Convocation 2021
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EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONVOCATION 2021 Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Kilbourn Hall 2:30 PM PROGRAM PERFORMANCE Festival Music (2021) Steve Danyew (b. 1983) Eastman Wind Ensemble Mark Scatterday, conductor WELCOME Jamal J. Rossi, Joan and Martin Messinger Dean INVOCATION Rev. Dr. C. Denise Yarbrough, Director of Religious & Spiritual Life, Interfaith Chapel, University of Rochester REMARKS FROM THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Sarah Mangelsdorf, President and G. Robert Witmer, Jr. University Professor INTRODUCTION OF NEW FACULTY Donna Brink Fox, Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs REMARKS FROM THE UNIVERSITY PROVOST Sarah Peyre, Interim Provost KEYNOTE ADDRESS Jamal J. Rossi PRESENTATION OF 2020-2021 EISENHART AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Jamal J. Rossi PERFORMANCE Lessons (2018) Nabate Isles (b. 1977) James VanDemark, double bass KILBOURN HALL Considered by many to be one of the finest chamber music halls in the world, Kilbourn Hall serves as the primary location for faculty, student, and guest artist recitals, chamber music and jazz performances, and opera productions. It is also a frequent choice for commercial recording sessions due to its fine acoustics. Recent guests have included Frederica von Stade, the Takács Quartet, Andras Schiff, Dawn Upshaw, Susan Graham, and the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. Opened in 1922, Kilbourn Hall was built by George Eastman and dedicated to the memory of his mother, Maria Kilbourn Eastman. Three stories high and decorated in the Venetian Renaissance style, the 444- seat hall is well known for its remarkable beauty, pure acoustics, and excellent sight lines. Close to 300 performances take place in Kilbourn Hall each year. In addition to Eastman performances, the hall is also a prime venue for key community festivals including the annual Rochester International Jazz Festival and Fringe Festival. After years of constant use, the hall received a much needed renovation in the summer of 2016. In addition to enhancing the audience experience through seat and lighting upgrades, the renovation also addressed the critical issue of making the stage ADA accessible from backstage. All of the updates were made with careful attention to preserve the hall’s original details and superior acoustics. EASTMAN SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, 2021-22 Jamal J. Rossi John Hain Joan and Martin Messinger Dean Associate Dean of Academic & International Affairs Matthew Ardizzone Associate Dean of Admissions & Jennifer Horn Enrollment Management Executive Director of Finance & Administration Rachel Roberts Director of the Institute for Jessica Kaufman Music Leadership Director of Communications Donna Brink Fox Petar Kodzas Senior Associate Dean of Associate Dean and Director of the Academic & Student Affairs Eastman Community Music School Kevin Gibson Lee Koonce Executive Director of Operations Senior Advisor to the Dean Aubrie Willaert Marie Rolf Executive Director of Senior Associate Dean of Advancement Graduate Studies EASTMAN NEW FACULTY, 2021-22 Julie Beauregard Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning Ji Young Kim Assistant Professor of Musicology Erika Knapp Instructor of Music Teaching and Learning Jonathan Sauceda Associate Dean of the Sibley Music Library and Associate Professor of Musicology EASTMAN DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, 2021-22 CHAMBER MUSIC Anne Harrow, Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo COMPOSITION TBA CONDUCTING & ENSEMBLES William Weinert, Professor of Conducting & Ensembles HUMANITIES Glenn Mackin, Associate Professor of Political Science JAZZ STUDIES & CONTEMPORARY MEDIA Jeff Campbell, Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media MUSICOLOGY Holly Watkins, Professor of Musicology MUSIC TEACHING & LEARNING Philip Silvey, Associate Professor of Music Teaching and Learning MUSIC THEORY Elizabeth West Marvin, Acting Chair, Fall 2021 ORGAN, SACRED MUSIC & HISTORICAL KEYBOARDS David Higgs, Professor of Organ PIANO Alan Chow, Professor of Piano STRINGS, HARP & GUITAR James VanDemark, Professor of Double Bass and Phillip Ying, Associate Professor of Viola VOICE & OPERA Katherine Ciesinski, Professor of Voice WOODWINDS, BRASS & PERCUSSION Mark Kellogg, Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music EASTMAN WIND ENSEMBLE PERSONNEL Trumpet Bass Trombone Paul Tingley Jackson Murphy Luke Fox Katie Hillstrom Tuba Reed Ricotta Jordan Oliviera Nathan McKinstry Logan Wadley Adrian Rogers Percussion Horn Austin Keck Will Sands Ethan Hall Kristin Andlauer Connor Landers Timpani Brianna Garcon Eric He Trombone Bella Lau Chase Farrell Michael Rooney PROGRAM NOTES Festival Music (2021) Steve Danyew Festival Music was written to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the East- man School of Music, which opened its doors in the 1921–22 academic year. The fanfare is inspired by the glorious Eastman Theatre, and more specifically, by a mural titled “Festival Music” by Ezra Winter that is paint- ed on the side of the theatre. Perhaps the most celebratory mural on the theatre walls, it depicts a scene full of music and fanfare with soaring mountains in the background. One of the most striking features of the mural is a series of three trumpeters playing in the center of the mural, with red flags hanging from their trum- pets. These heralding trumpets first drew me to the mural, and so I decid- ed to open the fanfare with just trumpets. In the painting, other brass play- ers and percussionists are seen just beneath the trumpeters, and in the mu- sic, these players enter shortly after the trumpets introduce a key motive of the work. The music is dedicated to the Eastman School of Music—to George East- man and Ezra Winter and the many individuals that helped in ways large and small to build the school. It is also dedicated to the many faculty and staff who have made it a place where the music continues to thrive, and where young people like myself dream of coming and being a part of the historic legacy. Meliora! - Steve Danyew MEET THE ARTISTS Mark Davis Scatterday is Professor of Conducting at the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Scatterday joined a prestigious line of conductors in the past sixty-plus years of the internationally famed ensemble – Frederick Fennell, Clyde Roller, and Donald Hunsberger. Since his appointment, he has led the EWE on tours of Japan, Taiwan, China, Canada, the US, and Europe. He also conducted the EWE in highly acclaimed performances at Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall in Cleveland, the Canadian National Musicfest, and the Midwest Clinic, and has recorded 6 CDs with the EWE and the Eastman Music Nova. Dr. Scatterday has premiered over 30 new works for wind ensemble by composers such as Andre Previn, Roberto Sierra, and Jeff Tyzik. Artists that he has performed with include the Canadian Brass, Nexus, Bela Fleck, James Carter, Al Vizzutti, Jeff Tyzik, Michael Burritt, Chien-Kwan Lin, James Thompson, Jim Pugh, Ian Bousfield, Dennis Smith, Robert Sullivan, Brian Shaw, Clark Terry, Eddie Daniels, Slide Hampton, Ed Shaughnessy, and Lee Konitz. Professor Scatterday has directed wind ensembles and orchestras throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Previous to his appointment at Eastman, Dr Scatterday was Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at Cornell University. Professor Scatterday maintains an active guest conducting schedule and researching and writing articles involving score analysis, performance practices, and conducting – most notably the music of Karel Husa and Roberto Sierra. His arrangements for wind ensemble are available through Subito, Schirmer, Alfred, and Hal Leonard publishers. Notable guest conducting appearances include The New World Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Tokyo Philharmonic (opening of Ohga Hall, Karuizawa, Japan), the Kunitachi (Japan) Wind Orchestra, the Sante Fe Concordia, as well as many US universities, all-state, and all- county ensembles. Dr. Scatterday has conducted the premiere recording of Roberto Sierra’s Cancionero Sefardi with members of the Milwaukee Symphony (2001), Judith Weir’s Consolations of Scholarship with Ensemble X (2005), Danzante with James Thompson and the EWE (2006), Barcelonazo with Musica Nova (nominated for a 2008 Latin Grammy), Manhattan Music with the EWE and the Canadian Brass (2008, nominated for a 2009 JUNO), a CD with the EWE and the Eastman Virtuosi featuring Stravinsky’s music and celebrating the EWE’s 60th year (2013, AVIE, London), a live recording of Roberto Sierra’s music (Summit, 2016), and a recording of Jeff Tyzik’s music, Images, (Summit, 2018). MEET THE ARTISTS The Eastman Wind Ensemble is America’s leading wind ensemble. Its core of about 50 performers includes undergraduate and graduate students of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. Frederick Fennell first formulated the general concept of the wind ensemble at Eastman more than 50 years ago. Under his leadership the group became known as the pioneering force in the symphonic wind band movement in the United States and abroad. A. Clyde Roller served as conductor between 1962 and 1964, continuing the tradition established by Fennell. Donald Hunsberger became conductor in 1965 and led the ensemble for 37 years to international prominence. The ensemble’s current director, Mark Davis Scatterday, was introduced as the fourth conductor of this prestigious group during the EWE’s 50th anniversary celebration on February 8, 2002. Ever since its founding, the EWE has been in the forefront elevating the wind repertory through recordings. Fennell’s Mercury