey Loff, Catherine Lan, Jorge as Maria Schneider, Dave Koz, Bob studies, wrote the chapter “Assuring Modellel, Stephen Seto, and Xiaoyi Mintzer, Federico Britos, Mark the Validity of Teacher-Made Music Xiong; violinist Dame Ida Hendel; O’Connor, Claire Fischer, and Kevin Assessments” in singers Esther Jane Hardenberg, Tony Mahogany. He publishes his music the forthcoming Boutté, Jeremy Zglobicki, and Cody through the University of Northern book, The Parrott; and three ensembles: the Colorado Jazz Press. Practice of Stamps String Quartet, Graduate Assessment in String Quartet, and Bergonzi String Margaret Donaghue, professor of clarinet, Music Education: Quartet. “An important feature of these performed at the Midwest Band and Frameworks, events is to showcase our students, Orchestra Clinic in Chicago and gave Models, and faculty and friends to a splendidly a concert and master class at York Designs, from receptive audience, consequently High School in Elmhurst, Illinois in GIA Publications, Inc. The book is the boosting attendance at our other December 2009. She was guest artist result of an assessment symposium at programs,” Cooper reports. at the Emporia State University the University of Florida, where Asmus Woodwind Day, which was hosted by presented. Asmus also organized and Shannon de l’Etoile was invited to present ESU professor of clarinet, Dawn chaired a standing-room-only panel the paper, “Neurologic Music Therapy: McConkie Courtney (B.M. ’96, M.M. discussion at the MENC Biennial A Scientific Paradigm for Clinical ’98, D.M.A. ’02), and appeared as Conference in Anaheim, California, Practice” at recitalist at the Oklahoma Clarinet that featured four leaders in music Music and the Symposium last June at the University assessment. Brain: A of Oklahoma. She also published an Symposium with article on the chamber music of Jean Ross Barentyne-Truluck and his colleague Integrated Live Francaix in the Spring 2010 volume of Esther Jane Hardenbergh repeated Performances. the NACWPI Journal. their much-acclaimed American This symposium Women Composers Concert in Fort was hosted by Scott Flavin was named artistic Lauderdale in February 2010. Also the Cleveland coordinator and resident conductor in February and March, Barentyne- Clinic Arts and Medicine Institute for The Henry Mancini Institute at the Truluck coached the four singers and in collaboration with the Lincoln University of pianists who appeared in the Renée Center in New York. This paper is Miami’s Frost Fleming master class. That same now published in the peer-reviewed School of Music, weekend, he accompanied a group journal Music and Medicine. She where he of Frost vocal performance majors in also presented the findings of her conducted an all-Italian concert for the Broward research on “Acoustic Parameters violinist Mark Italian-American Club. of Infant-Directed (ID) Singing in O’Connor and Mothers with Depressive Symptoms,” was the Tony Boutté, vocal faculty, received an conducted in collaboration with Colby coordinator for excellent mention by Anthony Tom- Leider at the annual meeting of the The HMI Orchestra’s appearance on masini in The New York Times for his American Music Therapy Association HBO’s Robert Klein special. He has performance in The Curious Case of held in San Diego in November 2009. also formed, and will conduct, a new Benjamin Button at Symphony Space in In April 2010 she was invited to orchestra in South Florida, the Miami New York. present the paper “Neurologic Music Mozarteum, which will present Therapy: Scientific Evidence of educational outreach, lectures, and Frank Cooper, research professor of Clinical Practice in Neurorehabilita- a competition. He conducted musicology, attracted record tion” at the International Congress on performances of the Alhambra enrollment for his adult-education Neurology and Rehabilitation held in Orchestra, as well as the Frost School’s courses, “Franz Goa, India. Chameleon Chamber Orchestra. He Liszt: The was recognized by Miami-Dade Nineteenth Alberto De La Reguera continues County as a founding artist of the Century’s Most conducting and writing for the Frost Deering Estate Chamber Players, Influential Salsa Orchestra, which won the “Best where he performed a series of five Musician” Latin Orchestra” award from DownBeat chamber music concerts. (Spring) and magazine for the second consecutive “The Age of year. He also continues as liaison for Joy Galliford, researcher and lecturer, Classicism: Its the Frost School of Music and WDNA was awarded the 2010 Florida Music Cultivation of Ears, Eyes, and 88.9 FM, helping to organize a six- Educator of the Year at the Florida Thoughts” (Autumn) in Clarke Hall. month series of concerts featuring the Music Educators Association Confer- Collaborating performers included jazz department’s major ensembles ence in Tampa, Florida, where she also pianists Luis Urbina, Marcel Angles, with such nationally known talent received a Twenty-Five Year Service

{ 34 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Award. With UM faculty Joyce Jordan, Galliford also received the fifth grant Two Titles from from the Children’s Trust in Miami for 2009-2010. Upon completion of the a Fab Four fourth year, Galliford served as the The Bergonzi String Quartet, composed specialist who delivered 20 weeks of music to the intervention classrooms of faculty members Glenn Basham, within the United Way School of Scott Flavin, Pamela McConnell, and Excellence and Sagrada Familia Ross Harbaugh, released two new CDs. Child Care Center. For Bergonzi Four features quartets

Rene Gonzalez performed for the composed specifically for the quartet, Promenade series at the Hibel Art and Wild features arrangements by Museum in Jupiter, Florida with flutist Pamela McConnell, including “Carnival Robert Billington. He also performed of the Animals” for string quartet and solo recitals at Miami International Guitar Festival; University of Miami; the 12 instruments (including musical saw Festival Internazionale in Francavilla and kazoo) and “Peter and the Wolf.” and Pescara, Italy; the Festival The Bergonzi String Quartet concert- Internacional de Musica Clasica in izes year-round throughout the country, Navas de San Juan, Spain; and Florida Atlantic University’s Celebration of including performing and teaching at the Spanish Week. Pine Mountain Music Festival and Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory. Ross Harbaugh, director of the strings program, performed several chamber concerts with the Deering Estate Chamber Players. The piano quartet performs in the historic Deering Joyce Jordan received a Twenty-Five Now…With Dashes of Prelude No. 4 for “Stone House.” Harbaugh taught at the Year Service Award at the Florida two pianos at the College Music So- Strings International Music Festival in Music Educators Association ciety Conference at Loyola University Fort Lauderdale, an intensive week of Conference in in New Orleans, and his Preludes for private lessons and master classes January, where piano was performed at a festival of presented under the auspices of the she also contemporary music in the Ukraine. Philadelphia Orchestra. He also presented presented two lecture presentations at “Wired for Gary Keller, lecturer, and students the American String Teacher’s National Sound,” a report Steve Brickman and Joanna Sabaer Convention in Atlanta last May: “Tai on the results of represented the Studio Music and Jazz Chi for Strings” and “Ensemble a curricular program at the June 2010 International Communication: Verbal and Non-Ver- study with infants Association of Schools of Jazz annual bal.” In December he released a solo and toddlers. Jordan and co- workshop in The Hague, Holland, CD, Cello Serenade, with his pianist researcher, Joy Galliford, were where 150 select faculty and students wife, Bernice. awarded a fifth grant from the from 40 jazz programs worldwide Children’s Trust in Miami for 2009- meet annually to study, perform, and Alan Johnson, assistant professor in the 2010 to do a replication of the above exchange ideas. Keller also per- Department of Vocal Performance and study. Jordan was invited to serve on formed at the 2010 Xerox Rochester program/music director for the Frost the peer review board of the Early International Jazz Festival with the Opera Theater, conducted the Childhood Music and Movement Miami Saxophone Quartet, which also premiere of Lilith, a new opera by Association (ECMMA) journal, includes Frost faculty Gary Lindsay, composer Anthony Davis and librettist Perspectives, for 2009-2012. alumnus Ed Calle, M.M. ’84, M.M. ’01, Allan Havis at the University of and Mike Brignola. California at San Diego in 2009. In Dennis Kam’s Opera 101 premiered at December 2009 he served as music Festival Miami. His Twinkle Varia- Larry Lapin presented jazz clinics and director for the premiere workshop of tions for four hands was performed workshops at Virginia Commonwealth Propeller, a new opera by composer at the College Music Society National University, Belmont University, and Mary Ellen Childs, presented in Conference in Portland, Oregon, then Appalachian State University during collaboration with Nautilus New Music at the Miami Civic Association Piano his 2010 sabbatical leave. He was the Theater and Zeitgeist New Music Gala in Gusman Concert Hall. With conductor of the Honors Jazz Vocal Ensemble in Minneapolis. Chien-Wei Wang, Kam performed Ensemble for the District 9 IMEA

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festival in Chicago and was invited to projects at the 2009 World Forum on graduate student Erin Keenan, “The conduct IMEA All-State Honors Jazz Acoustic Ecology (Mexico City), the Role of Music Therapy in the Treatment Vocal Ensemble 2009 Conference on New Interfaces of Pain Management” at the Integrative in January 2011. for Musical Expression (Pittsburgh), Medicine Symposium and He presented a the 127th Audio Engineering Society Expo, Miller clinic/lecture Convention (New York City), the Third School of titled “Arranging Practice Festival (Richmond), the New Medicine, for The Jazz York City Electroacoustic Music University of Vocal Ensemble” Festival, and the Miami. She was at the Jazz Thirtieth interviewed by Education Conference of Roberta Walker Network’s (JEN) first national confer- the Society for from Canadian ence in St. Louis. His new book, Electro-Acoustic Broadcasting Arranging for the Jazz Vocal Ensemble, Music in the Corporation for the national show The will be published by SMP Jazz Press. United States (St. Current. Cloud, Minne- Rachel Lebon was a clinician for the Na- sota). His music Gary Lindsay has had a busy year as a tional Association of Teachers of Sing- was also recently performed at venues writer. The Frost Wind Ensemble pre- ing (NATS) 2009 Winter Workshop, in Michigan, Virginia, Florida, miered his extended work Fantasy for held at Florida International University. Tennessee, Massachusetts, Canada, Winds at the final wind ensemble per- She presented three sessions: “Swing- and the United Kingdom. Together with formance of the spring semester 2010. ing Summertime;” “Slurs, Flips, and his colleagues, Leider also launched He was also contacted by renowned Other Articulations in Jazz and Com- the Frost Audio Institute (www. song writer/producer Rudy Perez to mercial Singing;” and “Microphone frostaudio.org), which ran two summer work on a project with Argentine opera Workshop.” While on sabbatical, she camps at the Weeks Recording Studio. singer Ivan Gancedo. He adapted, served as visiting professor at Leeds arranged, and orchestrated ten songs College of Music for the academic Teresa Lesiuk received a Max Orovitz recorded at The Hit Factory Criteria year 2009-10 as part of an invitation to Summer Award in the Arts and studio for Gancedo’s upcoming CD. Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Humanities and a UM General Research Support Award for research Luciano Magnanini, professor of bassoon, Colby Leider was promoted to director of titled “Measuring Music and Executive was awarded the 2010 Phillip Frost the Music Engineering program. He Skill of Children with ADHD.” She also Outstanding Teacher Award at a presented research and creative presented, along with music therapy special ceremony at the Frost School of Music. Magnanini’s recordings include: Gordon Jacob: Concerto for Bassoon (Albany); Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Elliot (Music for Woodwind and Piano); Twentieth-Century Music for Bassoon Leadership Behind the Scenes and Piano; and A Tour d’Anches (French Music for Winds) on the Julia Berg was appointed director of marketing and communications for the Frost School of Music, a new Altarus label, as well as recordings for RCA, CBS, and Harmonia Mundi. He position in central University Communications. She is responsible for the Frost website and all Frost-related has been principal bassoonist with the communications. Berg has 25 years of marketing and management experience in the music industry and Orchestra Comunale della Opera in with nonprofit organizations. Genoa, Mexico City Philharmonic, Miami Philharmonic, World Symphony Denise Eutsey joined the Frost executive committee as director of business affairs after Judy Mower Orchestra, Festival Casals Orchestra, retired. A longtime UM employee with a specialty in faculty affairs, Eutsey worked previously in the and Eastern Music Festival Orchestra Office of the Provost. in North Carolina. He has an active performing career and has played Holly Freyre was recently named assistant dean for development for the Frost School of Music, replacing under the baton of conductors such as Nancy Castleman-Dion, who transferred to the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Meta, Carlo Freyre earned an executive M.B.A. from the University of Miami School of Business Administration in 2010. Maria Giuliani, Alain Lombard, Eduardo Mata, and James Conlon. She was formerly director of development for the University’s Estate and Gift Planning division. Alana Hardan was hired as assistant director of development for Frost, where she is also responsible for Pamela McConnell was a member of an international panel to judge auditions alumni relations. Hardan was formerly publicity coordinator for Festival Miami and previously worked with for the National Symphony Orchestra Arlene Johnson, who accepted a development position with the University of Miami Alumni Association. of Ecuador. She also released a CD

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niCK DECArBO AnD JOYCE JOrDAn can still remember how stark the uM campus appeared to them when they arrived in 1982. “i think we made a mistake,” Jordan recalls telling her husband. But without looking back, this duo spent the past 29 years growing along with the campus, building a family of lifelong friends while leaving their indelible mark on the Frost School of Music. As a teenager in his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, DeCarbo started a band that would play Sousa marches every Saturday Faculty members Nicholas DeCarbo and Joyce Jordan morning. he earned bach- retire after 29 years at Frost. Golf and travel are now elor’s and master’s degrees top priorities for this husband and wife. in music from Youngstown State university and a Department of Music Education and Music ph.D. in music education Therapy. When she completed her doctorate, from Kent State university. the profession hadn’t yet embraced early child- DeCarbo taught in penn- hood as an important research area. Jordan sylvania public schools and served as music director/con- decided that to continue her research, she needed a lab. ductor of the Youngstown Symphony Youth Orchestra She was introduced to lorna lutz heyge’s Kindermusik for ten years before joining the Frost School of Music, curriculum in 1987, a perfect match. where he taught conducting and courses in instrumental “When [former dean] Bill hipp offered to run the methods and most recently served as associate dean of program through the Frost School of Music, it just grew administration. A 2005 recipient of the phillip and and grew. We learned a lot about children by working patricia Frost Award for Excellence in teaching and with them, and eventually this led to our involvement Scholarship, DeCarbo is a past editor of Research with the Children’s trust,” she says. Perspectives in Music and has had his work published Jordan has received six grants from the Children’s in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of trust and will publish results from the first grant this Band Research, and several other publications. summer. her original Kindermusik class, which grew Among his numerous contributions to the Frost School into the successful uM Musictime program, has is the Frost honor Band program, held each February. it touched the lives of thousands of area youngsters. The is estimated that over 5,000 high school musicians have recipient of a lifetime Membership Award from the participated, many of whom then pursued careers in music. Early Childhood Music and Movement Association, of “At this year’s honor Band,” he says, “one of the direc- which she is also a past president, Jordan has published tors came up to me—the wind ensemble director for regularly in Early Childhood Connections as well as many Miami-Dade County’s new World School of the Arts— other publications. and he said, ‘You know, i was in this honor Band back in For DeCarbo and Jordan, retirement means more time high school.’” to devote to other things they love. When they’re not play- Jordan, who joined the Frost School of Music as a ing golf or traveling, you can find them on nature walks or visiting assistant professor, retires as chairperson of the bird watching around their home in Estero, Florida.

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of her arrangements of Peter and Ken Moses received the National Faculty Miami Beach. In the past year, he has the Wolf by Prokofiev, Carnival of the of the Year Award at the 2009 National performed solo recitals in Florida, Animals by Saint Seans, Dvorak’s Convention of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Ohio, and New York; concerts with the Bagatelles, and Piazzolla’s Libertango. Fraternity held in Orlando. Portland String Quartet; a one-week These arrangements were written residency at Kenyon College in Ohio; for the Bergonzi String Quartet, Raul Murciano Jr., who oversees the and duo concerts with Nestor Torres performing on several instruments Media Writing and Production and Alexander Markov. in addition to their customary string program at Frost, will become the instruments. associate dean of Carlos Rivera had his Concierto de administration Miami, composed especially for Lansing McLoskey, assistant professor, for the school in jazz trumpet icon Arturo Sandoval, music composition, received a 2010 June 2011, when premiered by the Miami Symphony Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from Nicholas Orchestra under the direction of The American Academy of Arts and DeCarbo retires. Eduardo Marturet. The work is in one Letters. Endowed in 1978 by the CBS Murciano is an movement, with three sections (Fast, Foundation, the fellowship awards award-winning Slow, Fast) and was inspired in part by $15,000 to mid-career composers composer with an eclectic mix of influences, including of exceptional talent. McLoskey also numerous film, commercial, and Rufus Wainwright, Ennio Morriconne, had more than 20 performances of his recording credits. In his new role, he Randy Newman, Radiohead, Resphigi, works in the past year, including the will also administer day-to-day Piazzolla, Ravel, and Afro-Peruvian art- premiere of his Requiem, v 2.001x as operations of the school and oversee ists such as Eva Ayllon. the winner of the 2009 Indianapolis the construction of new facilities. He Chamber Orchestra Composition continues to collaborate with the Deborah Schwartz-Kates, associate Competition; Venite, sancti, venite by Grammy-nominated Timba group professor and chair of the Musicology the Melbourne Australia Chamber Tiempo Libre. He has written and Department, authored the book Choir; and premieres by Mimesis prepared a number of orchestral Alberto Ensemble (NYC) and Dinosaur Annex arrangements for the band to re-create Ginastera: A Ensemble (Boston). He became the its recent critically acclaimed CD Research and first composer to win both the 2009 release, Bach in Havana, with a number Information ICO Composition Competition and of orchestras around the country. Guide (New York the 2009 “Music Now” Competition— Routledge, awards. His CD, Metamorphosis, was Rafael Padron performed a three-con- 2010). It is the released by Beauport Classics. cert cycle of the Italian composer only comprehen- Mauro Giuliani’s Guitar Concerto No. 1 sive resource on in A Major with the subject and the first full-length the Venice study of the composer in English. This Symphony. He year, Schwartz-Kates completed a Judith Mower, also partnered book chapter on Argentina for a pictured here with with the Florida textbook on Latin American music that associate dean International will be published by W. W. Norton. She for administration University received tenure from the University of Symphony Miami in Spring 2010. Nicholas DeCarbo, Orchestra to has retired after 42 perform Concerto No. 3 (Elegíaco) by Thomas Sleeper remains active as both years of service to the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. He composer and conductor. He serves the University of opened the Festival Hispanoameri- as guest conductor for the New cano de Guitarra in Tijuana, Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra in Florida and Miami, serving the with a solo performance and played in now leads the South Florida Virtuosi. last 25 years of her career as director of business affairs for “The World Sings to Cuba” concert in Sleeper premiered two new operas the Frost School of Music. She was promoted in 1985 after six both Miami and the San Carlos and an epic orchestral song cycle with years as the staff coordinator of Gusman Concert Hall (1975- Institute in Key West, Florida. writer Jane Alison. Screenings continue around the world for the movie One 1981). She began her UM career as a department secretary Paul Posnak, director of collaborative Water (for which Sleeper wrote and at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science piano, completed his sixth season conducted the score with the Russian and was soon after promoted to executive assistant to the as founding artistic director of the National Symphony). Albany Records dean of the School of Nursing. Mower earned an M.A. from the St. Martha-Yamaha Concert Series released a new CD of Sleeper’s music. in Miami Shores and first season University of Chicago Divinity School and received a B.A. from as founding artistic director of the Dean Southern, assistant professor in FIU with a major in religious studies. Cuban-Hebrew Concert Series in the Department of Vocal Performance,

{ 38 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 FAculty Focus staged Così fan tutte for the Duke University Symphony and was a guest Fifty Years of Progris in lecturer for the “Drama through Mu- sic” seminar in the Duke Department Music Business Education of Music. Southern’s article, “Practic- ing 101: Ten Tips for Making the Most of Your Time between Lessons,” was published in the September 2009 issue of Classical Singer magazine.

Tian Ying, assistant professor of piano, performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) with Maestro Thomas Sleeper and the Frost Symphony Orchestra on Festival Miami’s opening night concert. The concert was chosen as one of the Top 10 Performances of 2009 in South Flori- da. Highlights from the 2009–10 season include recitals and master classes at AFtEr OvEr hAlF A Dean Shelly Berg congratulates Jim Progris, The University of Alabama (Birmingham), former director of the Music Business and University of Louisville, Coker College, CEnturY as a music educator, and Humboldt State University. Jim progris will tell you that it was Entertainment Industries Program, for his all “just luck.” career accomplishments at Frost. Professor Stephen Zdzinski presented papers on “i have been able to innovate for Progris retired in May 2010. “International Music Education” at the Society for Music Teacher Education 50 years and have not had to seek conference at positions in which i would be given State university but returned in 1976 University of these opportunities—they came to and has been innovating ever since. North Carolina- me,” progris said upon accepting the progris introduced the Frost Greensboro and Music and Entertainment industry School’s M.M. program in Media “Chromesthesia” at the Research Educators Association (MEiEA) Writing and production while Alliance for president’s Award for his contribu- teaching a host of courses rang- Institutions of tions to music industry education. ing from traditional music theory, Music Education The Manchester, new amph - to jazz/rock/pop arranging and conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. In November, Zdzinski was a guest shire native started playing jazz improvisation, copyright law, and speaker at the University of Colorado piano at age 12 and was already marketing of recorded music. he be- via Skype, where he talked about writing octet and big band arrange- gan directing uM’s music business creating a sustained research program. ments by age 14. At founder larry program in 1993, renaming it the In January, he gave three presentations at the Florida Music Education Berk’s invitation, progris began Music Business and Entertainment Association conference in Tampa, teaching at Boston’s Berklee School industries program. including a presentation on “What to of Music in 1958, eventually serving Throughout his long and accom- Look for in a Doctoral Program in as associate dean from 1964 to 1968. plished career, progris has written Music Education.” He received a grant from the provost to develop a Model of progris was attracted south by the more than 80 books and 50 publica- Social Environmental Influences for lure of the Miami Beach nightlife, and tions, and has held numerous roles Music Education, which will be soon landed a position in the Frost ranging from educator to confer- published in a book, Advances in Social School of Music’s Music Theory ence organizer, consultant, speaker, Psychology and Music Education Research, part of the SEMPRE Studies Department. he left briefly to start pianist, conductor, arranger, script in the Psychology of Music Series. a music business program at Georgia writer, and much more.

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Pianist Rodriguez’s Life and Career Come Full Circle at UM

By WhEn SAntiAGO rODriGuEz walks on stage Lawrence at Gusman Concert hall Friday night for a Festival Budmen Miami recital, the Cuban-born pianist will have come full circle on a journey that began when he arrived in Miami on a pan Am propeller plane in 1960. inside the lining of the 8-year-old boy’s bathrobe were four hundred-dollar bills. his mother had sewn them in with a message to please use the money to continue his musical training. One of thousands of children brought to the united States under the auspices of the Catholic Church as part of “Operation pedro pan” following Fidel Castro’s revolution, rodriguez was first sent to a refugee camp in Kendall, then transported to the Madonna Manor Orphanage in new Orleans where he spent the next six years. rodriguez began piano lessons with nelson De Berge, More than four decades later, rodriguez is an ac- who also taught him theory, solfege, and sight-reading. claimed pianist who recently joined the keyboard faculty “he opened up a whole new panoply of music,” of the university of Miami’s Frost School of Music. he rodriguez recalled. “This was the best education, the best now looks forward to playing a vital role in the region’s way to become a musician. too many players wait too concert and education life. long to learn these things.” “teaching is something i must do,” says rodriguez, After studying for four years, rodriguez learned who is passionate about his role as an educator. “it Mozart’s piano Concerto no. 27. Even though he did requires true commitment, passion, and the respect of not speak English, he began studies with Charles your students.” Braswell at loyola university. When he was 14 years old, The pianist’s inspiration comes from his own his teacher encouraged him to enter a young artists’ com- distinguished teachers. When he was only 4 years old, petition sponsored by the new Orleans philharmonic Orchestra. playing his Mozart concerto, rodriguez won the contest and debuted with the orchestra at a youth santiago rodriguez, who joined the Frost concert, conducted by the ensemble’s then-music director Werner torkanowsky. impressed by the prodigious School of Music in 2008 as professor and chair of young pianist’s talent, torkanowsky brought rodriguez keyboard performance, performed at Festival Miami back annually. 2010. This article is an excerpt from a pre-concert “he gave me the gift of experience, like a musical article written by Lawrence Budmen on October 12, father,” said the pianist. “i gave my first performances of three Beethoven concertos and works by Brahms and 2010 for South Florida Classical review. To prokofiev with orkanowsky,”t rodriguez noted with read the full article and post-concert review, visit nostalgia. www.southfloridaclassicalreview.com. rodriguez [attended] the university of texas. Studying with professor William race, a concert pianist

{ 40 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 who had performed widely across north America and atmosphere and artistic interaction and rapport of Europe, was “most enlightening, learning to understand playing chamber music. “two years of trio concerts with music in abstract terms.” violinist ruggiero ricci and cellist nathaniel rosen were intrigued by the “incredible sound and tone” of re- my happiest time as a musician,” rodriguez stated. nowned pedagogue Adele Marcus, he pursued graduate Ginastera requested that rodriguez perform his studies at new York’s Juilliard School. Marcus encour- second sonata, a work the pianist describes as “close to aged rodriguez to “develop your voice, make the piano Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring” in wild astringency and sheer sing.” he was so fascinated by that vocal analogy that difficulty. rodriguez recorded a Ginastera album as the he accompanied over 20 singers in the vocal studio of first release of Élan recordings, a company founded by former Metropolitan Opera soprano Eleanor Steber. the pianist’s wife, natalia. After advancing to the finals of the 1976 leventritt his sizable discography also includes rarely played Competition, rodriguez won a major management concertos by Mario Castelnuovo-tedesco and Carlos contract. The grand prize at the 1975 William Kapell Surinach and the complete works of rachmaninoff. Competition and Silver Medal at the 1981 van Cliburn Com- petition catapulted him into the Teaching is something I must do. international spotlight. It requires ‘‘ true commitment, passion, rodriguez is realistic about and the respect of your students. the role competitions can play in ’’ an artist’s career. “Competitions afford an artist without he is particularly proud of his recorded version of connections an entry into the music world, but a com- rachmaninoff ’s piano Concerto no. 3 with South petition winner cannot be considered a finished artist. Florida-based conductor paul Anthony Mcrae. Managers tend to over-expose many winners. Artists his view of that iconic russian pianist-composer’s need to be allowed to grow. in Europe they nurture mu- music differs from the popular stereotype of post- sicians. in order to be memorable, music speaks through tchaikovsky romanticism. “rachmaninoff was a roman- the performer. A great work of art and the artist evolve.” tic personality but a very contemporary person. There is A meeting with legendary Argentine composer Alberto a dark world in his choral work The Bells and the second Ginastera at a recital at new York’s Metropolitan Sonata, which is a strange, anxiety-ridden piece with Museum of Art (at which rodriguez played Ginastera’s elements of the macabre. Dissonance and chromaticism First Sonata) led to a 12-concert tour with cellist Aurora enrich small motifs that are embellished into melodies. Ginastera, the composer’s wife. rodriguez treasures the The pianist must present rachmaninoff ’s inspiration at memory of those performances and loves the intimate the tip rather than the hollywood-end frosting.”

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 41 } Class Notes West Palm Beach, Florida. former Marshall Tucker drummer, Paul Mark Colby, B.M. ’72, M.M. ’75, formerly Riddle. He was previously a studio with Maynard Ferguson, Bob James, guitarist for television, movies, and re- 1950s Frank Sinatra, and Jaco Pastorius, cords in Los Angeles and taught at the Delia Graham Cirino, B.M. ’51, is a retired has solo recordings on Columbia, University of Southern California as an piano teacher who continues to per- Hallway, and Origin Records. He has adjunct professor. From 1978 through form piano concerts. toured Europe, Japan, Canada, Central 1984 he was a member of The Bruce Taavo Virkhaus, B.M. ’55, is conductor America, China, and all 50 U.S. states. Hornsby Band. emeritus of the Huntsville Symphony He has been associate professor of Ross Block, B.M. ’78, has been named in Alabama. He recently conducted a jazz saxophone at DePaul University regional director of operations for concert at a Songfest in Tartu, Estonia, since 1983 and Elmhurst College since Metro Network’s Atlanta hub. He is where he was awarded the Tartu 1998, a Selmer saxophone clinician joining Metro following his recent long Medal at a ceremony in the City Hall. since 1987, and a Vandoren Reeds tenure with CBS Radio as operations The world premiere of his symphony clinician since 2000. director for its Tampa stations. was performed by the Huntsville Sym- Harley W. Smith, B.M. ’73, graduated Jeanne Newman Halberg, M.M. ’78, direc- phony Orchestra. with a master’s degree in history from tor of the award-winning Orchestras Harvard University in 2009. He has an and Choirs program at Sawgrass interest in medieval studies and has Springs Middle School in Broward taught secondary education for 14 County, was named the Broward Arts years. He continues to perform and Teacher of the Year in 2004 and Florida 1960s teach piano and voice. Chapter of the American String Teach- Joseph Leniado-Chira, B.M. ’61, has con- Laurence Kaptain, M.M. ’75, was named ers Association’s School Orchestra ducted 11 professional symphony and dean of the LSU College of Music and Teacher of the Year in 2005. chamber orchestras, operas, ballets, Dramatic Arts, where he also is the Sam Ruttenberg, B.M. ’78, won Best and brass ensembles for more than Penniman Family in Show at the National Association 30 years. He has also composed more Professor of of Music Merchants 2011 show in than 40 works for solo, chamber, in- Music. Previously Anaheim, California for his HingeStix strumental, choral, and large orchestral he served as practice drumsticks. He was inter- groups, performed worldwide. dean of the viewed by the Associated Press, and Carole Dawn Reinhart, B.A. ’63, received a Shenandoah his achievement will be highlighted in Ph.D. in sociology in 2009 from the Conservatory of many drumming and music maga- University of Music and Performing Shenandoah zines. He earned his M.M. from the Arts in Vienna, Austria, where she has University in Ken- Juilliard School. been a professor of trumpet since tucky, director of the Schwob School of Jon Gilutin, B.M. ’79, has released his 1983. Her dissertation subject was Music in Georgia, and vice provost at first solo effort, When the Heart Speaks, “Women Brass Players—Historical the University of Missouri-Kansas City. including many solo piano pieces, Documentation and the Influence of Richard Rose, B.M. ’76, is professor of instrumentals, and songs with guest the International Women’s Brass commercial music at Miami-Dade vocalists. As a songwriter, he won a Conference on the Profession.” She College, where he was recently Grammy Award for his song “New earned a B.M. and an M.M. from the awarded the Attitude” from the Beverly Hills Cop Juilliard School. Sylvan Meyers soundtrack and has had many other Lydia Metlika Pineiro, B.M. ’65, was Endowed songs recorded by great artists. He elected Woman of the Year 2009–2010 Teaching Chair. has also written music for countless by the Papanicolaou Corps Three His expertise is national television commercials. Islands Aquarius Cancer Unit. This frequently sought organization raises funds for cancer in the areas of research to help the UM Sylvester emerging Comprehensive Cancer Center. technologies in music production, performance, and 1980s education. Current activities include Lindsey Blair, B.M. ’80, M.M. ’93, has the development of new course worked as guitarist on the Don Fran- materials in acoustics and entrepre- cisco Presenta TV show on Univision 1970s neurial studies for musicians. for the past nine years. He previously Anita Castiglione, B.M. ’72, D.M.A. ’02, J. Steve Watson, M.M. ’77, is president played with Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada, is accompanist, coach, and assistant of WatsonWood Music, Inc., as well as Maynard Ferguson, 2 Live Crew, Bobby professor of music theory at Palm director of jazz studies at The Fine Arts Caldwell, Word of Mouth, Cheyenne, Beach Atlantic University. In 2009 she Center in Greenville County, South Raul Midon, Arturo Sandoval, LeeAnn performed George Gershwin’s Piano Carolina, an arts magnet school, and Womack, Les Hooper, Ed Calle, and Concerto in F with PBA Symphony a lecturer at Furman University. He Jeff Berlin. and appeared in a collaborative recital performs with band members Greg Jeffrey Lee Campbell, ’80, is currently in with soprano Moon-Sook Park in Alewine, Hazen Bannister, and the his ninth year as guitarist for the hit

{ 42 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 Broadway show Mamma Mia! Career Association Florida Chapter in Tampa Van Romaine, ’83, has recorded CDs for highlights include Sting’s “Nothing at the January 2010 FMEA Convention. Steve Morse, Like the Sun” world tour and Aretha Douglas J. Cuomo, B.M. ’83, composes for Enrique Iglesias, Franklin’s VH-1 concert and theatrical stages, television, Vinnie Moore, Divas Live. Other and film. Recent and German pop credits include concert music star Nena. He Jon Bon Jovi, includes Black also produced a Michael Bublé, Diamond CD for Keren Bob James, Express Train to DeBerg (BMG/ Branford Hell for the Ministry of Marsalis, and American Sound) and wrote and recorded a film Sam Phillips, as Composers score for Kill the Referee. well as numerous recording sessions Orchestra at André Raphel, B.M. ’84, is in his eighth and Broadway shows. Carnegie Hall, Arjuna’s Dilemma at the season as music director of the Wheel- Daniel Adams, M.M. ’81, published BAM Next Wave Festival, Only Breath ing Symphony Orchestra. This season “Vocalization, Body Percussion, and at Ravinia, and others. Work for he makes his debut with the Detroit Parody in Selected Compositions for television and film include: themes for Symphony. He has appeared with the Hand-Clapping Ensemble” in The Sex and the City (HBO), NOW with Bill Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Journal of the National Association of Moyers (PBS), and Wide Angle (PBS), Cleveland Orchestra, and New York College Wind and Percussion Instruc- and music for Homicide: Life on the Philharmonic. tors. His composition The Mangroves Street (NBC). Ed Smart, B.M. ’84, M.M. ’87, is Dance for SATB choir premiered at the Carlo Grante, M.M. ’83, performed enjoying a diverse career as a Society of Composers national confer- Rachmaninoff’s Thirteen Preludes, composer and multi-instrumentalist. ence, held at the University of South Op. 32 and Busoni’s Indian Diary on a Composing credits for feature- Carolina in November. The University Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand in length productions include Denzel of Maryland Percussion performed his the intimate setting of the Paul and Eva Washington’s Oscar-nominated and Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Badura-Skoda studio in Vienna, Aus- Peabody award-winning documentary Ensemble in December 2010. tria. On the free bonus DVD, Grante Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, D.A. Kip Sullivan, B.M. ’81, M.M. ’84, M.B.A. shares personal insights into the music Pennebaker’s film Al Franken: God ’86, is an operating partner of Summit of Rachmaninoff and Busoni and gives Spoke, and Shaquille O’Neal’s award- Records, which enables him to recon- useful advice to piano students on the winning movie series, Sports Theater nect with many UM graduates, includ- music’s history and interpretation. (Nickelodeon). ing Pete McGuinness. Sullivan is also a Laura Keith, M. M. ’83, a D.M.A. student, Seth C. Wexler, B.M. ’84, M.M ’85, is volunteer with several professional and was voted vice president of the Miami in his seventh year as a band and civic organizations, including Fiesta Music Teachers Association for the percussion instructor at North Broward Bowl, which earned him Volunteer of 2009-2011 term. She will be giving a Preparatory School. His high school the Year for 2009. presentation on the piano at Steinway percussion group has performed Vic Koler, B.M. ’82, is a freelance musi- Piano Gallery in September, teach- at the South Florida Winter Guard cian, producer, and composer in the ing pieces of Mana-Zucca, and will Association competitions for the last greater Los Angeles area and is on showcase five of her piano students three years in the standing percussion the Performing Artists Roster of the LA performing didactic works of Mana- ensemble category. Music Center on Tour and the Orange Zucca at the event. Ken Berry, B.M. ’85, recently composed County Performing Arts Center. Most Julia Muench Lakhani, B.M. ’83, M.M. ’86 the theme and background music for recently he played on the soundtrack was recently awarded a writer’s award the first season of for a film titled The Yankles and pro- by the American Jerry Seinfeld’s duced a CD of Americana roots music. Society of The Marriage Marty Beller, ’83, is the current drum- Composers, Ref. He has mer for They Might Be Giants. The Authors, and written music for band’s album, Here Come the 123s, Publishers such television received a 2009 Grammy for Best (ASCAP) in the programs as Musical Album for Children. Beller ASCAPLUS Behind the Music, has two solo albums and wrote and classical division. Survivor, sang songs from TMBG’s albums Here She is a member Temptation Island, Joe Millionaire, Big Come the ABCs: Alphabet Lost and of the faculty of the Monmouth Brother, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé, Found and Here Come the 123s: High Conservatory of Music in Red Bank, and Trading Spouses. He has won three Five! He is the composer for season New Jersey, where she regularly gives BMI Awards for his work with Dave three of the HBO show In Treatment concerts and workshops. Her Vanacore Productions, and this spring starring Gabriel Byrne. compositions can be viewed at the he will be awarded two more for the Tinder Burris, B.M. ’83, M.M. ’97, was New York Women Composers, the theme for Undercover Boss and named School Teacher of the Year American Music Center, and ASCAP, additional music for Out of the Wild. 2010 by the American String Teacher’s where she has membership. Peter McHugh, B.M. ’85, is a successful

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 43 } Class Notes voiceover talent and actor in Los such as Ellen, Big Bang Theory, TMZ, playing with pop sensations Deborah Angeles. He has made a career by and Extra. He toured Venezuela as Ilan Harry, Chris Stein, Nadia Ali, Rick Ross, announcing radio and TV commer- Chester’s musical director in 1990, and Melba Moore to collaborating with cials, television promos, video games, and in the same year co-produced the critically acclaimed modern dance and movie trailers. debut CD by fellow UM alumna and companies such as Paul Taylor Dance, Steve Hale, B.M. ’86, worked for 17 years jazz violist Debbie Spring. Earlier in Mark Morris Dance, Alvin Ailey Ameri- as a sales executive at Microsoft. He his career he taught briefly at can Dance Theater, NYU, Donald Byrd, is now vice president of worldwide California State University, Northridge and Ron Brown/Evidence. channel sales at Novell. He still plays before accepting a touring gig with Shari Hoffman, B.A. ’90, was hired to trumpet on occasion and recently Barry Manilow. manage the Live Television/Videotape brought in UM alumnus Walter White Brett Porter, B.M. ’87, M.M. ’90, is chief Supplemental Markets Fund, a and other alumni for a corporate gig in engineer at Art & Logic Software subsidiary of the New Orleans. Development. Besides working on Film Musicians Bruce Jacoby, B.M. ’86, manager of projects in the broadcasting, lighting, Secondary Education for Remo, Inc., a manufac- and networking industries, he is also Markets Fund. In turer of drumheads and percussion working on audio/music projects for her role, Hoffman products, oversees a roster of more Roland, Cakewalk, Alesis, Line6, oversees the than 350 endorsement artists and Universal Audio, Antares, and collection and coordinates Remo’s sponsorship pro- Massenburg Design Works. distribution of motions with organizations such as the David L. Stoler, M.M. ’87, led a quartet at royalties due Percussive Arts Society, Rose Parade, Smalls Jazz Club in New York, featuring recording musicians from various live Macy’s Parade, and NAMM. He also tenor saxophonist Rich Perry. He is shows past and present, including the manages more than 300 educational preparing to release a trio CD. Academy Awards, Grammys, American clinics per year. Teddy Kumpel, ’88, is a producer/mixer Idol, and Saturday Night Live. Pete McGuinness, B.M. ’86, is adjunct jazz who regularly contributes to New York Raul Midon, B.M. ’90, released a new faculty at New Jersey City Univer- City’s indie rock and jazz scenes, with CD, Synthesis, and continues to tour sity and a member of Bill Mobley’s more than 20 worldwide, including upcoming tours Smoke Big Band. He performs every major motion in France and throughout the U.S. Thursday night at the jazz club Smoke pictures, 15 Stewart Jean, B.M. ’91, is music theory in New York City. He is also a regularly major label department head and assistant de- contributing arranger for the West- records, and partment head of the drum program chester Jazz Orchestra and won a 2008 extensive touring at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Grammy nomination for Best Instru- experience to California. He also continues to gig in mental Arrangement Accompanying a his credit. He is the Los Angeles area. Vocalist for “Smile” from his big band also an EMI Roberta Rust, D.M.A. ’91, is artist faculty– CD First Flight on Summit Records. music publishing staff writer. He piano, professor, and head of the Piano Pete Abbott, B.M. ’87, resides in produced a record in 2005 for the kids Department at Lynn University’s Con- Nashville, where band Creation that raised $100,000 to servatory of Music in Boca Raton, Flor- he works as a build a school in Mali, Africa, and later ida. She performed with the Philippine studio drummer, led the group to become part of the Philharmonic and Clarion Chamber percussion Clinton Global initiative and We Are Ensemble during the 2008 Opusfest in writer, and Family Foundation. the Philippines and served on the jury arranger. Nancy Bona-Baker, B.M. ’89, M.M. for the Ultimate Pianist Competition in Previously he ’92, D.M.A. ’95, is employed by the Manila. She lectured at Chulalongkorn lived in Oslo, FJH Music Company, Inc. in Fort University in Bangkok, Thailand. Norway, where Lauderdale. For the past five years Eileen O. Faxas, B.S.C. ’92, just joined the he worked extensively with guitarist she has been an assistant keyboard North American Tour of Mamma Mia! Georg Wadenius. editor, copywriter, and coordinator of She already put her journalism major Brian Monroney, B.M. ’87, performed on keyboard advertising for the company. to work, winning three Emmy Awards CDs by artists such as Gloria Estefan, She has been involved as a production as a television reporter in Houston, Ilan Chester, Chayanne, and Luis coordinator for many educational Phoenix, and other cities. Enrique. Since piano publications and pedagogy Jim Gasior, B.M. ’92, M.M. ’02, complet- 2002 Monroney handbooks. ed his first year as dean of the music has composed division at the New World School of music for the Arts in Miami. Telepictures Tom Giampietro, B.M. ’92, is currently an Productions, a adjunct professor of drum set at TV production 1990s Middle Tennessee State University, company based Chris DeRosa, B.M. ’90, is a drummer/ Vanderbilt University Blair School of in Los Angeles. producer/composer/educator whose Music, and at the University of His music has appeared on shows extensive body of work ranges from Northern Iowa, where he provides

{ 44 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 private one-on-one drum set instruc- Certified Teacher, is a music teacher He also still enjoys playing around the tion via Internet video conferencing at Ben Sheppard Elementary and South Florida area, and can be seen technology. He has also been featured Ernest Graham Elementary in Hialeah, with his new high-energy rock band, on recent recordings by the Southern Florida. Miss Dympsey’s Class. Excursion Jazz Quartet and Dave David Cutler, B.M. ’94, balances a Paula Savastano, M.M. ’95, recently Peterson, and is featured on a varied career as a jazz and classical left Spirit Music Group to expand soon-to-be-released recording by the composer, pianist, educator, arranger, her consulting company of 11 years Nashville-based Affinity Trio. conductor, collaborator, concert and pursue a full-time client base. Dan Warner, ’92, has performed live with producer, author, consultant, speaker, Savastano, Schmel and Associates many artists, including Julio Iglesias, the and advocate. He teaches at Duquesne is a copyright, licensing, and royalty Bee Gees, Willie Nelson, Queen Latifah, University. consulting company that also provides Kelly Clarkson, Frank Filipanits, M.S. ’94, of Cool Stuff song pitching services and publishing the Back Street Labs just completed a project with administration to a number of clients, Boys, Jon Secada, renowned Abbey Road Studios to including independent songwriters/ and Andrea develop a software emulation of its artists as well as small and mid-sized Bocelli. In the RS124 audio compressors. These units publishers and record labels. studio, Dan has were a key part of The Beatles’ sound, Kevin Stevens, B.M. ’95, has appeared recorded with and the software versions will for the onscreen in some of the biggest some of the first time allow artists from around the prime-time TV shows (CSI Vegas, The biggest names in world access to their unique character. O.C., Frasier, and American Dreams) the record industry, including Madonna, CSL has also created award-winning and most recently in the video for the Pink, Timbaland, Barbra Streisand, audio products for clients such as popular song by Faith Hill and Tim Shakira, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Aphex, Dolby, and the virtual world McGraw “Like We Never Loved at All.” Justin Timberlake and Ricky Martin. In Second Life. He is currently a member of the up- 2008, Warner won an Emmy Award for Lee Stone, Ph.D. ’94, is a string teacher and-coming candy-pop, noise-band the song “I’m F***ing Matt Damon,” at the Westminster Christian School Meow-Meow. Its debut CD, Snow Gas which he co-wrote with comedian in Miami. Her high school orchestras Bones, is getting tremendous press in Sarah Silverman. performed in March at New York Rolling Stone and NME. Carlos Abril, B.M. ’93, associate profes- City’s Lincoln Center. All of her middle Ed Toth, B.M. ’95, is in his fifth year with sor of music education at Northwest- school and high school orchestras the Doobie ern University, was recently named received straight “superior” ratings at Brothers and has to the editorial boards of Journal of the Florida District Music Performance just completed Research in Music Education and Adjudication Festival, while the top tracks for a new Council for Research in Music Educa- group received a straight “superior” at album. He also tion Bulletin. At Northwestern, Abril the State Festival. plays on recent teaches elementary and general music Adam Zimmon, B.M. ’94, has recorded with releases by Five education courses; conducts research Shakira, Dido, Page McConnell of Phish, Times August, in sociocultural nature of teaching and Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, Chris Harriet Street, learning, music perception, and arts Brown, Kanye and Jen Porter, the latter two of which education policy; and arranges music West, Daniel he also produced. and instructional materials published Powter, Enrique Brendan Buckley, B.M. ’96, has been by World Music Press and Macmillan/ Iglesias, Mandy performing and recording with artists McGraw-Hill. Moore, Vida Blue, such as Shakira, Damien Rice, Minnie Marko Marcinko, B.M. ’93, has toured Ednita Nazario, Driver, Daniel and recorded with jazz icon Dave Fulano De Tal, Powter, Ozomatli, Liebman for the past ten years, as well Don Omar, The Idina Menzel, as jazz legends Maynard Ferguson, Kind, and The Popvert, Gary Phil Woods, and Bob Dorough. In Spam Allstars. He has also been a Jules, Lee Hom 2008-09, Marcinko performed and long-standing collaborator for The Wang, and toured in South America, South Africa, Spam Allstars and Fulano, and has been Pedestrian. He Russia, Western Europe, Canada, and a collaborator on compositions heard recently throughout the United States. He is an on VH1, A&E, Travel Channel, Spike TV, produced adjunct professor of jazz studies at Style network, CMTV, and MTV. Volumen Cero’s I Can See The Brite Penn State University. Andy Kolb, M.M. ’95, is principal cello in Spot, Michael Miller’s I Made You Up, Mario Ortiz, B.M. ’93, M.M. ’96, earned the Eugene Symphony Orchestra in The Kind’s Visit Yourself, and Fulano’s a 2010 Latin Grammy nomination in Eugene, Oregon. Grammy-nominated Individual. the category of Best Salsa Album of Albert Nigro, B.M. ’95, has recently been Dawn McConkie Courtney, B.M. ’96, M.M. the Year for his recording Mario Ortiz promoted to Supervising Editor for ’98, D.M.A. ’04, professor of clarinet All Star Band Tributo 45 Aniversario Alfred Music Publishing (formerly and Saxophone at Emporia State (Zamora Music Group), a tribute to Warner Bros. Publications), and has University in Emporia, Kansas, per- his late father. Ortiz, a National Board been with the company for 15 years. formed at the 2010 Oklahoma Clarinet

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 45 } Class Notes Symposium as a member of the Miami of North Carolina Wilmington, where oboe and bassoon music is retailed Clarinet Quartet. he teaches trombone, improvisation, through Forrests Music in Berkeley, Greg Herron, B.M. ’96, is the percussion jazz theory, jazz arranging, jazz history, California. teacher at Mount St. Mary’s University, and is the director of the Jazz Ensem- Brian E. Russell, B.M. ’97, M.M. ’07, Ph.D. where he also directs the percussion ble. He is an active performer and cli- ’10, presented a session at FMEA ensemble. He has the same duties at nician throughout North Carolina and titled “Taming the Beast: How to Run Frederick Community College. He is a is currently performing with the North a Successful and Creative Guitar busy freelancer in the Baltimore/ Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, the Program.” Most recently, he served Washington area and has a position as Grammy-nominated Jazz Surge, and as an educational table facilitator principal timpanist in the Mid-Atlantic the John Brown Orchestra. at the Clinton Global Initiative. He Symphony. He is also a member of the Yvette Soler, B.M. ’96, has been em- was also a featured performer at the Vic Firth Education Team. ployed in the corporate world promot- Newport Guitar Show and Festival as Eric Hughes, M.M. ’96, is the percussion ing music and art through software an endorsee of Mortoro Guitars and teacher at West Briar Middle School at RealNetworks and Microsoft, as a a featured soloist with the Alhambra and Westside High School in Houston. music engineer and co-owner of a Orchestra in 2010. He has an article in His students have finished in the top circus. She produced underground in- press with the Council for Research in rankings for All-Region, All City, and tentional dance events and toured with Music Education Bulletin. the State Solo and Ensemble competi- Cirque du Soleil. These experiences Xueli Tan, B.M. ’97, M.M. ’04, is pursuing tions. He teaches music appreciation have enabled her to cultivate a unique her doctorate in music at the University and rock n’ roll history at Wharton perspective, which she brings to her of Iowa, where she was awarded the County Junior College and is a Sabian Practical Spirituality teachings. She prestigious Presidential Fellowship. and Pro-Mark Educational Endorser as now calls Europe home and travels the She will also serve as the teaching and well as a member of PAS and TMEA. world helping people find their path research assistant for the University of Astrum Lux Lucis, B.A. ’96, (formerly and manifest their dreams. Iowa’s music therapy department. Cheryl Hill) is a producer, singer, Jason Sutter, M.M. ’96, has been living Kristin Coats Wagner, B.M. ’97, is a high songwriter, in Los Angeles for the past nine years school orchestra teacher in a suburb musician, and has taught at on Chicago’s North Shore. During founder of the LA Music the past several years, many of her conscious music Academy with students have auditioned for the Frost project, One Joe Porcaro. He School of Music, including five who are World has toured and currently attending. (R)evolution, recorded with Michael Walsh, B.M. ’98, M.M. ’00, was holistic health American Hi-Fi, appointed professor of clarinet at South counselor, the Rembrandts, Dakota State University in Brookings, certified personal fitness trainer, and and Smash South Dakota. He was formerly on the owner of Vegan Wellness. Mouth, and recorded Vertical Horizons. faculty of the University of Tennessee at Joe Monagle, B.M. ’96, M.M. ’99, cur- Jason has just released a recording of Martin and worked as a musicologist rently works for Credit Suisse Private his own band, Run Through the Desert, assistant at ASCAP. He holds a D.M.A. Banking on Brickell Avenue where he available on iTunes. He recently degree from the University of Kansas. focuses primarily on clientele in the appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly, Chris Jentsch, D.M.A. ’99, released his Music & Film Industry. He is also the Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show latest CD for large jazz ensemble, head of the finance committee for the with Jay Leno, and The Late Show with Cycles Suite, commissioned by the Miami-Dade office of Film and Enter- David Letterman. New York State Council on the Arts and tainment Board. Jay Dorfman, B.M. ’97, M.M. ’03, is as- featuring trumpeter Mike Kaupa. A Sandra Schwartz, B.M. ’96, M.M. ’98, sistant professor of music education feature on Jentsch appears in the June Ph.D. ’06, assistant professor of music at Boston University, where he teaches 2010 issue of DownBeat, and his first at West Virginia University and courses in music education technol- small group record since 1998 (Frac- recipient of the Division of Music’s ogy, research, and instrumental music. tured Pop) is in post-production. 2009 Outstanding Teaching Award, His writing has been published in the Kathleen Melgarejo, B.M. ’99, has re- teaches choral music education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, ceived excellent reviews performing foundations of music education, and Music Educators Journal, Contributions in jazz clubs, including the Blue Note, research methods. Her research to Music Education, and the Journal of Joe’s Pub, and The Bitter End. She has examines the vocal status of music Technology in Music Learning. He also toured Japan twice, sung in Peru at student teachers before and after their is president-elect of the Technology the Festival Internacional de Peru, and student teaching experience. She Institute for Music Educators. headlined the Jazz Nordico series on presented at the 2010 Mississippi Rafael Mevorach, M.M. ’97, retired in late the Canary Islands while promoting Music Educators Association/ 2007 but continues to compose. He her CD Lazy Afternoon. Her original Mississippi Choral Directors Associa- received his D.M.A. from the University song, “La Luna,” was awarded third tion Annual Conference. of Nebraska in Lincoln in 2005 and place in the International Songwriting Jerald Shynett, M.M. ’96, is associate publishes his music under the imprint Competition’s Latin Category. professor of jazz studies at University of Music of Rafael Mevorach Co. His Santiago Quintans, B.M. ’99, M.M. ’01, has

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Opera’s Versatile Butterfly SOprAnO SAnDrA lOpEz’S first memory of hearing opera was in Mexico, when she was 8. her father, an opera buff, tuned into a live television broadcast of puccini’s Tos c a from palacio de Bellas Artes. Then sANdrA she saw the movie version of Carmen with placido lopez is Domingo, and that’s where she really got hooked. “Although that opera was written more HoNored As than 150 years ago, i found her character was 2010 Frost so wild, so controversial,” says lopez, B.M. ’96. distiNGuisHed “She was such an independent woman.” AlumNA. As a wife, mother of a newborn girl, and acclaimed performer, lopez brings her own identity as an independent, powerhouse woman to every role. honored as the Frost School’s 2010 Distinguished Wife, mother, and musician— Alumna, lopez returned to the Frost alumna Sandra Lopez, B.M. ’96, School last year as a featured artist for the masters many roles. Opening night Gala of Festival Miami 2010. lopez’s Cuban-born father and Ecuadorian-born mother met in new York City, which is Since then, lopez has appeared as Catherine in the where lopez was born. traveling became second nature as Metropolitan Opera premiere of tobias picker’s A View her father’s engineering career took the family to honolulu, from the Bridge and has performed tosca, Cio Cio San, Singapore, and Mexico. During her high school years they Mimi, nedda, tatiana, Marguerite, Micaela, violetta, settled in Miami, which is still home base. She came to and lauretta with Florida Grand Opera, palm Beach the university of Miami on scholarship for an academic Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Carolina, nashville record that was on par with the strength of her voice. Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Berkshire Opera, Connecti- “Since the age of 5, i’ve always loved to sing,” lopez cut Grand Opera, pOrt Opera, Opera north (uSA), recalls. “i started taking vocal lessons at 12 because i got and Opera de Oviedo, among others. in March 2011, she the lead in the school musical.” appeared as Madame Butterfly with the virginia Opera, A viola and piano player who was also drawn to her first role since her daughter was born. She admits musical theater and opera, lopez’s childhood interests in that being a mom and traveling across the country is music were diverse. her academic strength was in math- challenging but very rewarding. ematics. “My father is an engineer. i totally have that “it’s a modern world, and it’s a wonderful feeling that kind of brain. The university of Miami appealed to me i don’t have to sacrifice one or the other,” she says. because it’s not a conservatory; it’s a university. i would lopez’s favorite roles are Madame Butterfly and be getting a university degree with an emphasis in music.” tosca, “characters where there are so many layers you A year before graduating, lopez won the Metropoli- are trying to bring to life.” She researches her roles with tan Opera national Council Award, and in 1998 she was intensity but notes that life experience is the best ingredi- the Grand prize winner in the College Division of the ent for a good performance. Florida Grand Opera Competition. After graduation she “Every composer was trying to communicate some moved to new York, where she joined the lindemann emotional, human experience through music.” She says. Young Artist Development program at the Metropolitan “You’ve got to keep yourself open to living because the Opera from 2000 to 2003. living informs the music.”

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 47 } Class Notes been head of the jazz program at the network card industry. Additionally, he Zombie, as well as some of the most Le Mans launched AmazingTechProducts.com important artists in Latin music such as Conservatory in to promote new tech products and in- Marc Anthony, Chayanne, and Thalia. In France since troduced the Purebuds Earphones for 2008 he joined American Idol winner 2008. His latest a pure and safe way to listen to music. Jordin Sparks on the Alicia Keys As I trio CD is out on Carlomagno Araya, B.M. ’01, M.M. ’08, Am tour, performing all over the world, Free Code traveled with Laurence Elder to the including Madison Square Garden and Records. In 2009 Philippines Jazz Fest 2009 and was on Live with Regis and Kelly. he performed invited to be part of the faculty team. Craig Gosnell, D.M.A. ’02, plays bass with the He gave clinics at the second annual trombone in the Dancing with the Stars Orchestra of Caen on the France Repercusiones, an international orchestra. première of Peter Eotvos Seven. And in percussion festival in Costa Rica. He Patricia F. Johnson, D.M.A. ’02, teaches at 2010 he performed Steve Reich’s performed with Frost faculty, including the National University in Sao Pãulo. Electric Counterpoint in a jazz-contem- Eddie Gomez and Antonio Sanchez, at Austin McMahon, B.M. ’02, M.M. ’04, has porary crossover music project he the 2009 Festival de Jazz in Puerto Rico. spent his time performing, recording organized in Le Mans. Alan Chan, B.M. ’01, has received honors and touring internationally (including from American Composers Forum, festivals in Ireland, Italy and the ASCAP, Percussive Arts Society, and Dominican Republic) with fellow Los Angeles University Miami alumni pianists Joe County Arts Davidian, Landon Knoblock, and 2000s Commissions. He saxophonist Dan Kinzelman. He also Jamie Christopherson, ’00, creates music is the co-founder performed and recorded with the for feature films, video games, televi- and artistic award-winning Ayn Inserto Jazz sion shows, documentaries, theatri- director of Orchestra, George Garzone, Ben cal trailers, commercial spots, and Gateway Monder, and Roy Hargrove. His album webisodes. His most notable projects Performance Many Muses was recently released. include works for feature films such Series in Los Angela Pasquini, B.M. ’02, is director as The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Ghost Angeles and a member of BMI Jazz of financial aid at Manhattan School of Image, and Inside Out and interactive Composers Workshop in New York City. Music. scores for video games such as The His concerto for Chinese fiddle and the Orn Pornphan Banternghansa, B.M. ’03, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Orchestra of St. Matthews will be teaches piano at Silpakorn University Earth series, Lost Planet 1 and 2, John performed in Los Angeles in June 2011. in Bangkok, Thailand. Woo’s Stranglehold and Lineage II. Alex Rose, B.M. ’01, engineered the last Vicki Lemar, B.M. ’03, is working as a Stacy McMichael, M.M. ’00, is professor three albums for the group Minus the sound mixer for the TV show Glee; her of bass (upright and electric) at Olivet Bear, and he performed on the hit team won an Emmy for “Outstanding Nazarene University. albums Planet of Ice (2007) and Omni Sound Mixing for a One-Hour Comedy Jamie Ousley, M.M. ’00, was featured (2010). or Drama.” in The Miami Herald for his CD Back Megan Strawn, B.M. ’01, lives in Orange Kate Paradise, B.M. ’03, M.M. ’06, is Home. Last year, he returned to Osaka, County, California. She has been an the director of jazz vocal studies at Japan with Japan-based trio mates active performer for the past ten years Belmont University. Her collegiate Phillip Strange on piano and Larry in the Florida, Colorado, and California ensemble, Jazmin, won a 2010 Out- Marshall on drums. music and film communities. She has standing Performance Award from Einar Scheving, B.M. ’00, M.M ’02, was a appeared in commercials for KWKLY DownBeat magazine. She is one of ten drumset teaching assistant while a and MemorialCare Health System, vocalists featured on the international student at the Frost School of Music, worked on the independent feature CD Women in Jazz, a compilation from where he also film Serotonin Rising as associate pro- Putumayo World Music. became ducer and script supervisor, and was Sam Bergstrom, B.M. ’04, lives in Munich, interested in featured in several Chapman University Germany, where he is a patent composition. graduate films. attorney at Wüsthoff & Wüsthoff. His Back in his native Ludwig Afonso, B.M. ’02, moved to New practice includes patent preparation, Iceland, he York City after graduation and toured patent prosecution, and oppositions received with Spyro Gyra. Currently one of New proceedings before the European and Icelandic Music York’s premier jazz drummers, he United States Patent Offices. In late Awards two has toured and recorded with Martin May, he toured China with the years in a row: in 2006 for Best Jazz Bejerano, and is now performing and Symphonisches Ensemble München Composition and in 2007 for Jazz recording with keyboardist Eldar, who as the orchestra’s second bassoonist. Album of the Year, Cycles. He’s was nominated for a 2008 Grammy for Quincy Garner, M.M. ’04, joined the currently working on his second CD. Best Contemporary Jazz Album. United States Air Force Band of Liberty Keith Washo, M.M. ’00, is now director of Andrew Synowiec, B.M. ’02, M.M. ’04, has (regional band located just outside of sales for the Bigfoot Networks in Sili- recorded for a wide spectrum of art- Boston), performing in the Concert con Valley, where he leads the gaming ists ranging from Aimee Mann to Rob Band, Jazz Band, and Brass Quintet. He

{ 48 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 has performed with Billy Pierce, Greg Nancy Luzko, D.M.A. ’05, in collaboration nominated Spam Allstars. He also has Hopkins, Phil Wilson, Jane Moneheit, with her brother, Daniel Luzko, com- enjoyed several tours with international Byron Stripling, John Pizzarelli, Anne posed the music for the ballet Madame rap artist Pitbull, performing on The Hampton Callaway, Michael Amante, Lynch, which recently premiered with Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, the Maureen McGovern, Jiggs Wigham, great success in Asuncion, Paraguay Ellen show, and at the 2009 ALMA Farid Barron, Robin McKelle, and at the opening celebration of the Awards. Esperanza Spaulding. bicentennial anniversary of Paraguay’s Tracy Burklund, B.M. ’06, has been ac- Jeremy Levy, M.M. ’04, resides in Los independence. The work was commis- cepted into the Graduate Jazz Studies Angeles. He tours internationally with sioned by the Municipal Ballet of Asun- program at San Diego State University, the Brian Setzer cion and performed by the National focusing on jazz vocal performance Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra of Paraguay, with and pedagogy. She also is director of performs his choreography by Jaime Pinto. the Jazz Vocal Ensemble at Southwest- original Armen Shaomian, M.M. ’05, D.M.A. ’08, ern College in Chula Vista, Califor- compositions recently started his own arts and nia, where she will be teaching two around town. He business courses in the fall. has worked as an consulting Charles Ciorba, Ph.D. ’06, is assistant orchestrator on company, professor of graduate music education many television Armenize Inc. at the University of Oklahoma, where shows and video games, including: Previously he he received a $20,000 Dream Course Pushing Daisies, Battlestar Gallactica, was national Award. He has two research articles Human Target, and God of War 3. Levy programs in press, “Describing Illinois Music is finishing his first record this year manager and Programs Using the Whole School with his band, The Budman/Levy associate Effectiveness Guidelines: A Statewide Orchestra. producer of the Young Arts program at Investigation” (Contributions to Music Yang Lu, B.M. ’04, is performing with the the National Foundation for Advance- Education) and “Professional Self-Per- Berner Symphonieorchester in Zürich, ment in the Arts and liaison for the ceptions of Future Music Educators” Switzerland. From 2006 to 2008 she Smithsonian American Art Museum, (Research Alliance for Institutions of worked with the Buffalo Philharmonic the John F. Kennedy Center for the Music Education, RAIME: Proceedings Orchestra in New York. Performing Arts, and the Baryshnikov of the Tenth International Symposium). Marina Radiushina, M.M. ’04, D.M.A. Arts Center in New York City. His book Steve Danyew, B.M. ’06, instructor of candidate, has on Swedish National-Romantic Music saxophone at Fitchburg State Univer- been accepted was published by VDM Verlag. sity, won Honorable Mention in the into a two-year Sarab Singh, B.M. ’05, toured in February 2010 ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennel residency at with singer/songwriter Schuyler Fisk, Wind Ensemble Competition for his Carnegie Hall, who is an actress and the daughter of work Lauda for wind ensemble. His where she will Sissy Spacek. He recently recorded choral work, More Than Heaven to be performing a four-song EP with New York singer/ Earth, was premiered by the Shoreline regularly in songwriter Mieka Pauley, who is the Chorale as part of its Celebrating chamber settings Cosmo magazine star launch winner, Connecticut Composers concert and and working with world-renowned and producer Mike Mangini, who did won first prize in the competition. artists. the first two Joss Stone records as well Marie-Elaine Gagnon, D.M.A. ’06, is assis- Leslie Hastings, B.M. ’05, has completed as some Jonas Brothers recordings. tant professor of music at the Univer- a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Brandon Wright, B.M. ’05, recently sity of South Dakota. She is also the the University of Illinois, Urbana- released his first CD, Boiling Point, on cellist in the Rawlins Piano Trio. Champaign. She also holds a master’s Posi-Tone Records, to rave reviews. Joshua Henry, B.M. ’06, began his degree in clarinet performance from This summer he will be touring with theatrical career in Godspell and Boston University. Chuck Mangione and the Max understudied the David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05, is director Weinberg Big Band as well leading his role of Benny in of instrumental jazz/low brass at own quintet at Smoke Jazz Club, the an off-Broadway Morningside College in Sioux City, Kitano Hotel, and Dizzy’s Club Tony Award- Iowa. He also writes halftime and Coca-Cola in New York City. winning stands tunes for Tom Keck and the Chad Bernstein, B.M. ’06, M.M. ’09, premiere run of Band of the Hour. D.M.A. candi- In the Heights. He Sun-ah Lee, D.M.A. ’05, a cellist, teaches date, played played the role of at Kyung Sug University in Busan, more than 200 Tin-Man in an Korea. shows this year Encores! summer run of The Wiz and Melissa Lesniak, Ph.D. ’05, continues to with notable appeared as Jennifer Hudson’s serve as executive director, concert Miami bands, boyfriend in the first Sex and the City orchestra conductor, and preparatory including movie. He then played an army man in division coordinator of the Greater Sueñalo and the Green Day’s rock opera, American Miami Youth Symphony. Latin Grammy- Idiot, before landing his current role as

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 49 } Class Notes Haywood Patterson in The Scottsboro Virginia Tech. Her most recent articles performance, received a Grammy Boys. appear in the nomination for his performance on Jason Hurwitz, B.M. ’06, recently com- journals Update, Sammy Figueroa’s album, The Magi- pleted his touring with Barrage and is International cian. He also released his album, The currently performing electric violin in Journal of XenDen Suite, an eight-part suite for a show called Cirque Dreams Jungle Teaching and jazz quartet and string quartet. Fantasy, which will be playing at the Learning in Colby Vann, B.M. ’07, graduate of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Higher Educa- music therapy program, is a graduate Atlantic City. Following Cirque, he will tion, Journal of student in the University of Minnesota’s pursue a dual degree M.A./M.B.A. in Research in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Arts Administration at the University of Music Performance, and the Journal of Program. Cincinnati. In addition, he will be cul- Music Teacher Education. She Albert Bade, B.M. ’08, M.M. ’10, master’s tural programs coordinator at Raymond presented at the Association for student in the Frost Music Educa- Walters College in Cincinnati. Psychological Science and National tion department, spent his summer Kathy Kerstetter, Ph.D. ’06, is an assistant Association for Music Education teaching drumset and running rhythm professor of music education at Florida conferences and at the Colloquium for section clinics at Palm Springs Middle International University. This year Teachers of Instrumental Music School and Southwest Senior High she presented papers and lectures Methods. School. He also performed in Medellin, on technology in music education Nathan Rinnert, Ph.D. ’06, continues to Colombia with artist Freddy Colloca for the Midwest Band and Orchestra teach instrumental music education in a huge musical showcase televised Clinic, the Association for Technol- and tuba, and he directs the march- throughout Latin America. ogy in Music Instruction, the Society ing band at Mansfield University in Gabrielle Baffoni, M.M. ’08, is completing for Music Teacher Education, and the Pennsylvania. He recently became the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Florida Music Educators Association. engaged. the University of Missouri-Kansas City Her article “Investigating High School Martin Camacho Zavaleta, D.M.A. ’06, was Conservatory of Music and Dance. Band Recruitment Procedures Using appointed dean of arts, humanities, She is also second clarinetist with the Educational Marketing Principles” has and social Wichita Symphony. been accepted for publication in the sciences of the Cristina M. Flores, B.M. ’08, was recently Journal of Band Research. “Instructional Community promoted to creative coordinator at Blogging in the General Music Room” College of Universal Music Publishing. was accepted for publication in Gen- Rhode Island. He Michael Guzman, B.M. ’08, instrumental eral Music Today. will be releasing music teacher at Southwest Miami High Jason Kush, M.M. ’06, is instructor of his first CD with School, was the Rookie Teacher of the saxophone and clarinet at Slippery Ruiz Armengol, Year for 2009-2010 for the Miami-Dade Rock University, Cuban Dances, County Public Schools. Guzman is where he under the Digital Urtext label. completing a master’s degree in wind coordinates the Claire Courchene, B.M ’07, plays cello conducting at Florida International Uni- saxophone and trombone on American Idol. versity and is a graduate assistant for studio; teaches Nick Deysher, M.M. ’07, is a producer the FIU Golden Panther Marching Band. applied clarinet, and performer of kid-friendly music. Hayoung Lim, Ph.D. ’08, is assistant pro- saxophone He and his fessor of music therapy and director quartets, small production of the new Master of Music in Music jazz ensembles, company, In The Therapy program at Sam Houston and improvisation; and co-leads the Nick of Time, State University in Texas. Two of his Jazz Lab Band. have released articles on music’s effect to improve Chung Park, D.M.A. ’06, serves as two albums, speech production in children with music director/conductor of the Idaho Coconut Grove autism have been published in Music State-Civic Symphony and assistant (2007) and Therapy Perspectives and the Journal professor of upper strings at Idaho People, Places of Music Therapy. She also recently State University. He is also music and Things (2009), which received a received an internal research grant director and conductor of the critically gold medal from the Parents’ Choice from her university. acclaimed Miami-based living music Foundation. His new album is called Luke Moellman, B.M. ’08, M.M. ’10, ensemble Project Copernicus and ac- Making Silly Faces. pianist and percussionist, completed tive as a guest conductor. He has held Katie Palmer, B.M. ’07, has completed his master’s in studio/jazz writing and positions at the Universities of North her first year of doctoral studies will continue to build his career along Dakota, Miami, and Chicago, and at at Arizona State University. She with Bridget Davis as they venture to Indiana University-South Bend as well is pursuing a D.M.A. in clarinet New York. This year he received four as youth orchestra positions in North performance and a master’s degree awards from DownBeat magazine for Dakota, Florida, and Indiana. in ethnomusicology. his compositions and engineering. Kelly A. Parkes, Ph.D. ’06, is assistant Troy Roberts, M.M. ’07, Doctor of Musi- Peter van Zandt Lane, B.M. ’08, was a professor of music education at cal Arts candidate in jazz saxophone finalist in the 2009 ASCAP/SEAMUS

{ 50 } SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2011 From Army to Student Commission Competition. received an Emerging Talent Award. His most recent premieres are by ICE Chris Santoro, M.S. ’09, works for Sound- Grammy (International Contemporary Ensem- Toys, an audio plug-in company based ble), Rare Degree Ensemble, and the in Burlington, Vermont. Brandie lane, B.S. ’06, Meltdown Incentive. Elizabeth Stockton, B.M. ’09, graduate of received a 2011 Grammy David Bebe, D.M.A. ’09, a faculty the music therapy program, was hired for Best Engineered member at College of St. Rose in at her internship site, the Bruce W. Album, Classical category. Albany, New Carter Department of Veterans Affairs York, is the Medical Center in Miami. The album is Quincy conductor of the Federico Bonacossa, D.M.A. ’10, recently Porter: Complete Viola St. Rose edited and fingered the work Cinque Works, which had also Orchestra. He Impressioni for flute and guitar by been nominated in two has served on Franco Margola, being published by faculties of Canadian company Productions D’OZ. performance categories, Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Indiana This is the first of a series of publica- Performance (with Orchestra) and Best Chamber Music University String tions of unedited works for guitar and Performance. She also has engineering credits on Sarah Academy and the String Academy of other instruments by Franco Margola. Wisconsin. Bonacossa’s composition “Preambu- Schuster Ericsson: 20th Century Harp Sonatas, which William Reid Draper, B.M. ’09, accepted a lum” for solo guitar was also recently had been nominated in the Best Instrumental Soloist job offer from the Echo Nest, a startup accepted for publication by Clear Performance (without Orchestra) category. Prior to joining music-technology company in Boston. Note Publications in Ohio. the Army, Staff Sgt. Lane was the head audio engineer at Michael Feinberg, B.M. ’09, showcased Lauren Bonavitacola, B.M. ’10, graduate of his band at the Elephant Room in the music therapy program, has been Sono Luminus, a record label in Virginia that specializes in Austin, Texas as part of the South accepted into the Rutgers Graduate classical and jazz music. by Southwest music festival. He will School of Applied and Professional perform at the Launch Music Confer- Psychology, where she will also be ence. His recent gigs include New York employed as a research assistant. the only cellist performing it in the next City with George Garzone; 55 Bar with Diosan Borrego, B.M. ’10, had an article, two years. Logan Richardson, Daniel Platzman, “Miking Your Choir,” published in Beth Gibbs, D.M.A. ’10, is director of Michael Palma, and Alex Wintz; and the April 2010 Choral Journal. He choral studies at Chris Jazz Café in Philadelphia with describes in detail stereo mic place- Florida Southern Orrin Evans. ments, various room configurations, College in Brian Gerstle, B.S. ’09, has accepted a and different spot microphone setups. Lakeland, where position at Hit Factory Criteria in Miami. Sara Cowley, B.M. ’10, was selected she directs three Allison Gifford, B.M. ’09, graduate of the Most Outstanding Graduating Senior choral ensem- music therapy program, now works at from the Music Business program. She bles and teaches Allegheny Valley School in Philadel- is currently a master’s student in the courses in phia with individuals who have intel- Music Education program at the Frost conducting and lectual and developmental disabilities. School as well as the full-time music choral pedagogy. Diana Le, B.M. ’09, graduate of the music department assistant at Gulliver Prepa- Eric Humphrey, M.S. ’10, a music engi- therapy program, was hired at her in- ratory School, where she is the direc- neering technology major, accepted ternship site, University Hospitals Case tor of the Gulliver Prep Brass Choir. a position at New York University. The Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Jenny Denk, B.M. ’10, a graduate of the University of Miami is pursuing patent Kacey Link, M.M. ’09, presented her music therapy program, has been protection on his thesis project. research at the 2009 College Music hired by Creative Children Therapy in Rodney Lancaster, D.M.A. ’10, performed Society National Conference and at Miami. in the orchestra for the first national the 2009 Society of Ethnomusicology Ashley Garritson, D.M.A. ’10, performed tour of Happy Days, a new musical Conference in Mexico City. She is in the Florida premiere of the Mark produced by Garry Marshall. The the process of publishing her research O’Connor Double Concerto with the musical features original music by Paul in the CMS Cultural Expressions Miami Sympho- Williams. The musical debuted in Los Monograph Series. Her book review ny and was Angeles and played all across the U.S. of Omar Garcia Brunelli’s Estudios invited to play a and Canada. sobre la obra de Astor Piazzolla was series of Nomali Lumsden, M.M. ’10, works in the published in Popular Music in 2009. concerts as a music education departments of the She is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in member of the Edna Manley College of the Visual collaborative piano at the University of Chicago and Performing Arts and the MICO California-Santa Barbara. Symphony. While University College, both in Jamaica. Kevin Russell Rose, B.M. ’09, was selected attending Frost, She joins three other UM music educa- to compete in the semifinals of the she performed the world premiere of tion alumni, Lyndal Bailey (curriculum Lotte Lenya Competition in New York the Aaron Travers Cello Concerto with consultant), Marcia Ashley (former City, March 11-12, 2011, where he the Frost Wind Ensemble and will be chair), and Cecile Strudwick-Green

Spring 2011 SCORE MAGAZINE { 51 } Class Notes (present chair). Edna Manley College Carlos Puig-Hatem, D.M.A. ’10, a master’s Gary Thomas, B.M. ’10, was selected to and MICO are developing the first student in Media Writing and Produc- attend the Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Bachelor of Music Education to be of- tion, performed at a benefit concert for 2010. fered on the island of Jamaica. Cuban singer Gema Corredera, held Catherine Ming Tu, Ph.D. ’10, serves as an Kendall Moore, M.M. ’10, is pursuing a at the Manuel Artime Theatre last May. assistant professor of music educa- D.M.A. in jazz trombone performance Daniel Plazas, M.S. ’10, a music engi- tion at Millikin University, where she at the Frost School. He works as a neering major, has accepted a position teaches general music methods. jazz composer, arranger, and music at Sennheiser R&D. Mia Vassilev, D.M.A. ’10, created the engineer. Julie Stordahl, Ph.D. ’10, has been nonprofit organization Miami Piano Greg Mulzet, M.M. ’10, had a commis- appointed assistant professor of music Circle, Inc., which presented “Music sioned work performed at the Oregon therapy at Charleston Southern from the 1920s-1950s” at historic Lincoln Bach Music Festival. His Work Song University in Theatre in Miami Beach last August. The was written for cello, marimba, and South Carolina. concert featured unique duo and solo horn. She gave an works by Milhaud, Martin, Ginastera, Bradley Olesen, Ph.D. ’10, recently experiential and Ornstein performed by UM pianists completed his dissertation research presentation on Liana Pailodze and Mia Vassilev, assisted on choral warm-up philosophies and “Piano Improvi- by UM percussionist Brian Potts. practices, winning first place in the sation Tech- Lauren Denney Wright, D.M.A. ’10, has University of Miami Research and niques for been named Creativity Forum and having his study Relaxation” at assistant selected for the International Society the annual meeting of the 2010 professor of of Music Educator Conference in Southeastern Region of the American music and Beijing, China. After graduation he Music Therapy Association. She also director of bands became assistant professor of music presented the paper “The Use of at Oklahoma education at Louisiana State University. Music-Assisted Relaxation to Influence Baptist University. He also had an article published in the Mood Among Women with Breast At the University Choral Journal on “Choral Evaluation Cancer” at the annual meeting of the of Miami, she Survival Techniques.” American Music Therapy Association. served as a teaching assistant in instrumental conducting, instructor of undergraduate conductor techniques, and band conductor. Zoe Zeniodi, D.M.A. ’10, has been appointed music director of the Broward Symphony Orchestra for the 2010-2011 In Memoriam season. She also was named associate guest conductor for the Alhambra lee R. “Doc” Kjelson, retired choral faculty, died on May 4, 2009. He was 82. Orchestra in Miami. After personal invi- A memorial service was held at the Coral Gables Congregational tation by the English conductor Daniel Church in his honor, with hundreds of alumni, faculty, and Harding, she attended rehearsals and concert of the Staatskapelle Dresden in family in attendance. A tribute concert was also organized and March 2010 for a Schumann week. In presented by alumni at Carnegie Hall on April 14, 2010. May 2010 she attended the full produc- Memorial donations may be made to the Lee and Betty Kjelson tion and rehearsals of Berg’s Wozzeck Scholarship Fund at the University of Miami. Kjelson was the in the Theater an der Wien with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Harding 1987 recipient of the UM Alumni Association Inside Out Award. conducting. Lawrence “Skip” Sams, M.M. ’11, Alvin lee (Al) Ashley, B.M. ’72, critically acclaimed jazz drummer, 64, lost his received the Scares & Scores Film battle with cancer on May 10, 2009, in his Flushing, New York home. Profiled in Festival award for Best Film Score for his score of Lustful Dreams. His Drummerworld, Ashley received outstanding reviews for his CD and his long body of concert piece, Battle for Inner Peace, work in the jazz industry. Pop Matters called Ashley an “excellent drummer (with) for brass sextet, vibraphone, and tenor, exceptional precision.” was performed at the UM Society of Composers concert in November. Sams has reformed his jazz group, t. lavitz, ’78, noted keyboardist, 56, died on October 7, 2009. Lavitz first gained Society Sound, which has been invited notoriety in 1978, when he was tapped to replace Mark Parrish in Southern rock band to play twice at the Miami Music Dixie Dregs. The Dregs went on to release three albums with Lavitz before breaking Festival in December. Sams has also been a featured soloist at Unity on The up in 1983. During the years that followed, the versatile keyboardist released seven Bay, where he performs weekly in the solo albums and performed with dozens of musicians with ties in the jam scene. award-winning choir.

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MUSIC ALUMNI CONTRIBUTORS We gratefully recognize alumni whose generosity helps to build and sustain the University of Miami Frost School of Music with gifts received between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010. A complete donor roster is posted on www.music.miami.edu/giving.

Grand Benefactor Michael Z. Maizner, B.M. ’00 Christopher Hughes, M.M. ’03 Joseph P. Scartelli, M.M. ’78, ($5,000-$9,999) Budd E. Malchus, B.M. ’59, M.M. ’60 Frederick Hughes, M.M. ’80 Ph.D. ’81 Brian J. Yale, B.M. ’93 Rosita K. Mang, B.M. ’71 Andrea R C. Johnson, M.M. ’95 Penny G. Schnell, B.M. ’74 Lorraine B. Reagan, M.M. ’74, Robert B. Jones, D.M.A. ’91 Robert Sheldon, B.M. ’75 Benefactor D.M.A. ’77 Roger P. Jones, B.M. ’66, M.M. ’68, Kenneth F. Skipper, B.M. ’65 ($2,500-$4,999) Dean A. Schafer, B.M. ’72 Ph.D. ’72 Arnold I. Sklar, B.M. ’57 Sally K. Albrecht, M.A. ’77, M.M. ’79 August Silva, B.M. ’64, M.M. ’73 Christopher J. Kanicki, B.M. ’07 Nancy P. Strelau, M.M. ’85 Leslie A. Thomas, B.M. ’73 Susan R. Kay, B.M. ’71 Laurie L. Strubbe, M.M. ’86 Maestro Douglas W. Tober, B.M. ’83 Steven N. Kirkland, B.M. ’86 Caron J. Swartz, B.M. ’80 ($1,000-$2,499) Michael L. Venn, M.M. ’82 Lori I. Kleinman, B.M. ’87, Ph.D. ’00 George C. Swensson, B.M. ’71 Allison S. Gillespie, B.A. ’91, Michael T. Young, B.M. ’72 Brendan Lai-Tong, B.M. ’07 Christopher J. Tedesco, B.M. ’83 M.S.Ed. ’95 Allan I. Yudacufski, B.M. ’64 John A. LaMena, B.M. ’92 Arun Thirugnanasambandam, Walter L. Goodman, B.M. ’50 Lawrence Lapin, B.M. ’65, M.M. ’71 M.S. ’07 Gary W. Keller, M.M. ’80 First Chair Marilyn J. Lilly, B.M. ’49 Rachel L. Thomay Proper, B.M. ’95 Myrna B. Shevin, B.M. ’57, M.M. ’59 ($100-$249) Paula J. Lindsay, M.M. ’79 Dwight F. Thompson, M.M. ’92 Edgar H. Smart, B.M. ’84, M.M. ’87 Elena M. Alamilla, B.M. ’73 Norman J. Lowe, B.M. ’70 Violet Vagramian, M.M. ’67, Jane Snecinski, B.M. ’74, M.B.A. ’82 Martha S. Asti, Ph.D. ’83 Shirley A. Luebke, D.M.A. ’82 Ph.D. ’73 Richard K. Snyder, B.M. ’74 Jo Ann S. Atwood, M.M. ’80, Bryan J. Manley, B.M. ’00 Steven E. Viranyi, B.M. ’91 Marjorie C. Thomas, B.M. ’75, M.B.A. ’82, M.M. ’83 Daniel F. Martino, M.M. ’99 Taavo Virkhaus, B.M. ’55 M.M. ’77 Melvin E. Baker, B.M. ’59 Julie R. McHugh, B.M. ’68, M.M. ’69 Shawn D. Vondran, D.M.A. ’09 Robin K. Bechtel, B.M. ’77 George E. Melnick, B.M. ’57 Kennedy O. Wakia, M.M. ’05 Virtuoso Lynn H. Berman, B.M. ’52 Betty B. Merchant, B.M. ’54 Charles L. Walkup, B.M. ’70 ($500-$999) Frank A. Biringer, B.M. ’59, M.M. ’71, Troy W. Messenger, B.M. ’80 Terri L. Wallin, B.A. ’01 Michael L. Braz, B.M. ’71 M.M. ’72 Ph.D. ’74 Robert H. Meyer, B.M. ’76, M.M. ’78 Stephen M. Warner, B.M. ’93 Peter A. DeMarco, M.M. ’84 Olbin J. Burgos, B.M. ’90 Paul L. Milesi, B.M. ’77 John P. Wellons, B.M. ’75 Nancy A. Goodall, B.M. ’74 Judith H. Cafiero, M.M. ’73 Susan W. Mills, M.M. ’80 Rosemary N. Welto, M.M. ’82 Robert H. Gower, D.M.A. ’81, Eduardo J. Calle, M.M. ’84, Kenneth J. Moses, B.M. ’72, M.M. ’74 David P. Welton, B.M. ’82 D.M.A. ’85 M.M. ’01 Carl Nalls, M.M. ’66 Randy L. Wilcox, B.M. ’78, Andrew G. Lowe, B.M. ’93, M.M. ’95 Kenton M. Clayton, B.M. ’87 Myron C. Nettinga, B.M. ’89 M.B.A. ’87 Anne M. Morin, B.M. ’84 Glenda J. Currey, B.M. ’60, Carol R. Nies, B.M. ’79 Alyson L. Woods, B.M. ’82 Opal R. 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