Department of Music Newsletter Fall 2017

We strive for excellence in performance, music education and academics within a liberal arts tradition. Our mission is to advance musical culture within the UNH community, among residents of the state, and beyond. Our NASM-accredited curriculum, taught by nationally and internationally recognized faculty, grounds our students in all aspects of music. Our mission and curricular offerings enable our students to develop their own successful career paths. Here are quotes from current students in the Department of Music on why they chose the Department of Music at the University of New Hampshire as their destination institution: Jenni Cook, Chair Department of Music

“One thing that “I chose music I love about the education at UNH UNH music not only because department is how UNH graduates are many performing highly valued and opportunities sought out, but it also students have, provided me with the whether it be opportunity to thrive performing with a as a performer.”

large ensemble, a Dani Janos ’18, Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Instrumental Track: clarinet) small chamber group, in an opera, or even having your own works performed.”

Patrick Berry, ’19 Bachelor of Music in Music Education (vocal track) “What truly separates UNH from other schools is a mix “I chose Music Ed at of what is most UNH because of the important: a warm excellent faculty and yet competitive program.” community, extraordinary world- Kate Curtis ‘19, Bachelor of Music in Music Education class faculty, and (Vocal Track) affordable education.”

Camden Ward ’20, Bachelor of Music in Performance (Oboe) and French

1 have been published. His Highlights work is in demand, and he is We are proud to announce that the regularly commissioned to Department of Music’s Dr. Andrew write works five or six years in Boysen, Jr. is the winner of UNH’s advance, an enviable position prestigious university-wide UNH for any composer. His work 2018 Award for Excellence in is also recorded widely: the Research, recognizing Dr. Boysen’s symphonic band at Ohio outstanding achievements as a State University is currently creative artist. For the first time in recording a CD devoted to UNH’s history an arts professor his music, joining another recorded by the University has been honored with this award, Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. a powerful acknowledgment that of Texas-El Paso. Dr. creative activity is an important Boysen is a household name in Dr. Boysen has been at UNH since contribution of American grade school, middle school, high 1998, where he is a beloved and universities. school, and collegiate band rooms respected teacher. He conducts the thanks to his compositions I Am, UNH Wind Symphony and teaches Dr. Boysen is recognized as a Tricycle, and many others. As a conducting (undergraduate and prolific composer for band as well conductor, he has led All-State graduate) and composition. He as a sought-after guest conductor ensembles in sixteen states and serves as the Graduate Coordinator of wind bands of all levels. He has been invited back by several All- of the music department and as the written over 130 compositions for State organizations. He has also director of its Summer Youth Music wind band, sustaining a remarkable guest conducted thirty college and School. Hats off to Dr. Boysen for level of productivity over thirty university bands across the country. this well-deserved award! years. Over 50 of his compositions

Celebrating Amy Beach other materials in Dimond Library’s Special Collections. We honor 2017 is the 150th anniversary of the this trailblazing composer with a birth of Amy Beach (1867–1944). series of events in the 2017-2018 A New Hampshire native (born academic year, including concerts in Henniker), Beach retained Amy Marcy Cheney Beach by faculty, guest artists, and student her ties to the state even after classical music composition as ensembles (Wind Symphony, Opera moving to Boston. She summered well as a piano virtuoso, Beach Workshop, UNH Symphony, and in Hillsborough and also spent was the first American woman Chamber Singers). A highlight was twenty summers at the MacDowell to write a symphony. UNH holds the performance of Beach’s “Gaelic” Colony in Peterborough. A an important collection of her Symphony (1897) by Symphony pioneering woman in the field of manuscripts, photos, diaries, and New Hampshire in October. 2 Touring China The UNH Panda Project

Nine music and three dance students from UNH visited Chengdu and Beijing, China in May 21-31, 2017. The trip was sponsored by the Confucius Institute at UNH to build closer relationships between UNH and Chengdu University. The vocal quartet, woodwind quartet, pianist, and dancers, along with faculty The troupe at Chengdu University members, performed at Chengdu University (CDU) and Chengdu Institute of Technology. Among their repertory were several of Professor Christopher Kies’s compositions, including a newly composed finale for the entire ensemble. They also met students in informal classes at CDU. In addition to their performances and interactions with students from Chengdu, the group visited an The vocal quartet l to r: Kate Curtis, Nathan Wotton, archaeological museum and several McKenzie Larson, and Patrick Berry historical locations in Chengdu, and they toured a panda preserve in the area. Before leaving China, they flew to Beijing where they visited the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City. Yige Wang from the Confucius Institute-UNH and two UNH faculty members, Gay Nardone (Professor of Theatre and Dance) and Peggy Vagts (Professor of Music) led the trip.

The troupe at the Great Wall

3 Symphony Orchestra

UNH Symphony’s Peter and the Wolf, April 2017

The UNH Symphony Orchestra to our December program, which on April 27th, and to over 400 opened the 2017–18 season with a includes Beethoven’s Coriolan local schoolchildren in a daytime flurry of performances. Members overture, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and performance in Johnson Theater. of the string section performed Juliet Fantasy-Overture, and Amy in a collaborative program with Beach’s Bal masqué. This spring, we look forward to guests from Cheng-Du University our planned collaboration with in China, and the full symphony The spring of 2017 featured a the UNH Opera workshop and to appeared at the 2017 UNH- successful collaboration with accompanying the winner(s) of NHASTA Fall Orchestra Festival. members of the UNH Dance the Music Department’s Concerto The fall concert on October 17th Department in a presentation of & Aria Competition. Be sure featured Edward Elgar’s Wand of Peter and the Wolf. The orchestra to stay in touch with the UNH Youth suites, Hubert Parry’s Lady was able to perform this program Music Department website for Radnor’s Suite, and Ravel’s Mother on a mini-tour to area schools, more details about our upcoming Goose suite. We are looking forward at our main stage performance performances! 4 Concert Choir and Chamber Singers

Choirs in rehearsal in Berlin, NH

This rehearsal photograph shows Due to the generosity of an and then presented a full program how beautiful the space in which anonymous donor, the Concert as part of the Professional Concert the groups performed truly was, Choir and Chamber Singers were Series on the evening of Saturday, and everyone really enjoyed able to mount a regional tour from February 18. The concert was the immediacy and feedback February 17 through 19, 2017. exceptionally well received by an the acoustic space provided in The tour took the group by coach enthusiastic local audience. The performance. to Berlin, NH, where they were 42 singers, Paul Merrill and Dr. featured in concert as part of the Kempster all stayed at the Town Find out what’s happening with annual subscription concert series & Country Inn and Resort in all of our choral ensembles and at the St. Kieran's Community Gorham, NH for the two nights of bookmark our website: Center for the Arts. the tour, and were able to spend some time in the town of Gorham Dr. Kempster and both ensembles https://cola.unh.edu/music/ where lunch at Libby's Bistro was a ran a workshop for local singers in vocal-ensembles particular highlight! the afternoon of Friday February 17 5 Concert Bands

Last year was another terrific one students, Ashley Paradis and James for the concert bands at UNH. L’Italien, each of whom led the The Wind Symphony was asked to bands over the course of the year. perform at the Whittemore Center Other highlights for the bands as part of the kick-off celebration included the premiere of Symphony for the UNH Sesquicentennial No. 1 (Ian Nelson – graduate in September 2017, where they composition student) and one premiered Old Ben’s Farm (Andrew of the first performances of Boysen). Nic Orovich returned Steampunk Suite (Erika Svanoe to his role as conductor of the – former Director of Athletic Symphonic Band this last year Bands at UNH), a piece which has already been performed by Ohio State University and the United Timothy Mahr States Marine Band. The Wind Symphony also had the honor of serving as the Lundstedt. We are so fortunate to accompaniment to this have these talented conductors year’s Concerto Competition with us and look forward to their winner, Mariah Goulet, on performances over the course of the Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto for year! Alto Saxophone.

Last year’s guest for the annual Wind Band Mariah Goulet Invitational was Dr. Timothy Mahr, conductor of the and the group performed such St. Olaf Band. Mahr led the Wind monumental works as Francis Symphony in his Symphony No. 1, McBeth’s Of Sailors and Whales which UNH co-commissioned, and and David Gillingham’s Apocalyptic also worked with the Concert Band Dreams, while the Concert Band on his Dig Down Deep. (Casey Goodwin, conductor) performances included David The band area has five graduate Maslanka’s colossal Give Us This conducting students: Benjamin Day. The bands also said good Cox, Daniel Buchner, Brandon bye to two conducting graduate Duras, Pam Choinski, and Katey 6 Opera Workshop

The Tender Land Cast - Spring 2017

Aliza Cilley, William Carleton and In the spring, the cast gave a UNH Opera Workshop of 2016- Isabelle Hegland. marvelous, moving presentation of 2017 offered two outstanding Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land programs. The fall performance In Douglas Moore’s Gallantry (A in Johnson Theater, supported featured “Extremes!”: two chamber Soap Opera) Dr. Gregg, (Patrick by Elizabeth Blood’s beautiful operas dealing with extremes of Berry) a highly esteemed surgeon, rendition of the complex score at human behavior. In Menotti’s The who falls in love with his beautiful the piano. Morgan King as Laurie Medium, a dark tale of deceitful nurse, Lola (Amanda Roswick) Moss, Daniel Cain as Martin, medium Madame Flora, brilliantly is scheduled to operate on Lola’s Patrick Berry as Top, Isabelle portrayed by Rebecca Londoff, the fiancé, Donald Hopewell (Michael Hegland as Ma Moss and Billy Madame’s deceit comes full circle to Buck). Advertisements for Carleton as Grandpa Moss, and vanquish her. Marvelous also were Lochinvar Soap and Billy Boy Wax our special eleven year old guest, Rachel Burke as Monica and Kylie are woven into the story, creating Zoe Selig, as Beth Moss gave Gagnon as Toby, the mute. The a seamless soap opera evening outstanding performances. guests of Madame Flora were performance. 7 Athletic Bands

Wildcat Marching Band - Photo courtesy of Eustaquio Dones The 2017 Wildcat Marching what should be an exciting year of join the UNH Wildcat Marching Band’s exhilarating show, “High hockey and basketball and will be Band Alumni group at http:// Voltage,” traced the discovery helping to say goodbye to longtime www.facebook.com/groups/ and development of electricity. men’s hockey coach Dick Umile at UNHWMBAlumni/. To keep tabs Music included “Chaos” (from the end of this season. on what’s going on with ALL of the Epcot’s IllumiNations) by Gavin UNH bands, bookmark our website Greenaway, “Powerhouse” by Please visit http://bit.ly/wmbalumni at http://bands.unh.edu/. If you Raymond Scott, “All of the Lights” to join our alumni mailing list would like to donate to the WMB, by Kanye West, and “Virus” if you have not already done so. please visit http://giving.unh.edu/ by Martin Garrix and MOTi. If you’re on Facebook, please marchingband. Alumnus Ian Nelson (’14, ‘17G) joined the arranging staff doing a fantastic job with the closer. In addition to the usual performances on campus, the band performed at the Dover Band Show, the NESBA show in Reading, MA, and the Woburn Halloween Parade. Over the summer, members of the band performed at the June orientation “Become the Roar” events as well as at the June reunion weekend, connecting with both incoming Wildcats and alumni. The Beast of the East Band looks forward to Wildcat Marching Band - Photo courtesy of Eustaquio Dones 3 O’clock Jazz Band in Perugia, Italy 8 Jazz Studies

The UNH jazz bands hosted In Spring 2017, the program While they were overseas the contemporary big band composer hosted saxophonist Dan Thomas students had the opportunity to Dan Gailey for a residency in for a residency. During his visit Lucerne, Brienz, Montreux, October of 2016. Professor Gailey time on campus Dan taught an Stresa, Orvieto, Perugia, Venice, taught individual composition improvisation master class, gave Florence, Scarperia, Tucia, and lessons, worked with some of several saxophone lessons, and Rome. Alumnus Trent Austin the jazz saxophonists and wrote performed with the 3 O’clock Jazz traveled with the group and was the third composition for the Band at their spring concert. the featured guest artist with the annual Seiler Commissioning band throughout the tour. The Project. Both of the jazz bands In July 2017, the UNH 3 O’clock trip provided a great opportunity featured Gailey’s music at the fall Jazz Band embarked on a tour for the students to create strong concert, including the premiere through Switzerland and Italy. bonds with one another, experience of Broken Cycles. Also in fall 2017, Director of Jazz Studies Nathan European culture firsthand, and trumpeter Dave Douglas came to Jorgensen organized the tour, enabled them to share America’s campus for a single-day residency which included six performances, indigenous art form. and trombonist Ryan Keberle including invited performances brought his band, Catharsis, for at the Umbria Jazz Festival in an afternoon performance and Perugia, Italy, and the Montreux workshop. Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

3 O’clock Jazz Band in Perugia, Italy 9 Traditional Jazz Series Future Quartet and their Gypsy the opportunity collaborate, ask jazz style to the Johnson Theater. To kick off the 38th Season, the questions, and receive instructions The Series hosted young trumpet TJS hosted New York sextet One from these artists. phenom Ambrose Akinmusire for All featuring Steve Davis, Eric and his quartet in April 2017 and Alexander, Jim Rotondi, John the year finished off with a great Webber, David Hazeltine, and performance by New York guitarist Joe Farnsworth. In October 2016, Peter Bernstein with his quartet. audiences were treated to the Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Each of the invited groups that Band, and wrapping up the first perform on the TJS also gives half of the season in November was a workshop to the UNH jazz none other than the Jimmy Greene students before their performance. Quartet. This consistently puts the current students in touch with working Spring 2017 brought the Boston- jazz professionals and gives them based string group Rhythm

Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival

Nearly 60 groups turned out for the annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival this past March. The featured guest artist was renowned tenor saxophonist Chris Potter. The 3 O’clock Jazz Band had the opportunity to share the stage with Chris at the noon concert and the jazz faculty was featured with Chris at the evening concert. Video of Chris Potter.tif the band with Chris at the noon Groups from New Hampshire, clinic. Education is paramount concert is available at the link: Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, at the CTJF as there are several goo.gl/epVWYB and New York traveled to Durham clinics throughout the day of to take part in this annual activities. Clark Terry was always educational event. Jazz bands, perpetuating the jazz language to combos, and choirs perform for the next generation of musicians the adjudicators and then receive and his namesake festival continues feedback both with recorded to do this each year. The 2018 CTJF comments and by receiving a live will take place on March 10th. 10 Special Programs and Outreach Chamber Music Project

The UNH senior woodwind quartet, No Strings Attached, poses with Astro, the mascot of Pinkerton Academy (Astronaut Alan Shepard is an alumnus of the school.) l to r: Jordan Hastings, oboe; Nick Pitcher, bassoon; Dani Janos, clarinet; and Karena Pezzullo, flute. The group toured five high schools in two days. Five additional ensembles visited other high schools in late October.

This is the fifth year of the UNH chamber group perform in every percussion trio, oboe quartet, Chamber Music Project. Since high school in the state of New trombone quintet, flute sextet, 2013, UNH student chamber Hampshire. jazz combo, and many mixed groups have visited 49 high schools, ensembles. The concerts are performing a short program and These performing groups have free for the schools due to a answering high school students’ ranged from two to eight players generous gift from alumni Dwayne questions about music, college in and have included brass, guitar, Wrightsman (MA ’96) and Linda general, and UNH in particular. percussion, strings, winds, and Hoadley Wrightsman (BA ’78). The Project’s goals include: vocal ensembles, including strengthening and encouraging chamber music at UNH; carrying enthusiasm for chamber music into high schools; giving UNH students an opportunity to engage an audience; and supporting high school music programs. Our ten-year UNH Chamber Music Project at Kennett High School October 2017 goal is to have a UNH 11 Double Reed Day UNH Youth Symphony NHASTA-UNH Fall Orchestra Festival The UNH Youth Symphony & String Teachers Orchestra program continues Conference to grow, with nearly 70 students participating in three orchestras. The UNH orchestra program Joining the Concert and Symphony and the New Hampshire chapter Orchestras, the new Chamber of the American String Teachers With sunny skies and temperatures Orchestra is led by UNH-YSO Association once again collaborated moderate for the time of year, Assistant Director, Hannah Reitz. to present the Fall Orchestra UNH hosted its 19th (and 24th Also new this year is a concerto Festival on October 14, 2017. for bassoons) Double Reed Day competition, open exclusively to Nearly 100 high school string organized by Janet Polk (UNH UNH-YSO members! students were placed in two Resident artist, bassoon) and orchestras led by Manchester, Margaret Herlehy (UNH Resident The final concert will be on May NH native Colleen MacDonald, Artist, oboe) on Sunday January 29, 6, 2018, and will feature the who teaches in the Weston, MA 2017. Guest artists for this event concerto competition winner. public schools and at The Rivers were John Steinmetz, bassoon; The youth symphony program is School Conservatory. The same Aaron Lakota, oboe reed-maker an opportunity for local, young day, current and future music and UNH music department string players to gain orchestral educators met in the PCAC for alumnus; and Sharon Phipps, who experience, and for UNH music the third annual NHASTA-UNH led a class on “Practice Techniques education students to receive String Teachers Conference. for the Emerging Double Reed guided practice in teaching. We welcomed jazz violinist and Player.” Margaret and Janet, Anyone interested in the program Creative Strings founder Christian with faculty pianist Hsiang Tu, should contact Dr. David Upham at Howes as our featured presenter, performed a recital that included [email protected]. with other sessions focused on compositions by UNH faculty successful public-school programs composer, Christopher Kies and in Westborough, MA, and Durham, guest artist, John Steinmetz. NH

Combined orchestras of the UNH Youth Symphony program

12 on Beach being held at UNH to and piano. She also joined Nathan Faculty News celebrate the 150th anniversary of Jorgensen for several chamber Michael Annicchiarico her birth. In October of 2017, Dr. pieces on his faculty recital, Cook and Dr. Tu performed at the American Counterpoint by David Last August Mike Annicchiarico National Welsh Museum in Cardiff, Gillingham and Eclectic Trio by embarked on a recording project Wales. While there, Dr. Cook Catherine McMichael. with Our Big Band of Portsmouth. and Dr. Tu held master classes in The group, led by alumnus Chris voice and in piano respectively for Off campus, Gunlogson accepted Klaxton, includes many other Cardiff University’s School of Music an invitation to perform with her alumni of the Music department: students. She enjoys serving as trio Northern Accord as guest artists Jim Clark, Jon Ludwig, Eric chair of the Department of Music. for the 2016 International Clarinet Klaxton, Allie Edge, Nick Mainella, Association Conference held at the Andy Greene, Eric von Oyen, and Robert Eshbach University of Kansas. The ensemble performed Pioneer Women: From current student, Josh Gagnon. Robert Eshbach participated over Skagway to White Mountain by the summer in the UNH Faculty Over a three-day period the band Barbara Harbach (Distinguished Writing Academy, where he wrote recorded all of Mike’s arrangements Professor of Music, University of the article “For all are born to the of Wayne Shorter for big band, Missouri-St. Louis). Gunlogson ideal”: Joseph Joachim and Bettina assisted by engineer, Ryan Parker, continued her work with Keith von Arnim. In June, he gave an oral also a department alumnus. The Brion and His New Sousa Band. version of the article as a paper at musician’s tremendous amount of The ensemble embarked on a tour the North American Conference enthusiasm and creative energy of Wisconsin and Iowa culminating on Nineteenth-Century Music at for this music is manifest in the in a featured performance at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville. recordings. During the next year, Iowa Band Masters Association in He is currently collaborating the recordings will be mixed and Des Moines, Iowa. Additionally with Valerie Goertzen (Loyola mastered with (hopefully) a CD she was invited to perform as guest University New Orleans) on a release at the end of 2018. artist at Keene State College with volume of essays drawn from last saxophonist Craig Sylvern. They year’s Boston conference: Joseph Jenni Cook collaborated on two selections, Joachim at 185. Dr. Cook continues to serve as the Eight Pieces, Op. 83 by Max Bruch faculty liaison for student exchange Elizabeth Gunlogson and Duo Sonata by Gregory programs in music with Cardiff Wanamaker. Elizabeth Gunlogson maintained a University and the University of busy performing schedule during Professor Gunlogson served as São Paulo in Ribeirão-Preto. This the 2016-17 academic year. On the a judge for the final round of year four students are studying at UNH campus she presented her the 2017 International Clarinet UNH from these two institutions. annual faculty recital along with Association High School Solo Dr. Cook devoted her recital on the Peggy Vagts, Nathan Jorgenson and Competition held in Orlando, Faculty Concert Series to the music Hsiang Tu, featuring duo and trio Florida and as a preliminary of New Hampshire composer Amy works for clarinet, flute, saxophone round judge for the organization’s Beach as part of the year-long series 13 Research Competition. She also and Danielle Moreau). He will be numerous alumni from the joined her clarinet colleagues from recording another CD of Cage’s program and featured Trent Austin around the world in a performance music for Mode this year. He on trumpet and flugelhorn. with the conference’s Professors is currently completing a short Clarinet Choir. Back in New cultural history of the piano and its Nate’s student, Mariah Goulet, won Hampshire, Gunlogson adjudicated music for Reaktion Books: Piano: the department’s annual Concerto/ the All-State Festival auditions and The Machine with a Soul. He also is Aria Competition and performed served as a clinician (woodwind close to completing the editing of a Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto with the quintet) for the state’s Chamber volume of essays about Cage, which UNH Wind Symphony in spring of Music Festival. She continues will be submitted for peer review 2017. to serve as the New Hampshire to Northwestern University Press Also in spring of 2017, Nate state representative for both the and is doing research for a textbook was invited to become an Artist International Clarinet Association on wind ensemble music literature Endorser for the Conn/Selmer and the National Association of (a collaboration with Boysen). He Company. College Wind and Percussion continues to write CD, concert, Instructors, and as a clarinet and and book reviews for the American Christopher Kies chamber ensemble instructor at the Record Guide, ARSC Journal, and University’s SYMS program. other publications. During the last year, Prof. Christopher Kies completed a Rob Haskins Nathan Jorgensen 14 movement work for mixed chorus, two pianos and narrator, Rob Haskins was promoted to Nate performed his annual classical named The Poets’ Guide to New the rank of full professor at the faculty recital in October 2016 and Hampshire. This project, like University of New Hampshire gave the New Hampshire premiere many others across the campus, effective August 15, 2016. Shortly of a work by Baljinder Sekhon was commissioned by UNH afterward his second CD with titled Sonata of Puzzles. Nate also in observance of the 150th Mode Records was released: My performed with the jazz faculty on anniversary celebrations of the Wounded Head 3, an evening- their annual recital, which took founding of the university. Thanks length work dedicated to him by place in October 2016 and featured to the Herculean efforts and talents the Singaporean composer Marc guest alumni Nick Mainella and of Prof. William Kempster, Director Chan, which Rob premiered in Chris Klaxton. of the UNH Concert Choir, Paul 2010. In August 2017 he performed Merrill, the choir’s regular pianist, the role of The Devil for a semi- Nate continues to perform regularly and all the many talented singers staged performance of Stravinsky’s with the Capitol Jazz Orchestra in in the choir, this work was given Soldier’s Tale at UNH, conducted Concord, NH, and the Portland its premiere performances in two by Andy Boysen; the performers Jazz Orchestra up in Maine. Nate stages, April 31st and October included faculty (David Ripley, played bari sax on Get Happy, a big 15th in 2017. The poetry used for Ryan Vigil, Janet Polk, Nic band CD dedicated to Dave Seiler the composition came from two Orovich, Bronek Suchanek, and that featured music performed volumes of poems also entitled, Hannah Reitz) and UNH alumni by Clark Terry during his long The Poets’ Guide to New Hampshire, (Gabrielle Baffoni, Adam Gallant tenure at UNH. The CD included 14 fall of 2016 as the Director of both edited and compiled by John- book on musica ficta is currently the Symphonic Band after a five Michael Albert. One idea behind being considered by a university year hiatus while he served as the work was to include at least one press (it’s bad luck to say which!). department chair. Performance poem about a place or object from The 8th CD by Capella Alamire— highlights from the past academic each of the ten counties in New music by Bauldeweyn, Mouton and year included December Dance Hampshire. Willaert—is slated for release in by Andrew Boysen, Seven by Jim March, and features many UNH In the summer of 2017 a new CD Colonna, and Apocalyptic Dreams names, including the Consort with of compositions by Prof. Kies was by David Gillingham. He continues Bob Stibler, Paul Merrill, Mindy completed. The CD is entitled Old to teach the low brass studio and McMahon, Andrew Sokol, Michael Business, New Business, and Notes enjoys working with his private Kane and Sam Bradley, among from the Chair. The compositions students more than ever. others. Professor Urquhart spent included in the CD are for piano some of the summer in Europe four-hands, trios for oboe, bassoon Beethoven Symphony no. 9, doing research on 16th-century and piano, a concerto for piano and Brahms A German Requiem, and sources and gave presentations at wind ensemble, pieces for oboe and Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 were Indiana Univ., Salzburg and Prague piano, bassoon and piano and the among the repertoire he performed on three different topics, thanks title composition, “Old Business”, last season with the PSO. to a grant from the Donald Steele scored for piano, string bass, drum David Ripley Music Research Award provided by set and narrator. alumnus Daniel Heartz. Among This past year Professor Ripley had Prof. Kies is honored that so many other things, he found an unknown the great pleasure and privilege of his UNH colleagues have joined L’homme armé mass in Hradec of premiering Lori Dobbin’s new him as performers on this CD. They Králové work, For the Fallen, as part of the include: David Ripley, Janet Polk, Faculty Composers Concert. The Peggy Vagts Margaret Herlehy, John Hunter, the work featured poetry honoring the late Arlene Kies, Brett Gallo (UNH victims of WW I. In May, Ripley In May 2017 Peggy Vagts grad.), Hsiang Tu, Andrew Boysen, presented “The Times They Are performed and taught in China as Jr. (as conductor of the UNH Wind Still Changin”, featuring folk songs part of the “UNH Panda Project,” Symphony) and all the members of of the 1960’s and four of his original a trip for twelve UNH students the UNH Wind Symphony (Spring works. During SYMS, he narrated that she organized and led, along 2013 edition). UNH graduate, both Dan Bukvich’s “Bolero” and with Prof. Gay Nardone of the Ryan Parker, recorded, edited and Stravinski’s Histoire du Soldat Department of Theatre and Dance. mastered this CD. with SYMS Faculty members, ably Vagts also played with Opera Nicholas Orovich conducted by Andrew Boysen. Maine, at the Conductors Retreat at Medomak (led by alumnus Kenneth Peter Urquhart Nic Orovich begins his 38th Kiesler), in a “Play It Forward” concert preceding the National year at UNH, and 39th year as Peter Urquhart is on sabbatical Flute Association convention in principal trombone of the Portland this fall, and is concentrating on Minneapolis; she performed a Symphony. He returned in the finishing things. His long-awaited 15 Vivaldi concerto with the Bach and viola students, Ms. Reitz is the Robert Stibler Festival of White Mountain Musical string coach with the UNH youth symphony and an instructor at Professor Robert Stibler will retire our Summer Youth Music School. at the end of this academic year Currently, Ms. Reitz is the assistant after 40 years at UNH! He has concertmaster of the Portsmouth been a member of the faculty of the Symphony. She graduated with University of New Hampshire since distinction from St. Olaf College in 1978, where he holds the academic 2010 where she earned her Bachelor rank of full professor, and teaches of Music degree and served as trumpet, brass pedagogy, and music concertmaster of the acclaimed St. literature, coaches chamber music, Olaf Orchestra. In May 2013 she and has served as department chair. graduated with academic honors He is active as a solo and chamber from the University of Nebraska- performer, and plays regularly with Lincoln’s Master of Music program. Gay Nardone and Peggy Vagts the UNH Faculty Brass Quintet and at the Great Wall of China.tif There, she served as concertmaster as a recitalist with organist Meg of the UNL Symphony and Opera Harper, pianist Charlie Blood, and Arts, participated in a chamber Orchestra and as a member of bassist John Hunter. Also an avid recital at Trinity Church in York, Lincoln Symphony’s first violin performer on Renaissance wind Maine. Professor Vagts also section. Hannah has been a instruments, he is a member of the secured funding from the provost’s member of the AIMS in Graz Alamire Consort, Melopeo, and office supporting the “Celebrating Festival Orchestra, National the Hampshire Consort. Stibler Amy Beach” concert series at UNH Repertory Orchestra, Charleston is active as a brass clinician and this year, which she organized and Symphony, Lincoln Symphony, and lectures frequently on brass music for which she wrote the program received top music scholarships and the history of instruments. book and performed on three of the from St. Olaf and UNL. nine concerts. She also performed on a program for the scholarly conference, American Women Pianist-Composers: A Celebration of Amy Beach and Teresa Carreño, held at the UNH Department of Music and UNH Library Special Collections this fall.

Hannah Reitz

We welcome Hannah Reitz as our new violin/viola instructor. In addition to teaching our violin Professor Stibler’s last faculty recital in October featuring 40 years of his trumpet studio

16 making companies in the world. Alumni News Lindsey is the headjoint cutter and flute finisher, and Hannah is Christopher Sheard ‘72 Powell Sonare Product Specialist.

Christopher Sheard is currently Kelsey Gallagher ‘15 employed as a Linux/Cloud Kelsey received her Master Engineer at Natixis Global Asset of Music degree in Clarinet Management in Boston, MA. After Performance from the University playing trombone and bass guitar of North Texas in May 2017. In professionally from 1972 to1986 bandleader, producer, collaborative he went back to college in Florida artist, and Portsmouth Music to earn an Associate’s Degree in and Arts Center faculty member, Computer Science and has been in teaching piano, percussion, the Information Systems field ever composition, and arranging. since. Chris writes “the discipline Lyndsey McChord ‘09 of music, and specifically the language, enabled me to approach, Alumna Lindsey McChord, Prof. learn and adapt to computer Peggy Vagts, and alumna Hannah programming languages without l to r: Elizabeth Gunlogson (UNH), Lilly Liuzzo at the Powell Flutes exhibit Haley ‘12, Kelsey Gallagher ‘15, Margaret much difficulty. Although I have at the National Flute Association Donaghue Flavin ‘83(University of Miami) been in the computer field for many years now, at heart I am still first August she was selected as a and foremost a musician. semifinalist for the International Michelle Batty Stanley Clarinet Association Young Artist competition. ‘94

Alumna Michelle Batty Stanley and Ashley Paradis ‘15/G ‘17 Prof. Peggy Vagts reconnected at Ashley accepted a position as the 2017 National Flute Association music teacher at Pittsfield High convention in Minneapolis. Dr. School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Stanley was recently awarded Peggy with Lindsey McChord (l) and tenure and promoted to Associate Hannah Liuzzo Emily Silva ‘17 Professor of Music at Colorado Emily accepted a position as State University. convention summer 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both music teacher at Josiah Bartlett Jonny Peiffer ‘05 Lindsey and Hannah are employed Elementary School in Bartlett, in different aspects of the Powell New Hampshire. Jonny continues his musical life as company, one of the premiere flute- a performer, composer, arranger, 17 We are sad to report the death of In Memoriam contracting business. Paul was alumnus Paul Dutka (UNH ’84) Paul Dutka a co-founder and member of the on March 15, 2017 at his brother’s Oak Lawn Band, a member of the home in South Carolina. Paul had 1962 - 2017 Lesbian and Gay Band Association attended the Summer Youth Music (LBGA). Paul was also an original School at UNH and graduated member of Flutes Unlimited, a flute with a Bachelor of Music degree choir (he played bass flute) which in Music Education. Paul was an performed at several National Flute avid flutist who also sang in the Association Conventions. Paul choirs and played a wide variety arranged music for flute choir and of instruments at a very high level. shared those arrangements with After graduate work in woodwinds the flute studio at UNH. Paul was at the University of North Texas, 54 and died after a short battle Paul continued to live in Texas with pancreatic cancer. His former where he worked primarily in teacher Peggy Vagts was one of musical theater. Paul played in the musicians who performed at over 300 productions, usually his funeral in his home town of covering multiple woodwind Newmarket on April 10, 2017. parts, and he also had a musical

The Arts Mentor Wall in the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC) in Portsmouth, NH. Alumni will recognize the names of past and present UNH Department of Music faculty members (including Cleveland Howard, Stan Hettinger, Henry Wing, Mimi Bravar, John Hunter, and Peggy Vagts) as well as many of our alumni. Thirteen UNH music department alumni currently teach at PMAC.

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In this issue: 2 Highlights 4 Symphony Orchestra 6 Concert Bands 7 Opera Workshop 8 Athletic Bands 9 Jazz Studies 11 Special Programs and Outreach 13 Faculty News 17 Alumni News

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