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SHEPHERD Spring 2014 UNIVERSITY Volume 14 MUSIC On the Move! Issue 2 NorthErn ItaLian MEDLEY—MAY 2015 Dr. Tudor is finalizing the plans regard as a prime destination for the for a Music Department tour of best in food and wine. Italy in May 19 – 28, 2015. Unlike previous years, this tour includes The Alba residency, however, will artist residency in the Alba Music be only for four days of the ten-day Festival, a week-long international sojourn that will include overnight music festival that takes place in stays and tours of Milan, Torino, May. World-renowned artists and Pisa, Cremona, Cinque Terre and ensembles join to present between Rome. Highlights of the trip include twenty and twenty-five orchestral, daily guided tours and flexibility to chamber, and solo concerts through- participate in the Alba Music festival Students, parents, faculty, alumni, out the city and surrounding region. as artists or—for music supporters Friends of Music, community and enthusiasts—as patrons. Two members and music supporters are The picturesque town of Alba, with a days in Rome will include touring invited to attend an informational population of 30,000, is nestled in the the Piazza Navona area—built on the meeting on Thursday, March 6, foothills of the Alps in the Piemonte foundation of Domitian’s Stadium 2014 at 7:00 PM in the W. H. Shipley region in the northwest of Italy. A (Circus Agonalis)—the ruins of the Recital Hall. A representative from 12th century town with 21st century Roman Empire, and gathering in St. Worldstrides International Tour amenities, Alba is conveniently Peter’s square to attend the weekly Programs will be present to provide located in the geographic center of Papal audience with the Pope. There details and answer questions, and a triangle whose points are Turin, will be myriad cultural opportunities, an information packet to assist with Milan, and Genoa. Famous for its and the Music Department invites your planning will be provided at this 290 wineries and thriving white alumni, current students and Friends meeting. truffle industry, Alba is also the world of Music to participate in this unique headquarters of Ferrero Chocolates. experience. There is something for For more information, contact Dr. It is in a region of Italy that Italians everyone in this trip. Tudor at [email protected]. BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN PErformanCE The Music Department at Shepherd as a music performer. This pre- professional, artistic and creative University is proud to announce that professional program will enhance terms by providing a climate it now offers a Bachelor of Music the quality of musical performance conducive to the development degree in Performance (Instrumental, and instruction throughout of comprehensive musicianship. Piano, and Voice). The Bachelor of the region, as well as Shepherd Graduate programs in music often Music degree (B.M.) in Performance University’s reputation as a regional require remedial work for students provides a professional baccalaureate center of cultural excellence. who do not have the Bachelor of experience in applied music, Music as part of the undergraduate providing appropriate opportunities A goal of the program within the experience. Because of the limited and accessibility for talented students B.M. in Performance is to provide offering of the Bachelor of Music whose intent is to pursue a career and inspire student growth in continued on page 2 INSIDE Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Alumni News 8 Avenue Q 2 Band 5 Jazz Festival with Maria Schneider 9 Notes from the Choral Area 3 Faculty News 6 Preparatory News 10 Honors Recital 3 Senior Recitals 6 Salon Series 11 Hall of Fame 4 Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra 7 Student News 11 Friends Fellows 4 FOM Fundraisers 7 Tuxedo Junction 12 FOM Concert Series 5 Guitar Festival 8 2 Bachelor of Music, continued It has been a long-term goal of in demonstrating the quality and performance degree in West Virginia, the Department of Music to offer professionalism of Shepherd and this puts West Virginia students at a this degree. Having heard about West Virginia’s programs. distinct disadvantage when applying the quality of the program at to graduate programs in perform- Shepherd, students have been Department of Music Chair Dr. Rob ance. By allowing Shepherd to offer a choosing Shepherd as part of that Tudor recently shared, “It is an honor Bachelor of Music degree, students peer group of select schools that to stand with my colleagues in will have the best opportunity for offer a Bachelor of Music degree in front of potential students, parents, successful matriculation to graduate performance. Students currently colleagues, and music supporters and study. choose the Shepherd program based say that we now offer a challenging, on cost, preference of instructor, but professional performance degree, Completion of the Bachelor of Music not necessarily the degree program honoring our tradition of excellence, degree will provide performers and offered. Students, who do not at a competitive price within an teachers with opportunities to extend matriculate to Shepherd, frequently intimate, public liberal arts setting.” and develop their musical, academic, choose another institution that offers Shepherd received approval from intellectual and career prospects. The the professional (B. M.) degree in the National Association of Schools improved quality of music education Performance. of Music, and is in the process of and performance benefits school obtaining the final step of approval districts and the entire region by As Shepherd’s current students make at the state level. We look forward producing performers and educators the decision to attend graduate to admitting our first class of with enhanced skills, creativity and school, having the appropriate professional performance-level vision. undergraduate degree is crucial freshmen in the fall of 2014. AVENUE Q — JUST LIKE YOUR LIFE, ONLY FUNNIER Shepherd University Music presented and satirizing the issues and anxieties Shepherd students who made the the Broadway hit musical Avenue Q associated with entering adulthood. show come alive: Eduardo Rivera, on Friday, February 7 and Saturday, Although the musical is notable for Arielle Pizaña, Yanira Diaz, Shannen February 8, Sunday, February 9, the use of puppets, animated by Banzhoff, Jordan Bushong-Taylor, Friday, February 14 and Saturday, unconcealed puppeteers, alongside Alora Ray, Ross Tamaccio, Matthew February 15 in the Frank Center human actors, the show is for mature Rothenberg, Patrick O’Grady, Mark Theater. audiences, ages 18 and older. Adelsberger, Emily Reinhardt and Nick Etheridge. Winner of the Tony Awards “Triple Conceived by Robert Lopez and Crown” for Best Musical, Best Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and The show was one of Shepherd Score and Best Book, Avenue Q lyrics. Shepherd’s production of University’s most successful musical is a laugh-out-loud musical, an Avenue Q was directed by Rob Tudor, productions, bringing in record “autobiographical and biographical” with musical direction by Barbara audiences despite the intermittent coming-of-age parable, addressing Irvine. Kudos to the talented cast of inclement weather during the run. 3 NOTES from THE ChoraL AREA J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor is worked, and we know that it was not style, and taken as a whole, the Mass considered the pinnacle of Bach’s commissioned by anyone else. Many is possibly the most satisfying work output, and often thought of as the of the movements had existed in of music in the Western canon. greatest work of music in the Western earlier forms, and were reworked for world. It was intentionally composed this Mass, but other movements were The Masterworks Chorale and and complied by Bach as his “artistic written solely for this final product. Chamber Singers, under the legacy,” his dissertation laying out direction of Dr. Erik Jones, brings everything that he knew about The B Minor Mass encompasses Bach the Bach B Minor Mass to life for composing in one magnum opus. at his best, from simple stile antico one performance only, on Saturday, writing that suggests Palestrina, to April 26 at 7:00 PM. Brooke Evers, The Mass was probably not passionate, soaring melodies that Melanie Regan, Joe Regan, and performed in Bach’s lifetime. There bring forth Baroque writing at its Rob Tudor are the featured soloists. certainly would have been no finest. Each of the twenty-seven This performance of Bach’s lifetime place for a Catholic Latin mass in different movements of the Mass are achievement is not to be missed. the Lutheran churches where Bach the pinnacle of Bach’s compositional — Dr. Erik Jones AnnuaL HONORS RECitaL A select group of student musicians opportunity for students, as well as voice, Gaithersburg, MD; Nathan and ensembles from Shepherd a chance to showcase the talented Arch, piano, Hagerstown, MD; Ryan University will perform on the annual musicians in the music department. Stewart, violin, Hagerstown, MD; Honors recital to be held Sunday, Rachel Bani, trombone, Camp March 23, 2014, 2:30 PM at the The students performing on the HIll, PA; Nathan Biedzynski, Washington County Museum of Fine recital were selected and nominated percussion, Catonsville, MD; Sarah Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland. from the numerous recitals, juries Ciaccio, clarinet, Baltimore, MD; the and other performances at Shepherd Shepherd Jazz Combo. This will be the twelfth year the each semester. The program will recital has taken place at the museum feature solo and ensemble works for For more information about this and the fourteenth year the Music voice, piano, strings, bassoon, concert and other Shepherd Department at Shepherd has percussion and saxophone, University Music events, visit www. honored its outstanding student encompassing works by American shepherd.edu/musicweb. For performers. Established in 2000 by Dr. and European composers. directions to the Washington County Scott Beard, the first recital took place Museum of Fine Arts go to www.