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n June 30, UNI Jazz Band I, Maiz performed at a Fourth of July Day that dates back to the mid-'SOs. An old 0 accompanied by Orquesta Alto Celebration sponsored by the American converted barn with auditorium seating, a Maiz and a small entourage, International Club of Geneva. This annual balcony and adjacent bar, the club had embarked on a two-week European tour that celebration, which originated in 1952, drew wonderful acoustics. It has been host to was highlighted by performances at the thousands of people. While in Geneva, many prominent jazz musicians over the prestigious Montreux and North Sea jazz several people took a train to "old town" for years. Maynard Ferguson's band recorded a festivals. Both groups are directed by Robert shopping and sightseeing. During the live album there several years back. Each Washut. Several members of Orquesta Alto following two days in Montreux, both groups group played a long set, with UNI Jazz Band I Maiz (Tallcorn Salsa Band) perhaps being the favorite are UNI Jazz Band I alumni, among the many including bassist Forest knowledgeable jazz Stewart (B.M. '84), musicians and aficionados trumpeters Al Naylor (B.M. in attendance. This was '78, M.M. '92) and Brent certainly one of the Sandy (B.A. '81) and musical highlights. percussionists Ed East The next day, after a (B.M. '84) and Dan lunch stop in Veere, Hummel (B.A. '77). In Holland, we headed for addition, Assistant Rotterdam, our final hotel Professor Tom Barry, destination. Here sound technician for Orquesta Alto Maiz Orquesta Alto Maiz, performed its final gig at provided sound Jazz Cafe Dizzy in a not-so­ reinforcement for both nice part of the city until groups throughout the the wee hours of the tour. Other guests morning. The following included renowned local afternoon, after time for artist Gary Kelley, his wife, shopping and sightseeing Linda, and Tom Romanin, UNI associate vice performed back-to-back at three different in Rotterdam, we all went to The Hague, the president of Student Services. venues - Rouvenaz, Stravinsky Terrace and sight of the famous North Sea Jazz Festival. The group flew into Zurich, Switzerland Petit Palais - and received enthusiastic Jazz I performed its last concert there in the via London and bussed to the beautiful responses at each. The weather was perfect, packed Escherzaal, the venue for school big historic city of Lucerne. From there, we the view of Lac Leman and the French Alps bands. The band tore it up, playing an headed to the picturesque mountain resort was gorgeous and the music was cooking. eclectic program for a very enthusiastic of Grindelwald with stops in Brienz and The next destination was Heidelberg, with audience. The performance proved to be a Interlachen along the way. Grindelwald, a lunch stop in Freiburg. We had a little time fitting musical finale for the tour. Afterwards, nestled in the majesty of the Swiss Alps, for sightseeing around the famous we all set off for the many performing venues provided abundant hiking opportunities. Hauptstrasse area before dinner. Then of the jam-packed festival. We were able to Undaunted by the steady rain, several people another Alto Maiz gig at the Markushaus hear some of the greatest jazz musicians in trekked three quarters of the way up the ensued, where the band attracted a crowd of the world, all under the roof of the cavernous Schreckhorn, some 10,000 feet. For many of enthusiastic dancers. Congresgebouw. them, it was literally and figuratively the high rom Heidelberg, we set out north to msterdam was the next destination, F Awith a brief stop at a cheese farm on point of the tour. Antwerp, Belgium with a Rhine River From Grindelwald, we went to Montreux, cruise between Bacharach and Boppard the outskirts of the city. The streets of the the extraordinarily beautiful city that hosts along the way. Immediately after checking in city were congested with tourists and locals, the famous jazz festival. Immediately after to our Antwerp hotel, we drove to a beautiful and we all went our separate ways. Several checking in to our hotel, most of the group rural area called Heist-Op-Ten-Berg for people visited the van Gogh museum, while departed for Geneva, where Orquesta Alto dinner and a gig at Club Hnita, a jazz club others opted for the notorious part of town. continued on page 3 Glee Club completes tenth European tour

he UNI Varsity Men's Glee Club, T directed by Robert Byrnes, completed its tenth European tour during spring break. Glee Club members visited the Dachau Concentration Camp, sang informally at St. Peter's Cathedral in Salzburg, sang formally in Grodig (outside Salzburg) followed by a great party with the townspeople, sang informally during a Tirolean folklore show in Innsbruck, visited the Swarovski Crystal Museum in Wattens, skied the Stubai Glacier, took an overnight train from Innsbruck to Florence, visited the Florence Cathedral and Campanile and sang informally in the Cathedral, visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and saw Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, visited Siena and saw the black­ and-white-layered Cathedral and Campanile, sang one song formally in St. Peter's Square in Rome during an outdoor audience with the Pope, visited the Vatican Museums and saw the ceiling Members ofthe UNI Varsity Mens Glee Club in the choir stall to the left ofthe high altar at St. Michelangelo painted in the Sistine Peter's Basilica in Rome. There they sangfar a Mass as part oftheir 1998 European Tour. Chapel, sang formally during a Mass at the high altar in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, sang a formal concert in the 2,000- year-old Church of San Marco in Rome, had wonderful acoustics. Antonella Luth, visited all the sites of Rome, spent the Glee Club concert manager/tour evenings at the Trevi Fountain, visited guide, asked one of the priests if the Glee Naples, Pompeii and Sorrento and, in Club could sing a song. Since it was ten between, the group had some awfully minutes before the service began, the good food and drink, particularly the pasta priest agreed. At the conclusion of singing and wine in Rome - delicious! How's that Salvation Is Created, another priest was for a trip? It was wonderful! very excited to have the chorus members The trip to Pompeii was particularly come back at the end of the service and interesting. On Thursday of the tour, the perform a selection for the Cardinal and Glee Club left Rome at 7 a.m. to go to then also sing for the next Mass. So, the Naples (Napoli), Pompeii and Sorrento. group returned in an hour after a trip Naples, or "old Napoli" as Dean Martin further down the coast to see Sorrento used to sing, is a beautiful city on the and performed Rakhmaninov's Ave Maria coast, and the students took some time for the Cardinal. Everyone was enthralled, out to stop and view the Isle of Capri from and the priest who asked the chorus Naples. It was a gorgeous, warm and members to sing initially shook each sunny day. student's hand personally. The students From there, the travelers went on to were very pleased. One singer confessed Pompeii where they saw Mt. Vesuvius that even though he was supposed to be (from a distance) and visited the ruins of watching Byrnes, he glanced at the Pompeii with a guided tour which was very Cardinal when the Glee Club got to the good. This was followed by a tasty climax of the piece. "His eyes got as big seafood luncheon and then a visit to the as saucers," the student reported. The Church of the Madonna of Pompeii. The singers then went on to sing at the Mass Church was packed with uniformed and enjoy the acoustics of the marvelous military and police personnel preparing for Church one more time. a special High Mass at which a Cardinal was officiating. The Church itself was very large and beautifully decorated inside and Esteemed composer visits UNI

he UNI School of Music hosted the former faculty Testeemed American composer Samuel member Ann Marie Adler for a four-day residency this Rigler; and two March. Adler, professor emeritus at the works for treble Eastman School of Music, worked with UNI chorus, performed faculty composer Jeremy Beck's composition by the UNI Women's students, presented several lectures, Chorus and directed coached student and faculty ensembles and by Sandra Stegman. met with combined classes in aural training A post-concert and theory. A lecture/recital at the Hearst reception was held Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls included at which members two chamber works. The Rocking Horse of the UNI chapter of Winner, for oboe, piano, cello and soprano Sigma Alpha Iota featured School of Music faculty members served cake and Barbara Fast, Tom Barry and Jonathan punch and led the Chenoweth and graduate student Anna group in a rendition Anderson respectively. Also included on the of Happy Birthday. Hearst program were the Adler's residency Meadowmountetudes for solo violin, was made possible performed by faculty violinist Frederick in part through a Halgedahl. grant from Meet the The culmination of Adler's visit was a Composer, Inc. with concert on March 4 which commemorated support from the his 70th birthday. Featured works on the National Endowment An engaging Samuel Adlerfields questions from music students. birthday concert included A Little Night and for the Arts, the Day Music, performed by the UNI Wind Jerome Foundation, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, James Symphony and directed by Ronald Johnson; the Metropolitan Life Foundation and the Lubker, dean. lntrada, performed by the Northwind Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Fund. [Editor's Note: Special thanks to Jonathan Quintet; Wind Songs for organ, performed by Additional funding was provided by the UNI Schwabe for contributing this article.]

Jazz, continued from page 1

We then congregated at the Dam Square for Upon our return, I received the following e­ sterile, as it often happens. The mix between a bus ride back to the North Sea Festival mail letter from a big fan in Montreux. This standards and contemporary items is well which resumed that evening. was the frosting on the cake - that which balanced. I imagine a lot of rehearsal is Our final day was a rainy one. Several makes it all worthwhile: "Dear Bob: I am done. But the result is there: One of the people chose to stay in Rotterdam. Others living in Montreux, and I am a jazz fan. finest Big Bands I have ever heard. I bought took the train back to Amsterdam or to the Switzerland is probably one of the jazz­ all of the CDs and have listened to them Jazz Festival. Marco, our Dutch bus driver, keenest countries in the world. several times. My favorite is Skittish. took the remaining people on a tour of Den Unfortunately, with few exceptions, big I would like to congratulate the UNI Jazz Hague, the home of the World Court and bands do not exist here anymore, so to Band I for their great concerts and wish them other important political institutions. We satisfy my need I have only the high school all satisfaction in their undertakings. I would headed on to Scheveningen, a beach resort and college bands that perform at the also like to thank them and the Orquesta on the North Sea, for lunch and last minute Montreux Jazz Festival once a year. Woody Alto Maiz for three unforgettable days and shopping. The rainy weather, however, put a Herman's was my favorite big band. On a congratulate you, dear Bob, as their 'Master,' damper on any beach activities. We had an live record of Woody's band, he says, 'I have for having taken them to here. Best early departure the next morning, so the day some marvelous cats up here, and I want reg a rd s ... Peter Voegtl i." wrapped up fairly early for most of us. The them to blow right at you.' [Editor's Note: Special thanks to Robert flight home was thankfully smooth and This is exactly what happened with UNI Washut for contributing this article.] uneventful. Jazz Band I. I watched all three concerts you All in all, the trip was an experience of a gave at Montreux. My emotion was big. By lifetime, musically and culturally. Thanks go the time you played Jeep's Blues, I had tears to all of the individuals, departments and in my eyes. The sound is absolutely great, it businesses who helped make it happen. is clear, with a lot of feeling. The music is not 17th Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert

he UNI School of Music cordially Michigan where Tinvites you to attend the 17th Annual he studied with Scholarship Benefit Concert. "A Distinguished Gershwin 100th Birthday Celebration - Porgy Professor George and Bess" will feature New York soprano Shirley. His Luvada Harrison, San Antonio bass­ operatic baritone Timothy Jones and UNI faculty performances tenor Darryl Taylor. The UNI Concert have included Chorale and Northern Iowa Symphony Jake in Porgy and Orchestra will be conducted by UNI faculty Bess, Count member Bruce Chamberlain. Scheduled for Almaviva in Le Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26, Nozza di Figaro, 1998 at 8 p.m., the Benefit Concerts will take Marcello in La Boheme, Master Ford in place at Russell Hall on the UNI Campus. Falstaff, Mephistopheles in Berlioz' La September 26 actually will be the 100th Damnation de Faust and the title role in anniversary to the day of the birth of Mozart's Don Giovanni. He has performed at Gershwin. The presentation of the concert the Aspen Summer Music Festival in The version of Porgy and Bess on the Scholarship Tender Land, Four Saints in Three Acts, The Benefit Concerts will be one of many Magic Flute, Cenerentola and the title role in nationwide Gershwin celebrations Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrove. Jones scheduled throughout the year. Please join has performed oratorio and concert works us in our annual gala to raise funds for music with the Houston, Shreveport, Colorado student scholarships. A festive reception Springs, Greater Lansing, San Antonio and with tantalizing hors d'oeuvres plus Charlotte symphony orchestras. He )\cf One sparkling champagne will follow in Russell currently is an assistant professor of music at Summertime Hall and the Curris Business Building. the University ofTexas at San Antonio. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing Luvada Darryl Taylor My Man's Gone Now Harrison has has a doctorate been featured in and holds degrees J\cf T-o the roles of Serena from the I Got Plenty o' Nuthin' and Clara in University of Bess, You Is My Woman Now Gershwin's Porgy Southern Oh, I Ca n't Sit Down and Bess with the California and the It Ain't Necessarily So Houston Grand, University of I Loves You, Porgy Baltimore, Michigan where Florentine and he studied with }\cf Three Jacksonville opera renowned tenor There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for companies. George Shirley. In New York " ... Baltimore native Luvada Harrison, the United States, Taylor has appeared with Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way! making her operatic debut in the soprano the Sacramento Symphony, the Southeast role of Serena, wailed a My Man's Gone Now Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, the Luvada Harrison and Timothy Jones that proved unforgettable," wrote Scott University of California at Davis Orchestra also will perform at the two sites for Duncan in The Evening Sun. Stephen Wigler and Chorus and on the Young Artists Series champagne and hors d'oeuvres at the end of of The Baltimore Sun expressed a similar at the Aspen Music Festival. His orchestral the concerts. The two serving places will be sentiment, " .. . My Man's Gone Now of Luvada appearances in Europe have been with the the Russell Hall Choral Room #111 and the Harrison was magnificently sung!" Harrison Johann Strauss Sinfonietta of Vienna and the Curris Business Building West Lounge. has performed Nella in Gianni Schicchi with W. A. Mozart Philharmonic of Cluj, Romania. The north and east parking lots adjacent the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the Countess As the Evangelist in Bach's Passion According to Russell Hall have been reserved for in Le Nozza di Figaro with Opera Ebony and to Saint Matthew at the Basilica of the Benefit Concert patrons. Presentation of a Leonora in II Trovatore with Opera at Montserrat Monastery in Spain, his Benefit Concert ticket or invitation will admit Florham. She currently is a professional full­ performance received critical acclaim, was you to the lots. time performer and solo artist. Most broadcast over Spanish national television To order tax-deductible tickets ($25 each) recently, Harrison was engaged in a series of and radio and was released on video or to become a "special donor" (seven new programs at Lincoln Center for the "Meet the cassette. Taylor is an assistant professor of categories beginning with benefactors at Artists" series. music at UNI. $100 and topping with President's Circle at Timothy Jones received his master's and Songs to be performed on the 1998 $2,500 or more), please call 319-273-2025. doctorate degrees from the University of Scholarship Benefit Concerts will be: Below is a list of "Special Donors" to the 1997 Scholarship Benefit Concert:

Underwriters - Drs. Angeleita Floyd & Scott Cathy & Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. Hovey & Marge Brom Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sauer Jim & Helen Gordon $1,350 or more Cawelti Joyce Gault Rick & Jody Buhr Alan & Dana Schmitz Dr. Debra Gordon Richard & Dorothy Francis Mary & Robert Franken Noreen Hermansen Ron & Susan Chilcott Ralph & Liesel Scott Dr. Robin Guy Harriet K. H. Ma (in memory of Dr. Patricia L. Geadelmann Charlotte Hinson Diane & Russ Curtis Paul & Maribeth Shanley Barbara L. Higgins Fred Ma) Jon & Marilyn Hansen Dr. John Holstad Joan & Sa ul Diamond Bill & Mary Shepherd William T. Jochumsen David C. Reynolds Jane & Randy Hogancamp Karl & Martha Hoivik Dr. & Mrs. L. J. Eilers Willa Smith Deanna Kay Larson University Book & Supply, Inc. Michael R. Liesch Marion & Leonard Karlin Bob & Fran Fink Theron Strike Bonnie H. Litwiller Nancy A. Marlin Tim &Judy Kniep Rachel & Robert Fulton Dr. Tom& Char Strub Gary D. Moline Patrons - $350 Charles & Marleta Matheson Marilou Kratzenstein Randy & Karen Grabowski Dr. Jim & Mary Tritle Susan Loftus Munnik UNI Vice President for Jan & Steve Moore Myron & Joy Lorenzen Linda & Joel Haack Donald A. & Elizabeth Vetter Dorothy J. Plager Educational & Student Betty Mulcay James F. Lubker Douglas & Connie Herbon The Victoria Room Veda Rasmussen Services Marybeth Nelson Jvone E. Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. Glen Hertz DennisWalter s& Dixie Davis Norma Reichenberg Myron Mueller Dr. Dean Simpson Michael & Ruth Millar Peter & Vaiti Hoekje Walters Carl & Eileen Richards Dee Silver, M. D. Mr. & Mrs. Don Tamisiea Robert & Maxine Morrison Brian & Kris Joy Carole & Jack Wilkinson Carl Riggs UNI College of Humanities & Dr. & Mrs. Andrew C. Smith Greg & Rena Raecker Dorothy H. Juhl Ruth Russell Fine Arts Raymond Tymas-Jones LeRoy & Nancy Redfern Mary & William Klotzbach Donors-$35 David T. Smalley West Music Co. UNI Foundation Verna Ford Ritchie Leon & Linda Kuehner Anonymous Eleanor Joy Starr Bob & Kate Washut Jim & Jeane Robertson Richard & Dona Lattin Anonymous Thomas Tritle & Kathleen Kerr Benefactors - $135 Junean Witham Genevieve & Mary Schlicher Martha & James Mccutcheon Dr. Doy Baker Dr. JeanTrout Professor Howard Aibel Augusta Schurrer Mr. & Mrs. Winston (Emma) Susan Beasley Nile D. Vernon Glenn & Catherine Boysen Sponsors - $100 Dr. & Mrs. Edward Voldseth Mettke Darlene Bliton Dorothy & Don Wendt Robert & Margaret Bradford Russell & Lyle Baum Edwa rd F. Wagner Eldon & Dee Miller David Buch Ray & Sally Wilson Richard & Sharon Brown - in Mary Beckman John & Mary Lou Miller Leonard & Lillian Cameron Memory of Betty Hatch MarianneBethke Friends - $65 Raymond (Bud) & Liane Nichols R. 8. Campbell Neubauer Emil & Loraine Bock Merle & Phyllis Anderson Bruce & Helen Rogers Shirley T. Cropper Paul & Julie Creeden Craig & Carol Driver Ralph & Marlene Baum hover Tom & Kay Romanin Adele Davis Mrs. Robert Dean Sally Frudden Robert & Shirley Berg John W. Sabbath Dennis Downs

Bands and thel 998 Iowa Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion in Grinnell. In May, the ensemble presented a concert/clinic for the 1998 Iowa Bandmasters Association his past year, new musical doors were percussionists and others who are interested Convention in Des Moines. T opened to the students and faculty of in learning and performing the music of other The introduction of West African music the UNI School of Music. Through the cultures. The current repertoire is based on into the School of Music curriculum has residencies of Robert Levin, the world of West the music of the Ewe people, specifically provided many cha llenges and rewards. Most African music - drumming, dancing and those from Kopeyia, Ghana. The ensemble importantly, it has given those involved an singing - was brought to Iowa. During his consists of Ewe drums made in Ghana-sogo, opportunity to see another culture from the three visits (November 12-18, January 20-28 kidi, kaganu, klobotodzi, totodzi, donno, inside as well as to appreciate its intricacies and April 13-17), he was able to give everyone gankogui, axatse and frikyiwa-as well as the and beauty. a taste of learning in the West African aural master drums- gboba and atsimevu-made Funding for the project was provided by tradition that is traditionally a community by JAG Drums. the UNI College of Humanities and Fine Arts, experience. Levin will return this year for two Under the direction of Randy Hogancamp, James Lubker, dean, and the UNI School of additional residencies. UNI-WADE has performed for the Martin Music He holds degrees from Yale University and Luther King, Jr., Kwanzaa and Black History [Editor's Note: Special thanks to Randy Wesleyan University and has studied celebrations around the state. In addition, Hogancamp for contributing this article.]. traditional West African drumming and the dancing with master drummer Godwin ensemble Agbeli in Kopeyia, Ghana for nine years. Levin has recently completed the score for a major presented motion picture starring Lou Gossett, Jr. and is children's currently playing for the stage version of The programs in Lion King on Broadway. He has taught at the the Cedar Yale School of Music, the Manhattan School Valley and of Music, the Juilliard School and Sarah has taped an Lawrence College. educational During his visit to UNI, Levin helped program for establish the UNI West African Drumming cable Ensemble. UNI-WADE is now a continuing television. course offered through the School of Music UNI-WADE that may be taken for credit. The curriculum performed includes drumming, dancing and singing for the 1998 (!-r} Wendel Allen, Jane Whitehead, Randy Hogancamp, Robert Levin, Flora van from Ghana, West Africa. Northern Wormer, Eric Schmitz, Sarah Doty, Cathy Anderson, Randy Stahl and jenny Brooks UNI-WADE is comprised of UNI Festival of Tymas-Jones accepts Ohio dean position

t is hard to believe that five years have academic year. Sixty-five of the 75 students them to explore the art of music by I passed since I arrived in Cedar Falls on who applied have accepted their scholarship understanding themselves and the world July 15 in 1993 to assume my awards and plan to attend UNI this fall. This around them as well as how music certainly responsibilities as director of UN l's School of increase in scholarship offers - about 20 enhances the quality of life in our society. Music. What a wonderful time I have had more than in previous years - has clearly had And, of course, the students are the reason working with an outstanding faculty and a positive impact on the quality of the for it all. I have been here long enough to staff and talented students as well as entering freshmen class. In the School of realize the growth and development of a magnanimous alumni and supporters. Music graduate programs, the total number graduating class during its four, five or I am pleased to report that several goals of students as of the close of the spring 1998 maybe six years of matriculation. It is a were accomplished during these five semester was 58, plus seven who graduated marvelous experience to watch these young, academic years, making this time in May. wide-eyed and naive students mature into exceptional in the life of the School of Music. My decision to accept the position as sophisticated and savvy Some of the most significant dean of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio musicians/educators who are eager to share accomplishments include: 1) starting the University in Athens was not an easy one to their skills and talents with Iowa and building of the Gallagher-Bluedorn make. The staff - Claudia, Carolina, Bob, beyond. Performing Arts Center which will house a Alan and Fred - are invaluable assets to the These and many other great experiences significant portion of the School of operation of the school. would not have been possible for me Music offerings, 2) establishing the John Vallentine and They have worked without your support and love of the School UNI School of Music Advisory tirelessly on behalf of of Music. Partnership with you is the catalyst Board - outstanding alumn,i the faculty and for our ability to realize the mission and and supporters to solicit their students to help create goals of the School. Needless to say, without sage counsel on issues and an environment your support, we would not know the level concerns which impact the conducive for great of excellence and success for which UNI is growth and development of learning. The quality of known. I will miss UNI, the students, the the School, 3) graduating our fine faculty is faculty, the staff and you - our alumni and master's degree candidates seldom matched by friends. from the newly established any school or Master of Music degree in jazz department of music I wish you well, pedagogy and receiving anywhere in the approval from the Board of country. Year after m­ Regents to offer the Master of year, many of them Music degree in piano bring to our students Raymot'ZJ,::- performance and pedagogy, 4) their passion and highlighting the stellar enthusiasm for music, performances of our challenging each of ensembles through the Spotlight Series which has led to instituting the UNI School of Music Spotlight Series interim director Competition - awarding three prestigious Vallentine appointed scholarship awards, the Presser Scholarship ohn Vallentine has been appointed Education and Graduate faculties. Award, the Charles and Marleta Matheson interim director of the UNI School of "In addition," Lubker wrote, "John has Scholarship Award and the Myron and Ruth JMusic by Dean James Lubker of the UNI been very active in the recruiting of students Russell Scholarship Award, to outstanding College of Humanities and Fine Arts. and has developed a strong professional undergraduate music majors and guided Vallentine received his B.M.E. degree with base with Iowa public school music solely by consideration of excellence and dual certification - vocal and instrumental - educators. His excellent work with the UNI merit and based primarily on performance at from Southeast Missouri State University Marching Band has provided him with the an audition and 5) sending our premier where he majored in clarinet and piano. His experience in budgeting, fund raising and ensembles on international tours last year to M.M. degree in conducting came from UNI. managing/leading a large and diverse Hungary and Russia and this year to Austria, Vallentine's Ph.D. degree in music education group." Italy, Switzerland and Holland. was earned at the University of Kentucky. " ... John has an enormous capacity for There has been a steady increase in the He has served on a wide range of work," the Dean continued, "and he is a enrollment of freshmen and transfer committees, including the Division Council, highly organized person who is able to students. In fact, this year Associate Director Professional Assessment, Curriculum, maintain his sense of humor and Alan Schmitz reported that we had an Thesis/ Recital/ Research Paper, Graduate perspective ... I look forward to this increase in the number of prospective Admissions and Scholarship, Scholarship opportunity to work with him as interim students who applied for admission and Benefit and Enrollment Management. director." scholarship consideration for this upcoming Vallentine is a member of the Teacher ,'

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he number of faculty activities off campus Notes - Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Choir. At the Oelwein, Jesup, Cedar Rapids Prairie, and outside the metropolitan area were Association. Beck was a judge for the Iowa Linn-Mar, Davenport Central, Davenport North T typically plentiful this year. Below is a Composers Forum Pyle Award and Grinnell and Garner-Hayfield high schools he also was an listing of accomplishments by School of College Steiner Composition competitions. adjudicator/clinician. Chamberlain was conductor Music faculty which occurred in Iowa, across the David Buch, professor of music history, of the Monroe (Louisiana) Symphony Orchestra. country and around the world. continued to receive international press coverage He was guest conductor of the Imperial Howard Aibel, professor of piano, was a jury on his research into new opera music by Mozart. Symphony Orchestra in Lakeland, Florida. In Iowa, member of the 1998 lbla International Grand Prize New coverage since last year appeared in Neue Chamberlain was guest conductor of the Heart of Vocal and Piano Competition in Italy and the Palm Zurcher Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Iowa Activities Conference in Woodward and the Beach International Piano Competition. At the Facts (Switzerland) and Time. Additional radio and Southeast Seven Choral Festival in Ottumwa. He former, he presented master classes and a television coverage was broadcast on Lingua was a session presenter at the North Central lecture/recital. Master classes and a performance Franca, Radio France, NOR (Germany), NPR American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) were given at the latter. Aibel performed in Tulsa, (Germany) and on Living in Iowa on Iowa Public Convention in Minneapolis and gave a master Oklahoma and was pianist with The International Television. Buch gave ta lks at the meeting of the class at the Iowa Choral Directors Association Trio at the University of Iowa. He was a judge for American Society for 18th-Century Studies, (ICDA) Fall Symposium in Iowa City. the Cedar Rapids Private Piano Teachers Louisiana State University and the University of Jonathan Chenoweth, associate professor of Association Competitions. Iowa. An article by him was published in L'Avant cello, was a cello soloist in St. Petersburg, Russia at Tom Barry, assistant professor of oboe and Scene Opera. For the Des Moines Symphony Guild, the Herzen State Pedagogical University and the saxophone, was oboe soloist with the Northern Buch presented a lecture. House of Commons. He also was a cello soloist at Iowa Symphony Orchestra on an Iowa Public Rebecca Burkhardt, associate professor of two Des Moines high schools. As a chamber Television taping and broadcast. He was orchestral music and director of the Northern music cellist, Chenoweth performed on the saxophonist for The Temptations in Clear Lake and Iowa Symphony Orchestra, was music director and Faculty Chamber Music Series at the Kinhaven Tama and for the Johnny Mathis Show in Moline, conductor of a production of Foxfire in Grinnell. Music School in Weston, Vermont. Illinois. Barry was an adjudicator for the Northeast She was assistant conductor and guitarist for the Bruce Chidester, assistant professor of Iowa Bandmasters Association (NEIBA) Jazz Opera Illinois presentation of West Side Story in trumpet and coordinator of Music of Our Time, Festival in Hudson. Oboe clinics were presented Peoria. Burkhardt conducted the Northern Iowa was trumpeter with the Northeast Iowa Band at the New Hampton, Ottumwa and Centerville Symphony Orchestra (NISO) for a broadcast which Directors Jazz Band in Vinton. high schools. A saxophone clinic was given at the was aired twice on Iowa Public Television. The Brad Edwards, instructor of trombone, Mason City High School. NISO also performed at North High School in Des presented a lecture at the Iowa Bandmasters Jeremy Beck, associate professor of theory Moines. Association (IBA) Convention in Des Moines. He and composition, had his HoUsE miX for Tuba and Robert Byrnes, director of the UNI Varsity performed at the Eastern Trombone Workshop in Tape (1995) performed at a National Association of Men's Glee Club, university carillonneur and Washington, D.C. and presented recital/ master Composers/ USA concert at Cal-Poly University in administrative assistant, conducted the Men's classes at the University of Maryland in College Pomona, California. Kopeyia for Percussion Glee Club on a European Tour (see article on page Park and at the 1998 Illinois State University Ensemble (1995) was played at the University of two of this issue). St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Trombone Workshop. Edwards presented master Massachusetts at Amherst. Coe College and the New Hampton, Durant Schools and Linn-Mar High classes at the Mason City, Linn-Mar, Algona, Ft. Independence-LACES Artist Series were the School in Marion were the venues for the Glee Dodge and North Scott in Eldridge high schools. venues for performances of Songs Without Words Club's Iowa Tour. As university carillonneur, Barbara Fast, assistant professor of piano and for Flute and Harp (1997). Four compositions were Byrnes performed carillon concerts at the 55th piano pedagogy and coordinator of group piano, played at the House of Composers in St. Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North gave presentations at the Music Teachers National Petersburg, Russia: Narziss und Goldmund (1983), America at the University of Kansas at Lawrence; Association (MTNA) National Convention in Three Portraits for Violin Solo (1990), Sonata No. 2 the 36th International Carillon Festival in Nashville, the World Piano Pedagogy Conference for Violin and Piano (1996) and Four Pieces for Piano Springfield, Illinois; the Netherlands Carillon in in Philadelphia and the Northeast Area Music (1995). State of the Union for Orchestra (1992) and Arlington, Virginia; Princeton University in Teachers Association Piano Pedagogy Workshop Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano received Princeton, New Jersey; St. Thomas' Church, at Wartburg College. She edited or wrote several respective performances at Iowa State University Whitemarsh in Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania; and articles which appeared in Iowa Music Teacher. As and the Viterbo College New Music Festival in the Washington Memorial National Carillon in associate editor, Fast contributed to the new Lacrosse, Wisconsin. Gemini for Flute, Cello and Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Byrnes was a speaker Piano Pedagogy Forum on the worldwide web. Piano (1996) was played at the Iowa Composers at the Midwest Regional Carillon Conference in She was an adjudicator for the American College Forum 10th Anniversary Concert in Des Moines, at Springfield, Illinois. He was the subject of a front­ of Musicians in the Quad Cities and for a Clavinova the Center for New Music at the University of Iowa page article in the The Topeka Capital-Journal Festival in Davenport. Fast gave a master class in and at Grinnell College. Black Water for Soprano newspaper. Hubbard. For the Iowa Music Teachers and Piano (1994) was performed at Wartburg Bruce Chamberlain, associate professor of Association (IMTA) District Festivals, she was a College. Laughter in Jericho (1997), a chamber choral music and director of the UNI Concert clinician at the University of Iowa, at Luther and opera, was premiered by Golden Fleece, Ltd. at Chorale and UNI Chamber Choir, was Grandview colleges and in Fort Dodge, Humboldt, the Composers Chamber Theatre in New York adjudicator/ clinician for the Kansas City Choral Jewell and Hubbard. City. The work received six performances and was Festival, North American Music Festival in Virginia, Angeleita Floyd, professor of flute, gave broadcast once on Manhattan cable television. Iowa respective 3A and 4A Solo/ Ensemble master classes, conducted flute choir reading Beck gave lectures on American music at the contests in Oelwein and Iowa City, Iowa 4A Large sessions and directed the flute symposium flute Universite Catholique de L'Quest in Angers, Group Choral Festival in Des Moines and Iowa choir at the First International Flute Symposium in France. A music review by him was published in High School Music Association (IHSMA) All-State the Heart of Dixie in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. For the at the Interlachen (Michigan) FACULTY ACTIVITIES Arts Camp. She was presented an illustrated lecture at Hope College in a collaborative pianist with UNI faculty tenor Holland, Michigan. VII Festival Internacional de Flautistas en la mitad Darryl Taylor at Coe College. Guy was pianist with Jean McDonald, associate professor of voice, del Mundo in Quito, Ecuador and the XII Festival eight students on the Des Moines Symphony was a soloist on UNI faculty composer Jeremy Internacional de Flautistas in Lima, Peru, she Guild 1998 Young Artist Competition. She was a Beck's Black Water at Wartburg College. She was a conducted flute master classes. Floyd was an guest performer on flutist Claudia Anderson 's guest speaker at Simpson College. adjudicator for the Greater Spokane Music and faculty recital at Grinnell College. With soprano Leslie Morgan, assistant professor of voice, Allied Arts Festival Association, the Des Moines Laura Rushing-Raynes, Guy was a guest recitalist sang the title role ofTurandot at the Bravo Music Youth Chamber Players Concerto Competition at Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio and at Ohio Festival in Vail, Colorado. She performed on a and the Chicago Flute Club 1997 High School State University in Columbus. With UNI faculty Wagner duet and aria concert with tenor Gary Flute Competition. soprano Jean McDonald, she was a guest recitalist Lakes at the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera. Jeffrey Funderburk, professor of at Wartburg College. Guy was pianist with two Morgan sang the leading role of Senta in Wagner's tuba/euphonium, was tubist with the Sudtirol students at the IMTA National Piano Competition Der Fliegende Hollander with the Cleveland Opera. Blechblaser Ensemble in Italy and with Musik der at Drake University. For the IMTA Piano ~ With the Rochester Philharmonic, she sang the Jahrhundert in Stuttgart, Germany. In Stuttgart as Festival at William Penn College, ~ title role of Fidelio. Morgan sang the title well as Hoffingen, Germany, he was tubist in she was a master class --.... • r role ofTosca with the Arizona Opera. She ensemble performances. With Symphonia, clinician. For the IMTA ~ ~ performed the role of Sieg linde in Die Funderburk was tubist at the International Tuba District Audition at '/ J Walkure at the Arizona Opera Grand and Euphonium Conference in Rival del Garcia, Luther College, she { J Canyon Ring Festival. A master class was -"' Italy and at the U.S. Army Tuba and Euphonium was an adjudicator. ~ I presented at Northern Illinois Conference in Fort Meyer, Virginia. At the latter, Guy and UNI facu lty University by Morgan. he was soloist with the U.S. Army Band. violinist Frederick W'~ Miguel Pinto, associate professor Funderburk was tubist for Prokofiev's ballet Halgedahl ~ , of vocal coaching, gave a master class at Romeo and Juliet, conducted by Mstislav performed for the the request of Joan Sutherland in Sydney Rostropovich in Evian, France. He was principal Charles City Middle for the singers of the Australian Opera. In tubist with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra and High school string Bergamo, Italy, he was pianist for Alfredo and tubist with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Brass students. Kraus and Montserrat Caballe at the Donizetti Quintet. Recitals were given at Central Missouri Frederick Halgedahl, assistant professo r of Medal Awards. Pinto was pianist for two students State University, the University of Kansas, the violin, was concertmaster for the New Hampshire at the Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions in University of Minnesota and Indiana University. Music Festival and assistant concertmaster for two St. Paul. Debra Gordon, assistant professor of music Pittsburgh Symphony Shadyside Concerts. He David Rachor, associate professor of bassoon education, presented her dissertation research at was a soloist on recitals in St. Petersburg, Russia at and saxophone, was a visiting professor of the Southeastern Music Educators Symposium in the House of Commons and Herzen State bassoon, gave a master class and presented a Athens, Georgia and the Ohio Music Educators Pedagogical University. Halgedahl also was a lecture at the Academy of Music in Bucharest, Conference in Columbus. She was conductor for lecturer at the latter. He was acting associate Romania. Master classes also were given at the the Heartland Children's Choral Festival in Des concertmaster for the 1997-98 season of the Academy of Music in lasi, Romania and at the Moines and the ICDA Fifth and Sixth Grade Honor Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra. On recruiting Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. He performed Choir Festival in Ames. concerts at two Des Moines high schools and at and recorded a two-bassoon concerto with the Randy Grabowski, professor of trumpet, was the Charles City Schools, he was a recitalist. Bucharest Radio Symphony Orchestra. Rachor the principal/lead trumpet with the Cedar Rapids Randy Hogancamp, assistant professor of played bassoon recitals at the American Cultural Symphony Orchestra and the Cedar Rapids percussion, was principal percussionist with the Center in Bucharest and at the National Theatre in Symphony Brass Quintet. He was principal/lead Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. He was lasi. Romanian venues for bassoon quartet recitals trumpet for The Temptations in Tama and for The percussionist/timpanist five times with the Des were Botosami, lasi and Bucharest. An article by Temptations, Marvin Hamlisch and Johnny Mathis Moines Symphony Orchestra and percussionist Rachor was published in Journal Fou de Basson. He in Moline, Illinois. Two articles by Grabowski were with the New Hampshire Music Festival. performed with the Northern Iowa Symphony published in the Journal of the International Hogancamp was director of the UNI Orchestra for Iowa Public Television and at Des Trumpet Guild. He judged an NEIBA District Jazz Percussion/Marimba Ensembles and the UNI West Moines North High School. With the Baroque Contest in Hudson. African Drum Ensemble for a clinic and Orchestra of Iowa, Rachor performed in Grinnell Jack Graham, associate professor of clarinet, performances at the IBA Convention in Des and Des Moines. He performed on a baroque was principal clarinetist and chamber music Moines, for the Iowa Percussive Arts Society Day bassoon recital in Milwaukee. Rachor was clarinetist for the New Hampshire Music Festival. of Percussion in Grinnell and at the Charles City principal bassoon with the Des Moines Symphony He was clarinet so loist with the Chamber Schools. He was an adjudicator for the Linn-Mar Orchestra. He was an adjudicator at the Ecole Orchestra of Southwest Virginia. Graham Solo Festival in Marion and for the All -S tate National de Musique in Ville de Aulnay, France. presented clarinet master classes and reed ­ Auditions in Des Moines. Fred Rees, associate professor of music making seminars at the University of Northern Jack Holstad, associate professor of piano, education, had four articles published in the Iowa Colorado, Virginia Tech, the University of was chair of the State MTNA Collegiate Music Educator. Papers by him were presented at Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State University and Performance Competitions at Drake University. the 56th National Biennial In-Service Music Wichita State University. He also was an Ronald Johnson, professor of instrumental Educators National Conference in Phoenix and at adjudicator at the latter. Additional clarinet music and conductor of the UNI Wind Symphony the College Music Society/Association for master classes were given at the Boston University and UNI Chamber Winds, was guest conductor of Technology in Music Instruction in Cleveland. A Tanglewood Institute, Slippery Rock University the Wind Ensemble at California State University third paper was co-presented at Educom '97 in and the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Another in Northridge. He presented a percussion master Minneapolis. Rees was a clinician three times and reed-making seminar took place at the University class at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in chaired two sessions at the Iowa Music Educators of Kansas. Debrecen, Hungary. Association (IMEA) Conference in Ames . Robin Guy, associate professor of Marilou Kratzenstein, professo r of organ, Don Rierson, assistant professor of collaborative piano, was on the piano faculty, wa s harpsichord and music history, had an article opera/musical theatre, was stage director for two pianist on faculty concerts and was an adjudicator published in the Westfield Center Newsletter. She opera scenes for Iowa Public Television. FACULTY ACTIVITIES lecture at the University of Michigan-Fli nt and a adjudicator/cl inician for the Southeast IBA District master class at the University of Michigan-Ann Jazz Ensemble in Iowa City. He conducted the UNI Alan Schmitz, associate professor of theory Arbor. He presented lecture/ recitals at t he latter Jazz Band I on a concert with the Des Moines Big and composition and associate director of the plus Coe College, the Juilliard School and at Band, at the Marshalltown and Ankeny high School of Music, had his Spiritual Excursion Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. An article schools and at Valley High School in West Des performed at the College Music Society Great by Taylor was published in the Journal of Singing. Moines. Washut was director for Jazz l's newly­ Plains Chapter Conference at Wayne State College Thomas Tritle, associate professor of horn, released CD t itled Conversations. As pianist, he in Nebraska. His Introduction and Ballade for was acting principal horn for 12 performances performed on a concert at the Iowa Percussive bassoon and piano was performed in Romania. with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and Arts Society Conference at Grinnell College. His Jonathan Schwabe, associate professor of section horn for six performances with the Des performance with the Pau l McKee Quintet was jazz and theory and director of UNI Jazz Band II, Moines Symphony and two performances with broadcast live over UN l's KHKE Radio. Washut was conducted Jazz II to take top honors in the college the Cedar Rapids Symphony. He was hornist with pianist for a new music reading session at the division at the 31st Annual JazzFest at the the Northeast Iowa Chamber Players at the IBA IMEA Conference in Ames. The Bob Washut Trio University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (see "Student Convention in Des Moines, with the Omaha Brass performed at the Sanctuary and for t he Iowa City Awards" article on page 19 of this issue). He was a Ensemble at Wartburg College and with the Jazz Festival in Iowa City. An arrangement by performer with the Wartburg Symphony Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra in Des Washut was published by the University of Orchestra and with the Bobby Lane Orchestra in Moines. While in Des Moines, a master cl ass for Northern Colora do (UN() Jazz Press. Three Wallingford, Iowa. Over the year at Eastern Illinois horns was given at North High School. Hard as it reviews by him appeared in the Jazz Educators University in Charleston, Schwabe performed on a may seem to believe, Tritle presented a lecture on Journal. As an adjudicator/clinician, Washut was faculty recital, gave a rhythm section master class, leisure at the International Symposium on Sports involved wit h t he Eastman School of Music in was a jazz festival adjudicator, had a performance for All in China. Articles by him were published in Rochester, New York; the Iowa Jazz of his Episodes for cello and chamber orchestra The Horn Call, Journal of the National Association of Championships in Des Moines; the Lincoln Jazz and his And We Watched the Rising Sun for piano Wind and Percussion Instructors and Newsletter of Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska; the North High trio was premiered. The Voice of the Pawley's Island the International Horn Society. Tritle was an School Jazz Band in Sioux City; the Sumner High Gray Man was premiered by the Charleston Low adjudicator at Luther College. School Jazz Band; the Central College Jazz Festival Country Society in Charleston, South Carolina. Ars Raymond Tymas-Jones, professor of voice in Pella; the Augustana Jazz Festival in Rock Island, Long ... Vita Brevis was premiered by the Northwest and director of the School of Music, performed Illinois; t he Oska loosa High School; and the Jazz Indiana Youth Orchestra in Valparaiso, Indiana. An with Iowa State University pianist Sue Haug twice Combo Camp at the Iowa City Jazz Fest ival. article by Schwabe was published in Bass Player at Iowa State and then once for the IMTA Magazine. He was a clinician at the Iowa Jazz Conference at Wa ldorf College. In St. Petersburg, Educators Festival in Hudson. Russia, Tymas-Jones was a guest William Shepherd, associate professor and artist recitalist and a coordinator of Music in General Studies, lecture/ recitalist at the Herzen performed in Eastern Iowa with his Big Band, State Pedagogical University Combo and Dixieland Band. and a performer for the opening David Smalley, associate professor of voice, ceremonies of an international was an adjudicator for the National Association of conference at the Hermitage Teachers of Singing (NATS) State Auditions at Theatre. He gave two seminars Iowa State University. in Savannah, Georgia at the Sandra Stegman, assista nt professor of choral Council of Colleges of Arts and music and music education and director of the Sciences Seminar for UNI Singers and the UNI Women's Chorus, was Department Chairs. conductor of the All-State Intermediate Choir in John Vallentine, associate lnterlochen, Michigan. She was guest conductor professor and director of the of the ACDA Central Division Junior High Honor UNI Panther Marching Band and Chorus in Detroit and the University of Michigan­ the UNI Symphonic Ba nd, was a Flint High School Chamber Choir Festival. co-presenter at Educom '97 in Stegman was a presenter/ clinician at the Ohio Minneapolis. He was a guest State University and University of Michigan clinician for the Dike-New summer choral workshops and at Iowa Falls High Hartford High School in Dike School. and the North Tama Middle Darryl Taylor, assistant professor of voice, School in Traer. Vallentine was performed the role of Reginald in The Music Cure guest festival conductor of the with the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre. A broadcast Southeast Iowa Super The UNI School of Music Advisory Board was of his performance in the finale of Der Stein der Conference Honor Band Festival established to solicit from outstanding alumni and Weisen occurred on Iowa Public Television. Taylor in West Burlington. He directed supporters their sage counsel on issues and concerns gave recitals at Coe College, the Detroit Public the UNI Marching Band on a trip which impact the growth and development of the Library and Virginia Union University in Richmond . to the University of Iowa and the School. Attendees at the Advisory Board meeting in He performed on "Orchestra Hall Speaks" at UNI Basketball Band at the October of 1997 were (standing 1-r) Jeff Tower (B.A. Orchestra Hall in Detroit. His song recital in New Missouri Valley Conference '75), James Coffin (B.A. '52, M.A. '64), Gayle Johns Rose York was broadcast over WQXR Radio. At the Tournament in St. Louis. (B.A. '77), James Linahon (B.A. '73), Emmett Steele (B.A. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Taylor Robert Washut, professor of '49) and (seated was tenor soloist on a Messiah singalong with the jazz studies and director of UNI 1-r) Jeff Hell mer (B.M. '81 ), Berdena J. Arlington Memorial Chorus and Orchestra. He Jazz Band I, conducted Jazz I on Beach (B.A. '51-Marketing, M.A. '75-Guidance and sang the role of Andy in Treemonisha with the a European Tour (see article on Counseling) and Raymond Tymas-Jones, then director Pacific Symphony Orchestra at the Irvine page one of this issue). Was hut of the School of Music. (California) Meadows Amphitheater. Taylor gave a was guest conductor and Alumni News here was lots of good news from music Jennifer Rugg Cantine (B.A. '71) of 2867 currently is set for January of 2000.] Talumni over the past year. Many MiddleSattreRd. Decorah, IA 52101 , If you ever need any information, Neil Hansen submissions were sent via e-mail, and the [email protected] e-mailed to say she (B.A. '73) of 862 W. Christy Ln ., Powell, WY 82435, rest came from the "Alumni Response Form," still is at Luther College where she manages the [email protected] can only be found on page 20 of this year's issue. Alumni who college radio station and teaches public speaking described as a font. Neil provided a new address wish to correspond via e-mail should write to: and radio production classes in the for his brother Kurt Hansen (B.A. '75) of 12209 [email protected]. For e-mail, please check Communications Department. At the radio Sunset Terrace, Des Moines, IA 50325, the "Alumni Response Form" to be sure that you station, Jennifer keeps busy with a staff of 25 to 35 [email protected]. Kurt is currently a vice provide all the "necessary" information and then students and fills in occasionally for the early president in the brick factories in Adel and Sioux include the news items of interest - please do not morning jazz show. " I truly enjoy the students City. He runs both factories and is completing send that resume that is all set to go on your here," Jennifer wrote. ' They're cool and fun, but construction in Sioux City of the world's most computer - we only will accept prose. The also responsible and nice. It's a good modern brick factory. Neil went on to say, "He has deadline for the 1999 issue will be the middle of combination." become almost a legend in the business by next July. And now, on with this year's music Marleta Matheson e-mailed an updated creating new designs in brick used for home and alumni news. address for JoDee Davis (B.M. '80, M.M. '85) of commercial construction in the Midwest. Not bad Of 44 members of the Class of 1948 who 4479 Cox Dr., Stow, Ohio 44224. JoDee is back for a music ed degree." Kurt is remarried and has attended their Golden Reunion this past May 7-9, teaching at Kent State after taking a year off to a new daughter. He comes to Neil's Yellowstone four were School of Music alumni. That is a very spend in Chicago. JoDee told Marleta in their Jazz Camp and plays alto in the Yellowstone Big good 9.09% and places the music majors of the phone conversation that Paul McKee (B.M. '80) Band along with the likes of John Harbaugh (B.A. Class of 1948 third in Golden Reunion attendance has finished his first year of teaching at Northern '75), [email protected]. Neil is at Northwest since1991 when we started keeping track. Here is Illinois University in DeKalb. He was at De Paul College in Powell where he directs t he college the updated table: University in Chicago. Wind Band and Jazz Band and teaches trumpet. Class Year %of Music Alumni Andrew Musel (B.A. '71, M.A. '77) of 5321 W. He keeps busy with three young musicians in the Attending Golden R eunion Ivanhoe Ct., Chandler, AZ 85226, [email protected] house and an elementary teacher for a wife. In the 1941 15.38% (10 out of 65) wrote to say that he enjoyed reading the last summer, Neil runs three weeks of music camps. 1942 7.46% (5 out of 6 7) newsletter. "Glad to hear that Brother Jones is still During the school year, festivals and doing clinics 1943 8.45% (6 out of71) walking amongst us and would love to hear of his across the region occupy his time. As music 1944 2.94% (1 out of 34) exploits," Andy wrote. [Editor's note: I hope that's coordinator for the department, Neil wrote the 1945 3.12% (1 out of 32) true after Andy reads what "Brother" Jones had to application which made Northwest College an 1946 0.00% (0 out of 47) say later in this column. I am keeping these two as accredited member of the National Association of 1947 24.24% (8 out of 33) far apart as possible.] Andy has a new position Schools of Music (NASM). Northwest College now 1948 9.09% (4 out of 44) with Ramada as the regional marketing director is one of only 18 community colleges in the Those in attendance for the Golden Reunion for the western region. He is enjoying the change country accredited by NASM. In a second e-mail, this past spring were Wayne O. Aurand of 7703 of working from home and avoiding the rush-hour Neil wrote, "I forgot to include another UNI University Ave., Apt. 103, Cedar Falls, IA 50613; commutes. Andy still plays tenor for Paul Arena, alumnus who teaches at the Yellowstone Vocal Rosie Irene Maiden Bolstad of P.O. Box 4197, mostly corporate dinner/dances at the Phoenician Jazz Camp - Dave Anderson (B.A. '71 ), West Hills Station, Bremerton, WA 98312; Doris and then show calls for around town. He does lots [email protected] who is the choir Bentley Cousin of 605 7th Ave. NW, Waverly, IA of oldies acts that need a tenor player - Drifters, director at Douglas (WY) High School and has one 50677; and Shirley Barker Nordskog of 326 S. Coasters, Platters, etc. Andy was back with Little heck of a program there." [Editor's note: Neil used Knight, Park Ridge, IL 60068. Anthony in Colorado Springs last October. He a bad word in the last part of that sentence. I Additional alumni news begins with Jayson mused, "Seems a likely niche for an aging cleaned it up for him.] In a third e-mail, Neil wrote, Ryner (B.M. '94) of 211 First St. NE, Nora Springs, saxophonist with a '60s fixation. (I think I'm one of "Bob, I forgot to mention that Dave Anderson was IA 50458 who recently had his arrangement of the few relics around that still can play that style awarded the Governor's Arts Award last year by Sentimental Journey performed by the "Standing authentically.)" His wife, Bobbi, is still part -time at the Governor of Wyoming for his contribution to Room Only" barbershop quartet at the Bank of America. Chris is 12 years old and playing education. This award is made to only three or International Barbershop Convention in Atlanta, saxophone and guitar and hockey. James is in four individuals or organizations each year." Georgia. "Standing Room Only" is one of the top school at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and After sending a congratulatory e-mail to Dave five international barbershop quartets. Jeni is married and living in Jacksonville. of 321 S. 3rd St., Douglas, WY 82633, we heard A new home address was received from Brian Diane Krueger Overly (B.M. '79, M.M. '87) of back from him. "My choir won the Down Beat Dobbelaere (B.M. '94) of 750 S. College Dr., Apt. 2946 Four Seasons Rd., Fort Madison, IA 52627, Shure Bros. Golden Mic Award for being the 'most 52, Bowling Green, OH 43402, [email protected] e-mailed a new address and outstanding High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble' at [email protected]. informed us that she married Jeff Overly on June MusicFest 1990. We have won the Black Hills Jazz Amie Fischer (B.A. '85) of 1814 Sunset Dr., 2, 1997. Jeff is the band director at Harmony Fest and the Chadron State (NE) Jazz Fest annually Bettendorf, IA 52722, [email protected] e­ Schools in the Farmington area. Diane is still the for the past six years, and we seem to be growing mailed to say, "Just wanted to update you on elementary band director for the Fort Madison in numbers here - five choirs with 178 singers in a Robert (Bob) Fischer's (B.M. '81) activities. We Community School District. She is playing school of 500 in grades nine through 12. I'm still recently moved to the Quad Cities, and Bob has saxophone in the Fort Madison City Band. The having a blast at teaching choral music. I use a taken a position as an intermediate level band saxophone section - Diane and some of her vocal jazz curriculum here, with some old favorites director for the Davenport School System. He also former students who now are in high school - was thrown in from the 19th-century British school, as recently tried out for the Quad City Wind featured in some big band tunes. "Now I really well as some rollicking gospel pieces. We've been Ensemble and is now the first chair tubist with the feel old!" Diane exclaimed. She looks forward to touring throughout the Northwest and Midwest group. Hope all is well at UNI. Thank you!" visiting UNI when the new Performing Arts Center on alternating years for the last six years. Give my [Editor's note: Thank you, Amie.] is completed. [Editor's note: The completion date regards to anyone who still remembers - ,, '!,;'''''.'\' Tommy Dorsey Band in the '80s and was a love to hear from some of our classmates and Alumni News '> featured soloist at the International Trumpet Guild cronies." especially Jack Holstad - I really am grateful to World Conference in 1992. Just to make sure his 'Tm still of complete spirit and partial mind him for the discipline he helped me find. Also say mind is not idle/the devil's playground, Doug after 20 years of school band directing in Southern hi to Charles if you ever see him .. . Anderson" went into business for himself - Huey Enterprises, California," wrote Margo Phillips Redford (B .M. [Editor's note: Congratulations, Dave. You're International - business development and 77) of 1 151 La Tortuga Dr., Vista, CA 92083, doing a fabulous job, although - and I'm sure marketing in the U.S., Phillipines, South America [email protected]. 'Tm always proud to others will agree - it sounds like you've slowed and Canada thus far. He has played gigs with hear how successful the students from my alma down a bit since you were in college. Yea, right. JoDee Davis since she has taken residence at mater are and the marvelous progress the school Good work, buddy!) Kent State University. Doug praised JoDee as is making in the area of faculty and facility Marla Jean Sword (B .M. '91) of Aurora, IL both a player and a teacher. "I have resisted acquisition. I wish I would have appreciated my 60504, swarlaml @aol.com has returned to her telling her students at KSU about some of her education there more at the time, but then what home state after teaching orchestra in Iowa for six 'stories' from UNI days ... Ha! " Doug exclaimed. do 20-year-olds really know? At least I'm more years at Linn-Mar (Marion) and Cedar Falls. She "Hope to hear from some of my 'old partners in able to appreciate the UNI School of Music now currently teaches at Crone Middle School in crime,"' he concluded. [Editor's note: Doug, thanks and that's primarily due to your communicative Naperville as part of a music department for the update. You might consider some of your efforts." [Editor's note: Thanks, Margo. That's very numbering over ~O, ten of which are string 'stories' before you start in on JoDee. She's got kind of you to say.) "I did speak with Tracey teachers. "Yes, this is the district with the $63 enough ammo to blow the bell right off your Gibbens (B.M . 77) earlier this year," Margo million high school which opened in the fall of trumpet.) [Special Delivery Editor's note: Doug continued. " He seems to be alive and kicking in 1997 and is one of the rare school districts left telephoned on July 23 to announce that Rachel Fairbanks, Alaska . Tracey says the winters aren't which truly values the fine arts and realizes the Adelle Huey was born July 22; 12:32 a.m.; 8 lbs., 4.5 as bitter there as they are in Iowa! Is this a case of unique contributions which are offered to oz.; 22 inches; with "lots and lots of dark brown, climatization or insanity? With Tracey ... " [Editor's children through them," Marla told us. "It is the almost black, curly, curly hair." Congratulations note: No comment.) same place that was voted number one in the Rena' and Doug!) And then there is power hungry Doug country to raise a family," she continued. Marla Gloria Henley (BA 73) of 1459 Eldra Dr., Bengtson (BA 71) of 1791 Maple Dr., Charles sent special greetings to Fred Halgedahl, Rebecca Kissimmee, Fl 34744, [email protected] City, IA 50616, [email protected]­ Burkhardt and Ronald Johnson. "Their lessons, wrote to say, "I really enjoy reading the newsletter, city.kl2.ia.us who is in his 12th year of bossing both for successful teaching and living," she especially the Alumni News." Gloria has been in around little kids as an elementary principal. stated, "continue to be a part of my daily life." Florida for almost 12 years. After several years as Doug's ever-expanding empire now consists of Jim Loos (MA 72) of 13126 5. Duff, Lot #35, band director in the Osceola schools, she made two buildings, the Jefferson and Lincoln Ames, IA 50010, [email protected] was hired by Des the move to administrative duties. Gloria is elementary schools. [Editor's note: Jefferson and Moines Area Community College (DMACC), currently the performing and fine arts resource Lincoln - champions of the oppressed. What has Ankeny Campus for the position of music specialist for the district, coordinating all arts become of these United States of America?) instructor/ program chairman for the 1997-98 curricula and programs for 25 schools. She is on Connie (BA 72) has remained on the path of school year. Previously, he taught 13 years for the board of directors for the Osceola Center for righteousness and is teaching elementary general DMACC as an adjunct music instructor. Jim has the Arts and is involved in state and local "Arts for music at Nashua and also has the high school been one of the pioneers in teaching Music a Complete Education" projects (Florida's version chorus at the Nashua-Plainfield school district. Appreciation over the Iowa Communications of MENC's "Music Makes the Difference"). Gloria Doug wrote of their daughters that Tiffany is Network (ICN). His Music Appreciation class, closed by saying, "My family is great and all of us married, has a new baby girl and lives in which originated on the DMACC Boone Campus, do lots of performing in various groups. Thanks Pennsylvania. Alyssa has completed her first year was sent to the DMACC Newton and Carroll for the wonderful newsletter!" [Editor's note: at NIACC, working on her optometric assistant campuses. "I enjoy getting the UNI School of Thank you, Gloria. It was good to hear from you, license. Music newsletter!" Jim concluded. [Editor's note: and your comments are appreciated.) Believe it or not we received an e-mail from Thanks, Jim. It was good to hear from you.) Dean L. Zarmbinski (B.M. '82) of 132 Joneseycakes/SteeVeeDee: Steven Dennis Jones And, of course, when the e-mail subject is "Big, Randolph St., Travis AFB, CA 94535 read about (BA 71) of 11365 Landing Rd., Eden Prairie, MN BAD-Bobby Byrnes" and the message starts out himself in the 1995 and 1997 newsletters and was 55347, [email protected]. Not that we want to with, "Hey, you Scoundrel!" you know its from kind enough to update us with his e-mail address: start a war or anything, but Steve had some pretty Huey, that is, Doug Huey (B.M. '83) of 37 Corson [email protected]. politically incorrect comments regarding his Ave., Akron, OH 44302, no current e-mail. Doug Another military band man is Nathan James fellow classmate Andrew Stephen Musel who married Rena' Moon - and six-year-old Jonathan, Currie (BA '94) of USAREUR Band Unit 29601, has been prominently featured in several of the eight-year-old Megan and nine-year-old Joshua - Heidelberg, Germany APO AE 09081. In October, last "Alumni News" columns. In accordance with on March 15, 1997. He still teaches trumpet and Nathan will be in the U.S. Army Band Europe. "The the 1997 Congressional Truth in Reporting Act, jazz studies at the University of Akron. Doug is co­ USAREUR Band is the permier U.S. military band in here is what Steve had to say, "As usual, I enjoy principal with the Cleveland "Pops" Orchestra and Europe and is with the Army Headquarters in receiving the newsletter although I tire of hearing performs with the Cleveland Chamber Brass, Heidelberg, Germany," Nathan explained. "On of Andrew S. Musel's bohemian feats of skill! Canton Civic Opera, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, tours throughout Europe, the band performs at [Editor's note: Last issue - e.g. Andy eating Regis Bookshar Trumpet Ensemble, Jack Schantz various festivals and events." cigarette butts for money as an undergraduate as JAZZ UNIT and his own jazz Quartet and brass Sue King Stenberg (B.M. 79) of 12132 E. 36th reported by Mark Ellis (BA '69 - English!) in the Quintet. Doug is a music clinician for the Medina St., Tulsa, OK 74146, [email protected] e­ issue before that.) In truth, skill had very little County, Revere, Akron and North Canton school mailed to say she is at home full time with her presence here and to describe it as Bohemian is to districts. Some of Doug's favorite gigs over the children. She and Andy are home schooling their sully all those of Czech descent." [Editor's note: last ten years have been with Sarah Vaughan, Tom four youngest. Andy now has worked for Man! Whatever happened to brotherly love? Ever Harrell, Bill Dobbins, Slide Hampton, Rob American Airlines for over ten years. Andy and since we resurrected Steve in the last issue, he McConnell, Ken Peplowski, Natalie Cole, Jimmy Sue play weekly in their church orchestra and seems a changed person. Perhaps we'll get lucky Heath, Marcus Belgrave, Tony Bennett, Benny participated in a mass orchestra series last and Andy won't see this and the whole thing will Carter, Joe Lovano and Sam Noto. He spent two summer at four churches with 60 other musicians. blow over. It's probably just all part of what Freud years on the road with Buddy Morrow and the "If anyone wants to e-mail us," Sue wrote, "we'd delineated in the Steven/Stephen Complex.) Jchool ofc 'MusfcJ;2

performs in the Sterling and Dixon municipal in Des Moines. She plays in the Urbandale AlumniN~ws bands and was a contest adjudicator in the Community Adult Band which performs Steve went on to say, "Seriously, we are moving to northern Illinois/eastern Iowa area. Lisa closed by throughout the metro area. Minnesota to take advantage of a lateral transfer saying, "I want to send a warm 'hello' to all my A special commendation goes out to Mary within Norwest Mortgage for my wife. I have former teachers and classmates." [Editor's note: Noersgaard Hansen Crawford (B.A. '39) of 306 E. completed work on an MBA degree ('egad' and Thanks, Lisa.] Center, Winfield, IA 52659 who asked that her 'zounds') at Drake University and will be starting a Emmett Steele (B.A. '49) of 1439 Brassie Ave., poor printing be excused because she had a new career here. [Editor's note: Egad and zounds Flossmoor, IL 60422 conducted opening concerts broken right wrist! [Editor's note: Way to go, Mary, precisely. Do you see what I am saying about the of "The World of George Gershwin" festival in St. and I had no trouble reading your writing.] Mary "new" Steve Jones? Could this be the same Petersburg and Moscow. He conducted his is retired. In Winfield, she taught public school individual who had to be roused by a phone call program "Gershwin Gala - Porgy and Bess" music for three years, directed the Easter cantatas, from yours truly at 9 a.m. in order that he attend featuring American soloists Vivian Martin and was organist at the First Presbyterian Church for Sue Schoen's low strings techniques class?] My John Swift. 40 years and taught piano for 20 years. She also oldest daughter remains in Des Moines working Brian Jeffrey Knutson (M.M. '84) of 3000 was a collaborative pianist for the Frank Caruso and going to school. My younger daughter will be Northshore Loop SE, Mandan, ND 58554 sent an Vocal Studio in Hartford, Connecticut. Mary has a in seventh grade this year and plays in the band, address change and informed us that he is son, a daughter and a granddaughter. Her on trumpet of course. Keep up the good work associate professor of music and director of choral husband, Keith, was an army medic for five years with the newsletter. Like Andrew S. Musel, activities at the University of Mary in Bismarck, during World War II. Mary is a promotional public whenever I read your yearly tome, I too am North Dakota. speaker for the Iowa City Ronald McDonald House. transported back to those carefree days of Jon Harry Heiden (B.A. '57) of 3615 Rexmere Jerald (Jere) Maurice Graetz (B.A. '56, M.A. undergraduate academia where, surrounded by a Rd., Baltimore, MD 21218 retired from his position '68) of 2706 River Woods Ln., Burnsville, MN brotherhood of close chums, I had not a worry in as director of music at the Falls Church 55337 wrote to say that he and his wife, Lauretta the world. Later .. . Steve Jones." [Editor's note: Presbyterian Church in Falls Church, Virginia. Jon Brunsvold Graetz (B.A. '57), retired from teaching Now there. Some good schizophrenia in those became a member of the United States Army in Independence in June of 1996 and moved to last few sentences where we recognize the Steve Chorus in 1957 and was organist at his church Burnsville. Jere has been working part time at Jones we knew as undergraduates. I also sense an until 1961. He became director of music in 1967. Diversified in the winter and at the Crystal Lake implied apology to Andy which I hope will be the He directed the Chancel and Westminster choirs, Golf Club in the summer. "The golf course is more end of this little episode. It's all so very tiring.] and his program included graded choirs, a fun than teaching any day," Jere remarked. Keisetsu Chiba (M.M. '94) of 23 Bunkyodai handbell group and an annual concert series. Jon [Editor's note: How can that be?] Lauretta is Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8511 , Japan, is now director of music, emeritus. teaching half time at Apple Val ley High School [email protected] stopped in to tell us he is The new executive director of the Kirksville and is president of the North Central American instructor of wind ensemble and euphonium/tuba Arts Association is Geoffrey A. Lear (B.A. 70) of Choral Directors Association whose convention at the Hokkaido Women's College and instructor 516 N. Mulanix St., Kirksville, MO 63501 . The she chaired last March in Minneapolis. of euphonium/tuba at the Hokkaido University of Association is a non-profit organization He doesn't compare it to golf, but Joseph L. Education. promoting and supporting all the arts in the Finnegan (B.M. '89) of 171O Madison St., Gloria J. Beck (B.F.A. '89) of 1042 Oropesa Kirksville area. Jeff taught in Waterloo/Cedar Falls Manitowoc, WI 54220 says he enjoys teaching. Ave., Orlando, FL 32807 sent a change of address and Dayton and Sheridan, Wyoming; worked at a Joe has finished his second year as the Lincoln and has been a singer/ hostess since February of radio station in Sheridan, Wyoming; and was High School band director for grades ten through 1997 at Romano's Macaroni Grill in Lake Buena operations manager and part-time band 12 in Manitowoc. He completed his master's Vista, Florida. As a singer, Gloria performs Italian instrument repair technician at a music store in degree in music education at Vandercook College opera and Neapolitan songs to entertain guests. Loveland, Colorado before accepting the Missouri this past summer. The University of California Press has position. "Though I was a flute major," wrote Jeff, And this just in from the glib Eileen Meyer published Method for the One-Keyed Flute (ISBN 0- "I have been making most of my money playing Massinon (M.M. '89) of 4126 Lowman St., Corpus 520-21447-1) by Janice Dockendorff Boland string bass and electric bass in local orchestras, Christi, TX 78411 who is assistant professor of low (M.A. 71) of 1495 Douglas Ct., Marion, IA 52302. jazz bands, pit orchestras and even rock and brass at Del Mar College and Texas A & Mat Janice also had a CD released this past May by country bands when necessary through the Corpus Christi: "Hi! I moved. I have found true Fleur De Son Classics, Ltd. - Matiegka: Czech years." happiness in sunny Corpus Christi, and so I Chamber Music for flute, viola and guitar on period Mary E. Brutsche Andersen (B.M. '91) of 780 bought a house. I'm trying to convince Jon instruments. Janice is flutist with violist David W. 4th St., Garner, IA 50438 provided a new Hansen to come here to fish in the winter. This Miller and guitarist John Dowdall. The CD features address and gave her position as the band year at the International Trombone Festival, I was Serenade, Op. 26 and Nocturne, Op. 21 , both by director of grades six through eight at Seton awarded the extremely prestigious 'Fudpucker' Wenceslaus Matiegka (1773-1830). FDS 57927 is Middle School in Algona. award. (Ask Jon.)" [Editor's note: Knowing Jon, he distributed in the U.S. by Qualiton Imports, Ltd. After ten years of teaching at home, Connie F. would have refused further comment, deferring to [Editor's note: Janice's book is also available at the Worl Venti (B.A. '68) of 1095 Memory Ln., good taste, so we didn't ask.] UNI Library.] Escondido, CA 92026 opened her own vocal Another address change and a nice note came Wendy S. Hamann Green (B.M. '94) of 1309 studio in Poway, California. She is voice instructor, from Imogene Anderson Darrah (B.A. '31) of 100 Larkfield Ct., Marshalltown, IA 50158 gave us her collaborative pianist and coordinator of the Terrace View Blvd., Oregon, IL 61061 who is new address and noted she is the middle school applied music program at Palomar College in San retired: "Have had a wonderful life. Taught music instrumental music director for the West Marshall Marcos, California and staff soprano with the La for four years after graduation. Married a and Marshalltown community schools. Jolla Symphony Chorus in La Jolla, California. wonderful man, Bert. Had a son and daughter. The junior high band director at Eastland During the summer of 1997, Connie traveled with We all lived as a perfect family. All of this time my Community School District in Shannon, Illinois is Sharon Spies Thalman (B.A. '68) to visit their major enriched my and our lives. I was involved in Lisa Louise Pfiffner Eaton (B.M. '87) of 31920 mutual friend Sarah Minium Dimond (B.A. '68) in community musical activities constantly." Straddle Creek Rd., Shannon, IL 61078. In August, Minot, North Dakota. Judith E. Wurch Seil (B.A. '56) of 415 Garfield 1997, Lisa married Matt who is also a band Reesa Kay Stanley (B.A. '96) of 1000 Ave., Box 297, Farnhamville, IA 50538 and her director. "Teaching five through eight Adventureland Dr., #6 18, Altoona, IA 50009 is a husband, Duane, retired from farming and moved instrumental music and loving it!" wrote Lisa. She customer service representative for Rieman Music to town. Judith wrote, "After teaching in Alu'!':, ni News Humboldt and Paton, Iowa and having a church choir for many years, we are now retired and living Giving Notes in our new home. My interests have been to design our home and then decorate it." A special gift was received this year from The address for Jodi Kae Mannetter Friest 1997-1998 was again a wonderful year as the estate Geraldine '37). (B.M. '94) of 2972 Chicory Rd., Racine, WI 53403 our graduates and friends contributed of Miller (B.A. A changed, and she dutifully reported it. Jodi is self $104,588 in pledges and gifts to the School piano teacher for over 25 years as well as a employed. of Music. These gifts represent some 433 music teacher in the Iowa and Illinois public Bryan W. Bennett (B.A. '93, M.M. '96) of 908 donors. Over 300 patrons gave to the school systems, Geraldine made a bequest in Heartland Hills Dr., Waterloo, IA 50701 wrote to Scholarship Benefit Concert, held each her will for the School of Music to receive her say he and Maureen E. Becker Bennett (B.M. '94) September, for a total of $34,509 (see Baldwin grand piano. The piano is a were married in November of 1994. Michael Scholarship Benefit Concert article on page welcome addition and is being used in the Benjamin was born July 11 , 1997; 8:35 a.m.; 7 lbs., five of this issue for a list of donors). Each teaching studio of Professor Miguel Pinto. 8.6 oz.; 20 1/ 2 inches. Brian is an adjunct gift contributed to music scholarships for The UNI Jazz Band I had the opportunity instructor of trumpet at UNI and personnel to tour and perform in two prestigious jazz manager/ librarian for the Waterloo/Cedar Falls talented students. For their leadership gifts Symphony Orchestra. to this effort, a special thank you to Gayle festivals in Europe this summer (see article It's been a very good year for alumni news, Johns Rose (B.A. '77), Harriet Ma, Rosie on page one of this issue). Timothy Adler, and we close with lots of good news from Susan Bolstad (B.A. '48) and University Book and Richard Francis, Richard Capps (B.A. '63, Mari e Rider (B.M. '89) of 7801 Gum Springs Supply. M.A. '72) and John Glascock provided Village Dr., Alexandria, VA 22306 who currently is Don Hudson from Waterloo graciously leadership gifts to both the tour and the jazz section cornetist/trumpeter with the U.S. Marine gave a gift of $17,000. Don played both program. Band. "1997 was a busy year!" Susan began. "I trumpet and organ and performed with his The UNI Marching Band kicked off its moved to Odessa, Texas in August of 1996 to play brother, Al, in Al 's dance band, touring campaign this spring. Designed to raise co-principal trumpet with the Midland/Odessa throughout the Midwest. Don funds for equipment purchases, the Symphony and teach privately. In January of loves music campaign will continue through the 1998 1997, I went to Miami, Florida for one month to and attends concerts at UNI. Currently play with the New World Symphony, under the retired from John Deere, Don created an football season. Already, 105 former band direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. While there Endowment Fund for Musical Excellence. members have contributed and over $4,000 we recorded a CD of jazz-influenced symphonic Potential uses for the money can include, has been raised in pledges and gifts. music. I finished out my year in Texas and then but are not limited to, music scholarships, On behalf of the College of Humanities went to Charleston, South Carolina for the Spoleto new instruments, books, guest artists or and Fine Arts and, specifically, the School of Festival U.S.A. in May. Meanwhile, I won a position special projects designed to contribute to Music, a big thank you to each of you who with 'The President's Own' United States Marine the ongoing excellence of the School. contributed in some way. Thank you for Band in Washington, D.C. Before moving to Charlotte and the late William Hinson caring about our students, the quality of Virginia, I spent a couple months in Bloomington, have endowed two scholarships education provided and the musical Indiana working on my D.M. at Indiana University. for oboe excellence of our programs. It's been an honor to become a staff sergeant in and cello and, along with Neysa Kepfer the U.S. Marine Corps. I want to say hello to all my ; Reed, continue to support the UNI Suzuki If you would like information about friends and faculty from UNI." School. Emil and Loraine (B.A. '42) Bock making a gift to the UNI School of Music or That's it for this year. Thanks to all who e­ and Ruth Russell add to their scholarships information on making arrangements to mailed and wrote; it was enjoyable. If you wish to on an annual basis. A special thank you for include the School in your estate, please contribute for the next issue, please refer back to their support. contact Diane Curtis at 273-6078 or 800-782- the first paragraph of this article. We look forward A ne·w endowed scholarship was created 9522. to hearing from you. by Dorothea Dean. The Robert W. Dean [Editor's Note: Special thanks to Diane Music Curtis for contributing this article. She has Education joined the UNI Advancement Division as Endowment director of development for the College of Fund was Humanities and Fine Arts. A native of designed for Buckeye, Curtis earned her B.A. degree in instrumental speech and dramatic arts from Malone music College in Canton, Ohio and her M.A. degree education in rhetoric and public address from the (band) majors University of Iowa. Since her arrival in Cedar and is unique Falls, she has utilized her communication in that it skills to teach communication classes at UNI, contains both Hawkeye Community College and Upper Iowa University. Diane joined the UNI advancement staff in August of 1997.] Emeritus Activities

t is a pleasure once again to inform you of attend t he pre-concert previews which add I the activities of our emeritus faculty. much to the performances. In November of 1997, pianist Russell Marleta's own performing included a Baum and violinist Donald Wendt February benefit recital with Sheri presented an emeritus faculty recital at the Greenawald (B.A. '68) in Monticello, Sheri's Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls. hometown, at which we saw Jane Hetzler Russ opened the concert with La Puerta def Chukas (B.A. '67) an d had a good chat. Two Vino by Claude Debussy and Sonatine pour le weeks later she played two recitals with Piano by Maurice Ravel. As a duo, Don and former trombone student JoDee Davis (B.M. Russ performed Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. '80, M.M. '85), one at the University of Iowa 21 by Erno Dohnanyi. and the other at UNI. So a lot of reminiscing Emil Bock sent a nice letter in which he took place t hat month as well as some very wrote, "The saying goes that when you are enjoyable music making. -"' over 80, people are surprised that you are We are staying fairly close to home t his still alive, lucid and can walk. I'm alive, lucid summer looking after the yard and flowers, and can walk, but I don't brag about it. I can trying to stay cool, Charles watching and say the same thing about Lori. enjoying his baseball games and other We'll try to drive to the Tetons in sports, Marleta a golf game on Wednesday Wyoming this August to meet with our children and grandchildren: Beyond that, we have no plans except to take in the concerts and plays this winter and to fiddle around a bit (Bach, of course). With kindest regards to everybody ... Emil spotlight series Bock" The seven concerts on the 1998-99 Spotlight Series will Marleta Matheson hopped on her be as follows: computer and sent the update from her and • UNI Wind Symphony, Ronald Johnson, conductor Charles via e-mail: " It seems as if it couldn't Friday, October possibly have been a year since we last 2, 1998 - Russell Hall Auditorium - 8 wrote of our 'Emeritus Faculty Activities,' but p.m. here we are, maintaining our good life in • UNI Wind Symphony, Ronald Johnson, conductor much the same way. Friday, November 13, 1998 - Russell Hall Auditorium Our travels are the main source of our - 8 p.m. continuing education. We motored to • Chimes of Christmas: UNI Concert Chorale, UNI Wisconsin la st October to witness the Chamber Singers, UNI Singers and UNI Women's harvesting of cranberries and cel ebrate Chorus, Bruce Chamberlain and Sandra Stegman, Charles' 85th birthday. In March, we took conductors our second cruise to ce lebrate Marleta's Sunday, December 6, 1998 - First Presbyterian official senior citizen birthday of 65 years. Ch urch, Waterloo - 3 p.m. We flew to Acapulco and cruised through • UNI Jazz Band the Panama Canal, disembarking at Ft. I, Robert Washut, conductor Lauderdale, then spending a short week in Friday, April 9, 1999 - Russel l Hall Auditorium - 8 p.m. Florida visiting friends, a relative and the • UNI Concert Chorale, Bruce Chamberlain, conductor - "All Stravinsky" Kennedy Space Center. Right before we left Monday, April 12, 1999 - Russell Ha ll Auditorium p- 8 .m. on the cruise, we made a quick trip to • Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Stirling, conductor Minneapolis to attend the North Central Friday, April 23, 1999 - Ru ssel l Hal l Auditorium - 8 p.m. ACDA convention and were treated to UNI Performance Competition Finals Britten's War Requiem performed by the Sunday, April 25, 1999 - Russel l Hall Auditorium - 3 p.m. Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Chorale, Finalists for the $2,200 Presser Fou ndation Award, the $1,500 Charles & Marleta Dale Warland Singers, the Metropolitan Boys Matheson Award an d the $1 ,000 Myron & Ruth Russe ll Award Choir and conducted by Robert Shaw. It was Season tickets for all seven events are $35 for public, $30 for senior citizens and $25 a thrilling performance. I n June, we enjoyed our annual weekend sojourn to the Des for students. Tickets for individual concerts will be $6 for public, $5 for senior citizens Moines Metro Operas and saw Th e Merry and $4 for students. Tickets are available by ca lling 319-273-2025 and also may be Widow, Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke and purchased at the door. Fidelio. All were excellent - we always mornings and weekly Friday coffee at 'Cup of Joe' with Martha Hoivik, Mary Beckman, Joan Smalley and Therese Fetter (when she's in town). We're anxiously awaiting the Lost Alumni opening of the two new swimming pools at the Wellness Center - the pool at the West (Men's) Gym was closed at the beginning of usic alumni for whom we have no address has risen to 113, up from 98 in the summer, so our Aqua Trim classes were 1997. The all-time low of 82 was in 1994. The all-time high was 230 in 1987. moved to the East (Women's) Gym and even M With 2,039 names on the music alumni printout, the percentage of "lost though the new pools were to be open last January, we'll still be at the East Gym for alumni" is at 5.54%. awhile - probably the whole fall semester! In our continual effort to stay in touch with our music graduates, we would appreciate They will be nice when finished, though. it if you please would check over the names below around the years that you were a Our lives are always full it seems." student at UNI. If you can provide an address, please write to us, call 319-273-2024 ore­ Karl Hoivik wrote the summary of this past year's activities for him and Martha mail [email protected]. We appreciate your assistance as will our "lost alumni." (M.A. '69): ''The highlight of our lives occurred on August 20, 1997 when we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We saw so many people whom we hadn't Cater, Mary Carnahan '22 Bliss, James William 'SO Vaagen, David Otis '70 seen for many years. Individuals from as far Parker, Ethyl Mentzer '23 Hassenger, Joanne Bendixen 'SO Carter, Linda Jean '72 away as South Dakota came to celebrate Schwarze, Ivy Rice '24 Bergmann, Marvin George '52 Hopkins, Linda Netz '72 with us. Kauffman, Harry M. '27 Ormondroyd, Ruth Baumhover '52 Mechtel, Jacalyn Ann '72 We are in fine health and hope to stay Elliotte, Alyce Cain '28 Kromer, Norma Nelson '55 Hobbs, Janice Arlene '73 that way for a long time. Mccreery, Beryl '28 Russell, Norman Duane '55 Jenne, Sandra Brown '73 Martha and I continue living in our Merritt, Viola Cooley '28 Schultz, Arthur Ray '55 Clover, Kathryn '74 beautiful condo at 1723 W. 18th St. where Radke, Esther Rohrig '28 Weaver, Lynne E. Sutton '55 Landers, Russell Dean '74 we have lived for almost four years now. Waller, Margaret Taylor '28 Russell, John Glesne '56 Riley, Sara Moser '74 Our family is doing well. Our grandson, Mike Tetzloff, age 17 and son of our McAbeer, Carita Harris '29 Capper, Donna Meinhard '58 Ewoldt, Patrice R. '75 daughter, Linda, recently returned from a Streeter, Gladys Anderson '29 Zeller, Annie Catherine '58 Newland, Joanne '75 wonderful trip to Russia and much of Tully, Marie A. '29 Fuller, William Charles '59 Larsen, Jo Ann '76 Western Europe. He had a marvelous time Harman, Evelyn Barnett '30 Wilharm, Marlene Burger '59 Miller, Ann Elizabeth '76 and sent us a postcard from London. Kafron, Eleanore Kelley '30 Long, Loren James '60 Sandersfeld, David Alan '76 Mike is being interviewed as a possible Staff, Lillian Soukup '30 Lund, Ruth Sander '61 Williams, Kenneth Myrl '76 candidate for the Naval Academy. It would Thomas, Margaret Tydvil '30 Brown, Marilyn Bundy '62 Bice, Margaret Grosvenor '79 be nice if he chose to be in the Navy where Carey, Dorothy Dinsmore '31 Haendler, Paul Otto '62 Falletti, Sue Ann Myers '79 his grandpa spent 29 months serving Mann, Doreen Cobb '31 Clark, David Dodd '63 Goodenbour, Kathryn Sewell '79 aboard a ship in the South Pacific. Robinson, Marian Bronson '31 Cline, James Harry '63 Phillips, David Scott '80 Karen continues to have singing '32 '63 '81 engagements in various locations Cranston, Hazel Rapp Donald, Harley Dean Guenther, Pamela J. throughout the country, and she will be Rinker, Esther Bley '33 Carlin, Elizabeth Wade '64 Macvey, Karen Marie '81 with us again at the end of July. We look Schlesselman, Florence Phipps '33 Franklin, James Leo '64 Olson, Tamara Leigh '81 forward to seeing her again. Stieger, Miriam Martson '34 Gundacker, George Gustav '64 Fosselman, Jo Anne '82 We enjoyed our many years of service in Sabin, Audrey Lee '35 Shirbroun, Linda Hillen '65 Madej, Edward John '82 the UNI School of Music. When we came to Mengel, Frances Kathryn '36 Ervin, Jeanne Finn '67 Potter, Victoria Monroe '82 Cedar Falls in 1947, it was called ISTC. But Mimbach, Mary Templeton '36 Leach, Dorothy Barnes '67 Canell, David Allan '84 that was 51 years ago. Maynard, Myra L. '37 Madsen, Jean Long '68 Canell, Donna '84 My, how things have changed. When we Matthews, Harriet '38 Mosbrucker, Gene Kenneth '68 Johnsen, Randall C. '85 came here, just after our honeymoon, we Beckman, Norma Sutz '39 Ellers, Sheryl Pieper '69 Schmieder, Sandra Sue '86 lived in Sunset Village. That was quite an Ruby, E. Jane Hofler '41 Nelson, Keith Grant '69 Goodman, Warren Todd '87 experience. '43 '69 '88 Then, after three years, I attained tenure, Clark, Verna M. Wickham, Kathleen Grimes Angelici, Scott Geoffrey and we went to live in Riverside, Iowa with Reeves, Margaret Roelfs '43 Chafin, Cheryl Baker '70 Raines, Raym ond Sungjoo '90 friends while I worked on and earned my Bickford, Magdeline Popoff '44 Charles, Stephen Thomas '70 Timmerman, Stacey Lynn '90 Ph.D. in composition in Iowa City. Dr. Philip Hennig, Jeanette Lind '46 Ebersole, Jonathan Jean '70 Cargill, Michael Patrick '91 Greeley Clapp was my main teacher, and we Keiter, Shirlee Hauser '46 Emahiser, Eugene Randall '70 King, Terry B. '91 became good friends. Martha later earned Hoskins, Elsie '47 . Hentzelman, Steven Lee '70 Wilson, Karen Kate '92 her master's degree at UNI." Boone, Laura Farrington '48 Hetzler, John Douglas '70 Plum, Elaine Noel '93 Walker, Kathryn Lomen '49 Kjolhede, Luther C. '70 Special Events 1997-98

plethora of recitalists, lecturers, Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Fund. School of Music. Estes has sung with all the clinicians, master class A presenters et Robert Triplett presented a cl inic titled major international opera companies in al. shared their talent, insight and "Befriending Stage Fright" on the UNI Organ every major opera house around the world. wisdom with School of Music students and Series. Triplett has appeared as a recitalist His repertoire includes more than 90 roles. faculty throughout the 1997 -98 academic and stage fright clinician throughout the Istvan Ruppert was guest organist and year. An enriching experience for all who United States and for national and regional presented a workshop on the UN I Organ were involved, these visitations 1) reinforce conventions of the American Guild of Series. He is an organ professor at the Liszt that which students already have been Organists. He is distinguished artist in Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. taught and 2) inspire students to seek levels residence at Cornell Col lege in Mount Ruppert has performed in many churches of achievement which previously were Vernon, Iowa and director ~f music at Trinity and music centers throughout Europe. The unknown. The impressive list of guests over Episcopal Church in Iowa City. The UNI UNI Organ Series originated and is the last year follows. Organ Series was originated and is supported by a generous gift from the late Several of these guest artists made their supported by a gift from Noma Rupprich Noma Rupprich Jebe (UNI Class of '33). .,, appearances through the generosity of the Jebe (UNI Class of '33). Additional funding Deon Nielsen Price was guest composer late Martha-Ellen Tye and the late Noma for this workshop was received from and pianist on a concert of her works with Rupprich Jebe (B.A. '33) . We are grateful for McClellan Industries, Inc., Mark W. McClellan, tenor Darryl Taylor, cellist Jonathan the contributions from these two president. Chenoweth, soprano saxophonist Tom Barry benefactors to the School of Music and Tubist Scott Watson and pianist Iva and pianist Robin Guy of the School of Music acknowledge their gifts more specifically Navratova presented a guest recital. Watson faculty, and soprano and alto saxophonist below. is the faculty tubist at the University of Trevor Jorgensen, a UNI graduate student. Kansas at Lawrence. As a soloist, he has Price is an internationally recognized September 1997 concertized on tours of Poland and Russia. composer. As one of America's leading Margaret Kennedy, soprano , and Dianne Funding for the concert by Watson and composers of saxophone music, her work for Ferguson, piano, presented a guest recital. Navratova was provided by a special gift to this instrument is published and performed Kennedy joined the faculty of Hope College the UNI Tuba Studio. throughout the world. ''The Music of Deon in Holland, Michigan in 1997 . She previously Nielsen Price" was made possible in part was a member of t h e voice faculties at the October 1997 t hrough a grant from Meet the Composer, University of Kentucky and the University of Baritone Wil liam Warfield presented a Inc. with support from the National Nebraska-Lincoln . Kennedy studied at the guest master class. Warfield is Endowment for the Arts, the Jerome Cleveland Institute of Music and Indiana internationally renowned, has performed Foundation and the Metropolitan Life University. Ferguson has taught piano, countless concerts and probably is most Foundation. The concert also was made music theory and music appreciation at famous for his lead role in George possible by grants from the UNI Office of Doane College in Crete, Nebraska since Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. He is a Student Activities, the Martha-Ellen Tye 1977. She performs throughout Nebraska professor of music at Northwestern Visiting Artist Fund and the UNI Women's and has been a soloist with the Lincoln, University and previously taught at the Studies Program. Hastings and University of Nebraska University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. symphonies. The appearance by Kennedy Warfield's appearance was made possible by November 1997 and Ferguson was made possible by a grant a grant from the Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting A guest recital was presented by from the Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Artist Fund. saxophonist Vince Gnojek and pianist Alice Fund. Pianist Sue Downs, a Yamaha performing Downs. A master class/clinic also was given Guest collaborative pianist Iva Navratova artist, played on and demonstrated the by Gnojek. As a classical saxophone soloist, performed on a faculty recital with UNI Disklavier and discussed her career. She Gnojek has appeared with community and tubist Jeffrey Funderburk. Czech native studied classical piano with Vladmir Sokoloff college orchestras and concert bands Navratova has concertized in Poland, at the Curtis Institute and performs classical throughout the midwestern and western Germany, Cuba, Holland, Russia, Switzerland , and jazz music. United States and has been an active solo France and Japan. In 1989, Navratova Hornist Greg Helseth, performed a guest recitalist in New York, Colorado and Kansas. accepted a position at the Staatliche recital with UNI faculty pianist Robin Guy. He has performed in 42 states and toured Hochschule fur Musik in Trossingen, Helseth joined the Omaha Symphony internationally as the alto saxophonist with Germany. Orchestra as principal horn in 1989 and plays the highly acclaimed Harvey Pittel Jonathan Chenette, professor of principal horn with the Lincoln Symphony. Saxophone Quartet. Gnojek is currently composition and director of the Grinnell He is an adjunct professor of horn at the professor of saxophone and woodwind College Department of Music, presented a University of Nebraska at Omaha and division director at the University of Kansas. lecture on the "Composition Today" lecture maintains a small private studio. Downs has performed solo and chamber series. He also gave a group lesson to Bass-baritone Simon Estes was a College music recitals throughout the United States composition majors. Chenette's appearance of Humanities and Fine Arts guest recita list and abroad. A Fulbright scholar in France, was made possible by a grant from the and presented a master class at the UN I she returned to Europe in 1976 at the Festival. Adjudicators for the festival were Larry Kisor, band director at Sioux City North High School; Brent Sandy (B.A. '81 ), free­ lance trumpet player in Iowa City; Jim Dreier, free-lance drummer in :owa City and percussion teacher at Kirkwood Community College and Augustana College in Rock Island; Steve Grismore, free-lance guitarist and faculty member at Augustana College in invitation of the Italian Academy of Science, in Dallas. Since winning the A.G.O. national Rock Island; Grant Wolf, director of jazz Arts and Letters to play a recital in memory prize, Cleveland has performed over 70 studies at Mesa Community College in of her teacher, Silvio Scionti. Downs also is recitals throughout the United States and Arizona; and Jim Oatts, teacher and free­ a member of the faculty at the University of has performed twice with the National lance trumpeter in Des Moines. Kansas. The appearance by Gnojek and Symphony Orchestra at the National Trombonist Conrad Herwig was guest Downs was made possible by a grant from Cathedral in Washington, D.C. He also has soloist with the UNI Jazz Band I, conducted the Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Fund. performed several recitals in Europe, by Robert Washut, on the 48th Annual A guest lecture, "Schubert and the including Westminster Abbey and the Sinfonian Dimensions in Jazz Shows. Nonsense Society," was presented by Rita Cathedral of Berlin. The UNI Organ Series Herwig, a professional musician in New York, Steblin. Her articles have been published in originated and is supported by a generous plays currently with the Joe Henderson and several periodicals, including the Journal of gift from the late Noma Rupprich Jebe (UNI Eddie Palmieri bands. His latest recording, the American Musicological Society and 79th Class of '33). The Latin Side ofJohn Coltrane, was Century Music. Steblin's Schubert Approximately 220 students from 63 nominated for a Grammy. Herwig's discoveries concern the "Nonsense Society" Iowa high schools participated in the appearance was made possible in part by - the social circle of Schubert and his Northern Festival of Bands. Joseph Missal the Selmer Corporation. friends, especially the poets and artists was the guest conductor for the Festival Approximately 390 students from 66 around him. Her appearance was made Symphony Band, students in grades 11 and Iowa, one Minnesota and one Wisconsin possible by a grant from the Martha-Ellen 12. He is director of bands and professor of high schools participated in the Northern Tye Visiting Scholar Fund. music at Oklahoma State University where Iowa Vocal Arts Festival. The Cedar Rapids Robert Levin, visiting specialist in West he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Jefferson High School Men's and Women's African drumming, began the first of three Band and Chamber Winds. Missal has Choirs, conducted respectively by Pete residencies during the 1997-98 academic appeared as a guest conductor throughout Eklund and Carol Tralau, performed as the year (see article on page five of this issue). the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel. Festival Honor Choirs. Partial sponsorship Violinist Mahlon Darlington, actress Jane Baroque bassoonist Ricardo Rapoport for the festival was provided by the UNI Cox and pianist Sue Haug performed on the was a guest recitalist with UNI faculty Office of Conferences and Visitor Services. UNI faculty recital of tenor Raymond Tymas­ members Marilou Kratzenstein and David From private teaching studios across Jones. Darlington, Cox and Haug all are Rachor on harpsichord and baroque Iowa, 20 high school pianists were selected faculty members at Iowa State University . bassoon respectively. Kevin Schilling of the to receive private lessons and coaching from The four artists performed Johannes Iowa State University music faculty members of the UNI keyboard faculty at the Brahms: The Unforgettable One, a play performed on baroque oboe. Rapoport has Northern Iowa Piano Festival. The Festival written by Cox and based on the letters and performed with some of the finest "period" was sponsored in part by the Office of biographies of Brahms. ensembles in Europe, including La Petite Conferences and Visitor Services. Bande, Les Musiciens du Louvre and Le Saxophonist Mike Lee presented a guest January 1998 Concert Spirituel. He is professor at the clinic titled "Jazz Improvisation." Lee joined William McGuire (M.M. '93) was guest Conservatory in Auxerre, where he teaches the Woody Herman Band in 1990, the same organist on a faculty recital by trumpeter modern bassoon, both French and German year his debut recording, The Quiet Answer, Randy Grabowski. McGuire has been systems, and chamber music. Rapoport's was released. He has co-led bands with minister of music for 11 years and organist appearance was made possible by a grant Marcus Belgrave, Bobby Watson and Geri for 21 years at the Nazareth Lutheran Church from the Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Allen and has performed as a featured in Cedar Falls. Fund. soloist with Joe Lovano, Rosemary Clooney, A guest recital was performed by the U.S. David Johnson, director of music and Marlon Jordan and Johnny Coles. His Air Force Heartland of America Band worship resources at Concordia Publishing appearance was made possible by the Woodwind Quintet - Bryan Summers, horn; House in St. Louis, gave a guest lecture titled Selmer Company. Dallas Neustel, clarinet; Cynthia Donnelly, "Music Publishing." He received his Bachelor flute; Jennifer Harper, oboe; and Stephen of Music degree in organ performance from March 1998 Holland, bassoon. the University of Colorado and master's UNI alumna JoDee Davis (B.M. '80, M.M. degrees in sacred music and divinity February from '85) was a guest recitalist and master class 1998 Valparaiso University and Concordia presenter. Pianist on the concert was UNI Douglas Cleveland was a performer on Seminary respectively. Emeritus Professor Marleta Matheson. Davis the UNI Organ Series. He won first prize in Approximately 1,260 students from 63 teaches trombone and euphonium at Kent the 1994 American Guild of Organists Iowa and Minnesota high schools State University and is second trombone of (A.G.O.) National Young Artists Competition participated in the 43rd Annual Tallcorn Jazz the Santa Fe Opera. Previously, she taught low brass at Eastern Washington University Stewart, alto saxophonist/flutist Anton and was principal trombone of the Spokane Denner and pianist Bill Carrothers - Student Symphony. Davis' appearance was made presented a guest recital. Stewart has possible by a grant from the Martha-Ellen recorded and toured with John Scofield, Lee Tye Visiting Artist Fund. Konitz, Jim Hall, Maceo Parker, James Vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Barber was A 70th Birthday Tribute Concert was Moody, Larry Geldings and Marc Copland. one of the three winners in the Fort presented as part of guest composer His debut recording as a leader on the Blue Dodge Area Samuel Adler's UNI residency (see article on Note label, Snide Remarks, received "Ten Symphony page three of this issue). Best Jazz Records of 1995" honors in the Orchestra Guest flutist Claudia Anderson gave a New York Times. Denner has performed at Young Artists recital with UNI faculty pianist Robin Guy. Birdland, Knitting Factory, Visiones and the Auditions, held Anderson studied as a Fulbright Scholar in Village Gate in New York. He studied with this past 1972 with Severino Gazzelloni in Italy. Joe Lovano and Lee Konitz and has January. There There she was principal flute of the performed with Mel Lewis, Ray Charles, were 25 Orchestra del Teatro Massimo in Palermo Terell Stafford, Clifford Jordan and Wayne competitors in for several years. Anderson has been a Marsh. Carrothers made a quintet recording the contest. recitalist across the United States and a in 1986, The Artful Dodger, that won critical Student Korey guest artist/clinician at numerous state and acclaim in many national publications. He Barrett was regional flute festivals. She currently has recorded as a sideman for Stewart on pianist with Barber at the audition. As a teaches at Grinnell College and has taught two Blue Note label recordings, Snide winner, Barber performed Porto, Porto, at UNI, the University of Iowa and Ithaca Remarks and Telepathy. The appearance by from La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang College. the Bill Stewart Trio was made possible by a Amadeus Mozart with the Fort Dodge Barry Bernstein presented guest grant from the Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Area Symphony on April 26. Previously, workshops titled "Music Education and Artist Fund. she was a first, second and third place Music Therapy" and "Rhythm Circles and Glenda Maurice presented a guest winner in the National Association of Community Health." Bernstein is a Board lecture titled "When Di ction Becomes Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competitions Certified Registered Music Therapist and Language, When Language Becomes Poetry, her freshman, sophomore and junior program coordinator for the Rhythm for When Poetry Becomes Music." She years respectively. Barber studies voice Life Foundation. He has conducted lectures maintains an active performing and with faculty member Jean McDonald. and workshops in over 25 states and teaching career as a professor at the Sh e sings in the UNI Concert Chorale and foreign countries. Bernstein's appearance University of Minnesota School of Music. is pursuing a degree in voca l music was made possible by a grant from the UNI She has collaborated with such education. Barber is the daughter of Center for the Enhancement ofTeaching distinguished artists as Dalton Ba ldwin, Byron and and the UNI School of Music with additional Graham Johnson and Seiji Ozawa. Judith Barber of support from the West Music Company of Joseph L. Casey presented two days of Omaha. Coralville. guest lectures for music educators. He has taught in Minnesota private and public Jennifer Petersen, who Apri/1998 schools and at the University of Iowa took first place Guest Walter Thompson presented an Laboratory School. At t he college level, in the junior improvisation clinic titled "Sound Painting." Casey has conducted concert ba nds, wind women division Thompson is a New York City-based ensembles, marching bands and jazz of the 1996 composer, conductor, performer and ensembles at Dominican Col lege, the NATS educator. He composes for a wide variety of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the Competition, mediums and leads his own Walter University of Hawaii and De Pa ul Un iversity. did a repeat Thompson Orchestra. He currently is an associate professor at the performance by taking first place in the A piano master class was presented by latter. Casey's appearance was made senior women division of the 1997 NATS Temuri Akhobadze, a native of the Republic possible by a grant from the Martha-E llen Competition, held in November in Ames. of Georgia and current resident of New York Tye Visiting Artist Fund, UNI, Ka ppa Ka ppa Petersen competed with 25 other City. He studied at the Moscow Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. vocal ists for the honor. Her pianist was Conservatory for ten years and has played Su san Chamberlain. She studies with solo recitals throughout the former Soviet faculty member David Smalley and sings Union, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Cuba, in the UNI Concert Chorale and UNI Au stria and France. In each of his recital Chamber Singers. Petersen is studying to venues, Akhobadze conducted master complete a music education degree. She classes at the major conservatories. His is the daughter of Stan and Necia Tow of appearance was made possible by a grant from the Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Dysart. Fund. In January, Petersen wa s one of the The Bill Stewart Trio - also called "A Band three winners in the Iowa District Met in All Hope" and consisting of drummer Bill wards

Auditions, held in Ames. The three winners $1,500 Charles & were awarded $600 each after being Marleta Matheson selected from a group of 13. Pianist with Award. Alto Petersen for the Iowa Met Auditions was saxophonist Jeff Paula Helmuth. As a follow up, she vied with Schafer was 12 competitors from Iowa, Minnesota, North awarded the $1,000 Dakota and Wisconsin at the Regional Met music degree in performance. Sander is a Myron & Ruth Auditions, held in March at the Ordway member of the Northwind Quintet and the Russell Award. Theatre in Minneapolis. There Petersen Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra. Faculty There were seven received third place. Her pianist in pianist with her at the Des Moines competitors in the Minneapolis was faculty member Miguel competition was Robin Guy. Sander is the final round and 17 Pinto. daughter ofTed and Therese Sander of contestants in the The winning continued as Rakhee Sung Moberly, Missouri. preliminary round. took first place in the college piano division The UNI Jazz Band II, conducted by Faculty and flutist Kathleen Sander took first place Jonathan Schwabe, took top honors in the member Robin in the college brass, percussion and winds college division at the 31st Annual JazzFest, Guy was pianist division at the Des Moines Symphony Guild held at the University of Wisconsin-Eau with Anderson. 1998 Young Artist Competition, held this Claire this March 27. The 18-member Jazz II She studies with past February. Both received $350. Sung competed with bands from Wisconsin, faculty also was awarded the College Grand Prize - Michigan and Minnesota and performed a percussionist $4,350 Aspen Music Camp Scholarship - and 30-minute set which included works by Cole Randy the Performance Award with the Des Moines Porter and Duke El lington. Outstanding Hogancamp. Symphony. For the latter, she performed soloist awards were given to trumpeter Paul Anderson is with the Des Moines Symphony this past Westphal and pianist Zach Neilsen. pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree and will April. Trumpeter Chris Elder was awarded a be a senior this fall. She performs in the UNI As winner of scholarship to Shell Lake Summer Jazz Percussion/ Marimba Ensembles and the UNI the College Grand Camp. The band members received Wind Symphony. Anderson is the daughter Prize, a large comments on their performance and on of Clarence and photograph of sight reading from adjudicators Dominic Koreen Anderson Sung appeared in Spera and Doug Beach. Spera is recently of Cherokee. a feature in the Des retired as professor of music at Indiana Bausman is a Moines Register. In University. He is now act ive as a composer senior another contest, and arranger for Hal Leonard and Barnhouse performance Sung was the Iowa Publications. Beach is an often-performed major in organ and winner of the composer and arranger of jazz ensemble a student of faculty MTNA Young music. In addition, he directs the jazz organist Marilou Chang America studies program at Elmhurst College and is Kratzenstein. Collegiate Artist Piano State Competition, founder of Doug Beach Music. Bausman's parents held this past November at Drake University In the March, 1998 issue of the Jazz are Debra and in Des Moines. Sung studies with UNI Educators Journal, the UNI Jazz Band I, Larry Bausman of Wellsburg. Professor of Piano directed by Robert Washut, had its CD, Schafer studies with faculty saxophonist Howard Aibel. She Conversations, listed as one of the eight 'Top Tom Barry and is pursuing a bachelor of is the daughter of Campus Jazz Ensemble Discs" in Herb Wong 's music degree in performance and in music Dooyong and 1997 Blue Chip Jazz CD Awards. Jazz l's education with a jazz emphasis. Graduate Jungsook Sung of accolade was listed alongside CDs from the student Dimitar Nikolov was pianist with Daejeon, Korea. University of North Texas, University of him on the competition finals. Schafer is a Sander received Massachusetts, Texas Christian University senior, will be student teaching this fall and her bachelor of and University of Northern Colorado. has performed in the UNI Jazz Band I and the music degree from This past April, the "Performance UNI Wind Symphony. the University of Competition Finals" took place on the UNI Missouri at School of Music Spotlight Series. Columbia. She Xylophonist Cathy Anderson won the studies with faculty flutist Angeleita Floyd at $2,200 Presser Foundation Award. Organist Northern Iowa and is pursuing a master of Christina Bausman was the winner of the Jchool ofc 2\1usf c

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