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Lt. Col. Ron a ld O. McCown Is the Japan. p resented performances In first recipien t of th e "Alumnuso f th e c arnegie Hall. Avery Fish er Hall in Year Award". He was presen ted a the Lincoln Center. RadiOCity Music p laque at the Unlv erslly Co ncert Hall. Saratoga performing A rtS Cen· Ba n d concer! o n A pril 12. 1987. ler. Tan glewood, and oth er m ajor w here he served as guest conductor. perfo rmlngans facilities In the NOrth· A native Kem uCklan. U . Col MCCOwn eastern Un lied States: and h e has graduated from w estern In 1962. He appeared on all major television laughtln the Kentucky public school networks In America plus the Brllish system and. since enteri ng active BroadcasllngSYStem , the Canadian A rmy service In 1963, has appeared Sports Network. the Japanese Tele­ as a conduc tor wllh m an y military v isio n System. and the span ish and civilia n musical ensemb les. He Internation al Network. Addltlon ally, becam e Commander/ Bandmaster under LTC McCow n 'S d lrecllon. the of the united Slates Military Aca· USMA Band has appeared In twO d em y Band In A uguSt. 1979 follow · d ocu menta ry films and h as also Ing 17 years of similar assignm en ts provided m usical support for cere· In the u nited States a nd Vietnam. m onies hon oring Presiden ts, Heads During his assignm en t to the united o f State. Kings. Queen s. and senior Stales Military Acade m y Ban d. the civ ilian and m ilitary officials fro m band h as appea red In Canad a and n allon s a round the world. T h e Un ited States Milita ry Aca· d emy Ban d is the oldest u nll a t west POin t. New York. a nd is the o ldest military band in continuous service in the . In Striking con· Irast to the groups o f fi fe rs a nd d rummers a nd an eigh t piece "'Band o f MUSick " o f th e early days. the present stren gth of the USMA Ba nd Is 96 enlisted m embers an d 3 of· fi cers. Today's band consists of fo ur com pone n ts: The Knights, The w estern Kentuck y Field MUSiC Group ("'Hellcats'"). The u niversity . a nd The Marc hing Departme nt Ba nd. o f Music Fo r over 170 years. the Ban d h as served th e A rmy. the Military Aca· NEWSLETTE R d em y. an d Corps o f Cadets with fo r Alumni. d istinc tio n realizing th e val ue of Students m USiC to the military service so well d efined In an historical o rder book: Colleagues. a nd Friends Mus ic regu lates the soldier'S wakin g a nd sleeping. sp urs him o n in m archin g and figh ting and accom panies him o n occasio ns o f joy an d sadness. Editor's nOte: Since this award was presented, LTC McCow n has le ft the A rmy an d h is pos1tion as Ban dmas· ter of the . He n ow resides In Satelllce Beac h, Florida.

The alumnI haue s e lec/t'!d LI . Col . S PRING SEM ESTER 1989 Ronald O. McCownfor tile Alumnus oj Ihe ~ 'ear aw ard. Since July. 1987. I have had Ihe unique pleasure of serving as Interim Head of the Department o f Music. I say unique because I am an American hislorlan who neverdreamcd Ihal his fulure would include chairing a music depanmelll. During Ihe paSI several m Olllhs, I have been greally Impressed by Ihe dedicalion and commllmelll displayed by Ihe sl udents and facully In our program. The work of Ihls d ep anmenlls marked by enormouscreallvlly and vitality, and we relish the contac t between o urselves and the graduales o f o ur program. Ourcontlnued success Is closely linked 10 your help. please keep In louch With your sug· gesllons and encouragement. L eI me bring you up to d aleon the search for a permanelll departmenl head. During Ihe pas! year, the search comm [IIee Inlervle w ed several candlciales for the position. b UI ulll· malely their hard w ork did nOI resull In the a ppollllmelll o f a new head . The commillee has dillgenlly ren e w ed 115 e ffo rts thiS fall, and Dav id Lre. IIllerlm I/cod Ihe poSitiOn has a llraCled a large pool of appll· cants. w e hope to be able to announce Ihe W KUAlumnl Sweep 1988 appolntmento fa newdc p artmCnl h ead In Ihc PhI Beta M u A war ds nexi several m Olllhs. OCcaSionally graduales of our program Dnd Phi Beta Mu. a p rofessional band· Otherfrlendsofthe d epartmc nlln the commu· maslets fraternity. p resenred Ihelr nlty ask me aboul procedures for COntributing twO annual awards at the KMEA A ll· money to Ihedepartmenl. Such colllributio ns Stale Band Concert at the KM EA In· might lake several fo rms. Many people like to Service Confere nce In February. conlrlbute 10 the various muSiC scholarship Ric h a rd Borc h a rdt (BM '52) was funds established in thcColiege Heights Foun· honored for long and d iStinguished dallon. These gifts assiSt studcnts in funherlng service 10 bands In Kentuck y. Dav id their education and enable many studelllS 10 Hulc h lnson (BM '82), currently band rem ain In school who could nOI conlinue their directo r al Daviess Counly Hig h educallon wliho Ui financial aSSistance. Sch ool. was named " Ke muc k y's I would especially like to Inv ltecolllrlbUlions o Ulsla ndlng Young Band Direc tor." to the Music Department Development Fund. Several members of the Weslern AS all of you know these are lean days In Family are prom in ent In service 10 public higher educatio n In Kentuck y, and our the Kentuc ky Music Educalors AS, budget allocalion Simply does nOI cover our soclatlon. Joe A lien (BM '60) Is be· n eeds. under Ihescclrcums18n ces, the Develop­ ginning a two-year lerm as Band m ent Fund is enormously valuable asa source Chair: Mary Anne Davenport (BM of funds for projecls w e could nOI Othcl'\IVlse '73, MM 'SO) will serve as Ch air o f undertake. II h as enabled us to purchaseequlp­ General MuslcIK·5). Doug Van F leel m ent. make repairs, and emen aln guests. p ro­ (BM '63) w ill be Orchestra Ch air, and jectS we could n ot have undertaken w ithoul Gary Graves has been President o f !he Development Fund. If I can p rovide you Ihe Collegiate M.E.N.C Hazel Carver wllh addilio n ai Information about gifts 10 the (BS '38, MS '60). Editor of the Blue· Developmelll Fund. please contac t me al the 9raSSMuslcNews. won Ihe 1087/ 88 Departm ent o f MUSic. M.E.N.C State Joumal Award. Hazel's L e i m e close by thanking you for your help daughter, Jean Span ko (BS '64). In anOlher area, namely recruiting. This fall, lhe successful author and general mUSiC dep artment enrolled 47 freshmen and transfer authortl y, wasa feBiured clinician at sl udents In Its programs. Nalurally we are the recen l KMEA Conference In delighted by this success, a nd we realize the L exlnglOll. B ill McClo u d (BM '54 ), imponant role thai alumni play In recruiting KMEA p resldemln t 977·79, Is l;O resl· new studelllS. Your help wllh o ur recruiling dent elect of M.E.N.C:s Soul hern conlrlbutes immeasurably 10 Ihe deparlmenl. Division. A I p reselll h e Is Dean of Tha nks again for your conllnulng support. F ine A rts a l App a lach ian Sl a te u nlverslly . I'm T eaching Wha t? Submlllcd by Don Wilkinson

Moving to a new schl Is always fi rst and foremost 'ask In leaching full of surprises which I'm sure all of Improvisation (and also. The m osl you have experienced. My first big impon am element In becoming a surpriSe came as I read my assign· musician of any kind). ment for the year; there It was­ Jazz is such an exciting m edium "JAZZ ENSEMBLE". Since jazz band to use In leaching music because II had always been an Important part requires d ifferem alliludes and skilJs o f my Instrumen lal programs In than Ihe traditional concert band publicschlsand I had also taught and orchestra. My primary goal in jazz band al Hasllngs college. I teaching the ensemble aspects o f lurned from surprise 10 antlclpalion jazz is to develop the abllilY to read as 10 w hal could be done wllh jazz mUSiC. a feeling for the basic styles al western. and spontaneity. To have a SUCCess­ o nly time would tell; and as the fuljazz program It lsimponanl not 10 year progressed I fou nd a young. over rehearse (some lunes do take a eager group Ihal p rogressed rapidly great deal 10 work out). A feeling of Do n Wilkinson with much enthusiasm. A greal deal newness and Ihat "spark of sponla· o f thiS enthusiasm was generated neity" can only happe n when Ihe Roby n Kay Swanson was award · by Ihe great varlely of high quality groups learn 10 liste n to Ihe rhy thm ed a Doctor of Music Education chans available today. The new section, Ihe lead players and each degree. w Uh an emphasiS in SpeCILlI charts swing harder than ever be· other---qulckly reacllng 10 what is Educalion, from the University of fore, Ihe I)allads are lastler. and tile happening around them on an In· NOrthern Colorado. Greeley, Colora· Jazz fusion and funk·rock lunes really tuitive level. Reading at a high leve l do In 1986. Roby n earned a MaSter get you m oving. This Is a different as w ell as listening and reacting 10 of Music degree from r-,·Iankato State world from "Embraceable You" that each o ther at the same time helps University, Mankato. Minnesota In was the norm when I was In high the ensemble find the groove as a 1970 and received a Bachelor of schl ln 1063. g roup. Add The excl1 em en l a nd Music Educalion degree from Simp­ JAZZ. Ihe "only true American art spomanelty of the jazz soloist and son college, Indlanola. towa In 1968. form", Is a new experience for a you have a greal jazz band. Jt Is 10 Her profeSSional experience In· great m any of western Kentucky'S theseendsthatwelaoorln Ihe name cludes various music positiOns in Jazz Ensemblemusidans. and teach· of Jazz. elementary and secondary schls ing jazz at the university level reo We hope you will have a c hance as well as higher educallon. Ro byn quires a completely different set of 10 hear Ihe band this year. We have was an associate professor of mUSiC tricks than teaching jazz in juniOr twO formal concens planned during conUnued on poge " high and high school. A t Western. the year. one in November and the we have students with advanced n l herin May. Both wilJ be held In Ihe lechnlques w hich enable us 10 cle­ Downing UniverSity Center and will velop a good ensemble sound in a fealure guest artists from the Nash· llmlled amount of time playing pro­ vUle area as well asourown western fessional level charlS. On Ihe other faculty. The band wJJl alSO play al hand. we have 10 SIan at 'he begln· the Mall each semester on a Friday nlng with Improvisation. which Is nlghl. on the Downing UniverSit y actually much casler to leach althe Center steps on a "beautiful sunny junior high and high school levels. aflernoon" a nd for Ihe students al T his m akes for qulle a Challenge. Ihe bane! clin ic In January. we are w hich Is whal teaChing Is all about. also planning several Friday after· To m ectthechallengeof,eac hlng noon o utings imo the schools of ImproviSation. we use newly pur· Kc mucky. chased "jazz alcls" thal areavallable through James Aebersold . and also a few tradilional Irlcks that have worked for years. The band's first assignment was to learn "Mary Had Do n W II k Inso n, w()()(lwlncls spe· a Lillie Lamb". "Twinkle. Twinkle clalist (plays flu le. clarinet. s<)xo· Litt leStar" ancl "Joy IO lhe World". BY phone. ot> NOt only does Sylvia excel o n IIcalionsand guestleclures In Special keyboard Instruments but has be· music education and elem entary com e somewhal of an expen on the educalion. She has alSo served as harp. In thIS capacity she perform s vocal adJudicatOr. vocal clinician. with the WKU Cham ber Band and public and private school special Th e BOwling Green·Weste rn Sym · education and music education Colleen Reardon phony Orcheslra. consultant. voice and plano Instruc· Colleen Reardon, the m ost recent lor. vocal recilallst and opera per· Joe Brooks, wCX>dwlnds speCial· addition 10 the Music Depanment 1st (plays clarinet, oboe. fl ute, and former, musical d irector. a nd m e m o facully at WKU. comes to Ke ntucky ber of district a nd state music saxophone), teaches clarine t. music from the sho res of california. She appreciation. woodwind m ethods, commillees. completed ali of her unlverslly w ork Roby n joined the WKU music and cham ber music. He joined the at UCLA. w here she received m any faculty In the fall of 1987. Joe has an facully In Jan uary 1988. "'" long term hono rs a nd awards In the course of goal for the mUSiC education area IS M.M. degree In woodwinds fro m the her scholastic career. Most recenlly. university of o regon and Is fo rmer the Inclusion of a special music Colleen was recipient of a Fulbright· educatio n emphasIS In both under· Director of Bands at Walla walla Hays fellowship for research In Italy. college In washington. He was solo graduate and graduate music ed· During the academic year 1985·86. ucatlon degree programs. She Is clarlnellst with the she studied and transcribed hund· Band for four years, clarinetist w ilh looking forward 10 meeting music reds of documents from numerous educalors throughout the state and the Army Band WCX>dwlnd Quintet Italian archives and libraries for her and a m em ber of the saxophone joining In suppon of music as an dissertation, "AgOStinO Agazzarl and essential within the school currlc· quanet. and formerl y was oboist w ith the Perfo rmance of Sacred Music at the woodwind quintet, L es Clng ulums of the Commonwealth of the Sienese Cathedral during Earl y Kentucky. " "," brand n ew world c lasslques. With such a background, Baroque:' Colleen Is the aUlhor of an It should surprise no one that Joe Is a o pens" to those who are Involved In anlcle on parody technique in the meaningful musical experiences. panlcularly amblTk>us performer and late Renaissance Magnificat and Is appeared o n at least four concerts Music educatio n is vital In the tOlal currently working on several p rojects g ro wth a nd d evelopm e nt o f a ll a nd recitals his nrst semeste r a t involving sacred mUSiC In early Western! individuals. Selcento Siena. She leaches m USiC hiStory. music Illerature and voice In Kent Campbell. WKU Directo r of Belly Pease performs as v io linist the Music Depanment at WKU. Bands, has been chosen President· with the Co llegium Muslcu m . a EleCI of Ihe Kentuc ky Music Ed· chamber group. This relatively new ucators Association. an organiZation faculty ensemble plays formal con· and Masters Degrees in COm position representing 1,()(x) m usic teachers cert s a nd a l social func tio ns. AS fro m the u n iverSity o f Louisv ille. In the stale. A fter twO years service m a ny of you know, Belly Is an Presently a doctoral candidate at in this position. Kent w ill assum e Ihe accomplished painter and her paint· Ihe university o f Kentucky, Barry Presidency of KMEA for a two-year ings are a welcom e add Ilion to the served o n the music faculty at term beginning In t 989 and w ill music o fl1 ce. Savannah State college In Georgia, have p rimary responsibility for the a nd was a part·llme Interim band I I}9() and t QQ I In·Servlce Confer· Barry Johnson, com position. d ireCtor at Kentucky State. Before e nces. He will then becom e Vice­ band, theory. and music apprecla· becoming Involved In mUSiC aca· presldem and continueasa m ember tlon Joined Ihe faculty In the fall of demia. Barry gained extensive ex· of the Execullve Commlnee for the 1987 under the Junior Black Faculty perlence asacommercial mUSician years 1002·04. Talk about a "io ng· program. Barry received Bachelor asa perform er /arranger/compaser. term commltmenll!" Stained Light fos'tRorneo'taL Submilted by A'flch oel J . Kalls tro m aRea

When I talk about m usic.! usually Ke ntuc ky High Sc hool d elineate Ihree prim ary aspects o f Marc hing B a nd Ihal an: crealion, perfo rmance. and educallon. o r course. Ihese aspects Ch a mpionships overlap and each conlainselem enls The 1988Kenl uc kySlale Marchlng oflheolhers. Creation. for m e. means Band Champio nships w ere held thiS the aCI of musical composition and year at w estern's stad ium. The IwO as a com poser I seek 10 comm uni· previous champio nships were held cate w ith audiences in m any dlf· at U.K. and al LouISville's Fairgro unds ferent genres. Last Marc h I chose Stadium. With the Installa llo n o f opera as m y creative vehicle when I lighting at w estern. the Marching sang the premler o, STAINED LIGHT. Band Board o f Control was quic k to m y cham ber opera for voice, bass accepi Ken tCampbell's Inv ira lion to electro nic lape. and video lape. AS a ho ld the event a t Western. vocal perfo rmer. m y Inle nlio n was Prelims w ere conducted during 10 w rite a w o rk In whic h the soloist the day at Weslern and at Bowling would no t require the collabora tio n Gree n High School. The finals. com· o f an accom panist o r supporting prlsed of the top four bands In four cast- In essence. a o ne-m an show. classes. appeared under the lightS T herefore, the accom panim ent was at Western's Smith Stadium. Over c reared wllh sy ntheslZers recorded eighty bands and an audience o f o n tape whic h Ihe soloiSt srarts an d over \ 5.000 people 8 11 encled the stops on stage as part o f the acllon. event video tapes are also c ued by the soloist and he conlro ts the lighting Michael J. K(dlslrom as w ell. T he opera. whic h 15 tn twO B a nd Festiva l and aCls. Involves spoken d ialogue wUh Educallon. the third aspecll men· Honors B ands the audience. a pu ppet. and other Uoned , Is the thread that assures a c haracters portrayed by the sololsl. conllnu lng stream of new composl· ThiS even t. held the third week In There are p rops as well. Includ ing tlo ns. new pe rfo rmers. a nd ne w Ja nuary. has contin ued 10 be very placardS anno uncing each seclion m usic ed ucators Wl1 0 will spread successful. Because of Increasing of the opera. large drawings, "w o rk the experience o f the arts in society. applicatio ns the fo rmat c hanged balloons". flat two-dimensio nal In· Hopefully. m y eHo ns as a composer, slightly In 1987t OIncorporatca third strumenlS. and a hanglngclolh back· performer. and educalor serve 10 studen t band , which of course. al­ drop w ith the clothes o f three char· stimulate students of mUSiC as well lows m ore stude llls 10 anend .About aClers sewn 10 It w ho are all por· as members of thecommunlly who forty different high schools partici­ Irayed by the solol5l via face and enjoy a nd suppOrt Ihe arts. pate in the festival each year. Con· arm ho les c ui In the backdrop. The duclo r for the select band in 1989 opera provid es no narrallve or story Mic h ael Ka l lstrom. muslclheory w ill be Lt. Col. Jam es M. Ba nkhead, bulls InSlead a series o f reflections. a nd com position. joins the Weslern Comma nder and Conducto r o f the fanlasles and satires on dlffere nl facullY afler serving on the facu ilies u nlled States Air Force Band . aspects of mUSiC (I.e. rock and roll. of Weslmlnster ChOir college. and opera. lheavanl·garde.elc.). Besides Florida A & M Un iversity. He received Ihe p rem ier at w estern. J have per· d egrees from the u niversity of Miami. Concert Bands formed the opera at the u nlversUy o f Ihe u niverSity o f NOrth Carolina al North carolina at the requesto flhelr Chapel HilI. andlhe DOCtor of MuSiC Beglnnlngln the 1987·88 acad em · Ic yea r the concert band w as (liv id· opera directOr and In conjunctio n In Com posltion from Florida State with a series of new opera perfor· u n iverSity. His compositions have ed IntO twO groups. A sm aller gro up m ances thai look place Ihere In Apr11. been performed on New Music Fes· w llh conlrolled Instrumen tation has Th is year. J hope to be perfo rming at IIvals at Memphis State UniverSity. been name the "Cham ber Band" the KMTA convention 8 1 Morehead Florida State university. and SOulh· and Is cond ucted by Ken t Cam pbell. While the Chamber Band m eels all Stale u niversity. Murray Stale Uni· eastern COm lX>SCrs' LeagueFonlms. verslty. and Centre COllege. His awards Include the 1987 Ho­ year. the Concert Band, cond ucteci I a m also beginning a new work boke n Ch ambe r Orchestra New by Joe Stites. begins m eeting after for Spring 1989 whic h will Involve Wo rks CompetHlon and the t986 Football Band season ends. co m p uler·generaled art work from Alie no r International HarpSichord ChamberBand 's cam p usconcerts for thIS year are Decem ber 6. Ja nuary Western'sA" Department While Ihe Composito n Conlest. Michael Is also performance location has not yet an aclivevocallsl (bass·bar1lone)and 20. and A pril 23. A southern tour been flxed. Hard in Planetarium Is perfo rms his own works o n solo concluding In Flo rida is planned fo r the first w eek o f January. and at being consid ered . The piece will be recitals which Include electronic least tw O o ne d ay " run-ou ts" 10 scored fo r soprano. bass. horn. per· tape. video tape. costumes a nd cusslon, "live" synlheslzer, and tape. slaglng. Ke ntucky high schools are set for late In second sem ester. C hamber Band to The "Big Red" Band Perform a t Epcot Center S lIbmltred lJyJoe Srlles

The fon y ·elght m ember Chamber The "BIS Red" Band enjoyed a Band. under the balon o f Kent very busy and successful Fall sea­ campbell. Is 10 perform at the EPCOT son. Our season open ed with a pre­ Centc r tn Orlando, FL This appear­ game performance at the Heritage ance by Invitation w ill be held at the Bowl on "ugust 20th. Five home "American Garden" and is 10 be the footb all games and a trip to the highlight of a lour Ihal w ill Include u niverSity o f Louisv ille game w e re con cens 8 1 Dalto n and Conyers, to follow. but there were s till o ther GA.-court esy of alumnus Jeff events in store (or us. On Tuesday. Burton: and Moultrie, GA--courtesy Septem ber 20th. Governo r Michael of alumnus Johnny Mashburn. The Du kaklS of Massacl1 usens a ppea red successful season will conclude wllh In Van Me ter Auditorium and. of a concert In Van Meter Auditorium course. the "Big Red" Band was there in April. to greet him. Then. on Friday, OCto. ber 2 1St. President Ro n ald Reagan made a speech to a capacity crowd WKU Students p erform in o f ] 3.500 people In Diddle Arena. Joe SWes Kentucky Ali-Collegiate The \Vestern Ken tucky u niverSity Band. a lo ng with fi ve area h igh Western Kentuc k y in ] 977 and com · Band school bands, was there playing for ple ted the MaSter o f Scie nce at th e the crowd . I-ligh palOls Included the u nlverSlty ofllllnolSln ] 978." magna The following WKU s tud e nts per· cum laude gradua te in music al formed recenlly In the 1988 Ken· m assed bands performing "My Old Kenluck y Home" and the Western WKU, Joe Is former band director al tucky AII.collegiate Band:)anet A llen the Westminster Schools in " tlanta. a nd Christy Ch amberlin . flute (flrSI B a nd's playing o f " Ruffles and Flourishes" and "Hall To Th e Chler' Georgia. and more recently the Lo ne a nd second chair respecllvely): Kim Oak High Sch ool, Paducah. Ken· Ho ffman and Lisa Murrell, clarinet: as the President o f the u nited States entered the a rena. tucky. ln acldltlon to his responslb ll· T eresa A rmStrong. bass c larln el: Illes In the ban d area. he also is Kevin Briley, trumpet: Charles Curry. Joe Stites. m arching band and active In high school w orkshops anel trombone: David Johnson. percus· basketball pep b a n ds. earned a recrultlng.Joe Is married to a Western sian. Kellh Guier. Fren ch horn: and Bach elor o f Music Edu cation from alumna. Pamela Napier. Doug Sell. tuba. Trumpet Ensemble Submltred by Mory Lazarus

In Marc h . 19S5. the WKUTrumpet Conference for SCholarships. to o ne basis. Our students were able E nsemble departed Bow ling Green The Trumpet Ensemble also par· to hear and work with players suc h fOr their first Ou t·or,slate appearance ticlpated In a la rge b rass c hoi r as Rogc r volsln (Boston Symphony). allhe 16th Annual New York Brass conducted by Me l Brolles. principal William vacchlano(NcwYork Phil, Conferen ce for SCholarships held In trumpet of the MelrOpolllan Opera harmon lC), Marvin Stamm (New York New York City. Thegroup performed O rc hestra. The group presented an studio musician), Jon Faddis (New the world premier of WKU's Barry open concert thaI ahernoon. York. Los A n gelesstudlO musician). Johnson's work, "For Those w ho The New York Brass Conference Lew SOloff(SIood, Sweat an d Tears). W alk Uphill." This composllio n was fo r Scholarships is an extremely In September of 1987 Western especially wrllten for the Trumpet unique conference in that II oHefs Kenluck y UnlverSl1y's first Trumpet Ensemble's New York concert and opportunltles for students to anend Ensem ble was founded by Mary w as dedicated to Dr, Charles COlin, concerts and workshops by great Lazarus. This en semble Is a no n­ fo under o f the New Yo rk Brass players and to m eet them on a one auditioned group open to all unl· verslty trum pet players.

Mary Lazarus, trumpet. com es to us from Cincinnati College Conser· vatory of Music where she Is a doc· toral candid ate In trumpet perform · ance. Mary also received her Bache· lor's Degree from Clnclnnaliand the MaSter of Ans In performance from George Mason u niversity In Virginia, Still a very acllve perfo rmer, sh e Is fo rme r trumpe t soloist with the United States A rmy Band ("Persh· Ings Own") w h ere she has the dis· tinc tion of being the first woman brass p layer In the history o f the band. Her o ther p rofessional posl· tions also Indude principal trumpet with the Honolulu Symphony Or· c h estra a nd the Ame rica n Sym· phony L eague. She has appeared as soloist w ith the SI. LouiS Sym· phony Orch estra and o ther orche­ stras throughout the COUnlry. She has taught at Xavier u niversity. Wake Forest u n iversity, North Carolina Sch ool o f the Arts. a nd Western Carolina u niverSity, Whatever happened to ... 7 Education and Audien ceAppeal Laura N eal y. 8M '85 Submlfled by Christopher i\.'o non We h ave learned that Laura Nealy Is m () rried toSteve8urks. Dlrcctor o f Dvorak. Tchaikovsky, Hlndem llh, musicians. Recent progmms have II,e He ndersonville, TN A rt S Com · Maza" , Prokofiev ... these are just accomplished Ihls twofold purposc. mission. Laura is employed In Ihe some of the compose rs whose During the 1987·88 seaso n Ihe Development Office of Vanderbilt music Is played by the Bowling o rchesn a presemcd twO classical Hospita l. Green-Western s y mphony Orches- concerts and a Valentine Pops COn "a cert. The first classical con cert In· Linda lIa rmo n, MM '84 The o rchestra opened liS 1988-89 cluded Be rlioz's Hungarian March, Unda teaches part·tlmeat Belmo nt season with wagner's Prelude 10 Bize t'S Carme n Suite NO. I , and college In Nashvllle.a nd lSassls tant Ole MelSlerslnger von Nurnber9. Dvorak's sympl,ony No.8. The or direClo r of mUSiC al valley View Mozan's Sinfonla Concenante. and chestra performed RossinI's Over· Baptlsl Church. She continues to Hlndeml1h's SymphoniC Me tamor· lure 10 The Bmber oj Seullle, Pro­ perform solo and chamber musiC phoses. SOlolsiS for the Mozar! w ere koflev's U e tnenant KIJC SUI IC, and programs. Recently sh e relUrned to western fac ulty members Donald Tchaikovsky's Sympho n y NO. :; for Wesl ern in a performanc e Wi th Wilkinson (oboe). Jose ph Brooks Ih e second classicO'lI concert . Hen ce Hale. a Loulsvllie vlollnlsl. (clarinet), Leslie Nono n (horn), and Unda and h er husband Ken a re L arry Long (bassoon). The perform· Christoph e r NOrlon, p erCUSSion. expecting their flrsl c hild early ne xl a nce was well-attended and enthu· condUCting. and theory. comple tcd year. Slasllcally received. Ihe DOClorof Musical Arts in Applied The day after lhe season pre miere. I"ercusslon al Louisiana Smtc Uni· M o nle C h a n ce, Bl\1 '74- the o rc hestra sponsored lis first verSlty. He h olels the Masterof ArtS In Monte no longerdlrcclS the warren YOungAnlslsconcerioCompetlllon. Theory fro m the Eastman Sch ool of Central Band and h as m oved up to The winner was Belh Mount a senior Music. where he laught freshman PrinCipal at Drak e's Creek Middle clarine t player al BowllngGreen High and sophomore theory. As an under School. He s till keeps his " finger" In SChool. AS p an of her award . she graduate, Christopher won IheEast music by playing the String bass In perform ed o n Ihe November Child· man con certo com pet ilion and per· warren'S mUSicals. ren'sCOncert wllh Iheorcheslra, Also formed the Creston marimba can· Phil Ash by, 8M '7 t on the program: a slide sho w . dane· cen o with the EaSlma n Phllhar Phil Is In his third year as direCto r ers, and n ew and fa miliar limes with mania. HiS experlc n ce Includes of Ihe band p rogram a t Warren the theme "Animal Crackers" which twelve commericlal recordings (per Cen tral. capllvaled Ihe Inleresl o f child ren cusslon). performances \vlth the New Orleans Philharmonic. Rochester and adull5. B ob and Melinda Hare, 8M '76 Philharmonic. and Ihe Eastman and In Ihe spring semesler, Ihe orch e· Bob and Melinda (Sears) live In L ouisiana S tale Unlversily Wind stra will playa Valentine Pops Con· Columbia, SOUlh Carolina where h e Ensembles. ChriStoph e r's wife, cen and will conclude 115 season direcls the band in a large suburban Leslie, is tl1e p art·tlme horn teacher wUh anolher classical concerl. The high schOOl. laner. SCI for April g , will offer Mozan's and plays In facllityensembics. She 0venure 10 The Magic Flute. Kodaly's Is a g raduate o f the Eastman School Tom Stiles, BM '8 1 H arry Janos Suite, and F ranc k 's of Music a n d Is former prinCipal To m Is the new band director al Symphony In 0 Minor. Some m em o h orn 1st with th e New Orlean s Science HiIIl-ligh School in Johnson bers of Ihe o rch eslra will also p ar· Sympho n y. City. TN. ThlSjuSt happ ens to b e his IIclpale In Ihls years operallc pro­ wife Debbie's (Pritchard) home high ducllon. Mozart's The Magic Flute. school. The o rch eslta h as a unique and Don Mars h, 13M '76 dive rse compoSition of slude nts, Don Is Minister o f Music al the fac uhy, and citizens from the Bowl· Ing Green community . Additionally, Calvary Assemblies of God Church In Hamplo n. V irginia w h ere he di· due 10 Ihe shortage o f advanced rects the music program and teaches Siring players In SOu th Central Ken· inSlrumental mUSiC. luc ky. the o rc hestra mUSI hire pro­ fessional musicians from Nashville John Sl rou be, BM '76 In ordertoaugmenllhestrlngsectlon John h as re turned to Kenlu ck y to allhe time o f Ihe concert, A Board o f head up the banel program at Murray Dircctors comprised o f volumeers High School. Prior to Ihls h e was In from the community raises funds 10 Shelbyville, Illinois. cover the COSt o f hiring extra musl· clans. Also, admissio n Is charged for Kc llh Campbell, BM 'so o rc hestra performances. Keith d ecided 10 leave Ihe director· The difficulty o f programming for ship an el becom e a band salesman. such a d iverse gro up Is to nnd music He lives In Burlington. NOrth Carolina thai audien ces will enjoy and Ihal w h ere h e sells band unifo rms anel will challenge thestuden lS and o ffer accessories for "I he Banelman's Co." Ihem opportunities for growlh as CIl(lsrop t lt~ r Norton He and his w ife, A nita, h ave a baby dDughlc r. Amanda. Guitar and Early Music Ensembles Submllted by David Kelsey

Our Guitar Ensemble and Early Music Ensemble have been active groups o n a nd orr campus. Our gullarlslS are In demand for many unlverslly functions thai require p leasa", background music. The gullar is also a nne alternallve ac­ companiment Inslrument for voice and som ear the lighter Instruments such as f1U1e. oboe. etc. The Early Music E nse mble and C hamber singers have been a flne w orking team fo r m any years with our suc­ cessful m adrigal dinners and early music concerts. All of the Earl y Music Ensemble membersare developlng proficiency on the various Inslru­ m e ms In o rder 10 bener prepare themselves fordevetoplnglhelrown en sembles In fulure years. Such strange Instruments as lutes, viols, sUars. and hurdy·gurdys have found their wayan to the reellal hall stage producing music from m edieval dances to Indian ragas for Interested listeners. Graduates of the gu Uar and early music area continue to find success In their fields. Sieve Webber (MM '87) Is now a faculty m ember at Kelsey and Sharon Law (8M '84. David Ke lsey has a Mastets d e· Auslln Peay State unlversily (TN) as MM ·8 5), TWO fine albums have been gree from western and has bee n a well as co-owner of a new record produced thus far. with many more member of the Music faculty since compa ny with western·s David planned. 1977.

Amy Tate,BM '85 Deena (Martin) Jenkl n s. BM 'S I Amy completed two masters de· Deen a works as Superviso r o f grees from Flo rida State-one In Staffing sysle ms at Baxtor·Travenol Performance and the other In AC, in Deerfield. illinois. She stili sings at companying. Thlspastsummershe the First Presbyterian Church In worked as ASSistant Music Admin, Evanston. IStrator for the Gllmmerglass qpera In COOperstown. New York. This year Steve Wheato n, BM '66 she will be accompanying the Steve finally became known to us Nevada Opera. By now she Is the through oneofourfaculty members accom panlSt<:08ch and tour m ana· who IS playing at Opryland. Steve IS ger fo r the Des Moines (Iowa) opera. the dlrector·conductor of the 'way OUI Wesr' orchestra at that w e ll· Mary Beth (I-I ancock ) Mccandless. known theme park In Nashville. BM '86 Mary Be th has lied the kno l ­ m arried Murray McCandless In Sep. T im Slmpson, BM '84 tem ber. 1988. They are both SIU· Tim recently Signed a COntract to dents al the SOuthern Baptist sem · sing the lead lyric ten nor roles for Inary In Louisville. ThIS past Decem · the Bre mmerhaven Opera House In ber she w as a soloist in Western's West Germany. After receiving his aUlhentlc rendition of Messiah. M aster·s Degree from Eastman SChool of Music he appeared as guest soloist at the American Music E mily (Tal e) Taylo r. BM '79 Fesllval at the university of South Emily teaches private voice a nd Florida and w ith the Youngstown plano In Cincinnati. She performs Sym p hony. He also attended the regularly on Christian Television and Internalional Opera Center In Zurich. In her church, She has two children, Mary Beth" lancock) McCnnclles..c; Switzerland. cbor:loLar

WKU Choir Performed at OUI the Siale. He used the u nlversUy w as on campus fo r an entire week ChOir for illustrations and dem o n· w hile h e w orked wllh the chorus. ACDA.SOuthern Division strallons o f procedures. lecturing 10 orch estra andsoloisls. Theorch eslra over a hund red workshop partlel· was assem bled from WKU music The univerSity ChOir was selected panls. This workShop was sponsor· facully and students as weJl as through a rigoro us audlUon p roce· ed jOintly b y the WKU Department students from Indiana UniverSit y. dure 10 a ppear al the Southe rn o f Music and the lOla Mu Ch apter of Th e 5010 1515 were: Elizabe th DivISion A m erican Choral Directors Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonla. Yolkma n . sopra n o; M a r y Beth ASSOClallo n COnve nlion In Winston· Hancock. alto; Virgil Hale. le nor: an d Salem , N.C.. In February o f I {)88. Mic hael Ka llstrom. b ass·barllone. Included o n the p ro gra m was a The University Choir Ke nneth DavIS. Director of Choral com posilion by Samuel A dler com · Presented The Authentic Acllvilies cond uc ted Ihe perform · mlssloned by the w estern Kentucky Version of Handel's ance. unlverslly Ch Oi r. Dr. Adlerwas in the Messiah ThiS past summer the depanmenl audience fo r the premier and spenl spon sored a High Sch ool Chora l time wllh the students d iScu ssing WorkShop. ThIS four day workshop the w ork. This m o nume nlal project w as was a nended by m ore than fo n y· In OCtober 1987. Donald Neuen. designed to proVide Ihe students five high sch ool studenlS fro m a· Director o f Cho ral Acllv ltles al the wllh the opponunlty to hear and round Ihe slale. and Indiana. Ken Eastma n School of Music In work with Dr. Alfred Mann. mUSiCOlo­ plans 10 offer thiS workshOp each Rochester. N.Y.. waso n campus and gist and professor em erllus of the summ er. Please contac t Ihe music d irected a c horal wQrkshop for SIU' Eastman SCh ool of Music. whoserv· office fordelalls concerning the w o rk d Cnls and chOta: "'treclo rs thro ugh. cd as the music advisor. Dr. Mann w orkShop fo r Summer t 980.

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