FALL 2018
NIVE U R S E T IT Y A T S A D I R FLO
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A Magazine for Alumni & Friends
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN I am pleased to share the fall 2018 Alumni Magazine which highlights many activities and accomplishments within the College of Music during the past academic year. We moved full speed ahead during 2017-18 with exciting outcomes in student success, alumni news, new faculty hires, creative and scholarly activities, and improvements to equipment and physical facilities. There is always something going on in the College of Music and these pages will give you a sample of some of the most memorable occasions, including the purchase of two new Hamburg Steinway concert grand pianos for Opperman Music Hall and Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. Those instruments are in full use now and sound magnificent! Looking ahead, the piano faculty will return to Hamburg this spring to select new grand pianos for each of their studios, sure to be a boon to keyboard instruction and artistry. During the past year, we had occasion to examine our mission, status, and future as we underwent decennial reaccreditation review by the National Association of Schools of Music. Florida State University has been a member of NASM since 1930, only two years after the inception of that body. Miss Ella Scoble Opperman served as Dean of the School of Music during those first years. She quickly became a member of the NASM board of directors and a leader in that organization throughout the 1930’s and 40’s. Her pioneering work was extended over the decades by various members of the FSU music administration and faculty, including two NASM presidents: Robert Glidden (Dean, 1979-91), and Don Gibson, (Dean, 2005-13). Always
evolving, I believe the College of Music is stronger for having taken a critical look at its programs, enrollment, facilities, and communications. As ever, we strive to provide the best possible education in music within a tier one comprehensive research university. The FSU Foundation announced this fall that it had exceeded its billion dollar goal for the Raise the Torch Campaign, with over $1.15 billion in gifts and pledges given over the past 8 years. Likewise, the College of Music exceeded its target with $37.7 million given during the same time period. You may read more details about these gifts in the report from Jayme Agee, Director of Development for the College of Music, on page 32 in this magazine. The generosity of so many alumni and friends makes a powerful statement about the value of the College of Music and represents a strong personal commitment to taking it to the next level. Private gifts, large or small, make all the difference in what students and faculty can accomplish, and what the college is able to return to society through research, innovation, creativity, and outreach. We are deeply grateful for your loyalty and support. Finally, I want to acknowledge former Associate Dean Stan Pelkey who served as editor of the College of Music Alumni Magazine for the past three years. Before departing FSU for Kentucky this summer, he did quite a bit of work on this issue for which I would like to thank him. At the same time, welcome to new Interim Associate Dean Grady Enlow who will carry forward. I hope you enjoy reading this latest edition of the College of Music Alumni Magazine. Yours truly,
Patricia J. Flowers Dean, College of Music
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CONTENTS DEAN
Patricia J. Flowers EDITOR
Stanley C. Pelkey WRITERS
Jayme Agee Alan Blanchard Ian McIntyre Stanley C. Pelkey Nina Scheibe Wendy Smith DESIGN
Perry Albrigo LAYOUT
Wendy Smith PHOTO CREDITS
Bethany Atwell Bill Lax Bruce Palmer Wendy Smith COVER PHOTO
Bill Lax
FEATURES 2 College of Music Acquires Two New
Hamburg Steinway Model D Pianos
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Faculty Accolades and Awards
FSU Jazz Faculty, Students, and Alumni in the News
12 Improvements to College of Music Facilities
DEPARTMENTS
Major improvements to the College of Music buildings and grounds, and a sneak peek of things to come on page 13.
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New Faculty
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Great Performances
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Comings and Goings
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Student News
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Faculty News
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Alumni News
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Major Gifts, Friends and Supporters
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THE COLLEGE OF MUSIC UNVEILS TWO NEW STEINWAY CONCERT GRAND PIANOS FEATURE STORY
ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2018, DURING THE ANNUAL AFTERNOON OF MUSICAL DELIGHT
recital for members of the University Musical Associates, the College of Music unveiled its recently purchased Steinway Model D concert grand piano, an artistic and musical treasure that will grace the stage of Ruby Diamond Concert Hall for years to come. Distinguished faculty pianists Stijn De Cock, Read Gainsford, Ian Hobson, David Kalhous, and Heidi Louise Williams presented “The Soul of the Piano,” a unique recital featuring music for one and two pianists composed by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin, and György Kurtág.
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The new Model D concert grand piano, which is about 9’ long, with a high gloss ebony finish and weighing around 1000 lbs, is one of two identical Steinway pianos acquired from the Steinway factory piano selection room in Hamburg, Germany. The twin to the Ruby Diamond Concert Hall’s new Model D has taken up residence in Opperman Music Hall, the College of Music’s second largest concert hall, which also hosts many performances by College of Music ensembles, guest artists, and community arts organizations. “Purchase of these longanticipated instruments was made possible by funds from the Office of the Provost, the College of Music, and private funds earmarked for Ruby Diamond Concert Hall,” Dr. Patricia
Flowers, Dean of the College of Music, said. “I believe it was a worthy investment befitting FSU's nationally recognized music
I BELIEVE IT WAS A WORTHY INVESTMENT BEFITTING FSU'S NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MUSIC PROGRAM AND THE GUESTS WHO USE OUR HALLS. program and the guests who use our halls. These concert grand pianos will be with us for many years to come.” Selecting new instruments of this quality is a painstaking process, particularly given their cost and the length of time they must
serve their institutions. During October 2017, Dean Flowers and a number of the College of Music’s piano faculty traveled to Hamburg to play and explore the unique characteristics of seven different Hamburg Steinway Model D concert grand pianos. Steinway & Sons handcrafts instruments, considered to be the finest pianos available in the world today, in factories in New York and Hamburg. “We were graciously welcomed to the Steinway showroom where the selection process took place over two days,” Dean Flowers recalls. “Our pianists played the available pianos many times, assessing subtle differences in sound, touch, and tone color of each instrument. I am excited for Tallahassee audiences to see and hear the beautiful instruments that were chosen for our halls.”
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FACULTY ACCOLADES & AWARDS Dr. Katarzyna (Kasia) Bugaj, Assistant Professor of String Music Education, has helped transform the string education program since she joined the College of Music in 2012, and several recent awards and accolades demonstrate the growing recognition of her professional accomplishments. On January 12, 2018, the Florida Music Education Association (FMEA) presented Dr. Bugaj with the 2018 FMEA Collegiate Music Educator of the Year award. The FMEA Collegiate Music Educator designation is awarded to a professor who has served his/her students, community, and profession in an exemplary manner for ten or more years. One of the most visible ways in which Dr. Bugaj has demonstrated such exemplary work has been through the teaching- and research-based string education program she helped start in Fall 2014. Dr. Bugaj and John Thayer (former orchestra director at Leon High School) both had positive experiences as students through the chamber music educational programs led by the Cavani String Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the Cleveland
Institute of Music. They decided to work together to develop a training program for College of Music string students that would also be beneficial for students in Leon County. Through the program, FSU students are prepared to coach high school string players, structure a rehearsal, help players develop better skills as ensemble performers, and empower high school students to replicate their improved ensemble playing accomplishments during coaching sessions while practicing on their own. The current orchestral director at Leon High School, Keenan Ellis, a graduate of Florida State University who completed both undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education at the College of Music, continues the partnership with Dr. Bugaj in management of the coaching program. Under Dr. Bugaj’s mentorship, College of Music string education majors are also involved with Tallahassee Youth Orchestras as coaches, and FSU string education alumni are building stronger and larger string programs in public schools throughout the region. This allows current students to visit area classrooms and rehearsals where they observe highly successful teachers, which Dr. Bugaj describes as “controlled but real-life experience with a master teacher.” As she has come to know the teachers in the region and has placed some of her own graduates in schools, Dr. Bugaj has been
able to tailor the anticipated experiences with master teachers that will most benefit students, whatever their educational and developmental needs. As a result, Dr. Bugaj sees improvement in the pacing, organization, and general preparedness of string education majors at Florida State University. There has also been growth in the string education program since Dr. Bugaj joined the faculty. She does not want to take full credit for this: FSU’s College of Music is a special place, where performance and education provide mutual support and excellent opportunities for all string majors, regardless of one’s particular degree emphasis. As Dr. Bugaj notes, at FSU, string education majors can win places in excellent ensembles based on their playing and auditions, even if they are not performance majors. Prospective students often find these characteristics and opportunities appealing. But Dr. Bugaj also credits the collaborative relationships among the music education faculty for creating an environment where students are supported across programs. She points to her colleague, Dr. Alice-Ann Darrow, for example, who works with students needing assistance with the development of their non-verbal communication as young teachers, and Dr. John Geringer, who mentors undergraduates who want to pursue additional research training. “We
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make it work for everybody,” Dr. Bugaj states. Another important accomplishment has been Dr. Bugaj’s success in rebuilding the FSU chapter of the American String Teachers Association. In the past several years, the chapter has taken on a life of its own, as its student members run a solo and ensemble festival, fundraise, and go to conferences in the state and across the nation. Dr. Bugaj explains that at those conferences, students meet professionals and leaders in the field who inspire them to keep growing as musicians and young teachers. As Dr. Bugaj looks to the future and the next stage of her career, she wants to find ways to use her research to support her teaching and to meet students’ professional needs even more effectively. An important step along that path will occur in the coming months as she completes a Fulbright residency at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland, where she will observe the pedagogical tradition of the late violinist and pedagogue, Tadeusz Wronski. One of the leading figures who helped rebuild the twentieth-century violin school in Poland after World War II, Wronski also taught violin at the Indiana University School of Music for two decades. Although he died in 2000, Wronski’s work remains alive in the teachings of his former students. As Dr. Bugaj noted, “This makes his pedagogy one of the more widely disseminated—and mostly unknown—cultural exports of Poland.” She will revisit Wronski’s original writings and immerse herself in his pedagogical tradition as carried on by his former students. With new understanding of Tadeusz Wronski’s work, Dr. Bugaj plans to create a critical edition and English translation of his final and most comprehensive pedagogical work.
Dr. Clifton Callendar, Professor of Composition, won a Copland House Residency Award for 2017-18. Inspired by Aaron Copland's exceptional legacy of support for his fellow composers, the award allows for six to nine gifted, emerging, or mid-career American composers to reside, one at a time, at Rock Hill, Aaron Copland's restored New York home. There, they can focus on their creative work, free from the distractions of daily life and other professional responsibilities. As guests of Copland House, their meals, housekeeping, local transportation, and other needs are provided for. Copland House is a National Historic Landmark and an Official Project of the federal Save America's Treasures program. The Copland House Residency Awards have earned nationwide recognition and esteem since they began in November 1998. Dr. Alice-Ann Darrow, Irvin Cooper Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, was inducted into the Florida Music Education Association’s Hall of Fame in 2018. This prestigious award honors individuals for outstanding contributions over an extended period of time to music and education in Florida and throughout the nation. Dr. Darrow has published extensively, presented internationally, and has received more than twenty federal, university, or corporate grants. She received her BM, BME, MM, and PhD degrees at Florida State University.
Composer and College of Music alumnus Dr. Stephen Montague celebrated his 75th birthday with a continuous 24-hour program featuring his works, presented at St. Johns Smith Square, London, from noon on March 9, 2018, to noon on March 10. The composer's Horn Concerto for klaxon horn soloist and an orchestra of vintage cars launched the celebration and was followed by afternoon recitals featuring his works for keyboard, chamber ensembles, and electronics. Running throughout the day in the church’s crypt was the world premiere of his sound installation, Tryst Whispers, secret messages whispered behind closed doors, and a video cube with short films (using his music) by Alex Julyan, Rob Munday, Katie Stevinson-Nollet, Karen Stokes, and others. Throughout the night, audience members were treated to candlelit performances of Eric Satie’s rarely performed Vexations, played by a team of outstanding pianists and special visual projections by students from the Royal College of Art. Dr. Montague studied at Florida State University and Ohio State University, and spent two years in Warsaw as a Fulbright Scholar (1972-74). Based in London since 1974, he works as a freelance composer, pianist, and conductor. Major commissions include the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Proms, London’s Southbank and Barbican Centres, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Warsaw Autumn Festival, and the Paris, Singapore, and Hong Kong festivals. Conducting work has included the London Sinfonietta, City of London Sinfonia, Danish Chamber Orchestra, and Bournemouth Symphony. Dr. Montague will join the faculty of the College of Music for 2018-2019.
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FSU JAZZ FLOURISHES AROUND THE NATION Alan Blanchard
The impact of the Jazz program at Florida State University’s College of Music can be seen and heard throughout the United States. There is a prominent FSU jazz presence in various music scenes, including New York City, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. Alumni have toured with renowned artists such as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Count Basie Orchestra, Jon Cleary, Marcus Roberts, Jason Marsalis, and others. FSU’s world-renowned faculty keep the program thriving. In this issue, we offer an overview of recent news and accomplishments for the program, faculty, and alumni. Marcus Roberts released his
Recent News:
new recording, Trio Crescent:
In Fall 2016, Associate Professor Leon Anderson
Celebrating
Jr. and the College's Jazz Ensemble I toured Florida,
Rodney Jordan give the trio’s
the Arts, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Osceola School of the Arts.
FSU’s Jazz faculty have recorded new albums: Professor Bill Peterson released his new solo piano album, All Heart
(2017). It includes Peterson’s take on various jazz standards along with original tunes. The album’s last track, “By His Grace,” includes two other alumni of FSU, Sam Winternheimer (MM ’16) and Robert Boone (MM ’16).
(2017).
Roberts, Jason Marsalis, and
visiting various schools, such as A.W. Dreyfoos School of County School for the Arts, and Howard W. Blake
Coltrane
take on John Coltrane’s famous 1964 album, Crescent.
FSU jazz students have taken part in notable programs, including the Disney All-American College Band, Ravina Stean’s Music Institute, and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program.
Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival – Artistic Director, Co-Founder, and FSU Faculty Member Scotty Barnhart notes that the Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival, started in Fall of 2016, “[is] quickly becoming one of the premiere Jazz and Blues festivals in the world with the very best artists in both genres. The two questions
Associate Professor Rodney Jordan released his first album as a leader, Playing Jazz Vol. 1
(2018). Featuring arrangements of popular jazz standards and Jordan’s pieces, it includes other musicians with connections to FSU, such as Associate Professor Marcus Roberts, Ricardo Pascal (BA and BS ’12), and Alphonso Horne (BM ’10).
that will never be asked at this festival, unlike the majority of others, are: "Is that Jazz? Is that blues?" We are also probably the only festival in the world that has a scholarship component, courtesy of my association with The Unity Music Foundation, which allows us to award thousands of dollars in scholarships to local high school and college students. We have already awarded $14,000 to very appreciative students here in Tallahassee. I believe that an Arts festival of any kind has an obligation to benefit the community and especially its students.”
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Masterclasses and Guest Artists
Jeff Denson (MM ’05) resides
Through the Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival, students
in California and is an avid
have had access to masterclasses with The Count Basie
composer,
Orchestra, Carmen Bradford, and Jon Faddis. The
educator. He is in high demand
Jazz program has also hosted guest artists, including
as a bass player for many
Clay Jenkins, Russell Malone, Herlin Riley, and Peter
ensembles but is best known
Washington. Finally, in partnership with Florida State
for his work with jazz saxophonist, Lee Konitz. During
University’s Opening Nights, students have worked
his time at Florida State University, Denson and his
with world-class musicians, such as Wynton Marsalis,
colleague Ronen Itzik (MM ’05) recorded three albums
Branford Marsalis, Chris Botti, and Christian McBride.
with Professor Bill Peterson. Recently Denson’s Outside
performer,
and
My Window (2018), which features Itzik, has received
Some Notable Alumni:
excellent critical praise.
Martin Bejerano (BA ’96) is head of jazz piano at the Frost School of Music at
Jason Hainsworth (MM ’02) currently
the University of Miami. Bejerano has
serves as the assistant director of the of
earned numerous accolades. In 1999, he
the Roots, Jazz, and American Music
won third place in the prestigious Great
program at San Francisco Conservatory
American Jazz Piano Competition; in
of Music. He has released two albums,
2010 and 2017 he received the “New Jazz Works” grant
toured with Ed Calle’s Mamblue (2016
by Chamber Music America. He received the “Bacardi
Latin Grammy Winner) and Tito Puente Jr.’s Latin Jazz
Choice” commission by the Dranoff International 2
All Stars. His compositions have also been featured at
Piano Foundation and Bacardi in 2013. He also joined
several universities. Prior to his appointment at SFCM,
Roy Haynes’ Band in 2000 and Russell Malone’s quartet
Hainsworth was Director of Jazz Studies at Broward
in 2002. Bejerano has released two CDs: his debut CD
College.
Evolution/Revolution (2007) received high critical praise, while Trio Miami (2016) was Downbeat Magazine’s “Editor Choice."
Alphonso Horne (BM ’10) was the 2014 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition
Robert Boone (MM ’16) is active as a teacher, clinician,
finalist. After graduating from FSU,
and jazz drummer and has performed with Eric Reed,
he became a member of the Disney
Marcus Roberts, Barry Greene, Ron McCurdy, and
All-American College Band before
Dee Dee Bridgewater. Currently Boone serves as the
attending Juilliard for his Master's degree in Jazz. He
drummer for The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra.
has performed in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and in Broadway productions, including After Midnight.
He also remains active as a sideman and was a part of the 2014 PBS special Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, toured with
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Allen Stone (2015), performed on Jamison Ross’s 2015 title
Jamison Ross (BA ’10) lives in
album and Joey Alexander’s My Favorite Things (2015),
New Orleans and is in demand
and appeared with Rhianna at the Video Music Award
as a drummer and vocalist. He
show in 2017. Horne is currently involved with many
won the 2012 Thelonious Monk
projects, such as the annual Savannah Swing Central and
Institute of Jazz International
Music Festival, and he is producing his original show,
Piano Competition. In 2015 his
Mother Kofi: The Tale of An African Princess.
debut release, Jamison, was nominated for a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Since then he has toured
John Lumpkin II (MM ’09) is an
as a bandleader and a sideman for notable acts, such as
acclaimed producer, arranger, and
Snarky Puppy. Recently he released his second album,
artist in the jazz, R&B, and Gospel
All For One, that is highly acclaimed for taking listeners
scenes. He has shared the stage with
deeper into Jamison’s ethos.
musicians such as Delfeayo Maralis, Wycliffe Gordon, Curtis Fuller, James
Barry Stephenson (BA ’10)
Moody, and Marcus Printup. He is the founder of the
was
awarded
the
ASCAP
Jazz Discovery Series at the Ritz Theatre in Jacksonville,
Foundation Louis Armstrong
Florida, and is currently the drummer for the new Dr.
Award in 2011 and joined the
Phillips Jazz Orchestra in Orlando.
Glen David Andrews Band for several albums. He also served
Chris Pattishall (BA ’09) is well known
as musical director on the album Redemption. In 2012
as a leader and sideman. He participated
he was selected for the Svenson Composition Award.
in the Kennedy Center’s Betty Carter
Stephenson joined Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human
Jazz Ahead Program and the Ravinia's
in 2013 and has toured the world regularly. He released
Steans Music Institute Program for
his debut jazz album Basic Truths in March 2015.
Jazz, and he received an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer’s Award. Residing in NYC, Pattishall maintains a busy schedule as a performer and educator both locally and nationally.
FSU JAZZ faculty members, Professors Bill Peterson (piano), David Detweiler (saxophone), Scotty Barnhart (trumpet, not shown), Rodney Jordan (bass), Kevin Jones (trombone) and Leon Anderson (drums), perform for a full house in Dohnányi Recital Hall.
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WELCOME NEW FACULTY GEOFFREY DEIBEL, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SAXOPHONE, maintains
Scholarly and Creative Activity, and the in Creative Activity. He is a Yamaha and
KAREN MCLAUGHLIN LARGE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FLUTE, teaches flute
a multi-faceted career
Vandoren performing artist and performs
lessons, flute ensemble,
as performer, teacher,
exclusively on Yamaha Saxophones, and
low flutes, Baroque
and researcher. Recent
Vandoren reeds, ligatures, and mouthpieces.
flute, and Wind and
2016 WSU Faculty Award for Excellence
concert highlights
Percussion Pedagogy.
include performances
Dr. Large is passionate about helping students navigate their
(NYC), concerts at Merkin Hall and Zankel
GRADY ENLOW, INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
Hall (NYC), and recitals in Brooklyn,
is a graduate of FSU
preparation, community outreach, and
Stuttgart, Cortona, and Wichita. Dr.
where he completed
grant-writing. Dr. Large previously served
Deibel has been an invited guest lecturer
his MBA and EdD
as Associate Professor of Flute and Music
in higher education.
Theory at Kansas State University.
with the Athens Saxophone Quartet (Cyprus) and International Contemporary Ensemble at the Park Avenue Armory
at Die Staatliche Hochschule für Musik
unique paths in the music world through lessons and activities in areas such as music entrepreneurship, audition and competition
und Darstellende Kunst (Germany),
Formerly, Dr. Enlow served as Vice President
University College Cork (Ireland), and
for Institutional Advancement at Thomas
Dr. Large enjoys performing in concerto,
many universities in the United States.
University. He has taught undergraduate and
solo, chamber, and large ensemble settings.
He has appeared at the Internationale
graduate courses in higher education and
She plays regularly with Traverso Colore:
Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt,
leadership.
Baroque Flute Ensemble, Tornado Alley
the International Iannis Xenakis Festival in
Flutes, and the Florida Flute Orchestra. She
Athens and World Saxophone Congresses in
Dr. Enlow writes and researches in the area
has also performed with the Konza Wind
the UK, Europe, and Thailand.
of leadership development. He has been
Quintet, Topeka, Tallahassee, Northwest
a board member and conference co-chair
Florida, and Pensacola Symphony
Dr. Deibel is a member of the critically
for the southeastern district of the Council
Orchestras. As a guest artist, she has enjoyed
acclaimed h2 quartet, first prize winners
for the Advancement and Support of
performing and teaching at universities in
at the Fischoff Competition and recipients
Education, and has been actively involved
Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska,
of multiple Aaron Copland Fund Grants,
in promoting arts and leadership through
Tennessee, and Florida.
and serves as principal saxophonist with
service organizations, community leadership
the Wichita Symphony. As a jazz musician,
programs, and serving on the boards of a
Dr. Large’s research interests include flute
Dr. Deibel has performed with the Grand
variety of community arts organizations in
transcriptions of Romantic music, creation
Rapids Jazz Orchestra and the Truth in Jazz
Florida and Georgia.
of the world’s first Virtual Flute Choirs,
Orchestra, and has performed locally on the Fisch Haus Jazz Series.
Baroque flute performance practice, and Previously serving as Director of
the intersection of music theory and flute
Development in the College of Music from
performance. In 2018 she released her first
Dr. Deibel holds degrees in history and
1998 to 2001 and Deputy Director for
music from Northwestern University and a
Finance & Administration at The Ringling
solo CD, String to Silver: Flute Transcriptions
doctorate from Michigan State University.
estate in Sarasota from 2011 to 2014, Dr.
His principal teachers have included Joseph
Enlow has a passion for music and the
Large regularly performs and presents
Lulloff, Frederick Hemke, Leo Saguiguit,
arts. He enjoys being able to engage in arts
her research at national and international
and Reginald Jackson. He has taught at the
support on behalf of the College and its
conferences.
University of Florida and Wichita State
alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students.
University, where he was the recipient of the 2015 College of Fine Arts Award for
of Works in the Romantic Tradition, which
featured her original transcriptions. Dr.
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D. GREGORY SPRINGER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION,
Theater, Cincinnati Opera, Arizona Opera,
previously taught
Mannheim, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach, and
music education at
Magdeburg in Germany, National Touring
the University of
Opera of the Netherlands, Opéra de Nantes
South Carolina and
in France, and Spain's Teatro de Navarra,
was Director of Music
among others.
Opera, the German National Theater in
Education at Boise State University. Dr. Springer has conducted performances with
Operatic engagements have included Samson
both amateur and professional ensembles,
in Samson and Dalila (Dublin International
including La Banda dell’Esercito (the Italian Army Band) and the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, and currently serves as an adjudicator for concert band festivals
RECENTLY RETIRED
Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Manitoba
Opera Festival), Tristan in Tristan und Isolde (Lyric Opera of Chicago under Sir Andrew Davis), Faust in La Damnation de Faust (San
Francisco Opera), Calaf in Turandot (Florida
The FSU College of Music celebrates the contributions Professor Pam Andrews and Dr. Ted Stanley, both of whom retired at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year, and wishes them the very best in all of their new endeavors: It is difficult to measure the impact of an educator with a 47-year teaching career at the FSU College of Music. Professor Pamela Andrews joined the College (then School) of Music at Florida State University as Instructor of String Bass in 1971.
Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Capitol Opera
Early in her career, Professor Andrews directed the Florida High School Orchestra and served as principal double bass with the Tallahassee and Albany Symphonies and the Brevard Music Festival. She also served as president for the state American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and Florida Orchestra Association (FOA) and held divisional positions with ASTA and the National School Orchestra Association
Education, Psychology of Music, International
Magdeburg, Würzburg Opera, Stadttheater
(NSOA).
Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music
Symphony).
Music Therapy Perspectives, and Update:
Dr. Springer is the winner of the Concours
and a guest conductor for honor bands. Dr. Springer’s research interests include
Grand Opera and Opera Lyra Ottawa),
Manrico in Il Trovatore (Michigan Opera Theater, Connecticut Opera, Capitol
music perception, music performance
Theater Magdeburg, Unified Theaters of
evaluation, and music teacher education. He
Krefeld & Mönchengladbach), Turiddu in
has presented research sessions at regional,
Cavalleria Rusticana (Opera Theatre of St.
national, and international venues, and his research is published in refereed journals, including the Journal of Research in Music
Journal of Music Education, Musicae Scientiae, Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education,
Louis and Orlando Opera), and Cavaradossi in Tosca (Minnesota Opera, Indianapolis
Giessen, and the Chattanooga Opera &
Applications of Research in Music Education.
International de Chant de Festival
He also served as assistant editor of the book
Atlantique in Nantes, France, the José
Orff Schulwerk: Reflections and Directions
Carreras Prize in Pamplona, Spain, and
(GIA, 2013). He received the PhD in music
Third Prize in the Concours International
education from the University of Kentucky,
de Chant in Toulouse, France. He is a
as well as degrees in music education (MME
recipient of career grants and awards
and BME) and trombone performance (BM)
from the Gerda Lissner Foundation and
from the University of Southern Mississippi.
the Wagner Societies of New York and
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF VOICE, has performed
and master’s degrees at the Indiana University School of Music and a doctorate
retirement!”
in voice performance at the Catholic University of America.
across Europe, Asia, and North America with the Chicago Lyric Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Michigan Opera
She will be missed.” “Thank you, Pam, for your long and dedicated services to the School of Music,” declared Dr. Phillip Spurgeon, Emeritus Professor of Music. “I join with other COM faculty in wishing you a happy and healthy
Washington, D.C. He completed bachelor Tenor JEFFREY SPRINGER,
“I've known Professor Andrews since my student days at FSU,” recalls Dr. Alexander Jiménez. “I always appreciated her candor and dry wit. I admired Pam’s continued energy and advocacy for the early music program, especially the viola da gamba ensemble that she directed and supervised.
*** Dr. Ted Stanley retired from his position as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the
DR. STEPHEN MONTAGUE (See story on page 6).
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SUMMER VACATION Summers at the College of Music— while remaining busy with classes, the summer music camps, and the summer MME program—nevertheless provide an ideal time for completion of select renovation projects. During late July and early August 2017, Opperman Music Hall received some much needed attention. During the 1988-1990 renovation of the Kuersteiner building, approximately half of the original stage decking in Opperman Music Hall was replaced. At that time, a stage lift was added that extended the stage further into the house and allowed for a movable orchestra pit and the ability to lower heavy equipment,
including the hall’s pianos, from the stage down into the basement level. By 2017 twothirds of the stage decking (installed in 1989) was worn, cracked, and patched, and the edges of the stage deck (where it met the pit and along the front apron) were chipped and misaligned. Thus it was decided to replace all of the decking—including the remaining original 1948 flooring—during the second half of the summer. The result is a safer, more even stage surface and a more homogeneous appearance across the entire expanse of the stage deck. The work had the added benefit, unseen by audiences, of a much-improved and smoother surface
OMH Stage Photos
transition between the wooden stage deck and the concrete floor of the loading dock, which makes it easier to roll large equipment from the dock onto the stage deck. Nick Smith, Performance Hall Coordinator, noted that the meeting between the main stage and the additional stage section for the orchestra pit is now level again, which had not been true for some years. “Soloists no longer have to worry about the stage being uneven where they would normally want to place a stand or be seated for a performance,” Smith said. He also reported that dancers who have used the space since the decking was replaced have been very pleased with the improved surface.
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This summer, College of Music facilities saw two major structural projects completed. Fully funded by the University Department of Facilities Construction, the first project addressed the integrity of the concrete in the ground floor of the Kuersteiner building. Through generous private donations and a financial partnership between the College of Music and the Office of the Provost, the second project was designed to improve access to and the concert attendance experience at Opperman Music Hall. On the exterior of the Opperman lobby, a new terrace with a wheelchair accessible ramp will allow patrons to quickly access the lobby from the parking lot/drop-off area. The beautifully renovated walkway between the Housewright and Kuersteiner buildings will soon be paved with bricks that will be available for alumni and friends to have their name, or the name of someone they are honoring, inscribed on upon them.
Continued from page 11 Dr. Stanley is himself a graduate of the College (DM, Music Composition). After completing his degree, he worked as an administrator in the FSU Department of Economics. Interested in working in his primary field, he enrolled in a course in “College Music Administration� taught by Dr. John Deal, then the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Music. Deal saw much promise and potential in Dr. Stanley, and later hired him to serve as Director of Undergraduate Studies. Upon retirement, Dr. Stanley completed 23 years of service to the College of Music (and 28 years to the University). His responsibilities included advising students, managing scholarships, leading orientation sessions, and coordinating the undergraduate Board of Advisors. Dr. Stanley has helped thousands of College of Music students through the decades. Thank you, Dr. Stanley!
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Chun Paige Li, winner of the Doctoral Concerto Competition, in concert with the University Symphony Orchestra in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall.
Margaret Smith as The Old Lady and Lily Guerrero as Cunegonde on stage in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall during the Florida State Opera's 2018 production of Bernstein’s Candide.
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Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of the University Singers and Chamber Choir, conducting the University Singers and alumni during the 70th anniversary reunion concert in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall.
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COMINGS & GOIN Wiley and Lucilla Housewright Eminent Scholars The College of Music hosts numerous guest artists and scholars, who visit studios, present masterclasses, and give special lectures and presentations. These activities enrich the educational experiences of students, strengthen their professional development, and widen networks of relationships among students and professionals throughout the world. Among the most illustrious of the College of Music’s annual guests are the Wiley and Lucilla Housewright Eminent Scholars, who are chosen from across the spectrum of professions and who have consistently demonstrated high ideals of teaching, creative activity, and leadership. During the 2017-2018 academic year, the College hosted Alex Klein
(oboe), Kimberly Marshall (organ), Axiom Brass, William Porter (organ), Libby Larsen (musicology and composition), Mark Spicer (theory), and William Caplin (theory) as Housewright Scholars. University Singers Reunion College of Music students and alumni from several decades joined together on April 13–14, 2018, for a fun- and music-filled reunion weekend celebrating the 70th anniversary of the University Singers, FSU’s premier undergraduate, auditioned choral ensemble. The festivities culminated in a concert in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. Dr. Kevin Fenton, who currently conducts the University Singers, noted, “There is a sense of community created each year through rehearsals, retreats, and tours, and the shared experiences
bring the generations together— and the traditions bring back memories and reignite passion in the choral art.” The 70th reunion provided opportunities for students and alumni to rehearse and sing together and to share about their individual experiences on tours and retreats from years past. The cross-generational camaraderie is sure to be remembered for years to come and will help to fortify the choral group’s strong sense of community as it starts its eighth decade. Over the weekend, current members of the University Singers performed pieces from their 2017-2018 tour repertoire, while members of the alumni choir sang music drawn from the history of the University Singers, selected by Dr. André Thomas and Dr. Fenton. The final concert concluded with a combined performance of the Zulu Peace Hymn Ukuthula, a piece the University Singers has shared with audiences and choirs over the past seven years.
The Society for EighteenthCentury Music, an organization of scholars and performers that promotes the study and performance of music of the eighteenth century, held its Eighth Biennial Conference in Tallahassee during February 23–25, 2018. Dr. Sarah Eyerley, Assistant Professor in the FSU College of Music, currently serves as president of SECM, and the College of Music served as host for the conference. Events were held in the conference center at the restored Spanish mission site at Mission San Luis de Apalachee in Tallahassee. During the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, a mission church and friary were constructed near the Apalachee village of Anhaica, on the edge of the modern-day Florida State University campus. The mission eventually grew into a satellite settlement for the Spanish fort and town at St. Augustine on Florida’s east coast but was destroyed in 1704 by an English and Creek militia from South Carolina. Today, the restored mission buildings and Apalachee village are part of a living history museum. In addition to scholarly papers, the conference included an evening concert by the Florida State University Early Music Ensembles. Members of the FSU Baroque Ensemble, directed by Valerie Arsenault, participated in a lecture recital by John A. Rice. Conference attendees also enjoyed a tour and reception at Mission San Luis.
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NGS Virtual Residency On November 3, 2017, College of Music composition students enjoyed an online question and answer session with Caroline Shaw, one of five leading female composers who collaborated in the creation of The Blue Hour, a song-cycle based on 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize winner Carolyn Forché’s poem “On Earth” from the 2003 collection Blue Hour. The Boston-based GRAMMY®nominated string orchestra A Far Cry commissioned the work, and Opening Nights at Florida State University, which was a co-commissioner, hosted the ensemble in a performance on campus later that month. 2018 Carnegie Hall Student Recital Competition On the evening of May 9, 2018, five graduate students from the College of Music presented the chamber program, “Unity through Diversity,” at Carnegie Hall. The latest in the College’s series of annual performances held in Weill Recital Hall, the recital was part of Florida State University’s “'Noles in NYC” festival. The participating students were chosen through a rigorous application process in which their recital program, sample recordings, and business and audience development plans were evaluated by faculty and administrators. “Unity through Diversity” represented the culmination of
months of planning and practice for members of the Cosmos New Music ensemble, which includes Ayça Çetin (flute), Katsuya Yuasa (clarinet), Pedro Maia (violin), Aleksandra Pereverzeva (cello), and Thaya Kongpakpaisarn (piano). Each member of the ensemble hails from a different country – Turkey, Japan, Brazil, Russia, and Thailand, respectively
through music, the members of the ensemble selected repertoire for their Carnegie Hall program that represented their diverse ethnic, cultural, and musical roots. As Çetin noted, “We wanted to make a statement on how music could bring out the similarities between people of different ethnicities. We titled the program ‘Unity through
Kamran Ince, David Lipten, Narong Prangcharoen, Roee Ben Sira, Michael Torke, and Lev Zhurbin offered a kaleidoscope of musical sounds and colors. “You heard sounds from Turkish folk melodies, joyous Brazilian dances, elegant Thai folk tunes, and Russian festivities, as well as modern rock and jazz styles,” Kongpakpaisarn shared. Because of their identities and experiences as international students studying at Florida State University, and because their program celebrated the musical contributions of an array of ethnic and folk traditions, the members of Cosmos New Music reached out to the embassies, consulates general, and immigrant communities of each of their countries to invite them to the recital. The group also spread the word through networks of composers and music organizations with ties to New York City. As a result,
– and this fact is integral to the mission and message of Cosmos New Music. Because they want to break down barriers in and
Diversity’ to emphasize this idea.” True to their goal, the pieces they selected by composers Kenji Bunch, Charles Halka,
“Our multicultural background and program attracted a very Continues on page 21
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STUDENTS PRESENT, PERFORM, AND Vivianne Asturizaga was named one of
Jonathan Gannon, a doctoral student in the
artists, doctoral candidates, and university
the four winners for the 2018 University
horn studio of Professor Michelle Stebleton,
professors. In January 2018, as part of the
Graduate Student Leadership Award.
competed in the semi-final round of the
program, Maia observed and presented
According to the citation, the award, which
bi-annual International Horn Competition
workshops and lectures on teaching artistry,
is co-sponsored by The Graduate School
of America (University Division), which
music advocacy, and music education for
and the Congress of Graduate Students
was held in early September 2017 in Fort
social change, as well as taught master classes
(COGS), recognizes an outstanding graduate
Collins, Colorado. Adjudicators selected the
and played chamber concerts in Osorno,
student leader who has made extraordinary
8 semifinalists from 66 entrants representing
Chile.
contributions to his or her scholarly,
universities from around the world. Gannon
campus, and/or wider communities. She
also recently completed his MM at FSU.
was also chosen to play alongside the Berlin
Second-year DM student Ash Stemke was selected as the New Voices Project winner
Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin on May
Alex Hinand, who completed his MA in Arts
by San Francisco Choral Artists (SFCA).
22, 2018.
Administration in Spring 2018, presented
His choral piece, "Be Still and Know," was
his research paper, “Comparing Overall
performed three times in the San Francisco
Miniaturní, a piece for flute quartet by Jabez
Tourism Rates and Arts and Cultural
area in December 2017.
Co, who completed his DM in Composition
Tourism,” at the 2017 Social Theory, Politics,
in Spring 2018, was premiered at the 2018
and the Arts conference in Minneapolis.
Florida Flute Convention by the Silver
Rebecca J. Walenz, who completed her DM in Spring 2018 and was a member of
Lining Flutes, a graduate chamber group
Pedro Maia, a doctoral student in Dr.
Dr. Christopher Moore’s trumpet studio,
profiled in past issues of this magazine.
Shannon Thomas’s violin studio, was
received a micro-grant from FSU’s Jim
Co’s work was also the featured student
selected to be part of the 2018 Global
Moran Institute during the past academic
composition during the College of Music’s
Leaders Program (GLP). The GLP received
year to support her initial development of a
recital of student performances in February
over a hundred applications from top
modern practice journal for music students.
for its site visit by representatives of the
candidates around the world, and only 35
Walenz plans to use the micro-grant to offset
National Association of Schools of Music (see
rising change-makers in music were invited
costs associated with designing the journal
page 21). Miniaturní is dedicated to the late
to be part of the 2018 cohort. The group was
pages, creating a prototype, and launching
comprised of participants from 17 countries
a product website and related social media
pages 24-25).
and included professional orchestra
accounts.
Members of Dr. Justin Benavidez’s tuba and euphonium studio enjoyed a number of successes
studio included Jarret McCourt, Tuba, New
Ladislav Kubík, Co’s teacher (see article on
this year. The FSU Tuba/Euphonium Quartet placed 2nd in the SERTEC Quartet Competition. Ian McCollum (DM student) also placed 2nd in the SERTEC Solo Artist
musicians, project founders, teaching
World Symphony; David Zerkel, Professor of Tuba, University of Georgia; Austin Howle, Principal Tuba, Montreal Symphony Orchestra; and Kazuhiro Nakamura, Professor of Tuba, Osaka College of Music in Tokyo.
Members of Dr. John Drew’s trombone studio held their annual Trombone Day in March and welcomed Atlanta Symphony members Brian Hecht and Nathan Zgonc as guest artists. The studio also hosted the Music City Trombone Duo, which featured bass trombonist
Euphonium Competition. Recent alumnus
Brian Entwistle and former member of the
Colby Hollingsworth (BM, 2018) was
Vienna Philharmonic and current Associate
a selected finalist for the SERTEC Solo
Professor of Trombone at Vanderbilt
Artist Tuba Competition, while current
University's Blair School of Music, Jeremy
undergraduate student Harrison Brown
Wilson.
received the tuba fellowship at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. Guests of the
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WIN AWARDS Both of the current graduate assistants in the College of Music’s graduate (MA) Piano Technology program spent the summer at leading music festivals in roles that will enhance their career preparation and long-term professional success. Jason Cassel served as Senior Piano Technician at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. Chung Wan Choi was an intern at the Tanglewood Summer Institute at Boston University where she helped to service the Institute's studio, rehearsal room, and performance hall pianos. They will return to the College of Music in the fall, bringing back their experiences at these leading musical festivals to better serve the FSU music community. Chandler Wilson presented “Friends, Colleagues, and Collaboration: The Tie That Binds,” and Dunwoody Mirvil presented "The Underdog Trombonist: The Teacher's Playbook To Equip Your Students To Be a Champion on The Trombone” at the Florida Music
Six graduate music students (above) were
Joshua Tanis, Music Theory and
Education Association’s annual Professional
honored at the 2018 Celebration of Graduate
Composition.
Development Conference in Tampa on
Student Excellence, which was held at the
Friday, January 12, 2018. In addition to
FSU Alumni Center Ballroom:
Recognition of Program for Instructional
approximately 250 clinic sessions and
Excellence (PIE) Teaching Associates.
concerts, the conference hosted 22 All-State
Carrie Danielson, Musicology.
ensembles and was attended by more than
Presser Graduate Music Award.
10,000 people, including secondary music directors, elementary music teachers, college
John-Rine Zabanal, Music Education.
music faculty and students, and K-12 students
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
performing in the All-State ensembles. Wilson’s composition “Sunscapes”was
Vivianne Asturizaga, Musicology.
also performed during the Midwest Band
Graduate Student Leadership Award
and Orchestra Clinic in December 2017 in the "Concert Band New Music Reading
Galen Dean Peiskee, Accompanying.
Session," and Mirvil was featured in posts by
Research and Creativity Award.
the FSU Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards that celebrated Black History Month by highlighting African American graduate student research.
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Trio Azul (right), which consists of doctoral
to represent the University, including
students Nicholas Hatt (violin), Christina Lai
the College of Music’s EChO (Electronic
(piano), and Jordan Galvarino (cello), won 1st
Chamber Orchestra), which gave a 45-minute
prize in the Chamber Music Division of the
performance. The projects selected had to
"IMKA" International Music Competition.
demonstrate cutting-edge transdisciplinary innovation.
Each year the University Orchestras
Young Artists Competition. On Tuesday,
Music Ed (Choral) Group Continues Costa Rica Collaboration
November 21, 2017, the finals of the Young
For the eighth consecutive year, the FSU
host two concerto competitions: the Doctoral Concerto Competition and the
Artists Competition (for juniors, seniors, and
College of Music has been pleased to
master’s students) took place in Dohnányi
College of Music students Sommer
participate in the “Promising Artists of the
Recital Hall. Via preliminary auditions
Altier, Logan Castro, Brittni Dixon, Elijah
21st Century” partnership with the Costa
in the Strings, Winds/Percussion, and
Garland, Bryce Martin, Aaron Spotts, and
Rican-North American Cultural Center,
Keyboard areas, nine finalists performed:
Daphne Waggener (below), along with
enabling student ambassadors from the
Josefina Guzman (violin), Robin Tozzie
Dr. Mark Wingate, participated in the
College to teach and perform throughout
(violin), Marissa Votapek (violin), Brian
first ever ACC Creativity and Innovation
Costa Rica. “Our program consisted of a
Corbin (clarinet), Adrian Gonzalez (oboe),
Celebration, a joint venture of the Atlantic
variety of music highlighting the growth
Daniel Haddock (trumpet), Iris Cheng
Coast Conference member schools and the
of small chamber singing,” reports Samuel
(piano), Christy Groot Nibbelink (piano), and
Smithsonian Museum of American History.
Carlton, a member of the choral student
Minyoung Rho (piano). Congratulations to
The celebration of creative exploration
group chosen to represent the College this
the competition winner, Minyoung Rho,
and research happening across the ACC at
year. “We presented masterclasses with
and to runner-up, Marissa Votapek. Rho
the nexus of science, engineering, arts and
students from around the country and were
performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto
design (SEAD) took place in Washington,
greeted with immense enthusiasm. Many
No. 1 with the University Philharmonia
D.C. at the Smithsonian Museum, October
thanks to FSU and the cultural ministry of
during the Spring 2018 semester.
13–15, 2017. Dr. Sally McRorie, FSU’s
Costa Rica for making this wonderful trip a
Provost, selected four exhibition teams
reality.”
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In February 2018, the College of Music was
of other large, nationally prominent music
Left: Zach Judsen, guitar; Center: Silver
visited by representatives of the National
programs, attended a special recital of
Lining Flutes: Vivianne Asturizaga, Elyse
Association of Schools of Music for its ten-
student performers who represented all
Davis, Laura Clapper, John Ross; Right: Minji
year reaccreditation site visit. In addition
programs and degree levels in the College.
Nam, piano
to visiting classes and observing rehearsals
Shown above are some of the students who
and lessons, the guests, Deans and Directors
participated in that concert.
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diverse audience,” Yuasa said. Kongpakpaisarn agreed, noting, “It was almost like bringing the whole world into one concert. There were audience members from FSU and around the world.” Reflecting on the recital and its meaning and value for the members of Cosmos as musicians, Maia wrote, “Playing at Carnegie Hall is without a doubt the dream of many musicians. It’s one of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, and many renowned musicians have performed there. I cannot express how happy I am that I had the opportunity to perform on such a stage alongside my dear friends.” Çetin concurred: “From the preparation of the proposal to the concert, we have gained invaluable professional experience. Consistently working
and rehearsing every day, we became a family.” The College of Music’s Carnegie Hall student recital has been an important part of its broader music entrepreneurship program for nearly a decade now, and members of chamber ensembles that have won the competition in past years have acknowledged that the opportunity to play in that famous venue has given a boost to the first stages of their careers. Members of Cosmos New Music hope that their experience preparing for and playing at Carnegie Hall will also help them sustain the life and work of their ensemble after they have completed their time at FSU. “Our goal after Carnegie Hall is to keep performing in the US and abroad,” Pereverzeva said. “We already have concert
requests from several institutions and organizations.” Cosmos New Music is also commissioning new works and planning a tour to its members’ home countries. “Currently we are planning our 2018–2019 concert season, which most likely will include our first concert tour in Asia,” Kongpakpaisarn said. “Our Carnegie performance certainly is not the end of this journey, but it is the beginning of Cosmos’ epic adventure, and I am very excited for what is to come.” The globally acclaimed Israeli composer, Roee Ben Sira, who served as a visiting guest lecturer at the College of Music in Spring 2017 through the Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artists Program, was among the composers commissioned by Cosmos New Music to write new pieces for the
2018 Carnegie Hall recital. Sira shared that it was exciting to have “the opportunity to write music for the wonderful Cosmos New Music, and to hear them perform it at Carnegie Hall, a dream hall for any musician.” Reflecting on the significance of this year’s Carnegie Hall recital, he wrote, “It is remarkable, and important, that FSU makes this immensely talented international ensemble possible. In today’s world, it is a statement of openness and hope. I wish the best of luck to these young and talented musicians.” Çetin concluded: “We were very fortunate to be given such a great opportunity by FSU College of Music. We felt very motivated and supported by the entire music faculty throughout this journey.”
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FACULTY NEWS Eva Amsler, Professor of Flute, attended the Japanese Flute Convention in August 2017 and then taught and played in Nara following the convention. She also performed the Friday evening guest recital at the Florida Flute Convention in Orlando in January 2018.
Michael Bakan, Professor of Ethnomusicology, has been elected to a 2-year term on the Board of Directors of the Society for Ethnomusicology (secretary). His new book, Speaking for Ourselves: Conversations on Life, Music, and Autism, was published by Oxford University Press during the summer. He also continues to work with funk legend George Clinton and contributed, as percussionist, to the newly released Parliament album Medicaid Fraud Dogg. Justin Benavidez, Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, presented guest artist recitals and mastersclasses at the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University, the University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of South Florida, and Valdosta State University, as well as recitals and masterclasses in Japan at the Tokyo Buffet Showroom, Osaka Dolce Music Instrument Company, and Kunitachi College of Music. His solo album, Emblems: American Music for Solo Tuba and Piano, was released in June 2018. Benavidez and his FSU studio also hosted the Southeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference (SERTEC), May 10-12, 2018. 180 people, including 30 guest artists, attended. Michael Buchler, Associate Professor of Music Theory, presented the keynote lecture at the Indiana University Graduate Theory Association Symposium in March 2018. He also
was selected to speak on a plenary session celebrating the Society for Music Theory’s fortieth anniversary at their November 2017 conference. His recent publications include “Musical Structure, Dramatic Form, and Song Pairings in Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate” in the Journal of the Society for American Music (2018) and “A Case Against Teaching Set Classes to Undergraduates” in Engaging Students: Essays in Music Pedagogy (2017). In April 2018, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he taught and presented his research. He recently completed his term as President of Music Theory Southeast and he is currently Vice President of FSU’s faculty union. In March 2018, Diana Dumlavwalla, Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy, was honored by Music Teachers National Association as the recipient of the MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year during the Awards Brunch at the 2018 MTNA National Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Dr. Dumlavwalla received the award for her article “Transitioning From Traditional To Online Piano Lessons: Perceptions Of Students, Parents And Teacher.” The article was published in the February 2017 edition of the MTNA e-Journal. Dr. Dumlavwalla received a $1,000 award made possible by the MTNA Foundation Fund. The MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year Award is presented to the author of an outstanding feature article written expressly for the peerreviewed MTNA e-Journal. Frank Gunderson, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, was awarded a $14,000 grant from the Florida State University’s
Committee on Faculty Research Support to make a film in Tanzania this summer, “Sikinde: The Music From Home.” He has also assumed editorship of the Society for Ethnomusicology’s premiere journal, Ethnomusicology. Lori Gooding, Assistant Professor of Music Therapy, was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Music Therapy Association in November 2017. AMTA is the national association for music therapists, and Dr. Gooding’s term started in January 2018. She was also invited to participate in the Creative Forces NEA Military Healing Arts Network Research Summit, which was held in Washington, D.C., in September 2017. Jonathan Holden, Assistant Professor of Clarinet, released his first solo CD, Notes from Home: Music of the British Isles, on the Centaur label. It features solo and chamber works for the clarinet written by British composers from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Dr. Holden chose repertoire that is commonly performed, such as Gerald Finzi’s Five Bagatelles (1945), works that have not been recorded, including Richard Rodney Bennett’s Sonatina (1983), and some that only have a few recordings, like Edwin Roxburgh’s Wordsworth Miniatures (1998) and William Yeates Hurlstone’s Four Characteristic Pieces (1899. Dr. Holden’s flute-clarinet duo, the Holden-Olin Duo, also performed throughout the United States at major conventions and commissioned
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new works for the ensemble. He also gave masterclasses at the University of Northern Iowa, University of South Alabama, St. Cloud University, and the University of North Texas. Alexander Jiménez, Professor of Conducting and Director of Orchestral Activities, was an artist-in-residence at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, November 12–18, 2017. While there, he gave conducting masterclasses to conservatory students, spoke to the general conservatory population about graduate studies, and guest conducted the Wheaton Conservatory Orchestra in a performance of Upbeat!, an orchestral composition written by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Francis Eppes Distinguished Professor of Composition, and Elgar's Enigma Variations. David Lipten , Visiting Assistant Professor, was the 2018 winner of the call for scores by the Elevate Ensemble. His composition, “Double Down,” was also premiered on May 9, 2018, by Cosmos New Music as part of the College of Music’s annual student recital at Carnegie Hall (see related story on page 17). Dr. Lipten’s choral composition, “How To,” was also awarded 2nd Prize in The American Prize competition. Iain Quinn, Assistant Professor of Organ, received a long-term fellowship from the Newberry Library. The primary focus of the fellowship is to complete research for a new book that examines the role of the musician and pedagogue Rudolph Ganz as a communicator and spokesperson for Western art music in the first half of the twentieth century. Dr. Quinn will also prepare an edition of previously unpublished orchestral works by Ganz that are in the library’s holdings. Ganz’s work was known to concert and radio audiences across multiple generations and in several large US cities. Using his writings, speeches, lecture notes, and recordings, Dr. Quinn will contextualize the work
of Ganz as a musical director and pedagogue while providing valuable information on the role of the musician as an entrepreneurial figure in society. The edition will allow performers and scholars the opportunity to consider Ganz’s compositional work anew and include an extended essay and edited scores. Beethoven’s complete sonatas for piano and violin took center stage in a series of four chamber concerts presented during Fall 2017 and early Spring 2018 by Ben Sung, Associate Professor of Violin, and David Kalhous, Associate Professor of Piano. Sung and Kalhous both arrived at Florida State University’s College of Music in 2011. With studios across the hall from each other, they quickly discovered they were kindred musical spirits, and they have performed with each other several times each year since. Completing an entire chamber series together, however, was a new idea. In the world of classical music, Beethoven occupies a mythic space: a defiant, heroic, and Romantic figure, his music continues to dominate concerts and recitals and commands significant attention in the training of all musicians at serious collegiate music programs. Asked what he finds most satisfying about playing Beethoven’s music, Dr. Sung noted, “The stereotyped answer to this question is that Beethoven's music transcends the limitations that hold back other composers.” Yet at the same time, Dr. Sung recognized “the joy of pure creativity” in Beethoven’s music and the power of the music to speak across generations, between performers and audiences, and among musicians themselves. In August 2017, the University of Illinois Press published Libby Larsen: Composing an American Life by Denise Von Glahn, Curtis Mayes Orpheus Professor of Musicology, as part of its Music in American Life series. This is the first full-length scholarly biography of
Larsen, one of the leading contemporary American composers. The book received an on-campus launch during Larsen’s week-long Housewright Eminent Scholars Residency at the College of Music in March 2018 (see related story, page 16).
Several College of Music faculty members performed concertos with the University Symphony Orchestra during its 2017-2018 season, including Ian Hobson (Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488), Jeffrey Keesecker (Rota, Bassoon Concerto), Eric Ohlsson (Zwilich, Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra), and Shannon Thomas (Zwilich, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra).
STAFF NEWS Jacob Lane (MA in Arts Administration, 2018), joined the staff of the FSU College of Music in May and provides oversight of the Instrument Library and Equipment Storage facility and works with the College’s instrument inventory. This fall, he also took on the scheduling of Dohnányi, Lindsay, and Longmire Recital Halls. Lane completed a BA in Music at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and pursued additional study in Spanish and International Relations at the Universidad Veritas, San José. While a
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student at FSU, Lane served as head usher for Opperman Music Hall (2016–2017) and for Ruby Diamond Concert Hall (2017–2018). Heather Mayo (MA in Arts Administration, 2010), Assistant Director of Production and Community Engagement in the FSU College of Music, has been appointed to the Florida Arts Council and will begin her term in Fall 2018. On August 30, 2017, the official blog of Avid Live Sound Systems and Music Notation published Derk Hagedorn’s interview with Michael Shapiro, Specialist in the Arts at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. Shapiro and Hagedorn, the Senior Marketing Manager for Avid, discussed the College of Music’s purchase of a new, state-of-the-art audio console, an Avid VENUE | S6L system, for Ruby Diamond. While discussing the selection and purchase process, the installation of the console, and the staff’s transition to using the S6L console, Shapiro had the opportunity to highlight the many types of performances by College of Music ensembles
Ladislav Kubík, Professor of Composition and eminent Czech composer, passed away on October 27, 2017. Born in Prague in 1946, Professor Kubík studied composition and music theory at the Prague Academy of Music, from which he completed undergraduate- (1970), graduate- (1972), and doctoral-level (1980) degrees in music theory and composition. He taught at the Prague Conservatory, Charles University in Prague, and University d'Orsay before moving to the United States in 1990, where he first taught at the University of South Florida in Tampa before joining the faculty at Florida State University in 1991. His compositional career was distinguished by numerous national
in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, as well as the important role that RDCH plays in the Tallahassee community as a premier venue for all kinds of live musical performances. Avid is an American technology and multimedia company whose products are used throughout the television, video, and music industries. Avid’s Media Composer is a leading non-linear
and international awards, including the International Rostrum of Composers UNESCO, Intervision Prize and finalist in the Prix Italia, Sudler Wind Band Composition Competition, the New Music International Competition, Miami, the First Prize in the International Franz Kafka Composition Competition, the First Prize in the U. S. National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Composition Content, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was also awarded the Florida Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship in both 1998 and 2005. During his career, Professor Kubík received numerous national and
editing system, and many College of Music students and faculty use its music notation software, Sibelius, as well as its digital audio workstation, ProTools, one of Avid’s flagship products. The interview with Michael Shapiro can be found at www.avidblogs.com/livesound.
international commissions by, for example, Radio France, String Quartet No. 1 (1981) and Concerto Grosso (1987); the Salzburg Festival, Divertimento No. 1, “Bläserharmonie” for Winds (1988); Centro para la Difúsion de la Música Contemporánea, Madrid, Spain, Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1988); Centre International de la Musique pour Voix d’Enfants, Paris, The Blue Bird (1989); the Czech Music Fund, Wolkeriana (1982), Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello (1983), To the Earth of Future (1984); Florida Music Teachers Association, Elegy in Two Movements (1995), and other prominent organizations. He received grants from the National Association of College Wind and Percussion
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Instructors, Michigan State University, and Florida State University, for which he composed a concerto for winds and percussion. His music, published by Triga/Schott Musik International, has been performed in dozens of countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Many of his works have been released on commercial records and compact discs. Professor Kubík served as an adjudicator for a number of international and national competitions, such as the Queen Marie José International Composition Competition, Geneva, Switzerland (1986); the International Chamber Music Contest, Paris, France (1985); Concorso Accademia Briccialdi, Rome, Italy (1981, 1983, 1985); Prix Italia; Lecce, Italy (1981); Prague Spring International Music Competition, Prague, Czechoslovakia (1986); International Trumpet Guild Composition Contest (1993); the Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition, USA (1993); and the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Composers Competition, USA (1992, 1993). During the 1990s, he sponsored his own contest, the Ladislav Kubík International Prize in Composition, which was supported by Florida State University and attracted young composers from more than 30 countries. He also served for a number of years as President of the CzechAmerican Summer Music Institute and Artistic Director and lecturer of the yearly CASMI International Summer Program in Composition in Prague, Czech Republic. At Florida State University, he was deeply involved with the FSU Biennial Festival of New Music.
Many years ago – in my previous FSU incarnation – I was approached by an older professor in the music library. A hulk of a man with a broad, open face, lively eyes, and a deep voice that bubbled with hints of his native Czech, he remarked that he’d seen me perform on one of his student’s recitals and asked if I’d look at something he’d written. He then pressed a score into my hand, nodded his head, and walked away.
within the time limits of the first voice mail. The second VM would always begin with “Alex, this is Ladia again!” He was such a sweet man. When Read Gainsford and I went to the Czech Republic to record Ladia’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Brno Philharmonic, Ladia was the consummate host. He took such good care of us and so proudly shared his love for his homeland with us during our stay.
Later that evening as I read through the music, I quickly realized that it was written with a deep understanding of the voice and a distinctive, very personal compositional perspective. There was humanity and humility in every phrase transmitted through a clear, angular beauty.
His music was complex, bold, and finely crafted. Most importantly it was human and it reflected his deep love of literature. No matter how complex the language, his music spoke to audiences and performers alike without ever compromising his aesthetic ideals. This is art... As I write the tears are coming to my eyes realizing that I won’t hear his voice again or share another Becherovka liquer with him again. What I know is that he is at peace with no more pain. I will forever treasure our friendship and our collaboration. Sleep well, my dear Ladia. I will miss you.
Thus began frequent collaborations with someone who became a dear mentor, supporter, and friend. I will always count the times I was able to coach with him as among the most enlightening and musically rewarding of my life. He shared his insights with generosity and taught me lessons that far transcended the song, the studio, the concert. - Margaret Jackson Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
Ladia was not only a highly respected and remarkably gifted composer, but also a loving educator and a generous colleague. Going back to 1997, I have been honored with numerous opportunities to conduct and record his work. I have so many wonderful memories of our time together. When he would call me and leave a message on my voice mail, it frequently came in two parts because he couldn’t get it all in
- Alexander Jiménez Director of Orchestral Activities
It was such a wonderful privilege to study with Dr. Kubík for over three years. During that time, I experienced his truly masterful skill as a composer and teacher, and he richly invested his expertise in my life. He helped me craft a couple of challenging orchestral works, providing me with invaluable guidance and support. Every lesson with him was a delight, as he shared insights, stories, and laughter in a blend that inevitably lifted my spirits. He is sorely missed.” - Aaron Spotts DM, 2018
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ALUMNI NEWS COLLEGE OF MUSIC FACULTY CITATIONS Bill Faucett (BA, 1985; PhD, 1992), Director of Development in the College of the Arts at the University of South Florida, was awarded the Warren D. Allen Faculty Citation for Excellence in Scholarship by the College of Music for 2017-2018. Dr. Faucett completed both his BA in Music and his PhD in Historical Musicology at FSU. In addition to enjoying a successful career as an arts administrator and fundraiser, Dr. Faucett has maintained an active life as an independent scholar. He has published three books on the American composer, George Whitefield Chadwich, a critical edition of two of Chadwich’s overtures, and several other books on music in America, plus recording liner notes. Dr. Faucett visited campus in October 2017 to receive his citation and to meet with graduate musicology students. He also gave a talk, “Chiefly Research: An Historical Examination of a World-Renowned Band,” which was about his most recent book, The Marching Chiefs of Florida State University: The Band That Never Lost a Halftime Show. Ted Soluri (BM, 1992), principal bassoonist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, was recently awarded the FSU College of Music’s Ernst von Dohnányi Faculty Citation. After completing his graduate education at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Soluri won the principal bassoonist position with the Milwaukee Symphony and also
taught at the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He was later principal bassoonist at the Santa Fe Opera. Soluri has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras, in recitals, and at music festivals, and he has given masterclasses at music schools across the country. He recently released his debut solo album, Sempre Libera, on the Azica label. The album grew out of Soluri’s love of opera, which he traces back to a memorable performance of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro that he attended
as a student at Florida State University. The CD features arrangements of opera arias, and since the CD’s release, Soluri has worked with music publisher T.D. Ellis to put together an anthology of transcriptions of these arias for bassoon and piano. He is accompanied on the album by Valerie M. Trujillo, Professor of Vocal Coaching and Accompanying at the College of Music.
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Kathryn Bowden (MM, 2016), made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (James Levine conducting).
Jocelyn Chan (MA, 2016), a graduate of the College of Music’s Piano Technology program, is now head piano technician at James Madison University. Anastasia Christofakis (DM, 2015), an acclaimed clarinetist and music educator, was the first Gettysburg Artist in Residence in 2018. Dr. Christofakis spent a month on the Gettysburg battlefield, working and composing music. She also performed a free public lecture recital at the Rotunda at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center at the Park on January 6. The lecture recital, sponsored by the Gettysburg Foundation, focused on her recent exploratory project into the roots of American Folk Music, and featured works by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, and Joseph Horowitz, as well as a new work specially commissioned for this series by alumnus Jamie Whitmarsh called No Progress Without Loss. An advocate of new music, Dr. Christofakis is a member of the new music ensemble, What is Noise, which formed at FSU and has performed extensively in the United States, premiering and commissioning works by composers such as Frank Pesci, David T. Little, Lansing McLoskey, and Don Freund. She has also extensively studied the music of Armenia. Doris DeLoach (BM 1966; DM 1972), Professor of Oboe and Chair of the Instrumental Studies Division at Baylor University, recently retired from the University and the Waco Symphony Orchestra after 45 years with both. Dr. DeLoach was the first oboe student to earn a doctorate from Florida State University. She joined the music faculty at Baylor University in 1972. Prior to her appointment, Dr. DeLoach played English horn for three seasons with the
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Nashville Symphony Orchestra. She also played with the Chattanooga and Atlanta Symphonies and soloed with the American Wind Symphony. Dr. DeLoach was named Baylor’s 1990-1991 Outstanding Creative Artist, and in 2001, she received Florida State University’s Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teaching and Performance. She has presented master classes and performed in the United States as well as in Austria, Germany, France, England, the Netherlands, Panama, Costa Rica, and China. At its final concert of its season on April 26, 2018, the Waco Symphony Orchestra celebrated Dr. DeLoach’s many years of service, honoring her and other WSO musicians marking milestones with the symphony. David Meder (BA Music, 2013) recently joined the faculty of the University of North Texas as an Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano in the College of Music’s Division of Jazz Studies. After completing the BA in Music and Spanish and the BS in Political Science at Florida State University, Meder earned the Master of Music degree in Jazz Instrumental Performance from New York University in 2015, where he studied with Mark Turner and Ari Hoenig, with coursework in film scoring and digital audio, and the Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School in 2017, where he studied with Kenny Barron and Julian Martin. He has also studied with Fred Hersch. Meder won first place in the Jacksonville International Jazz Piano Competition in 2013 and was a finalist in the Barry Harris National Jazz Piano Competition in 2015. Meder was previously a faculty member in the Juilliard School’s Evening Division and Music Director at Fordham Lutheran Church in the Bronx. In New York, he has played at Jazz at Kitano, Smalls Jazz Club, and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Ellen Johnson Mosley (DM, 2009), was appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Music/Flute at Morehead State University in Fall 2017 and is also Principal Flutist in the Cave Run Symphony. She performs across the country with the Baird Winds, Traverso Colore Baroque Ensemble, Tornado Alley Flutes, and the Jack Korbel Confluence. Dr. Mosley served as Principal Flutist of the Delano Chamber Orchestra for five seasons and has performed as a concerto soloist with the Delano Chamber Orchestra and the Concordia University Symphony. She is an active adjudicator and presenter at National Flute Association (NFA) conventions, member of the NFA Development Committee, commissioning member of the Flute New Music Consortium, and recipient of the Gunstream community engagement grant from the College Music Society.
at Morehead State University, the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Southern Adventist University, and Messiah College. She was recognized as the 2015 Outstanding Part-Time Teacher by the College of Arts and Sciences at UT-C and has been published in Flute Talk magazine.
Ryan Reynolds (DM, 2017) served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Bassoon at Miami University of Ohio during the 2017-2018 academic year. His ensemble, Akroplis Quintet, released its third recording, The Space Between Us (2017), on Innova Records and received a grant from the NEA to start a two-week Contemporary Music Festival in Detroit.
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Heather Small (DM, 2006), was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Flute at Troy University’s John M. Long School of Music, where she teaches music theory courses, class woodwinds, and applied flute and directs the flute ensemble. Dr. Small frequently performs as a soloist and in chamber ensembles at venues throughout the United States, and, with flutist Hui-Ting Yang, she presents new music by living composers. Prior to her appointment at Troy University, Dr. Small was a faculty member
John Southall (MME, 1988; PhD, 2003) received the Medal of Honor from the Midwest Clinic during its annual International Band and Orchestra Conference last December. The Medal of Honor was introduced in 1962 as a way to honor conductors, educators, composers, and others whose unique service to music education and continuing influence on the development and improvement of bands and orchestras deserve special recognition. Dr. Southall currently serves as the Coordinator of Music Education and Director of Bands at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida. He also serves as Music Director of the Port St. Lucie Community Band. He has been an active music education advocate, conductor, clinician, adjudicator and presenter across the United States for over 30 years.
Olivia Grover Hill (MA, 2010), recently returned to the Breckenridge Music Festival, as Director of Education. Mary Kelsay (MA, 2014), was named General Manager for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Susanna Yatsko (MA, 2015), accepted the position of Assistant Director for Music Admissions, Southern Methodist University, in summer 2017. Izabel Zambrzycki (MA, 2016), became Artistic Planning Manager and Assistant to the Music Director, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, after graduation. Matt Urquhart (MA, 2017), currently serves as Assistant Personnel Manager with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Larkin Sanders (DM Clarinet, Specialized Track in Arts Administration,
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2016), has recently been selected as Director of Marketing and Community Engagement, Friends of Chamber Music, Kansas City.
NEWS FROM THE FLUTE STUDIO Three graduates of the College of Music flute studio have assumed key administrative roles within the Florida Flute Association for the next three years. Congratulations to President Tammy Philips (DM, 2006), Vice President Jessey Howard (BM and BME, 2005), and Program Chair Jeremy Benson (MM, 2008).
MUSIC THEATRE: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Former students of the Music Theatre Program are everywhere theatre is being performed, from Nikka Wahl on Princess Cruise Lines in Hawaii and Europe performing as lead singer in the newly created Stephen Schwartz show Born to Dance, to Jay Jaski returning to FSU to direct A Christmas Carol for our annual benefit concert. Here are some highlights from the past year. On Broadway this year Justin Bowen
continues in Hello, Dolly, Stephen Anthony has been in Book of Mormon, and Greg Mills continues in the long-running Phantom of the Opera. Danny Burgos made his official Broadway debut in On Your Feet, before he left for the First National tour of the show. OffBroadway, Grace Choi continues in Avenue Q as Christmas Eve, and next door Austin Owen is in Jersey Boys as Bob Crewe. In Chicago, Angel Lozada and Mykal Kilgore are in Jesus Christ Superstar at Lyric Opera of Chicago, going directly from the NBC Live Jesus Christ Superstar on Easter Sunday, where they performed with fellow alum Mike Evariste. Leryn Turlington is currently playing Flaemmchen in Grand Hotel with Kokandy Productions. Earlier this year she played Iola in Parade, and she helped raise nearly $22,000 for civil rights and humanitarian non-profit organizations with the cast of Hair at the Mercury Theatre, where she played Chrissy. This summer she will be playing Chutney and covering Elle Woods in Legally Blonde at the Paramount Theatre. In other New York news, Whit Baldwin continues to do improv with New York BATSU!, the live Japanese game show, which is closing in on its 1,000th performance. (Whit has been
involved since about the 10th performance.) The company now has productions in Chicago, as well as a national tour version. Aaron Gandy was the Music Supervisor and Arranger for Irving Berlin – Lyrics and Lyricists at the 92nd Street Y. Mekia Cox, Mike Evariste, and BFA Music Theatre graduate Tiffany Howard’s production company 42 Seven Productions now has shows at the W Hotel in Times Square, New York, and in L.A. In L.A., Mekia Cox continues to play Robin Charles in Chicago Med on NBC. She just finished shooting Season 7 of Once Upon a Time, in which she stars as Tiana and Sabine. Max Chucker is currently working as a musician, songwriter, and music producer. This past winter he did a cover of the Christmas classic “Up on the Housetop” for Hallmark Channel’s original Christmas movie, Romance at Reindeer Lodge. Jacob Mondry is playing weekly at The London Hotel in West Hollywood and Woodley Proper in Encino. Meanwhile, regionally Julio Agustin is currently choreographing for Guys & Dolls at Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) in Houston, Texas. Adair Watkins has moved to Orlando and is working for Disney – Finding Nemo! Summer Broyhill performed at Weathervane
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Theatre as Kathy in The Last Five Years. Summer is one of seven students who has been accepted to the MFA program at University of San Diego/Old Globe, which will entail working with the Old Globe as well as doing theatrical outreach. She will start the program in Fall 2018. Taylor Kate Eubanks was in Beauty and the Beast at Atlanta Lyric and Miracle on 34th Street at Wagon Wheel. Taylor Kate was cast in her first SAG short film, called Parked, which is being submitted to film festivals all over the world. She worked as a stand-in on The Walking Dead as well as photo double on a Lifetime movie called A Sister’s Secret. She just booked a SAG commercial for Shell Fuel – so be on the lookout! Logan Mortier performed in A Chorus Line at Westchester Broadway Theatre. Laura Plyler understudied Ilona in She Loves Me at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton. She then appeared in the role of Lina Lamont in Singing in the Rain at the same theatre. This summer she played Ellie in Freaky Friday at Wagon Wheel Theatre, as well as being the dance captain for the season and playing other roles. Kate Beahen is still working in Minneapolis and played Adelaide in Guys & Dolls this summer. She’s also been doing commercial and voice-over work.
Erin Wasmund has been on the Norwegian Breakaway, doing Rock of Ages, playing Constance and covering Regina, as well as Katherine in Wine Lovers Musical and covering the female singer in Burn the Floor. Candice Condor Pipkin sang for the Army Aviation Association of America in Nashville. Many of our alumni are currently teaching or writing. Julio Agustin will be joining the faculty of the University of Miami’s BA/BFA Department of Theatre Arts. His new musical, Out of Line, with book by Julio Agustin and music/lyrics by John Franceschina, had a fully produced workshop and is currently being shopped to producers in New York City. Julio also recently completed a workshop, "Get the Callback in the First Five Seconds," at the Actors Connection in NYC. He was invited to join the International Dance Council. Jay Jaski has taken a new position, to begin in fall 2018, at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) as Professor of Musical Theatre, after teaching for the past five years at The Peddie School in Princeton. DeWitt Cooper is currently teaching Introduction to Theatre at the Bolles School. His contemporary dance company is in its fifteenth year; they offer a three-week intensive in Jacksonville
and one-week intensive in Tallahassee. This year they also began “The Experience: A New Conservatory for the Arts.” DeWitt is teaching beginning ballet at Ruth Upson Elementary School through a Cathedral Arts program. He is also choreographing In the Heights for Players by the Sea. Meagan Morgan Williams has been teaching and directing high school theatre at Mount Paran Christian School. Her productions have been recognized by the Georgia High School Music Theatre Awards (Shuler Hensley Awards). She is also directing for other education programs and this summer directed The Little Mermaid at The Earl Smith Strand Theatre. Candice Condor Pipkin maintains a private voice studio and teaches Music Theatre classes at a local theatre. Where she choreographed Beauty and the Beast as the Junior Arts production, choreographed Annie, and music directed The Little Mermaid. Be sure to watch carefully wherever you are: it’s likely there are FSU music theatre alumni or current students performing for you. - Gayle Seaton, Director of Music Theatre
Congratulations! We celebrate the accomplishments of the College's new and recent doctoral graduates who started collegiate faculty roles in Fall 2018: Adam Collins: Visiting Assistant Professor of Cello, School of Music at the University of Montana
Marques L. A. Garrett: Assistant Professor of Music in Choral Activities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Scott Erickson: Lecturer of Oboe, College of Arts and Humanities at Central Washington University
Jacob Goforth: Artist in Residence, Valdosta State University; Principal Bassoon, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra
Alex T. Favazza, Jr.: Director of Choral Activities, University of New Hampshire
Eric Millard: Instructor of Trumpet, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Dunwoody Mirvil: Assistant Professor of Low Brass, Southeastern University (Florida) Justin John Moniz: Coordinator of Vocal Studies, Millikin University Natalie Szabo: Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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MAJOR GIFTS & ENDOWMENTS Private philanthropic support has been a key component of the College of Music’s excellence for decades. Both outright and planned gifts help to address the College’s priorities, including support for students, faculty, innovative programs, and a world-class learning environment. Total giving to the College of Music in the past year was over $1.3 million, and we would like to recognize these benefactors for their exceptional contributions.
Les and Ruth Akers
Les and Ruth Akers Fund for Entrepreneurial Activity in Music
Florence Helen Ashby
Professor Florence Helen Ashby and Professor Laird B. Anderson Mezzanine
Marcus D. and Janice A. Beaver Addie Ruth Beaver Endowed Fund for Choral Music Education
Ramona D. Bowman University Musical Associates
Nancy C. Fowler
Rita R. Fowler Endowed Oboe Scholarship Fund
Doris R. Henderson Lee Henderson Marching Chiefs Instrument Endowment Fund
Linda J. and Roy F. Hester Sacred Music Scholarship Fund
Thomas F. Kirwin
Shirley L. Kirwin Endowed Fund for Music Education
The Estate of Howard L. Latzer
Anthony N. and Helen C. Brittin
Howard and Helen Latzer Endowed Fund for Excellence in Music
Roy E. Cockrum
Michael K. Lindsay and Mark A. Partridge
Anthony N. Brittin Endowed Scholarship in Music
Judy Bowers Endowment for Music Education
Gaston Dufresne Performing Arts Foundation Trust
Roy E. Delp Scholarship in Voice
Nina K. Lowe and Michael D. Rierson
Gaston Dufresne Foundation Scholarship Endowment
Clifford K. Madsen Endowed Lecture Series
William F. Findeison
Richard J. and Ann E. Martorano
William F. Findeison Fund
Richard J. and Ann E. Martorano Scholarship for Music Excellence
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Carolyn A. Minear
Judy Bowers Endowment for Music Education
Martha D. Paradeis and John S. Dozier Gift of Harp
Robert C. Parker
Jean Kavanaugh Parker Memorial Opera Fund
The Presser Foundation The Presser Foundation Fund
Felicia A. Rawlin
Marching Chiefs Travel Endowment
Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels Charitable Foundation
Zwilich Graduate Assistantship in Music Composition
Carol R. Schwarz Friends of Music
Vernon C. Stutson
Friends of Music Sacred Music Scholarship Fund
Beverly White Yeager Gift of Historic Piano
Ellen T. Zwilich
Zwilich Graduate Assistantship in Music Composition
NEW FUND SPOTLIGHT: Dean’s Emergency Fund for Music Students Paying it forward gives my life more meaning and makes success all the sweeter. As I came back to my beloved music school after many years to reconnect, I met up with Dean Pat Flowers and Director of Development Jayme Agee to learn how the FSU College of Music has developed since my graduation in 1978. I was impressed and deeply moved by the achievements and progress of my cherished alma mater. I remember well the many challenges of working my way through school - I was a waiter at Chi Omega, an office assistant in the Education Department, and I worked the front desk at Crenshaw Lanes in the Student Union. I also experienced the occasional difficult month making ends meet, but somehow I got by while maintaining honors grades throughout. I thought it would be a good idea to establish a Dean’s Emergency Fund to assist deserving music students in financial need. The fund is now available and I’m pleased to introduce it to the College of Music. I pray that it will grow and be a blessing to any student who is working hard to excel in their music studies and who needs an occasional helping hand. - Jay Karahan Jay Karahan has practiced law for over 35 years, including serving as Judge for Harris County in Houston, Texas. His love of music has carried through his career, and he remains active in community theatre and singing engagements. To contribute to the Dean’s Emergency Fund for Music Students, contact Jayme Agee (850) 228-8493 or visit the FSU Foundation’s website: www.foundation.fsu.edu.
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FRIENDS & SUPPORTERS
WE THANK THESE DONORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS GIFTS, GIVEN BETWEEN JULY 1, 2017 AND JUNE 30, 2018:
RAISE THE TORCH This summer marked the end of the Florida State University’s 8-year, billion dollar “Raise the Torch” campaign. As the University celebrates $1.15 billion raised, the College of Music would like to thank the many alumni and friends who participated in this milestone achievement. The College of Music exceeded its goal by raising $37.7 million in the campaign, from 5,320 individual donors. Nearly $12 million raised in cash and pledges has helped to meet current needs, including scholarship support and new instruments. Over $25 million was raised through charitable bequests, from donors who have included the College of Music in their estate plans. This tremendous support ensures the College of Music can continue its legacy of music excellence for future generations. We are most appreciative to all of the donors who made this possible!
Raise the Torch Campaign Highlights: Music »» Thirty-eight new scholarship funds were established at the College of Music during the Raise the Torch campaign, allowing the college to compete globally for the world’s most promising musicians. »» With a lead gift from Donna and Jimmie Callaway, the College of Music Courtyard has been renovated and is now a frequently-utilized space for patrons and students. »» The Marching Chiefs’ campaign for new instruments provided an entire set of new brass instruments for the Chiefs. Replacing many outdated instruments that hadn’t been updated since the 1970s, the new instruments have greatly improved sound quality and performance.
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$1,000 - $4,999
Roy E. Cockrum The Estate of Howard and Helen Latzer
Richard E. Adams James H. and Ruth A. Alexander Frank W. Almond Beethoven & Company, Inc. Amie J. Benedetto Vincent M. and Jane C. Bocchino Michael S. and Melissa N. Booth Thomas E. Bouse Malcolm H. Brown Michael E. Broyles and Denise R. Von Glahn Carl M. Burkhardt Fedora L. and Girard N. Campbell Judith J. and William C. Carrico Joseph W. and Carol M. Cartus Paul H. and Linda A. Cleveland David S. Collings Peter H. and Jennifer T. Collins The Community Foundation of North Florida Wister J. Cook J.W. R. Davis Ewell T. Denmark Harold A. and Lou Ann L. Doll Kathy H. and David P. Dunnigan Extra Point Club Michelle and Andrew F. Feinberg Kevin A. and Suzanne Fenton James M. Gossler Eleanor C. and J. A. Grant Steven L. and Suzanne S. Hearn Donna E. Hobbs William T. Hold and Anne Hamilton-Hold Edwin F. Hornbrook ImpactAssets, Inc. Jacksonville Seminole Club II Thomas W. and Dawn C. Jennings Kappa Kappa Psi / Gamma Nu Jay T. Karahan Kirby W. and Margaret-Ray Kemper Thomas F. Kirwin David B. and Emily M. Lane Susan R. Lee and Roentgen K. Lee Roberta E. Litzinger-Ginsberg and Allan R. Ginsberg William C. and Stephanie A. Lloyd Mercedes Losada Steven J. Millard Heather and Robert A. Milstead Frances J. Morgan Christopher J. Mossey Francis J. and Anne M. Nardozza
$50,000 -$99,000 Nancy C. Fowler Doris R. Henderson
$25,000 - $49,999 Anthony N. and Helen C. Brittin Gaston Dufresne Performing Arts Foundation Trust R. Fred and Linda J. Hester Beverly White Yeager Ellen T. Zwilich
$10,000 - $24,999 Les and Ruth Akers Florence Helen Ashby Marcus D. and Janice A. Beaver Ramona D. Bowman John S. Dozier and Martha D. Paradeis Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Clifford K. and Mary M. Madsen Carolyn A. Minear The Presser Foundation Nina K. Lowe and Michael D. Rierson Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels Charitable Foundation Vernon C. Stutson
$5,000 - $9,999 Thomas G. and Dana M. Ando William F. and Polly Findeison Patricia J. Flowers Linda T. and Robert A. Lovins Richard J. and Ann E. Martorano Robert C. Parker, Jr. Francis C. Skilling and Karen W. Skilling Westminster Oaks Residents' Council
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IN MEMORIAM Ja n e P er ry- C a m p S chif f m a n (19 3 6 - 2 018), a
the 1990s, Perry-Camp performed, lectured, and wrote about
distinguished pianist and professor
and Postludes for Piano (1992), gave the world premiere of the
of music theory and history at Florida
Schiffman’s Spectrum, My Ladye Jane’s Booke: Eighteen Fugues entire collection on November 15, 1994, at the University of
State University, passed away on March
North Carolina at Greensboro (Schiffman’s hometown), and
18, 2018. Perry-Camp was a native of
recorded it on the North/South label in 1996. During the 1980s,
Durham, North Carolina, and completed
she premiered Schiffman’s Chamber Concertino for Piano and
the BA in Music at Duke University
Double Wind Quintet (1985) and his Concerto for Piano and
(1958) before coming to Florida State University, where she
Orchestra (1982) with the Florida State University Chamber
completed the MM in Piano Performance (1960) and PhD in
Winds and Chamber Orchestra, respectively. Perry-Camp
Music Theory (1968). She studied piano with Edward Kilenyi
retired from Florida State University in 1996.
and repertoire with Ernst von Dohnányi. Perry-Camp taught at Sweet Briar College (1974–1980) before joining the faculty
Douglass Seaton, Warren D. Allen Professor of Music at FSU,
at Florida State University, in 1980. An active scholar and
writes, “Jane’s interdisciplinary standing in the academic
performer specializing in the music of Mozart, Perry-Camp
world is evidenced by her election to the Presidency of the
was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. As a
Fellowship, published numerous book chapters and research
pianist, Jane performed in major sites from Carnegie Hall to
articles, gave guest lectures and performances at universities
European concert venues. She brought out many works by
across the United States, and regularly presented papers at
her husband, whose muse she became. Schiffman’s Spectrum,
professional conferences, such as the American Musicological Society, the College Music Society, the Society for Seventeenth-
My Ladye Jane’s Booke stands as an homage to her mind and
musicianship. Congenial colleagues, Jane and Harold were
Century Music, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century
generous and warmly hospitable in their Tallahassee home and
Studies, the International Society for the Study of European
North Carolina mountain retreat. And Jane’s friends will always
Music, and the Mathematics Association of America. Perry-
remember her as a quick and witty punster.”
Camp was married to Harold Schiffman, a noted professor and composer, who taught at FSU from 1959 to 1983. During
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