Tutti Magazine 2017-18

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Emily Threinen The School of Music’s New Director of Bands

Celebrating Dominick Argento's 90th Catching Up With Kathy Saltzman Romey Student, Faculty, & Alumni News

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Tutti. (Italian) all. every musician to take part.

Tutti is the annual magazine of the University of Minnesota School of Music.

It supports the school’s community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends by providing information that highlights events, developments, and trends within the school, connects the school’s many constituencies, and celebrates the achievements of the school’s community.

In This Issue 12

5 Director’s Letter

26 Thank You Donors

6 2017–2018 Events Calendar

30 Competition Winners

Michael Kim Director, School of Music

31 Student News

Lisa Marshall Editor and Writer

35 Faculty News

Kristine Porwoll Graphic Designer

10 Student Features The Ferguson Scholarship Legacy

38 In Memoriam

Modern Press Printing

12 Anzaldúa's Border CrosSing

43 See & Be Seen

9 2017–2018 Season Highlights

22

John Coleman Dean, College of Liberal Arts

39 Alumni News

14 Alumni Features Q&A with Violinist Tami Lee Hughes 16 Faculty Features Dominick Argento's 90th Year 18 The 125th Anniversary of Bands Celebration Welcome Emily Threinen 22 Faculty Profile: Kathy Saltzman Romey 25 New Affiliate Faculty

ON THE COVER: Emily Threinen on the Washington Avenue bridge at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis) campus. Photo © Lisa Miller.

The School of Music The mission of the School of Music is to understand, share, and disseminate music through creation, performance, research, and education: • We embody and encourage creative and intellectual curiosity at the highest level of artistry and scholarship.

• Our distinguished faculty inspires students to be global citizens and agents of transformation through music, realizing this educational work in an integrated and collaborative environment.

• Our students develop the knowledge, attitudes, and professional skills to be successful while engaging with the richly diverse, urban, artistic communities in the Twin Cities and beyond.

The University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, founded in the belief that all people are enriched by understanding, is dedicated to the advancement of learning and the search for truth; to the sharing of this knowledge through education for a diverse community; and to the application of this knowledge to benefit the people of the state, the nation and the world. The University’s threefold mission of research and discovery, teaching and learning, and outreach and public service is carried out on multiple campuses and throughout the state.

LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

© Greg Helgeson

Dear Friends,

Above Left: Director Michael Kim performs with the Symphonic Band at Collage 2016.

Above Right: Michael Kim with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Principal Cellist Julie Albers, clarinetist Martin Frost, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Artistic Director Kyu-Young Kim.

Since becoming director two years ago, I have been immensely grateful to the many alumni and friends of the School of Music who actively support our top priority of providing a worldclass and uniquely personalized student learning experience.

In this issue of Tutti, you will read about the continuing work of our exceptional students, faculty, and alumni. There’s so much to celebrate: the 90th birthday of Professor Emeritus Dominick Argento, Professor Kathy Saltzman Romey’s 25th year as director of the choral program, a new arts organization founded by a student to integrate choral audiences in the Twin Cities, and the completion of a successful year of events in honor of the 125th anniversary of bands at the University of Minnesota.

I continue to be awed by the collective accomplishments and contributions of our distinguished music graduates and faculty.

They continue to distinguish themselves as composers and scholars at leading international conferences and performance venues; as Grammy award winners; as collaborators with the great musicians of our time including Yo-Yo Ma and Lang Lang; as jurors and top prize winners at the world’s leading international music competitions; as distinguished professors, music educators, administrators internationally, and the list goes on and on.

The remarkable members of our School of Music community are among the finest colleagues it has ever been my honor to collaborate with. Come join in the excitement, and my warmest thanks for your continued engagement and support!

Sincerely,

Michael Kim Professor and Director of the School of Music

The University of Minnesota School of Music gratefully acknowledges program support from Schmitt Music. The School of Music is an All Steinway School.

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FALL 2017 Guest Alumna Recital: Jennifer Muñiz (piano) Saturday, Oct. 21 µ 1 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

SCHOOL OF MUSIC 2017–2018 SEASON Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Events are subject to change or cancellation. Events may be added during the course of the semester. This calendar does not list the numerous free student recitals presented each week. For directions and an updated and complete events calendar, visit music.umn.edu.

* Indicates a ticketed event.

▶ Event will be live streamed.

Visit z.umn.edu/musicstream or page 8 for more information.

Jennifer Muñiz (BM, 1997, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) will present a lecture/recital on solo piano music of early 20th century Chicago composer Arne Oldberg (1874–1962).

Guest Master Class: James Romig (composer) & Ashlee Mack (piano) Monday, Oct. 23 µ 10 am Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

James Romig and Ashlee Mack will present a master class on Romig's new large work for piano, Still.

Mondays @ Minnesota – Guest Master Class: Heike Daum (soprano) & Jens Hamann (baritone) Monday, Oct. 23 µ 6 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall Campus Orchestra Concert Monday, Oct. 23 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Ernesto Estigarribia, Ho-Yin Kwok, and Qinqing Hilkert, conductors.

North Star & Gold Campus Bands Concert Thursday, Oct. 26 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Brian Beck’s Liadov Fanfare, Johnnie Vinson’s Ballad and Dance, Thomas Doss’s St. Florian Chorale, J.P. Sousa’s The Gallant Seventh, Ron Nelson’s Mayflower Overture, Libby Larsen’s Hambone, and W. Francis McBeth’s Selections from Of Sailors and Whales. J. Nick Smith and Cory Near, conductors.

Choral Concert: Global Voices Saturday, Oct. 28 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Choral music reflects the diversity and richness of the world around us. Join the Campus Singers ensembles along with the University Men’s Chorus on a journey of song and celebration, which will take you around the globe! Matthew Mehaffey, Ahmed Anzaldúa, Amanda Weber, and Kira Winter, conductors.

Choral Concert: A Choral Kaleidoscope Sunday, Oct. 29 µ 4 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

The University Singers, Chamber Singers, and Women’s Chorus present a program of a cappella and accompanied choral music. Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey, conductors.

Mondays @ Minnesota – Guest Performance: Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) & Paula Fan (pianist) Monday, Oct. 30 µ 6 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

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University & Maroon Campus Bands Concert: Trick or Treat Monday, Oct. 30 µ 6:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

A festive Halloween eve program featuring a kids’ costume parade. Music to include Julius Fuick’s Entry of the Gladiators, Brian Balmages’ Nevermore, Johan deMeji’s Lord of the Rings Symphony No. 1, mvmt V Hobbits, Alex Shapiro’s Lights Out, Andrew Boysen Jr.’s Alchemy, Michael Markowski’s The Cave You Fear, and Eric Whitacre’s Godzilla Eats Las Vegas. Betsy McCann and Cassandra Bechard, conductors; Michelle Eboch, guest conductor.

17th Annual Collage Concert Saturday, Nov. 4 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Featuring more than 300 students and faculty in a non-stop showcase.

Mondays @ Minnesota – Discussion and Class: Matthew Boehler (bass & composer) Monday, Nov. 13 µ 6 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall University Opera Theatre Presents W.A. Mozart’s Idomeneo * Thursday, Nov. 16 – Saturday, Nov. 18 µ 7:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 19 µ 1:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Giovanni Battista Varesco, librettist; David Walsh, director; Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Sung in Italian with supertitles.

Tickets: tickets.umn.edu or 612-624-2345 $20 adults (advance)/$25 adults (week of opera); $5 students, children; $15 for U of M retirees, alumni, faculty, and staff

56th Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert * Saturday, Nov. 18 µ 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 19 µ 2 pm Northrop, Carlson Family Stage

Join the U of M Marching Band for performances that showcase music, tradition, and entertainment for the whole family. The Pride of Minnesota has been bringing spirit, color, and music to campus for more than 125 years.

Alumni Night! U of M Marching Band alumni are encouraged to attend the Saturday evening performance. Betsy McCann, director.

Tickets: northrop.umn.edu or 612-624-2345 Adults: $30/$25; children (17 and under): $25/$20; groups 10+: 15% off regular ticket price; education groups: 25% off regular ticket price

Jazz Ensembles I and II Present: The Music of John Harmon Tuesday, Nov. 21 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Pianist John Harmon has composed for jazz ensemble, symphony orchestra, and

just about everything in between. He founded the jazz-fusion group Matrix and is widely known for his original voice with both piano and pen. Dean Sorenson, conductor.

Guest Recital: Richard Barrett (electronics) & Milana Zarić (harp) Wednesday, Nov. 22 µ 7:30 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Guests Richard Barrett (Institute of Sonology in Den Haag and at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts at Leiden University) and Milana Zarić present a duo recital, with other guests including local composers, improvisers, and U of M School of Music students and faculty.

Mondays @ Minnesota – Master Class: Joseph Mechavich (conductor) Monday, Nov. 27 µ 6 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall University & Gold Campus Bands Concert Thursday, Nov. 30 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Shelley Hanson’s Evening Song and more. Betsy McCann and Cory Near, conductors; Ernesto Estigarribia, guest conductor.

Choral Concert: Sounds of the Season Saturday, Dec. 2 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

The combined Campus Singers ensembles along with the University Men’s and Women’s Choruses ring in the holiday season with an eclectic program of seasonal choral music. Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, Ahmed Anzaldúa, Amanda Weber, and Kira Winter, conductors.

Jazz Combos Present: Inspiring Improvisers Monday, Dec. 4 µ 7 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

U of M Jazz Combos present a program exploring the ideas the drive the jazz soloist. Phil Hey, conductor.

North Star & Maroon Campus Bands Concert Monday, Dec. 4 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Frank Ticheli’s Cajun Folk Songs, Hugh Stuart’s Three Ayres from Gloucester, Brant Karrick’s Bayou Breakdown, Paul Dukas’ La Peri Fanfare, P.A. Grainger’s Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol, and Malcolm Arnold’s Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo. J. Nick Smith and Cassandra Bechard, conductors; Emilie Bertram and Matthew Pilmer, guest conductors.

Symphonic Band Outreach Concert Tuesday, Dec. 5 µ 1:30 pm Tartan High School Oakdale, MN

Symphonic Band Concert with Edina High School Concert Band Wednesday, Dec. 6 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

The Symphonic Band will premiere March through the Northern Pines by U of M School of Music alumnus Spencer Brand. Edina High School Concert Band will also perform. Program to include David Maslanka’s Mother Earth Fanfare, John Mackey’s Sheltering Sky, Yasuhide Ito’s Festal Scenes, and more. Jerry Luckhardt and Paul Kile, conductors; JoAnn Wieszczyk, guest conductor.

Choral Concert: J.S. Bach’s Magnificat Thursday, Dec. 7 µ 7:30 pm Olson Campus Center Luther Seminary Chapel St. Paul, MN

The University Singers and Chamber Singers explore Mary’s song of hope and justice in the face of fear and expectation. Together, the choirs will perform Bach’s Magnificat among other Marian anthems. This concert is a collaboration with the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee, raising funds for programs that support motherhood and parenting for incarcerated women. A doctoral degree recital conducted by Amanda Weber.

Fall Chamber Music Gala Concert Friday, Dec. 8 µ 7:30 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

University of Minnesota School of Music students perform chamber works.

University Wind Ensemble featuring the Rogers High School Wind Ensemble Friday, Dec. 8 µ 7:30 pm Rogers High School, Rogers, MN

Program featuring Dmitri Kabalevsky’s Overture to Colas Breugnon, works by J.S. Bach, Horkstow Grange & Lord Melbourne from Lincolnshire Posy, Britten’s The Country Dances, and more. Emily Threinen, conductor; J. Nick Smith, guest conductor.

2017 General Music Class Performance Tuesday, Dec. 12 µ 10:30 am Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

This event features performances by General Music Methods students.

General music in the School of Music prepares music education students with materials, strategies, and extensive field experience with expert general music teachers to plan and implement instruction for global arts understanding.

University Wind Ensemble & University Symphony Orchestra Concert Tuesday, Dec. 12 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Igor Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments featuring U of M School of Music Director Michael Kim, piano, and Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste. Emily Threinen and Mark Russell Smith, conductors; J. Nick Smith, guest conductor.

Annual U of M Trombone Choir Holiday Concert & Ugly Sweater Contest Wednesday, Dec. 13 µ 12 pm Ferguson Hall Lobby

Maroon & Gold Campus Bands Monday, Feb. 26 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Campus Orchestra Concert Wednesday, Dec. 13 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Symphonic Band Outreach Concert Tuesday, Feb. 27 µ 1:30 pm East Ridge High School Woodbury, MN

Hear festive holiday music and wear your most hideous holiday sweater for a chance to take home a trombone trophy for one glorious year. Coffee and cookies provided!

Ernesto Estigarribia, Ho-Yin Kwok, and Qinqing Hilkert, conductors.

SPRING 2018 37th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Concert Thursday, Jan. 18 µ TBD Ted Mann Concert Hall 24th Annual U of M High School Honor Band Concert Sunday, Jan. 21 µ 1:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

The upper Midwest's finest young wind and percussion instrumentalists perform challenging wind music. Program to include Williams/Lavender’s Sound the Bells!, Michael Daugherty’s Vulcan: “Vulcan’s Forge” Movement III, and more.

Emily Threinen, Jerry Luckhardt, and Betsy McCann, conductors.

University Symphony Orchestra Concert Friday, Feb. 9 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program featuring Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, and a performance by the University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition winner. Mark Russell Smith, conductor.

Choral Concert: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar” Sunday, Feb. 18 µ 4 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Featuring bass-baritone Carl Ratner and Duo Furioso, the husband–wife team of pianists Silvia Roederer and Leslie Tung. The bass section of the University Chamber Singers will collaborate with singers from the Twin Cities community to premiere Shostakovich’s own version for piano duo and bass choir of his powerful and timely Symphony No. 13, based on “Babi Yar” and other poetry

by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. A doctoral recital conducted by Ahmed Anzaldúa.

Guest Alumnus Recital: Edward Niedermaier (piano/composer) Thursday, Feb. 22 µ 8 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

U of M School of music alumnus Edward "Teddy" Niedermaier performs a program of original works.

Program to include Nelhybel’s Prelude and Fugue, Erickson’s Air for Band, Mahr’s Fantasia in G, and Sousa’s Minnesota March. Cassandra Bechard and Cory Near, conductors.

University & North Star Bands Concert Thursday, Mar. 1 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program featuring Gustav Holst’s The Planets: I. Mars, James Swearingen’s But for the Love of Ireland, Dana Wilson’s Colorado Peaks, and more. Betsy McCann and J. Nick Smith, conductors; JoAnn Wieszczyk, guest conductor.

Choral Concert: Excelling Over Every Star Friday, Mar. 2 µ 7:30 pm Location TBD

Featuring sacred and secular songs of love and devotion, the University Singers will perform works by Hildegard, Busto, and Brahms. A master’s degree recital conducted by Daniel Parks.

Wind Ensemble Outreach Concert Friday, Mar. 2 µ TBA Century High School Rochester, MN

Performance to include Debussy/Patterson’s Préludes, Book 1: X. La cathédrale engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral) and select movements from Husa’s Music for Prague 1968. Also featuring a performance by the Wind Concerto Competition winner. Emily Threinen, conductor; JoAnn Wieszczyk, guest conductor.

2018 U of M Jazz Festival Combo Concert featuring U of M Jazz Combos with Guest Jeff Bailey Friday, Mar. 2 µ 7 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

We kick off the 2018 Jazz Festival with this full performance featuring all three U of M Combos under the direction of Phil Hey and featuring guest artist bassist Jeff Bailey.

2018 U of M Jazz Festival Concert featuring Jazz Ensembles I & II with Guest Jeff Bailey Saturday, Mar. 3 µ 7 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Bassist and U of M alumnus Jeff Bailey joins Jazz Ensembles I and II for the concluding concert of the 2018 U of M Jazz Festival. Dean Sorenson, director.

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Choral Concert: Music for a Grand Space Sunday, Mar. 4 µ 2:30 pm Cathedral of Saint Paul St. Paul, MN

The Campus Singers and Men’s and Women’s Choruses perform music that celebrates the acoustic splendor of the Cathedral of St. Paul. Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, Ahmed Anzaldúa, Amanda Weber, and Kira Winter, conductors.

Campus Orchestra Concert Wednesday, Mar. 21 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Annual Band Project Showcase Thursday, Apr. 19 µ 11:30 am

Jazz Combos Present: Swing Into Spring Monday, Apr. 30 µ 7 pm

Symphonic Band Concert Thursday, Apr. 12 µ 7:30 pm

Join beginning band students and School of Music music education students for the joyful sharing of original compositions and improvisations. Laura Sindberg, director.

Jazz classics and originals will be featured on this final concert of the year for the U of M Combos. Phil Hey, conductor.

Ernesto Estigarribia, Ho-Yin Kwok, and Qinqing Hilkert, conductors.

Ted Mann Concert Hall

Jerry Luckhardt, conductor; Cassandra Bechard, guest conductor.

University Wind Ensemble Concert: Symbolism and Allusions Monday, Mar. 5 µ 7:30 pm

Choral Concert: Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle Friday, Apr. 13 µ 7:30 pm

Program featuring the Wind Concerto Competition Winner as well as Ned Rorem’s Sinfonia for Wind Instruments, Debussy/Patterson’s Préludes, Book 1: X. La cathédrale engloutie (The Engulfed Cathedral), Paul Dooley’s Masks and Machines, and Karel Husa’s Music for Prague 1968. Emily Threinen, conductor; Cory Near and JoAnn Wieszczyk, guest conductors.

University Chamber Singers featuring graduate student soloists and Michael Kim and Kyung Kim, piano duo. Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor.

Ted Mann Concert Hall

Symphonic Band Concert Tuesday, Mar. 6 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Jerry Luckhardt, conductor; J. Nick Smith, guest conductor.

Guest Alumnus Master Class: Andrew Staupe (piano) Saturday, Mar. 10 µ 2 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Andrew Staupe (student of Lydia Artymiw) will give a master class. Staupe is currently assistant professor of piano at the University of Utah.

Guest Alumnus Recital: Andrew Staupe (piano) Sunday, Mar. 11 µ 1:30 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Andrew Staupe (student of Lydia Artymiw) will perform solo works of Chopin, Catoire, Tailleferre, and Schubert. Staupe is currently assistant professor of piano at the University of Utah.

Ted Mann Concert Hall

University Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Bernstein's 100th Birthday with KEIGWIN + COMPANY * Saturday, Apr. 14 µ 7:30 pm

Northrop, Carlson Family Stage

The University Symphony Orchestra takes center stage under the direction of Mark Russell Smith and treats us to Bernstein’s quintessential melodies from On the Town, On the Waterfront, and more. The evening showcases choreographer Larry Keigwin’s refreshing vision of dance—a blend of Broadway and club styles with contemporary wit, heart, and theatrical flair. With movement and music on stage together, this delightful program pays tribute to Bernstein’s impact on American dance and culture.

Tickets: northrop.umn.edu or 612-624-2345

Jazz Ensembles I & II Present: A Salute to the Big Bands Tuesday, Apr. 17 µ 7:30 pm

Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

High School Chamber Choir Invitational Concert Friday, Apr. 20 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Hosted by the University Singers.

Matthew Mehaffey, conductor.

Choral Concert: Spring Fling Saturday, Apr. 21 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Spring is a time for the University choirs to kick up their heels and have some fun. The Campus Singers ensembles together with the University Men's and Women’s Choruses present their annual year-end concert where anything can happen! Kathy Saltzman Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, Ahmed Anzaldúa, Amanda Weber, and Kira Winter, conductors.

University Opera Theatre Presents Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld * Thursday, Apr. 26 – Saturday, Apr. 28 µ 7:30 pm Sunday, Apr. 29 µ 1:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Book by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. David Walsh, director; Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Sung in French with supertitles, dialogues in English.

Tickets: tickets.umn.edu or 612-624-2345 $20 adults (advance)/$25 adults (week of opera); $5 students, children; $15 for U of M retirees, alumni, faculty, and staff

Ted Mann Concert Hall

This annual concert featuring music of the classic big bands is always a favorite for performers and audience members.

Dean Sorenson, conductor.

Watch & Listen Live stream U of M School of Music events at the Ted Mann Concert Hall and Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall throughout the year, including select student recitals, at z.umn.edu/stream.

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North Star, Gold, & Maroon Campus Bands Concert Monday, Apr. 30 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program featuring Carl Strommen’s Into the Wind, J.P. Sousa’s The Thunderer, Brian Balmages’s Rain, Carl Holmquist’s Play!, and more. Cory Near, Cassandra Bechard, and J. Nick Smith, conductors.

University Wind Ensemble Concert: Music of Michael Daugherty Wednesday, May 2 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program featuring the work of guest composer-in-residence Michael Daugherty, including Labyrinth of Love for soprano (Hila Plitmann), chamber winds, bass, piano, and percussion, Asclepius for brass and percussion, and Reflections on the Mississippi for tuba (Steven Campbell) and wind ensemble. Emily Threinen, conductor; Craig Kirchhoff and JoAnn Wieszczyk, guest conductors.

University Band Concert Thursday, May 3 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Betsy McCann, conductor; JoAnn Wieszczyk, guest conductor.

Campus Orchestra Concert Friday, May 4 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Ernesto Estigarribia, Ho-Yin Kwok, and Qinqing Hilkert, conductors.

Chamber Music Gala Recital Friday, May 4 µ 7:30 pm

Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

University of Minnesota School of Music students perform chamber works.

2017–2018 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Photos (clockwise from left): Jerry Luckhardt conducts the Symphonic Band at Collage 2016 with Michael Kim, piano (© Greg Helgeson); Jazz Festival guest Jeff Bailey; Mark Russell Smith conducts the University Symphony Orchestra at Northrop (© Tim Rummelhoff); University Opera Theatre’s spring 2017 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (© Les Koob); U of M Alumni Reception 2017 (© Greg Helgeson)

17th Annual Collage Concert Saturday, Nov. 4 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall Join us for an exceptional evening of celebration at the Collage Concert as we launch Shattering Expectations: The Campaign for Liberal Arts. This musical extravaganza will feature more than 300 student and faculty performances by choral, orchestral, jazz, chamber, world music, and wind ensembles, as well as solo performances by faculty and students. Infused with energy from the Shattering Expectations campaign launch, this year’s nonstop musical showcase will also feature stories of alumni, students, faculty, and community members describing the life-changing work happening in CLA. Leading the evening’s program will be U of M President Eric Kaler, CLA Dean John Coleman, School of Music Director Michael Kim, and CLA Campaign Co-Chairs Deborah Hopp and Christopher Dahl.

2017–2018 University Opera Theatre Season Don’t miss University Opera Theatre’s productions of W.A. Mozart’s Idomeneo​ (November 16–19, 2017) and Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld (April 26–29, 2018) at Ted Mann Concert Hall. David Walsh, director.

Tickets: 612-624-2345 or z.umn.edu/opera

U of M Jazz Festival Concert Saturday, Mar. 3 µ 7 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall Bassist and U of M alumnus Jeff Bailey joins Jazz Ensembles I and II for the concluding concert of the 2018 U of M Jazz Festival.

Dean Sorenson, director.

University Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Leonard Bernstein’s 100th Birthday with KEIGWIN + COMPANY Saturday, Apr. 14 µ 7:30 pm Northrop The University Symphony Orchestra takes center stage and treats us to Bernstein’s quintessential melodies from On the Town, On the Waterfront, and more. The evening showcases choreographer Larry Keigwin’s refreshing vision of dance—a blend of Broadway and club styles with contemporary wit, heart, and theatrical flair. This delightful program pays tribute to Bernstein’s impact on American dance and culture. Mark Russell Smith, conductor.

Tickets: 612-624-2345 or northrop.umn.edu

2018 ALUMNI RECEPTION Come catch up with professors and former classmates, enjoy a variety of refreshments, and share stories of years past and recent!

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 µ 5 – 7 pm Clubhouse of Brit’s Pub µ 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN To request disability accommodations, please contact Brit's Pub at 612-332-3908.

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Ferguson Scholar Profile PHILIP ESCHWEILER

BM, VOICE, STUDENT of JOHN DE HAAN

Q. What does it mean to you

to receive this scholarship?

A. Receiving this scholarship tells me that this institution recognizes my potential.

Opera is a difficult and challenging field; everyone who embarks on it does it for the love of music or performance, so it’s highly competitive. It is a tangible confirmation that this truly is my vocation.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota

School of Music?

A. I grew up in the Twin Cities metro area, graduated from Hopkins High School, and then attended two other institutions before a car accident forced me to walk away from academia and music for a few years.

In Minnesota, the high school awards for the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition are named in my grandmother, Geneva Eschweiler’s, honor, So I’m excited to carry her torch for vocal music in my generation here at the U of M.

Q. What is your favorite type of music to perform?

A. I enjoy performing all sorts of music, but my passion

is in opera and operetta. I find a healing force present for me when I engage in serious operatic literature.

However, I have found great joy in entertaining audiences through comic works such as Gilbert and Sullivan, which I have performed for Twin Cities audiences with the Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company. When we stand up to sing for an audience we are not there to stroke our ego; we are up there on that stage to connect with and serve an audience. This is a dark and stressful world, and being able to spend my life bringing a bit of light into others’ hearts is a balm.

Q. What are you looking forward to most this year?

A. I’m really looking forward to writing papers. Many

students will look at those projects with chagrin and apprehension, but I find true scholarship to be the presentation of original thoughts rather than the regurgitation of established knowledge. I’m also looking forward to being able to cross the Mississippi every morning on my walk to class; this campus is serene.

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Ferguson around 1950, courtesy of University of Minnesota Archives

The Ferguson Scholarship Legacy Beloved musical pioneer Donald N. Ferguson taught at the University of Minnesota for 37 years. He was a nationally respected author, professor, and composer, whose philosophy about music is still taught today.

Ferguson was honored on October 14, 1983 when the University of Minnesota Board of Regents voted to name the then new music building Donald N. Ferguson Hall.

The Ferguson Scholarship, established by the Ferguson Family in April 1991, assures that U of M School of Music students will benefit, and that Donald Ferguson’s dedication to music, students, and the University of Minnesota will continue to live on.

Throughout this magazine, we meet some of the current Ferguson Scholarship recipients and learn about what the Ferguson Scholarship means to them.

Thank you to all who give to support our School of Music scholars and fellows!

To contribute to a student’s musical education, contact Jake Muszynski at 612-626-5141 or jrm@umn.edu.

STUDENT FEATURES

2017 University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Winners Congratulations to Katrina Clements (MM, 2017, clarinet, student of Alexander Fiterstein) and Hannah Hickman (BM, saxophone/music education, student of Preston Duncan) on being the co-winners of the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Hannah Spivey (MM, harp, student of Kathy Kienzle) received Honorable Mention. Hickman performed Boutry’s Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra with the strings of the University Symphony Orchestra in Ted Mann Concert Hall on January 28, 2017. Spivey performed Debussy’s Danse sacrée et danse profane with the strings of the University Symphony Orchestra in Ted Mann Concert Hall on January 28, 2017. Clements performed Copland’s Concerto for Clarinet and Strings with the strings of the University Symphony Orchestra in Ted Mann Concert Hall on April 21, 2017.

For more competition winners, see page 30!

Co-winners Katrina Clements (left) and Hannah Hickman (right)

U of M Trombone Choir 2016–17 Outreach Concerts The U of M Trombone Choir presented outreach concerts throughout the Twin Cities during the past year. Conducted by U of M Trombone Professor Tom Ashworth and U of M Associate Director of Bands Jerry Luckhardt, the Trombone Choir performed at Eastview High School in Apple Valley, Jefferson High School in Bloomington, Ecumen Prairie Lodge Retirement Community in Brooklyn Center, and Johanna Shores Senior Living in Arden Hills. They also presented their annual Holiday Concert & Ugly Sweater Contest in the Ferguson Hall Lobby in December 2016.

The U of M Trombone Choir, conducted by Jerry Luckhardt, at Johanna Shores Senior Living Center in Arden Hills.

Visit the U of M Trombone studio online at z.umn.edu/trombone and at Facebook.com/UMGopherBones. Interested in hosting a U of M Trombone Choir performance? Contact Professor Ashworth (ashwo001@umn.edu) to schedule a performance.

Get Engaged with the University of Minnesota School of Music!

Visit our website to learn about engagement opportunities for teachers, students, arts or education professionals, and community members, as well as information on existing programs and volunteer opportunities.

To find out how you can get involved, contact Anabel Njoes at 612-624-2847 or anabel@umn.edu.

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Anzaldúa's program was selected as a 2017 Knight Arts Challenge winner.

Crossing Choral Borders Conductor and pianist Ahmed Anzaldúa (DMA, choral conduct-

ing, student of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey) is shaking up the land of 10,000 choirs.

As a choral student in his first year of study at the University of Minnesota, Anzaldúa was impressed with the enormous wealth of high-quality choral activity in the Twin Cities. What was missing for Anzaldúa was programming that spoke to him as a Mexican Egyptian.

To fill this void, Anzaldúa founded Border CrosSing, a new organization led by a team of accomplished musicians and arts leaders in the Twin Cities. Border CrosSing’s mission is to integrate historically-segregated audiences and musicians through the performance of choral music.

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perform or even witness Messiah in another language, you hear things you haven’t heard before.

Anzaldúa says, “Border CrosSing envisions a landscape where repertoire, singers, and audiences more closely reflect the racial and cultural composition of the Twin Cities.”

Anzaldúa recognized that the programming of Border CrosSing events is essential to finding the right stories to spark audience interest. To tell these stories, Border CrosSing is bringing Puentes (Bridges), a five-concert series, to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in St. Paul, MN this fall 2017 and spring 2018 concert season.

Puentes, presented with the support of the Minnesota Chorale and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, brings together music from different periods, places, and styles that tell stories related to the Latinx experience. The first event of the series, Latin America: A Miracle of Faith, explores the complexity of religious faith in Latin America.

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Song for the Dead and the Living in October, expands the understanding of Dia de Muertos, examining the historical basis of this holiday and parallels between Latin American and European perspectives on death, grieving, and nostalgia.

The third concert, El Mesías, a collaboration with the Minnesota Chorale, brings together a bilingual version of Handel’s Messiah with the music of composers Ignacio de Jerusalem and Manuel de Sumaya performed in the cathedrals of Mexico during the same period. Although frequently presented in the Twin Cities, there is an absence of Messiah performances at Latinx community centers and churches. This program demonstrates that classical choral music standards are relevant to all audiences. El Mesías was recently selected by the Knight Foundation as one of the winners in the 2017 St. Paul Knight Arts Challenge.

Anzaldúa anticipates that this bilingual presentation of Handel’s Messiah will open up your ears and mind to this well-known and performed work. He says, “If you perform or even witness Messiah in another language, you hear things you haven’t heard before. You get a different point of view.”

Puentes brings San Patricio on Saint Patrick’s Day, showcasing little-known connections between Ireland and Latin America.

The program features the story of the Batallón de San Patricio, a group of Irish deserters who fought for the Mexican side in the Mexican-American

STUDENT FEATURES War, and contrasting miracles and legends of Saint Patrick with similar stories from Latin American folklore.

The final installment of Puentes is Crossing Borders, an eclectic program of song, as well as the poetry of love and nature by Latin American authors, including Neruda, Benedetti, and Paz. The program explores how immigration can change music, stories, and culture over time.

Puentes promises to deliver programs that expose audiences to stories and musical repertoire beyond the traditionally programmed classical music in the Twin Cities. When asked why Anzaldúa is going through the work of creating a new series on top of his many duties as a choral conducting student and student conductor at the School of Music, he lights up and shares, “when the audience is diverse, you create more interesting art.”

Professor David Walsh with students of the University Opera Theatre's Raise Your Voices Quintet and the Fargo Moorhead Opera Gate City Bank Young Artists at the Landmark Center.

University Opera Theatre Students Perform Outreach and U of M Events A quintet of University Opera Theatre All concerts take place at 8 pm at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

401 Concord St., St. Paul, MN Latin America: A Miracle of Faith Saturday, September 16, 2017 Song for the Dead and the Living Friday, October 27, 2017 El Mesías Friday, December 15, 2017 San Patricio Saturday, March 17, 2018 Crossing Borders Saturday, May 5, 2018 Tickets and more information can be found at bordercrossingmn.org.

vocal performance and collaborative pianist majors performed concerts and made presentations at University and off campus events. On February 10, 2017, the group, which included soprano Carole Schultz, mezzo-soprano Anna Hashizume, tenor Joshua Diaz, and baritone Jeehoon Kim, accompanied by pianist Carson Rose Schneider, presented a lunchtime concert for the Twin Cities Opera Guild (TCOG), one of the sponsors of University Opera Theatre's educational outreach programs.

On February 18, the same group, but this time with soprano Jennifer LeDoux, as well as Director of Opera Theatre David Walsh, as speaker, were the featured performers at the the U of M College of Liberal Arts’ A Brighter U celebratory event for donors and alumni at the U of M McNamara Alumni Center. In April, this same

quintet of performers presented workshops over a two-week period at area high schools, sponsored by the TCOG. University Opera Theatre’s Raise Your Voices Quintet (singers Jennifer LeDoux, Anna Hashizume, Jeehoon Kim, Joshua Diaz, and pianist Carson Rose Schneider), under the direction of Professor David Walsh, appeared at Saint Paul’s historic Landmark Center on April 18, 2017 in a joint concert with the Fargo Moorhead Opera Gate City Bank Young Artists. Both groups are currently presenting opera programs in area middle and high schools with the support of generous sponsorship from the Twin Cities Opera Guild. The University Opera Theatre's opera education outreach tour also received additional support from a University of Minnesota School of Music Engaged Department Grant.

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W.A. Mozart’s Idomeneo November 16–19, 2017 Ted Mann Concert Hall

Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld April 26–29, 2018 Ted Mann Concert Hall

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with Tami Lee Hughes

Tami Lee Hughes (BM, 1998, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) is a concert violinist and recording artist of immense versatility.

Since making her debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, she has extensively toured the United States, Europe, Costa Rica, and Bermuda, championing traditional repertoire and the music of African-American composers. Her debut solo album, Albany Record's Legacy: Violin Music of African-American Composers, gained critical acclaim and has been featured on radio broadcasts around the world. She performs on numerous recordings, including projects for Grammy award-winning artists Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, and Aretha Franklin.

In addition to performing, Hughes is an active teacher and advocate for music outreach. She has taught at the University of Kansas, Marygrove College, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and the Ann Arbor School for Performing Arts.

We caught up with Hughes to reminisce about her time at the U of M School of Music and to find out about her new projects.

What drew you to the violin?

When I was four, my dad surprised me with a tiny violin and told me I would start taking lessons. After the first few sessions, my parents knew this was a match made in heaven, and the rest is history!

What brought you to the U of M School of Music?

I attended the University of Minnesota School of Music to study with Professor Sally O’Reilly, renowned violinist and pedagogue.

Over the years, she has become more than a teacher. She is a good friend, mentor, and mother figure to me. I am grateful for every minute I had with her.

What did you take away from your U of M School of Music experience?

I learned that a girl from Louisiana can survive in subzero temperatures! I also learned the value of hard work and professionalism. In music, talent is important but without these values, an artist can not fully mature.

What projects are you currently working on and where can we find out more about your work?

I am currently touring with The Legacy Show, a solo concert of music by African-American composers. I launched this project to celebrate diversity on the concert stage, and to showcase music that reflects the mix of genres I heard growing up in south

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Louisiana. In addition, I recently produced a classical recording for fellow U of M alumnus John Gilbert, and I am preparing for performances with the Atlanta Opera Orchestra. Information about my work is available on my website and on social media.

After more than 20 years of performing professionally, what music do you enjoy performing?

I enjoy traditional and nontraditional repertoire, including classical music infused with popular music styles like jazz, blues, and hip-hop. I especially appreciate the work of contemporary composers like Chad Hughes, Daniel Roumain, Kerwin Young, William Banfield, Joel Thompson, and John B. Hedges. They have a fresh take on Art Music, and they are reaching a wide demographic through their work.

What advice would you give current music students?

Practice, practice, practice!

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Alumnus Brent Assink’s Career Celebrated Alumnus Brent Assink’s (MA, 1981, musicology) career at the San Francisco Symphony was celebrated at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s (SFCM) spring gala event on April 18, 2017. At the event, Assink was co-presented with an honorary doctorate from the SFCM by School of Music Director Michael Kim and SFCM President David Stull. The spring gala celebrated Assink’s accomplishments as executive director of the San Francisco Symphony following his retirement this year. Assink served as the symphony’s executive director since 1999 and previously as general manager from 1990–1994.

Director Kim was delighted to be present at the gala event, “It was an honor to have this opportunity to celebrate and pay tribute to a distinguished alumnus, one of America’s leading arts administrators. We warmly salute Brent for his years of service and visionary leadership to the art form we love.”

Stull shared, “Brent has been a champion for music education throughout the Bay Area and a superb partner in inspiring the next generation of young artists and audience members.”

Photo (left to right): Michael Kim, Brent Assink, and David Stull

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Celebrating Dominick Argento’s 90th Year Former School of Music Director Vern Sutton reflects on his mentor and colleague’s storied career I met Professor Dominick Argento in the spring of

Both of the composers on the faculty at that time, Argento and Paul Fetler, provided private lessons to composition majors but also taught classes in Advanced Harmony and Orchestration for all grad students—required for composers, elective for musicologists and educators. During my student years, I enrolled in Advanced Harmony from Argento which involved the analysis of standard composers and included an assignment for us each to write a short piece in that particular style. Among my classmates were composition majors Eric Stokes and David Zinman.

Argento would evaluate each of Teacher, mentor, our submitted efforts and play supportive friend of what, and how, of many, Dominick illustrations we had done. For Mozart week Argento has been a we were given the assignment of major force in the writing a keyboard minuet in the lives of thousands style of Herr Mozart. When we assembled a week later, I recogof students and nized my minuet on the piano performers during rack as I entered the classroom.

As was customary, Argento seated his nine decades. himself at the piano and played the first piece. After playing my Minuettino, he turned to the class and said, “This lovely little minuet is a very good example of what Mozart might have written had he been Mendelssohn.” Graciously, Professore Argento did not identify the faux Felix.

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1960 during my application interviews for graduate school. He had joined the music department faculty two years earlier, ­and was assigned to determine my competence in music theory. From his immaculately clean and organized desktop, he picked up a score of Brahms piano sonatas, opened to the first movement of one of them, asked me to study it for a few minutes, and then provide him with an oral harmonic analysis.

Shifting into theory mode, I worked my way successfully through the exposition shifts and modulations of both themes and then launched into the various sneaky chromatic side-steps of the development. It was going well until the end of the development where the two hands appeared to be going in two different harmonic directions, and I finally confessed—“I don’t really know where Brahms is going at this point.” Argento took the score from me, glanced at it, and put it back on his desk, remarking with a wry smile, “I’m not sure Brahms knew either.” pher Sly, sing my first Argento oratori, The Revelation of St. John the Divine, and become one of the founding singers of the new Walker Art Center Opera Company, the brainchild of Argento and two colleagues who convinced the Walker to start its own modern opera troupe—in order to utilize the dark 8 months of the very expensive facility which the Walker had built for the 4 month season of the brand new Guthrie Theater company. For the opening of the Center Opera’s first year, I sang the young lover, John, in Argento’s The Masque of Angels.

Course work and degree exams finished, I was off on a Fulbright grant to study singing in Italy and do archive research for my dissertation. In my Roman spring of 1967, I received an offer to return to the U of M Music Department as instructor of the nonmajor Music Appreciation course. My return and transition from student to colleague was awkward at first, for a few of the faculty, but never with Argento. I included his songs on my faculty recitals; he wrote a cycle for voice and guitar which Jeffrey Van and I premiered and recorded. My eventual return to the Minnesota Opera Company (née Center Opera Company) allowed me to sing and record other Argento roles including Postcard from Morocco and A Waterbird Talk.

The personal side of our relationship was enriched when our wives Carolyn and Phyllis became good friends. Our son Michael, as a 6-year-old violinist, often had Argento as his pianist in recitals.

On our family visit to Florence during Argento’s sabbatical and my quarter leave in 1982, the three of us stayed several days with Dominick and Carolyn in their apartment at the south end of the

FACULTY FEATURES Ponte Vecchio: Dominick had created a special bed for Michael by lashing together two giant Renaissance cathedral chairs which he dubbed a “Magnifi-Cot.” My late wife’s very popular lasagne was actually Dominick’s mother’s recipe which he had shared with Phyllis. We still use that recipe which is written in the distinctive hand that any performer of Argento music will recognize from his manuscript scores and parts.

A composition by Argento is thoroughly annotated: dynamics, slurs, tempo, rubato, all clearly written in the score. Every time I have difficulty singing something he wrote, I go back to the score and discover an articulation—a dot, accent, portamento—I hadn’t noticed earlier, which, correctly executed: problem solved.

Attention to detail—also evident in his lecturing, testing, and conversation—still shapes his life in retirement.

The Argento canon, published by Boosey and Hawkes, is an essential part of the repertoire for most American singers and choral groups. His Six Elizabethan Songs are an American recital staple. The Pulitzer Prize-winning From the Diary of Virginia Wolff is Mount Everest for all ambitious mezzo-sopranos. Choral organizations all over the globe sing and record his gratifying music. Two years ago, Postcard from Morocco was produced by the Cape Town Opera in South Africa! His first published opera, based on Chekov’s The Boor, is a favorite with college opera programs since it has only three characters. (This month, at age 79, I get to sing the Servant in this early Argento gem. “Finally,” the composer commented, “a tenor who’s age-appropriate for the role!”) Orchestras play his Visit from the Queen of Tonga, Casa Guidi, and Valentino Dances. Minnesota Orchestra has commissioned and premiered several of his works. The Schubert Club did the same for The Andree Expedition, To Be Sung Upon the Water, and A Few Words About Chekov. One of his latest gems is a choral cantata commissioned and premiered by choral master Dale Warland (MA, 1960), Seasons, with text by poet Pat Solstad, retired supervising secretary (and glue) of the School of Music for several decades.

Dom’s awards and recognitions are impressive: University of Minnesota Regents Professor Emeritus, and faculty member in the School of Music from 1958–1997. Casa Guidi, performed by the Minnesota Orchestra with Frederica von Stade, winning a Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, and his song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, awarded the Pulitzer for Music in 1975. Other honors include a lifetime appointment as Composer Laureate to the Minnesota Orchestra and his 1979 election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Through his teaching and his commitment to students, he has made a profound impact on generations of Minnesota composers and educators.

Teacher, mentor, supportive friend of many, Dominick Argento has been a major force in the lives of thousands of students and performers during his nine decades. I join the University students, faculty, administration, and alumni as well as Argento’s global fans in wishing Dominick a “Buon Compleanno!” as he completes his ninth decade and embarks on the tenth!

Ferguson Scholar Profile ANNA WATSON BM, MUSIC EDUCATION/ FLUTE, STUDENT of IMMANUEL DAVIS

Q. What does it mean to you

to receive this scholarship?

A. Receiving this scholarship is both an honor and a huge blessing. As with any scholarship, my gratitude extends beyond what words can articulate, but I feel especially honored to be awarded one in the Ferguson name. Personally, it serves as a testament to what I’m here to do—expand my skills, broaden my horizons, and follow in the footsteps of all the phenomenal musicians that have come through this school before me.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota

School of Music?

A. My decision was reliant upon so many factors— including size, faculty, and even the surrounding culture.

The University of Minnesota School of Music ended up providing exactly the balance I was looking for—a large and diverse campus, a top-notch community of musicians, all contained by a city brimming with artistic opportunities.

Q. What is your favorite type of music to perform?

A. I’ve gotta say, I love 20th century repertoire. The

first time I heard Debussy’s Syrinx as a beginning student, it sent me on a quest to discover a whole span of compositions that inch toward the fringes of tonality. Additionally, working on unaccompanied pieces introduced me to some new practice habits, and because of it, my focus on intonation became especially heightened.

Q. What are you looking forward to most this year?

Aside from my excitement for practice rooms that are open until midnight, I’m genuinely looking forward to being a part of a community that has such a diverse pool of talent and insight to offer. Starting school at the University of Minnesota has opened the door to so many more potential connections than I’ve ever had before, and I can’t wait to act on those possibilities.

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The 125th Anniversary of Bands Celebration

by Nicole Radotich During the 2016–17 season, the University of Minnesota Bands celebrated our 125th anniversary. What started as a cadet band of 27 members in 1892 has grown to a program with a 320-member Marching Band and six concert bands that engage hundreds of student musicians. Our long history has included national and international tours, recording projects and unforgettable oncampus performances in Memorial Stadium, TCF Bank Stadium, Northrop, and Ted Mann Concert Hall.

The year of celebration culminated in a Gala held on May 5, 2017 with a collage style performance. The concert featured more than 600 musicians: six concert bands, Jazz Ensemble I, a Jazz Combo, the Alumni Band, and a special appearance by the “Pride of Minnesota” Marching Band. The musical program was a celebration of our history and our future; works by great Minnesota musicians, like Dr. Frank Bencriscutto and John Zdechlik, were featured. Former Marching Band Director O’Neill Sanford conducted the Alumni Band. We also honored alumnus John Paulson with an honorary degree, the highest award conferred by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.

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It was delightful to see more than 800 guests attend this special event. Two alumni-initiated reunions coincided with the Gala.

Alumni from the 1969 Russian Tour and 1974 Concert Band Tour reunited to share stories about their international travels as performers in U of M Bands. Thanks to all who joined us in Ted Mann Concert Hall for the historic concert!

Highlights from our memorable year: • 250+ band alumni joined the Marching Band on the field at the Homecoming game at TCF Bank Stadium • 3,000+ attended our annual Indoor Marching Band concerts at Northrop • 95 talented students from 42 high schools in the region participated in the 23rd Annual High School Honor Band • ~3,800 attended 19 concert band concerts in Ted Mann Concert Hall; 1,000 streamed these concerts online Our Gift to Minnesota Schools Throughout the 2017–18 school year, composer Dean Sorenson’s Minnesota Fanfare (commissioned by U of M Bands) will be available for free for all Minnesota schools. This three-minute work is suitable for most high school and college concert bands and can be performed as a stand-alone piece by marching or concert bands. Visit deansorensonmusic.com for more information.

Minnesota school coupon code: UMN125!

In June, the University Bands program hosted a crowdfunding campaign to encourage gifts of $125 in celebration of 125 years. Supporters enthusiastically surpassed the goal of $12,500 and gave $16,425. Many thanks to everyone who contributed. Ski-U-Mah!

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WELCOME Emily Threinen Emily Threinen’s first year as director of bands at the University of Minnesota was a momentous one. She and her band colleagues celebrated the 125th Anniversary of Bands at the University of Minnesota with memorable events for bands alumni and supporters.

Threinen reflects upon her busy year and looks to the future in this Q & A.

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What are a few event highlights for the University of Minnesota Bands program this coming academic year?

The U of M Bands are excited to add new initiatives and special events this academic year. A few to highlight include: a social media presence for the concert ensembles via Facebook and Twitter, a greater presence with all of our ensembles in the community through collaborations with high schools, community bands, and other institutions, the Marching Band hosted a High School Band Day at the football game on September 16 at TCF Bank Stadium, the Wind Ensemble performed for the Convocation of FinnFest USA 2017 on September 22 at Orchestra Hall, and the Grammy Award winning composer Michael Daugherty and Grammy Award winning soprano Hila Plitmann will be featured artists in May. (continued on page 20)

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Left: Emily Threinen conducts the Wind Ensemble at the 125th Anniversary of Bands Gala Concert.

Below: Emily Threinen with students Cory Near and Michelle Bell.

Do you have any collaborations on the horizon for the School of Music Bands program?

The Wind Ensemble is performing at, and in collaboration with, the Rogers High School Band (Rogers, MN) in the fall and with the Century High School Band (Rochester, MN) in the spring. The Symphonic Band is performing at Hill-Murray High School (Maplewood, MN) and Tartan High School (Oakdale, MN) in the fall and at East Ridge High School (Woodbury, MN) in the spring. The University and Campus Bands are working to perform off campus in the spring, and the Maroon Campus Band is collaborating with schools in Lakeville, MN. Additionally, the Symphonic Band has invited the Encore Wind Ensemble and the Edina High School Band to join them on stage at Ted Mann Concert Hall in the fall.

After celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Bands at the University of Minnesota, what’s next for the program?

In addition to the new initiatives, local outreach and collaborative events listed above, the U of M Bands are working to maintain and create new offerings that serve colleagues, students, community, alumni, and supporters, in meaningful and significant ways.

As an organization that features music performance, the U of M Bands will continue to work toward the highest level of excellence in concert and athletic programming and live performance. Performances at local and national conferences and recording projects are goals in the coming years. We are

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incredibly proud of the highly acclaimed CD recording of the U of M Wind Ensemble with Craig Kirchhoff conducting the music of Gregory Mertl, released May 2017. This recording is making a strong impact in the industry and sets an artistic standard for all of us to aspire toward.

As an organization that aims to help serve music education, the U of M Bands will continue to provide enriching experiences to challenge and inspire all involved. The faculty in bands and music education will continue to work together to find collaborations between departments. We will annually offer the High School Honor Band in January and the summer Wind Band Conducting Workshop (launched in July 2017), where performance and education sessions are led by School of Music faculty and guest artists in the field. One of our music education faculty colleagues, Dr. Laura Sindberg, will continue her work as project director of Band Project. The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic

FACULTY FEATURES Band continues the relationship with the American Composers Forum-BandQuest® series, where annual recordings that are aimed to be a useful tool for educators are created for new commissions. Additionally, we are very proud to announce that the Bands will be hosting the 2018 and 2019 Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) All-State Band Camps in Ferguson and Ted Mann Concert Halls. Additionally, we are proud to share that in the 2018–2019 academic season, the U of M Bands will host a new Concert Band Festival, where high school ensembles will perform and receive a clinic on stage at Ted Mann Concert Hall.

The U of M Bands will continue to host events that have been created and maintained over the past years, including: the annual Marching Band Homecoming events and Indoor Concerts at TCF Bank Stadium and Northrop, hosting of internationally renowned guest artist residencies on campus, Summer Alumni Band, and an excellent and robust performance series by all ensembles during the academic year.

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What are your favorite works to perform?

I enjoy performing a variety of pieces with diverse ensemble size. I am inspired by concert band ‘war horses’ or pieces that stand the test of time, such as Hindemith’s Symphony in B flat, Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, Holst’s First Suite in E flat, Schoenberg’s Theme and Variations, Op. 43a, and Husa’s Music for Prague 1968. I am also very attracted to evocative newer compositions, including John Corigliano’s Circus Maximus (Symphony No. 3), Joel Puckett’s that secret from the river, Steven Bryant’s Ecstatic Waters, Carter Pann’s My Brother’s Brain, Michael Daugherty’s Niagara Falls, and David Maslanka’s A Child’s Garden of Dreams (now over 35 years old!). The music that entices me the most as an artist is elegant chamber music. My top five chamber pieces are Mozart’s Serenade K361, No. 10 (“Gran Partita”), Dvorak’s Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44, Stravinsky’s Octet or L’Histoire du Soldat, Strauss’ Sonatine Eb, Op 143 (“Happy Workshop”), and Schwantner’s Sparrows.

You are a U of M School of Music alumna, what did you love about being a music student at the U of M? There is something very special about the U of M School of Music. When I was a student, my experience in the band and music education departments was excellent. The faculty were at the top of their fields, supportive of tradition and committed to innovation. Their high expectations, passion for music, new ideas, diverse performance experiences, history, and education, helped define my own values. The education and experiences that were offered to me were second to none.

What I loved the most about being a student here is that I was able to find myself. My undergraduate years were the most formative in my life, and the School of Music was a safe, challenging, and caring community. I learned how to be strong,

Ferguson Scholar Profile STEVEN KING

BM, OBOE, STUDENT of JOHN SNOW

Q. What does it mean to you

to receive this scholarship?

A. I’m very thankful for the generosity of the Ferguson family and their dedication to the arts. Their support helps lighten the burden of going through school and frees me up to focus on creating.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota

School of Music?

A. As a high schooler, John Snow, my current oboe teacher, is the main reason I initially considered the U of M. However, now that I’m starting my third year, I have had many experiences, both musical and not, that have confirmed my decision to come to the School of Music. If I had to choose all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing!

Q. What is your favorite type of music to perform?

A. Most of my favorite orchestral works are those of Bartók, Stravinsky, and their contemporaries, but the piece I absolutely dream of playing someday is Berio’s Sinfonia.

Q. Could you share a favorite recent memory from

the past academic year?

Just one memory just doesn’t even do last year justice, but anytime I got to work with Dr. Threinen it was an absolute pleasure. She has such an inspiring energy that just compels great music making!

disciplined, compassionate, creative, assertive, independent, persistent, and someone who was, and continues to be, willing to take risks. I learned to work very hard. I learned how to recover from failure and to enjoy success.

Most importantly, I learned how much I loved to be a part of something greater than myself.

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Faculty Profile: Kathy Saltzman Romey

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Professor Kathy Saltzman Romey has been at the helm of choral activities at the University of Minnesota School of Music for 25 years.

You would be correct in assuming that keeping up with her is no small task.

Over the years, she has become known for her inimitable musicianship, tireless dedication to her students, and a dizzying amount of ambitious musical partnerships.

Romey has been on the staff of the Oregon Bach Festival since 1984 and is principal chorus master of the Festival’s 54-voice professional Festival Choir, which she prepares for annual concerts, commissions, and recording projects.

These events have included American and world premiere performances of major works by Tan Dun, Arvo Pärt, James MacMillan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sven David Sandström, and Mozart reconstructions

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recordings, including the Oregon Bach Festival’s 2001 Grammy Award-winning CD of Penderecki’s Credo under Helmuth Rilling, and the 2008 Grammy-nominated CD of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with Osmo Vänskä leading the Minnesota Orchestra and the Minnesota Chorale.

As a guest conductor, chorus master, and clinician throughout the US and Europe, Romey has regularly prepared ensembles in partnership with the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart for special programs and tours in Germany, France, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, and the US. She has served on the faculty of the Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble since 2010 and is chorus master to the Weimar Bach Cantata Academy, focusing on the study and presentation of cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach under the direction of artistic director Helmuth Rilling. She has also prepared programs with the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Netherlands Radio Choir, Carnegie Hall

Festival Chorus, Grant Park Music Festival, and Teatro del Lago Festival. 2016 marked her third appearance as guest conductor with the Berkshire Choral Festival. This past March, she coordinated and prepared the University Chamber Singers, Minnesota Chorale, and Magnum Chorum for the world premiere of J.A.C. Redford’s newly-commissioned work Homing, presented with the Minnesota Orchestra at the 2017 National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association in Minneapolis.

Romey was named 2002 Conductor of the Year by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, and in 2006 she received the Arthur “Red” Motley award for exemplary teaching from the University of Minnesota. In 2014, she collaborated with Helmuth Rilling on his recent book entitled Messiah: Understanding and Performing Handel’s Masterpiece, published by Carus Verlag and released at

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At the University of Minnesota, her students are keenly aware of her tremendous talent and their good fortune. Choral graduate student Ahmed Anzaldúa recently reflected on studying with Professor Romey, “She is such an incredible musician. She hears things in a group that I can’t. When she conducts and rehearses, she hears things before they happen.”

For Anzaldúa, it was important the he also stress how committed Professor Romey is to her students’ growth as musicians.

“When you are in a lesson with her, she really listens to what you are saying. She is completely in the moment and thinking of ways she can help you. As a student, she will help you figure out what your role on earth as a musician is and will do everything to help you. She truly listens to who we are as individuals and what we want to do musically.”

We caught up with Romey to ask her a few questions about her 25th year at the U of M School of Music.

Tell us about your current and upcoming School of Music collaborations.

I’m working with graduate conducting program alumna Kelley Sundin, who currently works as a choirmaster, associate conductor, and voice teacher at the Choral Academy Dortmund (Germany), and is bringing sixty students, along with three other faculty members from the Choral Academy Dortmund to the U of M School of Music for an international residency from October 21–24. We’re also delighted to host the Choral Academy Dortmund’s prestigious Jugendkonzertchor (Youth Concert Choir).

As part of this residency, our combined choirs will learn German and American choral works and participate in master classes led by faculty from the U of M School of Music and the Choral Academy Dortmund. We’re excited to have nearly two hundred School of Music students interface with students from Dortmund.

What are some of the highlights for the U of M choral program this coming year?

The University Chamber Singers, along with graduate student soloists, will present the seldom performed full-length version of Gioachino Rossini’s choral masterwork Petite messe solennelle (Little solemn mass) on April 13 at Ted

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As a student, she will help you figure out what your role on earth as a musician is and will do everything to help you. She truly listens to who we are as individuals and what we want to do musically.

Mann Concert Hall, featuring Professors Kyung Kim and Michael Kim performing the piano duo. This piece has the wonderful character and energy

of Rossini in a sacred mass setting. We hope to also perform this program in the Duluth-Superior area at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where 2017 graduate Dr. Katherine Chan serves as interim director of choral activities.

Our current doctoral conducting students also have wonderful recital programs planned with music from Bach to Shostakovich to the present, and Professor Matthew Mehaffey will lead a choral festival experience for Minnesota high students in April. Professor Mehaffey, along with the University Singers and Chamber Singers, have done many clinics with high schools throughout greater Minnesota as part of our recent choral tours. We’re thrilled to bring these students to campus to further and deepen the connections we’ve made on these tours.

Your annual concert WomanVoice is scheduled for this spring; how was this concert established?

Augsburg Professor Nancy Grundahl and I founded the WomanVoice concert program to bring together area collegiate women’s choruses once a (continued on page 24)

Kathy Saltzman Romey has been the director of the U of M choral program for 25 years.

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year with a focus on themes relevant to women composers, visual artists, and authors. What’s amazing to me is that Nancy and I have been committed to this concert for almost 25 years. We have included local civic organizations and artists in WomanVoice as well; it’s truly a labor of love that is satisfying for all involved.

What are your favorite works to perform?

Choral masterworks have always been part of my passion. In May, I conducted performances of Monteverdi’s Vespero della Beata Vergine with Consortium Carissimi, a wonderful Twin Cities period instrument/vocal ensemble, which focuses on music of the Italian Baroque.

At the University of Minnesota, the 2016 Bach St. Matthew Passion Project collaboration between the U of M School of Music and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold allowed us to study and perform one of the greatest sacred works of all time over an entire academic year.

This in-depth experience challenged us to take a longer journey, examining life and art through the lens of a significant composer and his music. This is what I love about our work at the University of Minnesota! We have the opportunity to expose students to multiple voices, secular and sacred works of all periods and cultures in meaningful programs both on and off campus.

These types of projects allow students to experience the world from so many different musical perspectives.

I also love working on new commissions and with living composers. It’s the larger choral symphonic works of contemporary composers that especially intrigue me.

This November, as artistic director of the Minnesota Chorale, I will collaborate with Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra on a program that includes the world premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Re-formation, a work that reimagines the Reformation for today, with quotes from Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 and Luther’s hymn. I am tremendously excited to participate in the presentation of a new work commemorating this historic anniversary.

Kathy Saltzman Romey is a professor of choral conducting.

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School of Music Hosts First Intercontinental Recital and Master Class On May 12, 2017, School of Music Piano Professor Alexander Braginsky hosted an intercontinental recital and master class.

This event wasn’t your typical recital or master class, as the young performers were located in Minnesota and Abakan, the capital city of The Republic of Khakassia (Russia). Pianists in the United States and Russia performed on two pianos and two continents simultaneously.

This event was made possible by the technology of the Yamaha Disklavier piano.

Like any piano, it has 88 keys, hammers, strings, and thousands of parts. When played by a pianist, the Disklavier behaves in the same way as any other piano. Its magic is in its ability to record the data of a player’s performance and transmit the data via the internet to another Disklavier (located anywhere in the world) and repeat the performance—complete with moving keys and pedals.

Braginsky, founding president and artistic director of the International e-Piano Competition, which utilizes Disklavier pianos, dreamt up this event when his student Osip Nikiforov (BM, 2017) came to study at the U of M School of Music. Nikiforov, born

in the Siberian city of Abakan, shared 3rd Prize at the International e-Piano Junior Competition in 2008. After Nikiforov’s success, the Republic of Khakassia invested in a grand Disklavier piano so Nikiforov could continue to inspire their citizens.

The recital and master class, led by Braginsky, featured performances by U of M School of Music students as well as International e-Piano MusikFest students.

Performers included Margaret Wang (US), Katia Mitina (Russia), Shuen Wu (US), Ines Guanchez (Venezuela/US), Anastasia Degtiareva (Russia), Murad Gadjiev (Russia), and Osip Nikiforov (Russia/US).

This event was just the beginning for Braginksy, “Remote lessons are a fact of life now.

I’m planning Disklavier piano lessons and recitals with students in Costa Rica and Australia.”

Braginsky is also looking forward to staying in connection with his student Osip Nikiforov, who after graduating from the U of M School of Music last spring, is continuing his education at the Manhattan School of Music as the only student of renowned pianist Yefim Bronfman.

FACULTY FEATURES

Introducing New Affiliate Faculty at the School of Music

Lara Bolton

Charles Lazarus

Lara Bolton is a master coach for the Minnesota Opera. She is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Michigan, and the University of MarylandCollege Park.

Charles Lazarus is a member of the Minnesota Orchestra, composer, and bandleader who has performed with the best-known brass ensembles in the world. He studied at the Juilliard School.

Casey Clementson

Bruce Quaglia

Casey Clementson teaches instrumental music in the RosemountApple Valley-Eagan school district.

She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University.

Bruce Quaglia graduated from the University of Utah, Southern Methodist University, and Hampshire College. He studied at Brandeis University and University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Ellen Dinwiddie Smith

Jan Scholl

Ellen Dinwiddie Smith is third horn of the Minnesota Orchestra.

She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, and the University of Texas at Austin.

Jan Scholl was a member of The United States Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Concordia College and the Catholic University of America.

Jennifer Gerth

David Williamson

Jennifer Gerth is principal clarinet of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra. She is a graduate of St. Olaf College and Northwestern University, and studied at the University of Minnesota.

David Williamson is a member of the Minnesota Orchestra. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and studied at the University of Minnesota and Indiana University.

Jane Giering-De Haan

Timothy Zavadil

Jane Giering-De Haan is an acclaimed coloratura soprano.

She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia and Indiana University.

Timothy Zavadil is a member of the Minnesota Orchestra. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and DePaul University.

Zavadil is a Buffet artist.

Voice, Opera Coach

Music Education

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Voice

Brass, Trumpet

Music Theory

Woodwinds, Clarinet

Strings, Double Bass

Woodwinds, Clarinet

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Ferguson Scholar Profile BETHANY MESTELLE

BM, MUSIC EDUCATION/ CLARINET, STUDENT of TIMOTHY ZAVADIL

Q. What does it mean to you

to receive this scholarship?

A. It is an incredible honor to receive this scholarship because I can now know with confidence that there is another person out there, someone I have never met before in my life, that believes in me. To receive the Ferguson scholarship is to have someone to believe that I can achieve my goals, even when I am not so sure of that myself.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota

School of Music?

A. I fell in love with the University of Minnesota the minute I walked on campus. I also liked the accessibility of the faculty members, as well as student assistants and other helpful people. Any question I ever had regarding the University, or even college in general, was answered. These factors just made the University of Minnesota School of Music a good fit for me, because it already felt like I was welcome and like I belonged in this program. I also love trains, so the light rail was an extra draw to the city.

Q. What is your favorite type of music to perform?

A. This is such a difficult question to answer! As a

soloist, I love Romantic period music, like Schumann, because every note is filled with raw emotion. However, I also enjoy playing marches! And since I’m in the U of M Marching Band, I get to play Sousa’s “Minnesota March” almost every day!

Q. What are you looking forward to most this year?

I am so excited for everything that I couldn’t pick just one. This year I am looking forward to finally learning the foundation of music. I have always been very interested in studying music, since I love creating it so much, but I have never have the opportunity. I am also looking forward to meeting other people with the same passions as I do, and being part of the Pride of Minnesota!

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Thursday Musical 2017 Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winners

HIGH SCHOOL STRINGS Nygel Witherspoon, cello, first place

PIANO IV Fanya Lin, first place

student of Tanya Remenikova

student of Lydia Artymiw

Katia Tesarczyk, violin, second place

Alison Lee, second place

student of Sally O’Reilly

student of Lydia Artymiw

COLLEGE INTERMEDIATE VOICE Madison Holtze, second place

Imala Witherspoon, violin, honorable mention

student of Wendy Zaro

PSEO student of Sally O’Reilly

COLLEGE PIANO Alison Lee, first place

JUNIOR HIGH STRINGS Catherine Carson, violin

student of Lydia Artymiw

Daniel Eras, second place

student of Paul Shaw

COLLEGE STRINGS Benjamin Osterhouse, cello, first place student of Tanya Remenikova

Mary Alice Hutton, violin, second place student of Sally O’Reilly

Alison Inkyung Oh, violin, honorable mention student of Sally O’Reilly

COLLEGE WINDS Kendra Wheeler, saxophone, first place

2017 Schubert Club Scholarship Competition Winners The Schubert Club Student Scholarship Competition, held each spring, awards a total of over $50,000 annually to young musicians to be used for further musical education.

BRASS & WOODWIND III Justin Sales, saxophone, first place

GRAND PRIZE Nygel Witherspoon, cello

STRINGS II Nygel Witherspoon, cello, second place

student of Tanya Remenikova

student of Tanya Remenikova

Maria Chirinos, violin, honorable mention student of Sally O’Reilly

STRINGS II Elena Denny, cello, second place student of Tanya Remenikova

STRINGS IV Benjamin Osterhouse, cello, first place student of Tanya Remenikova

student of Alexander Fiterstein

Justin Sales, saxophone, second place student of Preston Duncan

PIANO III Daniel Eras, first place

Hannah Hickman, saxophone, honorable mention

student of Alexander Braginsky

student of Preston Duncan

Matthew Harikian, second place Kaitlin Lalmond, honorable mention

PSEO student of Lydia Artymiw

University of Minnesota School of Music

student of Lydia Artymiw

CODA BOW PRIZE Alastair Witherspoon, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

ALL STRINGS ATTACHED GIFT CERTIFICATE PRIZES Katia Tesarczyk, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

Samuel Boundy, cello student of Tanya Remenikova

student of Tanya Remenikova

student of Immanuel Davis

The Winners Recital took place on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, MN.

student of Sally O’Reilly

Amelia Smith, clarinet, second place Zixuan Yan, flute, honorable mention

2016 Minnesota Strings and Orchestra Teachers Association’s Mary West Competition

Catherine Carson, second place

Charles Asch, cello, second place

student of Lydia Artymiw

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student of Preston Duncan

student of Preston Duncan

HIGH SCHOOL PIANO Zhen Tu, honorable mention

STRINGS I Maximus Gurath, first place

student of Sally O’Reilly

student of Alexander Braginsky

Seongkyeong Kim, honorable mention

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Competition Winners

VOICE I Madison Holtze, first place student of Wendy Zaro

VOICE II Anna Hashizume, first place student of Wendy Zaro

VOICE III Mario Perez, second place student of Adriana Zabala

PERFORMANCE AWARDS Catherine Carlson, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

Maria Chirinos, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

Eliot Johnson, cello student of Tanya Remenikova

Benjamin Osterhouse, cello student of Tanya Remenikova

Clara Schubilske, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

Joyce Zhao, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

STUDENT NEWS

Jay Afrisando (MA, composition, student of Alex Lubet) is one of three recipients of the Minnesota Emerging Composer Award.

Lara Akal (BA, voice, student of Adriana Zabala) made her Carnegie Hall debut on July 12, 2016. Her debut was a result of winning a Twitter contest run by Broadway actress (and Eagan, MN native) Laura Osnes and Paramount Pictures in a promotional event for the film Florence Foster Jenkins. Akal sang “Part of Your World” from Disney’s The Little Mermaid and was interviewed and filmed by several theater publications and media. She aspires to live and perform in New York City and is grateful to have had her own Carnegie moment to cross off her bucket list. Akal was featured on Playbill. com, BroadwayWorld.com, TheaterMania.com, and Playbill Video.

Colleen Bertsch (PhD, musicology/ethnomusicology, advisee of Matt Rahaim) worked with program coordinators of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts to develop talking points for their February 8, 2017 concert, Kodály’s Dances of Galánta, at Orchestra Hall.

Taylor Burkhardt (DMA, collaborative piano & coaching, student of Timothy Lovelace) attended the Music Academy of the West as a vocal piano fellow in Santa Barbara, CA, where she studied with Warren Jones and Martin Katz. In addition, she was selected to perform Stephen Hough’s Other Love Songs in a recital dedicated to the guest composer’s work.

Carolyn Cavadini (DMA, voice, student of John De Haan) performed the role of Donna Elvira in Mixed Precipitation’s production of Donald Giovanni in Cornlandia: A Picnic Operetta, a hilarious mix of Mozart’s original music, Da Ponte’s libretto, and 80’s pop tunes. The production toured throughout Minnesota with rave reviews: “Standouts are...especially Carolyn Cavadini who, as Donna Elvira, does justice to the truly beautiful arias that are part of the show” (Talkinbroadway.com).

Richard Chandler (MA, composition, student of Alex Lubet) was awarded an Emerging Artist Award of $3,000 by the Central Minnesota Arts Board, funded by the McKnight Foundation.

Sabreena Cherrington (BM, vocal music education, student of Jean del Santo), soprano, attended Opera Viva, where she studied Italian opera and performed in concerts at the opera training program in Verona, Italy.

Congratulations to the following U of M School of Music students who were nominated by their band directors to participate in the 2017 Minnesota MMEA Intercollegiate Honor Band Concert: Justin Thai (BM, flute, student of Immanuel Davis); Caroline Schmitter (BM, oboe, student of John Snow); Alexis Varghese (BM, oboe, student of John Snow); Samantha Pavett (BM, music therapy/clarinet, student of Alexander Fiterstein and Jennifer Gerth); Madelyne Sorenson (BA, applied emphasis, clarinet, student of Alexander Fiterstein and Jennifer Gerth); Matt Pilmer (BM, music education/saxophone, student of Preston Duncan); Elizabeth Myers (BM, French horn, student of Caroline Lemen); Annika Ross (BM, French horn, student of Caroline Lemen); and Alanna Hentges (percussion, student of Fernando Meza). The concert will take place on February 18, 2018 at the MMEA Midwinter Clinic.

Excerpts from pianist Wayne Ching’s (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performance of Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat from the 2016 Sarasota Music Festival in Florida were broadcast on the Young Artists Showcase radio program on WQXR (New York) on May 19, 2017. Robert Sherman hosted the broadcast, and the other performers were Bixby Kennedy (clarinet) and Yu Chao Weng (violin). Ching was a festival artist for the 2016 Cactus Pear Chamber Music Festival in Texas.

Roque Diaz (PhD, music education & creative studies), is a current recipient of the DOVE (Diversity of Views and Experiences) Fellowship.

Diaz is currently integrating his professional musicianship with scholarship. You can read his published articles at TheatreArtLife. Diaz is also an avid scholar, educator, composer, creator, and music director. His research interests provide the foundation to forming All Artists Wanted (LLC),

an international organization that is dedicated to making the arts a viable career choice whose mission is to provide consistent and sustainable employment to all artists.

Michelle Eboch (MM, wind band conducting) was the featured speaker at Tau Beta Sigma’s Women in Music Speaker Series event on February 19, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium. Eboch spoke about her experience of being a woman in the music profession.

Daniel Eras (BM, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) was awarded Sixth Prize at the inaugural New York Piano Festival and Competition.

Other winners came from Russia, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and China. Eras also received a Special Prize for Heritage Performance (best performance of a composition representing the competitor’s national heritage).

Tian Gao (BM, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) won the Minnesota Music Teachers Association Young Artist Piano Competition.

Gao advanced to the regional competition held in Denver, CO on January 6, 2017.

Bethany Gonella (DMA, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) received a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council to acquire a Baroque flute, pursue further study of historical performance practice at the Twin Cities Early Music Festival, and perform two Baroque flute recitals in the Twin Cities. Gonella performs as an orchestral and freelance musician regularly with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra and as a substitute/extra musician with the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra.

She also teaches flute lessons privately and at Winona State University. Gonella and Andrea Myers (BM, 2012, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) organized the Upper Midwest Flute Association’s second Marathon Flute Concert.

Madison Holtze (MM, voice, student of Wendy Zaro), soprano, took first place in her division at the recent National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition on November 4 and 5, 2016 at St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN. Kathryn Huether (MA, musicology, advisee of Karen Painter) was awarded a University of Minnesota Global Programs and Strategy Al-

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liance Walter H. Judd International Graduate & Professional Fellowship for her research of Holocaust memory and musical affect. The Walter H. Judd International Graduate & Professional Fellowships are designed to support the continued internationalization of the University of Minnesota by providing critical assistance to students enrolled in master’s and professional degree programs, and to increase opportunities for students to study, undertake internships, and conduct research projects abroad.

Georgia Jacobson (BM, voice, student of Adriana Zabala), mezzo-soprano, attended SongFest, performing in numerous master classes and recitals at the Art Song Festival and training program at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California.

Emma Jirele (BM, music education/choral studies, student of Matthew Mehaffey) was selected as a F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund Scholarship winner for Minnesota. This scholarship fully funded Jirele’s expenses and participation in the American Choral Directors Association National Conference (March 8–11, 2017) at the Minneapolis Convention Center. At the conference, she learned more about conducting and music education techniques. She also attended a session with composer J.A.C. Redford where he discussed his new work Homing, which was premiered by the University of Minnesota School of Music Chamber Singers at the ACDA Conference.

Lydia Kraemer (MA, music therapy/voice, student of Wendy Zaro) completed her final project titled Weight Of Glory Initiative, a video project featuring a song she composed and paired with choreography by Laura Osterhaus, for her music therapy internship at North Memorial Hospice in Minneapolis, MN. Kaitlin Lalmond (BM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was one of four winners of the MasterWorks Music Festival Concerto Competition at Cedarville University (OH). Lalmond performed the first movement of the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto, Op. 37 with the MasterWorks Philharmonic Orchestra (Thomas Joiner, conductor) on July 15 at the DeVries Theater at Cedarville University. Lalmond won the 2017 University of Minnesota Marvin O. Mechelke II Piano Competition on April 29, 2017 and was awarded a $1,500 scholarship.

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the Midwest International Piano Competition, held at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, and performed Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with the Cedar Falls-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra in June 2016.

Fanya Lin (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was the soloist with the Savannah Symphony at the Johnny Mercer Theater in Savannah, GA for a sold-out concert on April 29, 2017 performing the Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto under the direction of Peter Shannon. This was Lin’s second appearance with the Savannah Philharmonic.

Julian Maddox (PSEO, Bravo!, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) performed at the National Orchestral Institute in College Park, Maryland, for its 2016 season. He performed more than 6 different concerts at the conclusion of the four week festival—one of which was a program

Students & Alumni Perform in Before Bach’s Birthday Bash U of M School of Music students and alumni performed in the annual celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach, Before Bach’s Birthday Bash, presented by American Public Media’s Pipedreams, Minnesota Public Radio, and the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists on March 18, 2017. Performances took place in churches throughout Minneapolis. Program One was broadcast live on Classical Minnesota Public Radio. Student and alumni performers included: Yumhali Garcia (DMA, violin, student of Young-Nam Kim), Matthew Harikian (MM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw), Jinsung Kim (DMA, piano, student of Kyung Kim), Seongkyeong Kim (MM, piano, student of Paul Shaw), Nicolas Mercure (BM, violin, student of Young-Nam Kim), Benjamin Osterhouse (MM, cello, student of Tanya Remenikova), CJ Point (MM, cello, student of Tanya Remenikova), Sam Rudy (MA, music theory; BM, violin student of Mark Bjork), Adrian Volovets (BM, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer), and featured current U of M School of Music organ teaching specialist Tom Ferry.

featuring works by American composers. The program was professionally recorded by Naxos.

He worked with conductors including John Morris-Russell, Teddy Abrams, James Ross, and had the pleasure of sitting associate concertmaster of the festival orchestra under conductor Osmo Vänskä.

Maggie Matejcek (BM, voice, student of Jean del Santo) completed the international Opera Viva! vocal program in Verona, Italy. She studied with mezzo-soprano Katherine Ciesinski of Eastman School of Music, David Adams (author of A Handbook of Diction for Singers), and career development coach Gordon Ostrowski of the Manhattan School of Music. She performed in venues around Verona and Schio, singing repertoire from Donizetti’s La Zingara, Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, and Mozart’s Coronation Mass.

Sofia Mycyk (DMA, piano, student of Michael Kim) performed a solo piano recital in Chicago presented by the Landowska Harpsichord Society on November 6, 2016. Held in the historic Pleasant Home in Oak Park, the recital featured works by Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Pachulski, Szymanowski, Shamo, and Louie and was co-sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago.

Soyoung Park (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) won Second Prize at the first Danube Concerto Competition in Budapest, Hungary.

She performed the first movement of the Mozart Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488 on July 4 with the Danube Symphony Orchestra at the Danube Palace Concert Hall in Budapest. She performed the Lutoslawski-Paganini Variations for Two Pianos with Dao Trong Tuyen on June 25, 2017 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music Concert Hall in Hanoi, Vietnam. This concert was part of an ongoing concert series with collaborations between Korean and Vietnamese pianists.

Mario Perez (MM/BM, 2012, voice, student of Adriana Zabala) won the 2017 Voices of Vienna Vocal Competition. As part of his prize, he spent two weeks in the summer of 2017 studying at the Mozarteum of Salzburg, Austria.

Matthew Pilmer (BM, saxophone/music education, student of Preston Duncan) was awarded first place in the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 3 Competition in Brookings, South Dakota on March 17, 2017. He performed works by William Albright, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Jacques Ibert.

STUDENT NEWS Neil Nanyi Qiang (DMA, collaborative piano & coaching, student of Timothy Lovelace) participated in SongFest 2016 (Los Angeles) as a John Steele Ritter fellow in collaborative piano. He also worked at Hawaii Performing Arts Festival (Big Island, HI) as a collaborative piano intern for the production of Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortilèges. Qiang accepted the position of assistant professor of music (university accompanist) at Central State University (OH) in fall 2016. Qiang was selected to participate in the National Association of Teachers of Singing 2017 Intern Program.

Dave Sanderson (PhD, music education) accepted a position at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD as assistant professor of music education beginning in the 2017–2018 academic year. His duties include teaching elementary and secondary music methods courses, survey of music literature, and online graduate courses in music education.

Russell Sweet (BM, saxophone, student of Preston Duncan) won first place in the Woodwinds Senior Performance Division at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Competition in Colorado. Sweet went to the MTNA Competition nationals in Baltimore, MD in March 2017.

Katia Tesarczyk (Bravo!, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) won 2nd Prize in the National Sphinx Competition held at Orchestra Hall in Detroit on February 10, 2017.

Zhen Tu (PSEO, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) appeared at the 2017 Ordway Spring Fête Gala at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, MN on April 22, 2017. She performed solo works by Satie and Ravel. The gala was a benefit for the Schubert Club, the Minnesota Opera, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. She will be a freshman at Yale University starting fall 2017.

Amanda Weber (DMA, choral conducting, student of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey) won the 10th Mary Bussman Emerging Female Composer Contest. The Twin Cities Women’s Choir debuted her original composition, Voices of Hope, at its Divas & Desserts concerts, May 4–6, 2017. Weber also gave a TEDx talk on how she brought music behind the walls of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee, MN. Weber was featured in the Minnesota Daily

article “As a prison choir director, one UMN student uses music for rehabilitation.”

featuring private lessons, master classes, and public recitals. Sally O’Reilly is the artistic director of the festival.

Jeffrey Martin (DMA, voice, student of John De Haan and David Walsh) was selected to participate in the 2017 Opera as Drama workshop in New York City. Led by acclaimed baritone Sherrill Milnes, this career development intensive featured a week of dramatic study for the emerging professional singer. Held at the National Opera Center, the program works on music from the perspective of text and allows young performers to expand their dramatic range. The program culminated in a public concert at the National Opera Center, where emerging artists of the VOICExperience program presented dramatic readings and their operatic scene equivalents, taking audiences from spoken word to musical moment as a study of storytelling on the operatic stage.

Bethany Gonella (DMA, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) and Andrea Myers (BM, 2012, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) organized Upper Midwest Flute Association’s 2nd annual Marathon Flute Concert, a fundraiser event to support UMFA’s Scholarship Fund. Many U of M School of Music flute students performed, including Haley Diers, Claire Gunsbury, Ashley Korhorn, Claire Loritz, Rane Mickelson, David Roache, Robert Wakely, and Haruka Yukioka.

Hyeeji Kim (DMA, piano, student of Paul Shaw), Cameron Longabaugh (DMA, 2017, saxophone, student of Preston Duncan), and Joseph Okell (DMA, voice, student of John De Haan and David Walsh) won the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra’s 19th Annual Masters Concerto and Aria Competition. Jeehoon Kim (DMA, voice, student of Philip Zawisza) and Minhee Park (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) received honorable mentions.

Kendra Wheeler (DMA, saxophone, student of Preston Duncan) was named a Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition prize winner.

The Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition is for clarinetists and saxophonists between the ages of 18–23 performing at the very highest technical and musical level. Wheeler also won Downbeat’s 40th Annual Student Music Award Competition in the Live Recording Round. As winner of this competition, she was featured in the June 2017 issue of Downbeat magazine.

Filip Zivanovic (DMA, guitar, student of Maja Radovanlija) won first prize at the Fifth Memphis International Guitar Festival and Competition at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Zivanovic performed in finals, as one of five finalists, on April 2, 2017 and was awarded the first prize by international jury members, including Lily Afshar, Heike Mathiessen, Stephen Mattingly, and Douglas Neidt.

Violin students of Sally O’Reilly, Brenna Carey, Alison Oh, Philip Ledgerwood (MM, 2017, violin), and Louisa Woodfull-Harris participated in the Pienza Music Festival for advanced violinists and violists in Pienza, Italy from July 29–August 9, 2016. The Pienza Music Festival is an intensive course focused on performance

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Ferguson Scholar Profile NATASHA MONTZKA

BM, MUSIC EDUCATION/VIOLIN, STUDENT of SALLY O’REILLY

Q. What does it mean to you

to receive this scholarship?

A. Receiving the Ferguson Scholarship has relieved a tremendous financial burden from my family and me. Thanks to the generosity of the Ferguson family, I can focus on my greatest passion in life: music.

U of M School of Music Hosts Chinese Choral Conductors The U of M School of Music hosted a delegation of fifty-three Chinese choral conductors on March 6, 2017, who were visiting Minnesota as part of the 2017 American Choral Directors Association National Conference, held in Minneapolis. The delegation participated in a session on music by Minnesota composer J. David Moore and a panel discussion on choral music education and activity in Minnesota featuring area conductors.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota

School of Music?

A. I chose the University of Minnesota School of Music for the outstanding orchestral program, perfect location, and to study violin with my incredible teacher, Sally O’Reilly. Studying music at the U of M is one of the best decisions I have ever made.

Q. What is your favorite type of music to perform?

A. I love Schubert!

Q. Could you share a favorite recent memory from

the past academic year?

A. Some of my favorite memories include making up crazy, nonsensical sayings with my friends to help us remember music history listening requirements. I don’t think I would be able to forget them if I tried.

Professor Adriana Zabala Designated Melvin and Gertrude Waldfogel Scholar Adriana Zabala (voice) has been designated the inaugural Melvin and Gertrude Waldfogel Scholar of the College (College of Liberal Arts) award, which supports faculty research and creative activities for a three year period (2017/18 – 2019/2020). Zabala was honored at the Faculty Excellence event on April 25, 2017. The Waldfogel Scholar of the College award provides funding from a gift to the College by Asher, Joel, and Sabra Waldfogel, children of Melvin and Gertrude.

Historic Northrop Organ Restoration Update The restoration of the historic Northrop Auditorium Pipe Organ reached a major milestone this spring with the installation of all remaining pipework and console. The Northrop Organ, the third largest auditorium Skinner extant in the US, is Æolian-Skinner’s Opus 892, originally built between 1932–36. With 82 independent stops and 6,975 pipes along with two percussion instruments, the organ weighs over 60,000 pounds, and includes four 32’ stops and an extraordinary variety of tonal colors. Exemplifying the best of the late Romantic-Symphonic style in organ building, the instrument was awarded the prestigious citation for Exceptional Historic Merit by the Organ Historical Society in 1999. Voicing of the organ should be completed in early 2018, and inaugural events are planned for the fall of 2018.

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Akosua Obuo Addo (music education) received U of M Grand Challenges Research Investment Grants for “The Shared Leadership Lab: Analyzing Success Factors from Hybrid Governance, Organizational, and Funding Models to Address Complex Societal Challenges” (Laird, V., Osofsky, H., Quick, K., and Shaver, M.) and “Reminders for Readiness (R4R)—e-communication to support parents in promoting early childhood development” (Lee, R., Riggs, S., Gunner, M. Sojourner, A, Okoro, O). At 2016 Internationalizing the Campus Conference, she participated in panels: “Preparing Global-Ready Students: The CEHD COIL Initiative,” and “Connecting Global & Local Community Engagement: Lessons Learned from Experience.” Addo and Yiannis Miralis (European University Cyprus) presented, “Transnational Dialogues in World Music Pedagogy: Interactions across Continents” at the 6th European International Society for Music Education Regional Conference, University Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria in April 2017.

In 2017, Lydia Artymiw (piano) was a juror and gave a master class at the Lang Lang International Piano Competition in Shenzhen, China, and was a juror for three Juilliard piano concerto competitions, a guest teacher at Juilliard, and a juror for the Manhattan School Piano Concerto Competition. Artymiw performed and recorded the complete works for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn (Bridge) with Marcy Rosen, presented master classes and a lecture/recital at the University of Northern Iowa, and performed the Mozart Piano Concerto K. 595 with the Min-

nesota Sinfonia. In Fall 2016, Artymiw presented a master class at the Curtis Institute of Music, performed for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, with Julia Bogorad-Kogan and Sarah Lewis in Columbia Heights and Mankato, and gave lecture/recitals with David Grayson (musicology) for the Utah Music Teachers Conference at Weber State University.

David Baldwin (trumpet) performed his edition of Canzona for Four Trumpets and Continuo by Samuel Scheidt on the Festival of Trumpets concert at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Hershey, PA on June 1, 2017.

Baldwin was the principal trumpet with the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra (Jere Lance, conductor) in July 2017.

Dean Billmeyer (organ) recorded the first of two CDs for the project A Reinterpretation of J. S. Bach’s Ten Major Preludes and Fugues for Organ after Karl Straube (1873–1950) on the Rondeau label in May in Leipzig, Germany. Straube, organist of the Leipzig Thomaskirche where Bach himself worked for many years, published his edition of ten of Bach’s most “iconic” organ works in 1913. The extensive performance instructions in this volume represent a unique documentation of late-Romantic German performance practice, and the edition is practically tantamount to a transcription or “orchestration” of the pieces in the symphonic style. Billmeyer’s project is supported by a Single Semester Leave, Imagine Fund Grant, and Grant in Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship.

Thomas Ashworth (trombone) appeared as a featured soloist, performing Dana Wilson’s Trombone Concerto, with the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” at the March 2017 American Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC. The Concerto was dedicated to Henry Charles Smith. Ashworth premiered the diverse and challenging Concerto with conductor Craig Kirchhoff and the University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble in 2015. Ashworth’s jazz quintet performed at Studio Z in St. Paul on June 22. The group featured Ashworth (trombone, euphonium, and bass trumpet), Brian Grivna (saxophones, clarinet, and flute), Phil Aaron (piano), Gary Raynor (bass), and Joe Pulice (drums). They played a diverse repertoire of jazz standards, including Dixieland, Bebop, and beyond.

Immanuel Davis (flute) held his 3rd annual Complete Flutist Workshop at the U of M School of Music with guest artists, Julia Bogorad-Kogan and Käthe Jarka (Alexander Technique). Last summer he recorded the complete flute works of Nikolai Kapustin with Timothy Lovelace (collaborative piano)—joining them were Käthe Jarka (cello) and Minnesota Orchestra musicians, Adam Kuenzel (flute), and Pitnarry Shin (cello).

The recording will be released this fall on the Naxos label. On Baroque flute, Davis performed six performances of the St. John Passion in New York City. He was principal flutist and soloist at Carnegie Hall for a performance with the Master Voices Chorale (Ted Sperling, conductor), and period instrument orchestra, New York Baroque Incorporated, and another performance at Trinity Church’s Bach at One series.

Kyung Kim (piano) was a featured guest performer with University of Minnesota Summer Orchestra (Beethoven Emperor Concerto), the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra (Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos), the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, the Colonial Chamber Music Series (with Minnesota Orchestra musicians), and at Dordt College (Iowa). She was also featured on South Korean JTV in an interview discussing her life as pianist, teaching philosophies, and the School of Music program at the University of Minnesota. Kim also adjudicated for the MacPhail Concerto Competition, the Northwestern College (Iowa) Scholarship Competition, the ENKOR International Music Competition, and the Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artists Competition. She hosted the Kim International Piano Festival, which attracted students from Canada, China, Korea, and Minnesota.

Director of the School of Music Michael Kim (piano) was a featured guest performer with the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, the University of Minnesota Symphonic Band, the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, the Colonial Chamber Music Series, Dordt College (Iowa), and with the Fine Arts String Quartet at the Virtuosi Series (University of Winnipeg), and the pro series (Brandon University). Kim also performed with legendary clarinetist Martin Frost in subscription performances with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and conducted a master class residency for the Academy program

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at Mount Royal University (Calgary, AB). He was selected by the Office of the Provost as one of five University of Minnesota administrators to be a 2016/2017 Big Ten Academic Leadership Program (ALP) fellow, and will serve as chair of the College of Liberal Arts Council of Chairs for 2017/2018.

Young-Nam Kim (violin) played the Brahms Piano Quintet with Leon Fleisher on October 9, 2016 at Ted Mann Concert Hall, and the Brahms Clarinet Quintet with Charles Neidich on December 11, 2016 at Sundin Music Hall. In tributes to Maestro Stanisław Skrowaczewski, he performed Skrowaczewski’s String Quintet at Orchestra Hall on March 28, 2017 and an entire program of Skrowaczewski’s chamber music on April 2 at Sundin Hall. On October 3–4, Kim recorded Third Steam, works with jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano followed by a concert at MIT in Boston, MA. Julia Bogorad-Kogan (flute) was the featured cover story in the December 2016 issue of Flute Talk Magazine. Conducted by flutist Lauren McNee (DMA, 2017, flute), the interview discusses Bogorad-Kogan’s philosophy on sound production, the process of an orchestral audition and the importance of teaching musical language, among other topics. Bogorad-Kogan’s two CDs, Handel Flute Sonatas and Flute Music of the Paris Conservatory, are available for purchase through Full Harmonic Media Group. BogoradKogan’s recording with Margo Garrett (former faculty, collaborative piano) of Paul Taffanel’s Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino may be heard on YouTube.

In summer of 2016, Timothy Lovelace (collaborative piano) presented a recital with violinist Ayano Ninomiya at the Sembrich Museum in Upstate New York. With Immanuel Davis (flute), he completed a recording of the complete flute chamber music by Nikolai Kapustin, to be released on the Naxos label in 2017. Lovelace participated in numerous chamber music concerts with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He also presented numerous concerts at universities around the country and gave a master class at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Jerry Luckhardt (conducting/bands) enters his second year as director of graduate studies and associate director of the University of Minnesota School of Music. These administrative responsibilities have kept him busy on campus advancing the mission of the School.

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Houston Chronicle, the Associated Press, and news outlets worldwide, including Japan, India, and Ghana, with additional quotations in the Washington Post and Huffington Post. He appeared as composer-performer with Ensemble Ma and Mu Daiko in three concerts at the Guthrie Theatre in May 2017. He presented a paper on “Disability Ethics: Disability Studies Meets Bioethics” at the annual Disability Studies in Education conference in Minneapolis.

CD Release: U of M Wind Ensemble Performs Gregory Mertl Released in May 2017 by Bridge Records, the U of M Wind Ensemble’s newest CD features the music of Gregory Mertl under the direction of Professor Craig Kirchhoff. The works on the CD are Afterglow of a Kiss with soloist Professor Immanuel Davis (flute), Empress, and Piano Concerto with soloist Solungga Liu (piano).

Reviewer Ronald E. Grames of Fanfare Magazine says of the disc, “Kirchhoff gets inside of this music, creating vital, insightful performances of all the works included here.”

While off campus, Luckhardt has been active as a guest conductor regionally, nationally, and internationally. These engagements included conducting the Minnesota Music Educators All-State Concert Band, the Iowa Bandmasters Association Honor Band in Sioux City, Iowa, the Oregon Music Educators Association Middle Level All-State Band in Eugene, Oregon, and the Asian Pacific Association Honor Band in Daejeon, South Korea. Luckhardt’s season of travels concluded in April with his return to Carnegie Hall in New York as clinician with Manhattan Concert Productions.

Alex Lubet (composition/creative studies & media) lectured and performed at Sichuan Conservatory (China) and gave a keynote and solo recital at “Multicultural Society, the Opportunity, and Future of Korean Society” at Kosin University (South Korea) in November 2016.

His articles on popular music, concerning Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Mariah Carey, and the Grammy Awards, were published in Newsweek, Salon.com, The Raw Story, San Francisco Chronicle,

Brian McCullough (Alexander Technique) presented Alexander Technique lecture/demonstrations to the Minnesota Opera’s Project Opera program, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and Minnesota String & Orchestra Teachers Association. He also developed the first year of Summer Alexander Technique Workshops in the U of M School of Music aimed at various areas of music pedagogy. Topics included solving musician discomfort problems and removing obstacles to optimal performance.

Fernando Meza (percussion) continues to perform actively with the Minnesota Orchestra and toured in May through northern Minnesota for their Common Chords initiative. In June, Meza performed as a guest of the Costa Rica-UNED Percussion Ensemble in Costa Rica for their 5th International Percussion Ensemble Festival and offered master classes for percussionists from around the country. Meza later traveled to Teatro del Lago (Frutillar, Chile) in July to coach for the YOA-Orchestra of the Americas, marking his 14th year on their faculty. Meza traveled to Costa Rica in September 2017 with members the University of Minnesota Percussion Ensemble to participate in the Costa Rican/North American Cultural Center series Promising Artists of the 21st Century. Other upcoming projects include visits to the Dominican Republic in October and Valencia, Spain in January of 2018.

David Grayson (musicology) gave a talk on Debussy’s “La mer,” “Across the Sea with Debussy: from Franckisme to Japonisme,” at Indiana University-Bloomington on October 13, 2016, with illustrations provided by the Indiana University Concert Orchestra, conducted by Scott Sandmeier. For the Utah Music Teachers Association Annual Conference, held on November 4–5, 2016 at Weber State University in Ogden, he gave four talks, “Lessons Learned from Interactions with Remarkable Musicians,” “The Piano Music of Debussy,” “Tempo and Metronome Markings in the Piano Music of Robert Schumann,” and “Performance Issues in the Piano Concertos of Mozart,” the latter

FACULTY NEWS two in collaboration with Lydia Artymiw. He participated in the Minnesota Orchestra’s preconcert panel discussion on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with Lise Houlton (Minnesota Dance Theatre) and Roger Frisch (associate concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra) on March 31 and April 1, 2017 at Orchestra Hall. He also wrote the program notes for flutist Stephanie Jutt’s recording, Latin-American and Spanish Masterpieces for Flute and Piano, released by the Albany label.

David Myers (music education/creative studies & media) co-authored Redefining Music Studies in an Age of Change, published by Routledge. He keynoted the biennial International Conference on Lifelong Learning in Music (Ithaca, NY).

Myers published book chapters on qualitative research, community music policy, and adult learning, and spoke at two national conferences on reform in 21st century higher music education. He delivered a policy paper on the politicization of education standards and another on higher education curricular assumptions at International Society for Music Education meetings in Birmingham, England, and Glasgow, and Scotland. He continues as a curricular/ administrative consultant for music schools and chairs community value and human resources committees for the boards of five Twin Cities arts organizations.

Maja Radovanlija (guitar) toured China from June 15–July 16 and also visited Bangkok, Thailand. She performed with the Minnesota Guitar Quartet (Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Tianjin, and Chongqing), in duo with flutist Linda Chatterton (Nanning, Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Tianjin, Yangzhou, and Bangkok), and gave a lecturerecital in collaboration with Yan Pang Clark (PhD, composition) in Chengdu. Radovanlija also gave master classes for guitar students at St. Gabriel College, Mahidol University (Bangkok), and Sichuan University (Chengdu).

Matt Rahaim (musicology/ethnomusicology) gave a public talk (“Struck by the Arrow: Listening, Voice, and Ethical Virtue in North India”) and several guest lectures as part of a week-long ethnomusicology residency at Memorial University, Newfoundland in October 2016. He traveled to Dakar, Senegal for a conference on Sufi Performance jointly held by the University of North Carolina and the Université Cheikh Anta Diop, where he gave the talk “Sama and

Sufi-Gan.” His article “Otherwise Than Participation: Unity and Alterity in Musical Encounters” was published in Music and Empathy (Ashgate Press, 2017).

Tanya Remenikova (cello) gave numerous chamber music performances with the St. Croix Trio at University of Wisconsin, Sundin Hall, Hamline University, and with the Hill House Chamber Players at the James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, MN. The program theme of the season was Women of Note and included pieces

by Amy Beach, Judith Zaimont, Rebecca Clarke, Clara Schumann, among others. Remenikova also gave master classes and a chamber music performance at the Apollo Summer Festival in Houston, MN. Paul Shaw (piano) served on the jury of four important Twin Cities competitions in winter 2017. Shaw was a jury member for the Young People’s Symphony Concerto Association Competition on January 21 in Orchestra Hall; the MacPhail Concerto and Aria Competition on January 29 in Antonello Hall; the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artists Competition on February 5 in Orchestra Hall; and the e-Piano Junior Competition via digital transmission to the Yamaha Disklavier on March 13–15 in Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall.

Mark Russell Smith (orchestral conducting) led the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony on a tour of Argentina in June of 2016. The orchestra appeared in Buenos Aries, Rosario, and Sante Fe, where they shared the stage with the Orquesta del Proyecto SOS Musica. Smith returned to the Curtis Institute’s Summerfest in July 2016 and also appeared as a guest conductor at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

As music director and conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, he performed Brahms Second Piano Concerto with Garrick Ohlsson, and led performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in April 2017, among many other concerts.

Dean Sorenson’s (jazz) the Dean Sorenson Sextet recently performed at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival in St. Paul, MN. Sorenson directed All State Jazz Ensembles in Ohio and North Dakota as well as the NAfME All-Eastern Jazz Ensemble, which drew talented juniors and seniors from the NAfME Eastern region. He presented a clinic at the NAfME regional conference as a part of his trip to Atlantic City, NJ. Sorenson was also

commissioned to compose “Minnesota Fanfare” to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the University of Minnesota Bands Program. Every band on the U of M campus performed this piece at some point during the 16–17 academic year, and the University of Minnesota Bands program has made it available to bands across Minnesota as a free download from Dean Sorenson’s website (deansorensonmusic.com).

In May 2017, Emily Threinen (bands conducting) completed her first season as director of bands. During the academic year, she helped facilitate the Band program’s 125th anniversary, culminating in the Gala Celebration on May 5. Threinen sponsored composer Steven Bryant and composer/conductor Jack Stamp during the season and each guest worked with all concert band ensembles. Stamp composed a new piece for Threinen, Prayer, and this was premiered with the Wind Ensemble in April.

In addition to her work on campus, Threinen served as conductor for the New Hampshire All State Band, University of Southern Florida Festival of Winds, New York Area All State Band, Metro West All Conference Band Festival, International Music Camp, New York Wind Festival, Alle-Kiski Valley Honor Band, and the Massachusetts Eastern Division Senior Festival. She also served as a session presenter at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Conference, an adjudicator for the Tennessee Music Educators Association State Concert Band Festival, and a master conducting clinician at the NorCal Wind Conducting Symposium in California.

Among the highlights of Adriana Zabala’s (voice) year were the following performances, projects, and honors: the opening night concert of the Source Festival, on which she performed Argento’s A Few Words About Chekhov with baritone Jesse Blumberg and pianist Martin Katz; a performance of unpublished Louis Durey songs at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust (the recording of these songs was released in May 2017); the title role in the world premiere of Aldridge’s Sister Carrie at Florentine Opera (available on the Naxos label); two productions with Minnesota Opera, including the world premiere of Bolcom’s Dinner at Eight; and in the spring she was named the inaugural Waldfogel Scholar of the College by CLA, for a three-year term.

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In Memoriam

Rod Person passed away on March 12, 2016. Person was the voice of the University of Minnesota Marching Band for 30 years, as well as a writer, producer, and staff announcer for 35 years at KSTP. A memorial concert was performed by the Medalist Concert Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) in Person’s honor at the Becketwood Cooperative (Minneapolis, MN).

Patricia Meile Manning passed away on January 8, 2017. She completed her bachelor’s degree in music education in 1972 and was active member of the American Guild of Organists, American Choir Directors Association, and Sigma Alpha Iota (international music fraternity for women). She worked for many years as an organist and choir director at many churches throughout the Twin Cities.

Remembering Maestro Stanisław Skrowaczewski Stanisław Skrowaczewski, legendary conductor emeritus of the Minnesota Orchestra and composer, passed away on February 21, 2017. Maestro Skrowaczewski’s loss is deeply felt in Minnesota and throughout the music world, given his remarkable contributions to music and Minnesota.

Throughout his life, Maestro Skrowaczewski maintained an active conducting schedule in the Twin Cities and across the globe. This past fall, at age 93, he conducted the Minnesota Orchestra in Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony at Orchestra Hall.

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Widely heralded as the preeminent living Bruckner interpreter, Maestro Skrowaczewski recorded all of Bruckner’s symphonies and earned the Gold Medal of the Mahler-Bruckner Society. He made his American conducting debut with the Cleveland Orchestra at the invitation of George Szell in 1956. In addition to

conducting, he was a widely recognized composer who had his music performed by major orchestras in the US and abroad.

In 2013, the U of M School of Music announced the Stanisław Skrowaczewski Endowment in Conducting in honor of Skrowaczewski’s remarkable contributions to music and Minnesota. This endowment furthers his lasting legacy by advancing music in communities and society for years to come. If you would like to make a gift to the Skrowaczewski Endowment, visit z.umn.edu/musicgive.

We are profoundly grateful beneficiaries of Maestro Skrowaczewski’s generosity, through his donation of his professional papers and recorded performances to the University of Minnesota Archives, offering an incomparable resource for study

by U of M students and by conductors and researchers worldwide. In addition, our Green Room for Ted Mann Concert Hall was named in the Maestro’s honor.

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Robert C. McAllister (BS, music education) was featured in the KCET Artbound story titled “Music is Medicine: Using Art Therapy to Repair Pathways in the Brain” for his work in using music re-instruction to help people with traumatic brain injury play music again. ________________

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Maria Schneider (BM, composition, student of Dominick Argento) performed with the Maria Schneider Orchestra on February 16, 2017 at the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at St. Catherine University (St. Paul, MN). _______________

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Bruce Gleason’s (BS, 1981; MA, 1988, music education, advisor Stephen Schultz) book Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums—Horse-Mounted Bands of the U.S. Army, 1820–1940 was released on University of Oklahoma Press in October 2015. The research for the book started in the 1980s with his MA thesis, A History of the Royal Artillery Mounted Band, 1878–1939. Gleason is associate professor of music at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN).

Sondra Wieland Howe’s (PhD, 1988, music education, student of Chad Furman; MA, 1985, musicology, student of Donna CardamoneJackson) chapter “Town Bands, 1880–1920” was published in Women’s Bands in America: Performing Music and Gender, ed. Jill M. Sullivan (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).

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Mark Zanter (BM, composition, student of Alex Lubet) received the Senior Faculty Distinguished Artist and Scholar Award at Marshall University (Huntington, WV), where he is professor of music and head of theory and composition. _______________

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Libby Larsen (BA, 1971; MA, 1975; PhD, 1978, composition, student of Paul Fetler and Dominick Argento) was the 2016 recipient of the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award ($50,000 prize)—considered the state’s highest cultural honor—for her decades of prolific creativity. Larsen’s work was also profiled on the Twin Cities Public Television’s program Minnesota Original.

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David Evan Thomas (PhD, composition, student of Dominick Argento) is the recipient of the 2016 An die Musik Award for “outstanding dedication and commitment to the work and mission of The Schubert Club.” Thomas has two new publications: Wassail! Christmas Carols for Piano and Singers to Come. Thomas is a composer and program annotator in Minneapolis, MN. _______________

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Alejandro Cremaschi (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed solo recitals and gave presentations at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ and in Mexico City, Mexico.

Cremaschi was awarded the 2017 Outstanding Alumnus in Visual and Performing Arts Award by the University of Maryland, where he earned his BM in piano performance. He is associate professor of piano and pedagogy at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Jennifer Needleman Muñiz (BM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) recorded cello/piano and solo piano works of Chicago composer Arne Oldberg at the University of Colorado Boulder in May 2017 and performed recitals at Murray State University in Kentucky, at the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana, and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is assistant professor of piano at Indiana University-South Bend. ________________

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Young Kim (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was recently honored with the College of St. Rose’s 2016 Thomas Manion Distinguished Faculty Award. _______________

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Marilyn Perkins Biery (DMA, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) has been appointed director of music and organist at Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit, MI. Biery will conduct the Fort Street Chorale and the Worship Choir, in addition to leading the entire music program of the church. Biery continues as an active composer.

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Christopher Gable’s (PhD, composition, student of Judith Lang Zaimont) book The Words and Music of Sheryl Crow was recently published.

His book offers commentary, musical analysis, and detailed interpretation of Crow’s song lyrics, and examines the qualities of Sheryl Crow’s music that have served to establish the artist’s success and popularity. Gable continues to teach music theory, composition, and rock history at the University of North Dakota.

Margaret McDonald (MM, 2000; BM, 1998, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) joined violist Erika Eckert for recitals in Boulder (CO), Vienna, Florence, and Cremona in fall 2016. In April 2017, the Eckert-McDonald Duo performed at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. _______________

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David France (MM, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) received a MPower Artist Grant of $4,930 from the Sphinx Organization to support the Dare to Aspire Conference in Boston, MA. _______________

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Matthew Holm (BM, percussion/music education, student of Fernando Meza) was named director of percussion studies at Kent State University’s Hugh A. Glauser School of Music.

Holm assumed leadership of percussion studies in September 2017.

Matthew McCright’s (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) and flutist Linda Chatterton’s CD The French Connection was released and aired on Minnesota Public Radio. The CD features flute/piano works by Prokofiev, Saint Saens, and Uebayashi. McCright continues as piano faculty at Carleton College (Northfield, MN). ________________

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Corey Hamm (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) presented a master class and performed a recital at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, and gave performances at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, in Vancouver, and in Richmond, Canada. He was also a juror for the Hong Kong Schools Music Association Competition in February 2017. He continues as associate professor of piano at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Grace Huang (DMA, 2005; MM, 2001, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was offered the interim assistant professor of piano position at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA for the fall 2017 semester.

Wonny Song (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Harout Fazlian in Beirut, Lebanon in April 2017. He also became the new artistic director of Mooredale Concerts in Toronto (Canada), succeeding previous director Anton Kuerti, and remains artistic director of the Orford Festival in Quebec, Canada. He teaches at the Lambda Music School (Montréal).

Tyler Wottrich (BM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed twice at Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall at the University of Minnesota, presenting a duo and solo recital with his wife, soprano Mariane Lemieux in April 2017 and returned for a recital with soprano Clara Ozowski in September 2017. The Ozowski-Wottrich Duo won Second Prize at the 2017 Das Lied International Voice Competition in Heidelberg, Germany in March 2017. Wottrich returned (as a chamber music and collaborative piano coach) to the Banff Summer Festival and Institute in Banff, Canada in June 2017. He continues as assistant professor of collaborative piano at North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND). _______________

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Composer Abbie Betinis’ (MA, composition, student of Judith Lang Zaimont) annual Christmas carol partnership with Minnesota Public Radio continued with the world premiere of her 2016 carol “Sing Him to Sleep” performed on Classical Minnesota Public Radio.

Christopher Brody (DMA, 2007, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw; MM, 2005, piano/music theory) completed a two-year music theory teaching position at the Eastman School of Music in May 2017 and began a new position as assistant professor of theory at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Seongwon Han (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) presented an all Rachmaninoff solo recital at the Daegu Concert Hall Recital Hall on June 7, 2017 in Daegu, South Korea. She continues as faculty member at Kyung-Buk National University and Daegu National University, Daegu, South Korea.

Tatiana Roitman Mann (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) has accepted a full-time tenure-track position as assistant professor of piano at the Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX).

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Andrew Staupe (MM, 2007; BM, 2005, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) became assistant professor of piano at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah in August 2016. During the 2016–17 concert season, he performed with the Rochester Symphony (MN), the Fort Worth Symphony and Lubbock Symphony (TX), the Hagerstown Symphony (MD), the Glacier Symphony (MT), the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater Symphony (FL), and returned for his sixth re-engagement with the Minnesota Orchestra (performing Gershwin for the Minnesota Orchestra’s Symphony Ball) in June 2016.

Newton’s article outlines strategies for collaboration between piano teachers and organ teachers, and emphasizes how the study of the organ is beneficial for students of the piano. Newton is the organist at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church in Plymouth, MN, and teaches at the St. Barnabas Center for the Arts.

Ita Wang (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) has accepted a senior lecturer position at the Department of Music, Cultural Centre, at the University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur).

Denis Evstuhin (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) performed works of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Brahms, and Stravinsky in a sold-out recital with Osmo Vänskä (clarinet) and Erin Keefe (violin) at the Museum of Russian Art on June 12, 2016. In July 2016, he and Anton Melnichenko (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) opened the Young Artists World Piano Festival at Bethel College, MN with a recital of music for two pianos.

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Hiyas Hila (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488 with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yoshikazu Fukumura at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Concert Hall on June 11, 2017.

Andrew McMahan (DMA, conducting, student of Craig Kirchhoff) was named director of bands in the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at Lamar University (Beaumont, TX). _______________

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Anna Hersey (MA, 2009, musicology, student of Kelley Harness; MM, 2007, voice, student of Lawrence Weller) was appointed assistant professor of voice at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Hersey’s book Scandinavian Song: A Guide to Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Repertoire and Diction was published by Rowman & Littlefield.

She was a recipient of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association’s Interdisciplinary Grant, as well as performance grants from Sons of Norway and the American Scandinavian Foundation. ________________

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Ivan Konev (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) received a Robert P. Knowles International Education Grant from University of Wisconsin-River Falls to travel and collaborate with the Kharkov Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine). Konev performed Jazz Suite by Alexander Tsfasman with the Kharkov Symphony Orchestra on August 10, 2016.

Mary S. Newton’s (DMA, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) article “Working with Piano Instructors to Cultivate Organists” was published in the June 2016 issue of The American Organist.

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Sophie Christian (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) became adjunct professor of piano at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington in August 2016.

Soojung Hong (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) accepted a faculty position at the MacPhail Center for Music.

Rachel Siegel (BM, clarinet, student of Burt Hara) took part in the 58th Inauguration of the President of the United States on January 20, 2017, as a member of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. This marks the Marine Band’s 55th inaugural appearance. Clarinet player Staff Sergeant Rachel Siegel joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in September 2013. ________________

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Jason Fabus (BM, saxophone/music education, student of Eugene Rousseau and Dean Sorenson) released a video for his song “Set our Love in Motion” (2017) by Collective L.A. Paula Gudmundson (DMA, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) performed and presented at the 44th Annual National Flute Association Convention in San Diego, CA (August 10–14, 2016). She performed at the La Côte Flute Festival in Gland, Switzerland (October 6–9, 2016).

Gudmundson is assistant professor of flute at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and is a 2016 recipient of a Career Development Grant and Equipment and Technology Grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council.

Minjeong Shin’s (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) debut, a two-CD set of 21 short solo piano pieces by British composer Peter Seabourne, Steps One, was released in England for the Sheva label (SH168) in December 2016. She received

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Kate Bae (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) became adjunct professor of piano at the University of Minnesota-Morris in August 2016.

Britta Bauer’s (BM, music education, student of Laura Sindberg) work at St. Francis Middle School (MN) was featured in the St. Francis Courier. Following her work in the U of M School of Music’s Band Project, Bauer formed Super Band, an after-school venture in which students “increase their creative capacity and individual agency,” composing, improvising, and learning music by ear. Bauer is currently a music teacher at St. Francis Middle School.

Mark Bilyeu (MM, collaborative piano, student of Timothy Lovelace) was named a 2017 Crear Scholar. He was one of three pianists selected internationally to travel to Crear, Scotland to study with pianist Malcolm Martineau in a week-long intensive master class.

Aaron Hirsch (BM, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) was appointed an adjunct lecturer in music at Central Washington University (Ellensburg, WA). Hirsch taught basic conducting I and II, and conducted four opera performances of Mozart’s The Magic Flute in May 2017. He also gave a chamber orchestra concert, performing Copland’s Appalachian Spring (original 13 instrument version) as well as the chamber arrangement of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

Michael J. Krajewski (DMA, guitar, student of Jeffrey Van, Maja Radovanlija, Scott Lipscomb, and Alex Lubet) presented at the Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans, LA. Krajewski is currently assistant professor of music industry and guitar at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He is also a contributing editor for Soundboard, a periodical from the Guitar Foundation of America.

Brent Nolte (DMA, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) was appointed to a tenure-track position as college organist and assistant professor of music at Talladega College (Talladega, AL). At this state’s oldest historically black liberal arts college, Nolte will play convocations at DeForest Chapel, and will teach theory, sight-singing, class piano, and trumpet, as well as organ.

Sarah Porwoll-Lee (MM, clarinet, student of Alexander Fiterstein) presented It Goes Both Ways,

the premiere of a new set of works for vocals, bass clarinet, and electronics in collaboration with composer Joshua Clausen (MA, 2009, composition) and rap artist Joe Horton. The premiere took place at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis on September 23, 2016.

Hannah Schendel (BA, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) was named director of Bethel orchestras and director of string activities at Bethel University (St. Paul, MN) in August 2017. Schendel completed her MM in orchestral conducting from the University of South Carolina. She is a frequent guest conductor and currently serves as conductor of the South of the River Youth Symphonies, and is the director of music at Christ Lutheran Church (Maple Plain, MN).

Patrick Terry (BM, voice, student of Adriana Zabala) won the Song Prize at the 2017 Kathleen Ferrier Awards in London at Wigmore Hall on April 28, 2017. Terry also received a rave review in Opera Magazine (January 2017) for his performance in Handel’s Alcina at the Royal Academy of Music. ________________

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Bethel Balge (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Schumann Piano Concerto Op. 54 with the Mankato Symphony under the direction of Kenneth Freed on February 19, 2017 at the Verizon Performing Arts Center in Mankato for the Mankato Symphony’s Symphonic Series. Balge is professor of piano at Bethany Lutheran College (Mankato, MN) and Martin Luther College (New Ulm, MN), director of the Summit Avenue Music Series at Martin Luther College, and a member of the Bekesh Piano Trio with Kenneth Freed (violin) and Sharon Rogers (cello). The Bekesh Trio performed in Mankato and Minneapolis and presented concerts at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI in June 2017.

Volkan Can Canbolat (MM, 2014, violin/ Suzuki pedagogy; DMA, 2016, violin, student of Mark Bjork) appeared as soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique Azureen in Nice, France on July 3 performing Sarasate’s Zigeunerveisen. He also appeared on the same concert in a performance of Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with Raphael Daneshgar, his nine-year-old student from the Colburn School in Los Angeles.

Ye Chen (DMA, voice, student of Philip Zawisza) performed the role of Fafner in Das Rheingold with the China National Opera House at the National Center for the Performing Arts, the largest opera theater in China, on September 19, 2016.

Eunhye Choi (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) started a piano teaching position at North Hennepin Community College (Minneapolis, MN) in August 2016.

Casey Clementson (PhD, 2014, music education; BM, 1999, music education & performance) and John R. Stewart (PhD, 2013) presented a session at the Wisconsin Music Educators State Conference in October 2016. The session, “From Composer to Collaboratory: Pairing Undergraduate Composers with Middle School Bands,” outlined their collaborative partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the Rosemount Middle School band program. Sixth grade students at Rosemount worked with undergraduate student composer Zachary Bartsch to learn about the compositional process. The partnership culminated in the world premiere work of Bartsch’s piece, Riverwalk, at the Rosemount spring band concert in 2016.

Alexander Corbett (DMA, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) was named the music director/ conductor of the Heartland Symphony Orchestra (Little Falls, MN) for their 2016/2017 season.

Benjamin Klemme (DMA, conducting, student of Mark Russell Smith) was named music director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association in July 2017. More than 300 students in grades 1–12 from across Vermont and neighboring states participate in the VYOA’s three orchestras, two choruses, beginning string ensemble, community engagement programs, and summer camps, making the organization its region’s premier youth orchestra and chorus program. Klemme holds conducting positions at the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, and Augsburg College.

Danielle Kuntz (PhD, musicology, student of Kelley Harness) has accepted a tenure-track position as assistant professor of music history and Riemenschneider Bach Institute scholar-inresidence at the Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace University (Berea, Ohio).

Brian Messier (DMA, 2014, conducting, student of Craig Kirchhoff ) led two ensembles to receive the American Prize in Band/Wind Ensemble Performance in 2016–17. The Valley Winds, based in Amherst (MA), won the Community Division. Belchertown High School Wind Ensemble won the High School Division. ________________

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Eric Bigalke (DMA, 2015; MM, 2009, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) was appointed chapel musician at Breck School in Golden Valley, MN.

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Charles H. Eaton (MM, voice, student of John De Haan) returned to the Des Moines Metro Opera in Indianola, Iowa to sing the role of Mr. Lindquist and cover Carl-Magnus in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music in July 2017.

Jeffery Kyle Hutchins (DMA, 2015; MM, 2013, saxophone, student of Eugene Rousseau) was appointed artist/teacher of saxophone at Virginia Tech where he will teach studio saxophone and direct the VT Jazz Lab Band.

Dale Kruse (DMA, voice, student of John De Haan) was named the winner of the American Prize in Conducting opera/musical theater 2016–17. He won for conducting the world premiere of Memory Boy by Reinaldo Moya with Project Opera, the vocal training program of the Minnesota Opera. Kruse is a visiting assistant professor of voice and Lyric Theater at St. Olaf College.

Pei-Lei Lin (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed three recitals in February 2017 at the University of Jinan, Central Normal University in Wuhan, and Ludong University, all in China. She is associate professor of piano at the University of Jinan, China.

Angelika Strub (BM, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) was accepted to the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria pursue a master’s degree in violin performance with Professor Esther Hoppe starting fall 2017. ________________

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G. Phillip Shoultz, III (DMA, student of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey) was featured in the MinnPost article “New choral work combats elder loneliness with community.”

Shoultz, VocalEssence’s associate conductor, directs the VocalEssence’s multigenerational choir. ________________

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Christina Adamoli (MM, voice, student of Adriana Zabala), soprano, performed the role of Nannetta in Falstaff with La Musica Lirica, a five-week intensive opera training program, where she also had the opportunity to participate in master classes and Italian language courses.

Katherine Chan (DMA, choral conducting, student of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey) was selected to compete in the 2017 American Choral Directors Association Graduate Student Conducting Competition. She was also interviewed for an article in the University of Minnesota Libraries Continuum publication.

Brian Dowdy (DMA, orchestral conducting, student of Mark Russell Smith) was appointed artistic director and principal conductor of the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, beginning in the 2017–18 season. He was also appointed artistic director and principal conductor of the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dennis A. Hawkins, Jr. (DMA, wind conducting, student of Emily Threinen, Jerry Luckhardt, and Craig Kirchhoff) was selected by the Conductors Guild to attend the Frederick Fennell Memorial Conducting Workshop in Rochester, NY in February 2017. Hawkins conducted the Eastman Wind Ensemble and the Eastman Harmonie under the guidance of Eastman faculty members Donald Hunsberger and Mark Scatterday, and Craig Kirchhoff, emeritus director of bands at the University of Minnesota.

Jonah Heinen (BM, vocal music education, student of Adriana Zabala and Matthew Mehaffey) was named choral director at Faribault High School in Faribault, MN. He is in charge of choral activities (grades 9–12) and organized a departmental tour to New York City in March 2017.

Hannah Hickman (BM, saxophone/music education, student of Preston Duncan) won the 2017 National Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition. The Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program (YYPA) recognizes outstanding young musicians from the world of classical, jazz, and contemporary music.

Wendy Matsutani (MM, voice, student of Adriana Zabala), soprano, was a member of the MN Duo program for singer and pianist teams in the third season of the Source Song Festival.

Chad Hutchinson (DMA, orchestral conducting, student of Mark Russell Smith) was selected for the Conductor’s Guild Training Workshop, worked with composer John Luther Adams, and was the 3rd place winner in the American Prize in Opera Conducting in the College/ University Division. Hutchinson also conducted a concert with singer/songwriter Ben Folds and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra on February 11, 2017.

Gabriel Quenneville-Bélair (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed a solo piano recital and presented a master class in Taian (Shandog province), China in August 2016.

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Cameron Longabaugh (DMA, saxophone, student of Preston Duncan) won Honorable Mention and a cash prize in the 2017 William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition. Longabaugh, Justin Sales (BM, 2017, saxophone, student of Preston Duncan), and Casey Rafn (piano) of the North Trio, were one of 5 finalists invited to perform in the finals at 2017 Plowman National Chamber Music Competition where they were prize winners with honorable mention.

Maria Mannone (PhD, composition, student of Alex Lubet) presented at the 2017 University of Minnesota Doctoral Research Showcase in April 2017. She was an invited speaker at the Special Session on Mathematics and Music of the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta, GA. She gave an invited lecture titled “Images in Music: Mathematical Models and Musical Gestures” to the International Rostrum of Composers in Palermo, Italy, in May 2017.

Her work was featured in the Creators article “A Brief History of Artists Turning Pictures into Music and Vice Versa.”

Lydia Michel (MM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano at the Brevard Music Festival in Brevard, NC on August 4.

Osip Nikiforov (BM, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) won 3rd Prize, Bronze Medal and a Special Prize for Best Performance of a Commissioned Work at the 12th San Antonio International Piano Competition.

Zack Pentecost (PhD, composition, student of Alex Lubet) and Yan Pang Clark (PhD, composition, student of Alex Lubet) received fellowships in composition to attend the 2017 Alba Summer Music Festival in Northern Italy.

Robert Riordan (BM, voice, student of Jean del Santo) performed the roles of Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Top in Copland’s The Tender Land as part of the Varna International Opera Academy in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. _______________

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The Mill City String Quartet, featuring Huldah Niles (MM, 2006, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly), Erika Hoogeveen (MM, 2006, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly), Valerie Little (DMA, 2010, viola, student of Korey Konkol), and Jeff Erbland (MM, 2011, cello, student of Tanya Remenikova), performed the work of Tom Patterson (PhD, 2007, composition) on July 7, 2016 at Studio Z in St. Paul. They previously performed the world premiere of Patterson’s String Quartet No. 7 at the Minnesota State Correctional Facility in Faribault to an audience of inmates.

Photos: 1. amlifestylephotography.com, 2. GopherPhoto.com, 3. Les Koob, 4. GopherPhoto.com, 5. amlifestylephotography.com, 6. Greg Helgeson, 7. Photo courtesy of Brianna Cundiff, 8. Greg Helgeson

In this position Bigalke will prepare music, play the Walker organ at the school’s Chapel of the Holy Spirit for regular chapel services and special services. Bigalke continues as organist and choirmaster at the Church of St. John in the Wilderness (White Bear Lake, MN).

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SEE & BE SEEN 1. U of M School of Music students and faculty soloist Philip Zawisza perform at the U of M Driven Campaign Launch Celebration at Northrop in September 2017.

2. Former Marching Band Director O'Neill Sanford and Marching Band alumna Kelly Nellis at the 125th

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Anniversary of Bands Gala Reception. 3. University Opera Theatre students in the spring 2017 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Suor Angelica. 4. U of M Marching Band students perform at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, MN. 5. Student Madison Holtze performs at the U of M Driven Campaign Launch Celebration at Northrop in September 2017. 6. Guests at the U of M School of Music Alumni Reception in February 2017.

7. U of M School of Music students celebrating graduation day, from left to right: Ann Fienup, Alec Paquin, Zane Kaiser, Paul Benson, Todd Peterson, Nate Severson, and Jessica Cribbs. 8. U of M School of Music students Z Makila, Imala Witherspoon, and Patrick Hyatte perform with the University Symphony Orchestra at Collage 2016.

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