Fall 2013 - Delta Omicron

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Fall 2013
Editor
JANET T. GROSS
Fall 2013
Editorial Assistant
Volume D
LAUREN ESTES
Number 3FOUNDERS
Lorena Creamer (Mrs. James A. McClure)..................................................................................deceased
Mabel Dunn (Mrs. Earl Hopkins)...............................................................................................deceased
Hazel Wilson (Mrs. Edward Bowsman).......................................................................................deceased
DELTA OMICRON BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President—Jennifer A. Klafeta.........................................................................................................Sigma
665 Pembridge Lane Unit C, Prospect Heights, IL 60070
First Vice President—Kimberly Martin-Boyd . ............................................................. Omicron Omega
3280 Topaz Rd., Normal, IL 61761
Second Vice President—Mary Chisholm . .............................................................................Delta Theta
47833 Mallard, Chesterfield, MI 48047
Music Adviser—Kathy G. Vail ....................................................................................... Omicron Sigma
108 Rayburn Pl., Hattiesburg, MI 48047
Editor—Janet T. Gross..........................................................................................................Alpha Theta
1447 Bidwell Lane, Huntingtown, MD 20639
Treasurer—Laura Thuirer..........................................................................................................Alpha Phi
100 Courtside Drive, Birmingham, AL 35242
Executive Secretary—Debbie Beckner .............................................................................. Alpha Gamma
910 Church Street, P.O. Box 752, Jefferson City, TN 37760
Delta Omicron Internet Address: http://www.delta-omicron.org
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Editor, The Whistle—Lani W. Yearicks...................................................................................... Delta Iota
19 Montieth Lane, Ft. Rucker, AL 36362
Director of International Chapters—Hye-Jean Choi............................................................Kappa Alpha
3549 Curry Lane #3601, Abilene, TX 79609
Director of Alumni-At-Large—Molly Carlson ............................................................. Omicron Omega
16916 Annandale Rd., Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Advisory Council President—Carol Anne Koehl .................................................................Alpha Kappa
735 Cypresscliff Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245
The Wheel (ISSN 0043-4752) is published in November, January, March and May, at 910 Church St., P.O. Box 752
Jefferson City, TN 37760 as the official educational publication of Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity,
founded September 1909, and incorporated under the laws of the state of Ohio on December 13, 1909. Executive
Office: 910 Church St., P.O. Box 752, Jefferson City, TN 37760.
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Contents
President’s Message.................................................................. 4
PFA ........................................................................................ 5
Meet At The Met..................................................................... 5
Summer Internship in Ghana by Katy Steklac.......................... 6
National Patron JoAnn Falletta.............................................7-8
Volunteer of the Year Award Rebecca Moore............................ 8
2012-2013 Star of D.O.Recipients.......................................... 9
2012-2013 D.O. Senior Honor Pin Recipients........................ 9
2012-2013 D.O. Collegiate Awards..................................10-11
2012-13 D.O. Alumni Awards............................................... 12
Chapter News in Highlight...............................................13-15
D.O.s In the News............................................................15-20
Delta Omicron Studio........................................................... 21
Centennial History Order Form............................................ 22
Delta Omicron Foundation................................................... 23
2015 Triennial Composition Competition............................. 24
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From the President…..
As I reflect back on my years in Delta Omicron, I remember the time I became I member
of Sigma Chapter at Illinois Wesleyan University. I am sure that you all remember that time
for you as well. We joined our chapters for the friendships, music, and common interests.
Many of those friendships last a lifetime – our Delta Omicron membership is for a lifetime
too.
We have opportunities to stay involved and take advantage of what Delta Omicron has to
offer past graduation. Our Alumni Chapters and Clubs allow for continued sharing of music
and fellowship in the name of Della Omicron. If there is no group in your area, please contact
me and we will make sure you get information on how to start a group.
You can become part of the group on Facebook to share upcoming events, musicales,
and photos with members. Both Alumni and Collegiate Chapters should take advantage of
reaching members outside of their individual chapters. If you aren’t on Facebook, I would be
happy to list the event for you.
Want to network? Join our LinkedIn Group.
Do you have updated information to send about what you have been doing? Lani Yearicks,
Whistle Editor would love to hear from you. The newsletter is only as good as the information
she receives from chapters and individuals. Have you written an educational music article that
would be of interest to our membership? Please contact Janet Gross, WHEEL Editor. We
want to be able to feature what our talented members have accomplished and our passionate
about.
One of the purposes of Delta Omicron is “to give material aid to worthy students.” As a
dues paying or life member, regardless of when you became a member you can take advantage
of the summer scholarships that Delta Omicron offers. Through the Endowment Fund,
summer scholarships are offered to our members annually. Application information can be
found in future issues of The WHEEL or online at www.delta-omicron.org. The deadline to
apply is April 2014.
The Delta Omicron Foundation offers educational grants to both collegiate and alumni
members. Grant descriptions and application information can be found on the website (look
under National/D.O. Foundation) or through www.dofoundation.org.
No matter where we are in life, Delta Omicron should always be a part of it. We are all
a part of the tradition of Delta Omicron whether we are currently a member of a chapter or
are alumni at large. We must ALL repledge our loyalty and support to OUR beloved Delta
Omicron. In doing so, we will honor and pay tribute to our Founders Lorena Creamer, Mabel
Dunn, and Hazel Wilson for without their vision we would not be here today. I encourage
you all to be involved in the future of Delta Omicron – for myself, I don’t know what I would
do without it.
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The Wheel of Delta Omicron, Fall 2013
Professional Fraternity Association Conference
The Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) holds an annual conference for its member
fraternities and associate members. The conference was held September 6-8, 2013 at the
Hilton at The Ballpark in St. Louis, Missouri. Representing Delta Omicron was Jennifer
Klafeta, International President. Sessions were held on membership management, social
media, and fraternal law issues. Associate members in attendance provide services for all of
the fraternities. They include conference planning, fraternal jewelry, hotels and conference
centers, and CVBs to name a few.
Awards were presented to member fraternities at the Friday night banquet. The National
Interfraternity Music Council (NIMC) met during the PFA Conference. Comprised of all the
music and band fraternities, NIMC meets every year at the meeting. The member fraternities
meet to discuss and share what has happened during the year and areas of concern to all
NIMC member organizations.
PFA is a vital resource for Delta Omicron and the other member fraternities. Delta
Omicron is a charter member of PFA.
Delta Omicron Members to “Meet at the Met”
Can’t make it to New York to go to the
Met? The Metropolitan Opera will come to you. The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD is
presented at theaters across the country. Come join other DOs at the first Delta Omicron
“Meet at the Met.”
Dvorák's Rusalka starring Renee Fleming will be presented in theaters on February 8,
2014 at 12:55 pm Eastern Time. We are calling on Delta Omicron members from across the
country to go “together” to their local theaters for the broadcast of the opera. Go as a chapter,
club, or just as a group. Looking for others to go with you? Utilize twitter and Facebook to
find others looking to attend in your area. After the broadcast, share your “Meet at the Met”
experience with everyone by uploading your photos on our Facebook page.
To buy tickets and find a theater near you go to the Metropolitan Opera’s website at http://
www.metoperafamily.org at click on the “Live in HD” page. Hope to see you all there!
Please check out Cafe Press for Delta Omicron Gifts
http://www.cafepress.com/+delta-omicron-music+gifts
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Summer Internship in Ghana
This past summer, Delta Iota member Katy Steklac spent her summer in Ghana for a
summer internship. Below she describes a “Typical Day in Ghana” as she experienced it this
past summer.
Typical Day in Ghana
by Katy Steklac
It's 6:00 am, and my alarm clock rings. I can hear the
banging of pots and pans coming from outside. My host
family has been up for at least two hours making sure
that the daily batch of kenkey, a Ghanaian staple made of
fermented corn and cassava, is ready to be sold.
I go outside to use the latrine, and my host mother, Auntie Christina, greets me with a
warm hug. The heavy rain from the night before has left not only thick humidity in the air
but also many puddles in the uneven ground. As I get ready for the day, I remember to spray
on my bug repellent heavily in hopes of not attracting malaria.
After eating breakfast with the other American volunteers that are staying with me, I head
off to work. Even at 7:00 am, Cape Coast is bustling with people and activity. It is not very
hot yet, so it is a great time to get work done. I hail a shared taxi right outside my house, and
I hop in with other Ghanaians who are on their way to work.
I walk up the long drive to Mary Queen of Peace Catholic School. I see a few students in
their blue uniforms that have arrived early, and as I get closer to the Class 1 classroom, five or
six students bust out of the doors and happily chant, “Teacher Katy! Teacher Katy!” They are
all eager to help me carry my lunch bag and backpack. As more students arrive, we sit around
their desks and read storybooks.
At 8:00 am, all of the students line up for assembly outside at the flagpole. We say morning
prayers, sing songs, including the Ghanaian national anthem. After that, the students of Class
1 go through their daily core subjects of English, Math, Natural Science, Religious Education,
Fante (Ghanaian Language), Creative Arts, and Physical Education. I teach English lessons,
and we do a lot of hand motions and games to learn new vocabulary.
Even though there is no music education spelled out in their curriculum, the students at
MQPCS infuse their learning with music. Everything that they do is associated with a song
or a dance, and every Ghanaian is a good dancer! I teach them some new songs, and they are
completely happy singing it 342 times.
After school, I take a taxi into downtown Cape Coast to go shopping with other volunteers
for fabric for the new dresses that I am planning on having made by local seamstresses. There
is the usual chaotic bustling: cars honking every three seconds, women carrying anything and
everything on their heads, people dancing in the streets, and more. I'll be surprised if I don't
received a marriage proposal by the time I get home. (In Ghana, a proposal simply means that
a man is interested in you!)
After haggling on some beautiful orange Batik tie dye cloth, I make my way home for
dinner. Because it is technically the Ghanaian winter in June, it gets dark at 5:30 pm! When I
arrive home, there are many people hanging out in the courtyard of our house. I have a hard
time deciding who actually lives here because people are in and out so much. Some of my host
relatives attempt to teach me some new Fante words in an effort to improve my language skills.
Auntie Christina makes me some fried rice and chicken for dinner. I tried some of the
traditional Ghanaian dishes earlier in our stay, but the dough texture of the staples was too
much for me, and I thought I better stick to rice and chicken.
After dinner, the volunteers and I continue our attempts to teach Auntie Christina and
our little sisters the card game, Spoons! The language barrier makes it frustrating at first, but
we are getting better at it!
And soon, it is time for bed. It is only 8:00 pm, but as I often feel at the end of each day,
I am exhausted from the days events. I love being culturally immersed, and I hope that my
Ghanaian experiences will have a profound impact on my future career as a music educator.
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National Patron JoAnn Falletta Conducts
at the Peninsula Music Festival
Zeta Delta members and guests traveled to Door County in Upper Wisconsin this past
summer on August 20, 2013 to see Delta Omicron National Patron JoAnn Falletta
conduct the Upper Peninsula Symphony Orchestra at the annual Peninsula Music Festival.
JoAnn Falletta guest conducted the seventh concert of the season “Crossing the Channel” and
the audience enjoyed Suite from Mother Goose by Maurice Ravel, Scottish Fantasy for Violin
and Orchestra and Harp, Op. 46 by Max Bruch, Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 by
Gabriel Fauré, and Suite from Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Every August, musicians from some of the country’s major orchestras gather at the
Peninsula Music Festival to perform three weeks of symphonic concerts. August 2013
was the 61st Peninsula Music Festival. Delta Omicron National Patron Thor Johnson,
founder and conductor of the first festival had a dream of organizing a festival built around a
chamber orchestra, performing repertory for small orchestras which was seldom heard. With
the support of Lorenz Heise and Kay Wilson, a lot of meetings and organization, and a budget
of $10,000 the Peninsula Music Festival had its first performance at the Gibraltar School
gymnasium on August 6, 1953. Thor Johnson led the Festival for 22 years until his death
in 1975. Michael Charry was Music Director from 1978-1982 and Bryan Hanson became
Music Coordinator in 1982 and brought in many guest conductors to help lead the orchestra.
In 1985, Victor Yampolsky was appointed as Music Director and Conductor and the festiv
al has continued to grow and develop. The orchestra today consists of a full symphony of
64 members and concerts are now held at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek,
Wisconsin.
JoAnn Falletta is internationally celebrated as a vibrant ambassador for music and an
inspiring artistic leader. An effervescent and exuberant figure on the podium, she has been
praised by The Washington Post as having “Toscanini’s tight control over ensemble, Walter’s
affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy
worthy of Bernstein.” Acclaimed by The New York Times as “one of the finest conductors of
her generation,” she serves as the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and
the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast,
Northern Ireland, and Principal Guest Conductor of both the Phoenix Symphony and the
Brevard Music Center. Ms. Falletta has held the positions of artistic advisor to the Honolulu
Symphony, music director of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of
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the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and
music director of the Denver Chamber
Orchestra, the Queens Philharmonic and
the Women’s Philharmonic. Ms. Falletta
received her undergraduate degree from the
Mannes College of Music in New York and
her master’s and doctorate degrees from The
Juilliard School. More information about
JoAnn Falletta can be found at: http://www.
joannfalletta.com/biography.html.
Ms. Falletta was initiated as a National
Patron of Delta Omicron by Delta Eta Chapter, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
and sponsored by Zeta Delta. Maestro Falletta was Assistant Conductor of the Milwaukee
Symphony at the time.
Zeta Deltas and guests met with JoAnn Falletta and her husband after the performance on
August 20. They were greeted with hugs and appreciation for attending the concert. A small
memento gift was given to Ms. Falletta by Zeta Delta members. The musical impact left by
the inspirational concert will remain with Zeta Delta members and guests for a lifetime.
More information about the Peninsula Music Festival can be found at: http://www.
musicfestival.com/newsite/
Volunteer of the Year Award
Rebecca Moore
Rebecca Moore (aka Becky) is a longtime faithful member of Zeta Omicron Alumni
Chapter, located in Kent, Ohio. What makes Becky amazing is that at age 94 she is still
teaching! Becky volunteers and works with pre-school age children in Cleveland, Ohio. The
classroom teachers plan on what days she teaches and Becky works with the children playing
rhythm instruments and teaching movement through the Dalcroze method. The teachers love
having her there and they say she has a calming effect on the young students. To quote Becky,
“It always amazing what three-year-olds can do.” Becky finds her time teaching fascinating and
enjoys observing the student reactions and responses. Becky was recently chosen “Volunteer
of the Year” by the Cleveland Music School Settlement. This award is presented annually to
an individual who demonstrated outstanding commitment and dedication to advancing the
mission and programs of The Music Settlement.
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DELTA OMCIRON
STAR OF D.O. RECIPIENTS
2012-2013
Jessica Stover – Delta Upsilon
Jared William Joseph - Omicron Alpha
Kayla Swisher – Mu
Rachel Hobbs – Zeta
Haley Ellis, Megan Lickman, Kathryn Steklac – Delta Iota
Lauren Timmons – Sigma
Aaron Washington – Omicron Omega
Chase Ramage – Alpha Eta
Megan Sullivan – Alpha Gamma
Mari Hashimoto – Alpha Epsilon
Jessica Weller – Delta Psi
Maggie Collins – Omicron Gamma
Brandon Hayes – Omicron Sigma
Kylie Oosternick – Alpha Theta
Naomi Files, Andrea Zinkgraf – Alpha Alpha
Joshua Backes, Anne Morack – Delta Eta
Erin Weber – Delta Nu
Elise Bruch – Epsilon Iota
Miles Davis – Omicron Beta
Melissa Zirkel – Gamma Pi
Benjamin Altomari – Epsilon Zeta
DELTA OMCIRON
SENIOR HONOR PIN RECIPIENTS
2012-2013
Miriam Stoner, Krista Strouf, Dylan Wood – Gamma Chi
Nick Sohutskay – Delta Upsilon
Gillian Henning – Omicron Alpha
Kailia Washington – Zeta
Kathryn Steklac – Delta Iota
Lauren Timmons – Sigma
Joe Brill – Omicron Omega
Christopher Stuart – Delta Kappa
Shawna Poore – Alpha Eta
Taylor Chamberlain – Alpha Gamma
Alexandra Lee – Alpha Epsilon
Brittany Hall, Miriam Hart – Delta Psi
Elizabeth Berg – Omicron Gamma
Michelle Wade – Omicron Sigma
Kayla Michelle Miller – Delta Tau
Erica Swenson – Alpha Alpha
Kimberly Forsythe – Delta Eta
Melanie Bonevac – Delta Nu
Elise Bruch – Epsilon Iota
Ali Gay – Omicron Beta
Janel Prinkey – Delta Sigma
Melissa Zirkel – Gamma Pi
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DELTA OMICRON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FRATERNITY
2012-2013 COLLEGIATE CHAPTER AWARDS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Delta Iota - Central Michigan University; Mt. Pleasant, MI
Alpha Gamma - Carson-Newman College; Jefferson City, TN
Delta Psi - Judson College; Marion AL
Omicron Gamma – Samford University; Birmingham, AL
Omicron Sigma - William Carey University; Hattiesburg, MS
Alpha Alpha - University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; Stevens Point, WI
Delta Eta - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; Milwaukee, WI
Delta Sigma – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Gamma Mu – Virginia Tech; Blacksburg; VA
CHAPTER EFFICIENCY
Delta Iota - Central Michigan University; Mt. Pleasant, MI
Alpha Gamma - Carson-Newman College; Jefferson City, TN
Delta Psi - Judson College; Marion AL
Omicron Gamma – Samford University; Birmingham, AL
Omicron Sigma - William Carey University; Hattiesburg, MS
Alpha Alpha - University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; Stevens Point, WI
Delta Eta - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; Milwaukee, WI
Delta Sigma – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Gamma Mu - Virginia Tech; Blacksburg; VA
Sigma – Illinois Wesleyan University; Bloomington, IL
Omicron Omega – Illinois State University; Normal, IL
Omicron Delta – Southeastern Louisiana University; Hammond, LA
Omicron Phi - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Whitewater, WI
Gamma Pi - Moravian College; Bethlehem, PA
MUSIC
Omicron Alpha – Otterbein College; Westerville, OH
Alpha Epsilon – Converse College; Spartanburg, SC
Alpha Phi – Florida Southern College; Lakeland, FL
MUSIC SERVICE
Delta Upsilon – Kent State University; Kent, OH
Omicron Beta - Lamar University; Beaumont, TX
Upsilon – Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO
Delta Kappa – Marshall University; Huntington, WV
Delta Tau – College of William and Mary; Williamsburg, VA
Gamma Pi – Moravian College; Bethlehem, PA
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SCHOLARSHIP
Alpha Eta – Eastern Kentucky University; Richmond, KY
Gamma Chi – Ohio Northern University; Ada, OH
Delta Nu – Southwestern University; Georgetown, TX
CAMPUS/COMMUNITY SERVICE
Alpha Epsilon – Converse College; Spartanburg, SC
Omicron Psi - University of Middle Tennessee; Murfreesboro, TN
Epsilon Iota – Austin College; Sherman, TX
Omicron Beta – Lamar University; Beaumont, TX
PUBLICITY
Gamma Chi – Ohio Northern University; Ada, OH
Gamma Omicron – Presbyterian College; Clinton, SC
PROGRESS
Delta Delta – Georgetown College; Georgetown, KY
Alpha Theta – Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
Epsilon Iota – Austin College; Sherman, TX
Omicron Beta – Lamar University; Beaumont, TX
Epsilon Zeta - Washington Jefferson College; Washington, PA
OUTSTANDING PROVINCE PRESIDENTS OF THE YEAR
Brenda Dannewitz, Xi Province
Judith Holterman, Mu Province
Ryan Krapf, Delta Province
OUTSTANDING CHAPTER ADVISORS OF THE YEAR
Janet Tulley, Omicron Omega – Illinois State University; Normal, IL
Dr. Betty Campbell, Delta Psi – Judson College; Marion AL
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DELTA OMICRON INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FRATERNITY
ALUMNI CHAPTER AWARDS
2012-2013
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Zeta Omicron - Kent-Akron, OH
Zeta Sigma - Cleveland, OH
Zeta Gamma - Cincinnati, OH
Zeta Alpha - Detroit, MI
Zeta Zeta - Denver, CO
Zeta Delta - Milwaukee, WI
CHAPTER EFFICIENCY
Zeta Omicron - Kent-Akron, OH
Zeta Sigma - Cleveland, OH
Zeta Gamma - Cincinnati, OH
Zeta Alpha - Detroit, MI
Zeta Zeta - Denver, CO
Zeta Delta - Milwaukee, WI
SUPPORT OF NATIONAL PROJECTS
Lincoln Alumni Club - Lincoln, NE
Zeta Iota - Louisville, KY
MUSIC AWARD
Zeta Eta - Bloomington-Normal, IL
Zeta Chi - Dayton, OH
PUBLICITY AWARD
AID TO COLLEGIATES AWARD
Kearney Alumni Club - Kearney, NE
Frostburg Alumni Club - Frostburg, MD
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Kearney Alumni Club - Kearney, NE
ALUMNI CLUB OF THE YEAR
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CHAPTER NEWS IN HIGHLIGHT
ALPHA NORTH PROVINCE
(Otterbein University, Westerville, OH) On September 21, Omicron Alpha held a closed Homecoming
Musicale, featuring chapter members Korey Black, Megan Burless, Stephanie Gnewuch, Angela Hays,
Gillian Henning, Andrew Kovaleski, Colleen Miller, and Abby Wimbiscus.
(Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH) Gamma Chi is pleased to welcome the chapter’s new Faculty
Sponsor, Henning Schroeder.
(Kent-Akron, OH) Zeta Omicron awarded a $500 scholarship to Katie Bretz, a voice major at
the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University. The chapter also donated $100 to the
Margaret Baxstresser Annual Piano Concert Endowment Fund, which is overseen by the Akron, Ohio
Tuesday Musical Club Association. Zeta Omicron donated money and items to the Safer Futures of Kent,
Ohio. To quote Chapter Publicity Director Carol Klohn, “Safer Futures is an organization that offers
a safe house to women and their children from abusive homes. Thanks to Zeta Omicron’s donations,
‘goodie’ bags are put together. The bags contain toiletries, school supplies, and small toys.” On August
17, members of Zeta Omicron met up with members of Zeta Sigma for a picnic and a performance
by the Joffrey Ballet at the Blossom Music Center. Works performed in the first half included: Interplay
composed by Morton Gould and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, Son of Chamber, written by John
Adams with choreography by Stanton Welch, and Adagio by Aram Khachaturian with choreography
by Yuri Possokhov. The second half comprised Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring with a recreation of the
original choreography in honor of the one-hundredth year anniversary of its first performance in 1913.
On September 17, Zeta Omicron met at the home of Adele Fussner for their annual potluck dinner, cohosted by Maryalice Seaholts. The dinner and business meeting included an introduction of new chapter
officers.
(Cleveland, OH) Zeta Sigma presented $500 to Delta Upsilon member Chelsea Hillard, a
sophomore vocal education major at Kent State University. On August 17, members of Zeta Sigma
and Zeta Omicron met at Blossom Music Center for a picnic and the Cleveland Orchestra’s production
of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring with Joffrey Ballet. At a September 15 meeting, Zeta Sigma was
entertained by member Joan Robertson’s slide show of her trip on the freighter Isa. Robertson and
her husband were passengers on the vessel, but became acquainted with crew members and the ship’s
daily routines. Robertson accompanied the chapter on dulcimer or violin in themed songs interspersed
between particular slides.
BETA PROVINCE
(Detroit, MI) Zeta Alpha attended several concerts given by the Mt. Prospect Community Band as
well as the Sterling Heights Civic Theater’s production of Les Misérables, which featured Delta Omicron
alumna Kristin Pagels. Chapter members Mary Chisholm and Nancy Meyette visited Colorado’s Grand
Lake area in order to accept a thank you on behalf of Zeta Alpha, which purchased chair E14 in the
auditorium of the local playhouse, the artistic director of which is Delta Omicron Sigma alumnus
Michael Querio. In September, the chapter met at the home of Adelia Gaub to celebrate composer Anton
Dvorak’s 172nd birthday and review the significance of the United States Constitution. Chapter member
Nancy Meyette co-hosted the meeting, titled “We Are a World of Music.” Chapter member Mary Ann
Pilette hosted Zeta Alpha’s October meeting at which guest artist Eric Taylor, tenor, performed selections
by Edvard Grieg, Jules Massenet, and Franz Schubert.
GAMMA PROVINCE
(Denver, CO) On April 14, Zeta Zeta presented a recital in Aurora, Colorado. Megan Buness, soprano,
Karen Harris, mezzo-soprano, alto recorders Judie Eidson and Rose Blaschke, and Casey Jankovsky,
piano, performed “Uzh vecher” from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades. Zeta Zeta welcomed
new members Kat Wagner, soprano, and Ginger Hedrick, flute with a concert accompanied by chapter
member Grace Asquith, piano. They performed “The Bad Child’s Book of Beats” from Donald Martino’s
setting of Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Verses, and Sonata No. 1 by Eric Ewazen. Zeta Zeta enjoyed a Fall
Tea at the Brunner House. At the event, several chapter members provided musical entertainment: Karen
Harris, mezzo-soprano, and Casey Jankovsky, piano, performed My Twelve-Tone Melody and Greeting,
both by Leonard Bernstein; Wagner and Asquith reprised Eric Ewazen’s Sonata No. 1; Judie Eidson,
soprano, and Tanya Weir, piano, performed Francis Poulenc’s Les Chemins de l’amour; Weir accompanied
Susan Clark, soprano, on Giuseppe Verdi’s Me pellegrina ed organa; Clark, Eidson, and Weir teamed up
for La Nuit by Ernest Chausson and Tarantelle by Gabriel Fauré; and Weir and Catherine Zanotti, pianofour-hands, played Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell and Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuna.
DELTA PROVINCE
(Illinois State University, Normal, IL) On September 5, Omicron Omega held “Bowling and Billiards
Night,” a social get-to-know-the-fraternity event for interested music students. Prospective members were
pinned on September 12. On September 27, the chapter gathered to clean Illinois State University’s
practice rooms. The next day, four members volunteered at Illinois State University’s Open House. On
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September 29, Omicron Omega sang “Delta Omicron” from the D.O. Songbook at the conclusion of
a formal meeting. Currently, five chapter members offer their services on behalf of Omicron Omega as
tutors for music theory and musicianship.
ZETA SOUTH
(Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City, TN) Alpha Gamma held a Breakfast Bar/Coffee House on
August 30. On September 3, the chapter presented an open Spring Review Musicale, featuring members
Sarah Edwards, Michael Gonzalez, Laura Kinney, Ana Oliveros, Meagan Sullivan, and Sarah Beth
Walker as well as Chapter Patroness Angela Holder and non-members Brandon Coffer, Hannah Davis,
Meghann Hutchins, and Leigh Jones. Closed musicales so far this semester have included devotional
music at meetings and a D.O. Songbook Sing-Along Musicale. On September 9, Alpha Gamma held
a Prospective Members-in-Training Pancake Party. Interviews were held later that month, resulting in
a pledge ceremony on September 24. For campus service, Alpha Gamma provided a reception after a
recital given by Delta Omicron Chapter Patron Ryan Fogg, piano. The chapter is also responsible for
changing the marquee in front of the Carson-Newman University music building on a weekly basis.
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA) This fall, Gamma Mu has four
prospective members: Jules Clayton, Joe Milson, Virginia Stowe, and Patrick Woodford. The chapter
sends school supplies to students at Bluebonnet Elementary School in Round Rock, Texas, which has a
small percentage of students who continue their education.
ETA PROVINCE
(Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC) On September 18, Gamma Kappa and Winthrop University’s
chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia joined together to record a commercial for the Charlotte Stingrays
hockey team. September 16-20, Gamma Kappa hosted its Fall Rush. Events included a dessert-themed
meet and greet, a movie night, a game night, WUvenger Hunt (a Winthrop University-themed scavenger
hunt), and an invitational dinner. On September 29, Gamma Kappa held a closed musicale called
“Musical Melting Pot.” Chapter members were able to perform any piece they chose. Nick Glick sang and
accompanied himself on piano for Evanescence’s Invincible and Christian Folk, euphonium, performed
Valjean’s Soliloquy from Les Misérables and Yorkshire Ballad by James Barnes. The same day, the chapter
pinned prospective members.
(Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC) In March, Gamma Omicron members Laura Blanco, Elizabeth
Derrick, Cassidy Jarrett, Hannah Marsh, Abigail Sease, and Rebecca Woodhill performed on behalf of the
chapter in Presbyterian College’s Music at Half Past recital series as an open musicale. Chapter Publicity
Director Laura Blanco described the chapter’s second open musicale of the spring semester: “Open to all
students of the music department, this competition is held in memory of the former music department
chair, Orval Oleson.” This competition is sponsored by the Gamma Omicron chapter of Delta Omicron.
IOTA PROVINCE
(Samford University, Birmingham, AL) On September 17, Omicron Gamma held “Float Your Stress
Away,” a root beer and coke float fundraiser, on the Samford University campus. The event raised $71.39.
On September 24, the chapter performed “Boat Song,” “Beau Song,” and “Sweetheart Tree” from the D.O.
Songbook at Omicron Gamma’s Sweetheart and Big Brother announcement.
KAPPA PROVINCE
(William Carey University, Hattiesburg, MS) On April 4, Omicron Sigma held an Alumni Recital as
an open musicale. The chapter held a closed musicale on May 2.
NU PROVINCE
(Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX) Delta Nu’s prospective members participated in a “Singing
Bee.”
(Lamar University, Beaumont, TX) In March, Omicron Beta held a bake sale fundraiser. Spring 2013
semester social activities included a big/little Easter egg hunt and a chapter lunch. New members were
initiated on April 20. In May, Omicron Beta held a pre-jury preparation recital as a closed musicale.
Members Dallas Gray, Ebony Green, Keenen Kelley, Christopher Martin, and Kathryn Owens
participated. Green, Martin, and fellow chapter member Ali Gay represented Omicron Beta as hosts for
incoming Lamar University freshmen. In September, member Ebony Green performed on behalf of the
chapter in an open musicale.
XI PROVINCE
(Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL) On September 7, chapter members Nora Miller, Alejandra
Santillanes, and Sophie Trottier, alongside Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia member James Cornelius, volunteered
on behalf of Alpha Phi to help out with Alpha Phi alumna Solangi Santiago’s high school choir retreat.
The volunteers helped choristers use solfege and aided in bonding activities. On September 17, Alpha
Phi held an informal musicale as part of the chapter’s rush week. Performers included Danielle Brooks,
clarinet, Amber Fessl, marimba, cello trio Michelle Bradshaw, Kaitlin Nelson, and Trottier, and singing/
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guitar trio Sardee Ramos, Santillanes, and Trottier. Alpha Phi also hosted a barbeque with Florida
Southern College’s chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia as part of rush week. Alpha Phi’s spring 2013 rush
class is currently selling raffle tickets to win gift baskets.
OMICRON PROVINCE
(Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA) In September, Delta Sigma held Informal Rush
and Formal Rush. The following six prospective members were pinned on September 20. Delta Sigma
continued its “Baby Picture of the Month” contest, in which a baby picture of a chapter member is
displayed on a bulletin board. Passersby have the opportunity to hazard guesses as to which member it is.
The winner of the contest receives a prize. Delta Sigma set up a table for the chapter on IUP Day to raise
awareness of Delta Omicron and encourage student involvement.
(Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA) For closed chapter musicales, Gamma Pi sang The Prayer of Delta
Omicron at two September meetings.
D.O.s in the NEWS
Adjudicating
Zeta Alpha Nancy Meyette traveled throughout California in order to represent and adjudicate a
piano competition for the National Guild of Music/Piano Teachers, sponsored by the American College
of Musicians.
Alpha Gamma Chapter Patron Eric Thorson served as a judge at the Smoky Mountain Festival Music
Festival held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Alpha Gamma Chapter Patron Ryan Fogg adjudicated the Tennessee Music Teachers Association
State Piano Competition, held in Jackson, Tennessee.
Awards and Honors
Delta Upsilon Chapter President Lanson Beall, who drives buses for Kent State University Campus,
received a Smiley Award from Portage Area Regional Transit Association (PARTA) for handling a situation
with a difficult passenger well.
Fran Hawthorne of Zeta Sigma was recognized in the program of the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra’s
April concert for her contributions to the ensemble.
Sharon Mays of Omicron Gamma was recognized as the Lovelace Scholar at the annual conference
of the Hymn Society of North America.
Omicron Gamma Tori Head received the Academic Honors medal from Samford University. In
addition, Tori Head and fellow Omicron Gammas Anna Bethea, Ashley Blankenship, Melissa Carson,
Leah Doss, Deanna Gipson, Abby Head, Rachel Munn, Bethany Orick, Rebecca Rafla, Danielle
Spears, Cara Thomas, Brianna Ware, and Christina Witt were named to the Dean’s List at Samford
University. Brianna Ware was also awarded the U.W. Clemon Scholarship. Rebecca Rafla received the
Hazel Borne Scholarship. Rebecca Rafla and Brianna Ware are members of the Samford University
Fellows Program, the school’s highly competitive honors program. Leah Doss is a Mortenson Scholar,
has received the White Scholarship, and is a Regional and National Federation of Music Clubs winner.
Rachel Munn received an Academic Award from the Samford University School of the Arts, recognizing
her exceptional grades. Anna Bethea was named a Pearson Scholar National Fellow and a Helen Kupper
Mensa Music Scholar.
Omicron Sigmas Brandy Cramer and Gary McCullum received the Vocal Performance Award and
Music Education Award, respectively, from William Carey University.
Epsilon Iota Hannah Sansavath was named Miss Asian American Texas 2013-2014 and Miss Chao
Praya Princess 2013-2014.
Maxine Zhou of Epsilon Iota received a Global Outreach Fellowship from Austin College in order to
do volunteer work in Buea, Cameroon this past summer.
Marcel Dupré was chosen as Delta Sigma’s September Patron of the Month.
Competing
Christie Bass of Upsilon competed in the 2013 International Horn Competition.
Delta Nu Melissa Krueger placed as a finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing
competition.
Omicron Betas Ebony Green and Christopher Martin placed in the National Association of
Teachers of Singing competition.
Conducting and Directing
Delta Upsilon Chapter Patron Theodore Albrecht conducted the Philharmonia of Greater Kansas
City in the ensemble’s 25th Anniversary Concert. Fellow Delta Upsilon Chapter Patron Ted Rounds
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directed and performed with Flash in the Pan, the Kent State University Steel Band, at the Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio Oktoberfest and the Art in the Park Festival at Fred Fuller Park in Kent, Ohio.
Zeta Sigma Sylvia Schneider direced Forever Young, a senior citizens choir in several concerts and
directed them in an “Annie Get Your Gun” themed concert at Hennis Nursing Home in Dover, Ohio.
Zeta Sigma Chapter Patron Roy Hawthorne directed the Pepper Pike Community Band, Cleveland
Clinic Band, and University Heights Symphonic Band in several concerts this summer.
Zeta Sigma Chapter Patron John Wrabel directed the handbell choir of the United Methodist
Church of Berea on August 18. Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service, arranged by Cathy Moklebust was
dedicated to John’s wife, Zeta Sigma Carole Wrabel, who passed away in May.
Alpha Gamma Chapter Patron Eric Thorson led a forty-voice choir from the Knoxville Choral
Society on a musical tour of Ireland, where they presented five concerts.
Meagan Sullivan of Alpha Gamma led music at Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church Vacation Bible
School in Smithville, Tennessee.
Delta Nu Chapter Patron Bruce Cain directed scenes for “Spotlight on Opera,” a summer opera
training program in Austin, Texas.
Leading
Zeta Sigma Ann Droste hosted her annual “Flute Choir in the Garage” gathering. According to
Droste, “This year, thirty-three flutists sight-read flute choir literature for about four hours.”
Alpha Gamma Chapter Patroness and Faculty Sponsor Angela Holder serves as Secretary/Treasurer
of the Tennessee State chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Holder also serves on
the Worship Planning Team, which coordinates worship for Tuesday’s chapel services at Carson-Newman
University.
Gamma Mu Chapter Patron James Glazebrook presided over the Roanoke Youth Symphony
Summer Music Institute hosted at Ferrum College in Virginia.
Kevin Cheatham, Caleb Copland, Ben Lawson, and Amberly Westermeyer of Gamma Mu serve
as the trumpet, trombone, alto saxophone, and clarinet section leaders, respectively, of the Marching
Virginians, Virginia Tech’s marching band. Fellow Gamma Mus Kevin Porter, Katie Rockefeller,
Stephanie Such, and Elizabeth Sullivan are rank captains for the ensemble. In addition to his section
leader responsibilities, BenLawson is the Student Leadership Adviser for the Virginia Tech Symphonic
Wind Ensemble.
Gamma Mu Kori Price serves as Vice President of Virginia Tech’s chapter of Help Save the Next
Girl, an organization that strives to sensitize young women and girls to predatory danger. Kori Price is
also a Peer Leader with Virginia Tech’s Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED)
Mentoring Program and is an electrical subteam member of the Virginia Tech Motorsports Formula SAE
(Society of Automotive Engineers).
Delta Chi Vergil Nelson serves as Secretary of the International Trombone Association. Fellow Delta
Chi Patience Buck is President of the University of Nebraska – Kearney chapter of the International
Trombone Association as well as Secretary of the UNK chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, the National
Honorary Band Fraternity.
Delta Psi Jessca Weller serves in several leadership positions at Judson College: as President of the
Judson Ambassadors, a group of Judson College students who volunteer to give tours, share meals with
members of the Board of Directors, and host prospective students; as Senior Class Song Leader; and
as Musical Director of Step Sings and Serenades. Fellow Delta Psi Anna Hollingshead serves as Vice
President of Science Club and Secretary of Kappa Delta Epsilon, an Education department fraternity.
Margaret Ingram, also of Delta Psi, serves as the Vice President of National Biology Honor Society Beta
Beta Beta and President of the Judson College Choir.
Rebecca Rafla of Omicron Gamma serves as a section leader in Samford University’s A Cappella
Choir. Fellow Omicron Gamma Danielle Spears serves on Samford University’s Dean’s Student Council
for the School of Education. Brianna Ware, also of Omicron Gamma, serves as Vice President of Samford
University’s College Democrats.
Omicron Sigma Chapter Adviser Kathy Vail coordinated the Clarence Dickinson Organ Festival in
Madison, Mississippi. Omicron Sigmas Carlos Casilla and Austin Williams participated in the event.
Delta Sigma Faculty Sponsor Hilde Binford aided in the revival of an opera by Johann Adolph Hasse
as part of Moravian College’s Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) program.
Performing
Delta Upsilon Chapter Patron Theodore Albrecht, alphorn, performed at the Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Oktoberfest and the Kent, Ohio International Festival.
Zeta Sigma Michelle Worthing, flute, played in the pit for sixteen performances of The Music Man
with the Weathervane Playhouse Theatre in Akron, Ohio. Zeta Omicron Sharon Dobbins Alberson
served as the production’s musical director.
Zeta Sigma Fran Hawthorne, trombone, accompanied two hymns at Euclid-Hillcrest United Methodist Church in Ohio. Fran Hawthorne and Ann Droste, percussion, played with the Cleveland Women’s
Orchestra in the ensemble’s performances of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 7 and Brahms Concerto for Violin and
Cello. Ann Droste played in a flute octet with the members of the Greater Cleveland Flute Society board at
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the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland. Ann Droste also played flute with the Lutheran Wind Ensemble
and United Handbell Choir at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, Ohio. She also performed in
a quintet accompanying The Land of the Lost and Found, the youth musical at Chagrin Falls United Methodist Church. Ann Droste played fife with the Crooked River Fife and Drum Crops in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Zeta Sigma Fran Hawthorne performed with the University Heights Symphonic Band and played a
trombone duet with her husband, Zeta Sigma Chapter Patron Roy Hawthorne, at Hillcrest United
Methodist Church. Fran Hawthorne performed with her church’s handbell choir at Garfield Memorial
Church.
Zeta Sigma Mary Ann Obert, soprano, sang a solo, At the Name of Jesus, by Cindy Berry with
the handbell choir of Berea United Methodist Church in Ohio. Mary Ann Obert also recently sang
Alfred Gaul’s duet, They Shall Hunger No More with Dar Marlink, accompanied by fellow Zeta Sigma
Gloria Wharton. Gloria Wharton played piano for the handbell choir performance at United Methodist
Church of Berea, Ohio.
Zeta Sigma Susan Tams sang with the West Virginia Symphony Chorus’ performance of Gabriel
Fauré’s Requiem. Tams also sang in the Charleston Civic Chorus’ spring concert.
Nancy Forestieri of Zeta Sigma sang with St. Paul Lutheran Church choir alongside members of
other Berea, Ohio church choirs in a production of National Patron Joseph Martin’s cantata Of Faith
and Freedom, performed outdoors at Coe Lake.
Zeta Sigma Patricia Lawrence sang Embraceable You several times with the Cleveland Clinic
Concert Band. Lawrence also sang I Dreamed a Dream and Moon River with the Pepper Pike
Community Band and Deep Waters at Christ Presbyterian Church. Lawrence performed with
the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra and also played trumpet in several summer concerts with the
Cleveland Clinic Concert Band, Pepper Pike Community Band, as well as the Hillcrest Concert Band
alongside fellow Zeta Sigmas Frances Hawthorne, trombone and euphonium, and Ann Droste, flute.
Soprano Megan Buness of Zeta Zeta, accompanied by pianist Stephanie Morrison, presented a faculty
recital of Benjamin Britten’s song cycle On This Island on April 4 at King Center Recital Hall. On April
27, Buness performed i have spread my dreams under your feet by David Farrell with The Playground
Ensemble at the COCOCO (Colorado Composers Concert) at King Center Concert Hall in Denver, Colorado. In
June, Buness, accompanied by pianist B. Adolphe, performed hits by George Gershwin and Cole Porter
at “Off the Hook: The Piano Puzzler Returns” in Fort Collins, Colorado. Buness performed works by B.
Adolphe and Aaron Copland at another Off the Hook concert, “The Folksong,” with pianists Margaret
Gutierrez, Charles Tucker, and Alexandra Nguyen.
Zeta Zetas Ginger Hedrick, flute, and Grace Asquith, piano, performed with Chamber Ensemble
con Grazia in the Little Noon Music series at the historic Brunner House in Broomfield, Colorado. The
pair presented The Gift by Rhonda Larson, Quatorze pieces by Charles Koechlin, and Sonata No. 1
by Eric Ewazen. Hedrick and Asquith reprised the program on September 18 at Trinity Presbyterian
Church in Arvada, Colorado as part of the Trinity Little Noon Music series. Asquith also performed
at the Little Noon Music series on behalf of Chamber Ensemble con Grazia on August 9 with Cynthia
Harris, bassoon. The pair performed Sonatine for bassoon and piano by Alexander Tansman and Summer
Air for bassoon and piano by K. D. Mueller. The latter was the world premiere of the work, which was
commissioned by Chamber Ensemble con Grazia. Asquith accompanied Kat Wagner, soprano, in yet
another August Little Noon Music concert, performing Allerseelen, Für fünfzehn Pfennige, and Einerlei
by Richard Strauss, The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts by Donald Martino, and Sand-Drift by Karl Kroeger.
On September 13, Asquith and Ingrid Peoria, violin, performed Johannes Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 in G
Major for violin and piano with Chamber Ensemble con Grazia as part of the Little Noon Music series.
On September 27, Asquith and John J. Fuerst, III, piano-four-hands, accompanied Zeta Zeta Penny
Anderson, soprano, Zeta Zeta Marlena Hooker Moore, mezzo-soprano, Timothy Kennedy, tenor, and
Dave Davie, baritone, in Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 as part of the Little Noon Music series on
behalf of Chamber Ensemble con Grazia.
Zeta Zeta Donna Levene, piano, presented an evening concert with Kathleen Spring, violin. Levene
and Spring performed Sonatensatz, Scherzo for Violin and Piano by Johannes Brahms, J. S. Bach’s Sonata in
E Major, BWV 1016, Graceful Ghost Rag by National Patron William Bolcom, Glenn Spring’s Sehnsucht
(Longing) Remembering Mahler, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata,” Sonata in E major, Op. 24.
A month later, Levene and Spring reprised the works from their July 30 performance for Abend Konzert
in Kirche Lauterbrunnen in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.
Karen Harris, alto of Zeta Zeta sang in a performance of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem at Park Hill
United Methodist Church.
Zeta Zetas Susan Clark, soprano, Judie Eidson, mezzo-soprano, and Tanya Weir, piano, performed
as part of the Aeolian Club Musicale, held at the home of Sally Johnson. The three performed vocal duets
and solos, including Ludwig van Beethoven’s arrangement of the Scottish traditional piece, The Power of
Song, La Nuit by Ernest Chausson, Tarentelle by Gabriel Fauré, Le Chemins de l’amour by Francis Poulenc,
and Me pelligrina ed orfana by Giuseppe Verdi. Clark and Eidson performed several of the same pieces
later that month at the home of Marvin Stone for the Opera Fanciers (OFC) Program, accompanied by
pianists Sally Johnson and Jonathan Hodel.
Alpha Gamma Augusto Gil performed with LampLight Theatre, a Christian theater company based
in Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Alpha Gamma Chapter Patron Ryan Fogg performed solo piano recitals at five universities: Tennessee
institutions Carson-Newman University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Memphis, as well
as Morehead State University in Kentucky and Harding University in Arkansas. The program included
works by National Patron William Bolcom, Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, and Francis Poulenc.
Gamma Mu Chapter Adviser Elizabeth Crone, flute, performed and gave master classes on a twoweek tour of Ecuador. Crone performed Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen from J. S. Bach’s Cantata No.
34, O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe with Meredith McCree, oboe, Elizabeth Neeley, soprano, and
Richard Thibadeau, organ.
Gamma Mu Chapter Patron James Glazebrook, violin, played in the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra
in Wintergreen, Virginia.
Gamma Mu Kevin Cheatham recently participated in the Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma National
Intercollegiate Band in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Delta Chi Chapter Adviser Seth Fletcher and Delta Chi members Patience Buck and Vergil Nelson
performed with a trombone quintet at the Trails and Rails museum in Kearney, Nebraska and at the
Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska.
Gamma Omicrons Elizabeth Derrick, Cassidy Jarrett, Jo Anna McAnally, Abigail Sease, and
Zach Wells were selected as part of a set of nine Presbyterian College music students to perform for the
April 18 Honors Recital.
Gamma Omicron Chapter Sponsor and Chapter Adviser Karen Buckland, piano, performed in a
faculty recital with her husband, James Buckland, guitar.
Sharon Mays of Omicron Gamma accompanied and sang in four Guest Artist concerts during the
Samford University Preparatory Department’s Summer Music Camp.
Omicron Sigmas Kevar Maffitt and Ben Salters recently participated in William Carey University
Theatre’s production of Moliere’s Tartuffe.
Omicron Sigmas Carlos Casilla, Brandy Cramer, Brandon Hayes, Kevar Maffitt, and Carissa
Read, accompanied by Chapter Adviser Kathy Vail, revived their show from earlier in the spring semester,
“Putting it Together: A Musical Theatre Revue of Stephen Sondheim,” for a performance at Southwest
Community College in McComb, Mississippi.
Delta Nu Chapter Patron Bruce Cain performed as a soloist in the ninth annual Georgetown Festival
of the Arts, held in Georgetown, Texas. Delta Nu member Andrew Fields interned and performed with
the festival.
Julius Young of Delta Nu sang the role of Baron Zeta in Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow and in the
chorus of Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the opening season of the Young Artist program Festival
of International Opera of the Americas (FIO Americas) hosted in Campinas, Brazil.
Delta Nu Andrew Fields recently performed in a production of Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby
Doe.
Omicron Beta Chapter Adviser Angela Pickering sang as the featured soprano soloist with the Lamar
Civic Orchestra in a Gilbert and Sullivan Tribute Concert.
Omicron Beta Keenen Kelley performed in the Beaumont Community Players’ recent production
of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Lauren Engallina, Ebony Green, Geralynn Harper, and Christopher Martin of Omicron Beta all
performed in the American premiere of Christoph Gluck’s Der Betrogene Kadi. Additionally, Engallina,
Green, and fellow Omicron Beta Ali Gay sang with the Symphony of Southeast Texas’ performance of
Carl Orff ’s Carmina Burana.
Publishing and Recording
Gamma Mu Joey Ballard is featured on two recently released albums: Ballard can be heard playing
drums on James Britton’s album Blue Eyed Soul and playing bass and guitar on Evan Chambers’ Lightning
Eyes.
The research of Omicron Beta Ali Gay was published recently in a vocal journal.
Presenting, Researching, and Studying
Delta Upsilon Chapter Patron Ralph Lorenz presented scholarly papers at two professional
conferences: the Midwestern Music Cognition Symposium at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio,
in May and The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium IX in St. John’s, Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada in July.
Delta Upsilon Chapter Patron Theodore Albrecht presented a lecture at the Baden Beethoven-Tage,
a festival of the composer’s works. Albrecht also participated in a public roundtable discussion alongside
notable Viennese instrumentalists regarding the interaction of history and performance.
Zeta Sigma Ann Droste attended Music by Nature, a band camp for adults held in Cuyahoga
Valley National Park. In August, Droste attended the weeklong Adult Flute Choir Camp in Interlochen,
Michigan.
In September, Zeta Sigma Joan Robertson presented “Sailing on the Isa,” a musical travelogue, to
the Scottish-American Society of Akron, Ohio. Robertson reprised the travelogue for Zeta Sigma’s
September meeting.
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Upsilon Emily Kerski was selected for and participated in the 2013 ARIA International Academy for
Advanced Music Studies, held in August.
Alpha Gamma Chapter Patron Ryan Fogg attended the Tennessee Music Teachers Association State
Conference, in Jackson, Tennessee.
Alpha Gamma Chapter Patroness Pat Bivens attended the Tennessee Arts Academy at Belmont
University.
Gamma Mu Stephanie Hurst recently attended an International Flute Symposium where she
participated in master classes with Nina Assimakopoulos, Jennifer Conner, Matej Grahek, and Rhian
Kenny.
Recently, Liz Remchuck participated in the inaugural Virginia Blue Ridge Music Festival, held in
Floyd, Virginia.
Gamma Omicron Publicity Director Laura Blanco and fellow Gamma Omicrons Elizabeth
Derrick, Laura Irick, Wilson Kennedy, Jo Anna McAnally, Abigail Sease, and Zach Wells all traveled
to England and Scotland with the [Presbyterian College] music department-sponsored spring break
trip. Students took a course to learn more about English and Scottish history, specifically about the
architecture of cathedrals. Students attended choral evensong, performed in the chapter house of Lincoln
Cathedral, and in the cross of Yorkminster and Durham Cathedral. In Scotland, students rehearsed in the
Church of the Holy Rude…where James I [of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland] was coroneted
in Stirling. Students performed a fifteen-minute concert in St. Giles Cathedral of Edinburgh.
Delta Psi Jessca Weller attended the Baptist Campus Ministries Student Leadership Conference in
Montgomery, Alabama.
Omicron Gamma Brianna Ware participated in the Leading Edge Institute held at Judson College
this summer.
Melissa Carson, Tori Head, Ellen Mitchell, and Rachel Nix of Omicron Gamma studied abroad
this summer with the School of Arts in London, United Kingdom.
Delta Nu Andrew Smith participated in “Le Domaine Forget,” a two-week guitar institute in
Quebec, Canada. Smith also played in a master class overseen by guitar duet SoloDuo and guitarist
Rovshan Mamedkuliev.
Delta Nu Melissa Krueger participated in the Young Artist Program Opera in the Ozarks.
Omicron Betas Ebony Green and Christopher Martin gave two benefit recitals in order to raise
funds to study with the Siena Music Festival Young Artist Program this summer.
Gamma Pi members Sevde Guzel and Rachel Ruisard participated in Moravian College’s Student
Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) program, researching alongside and assisting professors.
Serving
Alpha Gamma Leslie Cutshaw sang for the Volunteer In-Service at Tennova Residential Hospice on
July 23. Cutshaw sang at and officiated the graveside service of her aunt, Ruby Mae Flanigan.
Kelli Anderson, Meghan Clayton, Sarah Edwards, Greg Henry, Paige Holt, and Augusto Gil of
Alpha Gamma volunteered at the All East Vocal Auditions, hosted by the Tennessee Vocal Association.
Delta Psi Jessca Weller went on a mission trip to Chile. Weller also volunteered for the community
clean-up event Marion Matters and led a campus tour for prospective students on Scholarship Day.
Fellow Delta Psi Margaret Ingram also volunteered for Marion Matters.
Omicron Gamma Rebecca Rafla went on a Dental Mission Trip to Honduras. Fellow Omicron
Gamma Danielle Spears volunteers at the Lovelady Center, a housing and nine- to twelve-month
program for women and their children which offers access to medical, counseling, and addiction
counseling services, life skills and job training, job placement, parenting classes, childcare, nutrition,
housing, and post-secondary education.
Delta Nu Michael Martinez recently volunteered at the International Trombone Festival.
Working
Alpha Gamma Augusto Gil held several different jobs concurrently: as a pianist and worship leader
at Charity Baptist Church, as a substitute pianist at Lincoln Baptist Church, and as a Counselor and
Worship Leader at Dogwood Christian Camp in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Fellow Alpha Gamma Kelli
Anderson worked this summer as a Counselor and Worship Leader at Camp Crestridge for Girls, located
in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
Meghan Clayton of Alpha Gamma worked this summer as a Music Intern at First Baptist Church
in Decatur, Alabama.
Alpha Gamma Christen Williams began working for Union County school district as a percussion
instructor.
Alpha Gamma Laura Kinney works at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia as a
Worship and Art Intern. Fellow Alpha Gamma Meagan Sullivan interns at West Hills Baptist Church in
Knoxville, Tennessee as the leader of the children’s choir. Sullivan also sings with the adult choir. John
Kimbrough, also of Alpha Gamma, works as the Music Minister at Beulah United Methodist Church.
Fellow Alpha Gamma Clay Oglesby serves as the Music Minister for Asbury United Methodist Church
in Knoxville, Tennessee. Oglesby and fellow Alpha Gammas Sarah Dill and Destiny Parks, as well
as Alpha Gamma Chapter Patroness Angela Holder, worked at Carson-Newman University’s Summer
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Music Camp, run by Alpha Gamma Chapter Patroness Pat Bivens, who serves as the camp’s Executive
Director. Parks is currently student teaching.
Gamma Mu Kori Price interned with GE Energy Management in Salem, Virginia. Price performed
thermal resistance testing on Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) that are used in wind power
converters. Fellow Gamma Mu Elizabeth Sullivan interned this summer with Dominion Power in Front
Royal, Virginia.
Gamma Mu Olivia Stansbury served as a Unit Director at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Fellow
Gamma Mu Ben Lawson worked at the same camp as a Camp Counselor, member of the Staff Jazz
Ensemble and Staff Concert Band, and a rehearsal assistant for the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band. Several
other members of Gamma Mu also worked at camps this summer: Joey Ballard worked at Harrisonburg
High School’s band camp with the Marching Blue Streaks as the percussion instructor; Caleb Copland
worked at a local YMCA summer camp; Liz Remchuck served as a band camp counselor with MidAtlantic Band Camps; and Katie Rockefeller taught rising sixth graders how to play trumpet and French
horn at the Fauquier Band Camp.
Ashley Underwood of Gamma Mu interned with the children’s program at Blacksburg United
Methodist Church in Virginia.
Gamma Mu Patrick Cavanagh works as an FM radio DJ at WUVT, Virginia Tech’s radio station.
Delta Chi Jennifer Zumwalt is currently student teaching.
Delta Psi Jessca Weller worked for Christian Missions Unlimited this summer. Currently, Weller
works as a Resident Assistant for a freshman dorm at Judson College, a Marketing Work-Study student at
Judson, a Telecounselor in Judson College’s Admissions Office, and a College Fair Representative.
Anna Hollingshead of Delta Psi worked at Camp AFA (Atmore First Assembly), her church’s camp
for kids and also at Randal’s Total Lawn Care, LLC.
Delta Psi Christina Blain works as a Work-Study student in Judson College’s Music Department.
Margaret Ingram of Delta Psi works at Northside Animal Hospital in Selma, Alabama and Marion
Vet Clinic in Marion, Alabama as well as a Work-Study student at the Judson College library, the latter
alongside fellow Delta Psi Savannah Watkins.
Several members of Omicron Gamma served as interns: Danielle DuBay worked as a church intern
in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Sharon Mays served as the Summer Music Intern at Cathedral Church of
the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama; Ashley Perez interned with both the Chattanooga Valley Baptist
Youth Group and the Crisis Center, also in Birmingham; Torrie Richardson served as a Music Leadership
intern at the Baptist Church at McAdory, Alabama; and Cara Thomas interned at Mountain Brook
Baptist Church in Alabama. Omicron Gamma Tabitha Ivey worked as a preschool teacher at Temple
Emanu-el’s Temple Tots Camp in Birmingham, Alabama. Other members of Omicron Gamma interning
and working in Birmingham, Alabama are: Ashley Crowe and Despina Wilson work as Administrative
Aides for Samford University’s School of the Arts; Chelsea Dorer manages Brighton Collectibles; Leah
Doss works in the Front of House at the Wright Center at Samford University; Rachel Nix works at
Tom Williams Lexus; Cherie Olivier interns at Clear Channel Broadcast and works as a broadcaster for
Samford University’s News Network; Christina Witt teaches piano to children ages six to twelve; and
Kelli Crawford and Tori Head intern at Hunter Street Baptist Church, where fellow Omicron Gamma
Abby Head teaches preschool choir.
Delta Nu Natalie Wheeler worked as a camp counselor and teacher at a classical guitar camp run
by Steven Kostelnik, Assistant Professor of Music at Southwestern University. Michael Martinez, also of
Delta Nu, taught trombone in Jamaica with his teacher, Eileen Russell, Associate Professor of Music at
Southwestern University. Fellow Delta Nu Andrew Smith taught high school music theory at the Texas
Music Festival and classical guitar at the Houston, Texas music studio 6 Strings.
Delta Nu Ashley Scott is currently working with the Georgetown, Texas Geographic Information
Science (GIS) department in order to produce a campus base map for Southwestern University for an
Esri online community maps project.
Epsilon Iota Chapter Adviser John McGinn received tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor
of Music at Austin College.
Epsilon Iota Pido Tran taught a flute master class for the marching band at Wylie High School in
Wylie, Texas.
Thomas Stickley of Epsilon Iota works as a Class Leader for the freshman Communication/Inquiry
course “Music and Words” at Austin College.
Gamma Pi Heidi New worked at Windmill Summer Day Camp as a counselor, assisting in music.
Fellow Gamma Pi Ariel Hudak served as the music director/teacher at the Pennsylvania Youth Theatre
Summer Adventure Camps.
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Help Restore the Delta Omicron Studio
The MacDowell Colony, located in Peterborough, New Hampshire was founded in 1907
by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife Marian. It is the nation’s leading artist colony
and nurtures the arts by offering writers, visual artists, composers, filmmakers, playwrights,
interdisciplinary artists and architects an inspiring environment to create and produce
enduring works of the imagination. There are no residency fees at MacDowell. The Colony is
supported by contributions and an endowment.
Delta Omicron decided at the 1924 Delta Omicron Convention to build a studio at the
MacDowell Colony, and on August 1, 1928 the Delta Omicron Studio was finished and
ready for occupancy. The Delta Omicron studio is 84 years old now and is in need of major
renovations. The MacDowell Colony has called on Delta Omicron to raise the $170,000
needed to upgrade the heating system, plumbing, and interior and to add more space to the
studio to accommodate the Petzold-Collyer Memorial Piano.
The Delta Omicron Foundation is asking for the support of Delta Omicron chapters and
collegiate and alumni members to help raise the funds needed to make the Delta Omicron
Studio at MacDowell Colony an ideal creative home for future composers once again.
How Chapters and Members Can Help
Just as Delta Omicron Chapters pledged support for the studio construction in 1925,
we now call on all chapters and members to help with this restoration project. Our hope
is that each chapter will donate to the Foundation's Delta Omicron Restoration Project
annually over this triennium as they did years ago. This donation can fulfill and represent
one of your chapter's service or national projects for the year. Chapter and individual member
donations will be recognized in Foundation publications annually and at the 2015 Triennial
Conference. Chapters who donate will be recognized with a certificate of appreciation at the
2015 Conference Foundation Luncheon. Donations may be designated in recognition or
memory of someone.
This studio, affectionately called "Omicron Studio" by resident artist fellows at MacDowell,
bears our proud Fraternity name. Let us together work to insure that it can bear that name
into the next century. Please join our efforts by making a gift to support the Delta Omicron
Studio and the future of the arts in our country!
Please write your donation check to:
Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc.
(Specify it for the D.O. Studio Restoration Project)
Donations should be sent to the following address:
Att. Susan Tams, Foundation Treasurer
2 Wynfield Trace
Winfield, West Virginia 25213
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LOST D.O.s
The Executive Office is looking for lost Delta Omciron Alumni !!!
If you know of any “Lost D.O.s” please forward their names
and addresses to the Executive Office.
Debbie Beckner, Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 752
Jefferson City, TN 37760
[email protected]
The Delta Omicron Centennial History
The cost is $50 and includes shipping and handling. To order, complete the form below. Payment may be
made by check, money order, or credit card. Credit card purchases will include an additional 4% charge.
Chapters need to purchase a History for your files as a reference for Prospective Membership Training.
Chapters may use the purchase this year as a national service project for the year.
NAME __________________________________________________________________________
STREET ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________
CITY _ __________________________________________ ZIP CODE _ _____________________
PHONE _____________________________ EMAIL _____________________________________
I wish to order ___________ copies of the Delta Omicron Centennial History.
I choose to pay by the following method: (check one)
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__________ Money Order (Payable to Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity)
__________ Credit Card (Complete the information below.)
If paying by credit card, give the following information. VISA, MasterCard, or Discover in US FUNDS
ONLY; a 4% surcharge applies to all credit card orders. Check one of the following options:
_____ VISA
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Name as imprinted on card __________________________________________________________
Card Number_______________________________________ Expiration Date_________________
Signature_ ________________________________________________________________________
Mail this form and your payment to Delta Omicron,
P.O. Box 752, Jefferson City, TN 37760
*********************************************************************************
Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation
Publication Title: The WHEEL of Delta Omicron ~ Publication Number: 0043-4752
Filing Date: Sept 30, 2013 ~ Issue Frequency: Quarterly
Number of Issues Published Annually: 4 ~ Annual Subscription Cost: $5.00
Known Office of Publication: Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity
P.O. Box 752, Jefferson City, TN 37760
Publisher: Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity, P.O. Box 752, Jefferson City, TN 37760
Editor: Janet T. Gross, 1447 Bidwell Lane, Huntingtown, MD 20639 ~ Managing Editor: Same as Editor
Owner: Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity, P.O. Box 752, Jefferson City, TN 37760
Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and Other Security Holders Owning or
Holding 1 Percent or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: None
Tax Status: Has not changed during preceding 12 months
Publication Title: The WHEEL of Delta Omicron ~ Issue Date for Circulation Data: Spring, 2013
Extent & Nature of Circulation:
Average No. Copies Each Issue
No. Copies of Single Issue
During Preceding 12 Months
Published Nearest to Filing Date
a. Total No. of Copies.....................................................................4,000...........................................................3,900
b. Paid Circulation b(1)-b(3)..................................................................0..................................................................0
Paid Distribution by Other Classes b(4)
c. Total Paid Distribution................................................................3,900...........................................................3,800
d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution.................................................... 0 .................................................................0
e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution . .........................................0................................................................. 0
f. Total Distribution.......................................................................3,900...........................................................3,800
g. Copies Not Distributed . ...............................................................100..............................................................100
h. Total............................................................................................4,000...........................................................3,900
i. Percent Paid...................................................................................100..............................................................100
Publication of Statement of Ownership will be published in the Fall 2013 issue. ~ Signature & Title of Business Manager: Jennifer
Klafeta, International President ~ Date: Sept. 30, 2013
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PROMOTES THE CAUSE OF MUSIC
• Educational grants named in honor and memory of
contributors awarded to Delta Omicron members for
graduate and undergraduate study at home or abroad
• Scholarships in Music Therapy and Piano Pedagogy
• The Delta Omicron Composition Competition open
to composers throughout the world
• The Thor Johnson Memorial Composition Commission
• Seat Endowment at the Carnegie Hall--Isaac Stern
Auditorium, New York; at the Metropolitan Opera House
in Lincoln Center, New York; and at the John F. Kennedy
Center for Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
• The Delta Omicron Studio at the MacDowell Colony
in Peterborough, New Hampshire; home of the
Petzold-Collyer Memorial Piano
• Support of national and international music endeavors
* DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED *
Make checks payable to: Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc.
Send to: Ms. Susan Tams, Treasurer
2 Wynfield Trace, Winfield, WV 25213
* ALL GIFTS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE *
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Delta Omicron
Debbie Beckner, Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 752
Jefferson City, TN 37760
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Triennial Composition Competition
2015 for Solo Piano
Judges
David R. Holsinger
David Maslanka
John McGinn
Awards
One Thousand Dollars and Premiére
at the 2015 International Delta Omicron Conference
Purposes
To encourage composers
To give their work public performance
To further the cause of contemporary music
Address ALL Inquiries to:
Nina Belle Durr, Chair, Composition Competition
418 West Main Street, Georgetown, KY 40324
Email: [email protected]

Fall 2013 - Delta Omicron

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