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Studies, I would like to ask for your continued support with a gift to the Patrons of Music Society. Every gift makes
a difference in providing opportunities that empower our students to transform their passion into achievement and
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2012
Special Events
From the Director
Dear Friends and Patrons of Music:
We are fortunate indeed to live in a community where the arts matter. The Schwob School of Music
has become a magnet for some of the most talented students and faculty to be found anywhere. Just
this fall, thirteen of our performers won or placed in their categories in the state collegiate competition of the Music Teachers National Association, and in the winter, seventeen of our singers won
or placed in the state competition of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. These events
require each performer to present a full recital, competing in the same category as graduate students
from larger institutions. Last summer, pianist Alina Sarkisyan was awarded a third prize and honorable mention in the International Russian Music Competition in San Jose, CA and was selected to
perform at the winners’ concert by the decision of the international jury. At this time of year, almost
every night presents another opportunity to hear these remarkable students perform at RiverCenter,
and I am so pleased when you bring your guests to our concerts. You can always view the latest
concert information at http://columbusstate.edu/music.
Our students this year hail from fifteen countries and from all over the U.S. As you will see in the
following pages, our graduates are faring very well in their pursuit of opportunities for advanced
study and teaching positions. We maintain a number of collaborative relationships that enhance the
education and culture of our city and our region, through the professional activities of our faculty
and through the Music Preparatory Division and its programs: Voices of the Valley, the Columbus
Community Orchestra, and the Young Artist Program. This spring, we host the Georgia Music
Teachers Association state auditions, and in 2014 we will begin a new relationship with the American Guild of Organists that will bring young organists to Legacy Hall on a periodic basis.
I am especially pleased this year to announce the return of fully staged opera to the Schwob School
of Music. On January 11 and 13, we present Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love in the Bill Heard Theatre.
A comic opera in the famed Bel Canto style, this production will be sung in English and presented
with full orchestra, sets, and scenery – it will look as good as it sounds! Our special thanks go to
Mrs. Betsy Leebern, Mr. and Mrs. John Holt, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waddell for their generous support of the opera production which is also supported by the G. Gunby Jordan Endowment
for Operatic Studies and the John and Sally Walden Endowment. Bravi, tutti!
We owe our past and present success to visionary leaders, incredible faculty, and you, our supporters. CSU now awards over a half million dollars in music scholarships annually – something few of
our peer institutions can say. At the same time, we are seeking creative synergies that enable us to
accomplish more with the resources we have. Today’s challenge is to make our programs sustainable
in the “new normal” of reduced state support for higher education. I am happy to announce that,
through the generosity and leadership of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pezold, an endowment has been created
to establish The Sam and Jacquie Rawls Distinguished Professorship in Music, with gifts from many
donors that were matched by the Pezolds. We thank all of these donors and other generous supporters who have created endowments and planned gifts to the Schwob School. I encourage each of you
to consider how you can help the Schwob School of Music to secure its future.
Musically yours,
Dr. Ron Wirt, Interim Director
Schwob School of Music
Saunders Center for Music Studies
Columbus State University
Kaleidoscope
On March 23 at 7:30 p.m., Columbus State
University’s Schwob School of Music will hold its
annual Kaleidoscope Concert in Bill Heard Theater,
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts. This unique,
once-a-year performance showcases all 240
student musicians at the Schwob School of Music in a
fast-paced and exciting seventy-minute concert that
spans a wide range of musical styles.
S TEINWAY
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Piano aNia!
For the second year, the Schwob School of Music
will host the spectacular piano extravaganza,
PianoMania! This festive concert features
three Steinway grands on the Legacy Hall stage with
solo, duo, and trio piano performances by Schwob
School students and Professor Alexander Kobrin, the
L. Rexford Whiddon Distinguished Chair in Piano.
A concert meant for every generation of concertgoer, this annual event is a Columbus favorite. From
our Philharmonic Orchestra to our Popular Music
Ensemble, from our Chamber Singers to our
Jazz Band, there is something for everyone
at Kaleidoscope!
The event is a scholarship fundraising benefit for
Schwob piano students. Last year, PianoMania!
reached its fundraising goal of $10,000. We express
our gratitude to Marjorie Newman, who created and
coordinated the event and who has been a friend
and supporter of the Schwob School of Music
for many years.
We hope you can join us for this very special
performance. Tickets can be purchased at the
RiverCenter Box Office (900 Broadway) or by calling
706-256-3612. Admission is $20.00.
We invite you to experience this fantastic event on
March 19 at 7:30 pm in Legacy Hall. Tickets are $25
and will go on sale in February of 2013. To purchase,
contact Laura Saliba at 706-649-1913.
Spring 2013 Concert Calendar
BHT = Bill Heard Theatre | LH = Legacy Hall | ST = Studio Theatre
JANUARY
Jan. 11
The Elixir of Love
Opera Performance
7:30 p.m. BHT
$20
Jan. 13
The Elixir of Love
Opera Performance
3:00 p.m. BHT
$20
STRIKE Piano/Percussion Duo
Jeff Meyer, piano and Paul Vaillancourt, percussion
7:30 p.m. LH
Free
The Athenia Chamber Ensemble
Guest Artist Recital
7:30 p.m. LH
Free
7:30 p.m.
ST
Free
4:00 p.m.
LH
7:30 p.m.
Jan. 29
The Beethoven Project:
The Complete Violin Sonatas - Part II
7:30 p.m.
Jan. 14 Jan. 15
Jan. 22
The Beethoven Project:
The Complete Violin Sonatas - Part I
Jan. 27
Sergiu Schwartz, violin & Alex Kobrin, piano
Faculty Recital
Jan. 28
Viola Studio Recital
FEBRUARY
Feb. 3
Earl Coleman Studio Recital
Michelle DeBruyn, voice
Faculty Recital
Feb. 4
LH
$20
Mar. 17
Kobrin - Schwartz - Warner Piano Trio
4:00 p.m. performing Brahms and Mendelssohn with Zoran Jakovcic, viola
LH
Free
Mar. 17
Horn Studio Recital
LH
Free
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Mar. 20
Alexander Kobrin, piano
Faculty Recital
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
ST
Free
Mar. 21
7:30 p.m.
ST
Free
Mar. 23
Kaleidoscope Concert
Mar. 27
Wendy Warner & Yien Wang
Faculty Recital
7:30 p.m.
BHT
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
CSU Jazz Ensembles
featuring Conrad Herwig, trombone
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Guitar and Flute Studio Recital
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
9:00 p.m.
ST
Free
7:30 p.m.
ST
Free
Chamber Singers and Concert Chorale
4:00 p.m.
LH
Free
Apr. 8 Guitar Chamber Recital
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Apr. 11
CSU Wind Ensemble
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Francisco Bernier, Guitar
Guest Artist Recital - LegacyLive!
4:00 p.m.
LH
$20
Apr. 15
Columbus Brass
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Free
Robert Murray & Joseph Golden
Faculty Recital
4:00 p.m. LH
Free
Jason Snider, horn
Guest Artist Recital
7:30 p.m. LH
Free
So Percussion
Guest Artist Recital - LegacyLive!
7:30 p.m. Feb. 13
CSU Jazz Band
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Feb. 17
Spotlight on Violin! Violin Studio Gala Concert
Violin Studio Gala Concert
4:00 p.m.
LH
Free
Feb. 18
Meerenai Shim, flute
Guest Artist Recital
7:30 pm
LH
Free
Feb. 19
Steve Stusek and Laurent Estoppey saxophone duo 6:00 pm Guest Artist Recital
ST
Free
Feb. 19
Josh Kearney, conductor
Student Lecture Recital
LH
Free
LH
Free
7:30 p.m.
$25
LH
7:30 p.m.
LH
William Ferguson, tenor
Guest Artist Recital - LegacyLive!
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. LH
MARCH
Mar. 16
PianoMania! scholarship benefit concert
Free
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Mar. 19
LH
Free
4:00 p.m
Free
CSU Wind Orchestra Free
Feb. 10
LH
LH
Free
Free
7:30 p.m.
ST
LH
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 11
7:30 p.m
CSU Philharmonic
The Beethoven Project:
The Complete Violin Sonatas - Part III
Feb. 28
Mar. 18
Feb. 5
Feb. 10
Feb. 25
Yien Wang, piano
Faculty Recital
$20
Mar. 28
CSU Contemporary Ensemble
APRIL
Apr. 1 Apr. 3
Apr. 4
Apr. 4 Apr. 5
Apr. 7 Zoran Jakovcic & Alex Kobrin
Faculty Recital
NIGHTCAP Student Composers’ Concert
Electroacoustic Weekend
Guest Artist Recital
Apr. 14
Boris Slutsky, piano
Guest Artist Recital
$20
Feb. 21
CSU Wind Ensemble
Feb. 22
Kobrin - Schwartz -Warner Piano Trio
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Schubert and Schumann with Zoran Jakovcic, viola and Boris Abramov, violin
Apr. 18 CSU Chorale
Apr. 21
Percussion Ensemble
4:00 p.m.
LH
Free
Feb. 23 Andrew Zohn & Jose Antonio Escobar Guitar Symposium Concert
8:00 p.m. LH
$20
Apr. 24
CSU Philharmonic
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Feb. 24
Elliot Frank/Lukasz Kuropaczewski
Guitar Symposium Concert
7:30 p.m.
LH
$20
Apr. 25
CSU Wind Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
7:30 p.m.
LH
Free
Apr. 26 Piano Studio Recital
Schwob graduate named 2012
Muscogee County School District
Teacher of the Year
Student and Alumni News
More than 800 people at the Convention and Trade Center cheered as Vincent
Sneed was named the Muscogeee County School District Teacher of the Year. He
is a music teacher and the band director at Hardaway High School in Columbus.
Vincent was selected out of 59 top MCSD teacher nominees. Vincent is only the
fourth teacher from Hardaway High School to have received the award.
Colin Fullerton, Woodruff Scholar and student of Dr. Andrew Zohn, won
4th prize in the Mississippi Guitar Competition in Jackson. CSU alumni
Christopher Adkins and Todd Holcomb won 1st and 3rd prizes respectively.
Vincent was a music scholarship recipient and received his BM in Music Education in 2004. He was a trombone student of Dr. Bradley Palmer.
Chad Ibison, B.M. 2012, who is currently in the doctoral program at the
University of Texas, won first prize in the Boston Guitar Competition held at
New England Conservatory.
Michael Johnson competed in the Classical Singer Convention 2012 Young
Artist Series, held in Chicago May 24-27. With a program of songs in three
languages, Johnson was selected from over 1,000 singers as one of 38 to advance to the semifinal round. Johnson, a student of Earl Coleman, has also
been a first place winner in the Georgia and Southeastern National Association of Teachers of Singing Competitions Student Auditions. He will be lead
tenor in the CSU productions of Donizetti’s opera, The Elixir of Love in January 2013.
Photo credit: Dick McMichael
Vince receives congratulations after a
Rotary Club talk.
He says, “What I loved the most about the Schwob were the amazing opportunities offered. The Schwob not only had the most elite instructors, but also brought
in world-class musicians that allowed for the best experience possible for all
music majors alike. I truly credit my successes as an educator to the vigorous
and complete preparation I had from the Schwob. The Schwob School of Music
produces the highest caliber of teachers and musicians, and I am truly honored
to have been a part of it.”
...And we are proud to have him as one of our own. Congratulations, Vincent!
We are proud of our newly-employed
Music Education graduates and wish them the very best!
Jeanette Luna received two awards, the Performance Award and the Orchestral Award, at the conclusion of her study in the Bel Canto Opera Program
in Florence, Italy, this summer. The Performance Award included performances at the Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum in Lake George, NY and
the Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lake Paltz, NY. The Orchestral
Award includes a performance with the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, in
mid-October. Luna, a rising junior at Columbus State University, is a student
of Professor Dian Lawler-Johnson.
D.I. Brunson is the new band director at Mossy Creek Middle School in Houston
County, Georgia.
Oboist Sara Renner, M.M. 2012, won a job playing with Shen Yun Performing Arts. She was a student of Dr. Susan Tomkiewicz.
Josh Evans accepted a position as an elementary music teacher in Bibb County,
Georgia.
Alina Sarkisyan, Artist Diploma student of Professor Alexander Kobrin, was
named a prize winner in the Russian Music International Piano Competition
in San Jose, CA.
Jessica Harrison Knight was hired by Muscogee County to teach Elementary Music.
Joel Sharbaugh, B.M. 2012, won second prize in the South Carolina Guitar
Competition in Columbia. Joel moved to Switzerland this fall to pursue a
Master’s degree at the Lugano Conservatory.
Megan McBrayer has been hired as Director of Bands at Austin Road Middle School
in Henry County - a band program of 300 students!
Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel, B.M. 2007, was one of nine finalists in the
2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. As a finalist, he performed in New York with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. While at CSU
he was the National Winner of the MTNA Young Artist Voice Competition in
2006-2007. His professor at CSU, Earl Coleman, said, “It takes a village, and
CSU was that village for Michael.”
Jeremy Pownall was hired as a General Music Teacher with the Muscogee County
School District and is teaching at Hannan Academy. Professor Paul Hostetter is his
PTA President!
J. B. Taylor, student of Andrew Zohn, was awarded third prize in the
Classical Minds Guitar Competition in Houston, TX.
Alissa Castro has been hired as the music teacher at Jeff Davis Elementary School
and the percussion instructor at Jeff Davis High School in Hazlehurst, Georgia.
Chris Johns is the new Assistant Band and Orchestra Director at Lanier Middle
School in Gwinnett County.
Brad Nelsen is the new Director of Bands at Carr Middle School in Montgomery,
Alabama.
Jessica Reffitt accepted a position with the Roma Independent School District in
Roma, Texas. She will be teaching woodwinds and will direct one of the middle
school bands.
Where are they now?
Roderick Cox named
Conducting Fellow
Music Education, 2009
Roderick has been named the 2012
David Effron Conducting Fellow
for Chautauqua’s Music School
Festival Orchestra. Cox was featured in several MSFO
Amphitheater performances this
summer. This fall, he assumed the
assistant conductor position with
the Alabama Symphony Orchestra
in Birmingham. He earned his
Master’s in conducting from
Northwestern University and his
Bachelor’s in 2009 from Columbus
State University’s Schwob School of
Music.
Gwendolyn Reid Kuhlmann
Voice, 2008
A former student of Professor Earl Coleman,
Gwendolyn moved to Berlin in 2009 and received
her Master’s in singing at the University of the Arts
(UdK) Berlin in October 2011. A week later, she
joined the opera chorus at the Anhaltisches Theater
Dessau, where she will remain for a second season.
She continues to perform in a solo capacity at various concerts in Berlin, including the Bach Christmas
Oratorio and St. Matthew Passion and Mendelssohn’s
Elijah. She married Julian Kuhlmann
this past summer.
Kelli Horton
Piano, 2007
A former student of Betty Anne Diaz and
Jon Kimura Parker at CSU, she worked at
Armstrong Atlantic State University as a
staff accompanist and built a private studio in Savannah. While in Savannah, she
appeared in the feature films “The Last
Song” and “The Conspirator.” For “The
Last Song,” she taught piano to actors Greg
Kinnear and Miley Cyrus, coached the
music scenes, and served as Miley’s hand
double. Kelli says, “I had to morph my
positions to somewhat resemble hers so
the difference in shots would not be too
obvious!” She spent the summer at the
Interlochen Arts Center working as a collaborative pianist and recently relocated to
Los Angeles to pursue a Master’s in Collaborative Arts at the University of Southern
California, where she holds a Piano
Teaching Assistantship.
David Owens
Percussion, 2009
A former CSU Student Government
President and student of Dr. Paul
Vaillancourt, David lives in Louisville,
KY, working on a Master of Theology
degree at The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He works
at Sojourn Community Church in
Louisville as Associate Director of
Sojourn Network, a nationwide church
planting network. He said last summer, “I am married to my beautiful
wife Anna and we have an 8-month
old daughter, Harper Kate.”
FANFARE
Interview
Faculty
Accomplishments
Constantina Tsolainou
Paul S. and Jean R. Amos Distinguished Chair in Music
We interviewed the Schwob School’s Director of Choral Activities
last summer:
It is now your seventh year at Columbus State. How has the school
changed during that time?
“Administrators
have visited us
from other
institutions,
looking to use
the Schwob
School as a
model for their
new buildings—
what a
compliment!”
CT: When I first arrived, I reconfigured the vocal ensembles to better
serve the voice majors here in the Schwob School of Music. Since then
we have tried to customize the ensemble offerings each semester to satisfy the needs of the voice area. For example, this semester we have the
large ensemble, Choral Union, preparing a Mozart Requiem for November 4, and a mixed ensemble of voice majors, University Singers, preparing a varied program for October 18. In addition, we have the Opera
Chorus preparing for a production in January. In the spring semester,
there will be at least three ensembles, but I’m not sure what they will be
at this point. Last spring we had a mixed ensemble, a women’s ensemble
and a men’s quartet. The possibilities change with the fluctuation of our
voice major population.
You conduct three choirs regularly at CSU and also teach classes in
French diction. Do you still find time to travel professionally?
CT: This year I have been named Acting Artistic Director of the Arts
District Chorale in Dallas, Texas. For the last several years, I have been
their principal guest conductor. With the retirement of the founder and
former artistic director, I will be traveling to Dallas for three different concerts this season, in addition to the other engagements that I
have scheduled. Many of us here at Schwob work to balance our travel
schedule with our teaching schedule in order to maintain a professional
profile nationally.
What do visitors most often say about the Schwob School of Music?
CT: Most people comment on the fabulous facilities that we enjoy everyday. Most schools cannot provide the classroom, rehearsal, and performance spaces that we take for granted. Administrators have visited us
from other institutions, looking to use the Schwob School as a model for
their new buildings—what a compliment!
What are you most excited about in the coming year?
CT: Each year brings new and different excitement. No year has been
better, just different. The difference this year is the addition of three
more graduate students in the voice area. We are hoping that, with the
increase in graduate numbers and the higher quality undergraduate
students that we are attracting, our vocal forces will be able to tackle
more challenging repertoire both in the choral area and in the opera
productions.
Dr. Michelle DeBruyn served as the music director for the CSU Theater Department’s
production of Caroline, or Change, for which she received a director’s nomination from
the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. She presented at both the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) and the Alabama Music Educators Association
(AMEA) with her colleagues Dr. Andrée Martin and Dr. Robert Murray on the similarities
in breathing technique for wind instrumentalists and vocalists. In addition, Dr. DeBruyn
earned Level III certification in Somatic VoiceworkSM The LoVetri Method, during the
summer of 2012.
Professor Joseph Golden released his new CD, RiverCenter Favorites on the Jordan Concert Organ, available Fall, 2012 through the American Guild of Organists.
Paul Hostetter, The Ethel Foley Chair in Orchestral Conducting, led performances by the
National Cup Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall; the Naples, FL Philharmonic; the New York
Concerti Sinfonietta; the PAI Festival Orchestra in Kingston, PA; and the Sequitur Ensemble as part of a residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He also served as a clinician
for Music in the Parks in Atlanta and is working on a new conducting text to be published
by Connect4Education, Inc.
Alexander Kobrin, The L. Rexford Whiddon Distinguished Faculty Chair in Music, performed concert tours in Europe, Asia and the U.S., was guest artist at MTNA National
Conference in NYC, and counted three students as prizewinners of international piano
competitions in the U.S. His Moscow recital in December 2011 was named as major piano
recital of the year by “ Literaturnaia Gazeta,” one of the main Moscow newspapers, and he
also received warm reviews by the New York Times and the Oxford Times (U.K.).
Dian Lawler-Johnson attended the MTNA 2012 national conference with her private
student, who advanced to the pre-college finals in the Young Artist Competition. She also
participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Conference in Orlando as Southeastern Liaison to the NATS Foundation Board. She was recently appointed
as Georgia NATS District Governor for 2012-2014.
Ms. Lawler-Johnson prepared students entering the Georgia NATS Auditions, Georgia
Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and the Georgia NATS Artist Awards competition (NATSAA), which she assisted in hosting at the Schwob School of Music this year. Recent
accomplishments of her students include Georgia and Southern District MTNA Senior
Voice awards, Georgia NATS Auditions, Bel Canto Opera (Italy), Si parla, si canta (Italy),
and the Harrower Opera Workshop (Atlanta)
faculty accomplishments
Dr. Matthew McCabe designed and taught a new course entitled “Web Design for Musicians”
at CSU and then travelled to Valdosta to teach at the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, a
4-week residential summer program for gifted high school students; he will return next summer as the department chair for Digital Media Studies at GHP. In early May, his latest publication, in collaboration with the Cognition and Language Lab at the University of Florida,
entitled “Concurrent Word Generation and Motor Performance: Further Evidence for Language-Motor Interaction” appeared in the journal PLoS ONE. He also performed with Atlantabased blues guitarist Marshall Ruffin, served as technical director for the International Trumpet
Guild conference at CSU, and engaged in recording sessions, composition, and technical consulting.
Dr. Lisa Oberlander performed Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs with the CSU Wind Ensemble at the 2012 Georgia Music Educators Association conference in Savannah. Her students
won first and second place in the GMTA Young Artist Woodwind Competition Division. Her
student, Ford Fourqurean, attended both the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (Sewanee, TN)
and the Music Seminar in Kitakaruizawa (Japan) 2012, run by the acclaimed clarinetist Charles
Neidich.
Dr. Sean Powell, Assistant Professor of Music Education presented 3 research papers at the
Music Educators National Conference in St. Louis, and presented a research paper at the ISME
30th World Conference on Music Education in Thessaloniki, Greece. He has been elected Facilitator of the Program Admission, Assessment, and Alignment ASPA of the Society for Music
Teacher Education
Dr. Brad Palmer, trombone professor, performed at the International Trombone Festival in
Paris and with the American Trombone Choir in Belgium, Germany, and France. He was a faculty Artist at the SliderAsia trombone festival in Hong Kong. He was featured soloists in Frank
Martin’s “Ballade” with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra and in John Mackey’s “Harvest”
Trombone Concerto with the CSU Wind Ensemble and Millikin University’s Wind Ensemble at
the Illinois Music Educators Conference.
In 2012, Dr. Elizabeth Parker presented her research in Vancouver, B.C at the American Educational Research Association, and in Thessaloniki, Greece at the International Society of Music
Education. Forthcoming publications include a qualitative study of the work of James Mursell
in Visions of Research in Music Education and a mixed-methods study of undergraduate musicianship in Research Studies in Music Education.
Andrew Poor served as a brass instructor for the Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps
during the summer of 2012. The corps placed third at the Drum Corps International World
Championships recently in Indianapolis, Indiana. His composition, When Words Are Not
Enough, was recently published by Northeastern Music Publications. He recently received a
commission for a composition for young band from the Wrens Middle School band in Jefferson, Georgia. This fall, he serves as staff arranger for the University of Tennessee-Martin
Skyhawk Marching for the 2012 football season, as a member of the GMEA Adjudication committee, and as coordinator for the 2013 All-state bands. He served as a facilitator at the 2012
National Brass Symposium this past June.
Sergiu Schwartz, The William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Faculty Chair in Music, returned to the Bowdoin International Music Festival (Maine), where, as artist faculty in residence,
he conducted master classes and performed in concerts. The Portland Press Herald wrote following
one of Prof. Schwartz’s performances in the festival: “Masterful Show ...This week’s Monday Sonatas
concert of the Bowdoin International Music Festival, at Studzinski Hall, was sold out…It is seldom
that one attends a concert with such a sustained high level of musicianship, beginning with an exciting Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in F Major, as played by Sergiu Schwartz, violin, and Peter Basquin,
piano.”
Prof. Schwartz’s teaching assistant Boris Abramov appeared in numerous solo and chamber music
concerts with Bowdoin faculty and fellow students and served as one of the principals of the Bowdoin Festival Orchestra. His chamber group substituted at short notice for the world-famous Ying
String Quartet in a live appearance on Maine Public Broadcasting. Boris was also chosen by the
festival to perform the world premiere of a new violin work by American composer Derek Bermel.
Prof. Schwartz also performed at Summit International Music Festival (New York), Hunter College
in New York, and Smith College in Massachusetts and conducted master classes at Cleveland Institute of Music and at Lausanne-Sion Academy of Music (Switzerland).
Dr. Susan Tomkiewicz presented a lecture on TMJ among musicians at the International Double
Reed Society Conference in Oxford, OH. Dr. Ron Wirt also attended with his student Bogdan
Dumitriu, who received Honorable Mention in the Fox-Gillet International Competition.
Paul Vaillancourt, at the International Trumpet Guild, performed with international artists
throughout the conference. He has produced a recording with the Continental Trombone Quartet.
The CSU Percussion Ensemble CD, entitled Shifting Cells, was released on Albany Records this past
October and featured new works written for the ensemble. Paul toured as part of the piano/percussion duo, Strike with pianist Jeff Meyer all over the U.S., promoting the group’s first CD, Convergence. He also composed drum scores for the world and North American champions, New York
Metro Pipe Band.
Yien Wang was the official collaborative artist at the 2012 International Trumpet Guild Conference, the 2012 Southeast Trombone Symposium, the 7th Annual English Horn Master Classes with
Carolyn Hove, the 2012 Summerflute, and the 2012 MTNA Southern Division Competition. She
was the collaborative artist and piano coordinator at the 2012 International Saxophone Symposium
and Competition. She was also a jury member at the GMTA auditions. She performed and taught
with Trio Carrizo colleagues Dr. Susan Tomkiewicz and Dr. Ron Wirt at Baylor University and Texas
State University this fall. She served as a jury member at both 2012 MTNA Piano Competitions at
Auburn University in Alabama and Young Harris College in Georgia. She will be the official collaborative artist at the 2013 International Trombone Festival and the 8th Annual English Horn Master
Classes with Carolyn Hove.
Dr. Andrew Zohn released his new Duo Spiritoso CD, “Duo Spiritoso Plays Granados,” on Clear
Note Productions. He completed a multiple-concert summer tour of Italy, France, and the Netherlands.
Schwobs receive
honorary doctorates
A native of Baltimore, Henry C. Schwob
graduated from Georgia Military Academy,
now Woodward Academy, in Atlanta. After
serving two years in the Army in Korea, he
earned a BBA in marketing at the University
of Georgia.
He began his career in Chicago with Hart
Schaffner and Marx menswear, later moving
to Columbus to join Schwob Manufacturing and eventually serving as its president.
He developed Columbus Square Mall, which
was Georgia’s first indoor shopping mall, and
helped establish Pine Manor and Oak Manor
nursing homes.
An accomplished pianist, Joyce Schwob
served for several years on the piano
faculty of CSU’s Department of Music.
She’s performed as a piano soloist with
the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra, Marietta Symphony,
Columbus Symphony and Columbus
College Symphony Orchestra.
Long-time CSU benefactors Henry and Joyce Schwob
received honorary doctorates at the 2012 spring commencement held in the Columbus Civic Center.
The Schwob family’s support of Columbus State has been
strong for decades. Family members were among prominent
Columbus businessmen and educators who led the push to
establish a junior college in Columbus in the 1950s. Henry
Schwob was among the charter members of the Columbus
College Foundation’s Board of Trustees in 1964. Because of
generous donations over the years, CSU’s Schwob Memorial Library and the Schwob School of Music bear the family
name.
“Without a doubt, the support of Henry and Joyce Schwob
has been one of the most important factors in establishing
the reputation of Columbus State University as a center of
excellence in music and the arts,” said Rex Whiddon, Columbus State’s Director of Principal Gifts and University
Stewardship.
He’s served on the boards of First National
Bank, First Union Bank, Wachovia Bank,
Wells Fargo, Burnham Services Corp., the
Medical Center, Columbus Museum and
Temple Israel. An avid collector of American
art, he now serves on the board of Atlanta’s
High Museum and the Anti-Defamation
League National Board. He’s president of
Schwob Realty and the Schwob Family
Foundation.
A Philadelphia native, Joyce Harrison
Schwob was a scholarship student at the
University of Pennsylvania before earning
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music
from Auburn University.
Under her leadership as president of the
board for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, its musicians moved to paid, professional
status. She also chaired an international
search that resulted in the hiring of George
del Gobbo as the orchestra’s music director
and conductor.
An accomplished pianist, Joyce Schwob
served for several years on the piano faculty
of CSU’s Department of Music. She’s performed as a piano soloist with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra, Marietta Symphony, Columbus
Symphony and Columbus College Symphony Orchestra.
She’s served on the boards of the National
American Symphony Orchestra League,
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Jewish Family
and Career Services, William Bremen Museum, The Temple and Greater Atlanta Jewish
Federation. She was awarded the federation’s
Woman of Achievement Award in 2001 for
co-chairing “Music with a Mission.”
The Patrons of Music Society
A vital auxiliary to the Schwob School of Music
August 1, 2011 - September 27, 2012
Cornerstone Partners ($50,000.00+)
Mr. and Mrs. D. Clyde Fountain
Pezold Family Foundation
Schwob Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Turner, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Turner, Sr.
Woodruff Family Foundation, Inc.
University Partners ($25,000.00+)
Mrs. Frank D. Foley, Jr.
George Stanford Hamer III
Leah D. Hamer
Maxine R. Schiffman
TSYS
Leadership Circle ($20,000.00+)
Aflac
Fred and Catalina Aranas Family Foundation
The Jordan Foundation, Inc.
Akitoshi and Etsuko Kan
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry B. Newman
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Platinum Circle ($10,000.00+)
Stephen T. & Kent H. Butler | Dan T. and Rhonda P. Cathy | Gail B. Greenblatt | Akitoshi and Etsuko Kan
The Virginia Cook Lee and Katie Lou Cook Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gold Circle ($7,500.00+)
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Silver Circle ($5,000.00+)
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Humana
Hunter Family Fund
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J. F. Evans, Inc.
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The Loft
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Song & Dance Too, Inc.
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In this season of reflection,
we are thankful for your
friendship and support.
We wish you Happy Holidays
and a joyous New Year!
Named Endowments
The Paul S. and Jean R. Amos Distinguished Chair in Music
The Lloyd and Effie Bowers Music Endowment
The George H. Brawner, Sr. Music Scholarship Endowment
The Columbus Junior Woman’s Club Fine Arts Endowment
The William and Isabelle Curry Eminent Scholar Chair in Voice
The Betty Anne and Manuel Díaz Music Scholarship Endowment
The Maud Flournoy Dixon Music Scholarship Endowment
The Dwight Curtis Floyd Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship Endowment
The Ethel Foley Distinguished Chair for Orchestral Activities
The D. Clyde and Mellie Fountain Music Scholarship Endowment
The Lenora Jordan Garrard Music Scholarship Endowment
The Ken and Melinda Goldman Music Scholarship Endowment
The Greenblatt Family Music Scholarship Endowment
The Bert S. and Mary Eleanor Harp Music Scholarship Endowment
The Janet B. Hollis Endowment for Music
The Georgia Mae Hopkins Piano Scholarship Endowment
The Jill Howard Music Education Endowment
The S. Stanley Hunter Music Enhancement Fund
The G. Gunby Jordan Concert Organ Endowment
The G. Gunby Jordan Endowment for Operatic Studies
Jordan Family Enhancement Fund
The Leon and Beverlye Lapides Scholarship Fund
The Virginia Cook Lee and Katie Lou Coo k Memorial Music Scholarship Fund
The Anson Locklear Memorial Music Endowment
The Alma and Theo McGee Endowment for the Teaching and Performing Arts
The Alma Taliaferro McGee Music Scholarship Endowment
The Lucy Quillian Page Master Class Series Endowment
The Dr. J. Daniel Palmer Music Scholarship Endowment
The Kathleen S. Palmer and Dwight Skone-Palmer Music Scholarship Endowment
The Dr. E. Stephen Purdom Music Scholarship Endowment
The Sam and Jacquie Rawls Distinguished Professorship in Music
The Helen Roberts Music Scholarship Endowment
The Gerald Benjamin Saunders and Charlotte Alexander Saunders Music Endowment
The Otis and Sandy Scarborough Music Scholarship Endowment
The Ruth S. Schwob Music Scholarship Endowment
The Simon Schwob Foundation Music Scholarship Endowment
The Martha S. Turner Music Scholarship Endowment
The William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Chair in Music
The John and Sally Walden Endowment for Opera
The Lynn K. Whiddon Music Conservatory Scholarship Endowment
The L. Rexford Whiddon Distinguished Chair in Piano
The L. Rexford Whiddon Music Scholarship Endowment
The Woodruff Family Endowment for Cultural Advancement
Pre-Concert Dinner Series,
Spring 2013
Join the Schwob School of Music at 5:30 pm for three delightful dinners at the
Chattahoochee River Club prior to three concerts at RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.
Dinner is $35/$45 with wine.
For reservations, please contact Laura Saliba at 706-649-1913
The Beethoven Project: The Complete Violin Sonatas, Pt. I
Tuesday, January 29th at 7:30 pm in Studio Theatre; free admission
CSU Wind Ensemble
Thursday, February 21st at 7:30 pm; Legacy Hall; free admission
CSU Choral Ensembles
Thursday, April 18th at 7:30 pm; Legacy Hall; free admission
Thank you...
I am a graduate assistant in the piano
studio in Schwob Music School. I am
from Taiwan and studied before four
years in Paris and five years in Germany.
With your support I am able to pursue
my dream studying further with Professor Kobrin. I know I will make you proud
and you will always be a part of anything I
accomplish. Thank you for making a difference in my life in Columbus.
Thank you and best regards,
Tzu-yi Chen, piano
I truly believe the greatest gift one can
receive is the opportunity to succeed and
shape their future. Your charitable gift
has done that for me, and I will forever be
grateful. I know I will make you proud
and you will always be a part of anything I
accomplish.
Sincerely,
Maya Killingsworth, viola
Thank you very much for your continuous
support of CSU and the Schwob School of
Music as Patrons of Music. Your generous
gift is supporting my dreams. I know I
will make the both of you very proud, and
I will always keep you in my thoughts a
major contribution to my success. Thank
you so much!
Musically yours,
Cristian A. Cantu, horn
My name is Courtney Alley and I am a
freshman here at Columbus. I am a Music
Education Major who plays the french
horn. I really appreciate all your generosity.
It has helped so much to help me become a
music educator. I can now focus more on
my studies instead of worrying over money.
For that I greatly appreciate all you do
for the music students here at Columbus.
Music so important to so many people. The
fact that you acknowledge that and contribute says a lot. Thank you again. I hope that
you have a splendid year.
Courtney Alley, horn
Schwob students performing at the Woodruff Award and Gusto! dinners:
I am writing to express my deep appreciation of your kindness and generosity as a
supporter of Columbus State University.
Through your support you have helped
numerous students achieve their dreams.
Thank you! I am currently enrolled at CSU
as a saxophone performance major. Upon
graduation, I hope to be accepted into the
graduate program at Indiana University
where I will continue my performance
studies. With your support I can focus on
my studies and work harder to ensure my
academic success. Thank you for making a
difference in my life here at CSU.
Thank you,
Erik Wright, saxophone
Without your generosity, I would have
never had the opportunity to attend this
truly amazing university. Thank you for
your dedication to music and the arts.
Sincerely,
Jacqueline Potts, cello