LEDGER LINES SCHOOL of MUSIC and DANCE

Senior Maykin Lerttamrab rehearses a recital piece during Dean Kramer’s Piano Performance class.

NEWSLETTER for ALUMNI & FRIENDS September, 2006 Vol. XVIII, No. 2 LEDGER LINES is the biannual newsletter of the Homecoming ‘06 University of Oregon School of Music and Department of Dance. Friday, Nov. 3 Letters, photos, and contributions from alumni, friends, and faculty • 11:15 a.m.–Noon: Groundbreaking ceremonies in the court- are always welcome. yard behind the music school for the new additions to the MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building Address all correspondence to: LEDGER LINES • 8 p.m. The Jazz Cafe, featuring UO jazz combos in a cabaret School of Music and Dance setting, Room 186. $5, $3 at the door. 1225 University of Oregon Eugene OR 97403-1225 Saturday, Nov. 4 EDITOR: Scott Barkhurst • 12:30 p.m., Ducks vs. Huskies at Autzen Stadium. [email protected] Alumni Band members can register for the weekend’s ASSISTANT: Carol Roth rehearsal and activity schedule by going to: www.oregonalumniband.com CONTRIBUTORS: George Evano, Julie Polhemus, DeNel Stoltz.

PROOFREADERS: Laura Littlejohn, Carol Roth

COVER PHOTO by Holly Miller

SCHOOL OF MUSIC STAFF DEAN: Brad Foley [email protected]

ASSOCIATE DEANS: Ann Tedards–Graduate Studies [email protected] SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DANCE ADVANCEMENT COUNCIL Jeffrey Williams–Undergraduate Studies [email protected] CHAIR: Mira Frohnmayer, ’60, Sue Keene, ’72, UO Foundation Trustee; Pacific Lutheran University emeritus Eugene, OR DEVELOPMENT STAFF: voice professor; Yachats, OR DeNel Stoltz, director Al King, ’76, vice president/investment [email protected] VICE-CHAIR: Zarah Dupree, Sherman officer, RBC Dain Rauscher; Dana Clark, assistant Clay/Moe’s Pianos; Portland, OR Springfield, OR [email protected] PAST CHAIR: David Hilton, Mary Ann Orchid Hanson, president, DANCE DEPARTMENT: Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.; Eugene Symphony Board; Eugene, OR Eugene, OR Jenifer Craig, chair Mia Hall Savage, ’72, ’73, Pacific Youth [email protected] Marcia Baldwin, emeritus voice Choirs; Portland, OR professor, Eastman; Yachats, OR RECEPTION DESK: Lynn Sjolund, ’51, ’56, retired choral Phone: (541) 346-3761 [music] Judy Clinton, architectural designer; director, music educator; Medford, OR (541) 346-3386 [dance] Bend, OR John Tachouet, ’64, retired owner, Fax: (541) 346-0723 Jenifer Craig, ‘71, ‘73, UO Associate The Equity Group; Portland and Web: music.uoregon.edu Professor and Dept. Chair of Dance Bend, OR

Roberta Hall, ’60, ’81, Umpqua Symphony John Wells, violinist; Springfield, OR Association; Roseburg, OR Jeff Williams, UO Professor and Associ- Niles Hanson, Northwest Stamp, Rosen ate Dean of Music; Eugene, OR Products Sunvisor; Eugene, OR 1

University of Singapore. Last spring, FROM THE TOP we hosted officials and the orchestra of Taiwan’s National Chiayi Uni- Brad Foley, Dean versity. With these international interactions—and since we continue he 2005–06 academic year was to be an important member of the T an exciting time filled with Association of Pacific Rim Universi- more than 250 outstanding pro- ties—we are exploring the possibil- grams, performances, and creative ity of expanding our outreach into projects by our students, university international venues as a part of the ensembles, faculty, and many superb entire university’s interest in devel- guest artists and lecturers in both oping strong Asian connections. music and dance on-campus. Off- New University Directions campus, thousands of people across At the end of the past academic the state and region had opportuni- year, a number of major administra- ties to hear, see, work with, and tive changes took place across the learn from our students and faculty. campus that will have a tremendous Oregon Outreach impact on our School and University As we strive towards a reputa- for years to come. Long-time Provost tion as the School of Music and John Moseley and Vice President coming year as we welcome five Dance for the entire state of Oregon for Academic Affairs Lorraine Davis new tenure-related faculty members and not just the Eugene/Springfield both retired. These senior adminis- in dance, horn, music education/ area, we have worked diligently to trators were huge supporters of the bands, piano, and trumpet. I antici- develop a growing series of public School of Music and Dance over the pate some new directions for the and school outreach efforts across years, and they will be missed. Oregon Marching Band, as our new Oregon—including Bend, where New faces that will change director brings a wealth of experi- we anticipate working more closely the direction for us in the coming ence from his work in California, with the Osher Lifelong Learning In- months include new Provost Linda Washington, and Ohio. We also stitute. We plan to continue concerts anticipate exploring with athletics and events to the south in Lakeview, and the upper administration the Roseburg, and Medford; we antici- Last year, faculty and possibilities for updating the OMB pate continued performances along students performed and uniforms. the coast in Coos Bay, Florence, and presented in twenty Building Groundbreaking Newport; and we hope to expand Finally, I am delighted to an- our performances to various Port- Oregon communities, nounce that we have met numerous land venues, including an annual thirty-one states, and fif- fundraising goals—although the concert series at the Sherman Clay teen international venues. efforts continue (see pages 2-4). I piano store in the Pearl District. In invite you to attend the ground- the past academic year, faculty and breaking ceremonies for our music students performed, presented, and Brady, who joins us from North building project additions on Friday, worked with individuals and groups Carolina State University, as well November 3, 2006. The building’s in more than twenty Oregon com- as a group of newly appointed vice planning committee completed the munities, thirty-one states and the provosts, including Chunsheng design development phase of our District of Columbia, and in fifteen Zhang, vice provost for international project in June. The architects are international venues. Clearly, we are affairs and outreach, and Charles completing the construction docu- not just sitting at home in Eugene! Martinez, vice provost for equity ments, with construction of our new International Outreach and diversity. We look forward to additions to begin during the 2007 This past spring I traveled with working with these new administra- winter term. We anticipate the proj- a UO delegation to Hanyang Uni- tive leaders. Additionally, Royce ect moving forward on a timeline versity in Seoul and Ansan, South Saltzman will transition into a new that will allow the facilities to be Korea. They have a large, thriving role for the Oregon Bach Festival as I completed for fall 2008 occupancy. College of Music and a very sizeable chair an international search to find I hope you can join us for one Dance Department within their Col- a qualified replacement for one of of our many outstanding programs lege of Human Movement Science. I the festival’s founders (see page 8). throughout the year. also met recently with leaders from New School Opportunities the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Changes in the School of Music Music, a program of the National and Dance also will be notable this 2

so we can get this important project DEVELOPMENT done,” said Lokey, who likes to use his gifts to increase participation from others. “It’s very important to Lorry Lokey Gives $1 Million see others than those of us coming in with a big chunk of money par- ticipating in the university’s expan- Challenge to Music Building sion,” Lokey said. “People who give Challenge gift to leverage further gifts by December ‘06 $100 or $1,000 are just as important as those who give $1 million.” “I’m delighted that Lorry has By DeNel Stoltz part due to the hurricane-related surprised us yet again with his Director of Development catastrophes of last year—and to tremendous generosity and sup- ensure that renovations to the exist- espite selling his San Fran- port—the impact of which will ing building will be included in the cisco-based Business Wire touch the lives of so many for D project. news service to Warren Buffet last decades to come,” said Brad Foley, year, Lorry Lokey is far from retired. dean of the School of Music and He remains in a consulting capacity Dance. “As our building planning for Business Wire, and he continues committee has worked over the past to make the business of the MarAbel six months with our architects to B. Frohnmayer Music Building his business—much to our delight. Lokey, of Atherton, California, “I’ve made this has issued a $1 million challenge gift on top of his earlier $4 million additional commitment donation for the MarAbel B. Frohn- to spur others to mayer Music Building—for a total contribute so we can commitment of $5 million to the get this important project. His generosity seems to be project done.” matched only by the absolute joy he —Lorry Lokey feels from making gifts that support higher education. And, as is so vital to his philanthropy, it continues Lorry Lokey develop a design, we have struggled to help leverage additional private with a budget that has been greatly funds—particularly to help make Lokey’s $1 million will be lever- affected by five years of inflationary the MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music aged if the school can raise an addi- costs. Lorry’s pledge will help us le- Building a reality. Lokey made the tional $1 million from other donors verage other supporters as we move challenge gift after learning of the by December 31, 2006. toward an additional goal of at least $2 million that needed to be raised “I’ve made this additional com- $2 million to offset the inflationary to cover inflation for the project—in mitment to spur others to contribute costs we face and complete Phase I

Architects’ drawing of the new academic wing. This addition, seen looking north from 18th Avenue, will house faculty studios, practice rooms, three new classrooms, and a new student lounge. 3 of the project. We are half-way there, and our goal is to match Lorry’s pledge by three or even four times. MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music That will cover inflation, furnish the Building Groundbreaking Set for new building with pianos, and cre- ate an endowment to cover the addi- Nov. 3, 2006 as part of Homecoming tional expense of on-going building operations since the additions will The long-awaited celebratory groundbreaking of the new MarAbel add significantly more space to our B. Frohnmayer Music Building is slated for Friday of Homecoming current facility.” weekend. Lead donors to the building project will be honored at the public event, including: Lorry Lokey of Atherton, CA; Bob DeArmond ‘52 and Leona DeArmond ‘51 of Medford, OR; and Kathleen Richards New fundraising goals Grubbe of Eugene, OR. include: $1.5 million endow- The project architects, Tom Pene and Pat Harrington from BOORA Architects in Portland, will also be on hand to showcase the building ment for building operations; plans. $1 million for pianos to equip The groundbreaking is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. in the courtyard the teaching, rehearsal, and behind the music building, and the public is invited. performance spaces; and For more information, or to make a gift, contact $600,000 for equipment, DeNel Stoltz, Director of Development, at (541) 346-5687 furnishings, and instruments or e-mail [email protected] for the building.

risers, student seating, faculty studio A groundbreaking ceremony for New Fundraising Goals furnishings and the like. Addition- the MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music to Complete the Project ally, at least nineteen new pianos Building will be held on November The expansion will increase the need to be acquired to equip the 3, 2006, in the courtyard behind school’s space by fifty percent to new faculty teaching studios, class- Beall Concert Hall (see box, above). better accommodate the 500 music rooms, performance, and rehearsal Major construction is expected to majors and 4,000 nonmajors now rooms. begin in early 2007 and renova- using facilities originally designed To meet these needs for complet- tion work on existing facilities in for 300 music majors. The additions ing the building project, new fund- spring 2008, with completion of the will likely add upwards of $50,000 raising goals include: $1.5 million project expected in time for the new annually in operations costs, so endowment for building operations; 2008–09 school year. establishing an endowment now, $1 million for pianos to equip the Building plans can be viewed to cover these expenses when the teaching, rehearsal, and performance on the School of Music web page, building is completed in 2008, is spaces; and $600,000 for equipment, http://music.uoregon.edu ◆ crucial. Efforts are under way to furnishings, and instruments for the raise funds for classroom media, building.

On the far right is the new performance wing, as seen looking west from the Pioneer Cemetery. It will house percus- sion and jazz studies, plus a new large ensemble rehearsal space. 4

CELLO ALUMNI CONCERT TO HONOR TH RECENT DONORS ROBERT HLADKY FOR HIS 80 BIRTHDAY We are grateful to the following Emeritus cello professor Dr. Rob- M.M. in cello performance in 1977, individuals for their thoughtful ert Hladky turns 80 this year on Oc- both from the UO School of Music. gifts to the School’s priorities: tober 6. He taught cello at the School She plays cello in the Colorado of Music and Dance from 1961-1993, Symphony Orchestra as well as in —Building Initiative – touching the lives of hundreds of the Oregon Bach Festival. • Lorry Lokey: Additional $1 students during his more than forty Other committee members million challenge gift to the years of teaching and include: Kenneth building. Pledges must be made mentoring. In addition Finch, B.M. cello per- by December, 2006 to capture the to cello, Hladky taught formance ’80; Geor- match. double bass and music gienne Puls Young, • Dwight ‘66 and Glee Davis: history and served as B.M. cello perfor- $25,000 to name a teaching director of graduate mance ’76, M.M. ’77; studio. studies. He was also John Gibbens, B.M. • Craig McClellan ‘69 and Susan an active participant cello performance ’67; McClellan: $100,000 to name the in the annual “April Greg Dugan, Indiana two new 35-person classrooms. Fool’s Concert” during University ’75; Jeff • Ruth Staton Siegenthaler: its day. Bradetich, Northwest- $35,000 to name a teaching In honor of ern University ’75; studio in memory of Ray Hladky’s 80th birthday, and Julie Anne Mc- Siegenthaler. a group of his former Cornack Sadie, B.M. • Kathleen Richards Grubbe: students are producing cello performance ‘70, Additional $50,000. a festive, informal B.A. in Music ‘70, • Marilyn Kays: $25,000 to name cello ensemble concert on October M.A. 1973. Julie was honored last a teaching studio in memory of 17 at 7 p.m. in Beall Hall, followed year as a School of Music and Dance James Kays. by a post-concert birthday reception. Distinguished Alumna. • John Orme ’74: $25,000 to The tribute concert is being Broad participation is hoped name a teaching studio in coordinated by music alumna for the concert and reception to pay memory of his parents. Susan Rockey Bowles, a long-time tribute to Hladky for all he has done friend and former student of Dr. for his former students, the School —Scholarships— Hladky. Susan earned a B.M. in cello of Music and Dance and the music • Robin and Robert Burk and performance in 1975, followed by a community at large. ◆ Eric McCready: $12,000 for the Belle Voce Scholarship to fund an incoming talented voice stu- dent for four years. GIFTS BUY THREE NEW STEINWAYS IN NEW YORK —Pianos and Instruments— Generous gifts from Tom and hearsal rooms in the new building. ◆ • Henry Easley: A $20,000 Carol Williams, the Swigert Founda- Yamaha grand piano that be- tion and Ruth Staton Siegenthaler longed to his late wife, Patricia enabled the School to purchase Easley, a School of Music and three new Model B grand pianos Dance alumna. at the Steinway Factory in New • Ruth Staton Siegenthaler: York in June. Piano performance $60,000 for a new Steinway professors Claire Wachter and Alex- Model B grand piano to equip a andre Dossin traveled to New York, piano studio in memory of Ray along with Dean Brad Foley and Siegenthaler. several School of Music and Dance • Marilyn Kays: $15,000 for advancement council members and upright pianos. donors, to make the selection. Fundraising continues for the For information on making a gift, $1 million goal to purchase at least contact DeNel Stoltz at nineteen additional pianos to equip Dean Brad Foley (L), Claire Wachter (541) 346-5687 or the new faculty teaching studios, (C) and Zarah Dupree with one of [email protected] classrooms, performance and re- the new Steinway Model B pianos. 5

the University Symphony on Nov. MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL 19; Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble on Nov. 20; and Oregon New Music to Get Double Composers Forum on Nov. 21. But that’s not all! The Music Today Festival con- Exposure This Year tinues winter term with Contempo- rary Crossroads 2007, featuring two Festival to run in both fall and winter terms popular young ensembles: the hit group So Percussion Ensemble from or lovers of new music, there’s the East Coast (Jan. F only one thing more exciting So Percussion 29), and World than the Music Today Festival—and Ensemble of Songs, the Joe that’s two Music Today Festivals! Powers-Lewis During 2006–07, there will be a Childs harmonica- double festival: Contemporary guitar duo (Jan. Crossroads 2006 from November 26), which will 17–21, and Contemporary Cross- concertize with roads 2007 from January 26–30. koto artist Mitsuki “Contemporary Crossroads is a Dazai and a group celebration of musical diversity and of Capoiera danc- the creativity of our own region,” ers. Powers com- said festival director Robert Kyr. peted in last year’s “Our guest artists will be two global harmonica internationally acclaimed Estonian competition and musicians: composer Veljo Tormis The two events on Nov. 18 will is currently ranked fourth in the and conductor Hirvo Surva; vocal- feature the music of Tormis: an after- world—a superb achievement in an ists Phil and Ellen Frohnmayer; noon workshop (3–5 p.m.) featuring enormously crowded and virtuoso plus the sensational So Percussion a lecture-demo by the composer field. Powers received a B.Mus. in Ensemble from the East Coast, and (and question-and-answer with the composition from the UO in 1999. World of Songs—the hit duo of Joe audience), and an evening concert In addition to these groups, Powers and Lewis Childs with their featuring five choruses: Oregon Contemporary Crossroads 2007 will intercultural band of collaborators.” Repertory Singers (Gil Seeley, direc- feature four other concerts: vocalists Contem- tor), Pacific Youth Choir (Mia Hall Phil and Ellen Frohnmayer on Janu- porary Cross- Savage, director), Unistus (Lonnie ary 27; Oregon Composers Forum roads 2006 Cline, director), and the UO Cham- and Eugene Contemporary Chamber will present ber Choir and University Singers Ensemble on January 28; and the two special (Sharon Paul, director). The evening Pacific Rim Gamelan on January 30. events on Sat- concert will feature acclaimed Esto- “Today, contemporary concert urday, Nov. nian conductor Hirvo Surva, who is music is at a crossroads, following 18, featuring an extended period of innova- the choral tion and discovery during which music of the Guest artists include composers have been exploring a renowned two internationally vast range of diverse musics from Veljo Tormis Veljo Tormis, around the world,” remarked Kyr. who will be a Trotter Visiting Pro- acclaimed Estonian “We are now in a phase of synthesis fessor at the School of Music and musicians: composer in which composers are combining Dance. During the Soviet occupation Veljo Tormis and a host of influences in captivating of Estonia, Tormis was one of the conductor Hirvo Surva and accessible new ways. Given the leaders of the “Singing Revolution,” excitement generated by these new a cultural and non-violent response fusion-styles, Contemporary Cross- to the authoritarian regime. Tormis also a Trotter Visiting Professor. roads 2006 and 2007 should be our is regarded as one of the greatest In addition to the Tormis “mini- most thrilling festival yet.” living choral composers, and his festival,” Contemporary Crossroads For complete details on the Mu- works enjoy a large and enthusiastic 2006 will feature four other concerts: sic Today schedule, see our website international following. Oregon Wind Ensemble on Nov. 17; at music.uoregon.edu ◆ 6

Festival. She also has a chapter STUDENT AWARDS & ACTIVITIES forthcoming in the Cambridge Com- panion to Ballet titled “Balanchine.” Alison Altstatt, a graduate student Royal Conservatoire in the Hague, Matilda was awarded a fellowship in music history, gave a paper at the Netherlands. A student of Kathryn for study of Italian in the 2006 sum- 2005 International Medieval Confer- Lucktenberg, she completed her mer program at Perugia. She is a ence in Kalamazoo, MI. She also bachelor’s degree in June. She is a graduate student in music history. was one of twelve graduate students member of the Jefferson Baroque selected from various disciplines Orchestra and has performed with Junior flute performance major and the only musicologist to attend the Reno Philharmonic and the Reno Heather Cairns, a student of Nancy the Erasmus Institute program at Chamber Orchestra. Andrew, was one of ten selected out the University of Notre Dame. In of 65 applicants to attend Brevard addition, she and Caitlin Snyder Laura Berryhill, a graduate student Music Center this summer. co-authored a 50-page chapter to in music history, won admittance for appear in the book The Sequences two consecutive years to the Early Senior violinist Elizabeth Doty, a of Nidaros: A Nordic Repertory and Music Workshop in Urbino and in student of Kathryn Lucktenberg, Its European Context, edited by As- Belluno, Italy. won a teaching assistantship at the sistant Professor Lori Kruckenberg. University of Missouri-Kansas City. Jason Britton, a graduate student Nathan Baker, a graduate student in music theory, gave a paper to Cody Forcier (graduate tuba), and in music theory, gave a paper titled the 2006 West Coast Conference Skyler Johnson (undergraduate “‘A’ Tonnetz for Schoenberg: A Neo- of Music Theory and Analysis in euphonium) were first place winners Riemannian Approach to Atonality,” Vancouver, B.C. titled “Lurking in at the 2005 Harvey Phillips North- in April 2006 to the West Coast the Background: Functional Tonality west Big Brass Bash Solo Tuba and Conference of Music Theory and in Debussy.” He presented the same Euphonium Competition. Both are Analysis in Vancouver, B.C. paper in February to the Texas Soci- students of Michael Grose. ety for Music Theory. Violinist Rose Barrett took second Margret Gries, a graduate student place in the 2006 Petri Foreign Matilda Butkas recorded keyboard in music history, is conductor of the Music Study Competition. She works of Mattheson and played a Jefferson Baroque Orchestra, and has will receive $5,000 to be applied selection of them in the Fringe Festi- given a full period-instrument per- toward her goal to study at the val as part of the Boston Early Music formance of Handel’s Messiah, plus numerous other concerts in the past year. She performed on both early violin and viola, together with Anne Dhu McLucas and Michael Ander- son, on a Mozart Birthday Concert at Collier House in January.

Amanda Herman, an M.F.A. can- didate, represented the UO Depart- ment of Dance with a duet, “[In] the Space Between,” at the 2006 Northwest Region American College Dance Festival in Laramie, WY. Her- man choreographed the piece and performed it with undergraduate dance major Forrest Bailey. Twenty- seven schools from as far away as Virginia were represented at the fes- tival, and 37 works were performed for adjudication. Herman’s work was awarded one of eleven slots on the festival’s Gala Concert program. Guest violist Marcus Thompson works with UO sophomore Kate Rogers. Thompson gave a recital and master class at the music school winter term, Darin Hoskisson, a Ph.D. graduate as part of a special series focused on diversity. in music theory, gave a paper titled 7

“Webern’s Das Augenlicht, Op. 26 piece was one of 559 works submit- read her paper on rhetoric in Mon- and the Musical Idea” in February to ted from around the globe. Mei-Ling teverdi at the 2005 meeting of the the Texas Society for Music Theory; is a graduate student in intermedia Society for 17th-Century Music, and his paper won the award for Best technology. was awarded admittance to the Early Student Paper. Music Workshop in Urbino and in Senior pianist Maykin Lerttamrab Belluno for two consecutive years. Thérèse Hurley’s paper on the use of won first prize in the Music Teach- harp in John Dowland’s music won ers National Association (MTNA) Jamie Webster presented her paper, the award for best paper at the 2005 Collegiate Piano Competition for Or- “Performing Polishness: Musical Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting egon, and was runner-up for MTNA’s Choices in a Professional Polish- of the American Musicological Northwest Division in January. American Ensemble” at the 2005 Society. She has a chapter forthcom- Maykin, a student of Claire Wachter, national meeting of the Society ing in the Cambridge Companion to also won the Oregon Music Teachers for American Music, which met in Ballet titled “Tchaikovsky’s Ballets.” Association Piano Award (first prize) Eugene. She also presented “Politics Hurley is a doctoral student in mu- in Portland in May. of Passion and Purity: Cultural Ide- sic history. alism and the Choreography of Crypt Aaron Rosenberg a graduate student Scenes from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Bassoonist Helena Kopchick won in composition, received a $3000 Juliet” at the Pacific Northwest chap- first prize in the 2006 Lillian and Gary E. Smith Summer Grant, which ter meeting of the American Musi- Paul Petri Foreign Study Scholar- he used to study composition in cological society at the University of ship Competi- Paris under the auspices of the Euro- Lethbridge, Alberta, and presented tion. She will pean-American Musical Alliance. again at the national meeting of the receive $8,500 Society of Dance History Scholars in to be applied Senior Lionel Thomas, a double ma- Banff. Jamie is a graduate student in toward her jor in violin performance and music music history. professional education, won a full scholarship goal to study to the Aspen Music Festival. He is a Rose Whitmore, graduating with at the Grieg student of Kathryn Lucktenberg. a master’s in harpsichord perfor- Academy in mance, received a DAAD grant from Bergen, Nor- Junior violinist Gordon Tsai won the German government to study way. A student first prize in the Young Artist in Germany, and was chosen as an of Steve Vacchi, she completed Competition of the Coeur D’Alene alternate for a 2006-07 Fulbright her master’s degree in bassoon Symphony in Idaho. A student of grant. A student of Barbara Baird, performance this June. Kopchick is Fritz Gearhart, Tsai played the Saint Whitmore will be studying primarily also the contrabassoon substitute Saens concerto organ with Wolfgang Zerer in Ham- for the Eugene Symphony and plays with the Coeur burg, Germany. ◆ bassoon with the Eugene Opera D’Alene Sym- Orchestra and the Oregon Mozart phony before Players. Kopchick was also a finalist a full house in the 2006 Ladies’ Musical Club of of 1,200. The Seattle Competition, and performed next day, he Walter Mays’ Rhapsody with the UO performed a Symphony as one of four winners in Beethoven the annual UO Concerto Competi- violin sonata tion. with pianist I-Yi Pan, another UO music under- Lynn Kane, a Ph.D graduate in graduate, for a radio broadcast. music history, received a graduate student award to pursue her dis- Zachary Wallmark, a graduate stu- sertation research at the Library of dent in music history, gave a paper Congress during fall term. at the Society for Ethnomusicology Northwest chapter meeting in Febru- Mei-Ling Lee’s composition, Engram, ary, titled “Japanese Aesthetics and was accepted for programming at their Transition into Modernity.” the 2006 International Computer Euphonium soloist Adam Frey at the Music Conference, held at Tulane Jamie Weaver who received her Oregon Symphony Prelude concert University in New Orleans. Lee’s Ph.D. in music history this spring, in the Schnitzer Auditorium lobby. 8

OREGON BACH FESTIVAL SALTZMAN TO RETIRE Royce Saltzman, co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival, will retire Festival Registers Solid Year from his position as executive direc- tor next year. Saltzman will stay at with Concerts and New CD the helm through the 2007 festival and then assume a new role by guid- he Oregon Bach Festival Helmuth Rilling, cofounder and ing the completion of the festival’s concluded its 2006 season with conductor, was equally pleased. $10 million endowment, which is Ta triumphant final concert, a new CD “We had many great performances,” currently at $5.2 million. recording projected for a spring ‘07 Rilling said. “Especially the Mozart “Royce Saltzman’s remarkable release, and a solid year at the gate. C Minor Mass, in this 250th anniver- energy and vision has produced Before a performance of the sary year of Mozart, and the Haydn a world renowned festival that Mozart Requiem, Executive Director Creation Mass, a work which is not brings lustrous achievement to the Royce Saltzman recounted high so often heard. I am very pleased University of Oregon in the perform- points of the 17-day event of the that so many people could come and ing arts,” said UO President Dave University of share in this Frohnmayer. “His talent has been Oregon, which at- wonderful crucial at every stage in the develop- tracted audiences music.” ment of this wonderful festival and from 279 cities This in the way that it has touched lives, in 37 states, and year’s Festival quite literally around the world, for six countries, and exceeded the better.” featured more $350,000 in Helmuth Rilling, the festival’s than 400 perform- sales, 92% of artistic director, said “the inter- ers from Taiwan, its goal, with national music community has Japan, Canada, more than benefited for many years and in Germany, Poland, 15,200 ticket many ways from Royce’s leadership. and across the buyers and Together we will work to ensure that U.S. a total audi- his legacy, this great music, taking “We broke Violinist Pilar Bradshaw (B.S. 1991) ence, includ- place in such a supportive commu- new ground with visits with cellist Susannah Chapman. ing free events nity, will continue.” new interpreta- and other Brad Foley, dean of the School tions of works by Bach,” Saltzman activities, of nearly 28,000. The sales of Music and Dance, is chairing the said, referring to the American mark included five sellouts. search committee, with a successor premiere of The Sound of Eternity, Saltzman was satisfied with expected to be in place for the 2007 a movie inspired by Bach’s Mass in the gate but said those figures need festival. B Minor, and the eclectic re-inter- to be improved for the long-term Saltzman came to the UO School pretation of the Goldberg Variations success of the event. “These are not of Music in by pianist Uri Caine. “Virtually easy times for arts organizations, 1964 and without exception, in every concert, ourselves included,” he said, point- served as the audience members commented to ing to future planning efforts that school’s associ- me about the high quality of this will include analysis of an extensive ate dean for summer’s Festival. audience survey project. 12 years. He “We inaugurated music per- Rilling and pianist/conductor has served on formances in the new First Baptist Jeffrey Kahane will be back when five National Church with a sold-out hall. We set the Festival returns June 29–July Endowment for the stage for listeners around the 15, 2007. The schedule includes the Arts panels world to discover the brilliance of the Missa Solemnis of Beethoven, and has been Haydn’s Creation Mass with a live the majestic oratorio King David by national president of the American recording. And with major gifts from Artur Honegger, and the Theresa Choral Directors Association and the Lilah Stangeland and Tom Wild- Mass by Haydn, the Festival’s next president of the International Fed- ish families,” Saltzman emphasized, recording project. Guest artists will eration for Choral Music. “we were able to push beyond the include piano sensations The Five Under Saltzman’s leadership, halfway mark in our drive for a Browns and humorist/composer the festival has grown from a one- $10 million endowment, right on PDQ Bach. ◆ concert workshop into a $1.6 mil- schedule.” lion international event. ◆ 9

the Oregon Mozart Players; articles Contact Baird at bbaird@uoregon. FACULTY published include “Matthias Ziegler edu for further information; Harp- Interview,” Flute Focus Internation- sichord and Organ Workshop at Nancy Andrew: made three pre- al Flute Magazine (New Zealand), Southern Methodist University, sentations at the national Flute As- October 2006, Issue 4; and “Musical Dallas, TX; and elected dean of the sociation convention in Pittsburgh, Manipulations: An Interview with Eugene Chapter of the American including a lecture titled “The Life Matthias Ziegler,” The Flutist Quar- Guild of Organists for the third year. and Legacy of Marcel Moyse” which terly, v. 31:3, Spring 2006. she also gave at the University of Wayne Bennett: performed with the Colorado and at the Colorado Flute Barbara Baird: extensive solo and Sunriver Festival Orchestra and the Fair; a lecture-recital “Sightread- duo recitals with organist Julia Eugene Symphony Orchestra. ing Examination Pieces from the Brown in Oregon, California, Texas, Paris Conservatory, 1873-1918”; and Washington, and Argentina; solo Jack Boss: presided over a meeting a world premiere performance of harpsichord and organ concert in of the West Coast Conference of Echoes of Memory by UO Composer Yachats, OR; CD recording on the Music Theory and Analysis at the Robert Kyr; presented a master class Fritts/Richards organ at All Souls’ University of British Columbia, Van- at the University of Colorado School Episcopal Church in San Diego, Pas- couver, BC, and chaired a session on of Music; performed several times torale, Partita, and Preludes at the “Music and Meaning in fin-de-siècle with the Eugene Symphony and Point, featuring music of J. S. Bach. Vienna”; pre-concert lecture for Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble’s performance of Pierrot Lunair; completed a five-year term as reviews editor of Music Theory Online, the electronic journal of the Society for Music Theory.

Shannon Chase: conducted the Dis- trict III Honor Choir Festival, Forest Grove, OR; and the Salem All-City Middle School Honor Choir Festival, Salem, OR; paper by R. Moore, S. Chase & H. Chen, Accuracy of Pitch and Intervals when Echo Singing with Hand Movements and Notation by Eight and Ten Year Olds from Taiwan, U.K. and U.S.A., presented at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) Research Judy Bossuat with young violinists at the World Suzuki Conference in Italy. Commission Seminar and the ISME World Congress; paper presented at Judy Weigert Bossuat: conducted a master class and teacher training at the Collegiate Interest Session titled the Fairbanks Suzuki Institute and the Ithaca Suzuki Institute; presented “Tips: Practical Solutions for the teacher training units “Every Child Can” and Suzuki Violin Book 1, at the First-Year Teacher,” presented at the Intermountain Suzuki Strings Institute; “The Importance of Listening and Oregon Music Educators Association Review in the Suzuki Method,” Arizona Suzuki Association, Phoenix and State Conference in Eugene. Tempe; “To Speak or Not to Speak,” American String Teachers National Convention, Kansas City; “Body Balance and String Playing,” Cleveland Steven Chatfield: published article institute of Music; “Excellence Even with Challenges: Music Reading for in the Journal of Dance Medicine Children with Neural Processing Difficulties,” Suzuki Association of the and Science, “A critical review of Americas Conference, Minneapolis; published in the European Suzuki the prevalence of secondary amen- Association, Web Journal, a reprint of 2005 ASTA article, “Eye Dominance orrhea in ballet dancers” (2005); and String Playing – Does It Matter?”; elected to the American String Teach- plenary panel at the 15th Annual ers Association (ASTA) national board of directors for a two-year term. She Meeting of the International As- presented “Bow Distribution in Early Suzuki Violin Book One” at the 14th sociation for Dance Medicine and World Suzuki Conference in Turin, Italy, where she also taught small and Science, “An interactive workshop large groups of children and conducted more than 1,400 children on the to build consensus on methods of final concert. Continued next page 10

FACULTY, continued Mozart Players, performing Bern- Repertory Dance Company, which stein’s Serenade; performed and tours in Eugene, the coast, and in measurement for total turn-out in conducted a master class at Virginia Bend; collaborates to bring dance dancers,” Stockholm, Sweden. Commonwealth University, Rich- classes to Shelter Care Residents, mond, VA; guest soloist with Uni- Eugene. Christian Cherry: The News from versity Symphony, Mozart Concerto Poems, remix of voice and piano No. 5 in Florence and Eugene, OR; Walter Kennedy: visiting artist- scores, toured Canada, Pennsylvania, Oregon Festival of American Music, in-residence at Randolph Macon Chicago, and Oregon, and continues at the John D. Shedd Institute, Woman’s College in Lynchburg, VA to tour in U.S. Eugene, OR; featured clinician at the (fourth consecutive year), to create 2006 American String Teachers As- a new work and teach technique; Jenifer Craig: company co-director sociation/National School Orchestra guest master teacher and concert- (with Rita Honka), tour director, Association National Conference in dance-movement workshop for and lighting designer for UO Reper- Kansas City; Star Spangled Banner, dance educators, sponsored by the tory Dance Company; residency arr. Livingston Gearhart, ed. Fritz University of California at Irvine coordinator (Gabe Masson and Tif- Gearhart, Ludwig Pub. Department of Dance. fany Mills); workshops: Springfield High School, Isaac Newton Magnet Michael Grose: performances Toby Koenigsberg: solo jazz piano Arts Middle School (Newport), Teri included Harvey Phillips Northwest recital, Tokushima, Japan; appeared Jerrigan’s All That Jazz studio; South Big Brass Bash, Eugene; Tuba-Eu- with the jazz group Spin, the Dan Eugene High, North Eugene High, phonium Day, University of Idaho; Loomis Trio, and the André Can- Cottage Grove High, and the High Eugene Symphony, Oregon Sympho- niere Quintet, all in New York City; Desert Middle School (Bend). ny, Brevard Music Center Festival performed frequently in Oregon, Orchestra, Cascade Music Festival New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva- David Crumb: received Aaron Co- Orchestra, Portland Symphony nia, and Canada, both solo and with pland Award Composer Residency Brass, Portland Festival Symphony; the Toby Koenigsberg Trio (Toby for December 2005; and the Yaddo soloist with the UO Symphony Koenigsberg, Tyler Abbott, Jason Colony Artist Residency for Janu- Orchestra; received a $4,500 UO Palmer) ary/February 2006. Summer Research Award in support of a tuba recording project. Amy Goeser Kolb: performances Charles Dowd: West Coast premiere included the Oregon Bach Festival of the concerto, Raise the Roof Rita Honka: director/leader of orchestra; Eugene Opera/Ballet; for Timpani and Orchestra, by Dance Africa, toured seven area Eugene Symphony; Oregon Mozart Michael Daugherty with the Eugene elementary and middle schools; co- Players; Portland Opera; Oregon Symphony; principal percussionist director (with Jenifer Craig) of UO Symphony; Chamber Music at the with the Paul Winter Consort at the Hult Center; The Charles Dowd Goodvibes Jazz Duo, featuring Tracy Freeze, performed at Sala Zilch in Guanajuato, Mexico, at the North- west Percussion Festival at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, and in Emporia, Kansas; contin- ues as principal timpanist with the Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene Sym- phony, Cascade Festival of Music, and Oregon Coast Music Festival.

Brad Foley: performed with the Eugene Symphony Orchestra and in the Faculty Artist Series at Sherman Clay/Moe’s Pianos, Portland, OR.

Fritz Gearhart: performed at the Music in the Mountains, Tucson AZ; University of Akron: String Workshop; guest soloist with Oregon Dance Africa in one of its many annual performances. 11

Barn (Wichita KS), tenth anniversary From the Circling Wheel, six choral Anne Dhu McLucas: From Scotland concerts; concerto performance and pieces in two sets, E.C. Schirmer to America–‘Gilderoy’ in American master class at Drury University, Pub., Boston; published chapter, Tune Books and Tradition, Society Springfield, MO; guest teaching at “Listening and the Art of Survival,” for Ethnomusicology, Northwest University of Minnesota. in Engaging Europe: Rethinking a Chapter meeting; and Society for Changing Continent, ed. Gould and American Music meeting in Chi- Dean Kramer: lectures: “Melody, Sheridan, Rowman & Littlefield, cago; book chapter “Silent Music: The Essence of Music,” for Eugene 2006; appointed chair of the Yale The Apache Transformation of a District OMTA; and the World Symphony Orchestra Alumni As- Girl to a Woman” for Musical Child- Piano Pedagogy Conference in Los sociation. hoods and the Cultures of Youth, ed. Angeles; lectures and master classes: Susan Boynton and Roe-Min Kok “Bach’s Well-Tempered Keyboard,” Steve Larson: keynote lecture- (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan Univer- for Roseburg District OMTA; and performance presentation by S. sity Press, 2006), pp. 49-66. solo and collaborative performances Larson and K. Waters, “Intention, at Sherman Clay/Moe’s Pianos, Port- Improvisation, and Inevitability,” Terry McQuilkin: premiered Stygian land, OR; received a $4,500 UO 2006 Fourth Interna- Boat Ride and Dance, with flutist Faculty Summer Research Award. tional Schen- Nancy Andrew and harpist Laura ker Symposium; Zaerr, Beall Hall; and Legacies, Lori Kruckenberg: published Larson and for piano 4-hands, commissioned “Celeste organum and Stola iocun- Keith Waters by OMTA, with pianists Ellen ditatis,” Internationales Begegnung- gave a keynote McQuilkin and Margaret Littlehales, szentrum der Wissenschaft, Munich; presentation of Portland, OR; guest speaker at OMTA “The Meaning of Metz: The Role of their lecture- state conference in Portland; named Messine Chant in the propagation of performance, the Oregon Music Teachers Associa- Cultural Iden- “Conversations tion 2006 Composer of the Year. tity,” American with Monk and Evans” to the an- Musicological nual meeting of the Music Theory Eric Mentzel: sang the lead role of Society An- Society of New York State; chair, Galileo in the world premiere of the nual meeting, Theory Classroom Strategies, annual opera, Stargazer, by Garrett Fisher, Washington, meeting of College Music Society in Seattle, WA; sang with the ensemble DC; “A New Quebec; and Residency at the New Sequentia in Columbus, OH, New Kind of Song: England Conservatory in Boston, York, and Vancouver and Victoria, Congaudentes with lectures on “Musical Forces BC; director and soloist with the exultemus and and Rhythm,” “Musical Forces and Medieval Women’s Choir, Seattle, the Sequence, Circa 1100,” Oregon Expressive Meaning in Chopin’s WA; The Music of Heinrich Isaac for Humanities Center Work-in-Prog- Nocturne in Eb major (Opus 27/2)”; the Seattle Early Music Guild; mas- ress Talk; and “Neumatizing the published “Musical Forces and ter class on the music of Johannes Sequence: Expressing the Inexpress- Melodic Expectations: Comparing Ciconia at the Royal Conservatory in ible,” International Congress on Computer Models and Experimental The Hague, The Netherlands. Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI; Results,” Music Perception; “Mea- published two chapters in The Se- suring Musical Forces” (co-authored Steve Owen: performed with the quences of Nidaros: A Nordic Reper- with Leigh VanHandel); and Music Oregon Festival of American Mu- tory and Its European Context, ed. Perception “Rhythmic Displacement sic; Emerald City Jazz Kings (many Lori Kruckenberg (Trondheim: Tapir in the Music of Bill Evans” appeared performances); Chandler Gilbert Academic Press, 2006): “Making a as a chapter in Structure and Mean- Community College Jazz Festival, Sequence Repertory: The Tradition ing in Tonal Music: A Festschrift for Phoenix (guest alto saxophone solo- of the Ordo Nidrosiensis Ecclesiae,” Carl Schachter. ist); University of Kansas; University pp. 4-55, and “Two Sequentiae no- of Northern Colorado; and Simpson vae at Nidaros: Celeste organum and Mark Levy: Balkan Music and Dance College, Indianola, IA; conducted Stola iocunditatis,” pp. 297-342. Workshop: Mendocino, CA, and Iro- the Chandler Community College quois Springs, NY; published “Euro- Jazz Band, Phoenix, AZ; presented Robert Kyr: nineteen performances pean American Musical Cultures” in clinics at the University of Oregon/ of his works in Oregon, Washington, Music Cultures in the United States: LCC Jazz Festival (jazz improvisa- Minnesota, and Japan, including the An Introduction,” ed. Ellen Koskoff, tion), and the Pleasant Hill Jazz Fes- November premiere of Pure Silver, pp. 161-184 (co-authored with Carl tival (rhythm section); continues on with Nancy Andrew; published Rahkonen, Christopher Goertzen, the faculty of the University of Kan- Three Hopes for the Future, and and Jennifer Post), Routledge 2005. ContinuedJeffrey Stoletnext page 12

FACULTY, continued Band and Orchestra Conference, ductors.” After the seminar, he was Chicago, IL. Satellite Beach Sym- coordinator and panelist of sessions sas Jazz Camp, and directs the UO phonic Orchestra; and Bethel School at the 27th ISME World Conference Summer Jazz Improvisation Camp. District Middle/High School Honor in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and D. Band, Eugene; adjudicator/clini- A. Sheldon and H. E. Price (2005), Timothy Pack: published “Obrecht’s cian for Shasta Band Invitational; Sex and instrumentation distribu- Approach to Five-Voice Composi- lectures at: University of Colorado, tion in an international cross-section tion As an Extension of Regis’s “The Effect of Changing Syllables of wind and percussion ensembles, Axial-Tenor Model,” Interna- to Facilitate Slurring by Middle Bulletin of the Council for Research tional Colloquium “Jacob Obrecht School Trumpet Students” and in Music Education, 163, 43-51. (1457/58-1505): The Quincentenary “The Development and Application Conference.” Antwerp, Belgium. of a Rubric to Assist Pre-service, David Riley: performances in Or- Beginning, and Inexperienced Wind egon, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Virginia, Phyllis Paul: presented Children’s Conductors Identify Quality Wind New York City, and British Colum- Emotional Responsiveness to Music, Band Literature.” bia; new CD, Bela Bartok: Chamber 2006 MENC National Conference; Works, with Jasper Woods, violin, Salt Lake City, UT; Educating the Steven Pologe: performed at the and Ricardo Morales, clarinet, Exceptional Child: Strategies for Green Mountain Chamber Music Endeavor Classics/Allegro Records, the Elementary Music Classroom, Festival, Burlington, VT; Grand 2006. Washington Music Educators As- Teton Music Festival, Jackson Hole, sociation 2006 Conference, Yakima, WY; performance and master class at Stephen Rodgers: published “Men- WA; article published, “The effect Virginia Commonwealth University, tal Illness and Musical Metaphor of manipulating sound envelope Richmond, VA; concerto perfor- in the First Movement of Berlioz’s components on identifying wind mance, Bowling Green Symphony, Symphony Fantastique,” in Sound- instrument timbre,” Bulletin of the Bowling Green, KY; lecture/recital, ing Off: Music and Disability Studies Council for Research in Music Edu- University of Kentucky, Lexington, (Routledge, 2006); received a fellow- cation, No. 166, Fall 2005. KY; published article, Characteris- ship from the Oregon Humanities tics of shifting movements in cellists Center to pursue research on his Sharon Paul: conducted three per- (with J. Chen and M. Woollacott), in article, “Berlioz and the 19th-Cen- formances of the Eugene Symphony Experimental Brain Research, 2006. tury French Romance: Convention, Chorus; conducted UO Chamber Ingenuity, and Autobiography in His choir at the Oregon Music Educators Harry Price: papers presented at Late Songs.” Association 2006 MENC National Convention, and Northwest Salt Lake City, UT: Relationships Doug Scheuerell: tabla soloist at ACDA; paper Among Conductor Ensemble Perfor- the UO International Studies June presented, mance Quality, and State Festival graduation ceremony; included Rehearsal Ratings; Content Analysis of Four among the top 100 educators of 2006 Techniques: National Music Conferences (pre- by the International Biographical Keeping the sented with E. K. Orman); and The Centre, Cambridge, England; and Brain in Mind, Effect of Keyboard Ownership on selected Man of the Year 2006 by the Iowa Choral Di- Keyboard Performance in a Music American Biographical Institute. rectors Associa- Fundamentals Course. Chaired tion, Summer the Research Commission of the Idit Shner: performed in Israel, Flor- Convention and Symposium, Mason International Society for Music Edu- ida, and Washington State; featured City, Iowa; clinician at Fresno Pa- cation (ISME), organized the 21st soloist with Diva in Washington, cific University Invitational Choral International and the Ramat Hasharon Orchestra Festival, Fresno, CA; clinician at Seminar on Re- in Tel Aviv; played with the Eugene Biola University High School and search in Music Symphony Orchestra and at the College Festivals, Los Angeles, CA; Education in international SEAMUS conference; conductor at Hawaii All-State Choir, Bali, Indonesia, performed a 45-minute saxophone Honolulu, HI; masterclass clinic and presented a concert every day at rush hour for at Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, paper as co-au- two months as part of “Bach on the Pasadena, CA. thor, “Teaching Bus” initiative; featured soloist with Evaluations and the Eugene Symphonic Band; and Timothy Paul: guest conductor Comments of featured soloist and clinician at the at Bistro Concert Series, Satellite Pre-Service Music Teachers Regard- Irish Jazz Festival, Eugene, OR. Beach FL; Midwest International ing Expert and Novice Choral Con- 13

Marian Smith: “The Disappearing and Information Sciences; chapter Bach Festival, the Colorado Sym- Danseur,” presented at the national in book, “Wild Speculations and phony, Cascade Music Festival, and meeting of the Society of Dance Simple Thoughts: Teaching Music Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary History Scholars, Banff, Alberta, to Dancers in Higher Education,” Music (Santa Cruz, CA); conducted Canada. Teaching Dance Studies, Routledge master classes at the University of Press, July 2006; and compact discs: Massachusetts, the University of Jeffrey Stolet: had works performed Ghost String, IMG Media, 2006; and Rhode Island, and the Community including: Caminos Terribles, De- Music from SEAMUS, vol. 15, featur- Music School of Springfield (MA); siertos Crueles at the International ing Tokyo Lick, SEAMUS, 2006. performed at the College Music Computer Music Conference, Barce- Society National Convention. lona, Spain, and at the Mix Electro- Leslie Straka: principal violist with Acoustic Music Festival, Beijing, Eugene Opera Orchestra; directed Milagro Vargas: performed on the China; The viola class performance of National Faculty Artist Series program at Leaking Noise Anthem at UO basketball game; pre- Sherman Clay/Moe’s Pianos, Port- of Skin that sented clinics with Medford Middle land, OR; soloist in Handel’s Mes- Falls, Tokyo School Orchestra. siah with the Honolulu Symphony. Lick, Caminos Terribles, Ugo- Ann Tedards: invited soloist: Arts Claire Wachter: summer faculty kanu hone ni Administration Conference, Eugene; service at the University of Kansas chiisana mushi and “Holiday Serenade,” Corvallis. in Lawrence for the International In- ga muragari at stitute of Young Musicians; lecture the University Charles Turley: invited soloist: Med- for the Eugene District OMTA and of Illinois; Ghost String at the SEA- ford, OR Music Fest; the University lecture-recital at the World Piano MUS National Conference, Eugene, of Oregon Symphony; and the Eu- Pedagogy Conference in Los Angeles OR; and Gongs of Tiny Insects at gene Opera; assistant director and on “Domenico Scarlatti: The Chopin the Florida Electroacoustic Music performer for Opera in the Ozarks; of the 18th Century”; collaborative Festival, University of Florida; “Per- finalist in the NATS National Con- performance at Sherman Clay Pia- formance, Data Mapping Strategies ference competition in Minneapolis. nos, Portland, OR; President of the and Metaphor in Tokyo Lick,” paper Eugene District OMTA. and concert demonstrations at: Steve Vacchi: performed with the Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan: Oregon Mozart Players, Eugene Op- Sean Wagoner: performed with the University of Illinois; and University era, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, Oregon Mozart of Oregon, Department of Computer Young Artists at the Schnitz, Oregon Players, Eugene Ballet/Opera orches- tra, and the Cascade Festival.

Amy Stoddart: performed two works created by UO dance colleague Rita Jeffrey Williams: principal trombone Honka; and two duets with Kim Vetters of the LCC Dance Faculty (Familiars with the Eugene Symphony; bass at LCC in November and at UO’s Dougherty Dance Theatre in February, trombone with the Oregon Bach Fes- and Union at LCC in May); created tival; and trombone with the Oregon a new work for M.F.A. candidate Festival of American Music. Lowry Champion, titled Anita, a character study and a historical Carl Woideck: symposium panelist fiction; presented two papers, “Body at Utah State University, and at the Story: An Historical and Analytical Portland Jazz Festival; adjudicated Examination of Balanchine’s Cho- at the Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival, reographic Periods” for the Congress and the Sheldon High School Jazz On Research In Dance; and “Teach- Festival. ing the Whole Dancer: Experiencing Dance History Through Multiple Laura Zaerr: performed Celtic mu- Intelligences” for the National sic with the ensemble Village Green Dance Education Association; com- at the Eugene Irish Festival, and missioned by Oxford University with Trilogy at the Yachats Music Press to write an article for the Festival, Yachats, OR, and in Red- Encyclopedia of the Modern World ding, CA, and Ashland, OR; played to serve as an overview of the role of with Trio Bonae Vonuntatis (harps PHOTO BY MICHAEL BY PHOTO BRINKERHOFF theatrical dance and ballet in world and flute) in Corvallis and Salem, Amy Stoddart in Union by Rita Honka history since 1750. ◆ OR. ◆ 14

Brian McWhorter, Assistant Profes- NEW MUSIC & DANCE FACULTY sor of Trumpet, received his M.M. in trumpet performance at The The School of Music and Dance welcomes seven new Juilliard School, and a bachelor’s tenure-track faculty this year in trumpet performance from the University of Oregon in 1998. Most Ruth Dobson, Adjunct Instructor of a member of the American Liszt recently, he served as assistant pro- Voice, received her M.M. in Vocal Society, College Music Society, and fessor of trumpet and jazz studies at Performance from the University of Music Teachers National Assn. Louisiana State Cincinnati College Conservatory of University, and Music, and her Maria Dossin, Faculty Fellow and also has taught B.M.E. from the Adjunct Instructor, received an at East Carolina University of M.F.A. cum laude in choral con- University and Montana. Prior ducting from Moscow Tchaikovsky Princeton, to her retirement Conservatory (Russia). She also among other in 2005, she had teaches piano and voice, including institutions. been a music solfeggio. Before McWhorter has professor at beginning her broad perfor- Portland State career in the U.S. mance experience, both ensemble University since in 1998 (includ- and solo, including Meridian Arts 1977. In addi- ing choir director Ensemble, Guys with Big Cars, the tion to being director or co-director and conducting Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, of the Astoria Music Festival, Port- in Wisconsin, and the New Jersey Symphony land SummerFest, PSU Opera The- Louisiana, and Orchestra. In addition to winning ater, and Bel Canto Northwest Vocal Texas), she had many awards and actively compos- Institute, Dobson has an extensive extensive concert ing and arranging, he performs on array of performances to her credit. experience in Russia and Brazil, recordings, broadcasts, and web- She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, including conducting the Moscow casts. the National Opera Association Tchaikovsky Conservatory Choir and Board of Directors, National Federa- the Choir of the Russian Academy Lydia Van Dreel, Assistant Professor tion of Music Clubs, and National of Music. She continues an active of Horn, received her M.M. from Association of Teachers of Singing, performance schedule as conductor, The Juilliard School in 1993 and among others. singer, pianist, and organist. her bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin in 1991, both degrees Alexandre Dossin, Assistant CoCo Loupe, Assistant Professor in horn performance. Before coming Professor of Piano, received his of Dance, earned an M.F.A. from to Oregon, she was adjunct profes- D.M.A. from the Ohio State University (2006) Cho- sor of horn at University of reographic Track, with research em- Manatee Com- Texas-Austin, phasis investigating an alternative munity College and an M.F.A. choreographic process model. Loupe in Florida. Van from the Moscow earned a B.F.A. in dance from the Dreel has been Tchaikovsky University of Southern Mississippi the co-principal Conservatory (1994), and has a decade of experi- horn for the (Russia) in 1996. ence in the professional circuit as Florida West Before coming an independent Coast Sym- to Oregon, Dr. choreographer, phony since Dossin was an assistant professor performer, and 1996, and has at the University of Wisconsin-Eau company direc- performed in many professional and Clair. He has performed extensively tor. She was a festival orchestras—including the and won many prestigious awards in leading graduate Colorado Music Festival—as well as piano competitions, including first teaching fellow on Broadway, and in opera produc- prize in the 2003 Martha Argerich at Ohio State, tions in the U.S. and Europe. International Piano Competition where she was in Buenos Aires. His CDs include the first graduate Eric Wiltshire, Assistant Director A Touch of Brazil (Blue Griffin student assigned to teach in the ma- of Bands and Assistant Professor of Recording, 2005) and Verdi-Liszt jor courses. Fall term she will teach Instrumental Music Education, re- Paraphrases (Naxos, 2006). He is modern, ballet, and jazz. ceived his Ph.D. in music education 15

half-movements, he enthusiastically VIEWPOINT plays with rubber balls and the box of musical instruments, and he is fascinated by the bubbles floating Musings from a New Mom through the air as class is ending. And, of course, the reality is that on the Value of Dance Sylvan is learning about the world and his body through everything he By Julie Polhemus instructed by Rachael Carnes of experiences. Just which synapses I used to dance with Dance Af- Sparkplug Dance. While I sometimes fire when we waltz together I’m not rica simply because I love to dance. feel like the class is a welcome sure, but judging from his wriggling, Sure, I knew that the kids adored social outlet for me, I can’t deny joyful little body, something good is us and that it’s important to educate that Sylvan benefits, too: he smiles going on in the developing folds of our audiences about African culture through “One, two, buckle my his brain. and performing arts; but really, I was shoe” with the accompanying body So what does this mean for in Dance Africa to dance. Dance Africa? Well, I used to But now that I’ve become a wonder how valuable a single parent, I’ve been considering the performance could be for a child in value of every new experience to our audience. I always knew that my son—and, consequently, to all our shows could be inspirational: children. When I find myself feeling we might be the spark in a child’s guilty for dragging Sylvan along to life that makes her insist she needs a rehearsal or dance class, I remind to drum, dance, or learn more about myself instead that I am giving him African culture. In those cases, the opportunity to hear and feel Dance Africa will have contributed rhythms and see body movement to enhancing that individual child’s which he may be starting to recon- imagination, building her strength, cile with his own movements. improving her coordination, and Sylvan and I also attend connecting her to a community. Neuro-Nurture, an infant dance class Julie Polhemus and Sylvan Ultimately, though, that spark only happens for a few, and we should instead consider the value of a Dance Africa show as an experience NEW FACULTY, continued NSEMBLE EWS E N : that contributes to making each from the University of Washington, The Toby Koenigsberg Trio (Toby audience member even a little more and an M.A. in music from Washing- Koenigsberg, Tyler Abbott, Jason well-rounded and educated. This is ton State University. Before coming Palmer) performed at the Rochester the way we reach most students—in to the UO, he was assistant professor International Jazz Festival, the subtle ways, in ways we probably of music at the Yamaha Piano Concert Series, the can’t measure and can’t see. University of Tony Williams Jazz Festival, the I will probably never fully un- Dayton (Ohio), Portland Jazz Festival, at Linn- derstand how dancing with Sylvan where he was Benton Community College, and at when he’s under a year old really director of various venues in the Eugene area. contributes to his development, the Pride of The Trio had two CDs released this and we members of Dance Africa Dayton March- year: Sense, and Push, the latter may not see the lasting fruits of our ing Band, and containing five original composi- labor. But I intuit that when Sylvan taught courses tions by Koenigsberg and also falls asleep to the sound of African in marching featuring guest artist Rich Perry. drumming, he’s gaining understand- band pedagogy, ing even when his eyes are closed. instrumental conducting, arranging, The Oregon String Quartet (Fritz Similarly, our audiences pack us literature and resources, and low Gearhart, Kathryn Lucktenberg, away into their bodies and brains, brass pedagogy. Wiltshire’s research Leslie Straka, Steven Pologe): new learning when they least expect it. ◆ and publication topics include the CD recording on Koch Entertain- marching band’s role in education, ment label, The Oregon String Julie Polhemus, who received her composer Gregory Youtz, and Quartet and All That Jazz, explor- M.S. in Environmental Studies in arranging for the small marching ing jazz influences in the contem- 2002, has been a member of UO’s band. ◆ porary American String Quartet. ◆ Dance Africa ensemble since 1999. 16

ALUMNI

Robert Gust Luoma (M.A. 1954) has published a book, Stirred but Not Shaken in Life and in the Arts, Memoirs with a Twist. For a fuller description, see his website [www. rgluoma.com]. The paperback with discount is available directly from ALUMNI DINNER PHOTO ?? [email protected].

Doree Jarboe (B.Mus. 1962), music director of Grant High School in Portland, received an award for Educational Excellence from the UO College of Education Alumni Association.

Nancy Yeamans (B.A. Dance, 1971) is in her 30th season as artistic direc- tor of Metro Dancers, a company of teens and adults. She also is Mira Frohnmayer (center) visits with Jenifer Craig (right) and alumna hon- executive director of Portland Metro oree Dianne Markham at the Distinguished Alumni Dinner held in June. Performing Arts Center and School, the parent group of Metro Dancers. Pastega Award for Excellence in Tim Ryan (M.S. Dance, 1989) and Teaching 2006–07. Oberst is a pro- Sherie Ryan (M.S. Dance, 1989), Dan Siegel (B.S. 1976) has released fessor of dance at Western Oregon directors of Center for Movement his 18th solo album, Departure, with University, where she has been a Arts in Portland, presented their 8th a world tour to follow. It is the com- teacher and choreographer since annual recital in June at Mt. Hood poser-keyboardist’s second album 1987. Community College Theater, featur- with Native Language Music, blend- ing Tim and Sherie’s choreography ing his melodic and rhythmic pop and dancing by nearly a hundred of sensibilities with his traditional jazz their students. roots. Others on the all-acoustic, live ALUMNI in-studio album include longtime Kathryn Chilcote (D.M.A. 1991) is friends and colleagues Brian Brom- NOMINATIONS associate professor in the School of berg, Bob Sheppard, Lenny Castro, Music at West Chester University, and Vinnie Colaiuta. REQUESTED PA, where she teaches voice and an art song repertory course. She has Alumni of the School of Ray Miller (M.S. Dance, 1977; Ph.D. written an autobiographical novel, Music and Dance are invited Theatre, 1984) became chair of the Maurizio e Caterina: A Love Story, to submit nominations for the Department of Theatre and Dance published by Author House [www. annual Distinguished Alumnus at Appalachian State University authorhouse.com]. The book is also Award. (Boone, NC) last July. He has also available at www.amazon.com. Dean Foley confers with an been elected to serve as president for advisory committee to make the the Congress on Research in Dance. Tiffany Mills (B.A. Dance, 1991) and final selection, and suggestions His wife, Jessica Wood (M.S. Dance her Tiffany Mills Dance Company for nominees are welcome. 1978), teaches cultural anthropology presented “Godard Plus One” at the Names and a brief summary at Appalachian State University. She Duke on 42nd St. in New York, June of the candidates’ background received her Ph.D. in Dance from 1–3. The multi-dimensional impro- and accomplishments may be Texas Woman’s University, and is visational work was a collaboration sent or e-mailed to Dean Brad doing research on the Sunrise Dance between award-winning filmmaker Foley ([email protected]) at of the White Mountain Apache. Ela Troyano, internationally re- the School of Music and Dance, nowned composer Ikue Mori, and preferably before November 1. Sharon Stokes Oberst (M.S. Dance, Mills as director-choreographer. 1987) received the Mario and Alma 17

Catherine Solaas (B.S. Dance, 1993; tion. His Organ Symphony was Carolyn Stock (M.M. 2002) teaches M.S. 1996) received a commission premiered by the Tulare County instrumental music at the West from the Norwegian Wind Ensemble Symphony Orchestra in March; it Park Academy of Fine Arts and to create a new choreographic work was commissioned by them for the Technology in Chicago. She is also set to composer Rolf Wallin’s Stone- newly installed organ in the Fox an adjunct instructor with UO music wave. The work was premiered on Theater in Visalia, California, where alumni Matt Shevitz (B.S. 1999) and the opening of the Boom Crash Bang the orchestra is based. Rob Detchem in the Humanities De- Culture Festival (Bomkrasjbang) in partment of Harold Washington Col- April in southern Norway. Stone- David Demant (1997–98) was named lege, teaching music theory, music wave is Solaas’s second work com- the 2005 Outstanding Music Educa- appreciation, and private clarinet. missioned by the Norwegian Wind tor of the Year from the North Coast Carolyn is engaged to Mark Chapin Ensemble, following last year’s work Section of the California Music Edu- (B.M. 2001), who is a private guitar set to Toru Takemitsu’s Raintree. So- cation Assn. Demant has directed instructor at Chicago’s Lincoln Park laas moved to the Oslo area in 2005, the Winship Middle School (Eureka, Montessori School, and who has a and initiated a dance education pro- CA) music program since 2002. He studio of guitar students and young gram for children and adults in rural has added a jazz band, a year-long rock bands from the Chicago area. Norway. In 2006, she was chosen chorus, and a Fiddle Club where to represent the Royal Academy of students learn fiddle tunes, by ear, Corrie Cowart (M.F.A. Dance, 2003) Dance as National Administrator for one day a week after school. has accepted a one-year full-time Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. appointment at Muhlenberg College Laura Raucher (M.S. Dance, 2000), in Allentown, PA. She will teach Bernie Scherr (Ph.D. 1998) was archivist for the Martha Graham a variety of courses and direct the promoted to associate professor Foundation the past three years, has student choreography concert. at Hardin-Simmons University accepted the position of archivist for in Texas, where he is head of the the New York City Ballet. Tim Cowart (M.F.A. Dance, 2004) Department of Theory and Composi- has completed his first year as Direc- tor of Dance at DeSales University in Allentown, PA. Kelly Kuo (B.A. 1996) spent his summer as music staff for Cincinnati Opera’s Tosca and Un ballo in maschera. He also made a return appearance Jasmyne Greer (B.A. Dance, 2005) in July at Strathmore Hall (MD) as music director of Opera International’s begins her second year teaching “Vocal Gala Concert,” and joined the staff at Rising Star Opera Theater in dance at Florence High School in Indiana, where he conducted performances of Cosi fan tutte and Rimsky- Arizona. She has initiated a high Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri. This past season, he served as assistant/ school dance company which will cover conductor and principal pianist for Opera Pacific’s Tosca, Aida and perform throughout the district, L’italiana in Algeri, also serving as harpsichord continuo in the latter and in especially for elementary schools. Kentucky Opera’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Kelly made his debut with the Pa- cific Symphony in April as a harpsichordist and performed chamber music Carolyn Mullin (Ph.D. 2005) concerts with members of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pacific Symphony. gave a paper titled “Completely Rising Chinese tenor Yu Qiang Dai brought Kelly to Beijing in March to Incomplete: Rhythmic and Melodic coach him on the role of Radames, Contour as a Means of Continuity in after which he auditioned immedi- Webern’s Unfinished Cello Sonata ately onstage at La Scala and was (1914)” to the 2006 Music Theory offered performances of the same Southeast Conference at the Univer- role on the spot for the upcoming sity of North Carolina. She gave the season. In the 2006–07, season Kelly same paper in April to the New Eng- will conduct performances of Rachel land Conference of Music Theorists Portman’s The Little Prince for Tulsa at the University of Hartford. Opera and ten performances of Fiddler on the Roof at Lyric Opera David Castro (Ph.D. 2005) gave a pa- San Diego. He will also be principal per titled “Sonata Form in the Music pianist for Porgy and Bess at Los of Dmitri Shostakovich” in March Angeles Opera and Opera Pacific, 2006 to the South Central Society for Don Giovanni and Carmen at Opera Music Theory at the University of Pacific, Lucia di Lammermoor at Southern Mississippi. Castro is as- Kelly Kuo Kentucky Opera, and La Rondine at sistant professor of music theory at Lyric Opera San Diego. ◆ the University of Texas-Arlington. ◆ 18

over 50 years. Backlund was organ- wife, Patricia Metcalf Chase (a 1947 IN MEMORIAM ist and choirmaster at Zion Lutheran UO alumna). Memorial contribu- Church in Oregon City. In 1948 he tions may be made to Eugene’s First D. Howard Backlund (B.A. 1937) became organist at St. James Lu- Baptist Church Music Ministry. died March 8, 2006, in Portland. Dr. theran Church in Portland, where he Backlund studied organ and piano at played for 12 years. In retirement, Mettie Louise Maxwell passed away the University of Oregon, graduating he was active as a substitute organist April 26 at age 90. As a child, she with a degree in music education. for Portland area churches. loved learning, He later earned a master’s degree in reading, and education at the UO and a doctorate Lowell Chase (B.A. 1949) died music, and in education from OSU. He taught March 14 of age-related causes. He pursued those high school in Prairie City and Oak- was 80. After serving in the Air interests as an land and was a substitute teacher for Force as a B-17 tailgunner during adult, attending Portland Public Schools. In 1947, World War II, he returned to Eugene the UO School he joined Vanport College, where and received his bachelor’s degree of Music. She he founded the music department. in music from the UO in 1949. Al- played violin He was the first music instructor at though he had a career as an insur- and piano, per- Portland State University, where he ance agent, Chase filled his life with forming in the directed the 52-voice choir. Back- music. He was a tenor soloist and a Symphony Orchestra and in local lund was a member of Delta Pi longtime member at Eugene’s First ensembles. Memorial contributions Epsilon and Kappa Delta Pi profes- Baptist Church, may be made to the UO Founda- sional education societies. In 1976, and performed tion/School of Music and Dance for he retired as a professor emeritus. in local musical a violin scholarship in her name. In 1945, he was elected a Colleague theater produc- of the American Guild of Organists tions. He was a Elaine Jenkins Armes (B.A. 1936) (AGO). He was a past dean of the member of the passed away May 20 at age 93. As a Portland Chapter; an Honorary Life Eugene Gleemen UO student in 1931 she majored in Member and was associated with for decades. He Allied Arts, which in those days in- the Portland Chapter of AGO for is survived by his cluded music. She excelled at music theory and also loved jazz, spending hours working on improvisation. Af- HAVE WE HEARD FROM YOU LATELY? ter graduating, Elaine became the as- sistant to Maude Stehn, wife of UO band director John Stehn. She went on to teach private piano lessons. 9/06 UO School of Music & Dance Alumni Empathizing with student hard- WHAT’S UP? ships, she would often waive her NAME______Class of ______fee in order to Degree______encourage “any Comments______student who had ______promise,” but ______whose family could not afford ______to pay for lessons. ______Elaine and her My current address: (please print) This is a change of address husband, Cecil, had two children, Address______Anne Armes Mace and Romey Armes, who both attended the UO; City______State______Zip______Romey graduated from the School of Phone (day)______(eve)______Music in 1962. Elaine was a member of Oregon Music Teachers Assn. for E-mail______three decades. She was proud to ____ I have more news to share! Call me for a more complete update. make a gift of her Steinway grand piano, selected by Fritz Steinway You may also send your alumni news for Ledger Lines via e-mail c/o our himself, to the UO School of Music Development and Alumni Relations Office: [email protected] and Dance. ◆ 19

Estates, Foundations and Businesses: Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation 2006 DONOR HONOR ROLL International Business Machines Corporation Metropolitan Life Foundation Oregon Tuba Association Peace Presbyterian Church Your Gifts, Our Thanks Orthopedic Healthcare Northwest The Presser Foundation Music Gifts July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006 Sherman Clay (formerly Moe’s Pianos) More than 1,205 contributions yielded $3.49 million to the School of Music and Dance in academic year 2005–06. Ninety-nine percent of the total dol- $500 + lars were gifts from individuals, with corporate and foundation philanthropy Helen ‘51 and John Backlund ‘50 rounding out the remainder. We are immensely grateful for such generosity. Alen Bahret ‘87 Barbara Baird ‘88 Space constraints limit public acknowledgment to only those who made Virginia and Chandler Barkelew gifts of $100 or more during the past academic year. However, we thank all of Janice Conley Bond ‘89 and Daniel Bond our donors. Your gifts are exceptionally important in helping us transform the Denny Boom ‘81 Peter Carson ‘68 lives of students, faculty, and the community by creating tomorrow’s outstand- Dorothy Clark ing music educators and performers. Judy and James Clinton ‘65 Beppino Fontana Lee ‘43 and Ehrman Giustina ‘42 $25,000 + Estates and Businesses: William Green ‘50 Estate of Henry A. Alexander Sharon Heitman Glee and Dwight Davis ‘65 QUALCOMM, Inc. Kay Neilson Holbo ‘63 and Paul Holbo Leona ‘51 and Robert DeArmond ‘52 Random Lengths Publications, Inc. Sue Thorson Keene ‘72 Henry Easley Victoria and Douglas Lundsgaard Virginia ‘71 and Timothy Foo ‘68 William Macaulay Kathleen D. Richards Grubbe ‘41 $1,000 + Betty and Kenneth Metzler ‘51 Mary Ann and Niles Hanson Helen and James Miller The Robert and Dixie Harrison Family Exine Bailey Phyllis Helland and Raymond Morse ‘85 Marilyn Griffith Kays Maxine Barnes ‘46 Jane ‘53 and Arthur Moshofsky ‘52 Lorry Lokey Linda Nelson Beach ‘68 and Lawrence Beach ‘65 Mary Sipprell Pool ‘84 and Robert Pool Susan and Craig McClellan ‘69 Catherine Henke Behm ‘65 and Jerry Behm Wanda and Morrette Rider John Orme ‘74 Dorothy and Peter Bergquist Marie-Louise and Kenton Sandine ‘63 Ruth Staton Siegenthaler Diane Davis Boly ‘64 Sylvia ‘81 and Alan Seder Kenneth Singer Ronica Anderson Bruce ‘58 Barbara Bagley Sellin ‘46 Marilyn ‘50 and Calvin Smith ‘50 Nonnie and Paul Cole Dana ‘76 and Paul Skillern ‘72 Carol and Tom Williams Diane and Brad Foley Stephen Stone ‘49 Margaret and Peter Gontrum Alvin Urquhart Estates and Foundations: Catharine ‘66 and Roy Gray, Jr. ‘66 Helen Vagner Estate of Marguerite Hart Grundig Margaret Guitteau Sarah and James Weston The Singer Foundation Roberta Clemmens Hall ‘60 and Larry Hall ‘59 Swigert Foundation MJ and Philip Hillstrom ‘68 Estates, Foundations and Businesses: Estate of June Winter Joan ‘65 and James Hladky Galifco Oregon Marilyn Miller Husen ‘45 Guitar Center $10,000 + Donnie and Donald Lutes ‘50 The Heitman Group, Inc. Ann Gerlinger Lyman ‘55 and Ronald Lyman ‘54 David B. Anderson Barbara ‘00 and Victor Mann Lynn and David Frohnmayer Fern ‘80 and Harley McArthur $100 + Jacqueline ‘62 and Richard Hinchcliffe Randall Moore ‘63 Johnetta and Donald Adamson ‘55 Ival McMains ‘70 Adith Moursund Maria Adrian John Mortensen ‘92 Mardi Chase ‘74 and William Mueller ‘74 Andrew Ahlers ‘95 Natalie Giustina Newlove and Robin Newlove Ann Lamon Musgrove and Wayne Musgrove Nick Notos ‘44 Rachel and Haim Alcalay Janet McNeill Aldrich ‘66 Estates and Foundations: Patricia Harris Noyes Lee Alexandrow-Busch and Brian Busch ‘63 The Ford Family Foundation Laramie ‘83 and Theodore Palmer Gretchen ‘60 and Paul Plath Susan and Gary Allen ‘69 Lisa and Jon Stine ‘82 Constance ‘84 and Brent Anderson ‘88 $5,000 + DeNel Stoltz ‘90 Katharine Grossman Anderson ‘61 Terri and Jon Anderson Mary and John Tachouet ‘64 Nenice and David Andrews ‘67 The late Elaine Jenkins Armes ‘36 Nancy Yeamans Thompson ‘71 and Gregory Patricia Andrews Harlow Head ‘63 Thompson ‘71 Vicki Archer ‘68 LaRayne ‘61 and Eliot Jenkins Cheryl Luan-Wells ‘08 and John Wells Elissa Dyson and Clark Ashworth Samuel McClure III ‘66 Sandra and Jeffrey Williams Patricia Atkins and Jeannine Heidenreich Mary Glass O’Leary ‘55 and Jay O’Leary Gloria and H. Dewey Wilson ‘46 Phoebe Smith Atwood ‘45 Carole and Clyde Quam ‘62 Donna P. Woolley Rebecca Youngstrom and Ronald Atwood ‘78 Doris Beck Sjolund ‘70 and Lynn Sjolund ‘51 Harold Zurcher ‘50 Paul Axcell Gordon Tripp ‘41 Linda Baccei ‘83 Mary Lou ‘56 and Pierre Van Rysselberghe ‘56 Continued next page 20

Michael Bandonis ‘77 Priscilla and William Deatherage ‘52 Anita Sullivan and Edwin Good Clare Beal Bantsari and Richard Bantsari ‘62 Leanna and Dean Deters ‘90 Kathryn and Richard Gordon Scott Barkhurst ‘68 Sharon Devol ‘75 Kelly Spohn Grall ‘84 and Brian Grall Jean and Theodore Barss Victoria Kuhn Dilworth ‘82 & Richard Dilworth Gail and Walter Grebe ‘60 Constance and Richard Bass Rebecca Wilbur Dodd ‘77 & Kit Dodd ‘77 Mary Ijams Gregg ‘51 Marie-Claude Raddi Battistel & George Battistel ‘92 Margaret Gates Donivan ‘65 & Frank Donivan John Guitteau ‘80 Daniel Beach ‘91 Mary Hudson Douda ‘55 Janice Bird Gunderson ‘68 Beverly ‘54 and Jerry Beall ‘55 Sarah Douglas Susan VanLom Gutgesell ‘75 & Bruce Gutgesell ‘76 Janice and Melvin Beck ‘69 Donna and Milford Dowdy ‘75 Alice and Wendell Haley ‘41 Nancy Belcher ‘70 Michael Drennan ‘68 Diane ‘76 and James Hallstrom ‘75 Mike Bellotti Elisabeth and Robert Dubin Barbara and J. T. Hamilton ‘52 Claire Berger ‘73 Patricia Barry Duerfeldt ‘61 & Donald Duerfeldt ‘62 Barbara L. Hamilton Elizabeth ‘91 and David Bickford ‘92 Virginia Fisk Dunphy ‘86 and John Dunphy Jr. Kathleen and Charles Hamilton Mabel and C. Morton Bishop, Jr. Kimberly Barger Durand ‘91 and Mike Durand Mari and Colin Hammon ‘82 William Bitar Frances Jordan Dyke ‘86 and Thomas Dyke Roland Harris ‘62 Norma ‘50 and Don Blythe ‘51 Melva and Thomas Harris ‘70 Kenneth Boettcher Suzanne and Art Hasuike Margaret ‘54 and Walter Bohnstedt ‘54 Gean Hatzantonis Sally ‘52 and Ralph Bolliger “Without the School of Donna and Russell Hawk ‘50 Arlene and Thomas Bolton Music and Dance, we Susan and David Hembree Kimberlee and Timothy Borman ‘73 Nancy Danner Hemenway ‘79 Judy Bossuat would not have the varied Karen Skoog Hendricks ‘65 & Wayne Harrison Barbara and Kerry Bott Judith and James Hendrickson ‘70 Susan Rockey Bowles ‘75 and Roger Bowles ‘75 arts in our community and Lynn and Douglas Henne ‘74 Kathleen Boyes ‘77 state. The faculty, student, Jacquelene ‘53 and Hollis Hilfiker Barbara Brandt Christine Radford Hill ‘69 and Dennis H. Hill Joanna Lester Branvold ‘62 & Wendell Branvold and alumni performers Victor Hill IV ‘66 Barbara and David Brazelton Marcia and David Hilton Ruth and Clifford BreMiller bring a wealth of talent The late Elaine Hodges Retha and Carl Brophy ‘47 to other music groups that Starly Friar Hodges ‘52 Margaret and William Brower ‘73 Ronald Hodges Linda Cavett Brown ‘66 and Brian Brown ‘66 they perform in, like the Douglas Hofstadter ‘72 Yvonne Stuwe Buermann ‘63 & Hugh Buermann Eugene Symphony.” Elizabeth ‘89 and Mark Holden Martha ‘75 and Larry Bunyard ‘66 Jodyne Eastwood Holloway ‘71 & John Holloway Janet and James Bursch —Milt and Carole Quam Lavern and Sherrill Holly ‘60 Lee Alexandrow-Busch and Brian Busch ‘63 Mary Hopkins Susan Butler Mary and Richard Hornaday ‘61 Kenneth Butters Katherine Girton Eaton ‘52 and Burt Eaton Delsey Howard Amy Cannon ‘97 Madge Ebright ‘39 and Robert Holman Charles Humphreys ‘52 Barbara ‘62 and Duane Cargill ‘63 Christine and Michael Edwards ‘83 Karen Yuen Hwang ‘58 Jane and Dunbar Carpenter Ellen Edwards ‘95 Bernice Isham ‘76 Eloise Carson ‘77 and Ryan Lawrence Jennifer ‘70 and Robert Edwards ‘72 Kerry ‘02 and Steven Itami ‘92 Janet Knitter Carter ‘70 Richard Elkus ‘86 Robin ‘71 and John Jaqua ‘49 Mary Margaret Casanova Kristine Hall Engstrom ‘81 and Larry Engstrom Catherine ‘81 and David Jensen ‘69 Faris ‘90 and Sidney Cassell Penni and David Ericson Anita Holmes Johnson ‘51 & Arthur Johnson ‘50 Yuan-Chai Cheng ‘75 Linda ‘59 and John Eskildsen ‘58 James L. Johnson, Sr. Li-Chen Chin ‘91 Lynn Falk ‘98 Judith Johnson Dana Kaye Clark Joyce ‘66 and Joseph Farruggia ‘69 Lucile Johnson Diane and Jeffrey Cleven Cynthia and John Ferguson ‘66 Marie and Aaron Jones ‘44 Tona and William Cohendet ‘68 Margot Fetz John Jones ‘60 Jeanne Collins and Norman Purdy Keith Ford Patrice and Robert Jones Jr. Helen and John Collins Cecelia Lyon Forrest ‘77 and Scott Forrest Cindy and Gary Kehl Judy Collins Helen Davis Forrester ‘38 Alice and Norman Kelley Jeanne ‘62 and Dennis Collis Leslie Fournier ‘85 Reida and Charles Kimmel Elizabeth and Arlie Conner Jr. ‘77 Frances and Robert Fowells ‘45 Alisa Ashworth Kincade ‘89 & Richard Kincade Jr. Joan and Stanton Cook Marian and Peter Frank Lois Wiebe Kingsford ‘66 Lis Cooper and Douglas Couch ‘73 Richard Frey Jr. ‘63 Frederick Kinsman David Corbin Marcia Baldwin and Mira Frohnmayer ‘60 E Lorene and Merle Kirk Deborah Correa and Dan Browning Merilyn Fullerton ‘56 Janet and James Kissman Jenifer Craig Cynthia Longley-Gahlsdorf ‘72 & Roger Gahlsdorf ‘72 Eunice Freise Kjaer Linda Barnes Crawford ‘77 & John Crawford Jeanette and Jay Gano George Kjaer Berthenia Crocker Louise and Murray Gast ‘79 Scott Klein ‘84 Joan and Otto Crumroy Jr. ‘56 The late Carl Gerlinger ‘33 & Helen Gerlinger ‘33 Lynn and Philip Klingensmith Antonio Cruz-Uribe Keith Gibson Kristin Schleich Klotter ‘87 & Donald Klotter ‘86 Elizabeth and Charles Curtis Pamela and Cheryl Gifford Doris and Norman Kolln Pamela and Michael Dakof Susan and Michael Gillette ‘68 Jon LaBranch ‘67 Kathryn and Lee Daniel Verda Giustina Ceci Lafayette Irene and George Daugherty Marcia James-Gluz and Arie Gluz Glen Lamb ‘51 Darrell Davis Georgene ‘51 and George Gmahling Elizabeth Walker Lane ‘43 Jeannette Bobst ‘75 and Gerald Davis ‘62 Ann Goldeen Rosemary and Robert Larson Mary ‘82 and Michael Day ‘82 Sherri and Jerry Goldman Lawrence Lavelle ‘53 Michael Lee ‘86 Hope Hughes Pressman ‘42 Miriam McFall Starlin Bill LeFors Harry Price Janet Rutledge Steidel ‘74 & Mark Steidel ‘73 Barbara Leighton Nancy and William Purdy Paula and Daniel Stern ‘69 Marc Levy Britta ‘68 and Klaus Putjenter Teri and Thomas Stevens Phyllis and Joe Lewis Diane ‘54 and Jack Pyle ‘53 LaDean and William Steward ‘60 Madeline and Winfrid Liepe Jennifer and Barry Raber ‘90 Dorothy ‘54 and Richard Stewart ‘54 Sandra and Robert Little Carolyn Rayborn ‘58 Janet Stewart Cherie and R Bruce Long Alice Burke ‘83 and George Recker Jeffrey Stolet Gail and Robert Loperena Leslie and Eric Redman ‘80 Deborah Duce Straughan & James Straughan ‘69 Emily Rhodes Lorraine ‘47 & Ted Lorraine ‘69 Edith and William Reich Judith Beard-Strubing and Bob Strubing Rosiland Randles Lund ‘64 & Jon Lund ‘63 Marilyn Reischke Roberta ‘64 and Douglas Sweetland ‘68 Lisa Macpherson ‘93 & Cullen MacPherson Michelle Renwick Quintard Taylor Sr. Janet Couey Maich ‘60 & David Maich Bette and Dwayne Rice ‘70 Loretta and Dirk Ten Brinke Robin Manela ‘65 Shirley ‘53 and James Rippey ‘53 Mary ‘64 and James Theda ‘64 Sharon and Thomas Mann Barbara Robben ‘57 Nancy and David Thomas Laurie Maricle Ron Robbins Tracy Thornton ‘92 Deena and Jason Marruffo Erna and Harold Rockey Kathryn Torvik Carol Carpenter Matthews ‘74 & David Matthews ‘76 Dee Rogers Russell Tough Elizabeth and Frederick Maurer Marcia and Gerald Romick Sarah and Charles Turley Meta Maxwell Carol Mangold Roth and Leland Roth Willie and Don Tykeson ‘51 Dianne Barton Mayer and Richard Mayer ‘59 Mary and Myron Rothbart Alice Hamilton Vasey ‘75 & Michael Vasey ‘62 Evelyn Shirck McConnaughey ‘50Lanet Hoyer Scott Rubey ‘02 Margaret ‘64 and Lyle Velure ‘63 McCrary ‘83 & Mark McCrary ‘85 Phyllis and Howard Rubin Clint Venekamp ‘84 Jane and Duncan McDonald ‘72 Theron Ruiz, Sr. Linda Bondy Vie ‘88 and Curtis Vie ‘79 Margaret and Lawerence McGuan Mary Knappenberger Ryder Frederick Viscardi Anne Dhu McLucas Stephen Ryder Josephine and Peter von Hippel Carla McShane Beth Hadley Ryer and Charles Ryer ‘72 Marjorie Waller ‘65 Byron Meadows ‘60 Jane ‘50 and Robert Sanders ‘51 Robert Wallin ‘87 Marie Peery Medford ‘48 & E. Leslie Medford F. Charlotte and John Schellman Carol Wannier Heather Meldrum and Dainis Irbe Donna and Bernard Scherr ‘98 Sally and Kim Ward ‘66 Saralee Melnick ‘84 and Tom Astle Michael Schindler Sue ‘66 and Steve Warrington Wayne Mercer ‘54 Gregory Schultz ‘71 Gary Washburn Anne Merydith Karen Schwartzrock ‘85 Donn Wassom Marjorie and Alfred Mikesell Gail Whittier Schwieger ‘68 & Gary Schwieger Betty and Thomas Waud ‘58 Thelma and Donald Montgomery Dale Scott Margaret and Daniel Weill Robin and Steven Moon ‘78 Barbara Sue Seal and William Seal ‘59 Harriot West ‘79 Eileen and Charles Moresi ‘90 Karen Seidel Ann and Donald White Jane ‘51 and Gerald Moshofsky ‘52 Patricia and John Shama Gwendolyn and Douglas Whitmore Lindy Mount C. Faye and A. Davis Shuler Patricia ‘63 and William Wilber Ann ‘86 and Erik Muller ‘65 Sharon and Glenn Silvers Doris Williams Barbara ‘78 and John Mundall Marvin ‘52 and Lester Simons ‘52 Evelleen and Marshall Wingard Randy Muramatsu ‘83 Gene Slayter ‘51 Sue Wolf Christine and John Murphy Emma and Allen Sloan Patricia and Rodney Wong ‘62 Julia Murray Susan and John Slottee Sharon Anderson Wooden ‘53 & James Wooden ‘53 Nancy and Saul Naishtat ‘95 Catherine and John Smith Sarah Hunt Wright ‘86 & David Wright ‘85 Annette Childreth Newman ‘72 Sharron McCabe Smith ‘58 Joan Kropf and Alan Yordy ‘81 Kay Niegel James Smurthwaite ‘49 Nikki and James Zant ‘72 Robert Noma ‘95 Brenda and Steven Sobella Beth and Steve Zerkel Joan Bayliss and Irwin Noparstak Debra and Raymond Socia Helenann ‘69 and Maurice Ziegler Donna O’Neil Douglas Spencer Rose and Bruce Odekirk Joan and Wayne Spencer Estates, Foundations and Businesses: Elizabeth Olson ‘51 Molly and Jonathan Stafford ‘69 A & G Washburn, Inc. Sally ‘52 and Richard Olson ‘51 Astoria Chiropractic Jill ‘03 and Jack Overley Beaverton Toyota Company, Inc. Frances ‘69 and D. Nelson Page ‘65 Beyond Images Photography James Parosa ‘72 “I give to support the Business Property Trust LLC Ilene Shulman Pascal ‘66 and Cecil Pascal marching band each year Chevron Matching Gift Program Cheryl Nesler and David Patterson Dr. Matthews Dental Group, LLC Elizabeth and Kenneth Paul because they add pizzazz Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Phyllis and Timothy Paul Forrest Paint Company Patricia and Martin Peets ‘62 to the football games and HSBC Zelma Perini complete the game pack- Intel Foundation Barbara Perry ‘68 and Robert Weiss Microsoft Corporation Aileen Peterson age. And my wife, Catha- Northrop Grumman Foundation Soria ‘90 & Eric Phillips-Meadow ‘94 Rennie’s Landing Joan Mimnaugh Pierson ‘50 & Stanley Pierson ‘50 rine, is a musician and Science Application Int’l Corp Sharon and Michael Posner played for the UO bands Starbucks Coffee Company Susan and Albert Poston ‘69 The Performance Technology Group Betty and Gordon Powell as a student.” Tykeson Family Charitable Trust Sharon and Lloyd Powell ‘55 —Roy Gray ‘66 United Way of Lane County Camilla Pratt Zip-O-Log Mills, Inc. SPECIAL EVENTS: MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL: COMING EVENTS Contemporary Crossroads 2007 FESTIVAL OF BANDS • Jan. 26: Joe Powers & Lewis Childs FACULTY & GUEST ARTISTS: October 7 • Jan. 27: Phil & Ellen Frohnmayer • Jan. 28: Eugene Contemporary Obo Addy & Okropong Robert Hladky Birthday Chamber Ensemble World Music Series, Oct. 6 Concert & Reception • Jan. 28: Oregon Composers Forum Seattle Pro Musica October 17 • Jan. 29: So Percussion Ensemble • Jan. 30: Pacific Riim Gamelan Vanguard Series, Oct. 16 HOMECOMING WEEKEND Miami String Quartet with November 3-4 Groundbreaking ceremony for build- soprano Arianna Zukerman ing addition. (See article on page 3) Chamber Music Series, Oct. 19 For more information about UO School of Music and Dance MUSIC TODAY FESTIVAL: Marc Vanscheeuwijck, cello programs, events, and faculty, Contemporary Crossroads 2006 Faculty Artist Series, Oct. 21 check our web site: The School of Music’s biennial music.uoregon.edu Alexandre Dossin, piano celebration of 20th and 21st century Faculty Artist Series, Oct. 22 music. (See article on page 5) • Nov. 17: Oregon Wind Ensemble Idit Shner Jazz Quartet • Nov. 18: Tormis Choral Workshop The University of Oregon is an equal Faculty Artist Series, Oct. 27 • Nov. 18: Tormis Choral Concert opportunity, affirmative action institu- • Nov. 19: University Symphony tion committed to cultural diversity and Center City Brass Quintet • Nov. 20: Eugene Contemporary compliance with the Americans with Chamber Music Series, Nov. 12 Chamber Ensemble Disabilities Act. 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