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reetings from the School of Diane Curtis, we thank you for your place in the GBPAC, Russell Hall remains Music! It is with great pleasure support. Every dollar raised helps us to vital to our programs. Extensive fl. that I am able to write to you bring the Russell Hall renovation closer to renovations, estimated at more than $8 year with an update on the many fruition. Many donors also have million, are needed to give UNI music activities and successes of our students contributed to our scholarship program. students, faculty and staff optimum and faculty at the UNI School of Music. We are fortunate that Dorothea W. Dean facilities. The School of Music Advisory This year is no exception. As I begin my generously has donated a new gift to Board members-Gayle Rose, Jim Coffin, 12th year (fifth year as director), I still establish the Dorothea W. and Robert W. Jim Linahon, Lisa Meyer, Susan Rider, find the environment in the School of Dean Visiting Artists/ Scholars Fund. This Emmett Steel, Steve West, Jeff Tower, Rick Music to be energized and a productive fund will allow national and international Lawn, Berdena Beach, Bruce Bengtson, one for our Keith Benjamin, Sheri Greenawald, John students. The Harbaugh and Jeff Helmer - all have same contributed their time, effort and support excitement to our School of Music students. The and love for board will be meeting again in October music is to develop a grassroots campaign to evident meet our goal. So, as you can see, today just as progress is still the driving force in the it was during School of Music! the eras of As I close my remarks, let me past reiterate how proud the faculty and staff generations are of our graduates. Many have been so of ISNS, successful in their careers, businesses ISTC, SCI and families. Tmly, UNI has made a and UNI difference in the past and continues to students. make a You again difference in the will enjoy future for our reading students. The about our Richard (B.M. '79) and Kristine (BA. '80) Schultz donated $100,000 to the Russell Hall tradition of students and renovation project. excellence is faculty in this alive and well in issue. the School of I am pleased to report that the musicians to present recitals, lectures and Music-a Russell Hall Renovation Project, part of master classes at UNI. The generosity of reflection of you, the "Students First" capital campaign, is our donors is so appreciated and greatly our graduates, progressing very well. The recent major assists UNI students with their educational who unfailingly gift of $100,000 by Richard (B.M. '79) and development and tuition expenses. represent our Kristine (B.A. '80) Schultz has allowed the The "Students First" campaign institution as campaign to carry us over the $1 million continues to jump-start the renovation exemplary friends, benefactors and mark. This gift follows the previous effort by raising $2 million. Russell Hall supporters. We invite you to visit the UNI generous $250,000 donation from Bruce improvements will provide performance campus. It's always a pleasure to meet Bengtson (B.A. '64), who was recognized and rehearsal spaces, complement the with alumni and friends. in our last newsletter. These major gifts new Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Sincerely, have had a significant impact on our Center and give students quality spaces to ability to ultimately reach our goal. prepare for careers as teachers and Advisory Board members, alumni, faculty, performers. Renovations will enhance the emeritus faculty and friends have made recruitment of talented students, faculty pledges ranging from $100 to $10,000. To and staff. The entire building will be everyone involved in this worthwhile revamped, including studios and project and many of you who have been classrooms. While about 20 percent of contacted by our Development Officer UNI School of Music activities now take John F. Vallentine, director University of Northern Iowa SRO for Jazz Band I's West Coast trip y Hotel, adjacent to the Long azz Band I's trip to the International session at the famed H ollywood Regenc of Convention Center, Jazz Band I, Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) Oceanway studio o n Tuesday. Pictures Beach ed artist Bobby Shew a nd special JConference, held in Long B each, the legendary a rtists who have record with guest Levine, piano, and California, started in the dark ( at 2:00 at O ceanway lined the hallways, and appearances by Mark , presented its IAJE a.m. on a bus depatting for the Bette Midler was scheduled for a session John Santos, congas to a standing room only audience. Minneapolis airport) and ended in the the next day. Jason Danielson, senior 'concert d u p his hour-long performance featured dark (at 4:30 a.m. on a bus arriving at pianist from Des Moines, summe The honor rrangements by Washut and Merz (Merz UNI). But in between was a vety s unny feelings by saying, "It was a great a ot only soloed on the soprano saxophone) musical experience for the 19 band playing the piano a t Oceanway, n also offered a musical palette rich in students, director Robert Washut, faculty because of the beautiful action and and tions from Chick Corea t o H enry Chris Merz a nd Tom Barry a nd official sound, but b ecause of its histoty. I g rew composi and and Carla Bley to Thad Jones. photographer and mother confessor Kate up listening to a lbums by Bill Evans Mancini I gave a magnificent performance, Washut. And for all of us UNI alumni w ho Oscar Peterson, and I felt a lmost Jazz ded on resulted in another standing reside in or near the left coast, plus a few unworthy knowing they had recor which by a n appreciative audience. others, it was a magical week that began that vety instrument." ovation '73) Bobby Shew, by g iving of his talent and at 8:00 p.m. o n January 7 and ended at UNI alumnus Jim Linahon (B.A. date , enhanced n ot only the bands 6:00 p .m. on Januaty 12. was the recording e ngineer on that time ways raised the The band's first appearance was at and used his many w iles to bring out t he appearances, but in many ng musicality of the group. Pella native and Steamers Cafe, a small jazz club in best from the band. "In the recordi senior drummer Phil Martin summarized, Fullerton, California, that serves up great studio, I was having the worst time tting the chance to play and record music seven nights a w eek. Monday playing a flute part," reminisced senior "Ge with Bobby Shew was fantastic, because it nights are big band night, and for the alto saxophonist Greg Aker from thanks forced me to tty to play on a much higher regular patrons plus jazz alumni from Coralville. "After about ten t akes, level." Texas, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Francisco to Jim Linahon's terrible jokes and other calm The last words m ust come from Jazz and southern California, Jazz I put on a scare tactics, he was able to get me I's respected leader, Robert Washut. "The stellar concert. The famed trumpeter enough to nail it!" trip was expensive and a lot of w ork. In Bobby Shew, w ho performed with the According to Washut, the tunes recorded at retrospect, however, it was well worth the Oceanway will be o n effort! The club gig was a hoot. .. the kids their 11th CD, to be really enjoyed it. The recording session released this fall (see was a very valuable experience- many, article on n ext page). many thanks to Jim Linahon for his The conference generosity and assistance. And the IAJE began on Wednesday performance was a thrill and an honor. and ran through Working with Bobby Shew is always a Saturday, during treat. I was pleasantly surprised at the which the students show of support by UNI Jazz Band were able to attend alumni at all of the West Coast a ctivities. clinics and That was vety cool and reflects the appearances sincere pride in the heritage of jazz at featuring some of the UNI." world's finest jazz players and Jazz Band I Personnel educators. More than Saxophone Trombone 50 groups, ranging Greg Aker Bill Scheidecker (1-r) jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew and UN! jazz Band I Director Robert IVashut from legends like the Dave Oline Nate Dishman at the recording session at Oceanway Studios in Hollywood Dave Brubeck Quartet Rick Stone Chris Schmitz bands Nick T hompson Luke Pingel band at all of its performances plus the to contemporaty li ke the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Ryan Jeter recording session, gave the audience Rhythm as well as such luminaries as Pancho Brian Moore some w onderful jazz moments, as did Jason Danielson, Sanchez, Billy Childs, Bill Watrous and the saxophonists Chris Merz a nd Tom B arry. Trnmpet piano of Bob Florence and Med Flory, It was standing ovations a ll around. big bands Brandon Lewis Billy LeGrand, day "Going to the IAJE was an incredible gave performances throughout the Caleb Shreves guitar rning. experience. I r eally enjoyed p erforming and into t he wee hours of the mo Phil Hamilton Jay Foote, b ass and for the a ppreciative audience at Interspersed b etween the learning Patrick Parker Phil Martin, Steamers," said Rick Stone, senior tenor listening, the students were able to do Meghan Guss drums saxophonist from Sioux City. some sightseeing and enjoy southern in Getting a little rest from a long day California life. (Those stories will rema [Editor's Note: Special thanks to UNI's on Monday, the band didn't leave the undocumented.) "Father of)azz" Jim Coffin {B.A. '52, M.A. '64) hotel until 10:30 a.m. for i ts recording Saturday at 5:00 p .m. in the Hyatt for contributing this article.] School ofMusic 3 Conducting professor published Conducting Professor William "Plentiful excerpts, many already U N I Shepherd had his textbook, transposed for immediate use and almost Conducting Workbook with CD-ROM all very thorough. I especially like the Video, published by Schirmer/ Wadsworth, prep beat exercises in Chapter 2 and the ISBN: 0-534-52896-1, © 2002, 240 pages, mixed meter exercises in Chapter 6. Tbe spiral bound, 8 1/ 2 x 11. The textbook is CD-ROM will grab the students' attention intended for the one-semester conducting and allows them to work on conducting course required for music and music fundamentals at home." - Timothy education majors at four-year colleges, Gunter, University of Arkansas Bands. universities and conservatories of music. "Superb exercises. Straightforward Shepherd's book can be used in a variety text. Excellent conducting caveats."­ of learning situations, from one-on-one Robert C. Cameron, Duquesne teaching in which a student would University. conduct while a teacher plays the Topics covered in Shepherd's book exercises to large classes in which a include basics of conducting, conducting beat pattern. Shepherd's approach student would conduct a class performing patterns, fermati, cues, dynamics, mixed emphasizes score study techniques. More as an ensemble. The text provides step­ meter, transposition, rubato and score than 200 musical examples have been by-step coverage of all aspects of study guide. written and illustrated by the author. A conducting and contains exercises that The book has several features. CD-ROM is enclosed with the text and, for require each student to practice with a Students who master all of the exercises simplified teaching, has been keyed to text metronome. will have a solid foundation in the discussions. Reviewer quotes were positive. fundamentals of conducting and w ill have [Editor's note: Information for this "Strong examples aid productive practice experienced all the major challenges faced article was taken from the website for the conductor-in-training. Perceptive by conductors. Challenging conducting http:/ /www.newtexts.com/newtexts/ boo observations on the myriad areas exercises - especially those with fermati - k.cfm?book_id=412 and used by demanding a young conductor's attention. prepare the student conductor for actual permission of The Thomson An inherent and sincere passion for music conducting. The text helps students Corporation. For informatio n regarding in general and conducting in particular. " develop a conducting style that gives a review copy, please consult the -Gerald L. Welker, University of Alabama. musicians a clear, inspiring and concise aforementioned website .] New Jazz Band I CD West Coasting, the 11th UNI Jazz Ten tracks are featured, Band I CD in as many years and the last including compositions and one to be made under the leadership of arrangements by UNI faculty University ot Northern Iowa Jau Band One Robert Washut, has been released. Guest members Washut and Chris Merz 2001 . 2002 Robert Washut Ouec:tor artist on two of the tracks is famed jazz and UNI Jazz Band I alumni Eric trumpeter Bobby Shew. Shew is featured Schmitz (B.M. '00) and Troy on Washut's arrangements of Smoke Gets Thompson (M.M. '92). Selections in Your Eyes by Jerome Kern and on the CD include Blues in the Serengeti by Mark Levine. 2% by Dennis Mackrel, Basso This past January, Jazz Band I Urnessto by Washut, Washut's performed at the International Association arrangement of Utviklingssang by of Jazz Educators Conference in Long Carla Bley, Thompson's Wt.aCt1~ Beach, California. While in the Los arrangement of Now He Sings, Featuring Bobby Shew Angeles area, the band recorded six charts Now He Sobs by Chick Corea, at Oceanway Studios in Hollywood. The Merz' arrangement of Hotel Le Hot session was engineered by Jim Linahon by Kenny Wheeler, Swing by (B.A. '73). Jazz I also recorded at the Schmitz, Freel Sturm's arrangement brand new Catamount Studios in Cedar of Milonga Loca by Astor Piazolla Falls in May. As a result, West Coasting is and Compensation by Kenny culled from two separate sessions plus a Werner. Featured student soloists track recorded live at the Gallagher­ include pianist Jason Danielson, For information on West Coasting and Blueclorn Performing Arts Center in April. saxophonists Rick Stone, Greg Aker, Nick other UNI Jazz Band I CDs, please visit The title West Coasting is derived from a Thompson and Ryan Jeter and drummer www.uni.edu/ jazzstuclies or contact relatively obscure Charles Mingus tune Phil Martin. Washut, 319-273-6431, [email protected] called East Coasting. 4 University of Northern Iowa /r -----ntury' Van Gelder tudents Molly Stehn, Stehn, Albertson and and cross­ Ssoprano, Kyle participated in master classes counterparts Albertson, baritone, cultural sessions w ith their ine conducted and Cassie Van Gelder, in Costa Rica. Vallent of Costa Rica bands and the piano, performed a s University ch is responsible for "Promising Young Artists San Jose Band, whi ctions for the of the 21st Century" in San all official music fun of the country. He presented Jose, Costa Rica last May. president and clarinet master classes at During their one-week conducting versity of Costa Rica. Vallentine trip, the s tudents the Uni rs of the National performed at the Costa worked with membe a, their students and Rican-North American Symphony Orchestr Cultural Center's Eugene the Tico Jazz Band. ltural Center was 0' Teill Theater in Los The Centro Cu funding from the Yoses, San Jose's eastern founded in 1945 with U.S. government. Now an autonomous suburb; University of Costa (1-r) Kyle Albertson, john Vallentine, Manuel Arce, Cassie Van Gelder and Costa Rican non-profit organization, the Rica in San Jose; Marriott Molly Stehn in Costa Rica r promotes cultural and educational Hotel Los Suenos in Playa cente ledge for Costa Ricans and foreign Herradura on the Central Pacific coast; American Cultural Center. Manuel Arce, know nals living there. To increase cultural and in the c ity of San Ramon, about an cultural director of the center, puts forth a natio tudents were hosted hour northwest of San Jose. great effort to ensure a remarkable awareness, the UNI s their trip. School of Music Director John experience for our students." The multiple by volunteer fa milies during Van Gelder also took Vallentine a nd Van Gelder were the performances were met with much Stehn, Albertson and inforest and traveled collaborative pianists w ith the s tudents a t acclaim, including a s tanding-room-only an excursion to the ra their various the concerts. Vallentine s tated, "The audience in San Ramon. "The audience in across the country to hange program will concert at the Eugene O'Neill Theater was San Ramon t reated the s tudents like major performances. The exc ith jazz students and the School of Music's third annual performing stars, requested autographs continue next May w to Costa Rica. exchange with the Costa Rican-North and would not stop applauding a t the faculty traveling again conclusion of the concert," Vallentine said. St. Petersburg ~xchange programs conttnue UNI students and faculty were active Annual May Institute. The during the past year with exchanges to students earned credit while the Herzen State Pedagogical University in studying h istoty, language, St. Petersburg, Russia. Faculty members art and the music of Russia. Frederick Halgedahl, violin, a nd Julia Assistant Vice-President of Bullard, viola, traveled t o St. Petersburg in International Programs Tim October and performed at the House of O'Connor, Head of Modern Composers w ith Russian collaborative Languages Maria Basom and pianist Oleg Koshelev. Bullard a nd Bullard coordinated all of Halgedahl presented m aster classes at the the activities. In addition t o university and recruited graduate students her supervisory I from there and the St. Petersburg responsibilities with the U (l-r) UN! Graduate String Quartet: Kirilt Murashko, Vladimir Conservatory. Four graduate s tudents, students, Bullard performed Gouliaev, Petr Illyash and Nadezhda Potemkina three from the c onservatory and one from with Koshelev at the the u niversity, will be attending UNI this university and presented a fall. The UNI Graduate Quartet is paper there on music Petersbu rg institutions. Russian p ianist sponsored by the UNI Graduate College, education in t he United States at the Fifth Aleksandr Dyachkov will be guest pianist John Somervill, dean; International Russian-American Scientific and Practical in residence during t he fa ll semester at Programs; and School of Music. The Conference on Modern Concepts of UNI. He will collaborate with students quartet will be in residence for three years University Education. and faculty during seminars and recitals and perform throughout Iowa and the School of Music Director John and perform a solo piano recital. U.S. Vallentine and Halgedahl will travel to Bullard returned to St. Petersburg in Russia t his fa ll to continue the May with ten UNI students for the Second collaboration between UNI and the St. School of., Music 5

You die-they throw it Glee Club tours Europe away-lost forever The next day was devoted to skiing he UNI Varsity Men's Glee Club In conjunction with the golden or an excursion to Vipiteno/ Sterzing and T 2002 European Tour started with anniversary of U I jazz, held in February, Brixen, Italy. We left early the next unbelievably warm spring weather 2001, the UNI Jazz Archives was morning for a tour of Neuschwanstein in Salzburg. Even light jackets were established. Gerald L. Peterson, university King Ludwig's world-famous castle in ' unnecessary. The Mirabel! Gardens were archivist and special collections librarian Bavaria. After lunch, we visited another alive with early flowers and a splashing informed the School of Music that ' renowned site, the Passion Play Theatre fo untain. Players were active at the giant, contributions have stopped since the in Oberammergau, before returning to outdoor chessboard adjacent to the initial announcement. "With our Innsbruck, where we boarded the train to Cathedral, and a steep walk to "die controlled environment in the Special Vienna. In Vienna, we were fortunate to Festung," the medieval fortress, afforded Collections section of the UNI Library, old stay at the Hotel Wand!, 50 yards from St. excellent views of the city. An excursion clippings, photos, recordings, programs Stephen's Cathedral. We sang informally to the spa town of Badgastein provided and other jazz memorabilia will be in St. Stephen's, and a large crowd great scenes of the Austrian Alps. The protected against the ravages of time," gathered for the performance. town itself boasts a noisy waterfall, which Peterson stated. He recommended that On the way to our final concert in can be seen from many angles. Before copies of the material be made for Modling, we stopped at Stift leaving, we enjoyed a three-course personal use and the originals be sent to Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross Abbey), where luncheon. Upon return, we performed the Library. Documentation such as dates we sang briefly in the gothic and informally in Salzburg Cathedral to the places, photo identifications and unusual' romanesque abbey church. A Cistercian delight of hundreds of tourists. Our first circumstances should be included. monk praised us for the performance and concert was in Grodig, a small town Jim Coffin (B.A. '52, M.A. '64), who offered to perform on the church organ. outside Salzburg, which has become a proposed and formulated the project, We were delighted with his virtuosic traditional concert venue for our tours. urged all former jazz students to dig out offering. Modling is just outside Vienna The burgermeister ordered up a special all of the yellowing clippings, photos and and it was our second performance in ' brew from a local monastety for the after­ other materials and send them in before that city. A local chorus sang at the concert dinner and celebration. they get lost or thrown away. He also beginning of the program, and then the Representatives in attendance from the suggested that in addition to their women from that chorus performed two American consulate in Salzburg and personal memorabilia, donors include a Austrian folk songs with us before we University of Salzburg offered to help biography of themselves and sang our complete program. The people with concert engagements for the 2004 remembrances of their jazz experiences. from Modling were goodly in number and tour. Director of the School of Music John enthusiastic about the performance. We On our way to Innsbruck, we Valentine pointed out that the assembling have been invited to return. After a hearty stopped in Wattens to tour the Swarovski of such material will not only be valuable dinner at the Hotel Babenberger Hof in Crystal Museum. There we sang for graduate thesis research, but future Modling, we returned to the Wand! in informally in a dome-shaped room. The jazz students will be able to gain an Vienna. The last clay in Vienna was spent inner surface was covered with crystal historical perspective of UNI's excellent sightseeing. We attended an excellent mirrors and it sounded as though our jazz program. All material should be Strauss concert at the Palais Auersperg singing was greatly amplified with the addressed to: Gerald L. Peterson, Special that evening and ended the trip with a amazing acoustics. Our first night in Collections and University Archives, Rod sumptuous gala farewell dinner. Innsbruck, we attended a Tyrolean Library, UNI, Cedar Falls, IA 50613-3675. Evening, a rousing performance of folk songs and dance from the province of Tyrol. The next day was spent exploring Innsbruck. Paragliding, mountain cable car rides and seeing the Golden Roof were all part of the excitement. We gave an impromptu performance in St. Jakob's Cathedral, which was half full with tourists by the end of our program. Our second formal concert took place that evening at the Baroque church in Axams, just ou~side Innsbruck. It was a wondrous venue for singing, and the concert was well attended. We received an offer from a faculty member at the Innsbruck Conservatory to perform with an instrumental ensemble, which he would organize for our next trip. Members ofthe UN! Varsity Mens Glee Club after an informal performance at St.jakob's Cathedral in lnnsbruck 6 University of Northern Iowa Scholarship Benefit Concert

rl' he UNI School of Music U cordially invites you to attend the 21st anniversary Scholarship Benefit Concert. The one performance only of "Rhythm and Smooth" will take place in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Friday, September 27 at 7:30 p.m. Guest Artists will be SONSAX, a Costa Rican saxophones and percussion band. Featured ensembles will be the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, UNI Percussion Ensemble, UNI Concert Chorale, UNI Singers, UNI Wind Symphony and UNI Flute Choir. Student performers to be showcased will be pianist Edwin Neimann and the George Wa lker Society of Music. Featured faculty/ alumni performers on the program will be soprano Jean McDonald and tenor Rhythm-that which takes us through the days that move us through our lives. Jeffrey Erich, clarinetist Jack Graham and Smooth-the sensation ofice cream upon your tongue. pianist Joan Smalley, tubist Jeffrey Funderburk and guest pianist Iva UNI alumna Joan Smalley, piano, on Alec chorus and tenor solo with horn, Navratova, and bass-baritone Won Cho. Templeton's very popular Pocket Size percussion and piano. The New York Times described Basler's music as We are excited to present the 21st Sonata. Faculty percussionist Randy "vittuosic and highly athletic. " Faculty Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Hogancamp wil l direct the UNI Percussion member Dyan Baker Meyer will conduct Ensemble on Robert ]. Damm's Hoo­ the UNI Concert Chorale fo r the Center once again. Our appreciation of Daiko. Hoo-Daiko was inspired by performance. Faculty performers on the the GBPAC increases each year, as the traditional Japanese taiko drumming. piece will be hornist Thomas Tritle and acoustically and architecturally best-in­ Taiko dmmmers have a powerful sound Iowa Great Hall allows us to present the percussionist Randy Hogancamp. and provide an impressive visual element New faculty bass-baritone Won Cho concert in one evening. The spacious of choreographed movement. The first will make his UNI debut with La Davis Hall and McElroy Lobby provide us half will close with the crowd-pleasing ample room for the post-concert Calunnia, from The Barber Q{ Seville by Gioacchino Rossini. He will close with Ol' receptions. Join us at the Cotton Club in Tbe Morning Song, a new age gospel Davis Hall and the Costa Rican Tropical selection by Roger Kellaway that will be Man River, an audience favorite from Paradise with SONSAX in McElroy Lobby. performed by faculty tubist Jeffrey Show Boat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Funderburk and guest pianist Iva Hammerstein II. Cho has performed in A pre-concert greeting will be Navratova. A native of Ostrava in the numerous operas, oratorios, concerts and provided by the UNI Flute Choir, directed Czech Republic, Navratova currently by faculty member Angeleita Floyd. The recitals throughout the U.S., Canada, program will open with the very quick teaches at the Staatliche Hochschule fttr Europe and his native Korea. rhythm of Leonard Bernstein's Overture to Musik in Trossingen, Germany. A surprise selection will be Pianist Edwin Neimann won the performed by SONSAX. "Costa Rican Candide. Rebecca Burkhardt will conduct the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra. $4,000 Presser Foundation Award at the Band SONSAX is a 'World Saxophone Performance Competition Finals held in Quartet' in every sense of the word. The Faculty member Jean McDonald, soprano, April as part of the School of Music's sax part is the four principal members of and UNI alumnus Jeffrey Erich, tenor, will Spotlight Series. We are pleased to the family (baritone, tenor, alto, soprano - join Burkhardt and the orchestra for A announce that Neimann will open the plus percussion), and the songs can be Richard Rodgers 1 OOth Tribute, arranged second half of the Scholarship Benefit by fa culty composer Jonathan Schwabe. from anywhere: sometimes cool, Concert with Prelude, Op. 23, No. 2 by Rodgers was born in 1902 and died in sometimes frenzied, sometimes laid-back Sergei Rachmaninov. Selections will lounge, sometimes pure funk - and 1979 and reigns supreme as a composer follow from a work of great celebration, always with enough Latin to move you to of musicals. Faculty member Jack Paul Basler's Missa Kenya for mixed dance or dream."- XX! Montreal Graham, clarinet, will collaborate with School of Music 7

International jazz Festival, 2000. artists from San Jose, Costa Rica. SONSAX With the parking lor adjacent to the New faculty member Brad Barrett will has gathered a large and varied r epeltoire Performing Alts Center and the much make his UNI debut. He will conduct the of musical genres, including Latin larger lot just north of that, there will be UNI Singers on Consecrate the Place and American, funk, jazz and classical music. ample parking for the Benefit Concert. Day by Lloyd Pfautsch and Ajtonen by The expansive McElroy Lobby will come Additional parking is available in the two Hugo Alven. As a Missouri high school alive with the band's five exciting Latin lots o n the south side of University choir director, Barrett's c horuses held the American professional musicians. Avenue, across from the center. A tunnel record number of "I" ratings for solos, The Cotton Club is recreated by the and a crosswalk a llow patrons t o cross small ensembles and choirs at both the School of Music in our vety own Davis the street s afe ly. Parking for mobility­ district and state levels. Hall. Enter through candlelight as popular impai red patrons is available on t he north For the grand finale, the s tudents in tunes emanate from student performers of side of the center. the UNI Singers and UNI Conceit Chorale the George Walker Society, under the To order tax-deductible tickets at $25 will join forces with the UNI Wind direction of faculty member Darryl Taylor. each or to become a "Special Donor" Symphony for a p erformance of Battle It's a postlude concert that will stir the (seven categories beginning with Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward imagination and revive memories of the Benefactors at $100 and topping with Howe. Faculty member Ronald Johnson celebrity clientele of the Cotton Club - President's Circle at $2,500 or more), will be the conductor. Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Fanny Brice, please call 319-273-SHOW (7469). The School of Music recreates the Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Duke Elli ngton, beautifu l Costa Rican Tropical Paradise Ethel Waters, Cab Calloway and Lena with the music of SONSAX, our guest Horne.

Below is a list of "Special Donors" to the 2000 Scholarship Benefit Concerts, which raised $38,651.00: President's Circle* - $2,500 or Lyle Lillian Baum Dr. John Holstad Dorothy ]. Plager more Parke & Marlene Behn James & Kathleen Hughes Veda Rasmussen Gayle S. Rose Robert & Shirley Berg Invision Architecture, LTD LeRoy & Nancy Redfern Elayne Blumhagen Sue & Jerry Jacobsen Bob & JoDee Richardson Director's Circle* - $1,500 Emil & Loraine Bock William T. Jochumsen Verna Ford Ritchie University Book & Supply Mattin & Margaret Borchelt Leonard & Marion Karlin James & Jeanene Robertson Mr. & Mrs. William F. Bowlin Robert & Yvonne Koob Lorene Rohlf Underwriters*- $1,000 Roben & Margaret Bradford Michael R. Liesch Tom Romanin In memory of Hattie Zoe Rick & Sharon Brown in memory Lois N. Kilgore Genevieve & Mary Schlicher Shoesmith of Betty Hatch Neubauer Ka ren Agee & Thomas Kline Alan & Dana Schmitz Bill & Kathy Calhoun Mary Klotzbach & Beulah Augusta Schurrer Guarantors* - $500 R. B. Campbell Harmon Paul & Maribeth Shanley William & Stephanie Clohesy james Collins Denis ]. & Julia Kuhlmann Bill & Mary Shepherd Jon & Marilyn Hansen Patricia Connell H.D. (Ike) Leighty Phyllis & Don Singer David & Laura Olson Russ & Diane Curtis Harriet & Symone Ma Andrew C. & Murtis M. Smith ]. Stephin Patin Kristin Daggett David R. & Cindi Mason Dr. Tom & Char Strub Saul & joan Diamond Frederick Mast Diane Thiessen Pat~ons • - $250 Mac Eblen Dave & Mary McCalley Edward F. Wagner Robert & Rosemary Beach James Edsill Manha & James McCutcheon Ne il & Lil Williams Glenn Boysen Donna & John Falk Mark E. Mershon Junean Witham Cathy & Ed Gallagher, Jr. Dr. Maty Franken Steve & Jan Moore Gene Yagla Karl & Martha Holvik Dr. & Mrs. Larry Furlong Myron Mueller La uri & Jim Young Betty Mulcay Dorothy & John Glascock Matybeth Nelson Dr. & Mrs. Edward Voldseth David & Marion Greene Audrey Niemann Floris M. Waller F. Ray Hartson Bonnie & Tim Noonan Benefactors* - $1 00 Noreen Hermansen Heidi & Jeff Noonan-Day Merle & Phyllis Anderson Jane Whitehead & Randy C. Hugh Pettersen Diane Lee Baum H6gancamp Dale & Diane Phelps Help us find our ((lost alumni" The number of music a lumni for whom we have no address In our continual effort to stay in touch with our music has dropped dramatically to 18, down from 133 last year. The UNI graduates, we would appreciate it if you please would c heck over Office of Alumni Relations individually ran the lost music a lumni the names below around the years that you were a student at through a new service to which it subscribes, and the results were UNI. If you can provide an address, please write to us, call 319- phenomenal. With 2,093 names on the music alu mni list, the 273-2024 or e-mail [email protected]. We thank you for your percentage of "lost alumni" is .86 percent, down from 6.37 percent assistance, as w il l our few remaining "lost alumni." last year. We're impressed with the new service.

McAbeer, Carita Harris '29 Robinson, Marian Bronson '31 Clark, Verna M. '43 Staff, Lillian Soukup '30 Mimbach, Mary Templeton '36 Zeller, Annie Catherine '58 Thomas, Margaret Tydvil '30 Maynard, Myra L. '37 Powers, Mark Andrew '74 Carey, Dorothy Dinsmore '31 Beckman, Norma Sutz '39 Raines, Raymond Sungjoo '90 Mann, Doreen Cobb '31 Bishop, Wanda Elaine '41 P laza-Perez, Francisco Javier '96 Dethlefsen, Cecilia L. '31 Reeves, Ma rgaret Roelfs '43 Abel Majid, Sazali '97 8 University of Northern Iowa

Glee Club. Her home is in Seoul, South Korea. ]in's father is Dae-Sub Jin, and her mother is Sook-Ja Sung. Student Awards Graduate student Junghye Shln, won first prize in the college piano UNI J azz Band I, directed by Robert rhythm section playing" and "fabulous division of the 2002 Des Moines Washut, was selected to perform at the feeling of looseness." Other schools , Symphony Alliance Young Artist 29th Annual Conference of the represented by combos were the Competition, which International Association of Jazz University of Wisconsin-Superior, took place last Educators, held in Long Beach, California University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and February. She also last January. Groups from literally all over Iowa State University. was awarded the the world submitted audition tapes, and In addition to the group awards, five grand prize, a full Jazz Band I was one of a handful of Jazz II members were cited as outstanding tuition plus room and collegiate jazz ensembles invited to soloists. They were saxophonist Austin board scholarship to perform (see Jim Coffin's article on page 2 Zaletel of Des Moines, trumpeter Christian the 2002 Summer of this issue). Anderson of Dubuque, guitarist Tom Aspen Music School. UNIJazz Band II, directed by Wherrett of Omaha, clarinetist Kyle Novak In the semi-final round, Shin competed Christopher Merz, was named the of Marion and bassist Danny Oline of with five pianists w ho were chosen by outstanding College Big Band at the 35th Independence. Combo III saxophonist audition tape. In the final round, she Annual Eau Claire Jazz Festival last March. Rick Stone of Sioux City was cited as the competed with one pianist for first prize UNIJazz Combo ill, also directed by outstanding soloist of all the competing in piano and then that pianist and three Merz, placed first in the combo division. combos. instrumentalists for the grand prize. Shin Phil Hey of the University of Organist Mi-YoungJin was the first has a full graduate assistantship and Minnesota declared, "Jazz II is an place winner in the Music Teachers studied with faculty pianist Jeongwon excellent band overall - well rehearsed National Association (MTNA) State Ham. She is p ursuing a Master of Music and fun to listen to." Kevin Kjos of the Collegiate Organ degree in performance. All students in the University of Pennsylvania-Kutztown Competition, held in competition were from Iowa colleges and praised the band by saying, "good, crisp Ames last November. universities. A native of Seoul, South sound, nice fundamentals and concept." ]in received her Korea, Shin's father is Wooshik Shin, and The band was chosen over ensembles Master of Music her mother is Simhyang Choi. from Gustavus Adolphus College degree in Flutist RebeccaJohnson was the (Minneapolis), Hamline University (St. performance last May. first prize winner in the college winds, Paul), the University of Wisconsin­ She studied with brass, percussion and harp division of the Superior and Iowa State University. faculty organist 2002 Des Moines Combo III was commended by the Marilou Kratzenstein. Symphony Alliance judges saying, "very sophisticated sound," As a pianist, Jin performed with the UNI Young Artist "excellent communication," "wonderful Concert Chorale and UNI Varsity Men's Competition. She received a $1,000 cash award. Faculty jazz Band I member Robin Guy was pianist with Johnson at the competition. They performed Jean Rivier's Concerto f or Flute and Charles Marie Widor's Romance. There were 11 contestants in the semi-final round and three in the final round. Johnson studied with faculty flutist Angeleita Floyd. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in performance last May, attended the Aspen Music Festival this past summer and will be studying at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England with Peter Lloyd this September. At UNI, Johnson was a member of the UNI Wind Symphony, Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, JOYAS woodwind quintet, "Flute Loops" flute quartet, UNI Flute Choir and UNI Panther Marching Band. In 2001, she was the winner of the $1,500 Charles & Marleta Matheson Award. Johnson is the daughter of David School of... Music 9

and Ruth Johnson of Fort Dodge. Trombone C hoir. His pianist Lan-Yi Chen. Perszyk studies with The Performance Competition Finals parents are Dan and faculty flutist Angeleita Floyd and is took place last April in the UNI School of Linda Mixdorf of pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Spotlight Series. Pianist Edwin Eldridge and Laurie performance. He has been a member of Neimann won the $4,000 Presser Frederick of Des the UNI Symphonic Band, UNI Wind Foundation Award. Trombonist Cory Moines. Symphony a nd UNI Chamber Winds. His Mixdorf was the w inner of the $1,500 Frost studies mother is Elizabeth Perszyk of Elk River, Charles & Marleta Matheson Award. with faculty Minnesota. Marimbist Ryan Frost was awarded the percussionist Randy Also in January, Molly Stehn won $1,000 Myron & Ruth Russell Award. From Hogancamp and is pursuing a Bachelor of the $1,000 Martha-Ellen Tye Career the UNI School of Music, there were s ix Arts degree. At the competition finals, he Development Award at the Metropolitan competitors in t he final round and 16 soloed on Rhythm Song by Paul Opera National Council Auditions, Upper contestants in the preliminary round. Smadbeck. Frost will Midwest Region, Iowa District, which Neimann studies with faculty pianist be a senior this fall were held at Iowa Howard Aibel and is pursuing a Bachelor and has performed as State University. She of Music degree in performance. He a m ember of the UNI sang Martern alter played Ballade No. 1 Wind Symphony, UNI A11en, from Die in G Minm; Op. 23 Percussion Ensemble, Entfiihrung aus dem by Frederic Chopin at UNI Panther Marching Serail by Mozart and the competition Band, UNI Ah, jors' e finals. Neimann will Symphonic Band, lui. .. Sempre Iibera, be a s enior this fall. UNI Concert Band and UNIWADE (UNI from La Traviata by His parents are Ed West African Drum Ensemble). His parents Verdi. Thomas Muraco, a judge from the and Debbie Neimann are Russell and Diana Frost of Waterloo. Manhattan School of Music, said Stehn of Fort Dodge. Daniel Perszyk was the w inner last had "a rare, smokey tone" and that she Mixdorf studied with faculty January in the college division of the Fort sings "with fi re." Stehn studied with trombonist Nancy Vogt and performed Dodge Area Symphony Young Artists faculty vocalist Leslie Morgan and Deux Danses by Jean-Michel Defay with Auditions. He v ied with 15 o thers and received h er Bachelor of Music degree in undergraduate pianist Jason Danielson. He won a cash p rize and performance performance this past spring. She was a received a Bachelor of Arts degree last opportunity. Last April Perszyk performed member of the UNI Women's Choms, UNI May. Mixdorf has been a member of the the third movement of C.P.E. Bach's Concert Chorale, UNI Chamber Singers Northern Iowa Symphony O rchestra; UNI Conce110 in D Minor with the Fon Dodge and UNI Opera Performance Ensemble. Jazz Bands I, II and III; UNI Jazz Combos; Area Symphony. He performed the same Her parents are Dan and Donna Stehn UNI Panther Marching Band; a nd UNI piece at the competition with graduate from Cresco.

University and a Ph.D. degree from Barrett has been a g uest conductor and NewFacultv Florida State U niversity. He taught in the adjudicator throughout the Midwest, public schools of Blytheville a nd collaborative pianist and performer of Joining t he School of Music faculty Tmmann, Arkansas. His bands have various operatic roles. this fa ll will be Rod M. Chesnutt, performed at prestigious festivals, parades Cho is completing his doctorate at assistant professor of m arching a nd and conventions throughout t he U.S. and the University of Memphis, where he was symphonic bands ( music education); Brad overseas. Chesnutt has been a guest a doctoral teaching assistant. Previously, Barrett, assistant professor of choral conductor and professional arranger. he held a position at the University of conducting and music education; and Barrett currently is completing his Hartford, Community Division; was an Won Cho, assistant professor of voice. D.M.A. degree in choral conducting as a Hohenberg-Scheidt Opera Fellow a t the Chesnutt previously was director of doctoral graduate teaching assistant with a University of bands at Mississippi minor field of study in vocal performance Memphis; and was State University; at the University of Arizona-Tucson. assistant director of director of b ands a t Previously, he was director of choral the U niversity of the State University activities at Logan-Rogersville Public Memphis Opera. Cho of West Georgia; and Schools in Rogersville, Missouri, and holds degrees in assistant director of Conway (Missouri) Public Schools. Barrett voice performance bands at the earlier was a graduate teaching assistant at from the Manhattan University of Southwest Missouri State University. For School of Music a nd Nebraska. He was a ten consecutive years his c hoirs held the Boston University. He garnered additional graduate assistant at Florida State district and state record number of "I" study at programs in Italy and Austria. University and Arkansas State U niversity. ratings for solos, small ensembles and Cho has won numerous awards in Chesnutt holds a bachelor's degree from choirs. During that same time fra me, national and international voice, concerto Tennessee Technological University, a Barrett's choral program had more singers and opera competitions. master's degree from Arkansas State named t o the Missouri All-State Honor Choir than any other Missouri school. University of Northern Iowa

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eginning with the 2002-2003 festivals and has Bacademic year, a major change will performed at the occur m the UNI School of Music 1981 and 2002 jazz division. Robert Washut, director of International UNIJazz Band I, and Christopher Merz, Association of Jazz director of UNI Jazz Band II, will switch Educators directorships. Conferences in Washut is professor of music at UNI, Chicago, Illinois, where he has been director of the award­ and Long Beach, winning UNI Jazz Band I and director of California, jazz studies since 1980. An accomplished respectively. The jazz composer and arranger, Washut has band also has received numerous commissions from been the recipient collegiate jazz ensembles, professional of three jazz artists and symphony orchestras. Outstanding Many of his works are published by the Performance University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Awards in the Jazz Press in Greeley, Colorado; Walrus collegiate big Music Publishing in Glendale, California; band categmy of C.L. Barnhouse in Oskaloosa, Iowa; and Downbeat Heritage JazzWorks in Dayton, Ohio. magazine's 1993, Washut is in demand as ~ clinician and 1995 and 1999 adjudicator throughout the country. An Annual Student active jazz pianist, he is founder of the Music Awards. Latin jazz band, Orquesta de Jazz y Salsa Jazz Band I Alto Maiz, and recently recorded and has been a released a jazz trio CD titled Songbook pioneer in (Sea Breeze Jazz: SB-3036). Washut was innovative selected as Outstanding Teacher at UNI in programming and 1996. instrumentation. The recipient of numerous awards Maintaining a and honors, UNI Jazz Band I is one of the balance of classic premier collegiate jazz ensembles in the Basie and Midwest. Jazz Band I has appeared at Ellington works UN! jazz I Director Robert Washut speaks with the audience during a festivals across the and contemporary peiformance. U.S. and in Europe. original compositions, the The band performed Skittish in 1996, That Big Band Thing in ensemble's repertoire consistently displays at the Montreux Jazz 1995, Field ofPlay in 1994, Come Fly with depth and diversity of style. The Festival in 1989, 1995 Us in 1993 and Northern Exposure in repertoire also showcases the versatility and 1998 and the 1992. Both That Big Band Thing and and high level of musicianship of the North Sea Jazz Come Fly with Us received five-star Festival in 1989 and players in the band. Several original compositions and arrangements have reviews in Downbeat. Prominent guest 1998. Jazz Band I has artists who have appeared with Jazz Band been commissioned by the band from received outstanding I include Benny Golson, Tim Hagans, composers such as Manny Albam, Jane Ira band recognition at Christopher Merz Ryan Kisor, Bob Berg, Jimmy Heath, Dick Bloom, Ed Sarath, Chris Merz, Paul McKee the Notre Dame Oatts, Terell Stafford, Bobby Shew, Matt and Rob Hudson. (Indiana), Wichita (Kansas), Kansas City Wilson, Donald Harrison, Steve Turre, The band has recorded 11 CDs - (Missouri), Eau Claire (Wisconsin) and Jerry Bergonzi, Jane Ira Bloom, Carl West Coasting in 2002, Leap of Faith in Elmhurst (Illinois) jazz festivals. It has Fontana, James Williams, Conrad Herwig, 2001, At Dusk in 2000, Just Us in 1999, been a featured band by invitation at the Jiggs Whigham, David Liebman, Sunny Games in 1998, Conversations in 1997, Greeley (Colorado) and KU (Kansas) jazz Wilkinson and Hal Galper. Visit us at www.uni.edu/music ~S=c~h~o~o~l~~~f~AI~u~s=i~c------11 A very good year yriad recitalists, lecturers, native of Korea, she has a Bachelor of At the university, he curates an clinicians, master class Music degree from Yonsei University in international organ recital series and the presenters et al. shared Seoul, Korea and a Master of Music Young Organ Virtuosi Festival. Ebrecht M their talent, insight and degree from Peabody Conservatory. Choi has given recitals in Europe, the Far East wisdom with School of is currently in the doctoral program at the and the U.S. His performance was made Music students and faculty throughout Eastman School of Music. Her possible through funding provided by the the 2001-2002 academic year. An performance was made possible through late Noma Rupprich Jebe. enriching experience for all who were funding provided by the late Noma involved, these visitations reinforce what Rupprich Jebe. students already have been taught and inspire students to seek levels of November 2001 achievement which previously were Percussionist Michael Burritt's unknown. The impressive list of guests October 2001 guest residency included UNI Percussion over the last year follows. A guest recital was presented by Ensemble coaching, a master class and a Several of these guest artists made Nancy McFarland Gaub, violin, and recital. Burritt is associate professor and their appearances through the generosity Eugene Gaub, piano. Nancy McFarland director of percussion studies in the of the late Martha-Ellen Tye and the late Ga ub is a lecturer in music at Grinnell School of Music at Northwestern Noma Rupprich Jebe (B.A. '33). We are College. She directs the chamber music University. He previously held the same grateful for the contributions from these ensembles, teaches violin and viola and position at Kent State University from benefactors to the School of Music and performs frequently on the Grinnell 1985 until 1995. He received his Bachelor acknowledge their gifts more specifically Chamber Music Series and other venues. of Music and Master of Music degrees and below. Gaub and pianist Eugene Gaub are co­ the Performer's Certificate from the artistic directors of the Roycroft Chamber Eastman School of Music. His appearance Music Festival, which they founded in was sponsored by Malletech Mallets and September 2001 East Aurora, New York in 1994. A Malletech Marimbas. graduate of the Juilliard School, Eugene A guest recital was performed by Pianist Maria Thompson Corley Gaub received a doctor of musical atts Pandit Debu Chaudhuri, sitar; Anup performed piano music of African­ degree and the Performer's Certificate Ghosh, tabla; and Anita Ghosh, American composers on the Diversity from the Eastman School of Music. His tamboura. Chaudhuri is considered by Week Concert. Corley received her teachers have included Ylda Novik, many to be today's finest performer on master's and doctoral degrees from the Beveridge Webster and Rebecca Penneys. the sitar. Living in New Delhi, Chaudhuri Juilliard School, where she was a student Since his New York debut playing has traveled regularly around the world to of Gyorgy Sandor. She currently teaches Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the give concerts and spearhead educational piano and is collaborative pianist at Juilliard Orchestra, Gaub has performed projects concerned with the classical atts Millersville University in Lancaster, to critical acclaim throughout the United of his native land. He has had a lengthy Pennsylvania. Her appearance was States. He also has performed in Mexico, career as an educator and was dean of sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Canada and Europe. the Faculty of Music and Fine Atts at the Education, School of Music, Maucker For his guest residency, trumpeter University of Delhi for 14 years. Anup Union Policy Board, Multicultural Gordon Mathie taught lessons, spoke to Ghosh is a recognized virtuoso on the Activities and Programs Committee and a music education class and gave tabla. A native of Calcutta, he was MOB Ministries, Inc. presentations for trumpet class and the awarded the National Scholarship in Tabla Jazz vocalist Linda Tate performed brass, woodwind and percussion seminar. from the Indian Ministry of Culture. on a Faculty Jazz Quartet recital. A A former visiting artist for a semester at Ghosh has performed as a soloist and Chicago native, Tate performs regularly at the UNI School of Music, Mathie is an with many of India's leading musicians, corporate and private events and at emeritus professor of trumpet and music both in India and abroad. He is presently popular venues such as Pop's for education at the Crane School of Music, an artist-in-residence faculty member at Champagne, Andy's, Toulouse Cognac State University of New York (SUNY) the Maharishi University of Management Bar, Pete Miller's Steak House, The Bob College at Potsdam. His appearance was in Fairfield, Iowa. Anita Ghosh is an Shop, Border's Book Stores, the summer made possible by a grant from the accomplished and recognized vocal music festival at Unity in Chicago, Catch Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Fund. soloist in her own right. She also is an 35 and the Metropole Room of the An organ recital and organ and artist-in-residence at Maharishi University, Fairmont Hotel. composition master classes were where she and Anup perform regularly. A guest organ recital was performed presented by guest Ron Ebrecht. In The concert received support from the by Ji-Yoen Choi. Choi was the winner of Connecticut, Ron Ebrecht is university UNI School of Music, UNI College of the National Young Artists Competition in organist at Wesleyan University in Humanities and Fine Arts and Northeast Organ Performance, sponsored by the Middletown and director of music at the Iowa India Association. American Guild of Organists (AGO). A First Congregational Church in Waterbury. 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Quartet recital were Dane Richeson, Schubert-lnstitut in Baden-bei-Wien, Adjudicators for the festival included Dan drums, and Doug Johns (B.M. '80), tenor Austria; and University of Wisconsin­ Gailey of the University of Kansas, Fred saxophone. Richeson has been featured as Madison. Forney of Mesa (Arizona) College, Larry a solo marimbist, contemporary chamber William McGuire (M.M. '93) was Kisor of Sioux City and Brent Sandy music percussionist, ethnic percussion guest organist on a faculty recital by (B.A. '81), Steve Grismore, Jim Dreier artist and jazz drummer throughout the trumpeter Randy Grabowski. McGuire has and Mark Urness (B.A. '93), all of Iowa U.S. , Europe and Asia. He has performed been minister of music for 15 years and City. with artists Lukas Foss, Bobby McFerrin, organist for 25 years at the Nazareth The 51st Annual Sinfonian Gunther Schuller, Joe Lovano, Lionel Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Dimensions in Jazz Shows fe atured Hampton, Dianne Reeves, Roscoe Ted Reuter presented a guest piano tenor saxophonist Rich Perry, who has Mitchell, Claudio Roditi, Stanley Jordan, recital. He is professor of piano at been performing in New York City since Terry Gibbs, Eddie Daniels, David Wa1tburg College, where he teaches piano 1976. He spent a year on the road with Liebman and Kevin Mahogany. Richeson and related courses. Reuter received his the Glenn Miller Band prior to th at. In is currently an associate professor of B.A. degree from Knox College, M.M. 1977, Peny joined the Thad Jones and music at the Lawrence University degree from the University of Illinois and Mel Lewis Big Band and spent the next Conservatory of Music in Appleton, D.M.A. degree from the University of two years touring the U.S. and Europe. Wisconsin, where he is director of Iowa, where he studied with John Simms. After Jones left the band, Perry continued percussion studies. Reuter has given solo and chamber music playing with Lewis and recorded three recitals at colleges, universities, institutes LPs with him. and on artist series throughout the The Center for New Music December 2001 Midwest, Texas and Idaho. Ensemble, directed by David Gompper, presented a concert of contemporary Percussionist Michael Spiro works. A p erforming organization devoted presented a workshop and rehearsed with to 20th-century repertoire, the e nsemble is UNI Jazz Band I as a visiting artist. He. is Februarr 2002 the focus of contemporary composition an internationally recognized and performance at the University of Approximately 220 students from 45 percussionist, recording artist and Iowa. It has given the world or American Iowa high schools participated in the educator. Spiro is known specifically for premieres of major works, including Northern Festival of Bands. Janis his work in the Latin music field. He has Traces by Luciano Berio; Songs, Drone Purins, conductor of the Riga Wind performed on hundreds of records and and Refrains of Death (1969) by George Orchestra (Latvia), was guest conductor co-produced several instructional videos Crumb; Couleurs De Ia Cite Celeste 0973) with the UNI Wind Symphony and for the for Warner Bros. Publications, which by Olivier Messiaen; and Triple Duo Festival Symphony Band, students in featured such artists as David Garibaldi, (1983) by Elliott Carter. Gompper, grades 11 and 12. The Festival Concert Changuito, Giovanni Hidalgo and Ignacio professor of composition at the University Band, students in grades nine and ten, Berroa. His appearance was made of Iowa, received his B.M. degree from was conducted by Dan Anderson, possible by a grant from the Martha-Ellen San Diego State University, M.M. degree former director of bands at North Scott Tye Visiting Artist Fund. from the Royal College of Music in High School in Eldridge. London and D.M.A. degree from the Mezzo-soprano Ruby Hinds and University of Michigan. He was appointed pianist David Holkeboer presented "An the director of the Center for New Music Januarr 2002 Evening of Songs and Remembrance" for in 1994. He has lectured and heard his the Fourth Annual School of Music Black A guest recital was presented by works performed at three Moscow History Month Concert. The second half Stephanie Jutt, flute, and Jeffrey Sykes, Conservatory of Music festivals. of the program featured See Tb ere in the piano. Jutt made her acclaimed New York Approximately 165 students from 30 Distance, a one-woman show that debut as first prize winner of the Iowa high schools participated in the chronicles the life and accomplishments International Conceit Artist Guild Awards. Northern Iowa Vocal Arts Festival. of legendary contralto Marian Anderson. As winner of the International Pro Musicis Guest clinician to rehearse and conduct Oleg Koshelev, an associate Award, she has been a recitalist in Paris, the Festival Choir w as Judy Bowers, professor of music at the Russian State Freiburg, Rome, Lisbon, Bergen, Hong associate professor of choral music Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg Kong, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, education at Florida State University. The was a guest recitalist. He is also head of New York and Washington, D.C. Jutt has Davenport North Choirs, conducted by the piano department in the College of been flute professor at the University of Ryan Riewerts, performed as the Festival Music at the Rimsky-Korsakov Wisconsin-Madison since 1990. She Honor Choirs. Partial sponsorship for the Conse1vatory of Music. Koshelev received her degrees at the New England festival was provided by the UNI Office of graduated from the Conservatory in 1980. Conse1vatory. Sykes has performed Conferences and Visitor Services. Since then he has performed numerous throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and From private teaching studios across chamber concerts and solo recitals, Western Europe. He has toured France Iowa, 12 high school pianists were conducted master classes and patticipated and Italy with Jutt. He made his Carnegie selected to receive private lessons and in international music festivals in Russia Hall debut last year with oboist Gerard coaching from members of the UNI and abroad. Reuter and Jutt under the auspices of the keyboard faculty at the Northern Iowa Approximately 1,350 students from Pro Musicis Foundation. Sykes has Piano Festival. The Festival was 64 Iowa high schools participated in the degrees with honors from the University sponsored in part by the Office of 47th Annual Tallcorn Jazz Festival. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Franz- Conferences and Visitor Services. " ~S~c=h~o=o~l~o~f~AI~u=s~t~c------1~

Approximately 40 students from 11 and South America. After graduating from professor. During his time in Brazil, Iowa high schools participated in the the University of Michigan with honors Gerling has given recitals and master Northern Iowa String Festival. The and participating in the world premiere of classes at Brazil's most prominent music Festival Orchestra was conducted b y Leonard Bernstein's Mass, she went to festivals - Curitiba and Campos do Rebecca Burkhardt, conductor of the Italy on a Fulbright scholarship and Jordao. The appearance by Gerling was Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra. remained for several years to play made possible by s upport from the Members of the Academy of St. Martin principal flute with the Orchestra Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do in the Fields Chamber Ensemble dell'Opera d el Teatro Massimo in Sui. presented the master classes on violin, Palermo. Anderson taught previously at Randall Faust, horn, was a guest viola and cello, and UNI alumnus Mark UNI. The appearance by ZAWA! was performer on a program of his Urness presented the master class on funded in p art by the Martha-Ellen Tye compositions with fa culty members double bass. The master classes were Visiting Artist Fund, the Flute Studio Fund Thomas Tritle, horn, and Robin Guy, sponsored by the UNI School of Music, and Miyazawa Flutes, Ltd . piano. Faust is professor of music at Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Fund and Western Illinois University, where he Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts teaches horn and music theory. During Center. April2002 the summers, Faust teaches horn at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He A guest and faculty recital was received his Bachelor of Science in Music March2002 presented b y violinist Fredi Gerling and degree from Eastern Michigan University, pianist Jeongwon Ham. Gerling has Master of Music degree from Mankato The Iowa Composers Forum master's degrees from the ew England State University and D.M.A. degree from Festival of New Music took place over Conservatmy and a D.M.A. degree from the University of Iowa. The appearance two days at the Gallagher-Bluedorn the University of Iowa. In 1986, he joined by Faust was made possible by a g rant Performing Arts Center's Davis and Jebe the faculty of the Universidade Federal do from the Martha-Ellen Tye Visiting Artist Halls. UNI music faculty and UNI faculty Rio Grande do Sui in Porto Alegre, RS, Fund. and student and other Iowa composers Brazil , where he is now a tenured were involved in lectures on and performances of new music. The eight concerts on the 2002 - 2003 Spotlight Series will be as fol lows: A guest concert was given by the United States Navy Band, conducted by • School of Music Faculty Chamber Music Concert Ralph M. Gambone. Among the band Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - GBPAC Davis Hall· members was trombone instrumentalist 8:00p.m. and enlisted conductor Mike Schmitz • UNI Jazz Band I, ChirsMerz, conductor Friday, (B.M. '83). The United States Navy Band November 15, 2002- GPBPAC Great Hall· 7:30 p.m. is the Navy's premier musical • UNI Wind Symphony, Ronald Johnson, representative in Washington, D.C. conductor Gambone is the 11th officer to direct the Friday, November 15, 2002 · GBPAC Great Hall· 7:30 band. The Navy Band is recognized by p.m. many as "The World's Finest" and is • Chimes of Christmas: UNI Concert staffed by some of the nation's best Chorale, UNI Singers, UNI Women's musicians. Chorus and UNI Chamber Singers, Dyan Flutists Claudia Anderson and Jill Baker a nd Brad Barrett, conductors Felber were g uest performers with faculty Monday, De cember 9, 2002 · Fi rst pianist Robin Guy on a recital. Anderson Presbyteri an Church, Waterloo · 7:30 p.m. and Felber have performed as ZAWA! • Faculty Artists Showcase Concert since 1997 and offer recently Wednesd ay, February 19, 2003 · GBPAC Great Hal l · commissioned and traditional duo works. 7:30 p.m. ZAWAI has appeared at Carnegie Hall and • UNI Concert Chorale Performance, London's Wigmore Hall. Felber h as held Dyan Baker, conductor residencies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Monday, March 3, 2003 · GBPAC Great Hall · 7:30 p.m. Australia, Mexico, France, Switzerland, • UNI Performance Competition Finals Italy, Great Britain and the U.S. She has Monday, April 7, 2003 - GBPAC Great Hal l - 7:30p.m. premiered over 300 works for the flute Finalists for th e $4,000 Presser Fou ndation Award, the $1,500 Charles & Marl eta and released world-premiere recordings Matheson Award and the $1 ,000 Myron & Ruth Ru ssel l Awa rd for Centaur Records, CRI and Neuma • Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Burkhardt, conductor Records. Holding degrees from the Frid ay, April 25, 2003- GBPAC Great Ha ll -7:30 p.m . University of Michigan and Bowling Green State University, she is currently Tickets for individu al conce rts will be $6 for publi c, $5 for se nior citizens and $4 for students or admission professor of flute at the University of with a current I D. Ti ckets and additional information are ava ilable by ca lling 319-273-SHOW (7469) for California-Santa Barbara. Anderson has Great Hall events or 319-273-2024 for Davis Hall and Fi rst Presbyte rian Churc h, Waterloo events. Tickets performed as a soloist in the U.S. , Europe also may be purchased at th e door. 1 University of Northern Iowa University of alan ~r t£eNorthern tf / v~ . Iowa • The renovation and addition project of Russell Hall is part of music teachers a re UNI graduates. the university's $75 million "Students First" campaign that is Russell Hall improvements w ill provide performance and expected to be completed by January 2005. The campaign will rehearsal spaces, complement the new Gallagher-Bluedorn support Performing Arts Center and give scholarships. students quality facilities in acadt:mic program \\·hich to prepare for careers as support and teachers and performers. facilities. Included \\·ill be rehearsal and performance spaces a nd high­ • The School of quality rehearsal and r ecording Music's part of the facilit ies for UNI jazz bands and "Students First" other ensembles. The campaign is renm·ations will enhance seeking to raise S2 recruitment of talented students, million in pri\·ate faculty and staff. funding of the $H.2 million needed to • Naming renm·ate Russell Opportunities Hall. The Available remaining monies • New Addition will he allocated (Entire Wing) from the state. $500,000

• When erected in 1962. Russell Hall • New Student had 21 staff members :md 8'5 students. Lounge $150,000 Today. the School of Music has become one of U:\il's signature • New J azz programs and has more than 50 Rehearsal Hall facult\· and staff and more than 350 $150,000 majors. In addition. there are more than 1.000 non-majors taking music • Jazz Hall of courses. 0\·er 40 percent of lO\\·a·s Fame Corridor $50,000

• School of Music Hall of Fame Corridor $50,000

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Jonathan Chenoweth, associate professor of cello, was a m ember of t he Faculty music faculty for the UNI College of Activities Humanities and F ine Arts Institute for the Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, the first cooperative venture between UNI and the The number of faculty activities off "Zauherjldte, " published by Gottingen: Herzen State Pedagogical University. campus and outside the metropolitan area Hainholz Verlag. He had articles There he also presented a paper. were typically p lentiful this year. Below is published in the Mozartj ahrbuch 1999; Chenoweth was principal cellist with the a listing of School of Music faculty Acta Mozm1iana; Deutschsprachiges WCFSO and cellist for both orchestral and accomplishments, which occurred in Theater in Prag: Begegnungen der chamber music performances with the Iowa, across the country and around the Sprachen und Kulturen; Moza11 j ahrbuch New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra world. 2000; Festschrift Programm: 50. Deutsches in Plymouth. He was an adjudicator for Howard Aibel, professor of piano, Mozartfest 2001; the Program of the Amics the All-State Orchestra auditions in was a member of the Ibla International del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain; Festsch rift f ur Oelwein. Grand Prize Competition jmy. He gave a Otto G.Schindler zum 60.Gebw1stag; and Angeleita Floyd, professor of flute, master class in Salzburg, Austria. Aibel Festschrift Tomislav Valek in Hudebni veda was a guest artist, clinician and conductor performed the first Tchaikovsky piano (Prague). Buch's musicological endeavors for the Richmond (Virginia) Flute Festival. concerto w ith the Oskaloosa Symphony were the subject of numerous For the Second International Flute Festival Orchestra. He was honored by Steinway international articles and interviews and in Orebro, Sweden and the XII Festival and Sons, and his photo hangs in radio and television coverage. Internacional de Flautistas en Ia Mitad del Steinway Hall. Julia Bullard, assistant p rofessor of Mundo in Quito and Manta, Ecuador, she Dyan Baker Meyer, visiting viola and theory, was principal violist on was a conductor and presented master artist/ choral, was a collaborative pianist a WCFSO chamber concert. She was a classes. In Sweden, Floyd also gave a for a Waterloo East High School Choir guest artist on a recital at the House of lecture. She conducted the Northern Iowa concert and subsequent large group Composers in St. Petersburg, Russia. Flute C hoir last fall for a performance at contest. There she a lso presented a master class at Grinnell College and then again in the Tom Barry, assistant professor of the Herzen Pedagogical University. spring for the Iowa Flute Festival 2002, oboe and saxophone, was principal oboist Bullard was an adjudicator for the where she presented another lecture. For with the Waterloo/ Cedar Falls Symphony Mankato (Minnesota) Symphony Young the Northwind Quintet tour, Floyd Orchestra (WCFSO). He was oboist and Artists Competition. presented a flute clinic at Valley High saxophonist with the Northwind Quintet Rebecca Burkhardt, associate School in Des Moines. for a concert/ clinic at the Iowa professor of orchestral music and director Jeffrey Funderburk, professor of Bandmasters Association (IBA) of the Northern Iowa Symphony tuba/ euphonium, performed with the Convention in Des Moines and two Orchestra, was conductor of the Northern professional ensemble Symphonia at the performances at Wartburg College and Iowa Symphony Orchestra for two International Tuba and Euphonium one at Cedar Falls High School. The performances at Grinnell College. She was Conference in Greensboro, North Quintet's tour to Des Moines included guest conductor of the Northeast Iowa Carolina. He gave a recital and master concerts at the Des Moines East, Des Conference Honor Orchestra at Cresco class in Neunberg, Germany and was a Moines Roosevelt, Norwalk and West Des High School and for a performance by the guest artist - two recitals and two clinics - Moines high schools. Bany was oboist Illinois Music Educators Association for the BRASS SAENS event in Bratislava, with the Waterloo Symphony Woodwind District Two Honor Orchestra. Burkhardt Slovakia. For the RIC International Brass Quintet at a concert in Waverly. He was was guitarist and pianist with the Uncle Meeting in Belgium, Funderburk was a an oboe soloist with the Muscatine Irene Band in myriad performances in guest artist and master class presenter. He Symphony Orchestra. With UNIJazz Band Albuquerque, Aztec, Farmington and coached brass chamber music at the I, Barry was a saxophone soloist at the Madrid, New Mexico; and Durango, Staatliche Hochschule fUr Musik in IBA Convention in Des Moines and at a Pueblo and Silverton, Colorado. Trossingen, Germany. In Merano, Italy, performance in Fullerton, California. At Ro bert Byrnes, director of the UNI Funderburk gave a solo concert and the Iowa City Jazz Festival, he was a Varsity Men's Glee Club, university presented a week of master classes. He saxophonist with the Carla Bley/ Steve cari llonneur and administrative assistant, was a soloist a nd clinician with Garner­ Swallow Big Band. Bany was the sound conducted the Glee Club on a European Hayfield High School Band. Funderburk engineer for the UNI Jazz Band I concert Concert Tour to G rodig (Salzburg), Axams was principal tubist with the Cedar Rapids at the International Association of Jazz (Innsbruck) a nd Modling (Vienna), Austria Symphony Orchestra (CRSO) and tubist Educators (IAJE) Conference in Lo ng (see article on page 5 of this issue). One with that organization's brass quintet and Beach, California. He was an oboe of his carillon compositions was brass ensemble. Two articles by clinician for the IBA Convention in Des performed at the Ma ry M. Emety Funderburk w ere published i n the Texas Moines a nd for the West Music Company's Memorial Carillon in Mariemont, Ohio. H e Bandmasters j ournal. Latin Music Clinic in Davenport. had an article published in the Debra Gordon, associate professor David Buch , professor of music Proceedings of the 12th World Cm"illon of music education, had articles p ublished history, had a book, Schikaneders Congress, published by the Springfield by Tbe Choral j ournal, Music Educators heroisch-komische Oper "Der Stein der (Illinois) Park District. j ournal, Contributions to Music Weisen" - Modell fiir Moz arts Education, Australian j ournal of Music 1ww------~U~n~iv~e~r~s~i~~o~t~N~o~rt~h~e~r~n~lo~ut~aL_

was clarinetist with the Northwind Quintet Smith Competition in Norman, Oklahoma, Faculty Activities (see Tom Bany) and presented a number and the IMTA East Central Auditions in of master classes at Des Moines schools in Iowa City. Education and on the Music Educators conjunction with the Quintet's tour. With Randy Hogancamp, assistant National Conference (MENC) website. She the New Hampshire Music Festival, he professor of percussion, was principal gave two joint presentations at the Music was principal clarinetist with the orchestra timpanist with the WCFSO, Dubuque Educators National Conference in and also chamber clarinetist. Symphony Orchestra and New Hampshire Nashville and on the web for the Eleventh Robin Guy, associate professor of ' Music Festival. He was percussionist for Annual International Computer Music collaborative piano, was pianist with one CRSO subscription concert. Technology Conference and Workshop. soprano Karen Peeler and violist Henrietta Hogancamp presented West African drum Gordon also gave presentations at the Neely for performances by Trio Ariana at clinics at Plymouth (New Hampshire) American Choral Directors Association Ohio State University, Marietta (Ohio) State College, Louisiana State University in (ACDA) North Central Convention in Des College and Union University in Jackson, Baton Rouge and Boise (Idaho) State Moines; Singspiel Conference at Viterbo Tennessee. Trio Ariana released a CD, University. He was a clinician for the University in LaCrosse, Wisconsin; Iowa Incantations and Rhymes. At the Cedar Rapids All-City Music Contest. Choral Directors (ICDA) Association University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she LathonJernigan, associate professor Elementary Workshop at Adel-DeSoto performed with flutists Claudia Anderson of theory, was an adjudicator for the Hill Schools; and ICDA Conference in Mason and Jill Felber. For the Interlochen Award Auditions at Grinnell College and City. (Michigan) Arts Camp, Guy was pianist on the Fort Dodge Area Symphony Young Randy Grabowski, professor of faculty concerts and an adjudicator. She Artists Auditions. trumpet, was the principal/lead trumpet was pianist with a number of students at RonaldJohnson, professor of with the CRSO, that organization's brass the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra instrumental music and conductor of the quintet and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (DMSO) Young Artist Competition. Guy UNI Wind Symphony and UNI Chamber performance at the Isle of Capri was an adjudicator for the Hill Award Winds, gave conducting workshops in Riverboat/ Casino in Bettendorf. He was a Auditions at Grinnell College and Iowa Manerbio, Peschiera, Castelgoffredo and trumpet soloist at St. Paul's Lutheran Music Teachers Association (IMTA) District Lenato, Italy. He was guest conductor of Church in Davenport. As trumpeter with Auditions in Cedar Rapids. the Orchestra da Fiati di Valtellina in the Chestnut Brass Company, Grabowski Frederick Halgedahl, assistant Lucerne, Switzerland and Orchestra performed at 11 Pennsylvania schools; the professor of violin, was violinist in the Filarmonica di Leopolda in Florence, Italy. Montreal International Music Camp in Sun Valley (Idaho) Summer Symphony Marilou Kratzenstein, professor of Canada; the 32nd Festival de Inverno in and associate concertmaster of the CRSO. organ, harpsichord and music history, Campos do Jordao, Brazil; the Interlochen He was a guest recitalist at the House of delivered a lecture to the Des Moines (Michigan) Arts Academy; for the Composers in St. Petersburg, Russia. chapter of the American Guild of Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and There he also gave a master class at the Organists. in New York City. In addition, he Herzen University School of Music. Jean McDonald, associate professor presented master classes/ workshops at http:// fp.uni.edu/ halgedah/ of voice, was a consultant/ teacher for one school in Pennsylvania and in Jeongwon Ham, assistant professor Columbia Artist and soprano Nicolle Montreal, Campos do Jordao and of piano, was pianist with violinist Fred Foland (B .M. '91, M.M. '93) in San Interlochen. He also was trumpeter for Gerling at Grandview College in Des Francisco. She was a mezzo-soprano the Variety Club Telethon, a big band Moines. She gave solo recitals at Wartburg soloist for two performances on the 2002 dance and a benefit concert in Cedar College and Grinnell College. In Seoul, Messiah Festival at Bethany College in Rapids; for an Orquesta de Jazz y Salsa South Korea, Ham was a recitalist and Lindsborg, Kansas. There she also was a Alto Maiz performance in Waverly; with presented master classes at the Sungshin St. Matthew Passion soloist, performer in a the Carla Bley/ Steve Swallow Big Band at Women's University and "Calvier Hall. " quartet recital and master class teacher. the Iowa City Jazz Festival; and for a big She gave a master class at Wartburg Christopher Merz, assistant band dance in West Union. College and was a master teacher at the professor of jazz and director of UNI Jazz Jack Graham, professor of clarinet, IMTA Piano Festival in Waverly. Ham was Band II, was a saxophone and flute an adjudicator for the Donna Turner soloist with the UNI Jazz Band I on performances at the IBA Convention and Spaghetti Works, both in Des Moines; the IAJE Conference in Long Beach, California; and at Steamer's Cafe in Fullerton, California. He played on the Variety Club Telethon in Cedar Rapids; with Merz/ Grismore/ Sandy, UNI Jazz Faculty and Equilateral at the Sanctuary in Iowa City; with the Carla Bley/ Steve Swallow Big Band and Equilateral on the Iowa City Jazz Festival; and at the University of California-Santa Barbara and California State University-Los Angeles. At the Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Jazz Festival, ~S~c~b~o~o~lo~f~AI~u~s~ic~------1J'

UNI Jazz Band II, conducted by Merz, was an adjudicator for the ational Festival in La Salle. Schwabe had four was selected as Outstanding Collegiate Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) works published by Musikverlag Bruno Big Band for the second consecutive year, Central Regional Auditions and IMTA State Uetz. and the UNI Jazz Combo Brave New Auditions, both in Cedar Rapids. William Shepherd, associate Quartet, coached by Merz, was selected as Miguel Pinto, associate professor of professor, coordinator of Music in General Outstanding Collegiate Jazz Combo (see vocal coaching, gave master classes at the Studies, had his conducting textbook Awards article on page 8-9 of this issue). Juilliard School of Music and Indiana published by Schirmer/Wadsworth (see University School article on page 3 of this issue). He was of Music. He was trombonist with the WCFSO. Shepherd a member of the performed in eastern Iowa with his big Indiana University band, combo and dixieland band. School of Music David Smalley, associate professor faculty at their of voice, retired at the end of the 2001- summer program 2002 academic year (see article on page in Piobico, Italy. 22 of this issue). David Darryl Taylor, assistant professor of Rachor, professor voice, was an adjudicator for the NATS of bassoon and Central Regional Auditions in Cedar saxophone, Rapids. He performed with harpist Patricia performed and Terry-Ross and pianist Erik Santos in New Merz was guest conductor of the CJC All­ presented a master class at the Colloque York City at the Merkin Concert Hall and Star Jazz Band (high school juniors) in de bassoon in Angouleme, France. He Riverside Theatre in Riverside Church. Des Moines. His compositions and was a visiting professor of bassoon at the Radio broadcasts of Taylor and pianist arrangements were performed by the American Band College in Ashland, Robin Guy's CD, Love Rejoices: Songs of H. University of Massachusetts Jazz Ensemble Oregon and Universitatea de Muzica in Leslie Adams, have occurred in New York I; University of Iowa Jazz Band II; Jazz Cluj, Romania. Rachor had an article City; Oberlin, Ohio; Detroit; and Tucson. MN Big Band in Minneapolis; UNI Jazz published in Bandworld and presented a Thomas Tritle, associate professor of Band I at the IAJE Conference in Long bassoon clinic at the IBA Convention in horn, directed members o f the UNI Horn Beach, California; and at the University of Des Moines. He was principal bassoonist Choir as featured performers with the UNI California-Santa Barbara and California with the DMSO and the Baroque International Dance Theatre at the State University-Los Angeles. In Iowa, Orchestra of Iowa. The latter performed German Festival in Guttenburg, Iowa. He Merz was an adjudicator for the Iowa in Des Moines and Grinnell. Rachor was was principal hornist with the WCFSO High School Jazz Championships in Des bassoonist with the Northwind Quintet and its associated brass quartet and Moines; Jack Oatts Jazz Festival in (see Tom Barry). woodwind quintet. Tritle also was Earlham, Central College Jazzmania in Don Rierson, assistant professor of principal hornist with the Dorian Opera Pella and SCIBA Jazz Festival in Waukee. opera/ musical theatre, was assistant Theatre Orchestra in Decorah. He was He was a clinician for the Winfield-Mt. director for the Indianapolis Opera hornist with the Northwind Quintet (see Union Jazz Band, Urbandale High School production of Samson et Dalila. Tom Barry). Tritle presented a lecture at jazz bands, Cedar Falls High School Jazz Alan Schmitz, associate professor of the IBA Convention in Des Moines. He Band I, University of California-Santa theory and composition and associate had an article published in Tbe Horn Call, Barbara and California State University-Los director of the School of Music, had his and two of his reviews were published in Angeles. Bassoon Quartet (2001) premiered at the the j ournal of the National Association of Jennifer Mishra, assistant professor Feu de Basson Festival in Angouleme, College Wind and Percussion Instructors. of graduate music education and associate France. His Musical Heritage Ove11ure John Vallentine, associate professor director for graduate studies in music, had (2000) was performed by the South and director of the School of Music, articles published in Applications of Dakota State University Civic Symphony, produced and was conductor of the Research in Music Education, Proceedings conducted by John Brawand, in orchestra and mass choir for the School of of the International Technological Brookings. Music Scholarship Benefit Concert, which Directions in Music Learning, Flute Talk Jonathan Schwabe, associate raised $38,000. He assisted the UNI and journal of String Research. An professor of theory and composition, had Development Office in the raising over arrangement for middle school string his song cycle, Above the Whim of Time $700,000 for the Russell Hall Renovation orchestra was published by Alfred for soprano and piano, premiered at Project. Vallentine managed, oversaw and Publishing. She gave presentations at the Ancilla College in Donaldson, Indiana. He wrote the massive Optional Response Investigating Musical Performance conducted the Illinois Valley Symphony report for the National Association of Conference a t the Royal College of Music Orchestra in La Salle on the premiere of Schools of Music (NASM) accreditation. In in London and Ninth Annual International his In Memoriam 11 September. That work Iowa, he conducted a High School Honor Technological Directions in Music also was featured on Iowa Public Band in Tripoli and was a Learning Conference in San Antonio. Television's Living in Iowa, where DMSO conductor/clinician for the Waverly-Shell Leslie Morgan, associate professor of Conductor Joseph Giunta directed UNI Rock High School Band. Vallentine was a voice, was soprano soloist on the Mahler School of Music faculty and students. His conductor, clinician and pianist in Costa Symphony No. 2 performance by the chamber opera, Tbe Hard Years, was Rica with students/ members of the CRSO, Christian Tiemeyer, conductor. She premiered at the 2001 Maude Powell University of Costa Rica, National 1 University of Northern Iowa

Jazz I on performances at the IAJE Quartet and guest drummer Dane Faculty Activities Conference in Long Beach and Steamer's Ri cheson at the Sanctua1y in Iowa City. Cafe in Fullerton and a recording session Two of his arrangements were published Symphony Orchestra and San Jose Band. at Oceanway Studios in Hollywood (see by the University of Northern Colorado Three UNI students also were involved in article on page 2 of this issue). Jazz I's (UNC) Jazz Press, two by Heritage the third visit to Costa Rica , which CD, Leap of Faith, was released on the JazzWorks and one by Walrus Music continues the development of an Sea Breeze Vista label, SBV: 4538. It was Publishers. Heritage JazzWorks a nd Walrus international program w ith Centro Cultural included in Herb Wong's annual Blue · Music Publishers each published one of Costarricense Norteamericano. Chip CD list in the jazz Educator's Washut's compositions. Three music Robert Washut, professor of jazz journal and on NPR/PRI syndicated jazz reviews by Washut were published in the studies and director of UNIJazz Band I, radio show host Jim Wilke's "Best Jazz jazz Educators journal. He was an presented a workshop at the University of CDs of 2001" list, www.jazzafterhours.org. adjudicator/ clinician for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was a guest Washut was winner of the Knox College Kansas-Lawrence Jazz Festival; Iowa Jazz conductor of the Des Moines Community (Galesburg, Illinois) Jazz Composition Championships in Des Moines; Urbandale Jazz Center Senior Honors Band and guest Contest with Leap qf Faith,, which was (Iowa) High School Jazz Ensemble; Eau conductor and composer for the performed by the Knox College Jazz Claire (Wisconsin) Jazz Festival; Hampton University of Kansas-Lawrence Jazz Band. He was pianist, arranger and (Iowa) High School Jazz Ensemble; SEIBA Ensemble . In Iowa, Washut conducted the musical director of the Orquesta de Jazz y Jazz Festival in Iowa City; New Trier Jazz ...., UNI Jazz Band I on a performance at the Salsa Alto Maiz on the Community Artist Festival in Evanston, Illinois; West High IBA Convention in Des Moines, concert at Series in Clinton, Iowa; Springfield and School in Iowa City; SCIBA Jazz Festival Pella High School, concert with the Des Peoria (Illinois) jazz festivals; and for the in Des Moines; and CAL/Dows Jazz Band Moines Big Band and concert for the Iowa City Downtown Association and in Latimer, Iowa. Grand Lodge State Convention in Gusta Latina at the University of Iowa. Dubuque. In Ca lifornia, he conducted Washut was pianist with the Facul ty Jazz

'52) of 3113 S Oleander, Sioux City, IA 51106-4227; Beverly Bramblett Waggener (B.A. '52) of 15518 Landings Alumni News Av, Spirit Lake, IA 51360-7480; Sonia Scholl Wilson (B .A. '52) of 1669 Somerset Ln, Iowa City, IA 52240-0000; There was a substantial amount of for the gander. Hopefully Marjane will and Marjane Yetley Taylor (B.A. '53, good news from music alumni over the continue to do this each year - next year M.A. '75) of 103 Washington St, Box 630, past year. Many submission s were sent via is her Golden Reunion - so that this Cedar Falls, IA 50613-9610. e-mail , and the rest came from the publication's editor is not called before We also discovered that one of the "Alumni Response Form," found on page Congress with accusations of deceit and 20 attendees in the 60-Year Reunion June 24 of this year's issue . Alumni who w is h fraud. Here is the updated table: 7 was a music major. That is five percent to correspond via e-mail should write to: % of Golden Reunion and places the music majors of the Class [email protected]. For e-mail, please check Class Year Attendees Who Were of 1942 in third place in 60-Year Reunion the "Alumni Response Form" to be sure Music Alumni attendance since 1999 when we st3Ited that you provide a ll the information 1941 15.38% (10 out of 65) keeping track. William T. Jochumsen reques ted and then include the news 1942 7.46% (5 out of 67) (B.A. '42, M.A . '58) of 503 Olive St, Cedar items of interest. Please do not send 1943 8.45% (6 out of 71) Falls, IA 50613-2522 was the one attendee. re sumes. We only will accept prose. 1944 2.94% (1 out of 34) Here is the updated chart for that: Interesting photographs are welcome. 1945 3.12% (1 out of 32) %of 60-Year Reunion Those sent via e-mail should be at least 1946 0.00% (0 out of 47) Class Year Attendees Who Were 300 dpi. The dead line for the 2003 issue 1947 24.24% (8 out of 33) Music Alumni will be the middle of next July. And now, 1948 9.09% (4 out of 44) 1939 4.35% (1 out of 23) on with this year's music alumni news . 1949 3.12% (2 out of 64) 1940 11.11% (3 out of 27) Of 60 members of the Class of 1952 1950 14.12% (12 out of 85) 1941 17.65% (3 out of 17) who attended their Golden Reunion May 1951 5. 79% ( 4 out of 69) 1942 5.00% (1 out of 20) 9-11, seven were School of Music alumni. 1952 11 .66% (7 out of 60) Clare Storkamp (B.A. '01) of 1/ 89 That is 11.66 percent and places the music Those in attendance for the Golden Ridge St, North Sydney 206o, NSW majors of the Class of 1952 in fourth place Reunion this past spring were James Australia, [email protected] e­ in Golden Reunion attendance since 1991 Qim) A. Coff"tn (B.A '52 , M.A. '64) of mailed us in August of 2001 to so say she when we started keeping track. Of course, 6570 E Paseo Alcazaa, Anaheim, CA had just completed her first day at her this is not completely accurate since 92807-4910; Patricia Eastman Foorman new full-time job as ticket services team Marjane Yetley Taylor actually graduated (B.A. '52) of 16135 Huston St, Encino, CA leader for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. in 1953 and came as a guest to this 91436-1321; Elly Stettler Leslie (B.A. '52) She spent the summer of 2001 playing in reunion. Marjane did the same thing last of 16255 Via Embeleso, San Diego, CA the Hot Springs and Rome music festivals year, so what's good for the goose is good 92128-3220; Reginald R. Schive (B.A. and then traveled to Sydney, Australia, for ~S~c~h~o~o~l~~~f~Af~u~s~i~c------1!1

ten days of visiting and relaxation. Clare community at large!" Susan concluded. to mention problems with punctuation, hoped we all were doing well. [Editor's [Editor's note: Susan, this is very capitalization, syntax, grammar, etc. note: In July of 2002, Clare sent an e-mail impressive, but wait! We also recently Nonetheless, we will proceed.] "The 50th with the address listed above and a note received an e-mail from your dad and Anniversary Jazz Bash had me flying for indicating she was starting on her master's UNI chemistry professor, Paul Rider. He about a month ... what a great time," Keith degree in musicology at the Sydney wrote to say ABC's Nightline did a extolled. He was married in June of 2001 Conservatorium of Music.] program on "The President's Own" United to the former Jennifer Rector. They were Susan Rider (B.M. '89) of 9918 States Marine Band last July 4. You were betrothed in traditional Scottish style, Hagel Cir, Lorton, VA 22079, one of the few people featured, and you complete with kilts and being led in by a [email protected] sent an e-mail to say mentioned receiving your bachelor's piper. "A great time," Keith wrote, she was pleased to see she was degree from UNI. Your dad also said you "although the shock of seeing my 76-year­ sandwiched between her buddies, Eileen have been promoted to Gunnery Sgt. and old dad in a kilt might have caused at Massinon Russell (M.M. '89) and JoDee are now one of the fall tour coordinators. least some of the drinking that happened Davis McKee (B.M. '80, M.M. '85), in the He reported you were the featured after the ceremony. Or not." Keith alumni news from the Fall 2000 performer with the band as they opened reported that he and Melody Turnquist newsletter. "They are two people that I the season of concerts at Wolf Trap in Steed (M.M. '85) have released their highly respect," Susan wrote. She still is a May. You played Goldman's variations on second Clarion CD, New Vintage. The CD member of the trumpet section of "The My Old Kentucky Home, received a consists of five commissioned works from President's Own" United States Marine rousing ovation from over 6,000 people American composers, including Samuel Band in Washington, D.C. Susan and played an encore. In your Adler. Keith announced that the new completed four years with the group in introduction, it was noted you received trombone teacher at the UMKC July of 2001. She toured with the band on your undergraduate degree from UNI and Conservatory is JoDee Davis McKee its 1999 West Coast and 2000 Southwest there was cheering from the crowd, but (B.M. '80, M.M. '85). "It's going to be tours, continues to be a featured soloist in not your parents, your dad said. Wow! fantastic having her as a colleague again," front of the group, helped inaugurate Nightline and Wolf Trap. We are proud, he praised. "That's it from here - take President Bush in January of 2001 and and we appreciate the great publicity you care of yourself and say hello to all the traveled to Lucerne, Switzerland to have generated for the UNI School of old, familiar faces. " [Editor's note: perform for the World Association for Music.] Congratulations, Keith, and watch that Symphonic Bands and Ensembles John Vallentine received an e-mail language. Congratulations also to Melody Convention in from Elke Hollingworth Overton (B.M. and JoDee.] July of 2001. '93) of 3646 Flael Av, Saint Louis, MO A nice e-mail was received from Susan soloed 63108-0000. Elke stated, "We're still in St. Richard A. (B M. '78, M.B.A. '83) and with the Louis, and I love my new job directing Susan Jenkins F revert (B.M. '78) of 3510 University of the concert band and orchestra at St. Urbandale Ln N, Minneapolis, MN 55447- Louisville Charles (Missouri) Community College." 1019, [email protected]. They live in Wind She also teaches music history, music Plymouth, a western suburb of Symphony in appreciation and conducting. Minneapolis. "The Twin Cities are great, 2000 and On the other hand, Scott G. especially in spring, summer and fall ," Em my Angelici (B.M. '88) of 6 Brookside Ct, they wrote. "It's winter that can be University Bettendorf, IA 52722, [email protected] challenging, although the natives have Wind made the move from public education to taught us tolerance and how to actually Ensemble in the private business sector. "I have joined function and enjoy ourselves with five Atla nta in John Deere as an infrastructure analyst," feet of snow on the ground." Susan has a 2001. She gave Scott wrote. "I'm doing computer desktop flourishing woodwind studio with 49 a solo recital support for the Law and Patent students. Rich is running his own at Del Mar departments at the John Deere World business, a financial planning firm called College in Headquarters in Moline, Illinois. While my Bravo Wealth Strategies. He has a number Corpus Christi Highlander Keith A. Benjamin day job has changed, I'm continuing to of performing artists in his practice and . ' (M.M. '84) and jennifer at their w h ere E11 een . . play regularly with several different Scotttsh weddtng finds that rewarding. Sue and Rich's teaches, and groups in the Quad Cities area. Keep up daughter, Karen, started at St. Olaf in the came back to the great work!" [Edit01"'s note: You too, fall of 2001. "We 've enjoyed reconnecting UNI to do a Scott. Thanks for the update.] with Peter H amlin (M.M. '89) in his solo recital in Davis Hall in February of And as one might expect, a bad position on the music faculty at St. Olaf," 2001. Susan became co-editor of the word was used in the very first sentence they stated. Their son, Tim, is a now a International Women 's Brass Conference of an e-mail received from Keith A. junior at Wayzata High School. They Newsletter in 2000 and continues to enjoy Benjamin (M.M. '84) of 5614 Holmes St, closed by saying, "We send our regards to being an Advisoty Board member for the Kansas City, MO 64110-2728, our fellow School of Music alumni." UNI School of Music. "Thanks to Randy [email protected]: "Hi, Bob; just got "Sh eri Greenawald [B.A. '68] Grabowski, John Vallentine, Angeleita the latest alumni newsletter - sounds like Appointed Director of the San Francisco Floyd and the rest of the crew for their it was a pretty #@!! fine year all around at Opera Center" was the exciting headline continued support and friendship and the School 0 ' Music. " [Editor's note: Do in the Contra Costa Times of Walnut best wishes to the UNI musical you see what I mean' Bad language, not Creek, California last fall. "Former operatic 2 Universi of Northern Iowa

more than ten years. "He was so proud of (B.M. '79, M.A. '85) and Elizabeth Gall Alumni News me," Ja wrote. The New York Review Fritz (B.M. '83) of 315 Riverview Dr, Magazin€ stated, "Ms. Koo's playing Decorah, IA 52101-1258, soprano Sheri Greenawald, a professor of always kept listeners interested in what [email protected] sent an e-mail. voice and opera at the Boston she had to say, and one can hope to hear The Decorah High School Wind Conservatory, has been appointed director her again soon." Ja has been playing with Ensemble, directed by Jim, was selected of the San Francisco Opera Center, it was La Trio, a clarinet, cello and piano . and performed at the 2001 IBA announced Tuesday. Greenawald, 53, chamber ensemble. The trio has been Convention. At Decorah, Jim is succeeds Richard Harrell, who tendered performing throughout the Los Angeles department head and teaches brass, Liz his resignation in August. area and overseas in Beijing and two focuses on woodwind lessons and "The Opera Center, founded in other cities in China. Ja frequently plays curriculum and Sam Oppel (B.M. '01) 1982, operates on a $3.5 million annual solo recitals and is a collaborative pianist handles percussion and jazz studies. Last budget and administers various training with singers and instrumentalists in the December, Jim was awarded the Phillip and education programs for the San Los Angeles area. She teaches privately Sehmann Excellence in Teaching Award Francisco Opera, including the 11-week and is involved with the lqrge Korean by the directors of the Northeast IBA. He Merola Program summer series, the community in Los Angeles. She is recently became President-Elect of the touring Western Opera Theater and the collaborative pianist with the Korean IBA and will be its president during the Adler Fellowships. Broadcast Choir and Korean Church 2003-2004 school year. Liz is the fifth and _.. "A graduate of the University of Choir. Ja closed by saying, "Please say sixth grade band director and founded the Northern Iowa, Greenawald did fmther hello to everyone." [Editor's note: ]a, no successful Tri-State Middle School Honor studies at the Juilliard School in New York sooner said than done. Thanks for the call Band eight years ago. The ensemble and has been a recipient of grants from and the e-mail. It was all very interesting attracts 275 of the top middle school band the National Endowment for the Arts and and congratulations on your successes.] musicians from the Tri-State region each the Rockefeller Foundation. Her operatic And then a really wild story came year. Jim and Liz have one daughter, career included featured Toles at the San in from Michele Roberts Stephens (B.M. Deanna, who is in sixth grade and plays Francisco Opera, the Metropolitan Opera '75) of 2151 Key Dr, Brentwood, TN horn. The Fritzes closed by saying, "We and opera houses all over the world. 37027, [email protected]. had a great time seeing everyone at the Chosen as the Seattle Opera's artist of the Michele won a bed and breakfast in 50th anniversaty jazz concert. We've year in 1998, she served as the Santa Fe Arlington, Vermont in 1998. We're not enjoyed the new Gallagher-Blueclorn Opera's apprentice program vocal coach talking about an overnight stay and Performing Atts Center and look forward in 1999 and as one of the program's stage breakfast meal. Michele won an actual to the renovation of Russell Hall. We 'd directors in 2000. She also has taught five-bedroom bed and breakfast property like to say hello to friends, classmates and master classes at the Opera Theater of St. that was built in 1805. She was one of faculty at the School of Music. " Louis. 16,000 entrants who wrote the "Greenawald's appointment takes final line for a Polaner All-Fruit effect in May 2002 ... " [Editor's note: jingle: "Breakfast with Polaner Spectacular news. Sheri's new address is All-Fruit is better because ... it 1333 Gough #llB, San Francisco, CA transforms your morning. It 94109, [email protected].] makes your coffee gourmet, Stacy L. Fahrion (B.M. '96) of 338 your napkins linen, turns your S Governor #1, Iowa City, IA 52240, toast into crumpets, your juice [email protected] was kind enough to into fresh squeezed." And then send her "year-old new address." Stacy Michele wrote, "Polaner All-fruit was in her second year of graduate study makes every morning a bed and as a teaching assistant for the University breakfast morning." She set the of Iowa Piano Department last fall. prose to music, sang it in person Ja-Hyeong Koo (B.M. '85, M.M. to the judges and won the '88) of 16706 Osborne St, Northridge, CA contest. After a quick press tour 91343, [email protected] was as and an international interview on CNNfn, Flutist Jan Dockendorff Boland pleasant as ever when she called and Michele and her husband, David, hosted (M.A. '71) of 1495 Douglas Ct, Marion, IA then followed up with an e-mail. Ja went the guests of their first fall season. But 52302-2309, [email protected] and to New York City at the end of last March clue to their careers being 1100 miles guitarist John Dowdall recently premiered and performed Beethoven's Piano away in Nashville, they sold the bed and a new work, The Pounce of Now by Concerto No . 5 ("Emperor") with the breakfast in 1999. "Of course, the press Robert Dick. The duo presented a series Manhattan-based Ureuk Chamber attributed my musical ability to my being of nine concerts and nearly 100 Orchestra, guest conducted by Daniel from Nashville," wrote Michele, "but we educational events this past season under Mezza. Mezza is from Argentina, where he all know it's my background at UNI that the auspices of Reel Cedar Chamber is director of the San Martin Theater helped me win!" [Editor's note: Amen to Music. Last spring, they performed for the Orchestra and music director of the that, Michele. Nothing truer ever was Early Music Colorado Series in Boulder National University of Tucuman Orchestra. spoken. Thanks for the great story.] and at the University of Wyoming­ Ja was gratified that UNI Piano Professor They don't own a bed and Laramie. Howard Aibel was able to attend the breakfast, but they live in a part of Iowa performance. She had not seen him in that would be scenic enough for one. Jim ~S~c~h~o~o~l~~~f~Af~u~sz~c~------~1

Deaths married in 1940 to longtime UNI Piano Alumni News We all were shocked at the early Professor Russell Baum who preceded her death of Thomas D. Gause (B.M. '73) at in death in 2000. Lyle spent 23 years Pianist Nino Sanikidze (M.M. '01) the age of 50 on September 30, 2001. teaching music in the Cedar Falls Schools of 7704 25 Av, Hyattsville, MD 20783 sent Former UNI Director of Jazz Studies Jim and ultimately became the vocal m usic a card indicating she and tenor Ramone Coffin (B.A. '52, M.A. '64) wrote, "Tom teacher at Holmes Junior High School. Diggs were presented in a recital at the played so wonderfully at the 50th Jazz There she directed the ninth, eighth a nd Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City Reunion and to have this happen at his three seventh grade choruses. There were as the 2001 Marilyn Horne Foundation young age is very, very sad." Tom's 70 to 90 students in each choir, and the Awardees at the Music Academy of the brother, Lee ( B.M. '73), said of his ninth and eighth grade choruses West. Nino and Ramone's program, "On sibli ng, " .. .I had a chance to talk to especially were renowned for their high Wings of Song," was hosted by Marilyn people from all walks of Tom's life. He level of performance. A number of Horne a nd Robert White and was meant so much to so many and positively student teachers who w orked with Lyle broadcast this past March on WQXR enhanced eve1y life with which h e went on to build successful vocal music Radio. [Editor's note: Bravo, Nino. We are interacted." And Tom's wife, Jackie, said teaching careers. proud of you.] in a letter, "It was a great blessing that in Lyle was friends with James and Catherine Dycus (B.A. '42) of 125 the last year of his life (after being Me1yl Hearst and suggested they create an Pocahontas PI, Hampton, VA 23661-3308, diagnosed with melanoma in June, 2000), arts center for the city of Cedar Falls. The [email protected] wrote to say she he was able to participate in events such Hearsts l iked the idea and bequeathed retired as supervisor of music for the as the Jazz Reunion at UNI. We all will their home a nd $300 thousand to the c ity Newport News Public Schools in 1979. miss Tom in so many ways." In addition of Cedar Falls to establish the Hearst She recently published a book, Wbere the to Jackie, immediate survivors include Center for the Arts. Individuals and Twenties Weren't Roaring, about farm life Tom's two children, Michael, 15, and businesses in the community joined in western Kentucky as she remembered Emily, 17. together and raised almost $700 thousand it from vacations with farming relatives After graduating from UNI, Tom in additional funds to expand the from 1925 to 1929. When she's not was a member of the Army Jazz Band in building. The result is a beautiful facility writing, Catherine travels to visit friends Washington, D.C. Following his discharge, with more than 3,000 square feet of and relatives. he received his master's degree in music gallery space located in a picturesque Also retired is Mary Hansen from North Texas State University and was setting. Lyle was on the Hearst Center Crawford (B.A. '39) of 306 E Center St, then a professional musician in Las Vegas Board of Directors until shortly before her Winfield, IA 52659-0155. She was the from 1978 to 1991. Tom and Jackie death. vocal music and typing teacher in married in 1983 and moved to Ellensburg She also arranged for the S teinway Winfield from 1939 until 1942. Her in 1991 when Tom joined the Central grand piano in the Baum home to be marriage took place in East Hartford, Washington University music department. donated to the UNI School of Music for Connecticut in 1943, and Mary was the There he taught trumpet, music use in an applied piano studio. collaborative pianist for the Frank Caruso composition and jazz studies. Tom was A memorial tribute was h eld March Vocal Studio in Hartford. While her instrumental in forming Ellensburg's 30 at the Hearst Center for Lyle. She is husband, Keith, was overseas in the a rmy, annual Jazz in the Va lley festival. He was survived by her sons - Michael (and she was a typist for the Bureau of principal trumpet with the Yakima Catherine) of Boston; Eri k of Madrid, Research at UNI. Following World War II, Symphony and performed several times Spain; and Kurt (and Janet) o f Mary and Ke ith have resided in Winfield, with the Seattle Sympho ny. Tom played in Minneapolis - and grandson - Nathaniel where she was the U nited Presbyterian recording s essions fo r Disney soundtracks of Chicago. Church organist for 40 years, a piano in Seattle. During his career, he composed Thanks to all who e -mailed and teacher for 20 years and choral director numerous jazz and classical works. wrote to "Alumni News." If you wish to for the Easter Community Cantatas. Cedar Falls arts advocate Lyle contribute to t he next issue, please refer A birth announcement was sent to Julius Baum (B.A. '41, M.A. '68), 84, died back to the first paragraph of this article. us by Wendy Hamann Green (B.M. '94) of cancer on November 28, 2001. She was We look forward to hearing from you. of 1309 Larkfield Ct, Marshalltown, IA 50158-2549, [email protected]. "David The Office of Alumni Relations and the Advancement Division of the and I are now parents!" Wendy exclaimed. University of Northern Iowa are very interested in our alumni and their with the birth of our "We were blessed activities. Please keep us informed by sending a class note for inclusion in son , Logan Matthew, on July 1, 2001. We Northern Iowa Today publication. We also are interested in your are all adjusting and loving every minute the y, whether it be through referring a of it! " Wendy is the instrumental music involvement with the universit teacher at Anson Middle School in prospective student to the university, serving in a volunteer role or returning Marshalltown and West Ma rshall Middle for a class reunion. Stay in touch and let us know how we can be helpful to School. [Editor's note. Congratulations, you. Please contact us at: Wendy and David, and we are assuming Office of Alumni Relations 1-888-UNI-ALUM/ 1-888-864-2586 Logan already has displayed signs of 204 Commons E-mail: [email protected] musical aptitude.] University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, lA 50614-0284 Universit of Northern Iowa Longtime professor retires from UN/ Baritone David Smalley, M.M. American singer t o advance to the third productions during the 70s and 80s. He (University of Michigan), retired this past round of the Antonin Dvorak enjoyed singing the music of Rodgers and May from the UNI School International Opera Competition in the Hammerstein with the Cedar Rapids of Music, where he was an Czech Republic in 1999. Alan Cemore Symphony Orchestra and Lerner and associate professor of voice (B.M. '81), successful as an operatic si nger Loewe with the Des Mo ines Symphony and chair of the vocal in Germany, presently s ings a t the ' Orchestra. division. He was awarded Bremen Opera after distinguishing himself A native of Canton, Ohio, and of emeritus status by UNI. In for six years at the Graz Opera in Austria . Ukrainian descent, David studied vocal 2001, as chair of the Graduate Many other students have won awards in technique w ith distinguished pedagogues Committee, David was responsible for the major competitions, became professional Margaret Harshaw, Hermanus Baer and design and justification of a new two-year singer/ actors or obtained teaching Richard Miller. He taught one year at Artist Diploma program, which was positions at universities, colleges and Western Illinois U niversity before moving approved for implementation this fall. secondary schools. to Cedar Falls. Since jo ining the School of Music As a singer, David appeared in Former student Robert Patton, now faculty in 1964, David taught hundreds of more than 350 oratorio, opera, concert editor and publisher of Tb e Gowrie News, young singers, preparing them vocally and recital performances at UNI, wrote in an article about David, " .. . his and musically for successful careers as throughout Iowa and in the Midwest. His ability to shape a voice with his expertise performers and teachers. At UNI, his repertoire includes bass-baritone roles was consistent and unfailing ... with me graduate and undergraduate s tudents from 19 major oratorio works, including and many of my colleagues, his regularly were cast in major roles in UNI Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem and other instruction was indeed magic." Lyric Theatre opera productions a nd major works of Bach, Handel, Mozart and When asked what he would miss appeared as soloists with the Concert Stravinsky. With the Waterloo/ Cedar Falls the most, David responded, "Students, Chorale and UNI Singers. Former students Symphony Orchestra, he sang Orff's colleagues, faculty meetings, telephone have sung with opera co ~1panie s in Carmina Burana on two different calls that constantly interrupted my Europe and the U.S., including the occasions. According to David, his most teaching, e ndless e-mail messages and Metropolitan Opera. In 2001, 2000 and memorable operatic performances were canceled classes because of snow." 1998, students from his studio were the roles of Marcello in La Boheme, David now lives with his wife, winners in the Metropolitan Opera Scarpia in Tasca and the Count in Tbe Catherine, in the C hicago area (S koki e), National Council District Auditions. Marriage of Figaro, which he sang w ith where they own a home. His e-mail Melissa Manseau (M.M. '99) was the first faculty and students in UNI Lyric Theatre address is s [email protected]. UNI says goodbye to director, mentor and friend Marching Band met with Rick and the students in the Honor" and the National Band Director John Baker, 50, Marching Band, I was struck by how Association's "Citation of Excellence." Phi died on October 6, deeply the s tudents cared about John. Beta Mu recognized him as Missouri's 2001. "John was a Their tears spoke so eloquently of the "Outstanding Band Director." husband, father, friend, quality of the man. " At UNI, John received r ecognition coll eague, director, John was director of the Concert, for outstanding teaching merit. He conductor, mentor, Symphonic and Marching bands and taught maintained an active profile as a guest teacher, music educator music education and conducting courses at conductor and adjudicator. He was a and musician," wrote John Vallentine, UNI from 1999 until 2001. Previously, he professional resource for music e ducators director of the UNI School of Music. "He was director of the Concert, Symphonic and had professional affiliations with the embodied a spirit that will live with us and Marching bands and assistant director College Band Directors National forever. Those of us who were fortunate to of bands at Florida State U niversity. There Association, Music Educators Na tional know him will miss him greatly. Our John taught courses in conducting, band Association, International Association of sympathies go out to our colleague, Dyan, literature and music e ducation. Jazz Educators, National Band Association and Jessica, Kayla and Lauren Baker." He held bachelor's and master's and all-state organizations. John suffered a brain aneurysm degrees respectively from the University of During the s ummer of 1998, John following the performance of the Panther Missouri-Columbia and Southern Illinois was a guest conductor for the Queensland Marching Band at the game in the UNI­ University-Edwardsville. John received his State Youth Wind Ensemble in Brisbane, Dome a week prior to the sixth and was Ph.D. in music e ducation from Florida Australia. He was selected for honorary flown to the Iowa City Hospitals by State University. membership to both Kappa Kappa Psi and helicopter. Earlier, during his 16-year tenure Tau Beta Sigma and elected to 'john was a just and wonderfully with the Parkway West High School Bands membership in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi fine person ," eulogized James Lubker, clean in St. Louis, Missouri, his bands were Beta Mu and Pi Kappa Lambda. John lived of the UNI College of Humanities and Fine invited to perform at numerous state, in Waterloo with his wife, Dyan, and their Arts. "He was, as Athletic Director Rick regional and national conferences, two children, Kayla and Lauren. His oldest Hartzell said to the members of the including the National Band Association's daughter, Jessica, is a student at Florida Marching Band, a gentle man. He was a National Conference and twice at the State University. Memorials may be musician and a teacher and was highly Midwest International Band and Orchestra directed to the UNI Foundation -John L. valued in both of those capacities. When I Clinic. He received the latter's "Medal of Baker Scholarship Fund. ~S~c~h~o~o~l~o~v~f~Af~u~s~t~c~------~ Emeritus Activities

It is a pleasure o nce again to info rm exactly o n our way home , but since concert halls. My congratulations to all you of the activities o f our emeritus Charles had never been there , I thought who participate. Best wishes from Ruth fa culty. Marleta Matheson e-mailed the he s hould experience it at least once, so Russell." annual update for herself and Charles. we enjoyed a couple of days there a nd On a s ad note, we received "Some things in our lives don't seem to saw the fantastic Cirque du Sole il show as notification of the death of former UNI change - the daily routines and the events well as all the o ther sights. piano faculty member Merrill Harlan, 60, stemming from our music activities. We "I experienced quite a s hock one who taught intermittently at UNI between enjoyed UNI athletics as a lways, attending morning toward the e nd of April w hen 1966 and 1975. Merrill passed away in most of the home football and basketball chest p ain hit me, a nd after calling the March of 2001 in San Francisco after a games. The second Gallagher-Bluedorn doctor, I was told to call 911 and g et to battle with lung cancer. He w as a artist series provided another stellar year the E R! Yes, I had a heart attack and after longtime cabaret and hotel pianist in San of entertainment. Charles continues getting stabilized at Sattori, was taken to Francisco. Merrill was known for his wide private teaching, and I have continued my Allen Hospital, where the c ardiologist put repertoire and ability to perform a setv ice to the Waterloo/ Cedar Falls in a s tent. Four days in the hospital, a polished rendition of a s ong immediately Symphony a nd the U I Suzuki program. wonderful husband and son, lots o f caring after hearing someone hum a bit of the We both cany forth with leading the friends a nd support, about four weeks of tune. "He never u sed sheet music," singing at the Cedar Falls Rotary Club cardiac/rehab and walking every day and recalled his friend and collaborator, every Tuesday. Connections there keep us I'm as good as new. I am very fortunate! j oseph Frank. "He could sit down and updated with community activities. Of course, I found out I wasn't play an hour of japanese melodies or "To celebrate Charles' 89th birthday indispensable when someone else t ook German s ongs from the 1920s off the top in October, we went on a bus trip to my part in the s ymp hony and played for of his head. There w as no one like him. A Spillville a nd Decorah to v isit the Dvorak the S uzuki spring recital, but I was able to native of Onawa, Iowa, Merrill received exhibit and the B ily clocks, to w hich play m y part in the Five Grands his master's and d octoral degrees from neither of us had ever been and a must performance at the Creme de Ia Creme II Northwestern University, where he also for musicians! on June 2nd. It was another successfu l taught. Since corning to San Francisco in "In November, my sister and I fundraiser for the Gallagher-Bluedorn, and 1975, he w as the regular pianist at the drove her car to Arizona, where she we're looking fmw ard to the upcoming Palace and St. Francis hotels a nd Alexis spends the winter, a nd after a few d ays in year of exciting events'" and Harris restaurants. Merrill was a the s unshine, I fl ew back home. Of For Karl and Martha (M.A. '69) popular dinner party pianist in the course, that m eant I had to fly back d own Holvik, Martha wrote, "Our opening mansions o f Nob Hill and Pacific Heights. in April and drive horne w ith her! sentence of last year's report describes "At the end of November, we flew this past year succinctly: 'Life for the into Chicago for five nights and met Bud Holviks continues t o be good, thanks t o Happy Birthday, (B.A. '56) and Pat (B.A. '55) Boughton generally s atisfactory health, minds that from Wichita. We saw Billy Budd at the still work and many happy times w ith Charles! Chicago Lyric Opera, an all-Mozart family and f riends.' Although we've taken Charles Matheson will he program with the C hicago Symphony, the no long trips, we've kept active attending celebrating his 90th birthday on Van Gogh-Gaugin exhibition at the Art local events, reading and making music. October 10, 2002. As a special Institute and the Kirov Orchestra with a Be assured that life is far from boring. We surprise (Marlcta is go ing to hide rare performance of the Prokofiev second send warm greetings and good wishes to the newsletter fro m him), please piano concetto with a fantastic Russian all who read this." send a card. note or letter to: pianist. In a handwritten n ote to j ohn Charles Matheso n, 2H4 Cl ark Dr, "Our not-so-routine activities Vallentine, Ruth Russeii, wife o f Cedar Falls, lA 5061.). The more. included a three-week road trip west in deceased D epartment of Music Head the merrie r. March with my cousins from Rochester, Myron Russell, stated, "Thank you for Minnesota. We visited my s ister in Apache your many expressions o f encouragement Join in the Junction, Arizona; took in a Cubs/ White for my recovery from illness. I especially Sox spring training game in Mesa; and thank you for the beautiful flower Celebration! spent a couple of days in San Diego and bouquet. I like to read of your concerts two days in Los Angeles right before the and recitals a nd a m sony I can't Academy Awards. Our son lives just up participate in person. But I hope my the hill from Hollywood Boulevard and named seat in the Performing Arts C enter the Kodak Theatre, so we were a ble to is filled b y some eager listener of y our walk down and obsetve all the offerings. It is my hope that my seat preparations. Then it was on to Merced, always will be filled by a listener w ho has California to visit our eldest cousin and yet to learn of the truly wonderful get some genealogy information, which i s concerts a nd recitals given in the also occupying my time. Las Vegas wasn't awesome s urroundings of the new University of ~ Northern Iowa School of Music Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0246 www.uni.edu/music

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