Music at Northern Iowa, V18, Fall 1999

University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Rhythms: Music at the University of Northern Iowa Magazines Fall 1999 Music at Northern Iowa, v18, Fall 1999 University of Northern Iowa. School of Music. Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1999 University of Northern Iowa Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/musicnews Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Music Commons Recommended Citation University of Northern Iowa. School of Music., "Music at Northern Iowa, v18, Fall 1999" (1999). Rhythms: Music at the University of Northern Iowa. 17. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/musicnews/17 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Magazines at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rhythms: Music at the University of Northern Iowa by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Fall 1999 Greetings from the Director t is with pleasure that I write to you and completed planning for the have made trips to England, Romania Iduring my first year as the director development of a campaign for the and the Czech Republic and performed of the School of Music. You can renovation of Russell Hall. The board in Carnegie Hall and at national imagine how I, as a UNI alumnus, felt . also interviewed architectural conventions in the U.S. The Panther after first returning to the School of consultants for the project. Marching Band has performed for Music to be a faculty hundreds of member in 1991 thousands of people A special mailing regarding tickets to the grand opening and then becoming ofthe Gallagher-Bluedom Pe1for111ing Arts Center will throughout the the director seven be sent to all alumni during the spring semester. Midwest. The years later. I began recipient of numerous this past academic awards and honors, year as the interim UNI Jazz Band I is one director after of the premier Raymond Tymas collegiate jazz Jones began at his ensembles in the new position as country. In 1993, dean of the College 1995 and 1999, Jazz I of Fine Arts at Ohio received outstanding University. During performance citations the fall semester, I in Downbeat was pleased when Magazine's Annual the faculty voted to Student Music begin an internal search. It was an Awards. Jazz I has recorded honor to be selected by my two albums and seven CDs. colleagues and the administration as Two of the latter received the new director, an appointment five-star ratings in Downbeat which commenced this past January. Magazine. The UNI Varsity My first year has been busy. As Men's Glee Club has made you know, the School of Music is 1O tours to Europe with synonymous with hard work and the performances in Holland, faculty and students continue to Germany, Switzerland, showcase their productivity and Austria and Italy, including incredible musicianship. This success St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. is evident in the many awards that Other large ensembles and have been bestowed upon faculty and chamber music groups students during this past year. Music continue to perform at UNI faculty continue to perform and Excellence in Performing and throughout the state, present nationally and internationally. Ensembles, Applied Music, Research including our newest community In 1998-99, there were 40 faculty and Music Education groups, the UNI Children's Choir and the presentations/ recitals in more than 20 The level of excellence of the New Horizons Band for those 50 and countries throughout the world and 21 1 School of Music large ensembles older. faculty presentations/recitals in 26 of continues to increase with extensive The School of Music graduate the United States. We continue to be tours of the United States and Europe. program again has been recognized proud of the high level of performance, Students in the UNI Wind Symphony nationally by U.S. News and World Report research and teaching both at home have performed in Central Europe twice and has grown considerably in recent and abroad. Notable student awards and have produced four CDs. Members years. Our undergraduate placement are detailed on pages six and seven of of the Northern Iowa Symphony rate among music education graduates this issue. Our School of Music Advisory Orchestra toured Russia and appeared continues at 100 percent, and our Board met on campus twice this year on IPTV. Singers in the Concert Chorale teachers are being employed continued on page 3 Jchool of c.2Wus1c 2 Concert Chorale performs in eastern Europe Last May, 47 members of the UNI Concert Chorale left Cedar Falls for a nine-day, three-concert tour to Brno and Prague in the Czech Republic, Budapest in Hungary, and Vienna and Eisenstadt in Austria. Traveling and performing with the Concert Chorale, conducted by Bruce Chamberlain, was the 36-member Czech Virtuosi Orchestra. The Czech Virtuosi is comprised of principal players from the Czech Philharmonic, the Czech State Opera Orchestra and the Brno State Philharmonic. Inaugurating the Czech Virtuosi's summer concert season, the concerts took place in the Czech Republic at the Besedni Oum in Brno and St. Havel Cathedral in Prague. Jhe third concert occurred at St. Mattias Cathedral in Budapest, Hungary. All performances were sold out and received standing ovations. UNI Concert Chorale on the steps o/ the Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria. Haydn spent most of Chamberlain chose a program his life working here. that reflected the liturgical calendar, the concert venues and an historical anniversary. Opening each concert was Stats Oper in Vienna; everyone sang in J.S. Bach's O ewiges Feurer, BWV 34, the the great Haydn Hall at Esterhazy and cantata for Pentecost Sunday. The visited St. Stephen's cathedrals in concert at St. Mattias Cathedral was Vienna and Budapest. With energy that The Office of Alumni Relations and t~ performed on Pentecost Sunday. only college students can muster, many Advancement Division of the Uni~e~sify" Closing the first half of the concerts Chorale members danced the nights 4if'l-,·.,~· were the three choral movements from away at every available nightspot. of Northern Iowa are very intereste? i'}~ Mozart's incidental music for Thomas, The concert tour and performance our alumni and their activities. Plea~.' r King of Egypt, K. 345. This music was collaboration between the UNI Concert keep us informed by sending a clas~ premiered in Prague in 1776 in a theatre Chorale and the Czech Virtuosi note for inclusion in the Northern /o,;r~!.t· less than one block from the Concert represented over two years of Today publication. We are also . Chorale's St. Havel Cathedral dreaming, negotiating, planning and interested in your involvement with t~e. performance site. The second half of fund raising. In addition to the university, whether it be through \ each concert opened with Haydn's Te substantial financial commitment from referring a prospective student to the Deum in C Major, Hob. XXlllc:2, written in each student and his/ her family, university, serving in a volunteer role or 1799. Thus the Chorale celebrated the university and private sector monies returning for a class reunion. Stay in 200th anniversary of the work and then were generously provided to make the touch and let us know how we can be visited Eisenstadt and the Esterhazy dream a reality. Many thanks to all the helpful to you. You may contact us at: Palace where Haydn worked most of his persons, agencies and organizations life. Concluding the concerts was who contributed. A compact disc of the .~;~}: Brahms' Schicksa/s/ied, Op. 54, which live performance at Brno's 18th-century Office of Alumni Relation's became the Chorale's favorite work on concert hall, the Besedni Oum, will be 204 Commons the tour. available laterthis fall by calling 319- University of Northern Iowa Students in the Chorale received 273-6113. Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0284 guided tours of Vienna, Budapest, [Editor's Note: Special thanks to 1-888-U NI-ALUM/ 1-888-864-2586 Prague and the Esterhazy Palace. Many Bruce Chamberlain for contributing this Email: [email protected] opted to attend Wagner's Rienzi at the article.] Jchool ofuttus1c j Vallentine appointed director of School ofMusic Associate Professor of performed majoring in clarinet and piano from Music John Vallentine was throughout the Southeast Missouri State University; a named director of the School Midwest and at home Master of Music degree in conducting of Music in January 1999. performances in the from UNI; and a doctorate in music Vallentine, who was UNI-Dome. education from the University of interim director during the fall Vallentine came from Kentucky. 1998 semester, replaced a post as assistant He has experience in conducting, Raymond Tymas-Jones, who director of bands and performing, classroom teaching and accepted a position as dean at teaching assistant at private applied instruction and has won Ohio University. the University of a number of honors and awards, "John Vallentine is an Kentucky. He including Faculty Merit Awards at both exceptional individual, and I previously was UNI and UW-Platteville. have every confidence he will director of the "John has been very active in the successfully lead the School of Symphony and recruiting of students and has Music into the next century," said Aaron Marching bands at the University of developed a strong professional base Podolefsky, vice president for academic Wisconsin-Platteville and director of with Iowa public school music affairs and provost. bands for the Waterloo (Illinois) educators," said James Lubker, Vallentine joined the UNI faculty Community School District. professor and dean of the College of in 1991 as director of the UNI Marching Vallentine earned a Bachelor of Humanities and Fine Arts.

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