A Newsletter from the School of Music

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A Newsletter from the School of Music | Texas Christian University
September 2007
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome to the new Da Capo! I hope you like the look of our
publication. We have included many photos and presented our articles
in an easier-to-read layout. However, the main attraction of Da Capo is
still its content. As editor, I envy you, readers, because you are about
to start a fascinating journey into the world of the TCU School of Music
events and achievements, not yet knowing what you will discover. You
might find it difficult to put our magazine away, wanting to read one
more article and then seeing another one…
This Da Capo is larger than previous ones because it includes almost
two years worth of news. We thought that it would make sense to
publish our newsletter-magazine at the beginning of each academic
year so that we can inform you not only about what happened during
the last two semesters, but also give you advanced notice about events
and concerts that are coming up.
I would like to mention Judith Solomon, the previous Da Capo editor,
who retired from TCU last fall. The past editions of our newsletter,
published under her supervision, still serve as my guiding stars. Please
do not miss a special article about her, written by John Owings and
based on his conversations with Judith. I would also like to thank
Paul Cortese and Richard Gipson, as well as Sue Ott, Toni Parker, Erin
Gossett, and Charlene Smith for their help and support in making this
new edition a special one.
A word to our alumni: We are interested in including photos in our
Alumni section. Please feel free to e-mail me any photos you wish to
share or please send these by regular mail. And finally, a word to all
of our readers: We would like to know what you think about the new
Da Capo. Your ideas will help us to continue improving. Please send
your comments and suggestions to Da Capo, Dr. Misha Galaganov,
Editor, School of Music, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 297500,
Fort Worth, TX 76129 or to [email protected] with a subject
Da Capo.
And now enjoy your journey!
Misha Galaganov
Editor
Upcoming Performances
September
Fall 2007
10 Faculty Clarinet Recital – Gary Whitman
PepsiCo Recital Hall, 7:30 PM
17 Faculty and Friends Chamber Music Series
Admission is $10, $5 for students and seniors
Free with TCU ID
21 Music Alumni Homecoming Reception/Dinner
Student Center Ballroom, 6:00 PM
24 Faculty Trumpet Recital – Jon Burgess
30 Guest Artist Series - The Clavier Trio
November
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October
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12 13 14 22 23 24 29 30 Faculty/Staff Recital –
Harold Martina, piano and Kristen Queen, flute
Faculty Oboe Recital – Stewart Williams
Latin American Music Festival
Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello and Gloria Lin, piano
Ed Landreth Auditorium, 7:30 PM
LAMF – TCU Symphony Orchestra
Germán Gutiérrez, conductor
LAMF – Chamber Music, Miguel Harth-Bedoya
conductor. PepsiCo Recital Hall, 7:30 PM
Durufle Requiem - Christina Armendarez, conductor
Faure Requiem - Jackson Yandell, conductor
TCU Symphonic Band Concert.
Guest Tuba Recital - Oystein Baadsvik
TCU Jazz Combo Concert
Guest Tuba Recital - Tim Royster
Guest Piano Recital - Gregory Partain
Da Capo | TCU School of Music
Richard C. Gipson, Director
Misha Galaganov, Editor
Paul Cortese, Production Manager
Erin Gossett, proofreading and preparation
Design by Ardent Creative
Contributing Photographers include:
Glen Ellman, Linda Kaye, Paul Cortese, Ron T. Ennis
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30 TCU Men’s and Women’s Choirs Concert
Sheri Neill, conductor. PepsiCo Recital Hall, 7:30 PM
Faculty and Friends Chamber Music Concert
Admission is $10, $5 for students and seniors,
Free with TCU ID
TCU Percussion Ensemble II Concert
Brian West, conductor
Guest Clarinet Recital - Michael Dean
TCU Flute Festival featuring Karen Adrian and Helen
Blackburn with the TCU Symphony Orchestra, Germán
Gutiérrez, conductor
Harp Ensemble Recital, Laura Logan, conductor
Guest Piano Recital - Radoslav Kvapil
TCU Chorale - Ronald Shirey, conductor
St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 7:30 PM
Faculty Piano Recital - Janet Pummill
TCU Percussion Ensemble I Concert - Brian West
TCU Purple, White and Blues Jazz Ensemble Concert,
TCU Jazz Ensemble, Ed Landreth Auditorium, 7:30 PM
Guest Cello Recital - Anthony Arnone
December
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TCU Men’s and Women’s Choirs Concert
Sheri Neill, conductor
TCU Combined Choirs/Symphony
Orchestra Christmas Concert
All events are subject to change.
Please visit www.music.tcu.edu for up-to-date information.
Please submit your announcements online via
www.music.tcu.edu/dacapo.asp or send your correspondence to:
Da Capo
TCU School of Music
Dr. Misha Galaganov, editor
Box 297500
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Message FROM THE director
contributions to TCU and to the School of Music have been
enormous, and we relish that forthcoming opportunity.
In the cases of Professors Shirey and Wilson, the School
of Music marked the 30th year of their TCU tenure during
separate celebrations across the academic year. It is most
rare these days for anyone in higher education to mark a
30th anniversary at one institution, let alone two giants like
these men. We in the School of Music chose to celebrate
their contributions at TCU at this remarkable juncture,
realizing how fortunate we are that they are still leaders
Recognition: How important that many-faceted word is to
in their field who remain committed to TCU and their
us all. In music, and especially in a School of Music, we
students.
often think of recognition as it relates to the achievements
of faculty, students, and specific elements of our programs.
in 1976. Thank you for staying at TCU all these years.
Certainly, the TCU School of Music has many widely
Thank you for enriching the lives of hundreds, and even
recognized programs, faculty members, and students –
thousands of TCU students with your musical gifts, your
both current and former, and we are extremely proud of
teaching insight, and your commitment to excellence in all
every one of them.
that you do. Thank you for being the musical and personal
role models that you are. We look forward to working with
However, another facet of recognition is that relatively
To both gentlemen: Thank you for coming to TCU
simple acknowledgement in the form of a “thank you.”
you for many more years to come.
Thank you for being here; thank you for your commitment;
thank you for making this a better place; thank you for
celebrations for Ron and Curt last year.
making the decision to work here, go to school here, or
significance is the fact that the TCU School of Music
come to a performance here.
commissioned new musical compositions honoring each.
This past academic year, the TCU School of Music
We could think of no more fitting recognition of what these
paused from its ongoing routine of teaching, performing,
extraordinary musicians mean and have meant to TCU than
and creating to spend a bit of time recognizing several truly
to honor their accomplishments in perpetuity through the
significant faculty milestones. Specifically, we paused to
gift of music. If you have not had an opportunity to contact
recognize and say thank you to three extraordinarily gifted
them and offer your congratulations, I encourage you to
and committed faculty members: Ronald Shirey, Judith
do so.
Solomon, and Curtis Wilson.
School of Music as Director. This is an amazing place…but
When I last wrote to you in Da Capo, I alerted you
to the fact that Professor Judy Solomon was ill, and had
You will read elsewhere in Da Capo about the specific
It remains my privilege and honor to serve the TCU
you already know that.
made the decision to step down as Editor of Da Capo and
Coordinator of Alumni Relations for the School of Music.
Judy’s health continued to decline throughout last year,
and she opted to retire from TCU on September 1, after
38 years on the faculty. Judy remains at home, and our
thoughts and prayers are with her daily. Judy and I have
discussed the School of Music’s desire to recognize her with
a public function when her health can support such. Her
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Of special
Sincerely
Richard C. Gipson
Director, TCU School of Music
Veda Kaplinsky is appointed to
the faculty of TCU School of Music
Dr. Yoheved (Veda) Kaplinsky, chair
of the piano department at The Juilliard
School in New York City, juror for the Van
Cliburn International Piano Competition,
and internationally recognized teacher
and lecturer has joined the School of
Music faculty. Dr. Kaplinsky has served on the Juilliard
piano faculty since 1993. In addition to
her affiliation with Juillard, Dr. Kaplinsky
will spend several weeks in residence
each semester at TCU teaching a limited
number of piano students, giving master
classes and lecturing. When in New York, she will continue
to work with her students via ultra-high speed internet. Dr. Richard Gipson, Director of the TCU School of
Music commented: “We are thrilled to welcome Veda to our
faculty. A musician of her caliber and international stature
further enhances the School of Music’s already prestigious
piano faculty. Our students and faculty eagerly anticipate
this opportunity to work with her.”
Yoheved Kaplinsky is currently the Chairperson of the
Piano Department at the Juilliard School in New York as
well as Professor of Piano at TCU. She began her musical
career as a prizewinner in the J.S. Bach International
Competition in Washington, D.C. A native
of Israel, she studied with Ilona Vincze at
the Tel Aviv Music Academy before entering
the Juilliard School as a scholarship student
of Irwin Freundlich. She holds Master’s
and Doctoral degrees from Juilliard, as
well as awards for scholastic and pianistic
achievements. She continued her studies
with Dorothy Taubman in New York.
Ms. Kaplinsky has appeared throughout the
United States as a recitalist, in chamber music
concerts, and with orchestras, including
performances in New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago and Washington, D.C. Noted for her insight and
understanding of piano technique, Ms. Kaplinsky has been
in great demand for lectures and masterclasses in the U.S.,
Israel and the Far East.
She has served on the faculties of the Peabody
Conservatory in Baltimore and the Manhattan School of
Music and has been a member of the Juilliard piano faculty
since 1993. She also teaches regularly at various summer
festivals, including the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in
Maine, The Aspen Music Festival, the Tel Hai International
Masterclasses in Israel, the Texas Conservatory for Young
Artists, PianoTexas and Pianofest in Long Island, New York.
José Feghali Received 2006 Michael R. Ferrari Award
at December 16 Commencement
Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. chose José Feghali
(artist in residence, School of Music) as recipient of the
Michael R. Ferrari Award for Distinguished University
Service and Leadership. The honor is announced annually
during Fall Commencement. This was only the second year
the Ferrari Award has been presented.
The award was established in Chancellor Ferrari’s name to
recognize a faculty or staff member for leadership in finding
a solution to a significant problem, managing an important
project, designing a creative new initiative, or reaching out
to improve the university or surrounding community.
José was nominated by Richard C. Gipson, director of
the TCU School of Music, for his accomplishments as an
expert in the field of information technology as it applies to
music. This may have come as surprising news to those who
only knew his reputation as a concert pianist/teacher and
1985 winner of the Gold Medal in the Cliburn International
Piano Competition.
A year ago, Richard asked José to lead the research
and development of Internet2 and ultra-high-speed
videoconferencing capabilities for purposes of teaching
and performing music. Long interested in technology,
José has become the organizer and catalyst for this new
project, working with colleagues from both music and TCU
Technology Resources in a common search for solutions to
the challenges they faced.
The result is that it is now possible for TCU music
professors to give private lessons to students in China,
conduct a rehearsal from 1,000 miles away, audition
students on another continent and perform concertos with
the soloist in one city and the orchestra in another.
From TCU This Week, Vol.12 NO. 16, December 4, 2006
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The Verdi Requiem
Orchestra/Chorale’s Verdi
Requiem performed for a full
house at Bass Hall April 16
The TCU School of Music presented “The
Verdi Requiem” at a free public concert in Bass
Performance Hall in downtown Fort Worth Monday,
April 16. Ronald Shirey, director of choral studies
at TCU and choral director at University Christian
Church, conducted the monumental choral and
orchestral classic.
Onstage was the Fort Worth-TCU Symphonic
Choir, and the TCU Symphony Orchestra,
performing this Requiem Mass composed by
Italian operatic genius Giuseppe Verdi as a public
tribute to the memory of his
fellow countryman, novelist
Alessandro Manzoni. The
world premiere took place in
Milan’s Church of San Marco
in 1874.
Soloists were four
alumni of the TCU School
of Music: mezzo soprano
Kimberly Gratland James
’94, bass Burr Phillips’94
(MM), soprano Jennifer
Chung’93 and tenor Roger
Bryant ’71, ’76(MM).
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Salutes Judith Solomon…
By John Owings
For nearly 20 years, Professor Judith Solomon was the
editor of Da Capo. During a recent visit, Judith recalled
some of her experiences at TCU. While finishing graduate
school at Yale University, where she studied piano with
Donald Currier, she decided to apply for an open position
at TCU although, as she said, “I had never heard of TCU. I
was looking for a school in this part of the country because
I had family here.” Judith’s sister Marcia had married James
Simon, a native of Fort Worth and member of a prominent
local family – Simondale Street in the TCU area is named
after his family. Although Marcia and Jim now live in New
York, Jim’s mother Natalie lives near Judith and the Simons
come here often to visit.
During her interview in 1968 for the TCU position, Michael
Winesanker – then Director of the Music Department –
invited Judith to his home for dinner. While listening to the
radio in the car on the way to the Winesanker home, Judith
quickly identified the piece being played as the Franck
Sonata for Violin and Piano. Winesanker was impressed.
Judith, in turn, was impressed by the fact that Winesanker
was Canadian and Jewish!
In Judith’s new position as staff accompanist, she played
for the students’ lessons and recitals, as well as some of the
faculty recitals. She recalled performing all of the flute and
keyboard sonatas by Bach with Ralph Gunther, Professor
of Flute at the time. Her performances of The Woodwind
Sonatas of Paul Hindemith with Noah Knepper have been
made into a CD. In recent years, Judith also recorded a
CD, Songs for Tenor and Piano, with Roger Bryant.
Judith’s teaching duties expanded when one day, as
she recalls, “John Woldt (retired Professor of Music History
and Theory) was running up the stairs and I was running
down the stairs in the music building. He called out to me
‘Would you like to teach Theory?’ and I said ‘Yes.’” Judith
has never regretted that decision and says she has always
enjoyed teaching Theory. When Keith Mixson, former
Professor of Piano, retired, Judith took over his office, his
piano students and his class in Form and Analysis.
When asked about some of the highlights of her work at
TCU, Judith spoke fondly of being a director of the Student
Recital Hour. Many students remember with affection how
her backstage manner helped calm their nerves right
before a performance. Her insistence on students’ listing
exact timings of their works led to the story of the “hook”
she claimed to keep ready to use if the performance went
longer than the stated time.
Judith has enjoyed a multi-faceted career at TCU –
as performer, teacher and author. Her articles on various
aspects of performance and music theory have been
published in Clavier, American Music Teacher, and Journal
of Research in Singing. In 1996, she was selected to
represent TCU’s College of Fine Arts as a finalist for the
Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and in both
1996 and 2000 she was a finalist for the Dean’s Award for
Excellence in Teaching.
Many issues of Da Capo were published under the
guidance of Judith Solomon. Many of the alumni whose
achievements we read about in that publication were in
one of her classes or were among her piano students.
Judith’s love of teaching and wonderful sense of humor will
always be a part of TCU’s history. Da Capo salutes Judith
Solomon, now enjoying her retirement, for the countless
ways in which she has enriched the TCU community during
her 38 years on the faculty.
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June 2 - 25, 2006
During the summer of 2006, the TCU School of Music
presented PianoTexas International Academy & Festival,
a new name for the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute. Founded
in 1981, it is still one of the longest-running piano summer
music programs in the world. From its inception until mid2005, the Institute was linked to TCU and the Van Cliburn
Foundation. As PianoTexas this role has been redefined as a
university enterprise in collaboration with the Foundation.
Our new title indicates an annual event focusing on the
piano and its multifaceted repertoire from solo to chamber
music to concerto. It clearly indicates that we are based in
Texas, the land of energy, where daring new concepts are
embraced and nurtured, where established traditions travel
hand-in-hand with bold innovations. We bring together
the very best artists/teachers and participants from all over
the world make it a truly International experience. As an
Academy our mission is to perpetuate the timeless traditions
of classical music. And we are a Festival celebrating with a
concert every evening during the month of June.
The first edition of PianoTexas presented three separate
programs - Young Artists, Teachers, and Amateurs. The
international piano faculty included Seymour Bernstein,
Andrea Bonatta, José Feghali, Jan Gottlieb Jiracek,
Yakov Kasman, Harold Martina, Christopher O’Riley, John
Owings, Piotr Paleczny, Igor Resnianski, Jeffrey Siegel,
Tamás Ungár, Timothy Woolsey, and the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra. Special chamber music sessions were
conducted by Janos Starker and the Enso string Quartet.
The Young Artists Program attracted over 90 applicants
from 21 different countries. Twenty-two were invited
as performers and for the opportunity to compete in a
concerto competition and selection to participate in the
chamber music sessions. In two concerts, six young artists
were chosen to perform with the Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra conducted by George Del Gobbo and Geoffrey
Simon. Six others performed with the Enso String Quartet in
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master classes conducted by Janos Starker who is universally
recognized as one of the world’s supreme musicians.
Throughout the program, performers participated in 10
recitals (on TCU campus, at the Modern Museum and
in Acton), received 18 master classes in solo repertoire,
and took part in six master classes in chamber music. 66
private lessons were given to performers and 16 to active
observers. Performing participants were from many top
music conservatories and universities, including Academy
of Music in Bydgoszsz, Poland, Carnegie Mellon University,
College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Conservatoire
de Paris, Eastman School of Music, Hochschule für Musik
und Theater München, Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest,
Moscow State Conservatory, New England Conservatory
of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Rice University, Sibelius
Academy of Music, Helsinki, Finland, The Juilliard School,
The Middle School Attached to the Central Conservatory of
Music, Beijing, The Shenzhen Arts School, China University
of Pretoria, University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music,
TCU, Yale School of Music, Xinghai Conservatory of Music,
Guangzhou, China. Together they represented the countries
of Australia, Canada, China, Estonia, Hungary, Luxemburg,
Russia, Hong Kong, Poland, Romania, South Africa, and
U.S.A.
The Teachers Program celebrated its 15th Anniversary
with 22 selected performers, seven active observers
and 13 observers from Alabama, California, Colorado,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
New Jersey, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Japan. The performing teachers participated in two recital
programs, six master classes, and 44 private lessons. Active
observers each received two private lessons. Special guest
teacher Seymour Bernstein, joined by John Owings and
Christopher O’Riley, offered series of presentations.
The Amateurs Program celebrated its 10th Anniversary
with a special concerto concert featuring seven amateurs with
the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conducted by George
Del Gobbo. From 38 applications 22 performers were
selected. Participants’ professions included accountant,
anesthesiologist, attorney, business consultant/attorney,
cell biologist, engineer/investor, fitness instructor, law
judge, homemaker, international flight attendant, network
administrator/procurement specialist, physical chemist,
Professor of Philosophy, project engineer, retired educator/
special events planner, retired finance, tax and accounting
manager, retired teacher, retired vice president TransAmerica
Corporation, and IT consultant. Participants performed
in five recitals, competed in a concerto competition and
received eight master classes and 66 private lessons. Eight
active observers also received 16 private lessons.
The program presented by PianoTexas is still the only
one of its kind where professionals, young artists, teachers,
and amateurs all come together and speak the universal
language of music. We provide a plethora of experiences
including opportunities to perform, listen, discuss, learn,
and ultimately to inspire.
May 24 - June 3 &
June 7 - July 1, 2007
Once again, Ed Landreth Hall and Walsh Center for
Performing Arts were filled with the sounds of talented
pianists from across the globe. PianoTexas International
Academy & Festival, formerly the TCU/Cliburn Piano
Institute, featured talented young artists, dedicated
teachers, and passionate amateurs all with one goal in
mind – to broaden and nurture their knowledge, love
and enthusiasm for piano music. Since 1981, PianoTexas
has taken pride in the fact that it is one of the longestrunning piano summer music programs in the world and
is certainly renowned for its world class concerts given
by both participants and distinguished guest artists and
faculty. This year’s guest artists and faculty included Gregory
Allen, Paul Badura-Skoda, Philippe Bianconi, José Feghali,
Yoheved Kaplinsky, Harold Martina, Jon Nakamatsu, John
O’Conor, John Owings, Menahem Pressler, Igor Resnianski,
Nelita True, Tamás Ungár, Arie Vardi, and the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra. Special chamber music sessions were
given with collaboration by the Calder String Quartet.
In collaboration with the Van Cliburn Foundation,
PianoTexas began the summer by offering a special
Amateurs Mini-Session and series of master classes
for participants in the Cliburn’s Fifth International Piano
Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. The mini-session
featured 16 performers from across the globe, including
Brazil, California, Connecticut, Florida, France, Germany,
Illinois, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee,
Texas, and Washington. The mini-session performers not
only received private lessons and master classes, but also
performed in four recitals. This proved quite invaluable to
many performers as it gave them an opportunity to finetune and perfect their chosen competition repertoire.
The Young Artists Program featured talented young
pianists from across the globe. Twenty-four performers
were selected to participate and represented several
countries including China, Costa Rica, France, Hong Kong,
Poland, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, ad the U.S.A.
All performers participated in the Young Artists Concerto
Competition, where six exceptional young pianists were
selected to perform in two concerts with the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Miguel
Harth-Bedoya and Guest Conductor Arie Vardi. One winner
was selected from each concert to receive either the
Richard C. Gipson or R. Nowell Donovan Concerto Prize.
Four master classes and two recitals were offered to allow
performers the opportunity to perform with the Calder
String Quartet. Throughout the duration of the program,
participants received private lessons and master classes
from the distinguished guest artists and faculty, along
with several opportunities to perform in public recitals in
PepsiCo Recital Hall.
The Teachers Program celebrated a one-of-a-kind event
this year with the introduction of the Teachers Concerto
Competition. Eighteen teachers competed for the once in
a lifetime opportunity to play with a professional orchestra –
the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Associate
Conductor Jeffrey Pollock. Five winners were selected to
perform works by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, and
Mozart. This year’s participants represented Armenia,
California, Canada, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and
Virginia. Along with the concerto competition, the teachers
received private lessons, master classes, presentations,
teaching demonstrations, and opportunities to perform in
public recitals in PepsiCo Recital Hall.
The Amateurs Program welcomed fourteen passionate
amateurs to Fort Worth from across the United States and
Canada. This year’s participants received private lessons
and master classes from the distinguished guest artists
and faculty, along with opportunities to perform in public
recitals, including one recital with the Calder String Quartet.
The participants were also given several opportunities to
give “impromptu” recitals to ease their stage-fright and
performance anxieties. This year’s participants’ professions
included attorney, fitness instructor, homemaker, several
physicians, project engineer, retired teachers, retired
medical professional, and software developer.
PianoTexas International Academy & Festival is always
open to the public, with many events being free admission.
Come and join us for a month long celebration of fine
piano music performed by talented pianists from across the
globe!
Come and join us for the next PianoTexas, International
Academy & Festival! Please visit our website www.pianotexas.
org or contact Dr. Tamás Ungár, Executive Director at
817-257-7456; or E-mail: [email protected].
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Mimir Chamber Music Festival
The 9th annual Mimir Chamber Music Festival had a
very successful season, with record audience attendance,
the highest artistic level of student participants, and
outstanding media coverage. Named a “Top 10 Musical
Event of the Year” in both the Dallas Morning News and
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Mimir has established itself as
a respected member of the performing arts community in
the Metroplex. Joining TCU faculty members José Feghali,
Jesús Castro-Balbi, Curt Thompson, and bassist Paul
Unger were Chicago Symphony members Brant Taylor,
Akiko Tarumoto and Nathan Cole; Stephen Rose, Cleveland
Orchestra; Che-Yen Chen, San Diego Symphony; Kirsten
Doctor, Cavani String Quartet; and pianists Alessio Bax and
John Novacek.
The Mimir Festival Committee, chaired by Jane
Schlansker and aided by TCU alumna Rachel Miller Moreno
’05 deserves special recognition for their outstanding and
invaluable work and support.
The 19 Mimir Young Artists from 2006 included students
from the University of Iowa, Oklahoma City University,
Depauw, Case Western Reserve University, Hope College,
TCU, UNT, SMU, and UTA; high school students from the
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Houston),
as well as students from Michigan and Richardson; and, as
our first string bass participant, a member of the Puerto
Rico National Symphony.
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The Mimir Chamber Music Festival celebrated its 10th
season in July 2007 with record-breaking attendance,
including two sold-out performances. TCU faculty members
José Feghali, Jesús Castro-Balbi, Harold Martina, Paul
Unger, and Curt Thompson joined members of the Chicago
Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, San Diego Symphony,
Cavani String Quartet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center Two, and pianists Alessio Bax and John Novacek in
five performances. The Mimir Festival Committee and TCU
staff provided tremendous support for the festival in what
was undoubtedly the best season to date.
Reviews in the Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth
Star-Telegram were extremely enthusiastic again for 2007,
hot on the heels of the December 2006 listing of Mimir as
ranking third in the Dallas Morning News annual registry of
“Top 10 Musical Events of the Year,” with performances by
the Dallas Symphony and Dallas Opera taking the first two
positions.
The 20 Mimir Young Artists selected to participate this
summer were superb and included students from coast to
coast, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, DePauw,
UCLA, TCU, SMU, UNT, UT, HSPVA (Houston), and others.
The 2007 season featured, for the first time, live international
auditions. Audition sites included Dallas, Houston, Chicago,
New York, Cleveland, Indiana, and Jerusalem. If you would
like to be informed of Mimir events and developments,
please email us at [email protected]
School of Music began real time lessons on
Internet2 with London Connection February 2, 2007
A new day for college-level music instruction in north
Texas dawned on February 7, 2007 when two TCU School of
Music students sat down at the Steinway for a masterclass
with a renowned piano teacher in London. Meanwhile,
Christopher Eldon, head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal
Academy of Music, had two of his students receiving
instruction from José Feghali of the TCU piano faculty and
gold medalist at the 1985 Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition. It’s the future of teaching and performance,
made possible through advanced Internet2 technology –
an ultra fast, very high bandwidth, virtually instantaneous
internet connection currently only available at selected
educational institutions and research organizations.
Members of the campus community were invited to
watch it happen. The two-plus hour session in PepsiCo
Recital Hall was only the first of many opportunities that are
just around the corner. Through the use of high resolution
video cameras, audio quality that’s even better than CE
and a nearly nonexistent time-lag between locations,
Internet2 connections laterally open up a whole new world
of possibilities.
Last year, the university began to experiment with a live
streaming video Webcast of the TCU Latin American Music
Festival, and both Webcasting and Internet2 broadcasting
of Adam Golka’s recitals of the 32 Beethoven Sonatas.
Further research and fine-tuning of the technology are now
making the rest possible.
Later in the spring, a TCU percussion major auditioned
for the Royal Academy of Music in real time, with the
London faculty able to interact appropriately. The savings
in time and travel expenses alone were a tremendous
benefit in the young artist’s life.
Veda Kaplinsky, TCU piano faculty member and Head
of Piano at The Julliard School in New York City, is teaching
private lessons and masterclasses to TCU students using
the same technology.
Families of students who play in campus music
ensembles are able to watch selected performances live
on the web from their personal computers, even if they live
across the country or half way around the world.
“Our reach at the School of Music is both national and
international. Offering parents and friends of our students
a remote ‘virtual’ connection to their performances helps to
create a priceless bond between the listeners, the students
and the work they are doing at the School of Music,” says
José, who was key in gathering the resources to make
Internet2 collaboration and web casting a reality at TCU.
José was presented with the Ferrari Award during the
December 2006 Fall Commencement, for his perseverance
making this new technology possible. He enlisted the
cooperation of TCU technology services staff and created
a cross-campus team to overcome obstacles and stretch
the capabilities of the various resources needed to make
Internet2 a reality at TCU.
From TCU This Week, Vol.12 NO.20, January 29, 2007
Young pianist Adam Golka wins Gilmore award
By Scott Cantrell
Adam Golka, a 20-yearold pianist from Fort Worth,
has been named one of two
winners of the 2008 Gilmore
Young Artist Award.
The other winner is 20year-old Rachel Kudo, a piano
performance student at the
Juilliard School in New York.
Given every two years
by the Gilmore International
Keyboard
Festival
in
Kalamazoo, Michigan, the
award includes a $15,000 cash prize, spread over two years,
for career and educational development.
Each winner also receives $10,000 to commission a
composer to create a new work.
Recipients are selected by anonymous panels, with no
public competition.
Born in Houston to Polish émigré parents, Mr. Golka
moved to Fort Worth when he was 15 to study in the artist
diploma program at TCU.
He completed his studies in 2005 but continues to take
lessons with TCU professor José Feghali, the gold medalist
in the 1985 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Mr. Golka has performed with the orchestras of Dallas,
Fort Worth and Houston, and has upcoming dates with the
Atlanta and Milwaukee symphony orchestras.
His recital appearances have included a Fort Worth
cycle of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas.
08:48 AM CDT on Wednesday, July 4, 2007
http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/performingarts/
stories/DN-golka_04gl.ART.State.Edition1.4354ebf.html
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Yeomans Publishes a Book
Piano Music of the Czech Romantics: A Performer’s
Guide by TCU adjunct musicology professor David
Yeomans has recently been published by Indiana
University Press.
The book presents a comprehensive and insightfully
analyzed range of the works of Czech composers from the
late-18th through the early-20th centuries. Ranging from
well-known composers, Janáček, Smetana, and Martinů,
to more obscure composers, Benda, Stepan, and Suk,
each chapter contains a selection of each composer’s
most interesting pieces, prefaced by a biographical and
analytical essay. Some of the pieces are still available, but
they are in various international editions, and some are
out-of-print entirely, making this an invaluable collection
for all pianists. In addition to the full piano scores, this
collection contains scholarly essays that will be useful
for liner and program notes, and for pedagogical and
performance insights.
Dr. Yeomans kindly agreed to answer questions about his
anthology posed by Da Capo editor, Misha Galaganov:
MG: Please tell us about how the idea of writing a
book on this subject was born.
DY: I have maintained an ongoing and vital interest
in Czech piano music for the past fifteen years. If you
had asked me anything about Czech music prior to that
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time, probably all that I could have come up with would
have been Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances for piano
duet, his ever popular Humoresque in G-flat, Bedřich
Smetana’s Bartered Bride overture, and a handful of
other Czech composers that I had learned about in my
undergraduate music history courses.
My interest in Czech piano came from various sources.
While I was exploring new repertoire for my piano
students and piano literature courses that I had taught
at Texas Woman‘s University, I came across some Czech
composers who lived around the time of Beethoven;
they not only wrote prolifically for the piano, but actually
had an inside track into nineteenth-century piano idioms,
introducing the concept of the short character piece
several years before Schubert and his followers caught
on to it.
I also remember hearing Smetana’s polkas for piano
for the first time on the KTCU-FM program Classical
Excursions, hosted by Rosemary Solomons. I was
fascinated by the grace, charm and beauty of these
stylized dances by a composer that I had previously
associated only with operas and orchestral tone poems.
I was then motivated to explore more of Smetana‘s
vast piano inventory as well as those of his compatriots
Dvořák, Janáček, and Martinů—composers I thought I
was familiar with until discovery of their splendid piano
music told me otherwise. In the process, I came upon
a number of additional Czech piano composers I had
never previously heard of, and the experience was not
unlike discovering buried treasure: the more I explored,
the more gems came to the surface!
My discoveries of Czech music were not limited to the
piano repertoire, but music of other media. I performed
Josef Suk’s Piano Quartet, Op. 1 with principal players
of Fort Worth Symphony in November of 1998. And my
wife, Sheila Allen, the voice coordinator at TCU, has
shared my interest in Czech music through the vocal
media, as we performed art songs of the twentiethcentury composer Petr Eben, a melodrama Vodník by
Zdeněk Fibich, and works by other Czech composers.
The birth dates of the composers whose works
are represented in the anthology range from 1722
(Benda) to 1929 (Eben). Why did you include the
word „Romantic“ in the title?
Most all composers throughout history, regardless
of the time period they lived, have displayed Romantic
tendencies in their music in one form or another. These
tendencies can be most clearly seen whenever they aim
for a subjective and emotional, rather than an objective
and rational, approach to music making. Their need
for self-expression, their desire to break away from the
established traditions of their contemporary musical
environment, and their reverence for the folk traditions
of their homeland—these qualities seem to typify Czech
musicians in a special way, since their music so often
invalidates the limitations of time period designations.
Your book’s subtitle is “Performer’s Guide.” Do you
intend for the book to be used mostly by piano
performers?
Piano Music of the Czech Romantics is actually an
anthology, designed to serve the needs of students
and teachers of piano, professional and amateur piano
performers, and any others who are at all interested in
Czech music and culture. But hopefully it will also be of
benefit to those who seek a broader base of performing
and teaching material for piano, and to those who wish
convenient access routes to written literature, musical
scores, editions, and recorded material on Czech music
for the piano. And the biographical material on each
composer and the attached CD recording will hopefully
be of interest and enjoyment to the music lover and
connoisseur.
One of the obvious difficulties of doing research
on Czech composers is the need to be able to read
resources in the Czech language. Did you have to
learn Czech?
In 1998, I received a travel/research grant from
the International Research and Exchanges Board of
Washington D.C. for three months of study in Prague in
preparation for the anthology. While there, I absorbed
the vibrant musical atmosphere, collected a multitude
of books, scores, and recordings, and consulted with
some of the best-known Czech music scholars in the
world. I was fortunate that most of them were able to
communicate with me in English and German. I say
“fortunate” because, despite my attempts to learn
the Czech language, it did not come at all easily to
me. Therefore, my resources for research were limited,
since little is written about Czech piano composers in
languages other than Czech. For me to translate the
abundance of written materials on my own would have
taken an incredible amount of time, and the few attempts
that I made to resort to professional translations had
dubious results (I received a $2000 grant to have a small
100-page biography of Fibich translated, and ended up
using one or two quotes from it). But fortunately, the
language of music transcends any and all written and
spoken language barriers, and can be understood and
appreciated by all.
To include all of the pieces would have amounted to
a multiple CD set, so I initially intended to record only
a representation of most of the composers to fill up a
single disc. However, copyright restrictions were such
that if I were to include the more recent composers—
those not in the public domain—my publisher would
have been denied worldwide distribution of the book.
So composers that I had originally intended to include
on the CD—those from the latter half of the nineteenth
century and those of the twentieth—I had to exclude.
But I believe that there is a fine representation of the
earlier composers that remain on the recording.
How long did it take you to complete this book from
start to finish?
The initial idea for the book came to me about fifteen
years ago, and my real motivation to make it a reality
came shortly thereafter, when I began devoting major
portions of my piano recitals to Czech music. The actual
writing and assembling started about 10 years ago,
when I began surveying literally hundreds of examples
by way of sight reading scores to listening to recordings.
I also became a friend of Finale [a music writing software;
MG]: a good part of the final drafting was involved with
my scanning and producing computer renditions of
the public-domain pieces to avoid the same copyright
restrictions from publishers that were imposed by the
recording industry—a time-consuming but valuable
learning experience for me, in more ways than one!
How did you select pieces to be included in the
anthology?
My first task was to choose the composers to be
included in the anthology. Of course, composers such
as Smetana and Dvořák were obvious choices, but
there were others that I had to choose on the basis
of the quantity, quality, importance, significance, and
uniqueness of their piano music. I then had to decide
on a balance of difficulty levels, a diversity of types of
music (sonata, variation, character piece, dance form),
performance lengths, and similar considerations. As
a result, the anthology has something for everyone,
running the gamut from early intermediate-level pieces
a page in length to advanced concert-level works that in
one instance totals thirteen pages.
Please tell us anything else that you wish for us to
know about your new book.
Only this: Those looking for new and exciting piano
music will have the ride of their lives!
A CD with your performances is included with the
anthology. Were all of the pieces discussed in the
book included on the CD?
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TCU Band Activities
in providing hot dogs, chips and soft drinks to the band,
following the scrimmage and short informative “initiation”
ceremony for all new TCU band members.
Three Invitations in One Year!
The 2005-06 academic year was an amazing year for the
TCU Bands, and the 2006-2007 was even more eventful.
2005-06 was filled with many memorable experiences,
including visits from three major composers. The spring
semester 2006 began with a Wind Symphony concert
dedicated to the music of Eric Ewazen. Dr. Ewazen was the
Green Chair composer-in-residence at TCU, and, for almost
a whole week, TCU ensembles performed his music. Also,
David Maslanka was our guest for an extended rehearsal of
his Fourth Symphony with the Wind Orchestra. The group
later recorded and performed the work in a concert. Finally,
Samuel Zyman was our guest composer for the Latin Arts
Music Festival in April. He and Dr. Ewazen are on the faculty
at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
The Horned Frog Marching Band had a busy year
performing at home games and traveling to SMU and
Oklahoma to support our great team. Additionally, the band
performed in exhibitions in band contests in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area.
Last year, we also welcomed Mr. James T. McNair to
the faculty as Assistant Director of Bands and Coordinator
of Instrumental Music Education. James is a great addition
to the band staff, and he brings a wealth of knowledge and
experience to the music students at TCU.
The chapters of KKY and TBS are both thriving. Kappa
Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma are honorary service
organizations, whose sole purpose is to serve the college
or university band programs through service projects,
fundraisers, social events, and other tasks as needed. After
some restructuring last year, the KKY chapter has grown
from 3 to 31 members in just 11 months. With an anticipated
pledge class of 15-20 this year, we expect membership to
be at an all-time high in just a few more months. These
students represent the most outstanding musicians, and
leaders in the band program. TBS continues to impress with
the quality of its members and the fine work they do for the
TCU Bands. The membership consists of 48 truly wonderful
members of the band. We appreciate what both of these
honorary organizations do for the band. We also want to
thank KKY alumni for hosting a cookout for the current TCU
band members. Many, many of the KKY alums participated
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The 2006-2007 was simply outstanding! The following
invitations represented the highest honors that any college
band can hope to receive in its entire history. We had
invitations to do all three in one year!
1) The TCU Horned Frog Marching Band was selected as
the only college band to perform in an exhibition at the
Texas State 5A Marching Band contest in San Antonio. The Band performed at the end of the Competition
Finals in front of the members of the top 5A bands in
the state, their parents, and band directors – a recruiting
dream!
2) Through a blind selection process, the TCU Wind
Symphony was invited to perform at the College Band
Directors National Association (CBDNA) Conference in
Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 29, 2007. This is the first
time in the history of the TCU Band that the invitation
to perform at a National CBDNA has been extended. Most of the outstanding college bands in the country
submitted a CD for the selection process. To use the
usual “athletic analogy” this is the music equivalent
of making the “Final 6-7” in the nation, because this
honor is bestowed upon only 6 or 7 university wind
ensembles in the country every other year. Since this
is an event that occurs every other year, it is more like
the “March Madness Final 3-4”. Additionally, we found
out that of all those that were selected, we came in
first, thus, winning the National Championship! Other
performing groups included these from University of
Michigan, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Florida
State University, Indiana University, and the Hardt
School of Music.
3) The group was also invited to perform at the Texas
Music Educators Association convention on February
15, 2007. This was a unique opportunity to perform for
over 2,500 Texas music educators. Also in attendance
were Texas All-State Orchestra students. This provided
a remarkable showcase for TCU and the TCU School of
Music.
As a part of the preparation for these concerts, the Wind
Symphony hosted two famous composers as guests: Pulitzer
Prize winning composer, Michael Colgrass, and the recent
winner of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association
“Ostwald Award”, John Mackey. Both composers spent time
working on their compositions with the Wind Symphony prior
to the performances. This was an amazing opportunity for
the students to benefit from working with living composers
as they brought insight into the performance of their music.
As always, go to the band website at www.band.tcu.edu
for concert and recital schedules.
TCU Drumline Wins PASIC Competition
The TCU Drumline, under the direction of Dr. Brian
West, won the prestigious PASIC (Percussive Arts Society
International Convention) Marching Percussion Festival
College Drumline Competition in Austin. Winning this
competition is equivalent to winning the 2006 “national
championship” in the field of college marching percussion
programs.
TCU’s Percussion Ensemble won the “concert”
competition last year and was featured in a Showcase Concert
at PASIC 2005. Winning the “concert” competition and
the “marching” competition in back-to-back years further
establishes TCU’s program as one of the world’s elite.
The annual PASIC convention and competitions are open
to all collegiate percussion programs in the world. PASIC is
attended by more than 7,000 percussionists annually.
Long a fan favorite at TCU football games, the TCU
Drumline also performed their PASIC show together
with members of the Horned Frog Marching Band at
the State Marching Band Competition in San Antonio.
Congratulations to Dr. West and all the members of the
TCU Drumline and staff on this stellar accomplishment!
Although TCU has had a thriving Marching Band Drumline
for quite some time now, during the fall of 2006 the first ever
competitive TCU Indoor Drumline was formed. The students
in the TCU percussion studio created this ensemble in order
to supplement the current offerings in marching percussion
education at TCU; they did not receive academic credit or a
grade for participating
in this ensemble.
Under the direction of
TCU Coordinator of
Percussion, Dr. Brian
West, the Drumline
had
a
wonderful
season with exhibition
performances
at
the TCU School of
Music, the TCU versus
Texas Tech basketball game, the Plano Drumline Contest,
Lewisville High School, Georgetown High School, and at
the State Marching Contest in San Antonio. The season
culminated with the Drumline winning the PASIC (Percussive
Arts Society International Convention) Marching Percussion
Festival’s College Drumline Competition in Austin. In addition
to winning first place at this very competitive event, TCU’s
Drumline also won every caption award including the Best
Front Ensemble, Best Snare Line, Best Tenor Line, and Best
Bass Line awards.
All pieces performed by the Drumline were arranged and
taught by Dr. West. TCU Drumline Instructor Hector Gil and
graduate assistant Ryan Sirna’07 (MM) provided additional
instruction. Student leadership was provided by Manny
Arciniega ’07, Tricia Tedford ’07, Jimmy McDonald ’07,
and Michael Serbantez ’07.
Percussion Studio News
By Brian A. West
In the spring of 2006, the Percussion
Ensemble performed three concerts.
The first included the world premiere of
Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Marimba and
Percussion Ensemble, arranged by TCU
School of Music’s Director Richard Gipson,
and featuring sophomore Music Education
major Jake Remington. The second concert highlighted
both the Percussion Ensemble and the Steel Band, and the
third featured guest artists Jorge Bermudez and Walfredo
Reyes, Jr. In 2005-2006 the TCU percussion studio hosted two
composers in residence - Eric Ewazen and David Maslanka.
We also hosted percussion clinician, Tom Float, during the
summer and the fall of 2006, Gideon Alorwoyie in an African
Percussion Concert, and both Jorge Bermudez and Walfredo
Reyes, Jr. performed with the Percussion Ensemble during
the Latin American Arts Festival and taught many lessons to
our percussionists. We were fortunate to have Darrin Dyke tune our steel
drums. Ten percussionists presented recitals in the spring
of 2006. Last year we increased our graduate program to three
students. This will continue in fall 2007 with two new graduate
students entering our studio and one returning. In the summer of 2006, seven TCU percussionists
participated in the Drum Corps International. Among them
two marched with the Phantom Regiment who
won the high percussion award and three with
the Cavaliers who won the DCI Championship. This was the first year in TCU History that
TCU hosted a competitive Indoor Drumline. Exhibition performances included the
Plano Drumline Competition, at Lewisville
High School, Paschal High School, and Georgetown High
School.
In the spring of 2007, the TCU Percussion Ensemble
grew to such a size as to require a split of the group into two
ensembles. The TCU Percussion Ensemble I and Percussion
Ensemble II both performed concerts on campus. During
the same semester, the percussion studio hosted clinics by
Preston Thomas ’71, Steve Smith (Internationally acclaimed
drumset artist), and Mike McCurdy ’97. Eight percussionists
presented recitals last spring.
This year we had six students graduate from our studio.
Manny Arciniega, Darrin Hicks, Michael Serbantez, and
Felix Torres received Bachelor of Music Education Degrees;
Jimmy McDonald received a Bachelor of Music degree;
and Ryan Sirna received a Masters of Music in Performance
degree.
In spring 2007, ten of our percussionists participated in
DCI (Drum Corps International). They performed all over
the country with ensembles from Illinois, Wisconsin, North
Carolina, and Texas.
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Music News
Congratulations to Curt Wilson and
the TCU Jazz Ensemble!
TCU PIANISTS IN INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIONS
The brand new TCU Jazz Ensemble CD, Leapfrog,
has recently been released to rave reviews! The CD was
selected by Dr. Herb Wong, CD editor for the International
Association of Jazz Educators and University of California
Berkeley professor, as one of the top-ten college/university
jazz recordings in the U.S. for 2006. It is a double CD
containing 29 selections that feature not only the regular
big band but also three student-led combos. The CD also
features Los Angeles jazz trumpet artist Wayne Bergeron,
Austin based alto saxophonist Tony Campise, and Rene
Ozuna ’87 on tenor saxophone. Besides several exciting
big band and combo original pieces, there are unique
presentations of great standards such as Begin the
Beguine, Malaguena, You and the Night and the Music,
Body and Soul, Just in Time, and many others. This is the
fourth time that the TCU Jazz Ensemble has received this
honor! Some of the other honorees include The Manhattan
School of Music, UNT, DePaul University, and University of
North Carolina. Leapfrog is available for $15 by contacting
Toni Parker at [email protected] or 817-257-7640.
PHOTO of the cover
Alexey Koltakov received the Gold Medal at the recent
San Antonio International Piano Competition. Alexey is an
Artist Diploma student who was the 6th Prize winner of the
2001 Van Cliburn Competition.
Yuan Jie received the Fourth Prize in the China Shenzhen
International Concerto Competition. The international
jury unanimously voted his performance of the Chopin
Concerto No.2 the highlight performance of the event.
Congratulations to Alexey and Yuan Jie!
Trio Con Brio Promotes New Music
for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
TCU Symphony in San Antonio
The TCU Symphony Orchestra was selected as the
“Invited University Orchestra” to perform at the Texas
Music Educators Association (TMEA) in San Antonio on
February 17, 2006. The performance at the Lila Cockrell
Theatre included Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony and the world
premiere of Samuel Zyman’s Triple Concerto for Violin,
Cello and Piano. Soloists for this piece were TCU faculty
members Curt Thompson, violin, Jesus Castro-Balbi, cello,
and José Feghali, piano. The orchestra also accompanied
the TMEA all-state choir on Saturday, February 18, 2006.
TCU ORGANISTS EXCEL AT
COMPETITION
Elisa Williams ’04’ 06 (MM) won first prize in the 35th
Annual Wm. C. Hall Organ Competition held in San Antonio
in March 2006. The competition is open to all students
studying organ at Texas universities. In addition to the first
prize, Williams won the prize for the best hymn playing.
Another TCU organist, Simon Sheung Chi Chan of Hong
Kong, received Honorable Mention. Chan and Williams are
students of H. Joseph Butler. Judges for the competition
were James David Christie of Oberlin, Pamela Decker of
the University of Arizona and John Chappell Stowe of the
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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TCU’s Trio con Brio (con Brio is Italian for “with Fire”),
comprised of artist faculty Gary Whitman on clarinet,
Misha Galaganov on viola, and John Owings on piano,
has recently received many exciting new works written
specially for the TCU ensemble. The following composers
have written new compositions for the trio in the past
two years: Leon Biriotti of Uruguay, Norbert Gaddear of
Belgium, Andrea Talmelli of Italy, Carlos Vazquez of PuertoRico, and Elena Sokolovski of Israel. The last composition
on this list is scheduled for premiere in April of 2008 as
a part of the Faculty and Friends chamber music series.
Sokolovski’s composition is titled Venice Suite: a Concerto
Grosso for Three Soloists and Nine Instruments.
The trio by Leon Biriotti was written as a special piece
for a performance in the Festival Internacional de las
Humanidades in Puerto Rico in March 2006. Trio Con Brio
premiered this composition during its televised recital at
the University of Puerto Rico. As a part of their trip, the
members of the trio also gave master classes that were
recorded on Puerto Rico’s national TV. Other activities for
the members of the trio included a visit to the museum of
Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico and spending hours listening
to very rare video recordings of performances by the best
artists from the famous Casals Festival.
In August of 2006, the trio recorded a composition by
Eric Ewazen that was written specially for the TCU ensemble
and was premiered by them in Carnegie Hall in 2005.
The recording is currently being produced. The music by
Gaddaer and Talmelli was premiered during trio’s recital
at TCU in March 2007. Finally, the most recent addition to
the trio’s repertoire, a composition by Carlos Vazquez, will
probably see its premiere during the next season.
CURT WILSON’S 30TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND
TCU JAZZ FESTIVAL
Merry Christmas from TCU
Just in time for Christmas, the TCU School of Music
proudly releases a CD, Merry Christmas from TCUVolume I. Funded by TCU Provost, Nowell Donovan, the
compact disc features the
talents of TCU’s faculty
and student musicians in a
mix of longtime seasonal
favorites, along with what
we hope will become new
favorites. From the opening
work, John Giordano’s
beautiful Bells Across the
Snow, to the TCU Wind
Symphony’s rendition of the well-known Sleigh Ride, the
talents of wonderful TCU composers, conductors, and
student musicians surely will heighten your enjoyment
of this magical season. Featured on the recording are
TCU faculty members John Giordano, Janet Pummill,
Ronald Shirey, Germán Gutiérrez, Curt Wilson, Blaise
Ferrandino, and Bobby Francis, together with TCU music
students Leah Edmondson and Micah Bell, and members
of the TCU Concert Chorale, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz
Ensemble, and Wind Symphony. Joining them in several
special performances is the Pummill Family (TCU faculty
member Janet, her husband Doug, and their children
- TCU alums Amy, Sallie, Julie, and Patrick). Of special
note are the original compositions and arrangements
by faculty artists and composers John Giordano,
Blaise Ferrandino, Curt Wilson, and Janet Pummill.
The CD is available from the TCU bookstore at the
special price of $10.
Merry Christmas
from the TCU School of Music!
On March 23-24, 2007, the School of Music presented
the 30th anniversary TCU Jazz Festival with 28 high school
and middle-school jazz ensembles participating. Featured
artists were the Andy Martin Quartet and film composer
Patrick Williams – both from Los
Angeles, California. The jazz
quartet performed on Friday,
March 23 and jazz trombonist
Andy Martin performed with
the TCU Jazz Ensemble on
Saturday evening, March 24.
Saturday’s concert was also
conducted by guest composer,
Patrick Williams. Under his
direction, the TCU Jazz Ensemble performed the following
two of his pieces: Concerto in Swing, featuring TCU
faculty member Gary Whitman on clarinet, and the world
premiere of The Sun Will Shine Today, commissioned by
Dr. Richard Gipson and the TCU School of Music to honor
Curt Wilson’s over 30 years at the university. A wonderful
reception followed the concert.
TCU Music Preparatory Program
The TCU Music Preparatory Division offers private
instruction in a variety of musical instruments as well
as voice. A large Early Childhood Music program
provides classes for infants and toddlers. Music
Preparatory Division students range in age from birth
to senior citizens, with total enrollment maintained at
approximately 800 students. Lessons and classes are
taught by 40 faculty members, including TCU School of
Music faculty, permanent TCU Music Preparatory Division
faculty, graduate student-teachers and undergraduate
teaching assistants. Students can also experience the
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latest in music technology in the computer lab and digital
piano labs, with emphasis on music theory and creative
skills in a stimulating environment. The mission of the
Music Preparatory Division is twofold:
1. To provide quality, non-credit music instruction to
the community; and
2. To provide a teacher training laboratory for
undergraduate and graduate students in the TCU
School of Music.
Preparatory Division lessons and classes are observed
by students enrolled in Pedagogy courses. Graduate
Pedagogy majors gain teaching experience by serving
on the Music Preparatory faculty. Since its genesis in the
1960s, the primary goal of the Preparatory
Division has been to contribute to the excellent
reputation of the TCU Music School of Music and the
university as a whole. For more information, please visit
our website at www.musicprep.tcu.edu
Randol Bass titled Prayer of St. Francis. The TCU Men
and Women’s choirs sang the premiere, featuring Curt
Thompson on violin.
During his 30 years at TCU, Mr. Shirey’s leadership has
enabled the TCU Choirs to perform in national, regional
as well as state venues. His choirs have performed
at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra
on several occasions. The Concert Chorale recently
performed at Texas Music Educators Association (2006)
and the Southwestern division of American Choral
Directors Association (2006). This year the choirs
performed Verdi’s Requiem under the baton of Mr. Shirey
at Bass Hall as well as in Corpus Christi.
His excellent reputation for choral greatness continues
to inspire colleagues, choral peers, TCU students as
well as audiences throughout the state and nation. We
congratulate Mr. Ronald Shirey for his service to TCU!
Janet Pummill and the Walk of Fame
Administration:
Leanne Kirkham, Director
Lori Christ, Assistant Director
Jennifer Heavyside, Early Childhood Music Coordinator
Melvin Harrison, Strings Coordinator
Guilliermo Martinez, Class Piano and Computer Lab
Coordinator
Ronald Shirey’s 30 years at TCU
By Sheri Neill
Janet Pummill has been the senior accompanist for
the North Carolina Institute of Choral Art (NCSICA) for 14
years. Last spring, she composed a choral work for the
camp in honor of Dr. Lara Hoggard as well as the 55th year
celebration of NCSICA. The Institute had the premiere
performance on June 22, 2006 for the finale of the camp. At
the closing ceremonies, Janet was presented a certificate
notifying her that she has been given a Commemorative
Brick on the MENC (The National Association for Music
Education) “Walk of Fame” in Washington D.C. with her
name on it. Congratulations Janet!
TCU/Fort Worth Opera Institute a
rousing success
Ronald Shirey celebrated his 30th year at TCU in October
2006. The School of Music presented a celebration
featuring former TCU choir members from several
decades – 70s, 80s, 90s and today. These former
students presented skits, songs, slide shows and stories
from their favorite memories of Mr. Shirey. In addition,
Janet Pummill dedicated her recent composition,
Shout for Joy, to Mr. Shirey for his 30th year. Dr. Richard
Gipson commissioned a new choral work by composer
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The inaugural TCU/Fort Worth Opera Institute was
a great success. Thanks to a Vision in Action Grant, 12
promising young opera singers, including TCU alumna,
Nicole MacPherson, enjoyed master classes, personalized
career advice, and a singers’ round table with the artistic
staff and visiting artists of the Fort Worth Opera. The format
of the new Fort Worth Opera festival provided the perfect
opportunity to offer aspiring young singers unprecedented
access to the artistic staff, stage directors and professional
singers. The young
artists also received
individual
musical
coaching from TCU
faculty
member,
Mark Metcalf, as
well as classes in role
preparation, acting,
and music business by
TCU faculty member and Institute Director, Richard Estes.
The Institute concluded with fully produced
performances of Thomas Pasatieri’s The Goose Girl and
Signor Deluso attended by the composer. “This experience
is invaluable,” commented Pasatieri. “It was gratifying to
see that the performances played to full houses – a result
of the excitement and interest of the community in your
program. My best wishes for your continued success.”
Darren K. Woods, General Director of the Fort Worth
Opera said: “Fort Worth Opera was delighted to be
associated with TCU on this first TCU/FWO Institute. I was
impressed by the level of artists that attended (the festival),
and (I) enjoyed greatly the master class that I personally
taught. I wish there had been a program like this when I was
developing my own operatic career. Here’s to next season!”
For further information about the institute, contact
Richard Estes at 817-257-7619 or at [email protected]
School of Music Wins Again
The National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) has
again given its First Place Award for the Promotion and
Performance of American Music to the TCU School of
Music. The school has previously won the award in 1966,
1988, 1997, 2000, 2002, and 2004. A school cannot win
two years in succession. The NFMC commended the TCU
School of Music for its annual celebration of American
Music Month in November, its annual jazz festival in March,
its biennial Latin American Music Festival, its several
regional conferences, and its numerous premieres. NFMC
American Music Division Chair, Angie Greer, noted: “Your
programming was exceptional, your publicity outstanding,
and the number of people you reach with American music
is terrific.”
From June 2005 to May 2006, TCU musicians gave
a total of 235 performances of works by 149 American
composers on 84 programs. Twenty-two of the programs
were “all-American,” 21 composers were present for the
performance of their works, and 19 works were given their
premiere performance. In addition to concerts and recitals,
11 visiting artists and lecturers participated in seminars,
workshops, or master classes which focused on American
music. Discounting a considerable radio and tour audience,
approximately 9,150 people attended these events. Four
festival-like events featured American music, and a CD of
commissioned works was issued.
The TCU School of Music has been a member of the
105-year-old NFMC since the early 1950s. The 2006-FirstPlace award carries with it a cash prize of $500.
World-Renowned Musicians Work
with TCU Students
A remarkable array of renowned guest artists visited TCU
during the 2006-07 academic year to present masterclasses
for our students. Through special programs with the
Van Cliburn Foundation and the Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra, the School of Music’s already established
Masterclass Artist Series was further enhanced. Visiting
the School of Music in 2006-07 were (among others):
Toby Appel
Anthony Arnone
Sneshinka Avramova
Emanuel Ax
Sa Chen
Michael Colgrass
Mathieu Dufour
Brad Dutz
Norman Fischer
Arkady Fomin
John and Mary Gilas
Eva Izykowska
Joseph Kalichstein
Jaime Laredo
Andy Martin
Milton Masciadri
Ksenia Nosikova
Aldo Parisot
Kevin Puts
Sharon Robinson
David Ronis
Steve Smith
Arnaud Sussman
Patrick Williams
Katherine Wolfe
Since 2002, more than 140 guest artist musicians
have presented masterclasses on-campus for TCU music
students. To see a list by area, please visit http://www.
music.tcu.edu/masterclasses.asp.
Jazz Ensembles News
The TCU Jazz
ensembles and
combos had a
very rewarding
performance
schedule in 2006
and 2007. In
addition to our
regular campus
concerts the Monday-Wednesday-Friday Band performed
at the following events:
1. The Region VII All-Region Jazz Clinic in Weatherford
2. Bell High School
3. Village Country Club (Dallas)
4. Twenty-Ninth Annual TCU Jazz Festival featuring Los
Angeles jazz trumpet artist Wayne Bergeron
5. North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison
6. TCU Honor’s Week Convocation
7. Latin American Arts Festival featuring TCU alum Rene
Ozuna ’87 on tenor saxophone.
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The TCU Jazz Studies program released its 16th
CD entitled Leap Frog. It is a double CD containing 25
selections and featuring not only the big-band but also
three student combos.
The TCU Jazz Ensemble has just returned from their
7th international tour. They traveled to Italy during July
2007. Their first two performances were at the prestigious
UMBRIA International Jazz Festival in Perugia. There
were approximately two-thousand jazz enthusiasts from
all around the world in attendance. Then, on Friday, July
13, the TCU Jazz Combo performed at the CARUSO
Jazz Club in Florence. The final concert was presented in
the Fort Worth Sister City of Reggio - Emilia where they
performed for approximately 800 people. The students
visited historical sites in Rome, Florence, and Milan.
Horned Frog Marching Band
By Brian Youngblood
The TCU “Horned Frog” Marching Band performed Igor
Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite in the fall of 2006. The production
showcased excerpts from the ballet. The “Horned Frog”
Band delivered exhibition performances at the Region
5 University Interscholastic League (UIL) Marching Band
Contest on October 17, 2006, the Region 2 UIL Marching
Band Contest on October 21, and Region 23 UIL Marching
Band Contest on the same day. For the first time in its 102year history, the band performed at the UIL State Marching
Band Contest on November 7, 2006. In addition, on
November 5, the band performed for over 200,000 people
at the opening ceremonies of a major National Association
for Stock Car Auto Racing at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Emanuel Ax Visits with
TCU Students
TCU piano students enjoyed a special opportunity to visit
with Emanuel Ax, one of the foremost pianists on the concert
stage today, prior to his recital at Bass Performance Hall for
the Cliburn Concert Series on March 12, 2007. Students,
piano faculty, Provost Nowell Donovan, John Giordano, and
representatives from Steinway and the Cliburn Foundation
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attended
the
luncheon hosted
by Cordelia and
John Owings in
their home. Mr.
Ax
graciously
took the time to
speak to students
and answer their
questions in this relaxed and informal setting.
Choral Concerts and Activities
in Fall of 2006
In September, the TCU Chorale sang for Chancellor’s
Convocation in Ed Landreth Hall. Featured number was
a premiere of an original composition, written specifically
for the chorale by Janet Pummill, on the Psalm 100 text,
entitled Sing for Joy to the Lord. Mrs. Pummill accompanied
the chorale on the organ. On October 26, the Concert
Chorale performed for the “Annual Gala,” held at the
Modern Arts Museum in the Arts District, for the College of
Fine Arts benefit. A largely American music repertoire was
presented on this occasion. On November 19, the chorale
presented their annual concert at St. Stephen Presbyterian
Church in the TCU area. Since 1988, this has been the venue
for the fall presentation, which is always well attended by
the audience. In December 2007, the Choral Union and
the Chorale joined forces to perform with the TCU Wind
Symphony in Ed Landreth auditorium, featuring Christmas
music. Approximately 125 people were singing on stage,
accompanied by the TCU Wind Symphony players.
Chamber Music Roundup
In the past two years, the TCU Chamber Music Roundup
has become one of the major attractions for amateur
musicians who enjoy playing in small ensembles. Geared
towards music lovers of all levels and on all instruments
(strings, winds, brass, and piano), this event expanded in
January 2007 to include an optional extended education
class for all of the participants as well as for general public.
TCU’s Music History professor, Dr. Jennifer King, taught
a class about the history of chamber music as a part of
the festival. The class was so successful that many people
requested that it continue in the future. King will return in
January of 2008 to teach a new extended education class.
The tuition cost for the class is $60 for the general public
and it is free of charge for all of the Roundup participants.
One of the main attractions of the Roundup is that the
music lovers have a chance to rehearse and perform in the
same ensemble with professional artists, as partners. Each
group in the festival includes a professional performer. The
last two events have included the following artist faculty:
William Fedkenheuer, violin (Boromeo and Fry Street
quartets); Curt Thompson, violin (TCU violin professor and
the Director of Mimir festival); Misha Galaganov, viola (TCU
viola professor and the Director of the Roundup); Rumen
Cvetkov ’06, viola; Jesus Castro-Balbi, cello (TCU cello
professor and the Director of Faculty and Friends chamber
music series); and Gloria Lin, piano (International Concert
Artist). The program of each festival consists of rehearsals,
optional orchestra readings, lectures and master classes,
optional private lessons, optional extended education
classes, and optional sight readings. There is an observer
option for people who do not wish to play but would like
to participate in all of the events and classes.
The Chamber Music Roundup is scheduled every year
at the beginning of January. The next festival will take place
on January 3 - 8, 2008. The deadline for applications is
September 15. For more information about the event please
go to www.music.tcu.edu/roundup.asp. If you are interested
in playing chamber music on a regular basis or if you have
questions about the Roundup, please contact Dr. Misha
Galaganov at 817-257-6619 or at [email protected].
Wanted: Outstanding Singers
and Instrumentalists
Music Audition Dates:
Nordan Young Artist Award
(all areas by preliminary tape audition)
January 19, 2008
All areas:
January 26, 2008
February 9, 2008
March 1, 2008
Students Fulkerson, Heinen,
and Tedford Honored
Jessica Fulkerson ’05,’07(MM) was
the ’06-07 beneficiary of the Michael
Winesanker Scholarship. Mrs. Esther
Winesanker established the Winesanker
Scholarship Fund in 1995 in memory of
her late husband who was professor
of musicology and chairman of the Department of Music
from 1956-1981. In choosing the beneficiary of the solely
merit-based award, primary consideration is given to
graduate students concentrating in musicology or music
composition.
John Heinen ’07 was designated as
the ’06-07 Presser Scholar. The Presser
Scholarship is a cash award given to an
outstanding music major at, or after, the
end of his or her junior year. According
to the instructions of the Presser
Foundation, the honoree is to be chosen by the music
faculty and that choice is to be publicly announced.
Tricia Tedford ’07 was named the
first winner of Thomas F. Anderson
Performance Award in Percussion for
’06-07. The award was made possible
through the generosity of TCU alum Tom
Anderson of Houston, and is awarded
annually to the senior percussion major in the TCU School
of Music who has shown exemplary work during his/her
tenure at TCU.
Congratulations
,
Jessica, John and Tricia!
Judith Solomon is Awarded
an Emeritus Title
Congratulations to Judy
Solomon upon the awarding
of the title Emeritus Associate
Professor of Music. Judy is
richly deserving of this honor
following a long career of
dedicated teaching and
service at TCU.
School of Music Joins
AA Business Program
TCU School of Music (SOM) is now a member of
American Airlines Business ExtrAA program. Simply put, if
you will enter the SOM Code (778230) into the Business
ExtrAA field when you book air travel on American, the
SOM will benefit. This works whether you are booking
professional or personal travel -- anything on American
Airlines.
This will in no way affect your personal AAdvantage
miles--they will continue to be awarded as always; however,
by also entering 778230 in the Business ExtrAA field, the
SOM will receive points at the same time you receive miles.
We hope to gather enough points to help pay for student
travel.
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New Faculty
Before joining the TCU
faculty, Joseph Eckert
served as associate
professor of Saxophone
and director of the jazz
program at Shenandoah
University in Winchester,
Virginia, where he joined the fulltime faculty
after retiring from a 20-year career as lead
alto saxophonist/woodwind specialist and
music director for the United State Air
Force Airmen of Note in Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining the Airmen of Note, he
was Professor of Saxophone and Director
of Jazz Studies at West Virginia University
in Morgantown, West Virginia (1981-84),
where his ensembles were awarded for
their excellence, and he received the
“Outstanding Teacher Award” for 1982-83.
While with the Airmen of Note, he toured
extensively across the North and South
America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle
East. He has performed with some of the
great names in jazz, including Louie Bellson,
The Brecker Brothers, Bob Mintzer, Peter
Erskine, Jimmy Heath, J. J. Johnson, Cleo
Laine, Mike Mainieri, Carmen McRae, Clark
Terry, Kenny Werner, Paquito D’Rivera,
Joe Williams, and many others. Some
of his free-lance activities have included
performances with the Dallas Symphony,
the Fort Worth Symphony, the National
Symphony Orchestra, and tours with Liza
Minelli and Nelson Riddle. Comfortable
in both jazz and classical idioms, he is the
only member of the faculty at Shenandoah
to have been a guest soloist with the
Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble,
Jazz Ensemble and Brass Quintet.
Mr. Eckert has served as an adjudicator and
clinician at music festivals, high schools and
colleges nationally and internationally. He
is currently a Yamaha performing artist/
clinician.
Prior to coming to TCU, Martin Blessinger
served as Lecturer of Music Theory at
Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He
holds a Doctor of Music degree in music
composition from the Florida State
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University, where he studied with Ladislav
Kubik and Ellen Taaffe
Zwilich, as well as
undergraduate
and
graduate degrees from
the State University
of New York at Stony
Brook, studying with
Sheila Silver and Perry Goldstein. His
works have been performed around
the country by ensembles such as the
Dr. Meyn is an active composer. His
compositions have been widely performed;
recent highlights include performances
at the 2005 National Flute Association
Convention in San Diego, at Cleveland
State University (September 2005), at the
Manhattan School of Music (January 2005),
at the 2004 Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses
National Seminar at Harvard, at the 2004
Midwest Regional ACDA Convention in
Indianapolis, at the 2002 National Flute
North Shore Symphony Orchestra, the
Metropolitan Brass Quintet, the Stony
Brook Contemporary Chamber Players,
Sounds New, and the new music ensembles
of the University of Nebraska at Kearney,
Florida State University, and Franklin Pierce
College. His Cradle Song, for soprano and
piano, was named a finalist in the 2005 Diana
Barnhart American Song Competition and
was granted the distinction cum laude.
Additionally, his orchestration of Jessica
Grace Wing’s score for the hit off-Broadway
musical Lost won Best Music in the 2003
New York City Fringe Festival. In 2006, he
was declared a winner of the Eppes String
Quartet Competition at the Florida State
University, for the submission Postcard
from the Americas, as well as winner of the
Young Composers Competition at Illinois
Wesleyan University.
Association Convention in Washington, D.C.,
and at the 2002 MENC National Convention
in Nashville. His fanfare for symphonic
winds, Anthem, was commissioned
as
Youngstown
State
University’s
theme music, and is used frequently in
promotional pieces aired on both radio
and television. His woodwind compositions
are published by ALRY Publications, and
he has forthcoming releases from C.
Alan Publications and ECS Publishing.
Dr. Meyn is also a baritone singer and
has performed with numerous choral
ensembles, notably the Los Angeles
Master Chorale, the University of Southern
California Chamber Singers, and the
Indiana University Pro Arte Early Music
Ensemble.
FACULTY NEWS
Dr. Till MacIvor Meyn earned his Bachelor
of Arts in Music from the
University of California
at San Diego, a Master
of Music in Composition
from Indiana University,
and
the
Doctorate
of Musical Arts in
Composition from the University of Southern
California’s Thornton School of Music. He
studied composition with Frank Ticheli,
Roger Reynolds, Rand Steiger, Frederick
Fox, and Don Freund, among others.
Dr. Meyn has taught at the University of
Southern California, Pepperdine University,
Saddleback College, and Irvine Valley
College. Prior to coming to TCU, he held
the position of Assistant Professor of Music
Composition and Theory at Youngstown
State University’s Dana School of Music.
Sheila Allen (voice) was once again on the
faculty of the Schlern International Music
Festival in the Dolomite Alps near Bolzano,
Italy. One of her students, Thomas Shivone
(who took part in TCU Honors Preparatory
program) won the vocal prize in the Schlern
International Music Competition. Sheila
arranged outings to the opera in Verona and
Munich. Dr. Allen also climbed the 5000foot Schlern! She organized a TCU concert
in celebration of the 100th anniversary
of the birth of Dimitri Shostakovich for
November 7, 2006. The concert featured
vocal works, a cello sonata, and film
music. Sheila is also now a full professor.
She performed music of Czech composer
Petr Eben with Misha Galaganov on
the Faculty and Friends Chamber Music
Series. Her students won the high school
and collegiate division voice awards of the
Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA)
Performance Competitions at the state
convention in June 2006. Also, her students
were accepted for participation in the AIMS
program in Graz and Helmuth Rilling’s
Festival Ensemble for the Stuttgart Festival.
Jon Burgess (trumpet) and Joey Carter
performed a work written for them by
Blaise Ferrandino, entitled Prologues,
at the 2007 International Trumpet Guild
in June. The conference was held at the
University of Massachusetts. In June 2007,
Jon Burgess was also a guest instructor
at the Brass Im Frankenwald festival in
Lichtenberg, Germany. He was traveling
with the TCU Student Brass Quintet that
was participating in this international event.
This unique festival took place at Haus
Marteau, a Jugend Style Villa located near
the small town of Lichtenberg in the heart
of the Franconian forest. Haus Marteau was
built by Henri Marteau, one of the world’s
leading solo violinists of the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. After his passing, his
widow lived in the villa until 1982 when
she donated it and the land around it to
the Franconian regional government with
the stipulation that it be used as a musiclearning center. Numerous courses and
workshops are presented there for nearly
every instrument throughout the year.
H. Joseph Butler (organ, Associate Dean
of Fine Arts) published a book titled
An Early American Keyboard Tutor: The
Peter Pelham Manuscript of 1744 (Wayne
Leupold Editions, Colfax, NC). Research
for this book, which contains some of the
earliest keyboard music found in America,
was supported by a grant from the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation. His CD recording
of the complete keyboard works of Julius
Reubke (1834-1858), in collaboration
with John Owings was produced and
released by Pro Organo Records. Butler
also performed a recital on the Fisk organ
at historic Old West Church in Boston,
Massachusetts and gave a lecture recital
on the organ works of Mozart at the 2006
Conclave of the Southeastern Historical
Keyboard Society, held at Shorter College
in Rome, Georgia.
Jesús Castro-Balbi (cello), served as a
jury member at the
Fifth
International
Carlos Prieto Cello
Competition in Morelia,
Mexico in August
2006. The opening
concert of the Faculty
& Friends Chamber Music Series, Russian
Soul: From Borodin to Shostakovich on
September 18, 2006 featured TCU Faculty
Misha Galaganov, Gloria Lin and TCU
graduate student violinist Lorea Aranzasti
Pardo, guest violinist Arnaud Sussman
and Dr. Castro-Balbi, who serves as artistic
director to the series. Michael Meckna
contributed program notes. Castro-Balbi
performed with Clavier Trio at Weill Hall
at Carnegie Hall to a sold-out house on
October 1, 2006. The concert received
critical acclaim in both December 2006
issues of The Strad Magazine and the New
York Concert Review. He performed with
Gloria Lin Cliburn at the Modern Series on
October 12, 2006, in a tribute to William
Bolcom. The second concert of the Faculty
& Friends Chamber Music Series, Opus
Americas: Copland, Contemporaries and
Disciples featured TCU Faculty Karen
Adrian, Richard Estes, Misha Galaganov,
Janet Pummill, Paul Unger, Gary Whitman,
Clavier Trio pianist David Korevaar and
violinist Arkady Fomin, Dallas Symphony
Orchestra violinist Daphne Volle, guest
violinist Irina Schuck, TCU graduate cello
student Ignacy Grzelazka, and ShieldCollins Bray of the Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra as a pianist and speaker. Also,
Castro-Balbi was recently elected president
of the Texas Cello Society.
Paul Cortese (music technology, Assistant
to the Director) performed Rafael Aponte’s
Tres Bagatelas para Guitarra as a part of
the 2006 Latin American Music Festival.
For fall 2006, Paul wrote and taught
“Introduction to Film
Music” (MUSI 10083), a
course that presents an
overview of the history
and aesthetics of the
cinematic soundtrack.
In
November
he
participated in the Shostakovich Centennial
Tribute with a lecture on the composer’s
film scores, highlighting the classic 1964
Russian film Gamlet. His administrative and
technology activities included overseeing
the Ed Landreth Hall Re-shoring Project,
contributing to the School of Music
Internet2 initiative, and directing the TCU
Summer Music Institute.
Robert Garwell (composition, musicology)
was on sabbatical leave during fall 2007.
During that time he completed a trumpet
work for the Italian trumpet virtuoso
Ivano Ascari, who will perform it on tour
and include it on his newest CD. He also
composed and witnessed the premiere
of a Christmas anthem composed for the
Genesis United Methodist Church entitled
The Holy Lord of Christmas. As part of his
sabbatical projects, he completed four
multi-movement works for Brian West and
the TCU Percussion Ensemble. The works
are entitled: 1st Jazz Train to Mozambique,
2nd Schooner to Papagayo, 3rd Stagecoach
to El Dorado, and 4th Autobus to Cartegena.
In addition, he extensively revised all of the
presentations for his popular TCU Core
Curriculum course offering “From Rock to
Bach.”
Ann Gipson (piano pedagogy) has been
a Task Force Committee Member for the
Music Teachers National Association’s
(MTNA) National Certification for Collegiate
Members. Her recent presentations
included these for Fort Worth Music
Teachers
Association,
Texas
Music
Educators Association in San Antonio in
February, 2007, and at the MTNA National
Conference in Toronto, Ontario, in March
2007. Also in March 2007, she was elected
President-Elect of MTNA.
Germán Gutiérrez (conducting, Director
of TCU Symphony) conducted the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson
Symphony Center in June 2006 and also
in June 2007. Miguel Harth-Bedoya of
the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and
Gutiérrez offered a conducting seminar
with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
in June 2006. He also conducted the
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Czech National Symphony in July 2006 in
Prague. This concert, featuring Carl Orff’s
Carmina Burana, concluded the Prague
Proms and the celebration of Orff’s 110th
Anniversary. Following two encores, he
was invited to return as a guest conductor
of the Czech National Symphony during
the 2007-08 season. (For more information
and pictures at www.pragueproms.cz , go
to Festivalove – Sobota 15 and then – Vice.)
Gutiérrez also conducted the National
Symphony of Colombia on the 100th-Year
Anniversary of the Conservatorio de Musica
del Tolima, Colombia. Among those in
attendance and meeting with the conductor
was Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. In
January 2007, he conducted the Hong Kong
Chamber Orchestra. In addition, in May
2007 Gutiérrez conducted the la Orquestra
de l’Acadèmia del Gran Teatre del Liceu de
Barcelona, Spain.
San-Ky Kim (voice) participated in the
2006 Latin American Music Festival;
represented TCU at the Annual Classical
Singers Convention in Philadelphia; was a
Guest Artist at the Wyoming Performing
Arts Institutes; performed in The Magic
Flute with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
in August 2006. He performed in faculty
recitals with Harold Martina and Gloria Lin;
and in November 2006, performed with the
SMU Orchestra, premiering the aria Paroles
tissees by Lutoslawski. He participated in
the annual National Association of Teachers
of Singing convention and performed as a
solo tenor, in Handel’s Messiah at Landsdown
Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania.
Jennifer King (musicology), a first-year
faculty member, gave a pre-concert talk for
Shostakovich Centennial Tribute (November
7, 2006), taught the course “Exploring the
World of Chamber Music” through TCU
Extended Education and in conjunction
with Chamber Music Roundup in January,
and presented her paper “The proposta e
risposta madrigal, a dialogic genre” at the
American Musicological Society, Southwest
Chapter meeting in March 2007.
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Michael
Meckna
(music
history)
contributed an entry on Broadway
composer Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity, City
of Angels) to the Scribner Encyclopedia of
American Lives, a paper entitled “Musicians
in Novels: Good Reading for Teachers and
Students” to the April-May 2006 issue of
the American Music Teacher, and an article
“Louis Armstrong in the Movies, 1931-1969”
to the July 2006 issue of Popular Music and
Society. He reviewed books for Choice:
Current Reviews for Academic Libraries on
the following subjects: aesthetics, Mahler,
the brass band, and musical instruments.
Meckna gave presentations of his Louis
Armstrong research at meetings of the
American Musicological Society and Fort
Worth Public Library. He also wrote program
notes for the Edinburgh Festival, the Fort
Worth Symphony, and the TCU Faculty
& Friends Chamber Music Series. His
research was quoted in the new 7th edition
of A History of Western Music. During the
fall 2006 Commencement, Meckna won the
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research.
He read his paper, “Musicians in Novels:
Good Reading for Teachers and Students,”
at the annual meeting of the College Music
Society, South Central Chapter, Arkansas
State University. Meckna served as soloist
judge for Texas Wesleyan University’s
President’s Honors Concert and wrote an
article entitled “Texas Christian University
Wins Award” for The Bulletin of the Society
for American Music, Winter 2007. Meckna
also reviewed books on Brahms, Sousa,
and a fictional violinist for Choice: Current
Reviews for Academic Libraries and for the
American Music Teacher.
Sheri Neill (music education, choral
activities) was elected as Texas Music
Educators Association (TMEA) College
Vice-President during the 2006 TMEA
convention. She will serve for two years.
In addition, Dr. Neill presented a research
paper, “Student Evaluations of Pre-service
Choral Directors,” during the 2006 TMEA
convention. Her research, “Motivating
Factors for Students participating in
Orchestra Programs and Music Enrichment
Activities,” was published in the online
journal – Texas Music Education Research.
She also presented two choral workshops
in Puebla, Mexico for the Congress of
Americas VII in November. Dr. Neill was an
adjudicator for the College of the Ozarks
Choral Festival in Branson, Missouri.
John Owings (piano) was featured in
the following performances: a recital of
American music with violinist Fritz Gearhart
at the Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene,
Oregon; a recital with cellist Carlos Prieto
for CelloFest at TCU; a benefit recital for
“Open Arms,” an educational and support
program for victims of domestic violence;
three performances of the John Ireland
Piano Concerto with the Las Colinas
Symphony in Arlington, Garland and
Irving; the Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos
with the TCU Symphony conducted by
German Gutiérrez; performances of works
by Beethoven and Reubke at Steinway
Hall in Dallas and Fort Worth. His new CD
The Keyboard Works of Julius Reubke, in
collaboration with Joseph Butler, was
released on the Pro Organo label. Mr.
Owings gave master classes at the University
of Oregon, Rice University, the University
of Puerto Rico, and for PianoTexas. In
addition, he was on the jury for the Berlin
International Amateur Piano Competition,
the University of Texas Competition for
Piano Accompanying, the Baylor University
Concerto Competition, and the MTNA/
TMTA State Competition. Most recently,
he taught and performed at PianoTexas
International Festival and Academy. His
recital on the Distinguished Artist Series
was praised by the Dallas Morning News as
“… one of these concerts you feel lucky to
have experienced.”
Janet Pummill (accompanist) performed
in many recitals during the school year,
including faculty and student recitals,
division recitals, ensemble concerts, guest
artist recitals, and new faculty audition
recitals and accompanied incoming
students during auditions. She continues
to perform with Clavivoce, the fourpiano, four-voice ensemble with her three
daughters, Sallie ’93, ’95; Amy ’96,’00;
and Julie ’02. Pummill was an accompanist
for TCU All-State Choir Summer Institute,
played recitals in Souix City, Iowa and
Oklahoma City. She accompanied during
the Faculty Recital Series at Angelo State
University and Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary along with the
Orpheus Chamber Singers of Dallas and
CANTO from Fredericksburg. She also
performed a duo-organ accompaniment of
the Requiem by Durufle with her daughter
Amy at the Windsong Choral Festival in
Oklahoma City. Pummill had two of her
choral arrangements performed with the
New York Pops in Carnegie Hall; another
two arrangements were performed by the
TCU Chorale for Texas Music Educators
Association and American Choral Directors
Association (ACDA). She had another
choral arrangement performed at ACDA by
the North Crowley High School’s Women’s
Choir, the South Main Street Baptist
Church in Houston, and the Feminae
Schola Cantorum of University of Northern
Colorado. She also had three compositions
published by Colla Voce Music, Inc. and
another published by Carl Fischer. She
wrote and published a choral work for
Ronald Shirey’s 30 year anniversary at
TCU and at the University Christian Church
(UCC). The work was premiered by the TCU
Chorale at the opening of the Chancellor’s
Convocation. She was a guest piano soloist
for Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 with members
of Oklahoma City Symphony as part of the
“Music at Westminster” Series and was
featured on harmonium for Cliburn – Fort
Worth Opera Concert Series in May 2007
in a performance of Rossini’s Petite Messe
Solennelle in Bass Hall. She is in the process
of having a fourth composition published
by Colla Voce, Inc. This composition was
premiered in June at the North Carolina
Institute in Choral Art as a part of the
55th year celebration dedicated to the
memory of Dr. Lara Hoggard. It will also be
performed in Carnegie Hall next December
with the TCU-UCC Choirs and the New York
Pops. In June 2007, she performed a series
of concerts at the Red Barn, Fredericksburg
along with CANTO.
Emmet G. Smith, Hendron Professor of
Music, Emeritus (organ/church music/
musicology) served as design consultant for
the new pipe organ for University Christian
Church in Austin. The organ was built by
the Garland Organ Company of Fort Worth.
The church stands at the main entrance of
UT, and has already been selected to be
the site for a master class in organ at UT
to be taught by Professor Marilyn Keiser of
the University of Indiana. Mr. Smith played
the new organ for the morning service on
October 8, 2006.
Ewazen. In August 2006, he was Elected
President-Elect of the International Clarinet
Association (ICA) at the annual ClarinetFest
conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Whitman
begins a six-year term on the executive
board of ICA and continues as an artist
clinician for Buffet Crampon USA, Inc. He
continues to perform as a bass clarinetist
with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
Brian A. West (percussion) was a coordinator
for Eric Ewazen’s Green Chair visit in
February 2006. The visit consisted of many
private lessons, coachings, lectures, and
concerts, including the following: a faculty
chamber music concert, student recital, TCU
Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, and
Percussion Ensemble performances. Mr.
West served as an adjudicator at the Plano
High School Drumline Competition, and
was invited to serve as an adjudicator at the
2007 Percussive Arts Society International
Convention (PASIC) in Austin.
Curtis Wilson (jazz) conducted the Region
V (Arlington) and VII (Weatherford) AllRegion jazz ensembles. At the Arkansas
Bandmasters Convention in Fort Smith,
he presented a jazz clinic and directed a
new jazz ensemble music reading band.
Wilson was on the faculty of the GrapevineColleyville summer jazz camp and he
presented a lecture titled American Popular
Music and Cultural Values at the Advanced
Placement Institute at TCU. In addition,
he conducted Concerts in the Garden Big
Band and performed with the Ronnie Martin
and James Davis orchestras, and also with
the Curt Wilson Quartet. His composition,
Fantasy Variations, was performed by
the Mansfield Community Concert Band.
Wilson’s elegy for tuba and winds, Rainbows,
was published by SHOOP publications.
He arranged a piece, Deep Purple, for
string orchestra that was presented at
the Fine Arts Gala performance and also
orchestrated John Giordano’s Bells Across
the Snow for the Corpus Christi Symphony
Orchestra. He was elected to the state
International Association of Jazz Educators
advisory board. His piece, Christmas
Triptych was performed by the Las Vegas
Symphony Orchestra. He also conducted
a television interview with TCU jazz legend
Curly Brolyes for local cable television. For
his achievements, Curt Wilson was inducted
as an honorary member of Phi Mu and
received an award from American Society
of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
(ASCAPlus). Recently, he was commissioned
by the Texas Clarinet Consort to arrange
a group of eight Antonio Carlos Jobim’s
compositions (Antonio Carlos Jobim
Medley) for a performance in Vancouver,
British Columbia, at the annual ClarinetFest
held at the University of British Colombia.
Gary Whitman (clarinet) presented a faculty
clarinet recital at TCU and served on the
adjudication panel for clarinet chair auditions
for the All State Band and Orchestra tryouts
at the Texas Music Educators Association
(TMEA) convention in San Antonio.
He
continues to organize and perform at the
annual TCU Summer Clarinet Workshop as
part of the Summer Music Institute. Andrew
Crisanti, retired principal of the Fort Worth
Symphony, and Ana Victoria Luperi, newly
appointed principal of the Fort Worth
Symphony, taught master classes as part
of the workshop. Whitman performed a
clarinet recital and presented master classes
on clarinet, saxophone, and bass clarinet
as part of the Southeast Missouri Single
Reed Day 2006 at Southeast Missouri State
University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Trio Con Brio, the faculty trio that includes
John Owings and Misha Galaganov,
traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where
they presented a recital and master classes
as a part of the Festival Internacional de las
Humanidades at the University of Puerto
Rico. He performed as a guest soloist
with the TCU String Orchestra as a part
of the 2006 Green Chair Residency of Eric
Ewazen. The featured work was Ballad for
Clarinet, Harp and String Orchestra by Eric
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Brian Youngblood (Director of the Horned
Frog Marching Band) had a very busy fall
of 2006, adjudicating, and consulting with
over twenty high school marching bands. He
judged marching band contests throughout
the season and served as “on site” clinician
for many of the bands that he consulted for
drill design.
TCU Trios are Featured in the Premiere
Issue of the New Online Magazine
Endeavors.
Please
visit
http://www.research.tcu.
edu/rgs/endeavors/intro.asp for more
information.
Dr. Meckna and The Grove
TCU School of Music students and faculty are
well acquainted with the various Grove music
dictionaries. The most recent generation of
users have benefited from an online version
and various spin-offs – Opera, Jazz, Musical
Instruments, Women Composers, and
American Music. So where does Dr. Meckna
come in? Well, as a graduate student in
1980, he contributed 19 articles to The New
Grove Dictionary of American Music, and
in 2000 he wrote another 73 entries for the
all-encompassing New Grove Dictionary,
2nd edition. He has been promoted to a
Contributing Editor of The Grove Dictionary
of American Music, 2nd edition. Nicknamed
Amerigrove II, the project will contain
approximately 9,000 articles in six volumes.
The content will also be published online in
installments as a regular part of the content
of Grove Music Online. Don’t hold your
breath, though. The project is not scheduled
for completion until the year 2009.
ALUMNI NEWS
Christopher Ahrens ’03,’05 (MM) is
assistant choir director in Plano Senior
High School. The school’s Varsity Women’s
Chorus, conducted by Mr. Ahrens and
Derrick Brookins, was selected to perform
at the national American Choral Director’s
Association Convention in Miami, Florida in
March of 2007.
Rich Bahner ’97 is teaching instrumental
music at Tarleton State University in
Stephenville.
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Candy Bawcombe Schast ’78, ’80(MM)
has completed her second year as
Organist, Choirmaster, and Chief Liturgical
Officer at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
in Fort Worth, TX. She expended the
music programs of the church to include a
Wednesday Noon recital series. She also
organized a new non-profit entity Friends
of Music at St. Andrew’s, which has been
presenting international choral concerts
since March 2007. At the end of 2006, Mrs.
Bawcombe conducted Vivaldi’s Gloria
and performed on harpsichord in Gloria
in excelsis, Deo by Bach with members of
the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the
Choir of St. Andrew’s. In October 2006, she
judged a concerto competition at SMU and
was invited by TCU violin professor, Dr.
2001 and was selected as the Shinn Fellow
in Arts Administration at Lincoln Center, Inc.
In 2002 - 2005, he was Senior Consultant
with Arts Resources International, a New
York City performing arts facility consulting
firm. In 2005 -2006 was Managing Director
of Dance New Amsterdam, a modern
dance training and performance center
in Manhattan. Since July 2006, he has
been Managing Director of Gotham
Chamber Opera, New York City’s leading
opera company dedicated to productions
intended for intimate venues.
Curt Thompson, to give a chamber music
master class. Candy recently resigned her
position as Executive Director of the Dallas
Chamber Music Society; however, she
continues, as a member of the Executive
Board, working closely with international
managers and ensembles. In addition, she
serves on the Executive Board of the Fort
Worth American Guild of Organists and
continues to perform as pianist in recitals
with violinists and vocalists. She and her
husband, Andy Schast, a Dallas Symphony
violinist, have two children: Catey who
excels in piano and William who is studying
violin in Suzuki method.
performances.
Lance Beaumont ’99,’02 (MM) is currently
head of guitar studies at Lamar University
in Beaumont. In addition to directing the
guitar program, he also teaches courses in
music business and music literature. Also,
he is a doctoral student at Boston University,
pursuing a degree in Music Education. His
first book, The Capo Chord Book, has made
the best seller list on Mel Bay Publications.
Lance is currently at work on another book
about solo guitar literature in the Americas,
1950-2000. He resides in Houston with his
wife and two daughters.
David Bennett ’87 upon graduation from
TCU, had a successful career as a singer
and teacher of voice in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area. Later, he graduated from the
Arts Administration program at SMU in
Katarina Boudreaux ’98 is teaching and
performing in Stamford, Connecticut and
recently signed a contract with a manager
in Manhattan for acting and musical
Sherrie McDonald Brady ’73 retired in
July 2007 from a 29-year teaching position
in choral music with Fairfax County
Public Schools in Virginia. Her immediate
retirement plans include being an at home
mom and working as a community and
church volunteer.
Larry Brumley ’72 completed his Masters
degree in Fine Arts (Choral Conducting)
at the California State University at Fresno,
while teaching in California. He taught public
school music in central California for 11
years before moving back to Texas to begin
teaching at Panola College. Mr. Brumley
retired full-time from Panola College in
2005. He still teaches some applied music
students as an adjunct instructor. He also
directs the music program at Noel Memorial
United Methodist Church in Shreveport
and conducts the Shreveport Chamber
Singers, an auditioned group that he
founded in 1986. The group has taken three
international concert tours. For 25 years, Mr.
Brumley has played percussion and served
as assistant conductor for the Marshall
Symphony. He is an active adjudicator for
University Interscholastic League, Heritage
Festivals and Director’s Choice Festivals. He
has been active in local Republican politics
for 25 years. He and his wife, Beth, have
been married for 39 years, and they have
three grown children and one grandson.
Julie Buell ’91 finished her graduate
degree in Arts Administration in July 2005
at Goucher College. Currently, she is an
elementary music teacher at American
International School of Buenos Aires.
Carol Cappa ’74 was laid off from her job
at Sabre in August 2005, after 18 years of
service. She was accepted into the two-year
Respiratory Care program at Tarrant County
College, where only 30 people are selected
each year. Her class will graduate in May
2008. Ms. Cappa is currently teaching
private flute lessons for the Azle ISD and
serving her ninth season as a member of
the Dallas Symphony Chorus.
Congratulations to Zach Collins ’03 on his
recent appointment as the new assistant
professor of tuba and euphonium at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Collins
is currently completing his DMA in Tuba
Performance at the University of Southern
California. If you would like to contact Zach
Collins, his e-mail address is still frogtuba@
hotmail.com.
Jessica Daniel ’05 teaches band at
Armstrong Middle School in the Plano ISD.
Jason DeWater ’04 performed as a Guest
Principal Horn of the Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra (SPCO) in Minnesota during
the months of February, March, and April
of 2007. This invitation served as a trial
period for the tenure position to be filled
for the following season and was a result
of several rounds of auditions held in Saint
Paul. While he was waiting for the final
decision from SPCO, Mr. DeWater won the
Omaha Symphony’s Principal Horn audition
at the beginning of June 2007. In 2006,
he performed locally with the Fort Worth,
Plano, and Irving Symphony Orchestras.
Elsewhere, he performed as Principal Horn
with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and
was invited to perform with the New World
Symphony in Florida.
Kathi Yeretsky Dunne’92, ’94 (MM) gave
birth to Raphael Thomas & Peter William
on Feb. 8, 2006. The “eagerly awaited
and joyfully welcomed” twins join their five
other siblings.
Bryan English ’00 earned his Master of
Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at
UNT and is now in his fourth year as director
of bands at Texas Wesleyan University.
Mark Feezell ’97, ’99(MM) is lecturer in
Music Theory and Composition at SMU.
His wife, Jill Feezell ’96 is an emergency
medicine physician in Weatherford.
Kelly Webb Ferebee ’73 is an expressive
arts therapist. Her daughter, Kristin
Ferebee, is a violinist in a well-known gypsy
rock ensemble Beirut in New York City.
They have been touring nationally and
internationally, recently appearing at South
by Southwest festival in Austin. Her other
daughter, Lauren Ferebee, graduated this
spring from Tisch School of the Arts at New
York University with a degree in drama.
Mrs. Kelly Webb Ferebee recently sang in
a show in El Paso. She has been studying
voice with Dr. Jerry Forderhase in New York
City for several years and plans on doing a
show in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in
the fall of 2007.
Cory Gavito ’98 completed his dissertation
in musicology at UTA and joined the faculty
at Oklahoma City University in fall 2006.
Clare Bedell Graca ’97 is vice president of
the Baylor Healthcare System Foundation
in Dallas.
Christina Hager ’03 is currently the mezzosoprano resident artist with the Shreveport
Opera. In the summer of 2006, she created
the role of Sadie in the world premiere of
Ricky Ian Gordon’s Morning Star and had
the opportunity to work closely with the
composer. In the fall of the same year,
she made her professional debut, singing
Suzuki in Madam Butterfly by Puccini. In the
spring of 2007, Ms. Hager covered the title
role in the opera Carmen, as well as playing
Mercedes.
Beth Patton Harville ’90, ’92(MM) will
begin her 16th year as band director. She
is an assistant band director at Brewer
Middle School in White Settlement, and
has received nominations for Who’s Who
among America’s Teachers for four years.
This is a student-nominated award, and
she is very proud of that. Beth has been
married for 12 years and lives in Fort Worth
with her husband, Trace, and their beautiful
seven-year-old daughter, Katherine. In her
free time, she likes to take her daughter to
dance class and, occasionally, she has been
showing her how to toss a baton.
Clara Dina Hinojosa ’87 began working
at Loyola University Chicago in July 2005.
Recently, she joined Loyola’s Alumni
Relations office. Although she was very
active with the Kansas City Chorale from
1998 until 2004, she currently focuses her
musical energies as a monthly cantor at
Chicago’s St. Clement Catholic Church.
Chrissy Ryder Holbrook ’90 began a new
job teaching Band and General Music at East
Cobb Middle School in Marietta, Georgia
in the fall of 2006. In December, she was
very excited to graduate with her Specialist
in Music Education from the University of
Georgia. Chrissy remains active as a flute
clinician for Atlanta-area high schools and
middle schools, and, in her spare time, likes
to run and hike. In the summer of 2006 she
completed her second rim-to-rim hike of
the Grand Canyon.
Ezra Hood ’05 began law school at George
Mason University in the fall of 2006.
John Hutchinson’89,’91 (MM) serves as
director of Music, Worship and Arts at the
Cumming First United Methodist Church,
Cumming, Georgia. In the fall of 2006, John
was organ soloist in the Concerto for Organ,
Strings, and Timpani by Francis Poulenc at the
premiere appearance of the North Georgia
Symphony. He also co-wrote and premiered
a service of Christmas lessons and carols
for multiple choirs and chamber orchestra.
In the spring of 2007, John premiered his
original organ score for the silent movie
comedy, Teddy at the Throttle, and directed
a concert version of Cole Porter’s Anything
Goes with full orchestration. John also
completed his 23rd year as an organist of
the Bloys Camp Meeting Association. In
fall 2007, he will premiere his original organ
score for the silent Laurel & Hardy comedy,
Habeus Corpus.
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Evi Horchler-Foerster ’89 is busy teaching
regular and Business English at a college in
Bruchsal, Germany. She and her husband,
Harald, are raising three lads: Felix, Benny,
and Maja .
Kate Benoit Kalstein ’99 married Jon
Kalstein on February 11, 2006, in San
Francisco, where they presently reside.
Kate now serves as legislative counsel to
the California Judges Association.
Unkyoung Teresa Kim’02 (MM) received
Special Prize from Vienna International
Competition 2006 and, consequently, in
July 2007, she had Vienna debut recital
and DED recording production. She
also received Honorary Life Membership
from Contemporary Record Society in
Philadelphia, which means they will support
her future recordings in perpetuity.
Cal Lewiston ’90 (MM) was selected as
chair of the Fine Arts and Communication
department at Weatherford College
beginning in August 2007.
Nathan Madsen ’05 (MM) is currently
writing music and producing sound design
for film, television and the video game
industry. His music can be heard at www.
madsenstudios.com/main.
Roger C. Martin ’59 retired from public
school education after 31 years of service
in January 1990. His service as an educator
included ten years as a high school and
college band director, sever years as a
guidance counselor, and eight years as a
vocational counselor. After April 1990, he
served seven years as a part-time counselor,
plus four years as a part-time instructor at
Tarrant Count College. Mr. Martin continues
playing in local dance bands since 1955. He
has been a member of the Ronnie Martin’s
(‘58, ’61) Orchestra for the past 15 years,
playing tenor and baritone saxophones.
Sycil Mathai ’98 is a member of the NYC
Extension Ensemble and also works as a
free- lance musician.
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Bill (JW) Matthews ’55 completed his
second year as president of the Dallas
Peace Center and began to serve as Chair of
Interfaith Council, Thanks-Giving Square in
Dallas. He is also on the Board of the Dallas
Chapter of United Nations Association of
the United States of America. Mr. Matthews
sings and plays hand bells at University Park
United Methodist Church in Dallas and he is
an occasional bass soloist.
Angus McLeod ’73 is currently the choir
director at both Alamo Heights Junior
School and Alamo Heights High School in
San Antonio. This is his third year in this
position.
Cheryl Metzger ’06 has entered the UNT
graduate program in piano performance
and studys with Adam Wodnicki.
Duncan and Anita Miller ’78,’81,’83
(MM) Rev. Miller has recently received his
Master of Arts in Christian Spirituality from
Creighton University. In addition to serving
as Pastor, he provides spiritual direction to
clergy and leads spiritual retreats for clergy
and congregational lay leaders. Rev. Miller
and Anita have two children: George and
John.
Geri Hudson Morgan ’60 has performed
on piano in Russia, China, and Israel. She
is an ordained Minister of Music and has
held numerous positions as church organist
through the years. She is currently putting
finishing touches on her new book I Play
the Notes but He Makes the Music, which
she began six years ago. She is a surviving
kidney transplant patient, doing great, and
still doing what she loves most – sitting at
the keyboard, making music.
Hannah Hatchens Mowrey ’03 completed
her Masters of Music in Musicology at
Rice University in 2005. Her master’s
thesis examined the artistic endeavors
– both musically and architecturally – of
Ercole I d’Este, Duke of Ferrara in the late
fifteenth-century. While at Rice, Hannah
was a teaching assistant for the Musicology
Department and a private piano instructor
for the music school’s preparatory program.
She also continued her keyboard studies.
In addition to a graduate award from Rice,
Hannah was nominated by the faculty for
the Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn research
fellowship.
A
member
of
the
American
Musicological Society, she is currently a fullyfunded doctoral candidate at the Eastman
School of Music, and continues to cultivate
her teaching skills through a university
assistantship. Her research interests include
thirteenth-century Dominican chant, as well
as eighth and ninth-century philosophical
treatises. Her dissertation Unification by
replication: Music, architecture, and the
imperial image of Ercole I d’Este is now
available on amazon.com.
Jeremy Murphy ’90 after 13 years of solo
law practice accepted an offer to serve as
associate director for education issues for
Nebraska Catholic Conference, beginning
in December 2006. He is very active in music
ministry at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in
Lincoln and still plays piano and organ. He
also sings for Mass as well as for weddings,
funerals, and other events. He continues to
play and sing as much as he can for pure
enjoyment. Mr. Murphy is trying to teach his
three-year-old some piano and singing, and
that is a lot of fun. He and his wife adopted
their daughter, Cecilia Mei, from China, and
that was a wonderful experience. He writes,
“I miss all you Horned Frogs!”
Stephanie Northcutt ’95 recently sang
the role of the Countess in Mozart’s Le
nozze di Figaro as a guest artist at Duke
University. She was returning to that stage
after her December 2003 performance of
the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss and
February 2003 performance of the Requiem
by Brahms. Stephanie spent the summer of
2002 participating in performing institute of
the Portland Opera, led by Tito Capobianco.
There, she performed various arias and
ensembles from La Boheme and La Traviata.
In the summer of 2001, she was a member
of the Young Artist program through the
Caramoor Festival under the direction of
maestro Will Crutchfield. In 1999-2000,
Stephanie was a member of Minnesota
Opera’s Resident Artist Program. While
in residence, she performed and covered
such roles as the Countess, Marianne, and
Semiramide. In the summer of 1997, she
was a member of the opera program at
the American Institute of Musical Studies in
Graz, Austria.
John Pasquale ’00 is in residence at
the University of Oklahoma, working on
the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
Conducting. As a member of the brass staff
of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps from
Rosemont, Illinois, he won his fifth Drum
Corps International World Championship
since 2000.
Damaris (“Dee” Porter) Peters-Pike ’54
is relishing retirement with involvement
in the three following areas: teaching
two interdisciplinary courses per year at
Hiram College; conducting a forty-voice
college-community women’s chorus; and
performing as a historical actor-musician
in ten different one-person shows with up
to fifty performances each year in Florida,
Ohio, and other states.
Mary Jane Phillips ’89 and her husband
Troy Phillips ’90 live in Watauga with
their precious four-year-old daughter Zoe.
Troy still works for the Fort Worth StarTelegram, and Mary has returned to work as
the choral director at North Ridge Middle
School in the Birdville ISD. She is currently
the Secretary/Treasurer of the Texas Choral
Directors Association. She enjoys teaching
sight reading each year at TCU All-State
Choir Camps. In 2006, Mrs. Phillips also
presented workshops on middle school
choral sight reading in Houston, Denton
and to the Connecticut Choral Directors
Association.
Thomas Posavac ’01 (MM) has recently
accepted the position of artistic coordinator
at the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in
Rochester, New York. He is coordinating all
aspects of guest artists performing with the
philharmonic. Although working full time,
he does plan on continuing to pursue his
Doctorate of Musical Arts in trombone
performance from the University of Illinois.
Earl Presley ’90 (MM) renewed his license
with the Christian Church in the Southwest
and he is the new Minister at the First
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in
Rockdale. This is a career change after
15 years of being a choral director, voice
teacher, and performing musician.
Ben Quine ’00 has a private piano studio in
Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He works
as a free-lance accompanist as well.
Carissa Reddick ’98 is working toward a
Ph.D. in Music Theory and History at the
University of Connecticut. In October 2006,
she passed her comprehensive exams
and began working on a dissertation on
sonata form in chamber music of the late
nineteenth century. In November, she read a
paper on Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé
at the Society for Music Theory conference
in Los Angeles. In the spring semester,
she presented her work on sonata form
in Brahms’s chamber music both at Texas
Society for Music Theory back home in
Arlington and the New England Conference
of Music Theorists in Boston.
John Reid ’03 attended the UT School of
Information, earning a degree of Master’s
in Library Science. After his graduation
in May, John entered a career in public
librarianship.
James Rhodes ’74 was not a music major
but he took voice for two years and sang
with the Concert Chorale from September
1975 to January 1978. He socialized with a
lot of the music people and always felt a
tight bond with them. Most of his better and
treasured memories of TCU are connected
to the choir and choral trips they took
together. He resumed singing choral music
in 2000 with the Fredericksburg Chorale in
Fredericksburg. He began doing some solo
work (something he avoided for a long time)
with the choir and now occasionally gets
paid to sing for weddings. He owes a lot of
his present joy of singing to his experiences
with the Concert Chorale and Ron Shirey.
He has a private practice in Kerrville since
1992. Besides singing, he enjoys traveling
and has visited 18 countries in the last 28
years. He and his wife Moira S.J. Elmore,
formerly of London, England, purchased
a lot in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in
2004 and will begin building a house to
retire to eventually.
Denise Baker Ritter ’93(MM) is in the final
stages of her Doctor of Musical Arts work at
the University of Oklahoma.
The world premiere of the fifth movement
of the suite Bach plus Book of Common
Prayer by Eugenia Edwards Schuler ’54
took place on March 25 in Kerrville. The
Hill Country Chorale performed the work
at their annual Bach’s birthday concert. The
movement adds the text of the fifth stanza
of Psalm 119 in the Book of Common Prayer
of the Episcopal Church to the sixth prelude
of the Well-Tempered Clavier, vol. 2, by
Johann Sebastian Bach. The performance
was at the First Presbyterian Church.
Steve Shoop ’78 recently organized a music
publishing company, Stephen Shoop Music
Publications, and has published Professor
Curtis Wilson’s composition Rainbows.
L. Edward Sizemore ’68 (MM) is currently
preparing a modern edition of Antoine
Busnois’ Magnificat (Source: MS. Brussels
5557). The edition includes about 100 pages
of commentary with information about the
composer, the times, the court of Burgundy
in the Middle Ages, technical analyses of
the structure, etc. The music is transcribed
to the modern notation.
Cecilia Smith ’92, ’96 (MM) teaches
Music Literature, Music Appreciation,
Fundamentals of Music, Music Theory, and
Applied Clarinet at South Texas College.
She was recently invited to become a
member of the ProCantus Lyric Opera
orchestra. The opera’s 2006-2007 season
included Verdi’s La Traviata, Menotti’s
Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Puccini’s
La Boheme. She has been Co-Principal
Clarinetist of the McAllen Symphonic Band
since 1999. In addition, she is a member of
a clarinet quartet.
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Charlene Wright Smith ’75 “came
back home” to the School of Music as
administrative assistant after almost three
years as an administrative assistant in
Advancement at TCU. As a student here,
she worked in the School of Music office
while earning a Bachelor of Music degree
in Organ Performance/Church Music. With
almost 40 years of experience in music and
drama, it is a thrill to open an office door
at any time during the day and hear music
filling the hallways! As Minister of Music
at St. Matthew Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, she supervised the opening of a
fine arts academy, where she now teaches
a few vocal students. The St. Matthew Fine
Arts Academy is growing and thriving under
the fine leadership of Chris Bohon ’02. In
addition to Chris, a few current School of
Music students are teaching at the academy.
St. Matthew’s orchestra director is Josh
Schechter ’04. School of Music students,
former and current, continue to be an
important part of her life, and she is grateful
that they let her be a small part of theirs.
Holly Smith ’01 moved to New York City
in January of 2002 to pursue a career in
musical theater; however, she says, instead
of Broadway, she ended up with small
parts in films such as: Mona Lisa Smile,
Two Weeks Notice, and Law and Order
SVU. Now, she is back in Dallas with a
career in pharmaceutical sales. She has
been in pharmaceutical sales for the past
three years and occasionally still gets to
act in a few commercials in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area. She started her MBA at SMU
in January of 2007, so, unfortunately, the
only singing she gets to do is in her shower
or karaoke bars!
Jane A. Smith ’78 (MM) has served as
director of music and liturgy at Annunciation
Catholic Church in Albuquerque since June
2005. She also wrote the text for Pamela
Decker’s organ composition-demonstration
Home, Suite Home.
Elizabeth (Liz) Robertson Turner ’94 and
her husband are thrilled to welcome their
newest musician, Jack Raymond, born
January 20th, 2007, weighing 7 pounds
and 10 ounces, 19 1/2 inches long. He was
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especially welcomed by his older brother,
Daniel James, who is now three years old.
She also has a very full voice studio and
plans to go back to teaching choir after the
boys go to school.
Former TCU Composition Students
Receive Awards
The 2007 M. William Karlins Award in Music
Composition at Northwestern University
has been awarded to Marcos Balter for
his chamber ensemble work Raw Item and
to Zvonimir Nagy ’05 (MM) for his piano
solo Vestiges. The jury, consisting this year
of Stephen Syverud, Marta Ptaszynska,
and Janice Misurell-Mitchell, decided
to divide the prize equally between the
two composers in recognition of their
outstanding work. Both Balter and Nagy
are former students of Dr. Gerald Gabel.
Adam Golka Receives Recognition
Adam Golka’05 (AD) performed all 32
Beethoven Sonatas in a series of successful
lecture-recitals in Ed Landreth Hall during
the 2005-2006 concert season.
Adam
performed under the instruction of his
mentor, José Feghali. Recently, Adam
received the prestigious 2008 Gilmore
Young Artist award and also was chosen to
participate in the Steans Institute at Ravinia.
Upcoming concerts include performances
with the Atlanta, Milwaukee, and Fort Worth
Symphonies, on the Ravinia Rising Stars
series and at the Kravis Centre in Florida.
He will also be performing again with the
Fort Worth Symphony February 1-3, 2008.
STUDENT NEWS
Jazz Student News
Two members of the TCU jazz ensemble
participated in wonderful venues during the
summer of 2006. Senior Music Education
major, Micah Bell, was selected as lead
trumpet with the Disneyland Band. Senior
Engineering major Cameron Summers was
a member of the Henry Mancini Institute
Orchestra in Los Angeles, conducted by
film composer, Patrick Williams. He was also
a finalist in the ITG (International Trumpet
Guild) jazz trumpet competition held in
Washington, D.C.
Percussion Student News
Three
TCU
percussionists
Manny
Arciniega, Darrin Hicks, and Cody White
auditioned for entrance into the Royal
Academy of Music (RAM) program. Due to
size limitations at RAM, only one student
was accepted into the program. Manny
Arciniega spent the spring 2006 semester
studying music at RAM and other academic
courses at the TCU London Centre. Senior Music Education major, Darrin Hicks,
won the 2006 TCU Concerto Competition. Senior Music Education major, Denton
Hunker, performed with his band Green
River Ordinance at the American Airlines
Center in Dallas opening for the rock band
Bon Jovi. Senior Music Education major, Cody White,
spent the semester student teaching at
Haltom High School. The following trumpet students
continuing with graduate studies
are
Micah Bell (BME) has accepted the Jazz
Graduate Assistantship at TCU and will
begin his MM in trumpet performance in
fall 2007.
Pablo Benavides (MM) was accepted into
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music to begin
graduate work in Jazz Studies. He received
an assistantship that covers his tuition.
John Heinen (BM) was accepted into Yale
University to begin his MM in the Fall 2007.
He received an assistantship that covers his
tuition, room and board.
Cameron Summers, who graduated with a
degree in Engineering, was accepted into
Manhattan School of Music to begin a MM
in Jazz Studies. He received a scholarship
that will cover his tuition. Also Cameron
won a position with the American Wind
Symphony Orchestra that tours during the
summer.
In Memorium
Cloys Webb, head of choral music education
at TCU in the early 1970s, passed away on
March 24, 2007 at his home in Wimberley.
Webb was born December 24, 1927 in
Randlett, Oklahoma to Bertha Savage Webb
and Loyd Eagon Webb. Shortly thereafter,
the family moved to Amarillo where he lived
until 1949. He graduated from Amarillo
High School in 1946. Webb attended North
Texas State University,
receiving a BS in
Education in 1951 and
a Master of Music
Education in 1958. In
1972, the NTSU School
of Music honored him
with the Alumni Citation
for Distinguished Service in Choral Music
and Music Education. Prior to going into
education, Webb worked for several years
for Shamrock Oil & Gas in Amarillo, and
later for GMAC in Plainview. Although he
conducted church and youth choirs while
in Amarillo and Plainview, he accepted
his first teaching position in Perryton,
Texas in 1955, teaching choral music to
fifth grade through high school students.
In 1965 he became choral director for
McAllen High School and McAllen’s First
Presbyterian Church. He founded and
directed the McAllen Boys Choir, and
was an associate conductor of the Valley
Civic Chorus. Webb accepted a position
at TCU as head of the Music Education
department and director of its Chapel
Choir in 1971, a position he held until
1975. While there he founded and directed
the Youth Chorale of Greater Fort Worth.
Following a heart attack while conducting
a concert at TCU, Webb returned to
Perryton in 1975 as Director of Music for the
Perryton ISD, eventually retiring as choral
director there in 1988, after undergoing
heart by-pass surgery. Upon retirement and
moving to Wimberley in early 1993, Webb
conducted the Wimberley Community
Chorus in several concerts, sang with the
Wimberley Presbyterian Church choir, was
a member of Wimberley Lions and for many
years was an avid golfer at Woodcreek.
Webb’s musical interests extended
beyond education. He sang lead
with the 1955 SPEBSQSA International
Championship
Quartet,
The
Four
Hearsemen. He conducted The Booker
Banknotes, a well known adult pop
choir in the upper Texas panhandle.
Webb served as President of the Texas
Choral Director’s Association in 1963
and 1964. He served as Vice President
and Vocal Division Chairman of Texas
Music Educators from 1968 to 1971. He
served as the Texas Vice President of
the American Choral Director’s association
in 1964. He was an ordained elder in the
Presbyterian Church. He met and married
Bettye Dutton while at NTSU, and they
were married on October 22, 1949.
Webb is survived by his wife of 57 years,
Bettye, of Wimberley; daughter Kelly Webb
Ferebee ’73 and husband, David Ferebee,
of Irving; daughter Karen Cook and
husband, Doug Cook, of Blackwell;
daughter Kerry Lorey and husband,
Carl Lorey, of Richardson; son Dwight
Webb and wife, Patti , of New Braunfels;
grandchildren Kenny Smith of Naples,
Florida; Heather McLeod of Austin; Kim
Head of Conway, Arkansas; Kristin Ferebee
and Lauren Ferebee of New York City;
April Wolterstorff of Amarillo; Tiffany Lorey
of Moscow, Russia; Katye Cook of San
Angelo; Ashley Devine of Dallas; Luke
Lorey of Ft. Smith, Arkansas; Bryce Lorey
of Richardson, and Dutton Webb of New
Braunfels; and five great-grandchildren.
Webb is also survived by a brother,
Dean Webb, of Claude; a sister, Floy
Franks of Amarillo; a brother, Cliff
Webb of Amarillo; a sister, Barbara
Greenberg of Georgetown; and a brother,
Dan Webb of Springdale, Arkansas.
Dr. Ralph Guenther (1914 – 2007), Professor
Emeritus of Flute and Theory/Composition,
passed away on February 28, 2007 at the
age of 92.
After graduation from Central Methodist
University and receiving his master’s degree
and Performance Certificate in Flute from
the Eastman School of Music in 1938, he
taught in public schools in Missouri. There
he met his wife Lavonne, a pianist, and
began a wonderful
family and musical
partnership.
Ralph
enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps
and served abroad
during World War II. After being discharged
from the Marines, Ralph returned to the
Eastman School of Music and received
his Ph.D. in 1948. He then accepted a
position as Professor of Flute and Theory
and Composition at TCU where he taught
for the next 32 years. During his tenure at
the university and throughout much of his
retirement he composed and published
hundreds of works for the flute and many
other compositions for choir, chamber
groups, band, and orchestra. He was also an
active performer and conductor serving as
Principal Flute for the Fort Worth Symphony
and Fort Worth Opera, and conducting
the TCU Orchestra and Fort Worth All City
High School Orchestra. He and Lavonne
gave many recital performances together
and they with their two professional
musician daughters were featured in
Parade magazine as a shining example of a
family that works and plays together.
Dr. Guenther was known for his
intelligence, his knowledge of music, his
kind spirit, his integrity, and his dedication to
his art. His favorite saying was, “Remember,
every note a pearl!”
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