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March 2021 Illinois State University School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter • March 2021 • Volume 10, No. 5 Faculty Accomplishments and News (in alphabetical order): Upcoming Events: Dr. Glenn Block reports that the ISU String Symphony performed its first live- 3/16/21 stream concert of the new year on February 21, with music by Britten, a world Guest Artist Recital: Davis Hale, saxophone premiere by Argentinian composer Claudio Alsueyet, and a concerto grosso for 7:30 p.m., limited seating strings by Handel. The Symphony rehearsals have been dedicated to an (CPA) and livestream exploration of baroque bow performance practices, and included a ZOOM rehearsal with Maestro Alsuyet from Buenos Aires. Graduate conducting student 3/18/21 Nickolai Podvin conducted the Britten as part of his graduate conducting Black Music Showcase 8:00 p.m., online event degree concert requirements. Graduate conductors Nickolai Podvin and Matthew Clarke are also conducting daily opera rehearsals for the two radio 3/19/21 operas that will be taped in March for future airings on WGLT in April. The ISU Band Concerto Finals Symphony will be in rehearsals in March for the joint concert with the ISU 8:00 p.m., livestream event Concert Choir in a mass by Schubert, that will be conducted by Dr. Karyl 3/21/21 Carlson, director of choral activities, at the end of March. Men’s Glee and Women’s Choir Concert Dr. Ben de Kock and the ISU bass studio hosted Professor Andrew Raciti 3:00 p.m., livestream event (Northwestern University, Assistant Principal Bass - Milwaukee Symphony) for a master class on February 26th. played the Allemande from J.S. 3/22/21 Mollie Zweiban Guest Artist Convocation: Bach’s 3rd Suite, Jacob Webber played and excerpt from Mozart’s 40th Dr. Ollie Watts Davis symphony, Hunter Thoms played The Swan by Saint-Saëns, and Alyssa 7:00 p.m., online event Trebat played the Gigue from Bach’s 3rd suite. Professor Ira Gold (Peabody continued on page 4 Campus Box 5660 • Normal, IL • 61790-5660 • 309.438.7631 March 2021 Illinois State University • School of Music Faculty Newsletter Institute, National Symphony Orchestra) will be Phillip Hash gave several giving a master class for the bass studio in March. presentations during the month of February. He was interviewed for the Michael Dicker presented two clinics for the Wind Conductor Podcast, hosted by National Association of Professional Band Aaron Noe, where he discussed his Instrument Repair Technicians (NAPBIRT) in recent study on remote teaching in February. These were given at the Southeast school bands. Dr Hash also served as Minnesota State’s Redwing Virtual Regional a guest lecturer for graduate classes Clinic and at the NAPBIRT Regional Clinic. at Indiana University and Northwestern University in sessions Angelo Favis performed five Spanish folk focused on the history of music songs arranged by Federico Garcia Lorca education. He presented a paper with soprano Michelle Areyzaga for the Bass student Alyssa Trebat performs for titled “Validity and Construct Peoria Symphony Orchestra's February guest artist Andrew Raciti. Validity of the edTPA” and concert. participated in a plenary session on “The Past and Future of Historical Research in Rachel Grimsby hosted guest artists James “SoSoon” Music Education” at the NAfME Research and Gantt, Kenrick Wagner, and Patrick Cooper in MUS Teacher Education Conference held virtually from 262 to share the tenets of Hip-Hop pedagogy during February 25-27. Dr. Hash also presented two clinics for the week of February 22nd. “SoSoon” is a New York the Illinois Music Education Association. City Hip-Hop artist, producer, scholar, and educator. Kenrick Wagner is a social entrepreneur and Hip-Hop On February 17th, Cora Swenson Lee performed artist with over 15 years of professional musical works for cello and piano by women composers of the experience as a music educator, performer, recording late 19th Century for a WFMT Chicago radio artist, published author and producer. broadcast of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Dr. Patrick Cooper is a Presidential Concert Series. She also presented a clinic as Doctoral Fellow at University South part of the Solo and Ensemble Festival at Florida whose research centers on District 204, and a workshop entitled hip-hop education and how "Practicing/Wellness" for the string department children learn. The guest artists at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. guided students in how to bring in elemental schema to initiate Tony Marinello is proud to report that the individual and group cyphers in the Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony general music classroom. Negative performed their first live performances in the perspectives of Hip-Hop were Center for the Performing Arts in over a year! challenged and socially conscious Both events were livestreamed via the newly Hip-Hop discussed. Students left updated livestream capabilities with rave with direct applications to music reviews as to the quality of the new system! The instruction. The class finished its Symphonic Band concert was on Wednesday, lectures with an understanding that February 24, 2021 featuring performances of Hip-Hop education is music flex-band repertoire that included Three education. Recordings of lectures Angelo Favis performs with the Ostinatos by Dr. Roger Zare. The Wind will be available soon. Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Symphony concert was on Sunday, February Campus Box 5660 • Normal, IL • 61790-5660 • 309.438.7631 March 2021 Illinois State University • School of Music Faculty Newsletter 28, 2021 and included performances of advanced Ethnomusicology; it will feature a keynote presentation “medium-sized” chamber repertoire including the softest from Dwandalyn Reece, Curator of Music and breath. by Dr. Roy Magnuson. Tony also jumped in to Performing Arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s help Dr. Anne McNamara and the ISU Trumpet National Museum of African American History and Studio record a new piece for trumpet ensemble by ISU Culture; and will feature a panel on decolonizing music composition student Harrison Collins titled hope is the history courses. thing with feathers for submission to the National Trumpet Competition. Additionally, Tony has maintained Adriana Ransom would like to thank Ben Stiers, regular communication with prospective woodwind, Erik Swanson, Ben de Kock, Cora Swenson brass, and percussion students admitted to the School Lee, Ruben Balboa, Lily Thompson, and Tuyen of Music. Numerous students have taken the Tonnu for performing on the Recital Celebrating opportunity to meet him via Zoom and talk about Black History Month. The recital showcased works Illinois State University. Tony was invited to do live in- by H.T. Burleigh, Quinn Mason, Charlie Parker, person clinics with the Normal West High School Wind Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, and Mongo Santamaria, Ensemble (Lisa Preston, director) and Normal among others. The video recital premiered on Community High School Wind Ensemble (Lance February 21st and is still available to view on the Meadows, director). Lastly, Tony organized School of Music YouTube channel. masterclasses led by ISU students and facilitated an online honor Ben Stiers presented a virtual band experience for the Illinois conga drumming masterclass to Central Eight Conference Congratulations to these students percussionists in the Southwest Honor Band. who completed their degree Prairie Conference Honor Band on recitals in February! February 16. The 2021 SPC Honor Rose Marshack's MUS223 Band Festival was an online event Music Industry II class hosted Baryl Brandt, percussion hosted by Joliet West High School Mike Morasky. Mike is an Jennifer Carver, percussion directors (and ISU alumni) Eric American composer, animator/ Wellman and Alyson Bauman. visual effects artist, director and programmer. He is best known David Snyder, Phil Hash, and for his work at Valve composing the scores for Team Tony Marinello presented a workshop titled, “If I Fortress 2, the Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2, Counter- Could Make a Suggestion” at the annual IMEC Strike, and Alyx. He is also known for his visual effects Conference on February 9th. The session, which work on The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix focused on pedagogical strategies for school bands, was trilogies. Rose's class was joined by BHS orchestra moderated by ISU alumn C.J. Daniel (2001). This students and their teacher, Caleb Mackinder. year the conference was held virtually through several webinars during the months of February and March. Joe Matson has continued to work as a copyeditor for Oxford University Press. Recent projects include books Rick Valentin has released his fourth album under on Irish song, the phonograph in Spain, and late the moniker of Thoughts Detecting Machines. "That twentieth-century electronic music in the US. In total, Was The Year That Wasn't" is a double-vinyl set he has copyedited more than 30 books and more than consisting of sixteen songs, four on each side, one side 1,700 encyclopedia articles. In his capacity as the web for each season of 2020. An accompanying video, manager for the midwest chapter of the American Long Long Time, was filmed at the historic Normal Musicological Society, Joe is busy planning for the Theater and can be viewed here: https:// chapter’s next conference, which will be a joint meeting tinyurl.com/yubztma6.