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APRIL 2014
Faculty NEWS JOYCE CASTLE, Professor of Voice, performed the role of Madame
Armfeldt in Houston Grand Opera’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. There were nine performances from March 7-23 - all sold out. The set and costumes for the production were designed by Isaac Mizrahi - who directed A Little Night Music in 2010 for at Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Read the Houston Press review. Read the BroadwayWorld.com review.
MICHAEL DAVIDSON, Associate Professor of Trombone, performed as a guest artist at the Eastern Trombone
Workshop (E.T.W.), held March 19 - 22 in Ft. Myer, VA. E.T.W. is an annual workshop hosted by the US Army Band "Pershing's Own."
Davidson performed on March 19 as a member of the trombone trio "Drei Bones." Other members include Dr. J. Mark Thompson (Northwestern State University of Louisiana), and Dr. Tim Howe (Missouri-Columbia). One of the largest annual events for trombone in the world, the E.T.W. is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2014.
MARIANA FARAH, Associate Director of Choral Activities, presented a paper entitled “Beyond Psalm 150: The A Cappella
Choral Music of Ernani Aguiar” at the Northwestern Division of the American Choral Directors Association Convention held in Seattle, WA, March 13-16.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, Professor of Music Education & Music Therapy, was invited as the Endowed Chair in Music Education and
Music Therapy at the University of
Alabama, March 11-13, 2014. Johnson gave five public lectures on music education topics during his stay in Tuscaloosa.
PAuL LAIRD, Professor of Musicology, presented a paper entitled “Orchestrating the Stripper and the Stage Mother: Sid Ramin,
Red Ginzler, and Gypsy” at the 2014 national meeting of the Society for American Music held in Lancaster, PA, March 5-9. The paper is a study of how the show’s creators used orchestration to assist with the description of characters and situations in this well-known Broadway show from 1959.
Photos: (top) The KU Symphony Orchestra performs at the 2014 Scholarship Concert with guest conductor Andrés Franco and soloists Maria Kanyova and Genaro Méndez.(lower) Scholarship donors meet their students at the Scholarship Concert reception at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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MARgARET MARCO, Associate Professor of Oboe, presented a recital and master class on April 11 at Bradley University in
Peoria, IL. Marco performed works written for oboe, oboe d’amore and English horn, which included Concerto in A Major for Oboe D’amore by J.S. Bach, Adagio and Allegro for English Horn and Piano by Robert Schumann,
Three Piece Suite by Madeleine Dring and Autumn Soliloquy for Oboe and Piano by KU composer James Barnes. Marco was accompanied by Ellen Bottorff, Lecturer in Piano.
PAuL W. POPIEL, Director of Bands, was inducted into the American Bandmasters Association at their annual conference held
in Montgomery, AL from March 5-9. Membership is extended through invitation only and is considered to be the highest honor given within the wind band profession. Popiel was recommended for membership by Professor Robert Foster.
During the conference, Popiel also guest conducted the University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble in concert on March 6.
RICHARD REBER TO RETIREAfter 50 years of teaching at the University of Kansas, RICHARD REBER, Professor of Piano, has announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2013-2014 school year. Professor Reber’s retirement and remarkable career at KU will be honored at the Swarthout Recital Hall Decommissioning Concert at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 15 in Swarthout Recital Hall - featuring performances by School of Music faculty artists, including Reber.
Richard Reber teaches private piano, piano literature, and doctoral seminars in performance, research, and pedagogy at KU. He has served as the Director of the Piano Division on two occasions, for a total of 19 years.
Professor Reber received his undergraduate degree in Music Theory and his Master of Music degree in Piano Literature and Performance at the Eastman School of Music, studying piano with the distinguished professor Cecile Staub Genhart. While at Eastman, he was awarded a piano teaching fellowship and was one of a select group to present a performance of contemporary American music at Carnegie Hall. In 1962 Reber received a Fulbright Scholarship to attend the Academy of Music in Vienna, Austria, where he studied piano with Greta Hinterhofer, a protégé of Emil von Sauer. Upon returning to the United States, he furthered his piano studies with Frank Mannheimer (a student of Tobias Matthay) and David Burge, a recognized authority in 20th century piano music.
Since accepting a teaching position at the University of Kansas in 1964, Reber has continued to be active as a recitalist, lecturer and adjudicator throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Central America. In addition to his solo recitals, he has collaborated in chamber music repertoire with singers and instrumentalists, including the Dorian Wind Quintet. His orchestral appearances include the premieres of two concertos. His students have won competitive awards and hold faculty positions at universities in the United States, Asia and Central America.Reber is recognized as an outstanding lecture-recitalist in the field of 20th century piano music as well as the traditional repertoire. He has participated with contemporary composers in artist-in-resident programs, winning the commendations of the featured composers, including Aaron Copland, Elliot Schwartz, and George Crumb, for performances of their works. He has received research grants to study and perform the piano music of Bela Bartok, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, C. Curtis-Smith, Maurice Ohana, George Crumb, and John Corigliano. In addition to his public performances, he serves as a featured presenter and guest artist for the College Music Society, The American Matthay Association, The Mannheimer Piano Festival Association, and the Music Teachers’ National Association. In the spring of 2007, he collaborated for a second time with George Crumb in an artist–in–residence program, serving as a panelist and guest artist, performing Crumb’s Makrokosmos I and II. Reber considers the opportunity to work with George Crumb one of the highlights of his career.
“I will miss working with the students in their
private piano studies. The success of my students in each of their endeavors
has always been my greatest reward.”
“In addition to the outstanding faculty [at KU School of Music], there has always been a warm camaraderie
among the faculty and among the students. They
encourage and support each other in their work.”
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2014 Biennial national association for Music education Music research and teacher education conference,
april 10-12, 2014, st. louis, Mo
The University of Kansas Music Education and Music Therapy program had impressive representation at the 2014 Biennial national association for Music education (nafMe) Music Research and Teacher Education Conference, April 10-12, 2014, in St. Louis, MO. The Biennial NAfME conference specifically focuses on research in music education and on music teacher education.
The following KU SOM faculty and graduate students presented conference sessions at NAfME 2014:
JaMes dauGhertY, ph.d.associate professor of Music education & Music Therapy“choir spacing and choir formation: an evaluation of two cognitive frameworks That address choral sound nonverbally”
deBra hedden, ed.d.Associate professor of Music education & Music therapy “pedagogical instruction in the college Methods course: how concerted instruction and rehearsal increased confidence in classroom Management”
Karen stafford, ph.d. student in Music education “practices in Music teacher involvement in the referral and implementation processes of individualized education programs”
The following Ku soM faculty and graduate students presented research posters at nafMe 2014:
ashleY allen, M.e. - ph.d.Martin BerGee, ph.d., professor of Music education & Music TherapydeBra rae BroWn, M.e. - ph.d.JacoB daKon, assistant professor of Music education & Music Therapy, with Marci Major (university of Missouri)aMY hanson, M.e. - ph.d.Melissa GradY, M.e. - ph.d.deBra hedden, associate professor of Music education & Music Therapychristopher Johnson, ph.d., professor of Music education & Music Therapy and BecKY eason, ph.d. (Ku center for public partnership and research)christopher Johnson, MadelYn Moore, M.a. - d.M.a., reBecca tast, M.e. - ph.d., with Melissa Brunkan (lousiana state university); and lindsey Williams (university of Missouri-Kansas city)heather nelson, M.e. - ph.d.steVe scott M.e. - ph.d.Karen stafford, M.e. - ph.d.reBecca tast, M.e. - ph.d.
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STEVEN SPOONER, Associate Professor of Piano, was one of four KU faculty members to earn the 2014 University
Scholarly Achievement Award. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little hosted an awards ceremony for the four winners on April 15 in The Commons at Spooner Hall. The four winners were chosen for contributions that advance the field of scholarship, exhibit novelty and originality, promote scholarly and research activity at KU, and enhance the University’s national and international reputation. Recipients were nominated by their colleagues from KU and across the nation. Read more: http://bit.ly/1hzFtax
School of Music Dean ROBERT WALZEL has been elected to serve a three-year term on the National Association of Schools
of Music (NASM) Commission on Accreditation. NASM is the national accrediting agency for music and music-related activities in post-secondary institutions. With approximately 647 accredited university, conservatory, and college member institutions, NASM establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degree programs and other credentials in music. The University of Kansas became a charter member of NASM in 1928. Walzel has served as an accreditation visitor for many years.
Student NEWSTHE WAkARuSA TRIO, comprised of PuYIN BAI, M.M. student in
clarinet performance, kAI YIN CRYSTAL LAM, D.M.A. student in piano performance and pedagogy, and SHOkHRukH SADIkOV,
M.M. student in viola performance and conducting, won the Coleman-Barstow Prize for Strings at the 68th Annual Coleman Chamber Music Competition held April 12 in Pasadena, CA. The TRIO also performed in the Competition’s Winners Concert on April 13 in Ramo Auditorium at the California Institute of Technology. The group is coached by Scott McBride Smith, Cordelia Brown Murphy Professor of Piano Pedagogy.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC CAMP (BAND & ORCHESTRA)
June 15-20, 2014
HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC CAMP (BAND, CHOIR & ORCHESTRA)
June 22-27, 2014
HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ WORKSHOP July 13-18, 2014
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MIRIAM BRACk WEBBER, Ph.D. student in music theory, was awarded a Summer Research Fellowship through the KU Office of Graduate Studies. The fellowship will fund a research project related to narrative devices in Shostakovich’s symphonic oeuvre.
Brack Webber is currently a u.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow in Russian for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Making her European solo debut, JESSICA FINDLEY, B.M. student in bassoon performance, performed as a soloist at the Gewandhaus with the Akademisches Orchester Leipzig on March
31 under the direction of Maestro Horst Förster.
In June 2013, Findley won the concerto competition at Houston’s Texas Music Festival - where she performed the Mozart Bassoon Concerto with the festival orchestra and Maestro Förster. As the winner of the concerto competition, Findley was invited to play with Förster’s orchestra in Leipzig, Germany.
TYLER gOuDLOCk, D.M.A. student in clarinet performance, performed with the kansas City Symphony on bass clarinet in three performances of their March 2014 production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohéme.
kYLE NAIg, B.M. student in piano performance, was one of four prizewinners at the 2014 Naftzger Young Artist Auditions held March 21 and 22 on the campus of Wichita State University. The competition, now in its 74th year, and administered by the Wichita Symphony
Society, was open to residents of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma who are enrolled in any college, university or conservatory; and non-resident students attending college in Kansas, Oklahoma or Missouri. Naig is a student of Steven Spooner, Associate Professor of Piano.
AMBER THOENNES, B.M.E. student in music education, won the national bass trombone audition for the Disney All-American College Band. She will perform with the group in the theme park this summer in Anaheim,CA.
Alumni NEWSNATHAN DAME, B.M.E. in music education ‘07, conducted the Harpool Middle School (Denton, TX) Kantorei Mixed Choir at the Southwestern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association (SWACDA) on Mar. 21 at Robinson Center Music
Hall in Little Rock, Arkansas. The choir was one of two middle schools selected through competitive audition to perform at the convention.
SPC DAVID FERNEAu, B.M. in trombone performance ‘13, performed as a guest artist with the 300th Army Band Trombone Quartet at the Eastern Trombone Workshop held March 19 - 22 in Ft. Myer, VA .
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Upcoming EVENTS APR. 22 JAZZ COMBOS I-V 7:00 p.m. Lawrence Arts Center Admission free
APR. 24 KU TUBA / EUPHONIUM CONCERT 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
APR. 25 KU CHOIRS: WOMEN’S CHORALE & CONCERT CHOIR 7:30 p.m. Bales Organ Recital Hall Admission free
APR. 27 KU PERCUSSION GROUP 5:00 p.m. Murphy Hall 130 Admission free
APR. 27 KU HORN ENSEMBLES 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
APR. 27 VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL COLLEGIUM MUSICUM 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Admission free
APR. 28 TRUMPET CHOIR 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
APR. 28 KU CHOIRS: CHAMBER SINGERS 7:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church Admission free
APR. 29 HELIANTHUS CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
MAY 1 KU YOUTH CHORUS CONCERT 5:00 p.m. Murphy Hall 328 Admission free
MAY 1 CLARINET STUDIO RECITAL 6:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
MAY 2 FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: PAUL LAIRD, A NEW BOOK ON BROADWAY COMPOSER/ LYRICIST STEPHEN SCHWARTZ: A LECTURE/CONCERT 5:00 p.m. Baustian Theatre Admission free
MAY 2 VISITING ARTIST SERIES: MARK STEINBACH, ORGAN 7:30 p.m. Bales Recital Hall Tickets: Lied Center Box Office 785-864-2787 | lied.ku.edu
MAY 2 KU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 7:30 p.m. Lied Center of Kansas Tickets: Lied Center Box Office 785-864-2787 | lied.ku.edu
MAY 2 KU CHOIRS: UNIVERSITY SINGERS, MEN’S GLEE & VOCAL COLLEGIUM MUSICUM 7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center Admission free
MAY 3 SAXOPHONE STUDIO RECITAL 9:00 a.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
MAY 3 “THE ART OF CONDUCTING” SYMPOSIUM WITH H. ROBERT REYNOLDS 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Murphy Hall 130 Admission TBD
MAY 4 UNIVERSITY BAND & JAZZ ENSEMBLES II & III 7:30 p.m. Lied Center of Kansas Tickets: Lied Center Box Office 785-864-2787 | lied.ku.edu
MAY 5 VISITING ARTIST SERIES: ANNA MYEONG, ORGAN 7:30 p.m. Bales Organ Recital Hall Admission free
MAY 6 SYMPHONIC BAND 7:30 p.m. Lied Center of Kansas Tickets: Lied Center Box Office 785-864-2787 | lied.ku.edu
MAY 7 JAZZ ENSEMBLE I & JAZZ SINGERS 7:30 p.m. Lawrence Arts Center Admission free
MAY 7 FLUTE STUDIO RECITAL 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
MAY 10 BASSOON STUDIO RECITAL 2:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall Admission free
All events subject to change. Please visit music.ku.edu for up-to-date event info.
