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Recital Hall that was open to family and friends. As a fun end
of the semester activity, the YMP students were also invited to
perform the Na-
tional An-them at a Montgom-ery Biscuits baseball game at
Riverwalk Stadium in downtown Montgom-ery. Several ASU Music
Education majors gained valu-
able experiencing assisting professors with teaching the
students.
ASU Music Faculty & YMP Students have Fun at the
Ballpark!
The ASU Young Musicians Program was started as a way for ASU
music professors and students to engage with the local Montgomery
com-munity. Throughout the spring semester, Dr. Brenda Luchsinger
(Assistant Professor of Horn), Dr. Katrina Phillips (Assistant
Professor of Clarinet) and Dr. Cordelia Anderson (Assistant
Professor of Voice) met with middle school and high school age
students enrolled in the after-school YMP (Young Musi-cians
Program) lesson pro-gram. Students came to ASU on a weekly basis
for
after school lessons and pre-sented a formal grand finale
concert at the end of the semester in the Tullibody
Alabama State Univers i ty Department o f Music Newslette r
Inside this issue:
Phi Mu Alpha 2
Recent Graduates 2
Piano Studio 3
Piano Recital 3
Upcoming Events
Special points of in-terest:
Alumni Pride & Legacy!
Become a Music Mentor!
Supporting Student En-sembles & Activities!
Recruiting the Best for ASU!
We Need Your Support!
National Acclaim for ASU Music Majors!
Summer 2017
Volume 2, Issue 4
YMP Students with Biscuits mascot Big Mo at Riverwalk
Stadium
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Spring 2017 Graduates from the Department of Music
The Return of Phi Mu Alpha to ASU
This past spring marked an important event at Alabama State
University with the re-colonization of ASU’s Phi Mu Alpha
fraternity. The re-colonization effort was led by music faculty
members Dr. Bry-an Reeves and Mr. Tyrone Hayes.
Page 2 News from Tullibody
Derrick Smith, BME/BA, Trumpet. Derrick re-ceived a job offer as
a Middle School Band Direc-tor for the Mobile Public Schools
Fred Baptiste, BME/BA Tuba. Fred received a job offer as a
Middle School Band Director for the Tuscaloosa City Schools.
Ezra Sanders, BA, Voice. Ezra received a full tuition fellowship
to begin his M.M. in Voice Perfor-mance at the Boston Conservatory
in Boston, Massachusetts.
Success Stories!
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ASU Piano Studio News!
The piano studio at Ala-bama State University, under the
direction of world-renowned concert pianist and two-time Grammy
Award nomi-nee, Dr. Adonis Gonza-lez-Matos, has enjoyed a recent
surge in activity and productivity. Piano majors from ASU have
participated in interna-tional music festivals in San Juan, Puerto
Rico and at Music Mountain Summer Fest in Con-necticut.
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Piano majors Alexander Irby, Gabrielle Turner (4.0 GPA), Corelia
Davis, and John Mackey receive top aca-demic honors during the
Spring Honors Convocation
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Upcoming Fall Semester Events at ASU:Upcoming Fall Semester
Events at ASU:Upcoming Fall Semester Events at ASU: DEPARTMENT OF
MUSIC CONTACT INFO
Dr. Carly Johnson, Chair Tullibody Music Building
Phone: 334-229-4341 Fax: 334-229-4901
E-mail: [email protected]
It’s a Great Time to be a Musical Hornet!
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A Message from the Chair...
Welcome to News from Tullibody, the quarterly publication by the
Depart-ment of Music at Alabama State Uni-versity!
Here you will find information about one of the most highly
regarded HBCU music programs in the nation. Accredited by the
National Association of Schools of Music, we are proud of the
success and the achievement of our students, alumni, and faculty
and we invite you to browse our pages, contrib-ute your news, and
to come visit us on campus.
On our beautiful historic campus, Tullibody Recital Hall and
Leila Bar-low Auditorium are alive with music performances
throughout the school year. From chamber music to large ensembles,
from preparing for solo competitions to preparing for grad school
auditions, the halls of Tullibody are alive with the sound of
music!
Dr. Carly Johnson, Chair Department of Music Alabama State
University
Tues, October 3 tudent Senior BA Recital Tia Mosley, Mezzo
Soprano Tullibody Recital Hall, 5:00 pm
Tues, October 3 Student Senior BA Recital Tameria Mosley, Mezzo
Soprano Tullibody Recital Hall, 7:00 pm
Thurs, October 12 Student Junior BA Recital Patrick Parker,
Tenor/Trumpet Tullibody Recital Hall, 7:00 pm Tues, October 31
Hispanic Heritage Halloween Con-cert Dr. Adonis Gonzalez &
Faculty Tullibody Recital Hall, 7:00 pm Thurs, November 2 Opera
Workshop Recital Mr. Tyrone Hayes, Director Tullibody Recital Hall,
7:00 pm
Tues, November 7 Student Senior BA Recital Danielle Johnson,
Horn Tullibody Recital Hall, 7:00 pm Tues, November 28 Student
Senior BA Recital Sa’ad Hasan, Bass Trombone Tullibody Recital
Hall, 7:00 pm
