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The News Magazine of the University of Illinois School of Music sonorities2018 The News Magazine of the University of Illinois School of Music campus news Published for the alumni and friends of the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From the Director The School of Music is a unit of the College of Fine + Applied Arts and has been an accredited ake Music Matter. We feature this institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1933. simple phrase on our new School of Music website and t-shirts, and Peter Mortensen, Interim Dean of the College of now on the cover of Sonorities. For Fine + Applied Arts M me, the third word makes the difference. Jeffrey Magee, Director of the School of Music Making music has been at the center of Robert Grisbrook, Editor our School mission since its founding in Katherine Buzard, Copy Editor 1895, but the qualifier “matter” extends Aaron Godwin, Copy Editor that notion. It reminds us to bring music Jeffrey Magee, Director of the School of Music Design and layout by Studio 2D back into the world beyond the practice UI School of Music on the Internet: room, the teaching studio, the rehearsal hall, or the competition venue; to make it www.music.illinois.edu connect with diverse gatherings—not just connoisseurs and competition judges—in unusual venues, and in the spirit of social exchange and community-building. In this issue, you’ll find many ways that our faculty, students, and alumni carry out this vital task. A year ago, the School launched a newly renovated curriculum for all students in the Bachelor of Music Education degree, which now includes a Share your good news! Music Technology option. Our feature, “Out in the Schools,” aims to open up the Send photos and submissions to: new curriculum and lead you through it from the student perspective. More than [email protected] 40% of our undergraduate student body resides in that degree, so it has been a real game-changer for the School. This year we also celebrate the University of Illinois’ sesquicentennial, and School faculty and students are playing a key role in the festivities. Concerts in Chicago’s Symphony Center, New York’s Alice Tully Hall, and our own Krannert Center will Contents showcase the premiere of a new work, Gathering, commissioned for the sesquicen- CAMPUS NEWS ...................2 tennial and composed for the unusual combination of choir, wind symphony, and CELEBRATING GIVING .............6 vocal soloists. The text, compiled by a National Book Award winner with deep ties to the campus, comprises excerpts from speeches and writings from an intellectually OUTREACH .....................8 and culturally diverse cohort of distinguished alumni. Learn the inside story in this OUT IN THE SCHOOLS ............12 issue—and join us for one or all of the concerts in Spring 2018! GATHERING ....................16 WORLDS END & WORLDS BEGIN .....19 FACULTY NEWS .................22 New degree bridges digital gap ALUMNI NEWS ..................29 STUDENT NEWS .................40 The School of Music has announced a first institution in the Midwest to offer a IN MEMORIAM ..................43 new undergraduate degree program Bachelor of Science degree in Music and Computer Science, and it further reinforces GIVING .......................46 that will combine the study of music U of I’s position as the leader in blended and computer science in a Bachelor programs integrating computer science of Science in Music with other disciplines. The new “CS + Music” program is based Students in the CS + Music program on the “CS + X” meta-degree initiative that will have equal training as musicians was invented at the University of Illinois and as computer scientists, and several and Stanford University, a program which courses in the new curriculum have been is gaining momentum at colleges and specifically designed to integrate core universities across the country. principles from both disciplines. Gradu- The Illinois School of Music is the ates from the new degree program will be well positioned to pursue careers in sound on film. In a series of firsts in the music or computer research, or to enter 1950s, Professor Lejaren Hiller established the 16-billion-dollar global music industry, the Experimental Music Studio, the first of which is now almost exclusively digital its kind in the world. Hiller and Leonard in content and delivery. Isaacson used the first computer built The campus professors behind the and owned by a US university (ILLIAC 1) degree, Dr. Heinrich (Rick) Taube, School to compose one of the first substantial of Music, and Dr. Paris Smaragdis, Com- pieces of music to be written algorithmi- puter Science/Electrical Engineering, say: cally. Hiller also worked with Robert A. “The CS + Music degree fills an educational Baker to develop one of the first music void that many have struggled with in the composition computer languages. past. Until now, these two disciplines had Dr. Jeffrey Magee, director of the School to be studied separately. We are delighted of Music, adds: “The School of Music is (Left to right) Rick Taube, Professor of to see that students today will finally have Composition-Theory, and Paris Smaragdis, excited to launch this new program after the opportunity to study both of these Associate Professor of Computer Science years of development through close col- fields, and their fascinating interplay, on and ECE laboration among faculty in Computer the campus that has brought many historic Science and Music. The new degree innovations in computer music.” technology. As early as the 1920s, Professor program addresses an area of intense The University of Illinois has historically of Electrical Engineering Joseph Tykociner student demand and positions us well been a forerunner in music and audio was one of the first researchers to place to educate leaders in music technology.” New masterclass series takes off Violin star Rachel Barton Pine provided the inaugural Barton Pine served as a fantastic opportunity for our students to masterclass in the new Daniel J. Perrino masterclass receive input from a wonderful musician and violinist. I thought series on 21 October, 2017 Rachel was sensitive to each student’s individual needs and very generous with her advice. Her expertise and knowledge Pine provided a masterclass, a rock strings workshop, and of the repertoire was clear from start to finish.” String Academy chamber music coachings, offering unique The Daniel J. Perrino masterclass series is made possible by insight to music majors, local music educators and the public. a generous gift from Sheila Johnson (BS ’70) and will mainly Nelson Lee, Clinical Assistant Professor of Music at UI and focus on bringing exceptional violinists to the University to member of The Jupiter Quartet, says: “The class given by Rachel work with students. Events calendar: The Daniel J. Perrino masterclass series ■■ Monday, December 4: Zach DePue, Concertmaster, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ■■ Saturday, March 10: Timothy Lees, Concertmaster, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music ■■ Saturday, April 14: Almita Vamos, Violin Faculty, Music Institute of Chicago Rachel Barton Pine gives instruction during her rock strings workshop at the School of Music 2018 3 campus news Star line-up for JEN 2018 performance The University of Illinois will once again be represented at the Jazz Education Network (JEN), the major jazz education conference of the year, with a prestigious invitational performance The UI Concert Jazz Band submitted a recording of student compositions and arrangements in March 2017 and was sub- sequently selected to give a premiere performance of the works on the main stage in the primetime evening slot of 10–11pm on January 4, 2018. The band will be joined by incredible guest artists Doc Severinsen, former leader of the Tonight Show Band for over 30 years and, at 89, still leader of his own big band; Ernie Watts, former member of the Tonight Show Band for 30 years, a current member of Severinsen’s big band and a world-wide UI Concert Jazz Band performing at JEN 2014 performer with his own groups; and Jim Pugh, a current U of I jazz faculty member and a member of many internationally- Watts (saxophone) and Jim Pugh (trombone) on January 4, known jazz and popular groups such as Steely Dan, Chick 2018 in Dallas, TX. It’s sure to be one of the highlights of the Corea’s Return to Forever, and the Woody Herman Orchestra. Jazz Education Network’s main conference.” The performance will take the form of a marquee event and UI has a long history of being invited to perform in a variety should be one of the most well-attended concerts of the confer- of categories presented at the conference. Groups have taken ence, featuring works by current and former U of I students. part in at least seven different JEN and IAJE (JEN’s predeces- Director of the Concert Jazz Band and Jazz Studies Chair, sor) conferences since 2011, including the Concert Jazz Band Chip McNeill, says: “The Concert Jazz Band and I are looking (four times), the Latin Jazz Ensemble (once), the Jazz Trom- forward to a stellar performance with our featured guests and bone Ensemble (two times), and some of our small group jazz legendary jazz performers, Doc Severinsen (trumpet), Ernie combos (once). Hail to the Orange! Musicians pay tribute to UI’s rich musical heritage Jeffrey Magee, director of the School of Music, comments: “You will hear three distinctly different versions of the Illinois Illinois Songs, a new CD released by the School of Music, com- Alma Mater—one played by our university’s elite concert band, memorates the sesquicentennial anniversary of the University the Illinois Wind Symphony; one sung by an internationally with a homage to its musical traditions. celebrated operatic baritone; and one sung by our premier choir, Comprising repertoire performed by the Varsity Men’s Glee the Chamber Singers—and utterly transformed by a student Club, Alumni Chorus, Nathan and Julie Gunn, Illinois Wind arranger.
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