Tutti Magazine 2018-2019 by University of Minnesota School of Music

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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 18

5 Director’s Letter

31 Student News

John Coleman Dean, College of Liberal Arts

6 2018–2019 Events Calendar

35 Faculty News

Michael Kim Director, School of Music

38 In Memoriam

Lisa Marshall Editor and Writer

39 Alumni News

Kristine Porwoll Graphic Designer

9 2018–2019 Season Highlights

10 Student Features Marching Band at Super Bowl LII

47 See & Be Seen

13 Announcing the Music Scholarship Campaign Meet Our Student Scholars 16 Alumni Features 18 Lorie Hippen's Career in Music Education 21 Faculty Features Faculty Research Profile: David Grayson 23 Faculty Retirements 24 Thank You Donors 30 Competition Winners

ON THE COVER: Student scholars Jarod Bendele (percussion), Madelyne Sorenson (clarinet), Judith Gaunt (trumpet), & Michael Chu (violin) on the Ted Mann Concert Hall stage. Photo © Lisa Miller.

Modern Press Printing 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.

57th Annual

Marching Band Indoor Concert Saturday, November 24 ² 7 pm Sunday, November 25 ² 2 pm Carlson Family Stage at Northrop Join the U of M Marching Band (Betsy McCann, director) for performances that showcase music, tradition, and entertainment for the whole family. Adults: $30/$25 Children: (17 & under) $25/$20

Groups 10+: 15% off regular ticket price Education groups: 25% off regular ticket price

This event is also part of the Northrop Music Series. Choose this concert and 4 more music concerts for a discounted rate. Visit northrop.umn.edu/tickets for more information.

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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Photos (clockwise from top): Director Michael Kim performs with Professor Kyung Kim and students Michael Min and Yeonji Kang at Collage 2017 (© Lisa Miller), Director Kim performs with the U of M Marching Band during the Gopher Halftime Show (Oct. 2017) (© GopherPhoto.com), Director Kim with the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö after President Niinistö was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from the U of M at Orchestra Hall (Sep. 2017).

Dear Friends, As you see from the cover of this magazine, we are beyond excited to announce our first music scholarship crowdfunding campaign with the goal of raising $10,000 by finals week in May. Throughout Tutti, you’ll read in the students' own words what your financial support means to them. Not only do music student scholarships help to offset the rising cost of higher education, but they also support our top priority of providing a uniquely personalized student experience. As always, this magazine highlights the continuing work of our extraordinary students, faculty, and alumni. From catching up with alumni who have made meaningful careers in music education and music administration to inspiring faculty research and awards, to the U of M Marching Band's momentous performance at the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show, this issue celebrates our School's reach beyond campus.

I hope to see you at one of our many events this season (be sure to see pages 6–8 for our events calendar). 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 2018 Honoring Prince

Wednesday, Sep. 26 µ 7 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

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Prior to Prince’s death, the U of M had been preparing to present him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, the University’s highest honor. We will present the degree in recognition of his remarkable talent, enduring influence in music, and his role in shaping the city of Minneapolis. Students from the School of Music will be joined by special guests artists as they pay tribute to Prince by performing music associated with his career.

University Symphony Orchestra Concert Wednesday, Oct. 3 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

2018–2019 SEASON

Program featuring Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto No. 5 for Piano and Orchestra “Emperor” featuring 2017 University Concerto Competition winner Wayne Ching, and Richard Strauss’ Suite from Der Rosenkavalier. Mark Russell Smith and Ernesto Estigarríbia, conductors.

Mondays @ Minnesota Recital: Thomas Cooley (tenor) Monday, Oct. 8 µ 6 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

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.

Internationally acclaimed tenor Thomas Cooley performs globally with orchestras and opera companies. Learn more about this series at z.umn.edu/mondays.

Jazz Ensembles I & II Concert Tuesday, Oct. 9 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

This concert will feature the experimental jazz trio Evil Genius, featuring U of M School of Music alumnus Stefan Kac on tuba. Members of the group will be featured as soloists with both Jazz I and Jazz II and they will also perform by themselves. An evening of original experimental music with funky cool vibe!

Guest Master Class: Gwen Thompson-Robinow (violin) Thursday, Oct. 11 µ 3:30 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Professor Gwen Thompson-Robinow has enjoyed a career of more than 50 years as a performer, educator, teacher, and coach. She has taught at Western University, the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Academy of Music, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Victoria.

Arts Quarter Festival Thursday, Oct. 11 µ 6:30 – 10 pm West Bank Arts Quarter 21st Ave S & 4th St S

Arts collide at the 3rd annual Arts Quarter Festival: an evening mashup of visual art, dance, music, and theatre showcasing student and faculty talent from across the University.

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Symphonic Band Concert: Song and Dance Thursday, Oct. 11 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Pyotr Tchaikovsky/ Cramer’s Dance of the Jesters, Astor Piazzolla’s Oblivion, Harry James/ Sorenson’s Trumpet Concerto featuring Charles Lazarus (trumpet), Lewis Buckley’s Sandberg Reflections, Frank Ticheli’s An American Elegy, Ben Blasko’s Lenny’s Dance, and Franko Goldman’s On the Mall. Jerry Luckhardt, conductor; JoAnn Wieszczyk and Cassandra Bechard, guest conductors.

Jazz Combos Recital Monday, Oct. 15 µ 7 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

18th Annual Collage Concert Saturday, Oct. 20 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

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

Faculty Recital: Preston Duncan (saxophone) Sunday, Oct. 21 µ 2 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall Mondays @ Minnesota: Mock Audition Class with Master Coach Lara Bolton Monday, Oct. 22 µ 6 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Lara Bolton is on faculty at the U of M School of Music. She is a collaborative pianist and vocal coach. Learn more about this series at z.umn.edu/mondays.

North Star & Gold Bands Concert Wednesday, Oct. 24 µ 7:30 pm

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Program to include Douglas Akey’s Wild Dance, Erik Satie’s Festival Dance (Gymnopodie No. 3), Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird (excerpts), Robert Sheldon’s Choreography, David Biedenbender’s Melodious Thunk, Jess Langston Turner’s The Exultant Heart, and Rick Kirby’s Different Voices. J. Nick Smith and Cory Near, conductors.

Wind Ensemble Concert Friday, Oct. 26 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Karel Husa’s Divertimento for Brass and Percussion, Morten Lauridsen/H. Robert Reynolds’s O Magnum Mysterium, Carlos Simon’s AMEN!, Frank Ticheli’s Concertino for Trombone and Band featuring trombonist Tom Ashworth, and Paul Hindemith’s Symphony in B-Flat. Emily Threinen and JoAnn Wieszczyk, conductors.

Choral Concert: Global Voices Saturday, Oct. 27 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 on a journey of song and celebration, which will take you around the globe.

Choral Concert: The Call Sunday, Oct. 28 µ 4 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

The University Singers and Chamber Singers collaborate with British countertenor Ryland Angel and American guitarist Nels Cline, from the band Wilco, to present the premiere of The Call, a new multi-movement, choralinstrumental work exploring the roots of community and human cooperation historically and within contemporary society. The choirs will also perform Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year for Double Chorus and Solo Piano.

Guest Recital: Mill City String Quartet Monday, Oct. 29 µ 7 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Alumnae recital of the Mill City String Quartet featuring Huldah Niles, violin; Erika Hoogeveen, violin; Valerie Little, viola; Ruth Marshall, cello.

Maroon & University Bands Concert Monday, Oct. 29 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Jodie Blackshaw’s Into the Sun, Vaughan Williams/Bocook’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, John Mackey’s Xerxes, Alex Shapiro’s Tight Squeeze, Eric Whitacre’s October, Wang Xilin’s Torch Festival, and Frank Ticheli’s Dancing on Water. Betsy McCann and Cassandra Bechard, conductors; Lance Sample, JoAnn Wieszczyk, and Elena Kolbrek, guest conductors.

Campus Orchestra Concert Wednesday, Oct. 31 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

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

American School Band Directors Association Honors Jazz Ensemble Recital Saturday, Nov. 3 µ 3 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

This concert is the culmination of a day with the ASBDA Grade 9–10 Honors Jazz Ensemble. U of M Jazz Ensemble students will serve as rhythm section coaches during the day and will perform a short set on the concert with the ASBDA students. Presented in partnership with the American School Band Directors Association - MN Chapter.

Wind Ensemble & University Symphony Orchestra present Chamber Music: A Study in Contrasts Thursday, Nov. 8 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Andre Caplet’s Suite Persane, Charles Ives’s The Unanswered Question, Rob Wiffin’s Songs of the Great War, Marcel Dupré’s Poéme héroique, Op.33, and W.A. Mozart’s Divertimento, K. 131. Emily Threinen, Cassandra Bechard, Cory Near, and J. Nick Smith, conductors.

Percussion Extravaganza Friday, Nov. 9 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

U of M Percussion Ensemble (Fernando Meza, director) and the Steel Drum Ensemble (Adam Rappel, director) with guests University of Costa Rica Percussion Ensemble (Manrique Méndez and Ricardo Alvarado, directors).

Lest We Forget: World War I Armistice Centenary Concert * Sunday, Nov. 11 µ 4 pm

57th Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert * Saturday, Nov. 24 µ 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 25 µ 2 pm

Choral Concert: Lessons & Carols Thursday, Dec. 6 µ 8 pm

Join the University of Minnesota Marching Band, directed by Betsy McCann, for performances that showcase music, tradition, and entertainment for the whole family.

The University Singers and Chamber Singers and the combined U of M Women’s and Men’s Choruses present a concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the iconic Nine Lessons and Carols service at King’s College, Cambridge. A master’s recital conducted by Paige Armstrong and doctoral recital conducted by Ahmed Anzaldúa.

Carlson Family Stage, Northrop

Tickets: z.umn.edu/march1 8 or 612-624-2345 $30/$25 adults, $25/$20 children

Carlson Family Stage, Northrop

Featuring the Oratorio Society of Minnesota Chorus and the U of M Men’s and Women’s Choirs, U of M Wind Ensemble, as well as Northrop’s newly restored, historic Æolian-Skinner Pipe Organ. With the signing of the Armistice, World War I ended on Nov. 11, 1918, at the "eleventh hour on the 11th day of the 11th month." To commemorate this milestone in world history, this Veterans Day concert will present the Joint United States premiere of composer Patrick Hawes's The Great War Symphony—a four-movement, hour-long work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. Additional selections will include arrangements of wartime tunes. This event is presented by the Oratorio Society of Minnesota, U of M School of Music, and Northrop. Presented in collaboration with the U of M Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. Matthew Mehaffey, Emily Threinen, and Kira Winter, conductors. T icket s : n o r t h ro p . u m n .e d u o r 612-624-2345

Jazz Combos Recital Monday, Nov. 26 µ 7 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

Symphonic Band Concert: British Band Classics Thursday, Nov. 29 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Flourish for Wind Band and Rhosymedre, Gustav Holst/Matthews’s First Suite in Eb, Gordon Jacob’s William Byrd Suite, Percy Grainger’s Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon, and Zo Elliot’s British Eighth March. Jerry Luckhardt and Lance Sample, conductors.

University Gospel Choir Concert: Revival! Friday, Nov. 30 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

MNSOTA Mary West String Competition Winners Recital Sunday, Nov. 11 µ 7 pm

The University Gospel Choir will rock the house with a rousing program led by conductor Adrian Davis. The Gospel Choir celebrates the awakening of the gospel sound through traditional and contemporary songs of worship, praise, and thanksgiving.

The U of M School of Music hosts the Minnesota String & Orchestra Teachers Association's Mary West String Competition Winners Recital.

Choral Concert: Sounds of the Season Saturday, Dec. 1 µ 7:30 pm

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University Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring * Thursday, Nov. 15 – Saturday, Nov. 17 µ 7:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 18 µ 1:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

A sparkling comic opera about a prize for virtue that turns a rural English town upside down. Christina Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin Peden, directors; Mark Russell Smith, conductor. Tickets: opera.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

Jazz Ensembles I & II Concert Tuesday, Nov. 20 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

The University Jazz Ensembles are pleased to welcome composer and saxophonist Christine Jensen to campus for this concert. She will be featured as guest performer and conductor with both Jazz Ensemble I and II.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral Minneapolis, MN

Music and Sound Studies Guest Lecture: Professor Kelley Harness, U of M Friday, Dec. 7 µ 4 pm Ferguson Hall, Room 280

Wind Ensemble & University Symphony Orchestra Strings Concert: Searching Within and Beyond Tuesday, Dec. 11 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, HK Gruber’s Nebelsteinmusik for Solo Violin and String Orchestra featuring violinist Peter McGuire (Minnesota Orchestra), Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 2, Donald Grantham’s Phantasticke Spirites, Joseph Schwantner’s ...and the mountains rising nowhere, and Florent Schmitt/Hauswrith’s Dionysiaques. Mark Russell Smith and Emily Threinen, conductors; Lance Sample and Cory Near, guest conductors.

Campus Orchestra Concert Wednesday, Dec. 12 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

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

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The Campus Singers ensembles ring in the holiday season with an eclectic program of seasonal choral music.

Maroon & Gold Bands Concert Monday, Dec. 3 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Julie Giroux’s Mambo Perro Loco, Michael Colgrass’s Apache Lullaby, and Tomohiro Tatebe’s Suite on Celtic Folk Songs. Cassandra Bechard and Cory Near, conductors; Elena Kolbrek, guest conductor.

North Star & University Bands Concert Wednesday, Dec. 5 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Joseph Compello’s El Palomino Noble, Percy Grainger/Wagner’s A Grainger Portrait, Samuel Hazo’s Arabesque, Roger Zare’s Lift Off, Jocelyn Hagen’s Hymn to St. Theresa, Timothy Mahr’s Symphony No. 1, and Aaron Perrine’s A Glimpse of the Eternal. Betsy McCann and J. Nick Smith, conductors; Lance Sample and Justin Thai, guest conductors.

SPRING 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Concert Sunday, Feb. 3 µ TBD Ted Mann Concert Hall

High School Honor Band Concert Sunday, Feb. 10 µ 1:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

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

University Symphony Orchestra Concert Monday, Feb. 11 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, the first and third movements from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 performed side by side with the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Symphony Orchestra, and a performance by the 2018 University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition winner. Mark Russell Smith, conductor.

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2019 U of M Jazz Festival Concert featuring Jazz Combos Friday, Mar. 1 µ 7 pm Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall Phil Hey, director.

Choral Concert: WomanVoice — Voices of Love and Reconciliation Friday, Mar. 1 µ 8 pm Hoversten Chapel Augsburg University

WomanVoice is an annual concert, which uplifts the music, poetry, and creative activity of women while exploring issues relevant to contemporary society. This year, the University Women’s Chorus partners with the Augsburg Riverside Singers and St. Catherine’s University Women’s Chorus in a program focusing on songs of love, understanding, and reconciliation.

2019 U of M Jazz Festival Concert featuring Jazz Ensembles I & II Saturday, Mar. 2 µ 7 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Choral Concert: Music for a Grand Space Sunday, Mar. 3 µ 2:30 pm

Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, MN

The University Singers, Chamber Singers, U of M Men’s and Women’s Choruses perform music that celebrates the acoustic splendor of the Cathedral of St. Paul. Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey, conductors.

Campus Orchestra Concert Monday, Mar. 4 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

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

Symphonic Band Concert: Contemporary Directions Tuesday, Mar. 5 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Jess Langston Turner’s Through the Looking Glass, Daniel French’s As One Listens to the Rain, J.S. Bach’s Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light, David Biedenbender’s Luminescence, Joel Puckett’s My Eyes are Full of Shadow, and John Mackey’s Aurora Awakes. Jerry Luckhardt, conductor; Cory Near,

guest conductor; Joel Puckett, guest composer/composer-in-residence.

Wind Ensemble & Minnesota Symphonic Winds Concert Wednesday, Mar. 6 µ 7 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Matthew Tommasini’s Torn Canvases, Joel Puckett’s That Secret from the River, and Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel/Paul Lavender’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Emily Threinen, conductor; JoAnn Wieszczyk, guest conductor; Joel Puckett, guest composer/composer- in-residence.

Maroon & Gold Bands Concert Thursday, Mar. 7 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Cassandra Bechard and Cory Near, conductors.

North Star & University Bands Concert Friday, Mar. 8 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Disney at the Movies, Symphonic Highlights from Frozen, Who’s that Masked Man, and more. Betsy McCann and J. Nick Smith, conductors; Justin Thai, guest conductor.

Concert Band Festival Concert Saturday, Mar. 9 µ 9 am Ted Mann Concert Hall

Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition and more. Travis J. Cross, guest clinician.

University Opera Theatre & Arbeit Opera Theatre present Menotti’s The Consul * Wednesday, Mar. 13 – Thursday, Mar. 14 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Performance featuring students accompanied by piano. David Radamés Toro, director; Jennifer Mack, choreographer; Kelly Turpin, founder and executive director of Arbeit Opera Theatre. Tickets: opera.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

University Opera Theatre presents Four Acts from Grand Opera *

Kiev” from Pictures at an Exhibition, and Truman Rickard’s Hail! Minnesota. This concert will include a performance by the 2018 Wind Concerto Competition winner. Emily Threinen, conductor; Jerry Luckhardt, Cassandra Bechard, and J. Nick Smith, guest conductors.

University Opera Theatre students perform Act III of Verdi’s La Traviata, Act III of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, excerpts from Act II of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fidelio, and Presentation of the Rose and Final Trio and Duet from Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Jeffrey Madison, director; Mark Russell Smith, conductor.

University Gospel Choir Concert Sunday, Apr. 28 µ 7:30 pm

Thursday, Apr. 11 – Saturday, Apr. 13 µ 7:30 pm Sunday, Apr. 14 µ 1:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Tickets: opera.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

Jazz Ensembles I & II present: A Salute to the Big Bands Tuesday, Apr. 23 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program featuring classics from the big band era. Dean Sorenson, director.

Symphonic Band Concert: Celebrating Dr. Bencriscutto & the China Tour (1980) Thursday, Apr. 25 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Andreas Makris/ Bader’s Aegean Festival Overture, Qian Chen’s Come, Drink One More Cup of Wine, John Zdechlik’s Chorale and Shaker Dance, Yu Jianfang’s Eulogize the Yangtze, and J.P. Sousa’s Stars and Stripes. This concert will include a performance by the 2018 Wind Concerto Competition winner. Jerry Luckhardt, conductor; Emily Threinen and J. Nick Smith, guest conductors.

Wind Ensemble Concert: Celebrating Dr. Bencriscutto & the 50th Anniversary of the 7-Week Soviet Union Tour (1969) Friday, Apr. 26 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

Program to include Ron Nelson’s Rocky Point Holiday, Silvestre Revueltas’s Sensemayá, R. 67, David Maslanka’s Traveler, Sousa’s Minnesota March, Mussorgsky/ Ravel/Lavender’s “The Great Gate of

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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The University Gospel Choir invites you to join them in a celebration of spring and community under the direction of conductor Adrian Davis. The Gospel Choir presents vibrant gospel songs of the Resurrection, faith, and testimony.

University Band Concert Monday, Apr. 29 µ 7:30 pm

Ted Mann Concert Hall Betsy McCann, conductor.

North Star, Gold, & Maroon Bands Concert Thursday, May 2 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

J. Nick Smith, Cory Near, and Cassandra Bechard, conductors; Justin Thai, guest conductor.

Choral Concert: University Singers & Chamber Singers Friday, May 3 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

The University Singers and Chamber Singers present a diverse program of a cappella and accompanied choral music under the direction of Matthew Mehaffey and Kathy Saltzman Romey.

Choral Concert: Spring Fling! Saturday, May 4 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!

Campus Orchestra Concert Monday, May 6 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall

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

2018–2019 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Photos (clockwise from left): 56th Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert (© GopherPhoto.com); Ryland Angel & Nels Cline (© Nathan West); University Opera Theatre’s spring 2018 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Orpheus in the Underworld (© Les Koob); Emily Threinen conducts the Wind Ensemble at Collage 2017 (© Lisa Miller); U of M Alumni Reception 2018 (© Erin Benner)

18th Annual Collage Concert Saturday, Oct. 20 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall The annual Collage Concert is a non-stop showcase, including performances by choral, orchestral, jazz, chamber, world music, and wind ensembles as well as solo performances by faculty and students. Come hear more than 300 students and faculty performing in this musical extravaganza. Choral Concert: The Call Sunday, Oct. 28 µ 4 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall The University Singers and Chamber Singers collaborate with British countertenor Ryland Angel and American guitarist Nels Cline, from the band Wilco, to present the premiere of The Call, a new multi-movement, choralinstrumental work exploring the roots of community and human cooperation historically and within contemporary society. The choirs will also perform Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year for Double Chorus and Solo Piano.

2018–2019 University Opera Theatre Season This fall, University Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten's comic opera Albert Herring (Nov. 15–18), directed by alumna Christina Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin Peden. In the spring, University Opera Theatre and Arbeit Opera Theatre present Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul (Mar. 13–14), directed by David Radamés Toro and University Opera Theatre presents Four Acts from Grand Opera (Apr. 11–14), directed by alumnus Jeffrey Madison.

Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra Strings Concert: Searching Within and Beyond Tuesday, Dec. 11 µ 7:30 pm Ted Mann Concert Hall Program to include Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, HK Gruber’s Nebelsteinmusik for Solo Violin and String Orchestra featuring violinist Peter McGuire (Minnesota Orchestra), and more. Mark Russell Smith and Emily Threinen, conductors; Lance Sample and Cory Near, guest conductors.

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

57th Annual Marching Band Indoor Concert Saturday, Nov. 24 µ 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 25 µ 2 pm Carlson Family Stage, Northrop Join the U of M Marching Band, directed by Betsy McCann, for performances that showcase music, tradition, and entertainment for the whole family. U of M Marching Band alumni are encouraged to attend the Saturday evening performance. Tickets: 612-624-2345 or z.umn.edu/march18

2019 ALUMNI RECEPTION Catch up with professors, former classmates, & enjoy a variety of refreshments! Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 µ 5 – 7 pm Clubhouse of Brit’s Pub 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN To request disability accommodations, contact Brit's Pub at 612-332-3908.

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Ask any member of the Pride of Minnesota

U of M Marching Band Performs at the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show By Izaak Mendoza

Marching Band to sum up the beginning of their Spring semester, and they would probably respond, “unforgettable.” If you watched the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show in early February, you may have noticed our 320-member ensemble playing alongside pop superstar Justin Timberlake. While the Halftime Show only lasted 13 minutes, the journey to get there was much longer.

2018 marked 26 years since the Pride last performed at the NFL’s biggest game, and

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as marching season got underway, a few students took it upon themselves to launch a social media campaign to make their Super Bowl dream a reality. In a matter of hours, there were hundreds of tweets from friends, family, alumni, and the Midwestern marching community, all pulling for them to take the field. A promo video followed, asking the general public to join in on the action. Their strategic approach continued, and various NFL, Super Bowl, and halftime production contacts were approached, working to convince them of the energy the band would bring.

STUDENT FEATURES learning the music weeks before coming together for their first rehearsal in January. “It was a moment that when we looked around at each other in rehearsal, and it seemed almost too surreal for what we were about to embark upon,” said Kyle Tsuchiya, the band’s center snare.

flow of performers who streamed out from underneath the stands to their preset staging as the Halftime Show began. “What an experience this was for the group,” McCann said. “There was so much pride and passion on their faces as they performed alongside an artist that they admire so much.”

The band finally began rehearsals on campus, living their normal lives during the day and meeting secretly for rehearsals when the sun went down. Little did anyone know outside the U of M School of Music what historic things were going on inside that practice facility.

Marching through the transition from Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River” to his Grammy Award-winning “Suit and Tie” were members of the drumline. They met him centerfield, where their stick tricks and rudimental intro led into the chorus where the band joined in with horn flashes of their own. After a tribute to Prince, a large portion of the band traded in their flags and instruments for reflective props, taking their role as dancers in the song, “Mirrors.”

With a week left, it was time for dress rehearsals inside U.S. Bank Stadium. Band members made the necessary sacrifices to miss classes for the eight-hour practices that allowed them to fit all the pieces of the halftime production together, including moving stages, pyrotechnics, and eventually the talents of Justin Timberlake.

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With Super Bowl LII in the history books, band members were ecstatic to represent the University’s home state on one of the biggest stages in the world.

“In the midst of working on three halftime shows, we took time in rehearsal to create a photo of a ‘SB 52’ drill set taken with a drone, to show that we were truly serious about our commitment to the show,” said tuba player Owen Luterbach. “Several weeks later at the band’s end-of-season banquet, our Marching Band Director Betsy McCann announced that we would be taking part in Super Bowl LII!” Rehearsing for an event like the Super Bowl packs a lot of pressure and intensity into a very short amount of time. Students began

The band also had a recording session with members of Timberlake’s team, who assisted in getting the musical selections blended perfectly with electronic accompaniments. Music arranger Dontae Winslow inspired the band with motivational takeaways in between takes, urging a lifetime involvement in the arts, whether they become a lawyer, teacher, or performer. The buzz of Super Bowl Sunday was felt all around the Twin Cities, despite frigid singledigit temperatures that made it the coldest on record. Director McCann was on the field during halftime, helping manage the

The finale brought the return of the tuxedoclad band during “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” to end the show with the entire cast on the field. The surreal experience culminated with striking a pose and absorbing the moment, where the magnitude of people cheered in approval before it was time to run off the field. With Super Bowl LII in the history books, band members were ecstatic to represent the University’s home state on one of the biggest stages in the world. “It’s an incredible opportunity for us to showcase the quality music education and performing arts opportunities that are here in our home state,” McCann said.

Izaak Mendoza marched on the snareline of the 126th season of the Pride of Minnesota Marching Band. He continues his involvement in the marching arts as social media manager and video producer for the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps, where he previously served as drum major and percussion soloist. Mendoza has written for various marching publications and arranges percussion parts for several high school and college programs. He is pursuing a dual master’s degree in public policy and business administration from the University of Minnesota, where he lends his media skills to the marching band’s online presence.

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Marching Band students on the field at U.S. Bank Stadium

Student Reflections from the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show “We were beyond thrilled when we learned we would be performing with Justin Timberlake at the Super Bowl LII Halftime Show—screams and shouts of joy erupted in the banquet hall. When we started rehearsing, I was surprised by how much the choreography changed from rehearsal to rehearsal. I was used to drill being almost set in stone before beginning rehearsals for a performance. That said, I was also very impressed with how well coordinated the different components of the show were because each section of the 1,000-plus people involved with the performance had separate rehearsals. When we came together for joint rehearsals, things went relatively smoothly, albeit slowly. This show was an opportunity of a lifetime, and I will be forever grateful

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for the chance to perform on such a large stage.” —Matthew Bittmann (genetics, cell biology, & development, 2020)

“When Justin Timberlake started coming to our rehearsals, I was so excited. It was like a personal Justin Timberlake concert every time! It did not get any less exciting to see him perform, even if the rehearsals were getting long and we were getting tired. When the time came to walk out onto the field, I could not believe the number of people in the stadium. Running out there felt like getting to the top of a giant rollercoaster before you go speeding down—a mixture of why did I get on this thing and I’m so excited! I still can’t believe we did that.” —Samantha Pavett (music therapy, 2019)

“Performing in the Super Bowl Halftime Show was a surreal experience unlike any other I’ve had. However, the part that made the biggest impression on me was the rehearsals prior to the show. Specifically, I was stunned at how the students in the marching band made the most of such a rare and unique opportunity. Despite the pressure and chaos that comes with preparing a show of that magnitude during the semester, the band maintained its unfailing ability to have a great time. And yet, the professionalism and composure shown by everyone in the band when working closely with Timberlake, the Tennessee Kids, and the production staff led me to fully appreciate the focused mindset that we build through our involvement in the band.” —Blake Slette (landscape architecture, 2019)

“The Super Bowl was an incredible experience. I remember when Professor McCann announced that we would be involved. Everyone was hugging each other. It was hard to keep it a secret, but it helped that I had a lot of friends in the band I could share the excitement with. The week of the Super Bowl we had practices from 2 pm to 10 pm and still had class in the mornings. However, we had the Saturday before the Super Bowl free, so I was able to enjoy some of the Super Bowl activities around the Twin Cities.” —Rachel Kellen (family social science, 2019)

After a successful fundraising campaign following the “Big Game” halftime performance, the Minnesota Marching Band will perform in Nebraska on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. The last time the the entire band travelled to a regular-season away game was in 1996. A huge thank you to donors from across the country who gave $183,000 to help make this trip and future travel possible! Visit z.umn.edu/PrideofMN to learn more about giving to the Marching Band.

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MUSIC Scholarship Campaign

This fall, the School of Music is launching a fundraising cam-

paign to raise scholarship money for our students. Our goal is to raise $10,000 by finals week in May. Donations of $50.00 or more will receive an enamel, commemorative music pin! In order to receive your pin, please provide your name and address with your donation. With this pin, you will show your support and pride in our music students. Show students you believe they can achieve their musical and academic goals. Give now at z.umn.edu/MisforMusic.

In their own words, School of Music Scholarship recipients have shared: “Receiving a scholarship 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.” —Anna Watson, flute “Their support helps lighten the burden of going through school and frees me up to focus on creating.” —Steven King, oboe “My scholarship tells me that this institution recognizes my potential.” —Philip Eschweiler, voice “Receiving my scholarship has relieved a financial burden from my family and me. Thanks to the generosity of the donors, I can focus on my greatest passion in life: music.” —Natasha Montzka, violin (continued on page 14)

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Student Scholar Profiles

We caught up with a few of our music scholarship recipients, and they share how your gift impacts them.

MADELYNE SORENSON

GROTH SCHOLARSHIP BA, CLARINET, STUDENT of JENNIFER GERTH

Q. What does it mean to receive this scholarship? A. It is rewarding to be recognized for all the hard work and preparation I did before

my audition. The Groth Scholarship has allowed me the privilege to participate in an unpaid internship with the Minnesota Orchestra that has the potential to open doors for me in the future.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota? A. The location of the U of M in the Twin Cities allows me to live in a fun, energetic environment as well as be close by to many professional opportunities. The U of M also has an excellent reputation worldwide.

Q. What is your favorite type of music to perform? A. I have always enjoyed playing in an ensemble or chamber group more than I have

performing solo works. I really enjoy the interaction and relationships that I build with my fellow musicians during rehearsals and performance.

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Q. Tell us about your moment from this past year. A. My favorite performance moments from this past year would be working on Karel

Husa’s Music for Prague with the Wind Ensemble. When I was first introduced to this piece, I was unsure if I would be able to master the demands. The first few rehearsals weren’t perfect, but I soon came to love this work for its difficult passages, but more so for the intense emotional impact. It was an honor to perform.

JAROD BENDELE

HANSON FELLOW MM, PERCUSSION, STUDENT of FERNANDO MEZA

Q. What does it mean to receive this scholarship? A. It is a great honor to be a recipient of this scholarship. It makes me feel appreciated for the work that I put in to get here.

Q. How does your scholarship affect your academic and/or personal life? A. If it wasn’t for this scholarship I would not be at the University of Minnesota. It is the only reason I am able to afford graduate school.

Q. Tell us about your favorite moment from this past year. A. My favorite moment from the 2017–2018 school year was traveling to Costa Rica

with the Graduate Percussion Ensemble. It was my first time on a plane and my first time outside the US. We had the chance to meet and play for so many new people. We were also able to see our Professor Fernando Meza’s beautiful home country. It was truly an amazing experience.

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JUDITH GAUNT

CLA FELLOW MM, TRUMPET, STUDENT of DAVID BALDWIN & CHARLES LAZARUS

Q. What does it mean to receive this scholarship? A. My scholarship means that I am able to comfortably further my musical educa-

tion, without being overly stressed about finances. I’m able to focus on my playing and my pursuit of winning a job while still being able to have a rewarding social life with the wonderful musicians I’ve met at the School of Music.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota? A. I chose the U because on top of being a place where great music is made, I was

also impressed by the amount of kindness and respect I received throughout the entire audition and decision process.

Q. Tell us about your favorite moment from this past year. A. My favorite performance from this past year was with the Wind Ensemble. I was

fortunate enough to be one of the winners of the inaugural Wind Band Concerto Competition, which meant I got to perform my solo with the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Threinen. Not only was it the first time I had ever performed as a soloist with a large ensemble like this, but I was also able to share the stage with my sister, Becky. “The Storyteller,” written by James Stephenson features solo trumpet and solo violin, and my sister is a violinist, so it worked out perfectly! It is definitely one of my most memorable and meaningful performances to date.

MICHAEL CHU

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

Q. What does it mean to receive this scholarship? A. As a student, I have to split my limited time between my personal and academic life. Being awarded the Groth Scholarship has lifted a financial burden off my shoulders and affords me the freedom to spend my time purposefully. Whether I spend it practicing, teaching, or going to events around town, it has allowed me to further shape who I am as a person and a musician.

Q. Why did you choose the University of Minnesota? A. I came to the University of Minnesota to study with the one and only Sally O’Reilly. I needed someone to kick my playing into shape, and she’s the no-nonsense teacher that has been my biggest motivator since I stepped foot on campus.

Q. Tell us about your favorite moment from this past year. A. The most self-driven and creative project that I have pursued was my Honors

Recital in the spring of 2018. The theme was film music, and I personally chose the entire program, had different stage lighting for each piece, and even played The Pink Panther on saxophone, which was an instrument I chose to learn due to my great interest in jazz. I played the music I love for the people I love, and it was a project I’m fortunate enough to have been able to experience.

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Two School of Music graduates tell us about their careers in music.

toward the same experience. The community music-making part has made me strive to be a better citizen—to care about the welfare and quality of life of the people around me. I don’t make art in isolation, and I’m not a human in isolation. I thrive being in relationship with other people (extrovert, here), and if I hadn’t studied music, I don’t think I would ever have been able to articulate that, let alone live it out.

Laura Krider ∂ MPS 2012/BM 2005 I currently serve as the director of education and community partnerships at the American Composers Forum where I oversee composer/school residency programs, high school composition programs, and other national community-based activities. I am also a professional freelance singer with The Singers, Border CrosSing, and other choral recording and readings projects around the Twin Cities. In short, I live for making sound and supporting the people who craft it. How Music Shaped Her Studying music and being a working artist has informed my entire professional and personal life. It has helped me develop skills in listening, analysis, drawing connections, collaboration, empathy, creativity, leadership, among others. This seems especially true with choral singing—being a part of a larger whole, a community of people that value what I value and are working

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I have no desire to be a full-time performer with global recognition—my goal is to balance making high-quality music with my work in arts and cultural administration. I will say, though, that one of the most enriching roles that I have in my arts practice is serving as the alto section leader for The Singers. I’ve learned so much about what I bring to the table and where my weaknesses lie, and I get to learn it alongside 10 other awesome altos. It all goes back to those skills in leadership, collaboration, and listening that I mentioned. Basically, my goal is to keep growing as an artist, and as long as there’s forward movement, I’ll know I’m making the right decisions. U of M School of Music Memories When I think back on my time as a music student, there are always two memories that pop into my head. I remember studying for Dr. Harness’ and Dr. Grayson’s music history exams with good friends—late nights trading bootleg listening CDs (yes, it was before streaming and YouTube), thinking up silly pneumonic devices to remember dates and composition titles, reading and re-reading lecture notes, and being each other’s cheerleaders. My other memory is singing and conducting for Dr. Romey. I am still in awe of her approach to music-making because there’s this singular blend of being both academically/ technically informed and vulnerably authentic and genuine. She modeled to me intense dedication to craft, to teaching, and to connecting with others in community. It was incredibly powerful for me to learn from a strong woman in a leadership role.

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I have had the great fortune to play in so many jazz and classical settings since graduating from the U. One of my favorites was playing with Marvin Hamlisch and being caught by what I was later told was a recurring joke of the wrong chord being purposely placed in the vibraphone chart. Fortunately, I passed the test, which meant I read the wrong chord correctly (playing it wrong) and then corrected it. Playing music is a reward itself. One of the most rewarding pieces for me has been all of the awards and accolades that my students have received over the years including being accepted in universities and conservatories across the country (including the U of M) and some going on to professional careers.

Paul Babcock â&#x2C6;&#x201A; MM 1988 I am the president and chief operating officer at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. In that role, I oversee the many programs and operations of MacPhail that help reach students of all ages and backgrounds throughout the Twin Cities and across Minnesota. In addition, I teach percussion lessons and lead the percussion ensemble of advanced high school students, Rimshots! How Music Shaped Him Music and percussion have always been a part of my life. In many ways, the positive impact that music had on me as an adolescent shaped what I do today. I grew up in a rural area of western Illinois where access to music instruction was limited. Through the support of my mother and family, I was able to find instruction, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t easy and we had to travel significant distances. Ever since, I have been immersed in music and have looked for ways to provide students with access to music education. I am very fortunate that my role at MacPhail as an administrator and as a teacher provides me with vehicles to reach students from various locations and multitudes of backgrounds.

U of M School of Music Memories I have a couple of memories to share. The School of Music hosted a conductor symposium and the University Symphony Orchestra played for a master class with Edo de Vaart. I still remember this master class vividly. The orchestra was asked to play Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5th Symphony. Students in the symposium came from around the country and were all quite talented conductors. One after another, they would conduct the orchestra to varying levels of success, especially with the opening. After several conductors had their turn and had received their critique from Edo, he got up on the podium and demonstrated. The difference in the sound of the orchestra was amazing. It was a display of maximum result from the orchestra with minimal movement from the conductor. The movement was so well planned and executed, yet it looked effortless. It was a peak musical moment. While I was in the University Symphony Orchestra, we took a tour of Minnesota, travelling to a variety of towns throughout the state. This was a great experience for me, being new to the state. One of the towns we visited was Austin, MN. I remember playing in a wonderful auditorium in this smaller town in southern Minnesota. Three years ago, I returned to Austin as part of my work with MacPhail. We have now opened the first MacPhail site outside of the Twin Cities with the support of the Hormel Foundation. It has been very gratifying to work with such an arts enthusiastic community and to return to that wonderful stage (similar to Northrop) and develop a music education program in Austin.

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Celebrating a Career in Music Education Lorie Hippen (BS 1978, violin/music education) welcomes stu-

dents into her classroom at South High School in Minneapolis. It’s late May, and her string orchestra students unpack, assemble their instruments and music, and warm up. At the podium, Hippen leads a talented group of roughly 20 students through “Sea to Shining Sea” for South High School’s upcoming graduation ceremony. She prepares them for the graduation venue, the University of Minnesota’s 3M Arena at Mariucci, “this venue is cavernous, nothing is too loud. We’re performing with brass. Be percussive.” The students heed her direction and run through She has been the work again with enthusiasm.

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an inclusive and encouraging teacher of a diverse cast of students, and has in an ever-changing musical world, kept strings relevant to our students.

Hippen seems keenly aware of the significance of this moment. She is weeks away from retirement after more than 36 years of teaching in Minnesota public schools, and this will be her final graduating class. She has taught strings to hundreds of students—from kindergarten to 12th grade, from beginning strings to advanced orchestra.

The bell rings, and soon chamber orchestra students enter the classroom, they break out into small groups and get to work. Hippen moves from group to group, restringing a violin on the fly and tuning a cello at record speed. “Thank you, Ms. Hippen,

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for literally being alive,” a happy recipient of a newly tuned cello says before she begins playing. Hippen listens in on a duo and hands the students new music. They appear apprehensive as they review the music, but Hippen encourages them, “You’ll love this piece. It doesn’t take monster technique to play, and you just have to be steady.” She successfully calms their nerves, and they tackle the work with renewed confidence. Hippen is at home in the classroom, “it’s the best job in the world,” she beams while watching small groups of students play. She makes organizing the chaos of a high school classroom appear effortless, and her colleagues know the gift they have in Hippen. Eric Sayre, band, theory, and composition teacher at South High shares, “Lorie is the real deal. She puts the interests and needs of her students first. Ms. Hippen has remained optimistic and innovative for over 30 years of educating, and that is no small feat. She has been an inclusive and encouraging teacher of a diverse cast of students, and has in an ever-changing musical world, kept strings relevant to our students. Also, she is awesome to share an office with!” South High choir teacher Laurie Meyers agrees, “Lorie Hippen is a generous, warm, inviting, and collaborative colleague of the highest skill level. She is a wonderful musician and a nurturing presence to all who encounter her. We will greatly miss her at South!” Between classes, Hippen took some time to reflect on her musical journey and answer questions.

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Did this shape your desire to become a music educator? Oh yes, many of John Dennis’ students went on to become music teachers. Many of my graduating class of musicians at the U of M became orchestra teachers. Some of them are retired, and some are still out teaching in the public schools. This was a result of U of M orchestra Professor Richard Massmann and music education Professors Stephen Schultz and Edgar Turrentine. Those were the big three that shepherded the music education majors. I learned a lot from them. They were fabulous. Just looking at the University Orchestra when I was there, I can name about ten other students who became orchestra teachers. And they could play—they were great players.

Is there something that you learned from your professors at the U of M that you pass down to your students? Anything to do with violin pedagogy or teaching violinists or violists technique-wise, much of it came from faculty member Mary West. I use it all the time.

What inspired you to become a musician? My family didn’t have music degrees, but I remember my aunts and uncles singing “Happy Birthday” in four-part harmony. They sang and harmonized beautifully without music. Music was in the air my whole life. I was four years old when I learned piano. It was at school that I continued, and the music specialists introduced four string instruments. I attended Riverside Elementary School, Portland Junior High School, and Kennedy Senior High School in Bloomington, MN. I took lessons with Richard Adams; I had a good teacher right away. But what guided me was the junior high orchestra, my instructor at the time was a Juilliard graduate and a fabulous violinist named John Dennis. He would come up to me and play the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto close in my ear where I could see him, and he made a habit of coming up to me and playing like that. He complimented me once, we were playing a reduced abridged version of Beethoven’s 7th, and I did a rhythm right, and he recognized it—it was his positive reinforcement that motivated me.

What was the transition from college to teaching like for you? I had a Suzuki studio for a year because I had the training from faculty member Mark Bjork at the U. I had a lot of private students and I did a fair amount of private teaching while I was in grad school. In 1981, I decided to try the school route, and I got the job.

What are some of the daily challenges you face as a music educator? The challenges are meeting each student as an individual and really knowing each one of them and what it takes to get each student to the next level. That can be challenging, and it takes some doing. You have to be empathetic. You have to get under their skin and figure out what are they feeling. That takes some intuition. You have to figure out what they need by observing them and talking with them. All day long I walk around and say ‘how’s it going’ and connect with them and encourage students to connect with each other. That’s important. In the pursuit of making music, you are going to have to connect with others. We’re not all soloists; we’re part of a group.

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That sounds like psychological background work that you are doing—how do they react to praise or correction? You have to help students progress without crushing their spirits, and you have to be very tactful and positive. Students have to believe that they are getting better and you find something to compliment as they progress.

How many students do you see throughout the day? I teach 50 to 60 string students and as well as around 35 piano students. In the past, I have taught as many as 240 students at a time, that was a challenge. This was at Justice Page School in Minneapolis (formerly Ramsey School). In a program started by Richard Green, all the children from first to fifth grade were required to play a string instrument. It was a unique situation, and it received national attention. We were of the belief that no child should be denied the chance to learn how to play. Because violins come in different sizes, you can easily give one to a first grader. We taught the students to read music, we had seven orchestras, and all kinds of world-class artists came to visit the school. I taught at Justice Page School for 19 years before coming to South High School. My experience there was formative in shaping my teaching philosophy that all kids should be given the opportunity to learn to play.

What’s your favorite part of the day? I really admire, respect, and enjoy my collaborating with my colleagues. They are top drawer, all three of them. A gratifying part of teaching is when there’s improvement in the performance ensembles, and the students know that they got better and were successful. I compliment them, and it’s rewarding to see the looks on their faces and their smiles. My favorite part of teaching is their reaction to success.

You are retiring this year, what’s next for you? I’ve been on faculty at MacPhail for more than 15 years; I’ll continue there. I’ll also continue to work as a clinician for orchestras and festivals, as well as performing with the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, and others.

You’ve had a long and rewarding career in music education—what kept you going throughout the years? Many of my students go on to become performance majors, some become teachers, and that’s very heartening to see. The same way I saw the importance of music education at a young age, these students also understand how vital music education is, and the cycle continues.

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Faculty Research Profile: David Grayson

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Refinding Mozart Through Debussy We asked Professor of Musicology David Grayson what inspires him about his current research & what sparked his interest in the topic. When I was a graduate student in the musicology program at Harvard, we were advised to choose a dissertation topic that would position us advantageously in the field and on the job market. At that time—this was in the mid-1970s—it typically meant becoming a recognized expert in a major composer. “Sketch Studies,” the examination of music manuscripts to trace the genesis of a musical composition and thereby gain insight into the work and, more generally, the composer’s creative process, was then a fashionable mode of inquiry. I, therefore, proposed to undertake such a study of a major work by Mozart or Beethoven, the composers for whom I felt the greatest affinity. My adviser, the eminent Bach and Mozart scholar Christoph Wolff, was discouraging. “You may make a small discovery with respect to these muchstudied composers,” he explained, “but

you will contribute relatively little to our understanding or estimation of them and have only a small impact on the field. Choose something else.” “Well,” I replied, “Claude Debussy’s working manuscript of his opera Pelléas et Mélisande is across the Charles River in the library of the New England Conservatory of Music, and almost nobody has looked at it.” “Perfect!” he exclaimed. “Debussy’s reputation is on the rise, especially in Europe, yet few scholars have devoted themselves to his music. Once you establish yourself as a Debussy scholar you can write about Mozart.” And that is precisely what happened. I revised my dissertation on the genesis of Pelléas as a book and published numerous articles about other aspects of the opera as well as about other works by Debussy. Most recently, I wrote an article about an early Debussy song, “Paysage sentimental,”

that will be published this year in a book titled Debussy’s Resonance. “Paysage sentimental” is not one of Debussy’s better-known songs, but he had a strong attachment to it and revised it twice over a twentyyear period. By charting its history, we gain insight into Debussy’s developing approach to setting poetry, as he moved from his student days into his maturity. The song’s publication history and the composer’s reassignment of its dedication illuminate the vagaries of his burgeoning career and details of his romantic life, while its changing reception during this period reflects his growing reputation and illustrates the process through which he came to be branded an innovator. Just as Professor Wolff predicted, I also found my way back to Mozart. It happened in a serendipitous way when I visited an unpromising used book shop in a Philadelphia strip mall and stumbled upon a very old edition of selected Mozart piano concertos, edited by his pupil, Johann Nepomuk Hummel. As I am a great admirer of the cadenza that Hummel wrote for Mozart’s C-minor Piano Concerto, K. 491, I was most curious to see the one he provided for the Mozart’s “Coronation” Concerto, K. 537. To my great surprise, there was no cadenza: Hummel had recomposed the end of the first movement so as to eliminate the spot at which a cadenza would have been inserted. More surprisingly, he had completely rewritten the solo part, filling it (continued on page 22)

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with extravagant embellishments and adding high-flying passagework to exploit the expanded keyboard of the nineteenthcentury piano. I wrote about this as an example of how a “creative” edition such as this could be read as a document of reception history, showing how music was understood and performed during the period before recordings were invented. I wrote about it in an article that was published in a book about Mozart’s piano concertos, and gave lecture-recitals about it at an annual meeting of the American Musicological Society in Austin and at the Juilliard School in New York in association with a Mozart festival at Lincoln Center. For these lecture-recitals, my wife, Distinguished McKnight Professor Lydia Artymiw, performed the “Coronation” Concerto in Hummel’s arrangement together with students from our School of Music. Subsequently, I wrote a book for Cambridge University Press about two adjacent Mozart piano concertos, Nos. 20 and 21, K. 466 and 467. This exploration of a “creative” edition complements my ongoing work on Debussy’s Pelléas. One of the things I discovered while writing my dissertation was that the published score of Pelléas was highly flawed. Quite apart from a host of engraving errors, it failed to incorporate Debussy’s extensive reorchestration of the opera, done in stages during the years subsequent to the premiere. I am in the final stages of completing a critical edition of Pelléas for the Oeuvres complètes de Claude Debussy, a critical edition of Debussy complete works, published in Paris by Durand, Debussy’s own publisher. The vocal score is already available, and over the years I have shared my discoveries with some noted conductors, who incorporated them into their performances: Pierre Boulez with the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff and Paris, Mark Elder at Covent Garden in London, Claudio Abbado at La Scala in Milan and the Vienna Opera, John Eliot Gardiner at the Paris Opéra-Comique, and Valery Gergiev at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. One can hardly imagine a better way from one’s research to reach an international audience! David Grayson is a professor of musicology.

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Lance Sample Named New Assistant Director of Marching and Athletic Bands Dr. Lance Sample has been named assistant director of marching and athletic bands at the University of Minnesota School of Music. Dr. Sample assumed leadership in July 2018. School of Music Director Michael Kim shares, “We are very pleased to welcome Lance to the School of Music community and to the University of Minnesota. His passion for and engagement with students, and advocacy for the value of music education and the band experience for all students is exemplary. He is a wonderful addition to our team of distinguished band directors!” A native of eastern Maryland, Dr. Sample received his bachelor of music education degree from West Virginia University, master of music education degree from Florida State University, and doctor of musical arts degree in conducting from The University of Texas at Austin. His principal conducting teachers include Jerry F. Junkin, Richard Clary, and Don Wilcox.

Dr. Sample served as an assistant instructor with University Bands at the University of Texas at Austin. He was involved in creative and administrative aspects of the program including the University of Texas Wind Ensemble and the Longhorn Band. Prior to his graduate studies at the University of Texas and Florida State University, Dr. Sample taught in the public schools of Maryland for seven years. His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the Texas Band Masters Association. Director of Bands Emily Threinen states, “Dr. Sample brings a unique combination of excellent musicianship, experience, and a spirit of collaboration. I am thrilled for our students and colleagues, the comprehensive U of M Bands program, and the community.”

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Faculty Retirements

David Baldwin (trumpet) retired at the end of spring semester 2018 after 44 years of service at the School of Music. He came to Minnesota from Yale University after having served in the Army in the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, NY under conductor Col. William Schempf. Baldwin’s teachers include Robert Nagel, William Vacchiano, Bernard Adelstein, Charles Gorham, and Eric Duro. He is most proud of his work with the University Brass Choir from 1974–2016. This group made a number of recordings on vinyl, cassette, and CD. He is also very pleased with the success of many of his students all over the country and as far away as Portugal! Baldwin was the first secretary of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) and a long-time board member. The ITG issued two CDs of Baldwin’s solo recordings of the trumpet etudes of Arban, Caffarelli, and Charlier. He has also recorded etude CDs by Charlier, Small, Smith, and St. Jacome. The Summit Hill Brass Quintet is another of Baldwin’s passions, and this group is still active after 41 years and has several CDs available. Baldwin is also a calligrapher and has had shows of his art. In his retirement, Baldwin will continue to teach a few students as a member of the U of M affiliate faculty with Chuck Lazarus (Minnesota Orchestra).

Craig Kirchhoff (bands) began his tenure at the U of M School of Music in the summer of 1993 as professor of conducting and director of bands. Prior to his appointment at the U of M, Kirchhoff served as director of bands at the Ohio State University for fourteen years. His more than forty-year teaching career began in the Milwaukee school system. He studied wind ensemble/band conducting at the University of Wisconsin. Throughout his career, Kirchhoff won critical acclaim from composers Warren Benson, Henry Brant, Michael Colgrass, Karel Husa, Libby Larsen, George Perle, Vincent Persichetti, Stephen Paulus, Verne Reynolds, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Steven Stucky, Elliott Schwartz, Chen Yi, and many others. Kirchhoff is past president of the College Band Directors National Association and is a member of the American Bandmasters Association, the National Band Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the Music Educators National Conference, and he served as the founding editor and principal advisor of the College Band Directors National Association Journal. Kirchhoff has appeared as guest conductor, clinician, and lecturer throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and Scandinavia. He is a frequent guest conductor of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and has recorded with them on the Kosei Publishing label.

Professor Emeritus Craig Kirchhoff (bands) will receive The Midwest Clinic Medal of Honor at the 72nd Annual Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference during the Army Band Concert 2 on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 8 pm at the McCormick Place Conference Center (Skyline Ballroom W375AB) in Chicago, IL. The Medal of Honor is awarded to those whose distinct services to instrumental music education and continuing influence on the development and improvement of bands and orchestras deserve the highest recognition. Professor Emeritus Kirchhoff is recognized as a role model within the profession and is welcomed into a group of honorees that includes Leonard Slatkin, Morton Gould, Howard Hanson, Karel Husa, Glen Cliffe Bainum, William D. Revelli, conductors of America's premier military band, and other persons of distinction. music.umn.edu

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Korey Konkol Receives 2017–18 Arthur “Red” Motley Exemplary Teaching Award Congratulations to Korey Konkol (viola) on receiving the 2017–18 Arthur “Red” Motley Exemplary Teaching Award as an outstanding teacher of graduate and undergraduate students. This award acknowledges Konkol as a faculty member who inspires and cares, makes himself approachable, shows an interest in individual students’ well-being and in programs for the benefit of students generally, gives of himself generously in advising, counseling, and directing projects, as well as creating an active classroom atmosphere. Konkol provides a model to undergraduate and graduate students through his own research and teaching leaving an impression by his efforts which alumni recall with appreciation and esteem. This award is sponsored by a gift from the family and friends of College of Liberal Arts alumnus Arthur Motley and alumni of the college.

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2018 Schubert Club Scholarship Competition The Schubert Club Student Scholarship Competition, held each spring, awards approximately $50,000 annually to young musicians. PIANO LEVEL IV Priscilla Chang, 1st Place, piano Garret Ross, 2nd Place, piano student of Alexander Braginsky

Matthew Harikian, Honorable Mention, piano student of Lydia Artymiw

COLLEGE PIANO Daniel Eras, 1st Place, piano

student of Sally O’Reilly

student of Alexander Braginsky

Alastair Witherspoon, Honorable Mention, violin

Ines Guanchez, Honorable Mention, piano

student of Sally O’Reilly

student of Alexander Braginsky

STRINGS LEVEL IV Elena Denny, Honorable Mention, cello

COLLEGE WOODWINDS/BRASS Hui Zhang, 1st Place tie, bassoon

STRINGS LEVEL I James Thompson, 1st Place, violin high school student of Sally O’Reilly

BRASS & WOODWINDS LEVEL III Amelia Smith, 1st Place, clarinet student of Tim Zavadil

PIANO LEVEL I Skyler Chan, Honorable Mention, piano high school student of Alexander Braginsky

STRINGS LEVEL III Sofia Schutte, 2nd Place, violin

student of Tanya Remenikova

student of Alexander Braginsky

Ming-Hui Lin, 2nd Place, flute student of Immanuel Davis

Robert Wakeley, Thelma Hunter Schubert Club Award, flute student of Immanuel Davis

PIANO LEVEL II Kimberly Shen, 1st Place, piano

GUITAR Filip Živanović, 1st Place

high school student of Alexander Braginsky

Vinh Nguyen, 2nd Place, piano high school student of Alexander Braginsky

student of John Miller

Matthew Pilmer, 1st Place tie, saxophone student of Preston Duncan

HIGH SCHOOL STRINGS Katia Tesarczyk, 1st Place tie, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

Joyce Zhao, 2nd Place, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

Laura Aldana, Honorable Mention, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

HIGH SCHOOL PIANO Kimberly Shen, 1st Place, piano student of Alexander Braginsky

student of Maja Radovanlija

Chen Chen, Honorable Mention, piano

VOICE LEVEL III Anna Hashizume, 2nd Place

student of alumnus Denis Evstuhin

student of Wendy Zaro Mullins

Austin Cheng, Honorable Mention, piano

Competition Winners

high school student of Alexander Braginsky

HIGH SCHOOL WINDS/BRASS Charles Gannon, 2nd Place, saxophone student of Preston Duncan

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JUNIOR HIGH STRINGS James Thompson, 1st Place, violin Andrea Wallick, 2nd Place, cello

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COLLEGE STRINGS Sofia Schutte, 1st Place, violin

Catherine Carson, Honorable Mention, violin

Mary Alice Hutton, 2nd Place, violin

STRINGS LEVEL II Nygel Witherspoon, 1st place, cello PSEO student of Tanya Remenikova

Katia Tesarczyk, 2nd place, violin

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Olivia Martin, Honorable Mention, cello student of Tanya Remenikova

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Jennifer Lee, Honorable Mention, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

JUNIOR HIGH PIANO Skyler Chen, piano student of Alexander Braginsky

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2017 Minnesota and Orchestra Teachers Association’s Mary West Competition The Winners’ Recital took place on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, MN. INTERMEDIATE DIVISION Jennifer Lee, violin Bravo!, student of Sally O’Reilly

JUNIOR DIVISION Catherine Carson, violin Bravo!, student of Sally O’Reilly

Maria Chirinos, violin Bravo!, student of Sally O’Reilly

Matthew Pakola, violin PSEO student of Sally O’Reilly

SENIOR DIVISION Mary Alice Hutton, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

Morganne McIntyre, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

HONORABLE MENTION Sofia Schutte, violin student of Sally O’Reilly

GRAND PRIZE Katia Tesarczyk, violin Bravo!, student of Sally O’Reilly

CODA BOW PRIZE Michael Chu, violin/music education student of Sally O’Reilly

ALL STRING ATTACHED GIFT CARDS James Thompson, violin Bravo!, student of Sally O’Reilly

Joyce Zhao, violin Bravo!, student of Sally O’Reilly

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Jay Afrisando’s (MA, composition, student of Alex Lubet) music was performed as part of the Convergence Series at Studio Z in St. Paul on September 9, 2017. Convergence is a series of compositions by Jay Afrisando for several Javanese gamelan instruments, electronic, a quinto, a tenor sax, and a bassoon. The performance was supported in part by the American Composers Forum through the 2016 Minnesota Emerging Composer Award funded by the Jerome Foundation. Afrisando launched his new audio-visual work The (Real) Laptop Music :)) on Vimeo in December 2017. Dedicated to everyone who uses a laptop for work every day, this audio-visual work is composed, directed, and edited by Jay Afrisando and shot by Michael Duffy (MA 2018, composition, student of James Dillon and Douglas Geers). Momcilo Aleksandric (DMA, guitar, student of Maja Radovanlija) gave the presentation “Llobet Homage to Sor: Semiotic Interpretation” at the University of Indianapolis (October 2017). Aleksandric was invited to give a lecture “Llobet’s Homage to Sor: Interconnections, Innovations, Implications for Performance” at the Miami International Guitar Festival at Florida International University in February 2018. He won the third prize at the Miami International Guitar Competition (February 2018). He was the third prize winner of the Rising Guitar Stars Program of the University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival. Ahmed Anzaldúa’s (DMA, choral conducting, student of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey) artistic organization Border CrosSing was a 2017 recipient of a Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Award. Anzaldúa was awarded an F. Melius Christiansen Scholarship for Graduate Studies from American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota for the 2018–2019 academic year. Michelle Bell (MM, bands conducting, student of Jerry Luckhardt, Emily Threinen, and Betsy McCann) was named sports band director at St. Cloud State University, MN in September 2017. Bell accepted the position of assistant director of bands at Emory & Henry College in Virginia in April 2018. Colleen Bertsch (PhD, ethnomusicology, advisee of Matthew Rahaim) produced The

Romanian Colinde (Carols) Concert featuring arrangements she wrote for the Balkan band Orkestar Bez Ime and the Twin Cities Romanian diaspora choir Chorul Ciprian Porumbescu of Minnesota. Her musical arrangements were inspired by the year she spent working with folk violinists in Transylvania while conducting dissertation research on a Fulbright award. The project was made possible by a 2017 Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land & Legacy Amendment. The concert took place on December 16 at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis.

Trombone students of Tom Ashworth were accepted into prestigious music festivals and seminars for summer 2018. Justin Bain (BM) participated in Round Top Music Festival (TX), Steffin Medina (MM) participated in the Big Ten University Honor Ensemble at the International Trombone Festival (IA), and Marco Samperio (DMA) attended the Mendez Brass Institute (CO).

Taylor Burkhardt (DMA, 2018, collaborative piano & coaching, student of Timothy Lovelace and David Walsh) worked as second pianist/ educational pianist for Mill City Summer Opera for their 2018 season and will be the Barbara and Halsey Sandford Studio Artist Pianist at Kentucky Opera for their 2018–19 season. Callie Cooper (BM, voice, student of Jean del Santo) won Opera Susquehanna’s Vocal Competition in the Student Division in fall 2017. The prize for this competition was a solo recital in Gettysburg, PA with the maestro of the company. Cooper joined the Berkshire Choral International as a Berkshire Scholar in June 2018. She performed works by Haydn, Handel, and William Walton in Baltimore at Goucher College, and at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs in June 2018. In April 2018, she was named a semifinalist in the Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition. Cooper was was declared a semifinalist in the 2018 Hal Leonard Vocal Competition in the College/University Art Song Division.

Dana DeVlieger (PhD, music theory, student of Sumanth Gopinath) received an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship for the 2018–19 school year. DeVlieger will collaborate with the Center for Cognitive Sciences on her dissertation project “Promoting Creativity: How the Use of Music Analysis in Litigation Affects Value Judgments in Copyright Cases.” DeVlieger presented her paper “‘Wings for Wheels:’ The Changing Narrative of ‘Thunder Road’” at the annual meeting of the Society for American Music held in Kansas City, MO in March 2018. In April 2018, DeVlieger received a Gladys Krieble Delmas Visiting Scholar Award from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This award supports a week of archival research at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Roque Diaz (PhD, music education/creative studies & media, student of David Myers), primary author, and Bryan Maurer (PhD, music education), secondary author, presented, “Policies that Matter: Creating a Voice through Policy Awareness for Music Teacher Educator,” at the 2017 Society for Music Teacher Education Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Ernesto Estigarríbia (MM 2016, viola, student of Korey Konkol; DMA candidate, conducting, student of Mark Russell Smith) was accepted into the 2018 Britten-Pears Young Artist Program which took place in Suffolk, England (July 29–August 13, 2018). As a violist, Estigarríbia performed with the Britten-Pears Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop to record and performed works by Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Ravel. The Britten–Pears Young Artist Program was founded over 40 years ago by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears to provide high-level performance training for the world’s best emerging professional musicians. Wesley Frye (MM, voice, student of John De Haan) and Mario Ángel Pérez (MM 2018; BM 2012, voice, student of Adriana Zabala) performed in the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre’s production of Puccini’s Turandot starring Rebecca Nash as Turandot and Ta’u Pupu’a as Calaf (Daniel Kleinknecht conductor). Pérez and Frye were selected as Young Artists where they covered the roles of Emperor Altoum and Pang respectively. Performance dates were January 19 and January 21, 2018.

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Victor Furman (BM, piano, student of Paul Shaw) was selected by audition to perform in a master class on November 11, 2017 given by American pianist, composer, and teacher Seymour Bernstein—subject of the 2014 documentary film Seymour: An Introduction directed by actor Ethan Hawke. The master class was part of a two-day multiple-event visit to the MacPhail Center for Music by the legendary pedagogue and included a screening of the film. Furman is an alumnus of the MacPhail Center for Music where he studied with pianist Jon Iverson. Arjun Ganguly (BM, viola, student of Korey Konkol) was offered a fellowship to the Music Academy of the West, which is among the nation’s preeminent summer schools and festivals for gifted young classically-trained musicians. Located in Santa Barbara, CA, the Academy took place June 18–August 12, 2018 providing students with the opportunity for advanced study and performance under the guidance of internationally renowned faculty artists, guest conductors, and soloists. This is the second year in a row that Ganguly has received this honor. Bethany Gonella (DMA, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) and Andrea Myers (BM, 2012, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) organized the Upper Midwest Flute Association’s Third Marathon Flute Concert, a fundraiser event to support UMFA’s Flute Student Scholarship Fund. The event took place on October 28 at the Mall of America. Flutists of all ages and levels were invited to participate. Individual and corporate monetary and instrument donations to support the scholarship program were welcomed at the event and throughout the year. Emily Heuschele (PhD, music education) and Jonathon Soderberg-Chase (PhD, music education) presented a poster titled “Critiquing the Cycle: A Historical Analysis of Access in Music Teacher Education” at the 2017 Society for Music Teacher Education Conference on September 8, 2017 in Minneapolis, MN. Hsin-I Huang (DMA, collaborative piano, student of Timothy Lovelace) joined Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX) as a staff pianist in fall 2017. Kathryn Huether (MA, musicology, advisee of Karen Painter) presented from research compiled in Germany over the summer at the 2017 Judd Fellows Expo titled “A Sensorium of Remembering: Witnessing via Sonic Affect in Berlin’s Holocaust Museum Exhibitions and

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Memorials.” Huether was awarded $500 as the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the 2017 Literature and Film Association Conference: Politics, Ethics, and Adaptations at the University of Montana-Missoula. Her paper was titled “Musical Witnessing: George Takei’s Japanese Internment Camp Musical, Allegiance.” She was selected to participate in the 2018 Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program (June 24–July 16, 2018). In April 2018, Huether received a graduate fellowship award from U of M’s Center for Jewish Studies. Huether’s project, “Sounding Narratives, Varying ‘Voices’: Sonic Media as Affective Agents in Jewish Museum Holocaust Representations” looked at the usage of sound and music within Holocaust museum exhibitions.

Orchestra of London in the finals. She also performed Brahms with members of the New Asia Chamber Music Society at LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College, NY on February 25, 2018. Lin won First Prize and Gold Medal at the Odyssiad International Piano Competition at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO on August 4, 2017. On August 19, 2017 she performed the Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto with the Torun Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland) under the direction of Jakub Chrenowicz. On November 7, 2017, Lin was a co-winner of the University of Minnesota’s 2017 University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and performed the Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with the U of M Symphony Orchestra (Mark Russell Smith, conductor) at Ted Mann Concert Hall on February 9, 2018.

Mary Kirchdorfer (MA, musicology, advisee of Kelley Harness) has received a Fulbright US English language teaching assistantship to teach English in Austria (Salzburg) for the 2018–19 academic year. Each year, more than 140 college graduates from the United States teach in Austria under the auspices of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education (BMB) Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship Program.

Bingjie Liu (DMA, piano, student of Paul Shaw) was a first place winner (College Students/Professionals Category) of the American Protégé International Concerto Competition 2017. She performed in the American Protégé Winners’ Concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City on November 26, 2017. Liu was a featured as soloist with Maestro Yuri Ivan in the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra’s 20th Annual Masters Concerto and Aria Winners Showcase at the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center’s Ives Auditorium on March 24, 2018.

Elena Kolbrek (BM, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) won Third Prize in the Edvard Grieg Society String Competition at Mindekirken in Minneapolis on June 3, 2017. She received a $500 award and performed her transcription of Grieg’s To Spring in the winners concert. Ho-Yin Kwok (DMA, orchestral conducting, student of Mark Russell Smith) was the winner of the 2017–2018 Vincent C. LaGuardia, Jr. Conducting Competition and guest conducted the Arapahoe Philharmonic (Denver, CO) on March 10, 2018. Chun-Han Sophia Lin (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) accepted a tenure-track position of assistant professor in piano/theory at Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, WV in August 2017. Fanya Lin (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) won Fourth Prize at the Hastings International Piano Competition on February 24, 2018 in England and performed the Prokofiev 3rd Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic

Charles Menken (PSEO, saxophone, student of Preston Duncan) and Henry Menken’s (PSEO, double bass, student of Dave Williamson) jazz quintet, the Tamberwood Jazz Quintet, is the inaugural first place winner in the Creative Category of the SPCO Youth Chamber Music Competition. The quintet won $500 and performed with other winning classical ensembles at Hamline University on March 18, 2018. Charles was a lead tenor sax in the University of Minnesota’s Jazz Ensemble II. Henry was a member of the University Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble II. Sofia Mycyk (DMA, piano, student of Timothy Lovelace) was the orchestral pianist for the Lakes Area Music Festival, performing in concerts in August 2018. The program included Aaron Copland’s original version of the ballet Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments, performed with the St. Paul Ballet. The program also featured Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto and the first set of Copland’s Old American Songs. In July 2018, Mycyk released her first album Hutzulian Watercolours. A celebration of solo piano music by Ukrainian composers, the album features

STUDENT NEWS an eclectic selection of repertoire including one composition by Larysa Kuzmenko, a Canadian of Ukrainian heritage. On August 17, 2018, Mycyk hosted and performed at her CD launch in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Jessica Park (DMA, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) was appointed chapel organist at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. In her position, she presides over the 1987 Gabriel Kney organ, well-known as one of the finest organs in the Twin Cities in an ideal acoustical environment. Park’s responsibilities include playing for masses during the week and on weekends, as well as accompanying the Liturgical Choir. She most recently served as the organist of the St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ. Sofia Schutte (BM, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) was named the alternate in the Minnesota Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Competition - Young Artist Performance. Bravo! alumni James Thompson (Junior Performance) and Catherine Carson (Senior Performance), both students of Sally O’Reilly, were selected to compete at the MTNA Competition Divisional Level in January in Iowa. Audrey Slote (MA, music theory; MM 2015, cello, student of Tanya Remenikova) spoke at Sonic Fluidities, an interdisciplinary conference at University of California San Diego, on March 2 and 3, 2018. She presented a paper entitled “‘Categorize Me, I Defy Every Label:’ Janelle Monáe’s Blurring of Binaries and Vision of Utopian Freedom in The Electric Lady.” Tetsuya Takeno’s (PhD, composition, student of Alex Lubet) composition Samsara won the

Eric Stokes Song Contest, sponsored by Twin Cities new music ensemble Zeitgeist. Takeno’s paper titled “cheating, lying, stealing by David Lang—Musical effect of permutation construction and its rhythmic structure” was accepted for presentation the 2018 National Association of Composers/USA National Conference.

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z.umn.edu/tutti Emma Todd (music minor, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) successfully attained the Service Playing Certificate of the American Guild of Organists. The AGO, founded in 1896 as an educational organization in New York, awards professional certification to organists and choral directors through rigorous examinations. Service Playing certification is attained through a recorded exam that includes performance of literature, hymn playing, psalm and anthem accompaniment, sight-reading, and transposition.

Joan Wallace (DMA, piano, student of Paul Shaw) was selected to present at this year’s Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Collegiate Pedagogy Symposium at University of Texas-Austin Butler School of Music on January 12, 2018. The presentation explored the possibilities of incorporating exam curriculum into piano instruction, with a particular focus on the potential uses and challenges of ABRSM as a pedagogical tool. Stefan Weiler (MM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) participated in the International Summer Academy Music Festival in Austria (August 13–27, 2017) performing in several master classes and recitals. Filip Zivanovic (DMA, guitar, student of Maja Radovanlija) and Momcilo Aleksandric (DMA, guitar, student of Maja Radovanlija), the Belgrade Guitar Duo, won first prize at the Southern Guitar Festival Ensemble Competition in Columbia, SC (June 8–10, 2018). Zivanovic won second prize in the Festival’s Guitar Solo Competition. The Belgrade Guitar Duo competed at the Guitar Foundation of America Ensemble Competition in June 2018 in Louisville, KY. They also completed a video recording session at the Guitar Salon International in Los Angeles, CA. In the 2017/2018 edition of Tutti magazine, we incorrectly listed two 2017 Schubert Club Competition winners as students of Tanya Remenikova. Maximus Gurath was a student of Anna Clift and Anthony Ross. Nygel Witherspoon was a student of David Holmes.

The U of M School of Music hosted more than 40 preservice music educators from around Minnesota and Wisconsin on September 23, 2018 for Music for All, an all-day professional development event that included presentations on access and diversity for students in music. Sponsored by the U of M School of Music as well as area music dealers, the event was the brainchild of student leaders in our National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Collegiate chapter (Laura Sindberg, faculty advisor). Photo (left to right): Casey Andree, Laura Sindberg, Alec Paquin, Zane Kaiser, and Nathan Severson

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FACULTY & STUDENT NEWS Dean Billmeyer (organ) joined the Mississippi Valley Orchestra, directed by Ho-Yin Kwok (DMA, orchestral conducting, student of Mark Russell Smith) in a performance of Alexandre Guilmant’s Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra. The concert took place on March 4, 2018 at Benson Great Hall at Bethel University, and also featured Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Roque Diaz (PhD, music education/creative studies & media, student of David Myers) was selected from a highly competitive international group of applicants to present a session on diversity practices in arts grant procedures

Congratulations to the co-winners of the University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition: Fanya Lin (piano, student of Lydia Artymiw), and Wayne Ching (piano, student of Lydia Artymiw). Hwayoung Cho (voice, student of Jean del Santo) won Honorable Mention. Fanya Lin performed Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the University Symphony Orchestra in Ted Mann Concert Hall on February 9, 2018. Hwayoung Cho performed “Depuis le jour” from Louise by Charpentier with the University Symphony Orchestra in Ted Mann Concert Hall on February 9, 2018. Wayne Ching will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor” with the University Symphony Orchestra on a concert on October 3 at 7:30 pm at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Judges Mark Stover and Rafael Rodriguez wish to express their gratitude to all contestants for their impressive performances.

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at the Reflective Conservatoire Conference at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in February 2018. He shared a session with David Myers (creative studies & media) on professional arts organization collaborations with music schools to develop artist citizens. The Guildhall awarded Diaz a ₤1,000 prize in support of his travel to London. Keitha Lucas Hamann (music education), along with graduate students Cassandra A. Bechard (DMA, bands conducting), Roque Diaz (PhD, music education/creative studies & media), Emily Heuschele (PhD, music education), Christopher Jannings (PhD, music education), Bryan Maurer (PhD, music education), and Jonathon Soderberg-Chase (PhD, music education), travelled to Oklahoma City for the Symposium for Historical Research in Music Education, June 1–3, 2017. They presented a panel titled, “When Two Bulls Fight: Minnesota Youth Symphonies vs. Minnesota Music Educators Association (1974–1977).” Hamann also participated in another panel “Teaching Historical Research in Music Education.” The University of Minnesota Graduate Percussion Ensemble (UMPE), under the direction of Fernando Meza (percussion), traveled to Costa Rica from September 25–October 2, 2017 to perform at the Eugene O’Neill Theater in San José at the invitation of the Costa Rican/North American Cultural Center’s Promising Artists of the Twenty First Century Series. While in San José, they presented a master class at the University of Costa Rica and at the National Center for Music. This marked the fourth time the UMPE performed in Costa Rica since Meza’s arrival in 1993. Maja Radovanlija (guitar) was invited to be a member of the jury for Guitar Ensemble category at the 2018 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Convention and Festival in Louisville, KY. The GFA Festival is one of the largest classical guitar festivals in the world. Momcilo Aleksandric and Filip Zivanovic, graduate guitar students of Radovanlija, competed in the Duo category. Congratulations to Priscilla Chang (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) and Garret Ross (DMA, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) on winning the 2018 University of Minnesota Marvin O. Mechelke II Piano Competition on Saturday, April 28, 2018.

Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural University of Minnesota Bands Concerto Competition: Judith Gaunt (trumpet, student of David Baldwin & Charles Lazarus) and Emily Green (horn, student of Ellen Dinwiddie Smith). Gaunt performed The Storyteller by James Stephenson with the University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble on March 2, 2018 at Century High School in Rochester, MN and on March 5, 2018 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Green performed Concerto for Horn by Ralph Hermann with the University of Minnesota Symphonic Band on February 27, 2018 at East Ridge High School in Woodbury, MN and March 6 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Congratulations to the following University of Minnesota School of Music students who were nominated by their band directors to participate in the 2018 Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Intercollegiate Honor Band Concert: Justin Thai, flute; Alexis Varghese, oboe; Teighan Brummel, bass clarinet; Adam Shew, tenor saxophone; Annika Ross, horn; Liam Green, trumpet; Justin Bain, bass trombone; and Matthew Tlachac, euphonium. The concert took place at the 2018 MMEA Midwinter Clinic. Congratulations to U of M School of Music voice students Janine Ernsting, Rhianna Leigh Cockrell, Mario Ángel Pérez, and Jeehoon Kim on being selected to participate in this year’s Educational Collaboration and Coaching of Opera program. A career-development initiative between Minnesota Opera and the U of M School of Music, the ECCO program affords the opportunity for singers to participate in coachings and classes with world-class artists on the Minnesota Opera staff. This is the sixth year of the ECCO program.

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Lydia Artymiw’s (piano) CD of Mendelssohn Complete Works for Cello and Piano with cellist Marcy Rosen was released internationally for Bridge Records in April 2018. In summer 2017, Artymiw performed at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA, made her debut at the Round Top (TX) Festival, and returned to the Festival of the Lakes in Alexandria, MN. In September, she joined Minnesota Orchestra winds for the Colonial Church’s farewell concert in Edina and presented a master class at Steinway Hall in New York sponsored by the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. In winter 2018, she returned to the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society at the Kimmel Center for a sold-out performance with Osmo Vänskä, Erin Keefe, and Wilhelmina Smith, performed a solo recital at Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and gave master classes at Philadelphia’s Settlement Music School and Washington College. She returned to guest teach three times at Juilliard and was on the jury for two Juilliard piano competitions. Alexander Braginsky (piano) was the producer and artistic director of the International e-Piano Junior Competition and the International ePiano MusikFest (University of Minnesota). His organizations International Piano-e-Competition and International e-Piano Junior, had Google Corporation join their list of institutional sponsors. He was on the juries of the Texas Music Teacher Association Competition, the Cadenza National Piano Competition, and the Marbella International Piano Competition. He was on the faculty of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Academy and the Music Fest Perugia (Italy). He presented and gave master classes at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Royal Mount University (Canada), and the University of Kansas (Lawrence). He conducted virtual auditions for the Alaska IPe-C. He was a panel member at the Alink-Argerich Foundation International Conference. He presented master classes and was chair of the jury for the Alaska International Piano e-Competition in Fairbanks, AK. In October, he will travel to Korea to lead master classes and discussions. John De Haan (voice) was a judge and gave a master class at the Schmitt Vocal Competition in Raleigh, NC on March 11, 2018. He gave a recital in Loma Linda, CA on March 15, 2018. From March 22–29, 2018, De Haan was a judge

of the Classical Singer International Singing Competition in Guangzhou, China. On April 21, 2018, he gave two world premiere performances with Miryana Moteva as part of the Balkanicus Concert. The Classical Singer Music Convention (May 24–28, 2018) took De Haan to Boston for more judging and a master class. On June 5, 2018, De Haan gave a master class and lecture at the Minnesota Music Teachers Association State Convention. In August 2018 in London, England, he presented the 2nd Annual De Haan Wanger Seminars.

Guest Professor Residency Octavio Alberto Agustín-Aquino, professor at Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Mexico will be in residence at the University of Minnesota School of Music during fall 2018. He will work with Professor Guerino Mazzola (creative studies & media) on new developments in counterpoint theory. Agustín-Aquino was selected for a research travel grant from the Abel Visiting Scholar Program of the International Mathematical Union.

Preston Duncan (saxophone) was a featured guest at Sax o Sul in Algarve, Portugal (May 18–20, 2018) and at the 3rd Annual International Saxophone Meeting in Puebla, Mexico (June 4–6, 2018). He recorded with Grammy Awardwinning producer Carlos Chavez and guitarist Ramonet Rodriguez in Costa Rica (June 8–11, 2018). Duncan gave a concerto and recital performance at the 2018 World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia (July 10–14, 2018). He taught and performed at Ticino Musica International in Lugano, Switzerland (July 25–31, 2018) and at Shell Lake Arts Camp (August 5–10, 2018). David Grayson (musicology) contributed the book chapter “Paysage sentimental: Si doux, si triste, si dormant…” to Debussy’s Resonance (University of Rochester Press). He also wrote CD notes for Mendelssohn Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Marcy Rosen, cello; Lydia Artymiw, piano; Bridge Records) and Seducción: Flute Music by Hispanic Composers (Stephanie Jutt, flute; Albany Records).

Kelley Harness (musicology) recently published an article entitled “Theatrical Reliquaries: Afterlives of St Mary Magdalene in Early Seventeenthcentury Florence” in Biblical Reception (2018). In April, she read her paper “Laboring for Hercules: Constructing a Horse Ballet in Mid-SeventeenthCentury Florence” at the annual meeting of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, held in Boulder, CO. This summer, she also presented aspects of her research on the Florentine horse ballets at the Biennial Baroque conference in Cremona, Italy. Highlights of the 2018–19 season for Charles Lazarus (trumpet) include a repeat performance of the American Nomad Trumpet Concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä, the annual holiday tradition of Merry and Bright! at Orchestra Hall, Our Love is Here to Stay featuring the Steeles in Fargo and Minneapolis, live performances of his latest recording LoveJoy, a recital with former members of the Empire Brass in Miami, a concert with the U of M Symphonic Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor), and recitals with Twin Cities organists David Cherwin and Steven Hamilton. In addition, Lazarus will co-present a Trumpet Boot Camp with David Baldwin at Schmitt Music as well as releasing a series of music and educational videos throughout the year. Highlights of Kyung Kim’s (piano) performance schedule included recitals for the Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha, NE), the opening concert for the University of Wisconsin’s (River Falls) Piano Festival, and the Terrace Piano Teachers Association/Terrace Music Festival (BC, Canada), which also included a master class. She also performed Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the St. Cloud Symphony conducted by Brian Dowdy (DMA 2017, conducting), and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with the University of Minnesota Chamber Choir conducted by Kathy Saltzman Romey (choral conducting) and Michael Kim (piano) in Ted Mann Concert Hall and University of Wisconsin-Superior. Kim was director of the third Minnesota International Piano Camp in July 2018. The camp drew students throughout China, South Korea, Canada, and the United States. Young-Nam Kim (violin) presented five world premieres in 2017–18 season including Three

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Historic Northrop Organ Restoration Completed The restoration and voicing of the historic Northrop Auditorium Pipe Organ was completed this past March. Æolian-Skinner’s Opus 892, originally built between 1932 and 1935, has 82 independent stops and 6,975 pipes, and exemplifies the best of late Romantic-Symphonic organ building. The instrument was cited for Exceptional Historic Merit by the Organ Historical Society in 1999. The Northrop Organ will feature in the October 12–13, 2018 world premiere of “What Do We Make of Bach?” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison, a commissioned work to be performed by the Minnesota Orchestra. Paul Jacobs of the Julliard School faculty will perform the Harbison. A solo recital will be given on the instrument by Nathan Laube of the Eastman School of Music faculty on December 4, 2018.

septets for Jazz Trio and String Quartet by Kenny Werner, Earth Bird by Steve Heitzeg, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Peter Child. He collaborated with jazz pianist Kenny Warner, violist Nobuko Imai, and clarinetist Anthony McGill. Kim also presented chamber music of Stravinsky receiving a favorable review by the Star Tribune. His most momentous and privileged performance was at the Imperial Gala Celebration in which Mr. Takuzo Ishida was conferred Japanese Knighthood, The Order of Rising Sun, officiated by the Japanese embassy on behalf of the Japanese Emperor, presenting works by Bach, Haydn, and Michio Mamiya. He led the 16th annual Northern Lights Chamber Music Institute/ Festival at Camp Vermilion culminating in three public concerts in Cook, Virginia, and St. Paul. In academic year 2017–18, Timothy Lovelace (collaborative piano) played three separate series of concerts with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, including performances of Pierrot Lunaire with Patricia Kopatchinskaja. He also played on chamber music series sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, the Isles Ensemble, Music on the Hill, and the Alexandria Festival of the Lakes. With Immanuel Davis (flute), he performed at the National Flute Association Convention in Minneapolis. In June 2017, Lovelace was invited to teach on the first season of the Collaborative Piano Institute, a three-week summer program for college students or young professionals held at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Faribault, MN. In May 2018, Lovelace made a recording of music by Leonard Ball, emeritus faculty at the University of Georgia; the recording will be released on the Arabesque label in 2019. Jerry Luckhardt (bands conducting) enters his third year as director of graduate studies

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and associate director of the U of M School of Music. Professional activities off-campus this past year included preparing the premiere of Frank Ticheli’s new flute concerto Silver Lining with soloist James Walker, conductor of the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association Honor Band, conductor of the New Jersey AllState Symphonic Band, and a four-day residency at Syracuse University as a guest lecturer and guest conductor. A highlight on-campus was presenting the finale celebration concert for retiring faculty David Baldwin (trumpet) with the U of M Symphonic Band and Alumni Brass. Fernando Meza (percussion) performed at the 4th International Percussion Festival in Costa Rica, coached for the Orchestra of the Americas at the Teatro del Lago in Chile, and toured with the U of M Percussion Ensemble (Costa Rica) and the CR-UNED Percussion Ensemble (Spain) where he offered master classes at the Valencia Conservatory. Meza presented clinics for the Minnesota Percussion Association and the Minnesota chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, was a guest artist with the Rosemount High School Percussion Ensemble at the MMEA convention, as well as at Southern Utah University and the AA Band Festival in Bozeman, MT. Meza was a member of the 2018 Sphinx Symphony and recorded Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä. Matthew Mehaffey (choral conducting) completed his second full season as music director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, one of the nation’s oldest choruses. This year he prepared four concerts for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Manfred Honeck: Haydn’s Creation, Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, and Berlioz’s Te Deum. He also conducted two other

concerts, including the the world premiere of a new Bob Dylan oratorio that the Mendelssohn Choir commissioned. David Myers (creative studies & media) did spring presentations at the International Reflective Conservatoire Conference in London, the eastern division meeting of the College Band Directors, and the International Research in Community Music conference at Columbia University. Following a presentation in Prague in July, he convened and chaired a national preconference on inclusion, access, and equity in music institutions for the College Music Society in Vancouver, BC. He is also scheduled to keynote the Nordic Music Education Research Conference in Stockholm this February. He continues as board member and committee chair for several Twin Cities arts organizations, including the MacPhail Center for Music, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and VocalEssence. In April, he consulted with Maryville University (St. Louis), on music curricular and administrative issues. Tanya Remenikova (cello) gave solo recitals at the International Cello Institute (Minneapolis, MN), the Bridge Chamber Music Festival (Northfield, MN), as well as two cello master classes in summer 2017. During the past academic year, she gave eight chamber music recitals with the Hill House Chamber Players, and two chamber music recitals with the St. Croix Trio for the Chamber Music Society in Ashland, WI and Hastings, MN. She also performed in recital with the Hill House Chamber Players at the VA Medical Center (Minneapolis, MN) and participated in the Gala Recital at the Museum of Russian Art (Minneapolis, MN). Maja Radovanlija (guitar) and flutist Linda Chatterton performed and were interviewed

FACULTY NEWS on Classical Minnesota Public Radio’s Regional Spotlight with host Steve Staruch on July 13, 2018. From August 15–22, 2018, Radovanlija and Chatterton were guests of the Guitar Art Summer Fest in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, where they performed recitals and give master classes. As a member of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet (MGQ), Radovanlija performed on a new CD that features two compositions and arrangements for four guitars by Radovanlija. MGQ will tour the Balkans in October 2018, playing concerts at guitar festivals and music colleges in Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria. MGQ recently received a new work for guitar quartet and flute written by Cuban composer and guitarist Leo Brouwer. The work is dedicated to MGQ and Linda Chatterton and will be premiered in May 2019 at Sundin Hall. The School of Music welcomed Minnesota Orchestra player Ellen Dinwiddie Smith (horn) to its faculty as adjunct professor of horn in fall 2017. During the 2017/2018 season, Smith taught master classes at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In fall 2017, she spent four weeks playing with the Cleveland Orchestra, both in Severance Hall and on a three-week European tour, playing at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Brucknerhaus in Linz (Austria), the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg (Germany). She also performed locally at the Lakeville Center for the Arts with OboeBass!, featuring the world premiere of Steven Juliani’s Twilight for Oboe, Horn, Bass, and Piano. She presented a master class/seminar titled Essential Practice Habits to the Twin Cities Horn Club in June. In addition to his duties as artistic director of orchestral activities at the U of M, Mark Russell Smith (orchestral conducting) completed his tenth season as music director and conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, based in Davenport, IA. The orchestra’s season concluded with a gala concert featuring violinist Joshua Bell. During the academic year, Smith twice visited the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, where he led one concert each semester, and taught graduate orchestral conducting classes. As artistic director of the Greater Twin Symphonies Youth Symphonies, he led a tour of Eastern Europe with the organization’s top group, concertizing to full houses and enthusiastic audiences in Wroclaw and

Krakow, Poland, as well as Budapest, Hungary. A highlight of the tour was a three-day residency at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Luslawice, Poland.

School of Music Cohosts Music Education Forum on Jamaica’s National Curriculum of Music The U of M School of Music and Winona State University (Winona, MN) hosted a forum on music education to establish a collaborative strategy for the review and implementation of Jamaica’s National Curriculum of Music. Seven delegates from Jamaica attended the conference in October 2017, in collaboration with the Organization for Strategy Development in Jamaica (OSDJ)—a registered 501(c)(3) organization in Minnesota. U of M School of Music collaborators were Paul Shaw (piano), Professor Emeritus Alan Kagan (ethnomusicology), Akosua Obuo Addo (music education), Scott Currie (creative studies & media), as well as Catherine Schmidt (Winona State University, Marlon Williams (Ministry of Education, Youth and Information), and Wayland Richards (executive director, Organization for Strategic Development). The final concert featured Paul Shaw, Dan Musselman (PhD 2015, composition), and the School of Music World Music Ensemble.

Dean Sorenson (jazz) served as music director for the U of M Driven Campaign Launch in September 2017. School of Music students and faculty members played prominent roles in this University-wide event. Distinguished School of Music alumna Maria Schneider (BM 1983, composition, student of Dominick Argento) was an honored guest and performed two of her works with students and faculty members. Sorenson also presented a clinic session at the Jazz Educators Network conference in Dallas and premiered newly commissioned works with the JazzMN Orchestra and at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He recently received a commission to compose a double concerto for trombone and trumpet which will be premiered in April 2019 by the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra.

Emily Threinen (director of bands) was a pedagogue at the Northern California Summer Conducting Symposium and created the annual University of Minnesota Wind Band Conducting Workshop. She was a guest conductor and clinician at Ball State University, conductor of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Band, California All State Wind Symphony, Kansas All State Band, North Dakota All State Band, Oakland University Honor Band, St. Croix Valley Honor Band, Mississippi 8 Honor Band, and the Suburban East Conference Honor Band. Threinen was interviewed for Classical Minnesota Public Radio and two podcasts: University of Illinois Bands and Everything Band. Sponsored by the band department, Threinen hosted a residency with Grammy Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty and soprano Hila Plitmann. Outreach performances with the Wind Ensemble occurred in Rogers and Rochester, MN. Adriana Zabala (voice) performed the role of Komponist in Berkshire Opera’s Ariadne Auf Naxos, was a soloist for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Boston Handel & Haydn Society, reprised the role of Cherubino in Minnesota Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro, created the role of Manja in Opera Colorado’s Steal a Pencil for Me, sang Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas at both San Diego and Madison Opera, and starred as Mary Johnson in Minnesota Opera’s production of Fellow Travelers. She also gave master classes at San Diego Opera, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Brevard Music Center. Later this year she will release recordings of the Songs of Argento with Jesse Blumberg and Martin Katz, and Viardot’s Le Dernier Sorcier with the Manhattan Girls Chorus. Philip Zawisza (voice) sang the baritone solos in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in spring 2018 with the Minot Symphony Orchestra (North Dakota). In April 2018, he was a soloist in the University of Minnesota Chamber Singers presentation of Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In spring 2018, he gave two Russian recitals, the first with Irina Stene (DMA, 2018, collaborative piano, student of Timothy Lovelace) featuring the music of Georgy Sviridov. The second recital was part of the LOFTfridays series with Jenya Trubnikava (DMA, piano) and featured works by Tchaikovsky. He will sing the role of Figaro in the Barber of Seville in September 2018 with the Western Plains Opera Company.

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Marvin D. Dahlgren, former U of M School of Music faculty member, passed away on April 6, 2018. His career included a nearly 50-year tenure as principal percussionist and assistant timpanist with the Minnesota Orchestra, teaching positions at various universities, and appearances as a drummer and vibraphonist with local and national jazz greats. Ruben Haugen, saxophonist and former U of M School of Music faculty member, passed away on July 15, 2017. Haugen was a noted jazz and orchestral musician and professor/teacher at St. Olaf College, the University of St. Thomas, and MacPhail Center for Music, as well as the University of Minnesota. He was the executive director of Arrowhead Music Camp in Barnum, MN. Haugen studied saxophone in Paris with Marcel Mule and went on to become an internationally renowned woodwind teacher. He performed professionally for nine decades, having started in vaudeville at the age of 10. In 2013, Haugen retired after 63 years of university-level teaching. Haugen was as a beloved teacher and musician, whose spirit inspired countless musicians in the Twin Cities and beyond.

James Sullivan (BA 2015, clarinet) passed away on November 12, 2017. The U of M School of Music is fortunate for having been touched by his presence and musical talent. Sullivan is remembered for being a smart, caring, kind, and brilliantly funny person. A celebration of his life was held on November 18 at the Marsh Facility in Minnetonka, MN. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the family to establish a scholarship in Sullivan’s honor at the University of Minnesota School of Music. Marcel Talangbayan (DMA 2006, piano, student of Paul Shaw) passed away on January 7, 2018. After graduating from Ogden Elementary and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Talangbayan studied piano performance, earning his bachelor of music from Northwestern, his master of music from Mannes School of Music (now part of The New School) in New York City, and his doctor of musical arts from the University of Minnesota. He taught at Harold Washington College in the humanities and music department and was working as a classical pianist.

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Professor Emeritus Paul Fetler passed away on July 7, 2018. Fetler began his tenure at the U of M School of Music as a graduate student and received his doctoral degree in 1956, where his major advisor was Dr. Paul Oberg. He taught at the U of M until his retirement in 1992. Prior to the U of M, he studied at Northwestern University (BM, with David Van Vactor), Yale University (MM, with Quincy Porter and Paul Hindemith), and the Berlin Academy of Music (advanced composition with Boris Blacher). During his time at the U of M, he taught composers Carol Barnett, Donald Keats, Libby Larsen, Richard Marriott, Stephen Paulus, Eric Stokes, and more. His compositions include more than 150 works and many been performed by leading orchestras, soloists, choral ensembles, and chamber groups across the United States and Europe. He has been the recipient of awards from the Society for the Publication of American Music, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Jeff Todd Titon (PhD 1971; MA 1967, ethnomusicology and American Studies, student of Professor Emeritus Alan Kagan) received the University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Achievement Award on October 17, 2017. Titon, now emeritus professor of Brown University, is the author of Early Downhome Blues (1977), OldTime Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001), and editor of Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World’s Peoples (1984), as well as numerous ethnomusicological articles. ________________

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Uri Barnea (PhD 1977; MA 1974) generously donated conducting scores, concert clothing, and other materials to current DMA orchestral conducting students of Mark Russell Smith. The donation was made in August 2017, students have already used many of the donated materials, and are benefiting directly from Barnea’s generosity. Barnea studied composition with Paul Fetler, Eric Stokes, and Dominick Argento, orchestral conducting with Richard Massmann, and choral conducting with Thomas Lancaster. In the Twin Cities, he conducted the Youval (1971–73), the Unitarian (1973–78), and the Kenwood Chamber orchestras (1974–78). He was music director of the Knox-Galesburg (IL) Orchestra (1978–84), the Billings (MT) Symphony Orchestra (1984–2004), and the Montana Ballet, based in Bozeman, MT (1993–2004). The University of Minnesota School of Music wishes to thank Dr. Barnea for his generous gift.

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Maria Schneider (BM, composition, student of Dominick Argento) was on the U of M Twin Cities campus as a featured artist at the Driven Launch Event at Northrop on September 23, 2017. U of M School of Music ensembles and faculty performed Schneider’s music at this capital campaign kickoff event. As a part of Schneider’s visit, she presented a workshop in Ferguson Hall. _______________

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Robert W. Kase (DMA) was appointed dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Minnesota Duluth in November 2017. Kase has a wide background as an educator, administrator, business leader, and performer. As a recording artist, Kase has performed on more than 200 recording projects, including four solo jazz recordings with his own quintet and a latest Grammynominated CD titled As We Gather for the Altenburgh Jazz recording label. His trumpet sound is familiar to many through movie soundtracks, pop artists, jazz recordings, commercial jingles, and Broadway musicals. As a studio artist his has performed with many international recording stars beginning his career in 1969 with Sonny and Cher, continuing a long and successful performing career including stints with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Andy Williams, Peggy Lee, the Temptations, Lena Horne, Wayne Newton, Natalie Cole, and many others. Dr. Kase holds degrees from the University Minnesota and the University of North Texas. He formerly served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Francis (Joliet, IL), and chair of the music department and professor of music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He has been active as a university administrator and leader in music education organizations.

Sondra Wieland Howe (PhD, music education, student of Chad Furman; MA 1985, musicology, student of Donna Cardamone-Jackson) presented her paper “Songs of Stephen Foster on Commodore Perry’s ‘Black Ships’ in Japan, 1853–1854” at the National Association for Music Education’s History Special Research Interest Group Symposium in June 2017. Howe published a chapter on “American Music in Meiji Era Japan” in Vanakyula bunka to gendai shakai (Vernacular Culture and Modern Society), ed. Keiko Wells (Kyoto: Shibunkaku Press, 2018). In March 2018, she presented papers on “Ladies Brass Bands in the Midwest, 1900–1920” at the Society for American Music in Kansas City and “Ladies Brass Bands in Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1890–1925” at the National Association for Music Education in Atlanta. _______________

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David Evan Thomas (PhD, composition, student of Dominick Argento) is a winner of the 20th annual VocalEssence Welcome Christmas Carol Contest. Thomas’ “Carol of the Night” sets a text by Minneapolis poet Jean Greenwood, who is also a University of Minnesota graduate. The prize includes an award of $1,000 and a premiere by VocalEssence at the 2017 Welcome Christmas performances. Thomas’s song cycle To Joy was premiered at the opening concert of the 2017 Source Song Festival. _______________

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Alejandro Cremaschi (DMA 1997; MM 1995, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was awarded the Outstanding Alumnus in Visual and Performing Arts Award by the University of Maryland (where he earned his BM degree). He performed a solo recital and presented a master class at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in September 2017. He also presented master classes and lecture recitals at the Fred Fox School of Music building of the University of Arizona-Tucson in April 2018. He continues as associate professor of piano and pedagogy at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Jennifer Needleman Muñiz (BM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) returned to the University of Minnesota in October 2017 to perform a solo recital featuring the solo piano music of Chicago composer Arne Oldberg. Her debut solo CD of the piano music of Arne Oldberg (An American Romantic: Piano Music of Arne Oldberg) was released in May 2018 on the Centaur label (CRC 3650). She continues as

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local music community, Gangelhoff used her expertise as a professional musician, educator, and artistic consultant to propel this musical organization to the next level.

Angela Fuller Heyde (BM, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) performed the Mozart Quintet with Yo-Yo Ma and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra at the Grand Teton Music Festival on August 1, 2017. Fuller Heyde was a concertmaster at the festival. Fuller Heyde is currently principal second violinist of the Dallas Symphony. Tami Lee Hughes (BM, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) completed the bulk of her “The Legacy Show” tour in April 2018. The program was well received by audiences across the country. Young Kim (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was invited to present piano master classes at Szeged University in Hungary on November 30, 2017 and performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Szeged Wind Orchestra on December 3, 2017. She performed Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with the Schenectady Symphony under the direction of Diane Wittry at Proctors Auditorium in Schenectady, NY on April 22, 2018. This was her third re-engagement with the Schenectady Symphony. She continues as associate professor of piano at the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY. _______________

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Corey Needleman (BM, music education/ percussion, student of Fernando Meza) hosted students from the music education course Instrumental Methods and Materials in February 2018. U of M School of Music students observed Needleman leading his string orchestra at Lake Harriet Upper Campus School in Minneapolis as part of their fieldwork. _______________

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Jeri-Mae Astolfi (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed a solo recital of the piano music of composer Betty Wishart at the Christ-St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in New York, NY on September 22, 2017. Astolfi has recorded these works for the Chroma label. Her latest recording of solo piano music by Ed Martin was released on the Ravello label in 2018. She continues as artist-in-residence at Piedmont College in Demorest, GA. _______________

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Christine Gangelhoff (DMA, flute) served as artistic director of the Nassau Music Society in Nassau, Bahamas for the 2017–2018 season. With more than ten years at the University of the Bahamas and extensive involvement in the

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First Fridays. Since graduating from the U of M School of Music and receiving her graduate degrees from the University of Michigan, Volness has garnered a steady stream of commissions from organizations, including the BMI Foundation, ASCAP/SEAMUS, and the Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alliance, and more. In 2018, Volness was awarded a $25,000 MacColl Johnson Fellowship from the Rhode Island Foundation, considered to be among the largest no-strings-attached awards available to early- or mid-career composers in the United States. Volness teaches music composition at the University of Rhode Island. _______________

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Mary Prescott (BM, piano, student of Paul Shaw), pianist, composer, and multidisciplinary artist, announced the Litmus Residency at Areté Venue & Gallery in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY, in which she curated and performed new works and collaborations involving music, movement, word, and installation from March to June 2018. For her visionary work, Prescott was named a 2016 Emerging Leader by the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Bargemusic, and Steinway Hall in New York City where she resides; and has appeared at international festivals, including the Electroacoustic Music Festival (New York), the Josip Kasman Festival (Croatia), and the Goppisberger Music Festival (Switzerland). She is also co-founder of the Lyra Music Festival & Workshop at Smith College in Northampton, MA. Kirsten Volness (BA, music theory & composition, student of Judith Lang Zaimont and Alex Lubet; piano student of Paul Shaw) was appointed the inaugural Composer-in-Residence at the 79-year-old Mary K. Hail Music Mansion in Providence, RI where she performs and curates a monthly chamber music series called

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David France (MM, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) spoke at INBOUND 2017 on September 27, 2017 in Boston, MA. He gave his talk “Backpacker’s Guide to Entrepreneurship” on the same day of the conference as Keynote Speaker Michelle Obama. France published his first book, Show Up: Unlocking the Power of Relational Networking, on Amazon.com. _______________

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Matthew McCright (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed a solo piano cycle The Way North by Reinaldo Moya for the Rayuela Latin-American Music Festival at Augsburg College in Minneapolis on October 7, 2017. He performed a solo recital and presented a seminar on March 15, 2018 at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He continues as piano faculty at Carleton College (Northfield, MN). _______________

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Corey Hamm (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto with the Vancouver Island Symphony at the Port Theatre on October 21, 2017. Along with erhu performer Nicole Li, Hamm performed in the Hamm/Li PEP series (Piano and Erhu Project) Concert at Eduard Flipse Zaal in De Doelen in Rotterdam on May 18, 2018. He also presented master classes at the Mount Royal Conservatory of Music in Calgary, Canada in May 2018 and joined the piano faculty of the 2018 Music Fest in Perugia, Italy. He continues as professor of piano at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Grace Huang (DMA 2005; MM 2001, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) joined the piano faculty as visiting professor of piano at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA for the 2017 fall semester. Wonny Song (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed a two piano recital with pianist David Jalbert for the Mooredale Chamber

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Down the Danube River sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio. He continues as assistant professor of piano at the University of Utah.

Sarah Wigley (BM, voice) was the featured presenter at the Minnesota National Association of Teachers of Singing Spring Meeting on March 11, 2018 at the U of M School of Music’s Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall. The presenters addressed vocal technique crossover issues for performers, vocal coaches, independent, and academic vocal instructors.

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Jocelyn Hagen’s (MA, composition, student of Judith Lang Zaimont) new work We Are the Stars was premiered by the Mendelssohn Choir in Pittsburgh, under the direction of Matthew Mehaffey (choral conducting). The premiere was part of a project pioneered by composer/ conductor Steve Hackman that featured arrangements of Bob Dylan songs. _______________

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Christopher Brody (DMA 2007; MM 2005, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) became assistant professor of theory (tenure-track position) at the University of Louisville, KY, beginning August 2017. Seongwon Han (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed an all-Rachmaninoff solo recital at the Daegu Concert Hall on June 7, 2017 in Daegu, South Korea and began a new piano teaching position at Ulsan University, South Korea in March 2018. She continues teaching piano at Andong University. Andrew Staupe’s (MM 2007; BM 2005, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) extensive concerto performances from July 2017 through May 2018 included: Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest concert, Tchaikovsky 1st Concerto (1st movement, Osmo Vänskä); Utah Symphony (Rei Hotoda) Tchaikovsky 1st Concerto; Utah Philharmonia Prokofiev 2nd; Kennett Square Symphony, PA (Michael Hall) Schumann Concerto, Op. 54; Galveston (TX) Symphony (Trond Saeverud) Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto; Boulder Chamber Orchestra, CO, Hummel 3rd Concerto; Salt Lake City Symphony (Tchaikovsky 2nd Concerto), and Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Bucharest, Romania, Cristian Macelaru) Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Staupe also performed solo recitals at the Salle Cortot (Paris), in Clearwater, FL, and at the University of Minnesota (where he also presented a master class). In October 2017, he performed several solo recitals for a cruise

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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 Theater in Manila, Philippines on June 11, 2017 with the former First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, in the audience. She also performed Beethoven for the University of Minnesota’s Driven fundraising campaign on October 26, 2017 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. In the audience were President Eric Kaler and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts John Coleman. Noah Turner Rogoff (MA 2008; DMA 2007; MM 2005; cello, student of Tanya Remenikova) was named a By-Fellow of Churchill College of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. During his time in Cambridge, Rogoff researched the work of British cellist Christopher Bunting (1924–2005), particularly his twovolume Essay on the Craft of Cello-Playing, likely the widest and deepest twentieth-century work on cello technique.

Dawn Sonntag’s (DMA, voice/ composition, student of Alex Lubet) first opera Verlorene Heimat received its premiere (with orchestra) at the Cleveland Opera Theater, presented in collaboration with the Cleveland Composer’s Guild. The opera ran from January 27–28, 2018. Verlorene Heimat is based on on the true story of East Prussian refugee family of Christa Neuber Kuske (1937–2012) and the Jewish-Ukrainian girl they sheltered.

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Joshua Clausen (MA, composition, student of Douglas Geers, Judith Lang Zaimont, and Alex Lubet) was featured on the March 1, 2018 edition of Public Radio International’s The World to discuss his new choral work Requiem written, “for the victims of American mass shootings, their families, and friends.” Clausen’s inspiration for this work was data sonification created by journalist Sophie Chou.

Eric McEnaney (DMA, collaborative piano, student of Timothy Lovelace and Noriko Kawai) made debuts in November 2017 with the Minnesota Orchestra as both vocal coach and rehearsal pianist for Salome, starring Patricia Racette, and as orchestral keyboardist for Star Trek Live. He was also involved in the workshop process for Minnesota Orchestra’s holiday show, Home for the Holidays, written by Minnesota playwright and storyteller Kevin Kling. McEnaney continues to serve as principal pianist and coach for Florentine Opera, master coach for Minnesota Opera, and maintains a private vocal coaching studio in Minneapolis. Woobin Park (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Dvorak Piuano Quintet, Op. 81 with the world-renowned Formosa String Quartet for Washington College’s Concert Series on September 28, 2017. Tyler Wottrich (BM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) and mezzo-soprano Clara Ozowski won the Fourth and Richard Tauber Prize for Best Performance of a Schubert Lied in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn International Voice Competition held in London, England on September 7, 2017. Both also appeared on BBC Radio. Wottrich and soprano Mariane Lemieux, gave a duo recital at the University of Minnesota on April 9, 2017. He continues as assistant professor of collaborative piano at North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND). _______________

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Terry Leahy (MM, trombone, student of Thomas Ashworth) joined the faculty at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO in fall 2017. Leahy is a former member of the Finnish National Opera Orchestra and has freelanced extensively in Australia, London, and Chicago. He earned his DMA at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. _______________

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Sophie Christian (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed with the Clark College Choral Society in two concerts at the University of Washington, Seattle and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in April 2018. She continues as piano faculty at Clark College (WA). Loren Fishman (DMA 2011; MM 2009, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto #2 in g minor with the Minnesota Sinfonia (Jay Fishman, conductor) on March 2, 2018 (at the Roseville Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN), March 3,

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2018 (at the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis), and on March 4, 2018 (at the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud, MN). He continues as a piano faculty member at Carleton College (Northfield, MN). Shanti Simon (DMA 2011; MM 2008, conducting, student of Craig Kirchhoff and Jerry Luckhardt) was named the director of bands at the University of Oklahoma School of Music. Simon currently serves as flight commander for the United States Academy Band. Prior to this appointment, she was the officer in charge of the Air Force Strings, Airmen of Note, and Max Impact with the United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC. Before joining the Air Force, she served as associate director of bands at Vero Beach High School in Florida for four years, and also served on the faculty of the Shenandoah Conservatory as the associate director of bands during the 2013–2014 academic year. _______________

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Anna DeGraff (DMA 2012; MM 2010, voice, student of John De Haan and David Walsh), mezzo-soprano, premiered four new orchestral songs with the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra in Marshall, MN on May 1, 2018. The songs were commissioned by DeGraff through her grant project, Sounds of Southwest Minnesota. The texts featured poets from southwest Minnesota and composers featured were Jocelyn Hagen (MA 2006, composition, student of Judith Lang Zaimont), Peter Lothringer, Jesse Lee, and Daniel Rieppel (DMA 1997, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw). Paula Gudmundson (DMA, flute, student of Immanuel Davis) performed and taught master classes as part of the X International Flute Festival in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2017. She performed at the 45th National Flute Association Convention in Minneapolis on August 11, 2017 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. She was featured on the A Little Tango in Her Blood program with Tracy Lipke-Perry, piano. A Little Tango in Her Blood performances took place at the 2018 Upper Midwest Flute Association Flute Fest on April 7, 2018 and as part of the Valley Concert Series on April 13, 2018. Gina Hanzlik (BM, voice, student of Adriana Zabala), soprano, performed the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera McGill in Montréal on January 27 and January 28, 2018. Her performance was reviewed in Ludwig van Montréal: “Soprano Gina Hanzlik was remarkable, not to say incredible; the challenging mad scene turned out to be a piece of bravery performed with a voice that is both brilliant in technique and deep in expressiveness. Her performance was a strong demonstration of Lucia’s paradoxical injunction between the passion and duty which

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led her to madness. A talent applauded by the public during the premiere.” John Salveson (DMA, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) was appointed minister of music and organist at the First Presbyterian Church of Greensburg, PA. This historic congregation in the Pittsburgh area was founded in 1788 and now worships in a 1917 church designed by Ralph Adams Cram. In this position, Salveson oversees a large music program including several choirs and instrumental ensembles, as well as a concert series and organ scholar and choral scholar programs. He had served as cantor at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Bloomington since 2010. _______________

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Kate Bae (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) joined flutist James DeVoll (DMA, flute, student of Julia Bogorad-Kogan) for two duo recitals at Gustavus Adolphus College on November 18, 2017 and at the University of Minnesota-Morris on November 28, 2017. Bae is currently adjunct professor of piano at the University of Minnesota-Morris. DeVoll is adjunct professor of piano at Gustavus Adolphus College. Mark Bilyeu’s (MM, collaborative piano & vocal coaching, student of Timothy Lovelace) Source Song Festival returned for its 4th year in August 2017, which included a concert of world premieres by U of M School of Music alumni Libby Larsen (BA 1971; MA 1975; PhD 1978,

Patrick Terry (BM, voice, student of Adriana Zabala), countertenor, performed with pianist Imogen Cooper and lutist Andrey Lebedev at Wigmore Hall in London on December 2, 2017. Terry was selected for the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at Royal Opera House in London. Terry is one of five singers who joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in September 2018. He was selected from more than 440 applicants from 59 countries.

composition, student of Paul Fetler and Dominick Argento) and David Evan Thomas (PhD 1996, composition, student of Dominick Argento), as well as Jonathan Posthuma. Bilyeu also brought the art song competition SongSlam to Minnesota on January 11, 2018 and was featured in the Star Tribune article “Musicians will compete at Minnesota’s ‘electric’ first SongSlam.” Todd Peterson (BM, instrumental music education/tuba, student of Laura Sindberg and Steve Campbell) starting teaching grade 5–12 instrumental music at Canby Public Schools in Canby, MN during the 2017–2018 school year. His duties include Jazz Band, Pep Band, 9th–12th Grade Concert Band, 7th–8th Grade Junior High Band, and 5th–6th Grade Elementary Band. _______________

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Bethel Balge’s (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) piano trio (the Bekesh Trio with violinist Kenneth Freed and cellist Sharon MautnerRogers) recorded the Schumann d minor and Mendelssohn d minor Piano Trios for their first commercial CD recording in September 2017. Balge also became the artistic director of the Summit Hill Chamber Music Series in New Ulm, MN in 2017. She continues as professor of piano at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato and Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. _______________

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Eric Bigalke (DMA, organ, student of Dean Billmeyer) has successfully attained the title of Associate of the American Guild of Organists. The AGO, founded in 1896 as an educational organization in New York, awards professional certification to organists and choral directors through rigorous examinations. AAGO certification is attained through examinations in performance, keyboard skills, and improvisation, as well as written tests in ear training, composition, counterpoint, analysis, and music history. Bigalke continues as organist and choirmaster at the Church of St. John in the Wilderness in White Bear Lake, and as chapel musician at Breck School in Golden Valley, MN. Charles H. Eaton (MM, vocal performance, student of John De Haan), baritone, performed the role of Morales in the Madison Opera’s (Madison, WI) November 2017 production of Carmen. He joined the the 2018 Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, NY as an apprentice artist. He sang the role of German Soldier/Sentry and covered William Dale in Kevin Puts’ Silent Night, in addition to ensemble participation in Il barbiere di Sivilglia, The Cunning Little Vixen, and various concerts.

ALUMNI NEWS Joan Griffith (BM, voice, student of Barbara Kierig and Wendy Zaro-Mullins) directed Tonya and Nancy: The Opera with the Mixed Precipitation theatre company in February 2018, which featured U of M School of Music alumni and students. Pei-Lei Lin (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Grieg Piano Concerto on August 27, 2017 with the National Taiwan Normal University Alumni Wind Ensemble. On December 2, 2017, she made her solo recital debut at the Shandong Theater in Jinan, China. In spring 2018, She performed a solo recital and presented master classes at Jinhua Normal College in Zhejiang Province, China and was invited to serve as a juror for an international piano competition held at the University of Shandong, China. She continues as associate professor of piano at the University of Jinan, China. Regina Stroncek (BM, voice, student of Wendy Zaro-Mullins), Fulbright grant recipient, performed with cellist and composer Ian Gottlieb in Crossing Voices: A Musical Dialogue Between Brazilian and North-American Works as a part of the Fulbright Research Seminar at Casa Thomas Jefferson-Asa Sul in Brazil. In November 2017, she performed a recital of Brazilian and American art songs around the theme of dreams with pianist Larissa Paggioli at Casa Thomas Jefferson-Asa Sul. Kathryn Yuill (BM, percussion, student of Fernando Meza, Peter Kogan, and Phil Hey) won a position playing percussion and drum set with the US Air Force Band of Mid-America in November 2017. _______________

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Lisa Perry (DMA, clarinet, student of Alexander Fiterstein) joined the faculty of East Tennessee State University department of music as lecturer of clarinet in fall 2018. Gabriel Quenneville-Bélair (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) joined the piano faculty at two music conservatories in Toronto, Canada in October 2017: the Arcadia Academy of Music and the Bellissimo Academy for Music and Arts (where he is artist-in-residence). Quenneville-Bélair achieved Second Place in The American Prize in Piano contest (2017–18) in the professional solo division. Quenneville-Bélair was selected from applications reviewed from all across the United States.

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Paul Benson (BM, music education, student of Laura Sindberg) was hired as the first orchestra director of Sartell High School in Sartell, MN in the 2017–18 academic year. The program was entering its fifth year and had him visiting both the high school and middle school. Jessica Cribbs (BM, instrumental & general music education, student of Laura Sindberg) accepted a position as the K–3rd grade general music and beginning band teacher in the Maple Lake School District in Maple Lake, MN for the 2017–2018 school year. Anna Hashizume (MM, voice, student of Wendy Zaro-Mullins and David Walsh) was engaged for the winter 2018 Gate City Young Artist program of Fargo Moorhead Opera. She joined her former colleague, Carson Rose Schneider (DMA, 2017, collaborative piano & coaching, student of Timothy Lovelace), who was the music director for the program. Hashizume covered Ruggero in Handel’s Alcina for the main company and performed the role of the Waitress in Michael Ching’s opera Speed Dating, Tonight! Dennis A. Hawkins Jr. (DMA, wind conducting, student of Craig Kirchhoff, Jerry Luckhardt, and Emily Threinen) was named interim lecturer, associate director of bands/director of athletic bands at the University of Nevada, Reno. At the University of Nevada, Dr. Hawkins directed the Wolf Pack Marching Band and Symphonic Band, and taught other courses within the music department. Hawkins was also selected as one of six participants to attend The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Conductors Workshop in July 2017. Anna Hersey (MM, voice, student of Lawrence Weller; MA 2009, musicology, student of Kelley Harness) received a Special Judges’ Citation from The American Prize in Vocal Performance, 2017–18—The Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Awards, recognizing “Excellence in Scandinavian Art Song.” Hersey was selected from applications reviewed from across the United States. The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit, competitions unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles, and composers in the United States based on submitted recordings. Zane Kaiser (BM, instrumental music education, student of Laura Sindberg) started teaching elementary band in the Roseville Area School District at Brimhall Elementary (MN) during the 2017–2018 academic year.

Yunyue Liu (DMA, collaborative piano, student of Timothy Lovelace) was named executive director of the Bach Society of Minnesota (BSM) in summer 2017. The BSM was formed in 1932 at the University of Minnesota when a group of students asked Professor Donald Ferguson to lead an organization that would give them the opportunity to sing Johann Sebastian Bach’s music. BSM was the first organization on this continent to take the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach as an exclusive starting point for world-class performances. Liu will work to continue the Bach Society of Minnesota’s 85-year mission. Lindsay Lundeen (BM, instrumental & general music education, student of John Snow, oboe and Laura Sindberg) accepted a full-time position as the 5th grade beginning band and general music teacher with Spring Lake Park Schools, MN. She teaches at Westwood Intermediate School and Woodcrest Spanish Immersion School. Maria Mannone’s (PhD, composition, student of Alex Lubet) articles include “Marco Orsini Conducts Music without Seeing It or the Orchestra” (American Council of the Blind), “Knots, Music, and DNA” (Journal of Creative Music Systems, University of Huddersfield Press), “Networks of Music and Images” (Gli Spazi della Musica, Torino University), and “Narrating the Origin of the Universe through Music: A Case Study,” co-written by U of M School of Music graduate student Kyriaki (Kakia) Gkoudina (PhD, composition) and astrophysics student Evan Tyler, was published in the Journal of Collective Papers (Academy of Arts, Zbornik, Serbia). She gave invited talks at the Sound/Image Colloquium at the University of Greenwich in London (November 2017), the Research Institute of Electrical Communication Tohoku University (November 2017), and the University of Palermo, Italy (December 2017). Mannone participated in a project with the Research Institute of Electrical Communication at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan in June 2017, and participated in the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, CA (January 2018). Lydia Michel (MM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) participated in the 2017 ISA Summer Festival and Institute in Vienna, Austria where she performed several times and also had lessons with Lilya Zilberstein and Markus Shirmer.

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Alumni Conduct Choirs at Super Bowl LII Elizabeth Egger (BM 2005, music education) and Ryan LaBoy (MM 2015, choral conducting/music education) conducted their choirs from the 50-yard-line in a performance of America the Beautiful with Leslie Odom Jr. as part of the Super Bowl LII pregame festivities at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018. The performance was televised live on NBC prior to kickoff. Egger is conductor of the Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs and LaBoy is founding music director of ComMUSICation. “Our singers are honored and excited to perform at Super Bowl LII,” said Elizabeth Egger, “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they will always remember feeling proud to represent the children of the state of Minnesota.” “Our youth perform with such joy and hope for the future. Singing at the Super Bowl is an incredible opportunity for our young singers to be seen and celebrated for their positive contributions to our community,” said Ryan LaBoy. “It’s an honor to be invited to sing alongside a talented artist like Leslie Odom Jr.”

Alec Paquin (BM, instrumental & general music education, student of Laura Sindberg) was hired to teach orchestra and marching band at Blaine High School in Blaine, MN for the 2017–2018 school year. Soyoung Park (DMA, piano student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Lutoslawski/Paganini Variations for Two Pianos with Dao Trong Tuyen at the Vietnam National Academy of Music Concert Hall in Hanoi, Vietnam on August 25, 2017 in a special concert celebrating Korea-Vietnam friendship and repeated

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the same program on September 2, 2017 at the Seoul Arts Center (IBK Chamber Hall) in Seoul, South Korea. In July 2017, she participated at the Perugia Music Festival and Institute in Italy where she performed the first movement of the Mozart Piano Concerto, K. 488 with the Virtuosi Brunenses Orchestra (Uri Segal, conductor). Park began her first teaching position at the Gimcheon Performing Arts High School in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyodong, South Korea in March 2018. Park made her Seoul solo recital debut at the Kumho Art Hall on March 4, 2018.

Emma Plehal (DMA, bassoon, student of Norbert Nielubowski and Charles Ullery) works in the communications department for the Minnesota Orchestra. She is a writer and editor of the orchestra’s concert program and monthly magazine and also works with the media. She has an active career playing bassoon and contrabassoon and has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Musical Offering chamber ensemble, Des Moines Symphony, and the Illinois Symphony, among others.

ALUMNI NEWS Nanyi (Neil) Qiang (DMA, collaborative piano, student of Timothy Lovelace) was invited as a guest artist to perform several chamber recitals at Wright State University, OH on October 29, 2017 and Ball State University, IN on November 11, 2017, with his viola-clarinet-piano trio. Qiang performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor with the Central State University Symphony Orchestra on December 3, 2017 in Dayton, OH. In July 2017, Qiang was a collaborative piano intern at the 2017 NATS Intern Program held at the University of Toronto. In May 2017, he performed at the Spring Into Art Song Festival 2017 at the Manhattan School of Music. He returned to the Twin Cities to perform two concerts in the 113 Contemporary Music Festival, concerts took place at Studio Z in St. Paul on March 2 and March 4, 2018. Carson Rose Schneider (DMA, collaborative piano & coaching, student of Timothy Lovelace) was appointed music director and principal coach of the winter 2018 Gate City Bank Young Artist Program in Fargo, ND. She was also the rehearsal pianist and harpsichordist for Fargo-Moorhead Opera’s production of Handel’s Alcina. The Young Artists did a two-week outreach tour in the Twin Cities area in April 2018. Lu Zang (DMA, voice, student of Philip Zawisza) and Yunyue Liu (DMA 2017, collaborative piano, student of Timothy Lovelace) presented Winterreise by Franz Schubert in recital with Zang’s photographic work at Shanghai Concert Hall Afternoon Tea Concert Series in October 2017, marking the organization’s 1,400th special event. _______________

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Wayne Ching (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) was a co-winner of the 2017 Univer-

sity of Minnesota Concerto Competition on November 17, 2017. He will perform Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto with the U of M Symphony Orchestra on October 3, 2018. He performed in the Andrew Staupe (BM 2005; MM 2007, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) master class at the University of Minnesota in March 2018. On October 13, 2017 he joined clarinetist Bixby Kennedy for a Brahms performance for the WAMSO Fall Luncheon for Minnesota Orchestra donors at Orchestra Hall. Elizabeth Chua (DMA, collaborative piano & coaching, student of Timothy Lovelace and David Walsh) is the resident artist pianist with the Pittsburgh Festival Opera 2018 for their production of La Bohème. Chua will be the resident artist coach and pianist for the Toledo Opera during their 2018–2019 season. She will also be coach/pianist and music director for the Nashville Opera’s 2019 Mary Ragland Emerging Artist Program.

American Music Festival at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. In June 2018, he participated and performed at the renowned Meadowmount Festival in New York. Kaitlin Lalmond (BM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) participated and performed at the Seattle Piano Institute held at the University of Washington, Seattle in July 2017 where she also studied with Craig Sheppard and Robin McCabe. On April 21, 2018, Lalmond performed in the Arthur Greene master class at Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall.

Elena Denny (MM, cello, student of Tanya Remenikova) and Louisa Woodfull-Harris (MM candidate; BM 2018, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) participated in the Virtuoso & Belcanto festival and competition (July 24–August 5, 2017) in Lucca, Italy.

Alison Lee (DMA, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) performed the Korngold Piano Quintet at the Castleman Quartet program at Linfield College in McMinnville, OR in August 2017. On October 12, 2017, she performed a duo recital with cellist Isaac Pastor-Chermak at Marshall College in West Virginia. On November 10, 2017, she performed a solo recital for the Minnesota Valley Music Teachers’ Association at the Twin Rivers Center for the Arts in Mankato, MN. Lee joined members of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for eight Family Connect chamber music concerts in February 2018 at Ted Mann Concert Hall, performing works of Percy Grainger and William Grant Still.

Matthew Harikian (MM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) participated and performed at the PianoFest in the Hamptons Festival in the Hamptons, Long Island, NY in July 2017. On September 11, 2017, he performed Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Lompoc Pops Orchestra at the First United Methodist Church in Lompoc, CA and was re-engaged to perform Richard Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto with the Lompoc Pops Orchestra in early June 2018. On October 8, 2017, he performed the Fantaisie for solo piano by Ezekiel Vinao for the Rayuela Latin-

Anastasiya Nyzkodub (DMA 2018; MM 2017, clarinet, student of Alexander Fiterstein) performed at the Museum of Russian Art in Charlotte, NC on January 21, 2018 in a concert dedicated to Russian composers including Stravinsky, Taneyev, and others. She performed with Denis Evstuhin (DMA 2011, piano, student of Alexander Braginsky) and Helen Chang Haertzen (violin, Minnesota Orchestra). The performance featured Igor Stravinsky’s suite L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) and Sergei Taneyev’s Canzona.

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Mario Ángel Pérez (MM 2018; BM 2012, voice, student of Adriana Zabala) and Justin Anthony Spenner (MM 2014, voice, student of Philip Zawisza) performed in Pine Mountain Music Festival’s production of Carmen (Joel Neves, conductor) directed by Elizabeth Hansen. The roles of Morales and Dancaïre were portrayed by Spenner and Pérez performed Remendado. Performance dates were June 28 and June 30, 2018 in Houghton, MI. Tom Stevning-Roe (BM, vocal music education) has accepted the vocal music teaching position at Le Center Elementary and Middle School in Le Center, MN in August 2017. Stevning-Roe teaches K–6 general music and grade 5–8 choir. Amanda Weber (DMA, choral conducting, student of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey) was selected as one of five conducting fellows for the 2017 National Collegiate Choral

Organization Conference in Baton Rouge, LA. She was featured in The Catholic Spirit article “U of M ‘Magnificat’ concert prompts reflection on mothers in prison.” The Voices of Hope women’s prison choir, founded and directed by Weber, completed a project with Heartbeat Opera, a New York City opera company that seeks to make revelatory adaptations of operas through radical rearrangements. Voices of Hope, along with five other midwestern prison choirs, were recorded and featured in the “Prisoner’s Chorus” of Beethoven’s Fidelio. The opera, framed within the Black Lives Matter movement of today, has received attention, including a New York Times article. Stefan Weiler (MM, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) participated in the 2017 ISA Festival and Institute in Vienna, Austria where he performed several times and also had lessons with Boris Berman. He performed in University of Minnesota master classes presented by Andrew Staupe (BM 2005; MM 2007, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) and Steven Spooner in March– April, 2018 and also performed a solo recital at Trillium Woods in Minneapolis on May 18, 2018.

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Chad Hoopes (Bravo! alumnus, violin, student of Sally O’Reilly) performed with pianist David Fung at Lincoln Center as part of the Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts on April 15, 2018. Fiona Shea (Bravo! alumna, student of Sally O’Reilly) performed Camille Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra in January 2018. Nearly 100 people from the August 2018 national convention of the Organ Historical Society (OHS) attended a special post-convention tour of the reinstalled organ in Northrop Auditorium. University Organist Professor Dean Billmeyer (organ) served as host, and U of M organ alumni Laura Edman (DMA 2009) and Phillip Radtke (BM 2014) gave a presentation on the instrument’s history and restoration. Audience members were invited to walk up the 101 steps to tour the organ chambers and were treated to historic audio recordings of the organ in the old hall. Northrop’s organ was awarded the prestigious citation for “Exceptional Historic Merit” by the OHS in 1999.

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: TED MANN CONCERT HALL Since its dedication in 1993, Ted Mann Concert Hall, made possible by a transformational gift by businessman Ted Mann, has been the host to thousands of world-class events. From signature U of M School of Music concerts to events presented by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, and many more, Ted Mann Concert Hall is the home of the best music in Minnesota.

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Daniel Parks (MM, choral conducting, student of Kathy Saltzman Romey and Matthew Mehaffey) was awarded a teaching fellowship at the University of Colorado where he will pursue a DMA in choral conducting.

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Tim Brock, Nicole Radotich, and Anabel Njoes at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter Clinic. 4. Guests with Professor Tom Ashworth (trombone) at the School of Music Alumni Reception, February 2018. 5. Student Concerto Competition winners Emily Green (left, horn) and Judith Gaunt (right, trumpet) welcome High School MMEA All-State Camp students to Ferguson Hall. 6. Student Kaitlin Lalmond and Professor Lydia Artymiw perform Debussy at the Collage 2017 concert in Ted Mann Concert Hall. 7. Associate Professor Scott Currie's Carnaval

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