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Volume 106, Issue 1
Spring 2012
Volume 106, Issue 1
Spring 2012
African American Mu Phis
Inspiration and Identity
Also: Chapter Anniversaries
Fraternity Mission Statement: Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music
Fraternity is a coeducational fraternity whose aim is the advancement of music in
the community, nation, and world through the promotion of musicianship,
scholarship, and music education, with emphasis on service through music.
Volume 106, Issue 1
Spring 2012
EDITOR
Melissa Eddy
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DESIGN & PRODUCTION
Corinne Lattimer
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contents
Feature:
Hansonia Caldwell . . . . . . . .4
Boston Alumni Host
World Premiere . . . . . . . . . .10
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by Sally Etcheto Porton
Meet an inspirational, energetic, and
award-winning African American Mu Phi
by Patricia Callan
New arrangement by Yoko Nakatani gets
first performance at chapter event
Feature:
Perspectives on Being
an African American
Musician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
ACME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Deadlines for submissions:
Fall — August 15
Winter — December 1
Spring — February 15
Summer — May 1
by Melissa J. Eddy
A roundtable with four early- to midcareer Beta Zeta members
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On the cover: Hansonia (Sonia) Caldwell
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by Rona Commins
ACME honorees in the Sacramento area
raise funds for music education
Applause / Encore . . . . . . .12
News from members and chapters
International Corner . . . . . . .8
by Marlon Daniel
First-hand account of conducting a
historic premiere in Russia
Bookshelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
by Rebecca Sorley
Fascinating insights about music education practices around the world
Alumni Reflections,
Better than Gold . . . . . . . . .10
by Lenita McCallum
Thoughts about how individual members
reflect our fraternity's value
Final Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Collegiate Presidents
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
District Directors
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Executive Officers
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Chapter
Anniversaries . . .Back Cover
Milestones being celebrated this year
President’s Message
O
black and unknown
bards of long ago,
How came your lips
to touch the sacred fire?
How, in your darkness,
did you come to know
The power and the beauty
of the minstrel’s lyre?
… You sang far better
than you knew; the songs
That for your listeners’
hungry hearts sufficed
Still live …
O unknown bards of
long ago,
How came your lips
to touch the sacred fire?
(Excerpt from O Black and
Unknown Bards by James
Weldon Johnson, 1925)
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When did the world change so, from the predictable
and familiar to the surprises and uncertainties of
diversity? The picket fence, with every slat the
same size and color, is gone. The all-American
burger, while inarguably tasty, is bland when
compared to the array of seasonings in a spread
of burritos and tamales, stir-fry chicken, lamb
kebabs, or Pad Thai. A half-century ago, diversity
was to be had somewhere across the ocean, or was
contained within isolated American communities.
Now, humans understand that we need to know
about the world, in all of its surprises and
uncertainties, to be better equipped to handle the
needs of everyone on the planet.
Enter music, one of the most glorious celebrations of cultural diversity the
world could ever know. Music is important as a means of mirroring
experiences, whether beautiful, sorrowful, or sublime. Every man, woman,
and child can think and feel in music and through music, no matter where
they live.
I recently returned from a week in California, and while there, I had an
opportunity to visit with three alumni and three collegiate chapters. During
these visits, I was reminded again of the diversity within our membership as
I met new friends and got reacquainted with others. I am continually
amazed by the shared love of music and Mu Phi Epsilon.
I met with young collegiates who are just beginning their concentrated
studies and learning to balance classes, study, practice, and recitals while
nurturing friendships and families. Their enthusiasm for music is catching!
All will be ‘stars’ in their own way. I also met with Mu Phis who have been
members for sixty years and counting. A special meeting was with Rosalie
Speciale, who served the Fraternity as International President 1958-1962
and was a founding member of the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation. It was so
meaningful to see that at Rosalie’s wonderful age of 92, Mu Phi Epsilon is
still an important part of her life, she still considers all of us special friends,
and she still sings “Our Triangle” with gusto.
I was reminded again of what a diverse organization Mu Phi Epsilon is. We
have members from so many nationalities, cultures, religions, ages, men,
women – one would think we might not be able to come together on
anything. But through our music, we’re connected around the globe. It’s
easy to access the musical world – we can purchase it, download it, iPod it.
We are also connected locally – at home, within our families, schools, and
communities. It’s our knowledge that music can bridge all gaps, and offer to
everyone a means of expression and joy, that binds us together as members
of Mu Phi Epsilon.
Rosemary Ames,
International President
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Cover Feature
Meet 2011 Eleanor Hale WilsonRosalie V. Speciale Lifetime
Achievement Award Winner
Hansonia Caldwell
by Sally Etcheto Porton,
Mu Chi, Gamma Sigma faculty advisor
Hansonia Caldwell (known to some as Sonia) began her
musical career seated at a piano keyboard at age four. By age
eight or nine, she was singing in a girls’ ensemble at her home
church, Knox Presbyterian in Baltimore, Maryland. “I sang
second soprano, and I was always the one who gave the
starting pitch,” Sonia recalls. The combination of perfect pitch,
a rich, mellow singing voice, and keyboard skills resulted in a
young woman who never considered any other career path but
music.
Strong foundation
Sonia’s early training laid a strong foundation for later
academic credentials, as reflected in her diverse interests and
breadth of knowledge. As an undergraduate music student at
Boston University, she was convinced by a leading musicology
professor to major in that field, with piano as her minor.
Arriving later at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles, Hansonia intended to earn an M.A. in musicology, but
since her professors assumed she had come to complete her
doctorate, she did!
Photo: Coverup Productions
With a Ph.D. in musicology and secondary concentrations in
piano and American social and intellectual history, Dr.
Caldwell launched a multi-faceted musical and pedagogical
career that has spanned more than four decades and shows no
signs of slowing down. During a recent interview, her ebullient
enthusiasm, positive attitude, infectious laughter, and razorsharp intellect combined to explain why she is still much in
demand as a commanding voice within the African-American
musical community.
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Building friendships and connections
When asked about her involvement with Mu Phi Epsilon,
Hansonia recalled joining Gamma Sigma at California State
University/Dominguez Hills at its inception in 1976. She has
been a supportive mentor for the Dominguez Hills collegiates
and actively involved with Beverly Hills Alumni. From 19891995 she was International Fifth Vice-President. When asked
about her most meaningful experiences in Mu Phi, she quickly
responded, “Building musical friendships across the country
was just wonderful … I really enjoyed the experience on the
board very much. Learning how the organization functioned
musically across the country was very rewarding.”
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Dr. Caldwell also offered a bit of
advice for collegiates as they
consider their current and ongoing
involvement with Mu Phi Epsilon:
“You can never begin [developing]
professional connections early
enough.” She feels that today’s
students must sharpen their longrange thinking and realize that what they do during their
college years will ultimately affect their careers. She
observed that organizations offering undergraduate
membership must be aware that the cost involved in
joining and maintaining affiliation can sometimes be “offputting” for students. In her opinion it would be helpful if
Mu Phi as an institution could figure out a way to
“economically facilitate” undergraduate membership and
ongoing involvement after graduation. “If you want
diversity, you have to make it happen on purpose.” She
believes that to ensure presence of people of all colors, an
organization must be “color blind and color aware at the
same time.”
Active “retirement”
Dr. Caldwell was professor of music at CSU/Dominguez
Hills (1972-2011) with academic specialties in AfroAmerican music, 19th century music history, and music
appreciation. She also taught the popular courses Arts &
Social Protest and Diaspora Arts & Religion and was the
founding conductor of the CSU/DH Jubilee Choir. As
Professor Emerita she continues as the founding director
of the Georgia and Nolan Payton Program & Archive for
the study of African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians.
A glimpse at Hansonia’s calendar of musical activities
belies her claim of “really trying to retire and learn to say
no.” Just since the beginning of 2012 she:
• Co-chaired a 27th annual commemorative concert in
honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Coordinated a program on music education as current
program chair of the Southwest Heights Affiliates of
the Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Was a featured speaker at the conference “African-
Photo: Gary Kuwahara
She points out that many composers
of African-American descent face
the challenge of using “the language
of contemporary classical music
while still being identified as
African-American.” She has been
particularly gratified by the
opportunity to recommend AfricanAmerican composers and writers for
the fraternity’s Sterling Patron
honor, bringing attention to people
who might otherwise have remained
unknown on such a national scale.
•
American Art Song: Roots & Branches”
Appeared at the University of Southern California in a
presentation exploring the unique contributions of
African Americans to the literature of classical music.
Her ongoing projects and positions include:
• Chancel choir director at Knox Presbyterian Church,
Ladera Heights, Ca.
• Editorial reader and author for the Black Music
Research Journal
• Adjudicator for the Grammy Signature Schools
Enterprise Award
• Co-Director/Associate Producer for the Jester
Hairston Production Project under the auspices of the
ADSMM Archive.
Dr. Caldwell also hopes to create a video biography, with
teaching materials, about the great African American
conductor and arranger Jester Hairston. “Our concern is
that the values and enthusiasm that he brings to the
Spiritual could be lost. He was an extraordinary teacher …
you cannot go anywhere without finding somebody who
has had an experience with him.” Anyone who has
memories or experiences with Jester Hairston is invited to
contact Dr. Caldwell through www.jesterhairston.org. Such
input may help obtain grant funding to ensure that
Hairston’s life and work will not be forgotten.
Amazingly energetic and still happily occupied in doing
what she calls her “special joys,” Hansonia Laverne
Caldwell truly embodies the spirit of Music, Friendship,
and Harmony. She received the Eleanor Hale WilsonRosalie V. Speciale Lifetime Achievement Award at the
2011 Mu Phi Epsilon Convention.
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Perspectives on Being an African American Musician
A Roundtable with Beta Zeta Members
By Melissa J. Eddy, Mu Theta, International Editor
The Triangle conducted email interviews with one
collegiate and three alumni members of Beta Zeta at
Southern University, a Historically Black institution in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The collegiate is Jerrell R.
Gray; the alumni are Terrel T. Kent, Esq.,
Kimberlee Richardson-Gross, and Jediah D.
Spurlock, all in early- to mid-stage careers. Kimberlee
and Jediah are music educators and serve as Mu Phi
district directors, while Terrel chose a law career but
also remains an active musician.
The Triangle: What were your earliest
musical experiences?
Jerrell: Taking lessons at the Sherwood Conservatory of
Music in Chicago, IL was the beginning of my musical
experience.
Jediah: I sang my first solo at my grandmother’s church
when I was five years old and have been singing in choral
and solo settings ever since. I started piano lessons in first
grade, but quit in fourth grade when I moved to Kansas
because I didn’t really like my teacher there.
Kimberlee: My aunt and uncles on my father’s side of
the family are all musicians. I grew up in a home full of
instruments, and I was constantly surrounded by music.
I began taking piano lessons at age five.
Terrel: My father was a high school band director. At
the age of four, I’d clap rhythms and sing pitches with
him while he arranged and orchestrated music for his
students. I also started playing the piano at four and the
violin at eight years old.
How did you decide to pursue music as a
major and career?
Kimberlee: My piano teacher in high school was very
encouraging and discussed with me a possible future as
a music teacher. I actually wanted to go to school for
accounting, but found it very boring! So I began taking
my music more seriously.
Terrel: Music was incorporated into every aspect of my
life from a very young age. The transition from high
school to a collegiate music program was a natural
progression.
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Jerrell: Successful music performances and good
teachers encouraged me to make music my career.
Jediah: I chose music education as a major so I could
take my love of music and pursue a career in it. After
graduation, I jumped at the first opportunity to be hired
as an elementary music teacher and have been teaching
music in that school for almost ten years.
What influenced you to select a Historically
Black institution for your undergraduate
education? What have been the benefits of
that decision? Any drawbacks?
Jerrell: My mother
and my piano
instructor influenced
me to come to an
HBCU (Historically
Black College or
University). Being
here at Southern
University has allowed
me to understand the
warmth and passion
behind music and has
piqued my interest in
a branch of music I
never thought I’d be
interested in.
However, it has been
Jerrell Gray
challenging to win
certain awards and competitions when you’re judged on
race before judges can critique your technique.
Jediah: I decided to attend SU because my mother and
grandmother both attended and earned degrees there.
Going to an HBCU was a blessing because for the first
time in my life I was in the majority. It was a joy for
me to go to school with other black students who
studied and performed classical music, not just gospel
and R&B. I learned about who I was as a black female
and found people who accepted me for who I was as a
person, not for my nationality and/or race. No
drawbacks, except there was an obvious difference
between the facilities and instruments at SU and those
at LSU, a school about 20 minutes away.
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Kimberlee:
My piano
teacher was
very active at
SU. I
participated in
several
festivals and
piano
competitions
there, and I
became a
familiar face to
the professors
in the
department. I
never
considered
attending
anywhere else.
I received a
good education
and I’ve met
lifelong friends
and colleagues
along the way.
Kimberlee Richardson-Gross (standing)
At times I see
with student
disparaging
looks on the faces of my students’ parents when they
realize I did not attend the state school. This is
discouraging, but I feel that not only did I receive a
quality education, but the life experiences I gained at an
HBCU made me a stronger, better person.
Terrel: Southern University was established by our
forefathers when other institutions blatantly refused to
provide higher education and cultural enlightenment for
black men and women, and it has a rich heritage in
educating people of color. My parents each earned two
degrees from Southern University. What better way to
honor a legacy? I have no regrets.
How and why did you choose to become a
Mu Phi? How have you benefitted from
that decision? What is your current
involvement with the Fraternity?
Jerrell: It was the only music honors society at my
school with such versatility. Not only were they masters
on stage but in classrooms and around the community.
Since being initiated, I have gained so much knowledge
as a musician and respect from peers and outside
musicians. I am an active member of Beta Zeta where I
have served as 1st Vice President and Chorister.
Jediah: I saw the sisterhood that the ladies had. After
my induction in 1998, the chapter gave me an instant
connection to music and music ed majors and minors,
and I met one of my best friends there, Kim RichardsonGross. When I joined, Beta Zeta was an all-female
chapter; after it went co-ed, we didn’t just have sisters,
but then we had brothers too. Beta Zeta has a family
aspect to it. Now it is fun for me as the SC1 District
Director to meet Mu Phis who live in Texas. I
absolutely love being able to continue my involvement
with Mu Phi Epsilon.
Terrel: My high
school choir director
and piano instructor
was Kimberlee
Richardson-Gross.
She invited her
students, including
me, to Mu Phi recitals
and events. After
attending the newinitiate recital in
spring 2003 (Beta
Zeta refers to it as the
“Grape Show”) I was
determined to become
a member.
Terrell Kent
Kimberlee: I dated a
Phi Mu Alpha who introduced me to Mu Phi Epsilon.
After I learned about the organization and met its
members on campus, I fell in love. My decision to
pledge Beta Zeta has given me a lifetime of college
memories, friends that I will have forever, and a
networking system of professional women and men I
can depend on. The elementary music teacher recently
hired at my school is a Mu Phi, and once we realized we
were sisters, it felt like I’d known her all my life. I
currently serve as SE5 District Director.
What are you doing now? What are your
future career dreams?
Jerrell: I am a senior music education (piano) major.
My next goal is to get my master’s in choral conducting
and a doctorate in composition. I compose and arrange
choral music and one day hope to have my own choral
ensemble touring around the world telling people about
Christ through different genres.
Kimberlee: I currently teach general music and piano
for grades 1-12 at a private language immersion school.
I use a middle and high school music curriculum
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International Corner
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Conducting a Russian Premiere
William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony
by Marlon Daniel, Mu Xi, New York Alumni
February 7, 2012 -Aeroflot flight #0034
arrives at 12:45 a.m. to a
snow-covered, moonlit
landscape. Along with
soloists and traveling
companions Alison
Buchanan, soprano, and
Darnell Ishmel, baritone,
I prepare for a cold
winter’s night; the pilot
says it’s -20F out there.
The flight has been quite
nice. We have arrived
safe and sound to the
other side of the world:
Russia. For me this is an
unexpected dream come
true.
It seems just a few short
months ago that I was
hired to perform this
concert in this far-away
land: American music performed by
the Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra
in Kazan, Russia. The concert’s
importance is considerable. The
program includes Leonard
Bernstein’s Candide Overture,
George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
Concert Suite, and the Russian
premiere of William Grant Still’s
Afro-American Symphony. To my
surprise, Still’s work – so popular in
America, especially around Black
History month – has never been
performed in Russia.
I feel both honored and nervous
with the responsibility of making
such an important debut. Being an
African American conductor and
performing the premiere of Still’s
masterwork, one of the greatest by
an African American composer, has
made me feel like the weight of not
only all African Americans but all
people of color is on my shoulder.
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This is history. Not even William
Grant Still himself was given this
opportunity.
Judith Ann Still, the late composer’s
daughter, wrote a letter to symphony
officials in advance of my
appearance. It says in part: “We are
delighted to hear that you will be
performing my father’s symphony,
the ‘Afro-American Symphony’…
You are fortunate to have the widelypraised conductor, Maestro Marlon
Daniel, conducting this important
premiere ... he is one of our brightest
young conductors, [a] foremost
interpreter of music by composers of
African descent, and a champion of
works by my father William Grant
Still.”
No pressure. I guess all the time I
spent performing new works,
especially works by composers of
African descent, has somehow come
to a startling conclusion.
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There’s little rest for the jet-lagged;
the first rehearsal starts at 11:00
a.m. I find the musicians well
prepared and ready to go. My first
impression of the Tatarstan
Symphony Orchestra is immediate:
surely one of the best ensembles I
have ever performed with. They
play with passion and are most able.
After two difficult yet enjoyable
rehearsals, we go on to perform a
sold-out concert of diverse American
music for an enthusiastic audience.
> International Committee Co-Chairs
Marlon Daniel
Mu Xi, New York Alumni
212-641-0305
[email protected]
Keith Ford
Alpha Kappa, Allied
+44 7792-863-867
[email protected]
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Learning, Teaching, & Musical
Identity: Voices Across Cultures
Edited by Lucy Green
Reviewed by Rebecca Sorley, Kappa, Indianapolis Alumni
Lucy Green’s compilation of essays,
Learning, Teaching, and Musical
Identity: Voices Across Cultures,
provides fascinating insight into
practices of music education
throughout the world. The book
opened my eyes to the wealth of
music and musicians around the
world who have chosen to center
their study elsewhere than the
Western art music tradition.
Many of these essays focus on
traditional folk music of cultures such
as Irish, Scottish and Brazilian.
Methods of teaching these traditional
techniques include immersion as a
listener and participation in mixed
level ensembles where young
musicians can learn from more
experienced ones in an
apprenticeship format. Learning
from family members is another
method of learning folk traditions.
Young people are immersed from
birth in the style and then become a
part of the ensemble at the
appropriate time.
Popular music is found around the
world and sometimes ignored in
music education. In her essay
“Playing with Barbie: Exploring
South African Township Children’s
Musical Games as Resources for
Pedagogy,” Susan Harrop-Allin
discusses the perceived disconnect
between music as play and school
music which focuses on written
theoretical material. Harrop-Allin
suggests that much could be learned
by using the music with which the
young people were familiar within the
curriculum. Music games played at
recess, which has an automatic
appeal to children, need not be
excluded from formal musical
education.
“Icelandic Men and Their Identity in
Songs and in Singing” by Robert
Faulkner, focused on two adult male
choirs in Iceland. Translations for
the groups’ names were “Accent” and
“Stupid Bastards.” Accent is a very
well-established group of mature
singers who have recorded and
toured extensively. Stupid Bastards
is a small group of young singers aged
25-35 who describe themselves as “an
Icelandic punkish folk band.” The
group was begun in 2006 and is a
very democratic ensemble where each
member plays a vital role in
arranging and performing the
repertoire. The tradition of male
choruses has been very strong in
Iceland and helped it to establish a
national identity. In the Icelandic
culture, the perceived masculinity of a
singer is enhanced by his
participation in a choir. As a
gentleman in the Accent group is
quoted in the text, “Singing [this is]
gentle, beautiful and clean, pure and
beautiful. You’re not less of a man for
that, you’re more.”
The chapters of this text are written
as scholarly reports of welldocumented studies, often based on
years of research in the field. Each
author was intricately associated with
the subject, either as an educator at
the site or as an observer. Through
interviews and investigation, the
writers discovered important
components of educational practices
among diverse sets of people, from
Australian children to Filipino
women immigrants in Hong Kong to
Brazilian university students. The
text deals with both musical
education and social practices. The
perception of the musician varied
around the world, depending on
location and musical style. Many
chapters dealt with displaced ethnic
Publisher: Indiana University Press
March 7, 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22293-0
Paperback: 330 pp., 3 music examples
groups who attempted to maintain
their identities in their new setting by
preserving musical traditions.
Readers interested in exploring the
role of music and music education
around the world will find “Learning,
Teaching, and Musical Identity:
Voices Across Cultures” to be an
excellent resource for gaining new
ideas from a diverse set of authors
and cultures. The scholarly style,
which includes descriptions of the
process represented in the study, can
be a bit difficult to absorb, but helps
to prove the reliability of this research
by talented musicians who conduct
very demanding studies. Learning
about other cultures’ musical
activities is fascinating and helpful for
all musicians involved in education at
every age and skill level.
> Bookshelf Contributor
Rebecca Sorley
Kappa, Indianapolis Alumni
[email protected]
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Alumni Reflections, Better than Gold
By Lenita McCallum, Third Vice President/Alumni Advisor
I recently had the pleasure of spending three
and a half days with two exemplary, long-time
Mu Phi alumni members. As we went about
our Mu Phi business (finding a venue for the
next convention), there were times when these
individuals’ personal qualities made me
realize just what a great resource our alumni
are (or can be).
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High quality
Both said that they had become members in
the first place due to their observation of the
high quality of the alumni they knew. They
didn’t join just because of the number of
scholarships we offer or because their friends
were in Mu Phi Epsilon. They joined because
they wisely aspired to be part of an
organization with high quality collegiate
members who became high quality alumni.
They also were impressed with our emphasis
on character and commitment as well as
scholarship and musicianship. Taking a cue
from their perception of our fraternity’s high
expectations of its members, they set out to be
of service in whatever ways they could. And
they have done just that, serving in important
positions in their local chapters and all the
way to national office.
members and getting their input regarding convention
left me humbled again by the dedication, inspiration,
and fellowship that shone through in our conversations.
Their willingness to help and to offer insights, ideas, and
creative thinking to help us provide the richest
experience possible in 2014 was exciting and welcomed.
We reflect our fraternity
So, alumni members, that got me to thinking about a few
things. I wonder if we realize the importance of what
potential members see when they observe us. Do we
always strive to maintain the high goals to which we
pledge ourselves? Do we seek out candidates for Special
Election who will come alongside us and strengthen the
fraternity over the years?
On a more personal level, could your “alumni-ness” use
some polishing? Do your own contacts with prospective
collegiate members make them more likely to want to
join the fraternity? Have you remained active – and
showed by example the fraternity’s lifelong value – by
affiliating with an alumni chapter or as an Allied
member? Is your alumni chapter weaker or stronger
because of your membership in it? Like it or not, you are
forever a representative of Mu Phi Epsilon. So let
yourself shine!
Another pleasure of this trip was visiting with
two alumni chapters. Connecting with their
Boston Alumni
Host World Premiere of New Arrangement
“Caravan,” the jazz standard that has intrigued
performers and arrangers over the years, was not
written by Duke Ellington as many believe but in fact
by trombonist Juan Tizol. The tune and its words (yes,
it does have words) exude mystery and the danger of
forbidden love.
A new arrangement for six hands at one piano plus
hand drum, tambourine, and samba whistle is a jazz
session written in classical style by Mu Phi composer
Yoko Nakatani (Nu, Boston Alumni). It was
premiered at the home of member Valerie Stark on
April 22, 2012, with Boston Alumni members
Nakatani, Yukiko Sekino (Omega Omega), and Valerie
Stark (Beta) at the keyboard. (Potential performers be
forewarned: the artists sit so closely, they must keep
their weight down.)
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Nakatani’s lively, syncopated arrangement transports
us to Brazil and Carnivale. It begins with an ostinato
that intensifies as the other parts square off against the
improvisational-sounding melody and one another,
each sustaining its own rhythm. When not playing the
piano parts, the performers are kept busy with hand
drum and tambourine accompaniment; there are few
measures of rest for any of them.
“Caravan” was well received by the
audience and raised a
question for this reviewer
- why didn’t someone
think of it before?
by Patricia Callan, Phi
Upsilon, BostonAlumni
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ACME
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ARTISTS, COMPOSERS, MUSICOLOGISTS & EDUCATORS
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Sacramento ACMEs
and Alumni Perform to
Benefit Music Education
Rona Commins
By Rona Commins, Alpha Delta, Sacramento Alumni, ACME
Sacramento area ACME members including soprano
Rona Commins (Alpha Delta), flautist Maquette
Kuper (Beta), and saxophonist Keith Bohm (Alpha
Delta) joined forces last September with Sacramento VITA
Academy and the Sacramento Alumni chapter to raise
funds for area elementary schools with no music program.
A benefit concert and silent auction brought in $6,555 to
help provide music education for third through fifth
graders.
In spring 2011, Rona Commins wrote a grant proposal on
behalf of Sacramento Alumni for a Mu Phi Epsilon Helen
Haupt Alumni Chapter Project Grant, resulting in a
$2000 award to the chapter to produce a benefit concert
at Congregation B’nai Israel in Sacramento. The Capitol
Chamber Players, founded in 1987 by chapter members
Maquette Kuper, Rejean Anderson (Phi Nu, cellist) and
Rona Commins, was instrumental in aiding the chapter to
secure the venue and services of the eight performers who
also included Dan Flanagan, violin, concertmaster of the Sacramento
Philharmonic; Pete Nowlen, horn, professor at University of California/Davis and
California State University/Sacramento; Deborah Pittman, clarinet, professor at
CSU/Sacramento; pianist Dr. John Cozza, CSU/Sacramento and University of the
Pacific; and pianist Paul Perry of the Music in the Mountains Festival.
Keith Bohm
Maquette Kuper
The concert was a
great success with
overflow attendance.
Funds from the
proceeds are providing
a participatory music
appreciation
curriculum for underserved elementary schools in the
Sacramento area. The LINKup program of Carnegie Hall’s
Weill Music Institute, based in New York, provides the
materials and teacher training. The culminating performance
for the Sacramento area students was a gala on May 22, 2012
in the concert hall at CSU/Sacramento. Hundreds of third
through fifth graders sang and played recorders and violins
with the VITA Academy orchestra, conducted by Pete Nowlen.
>
ACME Co-Chairs
Arietha Lockhart,
Beta Gamma, Atlanta Alumni,
404-291-5162, [email protected]
Mary Au,
Mu Nu, Los Angeles Alumni,
323-666-2603, [email protected]
MuPhiEpsilon.org
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Applause & Encore
Applause
news from members
Past International
President Fran Irwin
(Epsilon Upsilon, St.
Louis Alumni)
participated in the 75th
anniversary celebration
of the Duquesne
University Tamburitzans
in Pittsburgh. They are
the oldest ethnic music
and dance ensemble in
the United States,
dedicated to preserving
the cultural heritages of
Eastern Europe and its
Fran Irwin in Tamburitzan attire.
neighbors. While at
Duquesne as a student, Fran performed throughout the
U.S. and Europe as soprano soloist, accordionist, and
dancer with the group. During the recent anniversary
events, she sang in the choir for the alumni celebration
Mass at Epiphany Church in downtown Pittsburgh.
Pianist and 2011 Competition winner Yukiko Sekino
(Omega Omega, Boston Alumni) left, has been very busy
as the fraternity’s International Artist. She has already
performed in Sacramento, Kansas City, Slippery Rock,
PA, and Berkeley, CA, and in the fall is scheduled to play
in Washington DC,
Ann Arbor, San
Diego, and with the
Merrimack Valley
Philharmonic
Orchestra.
Chapters who
would like to
present Yukiko in
concert are urged
to book soon! Visit
mpefoundation.org
for information.
Encore
Epsilon Lamba hosted the Great Lakes 1 and 2 district
conference, organized by District Director Sue Owen-Bissiri,
on March 24 at Eastern Michigan University. The daylong
event included a recital, chapter reports, a discussion group
news from chapters
A recent Berkeley Alumni meeting featured a
performance on tuned bells brought by member Carol
Tomlinson (Mu Eta); the bells are part of her mother’s
collection of more than 900. The Ding-a-Lings, an
ensemble directed by Carol, played five selections on the
bells, and chapter members each played one or two bells
for an impromptu performance described in the
chapter’s newsletter as “nothing short of magical.”
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Denver Alumni
celebrated the chapter’s
75th anniversary with a
gala Founders Day
luncheon and program on
November 12, 2011.
Members of Delta Rho,
all doctoral candidates at
the University of
Colorado, performed the
musical program; they
included
composer/pianist
Anthony Green, soprano
Sarah Davis, pianist
Cross-stitch by Paula Palotay.
Amanda Setlik, (Alpha
Alpha) – who performed
music by Emma Lou Diemer (Mu Delta) – bassoonist
Patricia Fagan-Miller (Mu Eta), and pianist Sam Welsh.
Members present were introduced by the length of their
membership, in decades, and all shared memories of
members past and chapter achievements. Other activities
included group singing, scrapbook exhibits, door prizes,
Founders Day ceremony, and silent auction for a beautiful
counted cross-stitch treble clef with violets and the Denver
Alumni dates 1936-2011, created by chapter co-president
Paula Palotay (Gamma Lambda).
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that generated many ideas for fundraising, membership
development, and performances, and a concluding dinner.
Pictured above: Oboists Emily White (Epsilon Lambda
president), Laura Gibbons (Mu Phi), Kelly McBride (Epsilon
Lambda secretary), and Rose Verlinde (Epsilon Lambda
treasurer) performed Haydn’s Trio for Oboe in the
conference recital.
Applause & Encore
In early March the Kansas City Alumni chapter hosted
International Artist Yukiko Sekino for a master class and
solo piano recital. Excerpts from chapter president Julia
Scherer’s (Alpha Kappa) detailed report: “The master
class was extremely well received. Two out of three of the
students who performed were competing in scholarship
auditions the next day and greatly appreciated the
opportunity to perform and to receive Dr. Sekino’s
insightful feedback and suggestions. All three were from
the studio of Dr. Robert Weirich, whom Dr. Sekino had met
as a child while attending a summer music program shortly
after her arrival in this county from Japan. She had strong
positive memories of Dr. Weirich and was delighted to
work with his students … The solo recital was magnificent!
The intimate recital hall at Schmitt Music can only hold 118
people, so the crowd of 101 was impressive indeed. We
drew a wide spectrum of concert-goers, many of whom had
never before attended a Mu Phi event.”
In a separate event, the busy Kansas City Alumni
presented the 2011 Sterling Patron honor to Dr. Chen Yi
on April 28, preceding the University of Missouri/
Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance’s final
concert of the season. The concert, given in Helzberg
Hall of the brand-new Kauffman Performing Arts Center,
featured Chen Yi’s composition “Chinese Myths.” About
thirty alumni members attended, joined by some from
Phi Tau members sample results from the Iron Clef competition.
From left: Olmar Vanegas, Joshua Tavana, and Jack Sutey.
St. Louis Area Alumni hosted violinist Sherry Kloss
(Epsilon Upsilon, Muncie Alumni) recipient of the
fraternity’s 2011 Elizabeth Mathias Award for Lifetime
St. Louis Alumni members congratulate Sherry Kloss (center, in red) after the presentation of her award
From left: Julia Scherer, Charlotte Brown, Chen Yi,
Fran Irwin, and Doris Braun
Alpha Kappa. The Sterling Patron presentation was
made by Fran Irwin, Doris Braun, Charlotte Brown, and
Julia Scherer.
Phi Tau’s spring rush theme was “The Real World of Mu Phi
Epsilon,” with events based on TV reality shows. A detailed
information presentation was “The Mu” (parodying “The
View”) and another evening featured “MADE: I Want to be an
Athletic Musician,” based on hit MTV reality show “MADE”
and centered on one of the chapter’s favorite games, the
balloon stomp. Friday’s formal was – of course – “Dancing
with the Phis,” and Saturday’s bid day included an “Iron Clef”
cooking competition. The clever and well-planned week
resulted in eighteen new chapter candidates.
Achievement, for two days of music and fellowship. A
recognition dinner on April 23 was an intimate, violinthemed event where chapter members and friends were
mesmerized by Sherry’s talk about her experiences as a
winner of the Sterling Staff Competition, master class
student, teaching assistant of Jascha Heifetz, author of
the book Jascha Heifetz through My Eyes, and
international performer and teacher. Past International
President Fran Irwin formally presented the Mathias
Award to Sherry during the dinner. The next evening,
Sherry gave a Heifetz Legacy Recital and Master Class at
the historic Sheldon Concert Hall. A musical journey of
beloved Heifetz violin transcriptions was followed by a
master class with three outstanding student violinists;
Jessica Platt (Beta Omega), who earned her doctorate
under Sherry’s direction, facilitated their selection.
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I designed myself, and it is going well. I’m currently
working on my master’s (finally). I’m not sure what the
future holds for me.
Terrel: I decided to attend law school. I still write and
arrange music in my spare time. I’m currently a
licensed attorney in Louisiana. I aspire to build a law
practice and incorporate entertainment law as a practice
area.
Jediah: I am an elementary music teacher in Del Valle,
a small town near Austin, Texas. I have been at my
school since it first opened its doors in 2002. Yes, that
means that I am the only music teacher the school has
ever had, and I am currently the only certified African
American teacher there.
Do you feel that your African American
ethnicity is, or has been, a significant
factor in your musical life?
Jediah: It has been a huge factor. I have been able to
teach my students a lot about the spirituals in their
music textbooks and give them insight and perspective
that only an African American could give. I have
arranged for them to talk to my grandmother, who is 91,
for her stories and experiences with the civil rights
movement. I am proud of my heritage and use it in my
music instruction.
Terrel: As a child, I often found myself one of few black
students participating in honor orchestras. African
American musicians tend to be stereotyped as jazz,
gospel, R&B, or blues musicians. It’s very unfortunate.
There are plenty of talented black musicians who love
classical and concert music. Sometimes it felt as though
I bore the burden of dispelling the myths. I still
encounter people who are surprised when they find out I
have a degree in vocal music performance, I sang
operatic music in college, and I play the violin.
Jerrell: Being African American has enhanced my
musicianship. Not only can I learn required classical
repertoire but I can step out and embrace jazz, gospel,
and spirituals because that’s in my blood, that’s my
history.
Kimberlee: I feel that my family played a major role in
my musical life. I don’t think that my ethnicity is an
extremely large factor, but it has affected my decisions
as to where I attended school and the career paths I
chose.
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Anything else you’d like to say to Triangle
readers about your experiences as an
African American musician?
Jediah: Many African Americans do not take the arts
seriously. Often we focus our children on sports as a
career choice. However, I believe that Black families who
see the importance of fostering a musical foundation for
their children will receive many blessings and rewards. I
push my African American students hard and I encourage
their parents to support their musical experiences. I teach
my kids to value the gift of music, and to practice and
learn as if they plan to become professional musicians one
day. In truth, they could be.
Upon Listening Will Return
Fans of our regular “Upon Listening” column may
wonder why this issue contains no CD review. Not
only has contributor Sherry Kloss been quite busy of
late (see item in “Encore” about her recent appearance in St. Louis, one of many), but she reports that
she did not receive any recordings to review.
Readers, you can help! Mu Phi performers: do you,
or another Mu Phi of your acquaintance, have a
recent CD out? Mail Sherry a copy. Composers: is
one of your works on a recently released recording?
Send her an email with CD info. Everyone: have a
favorite recent recording you think other Mu Phis
would like to know about? Suggest a review. With
your help, “Upon Listening” will soon grace The
Triangle again.
Send CDs and suggestions to:
Sherry Kloss
3510 West University Avenue
Muncie, IN 47303
[email protected]
Sherry is also planning the annual Jascha Heifetz
Symposium of Individual Style, of which she is the
founding director. This year’s symposium is June
24-July 1 at Connecticut College in New London,
CT, and is open to string instrumentalists and
pianists. New topics include fingering and bowing
solutions for unaccompanied Bach; musical ingredients of the Heifetz and Kreisler works from the
pianist’s perspective, and a round table entitled
Jascha Heifetz – Artist's Treasure and Musical
Wonder of the World. For information visit
www.klossclassics.com.
Final Notes
Margaret C. Schiller Cassario
Gamma Rho, February 16, 1974
Denver Alumni
Died January 14, 2012
Pianist, vocalist, music educator.
Active in MENC, Margaret was
supervisor of elementary music in the
Denver public schools for many years.
She was inducted into the Colorado
Music Educators Hall of Fame in 1996.
Alice Yost Jordan
Omega, April 2, 1938
Des Moines Alumni, ACME
Died
January 15,
2012
Composer,
organist,
pianist,
music
educator.
Alice
composed
over 250
published
organ and
choral
works, of which many won recognition
in national competitions. A leader in
numerous civic organizations, she is
listed in several biographical reference
publications. Alice was inducted into
the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame in
2002 and received Mu Phi Epsilon’s
Orah Ashley Lamke Award in 1980.
Betty Anne McArthur
Alpha Delta, November 19, 2000
Sacramento
Alumni
Died
January 6,
2012
Educator,
pianist,
organist,
church
musician.
An active
musician
from age 15
until her late
80s, Betty was involved in many
community organizations and was well
known for original and often humorous
plays and poems.
Jeanne Moore
Phi Nu, December 14, 1952
Died January 11, 2012
Music and arts educator. Jeanne
taught choral music at high school and
college levels, and also directed
community and church choirs. She
was a professor of music at several
universities and served as Coordinator
of Fine Arts at the West Virginia
Department of Education. She
received numerous honors and awards
from the many arts organizations she
served.
Dorothy Sue Norton Noland
Mu Eta, November 13, 1931
Sacramento Alumni
Died April 6, 2012
Music educator. Dorothy Sue taught
K-12 music and later was a college
instructor in music history, jazz, and
piano. She was the first woman to lead
the Los Rios College Federation of
Teachers. A member of California
Music Teachers Association, she was
honored with the Ben Rust Award in
1983.
Etta Kathryn “Kitty” Riddle
Xi, November 13, 1940
Portland Alumni
Died
December
24, 2011
Music
educator,
pianist.
Kitty was
certified as
a music
teacher at
state and
national
levels and
taught
piano privately for more than sixty
years. She served Mu Phi Epsilon as
PNW-3 District Director and faculty
advisor to Phi Upsilon (Boston
University) and Alpha Lambda
(Portland State University). A past
president of Portland Alumni, Kitty
received the Orah Ashley Lamke Award
in 2005.
Joyce “Jaye” Leola Rochelle
Beta Zeta, March 28, 1996
Died June 3, 2010
Music educator, church musician,
piano teacher/coach. Jaye was on the
music faculty at Southern University
where she trained student teachers.
Nadine Stuhmuller Salonites
Mu Eta, January 17, 1951
Sacramento Alumni, ACME
Died
January 27,
2012
Vocalist,
concert
artist,
music
educator,
philanthropist.
She was
Educator of
the Year for
the
Woodland Joint Unified School District
in 1984. She sang at the 1960
convention in Santa Monica and
performed a one-woman show on the
life of Madame Schumann Heinke at
the 1997 convention in Tacoma.
> Final Notes Contributor
Wynona Wieting Lipsett
Mu Chi, Dallas Alumni
148 LCR Cedar B-1
Mexia, TX 76667
254-562-9397 [email protected]
MuPhiEpsilon.org
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Collegiate Presidents Directory
ALPHA DELTA
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV
Sacramento, CA
Andrew Haff
[email protected]
BETA CHI
FLORIDA STATE UNIV
Tallahassee, FL
Stephanie Sandritter
[email protected]
DELTA NU
MILLSAPS COLLEGE
Jackson, MS
Jordan Hammons
[email protected]
ALPHA KAPPA
UNIV OF MISSOURI
Kansas City, MO
Natasha Olinetchouk
natasha.olinetchouk
@gmail.com
BETA KAPPA
TRINITY UNIV
San Antonio, TX
Lauren Falconi
[email protected]
DELTA OMEGA
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE
UNIV
San Antonio, TX
Jennifer Montes
[email protected]
ALPHA MU
MISSOURI STATE UNIV
Springfield, MO
Taylor Kollmeier
Kollmeier11
@live.missouristate.edu
ALPHA NU
WEST TEXAS A&M UNIV
Canyon, TX
Erin Springer
[email protected]
ALPHA OMEGA
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
STATE UNIV
Nacogdoches, TX
Julia Powers
[email protected]
ALPHA PI
TEXAS STATE UNIV
San Marcos, TX
Brittany Michaelson
[email protected]
BETA MU
TEXAS A&M UNIV
Commerce, TX
Chris Walls
[email protected]
BETA OMICRON
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIV
Macomb, IL
Jonathan Wilcoxen
[email protected]
BETA PI
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN
UNIV
Lincoln, NE
Joey Schrotberger
[email protected]
BETA PSI
UNIV OF INDIANAPOLIS
Indianapolis, IN
Matthew Bridgham
[email protected]
ALPHA SIGMA
ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIV
Abilene, TX
Whitney Johnson
[email protected]
BETA THETA
TENNESSEE
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIV
Cookeville, TN
Lindsey Slaughter
Lindseymslaughter
@gmail.com
ALPHA XI
UNIV OF NORTH
CAROLINA
Greensboro, NC
Savannah Racut
[email protected]
BETA ZETA
Southern University
Baton Rouge, LA
Travis Short
tas21rev
@yahoo.com
ALPHA ZETA
RADFORD UNIV
Radford, VA
Kayla Lisa
[email protected]
DELTA ETA
UNIV OF N FLORIDA
Jacksonville, Fl
Stefanie Batson
stefanie.kay.batson
@unf.edu
BETA ALPHA
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV
FULLERTON
Fullerton, CA
Gabriel Stevens
[email protected]
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DELTA MU
SLIPPERY ROCK UNIV
Slippery Rock, PA
Amy Mikalauskas
[email protected]
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DELTA PI
TARLETON STATE UNIV
Stephenville, TX
Teri Kaye Arruda
[email protected]
DELTA RHO
UNIV OF COLORADO
Boulder, CO
Amanda Setlik
[email protected]
DELTA TAU
MERCER UNIV
Macon, GA
Kristen Wyckoff
Kristen.N.Wyckoff
@gmail.com
EPSILON
UNIV OF TOLEDO
Toledo, OH
Sarah Jay
sarah.jay
@rockets.utoledo.edu
EPSILON OMICRON
INDIANA UNIV
Bloomington, IN
Rachel Milligan
rachel.milligan.mezzo
@gmail.com
EPSILON PHI
FRIENDS UNIV
Wichita, KS
Molly Wiebie
bella_musica193
@yahoo.com
EPSILON SIGMA
PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIV
Tacoma, WA
Megan Anderson
[email protected]
EPSILON UPSILON
DUQUESNE UNIV
Pittsburgh, PA
Elisa Stanley
[email protected]
GAMMA
UNIV OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, MI
Kristen Seikaly
[email protected]
GAMMA ETA
CENTRAL STATE UNIV
Wilberforce, OH
Jarret Ward
[email protected]
EPSILON ALPHA
ST. CATHERINE UNIV
St. Paul, MN
Heidi Robertson
[email protected]
GAMMA GAMMA
SOUTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV
Weatherford, OK
Chrisalyne Hagood
[email protected]
EPSILON EPSILON
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIV
Fort Worth, TX
Elizabeth Kirkendoll
[email protected]
GAMMA NU
CHICAGO STATE UNIV
Chicago, IL
DoLisha Miller
[email protected]
EPSILON KAPPA
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
UNIV
Carbondale, IL
Cassie Jennings
[email protected]
GAMMA PI
SHORTER UNIV
Rome, GA
Susan Diesch
Susie.diesch
@hawks.shorter.edu
EPSILON LAMBDA
EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIV
Ypsilanti, MI
Emily White
[email protected]
GAMMA SIGMA
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV
DOMINGUEZ HILLS
Carson, CA
Anthony Almendarez
[email protected]
GAMMA TAU
UNIV OF ST. THOMAS
Houston, TX
Meeka Opong
[email protected]
MU PSI
COE COLLEGE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Shayla James
[email protected]
GAMMA ZETA
DELTA STATE UNIV
Cleveland, MS
Jessica Egdorf
jegdorf
@okramail.deltastate.edu
MU THETA
UNIV OF TEXAS
Austin, TX
David Hinojosa
[email protected]
PHI PSI
UNIV OF MARY
WASHINGTON
Fredericksburg, VA
John White
[email protected]
ZETA ETA
BINGHAMTON UNIV
Binghamton, NY
William Marsiglia
wmarsig1
@binghamton.edu
PHI TAU
UNIV OF NORTH TEXAS
Denton, TX
Zack Anderson
[email protected]
ZETA IOTA
LA GRANGE COLLEGE
La Grange, GA
David J. Thomas
[email protected]
PHI XI
BAYLOR UNIV
Waco, TX
Kim Griffin
[email protected]
ZETA KAPPA
YOUNG HARRIS
COLLEGE
Young Harris, GA
Rachel Bettis
[email protected]
KAPPA
BUTLER UNIV
Indianapolis, IN
Weston Bonczek
[email protected]
MU UPSILON
EASTMAN SCHOOL OF
MUSIC
Rochester, NY
Tom Petrino
[email protected]
LAMBDA
ITHACA COLLEGE
Ithaca, NY
Amanda Jaye Nauseef
[email protected]
NU
UNIV OF OREGON
Eugene, OR
Grace Ho
[email protected]
PHI ZETA
MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE
Sioux City, IA
Kristin Wessling
[email protected]
MU
BRENAU COLLEGE
Gainesville, GA
Terri Greene
[email protected]
PHI
UNIV OF MT. UNION
Alliance OH
Ian Bell
[email protected]
XI
UNIV OF KANSAS
Lawrence, KS
JoAnn Doll
[email protected]
MU ALPHA
SIMPSON COLLEGE
Indianola, IA
Aimee Allen
Aimee.allen
@my.simpson.edu
PHI LAMBDA
WILLAMETTE UNIV
Salem, OR
Lisa Soto
[email protected]
ZETA
DEPAUW UNIV
Greencastle, IN
Maggie Eppelheimer
maggieeppelheimer_14
@depauw.edu
MU BETA
WASHINGTON STATE
UNIV
Pullman, WA
Kayla Trabun
[email protected]
MU ETA
UNIV OF THE PACIFIC
Stockton, CA
Dana McDonnell
d_mcdonnell
@u.pacific.edu
MU PHI
BALDWIN-WALLACE
COLLEGE
Berea, OH
Katherine Butcher
[email protected]
MU PI
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIV
Delaware, OH
Justin Giarrusso
[email protected]
PHI MU
SAN JOSE STATE UNIV
San Jose, CA
Kerry Li
[email protected]
PHI OMEGA
WESTMINSTER
COLLEGE
New Wilmington, PA
Hannah jaskiewicz
jackiehr
@wclive.westminster.edu
PHI OMICRON
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE
OF MUSIC
Cleveland, OH
Hannah Thomas Hollands
[email protected]
PHI PI
WICHITA STATE UNIV
Wichita, KS
Chy F. Billings, III
[email protected]
ZETA LAMBDA
WALDORF COLLEGE
Forest City, IA
Kayla Meehan
[email protected]
ZETA MU
TEXAS A&M UNIV
College Station, TX
Salvador Garcia
[email protected]
ZETA NU
ST. MARY’S UNIV
San Antonio, TX
Isabel Del La Cerda
[email protected]
ZETA ALPHA
WILLIAMS BAPTIST
COLLEGE
Walnut Ridge, AR
Meagan Thompson
Meaganthompson25
@yahoo.com
ZETA THETA
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
Lynchburg, VA
Gillie Martin
martin_gw
@students.lynchburg.edu
ZETA BETA
CAMERON UNIV
Lawton, OK
Prezell Duckett
[email protected]
ZETA ZETA
ELON UNIV
Elon, NC
Ethan Luke, John Mullen
[email protected]
[email protected]
ZETA DELTA
UNIV OF LA VERNE
La Verne, CA
Anayeli Perez
[email protected]
ZETA EPSILON
RANDOLPH-MACON
COLLEGE
Ashland, VA
Brandon Owens
[email protected]
MuPhiEpsilon.org
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District Directors
ATLANTIC
SOUTHEAST
CENTRAL
PACIFIC
DISTRICT A1
Nichole Roles
540-818-3452C
[email protected]
DISTRICT SE1
Marshall Pugh
252-599-2492
[email protected]
DISTRICT C1
Cathy Woelbling Paul
314-567-3281
[email protected]
DISTRICT P1
Lestelle Manley
916-485-0415
[email protected]
DISTRICT A2
Susan Todenhoft
703-323-4772H
703-509-0224C
[email protected]
DISTRICT SE2
Matthew Hoch
706-233-7267
[email protected]
DISTRICT C2
Linda Chen
913-486-3337
[email protected]
DISTRICT P2
Kira Dixon
408-439-6076
[email protected]
DISTRICT SE3
Anne Richie
904-534-4419
[email protected]
NORTH
CENTRAL
PACIFIC
SOUTHWEST
DISTRICT NC1
OPEN
DISTRICT PSW1 & PSW2
Ruth Cuccia
310-832-7433
[email protected]
EASTERN
GREAT LAKES
DISTRICT EGL1
Signe Zale
585-594-8422
[email protected]
DISTRICT EGL2
Kathleen Cameron
724-738-2894
[email protected]
DISTRICT EGL3
Nancy Jane Gray
330-688-7990
[email protected]
GREAT LAKES
DISTRICT GL1 & GL2
Susan Owen-Bissiri
734-971-1084
[email protected]
DISTRICT GL3
OPEN
EAST CENTRAL
DISTRICT EC1
Marilyn Sandness
937-434-2636
[email protected]
DISTRICT SE4
OPEN
DISTRICT SE5
Kimberlee Gross
225-266-8631
kimberlee_gross
@yahoo.com
SOUTH
CENTRAL
DISTRICT SC1
Jediah Spurlock
512-909-5616
[email protected]
DISTRICT SC2
Jenny Smith
214-662-5087
jenny.musicalscientist
@gmail.com
DISTRICT SC3
OPEN
DISTRICT SC4
Elda Garcia-Gomez
512-289-7113
[email protected]
DISTRICT EC2
Stephanie Berry
574-596-8288
[email protected]
DISTRICT EC3
OPEN
To view updates to this
directory and a list of
chapters within each District,
visit http://muphiepsilon.org/
aboutmpe/officers/dds.html
muphiepsilon.org
muphiepsilon.org
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DISTRICT NC2
Teresa Rowe
612-926-5854
[email protected]
DISTRICT NC3
Liana Sandin
402-483-4657
402-560-7126
[email protected]
WEST CENTRAL
DISTRICT WC1
OPEN
DISTRICT WC2
OPEN
PACIFIC
NORTHWEST
DISTRICT PNW1
OPEN
DISTRICT PNW2
Kathryn Habedank
206-405-4645
[email protected]
DISTRICT PNW3
Brandon Nelson
171-222-9294
BrandonCNelson01
@gmail.com
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Directory of Executive Officers
2011-2014
INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD
INTERNATIONAL
CHAIRMEN
2011-2012
FOUNDATION BOARD
Rosemary Ames, International President
13 Travis Dr., Framingham, MA 01702
508-872-5818
[email protected]
ACME
Arietha Lockhart (Chair)
Beta Gamma, Atlanta Alumni
3159 Springside Crossing
Decatur, GA 30034
404-284-7811
[email protected]
President
Marcus Wyche
2729 Nicholson St., Apt. 103
Hyattsville, MD 20782
301-484-3652
[email protected]
Mary Au (Co-Chair), Mu Nu, Los
Angeles Alumni
2363 W Silver Lake Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
323-666-2603
[email protected]
Vice President
Dawn Phelps Neal
3072 Solimar Beach Drive
Ventura, CA 90032
805-643-7322
[email protected]
BYLAWS
Kathleen Earl, Alpha Delta,
Sacramento Alumni
8009 Beethoven Court
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
916-728-2122
[email protected]
Treasurer
Beverly W. Abegg
8 Phillips Dr.
Westford, MA 01886
978-692-7353
[email protected]
FINANCE
Evelyn Archer, Omega Omega, St.
Louis Area Alumni
5312 Sutherland Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63109
314-481-2361
[email protected]
Secretary
Eileen Butler-Kennedy
2875 77th Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70807
225-357-0310
[email protected]
Charlotte Brown, 1st VP/Extension Officer
12578 Barkley St., Overland Park, KS 66209
913-345-8999
[email protected]
Sandra McMillen, 2nd VP/Collegiate Advisor
306 Shorewood Dr, Duncanville, TX 75116
972-298-5910
[email protected]
Lenita McCallum, 3rd VP/Alumni Advisor
933 Via Rincon, Palos Verdes Est., CA 90274
310-375-8769
[email protected]
Martha MacDonald, 4th VP/Music Advisor
8909 Wildridge Drive, Austin, TX 78759
512-345-3399
[email protected]
Kurt-Alexander Zeller, 5th VP/Eligibility Advisor
1872 Central Park Loop, Morrow, GA 30260
770-961-4400
[email protected]
Melissa Eddy, Editor
220 Link Drive, Kingsland, TX 78639
512-217-1264
Fax: 325-388-0914
[email protected]
Gloria Debatin, Executive Secretary-Treasurer
International Executive Office
4705 N. Sonora Ave., Suite 114, Fresno, CA 93722
888-259-1471
Fax: 559-277-2825
Local: 559-277-1898
[email protected]
HONORARY ADVISORY BOARD
Frances Irwin, Epsilon Upsilon
6464 Rhodes Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109
314-752-2585
[email protected]
Wynona Wieting Lipsett, Mu Chi
148 LCR Cedar B-1, Mexia, TX 76667
254-562-9397
[email protected]
Lee Clements Meyer, Phi Xi
8101 Club Court Circle, Austin, TX 78759
512-345-5072
INTERNATIONAL
Keith Ford, Alpha Kappa, Allied
20 Lynmouth Road
Perivale, UB6 7HP
United Kingdom
44 7792 863 867
[email protected]
Marlon Daniel (Co-Chair)
Mu Xi, New York Alumni
45 Tiemann Place, Apt 5F
New York, NY 10027-3327
212-641-0305
MUSIC LIBRARIAN &
ARCHIVES
Wendy Sistrunk, Mu Mu, Kansas
City Alumni
1504 S. Ash Ave.
Independence, MO 64062
816-836-9961
[email protected]
STANDING RULES
Open
Chairman
Dale Griffa
187 Flax Hill, #B4
Norwalk, CT 06854-2849
203-838-6615
DGriffaMPEFBoard
@aol.com
Vice Chairman
Catherine Schroth
4230 White Pines St.
Avon, OH 44011
216-789-7988
[email protected]
President of
Mu Phi Epsilon
International Fraternity
Rosemary Ames
13 Travis Drive
Framingham, MA 01702
508-872-5818
[email protected]
WEBSITE
David Champion, Gamma Sigma,
Palos Verdes/South Bay Alumni
229 15th St.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
310-545-3442
webmaster@
muphiepsilon.org
MuPhiEpsilon.org
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Fresno, CA 93722-3947
[email protected]
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95 YEARS
Mu Alpha
Simpson College
Indianola, IA
October 29, 1917
50 YEARS
Alpha Sigma
Abilene Christian Univ
Abilene, TX
March 31, 1962
90 YEARS
Greater Des Moines
Alumni
August 1922
Bloomington Alumni
January 14, 1962
Indianapolis Alumni
October 13, 1922
New York City Alumni
October, 1922
60 YEARS
Rochester Alumni
November 8, 1952
Sacramento Alumni
January 27, 1952
45 YEARS
Beta Kappa
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX
January 14, 1967
Beta Mu
Texas A&M University
Commerce, TX
May 22, 1967
Lawrence Alumni
April 17, 1967
40 YEARS
Gamma Gamma
Southwestern Oklahoma
State Univ
Weatherford, OK
March 25, 1972
Gamma Zeta
Delta State University
Cleveland, MS
May 26, 1972
Gamma Eta
Central State University
Wilberforce, OH
November 18, 1972
5 YEARS
Zeta Delta
University of LaVerne
La Verne, CA
March 3, 2007
1 YEAR
Zeta Iota
LaGrange College
LaGrange, GA
January 25, 2011
Zeta Kappa
Young Harris College
Young Harris, GA
April 5, 2011
Zeta Lambda
Waldorf College
Forest City, IA
April 13, 2011
Zeta Mu
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
April 16, 2011
Salt Lake City Alumni
June 10, 1952
San Diego Alumni
May 18, 1952
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