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INSIDE Fall 2010 Convocation Preview Learning Through Music Student, Faculty, and Alumni News Photo: Sonkarlay Vaye

music.umn.edu Fall 2010 | Volume 12 | Number 1 first will feature Paul Phoenix, tenor A vast array of achievements and rec- Photo: Kelly MacWilliams with The King’s Singers and an avid ognitions among students, faculty, spokesperson for engaging diverse and alumni is profiled in this issue of audiences. Additional work includes Tutti, where you will also enjoy read- organizing instruction and perfor- ing about Collage. This year’s 10th mance around unifying themes. We anniversary concert honors president are pursuing strategies to improve Bruininks and his wife, Dr. Susan communication across divisions and Hagstrom. If you are in the area, I to increase students’ engagement in hope you will attend. the work of the school. The intersections between core val- A task force is considering impro- ues and fiscal strategies will be key Dear Alumni, Friends, visation in the curriculum and a to assuring that our school continues and Colleagues, faculty-community committee is to fulfill a significant role in prepar- looking at the composition program ing career musicians. I am pleased John Gardner, secretary of health, and its relationships with technol- to report that recent pledges and education, and welfare during the ogy and improvisation. The catalytic donations yielded over 3.5 million 1960s, characterized the challenges work of the Engaged Department dollars, a much appreciated mark of of his day as incredible opportunities Leadership Team (EDLT) has confidence and trust in our work. masquerading as insoluble problems. resulted in 17 seed grants that are Today, these words offer welcome paving the way toward integration As we pursue the goal of being a respite from disheartening news of public engagement into our cur- world-class music school in a world- regarding the world’s economic riculum. A new program, Creative class metropolitan center, we invite downturn. Instructional Residencies Initiative your input, your encouragement of (CIRIs), will support innovation prospective students, and your fi- Like most institutions, music schools that complements current curric- nancial investment in our programs. must evidence discipline to ensure ular offerings. And thanks to the Together, we can assure ’s the best use of available dollars. generosity of The Office of the Vice role in advancing the place and value As Jim Collins, author of Good to President for Research, we recently of music in our local, national, and Great, observes, greatness requires installed $50,000 worth of technol- global communities. confronting the brutal facts of real- ogy upgrades. ity and retaining unwavering faith that we will prevail. Clearly, the brutal reality of budget With gratitude and all best wishes, reductions is not thwarting our un- In this context, the School of Mu- wavering commitments. This past sic held an energizing faculty-staff spring’s innovative production of retreat in fall 2009. As focus groups The Magic brought a record reported on their work, three over- 2200 people to Ted Mann Concert riding themes became evident: col- Hall. Professor Fernando Meza David laboration; community; and com- oversaw a successful international munication. marimba festival that featured col- laborations with major Twin Cities Under executive committee lead- music organizations. Our perfor- ership, subsequent forums defined mance of Stravinsky’s Symphony of ways to realize progress out of the Psalms received a standing ovation retreat’s momentum. This year will at the north central conference of see several “common hours” conven- the American Choral Directors As- ing the school around timely topics, sociation. presenters, and performances. The Tutti is the magazine of the University of Min- nesota School of Music and is published yearly. In This Issue It supports the school’s community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends by providing 2 Greetings information that highlights events, develop- Message from David Myers, Director, School of Music ments, and trends within the school, connects the school’s many constituencies, and celebrates Celebrating 10 Years of Collage the achievements of the school’s community. 4

James A. Parente, Jr. 6 Convocation Preview Dean, of Liberal Arts Paul Phoenix to Keynote School of Music 2010 Fall Convocation David E. Myers 7 Engaged Department Leadership Team Update Director, School of Music Improvisation with Erkki Huovinen, Musicology Lisa Marshall Editor and Writer 8 Learning Through Music Jennifer Schmitt 9 Catching Up With Adriana Zabala Graphic Designer 10 Alumni and Student Stories Modern Press Alumni Profile: Victor Barranco Printing SOM Alumna Libby Larsen Awarded Peabody Medal Student Profile: LaTannia Ellerbe

THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC 12 Welcome New Faculty The mission of the School of Music is to create Alexander Fiterstein, Matt Rahaim, and Laura Sindberg and perform music and to apply and impart musical knowledge in all its diverse forms. We 13 2009/2010 Season Highlights are committed to excellence in all scholarly, creative and pedagogical endeavors. We seek 15 Fall Events Calendar Bonus Pull Out! to provide the highest quality of professional Fall Events, Spring Events Preview, Information, Directions, training in music to students pursuing a broad and Ways to Connect variety of careers and offer artistic, cultural and intellectual enrichment to the community within and beyond the . 19 Meet the New Development Officer Joe Sullivan, College of Liberal Arts Development Officer

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 20 Thank You Donors The University of Minnesota, founded in the belief that all people are enriched by under- 22 See and Be Seen standing, is dedicated to the advancement of A Photographic Journey Through 2009/2010 learning and the search for truth; to the shar- ing of this knowledge through education for a 24 School News diverse community; and to the application of Faculty, Student, Alumni, and Staff News this knowledge to benefit the people of the In Memoriam state, the nation and the world. The University’s threefold mission of research and discovery, teaching and learning, and outreach and public 31 School of Music by the Numbers service is carried out on multiple campuses and We Want to Hear From You throughout the state.

© 2010 Regents of the University of Minnesota. The University of All rights reserved. Minnesota School of Music gratefully acknowledges program support from Schmitt Music. The School of Music is an All Steinway School. %# !  #" #  $   !"!" !# ! &$   $$$!   "    '   !""$ !  # 4 University of Minnesota School of Music CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF COLLAGE Ten years have elapsed since the inaugural School of Music Collage Concert in 2000, when students and faculty took the Ted Mann Concert Hall Stage (and aisles!) for a non-stop musical and theatrical extravaganza.

Then SOM director Jeffrey Kimpton says of lage because it’s important for them to his vision for the concert, “When I came to experience community and interact with the School of Music, I felt that the school different parts of our School. The evening needed to showcase the tremendous talent has a hectic energy and there’s always a of the students and faculty. We planned flurry of activity when managing the flow the first Collage Concert to coincide with of the evening.” University’s 150th homecoming celebration. Collage caught on right away and we were Craig Kirchhoff, professor of conducting packed on Saturday night and did a second and director of university bands, reflects on concert on Sunday.” the Collage Concert experience, “To audi- ence members the concert appears seamless, The Collage Concert’s marathon style not however backstage it’s organized chaos. only provides the perfect introduction to Over the years the work of our graduate the School of Music, it allows the audience conducting students has been legendary in to sample a vast array of musical styles in making the Collage Concert work. Long- one evening. time producer and Ted Mann Concert Hall staff member Val- Erik Rohde (B.M., , student of Mark erie Stedman is the driving force Bjork; M.M. candidate, orchestral con- behind the concert. I can’t imag- ducting, student of Mark Russell Smith) ine doing Collage without her.” Photo: Patrick O’Leary Patrick Photo: attended his first Collage Concert in 2002 and has since performed in six Collage Con- This year’s Collage Concert will certs. “My initial experience with Collage honor University of Minnesota was a strong one. I went to the concert with president Robert H. Bruininks a friend and we planned to stay for fifteen and his wife Dr. Susan Hag- minutes and then head out for dinner. We strum for their service to the were so taken by the experience that we University and their abiding didn’t even look at our watches and stayed support of the School of Music. until the end of the concert.” Rohde now looks forward to being an integral part of the concert as a graduate conducting stu- dent in the orchestral conducting program. 10th Anniversary Collage Concert Saturday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. The non-stop nature of the concert poses Ted Mann Concert Hall logistical challenges for School of Music Tickets: $16 adults/$11 children, U of M students, faculty, faculty, teaching assistants, and staff. School staff, alumni, and retirees of Music professor and director of choral General admission. 612/624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu activities Kathy Saltzman Romey says, “I All proceeds will support the School of Music Community enjoy bringing students together for Col- Engagement Initiative.

music.umn.edu 5 Photos: Greg Helgeson (2007 and 2008), Sara Specht (2006) Photo: Marco Borggreve Paul Phoenix to Keynote School of Music 2010 Fall Convocation Paul Phoenix, acclaimed tenor with The King’s Singers and an avid spokesperson for musicians’ ability to engage diverse audiences, will give the University of Minnesota School of Music Fall Convocation program keynote address in Ted Mann Concert Hall on Wednesday, October 13th at 10 a.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Paul Phoenix began his musical training at age nine as a chorister with the St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir, during which time he made several successful recordings as featured treble, including the Geof- frey Burgon award-winning theme to the BBC’s 1979 adaptation of John le Carré’s novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

After graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music in 1991, Phoenix worked as a freelance singer for six years enjoying a varied existence, from backing Elaine Paige in concert, to coaching singing with the boy trebles of Westminster Under School. In September 1997, he joined The King’s Singers with whom he travels singing in some of the finest concert halls, churches, and cathedrals in the School of Music Fall Convocation world. His two-day residency at the school will include working Wednesday, October 13 at 10 a.m. with the Men’s Chorus and meeting with students, faculty, and university administrators. Ted Mann Concert Hall Free and open to the public One of the world’s most celebrated vocal groups, The King’s Singers have a packed schedule of concerts, recordings, media, and education work that spans the globe. Championing the work of young and established composers, they remain consummate entertainers, a class act with a delightfully British wit. From Gesualdo and György Ligeti to Michael Bublé, The King’s Singers are instantly recognizable for their spot-on intonation, their impeccable vocal blend, the flawless articulation of the text, and incisive timing.

School of Music director David Myers says, “Paul is a charismatic speaker and world-class professional musician. His real-world experi- ence and expertise will inspire our students about both the challenges and possibilities for success in 21st century music careers.”

Paul Phoenix’s Convocation keynote will address the importance of community engagement in relation to the continuing U of M School of Music initiative to integrate public engagement into its curriculum and research. In addition to other events, Phoenix will meet with the school’s Engaged Department Leadership Team. The 2009 School of Music Fall Convocation featured renowned conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop.

6 University of Minnesota School of Music Engaged Department Leadership Team Update

Last fall the School of Music launched a The team will next create ways to measure

new initiative to integrate public engage- its work and to research the effectiveness Photo: Sonkarlay Vaye ment into its curriculum and research. of the programs that grow from the new Supported by a $10,000 grant from the proposals. The team is creating engagement University of Minnesota’s Office of Com- curriculum connections and standalone munity Engagement, the school is mov- classes that meet the engagement needs of ing forward on a career enhancing effort music students. for aspiring professional musicians of the 21st century: preparing them, through Hamann says, “Today’s students want a projects, internships, and entrepreneurial holistic education. In the fast changing efforts, to become engaged artist-leaders music profession, it’s important to teach among the increasingly diverse societies our students to be entrepreneurial about and communities in which they live. their careers. We are ideally situated in the Twin Cities with its rich cultural and “The School of Music Engaged Department musical diversity, and our neighborhoods Leadership Team is off to a good . The and networks provide us endless oppor- faculty and student involvement was been tunities. With the work of the Engaged tremendous—we’ve approved 17 engaged Department Leadership Team and dedi- department grant proposals for work in cated faculty and students, we are in line Look to the School of Music website (music. the upcoming year. Of the 17 proposals, with the University’s push toward more umn.edu) for updates throughout the year seven were from students and the rest were public engagement and the need for the U on the work of the SOM Engaged Depart- from faculty,” reports team chair and music to be more involved in the world outside ment Leadership Team and to find out how education professor Keitha Hamann. of academia.” you can become involved.

Improvisation with Erkki Huovinen, Musicology

the Moment: Worlds of Improvisation. The tradition and uses concepts and exercises course explored traditions of improvisation related to improvisation for the purpose of Photo: Annina Huovinen from a variety of world cultures including deepening, extending, and personalizing Arabic (maqam), Hindustani (raga), Afro- the participants’ musicianship. The course’s Caribbean (salsa), and African-American goal is to give musicians with little or no (jazz). Huovinen and Currie encouraged previous experience in improvisation a plat- students to gain insight into the processes form for experiencing improvisatory situa- of composition in performance, from eth- tions and ideas that help them to become nomusicological, music-theoretical, and more versatile artists and/or teachers, and applied vocal/instrumental perspectives. to project a sense of spontaneity, personal Students explored improvisational systems commitment and freedom even in basically through academic study and lecture-dem- non-improvisatory contexts. onstrations and gained first-hand experi- ence with extemporaneous music making. On his approach to teaching improvisation, Students responded positively to the course Huovinen says, “I’m trying to help students and were enthusiastic to find personal ways find new relationships to their instruments, of incorporating their own backgrounds encouraging them to take a few steps back into their work. from their usual performances to regain the In spring 2010, professor Erkki Huovinen, ability to play even one simple note with who holds the Government of Finland and In the 2010/2011 academic year profes- conviction. We will explore different rela- David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professor- sor Huovinen will teach parts I and II of tionships between musicians creating music ship in Finnish Studies, and musicology/ the course Improvisation for the Artist/ together, striving towards musicianship that ethnomusicology professor Scott Currie Teacher: Exploring Sound, Structure, Free- doesn’t fear unexpected situations.” introduced an improvisation course into the dom, and Interaction. This workshop is School of Music curriculum with Music in directed toward musicians in the classical

music.umn.edu 7 Photo: Scott Lipscomb Photo: Jennifer Schmitt

LEFT: School of Music student Tharon Knowlton (left) and alumnus Jonathan Edington (right) working on com- position with students at Ramsey School.

RIGHT: View from a Ramsey School classroom.

Learning Through Music

When entering Ramsey International Fine researcher with the Ramsey School proj- music to Ramsey’s general curriculum Arts Center, a public K-8 fine arts magnet ect and says of its impact on our students, beyond the specialty music class model. school in south , one is imme- “The Learning Through Music internship Our students and alumni play important diately aware of being in an extraordinary provides a unique opportunity for our un- roles in Ramsey School classrooms and are school. From the outside, the structure dergraduate music education students to gaining valuable hands-on music education looks like your typical brick school built collaborate with classroom teachers and experience. circa 1931, but inside is a bustling artistic teaching artists for the purpose of using incubator. Murals adorn the hallway walls music as a tool to facilitate learning in the In one first grade classroom 20 children sit and musical vocabulary posters rather than arts and to enhance learning in other aca- in a circle on the floor holding their blue school rules posters are the norm. demic subject areas. The realization that practice sticks, as conductors would hold music can serve as a catalyst for learning in batons. Learning Through Music teacher Ramsey School has a unique partner- many contexts presents a world of possibili- and SOM alumna Jennifer Josephson ship with the Minneapolis-based Learn- ties unknown to many pre-service music (B.M., 2005, music therapy) leads the ing Through Music Consulting Group, teachers. The internship also provides these group in a conducting session and says, which provides connections to local arts selected students hands-on opportunities “When do you know when to play? What’s organizations and university partners, in- to engage with other teachers in strategic the million dollar word? It’s ictus—that cluding the University of Minnesota School planning to enhance this student learning, little hit when you conduct.” The children of Music. SOM students and faculty are a an experience that will prove very helpful then practice following the ictus and be- vital part of this partnership. The Learn- as they enter a school music teaching posi- come little conductors. Within minutes the ing Through Music Consulting Group is tion where specialists often find themselves group comprehends the rudiments of the part of the Music-in-Education National isolated from other members of the school language of conducting. Josephson asks Consortium which provides funding and community.” for volunteers to conduct the group and collaborative research opportunities. School hands raise wildly. A student is picked to of Music professor of music education Scott The SOM’s partnership with The Learning conduct, and she takes her role seriously. Lipscomb has been an integral leader and Through Music Consulting Group brings Josephson reminds her that she needs to

8 University of Minnesota School of Music tell the class to respect her lead, and the Knowlton is huddled around a keyboard get to teach in a nontraditional and fun way student conducts with a smile. Josephson with three students and says, “Our priority and kids enjoy it. It’s great to invent your ends the conducting session with a goodbye is to come up with a melody.” The three own way of teaching. It’s difficult to get kids song, and the class is reminded to listen to girls focus and try out a few different styles to understand complex musical concepts. their teacher Mrs. Kruse because she’s their of melody and then stand together to sing, What I’m most amazed about is how many everyday conductor. “Take a risk by voting/don’t be afraid to use innate musical things I can realize because the power of your vote/yes we can change.” of them. For example, kids added claps to a In another classroom SOM student Tha- They are pleased with the outcome and song to make four measures rather than three ron Knowlton (B.M. candidate, music share that they never composed a song prior because it naturally sounded better to them.” education) and SOM alumnus Jonathan to this experience. When asked if they’d be Edington (B.M., 2010, voice/music edu- interested in writing their own songs in the It’s revelations such as Edington’s that make cation) are each working with a group of future, they answer with a confident and the Ramsey School project a fertile learning three students on composing music and resounding “yes!” laboratory for music educators and students lyrics for their annual spring fourth grade alike. To learn more about the Ramsey opera, a production based on the life of Edington is in his third year of involvement School and the Learning Through Music recent Nobel Peace Prize winner, president with the Learning Through Music program Consulting Group and their partners, visit Barack Obama. at Ramsey and says, “With the program I learning-through-music.org.

Q. You’ve successfully completed your Q. What projects are currently on your first year at the U of M School of plate? Do you have any 2010/2011 Music. What has surprised you about season projects on the horizon? your School of Music experience? A. I will join the Minnesota Opera for its Photo: Arthur Cohen A. I expected to spend a lot of energy on spring production of Wuthering Heights. a daily basis, but I was amazed at what It is a pleasure and a privilege to return energy my students and colleagues gave to my “home company!” In the fall I will each day, and how much more that gen- sing in the Sing for Hope gala concert in erates to help us all with our daily and Houston. In the winter I will be the alto longer-term goals. soloist for Messiah with both the Lex- ington Philharmonic and the Phoenix Q. How would you describe School of Symphony. In the fall I will collaborate Music voice students? with Jeffrey Van (SOM guitar faculty) A. Talented, thoughtful, intelligent, cre- in a performance of his cycle for guitar Adriana Zabala Adriana

Prior to joining the School of Music ative, and with great senses of humor! and voice, and I am planning a recital faculty, voice professor Adriana Zabala for the spring. I’m very excited about an performed the title role of the Ameri- Q. What excites you about the next all-Sondheim program my studio will be th can premiere of Jonathan Dove’s The academic year at the SOM? giving this fall to commemorate his 80 Adventures of Pinocchio. TheNew York A. The opportunity to make wonderful birthday. This will be the first themed Times praised her “vivid, fearless pres- progress; each hour, day, and semester. program my studio will give, and I’d like ence” in Glass’s Waiting for the Barbar- I can’t wait to establish goals with each to establish this at least on a yearly basis. ians. This summer she sang inSalome student, and for the classes that I am I think we will have a wonderful time and Carmen at Palau de les Arts Opera teaching, and to enjoy the process every developing these programs together, and

Catching Up With Up Catching Reina Sofia in Valencia, Spain with day. This is priceless and something we they are sure to be artistically compelling Maestro Zubin Mehta. all tend to take for granted. I absolutely and entertaining! love to see what greater things come An avid recitalist, Zabala has appeared from this focus and attention to every Q. Do you have advice for students at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, day. Also, I want to make a stronger who are considering studying voice and Barns at Wolf Trap. She was a effort to attend, enjoy, and participate at the School of Music? Fulbright Scholar at the Mozarteum in the phenomenal offerings that are A. Sing what you love, this is likely the mu- and served as the artistic director of the ongoing in our SOM and in the wider sic at which you excel at this point. Be Southeastern Festival of Song. University community. I will continue open-minded about what people have to to strongly encourage my students to be teach you, and at the same time, begin to Zabala sat down with us to talk about models of this awareness, appreciation, look for what makes you unique. Study her first year at the School of Music and participation in creative activities languages like crazy, listen to all good and to discuss her future endeavors. across the board. music, irrespective of genre, and attend as much live music and drama as possible!

music.umn.edu 9 Alumni Profile: Victor Barranco B.M., 2005, trombone performance, student of Tom Ashworth

Q. Where did you grow up? Being in the Twin Cities allowed me the A. North Pole, Alaska. Professor Ashworth opportunity to experience diverse musi- jokes that I was his first student who was cal cultures. The SOM helped me adapt attracted to Minnesota because of the to different cultures of music—orchestral warm weather. gigs, club dates, salsa gigs, and wedding dates. The SOM gave me a taste of what Q. Do you come from a musical family? it was to be a professional orchestral mu- A. My parents are from Puerto Rico and sician, freelancer, and educator. when I was a child we traveled there to visit family in the summer. Our fam- The SOM laid down the foundation for ily had a country house by the rain- the musician I am today. I don’t consider forest and they would gather to dance myself a classical or jazz trombonist—I’m and play guitar and conga drums until a musician. three a.m. I gained an appreciation for the folk music of Puerto Rico as a small Q. What advice would you give students child. My parents gave me aspirations to considering or starting at the SOM? be a professional musician. They were A. Take advantage of the vast array of music positive role models and demonstrated around the Twin Cities—check out the how to work for what you want in life. Minnesota Orchestra, The Saint Paul I’ve known I wanted to be a musician Chamber Orchestra, the local salsa clubs, since the fifth grade. My parents recently polka bands, and beyond. In the Twin shared a school project they saved where Cities you’re surrounded by professional Last summer alumnus Victor Barranco I stated that my life’s goal was to be good musicians—watch, learn, and listen to won the third trombone spot with the enough to earn a scholarship to play at a them to see how they play and how they U.S. Army Blues jazz band, one of the university and then to perform in a big interact with people. Following their premier jazz bands of the U.S. military. band as a professional musician. professional lead is just as important as Barranco competed against some of spending time in the practice room. the finest trombonists in the U.S for Q. What brought you to the SOM? the position. A. When I was searching for colleges, I want- ed to be in a city where I would be a small Barranco’s SOM faculty mentor Tom fish in a big pond. I contacted professor Ashworth was not surprised by his for- Tom Ashworth and heard back from him mer student’s success, “He came in as within three hours. His quick response a classical/jazz trombonist. Victor is alone represented the SOM in a positive outgoing and adept at creating and capi- way. Professor Ashworth invited me to talizing on opportunities. Once Victor the Twin Cities for the audition and after FORMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC shows up to perform regardless of the a meeting with the trombone studio and TROMBONE STUDENTS gig, bands and organizations want to a lesson with professor Ashworth it was SERVING IN MILITARY BANDS re-engage him. He has ambition and a done deal. It was a no brainer that the the talent to back it up.” SOM was the place for me. Michael Dugan, Air Force A Band of Liberty Barranco spoke with us from the home Q. What did you take away from your of The United States Army Band “Persh- SOM experience? David. J. Miller, The United States ing’s Own” in Fort Meyer, VA. On his new A. There’s no way I would be in the posi- Navy Band position, Barranco says, “Not only do I tion I am now if it wasn’t for Professor Clifford Dale Moore, United States get to make a living being a musician, Ashworth. I’m still learning lessons from Army Band "Pershing's Own" but I get to serve my country doing what what he taught me, and his mentorship , United States I love to do. It’s such a gratifying notion and dedication prepared me for the real Matthew Nudell Air Force Band to think that every day I wake up and get world. In a sense I’m still learning from to serve my country by playing music.” the SOM! Twig Sargent, United States Naval Academy Band

Ryan Terronez, United States Air Force Band of the Golden West

10 University of Minnesota School of Music SOM Alumna Libby Larsen Photo: Ann Marsden Awarded Peabody Medal B.A., 1971/M.A., 1975/Ph.D., 1978, composi- tion, student of Paul Fetler and Dominick Argento

Libby Larsen was awarded the 2010 George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America along with James Levine, music director of the Metropolitan Opera and of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Larsen, composer and founding member of the American Compos- ers Forum (originally the Minnesota Composers Forum), received the Peabody Medal and addressed the Peabody Institute Conserva- tory’s graduation ceremony on May 27, 2010.

Student Profile: LaTannia Ellerbe D.M.A. candidate, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly Photo: Sonkarlay Vaye

LaTannia Ellerbe remembers her first meet- just realizing that I like performing. When I ing with Professor Sally O’Reilly. “Five min- arrived at the School of Music, I didn’t have utes after meeting Ms. O’Reilly, I knew I’d technical ability—I didn’t have the chops. be happy working with her. After observing I was nervous, scared, and self-conscious a lesson, I was sold. I called my folks in my when performing. Ms. O’Reilly helped me hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina to develop the ability to convey what I felt and said ‘I’m going to Minnesota’” when I perform.”

Since her arrival at the School of Music, On the subject of performance, Ellerbe Ellerbe has kept an active calendar. In the recalls her fondest School of Music perfor- span of one day, she spent the morning mance memory—performing Beethoven’s rehearsing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 9 with the University Sym- with the University Symphony Orchestra, phony Orchestra and Combined Choirs at travelled across town to play with Christian Northrop Auditorium to a sold out audience rapper Ryan Daniel, and performed a fund- last spring. She says, “It was such a reward- raiser concert for Haiti with the nine-piece ing experience because it was obvious we Twin Cities based salsa ensemble Charanga had an effect on the audience. It reminded Tropical. This summer Ellerbe performed me of the reason why we play music—to with Charanga Tropical at both the Min- share with people. One of my good friends nesota State Fair and in the Chicago Sum- came up to me after the concert and all she merDance Series in Chicago’s Grant Park. could say was ‘oh my god.’”

As she embarks upon her final year at the After graduation Ellerbe plans to perform School of Music, Ellerbe looks forward to and teach at the collegiate level. giving her D.M.A. recital in the fall, “I’m

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sean gregory fernando meza irvine arditti 2009/2010 SEASON Photo: Kym Thomson highlights sored by the School of Music, The Professor Fernando A. Meza’s Schubert Club, and the Chamber Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference marin alsop Music Society of Minnesota. Fernando A. Meza hosted the Ma- Violinist Irvine Arditti Visits rimba 2010 International Festival Acclaimed Conductor In December 2009 the SOM’s and Conference from April 28 Marin Alsop in Residence Contemporary Music Workshop through May 1, 2010. Marimba 2010 The SOM hosted internationally presented a special series of events brought innovative marimba artists acclaimed conductor and Music featuring world-renowned British from more than 20 countries to the Director of the Baltimore Sym- violinist Irvine Arditti in his first Twin Cities for the common pur- phony Orchestra Marin Alsop in visit to the Twin Cities in more pose of celebrating the marimba in gunther schuller residence on October 5-6, 2009. than 15 years. The series featured its many formats around the world. Alsop received an honorary degree Arditti in a recital of new composi- Marimba 2010’s artistic partners in- from the University of Minnesota tions for solo violin by students in cluded prestigious Twin Cities orga- and gave the keynote address at the the Contemporary Music Work- nizations: the Minnesota Orchestra, SOM Fall Convocation program in shop lab and in concert with SOM The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ted Mann Concert Hall. Alsop will professor/pianist Noriko Kawai per- VocalEssence, The Schubert Club, return to the SOM in April 2011, in forming the works of composer Ian- Southern Theater, University of Min- connection with guest conducting nis Xenakis and SOM composition nesota School of Music, Frederick R. the Minnesota Orchestra. She will professor James Dillon. Weisman Art Museum, and Min- meet with students and faculty cur- nesota Public Radio. rently participating in the school’s Le Quatuor Diotima Residency engaged department initiative. In April 2010, the SOM presented Guildhall School of London’s internationally acclaimed Paris- Sean Gregory in Residence A Musical Conversation with based Le Quatuor Sean Gregory, director of Creative Gunther Schuller Diotima. This ensemble is known Learning for the Guildhall School On December 4, 2009, Gunther for their rare ability to perform of Music and Drama and the Barbi- Schuller, composer, conductor, per- both classical and the most de- can Centre in London, UK, visited former, educator, and record pro- manding contemporary repertoire the SOM in April 2010. Creative ducer of classical music and jazz, at the highest level. During their Learn­ing is a unique collabora- presented a talk and Q & A session four-day residency at the School tion among the Guildhall, the for the SOM community. Schuller, of Music, they gave a master class, Barbican Centre, and the London one of the most important musical gave a lecture recital with faculty Symphony Orchestra to create the personalities of the 20th century, member Michael Cherlin, and world’s leading center for perfor- began his early career playing with performed a concert. The Dioti- mance, training, and education in Toscanini and Duke Ellington. The ma String Quartet Residency was the arts. Gregory gave talks and conversation was moderated by SOM funded through the Imagine Grants Q & A sessions with students, fac- director David Myers and was spon- Special Events Fund. ulty, and the music community.

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Date Event Time Location 9/8 Guest and Faculty Recital: Instant Composition 5 p.m. FH, 213 9/16 Guest Recital: Jürgen Essl, organ 7:30 p.m. NMA 9/20 Faculty and Student Recital: Music of Bach and Baldwin 7:30 p.m. LURH 9/24 The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis TBD FH, 225 9/25 The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis TBD FH, 225 10/12 Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m. TMCH 10/12 U of M Organ Alumni Showcase 7:30 p.m. NMA 10/13 School of Music Convocation featuring Paul Phoenix 10 a.m. TMCH 10/13 Symphonic Band and University Band 7:30 p.m. TMCH 10/14 Jazz Ensemble I: The Music of Bob Brookmeyer 7:30 p.m. TMCH 10/16 10th Anniversary Collage Concert 7:30 p.m. TMCH 10/18 Jazz Ensembles II and III 7:30 p.m. TMCH 10/21 Campus Bands 7:30 p.m. TMCH 10/22 Campus String Orchestra 7:30 p.m. TBD 10/25 University Symphony Orchestra 7:30 p.m. TMCH 11/1 Campus Orchestra: A Night of Dances 7:30 p.m. TMCH 11/5 University Men’s and Women’s Chorus: Fall Program 7:30 p.m. Off Campus 11/12 University Singers Fall Concert: The Music of Jeffrey Van 7:30 p.m. TMCH 11/13 Marching Band Indoor Concert 7 p.m. NMA 11/14 Marching Band Indoor Concert 3 p.m. NMA 11/15 Faculty Recital: Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet 7:30 p.m. LURH and Timothy Lovelace, 11/18 Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry 7:30 p.m. TMCH 11/19 Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry 7:30 p.m. TMCH 11/20 Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry 7:30 p.m. TMCH 11/20 Jazz Ensemble I opens for the JazzMN Orchestra 7:30 p.m. Off Campus 11/21 Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry 1:30 p.m. TMCH 11/23 Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m. TMCH See pages 16 and 17 for complete event and ticket information. 11/23 U of M Organ Student Showcase 7:30 p.m. NMA 11/29 Jazz Combos in Concert 7:30 p.m. LURH The School of Music 2010/2011 season 11/30 Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m. TMCH is sponsored by the University of Min- 12/1 Symphonic Band and University Band 7:30 p.m. TMCH nesota Alumni Association and Radio K (www.radiok.org). 12/2 Campus Bands 7:30 p.m. TMCH 12/3 U of M Guitar Ensemble 4:30 p.m. LURH 12/3 University Choirs: Sounds of the Season 7:30 p.m. TMCH FH : Ferguson Hall 12/6 Jazz Ensembles I and II: Old Wine, New Bottles 7:30 p.m. TMCH LURH : Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall 12/11 Conducting Symposium 8 a.m. FH NMA : Northrop Memorial Auditorium 12/13 University Symphony Orchestra 7:30 p.m. TMCH 12/15 Campus Orchestra and String Orchestra 7:30 p.m. TMCH TMCH : Ted Mann Concert Hall 12/21 Faculty Recital: Dean Billmeyer, organ 7:30 p.m. NMA

music.umn.edu 15 ALL SCHOOL EVENTS Campus Bands Eric Allen and John Zarco, conductors School of Music Convocation Thursday, December 2 • 7:30 p.m. With keynote speaker Paul Phoenix, member of Ted Mann Concert Hall internationally renowned The King’s Singers. Wednesday, October 13 • 10 a.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall Conducting Symposium Advanced registration required. Call 612/624-6873. th Saturday, December 11 • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 10 Anniversary Collage Concert Ferguson Hall FALL 2010 Featuring more than 300 students and faculty per- forming in a musical extravaganza on the beautiful Ted Mann Concert Hall stage! CHORAL EVENTS Tickets: $16 adults/$11 children; U of M students, University Men’s and Women’s EVENTS faculty, staff, alumni, and retirees. General admission. Chorus: Fall Program 612/624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu Friday, November 5 • 7:30 p.m. All proceeds support the School of Music Community University Lutheran Church of Hope Engagement Initiative. 601 13th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN Saturday, October 16 • 7:30 p.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall University Singers Fall Concert: The Music of Jeffrey Van BAND EVENTS Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, and Wind Ensemble Christopher Owen, conductors Featuring the world premiere of Gregory Mertl’s Jeffrey Van, guitar Piano Concerto for Piano and Symphonic Winds with Friday, November 12 • 7:30 p.m. Solungga Liu, guest pianist (written for Solungga Ted Mann Concert Hall Liu and the U of M Wind Ensemble). Craig Kirch- hoff, conductor University Choirs: Tuesday, October 12 • 7:30 p.m. Sounds of the Season Ted Mann Concert Hall An all choir holiday event. Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, and graduate student conductors Symphonic Band and University Band Friday, December 3 • 7:30 p.m. Jerry Luckhardt and Alicia Neal, conductors Ted Mann Concert Hall Wednesday, October 13 • 7:30 p.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall JAZZ EVENTS Jazz Ensemble I: Campus Bands The Music of Bob Brookmeyer Eric Allen and John Zarco, conductors Thursday, October 14 • 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 21 • 7:30 p.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall Ted Mann Concert Hall

Marching Band Indoor Concerts Jazz Ensembles II and III Monday, October 18 • 7:30 p.m. Tickets: 612/624-2345 – on sale after September 7 Ted Mann Concert Hall Saturday, November 13 • 7 p.m. Sunday, November 14 • 3 p.m. Northrop Memorial Auditorium Jazz Ensemble I opens for the JazzMN Orchestra th Wind Ensemble JazzMN Orchestra – Kenton’s 100 Kickoff Featuring the regional premiere of Carter Pann’s featuring vocalist Stephanie Nakasian. PLEASE NOTE Concerto Logic for Piano and Wind Symphony with Tickets: www.jazzmn.org Saturday, November 20 • 7:30 p.m. Events are subject to change or can- Carter Pann, guest pianist. The program will also Hopkins High School Performing Arts Center cellation. Events may be added dur- feature the The Singers, Minnesota Choral Artists, 2400 Lindberg Dr, Minnetonka, MN ing the course of the semester. This (Matthew Culloton, conductor) who join U of M calendar does not list the numerous Wind Ensemble in a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Mass. Craig Kirchhoff, conductor Jazz Combos in Concert free student recitals presented each Tuesday, November 23 • 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 29 • 7:30 p.m. week. For an updated and complete Ted Mann Concert Hall Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall events calendar, visit music.umn.edu or call 612/62-MUSIC. Visit music. Wind Ensemble Chamber Music Jazz Ensembles I and II: umn.edu to sign up for our free Craig Kirchhoff, conductor Old Wine, New Bottles weekly e-newsletter. Tuesday, November 30 • 7:30 p.m. Modern arrangements of classic jazz tunes. Ted Mann Concert Hall Monday, December 6 • 7:30 p.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Symphonic Band and University Band Jerry Luckhardt and Alicia Neal, conductors Wednesday, December 1 • 7:30 p.m. University of Minnesota Alumni As- Ted Mann Concert Hall sociation members receive faculty/ staff ticket prices. OPERA EVENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND FACULTY EVENTS University Opera Theatre presents U of M Organ Student Showcase Guest and Faculty Recital: Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry University of Minnesota organ students perform on Instant Composition Libretto by Herschel Garfein. Based on the novel the historic 108-rank Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ Finnish organist, music theorist, and composer by Sinclair Lewis. David Walsh, director in Northrop Memorial Auditorium. Atte Tenkanen will give a lecture-demonstration on Tickets: $22/$12 students & children. Two for Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ contemporary, art music related free improvisation one tickets for U of M students, faculty, alumni, www.northroporgan.org together with SOM visiting professor Erkki Huovinen staff, and retirees. 612/624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu Tuesday, November 23 • 7:30 p.m. as his multi-instrumental duo companion. Thurs., Nov. 18 – Sat., Nov. 20 • 7:30 p.m. Northrop Memorial Auditorium Wednesday, September 8 • 5 p.m. Sunday, November 21 • 1:30 p.m. Ferguson Hall, Organ Studio (213) Ted Mann Concert Hall U of M Guitar Ensemble Friday, December 3 • 4:30 p.m. Faculty and Student Recital: ORCHESTRAL EVENTS Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall Music of Bach and Baldwin Performing eight arias by Bach with trumpets, Campus String Orchestra GUEST/ALUMNI EVENTS horns, timpani, and continuo featuring John De Performing Grieg’s Holberg Suite and Sibelius’s Guest Recital: Jürgen Essl, organ Haan, Thomas Ashworth, Fernando Meza, and John Rakastava (The Lovers). Foster Beyers, conductor One of the foremost organists and composers in Tranter. Also featured are Dean Billmeyer, Charles Friday, October 22 • 7:30 p.m. today’s European musical scene and a professor at Ullery, Michael Gast, and Caroline Lemen. Seven Location TBD the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik, Jürgen Essl of Baldwin’s graduate students will perform his performs on the historic 108-rank Æolian-Skinner Concerto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani. University Symphony Orchestra Monday, September 20 • 7:30 p.m. Pipe Organ in Northrop Memorial Auditorium. Mark Russell Smith conducts the music of Johann Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ Strauss, Jr. (Die Fledermaus Overture) and Berlioz’s northroporgan.org ground-breaking Symphonie fantastique. Doctoral Thursday, September 16 • 7:30 p.m. Faculty Recital: candidate Jeffrey Specht conducts Richard Strauss’s Northrop Memorial Auditorium Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet and orchestral tour-de-force Don Juan. Timothy Lovelace, piano Monday, October 25 • 7:30 p.m. Debut recital of award winning clarinetist and Ted Mann Concert Hall The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) faculty member Alexander Fiterstein with faculty Campus Orchestra: A Night of Dances Experience the finals of the Eighth Quadrennial member Timothy Lovelace, piano. The program will include works by Brahms, Debussy, and Weinberg. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite, Gounod’s IVCI in real time on a large screen format via In- ternet2. The competition will feature the finest Monday, November 15 • 7:30 p.m. Faust ballet music, Bizet’s Carmen Suite 1 and 2, Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Strauss’s Blue playing from the next generation of concert artists. Danube or Emperor’s Waltz. Fri., Sept. 24 and Sat., Sept. 25 • Time TBD Monday, November 1 • 7:30 p.m. Ferguson Hall, Room 225 Faculty Recital: Ted Mann Concert Hall Dean Billmeyer, organ U of M Organ Alumni Showcase University organist Dean Billmeyer performs a University Symphony Orchestra University of Minnesota organ alumni perform on special Winter Solstice Recital on the historic 108- Featuring the Concerto Competition winner and the historic 108-rank Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ rank Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ in Northrop Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Master’s candidate in Northrop Memorial Auditorium. Memorial Auditorium. Erik Rohde leads Gershwin’s American in Paris. Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ Sponsored by the Friends of the Northrop Organ Monday, December 13 • 7:30 p.m. northroporgan.org northroporgan.org Ted Mann Concert Hall Tuesday, October 12 • 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 21 • 7:30 p.m. Northrop Memorial Auditorium Northrop Memorial Auditorium Campus Orchestra and String Orchestra Performing Dvorak’s New World Symphony and a symphony by F. J. Haydn. Wednesday, December 15 • 7:30 p.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall

Wind Ensemble University Opera Theatre presents Craig Kirchhoff, conductor Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus Wednesday, February 17 • 7:30 p.m. David Walsh, director Ted Mann Concert Hall Tickets: $22/$12 students & children. Two for SPRING 2011 one tickets for U of M students, faculty, alumni, University Symphony Orchestra staff, and retirees. 612/624-2345 or tickets.umn.edu Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 7 Thurs., Apr. 7- Sat., Apr. 9, at 7:30 p.m. PREVIEW Mark Russell Smith, Conductor Sunday, April 10 at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 7 • 7:30 p.m. Ted Mann Concert Hall Ted Mann Concert Hall Band Extravaganza Time Lag Zero: A James Dillon Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, University Portrait featuring ensemble dal niente Band/Campus Bands Presented by the Southern Theater with support Thursday, April 29 • 7:30 p.m. from the U of M School of Music Ted Mann Concert Hall Tickets: southerntheater.org or 612/340-1725 Sunday, April 3 • 7:30 p.m. Southern Theater | Minneapolis Information Washington Ave S

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18 University of Minnesota School of Music Meet Joe Sullivan, College of Liberal Arts Development Officer

little on piano, violin, and mandolin, performances here at the U. That’s but guitar is really where my heart—and incredible! What other arts or music abilities—are. organization in town can say that? We have a right to be proud. Go Gophers! Q. Favorite composer? Ski-U-Mah! A. Seriously? Depends on hour of the day, day of the week. Debussy to Boling, Q. What is your favorite Twin Cities Fernando Sor to Freddie Greene. I have musical venue (besides Ted Mann way too many CDs, and yet I still con- Concert Hall)? tinue to buy and download new music A. Again, this is like asking me my favorite all the time. One of the great benefits of food—I like it all! OK, well, for Minne- this position is the privilege of listening apolis, I’d say The Dakota for jazz, First to so much great music performed by Avenue for rock. I’m a St. Paul boy, so I School of Music ensembles. My music have to say the Ordway is a great place history and music literature courses are to hear classical, see Broadway shows, Q. Tell us a bit about your professional coming alive! children’s festivals, many, many genres. background. A. I’m the new development officer for the Q. What excites you about working for Q. Say I’m a music lover, but do not Arts at the U. That means that I help the arts? have the resources of Donald Trump. raise much-needed funds for the School A. We now know more about the positive How would a small gift benefit the of Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, and impact of music than ever before. Mu- School of Music? the Department of Art. Prior to this sic fosters creativity, celebrates beauty A. You know, each gift is a miracle. People position, I was the associate director for and joy, and connects people across have no idea how SOM is stretching institutional giving at MacPhail Center the globe. Music therapy harnesses the dollars these days—trying to assist for Music. And in the ten years before power of music to address health and on everything from student scholar- that, I was the founder and executive behavioral issues. I love being able to ship support, to maintaining musical director of the East Metro Music Acad- raise money for arts causes that have instruments, supporting cutting-edge emy, a non-profit community music such positive impact. As I’ve met music research and community outreach by school based in St. Paul. Way back in department graduate fellows and schol- our student interns. Even a small gift 1982, I was a pre-business major in the arship students, I’m astounded—not helps us so much. Donors can either College of Liberal Arts here at the U. only with their talent, but with their designate how they’d like their gift used, So, this is a homecoming of sorts for desire to use music as a force for posi- or provide it to the general fund for the me to be back on campus. tive social change, for improving the SOM. I’m happy to talk to anyone in- lives of individuals, neighborhoods, and terested in making a gift. Please call me Q. What’s your musical background? communities. Very exciting. at 612/624-8573 or send me an email A. I started taking guitar lessons in second at [email protected]. Thanks! grade, and I graduated with a music and Q. Have you had the opportunity to business degree from UW-Oshkosh. attend SOM concerts and meet Like the music majors here at the U, I students? Interested in making a gift? completed a senior recital in classical A. Indeed! I’ve heard the Wind Ensemble, guitar—so I know a lot about spending the University Symphony, marimba stu- Contact Joe Sullivan at hours and hours practicing. I married dents, and attended two famous choral 612/624-8573 a wonderful singer, and we continue works, The Magic Flute (Mozart) and or [email protected] to be active in music ministry at our Elijah (Mendelssohn). And all of that, church (along with our two children: just since January. The biggest surprise? a drummer and a budding pianist). My That’s only about 1% of the scheduled wife and I are also members of a vocal events at SOM. On any given day, a jazz ensemble called Shoop! I dabble a person could attend one or more free

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22 University of Minnesota School of Music 3 4 SEE AND BE SEEN 1. Marimbist Carolina Alcaraz performs under the baton of Mark Russell Smith with the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra as part of the Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference. 2. Voice student Phong Nguyen and bassoon student Rebecca Wilson perform in Le Renard (The Fox) in the University Opera Theatre’s fall 2009 production of Stravinsky in Paris. 3. Staff member Sari Baker preps bratwursts for the 2010 West Bank Arts Quarter Cooks. 4. Music education student Aaron Marks gives the student address at the 2009 SOM Convocation. 5. Staff member Stanley Rothrock hands out chips at the 2010 West Bank Arts Quarter Cooks event. 6. School of 6 7 Music Director David Myers, College of Liberal Arts Dean James A. Parente, Jr., and University of Minnesota Regent Richard Beeson present Maestra Marin Alsop with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the U of M. 7. Ghanaian marimbist Bernard Woma performs at Marimba 2010. 8. Event narrator Dr. Joel Boyd and donor Craig Swan celebrate after the University Symphony Orchestra concert featuring the 10 Craig and Janet Swan Competition winning piece by Jonathan Kolm. 9. Alumna Elizabeth Karelse on tour in Japan with students. 10. Dancer Laura Miller and voice student Peter Frenz perform in Mavra in the University Opera Theatre’s fall 2009 production of Stravinsky in Paris. 11. Marimbist Pei Ching Wu with U of M Percussion Ensemble members Hans Fredrickson, Eric Richardson, and Derek Olson during Marimba 2010. 12. Director of orchestral studies Mark Russell Smith leads the University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs in performing Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide at convocation.

music.umn.edu 23 School of Music News from July 2009 to May 2010 SCHOOL NEWS October. His article on the AGO Fellowship cer- tification exam essay appeared in the April 2010 FACULTY NEWS issue of the national publication The American Akosua Addo (music education) and Guerino Organist. In addition to appearances with the Mazzola (theory/composition) were recipients St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Dawn Upshaw of 2010 Grants-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, this spring, Billmeyer presented solo recitals in and Scholarship awarded by The Office of the Ottumwa, IA, and La Crosse, WI. Vice President for Research. MinnPost.com featured Alexander Braginsky Faculty emeritus Dominick Argento (composi- (piano) in the July 2009 article, “Piano-e-Com- tion) was featured in the November 2009 Star petition: a Q&A with artistic director Alexander Tribune article “Argento still ‘making a state- Braginsky” by Tatyana Thulien. ment.’” The Minnesota Opera launched a revival of Argento’s 1985 opera, Casanova’s Homecom- Immanuel Davis (flute) was featured on MPR’s ing, at the Ordway Center in November. Performance Today in April with guest and Bel- gian baroque flute virtuoso Barthold Kuijken. In 2010, Lydia Artymiw (piano) performed The duo performed a Couperin duet. Davis also solo recitals in Boston (MA), Louisville (KY), joined Kuijken and harpsichordist Dongsok Santa Rosa (CA), Seoul (Korea), Chicago (IL), Shin in a February recital of works by Bach, and Stephenville (TX). She performed Mozart Couperin, Leclair, and Weiss. The recital took concerti twice with the LaCrosse (WI) Sympho- place at Sundin Hall at Hamline University. ny and with the U of M Symphony Orchestra (May). Chamber performances included two The CD recording ofJames Dillon’s (composi- concerts with Minnesota Orchestra musicians, tion) opera Philomela won the Grand Prix de three recitals with cellist Angela Lee (Santa l’Académie du Disque Lyrique 2010. A new Rosa and Oakland, CA, March), Hampden recording of Dillon’s opera Philomela was re- Sydney Music Festival, VA (May), and Close leased on the AEON label. In October, the Encounters with Music (Great Barrington, MA world premiere of Dillon’s work The Leuven and Hunter, NY in June and at the Frick Mu- Triptych for 11 was given at the Transit New seum in New York in October). She gave two Music Festival (Brussels). In March, the BBC world premieres in 2010: a July performance of Scottish Symphony Orchestra presented Dil- Joan Tower’s Piano Quartet at the Bravo! Vail lon’s work for BBC Radio 3’s Hear and Now. Valley Festival in Colorado and a November In November, Dillon was a featured composer recital with cellist Zuill Bailey for the Music at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Fes- in the Park Series in St. Paul. Master classes tival where five of his works were performed. were presented at MacPhail, Seoul National Dillon was featured in The Times of London University, and Tarleton State University (TX). article titled “James Dillon: ‘I am looking for an endless intensity.’” David Baldwin (trumpet) presented a lecture recital at the International Trumpet Guild James Flegel (guitar) performed a recital and Conference in Sydney, Australia in July: The master class at the U of M, Duluth in April, a Trumpet Etudes of Theo Charlier. Baldwin co-presentation by the Minnesota Guitar Society is a member of the Board of Directors of the and UMD. In February, Flegel participated th International Trumpet Guild. in the 11 Columbus State University Guitar Symposium and Competition in Georgia where Dean Billmeyer (organ and harpsichord) was he adjudicated the College/Professional Divi- featured with the Minnesota Orchestra in the sion and the finals of the competition. Flegel 2009 Sommerfest performance of Camille Saint- performed Manuel Ponce’s Concierto del Sur Saëns’s Organ Symphony. Billmeyer performed for guitar with the University of Minnesota music of Anton Heiller and lectured in German Morris Symphonic Winds in February. Flegel on the composer William Albright at Akad- performed a solo recital at the University of St. emietage Regensburg - Anton Heiller and his Thomas in October. In November, he performed Time held in Regensburg, Germany this past in a faculty concert at the U of M, Morris.

24 University of Minnesota School of Music David Grayson’s (musicology) article “Finding Sciences’ Colloquium in April. He gave a talk The Functorial Approach in Music Informatics a Stage for French Opera,” appears in a new entitled “Music integration in the K-12 class- conference was dedicated to Mazzola’s theories book, Music, Theater, and Cultural Transfer: room: A collaborative research model.” Lip- and held at IRCAM (Paris). Mazzola and Lisa Paris, 1830-1914, edited by Annegret Fauser and scomb was also one of three national music Rhoades (M.M. and music minor candidate, Mark Everist and published by the University technology experts interviewed for the cover saxophone/composition) were invited to a series of Chicago Press. article of the February 2010 issue of Teaching of jazz concerts in Tokyo and Yokohama in Music. Entitled “Making the Tech Connection,” October 2010. They will co-author an invited Keitha Lucas Hamann ’s (music education) the article poses the following question to music talk “Embodiment of Authority in Performance” article, “Music at Lincoln Junior High (Min- teachers: Are you ready to integrate technology at the Sibelius Academy Conference (Helsinki) neapolis) and the Lincoln Junior High Girls’ into your classroom? in September 2010. Springer Publishers will Band: 1923-1940,” was published in the April publish Mazzola’s forthcoming book on musical 2010 issue of the Journal of Research in Music In April Tim Lovelace (collaborative piano and performance theory. Education. Hamann also presented a session, coaching) and Young-Nam Kim (violin) joined “The Hip Hop Modules: Building Cultural Fred Sherry for a Chamber Music Society of SOM faculty members Guerino Mazzola Competency in Music Teacher Education” at Minnesota concert in Columbia Heights, MN. (theory/composition and collaborative arts), the 2010 Biennial Music Educators National The program featured works by Elliott Carter, piano and Alex Lubet (theory/composition), Conference in Anaheim, CA in March. Her Shostakovich, and Brahms. Lovelace performed bass and composition students James Holdman session was one of 12 accepted for presentation with Helen Callus in Santa Barbara. “Together (D.M.A. candidate, student of Alex Lubet), gui- out of more than 70 that were submitted. they demonstrated the wonders of collabora- tar and Nicolai Zielinski (D.M.A. candidate, tive music-making. A seamless continuum of student of Alex Lubet) participated in Heart Kelley Harness has been named Editor-in- music existed… channeling the intent of the for Haiti: A Benefit Concert in February at the Chief of the Journal of Seventeenth-Century composer as if of one mind,” said the Santa Ordway McKnight Theatre with all proceeds Music. Barbara News-Press. donated to Feed My Starving Children and The Elizabeth Jackson (former instrumental mu- Alex Lubet (theory/composition) was elected Clinton Bush Haiti Relief Fund. The Ordway, sic education faculty member) was selected as to the Board of Directors of the Society for School of Music members, and the greater Twin the Minnesota Music Educators Association Disability Studies. In January, Lubet was a fea- Cities theater community sponsored the event 2009/2010 Educator of the Year. tured artist along with Hmong-spoken word to help those affected by the Haiti earthquake. artists in People of the Book (the song, the dance, Noriko Kawai (keyboard) performed the piano David Myers (director) keynoted the national and the picture) concerto Alternative World-versions for Piano , a Theatre Or presentation. In April and May, Lubet performed in the Mu conference of the Society for Music Teacher and Orchestra by Saed Haddad with the Latvian Education in September and the national re- National Symphony Orchestra for the New Mu- Performing Arts’s Becoming, featuring School Iris Shiraishi search conference of MENC: The National sic Festival Arena in Riga, Lativia in October. of Music alumna (Ph.D., 1994, music therapy, student of Chad Furman). In Association for Music Education in March. He In November, Kawai gave solo recital featuring is an editorial board member for the Council two large-scale works by Emmanuel Nunes, April, Lubet hosted violinist Adrian Anan- tawan’s residency at the SOM in connection to for Research in Music Education and serves Litanies du feu et de la mer I and II, at Hud- on several committees for the College Music dersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK). Lubet’s new book Music, Disability, and Society (Temple University Press). Society. In September, he will deliver the Robert The program included three world premieres: a Trotter lecture for CMS’s national meeting. new work by Thomas Simaku and two works by Glenda Maurice (voice, faculty emerita) was James Dillon. Kawai gave a concert of works by named classical arts activities associate at The Fernando Meza (percussion) was featured as Saed Haddad in Villa Medici (French Academy), Rivers, a senior independent and assisted-liv- the Marimba 2010 International Festival and Rome, Italy in December. ing facility, where she produced classes and Conference artistic director and host in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press’s April article “A percussion Barbara Kierig (voice) served as one of two organized a concert featuring David McGill professor’s dream comes true as marimba mas- advisory judges along with Gayletha Nichols (B.M., euphonium/trumpet, student of David ters meet in the Twin Cities.” Meza’s CD J.S. (executive director of the National Council Werden), soprano Tracy Gorman (D.M.A., Bach: Unaccompanied Suites performed Auditions) at the Midwest Regional Metropoli- voice, student of Glenda Maurice), bass baritone tan Opera Auditions and was asked to return Nick Nelson (B.M., voice, student of Glenda on marimba recently received a Just Plain Folks to judge for the St. Louis District Met Opera Maurice), tenor Mario Perez (B.M., voice, Music Award. Meza earned fourth place in the Auditions. student of Adriana Zabala), mezzo-soprano Classical Solo Album category. Reyna Sawtell (B.M., voice, student of Jean In July, Craig Kirchhoff (associate director for del Santo), baritone Benjamin Schoening Sally O’Reilly (violin) judged the national fi- curriculum advancement, director of bands, (D.M.A., voice, student of Philip Zawisza), nales of Music Teachers National Association’s conducting) gave the keynote address at the mezzo-soprano KrisAnne Weiss (D.M.A., Junior High String Competition at their annual American School Band Directors Association voice, student of Glenda Maurice). Maurice’s conference in Albuquerque and taught a master (ASBDA) in Orlando, FL and received the program at The Rivers was featured in theStar class for the Albuquerque Youth Symphony. national Goldman Award (awarded to a non- Tribune article “A new stage for singer.” She also gave master classes in Graz, Austria ASBDA member) from the Association. Kirch- at the Kunstuniversitet and in Prague, Czech hoff also participated in conducting symposiums In June, Guerino Mazzola (music theory/ Republic, at the Prague Conservatory. at the University of Wisconsin, University of collaborative arts) gave a talk titled “Gestural Karen Painter Colorado, Ithaca College, and Northwestern Shaping and Transformation in a Universal (musicology/ethnomusicol- University. Space of Structure and Sound” at the Interna- ogy) was featured in Barbara Isenberg’s article tional Computer Music Conference (New York “Renoir paintings of his later years are on display Scott Lipscomb (music education) was the City) on Rubato’s Composer Music Software at the LACMA” in the February 14, 2010 edition featured speaker at the Center for Cognitive component BigBang Rubette. In December, of the Los Angeles Times.

music.umn.edu 25 In March Tanya Remenikova (cello) performed Jeffrey Van’s (guitar) work A Procession Winding recitals at St. Paul Conservatory in collabora- Around Me: Four Civil War Poems was the focus tion with pianists Alexander Braginsky and of the cover story by John Warren in the April STUDENT NEWS Thelma Hunter, and a recital at the Museum of 2010 edition of Choral Journal. Van performed Bergen Baker (M.M. candidate, voice, student Russian Art (“Music at the Museum” series) with in The Schubert Club and Minnesota Landmark of Jean del Santo) was accepted into the La pianist Denis Evstyukhin (D.M.A. candidate, Center’s Courtroom Concerts in April with Vern Musical Lyrica summer program in Novafeltria, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky). In April Sutton (voice, faculty emeritus). Van performed Italy where she performed the role of Annina she performed a duo recital in Excelsior for the several of his own works as well as works by in La Traviata. “Music in Trinity” series with Braginsky. She de Falla and Brouwer. His song cycle A Ring In January, Jennifer Berg (B.M. candidate, performed two recitals with the Hill House of Birds received its world premiere as a part of violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) won the North Chamber Players in May. The Schubert Club’s Signature Songs series in Central Division of the Music Teachers National September at the Landmark Center. Tom Rosenberg (chamber ensembles) coached Association’s Collegiate Artist Auditions in and travelled with two pre-college piano trios David Walsh (opera) was interviewed by the strings at the University of Missouri, Columbia. that both received honorable mention in the University of Minnesota’s Radio K for the Min- She was first place winner in the College Divi- Chicago Chamber Music Competition. More nesota Notebook program in November 2009. sion of MNSOTA’s Mary West Competition. than 30 groups participated from six states, and Berg and SOM alumna Margaret McDonald only one overall prizewinner was declared. Re- Clif Ware (voice, professor emeritus) per- (B.M., 1998; M.M., 2000, piano, student of cent performances include a recital of solo Bach formed We Sing of America which was a featured Lydia Artymiw) performed in the finals of the on a Yamaha electric cello in the Willamette YouTube video. Collegiate Artists String Competition at the Music Teachers National Conference held in View Auditorium in Portland, Oregon and lo- David Werden (euphonium) performed at the Albuquerque, NM in March. Berg represented cal chamber music performances with both International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in the North Central Division. the Schubert Piano Trio and Isles Ensemble. Tucson, AZ in May. He performed the world Laura Blair (M.M. candidate, voice, student of Rebecca Shockley (piano) visited the China premiere of Summit for five euphoniums and Barbara Kierig) was accepted into the Austrian Conservatory of Music in Beijing in June. She piano by Ethan Wickman. Institute of Musical Studies in Graz for summer spent two weeks there, giving private lessons Angela Wyatt (saxophone) and the Ancia 2010. Blair was awarded a partial scholarship to piano students and a lecture on some little- Quartet performed a concert in April at the from the program. known works from the piano repertoire. In Oc- Weisman Art Musuem. The concert featured tober, Shockley and her brother Karl Payne will Carolyn Cavadini (M.M. candidate, voice, the title work from Ancia’s recent CD, Short perform with other pianists in a special concert student of Jean del Santo) was accepted into Stories by Jennifer Higdon, and the Minnesota in Cincinnati honoring the 75th Anniversary the Sieur Du Luth summer program in Duluth, premiere of Jeff Herriot’s as night descends, the of the Keyboard Club. The organization was MN. She performed the role of Donna Anna waters beckon. The Quartet also performed Phil founded in 1935 by her mother, Dorothy Stol- in Don Giovanni, as well as in song recitals and Three Jazz Improvisations zenbach Payne, a prominent Cincinnati pianist. Woods’s and Will an aria gala concert with orchestra. Gregory’s High Life, based on the Highlife style Dean Sorenson (jazz) was Jerry Swanberg’s of African pop music. Hsiao-Chien Chou (D.M.A. candidate, voice, guest on Big Band Scene in October on KBEM- student of Jean del Santo) won honorable men- Adriana Zabala FM (88.5). He performed with the Black Elk Mezzo soprano (voice) per- tion in the 2009 New Tang Dynasty Television Jazz Band for a Band Boosters Fundraising event formed the role of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel International Chinese Vocal Competition. After in March. His work Four by Four, commissioned in Austin Lyric Opera’s May 2010 production. competing in the preliminary round in Taiwan, by the Bucknell University Jazz Ensemble, re- She also returned to the Palau de les Arts in Chou competed in semi-final and final rounds ceived its premiere in April. His work And Of, Valencia, Spain, to reprise the role of Mercedes in New York in August. commissioned by the Tennessee All State Jazz in Carmen and sing the role of The Page inSa - Matthew Culloton (M.M., choral conducting; Enemble, was premiered in Nashville, TN in lome, both under the direction of Zubin Mehta. D.M.A candidate, conducting, student of Kathy April. Sorenson was the featured soloist with the She finished the summer season performing Romey and Matthew Mehaffey), founding ar- Willis Junior High Jazz Ensemble from Chan- her most frequent role, Rosina, with the Sugar tistic director and conductor of The Singers, dler, AZ. He wrote brass and string arrange- Creek Symphony & Song in Illinois. Zabala Minnesota Choral Artists, received a review ments for Brother Ali’s latest album release, Us. also joined Philip Brunelle and VocalEssence for a rare performance of Aaron Copland’s In for The Singers’s performance of Sergei Rach- the Beginning in March. maninoff’s All Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Judith Lang Zaimont’s (composition, faculty Anna E. DeGraff emerita) Zones (Piano Trio No. 2) and the world (M.M. candidate, voice, premiere of the duo version of her Serenade were student of John De Haan) was featured in the February 11 edition of The Minnesota Daily. The presented by the Appassionato Trio and the com- STAFF NEWS article followed DeGraff through her master’s poser in February at the University of Alabama, recital process and discussed her journey as a M a x G r i e s ( Te d Huntsville. This performance was part of Zones, School of Music student. Mann Concert Hall a 4-day interdisciplinary symposium. Zaimont’s House Manager) was Hitchin’ – A Traveling Groove for solo piano was Kaylah Dockter (B.M. candidate, voice, stu- awarded PFund’s 2010 broadcast on WRTI-HD2 (Philadelphia), in dent of Jean del Santo) participated in the Miss Power of One Award August as part of Now is the Time, a weekly pro- Twin Cities Scholarship Organization Pageant as a pioneering Twin gram of American contemporary music. Hitchin’ and was crowned Miss Capital City. This crown- Cities transgender activist and leader. was written in 2007 and was commissioned by ing allowed her to compete in the 2010 Miss Nicola Melville’s Contemporary Music Project. Minnesota competition.

26 University of Minnesota School of Music Denis Evstyukhin (D.M.A. candidate, piano, Valerie Little (D.M.A. candidate, , sic software Rubato’s composition component student of Alexander Braginsky) performed student of Korey Konkol) was invited to per- BigBang Rubette that is being developed in Chopin’s Scherzo No. 1 on American Public form in the master classes at the 38th Annual collaboration with professor Guerino Mazzola Media’s radio program A Prairie Home Com- International Viola Congress. Participation in (theory/composition). panion with Garrison Keillor at the Fitzgerald these master classes is highly selective. Little Sharri Van Alstine Theater in February. Evstyukhin is currently performed Quincy Porter’s Suite for solo viola (Ph.D. candidate, music competing in the International Chopin Com- at this year’s congress, which took place in June education, student of Akosua Addo) presented petition in Warsaw. The competition began in Cincinnati, Ohio. a poster of her ongoing research “Preservice El- with 366 contestants. After surviving the initial ementary Education Teachers: An International cut, Evstyukhin traveled to Warsaw in April for Tara Loeper (B.M. candidate, voice, student of Approach to Music Methods Coursework” at the the next selection by international jury where Barbara Kierig) won second place in the Thurs- Internationalizing the Curriculum and Cam- the number of contestants was reduced to 81. day Musical Club’s College Level Intermediate pus Conference at the University of Minnesota Evstyukhin will return to Warsaw in October Division. McNamara Alumni Center in March. with the remaining contestants to continue Aja Majkrzak (B.M. candidate, violin perfor- Rachel Vickers (M.M. candidate, voice, stu- the competition, with all expenses paid by the mance, student of Mark Bjork) participated in dent of Barbara Kierig) was selected for the Polish government. the Miss Twin Cities Scholarship Organization Opera in the Ozarks Festival’s production of Loren Fishman (M.M., 2009; D.M.A. can- Pageant and was crowned Miss South Central. Bizet’s Carmen, which ran in summer 2010. This crowning allowed her to compete in the didate, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) per- Daniel Volovets (B.M. candidate, P.S.E.O. 2010 Miss Minnesota competition. formed the Mozart D Minor Concerto with the student, guitar, student of James Flegel) recently Minnesota Sinfonia twice to capacity audiences Tenor Mario Perez (B.M. candidate, voice, released his third album, Silhouette, featuring at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul student of Adriana Zabala) was a winner in the Brazilian, jazz, and flamenco music, as well as and the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis first round of theClassical Singer vocal competi- original compositions. In November, Volovets in March under the direction of his father Jay tion in the college division. Perez also competed performed a recital of Russian music for clas- Fishman. in the next round in May in New York City. sical guitar for the St. Paul Public Library and Ian Hodges (D.M.A. candidate, guitar, stu- the Minnesota Guitar Society. Bryanne Presley (B.M. candidate, oboe, stu- dent of Jeffrey Van) spent a year of performing Soprano Elizabeth Windnagel (B.M. can- and teaching in Canada. Highlights included: dent of John Snow) was selected to perform on the National Public Radio show From the didate, voice, student of Adriana Zabala) was recording electric and acoustic guitar tracks accepted into SongFest 2010, a summer program for two made-for-television movies; perform- Top. She performed the first movement from Concerto in A minor for Oboe and Strings of song immersion for young artists, which takes ing throughout Manitoba with the chamber place in Malibu, CA. ensemble Emerado, consisting of outstanding by Ralph Vaughan Williams, accompanied by members of the University of Manitoba’s music Christopher O’Riley. The live recording was Yuhsuan Yang (D.M.A. candidate, piano, faculty; presenting solo classical guitar recitals held in May in Ames, IA. student of Alexander Braginsky) and Elizabeth in Winnipeg, MB and St. Paul, MN for the Joshua Rohde (B.M. candidate, cello and civil Karelse (D.M.A. candidate, piano, student Minnesota Guitar Society; presenting a jazz engineering, student of Tanya Remenikova) won of Alexander Braginsky) won first and second concert with some of Winnipeg’s finest players; the Senior Division performance category of prizes respectively in the graduate division of and designing and presenting a series of guitar the MNSOTA Mary West String Competition the Schubert Club competition in April 2010. classes at the Long and McQuade Music School, in November. including Introduction to Improvisation and School of Music students presented an im- Jazz Improvisation. Bree Sprankle (M.M. candidate, voice, stu- promptu musical in April at Byerly’s in Golden dent of Jean del Santo) was accepted into the Valley, MN which was featured on Minnesota’s Colin Holter’s (D.M.A. candidate, compo- Kristin Kenning Austrian Institute of Musical Studies in Graz KARE 11 News. (D.M.A. sition, student of James Dillon) piece *Net- candidate, voice, student of John De Haan, Jane for summer 2010. She was also accepted into La wrought, commissioned by the Frederick Re- De Haan, and Lawrence Weller) directed and Musica Lyrica summer program in Novafeltria, gional Youth Orchestra, was premiered on Colin Holter (Ph.D. candidate, composition, Italy where she performed the role of Zerlina March 12. The premiere was featured in the student of James Dillon) composed the Mealtime in Don Giovanni. Frederick News Post. Hero song. Cast members included students and Cassius Stein (B.M. candidate, guitar, student alumni: Anna E. DeGraff (M.M. candidate, Bojan Hoover (B.M. candidate, percussion, of James Flegel) performed in a master class voice, student of John De Haan), Reyna Saw- student of Fernando Meza) hosted the 2010 with Michael Partington in December at the tell (B.M. candidate, voice, student of Jean Minnesota Percussion Association Day of Per- MacPhail Center for the Arts. del Santo), and Julia Engel (B.M. candidate, cussion at Anoka High School in Anoka, MN in voice, student of Jean del Santo). The event was January. More than 600 high school and college Yun-Chun (Jasmine) Sun (D.M.A. candidate, recorded and featured on YouTube. Professor percussionists were in attendance. School of cello, student of Tanya Remenikova) was a win- David Walsh (opera) oversaw the production. Music professor Fernando Meza (percussion) ner of the Kenwood Symphony Concerto (KSO) presented clinics on marimba transcriptions Competition. She performed the Tchaikovsky’s The University of Minnesota chapter of and Latin American percussion instruments, Rococ variations in January as part of a fundraiser CMENC, the national student music educa- and affiliate faculty memberPhil Hey (percus- event for the KSO. tion association, received national recognition sion/jazz) presented clinics on jazz drumset for growth in membership, due to the work of and Latin drumset playing. School of Music Florian Thalmann (Ph.D. candidate, student its student officers: Tharon Knowlton (B.M. alumnus David Birrow (M.M. 2007, percus- of Guerino Mazzola) gave an invited talk at candidate, music education, student of Angela sion, student of Fernando Meza) led a drum International Computer Music Conference Wyatt), president; Ross Wolf (B.M. candidate, circle in the afternoon. (ICMC) in New York City in June on the mu- music education, student of Angela Wyatt), vice

music.umn.edu 27 president; Emmi Schlaefer (B.M. candidate, (D.M.A candidate), second place, Graduate Prewhitened Music Can Tell Us About Multi- clarinet, student of John Anderson and Kar- Division; and Carolyn Cavadini (M.M. can- Instrument Compositions” was accepted for rin Meffert-Nelson), secretary; and Melissa didate), third place, Graduate Division; and publication by the Journal of Mathematics and Adorn (B.M. candidate, french horn, student a student of Philip Zawisza: Anna Overlein Music. of Michael Gast and Caroline Lemen), treasurer. (B.M.E. candidate), second place. Members of CMENC participated in Relay for Peggy Hill-Breunig (B.S., mu- Life as part of the School of Music Team in String students Esther Peterson (B.M. can- 78 sic education), oboist, pianist, and April raising over $1000. didate, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly), Da- management and education consultant, was vid Preston (M.M. candidate, viola, student awarded the Wisconsin Music Educators As- The electroacoustic improvisational quartet of Korey Konkol), Hannah Schendel (B.M. sociation 2009 Distinguished School Board earWorm performed at the International Society candidate, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly), and Member Award “for exceptional support of for Improvised Music Fourth Annual Con- Vivian Sun (D.M.A. candidate, cello, student of an environment in which music and the other ference at the University of California, Santa Tanya Remenikova) performed Mendelssohn’s arts can be an important part of the school and Cruz in December. earWorm consists of SOM String Quartet, Op. 13 for a Haiti benefit concert community.” Serving on the Waunakee Com- students James E. Holdman (Ph.D. candidate, in May in Roseville, MN. munity School District Board of Education since composition, student of Alex Lubet) and Zach- 2003, she performs in community groups and ary Crockett (Ph.D. candidate, composition, accompanies high school instrumental students student of Doug Geers and Alex Lubet), as well at solo/ensemble festivals. She received the award as SOM alumni Marc Jensen (Ph.D., 2008, at the state music conference where, in 2008, composition, student of Alex Lubet) and Elliott she co-presented a session entitled “21st Century McKinley (Ph.D., 2007, composition, student ALUMNI NEWS Skills and Music.” of Doug Geers and Alex Lubet). VocalEssence founder and artistic di- Gregory Walker (Ph.D., composi- Philip Brunelle Minnesota National Association of Teachers of 66 rector was honored tion, student of Paul Fetler) was ap- th 86 Singing student audition semi-finalists included with a “Local Legend” award at the 20 annual pointed head of the Fine Arts Division of the Ashley SOM voice students of Philip Zawisza: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast. College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University in Adams Will Bryant (B.M. candidate), (B.M. The event, hosted by the United Negro Col- May 2009. Walker has taught in the joint music Anna Lorenzo candidate), and (B.M. candi- lege Fund and the General Mills Foundation, department of the colleges for the past 31 years. date); students of Jean del Santo: Shelby Adams was held in January. Under his leadership 20 (B.M. candidate), Bree Sprankle (M.M. can- years ago, VocalEssence launched WITNESS, Michael Hiatt (M.A., music edu- didate), and Johna Prichard (B.M. candidate); an initiative that celebrates the contributions 89 cation, student of Stephen Schultz), and a student of Barbara Kierig: Tara Loeper of African Americans to American heritage former president of Minnesota Music Educa- (B.M. candidate). Finalists include students through concerts, recordings, and education. tors Association and director of professional of Jean del Santo: Beth Leverich (B.M. can- development and research at the Perpich Center didate), third place, Lower College Women University of Minnesota brain re- for Arts Education, was elected to the MMEA Division; Renya Sawtell (B.M. candidate), 73 searcher Roger Dumas (B.S., music Hall of Fame. first place, Lower College Women Division; education; M.A., Learning Technology (UST); Kaylah Dockter (B.M. candidate), first place, Ph.D. candidate, cognitive science) and co- Lynn L. (Kitzerow) Petersen’s (Ph.D., mu- Upper College Women Division; Wei Zheng author Apostolos Georgopoulos’s paper, “What sic theory/composition, student of Dominick

Frances Wilma Gilman Miller Aspnes (harp, former SOM faculty School of Music alumna Ruth Jacobson (D.M.A., 2008, voice, member) passed away on March 10, 2010. A memorial celebration of student of Jean del Santo) passed away on February 17, 2010. Jacobson Miller’s remarkable life was held on Monday, May 17 at Plymouth taught voice at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, the University Congregational Church, in Minneapolis, MN. Memorial contri- of Wisconsin-Superior, and Bemidji State University during the butions in Frances Miller’s name may be made to the Minnesota past few years. In March, the Jacobson family held a memorial Chapter of the American Harp Society, scholarship endowment, in Duluth, MN. Jacobson joined the voice faculty at University c/o Jann Stein, 444 Lonesome Pine Trail, Lino Lakes, MN 55014. of Nevada Los Vegas in August 2009. Her duties included vocal instruction for graduate and undergraduate students and head of Donna Cardamone Jackson (music history, faculty emerita) passed the opera department. away on October 17, 2009. Cardamone joined the music faculty of Stephen Schultz (music education, faculty emeritus) passed away the University of Minnesota in 1969 and retired in 2007. During her on October 16, 2009. Schultz joined the U of M School of Music tenure, she guided many music history students to successful careers faculty in 1969. Schultz attended Northwestern University where with colleges and universities around the world. Her scholarly research he earned his B.A., M.M., and Ph.D. An innovator in music edu- and writings focused on music and musicians in social, cultural, and cation, he inspired many future teachers. The Minnesota Music historical contexts. She published three books of sixteenth-century Educators Association honored him with a Hall of Fame Award in compositions in modern editions. This effort as well as consulting 1999. Schultz retired from the University of Minnesota in 2000.

IN MEMORIAM IN with performing groups, writing album liner notes, and translating Donations can be made to the SOM Scholarship Fund, payable to song texts brought the music of 400 years ago to life. the U of M Foundation; “In memory of Steve Schultz.”

28 University of Minnesota School of Music Argento and Paul Fetler) Whirlwind Duo was Philip Norris (D.M.A., trumpet, Kirsten Volness (B.A., student of performed by organist J. Melvin Butler and 98 student of David Baldwin) is profes- 02 Judith Lang Zaimont) is the recipient flutist Brian Fairbanks at the 2009 AGO Re- sor of music at Northwestern College in Ros- of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts’s gional Convention in Seattle. Her song cycle, eville, MN, where he has taught since 1993. In most prestigious award in the field of music Patterned for Thee, based on poetry of the late February 2009, the Memphis Symphony and composition, the 2010 RISCA Composition Fel- Sister Annette Moran, was commissioned for its principal trumpet, Scott Moore, performed lowship Award. The RISCA Fellowship review Carroll College’s Centennial and premiered in Norris’s arrangement of Eric Ewazen’s Sonata for panel described her work as, “sophisticated and July 2009, accompanied by professional dance. Trumpet entitled Concerto No. 1 for Trumpet and interesting.” In February, Volness was featured In fall 2009, Petersen completed a sabbatical Orchestra. In July 2009, he served as trumpet in the 2010 RISCA Fellowship Exhibition at studying jazz composition with Dr. Gregory instructor and performer at Masterworks Fes- Imago Gallery in Warren, Rhode Island. Volness Yasinitsky at Washington State University. Her tival (IN), and he played off-stage trumpet in currently resides and teaches in Providence, RI. latest publications with Augsburg Fortress are the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest concert Starry Crown Suite and More: Hymn Tune Set- performance of Verdi’s Aida. David France (M.M., violin, student tings for Organ and In Royal David’s City: Carols 03 of Sally O’Reilly) performed with Tami Lee Hughes (B.M., violin, student of for Piano. Quincy Jones, Kenny Rogers, and John Legend, Sally O’Reilly), assistant professor of violin at along with an all-star line-up of musicians and John Knutson (B.M., piano, student the University of Kansas, received a New Faculty performers, in the 14th Annual Bermuda Music 92 of Paul Freed), choral music professor Research Grant to record pieces by African Festival in October. at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA, was American composers. She will record five pieces Robb Asklof selected as Teacher of the Year by his colleagues. written between 1810 and 2009, including Jazz (M.M., voice, student He conducts three choirs: a small select choral Suite by David Baker. This project is dedicated 04 of Barbara Kierig) was a soloist with jazz group and two larger ones. to her grandmother who passed away in August the Minnesota Orchestra in their Scandinavian 2009. Hughes performed recitals at the Univer- Concert in December; sang the role of Janek Glenn Donnellan (B.M., M.M., sity of Kansas, the University of , and the in The Bartered Bride with Western Plains Op- 93 violin) performed The Star-Spangled University of Costa Rica. era; sang Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Skylark Banner at a Washington Nationals game on a Opera; sang Janek in the Bartered Bride with homemade violin-bat. His performance was fea- Chisato Eda Marling (M.M., saxo- Western Plains Opera in September; and sang tured on YouTube and in The New York Times’s 99 phone, student of Richard Dirlam) Camille in Skylark Opera’s The Merry Widow Arts Beat column. Donnellan is currently a completed her doctor of musical arts in saxo- in June. violinist in the National Symphony Orchestra. phone performance and literature with minor in music wellness and arts leadership certificate Victor Barranco (B.M., trumpet, John Gilbert (D.M.A., violin, in March 2008 from Eastman School of Music. 05 student of Tom Ashworth) was cho- 96 student of Sally O’Reilly), chair of In 2003, she began teaching at Nazareth Col- sen to be jazz trombonist with the U.S. Army strings and professor of violin at Texas Tech lege (Rochester, NY). She started teaching at Blues, the premiere jazz ensemble of the U.S. University in Lubbock, TX, was featured in The Roberts Wesleyan College (Rochester, NY) in Army based in Washington, DC. Barranco won Barrie Examiner. Gilbert is currently serving 2004 and Houghton College (Houghton, NY) the third trombone spot after competing in a as concertmaster of the Lubbock Symphony in 2005. She formed Duo du Soliel with pianist long multi-round audition involving 12 contes- Orchestra. Sharon Johnson (D.M.A., 2008, accompany- tants. He was also chosen to join the orchestra ing/coaching, student of Margo Garrett and for the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof. The Scott Anderson (D.M.A., trombone, Timothy Lovelace), and the duo completed tour group, based out of New York City, traveled 95 student of Thomas Ashworth) was its Midwest tour in 2008. The duo regularly to several U.S. cities throughout 2009. promoted to professor of trombone at the Uni- performs in New York. Marling also formed versity of Nebraska School of Music. Anderson Vertex Saxophone Quartet, which successfully Corey Hamm’s (D.M.A., piano, student of has taught at UNL since 1996. completed its first season of concerts. Lydia Artymiw) current University of British Columbia D.M.A. piano student Chris Morano David Evan Thomas’s (Ph.D., composition, Christopher Gable (Ph.D., composi- won third prize at the 33rd Eckhardt-Gramatte student of Dominick Argento) work AFFEC- 00 tion, student of Judith Lang Zaimont) Contemporary Piano Music Competition in TIONS, commissioned by The Saint Paul teaches theory and composition at Macalester Canada. Morano played works by Canadians Chamber Orchestra, with assistance from College. In 2009 he began teaching at the Uni- Howard Bashaw, Paul Frehner, Marc-Andre Dobson and Jane West for the Blue Baroque versity of . December saw the Hamelin, Karen Sunabacka, and S. C. Eck- Band, was premiered by the Band in February publication of his first book,The Words and Music hardt-Gramatte and Henri Dutilleux, Arno in Saint Paul, MN. of Sting (Praeger Publishers). Gable’s work By the Babadjanian, Ronn Yedidia, Gyorgy Ligeti, Fireside received its premiere and was commis- and David Rakowski. Hamm continues as as- Susan Becker Billmeyer (D.M.A., sioned by One Voice Mixed Chorus in honor of sistant professor of piano at UBC in Vancouver, th 97 piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) the 20 anniversary of World AIDS Day. His Canada. performed in one of the Minnesota Orchestra’s second opera, The Ladysmith Story, was premiered chamber music concerts at MacPhail in May. in Ladysmith, Wisconsin in July 2010. It featured Stefan Kac (B.A., tuba, student of David several School of Music alumni in major roles Werden) presented and performed with the Alejandro Cremaschi ’s (M.M./D.M.A., piano, and in the creative and production staff. Symphonic Transients Orchestra in February student of Lydia Artymiw) CD for the Meridian at the Bedlam Theatre. The Symphonic Tran- label (CDE 84571), La Puertas del Tiempo – Gail Olszewski (D.M.A., piano, sients Orchestra project was created by Kac’s Music of Luis Jorge Gonzalez, received a rave 01 student of Margo Garrett and Karl Consortium of Symphonic Transients. review in Fanfare. He continues as associate Paulnack) was hired in August 2009 by the professor of piano and pedagogy at the Uni- University of Wisconsin, River Falls as adjunct Wonny Song (D.M.A., piano, student of Lydia versity of Colorado in Boulder. piano faculty. Artymiw) had a concerto tour with the Latvian

music.umn.edu 29 National Orchestra in January in Japan (Tokyo, Andrew Staupe (M.M., piano, student of Lydia Jennifer Osterman (M.M., piano, student Osaka, Okayama, Ehime, and Aichi) and also Artymiw) performed a second tour in Europe of Paul Shaw) was hired to teach piano at the performed concerti with I Musici of Montreal in April 2010, with solo recitals in Bucharest, MacPhail Center for Music. (in Montreal and New York) and the Santa Rumania (Ateneul Roman) and Riga, Latvia Barbara Chamber Orchestra. He played a solo (Small Guild Hall). Chamber concerts were at Woobin Park (D.M.A., piano, student of Lydia recital at Williams College in Williamstown, the Terrace Theater (Kennedy Center) and the Artymiw) performed at the Seoul Arts Center MA in April and continued his partnership Library of Congress (both in Washington, DC) Recital Hall in March 2010. Half of her pro- with violinist Alexandre da Costa with duo in March. Summer 2010 appearances included gram was solo, and her former teacher Lydia recitals in Canada. Song continues to teach at the Orcas Island Chamber Festival (WA) and Artymiw (piano) joined her in the other half the Lambda School in Montreal. the Festival of the Hamptons (NY). Staupe with two piano works by Ravel and Schumann. won two gold medals in 2010: Young Texas Both received a rave review in the May issue of James Plante (B.M., voice, stu- Artists Competition and the Shepherd School Korean Piano Magazine. Park recently became 06 dent of Barbara Kierig) sang in the Concerto Competition. He is completing his Artist-in-Residence for the Strathmore series ensemble and several feature roles in Maury D.M.A. at the Shepherd School at Rice Uni- in Maryland. Yeston’s Phantom with the Arizona Broadway versity in Houston. Zachary Saathoff Theater in May. (B.M., violin, student of Vicki Fingalson (D.M.A., voice, stu- Sally O’Reilly) received a Fulbright Scholarship Marcia L. Thoen’s (Ph.D., music education, 08 dent of Barbara Kierig) sang Musetta to study in Graz, Austria, where he is a pupil student of Paul Haack) article “Early Twenti- in a concert version of La Boheme with the West of professor Yair Kless at the Kunstuniversitet. eth Century Orchestra Education Outreach Virginia Symphony. Fingalson performed the He was selected from recordings sent in by in Minneapolis: Young People’s Symphony role of Hanna Glawari (the Widow) in Skylark American grantees all over Europe as the only Concert Association and the Repertoire Pro- Opera’s The Merry Widow in June. She also violinist to perform at the Fulbright Program’s grammed and Conducted by Emil Oberhoffer performed Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel with Berlin Seminar. Saathoff performed the Mozart 1911-1922,” was published in the October 2009 the Minnesota Orchestra in December. G Minor Piano Quartet at the Universitet der Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. Kunst in Berlin. At age 20, Saathoff is one of Allison Buivid (M.M., voice, student Thoen teaches in the Wayzata Public Schools this year’s youngest Fulbright grantees. of John De Haan) was the national and taught music education during the 2009 09 first place winner at theClassical Singer maga- Carrie Henneman Shaw (D.M.A., voice, spring semester at the SOM. zine University Vocal Competition. She was student of John De Haan) was one of four so- Hyeson Sarah Ahn (D.M.A., piano, named top collegiate soprano by the National loists/ensembles awarded a McKnight Artists 07 student of Alex Braginsky) was ap- Federation of Music Clubs and received the Fellowships from MacPhail Center for Mu- pointed to the adjunct piano faculty at Norman- Fowler/Theisen/Muir scholarships. She per- sic. MacPhail administered the competition, dale Community College for the 2010 spring formed in productions with Opera Theater St. a component of the McKnight Foundation semester. Louis (summer 2010). Buivid was selected to Artist Fellowships program, which is intended be part of the Gerdine Young Artist program to provide recognition and financial support Abbie Betinis (M.A., composition, student where she performed in the choruses of Mar- to Minnesota musicians as they explore and of Judith Zaimont) was recently featured on riage of Figaro and Eugene Onegin and the role develop their skills. Minnesota Public Radio with host John Birge. Miranda Grope in The Golden Ticket. She will For the ninth straight year, Betinis brought her perform in the chorus for the Minnesota Opera’s Tyler Wottrich (B.M., piano, student of Lydia friends to the MPR studio to sing the world 2010/2011 season. Artymiw) performed in the Madeline Island th premiere of an original Christmas carol. This Music Festival’s 25 anniversary concert in July Anna Hersey (M.M., 2007, voice, student of year’s Betinis original was Be Like the Bird. The with former faculty Jorja Fleezanis and the Lawrence Weller; M.A., musicology, student of MPR Carolers, featuring SOM alumnae Carrie Pacifica String Quartet. Kelley Harness), currently a doctoral student Henneman Shaw (D.M.A., 2009, voice, stu- at the University of Miami, has been named a In May, Elizabeth Karelse (D.M.A., dent of John De Haan) and Kim Sueok (M.M., Fulbright Scholar for the 2010/2011 academic piano, student of Alexander Bragin- 2007, voice, student of Lawrence Weller), joined 10 year. She will use the Fulbright award, in ad- sky) was invited to give a piano recital series Betinis. dition to a grant from the Swedish Women’s in Okayama, Japan. A review in the Sanyo Education Association, to study at the Kungliga K. Christian McGuire (M.A., musicology, newspaper stated that, “Her beautiful tone was Musikhögskolan (Royal College of Music) in student of Donna Cardamone Jackson) lec- full of variety. Her exciting performance was Stockholm, Sweden. While there, she will work tured on medieval music manuscripts for the often passionate, sometimes melancholy, and closely with renowned pianist and coach Matti Minnesota Manuscript Research Laboratory other times cheerfully uplifting. Her strong Hirvonen to further her research in the area co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota melodic lines deeply moved the hearts of the of Swedish song repertoire and lyric diction. Center for Medieval Studies and HMML at more than 800 audience members.” Part of the profit was donated to help support education St. John’s University. He was named treasurer Pianist Eric McEnaney (D.M.A., collaborative in the Okayama region, a cause that Karelse, a for the International Society of Hildegard von piano, student of Tim Lovelace and Noriko former piano teaching assistant with a secondary Bingen Studies. Currently McGuire is the resi- Kawai) made an appearance on KSTP-TV’s area in pedagogy, is passionate about. dent studio artist of Electric Bass at Augsburg Twin Cities Live with tenor Bruno Ribeiro. The College where he also directs the Improvisation duo performed an excerpt from Donizetti’s and Rock Ensembles and instructs music his- Roberto Devereux to promote the Minnesota tory and theory. Opera production.

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