Alumni University of New Hampshire Newsletter Department of Music Fall 2013 Greetings from the Chair During the past year the Department of You may recall from my message conclusion of the 2014-15 academic Music remained a vibrant center for the last year that we are in the process year, completing a remarkable career composition, performance, teaching, of reaccreditation from the National of 43 years as a member of the UNH study, and research of music. On Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Department of Music, and 52 years campus, we presented some 14 faculty This past spring, we received the NASM as a college professor. David Seiler’s recitals, 28 large concert ensemble Visitor’s Report, which expressed accomplishments over the years concerts, 8 jazz ensemble concerts, 6 concerns regarding NASM standards have been unparalleled, not only as Traditional Jazz concerts, 17 daytime to which we were required to respond. an educator, but in service to the student potpourri recitals, and 49 junior, We were able to secure many items as Department and University. He was senior, and graduate recitals. The a result: more access to the Johnson responsible for the establishment of Department also hosted 6 guest master Theater for rehearsals and concerts, an both the Dorothy Prescott Endowment classes, and 5 guest recitals. upgrading of audio/visual equipment in and the Terry – Seiler – Verrette our classrooms, and an improvement Endowment. In an extraordinary We continue with 4 weeks of summer of building security for our majors. We demonstration of support from the instruction offered to young musicians now have an up-to-date electronic music University, the Provost’s office has through SYMS (high school age), Jr. studio that we have named the John funded a new position in the field of jazz SYMS (middle school), and SYMS Prep Rogers Electronic Music Studio, in honor studies to begin next fall, allowing the (elementary). Our Extension of Professor Emeritus Rogers for his new person a year overlap with “the Program continues with great success. many years of devotion to the genre master” to learn all of David’s duties and We are most fortunate that we are and service to the Department. responsibilities. able to fund the maintenance and replacement of our piano inventory in Perhaps the most comprehensive Finally, I would like to acknowledge great part through profits from PEP. change we made as a result of the the exceptional work of all of our Other major outreach activities included NASM process is the complete overhaul faculty and staff. Through their efforts, the UNH Jazz Festival, the Choral Gala, of our Master of Arts in Music degree we continue to offer the high-quality the Band Extravaganza, the Seacoast programs. We now offer MA programs education that our students expect and Jazz Band, the New Hampshire Youth in Composition, Conducting, and deserve. Our Calendar of Events 2013- Band, Double Reed Day, and the String Musicology. 14 is available to all upon request, and Project. The third annual Fall our web site contains all information Festival was held in October, and last Dr. Elizabeth Gunlogson, who has been regarding upcoming concerts, special April the second New Hampshire Wind teaching and theory for the events, auditions, etc. We are always Band Invitational. past six years, has been notified by the happy to hear from you, and if you Board of Trustees of her promotion happen to be in Durham, please stop by. This fall our orchestra conductor, to Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. David Upham, began the New Congratulations! Nicholas Orovich Hampshire Youth . Professor and Chair The initial enrollment for this fall is 29 Professor David Seiler has informed string players split into two ensembles: the Dean of the College of Liberal the Symphony Orchestra and the Arts of his intention to retire at the Concert Orchestra.

We recently received a generous gift from Linda and Dwayne Wrightsman, “to provide an opportunity for UNH students to perform chamber music for younger students”. Both the Wrightsmans are graduates of UNH, and Dwayne is Professor Emeritus of Finance and Economics, having taught at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics for many years. As a result, our students will have the opportunity to perform chamber music throughout the state and region.

1 Scholarships and Awards Brian Fanning Presser Scholar 2013 A lifelong resident of New Hampshire, Brian grew up in Epping and attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover. He started playing the oboe in eighth grade and began studying with Margaret Herlehy in his junior year of high school. Brian is a member of the National Association for Music Education and is currently the president of the UNH collegiate chapter. Brian studied abroad in Utrecht, The Netherlands in Fall 2012 where he performed Stravinsky’s Mass on oboe in Amsterdam with the Utrecht Blazers Ensemble, and sang Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626 in Amsterdam and Utrecht with the Utrecht Studenten Koor en Orkest. Brian hopes to go to graduate school after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education this spring 2014. When Brian is not in Undergraduate Research music classes, he works at the UNH Computer Repair Services, where he is also Awards provide the an Apple Certified Mac Technician. During the summer breaks, Brian continues to work at Computer Repair Services and participates in the Manchester financial resources for Community Music School Summer Band. Other activities Brian enjoys include, students to design and biking, sailing, and hiking in the White Mountains. He has completed nine of execute research projects the forty-eight White Mountain Four Thousand Footers. during the academic SURF year. Undergraduates Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships who have received these Victoria Santospago awards have followed their academic curiosity Moving Freely: at UNH and off-campus A Flutist’s Exploration of Body Mapping research facilities such as a museum, archive, art Vicky’s summer research consisted of three weeks of intensive study gallery, archaeological of Body Mapping. She worked with site, research library, Dr. Jenni Cook and Dr. Lea Pearson laboratory, medical in body mapping lessons, read over fifteen body mapping books, facility, or business. All observed and recorded her own students in good academic playing, and interviewed six certified body mapping professionals to gain standing are invited to insight. Changes in her body map and apply. her mental representation of how she looks and moves have enhanced her playing and kinesthetic awareness. 2 Event Highlights Body Mapping with Dr. Amy Likar

This academic year Dr. Cook welcomed guest artist Dr. Amy Likar for a week-long residency on Body Mapping, a discipline that emphasizes anatomical study of body movement to prevent injury and promote facility.

Dr. Likar working with Elizabeth Blood, piano and Abigail Arenstam, soprano

Victoria Santospago Richardson Smith Matthew Casazza

Dr. Likar, an accomplished flutist in the Oakland East Bay Orchestra, was featured on Jenni Cook’s recital for the UNH Faculty Concert Series. They reprised some works from their CD, Live at McLean Chapel (available on Amazon.com), four Bach arias, and Spirits of the Dead (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=HS-lXQ2wtQM), a work for soprano, alto , and piano composed especially for Jenni and Amy by Holy Names University Department of Music Chair and , Dr. Stephen Hofer. Faculty Concert Series: Jenni Cook and Amy Likar performed with Peggy Vagts and Arlene Kies 3 Visiting Artists 2012-2013

Charlie Powers Susan Hatch Tomkiewicz William Ludwig

“THE PRESIDENT’S OWN” of Oboe at the Schwob School of Music A noted chamber musician he has MARINE STRING QUARTET at Columbus State University. An active performed in a wide variety of proponent of contemporary music, settings in the and gave a spectacular performance on the she has commissioned, premiered, Europe, including the Prague Spring Johnson Theater stage on November and recorded several new works for International Music Festival, Highlands 6, 2012. The group is comprised oboe and English horn. Dr. Hatch also (NC) Chamber Music Festival and of members of the United States presented a reed making class. Hot Springs Music Festival, and with Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Timm Established by an Act of Congress in Wind Quintet, and Ars Nova Wind 1798, the Marine Band is America’s WILLIAM LUDWIG Quintet. He was artist-in-residence oldest continuously active professional William Ludwig was the guest at the State University of New York- musical organization. “The President’s bassoonist for Double Reed Day 2013. Stony Brook Department of Music Own” has a unique mission: to provide We were fortunate to have William from 1989 to 1994 concurrently with music for the President of the United Ludwig visit the Music Department a his LSU appointment and taught at the States and the Commandant of the second time, in the spring, with a recital University of South from 1979 to United States Marine Corps. on March 21, 2013 in Bratton Recital Hall. 1985. This US Marine String Quartet program William Ludwig joined the faculty of He holds degrees from Louisiana State featured some of the most beloved and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and Yale School of Music virtuosic pieces for quartet; Schubert’s University as Professor of Bassoon in and has had the privilege of studying String Quartet No 12 in C minor, August of 2007 and was appointed Chair with John Patterson, Sol Schoenbach, Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C minor, of the Woodwind Department in 2010. Leonard Sharrow, Bernard Garfield and and Debussy’s monumental Quartet Previous to this appointment he had Arthur Weisberg. in G minor. The quartet was joined by been Professor of Bassoon at Louisiana clarinetist Gunnery Sergeant William State University since 1985. Bernier, performing Osvaldo Golijiov’s NINA ASSIMAKOPOULOS The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind For the last ten summers he has been Internationally acclaimed flutist for Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet. in residence at the Brevard Music and Altus Performing Artist, Nina Center as principal bassoon of the Assimakopoulos, is an integrative SUSAN HATCH TOMKIEWICZ Brevard Music Center Orchestra and performing artist who has Internationally recognized recitalist artist-teacher faculty. His orchestral commissioned and premiered over 83 and UNH alumna, Dr. Susan Hatch experience also includes principal works for flute and recorded 4 solo Tomkiewicz, was a featured guest artist bassoon with the Baton Rouge CDs. She is the recipient of numerous at Double Reed Day 2013, presenting Symphony (1986-2007) and the Florida awards and prizes and has performed a master class for oboists focusing on Orchestra (1980-1985). with the Munich City Opera, Bavarian repertoire for oboe and English horn. Dr. Radio Symphony Academy Orchestra, Tomkiewicz is the Assistant Professor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, 4 We are proud to have so many distinguished guest artists visit the department each year, enriching the studies of our music majors through master classes, lectures, and performances.

Nina Assimakopoulos Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly Okbari and Toledo Symphony Orchestra. Their performance provided Pruiksma’s Okbari, playing traditional music of the Assimakopoulos is the recipient of MUSI 515 students with a chance to Ottoman Empire. This event was also numerous grants and awards, including experience traditional Irish music played organized by Lecturer Rose Pruiksma. the Aaron Copland Fund Grant for by some of Ireland’s top musicians, both This multi-cultural music, stemming New Music Recording, two Fulbright of whom are well-known experts in the from the Ottoman Empire, traveled with Grants, and the National Society of music of Sliabh Luachra, a small region the Ottomans across the Mediterranean Arts and Letters Career Award. Her along the border of County Kerry and basin into North Africa, carrying with contemporary music recordings include County Cork. it the musical and devotional practices Arcadian Murmurs, Pan in Pieces, Vol.I of the Sufi sect of Islam. The members and Points of Entry, Works for Solo In their public workshop, they presented of Okbari also bring the perspective of Flute by American Women , on this repertory and taught students Armenian contributions to Ottoman Volumes I and II released on Capstone (not just music students but students music and the ways Ottoman musical Records and Euterpe Recordings. from across the university) about the traditions came to the United States Her fourth contemporary music CD, local traditions of Irish music, with in the early 1900’s with Armenian, Chrome, is scheduled for release in 2013. particular attention to Sliabh Luachra, Greek, Turkish, and Arabic immigrants. She is flute professor at West Virginia sharing their own long experience A number of them settled in the University and studied with Peter Lloyd of learning and playing this style of Northeast, where they carried their and Paul Meisen. music together. Daly and Cranitch are musical and cultural traditions, engaging performers who combined interacting in new ways and new Nina presented a master class and great playing with informative and contexts with each other, even after the recital in the new Verrette Recital Hall in humorous explanations of their pieces. Armenian genocide. March. Her program included pieces by They were also joined by the Seacoast Charles Marie Widor, Claude Debussy, Set Dancers, led by Sue Dunlavey, The members of Okbari-Amos Libby Maggie Payne, Margaret Fairlie- allowing students to see first-hand how (oud), Eric LaPerna (percussion), and Kennedy, and Ian Clarke. Nina studied dance and music fit together. Duncan Hardy (qanun) presented a flute with Peggy Vagts while in high public talk on Wednesday April 10 in school in Wolfeboro, NH. The event was made possible by PCAC, a hands-on musician-oriented www.ninaassimakopoulos.info support from the UNH COLA Dean’s workshop (also open to the public) on Office, the UNH Class of 1954 Academic Thursday April 11 in Bratton Recital Hall, MATT CRANITCH & Enrichment Fund, the UNH Center for and a public concert on Thursday April 11 the Humanities, and the UNH Music at 7:30 p.m. in the Johnson Theater. JACKIE DALY Department. On March 20, 2013 Irish musicians Matt This event was sponsored by the UNH Cranitch and Jackie Daly performed OKBARI Music Department, Middle Eastern on the Murkland Hall stage, an event Studies Minor, College of Liberal Arts, organized by Music Lecturer Dr. Rose On April 10 and 11, 2013 UNH enjoyed the residency of the Portland area group Center for the Humanities, and the Class Pruiksma. of 1954 Academic Enrichment Fund. 5 Athletic Bands

Grad Students Risa Kapp and Sean Meagher head up the WMB in the Everett, MA Parade The 2013 Wildcat ’s The band traveled to Pennsylvania to current band, they performed Fall Out field show, “SUPERCHARGED!” perform at the UNH football game Boy’s Thnks Fr Th Mmrs. The following was very successful. Featuring a against Lehigh. The football team weekend, the WMB performed for an more concrete storyline and two came up a bit short, but the band extremely enthusiastic crowd at the characters, the band took us through had a great time and some members Dover Band Show. the battle between a superhero and had an opportunity to visit with the super villain. Music included Jupiter Lehigh band. The next day the WMB Other season highlights included the by Gustav Holst, Enterprising Young had its second-ever performance at Everett Homecoming Parade, Band Men by Michael Giacchino from the the Collegiate Marching Band Festival Day, the Band Extravaganza (now up new “Star Trek” films, Nothing Else in Allentown, PA. It was fantastic to to THREE shows!), and senior day. Matters by Metallica, All Along the see so many other college bands and The band was also able to purchase Watchtower by , and Epic to have an opportunity to share the a brand new equipment trailer, Battle by Mark Adams and Casey show with an entirely new audience. complete with logos and the WMB Goodwin. Arrangements were by wildcat designed by Erik Evensen ’01. Scott Boerma, Tom Wallace, and Twenty-five alumni came back Goodwin, with percussion by Adams. to perform in the alumni band at The Beast of the East Pep Band Homecoming. Combined with the had another successful season in 2012–2013. Members were selected to travel to Albany for the America East basketball tournament and to Manchester for the NCAA men’s ice hockey regionals. Once again we called upon alumni to play at a game, while the WMB performed at the Dover Band Show. The Alumni Pep Band has grown in popularity each year and we anticipate calling upon it again in future years when there are scheduling conflicts. Thanks to those of you who came out to play!

Calling all WMB alumni! The band is gearing up for a 95th anniversary celebration in 2015 and then a 100th anniversary gala in 2019. We have recently moved over to a new mailing list system. In order to New WMB equipment trailer! 6 ensure our records are up-to-date, we are asking all alumni to please subscribe to this new list, even if you were on the old mailing list. Please visit http://bit.ly/wmbalumni to do so. If you’re on Facebook, please join the UNH Wildcat Marching Band Alumni group at http://www. facebook.com/groups/ UNHWMBAlumni/. We are hoping to increase and improve communication and we need your help to do so!

To keep tabs on what’s going on with ALL of the UNH bands, bookmark our website at http://bands.unh. edu/. As usual, please feel free to visit the A Blast from the Past! Wildcat Marching Band 1960-1961, band whenever you’re Allen Owen director at a UNH sporting Photo courtesy of Rod Grondin ’62 event. We’d love to catch up with you!

The Collegiate Marching Band Festival at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA. 7 Concert Bands The presented four The Symphonic Band also have at UNH, featuring this year’s wonderful concerts under the baton presented a wonderful slate of two Competition winners, of Casey Goodwin, including works concerts throughout the year, Chris Foss and Lauren Kaiser. The by Travis Cross, Carl Holmquist, including A Dakota Rhapsody (Mark concert also included two premieres: Timothy Broege, , Camphouse), Ride Frank Ticheli, Dana Wilson, W. Francis (Samuel Hazo), McBeth, and Gustav Holst. The Four Scottish highlight of the year was the final Dances (Malcolm concert, focused on works for band Arnold), Fanfare for that all included a little something a Golden Sky (Scott extra. The ensemble performed Boerma), Country Andrew Boysen’s new Star-Crossed, Gardens (Percy a superhero tale with video and Grainger), Sleep story created by UNH alumnus Erik (), Evensen ’01, who attended the and Satiric performance. Erik marched in the Dances (Norman Wildcat Marching Band and played in Dello Joio). The the Symphonic Band during his time highlight of the at UNH and has since gone on to a year was certainly very successful career as an artist. performing the Presently he is on the faculty at the striking Maine University of Wisconsin—Stout. The Vigils(Daniel Chris Foss ‘13, Lauren Kaiser, Joe Annicchiarico ‘13 concert also included The Machine Bukvich), with the Awakes (Steven Bryant), a new work composer in attendance at the final a wonderful new setting for winds that combines electronics with live concert of the year. of Aaron Copland’s Piano Variations band. The performance concluded by Joe Annichiarico ’13, and a new with The Evolution, Resolution, The first Wind Symphony work for winds by faculty composer and Dissolution of the Blues Part performance last year featured Christopher Kies, with Arlene II (Daniel Bukvich), a work which two for band, the Kies serving as soloist. The piece, includes a string quartet and rock classic Symphony No. 6 by Vincent entitled Academic Festival Rag, is band along with the concert band. Persichetti and Andrew Boysen’s a terrific contribution to the wind Alumnus Marc LaForce ’90, Director latest symphony. Our next concert band literature and will hopefully be of Bands at Oyster River High School, focused on icons of the twentieth released soon on Professor Kies’ latest joined the ensemble as saxophone century, with music by Arnold recording. The concert was rounded soloist. Schoenberg, John Cage, Michael out by Frank Ticheli’s Symphony No. 2. Torke, and . The third focused on the talents we For the final concert of the year, the Wind Symphony hosted the second annual Wind Band Invitational, in which seven high school bands from across New England came to UNH to work with a guest clinician and hear the Wind Symphony perform. This year’s clinician was Daniel Bukvich, an old friend of the music department and mainstay at the Summer Youth Music School. The band area was fortunate enough to have Mr. Bukvich in residence for several days. During this time he was present at performances of his works with the Concert Band and Symphonic Band. He also worked closely with the Wind Symphony as they recorded their newest CD for the Composer and Conductor Daniel Bukvich Mark Records label. Released late this summer and selected to be part of the 8 The new UNH Wind Symphony CD, The Music of Daniel Bukvich, recorded in the spring of 2013, has earned a Grammy Entry List Appearance from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the categories of “Album of the Year” and “Best Orchestral Performance”!

MarkMasters series, the anniversary of this monumental BAND EXTRAVAGANZA recording features the following work. In the spring the ensemble will The UNH Band Extravaganza, now works by Mr. Bukvich: Buffalo Jump feature UNH composers, including in its 16th year, continues to be an Ritual, Threnos, Jack Teagarden premieres of works by Thomas extraordinarily popular event. This Enters Heaven (with Nic Orovich as Bourgault ’04/’06, Rob Gerry ’00/’04, special concert is normally presented trombone soloist), The Virgin and and faculty member Ryan Vigil, as on the Friday before Thanksgiving, Child with St. Anne, and Ballroom well as a performance of a new work featuring the Wildcat Marching Band Portraits. The recording is already by Andrew Cote ’10. and the Wind Symphony in hour-long available through iTunes and Spotify, performances for area school music or you may contact Dr. Boysen Finally, the band area welcomes programs. The event has expanded directly for a copy. its newest graduate student, to three concerts, performed for over Sean Meagher. Sean is a native 2,000 students. This year the guest artist will be well- of Londonderry and graduate of known composer David Gillingham Keene State College. He has already from Central Michigan University. conducted his first piece with Other highlights for this year will the Wind Symphony, leading the include a performance of a new ensemble on Gould’s Ballad for Band transcription of The Rite of Spring, at their first concert. Welcome, Sean! in honor of the one hundredth

UNH Symphonic Band 1960-1961, Allen Owen director 9 UNH Symphony Orchestra The University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Upham, opened its 2013-14 concert series with a performance on Wednesday, October 16. The program featured orchestral favorites from the world of opera, including Mozart’s overture to The Magic Flute, two excerpts from Wagner’s Lohengrin, and the “Polovtsian Dances” from Borodin’s Prince Igor. The performance was exceptionally strong for a first performance of the year, setting the tone for an Dr. David Upham, conductor of the NHASTA/UNH outstanding year of orchestral music. UNH Symphony Orchestra Two of these works were previewed FALL ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL the preceding Saturday at the NHASTA-UNH Fall Orchestra Festival. The New Hampshire chapter of the American String Teachers Association On Sunday, December 8 at 3:00 collaborated with Dr. David Upham pm, the orchestra gave its second and the UNH Orchestras to present performance of the year, again its annual Fall Orchestra Festival, in Johnson Theater. The program held on the UNH campus on featured Witold Lutoslawski’s Little Saturday, October 12, 2013. This Suite for Orchestra, a series of folk festival is an outreach activity of dances from the composer’s native both organizations, seeking to Poland. The program concluded with provide high school string students the Second Symphony of Pyotr Illyich experience in working with a full Tchaikovsky. The symphony carries orchestra. Over 70 students applied the subtitle, Little Russian, due to the to the festival and were placed in finale’s frequent use of a Ukrainian one of two groups, based upon their folk tune. teacher’s recommendation. The Festival Symphony Orchestra was led In the spring semester, the by Dr. Mark Latham, who serves as orchestra will collaborate with the conductor of the New Hampshire the New Hampshire Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the New Hampshire Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Philharmonic, and the orchestra at Mark Latham. The two groups will the University of Massachusetts— appear together in a side-by-side Lowell. The Festival Chamber performance at UNH. This will provide Orchestra was led by Dr. Upham. the opportunity for both orchestras to explore larger repertoire than either group could comfortably undertake alone. The program will feature Ottorino Respighi’s colorful The Pines of Rome, and will take place in the Johnson Theater at 8:00 p.m., on Thursday, February 27, 2014. The orchestra’s final performance of the year will be held on Thursday, May 1, at 8:00 p.m.. It will feature the winner of the UNH Music Department’s annual concerto competition and other works to be announced. Nicole Archambault, ’13 and Troy Harvey

10 Students began to arrive at the Paul Creative Arts Center at 9:00 am on October 12, which also happened to be UNH’s Homecoming weekend! Rehearsals ran all day, with members of the UNH Orchestra assisting in various ways. UNH string players sat in on the rehearsals and provided assistance to the younger musicians, and some even joined in the evening performance. UNH woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians gave of their talents and energy to enable the orchestras to perform full orchestra repertoire.

The day culminated in a free, public performance in Johnson Theater at 7:00 p.m.. The UNH Symphony Orchestra took the stage first, playing Wagner’s “Introduction to Act III” of Lohengrin and Borodin’s Tim MacDonald ’13, James Boccia, and Sarah Natasha Jost “Polovtsian Dances”. Highlights from the festival orchestras included Mozart’s Symphony No.41, Manuel de Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance, Photos courtesy of Rod Grondin ’62 selections from Bizet’s Carmen, the “Bacchanale” from Saint-Saëns’ Sampson and Delilah, and more.

NEW! UNH YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS

On the evening of Sunday, conducted by Dr. Upham, rehearse rehearsals in late January. Anyone September 22, 2013 Dr. David Upham on Sunday evenings in the Paul who is interested in auditioning gathered with four UNH string music Creative Arts Center. at that time, or who would like education majors and UNH’s more information about the youth and instructor, Mimi Bravar, The UNH Youth Symphony Orchestras orchestra program, should contact to listen to the auditions of over also offer UNH undergraduate music Dr. David Upham at David.Upham@ 30 young string players from the education students the wonderful unh.edu. seacoast region. It was an auspicious opportunity to gain additional start to the brand-new UNH Youth practical teaching experience before Symphony Orchestra program! leaving school. UNH students Abigail Modeled on the success of the UNH Noseworthy, AnnMarie Pinard, Mary Youth Band program, led by Dr. Mark Barba, and Gardner Rulon-Miller serve DeTurk and local music educator Eric as the youth symphony coaches. Kobb, the UNH Youth Symphony These four music education majors Orchestra offers an orchestral lead the youth orchestra students in education to local elementary, sectionals and play along with the middle school, and high school string students in full orchestra rehearsals. students. The UNH Youth Symphony Orchestras Following the auditions, two gave their very first performance orchestras were formed. The at 7:00 pm on Sunday, December “Concert Orchestra” is for younger 8th. The concert was held in the participants, and the “Symphony Johnson Theater in the Paul Creative Orchestra” for older participants. Arts Center on the Durham campus. All in all, there are 29 students in The youth orchestras will continue the two orchestras. The orchestras, throughout the year, resuming 11 UNH

Chamber Singers competing in Marktoberdorf Competition CHAMBER SINGERS ON TOUR IN BAVARIA At the end of May, the UNH Chamber Kaufbeuren, and Leutkirch. piece, Max Singers, directed by William The Chamber Singers had a full Reger’s Frühlingsblick, with Kempster, travelled to Germany to schedule in Germany and gave 9 EXtraCHORd, conducted by appear at the 13th Marktoberdorf performances in 6 days, some with Dr. Kempster. The concert was International Choral Festival and other choirs from around the world. given jointly by the two choirs in Competition in Bavaria. Held every The group had very little free time but Sondhofen. two years since 1989, the Competition was able to spend and Festival ran from May 16 to one morning at 22, with just ten choirs selected to the famous castle take part via competitive audition. Neuschwanstein, The UNH Chamber Singers were not far from successful in gaining an invitation where the to this year’s competition, and competition singers received substantial financial was held. The support from the College of Liberal photographs Arts, the Office of UNH President show the Huddleston, and the Department Chamber Singers of Music, allowing the entire group in competition in to take part in this extraordinary Marktoberdorf, event. A major part of the Festival performing consisted of concert performances at a multi- in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, and demoninational the Chamber Singers performances church service were enthusiastically received in Leutkirch, and Leutkirch in Sondhofen, Marktoberdorf, performing the competition test

Performing Frühlingsblick with EXtraCHord 12 Ballintubber Abbey CONCERT ENSEMBLE WINS PRESTIGIOUS IRISH COMPETITION

The day after the completion of with the same score as the winning The photographs here show the the German competition, Professor choir, and received a prize of €150. whole group at the Ballintubber Kempster and 12 members of the The full ensemble, representing the Abbey, a church first consecrated in Chamber Singers travelled straight Concert Choir, won their section and 1216, and one of the most important from Germany to Castlebar, County was awarded a beautiful hand-made historical sites in all of Ireland. The Mayo, in the Republic of Ireland, to trophy and a prize of €300. UNH choirs gave a very well received join 11 other UNH singers from the concert in the Abbey soon after UNH Concert Choir, along with our By winning their section the Concert this photograph was taken. The wonderful pianist Paul Merrill, to Choir ensemble became eligible for other photograph is of the group compete in the 2nd annual Mayo the “sing-off”, comprised of all the the morning after their big win, on International Choral Competition held section winners, for the premier the steps of Breaffy House, just from May 23–27, 2013. prize of the competition: a unique outside of Castlebar, Ireland. Sloane commissioned trophy and a grand Schuchman, a long term Concert The UNH contingent competed in two prize of €700. The group performed Choir member, is seen with the categories, one in which the whole superbly in this pressure-packed trophy on the right. ensemble performed, and another finale, presenting Ivor Gurney’s The designated for smaller forces, in Trumpet and sections of Morten After the completion of the which the reduced Chamber Singers Lauridsen’s Mid-winter Songs, and competition, the UNH group travelled ensemble competed. In a desperately were fortunate enough to be named north to Sligo, where they gave a full close competition, the Chamber overall competition winners at the concert program for the benefit of Singers came 2nd in their section, Grand Gala Concert, the close of the the Organ Restoration Fund at the festival. Sligo Cathedral.

On the steps of Breaffy House, just outside of Castlebar, Ireland 13 Gala Opera Scenes Showcase spring 2013 of last semester’s program: “It was a deliberate choice to perform in English in order to speed up the processing of the plot and character development. ”

Another aim for the semester was character development. Each student completed a detailed character analysis and applied that knowledge to the interpretation of their character. Additionally, each student prepared his or her own biography for the program. Prior to each group of scenes, the cast acted out the plot of the opera in a short skit they prepared themselves. These skits were the perfect vehicle for honing acting skills on stage, Thornton ’13 and Jesse Parent ’14 Abigail Arenstam ’14 strengthening everyone’s acting in singing. Jenni Cook directed Opera Workshop in the spring of 2013, enabling David Prior to the weekend’s performances, Ripley to direct our Concert Choir two small groups of Opera Workshop while Dr. Kempster was on sabbatical students performed for UNH’s Child leave. The performance included Study and Development Center scenes and arias from Mozart’s Kindergarten and Pre-School classes, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, and for Nottingham Elementary School and Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. Dr. students. Cook summarizes her conception

l to r- Elizabeth Blood, UNH Staff Pianist, Abigail Arenstam ‘14, Susannah Thornton ‘13, Kerri MacLennan ‘14, Jesse Parent ‘14, and Jenni Cook, Opera Workshop Director and Voice Professor 14 Modern American Opera fall 2013 This semester Opera Workshop undertook the highly relevant, challenging, and beautiful topic of Modern American Opera, under the direction of David Ripley and pianist, Elizabeth Blood. The exploration of six 20th century works began with two American classics: Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land and ’s Susannah. Throughout the rehearsal period students were asked the basic question: what is it that makes opera American, how do we define it, and how is it distinguished from other national forms? Aaron Copland

The cast was challenged to things: the fragility of soil, natural subject—the African American investigate the meaning of the beauty, personal identity, and social culture struggling on Catfish Row. title, The Tender Land. Copland’s tensions are themes to be found It took a long time to be accepted opera is set in the Midwest or Great everywhere. The point is that in into the canon of American opera, Plains, only a dozen years or so after American opera, we recognize our where it now occupies a cherished the great Dust Bowl disaster that own landscape, our own towns, our presence. destroyed thousands of lives and own language and family. homes, displacing many people and This semester’s outstanding cast adding to the woes of the Great The second half explored the works included David Araujo, Abigail Depression. Copland knew that of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Arenstam, Eric Berthiaume, Sam the natural land itself is tender. He Bess, Mark Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Bradley, Greg Daigle, Jonna Dozet, musically sets the sense of sunrise Rock, Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, Lucas Duncan, Colin Geaghan, in the piece with intense beauty, and four Broadway-Opera songs of Lindsay Goldsmith, Matt Livernois, love, and appreciation. The story Kurt Weill. We can say that Porgy Kerri Rose MacLennan, Courtney concerns the emerging identity of and Bess is perhaps the first real Magoon, Jesse Parent, and the main character Laurie, who, in American opera, dating from 1935, Gwendolyn Trott. the course of growing up, decides breaking with the European tradition, she must leave her home. Everyone and taking on a uniquely American in the story, save one, is broken. Brokenness, paired with healing, is the strongest theme in The Tender Land, including also prejudice and itinerant workers. At its end, there is the hope of a new day as Laurie’s confused, hurt, and steadfast mother holds the hand of her younger sister, Beth, and sings of new beginnings.

The outcome of Susannah is much darker, ending in chosen self-isolation in reaction to society’s collective errors of judgment. Both pieces explore and reveal prejudice and hypocrisy in American society, and the very high price they exact on the lives of individuals. All of these Carlisle Floyd 15 UNH Traditional 2013-2014 Jazz Series October 7th September 9th The Paul Broadnax Quintet November 4th The New Black Eagle Jazz Band with vocalist Shawnn Monteiro The Fred Buda Quintet

January 27th March 31st The Peter Bernstein Quintet February 24th Luciana Souza: Brazilian Duos with saxophonist Eric Alexander Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes featuring guitarist Romero Lubambo

HARRY JONES MEMORIAL CONCERT 2013

Mark Taylor joined the Seacoast Big Band this year as featured composer/arranger. In 2001 Mark retired as chief arranger for The United States Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”), where he was on staff for 24 years. During that time, he composed extensively for the U.S. Army Blues, writing all of the material for their album A New Beginning and much of the material for Scream Machine. His arrangements and compositions have been performed by the Army Blues throughout the world, including concerts at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Mark is currently a staff arranger for Hal Leonard Corporation and resides in Cape Coral, Florida.

16 UNH in Italy

In May and June of 2013, Professor a concert performance of a Christopher Kies and 16 intrepid Verdi opera and, of course, the music students from UNH travelled Roman Colosseum and Forum. Arlene and Chris on the beach of the to Italy for a four week, 7 credit When they were not enjoying Adriatic Sea, San Benedetto program in Ascoli Piceno of Le the sunny piazzas, tasting local Marche. Murkland Lecturer Arlene gelati, observing Mediaeval Kies joined the group for two weeks, architecture, or making new friends and Charlotte Kies, a Masters student in town, the serious and hardworking of clarinet performance at Carnegie UNH music students spent their Mellon University and experienced mornings mastering the rigors of in all things Italian, participated as Italian 401 and the challenges of MUSI a graduate assistant charged with 781W, Analysis: Form and Structure. handling many daily exigencies. This was Chris and Arlene’s second Ascoli Piceno is a beautiful city with sojourn to Italy with UNH music a strong Mediaeval and classical students—the first was in 2009, and Roman heritage, comfortably they are planning another adventure situated near both the Adriatic coast (of five weeks this time) for the and also the Apennine mountain summer of 2014. range. As very few foreign tourists find their way there, the people of Ascoli Piceno are accustomed to speaking only Italian with whoever happens by. This fact alone made the trip memorable since the students had to make their own way about town using their newly acquired language skills. In the middle of the four weeks, a three-day weekend was spent in Rome with many discoveries for all, including the Vatican l to r- Abby Arenstam, Dan Fryburg, Abby Rienzo, Chris Carlone, Vicky Santospago, Kara Museums, the Villa Borghese, LaRochelle, Emily Olmstead, Ian Nelson, Charlotte Kies, Lindsay Crook, Abby Noseworthy, Zoe Martel, Ethan Brown, Emily White, Taylor Blankenship, Ben Albee, Rachel Ladrigan

17 Studio News and More PIANO STUDIO MEET TENOR DAVID ARAUJO

The piano studio this year is large and strong, with many students participating in a variety of chamber and large ensemble groups. The range of talent is broad; many in the studio are capable in both the jazz and classical areas, many play other instruments in addition to piano, David Araujo, tenor and vocal many are talented teachers for PEP, performance major from the and all are dedicated to becoming the University of São Paolo in Ribeirão- best that they can be. Piano Studio, Preto, is with us for the Fall 2013 the weekly performing class required semester on a student exchange, the of all music majors at UNH, happens first in a new program developed on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-8:30 with the help and guidance of the in the Bratton Recital Hall of PCAC. Center for International Education at Please feel free to visit our studio UNH and supervising professors Jenni class any Tuesday evening; in addition Cook at UNH and Yuka de Almeida- to great music and the chance to Prado at USP-RP. Soon we hope to interact with a supportive community announce the first UNH student to of pianists, you will find a sheet cake study on exchange in Brazil! for everyone’s pleasure each week. (You should check with the Music WIND SYMPHONY Office before coming to Studio, just in case there has been a change of time or venue in any given week.)

PEP

The Piano Extension Program (PEP) is now in its 18th year and enrollment continues to grow. The program cultivates not only the l to r: Dayna Horgan, Alison Rothwell, Sam Bradley, Ashley Paradis, Matt Casazza, learning of piano, but also the love Meghan Yankowskas, Dan Fryburg, Kelly Wallace, and Kelsey Gallagher. of music in general. Students young and old enjoy the enthusiasm of their UNH student teachers and participate actively in monthly group lessons. For more information about this unique piano project, please look for the PEP link on the UNH Music Department’s website.

...and Dr. Andrew Boysen

18 NEW CHOIRS CD NEARS COMPLETION DAVID RIPLEY’S NEW PERFORMING ARTS SPACE

The new Compact Disc recording featuring both Professor Ripley writes: “I am now sufficiently far enough along the Concert Choir and the Chamber Singers is with the renovation of my barn that I dare to speak of it in public. nearing completion. This new CD, entitled First While not a large structure, as barns go, I believe it will play a Impressions, will feature the first recordings of significant role in my overall vision for my Newmarket property: a wide variety of works, some of which date back to focus on and support the arts in their myriad forms and their to the end of the 19th century. The repertoire critical world mission of local and global communication and on the CD will have been recorded over the understanding. I am now working on the upstairs, which will past two seasons and will feature the following become a small concert/recital space of 30x30 with a 20-foot wood works: cathedral ceiling for good acoustics. Along with these musical events I intend to also offer “fabulous foundation feasts.” These In the Highlands/George Butterworth will be buffet affairs in the old (1790) original barn foundation Mass in G/York Bowen (pictured here - the renovated barn is second generation), a 40x40 The Trumpet/Ivor Gurney space cleaned out from the rubble of the original collapsed barn, Five Lyrics of Robert Herrick, Op. 7/Roger Quilter revealing beautiful five foot walls of hand cut granite: my own Festival Chorus/Leos Janáček ‘Italian grotto’. After a dinner including freshly picked vegetables various pieces by Ross Edwards from my garden, guests will enjoy the music. No doubt I hope it will Morning Sequence/Daniel Bukvich feature both UNH faculty and our wonderful students.” Kyrie/William Kempster

The new CD could not have been possible without the collaboration of three essential UNH colleagues: Arlene Kies, Christopher Kies, and Paul Merrill. All three of these keyboard players will be featured on the new CD.

NHACDA AT PSU David Ripley’s Newmarket barn renovation and original foundation

Four new members of the University conducting gesture. Body of New Hampshire American Choral Mapping for diction, Directors Association collegiate breath, and posture along chapter traveled to Plymouth State with an introduction to University on Saturday, September the Alexander Technique 28, 2013 to attend the 2nd Annual rounded out the New England Area ACDA Collegiate afternoon. UNH Voice professional development conference Professor, Dr. Jenni Cook, which boasted approximately was one of the presenters 70 attendees. The theme of the at Saturday’s event. The conference was somatic/movement conference ended with an studies for choral conductors and open rehearsal by PSU’s singers. Our UNH students enjoyed Chamber Singers which being a part of the workshops incorporated the somatic and networking with students and disciplines presented teachers in and around the New earlier in the day. England area.

The day began with a yoga session for all attendees in the foyer of the Silver l to r : Jesse Parent, Matt Livernois, Jenni Cook, Center at PSU and was followed by Abigail Arenstam, and Mary Bocko. a session on Laban movement and 19 faculty solo recital along with Arlene Kies, featuring works by Guastavino, Faculty News Lutoslawski, and Freund. In addition, she joined bassoonist Janet Polk on Andrew Boysen of her research of Brazilian Art Song, her faculty recital in a lively work Andrew Boysen continued to focus featuring the music of Argentinian for clarinet and bassoon, entitled his efforts on both conducting and composer Carlos Guastavino. Other Five Pieces for Bassoon and Clarinet composition during the 2012-13 performing highlights include the by Homer Keller, and performed academic year. His guest conducting soprano solo in Mahler’s Symphony on both the Faculty Potpourri and engagements included the New No. 4 with the UNH Orchestra, under Faculty Composer concerts. In Hampshire All-State Chamber Winds, the direction of Dr. David Upham, May, Dr. Gunlogson was excited to Western District (CT) Honor Band, and a premier of a new work for two have the opportunity to work with Auburn University (AL) Honor Band, sopranos and piano composed by the UNH Orchestra as a soloist in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Honor colleague Dr. Michael Annicchiarico presentation of Gerald Finzi’s Five Band, Glenbard (IL) District Honor entitled Two Fat Squirrels. The text Bagatelles. Band, Westbrook (ME) High School for the new work is a poem by our Bands, Concordia College (MN) Honor own poet laureate John Michael Dr. Gunlogson travelled to Illinois Band, Purdue University (IN) Bands, Albert. and Wisconsin where she presented and Dixie Band Camp (AR). This spring Dr. Cook will be on concerts with the New Sousa Band. She was also invited to perform as Boysen’s newest compositions sabbatical leave and will travel again a guest artist on a recital at Texas included Spin, Star-Crossed, to Brazil to perform and teach. She Tech University. Closer to home, Dr. Snowflakes Dancing, This is the will also begin in earnest another CD Gunlogson served as principal clarinet Drum, and In the Beginning. His project to feature songs from Brazil. in a series of concerts with the Maine most recent publication is a setting Chamber Ensemble, and worked of Scarborough Fair, the third Lori Dobbins with a consortium of clarinetists to movement of his Three Folksong Lament for solo clarinet was commission a piece for two clarinets Settings for Band (Alfred Music). His premiered by Jared Sims on the UNH and piano by composer/clarinetist commissions for this year include the Faculty Composers Concert, February Jeffrey Brooks. The work, entitled Saint Louis Wind Symphony, Missouri 15, 2013. Dobbins was awarded a Life’s A Celebration!, was completed Music Educators Association, scholarship from UNH to attend the in the Fall of 2013. Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Higher Education Resource Services Association, LaSierra University, program at Wellesley College in 2012- Dr. Gunlogson continues to serve Greater Atlanta Christian (GA) School, 2013. She graduated in March 2013. as the New Hampshire state South Tama County (IA) High School, representative for the International and Kingswood Oxford (CT) School. Elizabeth Gunlogson This past year Elizabeth Gunlogson Clarinet Association and the National Association of College Wind and Boysen also presented two clinics has been busy performing and Percussion Instructors, and as a at the New Hampshire Music teaching throughout the United clarinet and chamber ensemble Educators Association Conference States. During the summer of 2012, instructor in UNH’s Summer Youth and two more at the Maine Music she had the honor of performing Music School program. Educators Association Conference. Daydream in A-flat, a solo work He served as a clinician for the for clarinet by Donald Freund, at Rob Haskins Chabot College (CA) Band Festival the annual International Clarinet During the John Cage Centenary and Illinois Superstate Band Festival, Association conference. Also, Rob was very busy performing and and worked as a clinician with the “Stanley Hasty: The Retired Years”, presenting papers to celebrate the following schools: Duxbury (MA) the fourth and final article in Dr. event. In August, he performed an Middle and High Schools, Hampstead Gunlogson’s series on the life of all-Cage recital at the University of (NH) Middle School, Windham (NH) Stanley Hasty, appeared in the New Hampshire, including selections High School, Westborough (MA) High June 2012 issue of The Clarinet. from Song Books, the Diary: How School, Campbell (NH) High School, Additionally, she was awarded a UNH to Improve the World (You Can Manchester West (NH) High School, Graduate School Summer Faculty Only Make Matters Worse), Cheap and Westfield North (MA) Middle Fellowship to assist in the production Imitation, Two (with faculty colleague School. of her upcoming solo CD, Clarinet Sonatas of New England American Peggy Vagts), and Sculptures Musicales. UNH colleague Ryan Vigil Jenni Cook Composers. performed Bacchanale on the same Jenni Cook had an enjoyable year program. performing and teaching. She began Dr. Gunlogson maintained a busy the last academic year with her performing schedule during the From September to November, Rob annual faculty recital, a culmination 2012–13 academic year. On the UNH campus she presented her annual presented performances and papers 20 for Cage celebrations or conferences and Seth Brodsky (University of choral work dates from 1967 and the at University of Göttingen, Wake Chicago). The Reaktion book has first performers and commissioners Forest University, Mt. Allison been contracted and should be of this and his subsequent works in University, and Northwestern finished in September 2015. He is this genre, over the last 50 years, are University. In November, he arranged also working on four chapters and still alive and working in Australia. a one-day John Cage Symposium articles for various publications. Part of Dr. Kempster’s work on this at UNH with Cage scholars David repertoire involved meeting with and Nicholls (University of Southampton) John Hunter interviewing all of these people. As a and Rebecca Y. Kim (Northeastern In the fall of 2013, bassist John result, Dr. Kempster travelled widely University). In spring, he presented Hunter toured the eastern in eastern Australia during June and papers at University of Massachusetts United States with clarinetist Ken July, conducting interviews in Sydney, Amherst, Nazareth College, and the Peplowski and the Capitol Center Canberra, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Eastman School of Music. Jazz Orchestra, performing a Dr. Kempster also had extensive tribute to the landmark Benny interviews with Edwards and his wife Other performances include Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall Helen at their home in Balmain, a Song Books at thefidget space concert. The tour covered sixteen suburb of Sydney. (Philadelphia, PA) October 6, 2012, states, fifteen concerts, 5700 miles, Marc Chan’s evening-length solo and 169,108 quarter notes from the Arlene Kies piano work, My Wounded Head 3 bass chair. UNH Music alums Trent Piano Faculty member Arlene Kies (dedicated to Rob) at thefidget space Austin ’97 and Charlie Jennison ’69 looks back on a music-filled summer 2 on October 7, and Two with Laurel were also in the band. which began with a two-week stay Karlik Sheehan at the Curtis Institute in Ascoli-Piceno, Italy with husband of Music on January 19, 2013. This last William Kempster Christopher Kies, who directed a event was part of a concert series With the exciting event of the four-week academic session there. devoted to Cage’s work presented Chamber Singers’ invitation to From Italy, Arlene returned to the by Bowerbird in Philadelphia. Rob participate in the Marktoberdorf famed Kendall Betts Horn Camp in wrote notes for several concerts in choral competition, Dr. Kempster’s Lyman, NH, where she has been the the series and advised Dustin Hurt of plans for his spring sabbatical resident pianist for the past eight Bowerbird, who curated the concerts. semester had to be modified to summers. Concerts of the summer spill over into the summer of 2013. included recitals with UNH Professor Publications in print or submitted After the completion of the two of flute Peggy Vagts, with clarinetist include the entry on Cage for Oxford choir tours to Germany and Ireland, Christine Fell, solo and duo piano Bibliographies Online, short articles Dr. Kempster proceeded directly to performances on Block Island with on Cage performance practice and Australia to conduct research and Christopher Kies, and a duo recital Cage’s anarchism in Sound American interviews for his forthcoming book also with Christopher Kies for the and Terz, and reviews for Journal on the choral music of Australian Lettvin Chamber Series in Bradford, for the Society of American Music, composer Ross Edwards, entitled NH. Notes, and the ARSC Journal. Rob has A Singular Voice: The Choral Music also been finishing his second year of Ross Edwards. Edwards’ first This year, Arlene will play for on the Irving Lowens Book Award numerous faculty and guest recitals for the Society of at UNH and on numerous other American Music. He series. Her UNH solo recital this hopes to release his year, on December 1st, featured recording of Chan’s Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata, My Wounded Head Debussy’s Pour le Piano, and Liszt’s 3 for Mode this Mephisto Waltz. She will repeat year. this program at various NH high schools during the year as part of In June, Rob her ongoing outreach efforts. A very proposed two special highlight of this season will books: a short be a performance of Rachmaninoff’s cultural history Piano Concerto No. 3 on March 23rd of the piano for with the Portsmouth Symphony, John Reaktion Books Page conducting. and a volume of Cage centenary Christopher Kies essays, to be co- Christopher Kies enjoyed a sabbatical edited with David semester in the fall of 2013, during Nicholls (University Ross Edwards with wife Helen at home in Balmain which he was able to edit and of Southampton) complete a number of compositional 21 projects. He is working on his Janet Polk School in Penacook, NH, with a second CD of original compositions, Janet Polk has had an active 2013. band under the direction of UNH pleased that several of his colleagues In addition to her usual teaching alum Sean Anderson ‘07. He was (including Janet Polk, Margaret at UNH and Dartmouth, and her guest artist and clinician with the Herlehy, Arlene Kies, David Ripley, position as principal bassoon in Duquesne University Jazz Ensemble, John Hunter, Sharon Baker, and both Portland Symphony and under the direction of Mike Tomaro. Andrew Boysen, Jr. as conductor Vermont Symphony, she has The band played several of Mark’s of the UNH Wind Symphony) will made guest appearances with compositions and arrangements. He be heard on the recording once it Sebago Long Lake Music Festival, continued to perform and record is finalized. Also to be included will Maine Mountain Chamber Music, with his ensembles Guitar Hero, be the poetry of distinguished UNH and Radius Ensemble. During featuring UNH faculty guitarist Dave Professor Emeritus, Charles Simic, the summer she served as Newsam and UNH alum James Clark; and poetry by the late Gianni Rodari, principal bassoon of Opera North, Meta-Beat, a Beatles repertory band an Italian poet best known for his PORTopera, and Green Mountain featuring UNH faculty drummer Les literature and poetry for children. Music Festival. In the fall she Harris, Jr. , and Fugue Mill. performed the Burrill Phillips In June of 2013, Professor Kies Concert Piece and Vivaldi’s La Robert Stibler directed a four-week summer school Tempesta di Mare with the Vermont Trumpet Professor Robert Stibler session for 16 UNH music students Symphony on their 9-concert tour. was joined by organist Abbey in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Both Arlene Siegfried, lecturer Mark Zielinski and Chris Kies are hoping to go David Ripley (trumpet) and UNH alum Adam back to Italy in the summer of This past summer, Professor Ripley Gallant ’08/’12(trumpet) on Dec 1, 2014 with another group of brave appeared again with Aston Magna, 2012 in Portsmouth, NH for a concert students from the UNH Music one of the country’s premier early called A Brassy Baroque Christmas. Department...... “Andiamo”! music ensembles, in New York, In May, Professor Stibler gave a talk Boston, and the Berkshires, and will on the history of the trumpet at the Nicholas Orovich soon sing in his 200th performance Concord Community Music School, Nic Orovich is now in his second year of the Waverly Consort Christmas and a week later joined Adam there as Chair of the Department of Music Story at the New York Metropolitan for a performance of Franceschini’s and continues to teach the low brass Museum Cloisters. His first Concerto for two trumpets. studio. He spends his mornings with performance with Waverly was in administrative duties, and, with great 1984. Shortly thereafter he and On July 27 Professor Stibler gave a pleasure, finishes his days by working his esteemed colleague, Arlene concert on the Abendmusick Series in with his students. Kies, will present Schubert’s Die Rye, NH. The first half was a program Winterreise for the UNH Faculty of Baroque trumpet and organ music This past April Nic had the Concert Series. performed with Jennifer McPherson, opportunity once again to work while the second half consisted of with the Wind Symphony, recording Mark Shilansky jazz arrangements of spirituals with and performing composer Dan In July of 2013, Mark Shilansky UNH alum Charlie Blood (piano), UNH Bukvich’s piece for trombone and once again taught at the Berklee Faculty John Hunter (bass), Les Harris wind symphony Jack Teagarden Summer program in Perugia, Italy, Enters Heaven. He is now in his 35th in conjunction with the year as principal trombonist with Umbria Jazz Festival, the Portland Symphony Orchestra. and performed several Repertoire from the 2012–13 season concerts at the festival included Copland’s Symphony No. 3, with the Larry Monroe/ Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, Bartok’s Donna McElroy Octet. He The Miraculous Mandarin, and then traveled to Valencia, Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler. Spain to teach at the Berklee Campus there He was also able to take time out for a 3-week summer for bicycling, touring to Waterville program. In August, Valley Campground for three nights Mark performed and of camping in May, and a 113 mile taught with the New York ride with a group of friends in Voices at their Jazz Vocal central Vermont, climbing both the Summer Camp at Bowling Appalachian Gap and the Middlebury Green State University. Gap, with a stunning ride along Lake He performed as a guest Matt Mitchell ’07, Robert Stibler, Annie, Champlain in between. artist and clinician at his alma Adam Gallant ’08/’12, and Oakley mater, Merrimack Valley High 22 Jr. (drums), and guest Robert with Arlene Kies in York, Maine. Thompson (voice). She and UNH oboist Margaret Professor Stibler continues his Herlehy were soloists for the White work as a columnist for the Mountain Musical Arts Bach Festival, NH Chapter American Guild performing Bach’s Brandenburg of Organists and, in April, Concerto No. 2 in F Major at the Leura presented a clinic on the use Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center of brass players in church. He at Fryeburg Academy. She has been also continues on the faculty of selected to serve as the resident Summerkeys in Lubec, Maine, director of the UNH London Program with students coming from New for academic year 2014-2015. York, Minnesota, and Germany (and a surprise visit from Adam Gallant ’08/’12 and another have been accepted for publication: trumpet alum, Matt Mitchell ’07) an article on “Issues of counterpoint As a member of the early music in Gombert’s Missa Tempore group, the Alamire Consort, paschali,” was accepted by the Professor Stibler performed a Journal of Musicology for 2014, and “Troublesome accidentals in editing 16th c. music” is scheduled for publication in an Italian book of essays. These latter two Faculty Concert Series essays are drawn from the last chapter of my book Upcoming Concerts project, Sound and Sense in Franco-Flemish Music of 1/18 Trio Sospiri the Renaissance: Sharps, 2 pm Johnson Theater Flats, and the Problem of “Musica ficta” which is 1/28 David Ripley close to completion. 8 pm Johnson Theater

The Alamire Consort 2/4 Nicholas Orovich (Robert Stibler, Melinda 8 pm Verrette Recital Hall McMahon, Emily and Peter Urquhart, and on 2/9 David Newsam 3 pm Bratton Recital Hall Dean Fuld and Prof. Stibler enjoy playing some jazz duets occasion, Andrea Veal and Paul Merrill) gave in the kitchen this past summer up in Lubec, Maine. 2/14 Faculty Composers Concert There’s more than one way to cook in the kitchen! concerts of music by Busnoys and Agricola in 8 pm Bratton Recital Hall June 2013 in Concord, number of concerts on cornetto 2/15 Rob Haskins and recorder. Portsmouth, and Cambridge, MA as part of the Boston Early Music 8 pm Bratton Recital Hall Peter Urquhart Festival Fringe. Another concert, organized around the music of 2/23 Elizabeth Gunlogson This has been a very productive 3 pm Bratton Recital Hall year in the area of scholarship, as Ockeghem, was held at the Discover old projects finally ripened into Portsmouth Center on December 12, 2013. A recording by the Consort 3/20 Ryan Vigil published items. Two projects 8 pm Verrette Recital Hall in particular, each of which was and Capella Alamire was released the result of a decade of work, in June on the Centaur label, Music were finally published: the by Pierrequin de Thérache, with the Canonic Masses vol. 12 for the subtitle Music of Cambrai, Vol. 1. We New Josquin Edition (Utrecht), are now considering volume 2. and the seventh recording by Capella Alamire through Centaur Peggy Vagts completed her second Records. In addition, an article term (six years) as Senior Faculty entitled “Ad fugam, de Orto, and Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts a Defense of the ‘Early Josquin’,” in January 2013 and has now happily appeared in the Dutch Tijdschrift returned to full-time teaching. This this summer. Two other items summer she performed a solo recital 23 ongoing scholarly examination of the Gershwins’ music, in which university scholars will document and AlumniSonja Dahlgren Pryor ’70 Activitiescreated a truly outstanding music analyze, note-by-note and word-by- Sonja Pryor recently celebrated program in the Worcester, MA. word, the treasure trove of works her 50th anniversary as music area. This fall UNH Music Education featuring music by George Gershwin director of Chorus North Shore senior Stephanie Mailhot, is student and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, including in Rockport Massachusetts. Ms. teaching at Wachusett High School. Porgy and Bess, often considered Pryor’s’ charismatic personality and America’s greatest opera, as well as passion for musical excellence has Anita Brown ’84 the celebrated instrumental works by developed this community chorus Anita Brown’s Disarming The Tempest George Gershwin. into a leading arts organization on for symphony orchestra, was one Boston’s North Shore, performing of five new works read by The A range of leading musicians and choral masterworks with orchestra Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a scholars have joined the project’s and internationally known soloists concert-like run through on April 24, advisory board, including composer and embarking on regular concert 2013, under the baton of Matthew and singer Joan tours abroad. Kraemer, Kleinhans Music Hall, Morris; Broadway entrepreneur Buffalo, NY. Robert Nederlander Sr.; musicologists Music has been “Sunny” Pryor’s and historians Richard Crawford, lifelong calling. At age 15 she was Brown was one of seventeen Walter Frisch, Joseph Horowitz, and already conducting the Junior composers selected from a Robert Kimball; conductors Laura Choir at her local church in Detroit, nationwide pool of applicants to Jackson, Andrew Litton, and Michael Michigan, while also singing in three participate in the 2013 EarShot New Tilson Thomas; and vocalists Michael different choruses. She later earned Music Readings Workshop, the Feinstein, Thomas Hampson, and a Bachelor of Arts degree with a second leg of the Jazz Composers .” major in voice from Gordon College Orchestra Institute, sponsored by in Wenham, Massachusetts, and American Composers Orchestra, Kyle Smith ’01/’03 is Director of Master of Science degree in Music Columbia University, Herb Alpert Instrumental Music at Westbrook Education from the University of New School of Music at UCLA and a High School in Westbrook, ME. Kyle Hampshire. Ms. Pryor has studied number of charitable foundations. and Jared Cassedy’04, Dean of Fine, under Robert Shaw, Frank Battisti, The mission of this workshop is to Living, and Technical Arts at Windham Robert Page, and Margaret Hillis of give open-minded jazz composers the High School in Windham, NH, were the Chicago Symphony Chorus. opportunity to write for symphony accepted to conduct their ensembles orchestra in hopes of broadening the at the April 2013 National Association symphonic repertoire. for Music Education Eastern Division Conference in Hartford, Connecticut. Disarming The Tempest is a Kyle and Jared led their respective symphonic poem illuminating the ensembles at this prestigious event. plight of returning combat veterans Acceptance into the convention is suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic highly competitive and only a handful Stress Disorder). of the many who apply are accepted. We are very pleased to have had two Laura Jackson ’92, current Music of our own among these schools! Director of the Reno Philharmonic, is involved in a wonderful project. Sivan Etedgee ’02 Here is a quote from the University of The Department of Music welcomes Michigan website: alum Sivan Etedgee. Sivan is filling in for Christopher Kies this semester “The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance has entered a new partnership with the estates of George and Ira Miriam Jensen ’77 stands in front Gershwin to provide U-M music of three Grammy Awards given scholars complete access to all of the to Wachusett, MA High School Gershwins’ papers, compositional in recent years for having one of drafts and original scores to create the top secondary school music the first-ever critical edition of their programs in the country. Miriam works. and her colleagues, including Sherri DerKazarian ’92, Douglas Miller, The U-M George and Ira Gershwin and Thomas Nerbonne’78, have Critical Edition comprises an 24 while he is on sabbatical. It is Amal El-Shrafi ’09 recently Katrina Faulstich ’12 is teaching chorus wonderful to have our alumni back in received a Master’s degree in Vocal and theater classes at Bedford High the department in this capacity! Performance from the New England School and 6th grade chorus at John Conservatory of Music. Earlier in the Glenn Middle School in Bedford, MA. Gabrielle Baffoni ’03 year, she placed as one of the New She co-directed Footloose at the high Gabrielle has a tenure-track England regional finalists for the school last winter and will be directing position at Southeast Missouri Metropolitan Opera National Council the musical and the straight play this State University. She is instructor of Auditions. Amal will be continuing year. clarinet and saxophone at Southeast her opera studies at the International Missouri State University. Gabrielle Performing Arts Institute in Bavaria in Dan Fryburg ’13 will be student joined the faculty in 2012. She has July 2013. teaching in the fall and then pursuing held teaching positions at Tabor a Master’s degree at UNH. College, the University of Missouri- Andrew Cote ’10 is in the final year Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory of his DMA coursework at George Lily Haley ’12 is in her second year of Music and Dance, and the Frost Mason University, where he also of graduate studies at Indiana School of Music at the University teaches Sight-Singing and Ear University, pursuing a Master’s of Miami. She returned to UNH on Training. His wind ensemble and degree in clarinet performance. She October 29 to present a recital. chamber music was performed in is a scholarship student studying many locations this past year, most with Howard Klug. Ashley Creighton Booher ’06 is notably the Midwest Clinic, the Tutti excited to announce that she is now New Music Festival, Michigan State Hannah Liuzzo ’12 is working as a a tenured member of the Washington University, the University of South Sonare Sales Associate for Powell National Opera. Dakota, and the University of Central , one of the oldest and most Missouri. prestigious flute manufacturing Vanessa Davis ’07/ ’09 is third/bass companies in the world. Sonare is clarinet with the Orchestra of the Bill Baldoumas ’11 is currently a type of instrument manufactured Southern Finger Lakes and a graduate working on a doctorate at Boston by Powell Flutes. She began assistant to Dr. Richard Faria. She is in University. work in July, and in August they her second year of graduate studies sent her to New Orleans with co- at Ithaca College School of Music and Gray Ferris ’11 went on to receive workers to represent the company part of the music faculty at Tompkins a Master’s degree in Performance at the National Flute Association County Community College. Vanessa at the University of Arizona and is Convention. Another of Peggy also teaches the undergraduate music now playing horn with the Knoxville Vagts’ former students, Lyndsey education clarinet course at Ithaca Symphony. McChord ’09, was hired as a head College. She studies with Dr. Faria joint maker at Powell Flutes about and Richard MacDowell. Next year Ben Stadelman ’11 is on a brass two years ago. she will begin her DMA. scholarship and working on a Master’s degree at the University of Katrina Michaud ’12 is in her Nicole Reola ’08 was awarded the Massachusetts. second year of graduate studies principal clarinet position with the at Ohio State University where Kwazulu Natal Philharmonic (South Parker Callahan ’13 moved to she is pursuing a Master’s degree Africa). Nicole and husband Jon Starr Chicago in August to participate in clarinet performance. She is a ’08 (alumnus of same year) welcomed in a year of service and learning School of Music fellowship student a baby girl, Kalea, in the fall of 2012. with the Episcopal Service Corps. studying with Caroline Hartig. Along with 12 other young adults, he is involved in social justice and Jennifer Willis ’12 is attending the community, organizing activities University of North Texas this fall and discussions. They also work to pursue a Masters degree in flute at a non-profit organization in the performance, studying with Mary city. Parker works for the Cathedral Karen Clardy. Shelter of Chicago on the West Side, which provides permanent supportive Meghan Yankowskas ’13 is in her first housing to otherwise homeless year of graduate studies at Bowling individuals struggling with addiction. Green State University, pursuing He serves as the Community Outreach a Master’s degree in clarinet Assistant, and is currently organizing performance. She is the clarinet a Christmas Basket Program which teaching assistant and studies with provides Christmas presents to 1,800 Kevin Schempf. families and seniors who fall below the federal poverty line. 25 the game. Of the expanding list of 35 existing islands, two islands have been Featured Alum released with music (including 24 Carrot Island and the more recent Virus Hunter Island), with many more to come.” Jeff Heim ’11 More about Poptropica Henderson on a Poptropica was created by Jeff Kinney, game currently in the author of the Diary of a Wimpy development called Kid series. The site is geared toward “Underverse”. Bart children ages 6 to 15. Players can go to really pushed me to different islands, compete in multiplayer get a better sound, games, and communicate with each often rejecting other. Players are given several music over and over quests, called islands, which they are again until it met his encouraged to complete. Poptropica expectations. was officially launched September

2007 and it has grown to have over 500 Last year in the Fall million registered users as of October 19, of 2012, opportunity 2012 (35 million of whom are in the 6-15 struck. Turns out age group). Poptropica is free to play Jeff Heim in his Dover, NH studio that Bart was a at http://www.poptropica.com. composer currently living in Dover, Pearson, and there was discussion

NH. He earned his Bachelor’s degree about adding music and sound to In his spare time, Jeff enjoys hiking, in from the University Poptropica, which was released back bicycling, surfing, traveling, playing of New Hampshire and studied music in 2007 without sound because of trombone and piano, spending time composition under Andrew Boysen, Jr., overall lower computer capabilities. with friends and family, and watching Christopher Kies, Michael Annicchiarico, Bart had already put in a good word movies. He often finds new inspiration and Lori Dobbins. He is the composer for me and timing could not have been from hiking in the Appalachian and for the popular educational kids better. A struggling composer at the Rocky Mountains, spending time by the game “Poptropica”, an online role- time, working several low-paying retail ocean, and from his experience studying playing game owned by Pearson, PLC, jobs, I was thrilled. During the next abroad in Italy. You can listen to a few the global publishing and education few weeks I worked on a few demo samples of the music for Poptropica on company. tracks, which were very well-received, Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/ and I was offered the composing job. jeff-heim/sets/poptropica, and you can Jeff writes: Since this past February I have written find more of Jeff’s music at http://www. “During my sophomore year at UNH over 100 short music loops between jeffheim.net/music. in 2008, I invested in some sampled 30 seconds and two minutes in length, orchestral instruments and a midi each intended for a specific scene in sequencer for the purpose of writing faster and getting a better sound quality for my compositions. The new sampled instruments, which are pre-recorded by live musicians and programmed for use on the computer, also enabled me to begin uploading music online, allowing for more exposure. By the beginning of my junior year, I had uploaded about 30 short pieces of music on an entertainment and social media website (popular among indie game developers) called Newgrounds (http:www.newgrounds.com), and for the first time in my life I began working with young developers on low-budget video games. At the start of my senior year I began composing music for independent game developer Bart Poptropica 26 The John E. Rogers Electronic Music Studio

The UNH Department of Music respectfully dedicates the new Electronic Music Studio in PCAC M133 to Professor John E. Rogers, faculty member from 1967 — 2005. This beautiful plaque will be placed beside the door to the studio. We are proud to honor him and to enable students to continue to explore and create music in this field. Professor Emeritus Rogers will be present at the dedication. Please check our website for the date of the ceremony.

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Scholarships and Awards 2 Event Highlights 3 Visiting Artists 2012-2013 4 Athletic Bands 6 Concert Bands 8 UNH Symphony Orchestra 10 UNH Choirs 12 Gala Opera Scenes Showcase 14 Modern American Opera 15 UNH Traditional Jazz Series 16 UNH in Italy 17 Studio News and More 18 Faculty News 20 Alumni Activities 24 Featured Alum Jeff Heim ’11 26 The John E. Rogers 27 Electronic Music Studio

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