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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Over the past several months, faculty regarding the importance of representation and visibility in have shared with me many examples of classical music. We must work as a community to incorporate the excellent achievements of Bienen more voices and contributions of diverse groups into our music School students during the COVID-19 curricula and public events—a goal I have pursued throughout pandemic. I applaud our students for my tenure as dean. their extraordinary efforts through We have already made progress at the Bienen School in these uncertain times. the musicology area, which launched a new undergraduate The pandemic has brought chal- core curriculum in fall 2019. One goal of the revised curriculum lenges to all of us. Students are experi- is to provide students with a more inclusive and more diverse encing the loss of regular participation in ensembles and representation of classical music. The musicology faculty concerts. Performance faculty and alumni—including mem - will regularly update these courses, which have been well bers of professional orchestras and ensembles—are left with received by students. fewer outlets to share their talents with audience members. A school-wide project during the current academic year Music scholars have limited opportunities to conduct research involves creating videos featuring art songs and chamber due to travel restrictions and safety precautions that limit music by Black composers. Voice students will perform the in-person collaborations. Yet despite many difficulties, our songs, and musicologists and guest presenters will provide community has demonstrated remarkable flexibility and resil- scholarly background information on the works and compos- ience. I am proud of our faculty for adapting to new modes of ers. These videos will be posted on the school’s website. In teaching and continuing the school’s important mission of April, I will moderate a virtual discussion on Black art songs educating the next generation of artist-scholars. with professors Louise Toppin and Willis Patterson of the Without a doubt, all aspects of the Bienen School’s opera- University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. tions have been disrupted by the pandemic. Beginning last In addition, Bienen faculty have been working both inde- spring and throughout the summer, our staff and administra- pendently and collaboratively to develop DEI initiatives for tors worked tirelessly within the school and with many offices their studios and classrooms. Many of our instrumental studios across the University to prepare for a return to campus. Music are studying repertoire of diverse composers and requiring performance instruction has presented many unique situations inclusion of these composers in degree recitals. Conducting that required developing specialized safety restrictions. We are faculty have recently hosted guest speakers for virtual DEI- incredibly fortunate to have the high-quality facilities and state- related discussions. I am committed to promoting and support- of-the-art technical capabilities of the Ryan Center for the ing these ongoing initiatives throughout the school, and I look Musical Arts. It is difficult to imagine how we could have forward to sharing more information about our progress in the responded to the pandemic in the outdated Music Administra- coming months. tion Building. Our society’s return to “normal” life—and the specifics As we continue to respond to the pandemic, topics regarding when and how live music performances will resume— regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have emerged remains uncertain. However, the absence of in-person concerts as central areas of focus across our school, the University, and and events over the past year has proven how crucial they are the nation. Last summer, the school publicly expressed its soli- to our humanity and how essential they will be to restoring darity with our Black students, faculty, staff, and alumni and normalcy in a postpandemic world. I am confident that the the entire Black community. In June, school administrators Bienen School of Music will be an important part of the healing received a petition from Bienen Students Expecting Change. process, reconnecting our communities through music perfor- Along with the school’s department chairs and associate and mances and scholarship. assistant deans, I met with the group in the fall to discuss the petition and share existing and planned DEI activities. As the first African American and first female dean of the Bienen School and as a performer of music of African Ameri- Toni-Marie Montgomery can composers, I understand and agree with the students Dean

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This issue is dedicated to Kingsley Day, who retired in August after serving for 27 years as editor of Fanfare. The Bienen School of Music is extremely grateful to Kingsley for his many contributions to the school over the years.

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Bienen Alumni, Faculty among 2021 Grammy Winners and Nominees

Bienen School alumna Kellen Pomeranz ’11, who goes by Pom Pom, Micah Dingler ’09 MMus, Robby Eisentrout ’15, Dimitri German won a 2021 Grammy Award for best R&B album as a cowriter and ’16 MMus, Michael Jones ’14 MMus, Chelsea Lyons ’17 MMus, and coproducer on the lead single from John Legend’s album Bigger Elisa Sutherland ’12, ’14 MMus, with Kevin Vondrak ’17 MMus as Love. “Conversations in the Dark” reached no. 1 on iTunes after assistant conductor and assistant producer. Legend performed it on the TV series This Is Us; it has since been This was Nally and the choir’s sixth Grammy nomination to certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. date; they have won twice previously for best choral performance— Now based in New York, Pomeranz studied music technology at in 2018 for Gavin Bryars’s The Fifth Century and in 2019 for Lansing the Bienen School. McLoskey’s Zealot Canticles. Many other Bienen School alumni and faculty were well repre- The Dover Quartet, the Bienen School’s Quartet-in-Residence sented among this year’s Grammy nominees. For the fifth consecu- since 2015, received its first Grammy nomination, for best chamber tive year, Bienen School director of choral organizations Donald music/small ensemble performance for The Schumann Quartets. Nally and his new-music choir The Crossing received a Grammy Third Coast Percussion—with alumni Sean Connors ’06 MMus; nomination for best choral performance, this year for Carthage, Robert Dillon ’02; Peter Martin ’04 MMus, ’11 DMus; and David with music by James Primosch. The album features alumni Skidmore ’05—also was nominated for best chamber music/small

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One of the most exciting projects to emerge at the Bienen School musicians and members of San Francisco’s Dark Horse Consort. amid the pandemic is Orfeo Remote, an experimental opera film The project includes recordings from a total of 60 vocalists and spearheaded by director Joachim Schamberger and conductor instrumentalists. Stephen Alltop. The five-part opera miniseries, based on L’Orfeo Schamberger coached students on character and interpretation by Monteverdi, launched in January and is available to view on in addition to shot types, framing, and screen direction. With two YouTube and at the link below. separate casts of students in locations across the country, detailed The ambitious project required 1,400 audio and 1,300 video coordination was required to create the 10 videos of the five-part tracks and was produced entirely remotely. Schamberger set the series. “Acquiring basic fluency in video and audio production is 400-year-old original work against the current pandemic. The film becoming increasingly essential for musicians,” said Schamberger. opens as La Musica, an unemployed musician, gathers her fellow As Third Coast Review noted, the hard work of faculty and artists to tell the story of Orfeo’s trip to hell. In this opera-within-a- students paid off: “The technical achievement of Orfeo is worth film, the artists’ tale is set in the 1960s on a hippie commune, where saluting and watching.” young lovers Orfeo and Eurydice experience both the ecstasy and Orfeo Remote and related activities were supported by the the perils of the counterculture movement. biennial Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival, which com- “When I heard we were moving the opera online, I realized I bines informed performance with scholarly inquiry through master would be able to accomplish two things on my bucket list at once— classes, preconcert presentations, and lectures. ❚ to be in an opera and to be in a movie,” said undergraduate student Nicholas Lin, who played Orfeo. For student practice tracks, Alltop recorded every note of the opera on harpsichord and chamber organ at home. Then, when To view Orfeo Remote, visit students submitted their individual vocal recordings, he created music.northwestern.edu/orfeo-remote. the final soundtrack with a remote ensemble of Bienen student

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A joint effort by the Bienen School and technology colleagues at peer institutions resulted in upgrades to Zoom’s videoconferencing platform that have greatly benefited online music instruction. Zoom, Northwestern’s preferred method for video interactions, released in the fall the new high-fidelity music mode that enables users to deactivate certain features that hinder music making while taking advantage of a sampling rate much higher than had been previously available—resulting in higher-quality and more accurate sound. Ray Mathew, the Bienen School’s principal technology officer, participated in discussions that led to these improvements. “After an initial group conversation involving the Seven Springs schools of music along with a number of others from around the country, it was a privilege to be specifically invited to work with the Yale instructors,” he added. “I’m glad that this work will benefit everyone School of Music, Peabody Institute, Juilliard School, and Eastman who is using Zoom to teach during these difficult times.” School of Music in approaching Zoom directly and helping develop Annie Hyung, an undergraduate cello performance major, said a way to support music instruction with significantly higher fidelity familiarizing herself with a helpful trio of Zoom settings—enabling than was previously possible,” he said. original sound, disabling echo cancellation, and using high-fidelity “The changes to the underlying technology, plus the new music mode—has led to a superior experience: “The combination of settings we now have access to, will go a very long way toward help- these three settings is a godsend in making Zoom sound much more ing us ease the last-mile problems of connecting students and accurate, with minimal enhancement.” ❚

Alma Mater Performance Featured in Nationally Televised Spot

The Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble’s performance of Northwestern’s Alma Mater was featured in a public service announcement that debuted during Northwestern’s October 24 football game. According to the University’s global marketing and communi- cations office, PSAs during Northwestern athletic events have the largest media audience of any University communications. In previ- ous years, a single spot has averaged over 11 million national view- ers annually. The video combines original anima- tion with inspirational text based on Vondrak used several sources as inspiration for his arrange- University president Morton Schapiro’s ment, which includes both Latin and English lyrics and ancient and essay on educating students for an modern musical sounds. Instead of “Amen,” his arrangement ends uncertain future. with “Go ’Cats!” The arrangement used in the video —commissioned by the school and To hear the Alma Mater, visit Donald Nally for the 60th reunion of the the Davee Media Library at Class of 1959—was written by Kevin music.northwestern.edu/davee. Vondrak ’17 MMus (left).

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In late September, many Bienen School students returned to campus for an academic term unlike any they had experienced before. After a fully remote spring quarter—and months of careful planning by Bienen administrators, staff, and faculty—students resumed limited on-campus activities under strict safety precautions.

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200202.indd 6 3/25/21 1:27 AM Northwestern required most first- and second-year students to The majority of the school’s fall academic music classes were study remotely during the fall in an effort to reduce campus density held virtually, while selected music education and performance and ensure sufficient quarantine and isolation spaces. However, the classes were offered via a hybrid model of remote and face-to-face Bienen School successfully petitioned for an exception for second- instruction. Most studio music lessons and chamber music activi- year instrumental students, as their access to practice rooms and ties were provided in the hybrid mode; those taught in person took in-person performance opportunities was deemed critical to place in larger spaces to allow for appropriate distancing. Campus advancing their training. venues, including Lutkin Hall and Kresge Centennial Hall, were uti- The extensive planning for the fall return to campus involved lized in addition to Bienen facilities to provide more locations for Bienen staff and administrators’ meeting regularly with campus in-person learning. The school assigned practice rooms to specific partners, including the provost’s and registrar’s offices, facilities groups of students to aid in contact tracing as needed. management, procurement, and risk management, as well as con- Large ensembles presented a particular challenge that required sulting with peer schools and reviewing research focused on the unique considerations. Wind, orchestra, and jazz conductors safety of music-making activities. worked with students in small configurations of instruments or in

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rotations of small groups. Strict stage-seating charts were devel- virtually by Anton Rist, principal clarinet of the Metropolitan oped for all venues and customized for individual ensembles, with Opera Orchestra. The percussion studio performed a work by configurations dependent on the repertoire or number of perform- Joe W. Moore III via Zoom for the composer himself, who afterward ers. The school also offered remote ensemble options for instru- provided feedback to the ensemble. The saxophone ensemble con- mentalists to satisfy their major ensemble requirement without ducted distanced workshops of contemporary repertoire weekly participating in a face-to-face ensemble. All choirs and voice lessons in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, and the fall composition showcase were conducted solely online due to the risk of virus transmission moved online, with works presented and archived on North - through singing. western websites. Throughout the fall, Bienen administrators continued to work To enable further connections among her students, viola pro- closely with University leaders, medical professionals, and local and fessor Helen Callus appointed her graduate students as mentors to state health officials to examine and refine safety procdures. Among her undergraduate students; they met with one another every other the primary considerations was the risk posed in a variety of set- week in mini studio classes. Callus said the successful program has tings by aerosolizing wind and brass instruments. The latest health provided students with the personal contact they were missing: and safety information and recommendations continue to be “It gave undergraduates the opportunity to bond with one another shared with students. in a more intimate format than was possible in most of their other Although the school presented no concerts for in-person audi- classes, to perform before my studio class, and to pick the brains of ences in the fall, masked and properly distanced string players from graduate students. In return, the graduate students were put on the the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra presented a spot, learning how to mentor younger students and facing ques- livestreamed concert from Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Another live- tions on topics ranging from practicing to repertoire.” streamed performance featured the Jazz Small Ensembles, and the Johannah Carmona, an undergraduate student of Callus, said jazz studies program offered two recorded concerts via Zoom. her experience as a hybrid student has been productive and enjoy- Despite the unprecedented challenges, Bienen students experi- able. In the fall, she was able to perform in a live string quartet and enced many rich learning opportunities during the hybrid fall quar- with the Baroque Music Ensemble—masked and distanced. Carmona ter. Jennifer Higdon, winner of the school’s 2018 Michael Ludwig also participated in online master classes with guest artists. “As a Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, presented a virtual master Bienen student who has both online and in-person classes, I truly class for composition students. Clarinet studio members safely believe that I am living the best of both worlds—continuing to learn gathered in Lutkin Hall for an orchestral excerpts class presented while staying safe,” she said. ❚

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BY JERRY TIETZ Coleridge-Taylor, and Tchaikovsky. Those of us who enjoyed the con- Director of Concert Management cert from the comfort of our homes might have observed that the group, in concert black and masked throughout, resembled a collec- Looking back on the Bienen School’s fall tive of dapper musical ninjas. Yet their commitment to the perfor- quarter, I am struck by how many new mance never wavered, despite playing to an empty concert hall. reasons I have to be immensely proud of and Another livestream on November 12 featured the Kevin Fort impressed by our students and faculty. The and Victor Goines Jazz Small Ensembles performing a thoroughly creativity, ingenuity, resilience, and character enjoyable program of original compositions by Goines, Fort, and Joe of our community were on full display and, Nedder as well as arrangements of music by Bernice Petkere, Joe as a result, so too were its passion and talent. Young, Thelonius Monk, Wayne Shorter, John Lennon, and Paul Our collective need to adapt as a society to a masked and McCartney. Within a week, the jazz studies program would offer socially distanced world has presented challenges for us all, even two recorded concerts via Zoom. The Darius Hampton and Joe Clark as we go about life’s day-to-day activities—and making music is no Jazz Small Ensembles performed a program of original composi- exception. From a violinist’s maintaining her focus playing a tricky tions and arrangements by Bienen students and faculty, followed a passage while day later by a program of the Northwestern University Jazz Orches- To view videos of past performances, her mask creeps tra featuring original compositions and arrangements by Bienen visit the Davee Media Library at steadily down her students. music.northwestern.edu/davee. nose to a horn Loyal attendees of the annual Festival of Lessons and Carols player’s attempting concert at Alice Millar Chapel were not disappointed either. The to blend his sound with that of a fellow octet member positioned 40 Baroque Music Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Alltop, offered feet away, students persevered in the face of the expected, the unex- a special virtual program in December, blending spoken word with pected, and the downright surreal. the music of Gabrieli, Pachelbel, C. P. E. Bach, and John Rutter. Our students’ first opportunity to share their talent came If the last year has taught us anything, it is that sometimes, in October, when 19 members of a miniaturized Northwestern unfortunately, the show must not go on in order to protect the safety University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Robert G. and well-being of our communities. But where there is a will—and Hasty and graduate assistant conductor Kyle Dickson, performed perhaps a bit of tech savvy—Bienen students have also shown there a livestreamed concert featuring works by Roger Zare, Samuel is a way. ❚

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Recent world premieres Sarah Bartolome recently featured in a virtual concert of the of Stephen Alltop (music education) Indiana University Jazz Ensemble under the (conducting) include presented “Building direction of Greg Ward. Solitude of the Stars Community in the for voice and piano Virtual Classroom” Drew Davies (musicol- by Stacy Garrop, as part of the North- ogy) appeared on BBC performed with western Alumni Asso- Radio’s Early Music soprano Josefien ciation webinar series Show in a program that Stoppelenburg for the Rembrandt Chamber Music Teaching and Learning in Virtual explored the history of Players, and two works by Gary Fry with the Communities. Latin America through Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. its sacred and secular For the Elmhurst Symphony, Champaign- Karen Brunssen (voice music from the 16th Urbana Symphony, and Apollo Chorus of and opera) presented through 18th centuries. Chicago, Alltop has conducted six video the online lecture “The concerts with distanced performers, focus- Evolving Singing Voice” Amanda Draper ing on the music of Florence Price, Jessie in November for the (music education) Montgomery, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Pioneer Valley Sym- presented “Effective Louis Moreau Gottschalk. As a harpsichord- phony Orchestra. She and Creative Ideas for ist, Alltop has filmed performances for also taught a virtual Breakout Rooms” as Music of the Baroque, the Arizona Bach master class for Opera Edwardsville, served part of the North- Festival, and Bach Week in Evanston. He on a panel at the Philippine Choral Direc- western Alumni Asso- has given webinar presentations and perfor- tors Association Conference, and gave pre- ciation webinar series mances for the Northwestern University sentations and a master class for Singers in Music Teaching and Learning in Virtual Alumni Association, National Association Accord and the Dainava Lithuanian Chorale. Communities. of Teachers of Singing, Fortnightly Club of Chicago, Kellogg School of Management, George Cederquist Kevin Fort (jazz Feinberg School of Medicine, and the (voice and opera) is studies) performed Dominican Republic’s Banco Popular. the artistic director of with Bienen students Chicago Fringe Opera, Joe Nedder and Robin Richard Ashley where in October he Steuteville in a live- (music theory and directed the camera streamed concert in cognition) presented opera Corsair, one Pick-Staiger Concert his research project of ten episodes in the Hall in November. “On Prototypes and Decameron Opera Collective’s national the Prototypical: film project. Victor Goines (jazz An Investigation of studies) presented “A Music-Theoretic Con- Joe Clark (jazz studies) World of Improvisa- cepts” at Music Theory Midwest’s June received an Individual tion: The Context of conference and at the Society for Music Artists Program grant Music and Our Every- Theory’s national conference in November. from Chicago’s Depart- day Lives” in November He also published “Musical Form: A Chal- ment of Cultural Affairs for the Northwestern lenge for Models of Musical Cognition” in and Special Events to Alumni Association’s Physics of Life Review. Ashley joined the record two suites for Faculty Live series. He also performed with editorial board of the Society for Music jazz ensemble, includ- Bienen students in a livestreamed concert in Theory’s Music Theory Online. ing one originally composed for the North- Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, which featured western University Jazz Ensemble. Clark’s several of his own arrangements. compositions and arrangements were

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200202.indd 10 3/25/21 1:28 AM Nancy Gustafson (voice and opera) is founder of the Songs by Heart organization, which provides inter- active musical pro- grams for people with memory loss. Opera Saratoga is launching a first-of-its-kind engagement-centered music therapy pro- gram in partnership with Songs by Heart, which will serve memory centers in seven Thomalla’s Third Opera Premieres counties in upstate New York. during Pandemic

Robert G. Hasty Dark Spring, a new opera by Professor Hans Thomalla based on Frank Wedekind’s (conducting) presented Spring Awakening, premiered at Mannheim National Theatre in Germany on Septem- “DIY Document Cam- ber 11. Bienen School lecturer Alan Pierson conducted. era for Virtual Teaching The original work dramatizes the effect of the oppressive culture of the 19th Environments” as part century on a group of young adults. Thomalla’s opera shifts the focus to the contempo- of the Northwestern rary stigma around mental health issues and Alumni Association provides an ambio-techno soundtrack for webinar series Music the piece. Teaching and Learning in Virtual Communi- Due to pandemic restrictions, the Mann- ties. Hasty joined the American String heim Theatre sold only 300 of its 1,200 seats Teachers Association’s Collegiate Commit- to allow for appropriate distancing between tee in October. patrons. Creative “corona staging” allowed singers and musicians to perform safely, Michael Henoch maintaining 6 yards of space when singing (oboe) recently partici- and at least 1.5 yards at all times. Deutsche pated in remote and Bühne praised the “compact, unerringly com- in-person perfor- posed, and masterfully staged evening.” mances with Chicago “Producing Dark Spring was absolutely Symphony Orchestra amazing—the most gratifying artistic experi- Alan Pierson (left) and Hans Thomalla colleagues. A recording ence I have had in a long, long time—in spite of the Reicha Wood- of all the difficulties the pandemic brought on,” Thomalla said. “The stage director did wind Quintet in E-flat Major, with each an amazing job of finding ways to make this happen, with lots of live video, prepared musician performing on separate video and video, and careful choreography.” He added that because the opera is scored for only audio tracks, was featured in the CSO From 10 instruments, the musicians were able to perform safely apart. Home series. He also performed Milhaud’s A review from Die Rheinpfalz noted that “Thomalla’s eloquent and meticulously La cheminée du roi René in person, under refined musical language is aimed like a magnifying glass on the toil of growing up . . . strict safety protocols, at Orchestra Hall. Pierson at the podium is an excellent administrator of the score.” This performance was filmed and later pre- Dark Spring was commissioned by the Mannheim National Theatre and financed sented as part of the CSOtv series. by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. Thomalla’s first opera, Fremd, premiered in 2011 at the Stuttgart Opera; his second, Kaspar Hauser, premiered at the Theater Freiburg in 2016. While in Germany for the premiere, Thomalla also attended a performance of his concert-length Harmoniemusik by Munich-based Ensemble Rissonanzi Errante.

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D. J. Hoek (musicol- honor, The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Michael Mulcahy ogy) contributed Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs, which (trombone) performed “Northwestern Univer- appears on the 2018 Cedille Records release a virtual concert in sity’s John Cage Collec- Notorious RBG in Song. Northwestern’s Alice tion: History and Millar Chapel as part of Ongoing Development” Toni-Marie the Grand Teton Music to a recent issue of Montgomery (dean) Festival’s GTMF on Notes: The Quarterly participated in the Location series. Journal of the Music Library Association. The 2020 African American article traces how Cage’s archive came to Music Conference, Donald Nally Northwestern in the 1970s and highlights hosted virtually by (conducting) and his subsequent acquisitions that have expanded the University of Michi- choir The Crossing the collection’s scope and context. gan School of Music, were nominated for a Theatre & Dance. She served as a panelist Grammy Award for best David McGill for “Delivering a More Dynamic, Diverse choral performance for (bassoon), former prin- Curriculum for the 21st-Century Music Stu- Carthage (see page 2), cipal bassoonist of the dent,” and her recording of David Baker’s marking Nally’s sixth Chicago Symphony sonata for cello and piano, with cellist Grammy nomination. In October, the choir Orchestra, was featured Anthony Elliott, was featured among the presented The Forest, an outdoor work with in the late Andrew preconference performances. Montgomery sound designed especially for socially dis- Patner’s book A Portrait was also on the panel “A Just Future for tanced performance, composed by Nally in Four Movements: Black Artists” as part of the Black Reflec- and Kevin Vondrak ’17 MMus. The specially The Chicago Symphony under Barenboim, tions series organized by Michael Martin designed amplification kits used for that Boulez, Haitink, and Muti. McGill was also ’19 MMus and hosted by Oberlin Conserva- performance inspired the creation of three highlighted in a four-part television series tory and the New World Symphony. She new works for socially distanced singing. released last fall about a 2016 performance was elected secretary of the Gateways The Crossing, in the lead-up to the US presi- at the Ravenna Festival in Italy, which fea- Music Festival board and participated in dential election, presented four new works tured McGill in Mozart’s bassoon concerto a Gateways virtual festival webinar with addressing issues in the national discourse. conducted by Riccardo Muti. McGill’s book, Dwandalyn Reece, curator of the National In December, the group released an album Sound in Motion: A Performer’s Guide to Museum of African American History and of live performances, Rising w/ The Crossing, Greater Musical Expression, was translated Culture. based on the acclaimed series of daily, into Japanese in 2019. pandemic-inspired recordings of the same Steven Morrison name and featuring the world premiere of Patrice Michaels (music education) com- David Lang’s protect yourself from infection. (voice and opera) pleted a six-year term The Crossing’s recording of Earth Teach Me performed in a as editorial chair of the Quiet by Eriks¯ Ešenvalds was named one of November Carnegie Journal of Research in the 25 best classical music tracks of 2020 by Hall tribute to her late Music Education. In the New York Times. mother-in-law, US September, he pre- Supreme Court justice sented “What Can We Susan Piagentini Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Take from the Podium? Rehearsal Thinking (music theory and Hosted by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, in the Online Classroom” for the Northwest- cognition) contributed the event also featured interviews with ern Alumni Association webinar series the chapter “Adapting Ginsburg’s children and remarks and per- Music Teaching and Learning in Virtual the Aural Skills Curric- formances by Joyce DiDonato, Renée Flem- Communities. With doctoral student Diego ulum: A Move Away ing, and Denyce Graves. Michaels previously Pinto, he presented research at McMaster from the Right Answer” composed a song cycle in the late justice’s University’s virtual Neuromusic Conference in The Routledge Com- about how expressive movement may be panion for Music Theory Pedagogy. This aca- used as a factor in vocal group evaluations. demic year, she is an AP Higher Education

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200202.indd 12 3/25/21 1:28 AM Visiting Fellow in course and exam develop- Taimur Sullivan Gail Williams (horn) ment for the College Board, providing feed- (saxophone) presented performed a virtual back on the alignment between the AP virtual guest master concert in Northwest- music theory course and exam and expecta- classes at Michigan ern’s Alice Millar tions of the discipline as well as suggestions State and Penn State Chapel as part of the for teachers’ professional development. Universities in Decem- Grand Teton Music ber. His PRISM Quartet Festival’s GTMF on Alan Pierson (con- recently released The Location series. She ducting) launched, Anchoress on its XAS label and announced presented an audition seminar for New with Alarm Will Sound, the launch of the PRISM Quartet Institute, World Symphony wind and brass fellows a new series of works an innovative online program through in December. created for the video which the ensemble will partner with cul- chat medium. Video tural and educational organizations world- Marguerite Lynn Chat Variations was wide to share knowledge accumulated in Williams (harp) was featured in the New their 36 years together. Created with lead appointed principal York Times. Pierson conducted the world support from the Presser Foundation in harp of Minnesota premiere of Hans Thomalla’s opera Dark part as a response to the pandemic, the ini- Orchestra. She is also Spring in September (see page 11). tiative is deeply connected to the mission of principal harp of the PRISM’s educational programming: to foster Lyric Opera of Chicago Gene Pokorny (tuba) a new generation of artists and the public’s Orchestra. performed a virtual appreciation of contemporary music. concert in Northwest- Timeslips, one of the ern’s Alice Millar Andrew Talle (musi- latest collaborative Chapel as part of the cology) presented the video installations by Grand Teton Music webinar “Beyond Bach: Jay Alan Yim (compo- Festival’s GTMF on Music and Everyday sition) was presented Location series. Life in the 18th Cen- as part of the Chloro- tury” as part of the philia exhibition at Jesse Rosenberg Northwestern Alumni London’s APT Galleries (musicology) presented Association’s Faculty in December. It received its European pre- the program “Opera Live series. miere in the fall as part of The Current at in a Virtual Age” in Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt, which December as part of the John Thorne (flute) cocommissioned the 40-minute installation Northwestern Alumni taught a virtual master with the Max Planck Institute for the His- Association’s Faculty class on baroque orna- tory of Science. Yim also received grants Live series. His talk mentation for Cynthia from the Illinois Arts Council and Chicago’s explored opera in the time of lockdown and Meyers’s flute students Department of Cultural Affairs and Special provided historical perspectives on how at the New England Events. pandemics have affected the field of live Conservatory. He opera. taught remote lessons and classes for the Aria International Festi- val in July and has led flute warm-up classes for flutists at Roosevelt University and across the globe via Zoom.

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Seth Adams, a doctoral Sarah Gates, a doctoral review committee, the paper presented “a student in music educa- candidate in music the- compelling new analysis of an important tion, presented “Adven- ory and cognition, pre- work from the popular music canon and tures in Temporal sented “The Making of connected this analysis to listener accounts Displacement: Getting a Theorist: On the Cogni- of perceived intensity.” Hosken presented Creative with Virtual tion of Music-Theoretic the paper at the organization’s annual con- Ensembles” as part of the Expertise” at the Society ference in June and at the Society for Music Northwestern Alumni Association’s Music for Music Theory’s national conference in Theory’s national conference in November. Teaching and Learning in Virtual Communi- November. ties webinar series. Saetbyeol Kim, a doctoral piano student Anjni Amin, a doctoral of James Giles, won a candidate in music 2020 Luminarts Fellow- theory and cognition, ship in Classical Music. accepted a position as She received the third visiting assistant profes- prize and audience sor of music theory at prize in the Cleveland Oberlin College for the Natalie Gregg, a master’s flute student of Virtu(al)oso Competition, and she was one current academic year. John Thorne, won a flute/piccolo position of three winners of the Music Academy of with the US Air Force Band of Mid-America. the West’s digital challenge for a perfor- Justin Chang, a mance and video of William Bolcom’s The Bienen-McCormick Dylan Hong, a master’s saxophone student Serpent’s Kiss. dual-degree piano of Taimur Sullivan, won the young artist student of Sylvia woodwind division of the 2020 MTNA Kyoko Kohno, a Bienen-Weinberg dual- Wang, received an Illinois State Performance Competition. degree piano student of James Giles, was honorable mention named an alternate in the 2020 MTNA in the 2020 MTNA Patrick Horton, a Illinois State Performance Competition’s Illinois State Perfor- doctoral candidate in young artist piano division. mance Competition’s music education, pre- senior piano division. In November, he per- sented “Facilitating Flemming Li, a piano student of Sylvia formed on WFMT’s Introductions. Creative Revision in Wang, was a first-prize winner in the Remote Learning Envi- Great Composers Competition for best Daniel Cook ’17 MMus, ronments” as part of the Shostakovich performance. a doctoral candidate Northwestern Alumni Association webinar in wind conducting series Music Teaching and Learning in Chad Lilley, a master’s saxophone student studying with Mallory Virtual Communities. of Taimur Sullivan, performed on a record- Thompson, won third ing as solo soprano saxophone for the John prize in the professional Fred Hosken, a doctoral Harbison work Remembering Gatsby with orchestra conducting candidate in music the National Orchestral Institute Philhar- division of the 2019–20 American Prize. theory and cognition, monic and conductor David Alan Miller, Cook teaches at the University of North received Music Theory released by Naxos in November. Texas College of Music. Midwest’s 2020 Arthur J. Komar Award for his paper “Metric Feel and Form in ‘Superstition’: Analyzing Stevie Wonder’s Beat ‘Pockets.’” According to the

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200202.indd 14 3/25/21 1:28 AM Diego Pinto, a doctoral student in music educa- tion, presented research Competition Winners at McMaster University’s DETROIT JAZZ FEST virtual Neuromusic Bienen jazz ensemble (AK) Squared won first prize in the Detroit Jazz Festival’s 2020 Conference about the Collegiate Combo Competition and performed as part of the live festival in August. way expressive move- Ensemble members include Austin Klewan and Albert Kuo, jazz saxophone stu- ment may be used as a factor to evaluate dents of Victor Goines; Jesse Lear, a jazz double bass student of Carlos Henriquez; vocal groups. and percussionist Tyler Santee ’20.

An Tran, a doctoral guitar student of Anne Waller, joined the faculty of Northern Illinois University’s School of Music.

Samuel Valancy, a master’s saxophone student of Taimur Sullivan, was named an alternate in the 2020 MTNA Illinois State Performance Competition’s young artist woodwind division.

Luiz Fernando Venturelli, a cello student of Hans Jensen, NATS CENTRAL REGION AUDITIONS won the $10,000 third Several voice students advanced in the National Association of Teachers of Singing prize in the 2021 Sphinx central region auditions, held virtually in October. Winners included Stephanie Competition. Chee, Paige Dirkes-Jacks, Megan Fleischmann, Benedict Hensley, Miya Higashiyama, Lauren Randolph, William Tanski, and Alex Wiebe, students of Theresa Brancaccio; Nicholas Lin, Claire O’Shaughnessy, Ellen Robertson, and Audrianna Wu, a Bienen-Weinberg dual- Norah Wolfe, students of Karen Brunssen; Annie Burgett and Mary Buckingham, degree piano student of Sylvia Wang, was students of Nancy Gustafson; and Allison Brook and Helaine Liebman, students a first-prize winner in the Great Composers of Pamela Hinchman. Competition for best Shostakovich performance.

Muzi Zhao, a Bienen- Medill dual-degree piano student of James Giles, won the young artist piano division of the 2020 MTNA Illinois State Per- formance Competition.

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1940s 1970s Howard Reich ’77 retired from the Chicago Tribune after 43 years, includ- Betty Van Nancy ing 37 years as a full-time arts critic. Gorkom ’42 McGraw ’70 celebrated her received the He is an Emmy Award–winning 100th birthday 2020 Bistro filmmaker and the author of six in October. She Award’s Inter- books. His latest project is the inter- is a member of pretive Artistry national release of For the Left Hand, the Bienen Award for her School’s Music Johnny Mercer a documentary inspired by his Tribune Advisory Board and a University Life cabaret. She has appeared in Broad- series on Chicago pianist Norman Malone. Reich received Trustee. way, off-Broadway, and touring an Alumni Merit Award from Northwestern in 2007, and in musicals. 2019 he gave the Bienen School’s convocation address. Sheldon Harnick ’49, Joseph Celli ’18 H, lyricist ’72 MMus, an of Fiddler on oboist and Pralle; the Bruce A. Henry Band; 1980s the Roof, was composer, is bassist Phil Fried; Rev. Nicholas J. featured in heard on radio Greanias; and pianist Rebecca Heyn. November on stations WPKN

a PBS Great and WWUH in Patrick Performances documentary about Connecticut Dessent ’77 the blockbuster musical. and New York. His programs include recently Soundprint: Asia, featuring tradi- published 1950s tional music of the continent’s 42 Let’s Go countries, and My Other Music, an Band: A Band eclectic program featuring styles David Director’s from zydeco to new jazz and experi- Krehbiel ’59 Humorous mental music. Musicians Speak, his was nominated Memoir, the podcast series of interviews with Susan B. Nourse ’82 (above left, for the memoir third book of his musical trilogy. new-music innovators, is carried on with Hemke) and Jonathan Helton category of the Like the first two, the book is written multiple streaming services and ’84 MMus, ’97 DMus (below) collabo- Eric Hoffer under the pen name Sam Bennett, available on his website. rated on the book Frederick L. Hemke: Award for presenting a fictionalized collection In His Own Through the of entertaining stories from the Dennis Dorwick ’73 MMus contin- Words, pub- Door: A Horn-Player’s Journey. The many years that he and his wife, ues to see a rise in views and down- lished in 2020 award honors freethinking writers flutist Karen Stringer Dessent ’77, loads of his thesis, “Telemann, the by the North and independent books of excep- worked as band teachers. Faithful Music-Master: Telemann American tional merit. The memoir recounts Performance and Reception in Aus- Saxophone Krehbiel’s time as a horn player for David Landis tralian Music Culture since 1981,” Alliance, which the Chicago, Detroit, and San ’78 is president published by the University of Sydney includes auto- Francisco Symphony Orchestras. of the market- biographical essays depicting epi- in 2017. It explores the complex and ing agency sodes in the life of the celebrated changing reception of Georg Philipp Landis Com- saxophonist and pedagogue who 1960s Telemann’s music in Australia. munications served on Northwestern’s faculty Inc. To mark its Richard Alderson ’69 MMus and from 1962 to 2012. Chris Granias ’76 MMus hosted 30th anniver- Ann Alderson ’78 DMus have writ- the fourth annual Kalo Taxidi Good sary, the agency donated $300 daily ten a comprehensive book on how to Eleanor Weingartner ’84, principal Journey Concert in October to sup- in October to nonprofits in the Bay sing and teach voice, A New Hand- clarinet of Mexico’s National port multiple sclerosis research. Area. Landis has volunteered for book for Singers and Teachers, pub- Symphony Orchestra since 1990, The virtual event included perfor- nearly 40 years with ODC, San Fran- lished by Oxford University Press. recently released two albums on mances by Granias; the Chicago cisco’s premier modern dance com- Both are former Bienen School fac- the Urtext Digital Classics label. Bassoon Quartet, with Susan Nigro pany, theater, and school. ulty members, Richard from 1970 to ’73, ’74 MMus, Elizabeth Heller Concertos for Oboe, Clarinet and 2000 and Ann from 1978 to 1990. ’79 MMus, Dianne Ryan, and Lynette Orchestra features Weingartner and her husband, oboist Miguel Salazar,

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200202.indd 16 3/25/21 1:28 AM Curtis J. Moore ’95 was nominated 1990s has recently taught the Advancing an Anti-Racist Orchestra Model for an Emmy Award for outstanding class for the Juilliard School’s eve- Joel Harrison original music and lyrics for “One ning division. He has served as a ’91 DMus Less Angel,” featured in The Marvelous faculty member for the National retired as Youth Orchestra and the Los Angeles Mrs. Maisel. He is one half of the song- artistic direc- Philharmonic’s YOLA National Insti- writing duo Mizer and Moore, with tor, president, tute, and he recently moderated the and CEO of Northwestern School of Communica- “Outside the Box: An (Unconven- the American tion alumnus Thomas Mizer ’93. tional) Orchestra Musician’s Per- Pianists Asso- spective” panel for the League of ciation after a nearly 21-year tenure. American Orchestras Conference. He solidified APA’s reputation as the with Camerata Susan premier American organization to Torrey de las Petrocci cultivate the careers of young Amer- Lawrence ’96, Américas and Stukus ’86 ican classical and jazz pianists. conductor retired last ’96 MMus was named provost Ludwig April after Patrick Rath ’93 became president and executive Carrasco, a 30 years of and CEO of the United Performing vice president Bienen doc- teaching ele- Arts Fund in October. He was previ- at the Univer- toral student mentary music ously executive development officer sity of Idaho. of Victor Yampolsky. Voyage includes in central New York. For the past and system vice president at Advo- He was previously vice provost a collection of relatively unknown 7 years, she taught students in cate Aurora Health Foundations. works for clarinet and piano per- fourth through eighth grades and for faculty. formed by Weingartner and pianist directed fifth-, sixth-, and seventh- Oliver Alfredo Isaac Aguilar. grade choirs. Camacho ‘97

Brian J. Christopher Thomas ’87 MMus is was named Schmidt in his 10th year as adjunct professor host of ’85, ’88 MS is of percussion at Longwood Univer- Listening to founder and sity in Virginia and his 29th year as Singers with executive director of percussion studies at Oliver director of the Midlothian High School, also in Vir- Camacho, video game ginia. Last spring he performed the which airs Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. industry’s world premiere of Gordon Ring’s on Chicago classical station WFMT. He is also a cohost and creative largest professional conference on Concertino Trio for clarinet, saxo- Alexander Laing ’96, principal consultant for the Opera Box Score game music and sound design, phone, and marimba with the Long- clarinet of the Phoenix Symphony, radio show. GameSoundCon. Its virtual 2020 wood Wind Symphony. He works was elected vice chair of the Gate- conference featured more than 100 closely at Longwood with assistant ways Music Festival board of direc- speakers and panelists, drawing an professor of music Kevin Callihan tors. He teaches for the National audience of over 1,100 composers, ’13 MMus. Alliance for Audition Support and sound designers, and educators from around the world. Portions of the event were held in virtual reality. The conference raised $20,000 Performers in The Phantom of the Opera world for Education Through Music-Los tour included (from left) Michael Gillis ’99 as Angeles, an organization that works the Phantom, Caitlin Finnie ’16 as Christine with low-income and disadvantaged Daaé, and Matt Leisy ’03 as Raoul. The tour school districts to facilitate music programs. continued despite the pandemic, with perfor- mances in Taiwan and South Korea, before its Baritone Stephen Powell ’86 scheduled closing in December. received two 2021 Grammy nomina- tions (see page 2).

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1990s continued The Riot Ensemble, which includes artistic director Aaron Holloway-Nahum ’05 (left) and pianist Adam Swayne ’06 DMus, received an Ernst Betty Anne von Siemens Ensemble Prize for 2020–21. The award Younker ’97 supports the structural and artistic development of a PhD, dean of young ensemble focused entirely on contemporary Western University’s repertoire. Don Wright Faculty of

Music, was Timothy Third Coast Percussion—with Pin Chen ’03 named to the New Year’s Honour List Fawkes ’01 is alumni Robert Dillon ’02; Peter conducted the by the mayor of London, Ontario. She president of Martin ’04 MMus, ’11 DMus; David all–Southern was recognized for advocating for the Illinois Skidmore ’05; and Sean Connors California the equitable treatment of artists chapter of the ’06 MMus—received a Grammy middle school and helping create new opportuni- American nomination in the best chamber honor orches- ties in the professional arts. String Teachers music/small ensemble performance tra for the Association, category for Fields (see page 2). Southern Cali- Jennifer where he spearheaded new initia- fornia School Band and Orchestra Walshe tives including a diversity scholar- Scott Association, the largest organization ’98 MMus, ship program, a race and equity Harrison ’02 of music teachers in the region’s 11 ’02 DMus was professional development cohort, was named counties. Chen is a past vice presi- elected to and a round table series on teaching interim execu- dent of orchestra education for the Aosdána in during a pandemic. Fawkes contin- tive director association and is a regular clinician Ireland. ues to teach at Glenbard East High and senior and festival adjudicator. Founded in School in Lombard, Illinois; during strategic facili- 1981, Aosdána honors those who his tenure he has presented two fea- tator of the Cory Hills have made outstanding contribu- tured concerts at the Illinois Music Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. ’03 was tions to the country’s creative arts. Education Conference and collabo- He was previously interim executive named an Membership is limited to 250 living rated with artists including Fifth director of the Hawai’i Symphony inaugural artists working in architecture, House Ensemble, the Orion Orchestra. Gretsch choreography, music, literature, Ensemble, Michael Miles, and the Fellow in and visual art. Old Town School of Folk Music. Sam Kaestner Children’s ’02 MMus Music at the 2000s Tony Alonso ’02 was nominated recently com- Fred Rogers for a Latin Grammy for best Spanish- pleted a mas- Center. Robert Boldin ’01 MMus was pro- language Christian album for ter’s degree The yearlong fellowship supports moted to director of artistic opera- Caminemos con Jesús (see page 2). in strategic research and best practices in music tions at Pittsburgh Opera, where he He is an assistant professor of design and experiences for children. Using has served as artistic administrator theology and culture and director of management research from the center’s archive to since 2015. Catholic studies at Candler School at Parsons School of Design, where explore ways that Rogers tackled of Theology at Emory University. he worked with a team to design a difficult social concepts and topics way to compel climate action for with children, Hills plans to create the United Nations. After extensive an antibullying music performance/ Soprano Kearstin Piper Brown user-centered design research, their assembly program for elementary solution was to engage children to schools. ’03 MMus was elected chair of the drive change now and into the Gateways Music Festival board of future. The UN adopted the idea as Juliet Petrus ’03 MMus was named directors, on which she has served the children’s component of the Act a 2020 People-to-People honoree by since 2016. She performed in the Now campaign, which launched in the Confucius Institute US Center, in November. Climate Action Super- recognition of her essay “The Inter- opening concert of the 2020 virtual heroes will mobilize children and national Language: Using Song to festival and recently performed as parents around the world to take Connect China and the West,” and Euridice in Opera Williamsburg’s action on climate change and was honored at its virtual gala in virtual production of Orfeo ed sustainability. October. The essay focuses on Petrus’s successful career as an Euridice.

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200202.indd 18 3/25/21 1:28 AM opera singer in business, as well as Music Unites, China, where which funds sustainable music- she has per- education programs in underserved We want to hear from you! formed in more public schools. Please email your news to [email protected] than 20 cities. or submit your news online at She also lec- Alejandra tures and gives Valarino music.northwestern.edu/alumninews. master classes Boyer across China, having worked with ’07 MMus was students at conservatories in Har- selected to Sarah Dinin ’09 directs Dinin Arts musical scenes by living composers bin, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, participate in Management & Consulting, based on the topic of modern dating and Jinan, and Chengdu, among others. Sphinx LEAD, in Milwaukee. The agency’s clients love, including “At the Statue of Singing in Mandarin: A Guide to Chi- a two-year include violinists Arnaud Sussmann Venus” by Jake Heggie and “Cabaret nese Lyric Diction and Vocal Reper- program providing mentorship and and Danbi Um, violist Paul Neubauer, Songs” selections by William toire, a book she coauthored with growth opportunities to arts leaders pianists David Fung and Einav Yarden, Bolcom. Arahata and Best are both Katherine Chu, was published by from minority communities. Boyer is the Amernet String Quartet, the based in Rochester and on the Rowman and Littlefield last year. Seattle Opera’s director of programs Lysander Piano Trio, and the SPA Trio. faculty at Nazareth College. and partnerships and is the founder of BIPOC Arts, an online database 2010s Lara Korneychuk ’13, ’13 CERT that celebrates opera professionals joined the San Diego Women’s of color. Chorus artistic team in December as Roderick Cox assistant to the artistic director. ’11 MMus had Josephine Lee ’07 MMus, vocalist debuts with for Ted Hearne’s Place, received her Richard the Fort Worth first Grammy nomination, for best Narroway ’13 and Dallas chamber music/small ensemble was named Symphony Elizabeth Bennett ’04 was named performance (see page 2). winner of the Orchestras in a semifinalist for the 2021 Music Music Trust’s October, con- Educator Grammy Award, which rec- Matt Martin 2020 Freed- ducting Beethoven’s Symphonies No. ognizes teachers who have made a ’07 was recog- man Classical 4 and 6 and Piano Concerto No. 3 significant and lasting contribution nized in the Fellowship. The with pianist Behzod Abduraimov. Cox to music education in schools. She Crain’s Chicago award will enable him to perform has recently been featured on the was one of 10 finalists for the 2020 Business 40 across Australia. program Arts Engine with Aaron award. She is director of orchestras under 40 list Dworkin, in Herbert magazine, and at Buffalo Grove (Illinois) High for 2020. Alder- Erin Cameron on the podcast a mic on the podium. School. man of Chica- ’15 was named go’s 47th Ward, he previously worked instructor of Kellen Pomeranz ’11 won a Melissa Ngan as a civil rights lawyer in the Illinois clarinet at Grammy Award for best R&B album ’04 MMus was attorney general’s office. Arkansas State as a cowriter and coproducer on appointed University in John Legend’s album Bigger Love president and Robin Giebelhausen ’08 MMus Jonesboro. (see page 2). CEO of was appointed assistant professor American of music edu-

Composers cation in the Véronique Orchestra. School of Filloux ’15 Formerly CEO of Chicago-based Music at the performed in a Fifth House Ensemble, she has University of fully masked also served as a consultant for the Maryland, production of Cleveland Orchestra and San College Park, Così fan tutte Francisco Opera. where she joins in October with Ken Elpus ’06 MMus, ’11 PhD and the Pittsburgh Pianist Yoshiko Arahata ’13 MMus Michelle Edgar ’05, vice president Stephanie Prichard ’09 MMus. Opera, where she is a resident artist. (left) and mezzo-soprano Jessica of brand marketing for Epic Records, Giebelhausen previously taught “Filloux sang the soprano role of Ann Best ’08 MMus performed in was recently featured on the pod- for seven years at the University of Despina delightfully, even in the the 2020 Rochester Fringe Festival, cast Elevate Your Brand, hosted by New Mexico. passages requiring her to disguise held virtually in September. Their Laurel Mintz. Edgar is founder of the her voice with a Papagena-like Contemporary Musicians’ Guide to XX Project, a platform for women in squeal,” according to a review from Modern Love featured art songs and Pittsburgh in the Round.

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2010s continued Cellist Brannon Cho ’17 was social context of Black musi- awarded the $35,000 János cians’ partici-

Starker Foundation Award for pation in 2020. The biennial prize is given concert music, to a cellist age 30 or younger Black musi- cians’ personal who has begun a significant experiences, career in music. Cho’s recent and and reimagining a just and equitable upcoming solo performance future for Black artists in concert highlights include debut recitals music. Daniel Healy ’16 PhD and at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Kimberly Lansinger Ankney Hall, Wigmore Hall, Kumho Art Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, 2020s ’15 PhD coauthored Music Discovery: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and New England Improvisation for the Large Ensem- David Cao ’20 is founder of Evan- ble and Music Classroom, recently Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. ston Young Artists, which strives to published by Oxford University make music accessible to children Press. Healy was also named chair- from low-income, underserved com- elect of the creativity special Kate Lee ’17, Alicia Russell munities and communities of color. research interest group of the director of ’18 MMus was The organization received a 2020 National Association for Music choirs at Maine a winner of the Cultural Fund Grant from the Evan- Education. East High 2020–21 ston Arts Council. School in Park Metropolitan Ridge, was Opera National Jonathan named the Council audi- Kraft ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS Illinois State tions for the ’20 MMus won Board of Education’s 2021 outstand- Georgia district. a trombone ing early-career educator of the year. position with the US Army Hunter Ceremonial Hanson ’18 Band. Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir was appointed ’17 was one of five finalists selected adjunct Andrew from a pool of 130 entrants in the instructor and Morstein second annual Lillian and Maurice administrator ’20 MMus Barbash J. S. Bach Competition. of screen made his scoring at European Susan Kang ’17 was a quarterfinal- New York University. Chi-Yang John Wang ’18 MMus debut with ist in the National Flute Associa- was appointed principal horn of the Theater an tion’s Young Artist Competition, held Drew Powell ’18 MMus won second Taipei Symphony Orchestra. der Wien in virtually in August. She was also place in the National Flute Associa- Vienna as Andronico in Vivaldi’s invited to perform on the Dame Myra tion’s 2020 orchestral audition and Noelle Ike ’19 Bajazet. Hess Memorial Concert Series when master class competition. began a posi- it resumes in Chicago. tion as social media and digital market- Cellist Drake Driscoll ’18 is ing manager for Carnegie cofounder and executive director of Hall. the Vision Collective, which received the 2020 Robert Sherman Award for Michael Martin ’19 MMus spear- Julian Velasco Music Education and Community headed “Black Reflections,” a three- ’20 MMus won part panel discussion on Black a 2020 Luminarts Fellowship in Outreach. The collective builds mean- artistry in concert music hosted classical music. ingful relationships with and among by Oberlin Conservatory and the refugees and new citizens by sharing New World Symphony. Conversa- and exchanging music among diverse communities. tions covered the historical and

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200202.indd 20 3/25/21 1:28 AM Rena Kraut ’99 is founder and executive director of the Cuban American Youth Orchestra. “The clarinet studio was, at that time, Russ Dagon ’61, ’62 MMus, Charlene Zimmerman ’72, Lawrie Bloom, and Leslie Grimm ’85 MMus. We never saw anything but collegiality and partnership between these four very different musicians and teachers,” she says. “It wasn’t until I spent time at other institutions that I realized how rare this was. It was clear that they all put our education first.”

Rodney Dorsey ’92 MMus, ’06 DMA Kangmin Justin Kim ’11 was the is professor of music and chair of the first countertenor to play the role of department of bands at the Indiana Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at University Jacobs School of Music. He London’s Royal Opera House. “My chose Northwestern to study with former voice teacher Theresa Brancaccio ’82, director of bands John Paynter ’50, ’51 ’83 MMus, whom I call the ‘mother of my MMus, and, later, current director of voice,’ is one of the most caring and nur- bands Mallory Thompson ’79, ’80 MMus. turing educators I’ve ever met,” he says. “Being around such a high level of music “She helped me transition from a tenor making was a big influence. It reminded to a countertenor and taught me so me of what was possible and helped to many valuable lessons about vocal elevate my ears and my expectation to health that I apply to my everyday a higher level,” he says. professional life.”

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS The Bienen School’s new series showcases former students and some of their fondest memories of Northwestern. Here are selections from this ongoing series. To see more, visit music.northwestern.edu/alumni.

Michelle Edgar ’05 leads creative marketing campaigns for her roster Ralph Votapek ’60 won the prestigious of artists as vice president of brand Naumburg Award and the first Van Cliburn marketing for Epic Records and also International Piano Competition. He recalls founded the nonprofit organizations going every Friday afternoon to hear the XX Project and Music Unites. “I always Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Fritz appreciated the entrepreneurial path Reiner—concerts that cost 65 cents with a that North western helped ignite in Northwestern ID. “Gui Mombaerts was me, and my incredible professors probably the best piano teacher I ever had, saw my passion and supported me and certainly the one who was just right for through my years as a student and in me at my stage of development,” he says of my professional journey,” she says. the late Northwestern professor.

Paula Grissom-Broughton ’99 MMus is chair of the department of music at Spelman College. At Spelman, “my mentor and undergraduate music instructor Joyce Finch Johnson ’57 MMus, ’72 DMus was a graduate of Northwestern,” she says. “She highly recommended me to continue my studies at Bienen because she said it would be the best aca- demic environment to cultivate my ‘whole’ self— intellectually and musically. She was right!”

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All dates are 2020. Leo C. Ellison ’56 MMus in Duluth, WILLIAM PORTER 19322020 Minnesota, on October 26 1940s William V. Porter, professor emeritus of musicology, died in Chicago Virginia M. Hilton ’56 in Evanston on August 18 at age 87. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Porter Jeanette Ross ’45 in Madison, on August 5 received a bachelor’s degree in music in 1954 from Davidson Col- Wisconsin, on December 21 Carolyn Burroughs Tower ’56 lege, a master’s in music history in 1956 Wayne R. Bohrnstedt ’46, in North Andover, Massachusetts, from Oberlin College, and a PhD in music ’47 MMus in Riverside, California, on May 3 history from Yale University in 1962. on August 6 Barbara A. Asmus ’57 MMus in Elected to Pi Kappa Lambda at Oberlin, he Harriet Mueller Howard ’46, La Jolla, California, on June 28 also received fellowships from Yale and a ’49 MMus in Santa Rosa, California, Leslie W. Guinn ’57 in Ann Arbor, on June 12 grant for study at the Vatican in 1986. Michigan, on December 12 Porter came to Northwestern in 1961 Mary Balloon Shull ’46 in Mary Lou Kleist ’58 in Sterling as an instructor of music history and lit- Springfield, Illinois, on November 9 Heights, Michigan, on August 4 erature. He retired in 1999, having served Barbara Anderson ’48 in Anna, Moonyeen C. Albrecht ’59 MMus, as acting chair of music history and literature. He remained active Illinois, on December 15 ’70 MMus in Mount Pleasant, with projects relating to his specialization in late 16th- and 17th- Louise Nelson ’49 MMus in Crane, Michigan, on October 9 century Italian music. Texas, on August 17 A member of the American Musicological Society, American Hollis Oseas ’49 in Cincinnati on 1960s Music Library Association, and International Musicological Society, December 9 Harold A. Rutz ’60 MMus in Porter wrote numerous articles and papers, contributing to the Austin, Texas, on November 1 Wilson E. Stone ’49 in East Encyclopedia Britannica, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musi- Hampton, New York, on November 2 Stephen E. Funk ’62 in Salem, cians, Sohlmans Musiklexikon, Studi Musicali, Con che soavita, Oregon, on October 17 1950s Essays in Honor of John F. Ohl, and Journal of the American Musico- Richard Garner Cox ’63 DMus logical Society, on whose editorial board he served. Ruth E. Knudson ’50 in Michigan in Greensboro, North Carolina, on City, Indiana, on September 3 December 25 THOMAS KASDORF 19342020 H. John Lennon ’51, ’56 MMus in Joanne Arlene Lindstrom ’63, Thomas Kasdorf ’56, a loyal supporter of the Bienen School of Scarborough, Maine, on September 18 ’64 MMus in Tallahassee, Florida, Music, died in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on October 30 at age 85. Born Kathleen Rouillard ’51 in La Mesa, on November 2 in Chicago, Kasdorf earned a bachelor’s degree California, on October 10 Benn Gibson ’64 MMus, ’73 DMus in music education from Northwestern, where Allen J. Sever ’51 in Minneapolis on in Winfield, Kansas, on July 29 he was president of the a cappella choir and a September 29 Rita Black ’66 MMus in Brevard, piano soloist with the symphony orchestra. Ruth Tengwall Wall ’51, ’53 MMus North Carolina, on December 15 Two years after graduation, he moved to in Hanover Park, Illinois, on July 27 Ann Elizabeth Swope ’69 MMus in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he was director Jean I. Burnham ’52 MMus in Louisville on October 25 of choral activities at Kalamazoo Central and St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 6 1970s Loy Norrix High Schools. Among his many Nancy Jeans Maxson ’52 in Kathryn Smith Bowers ’70 in roles in the community were director of music Pittsburgh on November 25 Boulder, Colorado, on June 30 at the First Presbyterian Church, music director and conductor for Mary Beth Hansen Birch ’53 in Robert Fred Kern MMus ’72 in the Kalamazoo Singers, and adjunct associate professor at Western Kalamazoo, Michigan, on October 28 Dallas on August 14 Michigan University. In 1986, to recognize Kasdorf’s significant con- Donald S. Condon ’53 in West Gretchen Koch ’72 MMus in St. tributions to and leadership in the arts, the Arts Council of Greater Palm Beach, Florida, on June 13 Joseph, Michigan, on December 31 Kalamazoo awarded him the Community Medal of Arts. Robert E. Pennington ’53, Barry Michael Williams ’78 MMus In recent years, Kasdorf returned to Northwestern and became ’55 MMus, ’67 DMus in Vienna, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on deeply involved with the choral program as a friend and benefactor, Virginia, on September 29 September 3 establishing the Thomas R. Kasdorf Scholarship in Choral Music, an Theodore C. Stewart ’53 in endowment providing financial support to graduate choral conduc- Washington, Iowa, on August 3 1980s tors at the Bienen School. He was a frequent guest at concerts and Norma Jean Lamb ’55 MMus in Bruce A. Egre ’82 in Cleveland on conducting seminars, reconnecting with the University commu- Buffalo, New York, on August 22 September 23 nity and bringing his wisdom and humor to students. The Kasdorf Sherley M. Craig Maurice A. Wright ’56 in Pittsburgh ’89 in Topeka, Scholars are representatives of his legacy, generosity, and vision in on September 7 Kansas, on September 2 furthering the choral arts.

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BY SARAH GENERES Director of Development

It has been inspiring to see and hear the ways our students and faculty have continued to make and share music during the past year. Music has been essential to our collective abil- ity to find joy and celebrate, as well as to grieve, through the COVID-19 pandemic. As we inch ever closer to the day our concert halls can safely reopen for performances with live audiences, I am grateful that the Bienen School continues to educate the talented musicians who will be part of those performances. Alumni often tell me they wish they could make a “large gift” to the Bienen School but they simply don’t have the financial Rogers Society resources to do so. I always stress that annual gifts of any size bene- The Henry and Emma Rogers Society honors and recognizes fit the school, and if you look at a person’s giving to the school over alumni and friends who have included Northwestern in their estate plans. We are grateful to members who have designated their lifetime, the impact of consistent annual giving is amazing. their gifts to benefit the Bienen School. Planned gifts offer another way to make a substantial impact on the school. Charitable bequests, gift annuities, insurance poli- Anonymous Nancy L. Meendsen cies, and other planned gifts provide an opportunity for you to make Jeanne Maxant Blanchet William Allen Murdock Timothy Broege Muriel Cooney Nerad a future gift while realizing your current financial goals. Depending Gwen Brubaker Lynn M. Nothdurft on how they are structured, planned gifts can provide income to you Michael P. Buckley and Charles D. O’Kieffe and your family and can offer flexibility if circumstances change Joellen Brassfield Nancy P. Orbison during your lifetime. They also help the Bienen School transform Raymond E. Carnes Catherine White O’Rourke the lives of future generations of musicians. Donald and Christine Casey Doris (Nielsen) Payne From operations and research to scholarships and student Joanne (Kriege) Cruickshank Carolyn M. Pruyne assistance, planned gifts support all areas of the school. Depending and Ian Cruickshank Dr. James Daniel Redmond on the gift level, there may be naming or other opportunities for rec- Sally S. and Bernard J. and Cheryl Ann Redmond Dobroski Carole M. and Jerry N. ognition. Alumni and friends who notify us that they have included Thomas Doran Jr. Ringer, MD the Bienen School in their estate plans become members of the Nancy Dussault and William Elizabeth B. Roghair and Henry and Emma Rogers Society, which entitles donors to benefits Valentine Mayer James E. Roghair including invitations to an annual luncheon. Julius and Rebecca Erlenbach William E. Rosner and The Bienen School is sincerely grateful to the 59 members Sheran K. Fiedler Linda M. Rosner of the University’s Henry and Emma Rogers Society who have noti- Margee Filstrup and Mary Ann Novak Sadilek fied us of their intention to include the Bienen School in their estate Scott H. Filstrup Patricia Schaefer plans (see the list at right). To learn more about joining this distin- Scott G. Golinkin Rosemary J. Schnell A. John Holstad Jeannette J. Segel guished group, please contact me at sarah.generes@northwestern William T. Hopkins Kazuko Tanaka .edu or 847-467-3849. Martin J. Koldyke Mallory B. Thompson As we approach the end of the “We Will” campaign, the Bienen David Landis and Sean Anne Sautebin Tomlinson School is striving to reach our ambitious campaign goal of $70 mil- Dowdall Sharon Mohrfeld Werner and lion. We know that the lives of many of our music alumni have been Janet Tuggle Leigh Robert J. Werner affected by the pandemic. For those whose livelihoods have felt less Kenneth D. Lowenberg Kiki L. F. Wilson of an impact, we are grateful for their gifts in support of the school. Eric A. Lutkin We applaud our alumni for their many successes across countless Sharon Foster Martin and disciplines, and we are proud to prepare the next generation of R. Eden Martin Bienen students to follow in their footsteps. ❚

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Margee Filstrup ² ³ Julia Chung Pierce ’84, ’85 MMus We are grateful to all who have made contributions to the Scott H. Filstrup ’65, ’67 MBA ² ³ Jane Arries Solomon Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music. The following Byron L. Gregory ’66, ’69 JD ³ Lawrence R. Solomon donors have given $1,000 or more from July 1, 2019, Susan Gregory Byong Uk through December 31, 2020. We are grateful for all gifts in Elizabeth Keegan support of the Bienen School of Music, and we thank our Dolores Kohl Education Fellows Foundation many valued donors and friends who have made gifts of ($2,500–$4,999) Dolores Kohl Kaplan ² ³ less than $1,000 during this period. Alumnae of Northwestern Kelly L. Kuhn ’87 University Virginia C. Lauridsen ’82, Association of American ’87 MMus Railroads Alexander I. Rorke ’75, ’75 MA ² Jill E. Bunney ’97 Founders Circle President’s Circle Elizabeth Sturgeon Rorke ² Conan J. Castle ’51, ’52 MMus ($50,000 or more) ($25,000–$49,999) Jeannette Junk Segel ’70 ² ³ Thomas Doran Jr. ’57, ’59 MMus, Anonymous Carol Rice Bowditch Gail Ayres Steinmetz ’70 ³ ’68 DMA ³ John L. Anderson ’76, ’77 MBA James Bowditch William C. Steinmetz ’74 MBA ² ³ Daniel Feldstein (’23 P) (’03 P) Davee Foundation Helen Clay Frick Foundation Megan Paynter Anderson ’76 Emily Rice Douglass ’66 Evans Circle Robert A. Hastings (’03 P) Selme Finnie (’16 P) ($5,000–$9,999) Katherine Fisher Heeren ’63 Patricia J. Cunningham Shaun Finnie ’95 MBA (’16 P) ² Henry S. Bienen ’09 H (’19 GP) Robert G. Heeren Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Michelle M. Gerhard ’82 Leigh Buchanan Bienen (’19 GP) Michael L. Henoch ’71, ’72 MMus 5 Jane Stowers Dean ’70 (’96 P) ² Howard L. Gottlieb (’99 GP) Holly McClintock Bowling 2 Josephine Hensley Richard H. Dean ’69 (’96 P) ¹ ² Howard L. Gottlieb Foundation Russell Dagon Jr. ’61, ’61 MMus 6 Lester Hensley Marcia Lynn Friedl Carol Schultz Honigberg Sandra Schubert Dagon ’62 Arthur J. Hill Craig R. Hassler ’63 ’85 MMus ² Dean Family Foundation A. John Holstad ’62 MMus, Estate of Harvey A. Leva Joel and Carol Honigberg Fund Barbara Varsik Deboer ’77 MMus, ’74 DMA ³ ’67 MBA 4 Michael R. Jacobson (’13 P) ’83 PhD Frances Knutsen (’22 P) Fred C. Meendsen ³ Elaine Kondelis Jaharis ’81 Barry Deboer Rick Knutsen (’22 P) Nancy Gross Meendsen ’57 ³ (’17, ’18 P) Bernard J. Dobroski ’81 PhD ³ 6 Joshua D. Krugman ’94, ’99 MMus Estate of George C. Mulacek Kathryn M. Jaharis ’83 Sally Seibert Dobroski ³ Julie Krugman ’94 MMus ’48 MMus 4 Steven M. Jaharis (’17, ’18 P) Colin E. Dougherty (’23 P) Estate of James E. Legere 4 Negaunee Foundation Jaharis Family Foundation Charles W. Douglas ’70 Eric A. Lutkin ³ Alexander Pancoe ’08, ’11 Rice Family Foundation (’98, ’03 P) ¹ Stacey Anne Marshall (’23 P) Art Pancoe ’51 MS (’13 GP) ³ Carole Merrick Ringer ’61, Diane S. Douglas (’98, ’03 P) ² Marilyn McCoy Mariann Pancoe (’08 P) ’61 MMus ² ³ Elizabeth Edblom (’23 P) Oaklawn Foundation Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation Jerry Ringer ³ Felicia Lynn Gerber Perlman Justine O’Malley ’96, ’04 MBA Charles E. Schroeder (’21 GP) Trine J. Sorensen-Jacobson ’92 JD (’22 P) Gregory M. Outwater ’95 Elizabeth Runnette Schroeder (’13 P) ² Sally Hagan Jon K. Peck ’59 (’21 GP) Helen Moore Thomas ³ Sol Jin Frank H. Philbrick Foundation Carole Browe Segal ’60 ³ Richard L. Thomas ¹ ³ Kalamazoo Community Presser Foundation Gordon I. Segal ’60 ¹ ³ Foundation Joseph R. Raviv ’96, ’01 MD, Todd A. Smith ’73 MBA ² Dean’s Circle Thomas R. Kasdorf ’56 4 ’06 GME Smith Family Foundation ($10,000–$24,999) Arlene Gratz Klavins ’67 Stacy M. Raviv ’10 GME Betty Alexander Van Gorkom Erica A. Berger Bertha Lebus Charitable Trust Julianne Romeo ’82 ’42 ¹ ² Robert B. Berger ’56 (’84 P) Mary Crawford Mark ’73 (’08 P) George and Arlene Rusch Estate of C. Edouard Ward ’49, Robert B. Berger Foundation Michael S. Mark ’72, ’73 MMus Memorial Foundation ’50 MMus 4 Gary W. Burns (’08 P) Dean H. Sayles ’60, ’60 MMus Michelle Miller Burns ’90 ² Kennon D. McClintock (’85 P) Myung Woo Chung (’81, ’84 P) National Christian Foundation Martha Stickney Sayles ’60 (’85 P) Barbara Daly Michael A. Perlman ’00 MBA Kingsley G. Sears Jr. ’49 George G. Daly ’65 MA, ’67 PhD (’22 P) Lurline Willis Sears Allan Richard Drebin ² Frederick Pierce Evelyn Marks Siegel ’59

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