UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI www.music.miami.edu FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC FALL 2008 Frost School of Music ADMINISTRATION Piano Tuner Instrumental Ensembles Music Therapy Dean David Welton Gary Green Shannon de l’Etoile Shelton Berg Thomas Keck Teresa Lesiuk Administrative Assistant Dante Luciani Associate Dean, Administration Dan Williams Luciano Magnanini Musical Theatre Nicholas DeCarbo DEPARTMENT CHAIRS JD Shaw David Alt Ney Rosauro Jo Lynn Burks Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Instrumental Performance Thomas Sleeper Mollye Otis Edward Asmus Gary Green Jazz Bass Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Musicology Keyboard Performance Charles Bergeron Chuck Bergeron Studies Tian Ying Kenneth Moses Don Coffman Willa Collins Frank Cooper Music Education & Music Therapy Jazz Composition and Arranging Assistant Dean, Development Joyce Jordan Melissa de Graaf Nancy Castleman-Dion Gary Lindsay Gene Greco Music Media & Industry Jazz Guitar Deborah Schwartz-Kates Director, Admissions Rey Sanchez Karen Kerr Randall Dollahon Nancy Zavac Music Theory & Composition Rainer Davies Oboe Director, Business Operations Dennis Kam Judith Mower Jazz Percussion Robert Weiner Musicology Steve Rucker Opera Theatre PROFESSIONAL/ Deborah Schwartz-Kates Jason Furman Alan Johnson ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF John Yarling David Malis Studio Music & Jazz Dean Southern Supervisor, Keyboard Instruments Whit Sidener Jazz Piano Paul Bruno Doug Bickel Organ Vocal Performance Felix Gomez Robert Remek Director, Music Operations David Alt William Dillon Whit Sidener Percussion FACULTY Executive Assistant Jazz Saxophone Ney Rosauro Cecilia Garcia Accompanying & Chamber Music Gary Keller Darcey Timmerman Paul Posnak Director, Recording Services Jazz Trumpet Piano Paul Griffith Bassoon Greg Gisbert Frank Cooper Luciano Magnanini Ivan Davis Ensemble Librarian Jazz Trombone J. Robert Floyd Harry Hawthorne Dante Luciani Choral Ensembles Paul Posnak Joshua Habermann Development Director, Jazz Voice Rosalina Sackstein Larry Lapin Annual Giving Rachel Lebon Tian Ying Donald Oglesby Arlene Johnson Lisanne Lyons Saxophone Clarinet Events Planner Keyboard Pedagogy Dale Underwood Marianne Mijares Margaret Donaghue Lori Werner Trombone STAFF Conducting Timothy Conner Nicholas DeCarbo Media Writing & Production Administrative Assistant Gary Green Raul Murciano Trumpet Stephanie Bivens Joshua Habermann Music Business & Entertainment Craig Morris Administrative Assistant Donald Oglesby Industries Thomas Sleeper Tuba & Euphonium Litta Cecchi Serona Elton John Olah Administrative Assistant Dance James Progris Charles Damon William Crowley John Redmond Viola Carol Kaminsky Rey Sanchez Pamela McConnell Administrative Assistant Kathyanne Londono Dana Del Campo Music Education Violin Jerome Saladino Edward Asmus Glenn Basham Administrative Assistant Double Bass Nicholas DeCarbo Scott Flavin Cecilia Irvine Joy Galliford Kevin Mauldin Violoncello Administrative Assistant James Gasior Ross Harbaugh Patterson Jones Electronic Music & Computer Joyce Jordan Applications Stephen Zdzinski Voice Administrative Assistant Scott Stinson David Alt Julia Lemus Music Engineering Flute Cayce Benton Joseph Abbati Jo Lynn Burks Administrative Assistant Trudy Kane Corey Cheng Christopher Naya Kimberly Daniel deAcha Guitar Colby Leider Esther Jane Hardenbergh Administrative Assistant Rene Gonzalez Alan Johnson Nilda Pradera Music Librarian Manuel Barrueco (Guest Artist in Nancy Zavac Lisanne Lyons Administrative Assistant Residence) David Malis Maria Rodriguez Rafael Padron Music Theory & Composition Mollye Otis Fred De Sena Nobleza Pilar Desktop Support Technician Harp Robert Gower Dean Southern Luis Rosales Deborah Fleisher Dennis Kam Administrative Assistant Harpsichord Lansing McLoskey Manny Santana Frank Cooper Raina Murnak Scott Stinson Receptionist Horn Paul Wilson Sylvia Swaine JD Shaw What a year it has been! In the A New Era . 2 E following pages you will get a snapshot of the remarkable accomplishments of S Frost students, faculty, and alumni. We continue to make a global Festival Miami . 6 T G impact on music in all of its iterations and permutations. The Frost School of Music has a history of establishing trends Stamps Family . 17 for others to follow. We are embarking N A Shelly Berg on momentous change, once again, and I’d like to tell you about it. The New Faculty . 19 Fall Semester of 2008 marks the E S inauguration of the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program , a minor in songwriting created in close consultation Faculty News . 23 T with the well-known Frost alumnus for whom the program is named. Students from across the varied departments of the S School are eligible for this degree. So, in keeping with our Program News. 30 tradition, we will graduate songwriters who are also opera singers, N violinists, recording engineers, music therapists, etc. E The storied Henry Mancini Institute (HMI) has decided to Alumni News . 39 make the Frost School its home, and it is a perfect fit! The O Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and chamber ensemble experiences will prepare brilliant classical and jazz music students Students News . 50 for the diverse world music now occupies. The 45 HMI fellows C M and other students in the Frost School will work with renowned film composers, concert artists of all genres, world percussion Donor s . 54 masters, etc, to inculcate style and innovate the future. Speaking of the future, we have invented a paradigm-altering undergraduate curriculum, which will launch in Fall 2009. The Experiential Music Curriculum will place all undergraduates in S 6-8 hours of chamber music per week. These learning ensembles are laboratories for performance, composition, ear training, ’ analysis, entrepreneurship, and even history. Beginning next fall, all undergrads will be required to have laptops and portable MIDI keyboards for immersion in digital recording, sequencing, and notation. The curriculum also includes technology and N business/entrepreneurship courses for all music majors. Once again, we are leading the way. There is so much more to tell, but I am anxious for you to A turn the page! I am proud to represent the extended Frost family, and I count on your good wishes and support as we move forcefully towards the future. Warm regards, E Shelly Berg Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music D SCORE Magazine •1 FESTIVAL MIAMI Turns 25! Festival Miami – the annual, world-class Will Lee, Jon Secada, and the Frost music festival that opens the South School’s new Henry Mancini Institute Florida arts season – celebrates its 25th Orchestra, anniversary by expanding into two new • pianist Ning An, winner of the 2000 venues: the Adrienne Arsht Center for American National Chopin Piano the Performing Arts, and UM’s Competition, BankUnited Center. • Grammy award-nominated jazz artist Scheduled to open on October 9, Tierney Sutton, one of the most 2008, the 25th season of Festival Miami admired interpreters of standards and presents 23 concerts over a four-week ballads today, period, with each week having its own • the Ritz Chamber Players, the unique theme: “Great Performances,” nation’s first chamber music ensemble “Jazz and Beyond,” “Creative American comprised solely of accomplished Music,” and “Music of the Americas.” musicians spanning the African In explaining his vision for the Diaspora, festival, Frost School Dean Shelly Berg • Joshua Redman, winner of the said, “Our goal is to grow Festival Miami Thelonious Monk International Jazz into a destination event. By condensing Saxophone Competition and what the it from six to four weeks, and giving each New York Times calls “one of the week its own theme, we believe this will brightest young stars in mainstream draw music fans from outside of our area jazz,” who are interested in specific themes. • 2008 Grammy Award winner “In addition, we felt it was time to Bruce Hornsby Tierney Sutton Honeyboy Edwards, one of the last broaden our reach and offer Delta Bluesmen who shaped early folk performances in venues outside of the and blues music into what later Frost School. This enables us to further became Rock ‘n’ Roll, our commitment to reach out to new • Puerto Rican pianist/bandleader Eddie audiences, and benefits our students as Palmieri, who Billboard magazine well. With concerts scheduled to take calls “one of the foremost Latin jazz place in the Arsht Center’s Knight Concert pianists of the last half of the 20th Eddie Palmieri John Corigliano Hall, and the University’s BankUnited century,” Center, our students will have a completely • World Salsa Federation President Isaac Altman different – ‘night and day’ – performing experience and his wife, Laura, and than they’ve ever had. They also need experiences • Renowned Ginastera interpreter Luis Ascot and in these types of venues.” Argentine soprano Virginia Correa Dupuy, Festival Miami 2008’s Gala Opening on Oct. 9th joined by Dean Shelly Berg on the piano, the will feature music by Academy Award-winning Bergonzi String Quartet, and the Frost Jennifer Koh composer John Corigliano, performed by Symphony Orchestra, among many others. renowned violinist Jennifer Koh and the Frost Symphony Orchestra, Frost Chorale, and Frost Wind Ensemble. Some In addition, this year’s Festival Miami pays special tribute of the many exciting artists featured in this year’s Festival to legendary pianist Ivan Davis, in honor of his 42 years of line-up are: service to the UM. • Legendary songwriter and Frost alumnus Bruce For complete ticket information and prices, visit Hornsby, joined by Steve Miller, Patti Austin, www.festivalmiami.com