WINTER 2013 The News Magazine of the University of Illinois School of Music A TRIBUTE TO DAN PERRINO (APRIL 15, 1921–AUGUST 17, 2012) From the Dean As I begin my tenure as Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, I look forward to working with the faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the School of Music to further WINTER 2013 strengthen its fine programs and to extend the reach and Published for alumni and friends of the School of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. impact of its work on Campus and beyond. The School’s The School of Music is a unit of the College of Fine and Applied exceptional record of innovative music scholarship, Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been an accredited institutional member of the National education, performance, and public outreach is a source of Association of Schools of Music since 1933. pride for the College and University. I have taught city planning for 15 years, eight of those in FAA at Illinois. My Jeffrey Magee, Interim Director Joyce Griggs, Associate Director for Academic Affairs research and teaching focuses on the policies, plans, and public and private organi- James Gortner, Assistant Director for Operations and Finance J. Michael Holmes, Enrollment Management Director zational arrangements and partnerships that influence the economic development David Allen, Outreach and Public Engagement Director Ruth Stoltzfus, Coordinator, Music Events of cities and regions in the US and around the world. Naturally that means that my most immediate past professional experience is with the applied arts side of Managing Editor: Ruth Stoltzfus Associate Editor: Emily Wuchner our College. Yet like most city planners, I have a deep appreciation for the role the Research Assistant: Stephen Burian Research Assistant: Lauren Coleman performing and visual arts play in underpinning great communities, exploring the Contributing Writers: Christina Bashford, Dale Cockrell, human condition, and elevating the human experience through artistic expres- Eduardo Diazmuñoz, Julie Gunn, Anne Mischakoff Heiles, Joseph Horowitz, Herbert Kellman, Roger Laramee, Melissa sion. Indeed, I firmly believe that FAA’s blend of the core environmental design Merli, Jeananne Nichols, Paul Redman, Dusty Rhodes, Emily fields with the visual arts, design, and the performing arts positions our College Wuchner to contribute substantially and uniquely to Illinois’ new initiative to tackle some Graphic Design: Bonadies Creative, Inc. the world’s most significant environmental, social and economic challenges. The Front cover: Bernard Wolff Photography School of Music brings considerable established strength and a history of multidis- UI School of Music on the Internet: ciplinary collaboration to that agenda. www.music.illinois.edu With the departure of Karl Kramer to the Sydney Conservatorium, the School Share your good news! Send photos and submissions to: Sonorities, UI School of Music of Music enters a new era in its leadership. I am grateful to Interim Director 1114 W. Nevada, Urbana, IL 61801 or [email protected], by August 31, 2013. Jeffrey Magee for his willingness to shepherd the School through this time of transition as the College moves forward with a search for a permanent director. Meanwhile, the good work of the School continues and this year is already off to an impressive start. Our entering music students are as talented as ever, the School put on another outstanding Allerton Music Barn Festival, and we welcomed several new faculty members, including the renowned Jupiter String Quartet, to our distinguished ranks. s o Edward Feser n o Dean, College of Fine and Applied Arts r i t i e s b in this issue From the Director Winter 2013 CAMPUS NEWS 2 Anglo-American Musical Connections For many readers, this issue of Sonorities will strike a retrospective note 3 2012 Allerton Music tinged with nostalgia. The cover story about Daniel Perrino that we had long Barn Recap planned took on the added resonance of loss after he passed away on August 3 2013 Ensemble Performances 17, 2012. We also mark the passing of other key figures in the School of Music 4 Jazz Trombone Ensemble community. Tour But there is much more than nostalgia here. For me, recently assuming 4 Paradises Lost the role of Interim Director, every page of this Sonorities stands as a snapshot 5 2012 DoCha Festival of the present and a challenge for the future—a challenge to uphold the standards of excellence 5 Ravinia Festival that Perrino and others have embodied. Joseph Horowitz’s commencement address, reprinted here, COVER STORY certainly offers a challenge for musicians and educators of the future—a vision of how musicians 12 Remembering Dan will thrive in the 21st century that meshes well with Chancellor Phyllis Wise’s call for Illinois to be an Perrino “agile” university. FEATURES We stand at a pivotal moment in the School of Music’s history. This past year we said goodbye to 9 Sounds from Jupiter many key figures in the School’s life, including Director Karl Kramer and Associate Director Edward 20 Moral Fire: 2012 Convocation Speech Rath, who stepped out of retirement, guided the self-study for our National Association of Schools of 22 Edward Rath: Music accreditation, and served briefly as Interim Director. We are grateful for Karl and Ed’s leadership SoM Says Goodbye to over the past several years, and wish them and their families the best for the future. its Right-Hand Man Even in this transitional time, there is much to celebrate. The School has welcomed several FACULTY FEATURE dynamic, energetic, rising stars in their fields, including a new string quartet, the Jupiter, and two 24 Composition-Theory internationally respected composers. By this time next year, we will have a permanent Director and from Far and Abroad a new Director of Development to work with our new Dean, Edward Feser. The University and the DEPARTMENTS School are on firmer financial footing than we have been in the past five years, but we need your 6 Development Update support—moral, strategic, financial—more than ever to stay on track. 7 Upcoming Alumni Relation Events As we move ahead, our core mission and strengths remain: a world-class faculty, a vibrant 8 Outreach Update student body, a dedicated staff, and thousands of active alumni who remain invested in the School’s 26 Faculty News greatness. With everyone working together, we can expect a vibrant future and a great year ahead. 31 New Publications and Recordings Jeffrey Magee 32 Emeriti Reports w Interim Director, School of Music Student News i 33 n t 34 Alumni News e 36 In Memoriam r 2 39 Partners in Tempo 0 1 3 1 Campus News by Stacey Jocoy, M.M. ’96, PhD D.M.A. ’12) with current musicology graduate ‘05) and the Scotch snap (a paper student Anderi Strizek at the piano. We heard Anglo-American by Nicholas Temperley and his Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, son David). Tenor Justin Vickers and much more. (D.M.A. ‘11) gave a lecture re- But the biggest, most electric event came MUSICAL cital on the excised epilogue to last: a gala public concert of British and Benjamin Britten’s Holy Sonnets American orchestral and choral music on July CONNECTIONS of John Donne. The quality of 28 at KCPA, to honor Temperley’s pioneering Even the weather cooperated.A Concert It was late in July Honor presentations of and discussion was excellent and contribution to British music research, both at 2012 and some 80 delegates to the North many people commented on the buzz that was the University of Illinois and throughout North NICHOLAS TEMPERLEY th American British Musicon Studieshis 80Associationth Birthday being generated. America, on his 80 birthday, which fell a few (NABMSA)’s Fifth Biennial Conference were The keynote address on the Anglo-American days after the conference. The performers were FEATURING CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL about to descend MonUSI Champaign-UrbanaC BY BRITISH AND AforM ERICAN theme was given on July 27 in Krannert Art local groups with UI connections: the Baroque three days of papers,CO Mperformances,POSERS: HAND andEL, WrelatedESLEY, PEARSAMuseumLL, by Patrick Warfield (University of Artists of Champaign Urbana (conducted by STANFORD, FINE, TIPPETT, BENNETT, IVES events. My main worry,AND VasAUG chairHAN of W localILLIA arM- S Maryland), who spoke on John Philip Sousa’s Professor Emeritus Chester Alwes), The Prairie rangements, was that the blistering 100 degree interactions with British copyright law, with a Ensemble (conducted by Kevin Kelly, M.M. temperatures we’d been having would continue fabulous mixture of wit and erudition. It was ’93) and Prairie Voices (conducted by Laurie or give way to bad FEATURINGstorms, even: power outages. followed by a tour of an exhibition up the Matheson, D.M.A. ’98). The program included But right on cue it cooledBAROQUE down. A RTISTSAnd so “Anglo- street at the Sousa Archives, curated by Adriana works by Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Charles OF CHAMPAIGN URBANA American Musical Connections”Conductor: —this Chester was Alwes the Cuervo to compliment Warfield’s talk. Both Stanford, Michael Tippett, Charles Ives, and conference’s focal theme—took off. events were open to the public. Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose Serenade to THE PRAIRIE ENSEMBLE The School of MusicConductor: was delighted Kevin to Kelly In fact, campus outreach played a significant Music (with soloists Amy Fuller, M.M. ’95, D.M.A. welcome NABMSA to campus because both part in the proceedings. There were two other ‘11; Elizabeth Buckley, M.M. ’98, D.M.A. ’09; Justin PRAIRIE VOICES exhibitions: one in the Music and Performing Vickers; and Ronald Hedlund, professor emeritus British and American musicConductor: have long Laurie been Matheson strengths of the Musicology Arts Library, drawing on its holdings of of voice) proved a moving and memorable end Division here.