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South Central Music Bulletin ISSN 1545-2271 Volume III, Number 1 (Fall 2004) Refereed Journal & Newsletter of the South Central Chapter — The College Music Society __________________________________________________________________________________________ Editor: Dr. Nico Schüler, Texas State University-San Marcos Editorial Review Board: Dr. Paula Conlon, University of Oklahoma Dr. Cynthia Gonzales, Texas State University-San Marcos Dr. Lynn Job, University of North Texas Dr. Kevin Mooney, University of Texas at Austin Sunnie Oh, University of Oklahoma Dr. Deborah Schwartz-Kates, University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Robin Stein, Texas State University-San Marcos Dr. Paolo Susanni, Clavier Werke School of Music (Austin) Dr. Lori Wooden, University of Central Oklahoma Subscription: Free This Journal can be downloaded from http://www.txstate.edu/scmb/ Publisher: South Central Chapter — The College Music Society c /o Nico Schüler, Ph.D. Texas State University-San Marcos School of Music 601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666 USA __________________________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright 2004 by the Authors. 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South Central Music Bulletin III/1 (Fall 2004) _________________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Message from the Editor by Nico Schüler … Page 4 Visit the CMS South Central Website … Page 4 Visit the South Central Music Bulletin (SCMB) Website … Page 4 President’s Message by Richard Davis … Page 5 CMS South Central Annual Meeting 2005: Call for Proposals … Page 6 Articles: Singer’s Notes: Seven Shakespeare Songs of Madeleine Dring by Richard Davis … Page 8 Career Development for Music Students: Towards a Holistic Approach by Gary Beckman … Page 13 I’m Looking Through You: A Glimpse through Musical Bifocals at the Historical Significance of the Beatles and the Aesthetic Qualities of their Music by Dennis Cole … Page 18 Opinion Articles: Teaching is Difficult … Have You Thought About Performing? by Jeremy Polk … Page 37 Some Thoughts on William Caplin’s Formal Categories and Their Application to Compositions of Different Historical Periods by Dimitar Ninov … Page 43 Bibliography Journal Articles in the Area of Music Theory, Published 2000-2002: An Annotated Bibliography by Ryan C. Davis … Page 51 CD Reviews: Songs of My Affinities: Compositions by Phillip Schroeder by Terry Lynn Hudson ... Page 68 Gerald Wilson Orchestra: New York, New Sound by Mark Pomerantz … Page 69 John Rutter: GLORIA and Other Sacred Music by Kimberly Stephenson … Page 72 2 South Central Music Bulletin III/1 (Fall 2004) _________________________________________________________________________________________ Johan de Meij’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony: An Orchestration of the Symphonic Band Standard by Stefan Cadra … Page 74 The Crescent Duo: Flight of the Woodwinds by James H. Hickey … Page 75 Book Review Jane Magrath’s The Pianist’s Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature by Sunnie Oh … Page 78 Minutes of CMS South Central Chapter Meetings Minutes of the 2003 Meeting by Andrew Hudson … Page 80 Minutes of the 2004 Meeting by Andrew Hudson … Page 80 Member’s News New Voice Board Member: Kathleen L. Wilson … Page 82 Advertisement Theoria (Journal) … Page 83 CMS South Central Chapter Officers and Board Members … Page 84 3 South Central Music Bulletin III/1 (Fall 2004) _________________________________________________________________________________________ Message from the Editor Nico Schüler, Texas State University-San Marcos, E-Mail: [email protected] The South Central Music Bulletin appears, with this - articles that deal with issues related to the mis- issue, with a slightly modified layout, to allow for sion of CMS and / or with our region (generally, longer articles and for footnotes. Starting with this any music-related topics are being considered); issue, we would like to remove our previous word - opinion articles that are part of, or provide the limits. However, short articles are still strongly en- basis for, discussions on important music topics; couraged. In addition, we are inaugurating three ad- - composer portraits that may or may not in- ditional categories: “Opinion Articles” are part of, clude an interview; or provide the basis for, much needed discussions - short responses to articles published in this or on important topics in our field; “Bibliographies” previous issues; allow the publication of (annotated) bibliographic - bibliographies on any music-related topic, es- research that may further scholarly work on specific pecially (annotated) bibliographies related to the topics; finally, “CMS South Central Member’s mission of CMS and / or to our region; News” will inform our readers about achievements - reviews of books, printed music, CDs, and of our members. (It should be noted here, that CMS software; South Central Members may not necessarily reside - reports on recent symposia, conferences, and or work in the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and concerts; Texas, although these are the primary geographic - member’s news with achievements, etc.; target areas.) - Call for Proposals for upcoming music confer- As always, the members of our peer-review ences; board worked very hard and made excellent sugges- - announcements of regional conferences, con- tions to the authors to improve the articles. I would certs, festivals, research activities, honors, etc. like to thank them for their contributions! I would like to call for submissions that fit any of I would like to call for new submissions for these categories. Submissions by students and / or the Spring 2005 issue of SCMB, to be released in by non-CMS South Central members are, as always, January. The issue will again contain articles and very welcome. The submission deadline for the announcements in the following categories: Spring 2005 issue is November 10th, 2004. All - articles with a special focus on local music submissions are expected via e-mail with attach- traditions; ments in Word format or in Rich Text Format. For detailed submission guidelines see http://www.txstate.edu/scmb/ . Visit the CMS South Central Website: 1. Go to http://www.music.org/southcentral.html 2. Log in with your CMS user ID and password. Visit the South Central Music Bulletin (SCMB) Website: 1. Go to http://www.txstate.edu/scmb/ 2. No log-in necessary. 4 South Central Music Bulletin III/1 (Fall 2004) _________________________________________________________________________________________ President’s Message [Note from the Editor: This message was written for made good use of Henderson’s excellent recital hall. our website in May 2004. Since websites will be In addition, this year’s attractive program booklet updated and President’s Messages will change from was very helpful in helping members to choose ex- time to time, we will preserve them here in our actly which of the wide variety of presentations they Journal / Newsletter.] should attend. As always, the presentations by our members represented the depth and scope of our Welcome to the College Music Society South Cen- chapter. At the business meeting, kudos were tral Chapter’s Web Site. Our chapter has been very sounded for Nico Schüler’s editorship of the “South fortunate to secure the services of Nico Schüler who Central Music Bulletin” and elections were held. has graciously volunteered to run the Chapter’s web Nico Schüler and Andy Hudson were re-elected to site. Please send him information, such as articles their current posts, and Stacey Davis was elected as on CMS-related subjects, reviews of books, CDs or Treasurer, replacing Deborah Schwartz-Kates who conferences, or announcements of conferences or is leaving us for the University of Kansas. Our festivals in the South Central Region. If you haven’t chapter is on firm ground financially, thanks to a visited the chapter’s refereed publication “The slight increase in our conference fees. South Central Chapter Bulletin”, please do so. In Next year’s conference will be hosted by just two short years this publication has done much Nancy Barry and Paula Conlon at the University of to disseminate research and learning throughout our Oklahoma in Norman, March 10-13, 2005. organization. Our South Central Regional Meeting was Richard Davis held at Henderson State University March 11-13, President, College Music Society South Central 2004, at Henderson State University. Phillip Chapter Schroeder organized a very effective meeting that 5 South Central Music Bulletin III/1 (Fall 2004) _________________________________________________________________________________________ CMS South Central Annual Meeting 2005: Call for Proposals March 10-13, 2005 • University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) Hosts: Dr. Nancy Barry & Dr. Paula Conlon Call for Research Papers, Posters, Lecture Recitals, and Materials for Display in the Reading / Listening Room Submission Guidelines: 1. Proposals relating to all fields of college music are welcome. Retirees and students are strongly encouraged to participate. 2. Presentation formats: (a) Paper presenters are allowed 20 minutes, followed by a five-minute question-and- answer session; (b) Research poster presentations will be displayed in a prominent location and will be in- cluded on the program in a special session; (c) Topics and proposals for panel discussions are encouraged; panel presentations may be allotted up to 50 minutes, depending upon content; (d) Scholars, artists, and com- posers are invited to submit books, scores,