MMTA COLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS the Official Publication of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association Affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association

MMTA COLLEGIATE COMPETITIONS The Official Publication of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association Affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association

MARCH 4, 2017 MILLSAPS COLLEGE JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 1

Mississippi Music Teacher Collegiate Competitions 2016 Welcome

Welcome to the 2017 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Collegiate Competitions! I hope you enjoy your visit to Jackson today.

As you know, participation in competitions plays an important part in the life of a developing musician. I hope your experience today will inspire and inform you in many ways.

The Millsaps faculty, staff, and students graciously hosted this competition and allowed MMTA to use their facilities. A special note of appreciation is in order for Rachel Heard, our Millsaps liaison. Also, Phyllis Lewis-Hale, VP for Collegiate and National Competitions, coordinated this competition and is to be congratulated for her work. In addition, Stephanie Holmes, VP for Public Relations, Alice Ballard created this program booklet. Many dedicated people worked together to make this event possible. Thanks to one and all!

Please make plans now to participate in the MMTA state competitions next year. For more information about MTNA and MMTA College Competitions, visit http://www.msmusicteachers.org/competitions- info.php

Sincerely, Alice Ballard

Alice Ballard President, Mississippi Music Teachers Association

2 Mississippi Music Teacher Collegiate Competitions 2016 2017 MMTA COMPETITION SCHEDULE Recital Hall

Piano Category Voice Category Judge’s Meeting: 8:15 Judge’s Meeting: 12:15

Freshman/Sophomore Solo Freshman/Sophomore Solo 9:00 Contestant #C-630 1:00 Contestant #C-633 9:10 Contestant #C-632 1:10 Contestant #C-643 9:20 Contestant #C-655 1:20 Contestant #C-646 9:30 Contestant #C-656 1:40 Awards’ Announcement 9:40 Contestant #C-638 9:50 Contestant #C-640 Junior/Senior Solo 10:00 Contestant #C-647 1:50 Contestant #C-639 10:10 Contestant #C-657 2:00 Contestant #C-642 10:30 Awards’ Announcement 2:10 Contestant #C-644

Piano Concerto 2:20 Contestant #C-645 10:40 Contestant #C-634 2:40 Awards’ Announcement 10:55 Contestant #C-647 11:15 Awards’ Announcement Graduate Solo 2:50 Contestant #C-648 Emerging Artists Piano Solo 3:10 Contestant #C-650 11:25 Contestant #C-636 3:30 Awards’ Announcement 11:40 Contestant #C-651 12:00 Awards’ Announcement

Lunch Break: 12:10-12:45

Winners, Please have your picture taken for the Mississippi Music Teacher!

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PIANO RECITAL HALL Freshman/Sophomore 9:00 C-630 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prelude from Pour le piano

9:10 C-632 Alberto Ginastera (b. 1946) Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15: V + Coda

9:20 C-655 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prelude No. 8, from Book I La fille aux cheveux de lin ( The girl with the flaxen hair) 9:30 C-656 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Estampies, III. Jardins sous la pluie

9:40 C-638 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Etude in A-flat, op 25. No. 1

9:50 C-640 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Rhapsody No. 2 in g minor

10:00 C-647 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Images Book I, 1. Reflets dans l’eau

10:10 C-657 Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Prelude No. 5, from Book II Bruyeres

PIANO CONCERTO DIVISION RECITAL HALL 10:40 C-634 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Concerto in g Major, Mvmt. 1. Allergramente

10:55 C-647 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466, III. Rondo: Allegro assai

EMERGING ARTISTS DIVISION RECITAL HALL 11:25 C-636 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Jeux d’eau Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata Op. 27 No. 1, III and IV Carmargo Guarnieri (1907-1993) Dansa Negra

11:40 C-651 J.S. Bach (1685-1750) From “Italian Concerto”, BWV 971, mov. Andante in D minor Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) From” Sonata Book 1; Sonata No. 18, Op. 31. No. 2, in Eb Major, “Allegro” Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Ballade No. 1, Op.23

VOICE Freshman/Sophomore 1:00 C-633 Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Du meines Herzens Krönelein Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) The Silver Swan

1:10 C-643 Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) L’Heure Exquise Moses Hogan (1957-2003) Give Me Jesus

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1:20 C646 Clara Edwards (1960-1968) Into the Night Enrique Granados (1892-1916) El majo discreto

Junior/Senior

1:50 C-639 Pyotr Ilyich Tchiakovsky (1840-1893) Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Nuit d’etoiles Rickey Ian Gordon (b. 1956) Will There Really Be A Morning?

2:00 C-642 Moses Hogan (1957-2003) Were You There Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)) Si mes vers avaient des ailes Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Lasciatemi morire

2:10 C-644 Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)) Si mes vers avaient des ailes Hall Johnson (1888-1970) Witness Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Se florindo è fedele

2:20 C-645 Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Seligkeit Thomas Arne (1710-1778) When Daisies Pied Antonio Cesti (1623-1669) Intorno all’idol mio

GRADUATE SOLO DIVISION 2:50 C-648 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabens verbrannte Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Fleur Jetée Samuel Barber (1910-1981) The Desire for Hermitage Heinrich Hart (1855-1906) Cäcilie Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) La regata veneziana (Anzoleta co passa la regata)

3:10 C-650 Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) Mattinata Robert Schumann (1810-1956) Die Beiden Grenadiere Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Le Dromadaire Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Zion’s Walls Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Zueignung

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MMTA COMPETITION JUDGES

Francis Yang is Associate Professor Piano at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Prior to his appointment at Northwestern State, Dr.Yang served for four years as professor and director of piano studies at the Universidad de Cuenca, in Cuenca, Ecuador. Yang also taught at the Université de Montréal, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Alberta as adjunct professor and teaching assistant.

Yang has concertized in many cities such as London, Paris, Montreal, Vancouver, Buenos Aires, Quito, and Montevideo. Performances Francis Yang include the 37th International Festival Encuentros in Buenos Aires, a lecture recital at London's Royal Academy of Music, and the VIII Bienal of Contemporary Music in Cuenca, Ecuador. Performances with orchestra include the Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca, and the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony. He has participated and played in numerous music festivals including the Mozarteum Sommerakademie,(Salzburg, Austria), the Orford Music Festival, (Magog, Quebec), the Gulbenkian International Music Festival, (Lisbon, Portugal), and the March International Music Days Festival, (Ruse, Bulgaria). Active as a teacher, Yang has given masterclasses in Ecuador, Argentina, Singapore, Canada and the U.S.A. He has been invited to serve as adjudicator for competitions both nationally and internationally, including the Ars Nova International Piano Competition (Singapore), and as preliminary juror for the Louisiana International Piano Competition and the Seattle International Piano Competition.

Yang received his doctorate from the Université de Montréal, his Master's of Music from the University of Kansas and his Bachelor's of Music from the University of Michigan. His teachers include Stéphane Lemelin, Richard Angeletti, Sequeira Costa, Gary Amano and Robert Rogers.

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Dr. Jeff Kensmoe is the Director of Opera and Professor of Voice at Birmingham-Southern College. Dr. Kensmoe has had an extensive performance career singing in opera and musical theatre productions throughout the United States and around the world. Some of his work includes Einstein on the Beach, Killer of Enemies, The Magic Flute, Hänsel and Gretel, The Secret Marriage, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Trial By Jury, Street Scene, Camelot, Sayonara, She Loves Me, Phantom, The American Phantom, Phantom of the Opera, I Do, I Do, and Bending Toward the Light: A Jazz Nativity. He has been a bass-baritone soloist in Masses and oratorios across the United States, including Bloch’s Sacred Service, Stravinsky’s Les Noce, Brahm’s A German Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Schubert’s Mass in G and Mass in E Flat and Handel’s Messiah. He has appeared on television in the Sondhiem Gala at Carnegie Jeff Kensmoe Hall on PBS, the Guiding Light on CBS and has been a guest artist at the New Zealand and former West German Embassies. Dr. Kensmoe is currently the Vice President of the Alabama chapter of NATS, and holds a Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Colorado.

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MMTA 2017 Collegiate Competitions Participants and Teachers

STUDENT TEACHER SCHOOL Sung-Eun Ryu Karen Fosheim Delta State University Young Hye Min Jung Won Shin Delta State University Ginaia Black Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Aja Brimm Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Victoria Norwood Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Laura Pitts Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Hillary Watkins Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Kayla Wilson Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Keitra Wilson Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Ashley Chang Rachel Heard Millsaps College Angela Powell Rachel Heard Millsaps College Bahareh Taheri Mousavi Rachel Heard Millsaps College Yu Wang Rachel Heard Millsaps College Brittany Parry Angela Willoughby Mississippi College Jeonai do Nascimento Batista Rosangela Sebba Mississippi State University Jalen Jackson Rosangela Sebba Mississippi State University Leah Boyd Rosangela Sebba Mississippi State University Dino Gerardo Henriquez Rios Ellen Elder University of Southern Mississippi Jacyn Gibbs Kimberley Davis University of Southern Mississippi Brian Golden Kimberley Davis University of Southern Mississippi

Mark Your Calendar

March 4, 2017 – MMTA Collegiate Competitions, Millsaps College, Jackson

April 1, 2017 – Group B MMTA 2016 Pre-College Auditions – Columbus/Starkville, Ellisville, Gulf Coast, Vicksburg

April 8, 2017 – Group A MMTA 2016 Pre-College Auditions – Goodman, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Oxford, and Tupelo

May 13, 2017 – MMTA Pre-College Finals – The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

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MMTA PAST PRESIDENTS 1956-2016

1955-56 Mark Hoffman 1979-80 George Imbragulio 1998-00 Carol Schutzmann

1957-58 Roger Phelps 1980-81 Harold Thompson 2000-02 Graham Purkerson

1959-60 Grady Cox 1982-84 Natalia da Roza 2002-04 Donna Banks

1961-62 George Mums 1984-86 Pat Tuley 2004-06 Joanna Burnside

1963-66 Jack Lyall 1986-88 Paul Anderson 2006-08 Angela Willoughby

1967-70 Sigfred Matson 1988-90 Annette Joe 2008-10 Rachel Heard

1971-72 Jonathan Sweat 1990-92 Darwin Brooks 2010-12 Ian Hominick

1973-74 Virginia Hoogenakker 1992-94 Theresa Sanchez 2012-14 Barbara Tracy

1975-76 William Rutledge 1994-96 Joel Harrison 2014-16 Ellen Elder

1977-78 Desmond Kincaid 1996-98 Sharon Lebsack

Mississippi Music Teacher Winter 2017 MMTAMMTA Officers Officers

President VP for Pre-College Evaluations (Co-Chair)

Alice Ballard Dixie Lawson Hinds Community College 29 Scarlett St. P.O. Box 1100 Purvis, MS 39475 Raymond, MS 39154 Phone: 601-268-6216 Phone: 769-226-7038 [email protected] Work: 601-857-3528 [email protected] VP for Pre-College Evaluations (Co-Chair)

Melinda Porter President Elect 5643 Hwy 18 W Ste J Jackson, MS 39209 Victoria Johnson Phone: 601-573-6895 th 205 N 24 Ave [email protected] Hattiesburg, MS 39437 Phone: 601-320-2121 VP for Public Relations (Newsletter Editor) [email protected] Stephanie Holmes Immediate Past President 226 Hillcrest Drive Kosciusko, MS 39090 Phone: 662-417-1390 Ellen Price Elder [email protected] 261 Timberton Dr. Hattiesburg, MS 39401 Secretary Phone: 601-467-9745 [email protected] Yvonne Young-McGrath 753 Canterbury Dr VP for Membership & Web Management Biloxi, MS 39532-4303 Phone: 228-617-9127 Janine Beasley [email protected] 3122 N 5th Ave. Laurel, MS 39440 Treasurer Phone: 601-649-9240 [email protected] Chris Ballard 220 Devenport Circle VP for Collegiate & National Competions Raymond, MS 39154 [email protected] Phyllis Lewis-Hale Jackson State University Appointed Officers Department of Music P.O. Box 17055 Chair of Theory & Composition Jackson, MS 39217 Phone: 601-979-2984 Benjamin Williams [email protected] 1221 Cliffdale Dr Clinton, MS 39056 VP for Pre-College Performances Phone: 601-925-7739 [email protected] Jung-Won Shin Delta State University Chair of Independent Music Teachers Forum Department of Music PO Box 3256 Cleveland, MS 38733 Phone: 662-846-4123 31 Mississippi Music Teacher Winter 2017 Chair of College Faculty Forum Piano Gulf Coast MTA

Alice Ballard Elizabeth Moak Carol Mahler Hinds Community College 609 Woodbine Lane 9428 Hidden Acres Road P.O. Box 1100 Hattiesburg, MS 39402 Pass Christian, MS 39571 Raymond, MS 39154 Phone: 601-268-5524 Phone: 228-586-1879 Phone: 769-226-7038 [email protected] [email protected] Work: 601-857-3528 [email protected] Strings Hattiesburg Music Teachers League

Chair of Certification Alexander Russakovsky Victoria Johnson University of Southern Mississippi 205 N 24th Ave School of Music Hattiesburg, MS 39437 Jacquelyn Thornell 118 College Drive, # 5081 Phone: 601-320-2121 Hattiesburg, MS 39406 [email protected] 5929 Lake Trace Circle Phone: 601-266 6851 [email protected] Jones County MTA Jackson, MS 39211 Voice Janine Beasley Phone: 601-952-0060 3122 N 5th Ave. [email protected] Susan A. Smith Laurel, MS 39440 Jones County Junior College Phone: 601-649-9240 Assistant to the VP for Public 900 South Court Street [email protected] Relations Ellisville, MS 39437 Phone: 601-477-4024 Music Forum of Jackson Position not filled [email protected] Carol Durham Webmaster Woodwinds 304 Camp Garaywa Road Clinton, MS 39056 Handmade Designs Danilo Mezzadri Phone: 601-924-0469 Toll Free 1-877-467-2660 University of Southern Mississippi [email protected] www.handmadedesigns.com School of Music 118 College Dr. #5081 Music Forum of Tupelo Performance Area Chairs Hattiesburg, MS 39406 Phone: 601-266-5093 L. Darwin Brooks Brass [email protected] 115 Locust Hill Rd. Belden, MS 38826 Douglas Mark Collaborative Arts Phone: 662-842-0673 Delta State University [email protected] Department of Music Jacob Coleman PO Box 3256 University of Southern Mississippi Vicksburg MTA Cleveland, MS 38733 School of Music Phone: 662-846-4607 118 College Dr. #5081 Jeanne Evans [email protected] Hattiesburg, MS 39406 3140 Drummond St Phone: 601-266-5543 Vicksburg, MS 39180-4912 Chamber Music/Jazz [email protected] Phone: 601-634-0826 [email protected] Position not filled Local Affiliates

Guitar Golden Triangle Music Forum

John Jackson Katie Wallace Hinds Community College 1223 Meadowlark Dr. P.O. Box 1100 Starkville, MS 39759 Raymond, MS 39154 Phone: 662-341-5117 Phone: 662-857-3802 [email protected] [email protected] 32

Acknowledgements MMTA wishes to thank the following for their help in presenting this competition: Millsaps College Rachel Heard, Millsaps liason Phyllis Lewis-Hale, VP for Collegiate and National Competitions

This project is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Membership in Mississippi Music Teachers Association is open to individuals professionally engaged in any field of musical activity. Since MMTA is a state affiliate of Music Teachers National Association, all membership is handled through national headquarters. Please check the MTNA website http://www.mtna.org/home.htm or the MMTA VP for Membership for membership information or application forms.

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