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born to be
Aspire is published annually by
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the Arts, Indiana University South
Bend, for our alumni, students,
friends, faculty, and staff.
Dean
Marvin V. Curtis, Ed.D.
EDITOR
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// Mission Statement
The IUSB Arts Foundation supports the Ernestine M.
Raclin School of the Arts at IU South Bend by sponsoring
or providing funds for special events and community
outreach programs, with particular emphasis on educating,
entertaining, and involving young people.
// IUSB Arts Foundation, Inc.
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June Edwards, vice president
Joe Mancini, treasurer
Beth North, secretary
Linda Bancroft
Cheryl Barker
Pam Beam
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The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts would like to thank the IUSB Arts
Foundation for their long standing service and support to the school. Their
efforts make it possible for us to present special events including the 20th
Anniversary Celebration, Toradze Piano Institute and Showcase of the Arts,
among many other projects.
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Photography
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Writers
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Tabetha Coburn-McDonald
Anthony Cotto
Sara Curtis
Jessie Emmons
Carolynn Hine-Johnson
Alec Hosterman
Rebecca Hovan
Stacie Jensen
Alan Larkin
Matthew Leech
Tami Martinez
Kathleen McAllister
Brigid McAuliffe
Jane Wang
Marianne Weesner
Alexandra Wheaton
Jennifer Wimble
Jillian Woodrick
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letter
from the dean
Marvin V. Curtis
Wow! What a year – the return of Shakespeare, Jorge
Muniz’s world premiere of Requiem for the Innocent,
Alexander Toradze’s Emmy award, Adolphus Hailstork’s
Done Made My Vow, the indigenous contemporary dance
ensemble Dancing Earth, the 14-foot red sculpture in front
of the library, opera in Chicago, choirs in Plymouth and
North Carolina, and a host of visiting artists and lecturers
from around the country.
Let’s add to the list the largest graduating class in history
with the largest number of students receiving degrees with
distinction, high distinction, and highest distinction. Let’s
also mention that 144 students made the dean’s list in the
spring of 2010 and 156 made it in the fall of 2010.
It was a year that increased our visibility through billboards,
radio spots, newspaper articles, and television underwriting.
The year ended with our second National Endowment for
the Arts grant in three years, two music students accepted
for study the New Paltz Piano Festival in New York, and
three vocalists accepted for study at the prestigious Ezio
Pinza Council for American Singers of Opera program in
Odrezo, Italy.
You hold in your hands the third issue of Aspire. It was
started to bring to life the three things I spoke about when I
became dean of the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts
in August of 2008: Vision, Visibility, and Leadership. Three
years later we are working our way to making good on all
three pledges.
Within these pages you will see our vision to create a vibrant
artistic school, built on academics, talent, and artistic
excellence. Read about our students and faculty and their
many accomplishments. You will be as impressed, as I am,
with their perseverance. From their hard work, many of our
theatre students obtained internships for the summer at
theaters in New York, Indiana, and Michigan. Others spent
the summer studying photography in Florence, while several
received graduate assistantships to further their education.
Our pride swelled when one our graduates, Jason Cytaki,
completed his M.F.A. and accepted a full-time assistant
professorship at the University of Oklahoma.
Our visibility is in your hands. Aspire is just one of the
many instruments that we now use to let everyone know
who we are. There are weekly e-mails and monthly e-blasts.
Our faculty presented papers at conferences, served
on academic and learning society committees around
the country, and exhibited in a variety of galleries and
performance spaces. We updated our surroundings with a
$100,000 facelift of the Upstage Theater and are making
plans to renovate the Recital Hall.
More than 18,000 people attended our programs in theatre,
visual arts, communication, new media, and music this past
year. We have become a leader for arts programming while
serving on arts organizational boards throughout the city.
Our visibility has led to an increase in enrollment because
of new concentrations in our music degrees and increased
offerings in dance, communication studies, new media, and
soon art education.
The future is bright. We will host the Indiana Governor’s Arts
Awards festivities, open the theater season with a production
of A Raisin in the Sun, and close the year with the operetta
H.M.S. Pinafore. Our music program is preparing for an
accreditation visit by the National Association of School of
Music in February of 2012. We aspire to educate and serve
our community and invite you to come and see what we do.
Join us for another fabulous year!
Florence at Night,
photographs by Susan Moore // faculty
inside
// Communication Studies
// New Media
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Rock the House with Glee
34
Images of Equality
8
How Twitter Changed the Way I Teach
63
The Art of Work
18
Comics and Graphic Novels:
More than Meets the Eye
68
Telling Memories of Cardamom
54
Interview with Judi Lykowski
70
IUSB Forum
// Music
14
Composers Flourish at IU South Bend
36
Flute Festival is for All Ages
40
Requiem for the Innocent
44
IU South Bend Music Ensembles
50
Toradze Documentary Wins Emmy Awards
52
Gospel Choir Performs in North Carolina
53
Arts students Aid Japan Relief
58
Done Made My Vow
60
Interview with Luis Vargas
// Theatre & Dance
4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
10
Amahl and the Night Visitors Travels to Chicago
12
Animal Farm
38
The Leaps and Bounds of Dance
74
Wind in the Willows
// Visual Arts
16
Curating a Museum Exhibit
21
“Look!” Scholarship Art Sale
22
Printmaking Conferences
26
Art therapy with Jennifer Kukla
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Art Appreciation: An Alumni Appraisal
// School of the Arts
Dean’s Welcome
24
Upstage Theater Renovations Complete
25
Recital Hall Renovation
28
Celebrating Excellence
30
Governor’s Arts Awards
32
20th Anniversary Celebration Kicks off in Style
64
New Talent
72
“Crescendo” Closes 20th Anniversary Season
76
News
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
By Juliet Barrett
The IUSB Theatre Company brought Shakespeare to a
campus stage for the first time since 1999 with the spring
production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed by
Randy Colborn, the centuries old classic was reinvented as
a traditional Bollywood production, flavored with Middle
Eastern costumes and music.
Audiences were transported to a time of wealth and luxury
as actors danced across the stage in traditional turbans and
saris. The elaborate, labor intensive costumes featured rich
material and vibrant colors, complemented by the actors’
unusual makeup and body paint.
There were many components of the show that originally
daunted actors as they entered into the production,
including news of the extensive body painting intended for
the fairies, plans for a raked stage, and the anticipation of
seeing costume designer Sass Hanson’s elaborate Indian
costumes come to fruition.
But what many of the students underestimated was
the challenge in exploring the traditional language of
Shakespeare. “Studying the text over and over again gave
me confidence in my understanding of the language and
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consequently helped me with letting go of my insecurities
when trying to delve into Helena’s character,” said freshman
Kaylee Ross. “Once I understood what I was saying, it
became natural.”
Text coach Scot Shepley helped the actors develop
confidence with the language. He attended many rehearsals
and worked with the actors outside of rehearsals. Students
took advantage of “his extensive knowledge of the text” and
appreciated him “pointing out moments that he knew were
intended to be emphasized,” said sophomore Jeremy Weyer.
Shakespearean language often utilizes iambic pentameter;
A Midsummer Nights Dream was no exception. To express
the intended rhythm of his words, Shakespeare also heavily
utilized punctuation. It is because of this intentional use of
syllables that many people say that Shakespeare wrote for
the actor. Senior Stacie Jensen agreed that “Shakespeare’s
characters say their thoughts, so in a way, the language
helps you to understand what your character is going
through, mentally and emotionally.”
The production was a fantastic opportunity for growth;
many students came out of the show proud of their
accomplishments and stronger because of the challenges
they conquered in using the language to explore their
characters.
Beyond the challenges of Shakespeare’s language, actors
were also given physical challenges to overcome as they
worked with extensive makeup and conquered the difficult
task of working on a slanted surface -- as was tradition
in the old English style of Shakespearean stages. Though
many of the actors anticipated a much steeper incline, the
raked stage actually worked to the benefit of the characters.
The angle of the stage allowed the actors to achieve a closer
level of intimacy with the audience and show off the lovely
detailing of the costumes.
Rich silks and jingling bells added a sense of foreign luxury
as actors swept across the stage. The fairies’ costumes were
especially labor intensive because each actor was painted
head to toe in an individual shade of blue body paint. This,
combined with the fact that all the women wore jingling
ankle bracelets as well as other forms of jewelry traditional
to the Indian culture, created an atmosphere of pure royalty.
“My dress was special,” said actress Amanda Benham. “I
had a lovely long train to work with, but I used a mockup, practice skirt from the very beginning of rehearsals
so that I could get a good feel of how I had to move with
it.” Even down to the smallest detail, actors prepared the
best that they could in order to accommodate the beautiful
movement intended for each costume.
Not only did the costumes translate beautifully on stage,
but the chemistry of the cast contributed to a spectacular
performance by all. Sophomore Marlon Burnley captured
the essence of the production best. “It was a pretty great
cast and we all worked well together. I’d definitely like to do
more Shakespeare in the future,” Burnley said. “Whether
it’s participating behind stage, as an audience member, or
on stage, I think it’s important for everyone to experience
Shakespeare in some way.”
Juliet Barrett is double majoring in public relations and
theatre studies. She had roles in each of the main stage
productions at IU South Bend during the 2010-11 season.
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Rock the House with
Glee: Craft, Community
…and a bit of Friendly Competition!
By Tami K. Martinez
The last day of class is usually accompanied by
anticipation—and angst—especially when a final
examination is on the docket. In addition to their final;
however, the spring 2011 Public Relations Research and
Methodology students had an extra measure of anticipation
as they waited expectantly for the results of their semesterlong project and in-class competition.
During the semester, the class was divided into four
competitive teams. These teams were assigned the task of
creating a unique plan to enlist local high school students
to raise $12,500 for Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph
County’s annual “Rock the House Student Build” project.
According to Jim Williams, executive director for Habitat,
“The South Bend Community Foundation of St. Joseph
County pledged a matching grant of $12,500 for the ‘Rock
the House Student Build.’ The objective for the public
relations class was to develop a fundraising event that
would enable students to raise at least $12,500 in order
to qualify for the matching grant.”
One of the teams’ final assignments was to pitch
their proposals to Williams, and present him with a
comprehensive binder that included everything from the
timeline of the proposed event(s) down to a detailed budget.
“The students really surprised me; and, I was impressed
with the work of all four groups,” said Williams. “What
was intended to be an academic assignment turned into
something inspiring.”
Alec Hosterman, senior lecturer and area coordinator for
communication studies, is the mastermind behind this
service learning project. Through this hands-on, semesterlong, community-focused assignment, students learn about
the craft of public relations and what it takes to research,
develop and present their ideas to a client.
Student comments underscore Hosterman’s learning
objectives. Public relations major Alex Nichols stated that
the project helped him build a set of skills that he can use
in any occupation, “(No matter where I work) I see myself
using PR because PR is the face of any company.”
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Kelcie Banks added that the project “taught us how to work
with a non-profit organization.”
The four event proposals for Habitat’s “Rock the House
Student Build” included: a Lock-In event; a Volleyball
Tournament; “Pennies for Plywood” (change collection
fundraising and competition between area high schools for
annual trophy rights); and, “Rock the House with Glee”
(a three-phase program that includes a Pep Rally, a Dollar
Donation Week; and a Silent Auction that culminates in a
Glee competition).
According to Williams, making the final decision proved
to be difficult since all four proposals were viable. “It was
very hard to pick just one project because I know how much
students put into their work.”
Ultimately, though, Williams selected the “Rock the House
with Glee” project for several reasons: 1) it had the capacity
to raise more money than the initial goal of $12,500; 2)
it had the clear ability to capture the age group that they
were after through its association with the popular television
program Glee; 3) the musical format of the project provides
synergy with musical groups in the local high schools;
and 4) they saw this project as something that would be
repeatable. “We’re going to try it this year, see how it goes;
and build on it for the next year.”
The “Rock the House with Glee” winning team members
included public relations majors, Lisa Birk, Danielle
Fisher, Alex Nichols, Maria Stanley, and team leader
Jordan Wagner. Wagner, who graduated in May, has a
summer internship with Habitat. Part of his focus will be
implementing the “Rock the House with Glee” project.
For Williams, “It was a very enjoyable experience and I look
forward to continuing to stay in touch with the students and
implementing their projects.”
Tami Martinez is a lecturer in communication studies at the
fallEvents
september
Music Faculty Recital
4 pm Sunday, September 18 // CA Meet our talented music faculty through their solo
and small ensemble performances as we begin the
school year.
Toradze Piano Studio
7:30 pm Friday, November 18 // CA This multi-national touring ensemble, and students of
Martin Endowed Professor in Piano Alexander Toradze,
will present some of the finest piano performances you
will experience in South Bend.
Euclid Quartet
4 pm Sunday, November 20 // CA Witness for yourself what the Washington Post has
said about the quartet, “An elegant mix of passion,
IUSB Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun
ferocity and feathery delicacy.”
8 pm Oct 13-15 4 pm Oct 15 // 2 pm Oct 16 // CA Featuring Guest Director Walter Allen Bennett Jr.
whose credits include writer for The Cosby Show,
producer for In the House and executive producer for
IUSB Theatre:
The Steve Harvey Show.
October
December
IUSB Forum
7:30 pm Wednesday, October 19 // RH Join us for an in depth discussion by a guest presenter
speaking about their field of research as it relates to
current events.
November
Studies in Dance:
A Lecture Demonstration
7:30 pm Friday, November 4 // CA Experience all the variety that our dance program has
to offer in one evening.
IUSB Jazz Ensemble
7:30 pm Wednesday, November 9 // CA Presenting big band music and jazz combo
performances under the direction of Darrel Tidaback.
It’s a Wonderful Life, The Radio Play
8 pm Dec 1-3 // 4 pm Dec 3 // 2 pm Dec 4 // UP Adapted from the Frank Capra film, be transported
to a 1940’s radio studio for this classic tale, and be
treated to the tricks of the radio trade.
Speech Night Finals
7 pm Monday, December 5 // RH Featuring the best students in S121, Public Speaking
at IU South Bend in a tradition that began in 1982.
“Teddy Bear Concert”
7:30 pm Friday, December 9 // CA The South Bend Symphonic Choir, IU South Bend
Chorale, Chamber Choir, and Gospel Choir perform for
the benefit of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of
Indiana – Michiana, Inc.
Scholarship Art Sale
Thursday, November 11-13 // EL Purchase artwork by IU South Bend students, faculty,
and alumni while supporting scholarships and
programs for IU South Bend Visual Arts students.
CA = Campus Auditorium, EL = East Lounge, RH = Recital Hall, UP = Upstage
Tickets $3-$12, free to students and children // Tickets and schedule call 574.520.4203 or visit arts.iusb.edu How Twitter
Changed the
Way I Teach
By Alec R. Hosterman
In the fall of 2008 I taught a 400-level seminar course that
focused on the communication tactics employed in political
campaigns. Singlehandedly that course changed the way I
approached using technology in the classroom. Actually, it
wasn’t so much the course per se, as an assignment using
Twitter that became the foundation for the course.
Who Uses Twitter?
For you to understand how the social networking tool
Twitter became part of the class in the first place, I need
to first discuss what it is and who uses it. With that
established, I’ll come back and discuss and it changed the
way I approached teaching.
Literalists take the site’s charge literally: they tweet what
they are actually doing or thinking at any given moment.
A commercial for a major cell phone provider pokes fun at
literalists. The parents of two teen siblings are sitting on their
front porch, tweeting “sitting on the front porch” to their
followers. Predictably, their children are rolling their eyes in
embarrassment from their parent’s lack of Twitter protocol.
Think of Literalists as taking a snapshot of their surroundings
or activities and sharing it with followers.
Social Media and Twitter
Recently, phrases like “social media” and “social
networking” have been all the rage among media aficionados.
Sites such as Facebook and Twitter gained popularity as the
popular ways of connecting and communicating. Face-toface was out. Digital was in. Modes of communicating were
changing – but they always do with every new technological
device. Rock gave way to papyrus to paper to typewriters to
word processors and finally to computers.
The popular social media website Twitter is categorized
as a micro blogging web application that allows users to
connect to one another through tweets. Tweets are short
140 character messages that are sent publicly to individuals
(commonly called followers), or privately via direct messages
(much like e-mail). Think of a tweet as a note that is posted
onto a large public bulletin board for passersby to read.
Tweeters (those who send tweets) answer a simple question:
“What’s happening?” Some people post exactly what they’re
doing while some just listen in on interesting narratives.
Others, though, engage in conversations they find compelling
or valuable. It is this latter group that intrigued me. I began
asking my own simple question: “What kinds of users are
on Twitter?”
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Since I was a prolific Twitter user – some may label me
“addicted” – I began to see patterns in tweets from my
feed. Three different users emerged, what I refer to as the
Literalists, Networkers, and the Facilitators.
Networkers act as digital gatekeepers. These users are
typified by the RT phenomenon. RT, or re-tweet, identifies
a tweet that is not an original thought from that user, rather
they are simply passing along someone else’s tweet. RTs are
akin to e-mail forwards. Re-tweeting is usually an indicator of
that person’s desire to share the wealth, so to speak. It is the
hope that the tweet will be seen by someone who can use it
to their advantage, solve a problem, or fill an information void
of sorts. Networkers are also about strengthening bonds and
creating new relationships where ones did not exist prior.
Facilitators are different than the other two in that they
use Twitter as a tool to communicate directly between
tweeters, as opposed to sending out random thoughts to
anyone listening or passing on information from another
party. Facilitators use Twitter as a means to both enrich
and augment their traditional face-to-face communications;
they ask and answer questions, provide links, argue, offer
commentary, follow up on statements, begin and add to
conversations, and the like. For them, Twitter becomes an
immersive tool that enables immediacy among vast virtual
networks of individuals and groups.
Teaching with Twitter
In that 2008 seminar, I assigned the class to blog and use
Twitter. Most students were unfamiliar with these devices
so I led them through tutorials and helped them set up
their accounts. I told them to use Twitter over the course
of the semester to share information they might find useful
for members of the class. In other words, I wanted them
to be Networkers. This was an experiment on my part,
and they knew it. I hadn’t used Twitter as a teaching tool
before so I thought this would be a perfect time given our
rather strident in-class discussions of the presidential
election between then-candidates Sen. Barack Obama and
Sen. John McCain and the local battle between House of
Representatives incumbent Joe Donnelly and challenger
Jacquie Walorski. For me, this was the perfect storm.
At first, students were cautious tweeting only bits and
pieces. However, once class discussions became more
involved, so did our Twitter conversations. Students began
exchanging links to articles and videos on YouTube. Twitter
became a conduit for learning and thinking outside of the
traditional classroom.
This trend only became more apparent when my students
began holding “Twitter parties” during televised political
debates. They conversed with one another and me as
candidates exchanged facts or rebuttals. As they debated,
so did we. It was a remarkable experience to see this simple
media outlet become an integral component to our class.
And students saw this too, noting how much different it
would have been if we didn’t have our Twitter discussions.
That class showed me how important Networkers and
Facilitators could be to the learning process. Twitter was
much more than a Literalist perspective. It was a digital
frontier I could capitalize on in future classes. And I have.
So there it is. Twitter changed the way I approach teaching.
But through this, my students showed me cyberculture is
more than just pointless games, status updates, and text
messages. It can be harnessed for knowledge creation and
transmission: communication in its truest form. For as
noted scholar Marshall McLuhan famously once said: “the
medium is the message.” So very true.
Alec R. Hosterman is senior lecturer and the area
coordinator of communication studies. He teaches
courses in visual communication, deception, new media,
and graphic novels. Hosterman’s Twitter handle is
@alechosterman.
Amahl & the
Night Visitors
cast travels to Chicago
By Marianne Weesner
The IU South Bend cast and crew of Amahl and the Night
Visitors traveled to Chicago in December 2010 to perform
the opera for adults with disabilities at the Ada S. McKinley
Community Services, Inc.
Amahl and the Night Visitors is one of the most popular
American operas by Gian Carlo Menotti. It is a timeless
story of the power of faith and the meaning of love. The
one-act opera tells the story of Amahl, a poor crippled
boy, who lives with his mother in a village somewhere on
the road to Bethlehem. When the Three Kings, following
the star in the East, seek shelter for the night, the lives of
Amahl and his mother are changed forever.
The opera was directed by Lecturer in Voice Alicia Purcell,
and choreographed by Assistant Professor in Dance Carolyn
Hine-Johnson. Assistant Professor Tim Hanson served as
technical director, and Assistant Professor Inseung Park
was the set designer.
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Thom Maxwell, the center director, said, “It is a short opera,
so it kept their attention and they experienced something
they may not have been able to without IU South Bend.”
The center typically serves 120 people. The center helps
“all individuals accomplish the goals they have.”
Student Kasey Clear commented, “It is a good opportunity
to introduce the audience to something they have not seen
before and see how they will respond to it.” The performers and crew enjoyed the experience as much
as the audience members. Tia Patrick, a student, said “It is
a privilege to take something from IU to bring it here.” Stacie Jensen felt very humbled by the experience. Jensen
said, “Knowing what you want to do has an impact on
them and makes them smile” is something that she enjoys
about doing these outreach programs for members of the
community. “It is exciting to bring something new to an
audience of people who have not had a chance to see or
experience something like an opera,” said Antwon Williams,
who played one of the kings.
The cast and crew received hugs and thanks from the
audience. Several audience members commented on
how much they enjoyed the costumes and along with
performance as a whole.
Director of Community Outreach Michele Morgan-Dufour
said, “This is the second year Amahl and the Night Visitors
has been taken on the road and we’ve received an enormous
amount of positive feedback. Our visit to Ada S. McKinley
Community Services and a performance for the students at
Washington High School were terrific experiences for the
audiences and our students. The spirit of the holidays really
was alive and well in all of us!”
Marianne Weesner graduated in 2011 with a B.A. in Mass
Communications. She was an Aspire intern and served as
the associate editor of our monthly e-newsletter.
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animal
Farm
By Alexandra Wheaton
Acting is never easy, but when the IUSB Theatre Company
took to the stage with a musical version of George Orwell’s
Animal Farm, the work was particularly difficult. Wearing
masks and movement restricting hooves, the actors’ had
to work with limited facial expressions and hand gestures
to convey their characters’ emotions. Rising to meet those
challenges, they brought their message, “Four legs good,
two legs bad,” to life.
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as an allegory of the
Russian Revolution. The animals rebel against the farmer
who abuses them and begin to build their own society
with hopes of a utopia. As the story unfolds the animals
take on political characteristics leading the audience to
recognize traits of Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph
Stalin, along with the larger governments of Europe and the
United States. The play reflects political corruption and the
dehumanization of the ordinary person.
Director Randy Colborn notes, “It was Orwell’s dedication
to the truth that I find so compelling. I also marvel at what
I find to be Orwell’s hopefulness for humanity. He remained
optimistic about our immense potential despite our equally
immense ability to get distracted and fall short. His varied
life experiences could have drummed that out of him. Yet,
he retained an unusual objectivity while deeply immersing
himself in all he thought and all he did.”
Portraying animals planning to take over the farm run by
their abusive owner, the majority of the actors were not only
on legs made out of PVC pipe throughout the entire show,
but sweating under layers upon layers of thick costumes.
“Tim Burton’s movie 9 was a big part of my inspiration;
also the artwork of Ralph Steadman,” said makeup and
costume designer Sallie Hanson. “We used found, recycled
and reused objects for the costumes.” The costumes
were made out of everyday items like boots or combs.
Hanson also incorporated pieces from the Education & Arts
Building, that is being remodeled, as part of the costumes.
Commenting on the makeup Hanson says, “It’s kind of a
dark sort of surreal show. I wanted the makeup to reflect
that.” The show was dark indeed.
The makeup was very interesting; however, most of the
actors were also wearing masks. “It is hard because you
lose the ability to act with facial expressions,” says Stacie
Jensen of her experience.
Tia Patrick played the role of the farm cat. “It was easy for
me to be a cat, because I love cats. The itchy mask was
well worth it.”
Some actors did not get to wear masks, but a backpack
apparatus with a giant animal head attached to it. “They
were uncomfortable, but we all dealt with them the best
we could,” says Megan Jerrils who played one of the cows.
When asked how she prepared to play a cow she replied
with, “I just looked up YouTube videos. Watched how they
walked, ate, and behaved all together.”
The Animal Farm performances supported the 2010-11
campus theme, “The Meaning of Work.” The cast was
handed the Communist Manifesto to read during the
first few rehearsals. The show suited the theme since the
animals had to build and rebuild a windmill to make work
easier for them on the farm. The animals quickly learned
what the meaning of work is, as did the actors.
Theatre major Alexandra Wheaton was one of the actors in
Animal Farm.
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flourish
composers
at IU South Bend
By Anthony Cotto
The last few years have seen a lot of interesting advances
in the composition program here at IU South Bend. As a
composition student myself, I have gotten to witness these
changes unfolding. This semester, three students will be
graduating with degrees in composition.
Of all the things to be thankful for as a student here, I
think the teachers take the cake. As many already know,
our music program’s director, Jorge Muñiz, has received
a great deal of attention due to his recent South Bend
Symphony Orchestra premiere of Requiem for the Innocent;
Dean Marvin Curtis’ choral composition, “The City on
the Hill,” was premiered at President Clinton’s 1993
Inauguration. What you may not know is that there are two
other accomplished composers here on campus. They are
Assistant Professor John Mayrose and adjunct Assistant
Professor Marjorie Rusche, and, like many other teachers
around IU South Bend, they are both active professionals
in their field.
Most recently, Rusche returned from premieres of her works
in Denmark and England, where her piano solo Eclipse and
Tone Poems for bassoon and piano were featured in the
London New Music for Winds Festival.
“I’m particularly proud of Eclipse,” She said about this
work, which was originally funded by the Raclin School of
the Arts, and which she hopes to turn into a piano concerto
in the future. “It’s a very dramatic, highly evocative work,
and it had a great premiere last spring when Ketevan
Badridze performed it here.”
Mayrose also had a very successful composition in his
award-winning piece Liber Abaci.
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“It’s based on fractals and the Fibonacci sequence … For
the past 10 years, I have always wanted to write a piece that,
once I had an algorithm set, I press go, I plug it in, and the
piece just ‘spits out’ so that I can explain every pitch.”
Despite their successes, neither of these two composers had
that career in mind when they started college. Rusche wrote
her first song while working on a political science major and
Mayrose was a guitar performance major.
One of the most challenging problems for young
composers is to find a voice or style that defines one’s
compositions. These professors have both done that in
their own works, and they have both taken unique paths.
While Rusche considers herself a “contemporary classical
composer,” Mayrose is fond of minimalism techniques,
and incorporating “rhythms and textures derived from
Indie Rock.”
They both gave advice that, while very helpful as a
composer, I feel is applicable to most disciplines.
Rusche: “When you are student, try many different
methods, risk and experiment, even though you might not
be sure of what you’re doing at first.”
Mayrose: “As a composer, every piece is not going to be a
great masterpiece. Sometimes you have to make a mistake
to get better.”
Anthony Cotto is a class of 2011 graduate with a B.A. in
Composition. He hopes to write commercial jingles when
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Curating a
Museum
Exhibit
By Jennifer Wimble // photography by Lucas Eggers
At the beginning of the 2010 fall semester Associate
Professor Micheline Nilsen told students in her “Curating
an Exhibit” class that by the end of the course they
would know a great deal about 19th century landscape
photography. Many of the students, who had never taken an
art class, were skeptical. However, just as she predicted,
they can now examine an early landscape photograph and
identify the photographer’s influences, techniques, and
style. Furthermore, they are now experienced in curating a
museum exhibition.
Nilsen carefully guided the class while they reviewed
potential photographs for the exhibit, taking into
consideration the photographs’ physical features, historical
themes, and conditions or standards. After much debate,
the students and Nilsen decided that the exhibit would
show the transition of professional photographers from the
portrait studios to open-air landscapes, a move often paired
with government documentation. The topic decided on was
19th Century Landscape Photographers of the Americas:
Artists, Journeymen, or Entrepreneurs?
This ambitious course was an original experiment
brainstormed by Nilsen, who combined the topic of 19th
century landscape photography with the nuts-and-bolts of
curating a museum exhibit. Graduate liberal studies and
undergraduate art majors participated in the course.
Each student wrote an article about one of the photographs
for a Wolfson Press catalogue, published in February 2011.
By examining each photograph in relation to past artistic
movements and research, the students concentrated on
whether the government, tourist, and corporate utilitarian
landscape photographers of the 19th century were primarily
artists or documentarians. The students also wrote shorter
catalog entries and labels for the exhibit, as well as press
releases.
After an intensive introduction into the history of landscape
art and the basics of designing a museum exhibit, students
visited and reviewed two photography exhibits displayed at
the Snite Museum of Art at Notre Dame.
Next, they heard experts in the field of 19th century
photography at a two-day symposium, “Documenting
History, Charting Progress, Exploring the World: 19th
Century Photographs of Architecture” arranged by Nilsen
and sponsored jointly by Indiana University South Bend
and the University of Notre Dame. The symposium included
discussions on diverse topics such as the early history of
the photogravure in working-class Scotland and “The
Barricades of 1871: A Challenge to the Architecture of
Paris?” as presented by leading experts in the field of
early photography.
After months of preparation, the exhibit opened at the
Snite Museum of Art in February, 2011. The photographs
themselves are part of the permanent collection of the
Snite Museum and include some of the most prominent
photographers of the late 19th century, such as Eadweard
Muybridge, Frank Jay Haynes, George Barnard, Timothy
O’Sullivan, and William Henry Jackson.
“Curating an Exhibit,” created by Nilsen, was an incredible
journey for art and liberal studies students alike.
Jennifer Wimble is a graduate student in Liberal Studies.
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comics
& Graphic Novels
More than Meets The Eye
by Alec R. Hosterman
Comic books are big business. And they should be;
they’re everywhere in the cultural milieu. We see comic
books at the local booksellers and in the hands of kids
wishing they could be the superheroes they see on the
page: boys dream of being Batman or Superman, while
girls typically dream of being Wonder Woman or Elektra.
These dreams have taken on a life beyond the page,
manifesting in highly popular computer gaming systems
and on the silver screen (with the Marvel franchise
regularly dominating ticket sales). Comics are our
culture.
But there is more to the comic book than just
superheroes. Comics are important, complex visual
artifacts that both reflect and refract the era in which
they were created.
Since the birth of the Golden Age of Comics in the late
1930s, publishers have capitalized on the themes that
are prevalent in other mediums: drama, western, horror,
science fiction, action, and comedy. But the superhero
seemed to prevail in the 1950s, even after criticism
by psychologist Frederic Wertham of the comic book
for its violent imagery. But comics survived. They
always do.
During the Modern Age of Comics in the 1980s, a
highly popular form of the medium emerged: the
graphic novel. The early graphic novels were serials
packaged in book form. Two works in particular
were popular among consumers: Batman, the Dark
Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Watchmen by
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Both of these seminal
works deconstructed the prototypical superhero genre,
showing the fallibility of the heroic and villainous
characters. With this, publishers saw the genre as
being more than just entertainment for kids. Rather,
they saw its potential as an expressive visual form with
the means to communicate issues relevant to many
different cultures.
Like many forms of media, scholars saw comics’
potential as an expressive medium of communication,
one that bridged image with text, a contemporary
experiment in semiotic analysis. Semiotics – the study
and science of signs (objects that stand for something
else) – is part of understanding our visual culture.
Movement, speech, expression, thought, and other
communicative actions have to be interpreted by the
reader. And all of these are manifested in visual form.
Much like a telephone conversation one has with their
best friend, the artist and writer encode a message
and the reader decodes it. As Dr. Matthew J. Smith,
Associate Professor of Communication at Wittenberg
University and co-author of The Power of Comics, notes:
Comics combine words and pictures, but the
synthesis results in a sharing of meaning that is
more than the sum of its parts. Take, for instance,
the results of The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon. These storytellers
were able to take a rather daunting phone book-sized
government report and make its substance accessible
to a wider audience than might have ever picked up the
government’s original report. The power of the imagery
combined with the details of the story make for an
incredibly reader-friendly text.
Capitalizing on this unique medium, colleges and
universities like IU South Bend are creating curricula
and teaching individual courses in comics studies.
Topics include understanding the superhero, comics
and American culture, manga, alternative comics,
underground comix, writing comic books, and the
relationship of comics to film.
As a professor in communication studies, I have had the
chance to teach several seminar-based comics courses. In
them, I challenge the ways students see comics and help
them understand how they can communicate meaning in
visual form. And rather than focus on just the prototypical
comic book, I have students read graphic novels like Fun
Home: A Family Tragicomedy (about the author’s struggle
to find her own sexual identity alongside understanding
the complex relationship she had with her father); Cancer
Vixen (a funny and poignant memoir chronicling the
author’s battle with breast cancer); and Shooting War
(a satire of contemporary journalism, war, and politics).
Each semester I have students tell me how they now see
comics as a valuable form of visual communication.
Apart from my courses, other professors are using
graphic novels to teach a variety of subjects, from
social movements to world events. For instance, artist
Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
illustrates her early years growing up and taking part in
the Cultural Revolution in 1970s Iran. Another iconic
piece is Art Spiegelman’s Maus, A Survivor’s Tale. The
book is a heartfelt and critically acclaimed graphic novel
that recounts the struggles of Art’s father’s life living
through the Holocaust. Spiegelman uses visual metaphors
throughout the tale, depicting Jews as mice that are
pursued by Germans as cats. A powerful and moving
story, Maus is more than just biography – it’s living
history.
Finally, J.P. Stassen’s Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda is
a somber and eye-opening look at the aftermath of the
1994 genocide in Rwanda. Stassen weaves together an
account of the massacre using the both Tutsi and Hutu
characters and the way the events of that fateful time
impacted the world.
So there you have it. A brief but hopefully eye-opening
argument that shows comics are not just for kids or
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middle-aged collectors like Comic Book Guy on The
Simpsons. Yes, there are comic books published for
those who like superheroes or Archie’s adventures at
the Malt Shop. But if you look beyond that, you will
begin to see complex narratives that bring you closer
to people and events of our culture.
After all, we live in a visual culture. Why not use the
visual to tell its story?
Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies
Alec R. Hosterman is finishing writing his dissertation
on the role of hyperreality in graphic novels.
Recommended Reading
Interested in reading graphic novels but
don’t know where to start? Here are a few
suggestions that are for sale at your local
bookseller, comic book shop, or favorite
on-line retailer.
08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign
Trail recounts the history-making 2008
presidential campaign of Barack Obama,
John McCain and Hillary Clinton
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
explores how people coped in New Orleans
post-Katrina
Epileptic tells the story of author
David B.’s struggle understanding
his brother’s epilepsy
Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African
Americans tells the story of African
Americans in the United States from 1619
through to the election of Barack Obama
If biographies pique your interest,
then these graphic memoires are
perfect for you:
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House
Authorized Graphic Biography
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and
What I Learned
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
LOOK! scholarship art sale
gets a fresh new start
By Kathleen McAllister and Tabetha Coburn-McDonald
Long a staple of the fall events calendar, the 2010
Scholarship Art Sale debuted with a fresh name, a new
location, and a smart young management team. Members
of the Art History Club and the Visual Arts League joined
forces to sponsor the sale with the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts.
“This was the first time that students have taken full
responsibility for planning and organizing the sale, and they
did a fabulous job!” said Michele Morgan-Dufour, director
of community outreach. While student groups have cosponsored the sale in the past, the 2010 committee took
ownership of the project and filled the role of professional
gallery staff. “The students learned a lot about the business
aspects of an artist’s career by making the sale their own,”
added Morgan-Dufour.
Tabetha Coburn-McDonald, Kathleen McAllister, and Dean
Kizer headed the committee, organizing every aspect of the
sale with guidance from Morgan-Dufour. The group began
by renaming the sale LOOK! to emphasize the opportunity
for the community to explore and purchase art created by
the students, faculty, and alumni of the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts.
Holding a successful art sale took hard work and diligence
by the students. The committee began recruiting IU South
Bend artists to participate in the sale. Then they rounded
up student volunteers to promote the event, install artwork,
and work shifts during the sale.
Since the School of the Arts gallery is closed while the
Education & Arts Building is renovated, the sale was held
at the newly-remodeled East Lounge in Northside Hall.
Gallery director Randall Clark guided the students through
the installation process. The space was challenging since it
does not have as much wall space as the gallery; however,
the students made creative use of the wide windowsills to
help compensate.
The students learned how to price their work and talk to
patrons with professionalism, which provided insight into
their future as artists outside of college.
“The art sale represents an amazing opportunity for
students such as I to not only gain a primary knowledge
of show preparation but also the opportunity to sell art
for the first time,” said student Becca Schafer. “Working
the art sale was an unexpected pleasure and I found great
appreciation for the experience of hanging work, preparing
each piece for individual sale, and interacting with artists
and art consumers.”
“I think it is important to be involved in student shows like
the scholarship sale,” said Christy Hatfield. “It gives us a
chance to get our work out to the general public and figure
out what kind of pricing is fair and accepted by buyers. I
just think it is really good exposure.”
Like a professional gallery or sale, LOOK! retained
a commission on every piece sold. A portion of the
commission earned was used to provide scholarships for
three students, Coburn-McDonald, Katie Swiental, and
Bradley Davenport. The remaining commission amount
helped the Visual Arts League and Art History Club
fund field trips for students to attend art museums and
participate in events.
“Participating in the scholarship art show was a great
experience, for learning tricks of the trade and just in
general. I have participated twice and sold work both
times,” said senior Danielle Wilborn. “The second time I
put in a lot more time and effort, and definitely got a lot
back in return. Not only is it a way to get your work seen
and sold, it’s a great way to connect to and interact with
future buyers and even fellow students.”
“I always love to be a part of the art events happening at
IUSB and this was such a great opportunity for me, other
students and faculty to show their support for IUSB and the
excellent art program that we are a so privileged to be a part
of here in our town,” Swiental said.
Printmaking
conferences
By Alan Larkin // photography by Erin Bluhm
Thanks in part to grants secured from the Charmichael
Fund, this year two small groups of students attended
the October 2010 Mid America Print Council
Conference held at the University of Minnesota and the
March 2011 Southern Graphics Council Conference
at Washington University in St. Louis.
processes was that not only did they offer some pretty
cool ways of making art but there were many ways to
use them with the newest art technologies. In fact, the
printmaking studio is considered by many of South
Bend’s elite art cognoscenti to be the place where all
media come to meet.
The printmaking students, being a hardy band of rugged
individualists, have discovered the aesthetic allure of
the old fashioned print processes, ones whose names
your average college student doesn’t have on the tip of
his tongue. While things may have been different when,
let’s say, the dean and I were still going to school, these
days if you asked someone to come upstairs and look
at your etchings they would probably give you a blank
stare or else call 911.
The symposia themselves are essentially large
printmaking studios surrounded by lots of prints. Here
you find old letterpress hacks sharing triple espresso
macchiatos with graduate school mezzotinters talking
about the merits of Japanese washi versus paper made
with unbleached abaca. You might also find among the
pizza eaters on the late night gallery crawls an artist
who makes art using only a computer and an Epson
printer talking to someone who does all of their work
with a wooden gouge and a spoon. And some of these
people are taking it to the bank.
Printmaking, while definitely not a rocket science,
appears at first to be a rarified skill. It often involves
the mediation of interesting looking machines that are
made up of steel and weigh a lot. While most people
are used to making their art strokes using a brush, a
camera or even a mouse, printmakers have learned to
make their art on such old timey surfaces as copper
plates and lithographic stones. So at first blush there
would appear to be no relevance to the modern age. You
can’t Twitter on a Vandercook proof press.
The discovery that students made this year in attending
conferences devoted entirely to various esoteric print
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We were surprised in Minneapolis, for instance, to
encounter a group of successful graphic designers
executing their designs using powerful Macintosh
computers and printing them by hand with silkscreens.
In St. Louis we met another set of these strange
entrepreneurs who executed all of their computer
designed posters on hand-carved woodblocks. Their
studio, gallery and place of business had its walls lined
with stacks of printed blocks.
Students attending the Minneapolis event
were clearly delighted to discover processes
more highly suited to their own ideas about
image making than the usual straight ahead
techniques that you see on the street. Student
Rebecca Schafer became so fascinated with the
lithographic reduction technique of Northern
Illinois University’s Michael Barnes that she came
home and tried it for herself. We caught sight
of her later in the day practicing the use of the
electric engraver in the product fair booths.
Erin Bluhm purchased some special inks used
to make exquisite wash patterns that could be
photographically exposed into silkscreens. Later
she produced a series of elegant color prints using
them. She is also very excited about the possibility
of making large scale silkscreen prints handcolored with oil-tinted cold wax medium, a process
demonstrated in St. Louis by Dennis O’Neal from
the Corcoran College of Art and Design.
We spent an afternoon watching a demonstration
of photopolymer plate printing on an old fashioned
letter press in the giant type studio at Washington
University, but also wandered in and out of several
fascinating papermaking demonstrations.
People who investigate the print arts realize that
the skills they already know are easily translated
into printed media. Drawer-painters can make
etchings and lithographs. Photographers and
media wizards can directly transfer their images
into silkscreens or relief prints. We learned that
scale, color, and photographic realism are all
possible, as are the most delicate renderings.
At the end of the experience, exhausted, armed
with new information and filled with brand new
ideas, everyone piled into their cars and headed
for home.
Associate Professor of Fine Arts Alan Larkin
teaches printmaking and drawing.
Upstage
renovations
completed
By Marianne Weesner
IU South Bend’s Upstage Theater was in dire need of
remodeling. The carpet installed in 1982 was stained and
torn. The curtains were ripped and dry rotted. The Upstage
looked more like a construction site than a place where
students rehearsed and had class.
Tim Hanson, area coordinator and assistant professor of
theatre, saw a need to remodel the space. “We wanted it
to be a place the faculty and students could be proud of,”
Hanson said.
Funding to renovate the Upstage and Northside’s Recital
Hall began with a matching grant from the Community
Foundation of St. Joseph County, a generous gift from
Ernestine M. Raclin, and contributions from IU South Bend.
“Before the renovation there was no sound system for
the room,” Hanson said. This meant whenever the room
was used they had to piece together a system from old
equipment.
The lighting was a hindrance, because “before we had a
large cable that ran through a hole in the wall from the
main auditorium and used circuits from there. We couldn’t
use the two systems at the same time,” Hanson said.
Now for the first time, the Upstage had its own power
source and lighting system so performances can take place
concurrently on the main stage and in the black box theater.
In remodeling the upstage the most practical thing to do
was to make it into a black box theater. A black box theater
“does not have to have anything but the basics of what a
theater absolutely needs, which is a place for the audience
and a place for the action,” explained Hanson.
The renovated theater has a new control room with
dedicated lighting and sound equipment, making the
facility perfect not just for performances, but also as a
classroom for lighting and sound classes.
The interior is all black, “so black boxes lose their old
identity and become a neutral space,” Hanson said. It has
often been considered a place where theatre in its simplest
form can take place.
New risers and audience seating arrived during the spring
semester, so student began sitting on stable seating for
the first time in years. New black curtains were installed
along the windows and walls, and a handicapped ramp
was installed.
Work began during the summer of 2010 with students
contributing their labor. Students wanted a space they
could be proud of and wanted to be a part of making that
dream a reality.
After the old carpet was removed theatre student Marlon
Brunley spent a good part of his summer painting the
ceiling, walls, and fixtures black.
During the beginning of the fall semester, one of the biggest
jobs involved theatre students and faculty. Four thousand
pounds of sprung dance floor arrived in several crates.
The students gathered around Hanson and in a single day
the new floor, which can be used for dance, was installed.
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The floor was painted black and the new black box theatre
began to take shape.
The remodeling of the Upstage Theater made it a versatile
space for performance and teaching. The theater will be
host to plays, dance recitals, and small concerts. The black
box theater adaptability is appealing to all, because it
allows for a variety of staging styles. With this adaptability
Hanson hopes, “dance recitals and classes will be able to
be hosted in this newly remodeled space.”
“I really am proud of the space and all the work that went
into making it what it is now, which is a place where many
students will learn to grow as actors and actresses,” said
theatre student Allie Wheaton.
Recital Hall
Renovation Plans
Progress
By Marvin Curtis
A $150,000 matching grant from The Community
Foundation of St. Joseph County was the catalyst for a
planned renovation of Northside’s Recital Hall as well as
the recently completed renovation of the Upstage Theater.
Since the grant was awarded in June 2010, more than
$138,000 has been raised. Contributions have come from
Ernestine M. Raclin, Wells Fargo Wealth Management, and
the recent “Crescendo” event sponsored by the IUSB Arts
Foundation. The campus provided an additional $36,000
for new seating in Recital Hall. The projected cost of the
renovation is $1.2 million.
During the past year architects, faculty, and
administrators developed plans for a renovated Recital
Hall. The room, which was originally built as a lecture
hall in the 1970s, has multi-colored seating for 281.
Today, the once comfortable seats are stained and torn.
The steps of the hall are steep and lack handrails. The
hall’s acoustics are poor, the stage is wide but shallow,
and there is little room backstage. The oddly located
ticket booth and a nondescript lobby make finding the
hall difficult.
Working with IU Architect Jerry Stuff, Jackie
Hilderbrandt, president of MPA Architects, and her team
of sound and lighting designers, met with music faculty
and students to discuss improving the facility. In the
spring, a design was presented to the music faculty and
the IU South Bend administration.
The new facility will have 250 new seats with the stage
extended an additional 12 feet, taking the place of the
first three rows of seats. This will provide for wing space
for the first time. There will be a new backstage green
room, lighting and sound system, and new wall and floor
finishes to provide for better acoustics.
The seats will be reconfigured to stadium seating with
aisles on the side with handrails, and a special open
seating area on the side of the hall that can be used for
antiphonal musical creations or special seating. Included
in the plans is a new box office and lobby which make it
easy to identify the hall as a performance space.
A fundraising campaign will be underway during the
2011-12 academic year. It is hoped that construction
can begin during 2012.
art
Therapy
By Marianne Weesner
Visual arts major Jennifer Kukla takes her passion for
art outside the studio and off campus as a volunteer
art teacher at South Bend’s Center for Juvenile Justice.
Through her outreach service she hopes to have a positive
effect on the boys she instructs.
worksheets, drawn cartoon characters, and made collages
expressing their interests. Kukla says, “I try to use
holidays to do crafts, so last year we painted pumpkins,
made a collage of things the boys were thankful for, and
decorated Christmas cards.”
This isn’t the first time Kukla has been a volunteer for the
correctional system. She began her journey in 2008 when
she used her marketing skills to help a half-way house
for women. After serving on the half-way house’s board
of directors for a year, the director mentioned that they
needed volunteer art teachers at the Center for Juvenile
Justice. It wasn’t long before Kukla began teaching a
weekly class at the center.
Volunteering at the center was not only beneficial to the
boys at the center, but it also allowed Kukla to teach art,
something she is passionate about. “I hope that the boys
will realize that art is a great way to express themselves,
and it is a healthy form of self-expression,” says Kukla.
“I would much rather an angry teen scribble on a piece of
paper for an hour in class than use that aggression to get
into a fight.”
“At first, the boys are just glad to have an excuse to
get off of their unit,” says Kukla. “They are not all that
interested in doing art, but after a few weeks of being
in the class, many of the boys really begin to enjoy the
projects.”
Kukla wants to boys to know that, “they have potential
and their lives matter.” The boys she instructs at the
center periodically change as residents are released or
transferred. During the time she has with them she hopes
that her instruction will help the boys realize, “they have
made mistakes, but they can recover from them and move
on to better their lives.”
Kukla does a variety of projects with the boys including
drawing, coloring, and collage. She brings in objects,
such as a bowl of plastic fruit for the boys to draw from
direct observation. They have done optical illusion
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IUSB Philharmonic
Jazz Combos
Gospel Choir
New Music Ensemble
South Bend Symphonic Choir
AUDITION DATES
n Saturday, November 19, 2011
n Friday, February 10, 2012
n Saturday, March 10, 2012
For more information about IU South Bend music programs, visit us
on the web at arts.iusb.edu or e-mail [email protected].
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Celebrating
excellence
By Michele Morgan-Dufour // photography by Alec Hosterman
There were two important dates for students of
the Ernestine M. Rachlin School of the Arts - the
commencement on May 10 and the Excellence Award
Presentation on April 27. Each event featured the
brightest and the best of the school, and a few grand
friends of the school.
All of IU South Bend’s graduates gathered at the
University of Notre Dame’s Joyce Center on May 10 for
Commencement. From the arts, 86 students received their
degree or special diploma.
IU President Michael McRobbie delivered the
commencement address and greeted each graduate.
Coordinator of Student Services Tamea Rector and
assistant Trisha Miller were on hand to help arts
students and faculty with their regalia. New Media
Professor Michael Lasater led the arts graduates into
commencement where they received their diplomas.
Afterwards the new graduates enjoyed cake and celebrated
with faculty, family, and friends. Each graduate received
a portfolio from the school in recognition of their
achievement.
The school’s annual Arts Excellence Awards recognized
more than one third of students majoring in the arts.
Dean Marvin Curtis presented certificates to more than
200 students who attained the Dean’s List by earning a
3.0 grade point average for at least one semester during
the academic year. Scholarships in music, visual arts,
communication studies, and theatre were awarded to 64
students.
The most prestigious awards of the evening, the Arts
Excellence Awards, recognize students chosen by the
faculty for their superior scholarship, performance, or
exhibition. Arts Excellence Awards were presented to:
W. Jordan Wagner, mass communication; Marianne
Weesner, mass communication; Emily Rockhill, speech
communication; Krystal Vivian, writing; Tabetha
Coburn-McDonald, art history; Leah Dominy, music,
undergraduate; Deborah Mayer, music, graduate; Bethany
Hudak, new media; Randal Slisz, new media; Iryna Gillis,
design; Michael Banks, theatre; Brady King, theatre;
Krista Kuskye, studio practice in photography; Michael
Bubelenyi, studio practice in drawing/painting; Connor
McDonald, studio practice in sculpture, and Gretchen
Siebert, studio practice in sculpture.
Each discipline honored the contributions of alumni,
individuals, and organizations to the students and
faculty of the school. Honorees were: Judi Lykowski,
communication studies and new media; South Bend
Symphony Orchestra, music; Warren Pepperdine, theatre
and dance, and Jason Cytacki, visual arts.
Curtis presented the Dean’s Special Awards to Yuri Obata,
the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, June
H. Edwards, Lexus of Mishawaka, William O’Donnell,
Ernestine M. Raclin, and Lee Streby.
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Governor’s
ArtsAwards
In January Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Indiana Arts
Commission (IAC) awarded the Ernestine M. Raclin School
of the Arts at IU South Bend the honor of hosting the 2011
Governor’s Arts Awards. Two South Bend residents will be
honored at the event.
The biennial awards program honors individuals,
organizations, partnerships, businesses, and communities
that have made significant contributions to the arts in
and beyond the confines of Indiana. The awards recognize
excellence in artistic achievement, philanthropy, arts
education, and leadership in the arts, and at the same time
build statewide awareness of the important role the arts play
in Indiana. Until 2005, the event was held in Indianapolis.
In 2007 IU Bloomington was the host site, followed in
2009 by the City of Muncie.
“IU South Bend is proud to host the 2011 Governor’s Arts
Awards,” said IU South Bend Chancellor Una Mae Reck.
“The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts is a jewel on
our campus. We look forward to sharing our facilities and
talent on the statewide stage this event provides.”
Dean Marvin V. Curtis in partnership with Rob DeCleene
and Carolyne Wallace, both of the South Bend/Mishawaka
Convention and Visitors Bureau, presented the proposal at
an IAC meeting in December 2010.
Shortly afterwards, Daniels made the announcement, “We
are happy to present the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards
program in South Bend. It has been a pleasure to share
the excitement of Indiana’s highest honor in the arts with
communities around our great state.” “We are very excited by the prospects of working with South
Bend and Indiana University South Bend in presenting
the State of Indiana’s highest honor in the arts,” said IAC
executive director Lewis C. Ricci. “The committee members
were very impressed by their presentation. We are confident
the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards will be a great success.
Nominations for the award were solicited from around the
state in the areas of artists, organizations, individuals,
and businesses. Curtis was asked to be a member of the
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selection panel and after the votes were tabulated and
discussed, the awardees are:
June Edwards –South Bend Patron of the Arts.
Mark Fauser – professional screenwriter, actor, director,
and playwright; he worked on the television show, Evening
Shade.
Sylvia McNair -- two time Grammy winner singing opera,
cabaret, oratorio, and music theatre.
Susan McDonald –Distinguished Professor of music and
Artistic Director of the World Harp Congress.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis – The fivelevel museum serves more than one million people a year
and is widely recognized as leader in the museum field.
Alexander Toradze – The Martin Endowed Professor
of Piano at IU South Bend.
The award ceremony will take place this fall on the IU
South Bend Campus bringing visitors to South Bend for
this prestigious event. “The 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards
will be a great town and gown opportunity for South Bend
to showcase our status as the regional arts destination for
northern Indiana,” said Rob DeCleene, executive director of
the South Bend/Mishawaka Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The dinner will be held in the Student Activities center
with music provided by IU South Bend music ensembles.
Assistant Professors in Theatre Tim Hanson and Inseung
Park will design the setting for the evening. Following the
dinner, everyone will walk over the Campus Auditorium for
the formal program, including a performance by The Euclid
String Quartet.
“It will be a privilege to host this illustrious event while
showing off our community and the wonderful assets of the
Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at IU South Bend,”
Curtis. “The spotlight promises to shine brightly on South
Bend that evening.”
June H. Edwards
Alexander Toradze
June H. Edwards has served and supported numerous
arts and cultural events since 1956 from the South Bend
Symphony League to the South Bend Museum of Art. She
has been the president of the league three times and is
currently the corresponding secretary.
Alexander Toradze is both a performer and a teacher. Today
the piano studio is as a symbol of excellence that rivals that
of important national education centers such as Julliard.
Her love for chamber music led to her establishing the
South Bend Symphony Chamber Music series that bears her
name. She also supports the South Bend Chamber Singers
in their chamber series.
Edwards funded an art wing at the South Bend Museum
of Art that bears her name, the largest donation in the
museum’s history.
She served as president of Indiana Opera North and was a
member of the Indiana Orchestra Consortium. She received
the Mayor’s Art Award in 1995 and is vice president of the
IUSB Arts Foundation Board.
She sees art not as one dimensional but multifaceted
through her work with museums, symphonies, educational
projects, chamber music – all artistic ventures. Her gifts
have made a profound impact on this community by
opening doors for both the general public and the artists.
As a performer, he has brought pride to IU South Bend,
Indiana and the U.S. by performing with the greatest
orchestras in this country and around the world.
The members of the multi-national and critically acclaimed
Toradze Piano Studio have developed into a touring
ensemble. His graduates now have positions at coveted
institutions, such as the New England Conservatory.
Toradze graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in
Moscow. In 1983, he moved to the United States. In 1991,
he was appointed as the Martin Endowed Professor in Piano
at IU South Bend.
He inspires his piano students and IU South Bend faculty
with his ethical and professional standards, his generosity
and devotion to the students. His piano studio is more than
just a group of students; it is a family.
Alexander Toradze represents one of the most important living
figures of piano performance in the grant Romantic tradition.
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20th Anniversary Celebration
Kicks off in Style
By Moira Dyczko
A concert, a reception, and a special program honoring
friends kicked off the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the
Arts 20th anniversary season.
The Toradze Piano Studio, Martin Endowed Professor in
Piano Alexander Toradze and the Euclid Quartet opened the
20th anniversary season with an unforgettable concert on
Friday, Sept. 24, 2010.
During the concert our emeritus members of the IUSB
Arts Foundation, Inc. were honored for their service to the
Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. Those members are
Robert W. Demaree Jr., first faculty member in the music
program who served us for more than four decades, and in
that time he headed the program in a variety of titles; Alice
A. Martin, a member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Board
and a great supporter of Alexander Toradze and the Toradze
Piano Studio through various gifts, including the Rex and
Alice A. Martin Fellowship in Piano; and Janet Thompson,
a long time supporter of the arts here at IU South Bend and
throughout the community.
The Euclid Quartet and Alexander Toradze brought the
concert to a close with the third movement of Brahms’
Piano Quintet in f minor, Op. 34, No. 1. This complex and
energetic movement allowed the musicians to show-off their
flare and ability for a crowd-pleasing finish.
Following the concert the IUSB Arts Foundation hosted
a reception in the courtyard of Northside Hall that was
unrivaled in style and elegance. The courtyard had never
been used in such a way, and the event was arguably the
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most beautiful reception held on campus. Members of the
Arts Foundation events committee worked hard to turn this
typical college courtyard into a beautiful garden setting for
a wonderful reception.
Members of the Euclid Quartet commented that the
reception was of similar scale to events they’ve attended
in New York City. Violinist Jacob Murphy said, “In music,
detail is everything. The Arts Foundation reception kicked
off our exciting 20th anniversary year with elegance and
style to match similar events in New York City. We are
fortunate to have the foundation’s tireless support.”
Chris Kelly chaired the committee that included Judy
Ferrara, Leslie Gitlin, Valerie Sabo, and Stephanie
Schurz. The committee’s creative talents were put to use
in handmade floral centerpieces that boosted innovative
lighting features, a spread that included hand-dipped
strawberries in chocolate prepared by the committee,
along with a fine selection of fruits and cheeses. All
this was complimented with a selection of fine wines
and champagne. The ambience featured the gurgling
water fountain, spotlights focused on the surrounding
landscaping, as well as several sculptures by Dora
Natella and music provided by pianist Marian Emery. The
committee truly outdid themselves and the attendees had a
wonderful time at the event.
Moira Dyczko is the production coordinator for the Ernestine
M. Raclin School of the Arts.
equality,
poster by Iryna Gillis // student
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Images of
Equality
By Jane Wang
Who gets to define what is beautiful? We each do. That’s
what people were reminded of in Bethany Hudak’s animated
video, It’s a Weave; Get Over It. Hudak’s video was one of
several pieces featured in “Equality and Inclusion,” a spring
2010 juried exhibition of student art at the Civil Rights
Heritage Center. “Equality and Inclusion” was a project
conceived of by Visiting Assistant Professor of New Media
Brigid McAuliffe and Assistant Professor of Sociology Kevin
James (who also directs the Civil Rights Heritage Center) as
a way to celebrate the center’s opening at the Natatorium
and utilize art to bridge and build community.
The halls of the Natatorium echo with a history of exclusion.
Built in 1922 as a public swimming pool in South Bend,
the Natatorium initially forbade blacks from entering.
It later granted segregated admission only after black
residents won a lawsuit on the basis that their tax dollars
supported the institution. Today, as the new home of the
Civil Rights Heritage Center, the Natatorium has been
reclaimed in the spirit of determination, acceptance, and
community healing.
While the exhibit aimed to showcase the history of the
Natatorium, “Students were encouraged to think broadly,
expressing an array of ideas centered on fundamental
human rights,” said McAuliffe. “The resulting work
extends beyond the classroom, bringing together diverse
communities and illustrating art’s power to communicate
and build bridges.” A selection committee comprised of
McAuliffe, James, and professors Michael Lassiter, Karen
Ackoff, and Barbara Mociulski of the Raclin School of the
Arts chose from more than 20 compelling student works of
art to display.
Erin Brandeberry’s piece Different, Not Bad communicates
the uniqueness of autism spectrum disorders like Asperger’s
syndrome, while emphasizing that different is no less equal.
“I am interested in finding ways to use design to help others
with special needs,” says the artist, who has Asperger’s
herself.
A piece by Iryna Gillis deconstructed the simple act of a
handshake. Her poster displays a series of handshakes in
different colors, with each hand outlined in the color of the
hand that precedes it. “A handshake is something close and
intimate, so to shake someone’s hand symbolizes mutual
respect, equality, and friendship,” said Gillis.
Bethany Hudak’s It’s a Weave; Get Over It was one of the
few videos in the exhibit. Hudak was inspired by a piece
from the 2010 Michiana Monologues about hair, choice,
and beauty. “This is a story that really spoke to me as a
woman, because as women we often feel a lot of pressure
to be what others think we should be,” said Hudak. “This
project is a message to women that we are each beautiful,
no matter what.” Hudak recorded the author performing her
piece and created a text animation to match.
Other motifs expressed in the exhibition included racism,
marriage equality, community and belonging, and the
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy.
Jane Wang works at IU South Bend’s College of Liberal Arts
& Sciences.
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flute festival is for
All Ages
By Rebecca Hovan
More than 50 flutists of all ages gathered on March 5 in
Northside Hall at IU South Bend for the 2011 IUSB Flute
Festival, hosted by the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts.
Those in attendance included students, teachers, professional
flutists, and flute enthusiasts from South Bend and
surrounding areas. The schedule included workshop sessions
led by four nationally recognized flutists, an afternoon recital,
and displays of flutes, music, CDs, and other flute products
for attendees to browse throughout the day by exhibitors
Conn-Selmer, Inc., the Woodwind and Brasswind, Blocki Flute
Method, LLC, and Hovan Enterprises.
The event kicked off with a masterclass session with
Kathy Blocki, award-winning author of the Blocki Flute
Method and beginning flute specialist, who taught a first
lesson to a young student who had never played the flute
before. Festival attendees observed as Blocki demonstrated
successful techniques for teaching beginning flute players.
Stacey Graham Steele, assistant professor of music (flute)
at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, directed a
roomful of flutists in a flute choir reading session. All
flutists were invited to play along, and participants tried out
some of the lesser-known instruments in the flute family
including alto flute, bass flute, and piccolo. Instruments
were provided by festival sponsor Conn-Selmer, Inc.
Rebecca Hovan, flute instructor at IU South Bend and coauthor of the award-winning Blocki Flute Method, presented
a session on teaching rhythm, especially to those who are
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rhythmically challenged. Hovan’s presentation examined the
causes for rhythmic confusion and provided teachers and
students with practical, systematic exercises and processes
for achieving rhythmic success.
Sherry Kujala, Chicago-based flutist, presented two minipresentations. Kujala began by sharing her system for
practicing scales and articulation patterns designed to
exercise the brain as well as the fingers and tongue. This
discussion led to her second topic, working with living
composers and performing their pieces, which often
requires extraordinary technical skill.
The day concluded with the “Flute Extravaganza!” that
featured the four clinicians performing solo and ensemble
works, accompanied by Jennifer Muniz.
The concert, and the festival, culminated in the gathering of
approximately 40 flutists to create a mass flute choir. The
group, conducted by Stacey Graham Steele, performed several
selections rehearsed in the morning flute choir session.
The IU South Bend Flute Festival was made possible
through the generous support of our sponsors: the Ernestine
M. Raclin School of the Arts, the Brannen-Cooper Fund,
Conn-Selmer, Inc., and the Woodwind and Brasswind.
Associate faculty member Rebecca Hovan teaches flute.
She recently released her first CD, A Silver Christmas.
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The Leaps & Bounds of
Dance
By Carolynn Hine-Johnson
Dance at IU South Bend is growing by leaps and bounds.
The new dance minor and the popularity of dance classes to
fulfill general education requirements mean there are a lot of
students moving to the beat at the Ernestine M. Raclin School
of the Arts.
In the late 1960s there was one dance class, ballet, at IU
South Bend; a little later a jazz class was added. In 2001 a
Middle Eastern dance class emerged and a Spanish flamenco
class began in 2005. Since then, social dance, modern dance
and Latin dance have been established. With the expansion of
dance classes offered, the School of the Arts has created more
sections for the majority of these classes, because they are so
appealing to students.
Students are looking for ways to exercise, relieve stress and
have fun. IU South Bend student Sarah Ward comments, “I
hardly ever miss a ballet class because it helps me to relax. I
notice that I don’t have that 4:00 p.m. slump when I dance.”
Not only is a dance class a great way to renew energy for busy
students, but all technique classes earn credit in Health and
Wellness, fulfilling a general education requirement.
In January of 2010, the School of the Arts began offering its
dance minor. Brienne Steinke, who is graduating with a dance
minor this year, loves the dance classes. “The dance minor
got me back in shape,” said Steinke. “[The array of dance
classes] introduced me to many different dance styles that I
wouldn’t, otherwise, be able to take. It also introduced me to
professional performers like Dalia and Dancing Earth.”
The School of the Arts offers workshops taught by renowned
artists such as Dalia Carella, who gave a workshop on her
preparation for the role of Ruth St. Denis, and dance
company Dancing Earth gave a workshop and performance.
If you are interested in enrolling in a class, dance is part
of the theatre & dance area at the School of the Arts. Our
knowledgeable and nurturing faculty have all performed
professionally and enjoy sharing their expertise with students.
Assistant Professor of Dance Carolynn Hine-Johnson, Ed.D.,
is happy to talk with you about the dance program. You can
reach her at [email protected] or (574) 520-4654.
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Requiem
for the
Innocent
premieres with South Bend Symphony Orchestra
By Jillian Woodrick // photography by Peter Ringenberg
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On October 2, 2010, a baritone, five different choruses, a
world-renowned maestro, and an orchestra had one thing
in common: Jorge Muñiz. The world premiere of Muñiz’s
composition, Requiem for the Innocent, opened the 78th
season of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra at the Morris
Performing Arts Center in South Bend.
With the combined efforts of Soloist Ivan Griffin, the South
Bend Symphonic Choir, South Bend Chamber Singers,
Shout for Joy Children’s Choir, IU South Bend Chorale, and
University of Notre Dame Glee Club, the work was divided
into seven movements and lasted one hour.
Taking a year and a half to complete, the 36-year-old
assistant professor of music at IU South Bend has had the
Requiem for the Innocent in his mind for over a decade.
And though the composition is a commission for the South
Bend Symphony, it is a piece Muñiz needed to write.
“It has been in my mind for many years, brewing and
growing,” he says. “It wasn’t until I came here to IU South
Bend that I found the support and opportunity to see it
happening, but the idea has been in my mind for about
thirteen years.”
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Muñiz has wanted to write a piece that would be a prayer
for all of the innocent victims that died in terrorist attacks
throughout the world. This idea came to him in 1997 when
a councilman in Spain was kidnapped and then murdered
by terrorists of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna). This single
event put his entire country in commotion and inspired
Muñiz to take a closer look at the issues surrounding
terrorism.
Though Muñiz agrees that independence is important, he
does not see it as an excuse to defend the motives behind
such attacks.
“It’s despicable that somebody will justify the death of
another person for any political reason,” he says. “I wrote
this piece to bring up what we all share in common, through
all of these faiths, which is the respect for life above
anything. I tried to strip all of these political issues out, so
we can actually think for a moment, from many different
religious perspectives, and have a prayer together.”
Not only did he feel the need to unite a world of people
through one piece of work, he also needed to write Requiem
for the Innocent in a different way than other similar
compositions.
“If it has a religious connotation, or is a religious piece,
it focuses too much on the tragedy of the event and not
enough on the participants. Not only the victims, many of
which are gone from this world, but also the people left
behind. The families. Us. Society,” says Muñiz. “So I felt
there was something I could say about it, different from
what I’ve seen in other pieces.”
Muñiz has been an assistant professor of music in
composition and theory at IU South Bend since 2006, and
uses his expertise as an artist to help fulfill the dreams
of his students. Talent and hard work are important
components of any successful composer. But something
more critical is needed to complete this equation: Passion.
Muñiz describes this attribute as the single most important
aspect of his career. Without it, he has doubts that he would
be a composer at all.
“It comes down to whether you have that drive inside of
you,” he says. “You don’t do this for a job. You do this
because you need to do it. I could probably last a month
without composing, but that’s about it. I have this need
inside me that is only satisfied when I’m writing.”
As a teacher, Muñiz hopes to transmit his passion to his
students, knowing that it is important for them to feel his
energy. He also expects to draw inspiration for his teaching
duties through others who have inspired him in the past.
“I will always remember Leonardo Balada, a professor
of composition at Carnegie Mellon, for being a model of
integrity and generosity to the students,” he says. “And
Richard Danielpour was an inspiration to me during my
doctoral years at the Manhattan School of Music because
he helped me to find a balance, and centered me as a
composer.”
“There are people who help you grow as a composer or
musician, and people who help you grow as a person,”
says Muñiz. “My biggest hope is that I can do both for my
students.”
Jullian Woodrick is a mass communication major at the
Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts.
IU South Bend
ensembles
Chamber Choir
IU South Bend Gospel Choir
The Chamber Choir is a small ensemble of 10 to 14
auditioned voices. Our newest choral ensemble was formed
in the fall of 2010 by director Michael S. Wade to challenge
graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
The IU South Bend Gospel Choir was formed in 2008 and
is conducted by CreAnne Mwale. The choir premiered in
fall 2009 and has performed every fall and spring semester
since then.
The Chamber Choir debuted on the stage of the Campus
Auditorium in December 2010 for the “Teddy Bear
Concert” and appeared in the spring choral concert. They
joined the IU South Bend Chorale as guest performers for
the Plymouth Indiana First United Methodist Church 150th
anniversary concert series. The group specializes in music
from the renaissance, baroque and contemporary periods.
Membership in this ensemble is gained through audition or
invitation of the director. The Chamber Choir is available for
performances as part of the community outreach program of
the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts.
The choir performs traditional, inspirational and
contemporary gospel music. The choir, which has 25
members, welcomes IU South Bend students and students
from other area college campuses.
Director Michael S. Wade was inducted into the Crown Point
High School Faculty Hall of Fame in April. He is among
eight inductees in this, the second year of the CPHS Hall of
Fame recognition program.
The ensemble has had the pleasure of performing off
campus at various events. Performances at the St.
Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church and Epworth
Methodist Church helped raised funds for a spring break
tour to Greenville, N.C., in March 2011. Along with these
performances the ensemble has been invited to sing at
weddings and other community affairs.
Debuted at the “Teddy Bear Concert”
in December 2010.
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Performed at “Lift Every Voice” and the Martin
Luther King Day Celebration Concert.
The ensemble had the honor of opening for the “Lift Every
Voice: Celebrating the African American Spirit” concert
in the campus auditorium this year with Dean Marvin
Curtis. They also performed at the Martin Luther King Day
Celebration Concert and at His Place Worship Center in
Elkhart, Indiana in May 2011.
IU South Bend Chorale
Performed with the South Bend Symphony
Orchestra at the world premiere of Requiem for
the Innocent.
The IU South Bend Chorale is a mixed chorus offered as an
elective to all students enrolled at IU South Bend regardless
of their main emphasis of study. This is the major choral
ensemble in the music area. The course has just been
approved to count as a General Education credit in the
Health and Wellness category.
The chorale frequently presents extended works in
collaboration with other choirs and instrumental ensembles.
At IU South Bend, they have sung Gustav Holsts’ Christmas
Day, Handel’s Messiah, Part I; and the Robert Ray’s Gospel
Mass. They also perform with the South Bend Symphony
Orchestra, most recently for the world premiere of Requiem
for the Innocent, by Music Area Coordinator and Assistant
Professor Jorge Muñiz. The October 2010 concert opened
the symphony’s season at the Morris Performing Arts Center.
Other performances with the symphony have included
Beethoven’s 9th at the “Side-by-Side” concert, chorus for
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“Broadway Rocks” and the annual Martin Luther King Day
concert held on campus. The chorale performs annually
at the campus “Teddy Bear Concert” in December and
the choral spring concert. This year they also were guest
performers on the Plymouth, Indiana First United Methodist
Church 150th anniversary concert series.
IUSB Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Combo
Jazz musicians write their own arrangements.
The IUSB Jazz Ensemble is a big band with members drawn
from the IU South Bend student body, area jazz musicians,
and local music educators. Entrance to this ensemble is by
audition or invitation and is open to all members of the IU
South Bend community regardless of major. This ensemble
performs classic big band compositions from the swing era
as well as modern jazz and contemporary pieces. Members
are also encouraged to submit new arrangements and
compositions for the ensemble to perform.
During the 2010-2011 academic year the Jazz Ensemble
gave two concerts in which the music of such great
composers as Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Oliver
Nelson, Count Basie and Pat Metheny was presented.
Audiences were also treated to three brand new
arrangements by ensemble members: Charlie Chaplin’s,
Smile and Duke Ellington’s, East St. Louis Toodle-oo, both
by trumpeter Dennis Gamble and If I Were a Bell, a new
vocal chart by director Darrel Tidaback. The group also took
their talents on the road, heading to Valparaiso University to
perform for VU’s annual Jazz Festival in April.
The IUSB Jazz Combo is a small, student-only jazz
ensemble with 4-8 participants. This group is open to all
members of the IU South Bend student body by audition
or invitation. The combo is self-directed with oversight and
assistance by the director, Darrel Tidaback. The members
practice the art of improvisation while learning tunes and
developing their own arrangements. This past academic
year the Jazz Combo participated in the school’s two jazz
concerts, performed for various campus functions and
presented lunchtime concerts at the Grille. In June the Jazz
Combo performed at the LaSalle Grill for “Crescendo.”
Tidaback directs both the Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz
Combo. Tidaback has been a music faculty member since
2002. He has 20 years of experience as a university teacher
and more than 36 years of experience as a professional
musician.
IUSB Philharmonic
Accompanied the winner of the IU South Bend
Concerto Competition, Misun Moon.
Jameson Cooper has been conducting the IUSB
Philharmonic since 2007. The ensemble, which performs
in the Campus Auditorium, is comprised of music majors
and minors, students from other areas, and from time to
time, some community members. The IUSB Philharmonic
is usually joined for performances by members of the music
faculty and music professionals from around Michiana.
The repertoire has ranged from baroque to contemporary
and they have been fortunate to work with several faculty
members as soloists.
During the spring semester the philharmonic accompanied
the winner of the IUSB Concerto Competition, Misun Moon,
in a performance of the Schumann Piano Concerto. The
ensemble has played music written by IU South Bend
faculty and students. The philharmonic also played for
IUSB Theatre Company’s production of Amahl and the
Night Visitors.
Cooper says, “My goal in the philharmonic is to train the
students’ ensemble skills while exposing them to a wide
range of standard repertoire and new music.”
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IU South Bend Wind Ensemble
Performed at the IU South Bend Commencement.
The IU South Bend Wind Ensemble performs both
masterworks of the wind repertoire and new works from
the renaissance to the present, including pieces loved by
audiences everywhere. The Wind Ensemble’s repertoire
ranges from the large military band works of Gustav Holst
to the small chamber wind pieces of Mozart.
The IU South Bend Wind Ensemble musicians are IU
South Bend students, community members, educators,
and area musicians. An important part of the Wind
Ensemble’s mission is to encourage music education and
strengthen ties within our community. We are particularly
proud of our community partnership with the public
schools by encouraging high level high school musicians to
participate by playing in this ensemble. This group performs
one concert per semester as well as at IU South Bend
Commencement.
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New Music Ensemble
Devoted to fostering 20th-Century
and New Music.
The New Music Ensemble performs several times annually.
Each concert is devoted to a specific topic, this year’s first
concert was “Transatlantic Piano,” with works for piano
from both sides of the Atlantic (Cage and Satie, among
others). The second concert in April 2011 was “Poetry and
Minimalism,” featuring works by minimalist composers
(Reich and Rzewski) and poetry from different countries.
The ensemble involves a variable number of faculty and
student performers, and premieres work by students and
faculty from both IU South Bend and Spain, as part of the
“Music Across the Atlantic” festival.
The New Music Ensemble promotes new music while
creating new audiences. It provides student performers
participating in the ensemble with the practice and tools to
perform the most current music, while serving as a platform
for IU South Bend composition students to experiment and
create new compositions.
Flute Ensemble
Performed at the Northern Indiana Mayor’s
Association Holiday Dinner.
The Flute Ensemble has performed at many events
including; Art Beat, the Northern Indiana Mayor’s
Association Holiday Dinner, the Chancellor’s Award
Reception, and the South Bend Rotary Luncheon to name a
few. The group performs in a shared concert with the guitar
ensemble every semester as well as mini-concerts during
their tours of local schools.
In December 2010, the ensemble played Christmas carols
and other holiday favorites at the South Bend Chocolate
Cafe, University Park Mall, Milton Adult Day Services, and
pre-concert music in the lobby for the “Teddy Bear Concert”
at IU South Bend.
The ensemble is open to all flutists in the IU South
Bend community--students, faculty and staff--and is not
restricted to music majors. Music styles range from classical
favorites, to traditional folk tunes, and popular tunes as
well as original compositions for flute ensemble by living
composers. The ensemble is directed by Rebecca Hovan.
Guitar Ensemble
Performed joint recitals with the Flute Ensemble.
The Guitar Ensemble, led by Matthias Stegmann, performed
joint recitals with the Flute Ensemble in November 2010
and April 2011. Guitar ensemble members Anthony Cotto,
Rex Gard, Ethan Kampa and Matthew Mitchell performed
classical guitar music such as “Selected Dances” from
Terpsicore by Michael Praetorius for four guitars, Georg
Phillip Telemann’s Concerto for 4 Guitars in D Major, Pieter
van der Staak’s “Emilio” and Johann Gottlieb Scheidler’s
Sonata in D Major. The guitar ensemble is open to all IU
South Bend guitarists.
Stegmann was born in West Germany where he earned
his bachelor’s degree at the Conservatory of Music in
Cologne. After immigrating to the United States he earned
an M.M. in classical guitar performance from the College
Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati.
Toradze Documentary
Wins Emmy Awards
By Marianne Weesner
The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts and WNIT
Center for Public Media presented a public screening
of the Emmy Award winning documentary Kicking
the Notes the Toradze Way. The screening, which was
held in the Campus Auditorium of Northside Hall,
included a brief presentation honoring those who
worked on that project. The WNIT documentary, featuring the life of
Alexander Toradze, won two regional Emmy awards
last fall. The Midwest region ceremony was hosted
by actress Kim Cole in Chicago on November 6,
2010. Emmy recipients include WNIT, Linda
Schaller, producer; Angel Hernandez Jr., executive
producer; and Alexander Toradze, co-producer
for Outstanding Achievement for Entertainment
Programming. Tim Schaller also earned an Emmy for
Outstanding Achievement for Editing (non-news).
Toradze’s Emmy Award was displayed at a reception
in the East Lounge prior to the screening.
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The story of “Lexo,” as Toradze is known to friends
and colleagues, begins in Tbilisi, Georgia, in the
former Soviet Union. Listening to the Jazz Hour on
the forbidden broadcast of Voice of America was a
source of early inspiration to this child prodigy. Six
years after winning the silver medal at the Van
Cliburn competition, Toradze defected to the
United States, resulting in the disappearance of his
composer father and the end of his mother’s movie
career. Today his powerful, exuberant “kick the
notes” style inspires classical concertgoers in ways
few performers can match. Toradze brings the same
passion to the elite students under his tutelage. The documentary provided viewers with an
opportunity to share in the private lives of the
performers, witness the progress of their careers,
and enjoy their incredible music.
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Gospel Choir Travels to
North Carolina
By Marvin Curtis
An invitation from Holy Trinity United Holy Church,
Greenville, N.C., initiated the first out of state tour by any
student ensemble of the Ernestine M. Raclin School of
the Arts. The Gospel Choir was invited to give a Saturday
evening concert, and to sing at the Sunday morning service
for the church’s 90th Annual Family and Friends Day.
The IU South Bend Gospel Choir, led by CreAnne Mwale
and accompanied by David Brock, began in 2008. Within
a year of steady growth, the 20 member choir presented a
concert before 200 people and word spread about this new
group on campus. From there they were performing at the
South Bend Symphony Orchestra’s annual Martin Luther
King Jr. concert and taking part in the Black History
Month concert.
In 2010-11, the choir had 25 members and choir robes
were purchased for their first concert in October 2010.
The trip to Greenville cost $10,000 for travel and housing.
The amount was divided evenly among the members ($350)
and donations were solicited. In addition the choir had two
fund raising concerts. Rev. Matthew Cowden, rector of St.
Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church opened the doors
of his church for the first concert. The South Bend Tribune’s
Intermission section featured the concert.
Every pew of the church was filled for the performance.
After the concert, the collection plates were passed for
a free will offering and more than $800 was donated. A
second concert at Epworth Memorial United Methodist
Church for the church’s 100th anniversary brought a
standing ovation and more donations. The ensemble was
on their way.
After proposals were submitted, the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts and the IU South Bend Student Government
Association each supported the trip with $1,500.
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With transportation and hotels secured, the group departed
at midnight, March 17, for a 13-hour bus ride to North
Carolina. Student Services representative Deborah Robinson
accompanied the choir.
After the arduous trip, the participants were treated to
North Carolina weather in the 80s and southern hospitality.
The IU South Bend Gospel Choir delivered a glorious
Saturday evening concert to an enthusiastic crowd. By
Sunday, word had spread about the choir and extra chairs
were set up in the aisles of the church for the service.
Bishop Ralph E. Love Sr., pastor of Holy Trinity United Holy
Church, praised the choir and the church presented them
with a check for almost $900.
“I was so blessed and honored to tour with the IUSB Gospel
Choir in Greenville, N.C. I am very proud to be a member of
a choir who represented with a great sound and spirit,” said
choir member Gwen Norwood.
“I was delighted to share such a wonderful experience with
an extraordinary group of students,” Robinson said. “Their
behavior and performance were superb. The IU South
Bend Gospel Choir members are truly ambassadors for the
university.”
Another 13-hour ride home and the choir returned home to
perform for the Japan Relief Concert.
Following the trip, more engagements have been scheduled
including another trip in spring 2012 and an invitation to
perform at IU South Bend’s inaugural Opening Convocation
in August 2011.
Arts students aid
Japan relief
By Marianne Weesner
IU South Bend students acted swiftly to lend a helping
hand to survivors of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami
with two fundraising events, “A Concert for Japan,”
and collecting donations prior to the IUSB Forum in
late March.
Music students Kaori Okada and Risa Okina both have
family in Japan and were the primary organizers of “A
Concert for Japan.” They enlisted the help of fellow music
students and the IU South Bend Japanese Club to put the
concert together in less than two weeks. Music students
from the vocal program, Euclid Quartet String Studio,
Toradze Piano Studio, and Gospel Ensemble all participated
in making the concert a success. Okina, who sang at the
concert said, “We put “Amazing Grace” at the end of
concert, because we wanted to perform this piece together.”
The communication studies area of the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts, along with the staff of IU South Bend’s
student newspaper, The Preface, collected donations for
Japan Relief before Mara Einstein’s presentation at the
IUSB Forum in March.
Einstein is the author of Compassion, Inc.: Charity and
the Corporate Marketing of Misfortune. Sam Hunsberger,
Hannah Troyer, Krystal Vivian and Jeff Tatay from The
Preface staff organized the event. Professor Yuri Obata, who
invited Einstein to speak, said “They did a great job in such
a short notice.”
“I’m glad that the Preface took the initiative to take
donations for Japan at Dr. Einstein’s lecture,” shared
Krystal Vivian of The Preface. “We definitely feel like this
is an issue that hits close to home, as many students and
professors have friends and family members in Japan. I’m
happy to help because I know it was going to an important
cause, and all of the donations went straight to the Red
Cross,” Obata added, “I hope that we can carry on this kind
of awareness in order to serve the public interest in the
globalized world. Things happen on the other side of the
globe, and it affects us and it matters to us.”
Interview with Judi Lykowski
By Jessie Emmons
At 7:45 a.m. students begin to enter the control room
of Riley High School. They take their seats, and with a
few quick announcements they begin their work on their
weekly broadcast. As the students create their stories for
the broadcast their instructor Judi Lykowski makes her
way through the room answering questions and guiding
her students.
few other students.” The show launch was postponed for
several years, so the job did not last long.
“I didn’t know I wanted to be a TV news reporter until my
sophomore year of college when I was attending Holy Cross
College,” she explains. Lykowski was a late discoverer of
the communication arts, but it has brought her many great
experiences and led her to her extremely rewarding career
in teaching.
“I believe I used my resources wisely while attending
IUSB. I got out of it what I put into the experience and I
believe I was truly prepared to enter the working field of TV
news,” explains Lykowski about her education experience.
After graduation from IU South Bend she got a job as a
weather anchor and weekday reporter for WLIO, a NBC
affiliate, out of Lima, Ohio. From there she worked at a
number of broadcast stations in the Midwest, including
the NBC affiliate of Traverse City, Mich., and the ABC
affiliates of both Grand Rapids and Battle Creek, Mich.
Eventually she moved back to the Michiana area where
she worked for WNDU.
After completing a two year program at Holy Cross College,
Lykowski came to IU South Bend where she earned a B.A.
in mass communication in 1998. While she was attending
school at IU South Bend, she got her first job at WSBT. “I
was taking a 400 level class taught by Dr. Michael Lasater
at WSBT. Ed Ernest, a WSBT reporter, was one of our guest
speakers. Ed and Dr. Lasater spoke after class and it was at
that time that Ed asked Dr. Lasater if he had any students
who would be interested in doing part-time production work
for the new Saturday morning newscast WSBT was planning
on launching. Dr. Lasater recommended me along with a
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Lykowski was hired at FOX 28 shortly after her experience
at WSBT. She worked on the teleprompter and graphics,
eventually becoming the Monday through Friday show
editor before graduating in 1998.
“Reporting for WNDU was the most rewarding because I
was telling stories that benefited the community I grew up
in,” said Lykowski, “I thought at first possibly I might run
into conflicts of interest coming back home to report on air
in the South Bend television market.” She soon learned this
wasn’t the case, and the community embraced her quickly.
She moved from reporting to education after WNDU-TV was
sold to Gray Communications, Inc. and underwent major
staffing changes. Although she had job offers in TV markets
across the country, she wanted to remain in South Bend. She
joined the South Bend Community School Corp., as a public
relations specialist but moved to teaching a short time later
after completing her Occupational Teachers License.
Lykowski teaches the television broadcasting in the
telecommunication program at Riley High School. “[What]
I find rewarding is when my students ‘get it’… and when
the students pay attention enough to actually be able to
comprehend that language and work as a team to produce
a show by using the terminology in a hands on way.” The
program is available to juniors and seniors of the South
Bend Community School Corp. The program is run by
students, creating an atmosphere for full engagement while
providing a well-rounded and rewarding education, which is
the best part for Lykowski.
When she left WNDU, her news director commented on her
final review that she had accumulated the most contacts
in the newsroom, and she attributed this “to the hundreds
of contacts that trusted me because I was homegrown and
used ethical journalism when putting my stories together
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each night.” She continues to use these contacts, especially
for her students.
“I tell my students to think of my contacts as their
contacts,” she explains, “If they, for instance, would like to
shoot a Notre Dame game, I’ll call my contacts and try my
best to make the opportunity possible for them.” She even
uses her contacts to help get her students job experience.
If her students would like to work with a professional in the
field, Lykowski will use her contacts to help make that a
reality for them. She believes her students get more than
jobs and broadcasting experience through her professional
contacts, they also get a lesson in networking.
She has taken her love of teaching a step further as an
adjunct professor of mass communication at IU South Bend
during the summer sessions.
As for the future of her career in broadcasting, “I take one
day at a time and live life by that motto. I have no idea
what the future holds and believe no one does, beside the
man above. So I am comfortable doing my best each day in
the field I am currently in and letting my life unfold.”
Jessie Emmons is a mass communications major at
IU South Bend.
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South Bend Symphonic Choir, the Ebony Chorale
and orchestra and featured soloists
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Adolphus Hailstork with Lynn Coleman,
assistant to Mayor Stephen Luecke
Done Made
My Vow…
a celebration
of the African American spirit
By Marvin V. Curtis
The annual “Lift Every Voice: Celebrating the African
American Spirit concert brought to our campus the African
American composer Adolphus Hailstork, Eminent Scholar
and Composer in Residence at Old Dominion University,
for a performance of his work Done Made My Vow: a
Celebration. This 45-minute work was written in 1986 for
the 50th anniversary of Norfolk State University. The work
for orchestra, choir, narrator, and three soloists, uses the
text “My name is Toil, My father is Strength, My Mother’s
Achievement, My Goal is Pride” as a motif while exploring
the struggle by African Americans since slavery.
This composition required additional forces besides
the South Bend Symphonic Choir. Orville Lawton and
his choir, The Ebony Chorale of the Palm Beaches, were
invited and accepted. The concert would make statement
by performing this work tracing the history of African
American freedom with an African American choir and a
predominately white choir.
A symposium on African American music was planned to
celebrate this occasion. Hailstork would talk about the
creation of the work and his role as a black composer.
Lawton would talk about the creation of the spiritual and I
would continue with the development of gospel music. The
Ebony Chorale would serve as the demonstration choir.
Done Made My Vow: a Celebration required dynamic forces.
Local artist David Buggs was selected as narrator, and
soprano Brenda Wimberly, choral director at Grambling
University, accepted. Internationally known tenor Roderick
George, associate professor of voice at Montevallo University
was selected, and the role of the child soprano fell to
Michael Ferlic who had recently performed the role of
Amahl in our productions of Amahl and the Night Visitors.
As each choir rehearsed in their respective venues funds
were raised through donors and grants with the aid of Lee
Streby, Erika Zynda, Anne McGraw, and Dina Harris. By the
first of February over $15,000 was raised to produce the
concert. The orchestra was hired, soloists were in place,
and we anticipated the arrival of Hailstork, Lawton, and
The Ebony Chorale.
Everyone arrived on February 24 to a snowy South Bend. For
many members of the Ebony Chorale, it was their first time
seeing and experiencing snow. The next day we gathered for
the symposium. In an almost packed auditorium, students,
faculty, and community members listened intently as the
three of us talked about our different topics. Hailstork gave
the history behind his work and talked about the role of
the black composer and his journey. Lawton, along with
his choir, demonstrated the spiritual genre and gave the
listeners a better understanding. I completed the trio with a
talk about the creation of gospel music and we were treated
to piano renditions of “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” by
Lawton and Gwen Scruggs, to the delight of the audience.
The concert proved to be a triumph. Done Made My Vow:
a Celebration ends with the narration, “Walk with the wise,
and be wise.” It was a fitting ending to this special evening.
Our campus was graced with a composer of stature whose
composition is a true masterpiece. Both choirs had made
friends and IU South Bend had made history. Hailstork
received the Key to the City from the Office of South Bend
Mayor Stephen Luecke.
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Interview
with Luis
Vargas
Euclid Quartet violist Luis Enrique Vargas began his
musical training at age 14 in his native Venezuela. Under
ordinary circumstances such a late start might have kept
him from a career in music; however, Venezuela’s famed
El Sistema music education program is anything but
ordinary.
What is El Sistema, and how is it different from classical
music training programs?
El Sistema is the world famous Venezuelan youth
orchestra program begun in 1975 which today
encompasses 125 youth orchestras and 250,000
children. The organization’s full name is Fundación del
Estado para el Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e
Infantiles de Venezuela, in English the National Network
of Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela.
El Sistema was founded on the belief that a passion
for music, combined with the discipline and dedication
required to excel as a musician, transcends to all aspects
of young musicians’ lives and, in turn, has the power to
change human relationships for the better. El Sistema
students learn discipline, dedication, and how to work
together as a team to achieve their goals. How is El
Sistema different? For one thing it’s a non-exclusive freefor-all system with many instruments being donated to
those who can’t afford to buy one. It is also an ongoing
project that provides local academies in which the most
advanced members teach the younger students.
You joined El Sistema after a year of viola lessons. What
was that experience like?
When I joined El Sistema I was asked to play in the
children’s orchestra, but I was 15 and felt too old for
them. I asked to try out for the youth orchestra which
was more advanced, but I was really a beginner so that
proved very challenging. The instructors asked me to
first attend a seminar. These seminars, one of the great
features of El Sistema, were usually a few days long and
included hours of rehearsing as a group and in sectionals
led by advanced students. When I showed up for the first
time to a seminar I realized that the music was too hard
for me since I had been playing viola for only a year. I
remember entering the room and everyone staring at me
until I sat in the back of the viola section. On the stand
in front of me was Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from
Messiah and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1, the real thing
not an arrangement for kids. It was during the first viola
sectional that I got hooked with the group. It was sort of
a cooperative environment where everyone had the same
goals. By the end of the seminar I was more able to play
the music.
Did you feel you had to catch up with the other kids in
that orchestra?
I certainly did, but I faced a few challenges that kept
me on my toes. For instance, two years after I joined the
youth orchestra my teacher encouraged me to audition
for a substitute chair in the Lara
Symphony Orchestra, the most
advanced orchestra in my state to
perform in Caracas. The featured
conductor for this concert was
Mehli Mehta, father of the worldfamous conductor Zubin Mehta,
the former artistic director of New
York Philharmonic. I eventually
won the audition and performed
challenging repertoire including
Franz Schubert’s ninth and very last
symphony called “The Great.” Then
a year later I joined the orchestra
again for their first international tour
to Brazil playing incredibly difficult
pieces such as Stravinski’s The Rite
of Spring, Shostakovich’s fifth and
Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphonies.
How important is intensive early
music training?
Intensive music programs provide an
inside look at what can be achieved
with discipline and dedication in
a very short time. It is important
that those provide the students with
something to look forward to at the
end of the program, like a concert
for instance. This keeps the
students’ minds and energy centered
towards achieving the same. The
focus and dedication required to
prepare for a difficult performance
push the students to rapidly improve
their skills.
When did you develop a passion for
chamber music?
That came many years later when
I was a student at the Music
Conservatory Simón Bolivar in
Caracas. At that time I was a
member of the Cuarteto America
which was starting to make a name
for itself with some decently paid
concerts at fairly prestigious venues
in Venezuela. My interest in making
a career in music as a part of string
quartet was definitely increasing.
We were selected to do a few
international chamber music festivals
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which helped us meet people who
eventually became mentors.
What brought you to the United
States?
My first visit was in 1995 when
the Cuarteto America attended the
Round Top Chamber Music Festival
near Houston, Texas. Two years later
we were invited to Canada to study
a chamber music program with the
Penderecki Quartet, and while we
were in Canada we applied to several
schools in the United States for a
master’s degree program. We were
accepted into three schools and
chose Miami University of Ohio.
When I finished my master’s it
became clear to me that I wanted
to be in a string quartet, so I went
on my own for further study with the
members of the legendary Vermeer
Quartet while pursuing a performer’s
certificate at Northern Illinois
University (NIU).
How did you become a member of
the Euclid Quartet?
In 2001 I was finishing up the
performer’s certificate from NIU
when I was invited to audition for the
Euclid Quartet. The quartet members
were finishing their studies at Kent
State University in Ohio and had
auditioned for a residency job in
Sioux City, Iowa. They were offered
the job, but their violist was injured
and had to stop playing. I was
offered the position with the Euclid
Quartet and, consequently, the
residency job in Sioux City. After six
years in Iowa we came to IU South
Bend in the fall of 2007.
The Euclid Quartet has met with a
lot of success. What is the quartet
working on now?
We are currently working towards
recording the second disc of our
Bartok Project, aimed to record all
six of his string quartets. The first
disc, with quartet numbers 2, 4 and
6 was released in the spring of 2010.
We are recorded the second disc in
July 2011; it includes the remaining
quartets, numbers 1, 3 and 5.
What advice do you have for young
music students and their parents?
Believe that discipline can change
lives, starting with their own and
propagating to other people’s
lives. This could be applied to
literally anything, but in music it
is particularly important. If young
musicians do not try hard enough,
they quickly lose steam and quit.
Talented students usually get away
with not working hard enough in their
early stages. If only they realized how
much they could have accomplished
if they worked harder. When the time
comes to choose a college, many of
those students will find themselves
totally unprepared for the challenges
ahead of them. Those that do make
it as professional musicians find the
career incredibly rewarding because
they can touch people’s lives, but
it is, on the other hand, highly
competitive and challenging.
Is there anything further you would
like to add?
I can’t thank the people we work
for enough: Dean Marvin Curtis,
our fellow faculty members, ViceChancellor Alfred Guillaume, and
Chancellor Una Mae Reck. They
have been incredible supporters of
the quartet and believe in us. We
keep this university in our hearts and
strive to represent it at the highest
level. I also want to thank our loyal
audience members, followers, and
fans, and encourage everyone to look
for the Euclid Quartet on Facebook!
the
art of
Work
By Brigid McAuliffe
In Digital Storytelling: Aesthetics, Narratives and New
Media, students collect personal and local stories as
launching points for new media artworks. These recorded
narratives fuel creative representations using video and
animation. My students recently created artworks based on
2010-11’s campus theme, “The Meaning of Work.”
Erica Weidler illuminates the fulfillment that Tony finds
in his work. She highlights his statement, “When I make
a customer happy, my heart is happy.” To do this Weidler
created an animation that could reflect the pointillism
of Georges Seurat and the Rotoscope techniques of
contemporary films such as A Scanner Darkly.
We started the unit by studying the work of Studs
Terkel, an oral historian who dedicated much of his career
to interviewing working Americans to understand the
meaning of labor in everyday life. The students set out on
a similar quest, and the results are an impressive array
of interesting documentations of the lives of hardworking
residents of Michiana.
Bethany Hudak and Danl DuRall took a philosophical,
poetic approach toward the meaning of work. Both students
interviewed a friend on their perspective of work and asked
broad questions such as, “Where does work come from?
What does our need to work reflect about us?”
I recently had an old but treasured pair of boots fixed by
Tony Sergio, a local cobbler and immigrant from Southern
Italy who has been fixing shoes for more than 40 years in
South Bend. It was such a pleasure talking with Tony about
his life that I was disappointed to leave without hearing his
entire life history. I left that day determined to engage my
students with the Terkel-esque task of capturing Tony’s story
and other accounts of the meaning of work in Michiana.
We used Tony’s small shoe-shop to record some of his
amazing biographical tales. We also collected photos and
video of Tony at work. Based on this footage, Robb Ressler
created a piece that focuses on the hardships and triumphs
that Tony has faced throughout his career.
The students accompanied the recorded dialogue with
abstract imagery serving more as metaphors than literal
connections. Hudak animates bits of paper with frantic
writing that appears to go nowhere but in a circle. DuRall
juxtaposes calm and restless imagery, a frame of dust
catching sunlight as it’s falling followed by a fish swimming
in endless circles.
Stories of the meaning of work are all around us—as artists
we honor them by paying attention, by listening, and then
by using art to represent them in fresh, engaging forms.
Visiting Assistant Professor Brigid McAuliffe taught new
media during the 2010-11 academic year.
new talent
This fall the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts
welcomes three new faculty members.
Kimberly McInerney
Lecturer in Communications
Eric Souther
Assistant Professor of New Media
As a child I was a straight A student, except for one
discipline – conduct. Not a single one of my teachers
could get me to stop talking. In eighth grade I was
voted most likely to host a talk show. It seems fitting
that I now teach public speaking for the communication
studies department.
I grew up in Ethel, a small town of 100 people located
in northeast Missouri. From an early age I knew I
wanted to be an artist. When I was 17 I bought my first
computer, an eMac. I was fascinated by the computer’s
creative potential. I hold a B.F.A. in New Media and a
M.F.A. in Electronic Integrated Arts.
After several jobs in the public relations field and
completing my master’s degree at the University of Notre
Dame, I feel a sense of coming home by joining the
faculty. I graduated from the Raclin School of the Arts
with a B.A., having majored in mass communication
concentrating in public relations with a minor in speech.
As an artist, I am interested in unseen signals, language,
digital life, and the complexities of data. I create
interactive systems that manipulate audio and video in
real-time. I love to collaborate across many disciplines.
I continue to use my public relations background
teaching the Introduction to Public Relations course in
the fall and my gift of gab (I have kissed the Blarney
Stone, that may have something to do with it) teaching
the art of public speaking.
Ken Douglas
Assistant Professor of Music
I am originally from California, where I taught music
for several years before pursuing my graduate degrees.
My time as a public school music teacher is what
led me to develop my professional identity as music
educator. I earned my master’s degree from Michigan
State University and my Ph.D from University of North
Carolina, Greensboro. I have performed and presented
my research nationally and internationally. My research
interests include lifelong learning, teacher training,
motivation, and improvisation.
Outside the classroom, I enjoy traveling, cooking,
golfing, and of course, making music.
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In my free time I enjoy playing basketball, working
outdoors, traveling with my wife Laura, and watching
movies.
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Kimberly McInerney
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Ken Douglas
Bottom Right //
Eric Souther
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Art Appreciation:
An Alumni Appraisal
By Mathew Leach
“There is no place like it in the Midwest,” claims Stacy
Jordan, assistant curator for the Midwest Museum of
American Art, located in Elkhart. The museum has been
an essential part of her life since 2007 when she obtained
an internship there while finishing her B.F.A. at Indiana
University South Bend. “I knew that I wanted to be involved
with art since I was little,” she recalls. Jordan also praises
Associate Professor Andrea Rusnock for helping to develop
an internship at the museum that allowed her to meet
graduation requirements and led into her future career.
The road to being in a position to enjoy art on the job has
been a long one for Jordan. “I went straight into college
from high school and I knew what I wanted to do,” Jordan
reminisces. She began her post-secondary education
at University of Miami, Ohio, but transferred to Indiana
University Bloomington. This led her to a job working in an
animation studio creating cel work. “It was cutting edge
at the time I had the job,” says Jordan as she explains her
duties of painting and coloring palettes.
“Although, life catches up to you when you not looking,”
according to Jordan, as she withdrew from school to take care
of family matters back home after two years of classes. “I was
down, but not out. I knew I’d go back to school as soon as I
could,” she claims. Eventually, she would return to school.
She decided to stay within IU, but this time she attended
the Herron School of Art and Design at IUPUI. While there,
she met her fiancé, Matthew. “It’s because of him that I
transferred to IUSB,” Jordan declares, “He had a family
business up (in South Bend) and I went with him.” As she
began her studies at IU South Bend to finish her education
in art history, they were married. When her degree program
was coming to an end, Jordan, like most other graduates,
began to look for jobs. “Jobs are hard to come by, but I got
lucky,” Jordan claims. “I had a great advisor and professors
to help me,” referring to her one-of-a-kind internship at the
Midwest Museum of American Art. Enjoying art as person on
the outside looking in is one thing, but being a curator who
mingles with art on a daily basis is another. The road of any
curator is one of passion and Jordan’s passion for art goes
beyond that of most artists.
“She was, and is, a great person to work with,” says Brian
Byrn, head curator for the museum and an IU alumnus.
“When she came to the museum, I saw that she was really
into art and excited about interning here.” Jordan’s work
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ethic and dedication to the museum were so great that she
was offered a job after her graduation. Having been the
assistant curator for a little over two years, Jordan’s spirit
and enthusiasm for art and the work she does has grown
even more. “I love coming to work,” she claims. And while
there are still opportunities for students to intern at the
museum, “They can’t have my job because there is only
one,” brags Jordan with laugh and a smile.
Jordan is responsible for being a guide on tours of the
museum and performing research on the art in the museum.
“I don’t think of it as work because I enjoy it,” declares
Jordan with a smile. “I even go to schools in the area to
give presentations on some of the works we have in the
museum.” She also updates the museum’s website
www.midwestmuseum.us and performs remodeling work
when necessary at the museum.
Art has its place in the world, but it has a much larger
place in Jordan. “I have the chance to educate everyone
who comes to the museum or the listens to one of my
presentations,” she asserts. “I think it’s my duty to pass
along art to the next generation.” While the museum
provides tours primarily to elementary students every
week, many high school and area college students visit her
workplace too. Although the museum itself is limited in size
and funding, a majority of the artwork is rare and precious
to Jordan. “Most of our works are donated,” she explains.
“We may not be as big as the museums of Chicago or even
those in South Bend, but we have art they don’t.”
As most of the art in the museum’s 193 piece collection
doesn’t change, when a new traveling exhibit comes in,
Jordan cannot contain herself. “When we have a new
exhibit,” she says, “I just want to learn all I can about it,
from the inspiration for the work to a history of the artist.”
Being knowledgeable about new works is important as a tour
guide, but Jordan believes that in order to talk to people
about art you have to understand part of it too. “There is
a connection between the artist and their work, and I get
the job of explaining that to the visitors,” states Jordan.
Although she holds a preference for sculptures, she has a
hard time telling you what her favorite piece in the museum
is because, “Nobody ever asks me that.”
Mathew Leach received a B.A. in mass communications in
December 2010.
Telling
Memories of
Cardamom
By Marianne Weesner
Reji Kinn was found as a baby in a cardamom spice field
in India. When she was 3 years old, an American family
adopted her from an orphanage in Kerela. Reji grew up in
a small town in Wisconsin, where she was the only person
of color.
Brigid McAuliffe, visiting assistant professor of new
media, and Bryce Merrill, professor in the department of
sociology and anthropology at IU South Bend, told Kinn’s
compelling story in the video ethnography Telling Memories
of Cardamom. They presented the ethnography at the
International Symposium for Symbolic Interaction in Pisa,
Italy, the summer of 2010.
McAuliffe described Kinn’s story as an “interesting and
compelling story of finding one’s identity through this
cultural narrative.” She says Kinn, “was more than just a
racial outsider: she often felt like a stranger to herself.”
The video ethnography conveys the struggle Kinn faces
in finding her true identity while also wondering what her
parents were like. It also “… aims to convey the beauty
and struggle of difference and the tension inherent in
living between multiple cultures and identities,” remarked
McAuliffe. The tension from the differences Kinn faces in
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her life makes it a continuous search to find a place where
she feels like she belongs.
Qualitative research plays a role in many disciplines
because “it helps us dig through the layers of all the things
that are involved in an issue,” Merrill said. Ethnographies
have been a popular form of understanding an individual’s
culture. Visual digital storytelling as a means to show one’s
culture is relatively new. Sociology and new media faculty
have worked together to create this dynamic illustration of
one woman’s story of finding her niche, self-identity, and
how she makes sense of the world around her. The video helps visualize the struggles faced by Kinn, but
also shows others who have dealt with this struggle that
they are not alone. McAuliffe examines the intercultural
aspect of communication while using new media to help
convey the tension between the various cultures.
Excerpts from the video ethnography Telling Memories of
Cardamom can be viewed at brigidmcauliffe.com. the
faces
of Reji Kinn
IUSB Forum
Welcomes Speakers
to Campus
IUSB Forum, a project of
Communication Studies, brings
guest speakers to campus to
discuss various issues, ideas, and
topics concerning today’s society.
These speakers help keep faculty,
students, and community members
better informed. This year four
speakers visited campus as part of
the 20th anniversary celebration.
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Fall Forum with Karen McDevitt
and Angela Windfield
Technology drives the business world and education must keep
pace. Teachers in the classroom should embrace technology.
Speaking on the topic The Future of Communication Studies: How
Will Teachers Meet the Demands of the 21st Century Learner?
Karen McDevitt and Angela Windfield from Wayne State University
outlined the skills today’s employers demand and how teachers can
embrace technology in the classroom to help today’s students.
“What’s being communicated?” was a question posed by McDevitt
and Windfield to the audience. Technologies like Netbooks, cell
phones, and iPods have blurred the lines between our private
and personal lives. None of us received a technology etiquette
course. While technology is a powerful thing but it can come at a
significant cost. Ask Brett Favre and Tiger Woods.
At the close of the forum McDevitt and Windfield answered
questions and continued the discussion with the audience.
Students and the public gave interesting insights on their own
experiences with technology and asked thought provoking
questions. Kevin Gillen, a professor at IU South Bend, inquired
what would happen if one day we did not have electricity.
The audience was pensive as they considered the everyday
communication technologies they would no longer have.
Spring Forum with Mark Andrejevic
Spring Forum with Mara Einstein
From Facebook to smartphones, we now have
improved access to information. But is this a good
thing? University of Iowa’s Associate Professor of
Communication Studies Mark Andrejevic presented
Infoglut!, an IUSB Forum in March 2011. He is the
author of Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched and
iSpy: Surveillance and Power in the Interactive Era
Recently, more and more companies are promoting their
products through cause-related marketing practice,
suggesting that a portion of our spending will be donated to
make the world a better place.
According to Andrejevic, people living in today’s state of
overload trust the news less and are more skeptical.
Andrejevic said that in an era of information glut,
there is a crisis in sorting through it all. “The danger
is that people will just pick the stories they want to
believe,” rather than developing the skills to use the
new resources.
The paradox is that more access to news and
information doesn’t automatically yield a more informed
populace. “We need to develop new skills for sorting
through the competing stories available to us -- we live
in a new information landscape and we need to learn
how to navigate it,” said Andrejevic.
On March 24, 2011, Mara Einstein presented a lecture
on cause-related marketing. Einstein is currently an
associate professor in Media Studies at Queens College
of City University of New York (CUNY). Her third book, In
Compassion, Inc.: Charity and the Corporate Marketing of
Misfortune, is due later this year. But by now, we know that
our money did not go to save wild animals because we did
not log in to the company’s website to back the cause.
She suggested that there are companies which are truly
honest and charitable. But if overall marketing techniques
are becoming more and more skillful, consumers need
to more critical. Her goal was to bring us awareness that
purchasing to make a difference may be deceiving, and
our good intentions should not be wasted just because the
corporations act wilier than our willingness to know better.
The evening with Einstein showed us how our individual
decisions to be critical greatly matter through her extensive
and in-depth research.
Crescendo Closes
20th Anniversary Season
By Moira A. Dyczko
The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts 20th anniversary
season concluded on a high note on Saturday, June 11,
with “Crescendo,” a joint anniversary celebration with the
LaSalle Grill, at the LaSalle Grill. “Crescendo” featured a
distinctive atmosphere on each of the restaurant’s three
floors through the performing, visual and culinary arts.
“The talent was breathtaking, the food and wine delicious
and everyone had a marvelous time! Very impressive,”
said Carmi Murphy, a former IUSB Arts Foundation board
member, congratulating the school on a magnificent evening.
Guests were encouraged to indulge their senses with opera
selections from Deborah Mayer’s vocal students, fine
Italian cuisine, and artwork by our talented faculty. The
presentation on the first floor also showcased piano and
flute performances, and a piece by the Euclid Quartet.
The second floor featured a more intimate atmosphere with
French cuisine, a champagne bar, and artwork by faculty and
students. Performances on this floor ranged from flute and
guitar, to theatrical scenes, to mock debate, to a six-piece flute
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choir. As guests moved to the third floor they encountered
jazz and dance presentations by faculty and students, Cajun
cuisine, and hurricanes to quench their thirst. As the night
played on, the audience was invited to join the fun on the
dance floor and learn some new dance steps.
Guests of “Crescendo” raved about the event, and enjoyed
experiencing the variety in the Ernestine M. Raclin School
of the Arts’ programming. More than one guest commented
that there was not enough time to see it all.
“Crescendo” was the culmination of school’s 20th
anniversary season and a fundraiser to support an
ArtsEverywhere matching grant from the Community
Foundation of St. Joseph County. With income directed
toward the renovation of Northside’s Recital Hall,
“Crescendo” raised more than $43,000. Barbara Warner
supported the event with a major underwriting gift and
additional underwriters for “Crescendo” included Baker and
Daniels, Crowe Horwath LLP, Randy and Kim Ferlic, Carol
and Craig Kapson, and Shirley and Lucky Reznik.
IUSB Arts Foundation board members Judy Ferrara
and Leslie Gitlin co-chaired the planning committee
for “Crescendo.” Serving on the committee were Chris
Kelly, David Kibbe, Valerie Sabo and Stephanie Schurz.
The committee did a wonderful job realizing their vision
of making art the focus, and showcasing the talent of
the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. In fact,
they did such a tremendous job that the IUSB Arts
Foundation is considering presenting “Crescendo”
again. Though it was initially intended to be a one-time
event, you may just be able to indulge your senses in a
future presentation of “Crescendo.”
Visual Artists
Karen Ackoff
Jane Cera
Laura Cutler
Anthony Droege
Tuck Langland
Alan Larkin
Brenda Leeka
Josh Miller
Barbara Mociulski
Ron Monsma
Susan L. Moore
Dora Natella
Danielle Wilborn
Harold Zisla
Performing Artists
Stephanie Berry, soprano
Dance Presentation including Flamenco, Latin,
Middle Eastern, modern, swing, and tap dance
Debate Team, mock debate based on
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Paivi Ekroth, piano
Marian Emery, jazz piano and vocals
Euclid Quartet
Faculty Jazz Combo
Flute Ensemble
Rebecca Hovan, flute
with Christine Larson Seitz, piano
Rebecca Hovan, flute
and Matthias Stegmann, guitar
Vakhtang Kodanashvili, piano
Composition by Marjorie M. Rusche
Student Jazz Combo
Theatre and Dance Company at IU South Bend,
scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Vocal Studio of Deborah Mayer
Dimitri Zhgenti, piano
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Willows
the wind in the
By Stacie Jensen
Letters from young fans and critics fill the lobby walls
outside the Upstage Theatre where theatre students often
congregate before class. “I think your play was amazing.”
“The play rocked.” “Your play was fantastic!” All of these
letters refer to the 48th annual IUSB Children’s Theatre
Production, The Wind in the Willows adapted for the
stage by Moses Goldberg and based on the novel by
Kenneth Grahame.
Last year, the IUSB Theatre faculty announced that the
2011 children’s theatre production would be student
directed. Shortly after the announcement, some friends
began encouraging me to apply, and eventually I found
myself sitting in the director chair.
Directing a show is not as easy as it might sound. Directing
a show that thousands of area schoolchildren in grades
kindergarten through six are coming to watch is even
harder. Believe me when I say that children are the
world’s biggest critics!
The annual children’s show is a theatre scholarship
fundraiser and an ongoing outreach project. Ticket sales
fund scholarships for IU South Bend theatre students as
well as scholarships for underprivileged schoolchildren to
see the show for free. For many of these students, this is
their first opportunity to see a play. We were particularly
fortunate in 2011 to receive grant support for children’s
theatre from PNC Foundation, Frick Limited Liability, and
South Gateway Association.
IU South Bend theatre students look forward to
participating in the children’s theatre presentation as much
as the children who see the shows. “I thought it was very
entertaining. It told a great story about friendship. You
can take [the audience] on an adventure,” said assistant
stage manager and theatre major Corey Gregory. This was
Gregory’s first children’s show, but he said he looks forward
to participating in many more.
Freshman Tabatha Bidwell, who played a weasel in the
show, thought the show was a lot of fun. “It was well
worth having to get up early in the morning. I like doing
the children’s show, because it is great hearing the kids
laughing. I think the children’s show is a wonderful
outreach program. I love the kids.”
“The children’s show is always my favorite because I have a
good connection with kids,” said sophomore Marlon Burnley
who played Toad. “It was a tough experience figuring out
the character for the show, because kids are really hard
to entertain and keep their attention. It is good to give
students their first experience with a play. All kids should
be exposed to arts in some way.”
Burnley visited Olive Elementary School in New Carlisle
to talk with third grade students about how to put on a
theatrical production before they came to see the play. “It
was really cool to be able to talk to the kids before being in
costume and letting the kids see the backstage aspect of
theatre. It was nice to answer their questions.”
Each teacher was sent a study guide to help incorporate
the show into classroom curriculum. The worksheets and
activities taught each student about the process of putting on
a show, and all the jobs a play entails in addition to acting.
Pulling together the resources an entire department has to
offer for the benefit of area schoolchildren is not an easy
task. My job as the director was to oversee everyone’s work,
make sure the bases were being covered and the show was
moving in a unified direction, and make sure everyone was
having fun and noticing the beauty in the work we were
doing. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Stacie Jensen is a senior B.F.A. theatre performance major.
She is a regular on the Dean’s List and a Broadway Theatre
League Scholarship recipient.
schoolNews
Jazz Studies music concentration added A new concentration in
Jazz Studies for the Bachelor of Arts in Music will be offered
starting in fall 2011. The concentration offers a balance
of classical training with a strong emphasis on jazz music,
including applied jazz instrument lessons, jazz ensemble,
and courses such as jazz improvisation, jazz class piano, jazz
arranging, and history of jazz.
Sculptor Austin I. Collins installed Temple, XX on campus
(opposite page, bottom left) Rev. Austin I. Collins,
C.S.C, spoke in February as a special guest of the 20th
Anniversary season. The talk, titled “Public Sculpture and
Personal Practice,” focused on Collins’ artistic process
and experiences. Collins is a professor of sculpture in the
Department of Art, Art History and Design at the University
of Notre Dame. He is well known for his large scale steel
sculptures and has them on display throughout the country.
In addition to the talk, Collins installed one of his outdoor
sculptures, Temple, XX, on campus for a two year loan. The
19-foot welded steel piece was placed on the mall in front
of the Schurz Library. National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accreditation
visit scheduled for February The NASM accreditation visit for
the music program is scheduled for February 19-21, 2012.
In November 2010 the music area entertained Jon Piersol,
retired music professor from Florida State University, who
conducted a consultant site visit to help the school prepare
for national accreditation.
Teddy Bear Concert dedicated to educator Mary Jo Kaser
(opposite page, top) In partnership with the Ronald
McDonald House Charities of Michiana, the choirs of IU
South Bend presented the annual “Teddy Bear Concert”
during the holiday season. Patrons brought teddy bears
for admission and these bears are given to parents to hold
while their child is in intensive care. This year’s concert
was a performance of Messiah by Handel. The ensemble
included the choir from Washington High School and
was dedicated to the memory of Mary Jo Kaser, fine arts
curriculum facilitator for the South Bend Community School
Corp., who died in September 2010. Her family was present
for this special concert.
Communication students visit, Ogilvy & Mather During spring
break a group of 15 students and Alec Hosterman, senior
lecturer in communication studies, went on a tour of Ogilvy
& Mather in Chicago. The trip was organized by Aspire
intern Marianne Weesner, BA’11. Ogilvy & Mather is an
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international advertising and public relations firm with 450
offices worldwide. IU South Bend students learned about
the variety of jobs and the corporate culture at Ogilvy &
Mather. Lucia Gerdes of Ogilvy PR Worldwide explained
what an internship at Ogilvy & Mather entails and answered
student questions.
NEA and Rachmaninoff Foundation Awards launch Toradze
classical radio project The National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA) awarded the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts a
$10,000 grant to support the production of a classical music
radio series, “Russian Piano: Exploring Rachmaninoff and
Stravinsky, with Alexander Toradze and Friends.” This is the
second NEA grant received by the school in three years. In
addition the NEA grant, the project also received a pledge
of $10,000 from the Serge Rachmaninoff Foundation and
a generous $30,000 gift from The Martin Foundation, Inc.
Dean Marvin V. Curtis says, “This is an exciting project,
one that will bring prestige to the Toradze Piano Studio and
Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts.”
Painter Maria Tomasula visited IU South Bend
(opposite page, bottom right) Tomasula, the Michael P.
Grace Professor of Art at the University of Notre Dame,
spoke with visual arts students in November. She presented
a lecture to all visual arts students, followed by a painting
demonstration for upper level painting students. Tomasula’s
work has been featured in The New York Times, The New
Yorker, ARTnews, and the Chicago Tribune. Tomasula was a
20th anniversary speaker.
Speech Night Competitions celebrate public speaking
Speech Night competitions at the end of the fall and
spring semesters featured the best S121 Public Speaking
students. Students from each public speaking class
compete in preliminary rounds. Six speakers are selected to
compete for first place in the final. The fall Speech Night
finalists were Shannon Dunfee, Jacob Hughes, Mackenzie
Jarvis, Krista Kox, Stacey Nickel, and Rachel Trautman.
Spring finalists were Katherine Hoffman, Stephanie Bates,
Brittany Whitford, Ashley Fair, Alyssa Nyers, and Janice
Pietrzak. Kevin Gillen directs this end of the semester
tradition for the S121 Public Speaking courses.
Walter Allen Bennett Jr. to guest direct A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Allen Bennett, writer on the Emmy Award winning
The Cosby Show and executive producer of The Steve
Harvey Show, will be the guest director for IU South Bend’s
October 2011 production of A Raisin in the Sun. The play,
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Austin I. Collins
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Maria Tomasula
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Dancing Earth Creations
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Theatre Students attend USITT
written by Lorraine Hansberry, portrays the 1950s story
of an African American family’s experiences on Chicago’s
South Side as they are about to receive a $10,000
insurance check. Bennett holds a M.F.A. in playwriting from
Yale University’s School of Drama, and an M.F.A. in acting
from UCLA. He is a professor in the Graduate School of
Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University, where
he teaches Directing and Scene Analysis. Most recently, he
has collaborated with R&B artist Alicia Keys on a television
pilot for the Nickelodeon Network.
Theatre Students attend USITT (opposite page, bottom) In
March, theatre students and faculty traveled to Charlotte,
N.C., for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology
(USITT) 51st Annual Conference and Stage Expo. At the
conference they attended master classes on theatre and
design subjects such as costuming, lighting, scenery, props,
and make-up. Students also enjoyed the Stage Expo where
they met with industry professionals and vendors to learn
about all the newest equipment and techniques available.
An area devoted to graduate degree programs gave students
the opportunity to talk with professors and students from
graduate programs offered around the county. Networking is
vital to a successful career in theatre and USITT provided
a superb opportunity to develop personal relationships with
industry professionals.
Dancing Earth Creations performs Of Bodies of Elements
(opposite page, top) The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the
Arts was excited to present Dancing Earth Creations in their
performance Of Bodies of Elements in October 2010. This
full length new work designated for national touring was the
first event in the school’s 20th Anniversary guest artist series.
Dancing Earth Creations is an indigenous inter-tribal
contemporary dance ensemble led by Rulan Tangen. Tangen
was recently named “One of the Top 25 to Watch” by Dance
Magazine. The ensemble performance represented 28
Indian Tribes.
Of Bodies of Elements was developed with the support of
prestigious National Dance Project grant, the first such grant to
be awarded to an indigenous contemporary dance ensemble.
Of Bodies of Elements is the culmination of 10 years work by
Tangen in collaboration with Dancing Earth Creations and with
contributions by choreographer Raoul Trujillo.
There is a sense of discourse and imbalance that comes
into play during the piece that recognizes the challenge that
Native American people face as they struggle to maintain a
connection to their tribal identities.
Prior to the performance, the School of the Arts hosted a
reception for members of area tribes and others interested
in Native American dance.
Debate and Forensics Team marks busy year New coach
Sara Curtis reports the team had a whirlwind of activity
this past year. “We attended and competed in six debate
tournaments, increased student membership, and said
goodbye to senior Jake Jones,” said Curtis. Members of the
2010-11 debate and forensics team were Cory Gilmartin,
Luis Hernandez, Josh Law, and Randal Birch. Individual
events team members were Marlon Burnley and Jerry Sailor.
The team’s season highlights included earning a first place
gavel at the Hiram College Debate, competing in individual
debate for the first time with great success at Bowling
Green State University, and scoring a few personal bests for
the team throughout the season.
The team is expanding to include mock trial and individual
events team members. They recruited students from all
departments for the debate, forensics and the mock trial
teams. Their goal is to have one student from each college
on campus, which will provide an academically diverse
group of students for future tournaments. Curtis plans to
expand the range of competitive forums the team attends in
2011-12. With the mock trial and individual events they are
expecting a lively and busy tournament schedule.
Photographer Barbara DeGenevieve discussed sexual imagery
as art DeGenevieve, a 20th anniversary speaker, presented the
lecture “Exploitation, Political (in)Correctness and Ethical
Dilemmas” in March 2011. Degenevieve, professor and chair
of the Department of Photography at the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, is an interdisciplinary artist who works in
photography, video, writing and performance. DeGenevieve’s
work is project-based and inspired by the collision of ethics,
critical theory, and the politics of sexuality. Following the lecture, one IU South Bend student
commented that she was reminded to “think outside the
box” in terms of subject matter and communication.
Tamarind Master Printer Joe Segura led lithography workshop
Segura, head of Joe Segura Publications, formerly professor
of printmaking at Arizona State University and now head of
Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies new printmaking
facility, led an October workshop on aluminum plate
lithography for visual arts students. Segura was a 20th
anniversary guest speaker.
Kevin Rudynski presented polymer relief printmaking workshop
Rudynski, a graduate of IU South Bend, holds an M.F.A.
in printmaking from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and is chairman of the Art Department at
Anderson University. He led a workshop in photopolymer
relief printmaking for visual arts students. He talked about
ways for artists to develop imagery by hand and on the
computer, produce dense films for exposing photopolymer
plates, use the Anderson Vreeland plate-making machine,
and print plates on the Vandercook proof press. Rudynski
was a 20th anniversary guest speaker.
alumni, student, faculty
NEWS
ALUMNI NEWS
Lindsay Alison, BFA’09, is
working on an M.A. at the University
of St. Francis.
Christopher Beck, BA’09, teaches
freshman English at Big Sandy High
School, Dallardsville, Texas.
Brandon Briggs, BFA ’07,
received a Master of Fine Arts in
two-dimensional studies at Bowling
Green State University where he also
taught Painting I. Briggs won the
“Best of Show” award at the Elkhart
Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of
American Art, Elkhart.
Amy Conroy, BA’09, is a marketing
associate with the Troyer Group in
Mishawaka.
Jason Cytacki, BFA ’08, graduated
in May 2011 with a Masters in Fine
Art from the University of Notre
Dame where he also received the
“Outstanding Graduate Student
Teacher Award for Excellence in
Teaching” presented by the Kaneb
Center. He will be starting a tenure
track teaching position in August at
the University of Oklahoma as an
assistant professor of painting.
Becca Ewing, BFA’10, is studying
for an M.F.A. at Savannah College
of Art.
Tiffany Goehring, BFA’04, was
promoted to the position of manager of
publications in communications and
marketing at IU South Bend.
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Paul Guillaume, BFA’10, is
studying for an M.F.A. at the School
of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Mass.
Teresa Hayes-Santos, BA’08,
curated an exhibit for the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for
Scholars in Washington, D.C. She
also curated an inaugural exhibition
for the Grand Opening of La Plaza de
Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles, Calif.
The exhibit focuses on life in East Los
Angeles, as seen through the camera
lens of scholar Gilberto Cárdenas.
Hayes-Santos will begin graduate
studies in art administration this fall at
Goucher College of Baltimore, Md.
Joseph Jackmovich, BA’10, is
completing the M.A. in journalism
program at IU Bloomington.
Michele Johnson, BFA ’10,
worked half-time during the 201011 academic year as the costume
shop manager at the University of
Michigan, Flint. She is the full-time
costume shop manager for the 201112 academic year. Michele reports that
Michigan’s costume area faculty were
very pleased with the skills that she
learned in the costume studio here at
IU South Bend.
Natalie King, BA’10, is a project
coordinator for Digital Hill Multimedia
in Goshen.
Vakhtang Kodanashvili, MM’04,
a member of the Toradze Piano Studio,
performed with the Post-Classical
Ensemble in Washington, D.C. at the
Clarice Smith Center in their “Russian
Gershwin Evening.” He was soloist
in the Gershwin Piano Concerto in
F. In a review in the Washington Post,
the critic commented, “Vakhtang
Kodanashvili took a jazzier and more
extroverted approach to the Piano
Concerto in F, a too rarely heard
wonder from 1926. Kodanashvili’s
lean, exuberant playing contrasted
nicely with Zagor’s more lush
approach, and -- backed by razorsharp playing from the ensemble,
led by music director Angel GilOrdóñez -- resulted in a terrifically
exciting account.” Angela Leed, BFA’06, received
an M.F.A. from Bowling Green State
University in 2008. She taught at
Ringling College of Art and Design
in 2011. She has also instructed
students at IU South Bend and
Bethel College in foundational and
figurative drawing as well as Adobe
Creative Suites, allowing her to explain
both traditional and contemporary
techniques. Her 2011 traveling
solo exhibition, “Manufactured
Community,” was funded by an
Indian Arts Commission Individual
Artist Grant. Leed was granted the
distinguished Marilyn Singleton
Leadership Award by the Medici
Circle in 2008.
Paul McCormick, BFA’09, was
awarded an M.A. from the University
of St. Francis in May 2011. He will
begin the M.F.A. program at Purdue in
the fall.
KATRINA SMITH, BFA’07, was hired
fulltime in May as a graphic designer
in the Office of Communications and
Marketing, IU South Bend.
Student News
Michael Banks, BA’11, was
accepted to the theatre M.F.A.
program at Purdue University.
Emily Barker, who studies theatre
and dance, participated in a 10day modern dance workshop at the
American Dance Festival in New York
during the holiday break. “I went not
knowing what to expect,” Barker said.
“It was very intense.” The classes for
intermediate and advanced modern
dancers were held in the Alvin Ailey
dance studios and at Julliard, and
concentrated on José Limon and
Martha Graham technique. Classes in
technique, repertory, and choreography
all featured live music: piano, drums
or xylophones.
Dorea Britton, Min Ah Lee
and Lucas Miner were chosen to
participate in the Ezio Pinza Council
for American Singers of Opera
(EPCASO) program in Odrezo, Italy
during the summer of 2011. EPCASO
typically admits only 12 to 16 singers
each year. Their teacher is soprano and
alumnus of the Ernestine M. Raclin
School of the Arts Deborah Mayer,
MM’11. Students have the opportunity
to study voice with Claudia Pinza
(Enzio Pinza’s daughter), legendary
Italian soprano Maria Chiara, famed La
Scala coach Enza Ferrara, and Italian
conductor Maurizio Arena. Omar Cherry, MM’11, has been
accepted to the doctoral program at
Ball State University with a primary
area of study in theory/composition. Anthony Cotto presented his
paper “String Quartets of Penderecki:
Analyzing Form, Harmony, and a
Return to Tradition,” on April 8,
2011, at the Undergraduate Research
Conference. The paper was accepted
for publication in the Undergraduate
Research Journal.
Student Writing Awards contest. Her
poem is titled “The Boxer.”
Katie Cozzie interned at Round 2,
a collectible company in South Bend.
The company commented at how well
prepared she was.
Ketevan Kartvelishvili, AD’11,
competed at the William C. Byrd Young
Artist Competition. Kartvelishvili was
awarded first place, including a cash
prize and a solo performance with the
Flint Symphony Orchestra on January
28, 2012.
Leah Dominy and Misun Moon,
MM’11, received awards at the
2011 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale
Collegiate Scholarship Competition.
Moon received the first place award
in Graduate Piano, and Dominy was
awarded first place in Undergraduate
Piano. Dominy also won second
prize at the Jefferson Symphony
international Young Artist Competition
in Golden Colorado.
Cory Gilmartin, a member of the
IU South Bend Debate and Forensics
Team, has been elected Student
Government Association President
for 2011-12.
Stephanie Goff received wonderful
reviews of her intern work at ArtAvailability.
Christine Hatfield received
excellent feedback from CPAmerica for
her work as an intern.
Jan Heeren (contralto) and
Michelle Torres (soprano) were
featured performers in a concert
sponsored by the Edison Lakes Sunrise
Rotary Club to raise funds for Rotary’s
worldwide “Polio Plus” program.
Assistant Professor of Music Jorge
Muñiz directed and accompanied at
the organ for the concert featuring
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat
Mater at St. Michael and All Angels
Episcopal Church in South Bend.
The Rotary Foundation and the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation work
to raise awareness and secure the
funding to provide vaccinations to all
children and adults in countries in the
world where polio is still present.
Samantha Hunsberger, BA’11,
won second prize in the poetry division
of the English Department’s annual
Matt Kronewitter interned at the
South Bend Tribune and received an
excellent review.
Josh Miller, BFA’11, sold one of
the works from his B.F.A. show. His
work was also exhibited in Fort Wayne
Museum of Art’s “Artist Members’
Exhibition.”
Risa Okina and Dimitri Zhgenti
were accepted to the New Paltz Piano
Summer Institute/Festival in New York.
Pianists such as Vladimir Feltsman
and Alexander Korsantia, MM’00,
among others, are on the faculty.
Andrew Swisher and Jillian
Westplate, both majoring in theatre,
were featured in the May 2011 issue
of Inside Granger for their work making
costumes and masks in the IU South
Bend costume shop.
W. Jordan Wagner, BA’11 was
accepted to the M.A. program in
Communication Studies at Texas State
University in San Marcos. He will also
be a graduate teaching assistant for a
basic communication course.
Faculty & Staff News
Karen Ackoff, professor of new
media, had the article “Ink Wash
Technique” published in the Guild of
Natural Science Illustrators Journal
(Volume 42, No. 8, 2010).
Ketevan Badridze, lecturer in
music, and Martin Endowed Professor
in Piano Alexander Toradze, along with
the Toradze Piano Studio received
glowing reviews on their fall 2010
concert tour of Europe.
Jane Cera, assistant professor
of art education, presented her
research “Teacher Leadership in Art
Education Preparation” at the National
Art Education Association annual
conference in Seattle, Wash. Cera
gave a presentation titled “Culture
Jamming: Using Visual Culture
and Technology as Resistance” at
the Diverse Student Leadership
Conference at Saint Mary’s College. Randy Colborn, BA’82, associate
dean and associate professor of
theatre, acted as a casting assistant
for Oxford Scientific Films, an
Emmy-award-winning producer of
contemporary factual, natural history,
science and history films. Oxford
produces the show Fatal Attractions
on Animal Planet and asked Randy for
his assistance. “I screened potential
talent before they were sent forward for
consideration,” said Colborn. “Oxford
asked that I meet their casting criteria
for the project: they provided me with
information about, and pictures of, the
real personages involved in the stories. My job was to provide them with talent
that met the appearance, ages, size/
weight, and sex of the personages and
that they were strong actors,” Colborn
continued. The stories will be filmed in
Indiana. Fatal Attractions centers on
the attraction humans have to exotic
and dangerous creatures, with often
fatal results. Dean Marvin Curtis received
a $5,000 grant from the Harvey &
Doris Klockow Foundation, managed
by Wells Fargo Bank, to support the
concert, “Lift Every Voice: Celebrating
the African American Spirit” in
February 2011. The concert was also
supported by a $2,000 grant from
Memorial Hospital of South Bend. In
addition, Curtis received a $5,000
grant from the South Bend/Mishawaka
Convention and Visitors Bureau to
support the Governor’s Art Awards
in September. Curtis was elected to
Board of Directors of the South Bend
Symphony Orchestra Association and
the Morris Performing Arts Center. He
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was named vice president of the
South Bend Youth Symphony
Orchestra Board of Directors. He also
presented the lecture “Leadership”
at Trine University.
The Euclid Quartet was filmed
as part of a television commercial for
the “Rush Hour” concert series in
Chicago. The spots aired on Comcast
Cable in Chicago and online. As
featured in the “What Works” series on
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
in 2008, “Rush Hour” offers a burst of
culture specifically designed for busy,
contemporary lifestyles. Its unique
format offers a complete social and
cultural experience that is free and
welcoming to all. Quartet members are
Jameson Cooper, Jacob Murphy, Luis
Vargas, and cellist Si-Yan Li.
Linda Freel, adjunct instructor
of fine arts, won the Scott & Kristin
Mereness Purchase Prize in the
Elkhart Juried Regional; Midwest
Museum of American Art, Elkhart,
Indiana. Associate Professor Dora
Natella also had work in the exhibition.
Kevin M. Gillen, BA’02, senior
lecturer in communication studies,
taught a seminar for the Advance
College Project (ACP) attended by
high school teachers from all over
northern and central Indiana. The
seminar employs critical analysis
and constructive exercises to prepare
the teachers to represent Indiana
University as they teach S121 Public
Speaking for college credit. Gillen is
the faculty liaison for the ACP. Gillen
has been accepted to the Master of
Public Affairs program at IU South
Bend where he will study educational
leadership.
Alec Hosterman, senior
lecturer and area coordinator for
communication studies, had the article
“Superimposing Reality on Digital
Spaces: A Search for Understanding,
Explanation, and Questions”
published in the journal Analysis
and Metaphysics (Volume 9; 2010).
Hosterman’s photographs of tornado
damaged Joplin, Mo., were featured
on WSBT-TV.
Rebecca Hovan, adjunct music
faculty, was a panelist for a round
table discussion and also presented
a workshop at the National Flute
Association Convention in Anaheim,
Calif., in August 2010. She also
presented clinics at the Midwest Clinic
in Chicago, Ill. in December; the
Indiana Music Educators Association
Convention, Fort Wayne, in January;
and the Flute Festival Mid-South at
Tennessee State University in March. Hovan performed a Valentine’s concert
as part of the Encore Performing
Arts Series in Plymouth, Ind. and
also appeared as flute soloist with
the Maple City Chamber Orchestra
in February. She performed at the
national conference of the National
Association of Wind and Percussion
Instructors held at Florida State
University in February and on the
afternoon “Master’s Recital” at the
Flute Festival Mid-South.
Debra Inglefield, adjunct faculty
in music, performed a French horn
recital for the Matinee Musicale of
Elkhart, accompanied by Anthony
Damase, Bernhard Heiden, and
Jan Koetsier.
Samantha Joyce, assistant
professor of mass communication, has
signed a contract with Lexington Books
to write about the representation of
race on Brazilian television. The book
is also a comparison between U.S. and
Brazilian representations of race. The
working title is: Brazilian Black and
White TV: Telenovelas and the Legacy
of the Myth of Racial Democracy.
Alan Larkin, associate professor of
fine arts, had three paintings and four
etchings included in an exhibition at
the Eye on Art Gallery in Carmel, Ind. Michael Lasater, professor of new
media, exhibited two pieces of work at
Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas,
Nev. His work was also included in
an exhibition at the Orange County
Center for Contemporary Art in Santa
Ana, Calif. Both were national juried
exhibitions. Deborah Mayer, MM’11, vocal
instructor, recently made her debut
with the Toledo Symphony, singing
in a Wagner Gala for the Toledo
Opera titled “Romance of the Ring.”
Mayer sang “Brünnhilde’s Awakening
Scene” from the last act of Richard
Wagner’s opera Siegfried, as well as
Brünnhilde’s “Immolation Scene”
from Götterdämmerung. The concert
was recorded for future broadcast on
National Public Radio.
John Mayrose, assistant professor
of music, has been chosen as an
ASCAPLUS Award recipient by the
American Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers. His selection
was based on the high number of
performances of composition during
the past year. Mayrose and pianist
Michael Mizrahi have been selected for
funding from the American Composers
Forum’s Encore Program! The grant
is made to performers to play a work at
least three times during an 18 month
period. Awards support rehearsal and
performance costs, so that performers
may connect with a composer
whose work they have not previously
performed. Mayrose‘s composition 3
Fanfares for three trombones was one
of seven finalists in the Slide Factory
2011 Composition Competition. The
work was performed in Rotterdam
as part of the Slide Factory 2011
Trombone Festival. Pam Mendenhall, secretary to the
dean, received the May 2011 WOW
Award (Wonderful Outstanding Worker)
for her dedication and outstanding
performance. The award is presented
monthly by IU South Bend Bi-Weekly
Staff Council.
Trisha Miller, BA’00, MLS’11,
student services assistant, was
awarded a Masters of Liberal Studies
from IU South Bend.
Ron Monsma, BA’85, assistant
professor of fine arts, had three of
his works selected for the INDA
6 Manifest Gallery International
Drawing Annual, an international
juried exhibition-in-print of works of
contemporary drawing and writing
about drawing. Manifest’s International
Drawing Annual seeks to support
the recognition, documentation, and
publication of excellent, current, and
relevant works of drawing from around
the world, as well as understanding
of how drawing is realized, discussed,
and interpreted in contemporary
society. In addition, Monsma’s work
is included in 100 Midwest Artists,
which will be published in fall 2011.
Monsma’s Still Life with a Brass Urn
was featured in the June 2011 issue
of the Pastel Journal.
Susan Moore, associate professor
of fine arts, had a suite of three
images selected for an exhibition
in the 2011 Midwest Center for
Photography Juried Exhibition in
Wichita, Kan. Moore also completed
a portfolio of work documenting
subdivision in LaPorte and St. Joseph
counties. She presented the work,
which was supported by an Indiana
Arts Commission grant, in a talk at
the LaPorte County Historical Society
Museum in February. The work will
also be exhibited in the Cultural
Center gallery on the IUPUI campus
in June 2012. Jorge Muñiz, assistant professor
of music and area coordinator for
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the music area, was selected as a
member of The Faculty Colloquium on
Excellence in Teaching, a Presidential
Initiative of Indiana University
(FACET). Muñiz was also chosen as a
2011 Grant Review panelist for the
Indiana Arts Commission. He was
selected to represent the IU South
Bend with four other colleagues from
our campus in the AAC&U General
Education Institute at San Jose State
University, San Jose, Calif. They will
discuss and learn new strategies in
the development of General Education
curriculum with colleagues from other
universities in the country. He traveled
to Spain in June to record his most
recent composition. The 20 minute
cantata for tenor solo, mixed chorus
and orchestra was recorded with the
Asturias Symphony Orchestra, the
Prince of Asturias Choir, with Joaquín
Pixán as the solo tenor. The premiere,
also in Spain is planned for fall 2011.
CreAnne Mwale, Gospel Choir
director, conducted the 200 member
women’s choir for the annual “Women
in Touch” concert at Century Center in
May. Women in Touch is a grass-roots
breast cancer advocacy group that is
part of the Memorial Regional Breast
Care Center.
Dora Natella, associate professor
of visual arts exhibited a bronze
in the 60th National Exhibition of
Contemporary Realism, Academic
Artists Association, Springfield,
Mass. Her sculpture, Sentinel, is
featured in the National Sculpture
Society on-line exhibition Recent
Works. Recent Works is National
Sculpture Society’s largest on-line
exhibition. She was also selected for a
Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
at the Fernwood Botanical Gardens,
and exhibited work at the Isis Gallery
at the University of Notre Dame.
Inseung Park, assistant professor
of theatre, was nominated for a Jeff
Award in the category of Costume
Designer for the production The Hiding
Place at the Provision Theater in
Chicago. The 42nd Annual Jeff Awards
honors excellence in professional
theatre produced within the immediate
Chicago area.
Laury “Ruby Jazayre” Rubin,
adjunct faculty in dance, and her
master dance troupe presented a 90
minute performance in the concert
hall of the Blue Chip Casino in
January. The theme of the gala was
1001 nights. In February 2011 she
taught a dance seminar on “Technique
and Attitude,” which included
choreography to an Egyptian pop song
at the Dance Life Multicultural Dance
Center. Her student troupe performed
in March at the Battell Center Theatre.
Rubin performed in New York City at
an event honoring her mentor, the late
Ibrahim Farrah. She was selected from
his many students to present at the
international event.
Marjorie Rusche, adjunct assistant
professor in music, is the 2010-11
recipient of an ASCAPLUS Award in
the Concert Music Division. These
awards are made by the American
society of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers. She also received
a $3,000 award in support of her
Curriculum Development Project,
“Redevelopment of New MUS-K312
Instrumentation and Orchestra
Course,” from the Research and
Development Committee.
Andrea Rusnock, associate
professor of art history, is the author
of Social Realist Painting During the
Stalinist Era (1934-1941) which was
published by Edwin Mellen Press.
Rusnock also traveled to Los Angeles
for the Slavic Studies National
Conference where she participated
in two panels. She attended the
College Art Association National
Conference where she chaired a panel
titled “Women and Work” in addition
to attending the meeting for the
Committee for Women in The Arts.
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Edisher Savitski, AD’01, adjunct
faculty in music, performed with the
Northbrook Symphony (Illinois) for
their 2010 opening season concert.
His performance of Rachmaninoff’s
2nd Piano Concerto received a
standing ovation. David Seymour, adjunct faculty
in dance, participated in the 2011
Indiana Dance Festival hosted by
the Fort Wayne Dance Collective.
Dancers of all ages participated
in his workshop “Soulfully Salsa”
where dancers stepped beyond their
traditional parameters to experience
and ultimately embody rhythms of
Afro-Latin origins. Rachael Sylvester, senior lecturer
in communication arts, presented
a speech for the Student Services
department at IU South Bend
titled “Student Staff Professional
Development” in which she covered
perception and listening skills. Joan Troyer, adjunct faculty in
music, conducted alumni members of
Elkhart high school choirs and others
from the community in selections
from American Songbook as part of
the Lerner Theatre grand opening
celebration in June.
Michael S. Wade, choral director,
gave clinics to choirs at Concord
Junior High, Elkhart Memorial and
Elkhart Central High schools. He also
served as a clinician for the Indiana
Music Educators Association noncompetitive festival in Middlebury and
was an adjudicator for the Indiana
State School Music Association
(ISSMA) Vocal Jazz competition.
He adjudicated high school choral
competitions in Lowell and North
Manchester for ISSMA. Wade was
inducted into the Crown Point High
School Faculty Hall of Fame in April.
Celia Weiss, adjunct assistant
professor of music, performed a
piano and organ recital at the First
Presbyterian Church, Elkhart. Jeffrey Wright, assistant
professor of music history, presented
his paper, “Politics of a Program:
The Composition, Reception, and
Renunciation of Samuel Barber’s
Second Symphony,” at the national
meeting of the American Musicological
Society. He also presented a paper
entitled “Composing Your Way
Home: Samuel Barber’s Capricorn
Concerto and a Reconsideration of
Musical Nostalgia” at the Midwest
chapter meeting of the American
Musicological Society. He also
completed an entry on Samuel Barber
as part of Oxford University Press’s
Oxford Bibliographies. Wright was
also invited to give a seminar for the
graduate students at the University
of Iowa on the American Symphony
during World War II.
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