2019 FSU College of Music Alumni Magazine

FALL 2019

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A Magazine for Alumni & Friends

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN Welcome to the latest edition of the College of Music Alumni Magazine. The past twelve months have provided many occasions for reflection on the past, engagement in the present, and vision for the future. The College of Music’s roots reach back to a small liberal arts school that was nurtured for well over 100 years to become the renowned institution it is today. There were only about 3,300 people living in Tallahassee when the Department of Music was established at the Florida State College for Women. Compare that with today’s 1,100 music majors and an overall FSU student body of nearly 43,000. The story of how the College of Music grew is told through the lives of legendary faculty and alumni who left an important legacy for future generations. Ella Scoble Opperman, Dean of Music from 1911-1944, was surely one of the foundational figures. You can learn more about this bold woman in the lead article.

Today, the work of the College of Music extends far beyond the walls of its music buildings and touches the lives of hundreds people every year, from birth through older adulthood. We are greatly enriched by our relationship with the Tallahassee community that is reciprocal and mutually beneficial. Numerous examples are summarized in the article entitled “Community Engagement” beginning on page 5. For example, music therapy under the direction of Dr. Jayne Standley has a long-standing partnership in medical music therapy with Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. School-age children have opportunities to engage with FSU students and faculty through Summer Music Camps under the direction of

Dr. Steve Kelly, Opera Outreach headed by Professor Matthew Lata, Capital Children’s Choir with Dr. Suzanne Byrnes, and relationships with local schools fostered by various members of the music education faculty.

Adults may take piano lessons through the College of Music Piano Pedagogy program headed by Dr. Diana Dumlavwalla, sing with the Tallahassee Community Chorus conducted by Dr. Michael Hanawalt, and participate in Senior Singers directed by Dr. Kimberly Van Weelden at the Tallahassee Senior Center. Our patron group, the University Musical Associates, supports the college both financially and through their attendance at many College of Music concerts and recitals. We especially enjoy a fine relationship with Westminster Oaks Retirement Community where students and faculty present “Monday Night Music” throughout the academic year. Students learn from practical experience and are much enriched for it. We could not be more grateful for our community partners and consider this level of outreach and engagement to be a source of distinction.

Finally, under the mentorship of dedicated faculty, we look to the future led by our current students and alumni who are doing great things and blazing the way through the 21st century. I could not be more pleased to introduce new College of Music faculty members on pages 10-11. These fine professors will bring fresh ideas and continue to build the College of Music story.

As always, we remain grateful for your generosity and support. I hope you enjoy this issue of the Alumni Magazine as you read about the comings & goings of our College of Music family.

Yours truly,

Patricia J. Flowers Dean, College of Music

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CONTENTS DEAN

Patricia J. Flowers EDITOR

Grady Enlow CONTENT

Jayme Agee Grady Enlow Patricia J. Flowers DESIGN

Perry Albrigo LAYOUT

Wendy Smith PHOTO CREDITS

Bill Lax Bruce Palmer Wendy Smith COVER PHOTO

Wendy Smith

FEATURES 2 Who Was Ella Scoble Opperman?

5 Community Engagement 8 Opperman Music Hall

Inside and Out

13 Singers & Chiefs Travel to

Normandy

DEPARTMENTS

More exciting changes to Opperman Music Hall (pg 8).

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New Faculty and Retirements

12

Comings and Goings

16

Student News

18

Great Performances

22

Faculty News and Accolades

24

Alumni News

30

Major Gifts, Friends and Supporters

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WHO WAS ELLA SCOBLE OPPERMAN? FEATURE STORY

BY PATRICIA J. FLOWERS

GENERATIONS OF FSU MUSIC STUDENTS, alumni, and patrons have fond memories of Opperman Music Hall, located in what is now known as Kuersteiner Music Building. Outside the hall there is a small plaque honoring its namesake, Ella Scoble Opperman, first dean of the School of Music. The engraved image represents 28-year-old Miss Opperman playing a pipe organ in Paris in 1901, ten years before she moved to Tallahassee to assume the deanship. Looking back in time, there is ample evidence that Dean Opperman’s vision, talent, intelligence, and diplomacy set the College of Music on a path toward the excellence for which it is known today.

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Who was this bold woman who exceeded

Ella Scoble Opperman (b. 1873) grew

cultural norms and left such a legacy?

up in Aurora, Indiana, across the Ohio

The history of Florida State University

River from Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father

is well documented, reaching back to its

was a merchant and store owner and her

beginning as the West Florida Seminary that

mother was at home. The family seemed

was founded in 1851 and began operating in

to be reasonably well off and were strong

1857, only twelve years after Florida achieved

proponents of education as evidenced by

statehood. The name was changed in 1863

the study and travel they afforded their two

to The Florida Military and Collegiate

daughters. Ella graduated with the A.B.

Institute to reflect the addition of cadet

degree from Wesleyan College of Cincinnati

training. The College of Music traces its

at age 16, then went on to earn an Artist

roots to 1901 when the institution was re-

Diploma in Piano and a Master of Music

named Florida State College where music

degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory

was one of four original departments. A few

of Music. She subsequently spent several

years later, a legislative act formed two state

years in Berlin and Paris studying music

institutions of higher learning: University of Florida in Gainesville, designated as a men’s school, and Florida Female College in Tallahassee. The name was changed to Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in 1909. Thus, in a span of just over 50 years, the primary institution of higher education in Tallahassee had been a seminary, a coeducational liberal arts school, a military institute, and a women’s college. Shortly after the establishment of FSCW, Ella Scoble Opperman was brought to Tallahassee to lead the music department. She arrived in

ELLA SCOBLE OPPERMAN WAS AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC IN HIGHER EDUCATION AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND NATIONALLY

highly qualified faculty, and substantially grew the number of music majors. A detailed chronology of this growth is presented in her book, Annals of the School of Music written in 1947.

What is not included in the Annals are

1911 and served as dean until her retirement

performance with well-known pedagogues.

in 1944. Three years after her tenure as dean,

It is likely that she had heard German at

professional leadership, recognition, and

FSCW again became coeducational and was

home, the native language of her Alsatian-

personal interests. For example, she bought

called Florida State University. Upon her

born father. Her travel journals suggest that

her first automobile in 1919 and toured the

retirement, Dean Emeritus Opperman led

she knew both German and French, allowing

state of Florida with her parents, giving

an active life in Tallahassee until her death in

her to fully engage in European cultural life

organ recitals that were praised by the

1969 at age 95.

during 1900-01 and again in 1907-09.

press. The Palm Beach Times ( June 21, 1919)

Back in the states, she gave recitals and

reports of Dean Opperman’s travels,

reported that “Miss Opperman holds the

taught piano and organ at several institutions

distinguished place of being the foremost

including Wesleyan College in Macon,

pianist and organist in the state and it is a

Georgia, where she was praised for her

matter of congratulation to the college at

curricular work. After a period of short term

Tallahassee to have her the director of its

appointments, concertizing and teaching,

music department.” In 1925, she performed

Ella Scoble Opperman was invited in 1911 by

an inaugural recital series on the 4-manual

FSCW President Edward Conradi to direct

Skinner organ at the University of Florida,

the music program and develop a curriculum

one year after a new Skinner organ had

leading to a bachelor’s degree. Over the

been installed to her specifications in the

next several decades, Dean Opperman

Administration Building at FSCW. Dean

increased the number of music degrees and

Opperman’s duties at FSCW included

certificates offered, hired a larger and more

performing solo and chamber music, organ

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recitals and Vesper services in addition

her viewpoints and decisions contained in

to serving as organist at local churches.

published articles and archival materials.

Thus, she maintained an active career as a

Ella Scoble Opperman witnessed powerful

performing musician in addition to myriad

social, cultural, educational, and political

teaching and administrative responsibilities.

changes during her long life. She was born only eight years after the Civil War ended

Dean Opperman was proactive in securing

and died five years after passage of the Civil

FCSW’s institutional membership in the

Rights Act of 1964. She saw ratification of

National Association of Schools of Music

the 19th Amendment in 1920, prohibiting

(NASM) that was newly formed in 1928. Her

states or the federal government from

initial letter of inquiry was dated November

denying U.S. citizens the right to vote on the

13, 1930. There was a site visit in Tallahassee

basis of sex. The small town of Tallahassee

that December, and membership was approved at the NASM meeting held in St. Louis on December 30, 1930. Shortly thereafter, Ella Scoble Opperman was invited to serve as a Vice President of the NASM and later as a member of its Ethics Committee. She also assumed leadership roles with the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) and the Florida State

forward and plan how to meet conditions

Music Teachers Association (FSMTA). Not

that will arise when this second World War

one to rest on titles alone, Dean Opperman

is over.”

was an active participant in each of these organizations and there are examples of

Dean Opperman led a full life in the 25 years following her retirement: writing, traveling, socializing, attending church, going to recitals, and keeping up with correspondence, appointments, and business matters. She was at one time an active member of the local Audubon society and reported that her chief hobby was “the study of birds in their habitat.” During her travels she kept long lists of birds and flowers, and peppered her notebooks with recipes, quirky observations, and concerts attended. There she experienced upon arrival in 1911 grew

is no doubt that Ella Scoble Opperman was

to a population of nearly 60,000 by 1960.

an influential figure in the development

As a young woman she commented on the

of music in higher education at Florida

inconvenience of horse-drawn wagon ruts

State University and nationally. She was

in the streets of Tallahassee, but traveled by

well-connected and respected by leaders at

train, ship, automobile, and airplane as the

the highest reaches of the profession. Her

20th century progressed. She lived through

tireless work in building the size, quality, and

two world wars and, always optimistic, wrote

reputation of the FSCW School of Music

near the time of her retirement in 1944

is the strong foundation upon which stands

that “We are living now in a period when

the remarkable FSU College of Music as we

there is plenty of money for necessities and

know it today.

luxuries…. Our music associations must look

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THAT SURROUNDS A GIVEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION has long been a part of the fabric of U.S. colleges and universities.

College of Music alumni know well the importance of community engagement in the fine and performing arts. Without the support of our greater communities, many arts organizations would cease to exist. Not only does the College of Music invite the public to participate in music experiences on campus, but music faculty and students take music out into the community to reach people of all ages. Keep reading to learn about a few of our great partnerships.

The University Musical Associates Since its inception, the College has engaged the community by opening to the public its concerts, recitals, lectures, master classes and guest performances. Founded in 1987, the University Musical Associates was formed to engage the greater Tallahassee area with a select group of ticketed concerts and recitals each year. The UMA series enhances and deepens each member’s relationship with the college and university and funds raised through the UMA directly support music students in their educational endeavors.

regularly attend performances at the College of Music and are members of the University Musical Associates. Founded more than two decades ago, current leadership is provided

by Patsy Kickliter (BME ‘54). The Monday Night Music program enables residents the opportunity to attend concerts and recitals in the 300-seat auditorium on their own campus. Music performance faculty members have taken over 200 students to perform at Westminster Oaks this past year in about 15 concerts and reaching more than 2,700 residents in attendance.

(NICU). Dr. Jayne Standley said the expansion of services to families’ homes coincides with the 20th anniversary of FSU’s groundbreaking music therapy research benefiting newborns. “It’s a very productive partnership between the College of Music and TMH. The hospital gets cutting-edge medical music therapy for patients, and FSU gets research and training opportunities for students who are some of the most soughtafter graduates in the nation.”

Medical Music Therapy at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

Some 60-80 local children (K-8) participate in the Capital Children’s Choir under the direction of Dr. Suzanne Byrnes assisted by 15-25 music students who gain valuable experience in working with young children.

This program has provided arts enrichment, music instruction, and community goodwill over a 30 year period.

Westminster Oaks Monday Night Music Westminster Oaks in Tallahassee is one of 21 Continuing Care Retirement Communities owned and operated by Westminster Communities of Florida. This active senior community has many residents who

The College of Music recently expanded its Medical Music Therapy program at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) thanks to funding provided by an FSU Dance Marathon grant to FSU’s College of Medicine Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

FSU Capital Children’s Choir

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Opera Outreach Since 2003, the Florida State Opera Outreach Program has toured public and private schools throughout Leon County reaching on average 5,000 students annually. Led by Professor Matthew Lata, the program has been supported in part by a Cultural Grant Award from the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA), the non-profit organization that serves as the facilitator and voice for the arts and cultural industry

in Florida's capital area.

Opera Outreach helps teachers by bringing productions to the classroom, providing a docent to schools, and supplying study guides. In addition, the Florida State Opera Outreach Program provides performance opportunities and practical experience for FSU music students.

high school students drawn from Florida and all around the world. Last summer, over 170 staff members created 14 different camps that performed over 30 concerts during the five weeks of camps. Campers have the opportunity to experience life as a 'Nole, meet FSU faculty and students, and interact with some of the very best music educators and conductors from across the country. Last summer, over 1,400 students attended the camps. Over 70% of eligible campers ultimately choose to attend FSU as college students, representing virtually every major on campus. To learn more about the 2020 Summer Music Camps, checkout the website at music.fsu.edu/ summermusiccamps.

Summer Music Camps Raa Middle School Program Under the direction of Dr. Steven N. Kelly the FSU Summer Music Camps continue to be one of the nation’s oldest and largest summer music camp programs. Founded in 1942 as the Florida State College for Women Summer Band School, the camps continue to attract elementary through

The Florida State University College of Music has partnered with Leon County Schools for decades. FSU music education students are assigned field experiences in the schools where they observe expert teachers, teach mini-lessons, and practice the behaviors

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education students work with Dr. Kimberly Van Weelden in offering a choral experience for older adults. The Senior Singers perform 13-15 concerts per academic year in the community. Performances are held at local nursing homes, adult day cares, assisted livings, memory cares, and retirement communities. The ensemble also performs two times per year at the Senior Center.

Piano Classes for Children and Adults

that make a successful teacher. Augusta Raa Arts Magnet Middle School has a special relationship with the College of Music that was initially developed by Drs. Clifford Madsen and Judy Bowers. Their efforts helped the school become a designated Performing Arts Magnet School. Upper level choral music education students work with Raa Singers (a before-school volunteer choir) and Raa Chamber Choir. Raa and FSU also host a Treble Honors Camp for Leon County middle school students each spring semester. In addition to the long-standing choral and band programs, Raa now has classes in orchestra, guitar, steel pan, and keyboard. For over 20 years this partnership has helped FSU students experience the joy of teaching.

Tallahassee Community Chorus This “town-gown” chorus provides community singers with the opportunity to perform choral masterworks under the leadership of new faculty member Dr. Michael Hanawalt and his graduate choral music education students. The chorus has been in existence for over 30 years and was formerly conducted by Dr. André Thomas, who recently retired. In addition to a large contingent of community members, 30-60 FSU students are involved annually

as choristers, soloists, accompanists, or conductors. The musical outcome is very high quality, resulting in four public performances in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall annually.

Tallahassee Senior Singers The College of Music has a 40-year partnership with the Tallahassee Senior Center where music therapy and music

Adults have the opportunity to learn to play the piano at the College of Music through small classes taught by piano pedagogy students. These classes are offered free of charge as a way of saying thanks to UMA members who support the College of Music.

In addition, children may take piano lessons from experienced graduate students under the supervision of Dr. Diana Dumlavwalla.

Each week, the children receive a 30-minute private lesson and participate in a 30-minute group class. These popular offerings have been developed over the past five years and are taught in an encouraging environment for learners at any age or ability level.

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OPPERMAN MUSIC HALL

INSIDE AND OUT

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WE INVITE YOU TO ADD YOUR PERSONAL TOUCH to the beautifully renovated walkway or hall seating areas by participating in the newly created Music Legacy Program.

WALKWAY BRICKS Between

The iconic Opperman Music Hall (OMH) was named for former Dean Ella Scoble Opperman in 1952. Projects to restore, update, and improve OMH have been going on for several years, including upgrades to the stage decking and a new terrace. Last fall’s Alumni Magazine featured the architect’s 3-D digital rendering of plans for the new walkway, terrace, and patron accessible ramp for Opperman Music Hall. On this year’s cover, we present the completed project. Audience members who have difficulty with steps may now access Opperman more easily via the new ramp near the drop-off portico at the parking lot instead of making their way to the elevator at the far side of the lobby. More importantly, the new terrace provides a lovely space to extend pre- and postconcert conversations among patrons and performers. With easy access to the Callaway Courtyard and the covered walkway section of the Housewright

building, we have a wonderful location for receptions following concerts and recitals.

While these improvements to Opperman Music Hall are taking place over a number of years, there are more to come. A renovation of the audience chamber, with new seats, expanded wheel-chair seating stations, updated entrance doors for easier accessibility, and a permanent soundboard position for the production crew are in the planning stages with work to be completed sometime in the next two years. Specifications for new LED stage lights have been created and the upgrading of the lighting instruments will likely be on the same time schedule.

Five years down the road we are looking forward to the installation of the new Rockwood concert organ designed by organ builder Paul Fritts. As part of that installation a new orchestra shell will be installed to facilitate optimal acoustics for both the organ and other types of concerts.

Housewright and Kuersteiner Music Buildings (shown at left), personalized bricks celebrate the rich history of the College of Music by paying tribute to graduates, faculty, and friends in walkways adjacent to the Callaway Courtyard. See the link below for how to personalize a brick with your own inscription.

PERFORMANCE HALL SEAT PLAQUES Naming opportunities are available for seating in Opperman Music Hall and Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. Consider inscribing a seat plaque to commemorate your own experience at the College of Music or to recognize someone with a meaningful relationship to FSU. These commemorative bricks and seats support the College of Music while helping to pave the way for the future – a fitting legacy to those honored by the inscriptions. We are most grateful for our dedicated community of supporters and hope you will consider joining the College of Music in this new program. All proceeds will support College of Music students, programs, and initiatives.

WALKWAY BRICKS AND SEAT PLAQUES MAY BE PURCHASED ONLINE at one.fsu. edu/foundation/donate/college/music/ legacy-walkway-program.

Scan this QR code with your favorite app to be taken directly to the Music Legacy Program website.

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WELCOME NEW FACULTY MICHAEL HANAWALT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHORAL CONDUCTING AND MUSIC EDUCATION,

PANAYOTIS LEAGUE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY,

de Etnomusicologia, and the International

specializes in the

the Journal of Modern Greek Studies. He

conducts the Chamber

traditional music of

Choir, teaches

the Greek islands,

formerly served as Managing Editor of Oral

graduate courses in

northeastern Brazil,

conducting and choral

Ireland, and their

Bagpipe Organization, and he sits on the SEM Council and the Editorial Board of

Tradition and was a founding member of

the Modern Greek Studies Association’s Transnational Studies Committee.

literature, and serves as Artistic Director

respective diasporas. He holds the Ph.D. in

for the Tallahassee Community Chorus.

Ethnomusicology from Harvard University,

An active performer, composer, and

Dr. Hanawalt was a founding member

where he also served as the James A.

recording artist, Dr. League plays fiddles,

of the professional male vocal ensemble

Notopoulos Fellow in the Milman Parry

lutes, accordion, percussion, and tsambouna

Cantus, serving as both its Executive

Collection of Oral Literature.

(goatskin bagpipe) at venues around the

Director and singing as part of the touring

world. In 2018 he was awarded a Traditional

ensemble. Throughout his tenure with

Dr. League's research has been supported

Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts

the organization, he recorded 12 CDs and

by grants from the Fulbright Foundation,

Cultural Council, and in 2019 was named

performed in or oversaw the booking of

the Weatherhead Center for International

a Master Artist by the Florida Folklife

over 500 concerts, including collaborations

Affairs, and the Tsakopoulos Hellenic

Program for his work performing and

with the King’s Singers, the Boston Pops,

Collection at Sacramento State University,

teaching the traditional music and oral

the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and

and his scholarship has been recognized

poetry of Kalymnos in the Greek immigrant

the Minnesota Orchestra. Dr. Hanawalt

with the Victor Papacosma Prize from the

community of Tarpon Springs.

is active as a tenor soloist, winning

Modern Greek Studies Association. He has

competitions sponsored by the Schubert

published in Ethnomusicology, the Journal of

Club and Thursday Musical. Recent solo performances include Mozart’s Requiem at Tarleton State University (TX) and

Westfield State University (MA), Evangelist in Bach’s Matthäus-Passion at the Bethany College Messiah Festival of the Arts, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. He regularly

for American Music, the Journal of Greek

Media and Culture, the Harvard Review of

GILAD RABINOVITCH, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC THEORY, completed

Latin America, and several edited collections.

PhD degrees in

His forthcoming monograph, Echoes of the

composition (2013)

Great Catastrophe: Re-Sounding Anatolian

and music theory

Greekness in Diaspora, under contract with

(2015) at the Eastman

University of Michigan Press, explores the

School of Music, with

Modern Greek Studies, the Journal of the Society

serves as guest conductor for honor choirs,

legacy of Ottoman-era cosmopolitanism

prior training at the Hebrew University

and his choral arrangements are published

among musicians and dancers on the island

of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Academy

by Boosey & Hawkes, the NielA. Kjos Music

of Lesvos and their migrant cousins in the

of Music. His research interests include

Company, and Colla Voce. Dr. Hanawalt

United States. As a Fulbright Fellow in

eighteenth-century phrase schemata and

holds the BM in Vocal Performance from St.

Brazil, he researched the history, playing

the reimagining of historical improvisation,

Olaf College, the MM in Choral Conducting

techniques, and sociopolitical significance of

bridging past and present approaches to

from Michigan State University, and the

the bisonoric button accordion in the local

music-making and teaching. His articles

PhD in Choral Music Education from

soundscape of the state of Paraíba.

have appeared in (or are forthcoming from)

Florida State University.

Dr. League is a member of the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Modern Greek Studies Association, the American Folklore Society, the International Council for Traditional Music, the Associação Brasileira

the Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Online, Music Theory & Analysis, Theoria,

Indiana Theory Review, Engaging Students, and the edited volume Keyboard Skills in Musical Education: Historical and Contemporary

Perspectives (Olms). He has presented at

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conferences including annual meetings

Speed earned his Bachelor of Music degree,

on a one-act opera with Sokunthary Svay.

of the Society for Music Theory and the

summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University,

Ugay holds degrees from the Yale School of

and his Master of Music degree from Boston

Music; her primary mentors include Aaron

(Strasbourg, 2017). He has also been invited

University. His principal teachers were

Jay Kernis, Martin Bresnick, Christopher

to present at Cornell University, the

Edwin Barker and Edgar Meyer.

Theofanidis, and David Lang.

9th European Music Analysis Conference

University of Michigan, and the University of Texas at Austin.

LILIYA UGAY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC COMPOSITION, is a

GEORGE SPEED, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DOUBLE BASS, enjoys a career

composer and pianist whose works have

that combines teaching

been performed

with solo, chamber, and

in many countries

orchestral performing.

around the globe.

RECENTLY RETIRED The FSU College of Music celebrates the contributions of Professors Anne Hodges, Melanie Punter, and André Thomas, each of whom retired during the 2018-2019 academic year, and wishes them the very best in all of thier future endeavors:

He was recently

Ugay has collaborated with the Nashville

appointed Principal

Symphony, Albany Symphony, American

After 18 years of dedicated service to the

Bass of the Tallahassee Symphony. From

Composers Orchestra, New England

2005-2019 Mr. Speed served as Associate

Philharmonic, Yale Philharmonia, Raleigh

Arts Administration program, Dr. Anne Hodges has retired from the College of

Professor of Double Bass at Oklahoma State

Civic Symphony, Norfolk Festival Choir,

Music. An alumna of FSU, Dr. Hodges

University, where he received the 2009

Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Molinari

first joined the FSU family in 1979 when

Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching

Quartet, Antico Moderno, Omnibus

she entered the College of Music as a DM

Excellence. For the past four summers, Mr.

ensemble, and Paul Neubauer among others.

student in voice. Dr. Hodges served as

Speed has served on the artist faculty of the

Her music has been featured at the Aspen,

Executive Director of the Tallahassee

Brevard Music Center in Brevard, North

Norfolk, Cultivate, American Composers,

Symphony Orchestra from 1985-1997. She

Carolina.

Chelsea, New York Electroacoustic Music,

joined the College of Music faculty in 2001.

June in Buffalo, and Darmstadt New Orchestral playing is central to Mr. Speed’s

Music festivals, as well as the 52nd Venice

As head of the M.A. Arts Administration

career. Prior to his appointment with

Biennale. Ugay has received awards from

program, Dr. Hodges had two foundational

the Tallahassee Symphony, he served

the American Academy of Arts and Letters,

principles for her new role: she wanted the

as Principal Bass of the Oklahoma City

ASCAP, Yale University, and the Woodruff

program to be student-centered, and she

Philharmonic. For 17 years Mr. Speed

Foundation; most recently, she was a finalist

wanted to work with excellent musicians

was a regular player with the Boston Pops

for the 2019 Rome Prize. In addition, Ugay

who were smart, motivated, and dedicated.

Esplanade Orchestra, including numerous

was a prizewinner of many international

We see the legacy of that commitment today,

television broadcasts and domestic and

composition and piano competitions in

finding many of her graduates serving in key

international tours. He has also performed

the USA, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and

positions around the nation.

with the Boston Symphony, Dallas

Russia. One of her passions as a pianist is

Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and

to promote the music of repressed Soviet

In retirement, Dr. Hodges looks forward to

Handel and Haydn Society, among others.

composers in her concert series Silenced

time with her two adult children, traveling

Mr. Speed is passionate about both chamber

Voices, for which she received guidance from

and volunteering. The College of Music is

music and solo performance. From 2005-

Boris Berman.

grateful for her 18 years of faculty service,

2019 he performed regularly with the

and 40 years of collaboration with Florida

Oklahoma City-based chamber ensemble

Originally from Uzbekistan, Ugay is

Brightmusic. In August 2018, Centaur

currently a composer-in-residence at the

Records released Mr. Speed’s recording of

American Lyric Theater working on a

his Vivaldi cello sonata 1-6 transcriptions.

full-length opera with Julian Crouch and at

A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Mr.

the Washington National Opera working

State.

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COMINGS & GOIN Every year, the Florida State University College of Music welcomes multiple Housewright Eminent Scholars to campus, thanks to a generous endowment by the late Wiley and Lucilla Housewright. This past year’s Housewright Eminent Scholars featured Grammy Award winning classical guitarist David Russell; former Dean of the Mannes School of Music, NYC music theorist Joel Lester; and the University of London’s first ever lecturer in music technology education, Evangelos Himonides. The Housewright Emninent Scholars residencies provide an invaluable experience for students, faculty and the community to learn from world-renowned musicians on their areas of expertise through masterclasses, lectures and recitals held at FSU.

Each year a College of Music faculty committee selects a student chamber group to perform at Carnegie Hall’s Weill

Recital Hall as a part of FSU’s “Noles in NYC” showcase. This year, the Civitasolis Reed Quintet was selected with

their program highlighting “Chamber Music for the 21st Century.” The program featured works by David Biedenbender and Gregory Wanamaker (MM1994; DM1996). One of Civitasolis’ initiatives is to commission and perform new works for the reed quintet genre.

Civitasolis established their own composition competition in 2017, and the program for

their Carnegie Hall performance featured the 2018 and 2019 competition winners.

On March 1–3 the College of Music, along with the FSU Flute Association and Flute Studio offered “Flute Summit 2019: The 21st Century Musician.”

The summit featured flutists and experts in entrepreneurship, medicine, music therapy, body awareness and research.

The Flute Summit featured international soloist and former Principal Flutist of the London Symphony Orchestra Paul Edmund-Davies. The weekend featured recitals, lectures, masterclasses, and showcases of flute makers and an exhibit hall in HMU 105 where attendees could try instruments.

The 19th Biennial Festival of New Music took place January 30 – February 2, 2019 at the Florida State University College of Music. The festival included masterclasses and presentations

by guest artists, and seven concerts for large and small ensembles. The residencies of the featured artists Georg Friedrich Haas and Meitar Ensemble were provided by the Wiley and Lucilla Housewright Eminent Scholar Chair in Music. The festival included 35 composers selected from across the country to attend performances of their works.

April 16, 2019 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest American dance artists of the last century, Merce Cunningham. In celebration of his life and legacy, the Merce Cunningham Trust coordinated a myriad of activities through organizations around the world.

Visiting Professor and Composer Stephen Montague brought the idea of participating in this international celebration to the College of Music and School of Dance. On Saturday, April 13, the FSU Museum of Fine Arts hosted Musicircus Florida—the Florida premiere of a John Cage "happening" directed by Montague with over 100 performers: dancers, musicians, actors, artists, poets, acrobats, etc. On Tuesday, 10 faculty members and students performed Montague’s Birthday Party for Merce Cunningham outside on Landis Green—a 60 minute music theatre spoof with the entire 40-piece College saxophone studio playing happy birthday in different keys as the finale! On Wednesday at the

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NGS Student Life Cinema Montague directed a graduate ensemble in a new score for the Cunningham dance film Interscape. Thursday through Saturday Montague performed his new prepared piano-electronics work for Silas Riener’s collage of Cunningham dance works for the Days of Dance Festival.

During the 2018-19 school year, the FSU College of Music and Opening Nights hosted a residency for the contemporary sextet, yMusic. Expanding the boundaries of classical music, yMusic performs in non-traditional venues and has collaborated with artists Paul Simon, Bill T. Jones, and Ben Folds. Six FSU student composers were chosen to work with yMusic on their compositions, culminating in a performance of the student works on April 15th. In addition to their work with these composition students, yMusic presented two other performances at FSU.

The University Singers toured France in May, performing at cathedrals in Caen, Mont Saint Michel, Tours, and Chartres. They visited the American Cemetery in Normandy and participated in a wreath-laying ceremony that was followed by a memorial recital that included “I Lift Up My Eyes” by Hagen, “Psalm 96” by Sweelinck, and the Zulu Peace

Hymn, “Ukuthula.” The University Singers also sang in Mass at the Mont Saint Michel Abbey.

The tour was a unique and meaningful experience for the students and their director, Dr. Kevin Fenton. Fenton reflected: “I find that I am more aware of the intricacies of beauty and the attention to the tiniest of details, especially within the context of these massive cathedrals, that benefit generation after generation… I’m inspired and in awe of the energy of the age 19 to 20-something, and their burgeoning desire to create, transform, and elevate the world they inhabit.”

Ann-Marie Gunn (BS '87), a Marching Chiefs alumna and mother of current University Singers member Noah Gunn,

was able to attend the tour and offered these positive thoughts: “Being a member of the Marching Chiefs was a pivotal part of my life as an undergraduate at Florida State University. Although not a music student, being a part of the Chiefs helped me become more rooted, and grounded, helping me succeed as a student and in life in general. Some of the fondest and most poignant memories I have from FSU are Chiefs memories. To have a son who has the opportunity to study Vocal Performance and be member of the University Singers at Florida State 30 years later has been very gratifying to watch and experience as a parent and alum.”

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The FSU Marching Chiefs on Omaha Beach following the D-Day 75 Memorial Parade in Normandy, France, on June 6, 2019.

This summer, the FSU Marching Chiefs made their third trip overseas as students, alumni, and staff embarked on a week long trip to France as the only collegiate band invited to participate in the D-Day 75 Memorial Parade in Normandy on June 6, 2019. “It was a huge honor to represent FSU and the United States at the D-Day 75 Memorial Parade,” said Director of Bands Dr. Patrick Dunnigan.

Director of Athletic Bands and Marching Chiefs’ Co-Director Dr. David Plack (BA ’92, MME ’95, PhD ’06) noted that it traditionally takes two years to organize a trip of this magnitude, but it was done in six months thanks to help from the university, alumni, and friends.

A major source of funds came from the annual FSU’s Great Give, a 36-hour online giving campaign. Tom and Dana Ando, whose son plays trombone in the band, matched the $75,000

raised by hundreds of donors bringing the total funds raised for the trip to more than $150,000.

This substantially lowered the out-of-pocket cost for students, which enabled 385 members of the 420-strong Marching Chiefs to participate.

Additionally, more than 100 Marching Chiefs alumni, parents and family members traveled alongside current Chiefs on a “shadow” tour.

For their first performance in Normandy, the Marching Chiefs played the U.S. national anthem at the 29th Infantry Division Memorial, with 94-year-old

Colonel Arnald Gabriel in attendance. Col. Gabriel, conductor emeritus of the United States Air Force Band, served as a machine gunner for the U.S. Army's 29th Infantry Division that stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

In the parade, the Chiefs marched along Omaha Beach to “March Militaire Francaise” by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.

The audiences in France didn’t sit on the sidelines to watch the band pass. Instead, they marched alongside the group from beginning to end, taking photos.

At their last performance in France at the Parc de Andre Citroén, the Chiefs had the incredible opportunity to perform the national anthem under the direction of Col. Gabriel.

soldiers who gave their lives in the pursuit of freedom. I can’t imagine anything more special than that.” written by

Dr. Julia Baumanis (BME 2010, MM 2014, PhD 2019)

See the full article about the Marching Chiefs Normandy trip in the Fall 2019 edition of VIRES Alumni Magazine: alumni.fsu. edu/vires-magazine.

Mike Pate (BS ’68), one of the founders of the Marching Chiefs Alumni Association, reflected on this once in a lifetime trip in France: “The emotions I felt watching the Chiefs come down the hill on the beaches of Normandy and marching along Omaha Beach was one of the most powerful moments of my life. It was thrilling to see MY band marching in honor of all of those

Membership in the FSU Alumni Association supports publications like VIRES, strengthens alumni programming, and supports scholarships.

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Continued from page 11

Professor Melanie Punter (As shared by Dr. Alexander Jiménez during the spring faculty

Dr. André Thomas (Excerpts from remarks

shared by Dr. Kevin Fenton during the spring faculty meeting.)

illustrating the lessons he had learned from his mentor.

Like André before me, I, too have been

meeting.)

I think it is safe to begin by saying that

inspired by my teachers. Among them, I have

there is no name more recognizable in the

been inspired by André and his ability to

Melanie Punter is one of a kind, a force of

choral field than André Thomas. When my

weave his efforts as a composer, teacher, and

nature. Every time I see her, she makes me

students ask me who LeBron James is, I say,

conductor into the unparalleled career that

laugh, smile, or both. It’s always great doing

“He is the André Thomas of Basketball.”

we honor today.

As a result of his extensive guest conducting

As a composer, André consistently brought

schedule, individuals throughout the world

to singers, young and old, music filled with

Melanie, here’s to those Saturday mornings

describe him as their inspiring mentor and

hope and encouragement.

in my office surrounded by worried cats. And

friend. He is known everywhere. I spent

I hope one day to “keep looking up,” like you

some time in South Africa and worked

In the 1990s, André imagined an America

always do.

very hard to develop a relationship with

singing of its greatness in "I Hear America

exams and juries with Melanie. Perhaps she’ll come back in the fall and join us just for fun.

Michael Barrett, who conducts choirs at the

Singing" and in the years that followed

“Breathe. You can relax and focus,” Melanie

University of Pretoria. Planning the meeting

his imagination was shared with millions:

regularly told her students. We wish for you

took several phone calls and emails—finally

“We’re going to sing and never tire. Walk

that as you focus on seeing the world, you will

he agreed to a brief meeting with me at a

together children, don’t you get weary there’s

coffee shop—no longer than 15 minutes. I

a great camp meeting in the promised land!”

own mantra, “Music is my sanity.”

drove from Johannesburg to Pretoria, and

also remember to relax. And don’t forget your

Michael and I began the name game—once

In the 2000s, André shared his dream

It’s been an honor to see her artistry, her

Michael came to realize I was a colleague

of a better world in "I Dream a World,"

teaching and her care for her students; not

of André Thomas, the entire tone of the

composing a setting for Langston Hughes’

to mention watching her students’ successes.

meeting changed and what was supposed to

text: “A world I dream where black or white,

When one of her students gave a successful

be 15 minutes turned into 90 and lunch—the

whatever race you be, will share the bounties

performance, she would humbly ask with a

reach of André’s talent and warmth is felt all

of earth and every person is free. Where

wry smile, “Do you take lessons?”

the way to South Africa.

wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind.”

Melanie, you’ve made such a difference. In

At FSU, we have been fortunate to share the

March, when we had former students of

halls with him as colleagues, able to watch

More recently, André has continued

yours come play a recital for you, they all

him work with the choirs and orchestras

to implore individuals in the singing

remarked how you had made a difference in

in the university he called home for 34

community to be examples of unity, as in a

their lives through your passion for teaching,

years. Just think for a minute of the many

piece titled "Someday is today: A Plea for

your artistry, your being “mom” to them, and

opportunities we have had to learn from him

Unity": “Someone should stand face to face,

your tough love. One of them, breaking into

and the countless things he has taught us.

strongly condemn the taunts of race to race”

tears, said that you completely changed his

and “blaze the path to peace”—"someone is

life. There’s no way he would have survived

In the early 2000s, André arranged the

his time at FSU without you. And I’m sure

English Folk Song “Barbara Allen” as a

many of your students feel that way.

tribute to his mentor and teacher, Harold

André, you have “held fast to dreams,” and

Decker. In the cover page of the score,

more importantly you have taught your

We’ll miss your passion for your students,

André wrote about how Harold had entered

students, your colleagues and the choral

your grit, your wit, and your laughter. But

his life when he was a middle school teacher.

profession to dream, to imagine and to

you’re not going too far away, so this isn’t

Offering a moving tribute to Decker, André

explore ways that music can better our

good-bye — it’s so long. Thank you for all

weaved his thoughts through the beautiful

tomorrows.

you’ve done. We’re always here for you and

melody of “Barbara Allen” into a tapestry

wish you the best.

you and someone is me.”

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STUDENTS PRESENT, PERFORM, AND Adam Cobb (DM anticipated 2021) is an

an active performer and advocate of early

Jason Cassel

organ scholar for the Pacific Northwest

music, having studied Baroque bassoon with

(MA in Piano

course of the Royal School of Church Music

Dominic Teresi at the Tafelmusik Baroque

Technology, 2019),

in America.

Summer Institute in Toronto in 2016. She

former Graduate

returned to Toronto in the summer of 2019

Assistant under Dr.

Two FSU students went to Knoxville, TN

to study with Elena Bianchi, and attended

Li Yeoh, Director of

in late July to compete as semi-finalists

the American Bach soloists academy in San

Piano Technology,

in the International Clarinet Association

Francisco. Scheibe received the Master of

took home the

2019 Young Artist Competition. Current

Music degree from FSU and the Bachelor of

top prize during

DM student Ian McIntyre and current MM

Music degree from the University of Kansas.

the inaugural FSU

student David Joonsu Kim competed in

Graduate School’s Master’s in Four [minutes

the live rounds of the competition after

The FSU Tuba and Euphonium Octet

presentation] competition. His project, “The

advancing from the first round. The ICA

performed at the United States Army Band

Voice of the Piano,” focused on discussion

Young Artist Competition is an annual

Tuba and Euphonium Workshop at Fort

of optimum methods to improve the tone

event, and this marks the second straight

Myer, Virginia in February 2019. In addition,

of pianos. After a marvelous summer at the

year where at least one FSU student has

the octet performed in a featured concert at

Aspen Music Festival, Cassel started his new

competed in the semi-final round.

the 2019 International Tuba and Euphonium

full-time position as Piano Technician at the

Conference at the University of Iowa in May.

Brigham Young University (BYU) School of

FSU DM bassoon student Mark Lauer

Music in Provo, Utah. Cassel will join Rick

recently won the Principal Bassoon audition

Baldassin, BYU Concert Piano Technician,

for the Northwest Florida Symphony

Fazioli Technical Support Director of North

Orchestra. Lauer graduated from FSU with

America and head instructor for the Renner

the Master of Music degree in the Spring of

Academy.

2019, and will return in the Fall to pursue the DM in Bassoon Performance. Lauer also

FSU Jazz bass

attended the 2019 Texas Music Festival and

student Mikailo

was a finalist in their Concerto Competition.

Kasha (BM

Before attending FSU, Lauer received a

Two DM students in the FSU Tuba

Performance) was

Bachelor of Music from the University of

and Euphonium studio participated in

the recipient of

Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of

competitions this summer. Ian McCollum

the DownBeat

Music and Dance.

was selected as a semifinalist in the Leonard

Magazine’s 42nd

Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium

Annual Student

Festival Solo Competition in Twin Lake, MI.

Music Awards

DM bassoon student Nina

Jazz Soloist in

Scheibe recently was

Brandon Smith

appointed the Artist

won the 2019

of Undergraduate College Outstanding

in Residence for

International Tuba

Performance. Kasha was the only bassist

bassoon at Valdosta

and Euphonium

selected by DownBeat Magazine for the

State University

Conference Arnold

award. Established in 1976, the DownBeat

and Principal

Jacobs Mock

Student Music Awards are considered the

Bassoonist of the

Orchestral Audition

most prestigious in jazz education. Hundreds

Valdosta Symphony

at the ITEC held

of musicians, music educators and music

Orchestra. In addition to teaching and

at the University of

industry professionals received their first

orchestral performance, one of Scheibe’s

Iowa in May 2019.

international recognition as DownBeat

main foci is on the Baroque Bassoon. She is

the category

Student Music Award winners.

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WIN AWARDS In October 2018, seven FSU piano pedagogy

their scholastic duties and provide

have centered on the intersection of race,

students traveled to Miami for the annual

meaningful improvements and experiences

gender, and the elementary music classroom.

Florida State Music Teachers Association

to communities. Harmon has volunteered

Aguirre currently serves as the after-school

conference at the Biltmore Hotel. All

with the Council on Culture & Arts

music teacher for Mason's School of Music,

seven received enrichment grants from the

(COCA), creating cross-discipline lesson

an instructor of Beginning Guitar at FSU,

organization to help support their travels

plans surrounding outdoor public art in

and teaching assistant for the Elementary

and gave presentations at the conference.

Tallahassee and mentoring middle school

Music Methods course at FSU with Dr.

(Xinshuang Jin, Xuan He, Ricardo Pozenatto,

students in art education.

Darrow. His work has been published in

Update: Applications of Research in Music

Robin McAnally, Madison Blake, Christy Shelenberger, Jenna Braaksma, with Dr.

FSU Saxophone students Nicholas Childs,

Diana Dumlavwalla, Assistant Professor of

Caleb Miller, Andrew Becker, Jenny Hesoun,

Piano Pedagogy.)

Dawson Coleman, Joel Ferst, Christopher

Education and Visual Inquiry.

Coots, David Ramos, Galo Morales, Justin Graham, Eric Stults, and Elizabeth KingBennett attended the North American Saxophone Alliance Region VI Conference at the University of Mississippi. Sophomore saxophonist Patrick Manser won first place in the Region VI Solo Competition, and the Eon Quartet won first place in the Saxophone

In March, students from the studio of

Quartet Competition. Additionally, the

Dr. Christopher Moore (Nicholas Feivou,

FSU Saxophone Orchestra gave a recital at

Katie Figiel, Justin Way, Nickolas Bass,

the conference, and DM students Elizabeth

Sarah Duncan, Anthony Salabarria, Kyle

King-Bennett and Nicholas Childs gave solo

Mallari, Julia Gill, Julia Bell, Kyle Tellez,

performances of several works. MM student

Kiko Tomei, Zachary Price, Brianna Hunley,

Eric Stults along with DM clarinet student

Derrick Montgomery, Ben Cendan, Matthew

Amy Humberd performed a duo program.

Strickland, Landon Chance) traveled to Lexington, Kentucky for the National Trumpet Competition (NTC). These students made up six soloists, and two trumpet ensembles. The “Osceola Large Ensemble,” mostly consisting of first year students, advanced to the semi-finals out of 28 large ensembles. The “Renegade Small Ensemble” advanced to finals, placing 2nd

Senior Music

overall out of 39 total ensembles.

Education student Emma Harmon was

FSU PhD General Music Education student

nominated for FSU’s

Ryan Aguirre is the first recipient of the

Humanitarian

Clifford K. Madsen Scholarship. Aguirre

of the Year. This

is currently studying with Dr. Alice-Ann

award recognizes

Darrow. Drawing from the Orff-Schulwerk

the efforts of

approach, Ryan taught elementary music

students who go

in Colorado prior to starting his doctoral

above and beyond

studies in Tallahassee. His research interests

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Jazz Aspen Snowmass ( JAS) allows college students to work with such Jazz Masters as Christian McBride, Benny Green, Russell Malone, Diane Reeves, and to perform in a Big Band concert under the direction of Christian McBride. This summer, graduate student Alan Blanchard and undergraduate students Justin Williams and Mikailo Kasha were selected to participate in the JAS Academy Big Band Sessions. All selected musicians received full scholarships to the week-long residency in Aspen, Colorado.

Doctoral

Several FSU graduate students and alumni

Eric Stults,

percussion

presented at the poster session in Tampa for

MM student

student Peter

the FMEA Annual Conference. Pictured

in Saxophone

Soroka won

above, from left to right: Michael Douty, Dr.

Performance,

an audition for

Gregory Springer, Brandon Meeks, Victoria

recently won the

the U.S. Army

Warnet, Julia Baumanis, John-Rine Zabanal,

State Division

Ceremonial Band,

Ken Goff, Ryan Aguirre, Ricardo Pozenatto,

Young Artist

“Pershing’s Own”

Braeden Ayres, Brandon Rutledge, Eileen

Competition

in the Fall of 2017.

McGonigal, Sandy Purdum Hinkley, and

for MTNA in

While at Florida

Kenna Veronee (not pictured).

Orlando, FL.

State University,

Stults also competed in the Southeast

Soroka performed with the Tallahassee

Isaac Barzso,

Regional round of the MTNA Young Artist

Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia Gulf

BM Composition

Competition. In addition to the MTNA

Coast. As a Master’s student at University of

student, had

Young Artist Competition, Stults’ reed

North Texas, Soroka performed in Poland

the premiere

quintet Civitasolis was named alternate in

and Croatia as a member of the UNT

performance of

the State Division MTNA Chamber Music

graduate percussion ensemble in 2013.

his ballet In a

Competition.

Sleepier Century Lincoln Sandham

on November

Doctoral clarinet

(MM in progress),

10th, 2018, in the

student Anthony

Nancy Smith

Poehailos won

a member of Dr. Mark Wingate's

Fichter Dance Theatre at the FSU School

the International

composition

of Dance. In the development of the piece,

Clarinet

studio, was

he worked closely with choreographers Ben

Association's

selected as one

Howard and Holly Stone, MFA students in

(ICA) 2018

of three finalists

the School of Dance. He received the 2018

Orchestral

for the Florida

David B. Ford Undergraduate Research and

Audition

Orchestra Student

Creative Activity Award from FSU’s Center

Competition.

Composition Competition. Sandham’s

for Undergraduate Research and Academic

The competition was held at the ICA annual

work was played in a reading session along

Engagement in recognition of the project,

conference, which took place in Ostend,

with the other three finalists in March. The

which is dedicated to late FSU Professor of

Belgium. The competition consisted

winning composition was premiered by the

Composition Ladislav Kubík.

of clarinet and bass clarinet excerpts,

Florida Orchestra during their May 24-26th

adjudicated by a panel of professional

concerts.

clarinetists.

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Doctoral students Chandler Wilson and

Senior Violin

The celebration of creative exploration and

Dunwoody Mirvil presented “Friends,

Performance

research at the nexus of science, engineering,

Colleagues, and Collaboration: The Tie That

major Josefina

arts, and design took place in Washington,

Binds” and "The Underdog Trombonist: The

Guzmán won

D.C. at the Smithsonian Museum in April

Teacher's Playbook To Equip Your Students

the Young

2019.

To Be a Champion on The Trombone,”

Artist String

respectively, at the Florida Music Education

Competition

Congratulations to chapter President

Association’s annual Professional

at the Florida

David Ramos and the entire FSU Collegiate

Development Conference in Tampa.

MTNA

Chapter of the National Association for

Competition

Music Education for earning the Chapter

Doctoral violin

and will represent the state of Florida in the

of Excellence Award for Advocacy. The

student Pedro

southern division this fall. Thomas Johnson,

citation reads: “The Florida State University

Maia was selected

junior Violin Performance Major, was named

NAfME Collegiate chapter has maintained

to participate in

alternate in the same competition. Both

a high standard of excellence in the area of

the 2018 Global

violinists are in the studio of Dr. Shannon

advocacy. Such efforts include an advocacy

Leaders Program

Thomas.

session for chapter members in preparation

(GLP). Thirty-five

for the Florida Music Education Association

rising change-

College of Music faculty and students

collegiate advocacy day at the State Capitol,

makers in music

(Lincoln Sandham, Nicholas Batina, Kayla

a music awareness outreach event, a month-

were invited to

Hanvey, Dr. Mark Wingate, Dr. Evan Jones, Dr.

long social media campaign during Music

be part of the 2018 cohort from an applicant

Clifton Callender, Aaron Houston, Matthew

In Our Schools Month, and a week-long,

pool of over one hundred candidates from

Briggs, and Richard Diaz) participated in

campus-wide advocacy awareness event

around the world. Participants included

the 2019 ACC Creativity and Innovation

titled '#AdvocacyEd4Tomorrow' during

professional orchestra musicians, project

Celebration, a joint venture of the Atlantic

Arts in Education Week.”

founders, teaching artists, doctoral

Coast Conference member schools and the

candidates, and university professors.

Smithsonian Music of American History.

In January, Maia watched and presented workshops and lectures on teaching artistry, music advocacy, and music education for social change, and taught master classes and played chamber concerts in Osorno, Chile.

Graduate assistant in the College of Music’s M.A. Piano Technology program Chung Wan Choi spent Summer 2018 at leading music festivals in roles designed to enhance career preparation and long-term professional success. 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. She returned to the College of Music that fall, bringing back experiences from Tanglewood to better serve the FSU music community.

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FACULTY NEWS AND ACC Dr. André Thomas has been elected to serve as National Vice President of the American Choral Directors Association 20192021, and will serve as national President 20212023.

Dr. Steve Kelly, Professor of Music Education and Director of Summer Music Camps, has been elected to serve as President of the Florida Music Education Association from 2019-2021.

Dr. D. Gregory Springer, Assistant Professor of Music Education, was elected as Editor-in-Chief of Florida Music Director, the official publication of the Florida Music Education Association and a previous recipient of the Music Educators National Conference Award for Excellence. He was recently elected to the editorial boards of two research journals: Research Perspectives in Music Education and the Journal of Music Therapy. He is also completing a two-year term as chair of the Society for Research in Music Education’s Affective Response Special Research Interest Group. In the 2018-2019

academic year, he published research articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Psychology of Music, Musicae Scientiae, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, and International Journal of Music Education.

Dr. Clifford Madsen, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music, recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE). This award is based in the UK and carries a stipend of L1,000 (approximately $ 1,200). Madsen is only the second person from the US who has received this honor.

He was recognized for his work in psychology of music and behavioral research methods, as well as his participation in the Research Commission for the past five decades.

Alongside his extensive contributions to music research, Madsen has also been a longstanding member and past-chair of International Society for Music Education (ISME).

Previously Madsen was inducted in the Music Educators National Conference Hall of Fame; additionally he was given its first Senior Researcher Award. Madsen also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association for Music Therapy. Three separate studies have identified Madsen as the most prolific and cited researcher within the premier journals across both fields.

Dr. Sarah Eyerly, Assistant Professor of Musicology and Director of the Early Music Program, was awarded a Collaborative Research Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies — the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and related social sciences — to support her work on Songs of the Spirit: The Collaborative Hymnody of the Mohican Moravian Missions.

Eyerly will share the Collaborative Research Fellowship with religious studies scholar Rachel Wheeler (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis) as they investigate how native Mohicans and German-Moravian missionaries developed a Mohican-Moravian hymn tradition in eighteenth-century North America.

Dr. John Parks, Professor of Percussion, was named the recipient of the University’s Distinguished Teacher Award for the 2018-19 academic year.

A committee of faculty and students selected Parks for this year’s award. The Distinguished Teacher Award recognizes sustained outstanding teaching at Florida State University.

Dr. Pamela Ryan, Professor of Viola, performed Alan Shulman's Theme and Variations for Viola and Orchestra with the Thailand Philharmonic in September 2018.

Ryan has enjoyed a successful career as

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COLADES a recording artist, teacher and performer.

Her recording Gulfstream, which features recordings of new music chamber works, was chosen as BBC Music Magazine’s US choice and MusicWeb International’s Recording of the Month.

Laura Gayle Green, Head of the Warren D. Allen Music Library, was recently awarded The Fred L. Standley Award for her exceptional service. The award is given as recognition to Library Faculty and Staff who demonstrate achievements in areas such as superior service to students and faculty, research and publications, and mentorship to students, faculty, library staff and professionals.

Dr. Geoffrey Deibel, Assistant Professor of Saxophone, released his sixth studio recording, Soul Searching, with his saxophone quartet h2. The recording features works

by Georg Friedrich Haas, Kerrith Livengood, and h2’s own Jeffrey Loeffert. In addition to the recording, Diebel gave a recital with the h2 quartet at the 2019 Music For All National Conference in Indianapolis.

Dr. Iain Quinn, Assistant Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Sacred Music, released two CDs this year, Haydn Organ Concertos with Arcangelo and Jonathan

Dr. Shannon Thomas, Assistant Professor of Violin, has released a new album titled Celebrating Women Composers: Zwilich, Higdon, Auerbach, collaborating with pianist Frank Huang and recording engineer Sergei Kvitko of Blue Griffin Studio. You can find her CD on iTunes and other major distributors.

Cohen, Director (Chandos Records), and The Garment of Holiness, choral and organ music of Iain Quinn, with the choir of Selwyn College, Congratulations to Associate Professor of Piano Dr. Heidi Louise Williams on the debut of her new album Beyond the Sound, a collection of piano sonatas by composers Griffes, Walker, Floyd, and Barber. Additionally, her album Vocalisms (a collaboration with soprano Mary Mackenzie) was awarded "Finalists and Honorable Mention" in the 20182019 Professional Division of the American Prize in Chamber Music Ensembles.

Sarah MacDonald, Director (Regent Records).

Quinn also published a critical edition, Choral-Studien, Robert Papperitz (Ut Orpheus Edizioni) and an edited book, Studies in English Organ Music, (Routledge), Cambridge. Quinn has forthcoming recitals for the Harvard Organ Society and Princeton University.

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ALUMNI NEWS COLLEGE OF MUSIC FACULTY CITATIONS

Dr. Deborah A. (Sheldon) Confredo (PhD 1991) and Dr. Ruth V. Brittin (PhD 1989), pictured below with Dr. Clifford K. Madsen, and Dr. James R. Mathes (MM 1980, PhD 1986) received College of Music Faculty Citations for Graduate Alumni.

ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Amy Acklin (PhD 2009), received the 2019 University/ College Teacher of the Year Award from the Kentucky Music Educators Association.

Currently Acklin serves as the Associate Director of Bands and Marching Band Director at the University of Louisville. Before teaching at the University of Louisville, Acklin taught instrumental music in California public schools for six years. She is an active conductor, clinician and adjudicator and presents research regularly at national, regional and state conferences.

Alumna and Illinois State University Professor of Ethnomusicology Ama Oforiwaa Aduonum (MM 1993; PhD 1999) won the Outstanding Achievement in a Leading Role award from the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) National Festival in Pennsylvania for her performance in Walking With My Ancestors, a play written by Aduonum and directed by Professor of Theatre Kim Pereira. Walking With My Ancestors was one of four finalists for the AACT Overall Outstanding Production award. Aduonum uses live African drumming, original poetry, singing, acting, and dancing to offer fresh perspectives on the experiences of the “forgotten” enslaved Africans and to demonstrate how today’s racial and cultural problems connect with truths of our shared and painful pasts. Walking With My Ancestors won three awards at the Illinois Theatre Festival for outstanding original work, outstanding use of music, and outstanding performance this spring. The play also won three awards from AACT’s Region III competition this spring, including outstanding performance.

education community who has developed a veterans teaching training program to help close the gap of unfilled teaching positions the state has recently faced.

Nathaniel Brown (MM 2019) has received an E. Power Biggs Fellowship from the Organ Historical Society.

Caroline Buechner (BME 2009), choral music educator at Navarre High School, was named Santa Rosa County Teacher of the Year.

Buechner is a former FVA District 1 Chair, and recently served as All-State HS Concert Chorus Coordinator.

Alexander Xavier Charles (MM 2019) won a bassoon position with the US Navy Fleet Band.

Sarah Agrios (MM 2018) was chosen to serve as part of this year’s 45-member cohort of the Global Leaders Program focusing on social entrepreneurship through music, including online learning and field experience (concerts, teaching, and social engagement) in Chile and Mexico.

Alexandra Dee (BME 2010; MM 2013) is the Music Director and Conductor of the South Loop Symphony Orchestra. She is also a doctoral student in Orchestral Conducting at Northwestern University.

While at FSU, she studied conducting with Alexander Jiménez, choral conducting with André Thomas, and violin with Corinne Stillwell. She was also Assistant Conductor for the University Symphony Orchestra and University Philharmonia, Conductor for the New Music Ensemble, and founding Music Director and Conductor of the Campus Orchestra.

Clayton Allen (BME 2003) is now a prominent orchestra conductor at Lake Braddock Secondary School, overseeing one of the largest music programs in Virginia. Previous to this position, he served a six-year tour as an Army medic in Afghanistan, who would also “play classical violin from his tent, the tunes at times competing with sounds of exploding bombs in the distance to fill the night sky” according to a recent Washington Post article.

Allen is also an influential member of the Virginia

Dr. Jeff Denson (MM 2005) recently was appointed the Dean of Instruction at the California Jazz Conservatory. Previous to this new position, Denson directed three ensembles and was a full professor at the California Jazz Conservatory as well as being a part of a nonprofit organization devoted to the enhancement of jazz in the Bay Area.

Denson has established an impressive recorded catalogue with 10 albums as leader or co-leader, and a dozen more as a sideman.

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Roberto Flores (BM 2019) is one of 10 outstanding graduate students and recent alumni who will spend the 2019-2020 academic year as a part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Flores was selected for the binational business program in Mexico City, which places grantees in different business environments while taking graduate business classes at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. After graduate school, Flores plans to work in international development with a focus in Latin America.

Jazmin Ghent (BME 2013) won Best Jazz Album for The Story of Jaz at the 50th NAACP Image Awards on March 30, 2019. Previous recognitions include a 2017 nomination for Best New Smooth Jazz Artist.

After receiving her bachelor’s degree at FSU, Ghent received her Master’s from Tennessee State University. Her music can be heard on all major music distributors.

Holly Grefe (MME 2009), choral teacher at Lafayette High School, was awarded a national teaching prize from the travel company WorldStrides. Worldstrides is a student travel company that organizes events and academic travel opportunities for school groups of all ages. The company received 750 nominations nationwide for this year’s competition, and Grefe was selected from a class of five finalists, CEO Bob Gogel said. “It impressed us that she’s so well-connected to the kids. As you heard her today, it’s not a job for her, it’s a life’s calling. She

stimulates that passion and excitement every day,” Gogel said. Grefe has been teaching at Lafayette High School for the past 20 years.

Mitchell Gribbroek (MM 2017), won an audition with the Virginia Symphony in September of 2018 as a section member. Gribbroek is also currently working on a Performance Certificate from New England Conservatory. Gribbroek is a member of the Vic Firth Young Artists program.

Kayla Hanvey (MM 2019) is one of 10 outstanding graduate students and recent alumni who will spend the 2019-2020 academic year as a part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Hanvey will be studying extended techniques in Hungarian repertoire for the flute under the tutelage of István Matuz in Budapest, Hungary. She plans to continue her musical studies at the doctoral level with a concentration in extended techniques and contemporary music.

Dr. Jonathan Hehn, OSL, (DM 2010), is currently serving as Choral Program Director and Organist in the office of Campus Ministry at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to actively practicing as a church musician at

Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart, he publishes regularly in the areas of liturgy and sacred music, and serves as the editor of Sacramental Life, a journal published by the Order of Saint Luke.

Master Gunnery Sgt. Betsy Hill (MM 1989), co-principal flute with "The President's Own" Marine Chamber Orchestra, participated in President George H. W. Bush's state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

Dr. Keith Kaiser (PhD 1998), Professor of Music Education at Ithaca College, has been named to a Charles A. Dana professorship, an award established in 1975 to develop outstanding faculty through recruitment and retention of full-time professors with a high level of teaching competencies and recognized scholarly activities. He also has received an Ithaca College Faculty Excellence Award and Student Affairs and Campus Life Faculty Appreciation Award. Kaiser was a co-recipient of a highly selective Sounds of Learning grant to study the functions of music education in American public schools. Kaiser’s Dana Professorship will focus on the impact of music on healing and therapy.

Dr. Paul Luongo (MM 2006; PhD 2010) is an Associate Professor of Music and Paul Garrett Fellow at Whitman College, where he teaches music history and directs the Whitman Orchestra. Luongo is also active in the Walla Walla music community, serving as the youth orchestra director and principal guest conductor of the Walla Walla Symphony.

Luongo’s primary scholarly interests focus on the development of the American orchestra in the nineteenth century. He has presented his research at several national and international

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conferences, including the College Music Society, College Orchestra Directors Association, and others.

Dr. Courtney Miller (BM 2004), presented a program entitled “Perspectives, Oboe Music from Portugal.” The recital included Os Cantos do Oboé, Op. 73 for oboe and piano by Ricardo Matosinhos, Sonatina Brevé para oboe e piano by Anne Victorino d’Almeida, and Três Peças Atlânticas for oboe and piano by Eurico Carrapatoso.

Amy Nungesser (MM 2018) has been appointed as Organist/Pianist for Sanlando United Methodist Church in Orlando, FL. She is also the new music teacher at Circle Christian School, and is starting her own private teaching studio in the area.

Christopher Ocasek (MM 2009), former conducting student of Dr. Alexander Jiménez, has gone on to conduct ensembles in America and abroad. In the 2017/18 season, he made his debut with the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing with Placido Domingo, as well as the Dubai Opera, and Yerevan State Opera and Ballet Theatre. For the past four years, Ocasek has served as a conductor for opera productions at the Washington National Opera and the San Francisco Opera. Through his career, he has collaborated with the University of California Los Angeles and the Juilliard School.

Dr. Harry Price (BME 1974; MM 1975) was the recipient of the 2018 Senior Researcher Award from the National Association for Music Education. Price has been published in Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education; Psychology of Music, International Journal of Music Education; Research Studies in Music Education, and more. Since his first publication in 1983 Price has published numerous articles, 18 of these in the prestigious Journal of Research in Music Education alone. Price also served a six-year term as editor of JRME. He has presented his research at more than 100 conferences and professional meetings across the country and abroad. Price was the recipient of the College of Music’s Opperman Faculty Citation in 2009.

Christopher James Ray (MM 2013), was recently was appointed Season Resident Conductor and Principal Coach for Opera San Jose.

Ray will conduct two performances of four opera productions each season. Before this appointment, Ray spent the past two seasons on the music staff of the Bayreuth Festival where he worked on several opera productions.

Dr. Jeffery Redding (MME 1997; PhD 2011) is the winner of the 2018 Grammy Music Educator Award, recognizing those who have made a lasting impact on students and music education. Redding was selected from more than 2,800 initial nominees from all over

the U.S. Redding is the choral director at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida.

Redding was featured on CBS This Morning in an interview discussing his up-bringing and educational philosophy, as well as a performance with his Advanced Women's Choir.

Dr. Ryan Reynolds (DM 2017), presented a program entitled “World Premieres: Three New Works for Oboe and Bassoon.” The new works included Patterns in Asemic Writing (2018) by Per Bloland, and Cante Jondo: Homenaje a Federico Garciá Lorca (2018) by Ethan Wickman. Reynolds also performed as part of “The Reed Which Blows in the Wind” for 12 bassoons and string chamber orchestra

by Chiel Meijering with the Meijering Bassoon Collective.

Tyler Tolles (MM 2016), won an audition in the Spring of 2018 for the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West percussion section.

While at FSU, Tolles completed a Master of Music in Jazz Studies and Percussion Performance and is currently working on his Doctor of Music in Performance at FSU. Dr. Brandon Waddles (PhD 2019), is a recent recipient of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Inaugural Diverse Voices Collaborative Grants. With this grant, Waddles will compose a short work for SATB double choir and rhythm section. The work will use the words of James Baldwin, as well as the texts of various Negro

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spirituals, vocalized respectively in conversation between the two choirs. According to Waddles, “Today, the impassioned Black writer’s words seem even more poignant in this political and social climate...[and] form a plea for change.”

Dr. Lilly Haley (DM 2018) and Dr. Casey Knowlton (MM 2012; DM 2016), graduates with degrees in clarinet and oboe performance at FSU, both graduated from Navy boot camp on December 7, 2018, after winning positions with the Navy Fleet Bands earlier this year. Both Haley and Knowlton received special awards (only six are awarded out of 635 sailors). Haley recieved the Military Order of the World Wars Award of Merit, while Knowlton received the Military Officers Association of America Award.

Dr. Greg LeFils (PhD 2104) (Stetson University), Dr. Jeremy Wiggins (PhD 2019) (Western Connecticut State University), and current PhD student Kody Wallace presented sessions at the 2019 Mississippi Music Educator's Conference. The three presented five sessions including sessions on student leadership, positive strategies for creating a choral culture, and incorporating renaissance vocal literature for students from K-20+.

Many FSU alumni, faculty, and students presented at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio (February 13-16) as clinicians and at the College Division Research Poster Session.

Featured clinicians for the College division included retired FSU faculty Dr. Judy Bowers, Associate Dean Dr. William Fredrickson, and the following College of Music alumni: Drs. Rebecca MacLeod, Jeffrey Ames, Robert Duke, David Frego, Judith Jellison, Nicole Robinson, Matthew Williams, and Alan Zabriskie. FSU alumni presenters at the research poster session included Drs. Sandy Hinckley, Laura Singletary, Julia Baumanis, and Kenna Veronee. Dr. Rebecca MacLeod was the featured String Division Clinician at TMEA and presented on her new book, Teaching

Strings in Today’s Classroom.

Congratulations to music theory area faculty, students, and alumni who presented at the 2018 Society of Music Theory Conference in San Antonio. Dr. Clifton Callendar presented on “Complementary Collections and Combinatorial Tonality in Ligeti’s Late Works” and Dr. Rachel Lumsden presented “Margaret Glyn’s The Rhythmic Conception of Music (1907): A Case Study of Gender, Class and Authorship.” Current PhD student Lewis Jeter (MM 2013) presented “Modeling Perception of Pitch Sets.” Alumni Megan Lavengood (MM 2012) presented “A Study in Timbre Narratives and Instrumentation in 1980s Pop” and Chelsey Hamm (MM 2010) presented “Representations of the ‘Female Voice’ in Kesha’s Rainbow.” Jeremy Robins (PhD 2017) presented “Double-Tonic Complexes and Singer Agency in Popular Music,” and current PhD student Sara Everson (MM 2017) presented “Music Theory for a ‘Weaker Sex’: Oliveria Prescott’s Columns in The Girl’s Own Paper.”

Gabe Fankhauser (PhD 1999) presented a lightning talk entitled “Interpreting Meaning in Music Fundamentals.” Dr. Nancy Rogers gave the Vice President’s report at the business meeting.

Dr. Casey Knowlton (MM 2012, DM 2016), Dr. Galen Dean Peiskee Jr. (DM 2018) and Dr. Jacob Goforth presented the program “New and Brand New 21st Century American Works Featuring Bassoon,” that comprised European premieres of the music of Alex Shapiro and FSU alumnus Gregory Wanamaker (PhD 1997). The program included Shapiro’s Desert Notes (2001) for oboe, bassoon and piano, and Wanamaker’s Echoes of Melancholy (2017) for bassoon and piano, which was commissioned

by Goforth and Peiskee and dedicated to the late FSU Professor of Composition, Ladislav Kubík.

Alumni Dr. Ryan Reynolds (DM 2017), Courtney Miller (BM 2004), Dr. Casey Knowlton (MM 2012, DM 2016), Dr. Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr. (DM 2018) and current Doctoral candidate Jacob Goforth presented recitals and participated in additional performances at the 47th annual International Double Reed Society Conference (IDRS) in Granada, Spain.

NEWS FROM THE ARTS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM Alex Hinand (BA 2016, MA 2018), accepted a new position as Ensemble Operations Coordinator for Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois.

Jenna Jordan (MA 2018), became a Marketing and Communications Associate in the spring at Weston Playhouse Theatre in Vermont.

Caitlin Long (MA 2017), joined the Georgia Southern Athletics Foundation in April as the Donor Relations and Event Coordinator.

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MUSIC THEATRE: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Former Bachelor of Music students of the Music Theatre Program are everywhere theatre is being performed, from Logan Mortier in China performing in A Chorus Line, to Adair Watkins and Tom Sardinia in Florida, working together in Orlando at Disney in Finding Nemo!

Here are some highlights from the past year: On Broadway this year, Mike Evariste joined the cast of The Book of Mormon for a time before leaving to go out on the tour for two months. Greg Mills continues in the longrunning Phantom of the Opera.

Off-Broadway, Grace Choi is closing out the long run of Avenue Q as Christmas Eve, and quite literally next door, Austin Owen is in Jersey Boys.

Alumni you might have seen on national tours this year include Stephen Anthony, who has been on the Dear Evan Hansen tour this past year, performing as the Evan alternate, but beginning in September he will be taking over the role as the full-time Evan Hansen. Danny Burgos is in rehearsal for the national tour of The Band’s Visit as the offstage swing for all the men.

Two of our graduates are doing cruise work, performing while getting to see all sorts of amazing places. Erin Wasmund is currently playing Regina in Rock of Ages on the Norwegian Breakaway. Collin Phillips is playing a host of Disney characters, including a dashing Captain Jack Sparrow, on Disney Magic.

Shore. After his international tour of A Chorus Line in China, Mortier is currently at Coastal Carolina playing Bobby once again in A Chorus Line. This fall he will be doing West Side Story in Tokyo. Emily Kramm was Anybodys in West Side Story at Mill Mountain and performed in Elf at Wagon Wheel Theatre for Christmas.

Julio Agustin received a Best Choreography nomination for his work on Guys & Dolls at

In other New York City news, Whit Baldwin continues to do improv with New York BATSU!, the live Japanese game show, and has become the company manager for the New York company. Emily Kramm just completed The Broadway Dance Center’s Professional Semester with a Showcase at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Based in NYC and doing film and TV work, Mike Evariste did an episode of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as did Ashley Arcement – though not together.

Out West, Mekia Cox is still based in LA, where in February she returned to playing Dr. Robin Charles in Chicago Med on NBC, after finishing the run of Once Upon a Time as Tiana/ Sabine. She is also involved in the new indie film Back to 1. Max Chucker is also in LA and with classmate Peyton Tucker (BFA Music Theatre) has started his own LLC partnership called Same Tree and signed an agreement with Big Branch Productions, which creates original content for DIRECTV and the AT&T Network. They have two of their original songs in scenes in two episodes of the television show You Me Her. Jacob Mondry played at the Hotel Café in LA to celebrate the release of his new single Color Me Blue. Earlier this year he released the single Superhuman. Look for them on Spotify and Apple music.

Meanwhile, in other regional theatre highlights, Jonathan Mousset played Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys at the Ogunquit Playhouse this past fall and is currently reprising the show – back by popular demand. He will be doing the role again at North Shore Music Theatre in August. Logan Mortier did Hairspray at North

Theatre Under the Stars in Houston. Ashley Arcement was in five shows at Sacramento Music Circus this past year. She also got to partner with fellow alum Rico LeBron in Grease at Casa Manana in Fort Worth, Texas.

Mike Evariste was commissioned to produce a one-night concert, a Temptations Tribute, in Sun Valley, Idaho, at the Sun Valley Pavilion, his first endeavor as a producer on his own for a live concert. He has been asked back this year to do A Tribute to The Girl Groups (The Shirelles, The Supremes, The Pointer

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Sisters, and more). Evariste has also become a partner at an investment firm, Arcis Capital Partners, heading their Broadway, Media, and Entertainment Investments. Angel Lozada performed Che in Evita at ACT of Connecticut.

He then came down to Florida to do Che at Riverside Theatre, and came back to Florida again to play the role of Bernardo in West Side Story at Maltz Jupiter. After finishing the season at Wagon Wheel last summer, Laura Plyler has had a very busy year working in South Florida. She performed in My Way, A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, in addition to adding the choreography for the show at MNM Theatre Company. She then played Rizzo in Grease at the same theatre. After next developing the lead character for a TheatreLab reading of Go, Please Go she returned to the Wick Theatre for Funny Girl for her first professional choreography job. Next she played Patsy in Crazy for You. In May, Plyler was working on another TheatreLab project, developing a new work based on actual journal entries in the voices of incarcerated women.

Meanwhile, this summer Plyler returns to her secret love, Shakespeare, playing Lady Macbeth for the New City Players. She has already lined up two choreography jobs for the fall, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and the Fort Lauderdale Christmas pageant, as well as Dance Captain and ensemble for the Wick’s production of Evita.

We also have alumni who are currently teaching or writing. Julio Agustin is Assistant Professor in the University of Miami’s BA/ BFA Department of Theatre Arts. His book, The Professional Actor's Handbook, continues to be implemented as a resource in theatre programs throughout the country. His article “Re-Envisioning the Classical Musical for a New Audience” was published in the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Journal this past spring, and he has given a number of papers in the 2018–19 academic year at a variety of conferences. Agustin will be directing Sister Act at Post Playhouse this summer.

Jay Jaski has taken a new position this fall, at

the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) as Professor of Musical Theatre. Candice Condor Pipkin maintains a private voice studio and teaches Music Theatre classes at the local theatre. She music-directed The Little Mermaid and choreographed The Wizard of Oz. She also choreographed Aladdin with the Penguin Project, an organization that works with special-needs children.

Our newest alums are already busy. Eddie Ortega will be performing at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre and Brad Betros will be at New London Barn Playhouse.

Current students Henry Gendron and Aaron MacKenzie are at Wagon Wheel Theatre for the summer season.

So be sure and watch carefully wherever you are - chances are there is an FSU College of Music Theatre alum or current student performing for you!

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MAJOR GIFTS & ENDOWMENTS

Private philanthropic support is critical to ensuring the College of Music continues its legacy of music excellence. Through both outright and estate gifts, this generosity has enabled the College to address top priorities, including student and faculty support, innovative programs and a world-class learning environment.

Total giving to the College of Music in the past year was over $3.6 million. The College of Music would like to recognize the following benefactors for their exceptional contributions, given between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.

Les and Ruth Akers

Les and Ruth Akers Fund for Entrepreneurial Activity in Music

Thomas G. and Dana M. Ando

Russell E. Hilliard

Mary J. Hilliard Music Therapy Scholarship Fund

Elizabeth M. Kelly

Marching Chiefs Normandy Fund

John F. Kelly, CPA Scholarship for Guitar

Brenda M. and Robert J. Bish

Clifford K. and Mary M. Madsen

William Joseph Bish Endowed Woodwind Scholarship Fund

Ramona D. Bowman Friends of Music

Anthony N. and Helen C. Brittin Anthony N. Brittin Endowed Scholarship in Music

Chavez-Tatro Family Foundation

Clifford K. Madsen Endowed Lecture Series

Leonard Mastrogiacomo

Leonard and Norma Mastrogiacomo Pianos

Carolyn A. Minear

Judy Bowers Endowment for Music Education

Robert C. Parker

Bill and Lynnie Tatro Music Scholarship Fund

Jean Kavanaugh Parker Memorial Opera Fund

Anne S. and John W. Daves

The Presser Foundation

Marching Chiefs Normandy Fund

The Presser Foundation Fund

Gaston Dufresne Performing Arts Foundation Trust

Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels Charitable Foundation

Gaston Dufresne Foundation Scholarship Endowment

Zwilich Graduate Assistantship in Music Composition

Patricia A. Fish

Charles E. and Persis E. Rockwood

Lloyd A. Fish, M.D. Endowed Scholarship in Music

Doris R. Henderson

Lee Henderson Marching Chiefs Instrument Endowment

Linda J. and Roy F. Hester Sacred Music Scholarship Fund

Rockwood Organ at the College of Music

Ellen T. Zwilich

Zwilich Graduate Assistantship in Music Composition

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FRIENDS & SUPPORTERS

WE THANK THESE DONORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS GIFTS, GIVEN BETWEEN JULY 1, 2018 AND JUNE 30, 2019:

PHILANTHROPY SPOTLIGHT In the past year it has been an honor to work with donors whose incredible philanthropy will impact the College of Music for generations.

We are deeply grateful for Charles and Persis Rockwood’s profound support of the college, including their recent $2.2 million gift to establish the Rockwood Organ at the College of Music. This custom-built organ will be designed and constructed by Paul Fritts & Company, with an estimated installation date in Opperman Music Hall in 2025. The Rockwood Organ adds notable prestige to FSU’s already-strong organ program and is a boon to FSU and the Tallahassee community at large.

There was also tremendous university-wide support for the Marching Chiefs’ trip to perform at the 75th commemoration of D-Day in Normandy, France this summer. With a generous $75,000 matching gift from Tom and Dana Ando, whose son Travis marched in the Chiefs the past 4 years, the College of Music was able to raise an additional $77,000 in the 36-hour “Great Give” campaign. In total, the college raised nearly $240,000 to make the trip more affordable to the 385 Chiefs who participated in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Student support remains a top priority at the College of Music, as 46 percent of music majors receive scholarship funding. We were proud to establish five new endowed scholarship funds this year, which helps to ensure that the college can continue to attract and retain world-class talent.

As the landscape of needs and priorities at the College of Music shifts over time, we are indebted to our donors.

All gifts to the College of Music advance student and faculty success and ensure Florida State remains among the top music programs in the nation. We are most appreciative of your support.

$400,000 or more Charles E. and Persis E. Rockwood

$50,000 -$99,000 Thomas G. and Dana M. Ando Doris R. Henderson Elizabeth M. Kelly

$25,000 - $49,999 Brenda M. and Robert J. Bish Anthony N. and Helen C. Brittin Chavez-Tatro Family Foundation Gaston Dufresne Performing Arts Foundation Trust Patricia A. Fish R. Fred and Linda J. Hester Leonard Mastrogiacomo

$10,000 - $24,999 Les and Ruth Akers Ramona D. Bowman Anne S. and John W. Daves Russell E. Hilliard Clifford K. and Mary M. Madsen Carolyn A. Minear The Presser Foundation Dorothy & Jonathan Rintels Charitable Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999 ATEL Foundation Michael S. and Melissa N. Booth Dean L. and Eliza L. Cash Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund William F. and Polly Findeison Jacksonville Jaguars, LLC Patricia P. Kickliter Richard J. and Ann E. Martorano Felicia A. and Brian D. Rawlin Michael D. Rierson and Nina K. Lowe Lauren E. Todd Westminster Oaks Residents' Council Ellen T. Zwilich

$1,000 - $4,999 Richard E. Adams James H. and Ruth A. Alexander Frank W. Almond American Endowment Foundation Florence Helen Ashby John A. and Jessica L. Bazley Beethoven & Company, Inc. Joseph Bodiford Steven A. Boor Thomas E. Bouse Karen N. Bradley Kenneth G. and Jeannie M. Brodhead Michael E. Broyles and Denise R. Von Glahn Carl M. Burkhardt Fedora L. and Girard N. Campbell Bridget M. and Gilbert* S. Chandler Paul H. and Linda A. Cleveland Timothy A. and Peggy H. Cole David S. Collings and Mari Anne Bottom Valerie N. Colvin The Community Foundation of North Florida Eleanor E. and Andre F. Connan Cottage Grove, Inc. Virginia C. Dale Mike W. and Jeri Damasiewicz J.W. R. and Tina R. Davis Ewell T. Denmark Harold A. and Lou Ann L. Doll Wilson and Lirian I. Dondo Janice L. Dougherty Peter M. and Susan Dunbar Kathy H. and David P. Dunnigan Curtis E. and Jo Ellen Falany Michelle and Andrew F. Feinberg Kevin A. and Suzanne Fenton Stanley E. and Carole D. Fiore First Commerce Credit Union Patricia J. Flowers Jeffrey D. Gargiulo and Valerie Boyd James M. Gossler The Grant Family Fund Steven L. and Suzanne S. Hearn Donna E. Hobbs Edwin F. Hornbrook Glenn R. Hosken Christopher E. Iansiti and Michael A. Fornaro The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc.

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IN MEMORIAM Pa m el a A n dr e w s

(194 8 -

Joseph F lu m m er f elt

2 019), served on the Florida State

(19 3 7 - 2 019), conductor laureate and

University College of Music faculty as

former artistic director at Westminster

Associate Professor of Strings from 1971

Choir College and a former faculty

until her retirement in 2018. Professor

member at Florida State University, died

Andrews earned the Bachelor of Science

on March 1, 2019, in Indianapolis. Musical

degree in music education from the University of Illinois and the Master

America’s 2004 Conductor of the Year, Dr.

Flummerfelt was the founder and musical

of Music from the University of Miami. During her career,

director of the New York Choral Artists and for 33 years he was

Andrews performed with 14 regional orchestras and for many

the conductor of the Westminster Choir.

years served as principal double bass with the Tallahassee and Albany Symphonies. Many summers were spent as principal

Flummerfelt joined the Florida State University faculty in the

double bass of the Brevard Music Festival, Brevard, NC. During

fall of 1968. Throughout his brief tenure, the Florida State

the final years of her teaching career, Andrews developed and

University choirs performed frequently with the Atlanta

directed the Viola da Gamba program, one of the Early Music

Symphony orchestra. At the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti,

ensembles at the College of Music.

50 voices were chosen from the University Singers and Chamber Choir to form the festival chorus for Menotti's festival in

Active in string and education professional organizations,

Spoletto, Italy. The following summer, Flummerfelt joined the

Andrews served as president of the state chapter of the

faculty of the Westminster Choir College (1971).

American String Teachers Association and the Florida Orchestra Association, and held divisional positions in the

"The world of choral musicians has lost an icon. His profound

American String Teachers Association and National School

influence on conductors and musicians has been immense."

– André Thomas

Orchestra Association.

Her string faculty colleague Melanie Punter, who retired from the College just this year, wrote on Facebook, “I first met

Wil li a m C . Robi nson

Pam in the '80s at a festival in Cullowee, NC. I remember this

(1919 - 2 019), of Winter Springs, Florida

small woman playing an enormous bass that she called "Old

passed away peacefully in his home on July

Grandfather" ...I was impressed with her ability to get around

3, 2019 at age 99. Bill shared his life for 73

that instrument and she was a good leader.”

years with his loving wife, Nimrie, whom he lost in 2018.

“Fast forward to 1996 when I was appointed Assistant Professor of Double Bass at FSU. It was awkward, since prior to that it

After 20 years as a high-profile band

was her gig. But as the years went on and we played in TSO she

director in middle and high schools, Professor Robinson

was principal, I was the anchor until she stopped playing bass,

became Assistant Professor of Horn at Florida State University.

I became principal and we built, I felt, a healthy respect for one

During that time (1966-71), he hosted the First, Second, and

another.”

Third International Horn Workshops. It was in 1970, at that workshop, that the International Horn Society was chartered.

“She started and built a huge viol program and unfortunately

In 1971, Professor Robinson moved to Waco, TX and finished

when she retired last year the program didn't survive. I'm sorry

his university career at Baylor University. In his ‘retirement’ in

she only had one year of retirement. Rest well, Pam.”

Florida, he taught horn students of all ages, right up until his passing. He changed the scope of the horn community on both local and international levels. For more about his life, you may read The Life and Career of William Calvin Robinson, by Dr. David Hedgecoth (BM 1999; MM 203).

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