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University of Northern Iowa Volume 6
Music at UNI
From the Director • • •
BENEFIT CONCERT '86: (f-r) Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Boysen of Des Moines and Dr. Ronald D. Ross,
director of the UNI School of Music,chat during intermission while enjoying hors d'oeuvres and
champagne. The Fifth Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert was described as "another smashing success."
As we bring out Volume 6 of Music at UNI, it seems a good time to give you a current update on the School of Music.
Some Basic Facts There are 35 ful l-time music faculty, in
cluding the director. An administrative assistant and two secretaries con titute the office staff. Thirteen gradua te ass istants (some on less than full stipends) provide academic and program support to the facu lty.
Approximately 225 music majors are in residence at any given time, 190 of whom are undergraduate students, plus 40 at the graduate leve l. About half of the undergraduate tudents receive music scholarships, norma l ly ranging from $300 to $1,000 each per year (depending on talent, area of emphasis and departmental need). Other need-based financ ial aid is available from the University. During the 1986-87 year, 40 students graduated with B.M. or B.A. degrees (mostly in music education) and eight with M.M. or M.A. degrees (six in musi_c education, two in performance).
Enrollment Trends Recent enrollment trends allow us to
make these observations: (1) music education remains the most popular curricular option for UNI music majors. I predict that music education will remain a strong draw for us, given our teacher education heritage and the dramatic improvement in teachers' sa laries tatewide (mi nimum of $18,000 per year) which was ju t approved by the Iowa Genera l Assembly; (2) an increasing percentage of students (still relatively sma ll , however) now choose a liberal arts music major program in combination with another major (business or computer cience, for example), with the remainder spread among performance, music theatre, and theorycomposition options; (3) as a result of effective recruiting by the faculty, the number of new music majors for next year may increase rather dramatically.
· Admission standards have tightened considerably. UNI was the first of the Regents schools to require additional English, mathematics and science uAits, for example, of en-
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Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614 Summer 1987
Scholarship Funds Make Students' Study Possible
Two major scholarship funds were established at the UNI School of Music thi s year. One came from a couple wishing to remain anonymous, and the second was created by the Waterloo, Iowa-based Young Americans Drum and Bugle Corps.
"The largest donation ever given to the UNI School of Music. " That is how Dr. Ronald Ross , Director of the Schoo l , described the first $100,000 gift. Wishing to remain anonymous until their deaths, the husband and wife donors have establ ished a Scholarship Fund which will benefit students who intend to major in music at UNI. Ross commented further, "The donors' I ifelong dedication to the highest standards in the training of the nation's young musicians will be perpetuated by this spec ial scholarship which will eventually bear their name. It is a major contribution to the furtherance of music education in Iowa and the United States."
The Waterloo, Iowa-based Young Americans Drum and Bugle Corps ubsequently established its scholarsh ip endowment fund. Representing nearly a quarter century of achievement, drum and bugle corps in Waterloo had its beginning with the formation of the Chevaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in March of 1962. In 1969, a second corps was founded under the name of the Royals Drum and Bugle Corps. The two corps merged in May of 1975 combin ing their respective titles into the Royal Chevaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. One year later, that corps was dissolved and, in November of 1976, the Young Americans Drum and Bugle Corps was formed to carry on the tradition until 1985.
Recipients of the new music scholarships endowed by the Young Americans Drum and Bugle Corps must be residents of the State of Iowa and wi ll be selected on the basis of individual need and musical ability. Preference for receiving the scholarships will be given to full- time UNI students who attended high school in northeastern Iowa,
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f acuity Present, Perform, Publish Listed below are selected School of Music fac
ulty activ ities which occurred outside the university and metropolitan area communities.
Howard Aibel, professor of piano, released an album for TR Records, " Howard Aibel 25th Anniversary Concert ," which has been distributed nationally. He was also soloist with the Cedar Rapids Chamber Orche tra, Christian Tiemeyer conducting.
Thomas Barry, assistant professor of oboe and saxophone, performed on the American Music Week Concert, Music of Virgi I Thomson, at Grinnel l College, which was broadca t on Iowa Public Television . He also performed recitals at the University of Illinois, Urbana and DePaul University, Chicago.
Caryl Becker, assistant professor of vo ice, secured a grant from Arts Midwest and was coordinator of the 1987 Women Composers Project. In addition to presenting a workshop in Ames, she also conducted vocal c lini cs at several Iowa school s.
David Buch, assistant professor of music history, presented a paper and was an invited panel member at the annual meeting of the America n Musicologica l Society, held in Cleveland, Ohio. A second paper was presented at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and he performed on gamba with " Basica lly Baroque" at Iowa State University.
Robert Byrnes perfo rm ed three ca rillon recitals in Pennsylvania and Virginia and attended the World Carillon Federation meeting at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America at the Houses of Parli ament, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
John Carpenter, assistant professor of voice, was a tenor so loi st at two concerts in Colorado and with the Wartburg Symphony. He also conducted voice c linics in Iowa schools.
Bruce Chide ster , assis tant professor of trumpet, was trumpet soloist with the Waverl y High School Band and Jazz Band and performed for the Ringling Brothers Ci rcus and the Shrine Circus in Cedar Rap ids. In addition to being trumpet soloist at All Saints Lutheran Church in Orland Park , Illino is, he was guest director of the Reinbeck High School Jazz Band and the British Brass Band in Mt. Vernon.
Graeme Cowen, assoc iate professor of choral music and choral conduct ing, toured Europe from the end of April to the first of August attending concerts, operas and music festivals. He has also composed severa l works for various mi xtures of voice and instruments and has begun a coll ect ion of works for piano.
Robert Dean, professor of in trumental music education , addressed the Second General ession and was reappo inted to the Board of Control of the National High School Concert Band Contest at the Ameri ca n Schoo l Band Directors Association National Convention in Boulder, Colorado. He also chaired the annual meeti~gs of the National Band Association Hall of Fame fo r Distinguished Band Conductors in Chicago, Illinoi s. In add ition , he was a consu ltant fo r 11 schoo ls in Iowa and South Dakota.
Allan Dennis, assistant professor of string bass, was guest conductor of the Chamber Orchestras and Suzuki Orche tras at the American Suzuki Institute, Stevens Point , Wisconsin ; the Cedar Rapids Junior High Orchestra Festi va l; and the Montana AA Orchestra Festi va l where he was also an adjudicator for the Great Falls Symphony Associa tion Young Artist Competi tion. In addition , he was a presenter at the IMEA Convention in Des Moines.
William Ferrara, assistant professor of opera/ music theatre, was guest director of nine workshops or clini cs at Iowa school and wrote song and choral texts and librettos in collaboration with various composers.
Angeleita Floyd, assistant professor of flute, was a judge, rec itali st and presenter at th e 11th Florida Flute Fair, held at the University of South Florida at Tampa. In addition to presenting a master class for junior high students at the University of Iowa and having an arrangement published for flute choir, she gave flute performances at Grinnell College, the University of Wi sconsin-Eau Claire and Iowa State University.
Joyce Gault, professor of pi ano, was a piano soloist for Iowa Public Television's " Women in Music" seri es. She also gave a lecture-demonstration and presented a master c lass for the Music Teachers of Central Iowa meeting in Ames, was an adjudicator for a concerto competition at Luther College, and was a clinic ian for the IMTA Pi ano Festi va l in Waverly.
Randy Grabowski, instructor of trumpet, performed at several Indiana locations w ith the Potpourri Brass Quintet and played trumpet with the Tim Barnett Big Band, for a commerc ial recording and for the Roger Williams Show - all in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition to p rforming olo cornet with the Mt. Vernon Brass Band at the IBA Convention in Des Moines, he gave his final D.M. rec ital and was trumpet so loist tw ice with orchestra at Indiana University.
Jack Graham, assoc iate professor of clar inet , was principal clarineti st, chamber music coordi nator and chamber music clarineti st at the New Hampshire Mu ic Festival. He also performed on the American Musi Week Concert , Music of Virgil Thomson, at Grinnell Col lege and was a woodw ind consultant for Waverly-Shell Rock schools .
Frederick Halgedahl , assistant profe sor of violin , was a v iolin solo ist at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas . He was al o vio list on the UN I Orchestra tou r of Iowa and Minnesota
and gave severa l c lini sat schoo ls in Des Moines and Iowa Ci ty.
Rowena Hammill, instructor of ce ll o, performed at numerous music centers in Europe and made a recording and television broadcast wi th / Solisti Veneli. She was also an orchestra member, c ham ber mu sic ian and so loist at th e New Hampshire Music Festi val. During the year, Hammill , named a " Master" Teacher and so loist at the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, made a tape for broadcast on Iowa Public Telev ision; performed on the UNI Orchestra tou r of Iowa and Minnesota; and gave two clinics in Des Moines.
Jon Hansen, as oc iate professor of trombone, performed on the American Music Week Concert, Music of Virgil Thomson, at Grinnel l Co llege, which wa broadcast on Iowa Public Television. With the Northern Brass Quintet, he was invol ved wi th numerous lecture/rec itals, rad io broadcasts and performance .
Sharon Hansen, assistant professor of choral music education , was guest conductor or c lini cian at several Iowa schools. As a member of the Board of Music Reviewers for The Chora l Journal, she contributed 12 reviews for publication plus an arti cle.
Randy Hogancamp, assistant professor of percuss ion, was percussionist for Mitzi Gaynor at the Des Moines Civic Center. He has written everal arrangements for handbell ensemble and marimba ensemble and presented percuss ion clinics and handbell workshops in Iowa, Minnesota and Illino is. In January, he also was a presenter at the IMEA Convention.
John Holstad, as ociate professor of piano, was pi ani st in a concert with vio lini st Paul Vanderwerf and performed with hornist Verne Reynolds and trombonist John Marcellus of the Eastman Brass. He was also an adjudicator at the IMTA Festival in Des Moines.
Lathon Jernigan, associate professor of theory, was music direc tor and conductor of the Wartburg Community Symphony O rchestra and conductor of the W artburg Chamber Orchestra. In addition , he was an adjudicator for the Wartburg Community Symphony Competition.
Ronald Johnson, assistant professor of instrumental music, completed the requirements for the Doctor of Education in Music Education degree at the University of Illinoi s. He was guest conductor at the Northeast Iowa Conference Honor Band and made recruiting vis its to several Iowa schools.
Marilou Kratzenstein, professor of organ and harpsichord and music hi story, spent last August and September performing organ recitals in West Germany and Sweden. She also had a recording
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Music at UNI
Publi shed by the UNI School of Music for its alumni and fr iends
Ronald D. Ross, Director Robert Byrnes, Editor
Funds fo r thi s publication are provided by the UNI School of Music and the UNI Office of Alumni Relations.
New Faculty Join the School of Music
The Fall 1987 semester will find three new facu lty joining the School of Music: Jana Fallin, music education; Jeffrey Funderburk, tuba/euphonium; and William Lavon is, voice (tenor).
Fallin received the B.M.E. degree from Baylor University and the M.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin , all in music education. Dr. Fallin taught elementary music in Austin , Texas from 1968 until 1973 . After graduate school , she was appointed to the music education faculty at George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt Un ivers ity where she remained from 1977 until 1980. From 1980 until accepting the Northern Iowa position, she was ass istant professor and chair of music education at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. Fallin has presented workshops in several states on perception, creativity and other elementary/ general music related topics. At UNI, she w ill be assoc iate professor and chai r of music education , rep laci ng Dr. Margaret Merrion (who is now associate dean of fine arts at Ba ll State University).
Funderburk is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi (B.M. ) and the University of Illinois (M .M .). Tuba perform-
ance was his major at both chools. He has taught at the high school level in Ill inois, at Maccomb County College in Michigan, and at several wel l-known music camps around the country (most notable, perhaps, is the Tanglewood M usic Camp where he was tuba guest arti st and lecturer). Before coming to Northern Iowa, Funderburk was artist- inresidence at Custom Music Company in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Lavonis earned the B.M. degree in music theatre and voice from the Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music and the M .M. degree in opera singing at the Phi ladelphia College of the Performing Arts. He was a first place w inner in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) contests in 1976 (Mid-Atlantic Region) and 1980 (Philadelphia Region). Lavonis has taught at the Shenandoah Conservatory, Hartt (CT) College of Music and in the Houston Independent School District. He has had experi ence as an operatic stage director and choreographer. Most recently, he has been a member of the Apprentice Art ist Program for Singers at the Santa Fe Opera. During the 1986-87 academic year, Lavonis taught at Southwest Missouri State University.
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broadcast on Swedish National Radio. At Iowa State University, she read a paper and was a member of a panel discussion for the new organ dedication.
Mariela Matheson, assistant pro fessor of group piano and accompanying, was pianist at the New Hampshire Music Festi val where she performed in several smal l ensembles and in nine concerts wi th the NHMF Orchestra at four New Hampshire locations. She performed w ith numerous art ists and faculty members at Northern Iowa and other locations in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota . She was also pianist for many UNI students at competitions in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois.
Peter Michaelides, professor of theory and composition, delivered a major paper, had a composit ion performed and was a panel participant at the New Hampshire Composers Conference last August.
Leslie Morgan, assistant professor of voice, was a soprano solo ist with the Chamber Singers of Iowa City, the Know-Galesburg Symphony and the Notre Dame Oratorio Society. She sang opera at the University of Iowa, wi th the Cedar Rapids Symphony and in Gale burg, Il linois. In addition to radio and television broadcasts in Iowa, she also performed on WFMT-Live in Chicago which aired on over 60 National Public Radio stations. She gave concert performances in Iowa and Alabama.
Ronald D. Ross, professor of theory and director of the School of Music, had an article published in the Bulletin of 1he Council for Research in Music Educalion . He has also been active w ith fund-raising for the School of Music which has amounted to nearly $250,000 this past year.
William Shepherd, associate professor of trombone, was a guest conductor/clinician and trombone soloist at various Iowa schools. He was also an adjudicator at contests in Iowa and Kentucky.
David Smalley, associate professor of voice, was a baritone solo isl with the Cedar Rapids Symphony in September. In addit ion to being an adjud ica tor at several contests and auditions around Iowa, he conducted a master c lass at Cedar Rapids Washington H igh School.
Thomas Tritle, instructor of horn, completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Un iversity of Iowa. He performed on the American Music Week Concert, Music of Virgil Thomson, at Grinnell College, which was broadcast on Iowa Publ ic Television. In February, he was an artist-in-residence at the Universily of Arkansas where he gave a solo recital , taught master classes and private lessons, and directed the University of Arkansa Horn Choir.
Robert Washut, associate profe sor of jazz stud ies, conducted the UNI Jazz Band I in concerts in Iowa and Kansas. As a pianist, he performed in numerous concerts across Iowa. Two of his compositions were publ ished by the UNC Jazz Press. He was also acti ve as an adjudicator in Iowa and Illinois and as a clinician in Iowa.
Donald Wendt, associate professor of woodwinds, performed frequently on bassoon wi th the Northwind Q uintet. The ensemble also performed on the American Music Week Concert, Music of Virgil Thomson, at Grinnell College, which was broadcast on Iowa Public Television.
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BENEFIT CONCERT '86: (/-r).UNI President Constantine W. " Deno" Curris and Harry Sli fe, pasr pres ident of the Black Hawk Broadcasting Company, were narrators on Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait. Over $14,000 was grossed from the two-night event.
From the Director ... (continued from page 1)
tering students. Sim i lar standards w i II go into effect at the University of Iowa and Iowa State Un iversity in 1990 . These moves are, perhaps, a reflecti on of the " back to bas ics" move ment and a res po nse to eve ral national studi es devoted to perce ived cr ises in educa ti on.
We we lco me the rutin y w hi ch has brought about some of these changes, but we fee l they have not gone " bac k" fa r enough. Music was part of the quadrivium in the Middle Ages . the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts. Music instructi on has been integral to our public school systems for over a century in thi s country. Yet, completi on of music or fine arts units is not now a requirement for admission into our co lleges and uni versities in mo t states. Northern Iowa does allow high school students to count up to two units as electi ves for fine arts classwork at the high school leve l. This is a more enlightened policy th an ex ists at some other schoo ls. But it does not go fa r enough. Substantial exposure to music and the fine arts should be required of every student entering a comprehensive co llege or universi ty.
All of us, regardl ess of our presen t occupations, should adopt an advocacy stance and support keeping music in a place of importance in our curriculum . To do less would be to betray our heritage, not to menti on deny generati on of students the benefits of the kind of music training that we ourse lves rece ived.
UNI Faculty - A Cut Above the Rest The UNI music faculty maintains an envi
able pace of teaching, performance, research and service acti vities. The listing of their accompl i hments for the 1986-87 year requires ove r 40 pages o f in gle-spaced typescript in the Annual Report. By being so acti ve and unse lfish w ith their time and talents, they keep abreast of the newe t trends and technologies associated with the cla sroom and rehearsa l room w hile, at the same time, they enhance the image of the Schoo l of Music and University in the larger arena.
For example, most of our faculty members regularl y appea r as so loists, conductors or stage direc tors w ith area symphoni es, bands/choru ses or opera Companie , or are members of ensembles- in -re idence which perform in the reg ion under the au pices of arts council gran ts or on community arti sts seri es. O thers are invited to read scholar ly paper at national onventions w hile still others have ea rned reputati ons as composers and/or arrangers. This is a faculty w ith impress ive credentials whose dedication to th e training of yo un g mu sicians is un equalled in the Midwest.
In the Future A very encouraging deve lopment is on
the hori zon. O ur request fo r an addition to Russell Hall is now being given eri ou considerati on. Such an addition would include more faculty studio (including a combinati on organ teaching studio and sma ll rec ital
hall ), a jazz rehea rsa l faci l ity, additional practi ce rooms, and an expanded music library/technology resource cen ter.
Part of that project invo lves the acoustica l renovati on of Russe ll Auditorium . I hope to be reporting here soon that progress is be ing made on thi s project.
This has been a very good yea r for the UNI School of Music. As you ca n tell from brows ing through the pages of this newsletter, we have much to crow about. I hope you have had a very good year, too .
Rona ld D. Ross
Scholarship Funds . (continued from page 1)
inc luding but not necessari ly lim ited to the fo ll owing counti es : Benton , Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Fayette, Grundy and Tama.
" We are extremely grateful to the many area res idents w ho contr ibuted countless hours and hard work over the past quarter century to the drum and bugle corps movement," sa id Dr. Ross. " By establi shing this new scholarship fund , this organiza ti on i prov iding opportuniti es for new generati ons of students to pursue advanced musica l studies at UNI. It seems a fitting di spos ition of the assets from thi s loca l group," added Ross.
Any student who pl ans to continue musica l stud ies on a band/orchestral instrument or in vo ice at the univers ity leve l is eligible to apply. Persons interested in learning more about scholarship assistance fo r mu ic tudent at UN I are encou raged to contac t: Scholarship Chair, Schoo l of Music, UNI , Cedar Fa lls, IA 50614 .
An addition to Russell Hall may be in the future for the UNI School o f Music, including the acoustical renovation of the Russell Hall Auditorium.
Year in Review At the end of each academic year, we
compile a listing of spec ial events, guest artists, lecturers, clinicians, et al. By the time the year has flown by, we are always surpri sed by the number of these events and people who were on campus, and, even more surpri sed by what an impressive list it becomes . Our stud ents enjoy a grea t number of opportunities to " hobnob" with some very big and some very important names in music and the music industry . Here, then, is the '86-'87 " Year in Review ."
June 1986 About 70 high school students and direc
tors attended the Casavant Cavalcade of Performan ce Workshops - rifle squads, field conductor, flag corps, director's workshop, pompon (dri 11 team) - conducted by a team of instructors headed by David Wells of Murray State University (Kentucky) . Northern Iowa's coordinator was Willi am Shepherd .
September 1986 Frank DellaPenna, carillonneur at the
W as hington M emori al Chapel in Vall ey Forge, Pennsy lvania, presented a concert under the auspices of the Martha Ellen Tye Visiting Professor Fund .
October 1986 Approximately 1,000 band members,
inc luding 140 members of the Panther Marching Band and students from 20 Iowa hi gh schools, parti cipated in UN l' s High School Marching Band Day.
Approximately 90 students attended the 32 nd Annual Tallcorn Orchestra Festi va l. Guest orchestra was the Davenport Central Hi gh School Orches tra, condu cted by Charles Abplanalp. Dr. Willi am Jones, an internationally known conductor and string pedadogue and director of the Twin Cities Youth Orchestra Program, was guest conductor for the Tallcorn Festi va l Orchestra.
M . Dee Stewart, professor of trombone and euphonium at Indiana University, presented a guest lecture, clinic and rec ital under the auspices of the Martha Ellen Tye Visiting Professor Fund .
Steven Blier, pianist for soprano Karen Ho lv ik' s performance on the UNI Arti sts Seri es, prese nted a guest lec tu re on hi s ca reer as a pi anist, an arranger, and as a voca l coach.
Charles Wendt, professor of ce llo at the University of Iowa School of Music and ce lli st of the Stradivari String Quartet, performed a guest rec ital. Pianist with Wendt was Marleta Matheson of the UNI School of Music faculty.
November 1986 Willi am F. Ludw ig, Jr ., past pres ident of
Ludwig Industries, spoke on his experi ences
as an educator, as a percuss ioni st, and as the primary force behind Ludwig Industries, best known for the manufacture of drums and other percuss ion equipment.
February 1987 Hornist Timothy Thompson, a faculty
member at the University of Arkansas at Fayettevill e and princ ipal horni st of the North Arkansas Symphony, the Music Festival of Arkansas, and the Class ical Music Festival in Ei senstadt, Austri a, performed a guest rec ital.
Guest band for the 32nd Annual Tallcorn Band Festival was the Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Band, conducted by William Biskup (B.A. '72) . Members of the Blue Band were conducted by James Wright (B.A. '68, M .A. '72) , director of bands at W ashington High School in Cedar Rapids. The Gold Band was conducted by Eugene Corporon, director of bands at Michigan State University. Approximately 200 students from 65 Iowa high schools parti cipated in the festival.
Carl Kleinsteuber, a free- lance tubi st in New York City, presented a guest rec ital under the auspices of the Martha Ellen Tye Vi siting Professor Fund.
Ray Tate , a compo se r , mu sic ian, teacher, producer and administrator who made his Chicago name as executive director of the Old Town School of Folk Music, presented a guest lecture on various aspects of the comm erc ial mu sic business . Hi s appearance was sponsored by the Martha Ellen Tye Visiting Professor Fund .
Saxophonist Jim Snidero was guest arti st for the 37th Annual Sinfonian Dimensions in Jazz Shows held in conjunction with the 32 nd Annual Tallcorn Jazz Festi va l.
Nearl y 60 Iowa high school s, involving some 1, 120 students, competed in the 32 nd Annual Tallcorn Jazz Festival. Adjudi cators for the festival were Grant Wolf from Mesa Community College, Mesa, Ari zona; Paul Smoker from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ed Sarath and Paul Scea, both from the University of Iowa, Iowa City; Corli ss Johnson from South Dakota State University, Brookings; and Jim Dreier from Cedar Falls. Saxophoni st Jim Snidero prov ided clinics both days of the festi va l.
Scott John ston , assistant professor of trumpet at the University of Akron, perform ed a concert at the UNI Sc hoo l of Music.
Approx im ately 185 students from 28 Iowa high schools parti cipated in the 32 nd Annual Tallcorn Voca l and Keyboard Festival. Guest conductor for the Festival Choru s was Alan J. Hagen, voca l director at Waverl y-Shell Rock High School. Conductor for the Tallcorn Chorale wa Graeme Cowen, director of choral activities at UNI.
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March 1987 In conjunction with the Women Com
posers Concert, the UNI School of Music commi ss ioned a new work , Greenfly, by composer Janika Vandervelde who con du cts th e Mi ss i ss ippi Vall ey Chamber Orchestra and teaches at the University of Minnesota. The work was premiered by guest arti st Ted Piltzecker on the vibraphone with the UNI Percuss ion Ensemble conducted by Randy Hogancamp. An internationally known performer, Piltzecker is also an arran ger, conductor, educator, author and composer. The Women Co mposers Project was sponsored by the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Art s Forum , UNI School of Music, Martha Ellen Tye Visiting Professor Fund, UNI Women's Studies Program and UNI College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
Fea tured performers/c lini c ians for the Iowa Percuss ive Arts Society Day of Percussion were vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker and percuss ionist Steve Houghton. Houghton currently performs and records with Tribal Tech and has been staff clini cian for Yamaha since 1977 . The event was sponsored by the Martha Ellen Tye Vi siting Professor Fund , the UNI School of Music, the Cedar Arts Forum, Iowa Percuss ive Arts Society , University Music, Selmer and Yamaha.
Iowa State University faculty members Kevin Schilling on baroque oboe and Lynn Zi eg ler-Di ckson on harpsichord joined UN l's An geleita Floyd on baroque flute and David Buch on viola da gamba in a rec ital.
Dr. Judith Schwartz, associate professor of music history and literature at the Northwestern University School of Music, presented a Baroque Dance Lecture/Workshop. Schwartz's appearance was sponsored by the University Speakers Committee.
April 1987 Members of the Eastman Brass Quintet,
including trumpeters Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler, hornist Verne Reynolds, trombonist John M arce llus, and tubi st Cherry Beauregard , presented a guest rec ital and lecture under the auspices of the Martha Ellen Tye Visiting Professor Fund .
Flutist Roger Martin and pianist Kathleen Rountree, both faculty members at Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota, performed as duo guest rec italists.
Pi anist Jeffrey Siegel, who perfo rmed with the Waterl oo/Cedar Fall s Symphony Orchestra, presented a guest master class.
Carill onneur John C. Elli s, professor of organ and music th eo ry and uni ve rsity organist and ca rillonneur at the University of Montana in Missoula, performed a guest ca rillon rec ital as a Martha Ellen Tye Visiting Professor.
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UNl's ''Father of Jazz & Percussion'' Finds Success with California Firm
Jim Coffin graduated w ith a B.A. degree from Northern Iow a in 1952, taught for one year and then moved to south rn California to seek his fame and fortune. Unfortunately, at least as far as Jim reca lls it, everyone in the U.S. moved to southern Ca lifornia when he did, and fame and fortune became a bit more elusive than he had originall y ca lculated. Now - bac k in southern Ca li forn ia as Assistant General M anager of the Drums, Guitars, and Ampli fiers Division, Yamaha Music orporation, U .S.A. - he has the largest business card in the corporation on which to carry his title . . . a true indication that fam and fortune are now well in hand .
Jim grew up in W aterloo w here Frank Pier o l (now retired as dire tor of bands at the Univer ity of Iowa) wa hi band director at W est High. Frank inspired Jim to get into musi and, as Jim gratefull.y acknowledges, " I have told him many times that I have never forgiven him for that. "
As an undergraduate, Jim asso iated with " older students" whose college career had been delayed by the Korean conflict. Wanting to be a epted by his peers was important to Jim, so the military men would concoct dastardly schemes for Private Coffin to execute. One such covert operation was the hanging of mistletoe at the top of one of the staircases in Old Centra l (the former music building). He then delivered the appropriate Chri stm as gifts assoc ia ted the re to to unsuspec ting coeds and kept track with notches 0 11 the railing. The campaign was quite successful unti l the arrival o f M ary Beckman, then a young facult y member. Mary instantly perceived an ambush and countered with refusa l to climb the stairs. Frank Hill , one of M ary's trusted col leagues, came upon the battle zone and offered a military escort up the tairs. Mary accepted, but when they got to the top of the "Cli ffs of O ld Central," traitor Frank released M ary and yelled, "Get her, boys!"
Jim moved forward , but M ary quickly threatened to flunk him in beginning theory. Undaunted, Jim dec ided " it would b worth it" and completed the mission. For that, he reca lls, " I had to lug her harp up and down the stairs of O ld Central for the rest of my undergraduate career. "
After college and the first stint in Ca li fornia, Jim returned to Iowa in 1956 and taught for seven years at Woodward and Bell Plaine. He then started his M aster of Arts degree at Northern Iowa in th summer of '63. With the two succeeding semesters and summer of '64, he had completed his M .A. and jo ined the U I faculty in the fall of '64.
Even though he remembers U NI and working w ith university students as " the best
times of my life," there were difficult peri ods. Jim was interested in changing the jazz band from a student-run organization spon-ored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia to an ensem
ble which received offic ial universi ty anction. Some facul ty 111 mbers opposed thi s, telling Jim that for jazz, " All you have to do is snap your fingers."
" I still have scars on my back," laughs Jim, but the jazz program was off and running by 1964. Thus we can say that Jim was the " Father of Jazz at U I. "
What does he think of the program sin e leaving UNI? " My successors have done a terrific job," he says. " The bands are getting better and better." " I heard them th is year at the IBA Convention in Des Moines and Bob Washut !current director of jazz studies at UNI ! is do ing fa ntasti work - I am so proud."
With the b ginning of the percussion en emble, Jim also became the " Fath r of Percussion at UNI. " The ensemble sti II flourishes at Northern Iow a under the tu telage of Randy Hogancamp, one of Jim's former students. Over the years, the percussion ensemble and the jazz band became only a part of his large pi le of duties which includ d marching band, applied percu ion , p rcussion techniques, symphonic band, un iversit y and co ll ege committees , and , ulti mately, two sections of Exploring Music.
At one point, he actually had the equivalent of 2112 tea hing loads. When he turned
in this report to the Music Office, he included a naughty ca rtoon which stated " I quit! " but w hich depicted a phrase rather d ifferent and exclamatory which some might use at a time of frustration. Even though the ca rtoon was intended on ly for the secretaries, it accidentally was passed along to former department head Dr. Myron Russell in the shuffle. M yron quickly grasped the message, and Jim's teach ing load w a somewhat rel ieved when the M arching Band w a passed on to Paul Brizzi (B.A. '68, M .A. '71 ), who was then a graduate student.
Not only was Jim relieved, so was the " double bubble" crowd at the loca l Howard John ons. In order to plan M arching Band shows, Ji m would meet at the local w atering hole wi th Denny Smith (B.A. '59, M .A . '67), wh o helped with chartin g, and Denny Vance (M.A. '67), who announced the shows under the title of "golden throat. "
To test various drill s, the three w ould sometimes execute them arou nd the tables in the bar to either the del ight or chagrin of the other patrons. "A lot of that stuff had to be thrown out," Jim concedes. But many of us will remember some of the great show we had and the fun trips to the Ch icago Bears game and another to a Minnesota Vikings game.
" We worked hard," Jim recalls, "and the group dedication in those days was marvelous. The students were intense and sincere, and what we accompli heel has been an inspiration for many careers."
In the summer of '72, Jim received a phone cal l one day wh i le teaching, and he " dropped the phone" - it was a vice president from Selmer Corporation offering him a job as percussion education di rector in the Premier Drums division. Jim had been doing clinic for Selmer and Premier Drums and this vice president had observed one uch presentation to district managers. The vice president thought Jim " could be of value to the company."
Thoughts raced through Jim's head : "furthest thing from his mind - a new idea -chance to change careers- monetaril y better - not dissati sfied w ith UNI - had ju t been promoted to associate professor -new challenge - give it a whirl!"
He picked up the phone and said, " Yes." During his 9 112 years w ith Selmer, Jim gave clini cs in 40 of the 50 United States, four Canadian provinces and in England . He also completed a project he had begun at Northern Iowa , The Performing Percuss ionist, three volumes including " Book I," " Book II"
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(/-r) Jackie Jean and John Kleinwolterink
Warren Goodman
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Ja-Hyeong Koo
Students, Teachers Receive State, Regional and National Honors
Sp cial congratulations to UNI students and their teacher /directors for their accomplishment in numerous contests this pa t year. Significant prizes were won and the image of UNl's quality mu ic program was further enhanced at music centers in Iowa,
ebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas and Minnesota.
Three students took honor at Young Artist ompetition spon ored by area symphonies. Marimbist Jackie Jean won fir t place and clarinetist John Kleinwol terink was third place winner in the Young Artists Competition sponsored by the Omaha Symphony Guild. Flutist Renee Crandall was one of thre winner at the Fort Dodge Symphony Young Arti t om petition. Pianist for al l three students at the contests was Marleta Mathe on of the U I School of Music faculty.
Jean and Kleinwolterink vied with some 20 other studen ts from ebraska, South Dakota and Iowa at the Omaha Symphony Guild competition where four winners were chosen in the Senior Division. As first place winner, Jean received a cash prize, and he performed Jame Ba ta's Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra with the Omaha Symphony in February. Jean just completed his junior year and tudies wi th Randy Hogancamp while pursuing the Bachelor of Music in Education and Bachelor of Music in percussion performance degrees.
Kleinwolterink received a a h prize for placing in the competition. He has fin ished his second year as a graduate student and studies with Jack Graham as part of the Master of Music in clarinet performance degree requirements.
As one of three winners in the Fort Dodge Symphony Young Arti ts Competition , Renee Crandall was engaged to perform the third movement of Jacques lbert ' Flute Concerto with the Fort Dodge Symphony in April. A student of Angeleita Floyd, she wi l l be a en ior thi fa ll and is pur uing the Bachelor of Music in flute performance degree.
Warren Goodman won the 11th Annual Piano Concerto Competition pon ored by the Kankakee (ll linoi ) Valley Symphony Orchestra Association. The competi ti on involved 19 contestants from five states. After preliminary auditions, Goodman was chosen a one of the four finali ts and then went on to win the event. Pianist with Goodman at the contest was Mariela Matheson.
As winner, Goodman was presented the Grace B. Small Award of $500 when he performed Rachmaninoff' Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra May 2. A student of Howard Aibel, he recently completed his bachelor of musi degree.
The Jazz Combo repre enting the U I School of Music won in the combo division of the 20th Annual University of WisconsinEau Clair Jazzfest. Members of the ensemble were leader and tenor saxophonist Don Jaque , fluti t Rob Arnold, guitarist Scott Simon, ba si t Cra ig MacMillan and drummer Scott Chidester. All five member of the combo received National Association of Jazz Educator certificates for outstanding musicianship. In addition, the en emble re eived a trophy, and performed an evening concert at the fe ti val before an audience of 2,500 people. Selection performed by the U I Jazz Combo were John Coltrane's Moments Notice and Impressions and Lerner and Loewe's Someday My Prince Will ome.
At the same festival flugelhornist Dean Saner wa awarded an AJE certificate for a solo he performed with U I Jazz Band II , conducted by U I graduate student arl Ko h.
Graduate student Ja-Hyeong Koo won first place in the graduate piano ategory of the 1987 S hubert Club Scholar hip Competition held in St. Paul, Minnesota. Koo, also a student of Howard Aibel , ompeted with nine other Midwest pianists before being named winner. She received a 600
prize and accepted an invitation to perform for the Sc hubert Club in May in th e McKnight Theatre of The Ordway Music Theatre in St. Paul. Koo played the first movement from Sonata in D Major, Op. 10,
o. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven and the final movement of Sonata o. 7 by Alberto
ina tera. Koo will complete the Master of Music degree requirement in De ember.
The U I Jazz Band I, conducted by Robert Washut, won second place at the Wichita Jazz Festival, held at Wichita State Univ rsi ty in Wichita, Kansas. In addition, everal students in Jazz I received awards for
out landing musi ianship. Approximately 60 band from ebra ka,
Iowa, Kan a , Mi ouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Colorado were involved in the ful l day of college competition. In addition to re eiving spe ial a knowledgment for creative programming, Jazz I was granted an evening performance before a standingroom-only audience, a privilege normally ac orded only to the winner of the festival.
Pieces performed by Jazz I at the fe tival were an arrangement by Tom Kubis of Moments Notice by John Coltrane, Gil Evans' arrangement of Davenport Blue by Bix Beiderbe ke, Jim Dreier's arrangement of Va/se/Hot by Sonny Rollins, The Moo he by Duke Ellington, and Hora Decubitu by Charles Mingus.
Student soloists in Jazz I who received individual citati ons for outstanding mu ician hip were tenor saxophoni t Don Jaque , tromboni ts Jim Miller and Eric Stover, tubist Carl Koch , gui tari st S ott Simon, and drummer Scott Chidester. Simon and hide ter, along with p iani st Rob Arnold and bassist Mark Sonksen, garnered a pecial citation for their performance as Jazz I' rhythm e lion.
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Alumni Happenings
(l-r) Noma Rupprich Jebe, the late Professor Robert A. Warner and his wife, Maretta
It appears, after sorting through the Music at UNI file, we have received qui te a few responses from our alumni since last summer' i ue. On page 12, you wi ll find an "Alumni Response Form" which we hope many of you will take time to fi ll out and send to us. Some of you may feel that after several months have passed, it is too late to send us the form. Have no fear! The file will be open until next summer when we begin the next issue, and addition are welcome at anytime. For now, here is the news from the past year.
Noma Rupprich Jebe of 2650 Laurentide Drive, Ann Arbor, M l 48103 (B.A. '33) and her husband Emil have been ba k to Iowa twice th is past year to visit relatives in La Porte City. On both occasions, they were kind enough to take time to visit us here at Northern Iowa. [Editor's note: I first met Emi l al the University of Michigan where I wa attending and he was observing the summer 1986 meeting of the World Carillon Federation. Emil spotted my "Cedar Fall " name tag, and we had an interesting conversation - small world!J
Noma contributed two pictures from the Class
(f-r) Noma Rupprich Jebe, Ruth Latta Hill, the late Professor Robert A. Warner, Rachel Rosenberger Eutsler (8.5. '35 and good friend of Professor Warner), and Professor Warner's wife, Maret/a
of 1933 50th Reunion at UNI which include shots of Professor Robert A. Warner (B.A. '33) among others. Professor Warner died in February of 1986. Noma provided us with an article cone ming his death which we adapted for our previous issue of Music at UNI.
In addition to making a contribution to our annual Scholarship Benefit Concert, Noma has generously contributed two other gifts to the UNI Foundation which have been earmarked for the UNI School of Mu ic. And, ju t a few months ago, she sent us a newly pub I ished book, The Dynamic Orchestra, by distinguished author, condu tor, and educator Elizabeth A.H. Green. In the book, Dr. Green inscribed: " This book is autographed to the Schoof of Music, University of Northern Iowa, Dr. Ronald D. Ross, Director."
Harlan Duane Gillespie of P.O. Box 248, 910 Rock St. , Plymouth, IA (B.A. '76) is a United Methodist Minister of the Iowa Annual Conference Unit cl Methodist hurches at Plymouth and Rock Falls. He was ordained a deacon in the United Methodist Churches in June of 1986. This past May, Harlan completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Universi ty of Dubuque Theological Seminary. Previously, he taught vocal music for grades seven through 12 at Valley of Elgin from 1976 to 1980 and at Belmond from 1980 to 1984. Harlan and his wife Debra have three children, Nathan (11 ), Aaron (9), and Adam (6).
Patricia I . Eastman Foo rm an of 1613 Huston St. , Encino (Los Angeles), CA 91436 (B.A. '52) wrote to tell us she retired in June of 1986 after 30 years as an elementary music teacher in the Los Angeles City Schools. She also included a note to Elly Leslie (B.A. '52) in which she stated, " Loved the story about you'" from the last i sue of Music at UNI.
Lise R. Lambert Nelson of 124 Kayle Dr., Manchester, IA 52057 (B.M.E. '80) has been busy
raising a fam ily, teaching, and playing horn in musicals for the West Delaware Schools. Lise and her husband John have three children, Daniel and twins David and Elizabeth. She has been a parttime band director at St. John's School in Independence for six years.
And, one of our " lost alums" dropped in to see us this summer. James Leroy Groth of 4053 8th Ave. , #47, San Diego, CA 92 103 (B.A. '70) is now a waiter at La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. " Leroy" (as we affectionately called him back in the good old days) took time off from a visit at home to see Rick Stendel (B.A. '70) in Waverly, where Rick is the high school band director, and then to visit UNI. After ecuring Jim's address, we loaded him w ith back issues of Music at UNI and accorded him a grand tour of the campus replete with visi ts to the UNI-Dome and the new buildings in the UNI Center for the Arts. He wa stunned by the changes since his last visit eight years ago, but he left here happy with his newly acquired education . We also as ume that tipping will not be required of UNI grads who treat themselve to a deluxe diningexperien eat one of Jim's tables at La Valencia Hotel.
From Larry A. Michehl of 605 Pfeiffer Ave. , Charles City, IA 50616 (B.A. '77), we learn that he was recently elected to a second term as North Central District Chairperson of the Iowa Choral Directors Association. After having taught vocal music for grades seven through 12 in St. Ansgar, Larry now is the high school vocal music director at Charles City.
Mark Edward Henderson of 47 E. 3rd St., #1 , New York City, NY 10003 (B.M. '82) asked us to say " hi" to everyone here - especially Caryl Becker, Margaret Merrion, Mariela Matheson, Marilou Kratzenstein, and Graeme Cowen - as he was sure " they would be pleased to hear of my progress in music and l ife. " Mark received his Master of Fine Arts degree in musical theatre performance in 1985 from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida where he was a graduate assistant, teaching music theatre, beginning theory and classes to drama stud nt . He moved to New York City in 1986 and has produced several off-Broadway shows with Light Opera of Manhattan (LOOM). He has had leading roles in operettas su h as Herbert's Sweethearts, Fri mi's Vagabond King, and the entire Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire. When Mark wrote to us, he had been auditioning for all types of work in theatre and musical theatre and had just completed his first national television commercial. We extend our heartiest congratulations!
Dorothy Dawson Lowell of Box 407, Fairfield, IA 52556 (1-year '29) commented in a letter to Dr. Ronald D. Ross that she read her alumni news with much interest. After indicating the year she attended UNI, we found the words " Wow! " and " Still Active! "
Richard A. Frevert of 235 Kent Rd. , Springfield , MA 01 129 (B.M. '78) and his wife Susan Jenkins Frevert (B.M. '78) have moved ba k to the Midwest after a stint with the Springfield Orche -tra As ociation. Rich accepted the position of General Manager for the Linco ln Symphony Orchestra in Lincoln, ebraska and began work May 1.
Dave Anderson of Jackson Junction, IA 52150 (B.A. '7 1) directs voca l music at Turkey Valley High School. He ent a picture and wrote the following after visiting the 1986 Renai sa nce Festi va l in Shakopee, Minnesota: " After li stening to this gentleman pl ay Engli sh fo lk tunes for 20 minutes, in a style that was of exceptional quality, I dared ask him if he ever attended orthern Iowa. His reply ... 'Mary Beckman was my teacher!' Gaylord Stauffer !of Box 4203 , St. Paul , M N 55 104 (B.A. ' 67)1 i ali v and well pl aying harp and teaching privately in M inneapolis!" [Ed itor 's note: Thank you Dave for the pi cture and
news item - we hope other alumni will take the time to provide interesting pieces such as thi s. I
As of August 1, 1986, Robert A. Kvam of 25 11 Yorktown Dr., Bloomington , IL 61 701 (B.A. '69) became direc tor of the S hoo l of Musi at lllino i Wes leyan Uni versity. Bob rece ived hi s M .M . degree from the Uni versity of Wi sconsin-Madison and his D.M.A. degree from the College/Conserva tory of Music at the Univer ity of inc innati in Ohio . Previously he spent seven yea rs as dir ctor of choral acti v ities and chairman of the Music Department at Whitman College in Walla Walla , Washington.
A significant contribution to last yea r's Scholarship Benefit Concert and a letter were sent to us by Takako O shibuchi of 355 Ko to kuji c ho, Teramachi -ga shira, Kamikyo ku , Kyoto , Japan (B.A. '55). Takako expressed regret in not being able to attend our most recent Benefit Concert and hopes she ca n return to U I in the future. She has been bu y performin g in ensemb les and an orchestra. After complimenting us on and thanking us for vo lume 5 of Music at U I, Takako extended her best wi he for the sc hool yea r.
Jennifer Lynn Sargent o f 953 Am terda m Ave., # 38, New York City, NY 10025 (B.M . '84) is teaching music at a pri va te school - Fieldston Lower School - and told us that " ew York is w ond rful" ' La t eason she sa ng with th e St. Cec ili a Chorus at Carnegie Hall. Having been in New York for 1-1/2 years, Jenni fe r stated he is
very pleased w ith the course work at U I: " / feel my training as a teacher and a singer rea lly prepared me for a career in education."
On a postcard addressed to Bruce Chidester, Doug Huey of 840 El more Ave. , Akron, O H 44302 (B.M . '83) sent his greetings to Tom Tritle and your ed itor. Doug wrote from Ca lga ry to ay that he has been on the road w ith the Tommy Dorsey Band, which has provided him w ith some " blowing room" and an opportunit y to pl ay some lead. By the time we received Doug' ca rd , he had already b en to Chicago, St. Loui s, Lincoln , Mi higan, Ph iladelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver and "every pl ace in between11 "
From Opera News magaz ine, we gleaned the foll owi ng in fo rmation concerni ng Sheri Greenawald of 5 rue Leon Cogniet , 750 17 Pari s, France (B.A. ' 68): Sheri spent last September singing Luciano Berio's Folk Songs with the Israe l Phi lharmonic led by Leonard Bernstein in ew York, London, Munich, Pari s, Zurich, and Jerusa lem. Last fa ll she was in Sa n Francisco for a run of Massanet's Manon w ith Francisco Araiza as Des Grieux and Jean Fournet conducting. After si nging Mozart ari as w ith the Sa n Francisco Symphony in January, Sheri returned to France to perfo rm her first Countess in Le Nozza di Figa ro at the Theatre Musica l de Pari s w ith Radio France in February. On April 18, she made her Briti sh debut with Opera North in Leeds, playing Vio letta in La Traviata through M ay 8.
Lois Elaine Knutson Whitlock of 67 1 Hammond St. , hestnut Hill , MA 02167 (B.M . '84) wrote that she was beginning her second yea r as instructor of middle school music at Beaver Country Day School, Che tnut Hill , Massachusett , and had begun her first year as instructor of flute at the Shady Hill S hool in Cambridge, M assachu etts.
W endy Cronbaugh Sontag of 322 W. 46th Terrace, # 2E, Kansa ity, MO 6411 2 (B.A. '85) is a master's degree student of Joann Baker in pi ano performan e and a graduate assistant in class piano at the Conserva tory of Mu ic at the University of Mis ouri -Kansas City.
Georgiana Ruff Becker of 2022 North 8th St. , Boise, ID 83702 (2-yea r ' 19) rece ived her ba helor's degree in 1951 at the Chicago Mu ica l College. Mrs. Becker is still giving piano lesson in Boise, and, when she wrote, she had just returned from a tour of Alaska.
" First baby expected momentaril y! " and " Greetings to a// my U I friends' " were the comments received from Robert C. Miller of 5228 S. Monitor Ave., Chicago, IL 60638 (B.A. '75). Bob currently is a computer sy terns programmer for the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago.
Kristin J. Daggett of 881 2 45th Pl ace, #1 , Brookfi eld , IL 60513 (B.A . '77) is currentl y ass istant director of financial aid at Loyola Uni versity in Chicago. Previously, she taught elementary and junior high chool music at South Win neshiek. Kri s then completed her M .A.Ed . degree at Northern Iowa and worked as a student serv ices supervi or at the All en Schoo l of Nur ing in Waterloo for 5- 1 /2 yea rs.
Woodie G. Brassil of 732 Dorcas Dr ., Keokuk, IA 52632 (B.A. '76) sent us an address change and indica ted he teaches in the Keokuk Community School District.
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Gary R. Schwartzhoff of 9902 Camino Royal # 97, Merriam, KS 66203 (M .M . '81) is min ister of music at the Trinity Lutheran Church in that c ity. In March, as ational Chairperson fo r Community Choi r, Gary moderal d a panel di scuss ion on orporate fundin g avail abl e today for community choirs at the America n horal Directors Asso iation National Convention, held in Sa n Antonio, Texas .
Percu ioni st Jim Nielsen of 6344 i ollet Ave. S., Richfield, M 55 423 (B.A. '86) recentl y received high honors as one of the rec ipients of the 10th Annual Down Bea l Student Music Awards. In the " Jazz In trumental Soloi st" award category, Jim was one of nine tudents cited for " Outstanding Performance" in the college di vision. Jim is married to Kathy Nassen Nielsen (8 .M . '86) and urrently works as a free- lance musician in the
Minneapolis area . Mu sic at UN l ' s entrepreneur-of-th e-yea r
award goes to Charles H. Kucera of 229 160th St. S. E. , Bothell , WA 98012 (B.M. '78) who found d and i self-appoint d pres ident of Deli -King, Inc. The firm , whi ch Chuck started 2- 1 /2 yea rs ago, employs 30-35 people and produces sandwiches and other food products for stores, vending machine companies, and ca tering truck com panies . Total sa les for thi s yea r are expected to reach $1,500,000 with the production of approximately 14,000 units per we k. As Chuck aid , " That's a fol of sandw iches! " When he has free time from his pres idential duties, huck composes works for fri ends, directs a church choir, and is invol ved in vari ou community music ac ti viti es. Chuck expressed hi s thanks for the "great job" we have been doing with Music at UNI. [Editor's note: We have not yet dec ided what to give you for an award as "entrepreneur-of- theyea r," but we promise it will not b a food item! Congratulations! I
Larry Mattox of 1110 South Buena Vi sta, Hemet, CA 92343 (B.A. '55, M .A. '62) stopped by in earl y July. He has been assoc iated w ith the instrumental mu i program in Hemet ince he received hi s M .A. degree. For 12 of those yea r , he taught at the high choo l lev I. Several years ago, he turned over hi high school duties to Jeff Tower of 43130 Babcock Ave., Hemet, CA 92344 (B.A. '75) and currentl y teaches at the elementary
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Alumni Happenings (continued from page 9)
level. Larry attended UN I w ith Jon Hansen (now a UNI associate professor of trom bone) and remembers wonderful " gigs" invo lving former UNI Jazz Director Ji m Coffin and present UNI facu lty woodwind spec ialist Don Wendt. (Some of the e stories could even be to ld in mixed company')
And , just recently, we received a response from Dr. Beth Gilbert of 626 Faxon, Superior, WI 54880 (B.M . '7 1). Beth has now completed her fourth yea r on the faculty at the University of Wi sconsi n-Superior w here she is an ass istant professor of piano. In addition to teaching piano and theory, she is the pianist for the University Rec ital Seri es and frequentl y performs as orchestral pianist w ith the Duluth -Sup rior Symphony O rchestra. She co nt inues as Di stri c t Chair fo r th e Wisconsin Music Teacher Assoc iation and, as of this summer, is pending her 18th yea r at lnterlochen' Na tional Mu ic Camp w here she is accompanyi ng coordinator and on the pi ano faculty.
Brad J. Hughes of 89 13 Hambledon, San Antonio, TX 78250 (B.M . '85) teaches fine arts and phys ica l educa tion for grades four through six at the L. B. Johnson Elementary School. He also teaches guitar lessons and plays in a band .
John Hetzler of 5241 Harbord Dr., Oakl and, CA 94618 (B.A. ' 70) and hi wife M arc ia were fea tured last December in the " Time O ut" section of the Contra Costa Times. Both were invo lved in " A Mu sica l Ex travaga nza," prese nt ed at St. M ary's College in Moraga, and "S ing- it-yourse lf Mess iah," presented by the American Lung Association. The two often perform as a duet, doing shows fo r servi ce organi za tions. They occasionall y are invo lved in ommunity theatre productions. John was nominated last November fo r a Shellie Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musica l fo r his portraya l of Juan Peron in Evita. John and M arcia now have three children, and John works as a computer operator for a Sa n Francisco firm .
M ary Rupp Stattler of 405 M ain , Conrad, IA 5062 1 (B.A. '63 , M.A . '70) teaches voca l music at the BCL-UW School of Conrad (Beaman-ConradLi comb-Un ion-Whitten). She and her husband Gary have one son, David , who is nine year o ld .
A very ni ce contribution was made to the last Scholarship Benefit Concert by Luella Scurry Shepard of S. 2806 Raymond Circ le, Spokane, WA 99206 (B.A. '34). Luell a requested we send a concert program as she was not able to attend and added, " M y best w ishes to all of you!"
Ruth Cameron Anderson of 1500 Berkshire Road, Columbu , O H 4322 1 (B.A. '38) sent a contribution fo r the Scho larship Benefit Concert. Even though she and her husband Axe l were in Cedar Fall s during the Benefit Concert , they had a prior engagement. But , as Ruth stated , " / know the concert will be lovely. "
Yet another donation to the Scho larship Benefit Concert came from Lois Moessner Leonard of 804 Garfie ld, Fort Col li ns, CO 80524 (B.A. '40). Lois reque ted that we please give her compli mentary ti cket to a deserving tudent. !Editor 's note: We d id and thank you very much!I
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BENEFIT CONCERT '86: Members of the UNI Varsity Men 's Glee Club provided va let parking service For the concert. Over five years, the Benefit Concerts have grossed over $40,000 to provide scholarships For music students at UNI. This year's Benefit Concert, " A Night on Broadway and Other Diversions," will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26.
Gerald R. Gabel of 8 Fl etcher Ci rcle, Hanover, N H 03755 (B.M. '74) has been a visiting ass istant professor at Dart mouth Co ll ege since 1984. He received his M .A. degree in 1977 and his Ph .D . degree in 1984 from the Uni versi ty of Ca li fo rni a at San Diego. Gerald has held positions at Sa n Diego M esa College, the Mu ic and Arts Institute of San Francisco, and Ca li fo rnia Sta te Uni versity at Los Angeles. He ha received grants from the National Endowment fo r the Art s, M eet the Composer, and the New England Foundation fo r the Arts. In addition to being co-editor of ex tempore, a journal of compo iti onal and theoreti ca l resea rch in music, Gerald directs the New Hampshire Mu sic Fes ti va l Com posers Confe rence. His compos itions have been perfo rmed all over the United States and in Europe.
Dan Sniffin of 230 South St. , Apt. 4, Jama ica Pl ain , M A 02 130 (B.A. '83) r ce ived a scholarship to study fo r an M .M . degree at the New England Conserva tory in Boston. D uring the 1985-86 yea r, he took a leave of absen e from the Conservatory to erve as an as istant facu lty member at the U ni ve rsity of M ontana in M i soul a an d was named the out tand ing orchestral musician fo r that yea r in the M ontana Symphony O rchestra.
Ellen Dostal of 555 .E. 34 th t. , # 2209, M iami, FL 33 137 joined both the television and film unions and had her fi rst televi ion ro le as a reporter on an episode of Miami Vice, " The Good Coll ar," la t October. She is also mak ing television commerc ials, working in rad io, and making travel fil ms fo r a cru ise line.
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and " Solo Album," which was publi shed by Barnhouse.
In 1982, Jim joined the Yamaha Music Corporation where he was in charge of all marketing of percu sion in the United States and Canada. Starting with onl y drum sets to se ll and a staff of two, the operation has grown to a complete line of percu ion equipment with a staff of eight, plus outside consultants. Jim w as recently promoted to assistant general manager and continues to oversee all of Yamaha's percussion bu iness in the United States.
Along with hi s new job and position, he also has a new wife after remarrying thi s summer.
At the close of the intervi ew with Jim , he stated how pleased he was to have his name on the pl aque in Ru sse ll Hall Lobby which honors fo rmer staff members elected fo r meritoriou s service . " I consider it a great honor," he states, " to have been chosen by my peers to have my name on that plaque. I am still touched by the thought of it. "
JAMES A. CO FFI PE RCUSSION
JAZZ BAN D-M ARCHI NG BA D 1964-1972
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Address your Classmates Of the 1,849 graduates from the UNI School of
Music, we have no address for about 230. It may not be too many, but we find it frustrating and wou ld like to whittle the number down . Once again, we are asking for your help. We have li sted our lost alumni below by c lass year. Please take a moment to look at the years surrounding the time when you went to school at UN I to see if you know some addresses we do not have. This yea r, to simplify the process, please ca ll us either toll -free or collect, if you find it more convenient than writing. In Iowa, pl ease ca ll toll fre e at 1-800-772-1746 (ask for the School of Music). Ou tsid e Iowa , pl ease ca ll us co ll ec t at 319-273-2024.
Thi s is the third issue of Music at UNI where we have li sted lost alumni and the number has increased yearl y. With the advent last year of adding "Address Correcti on Requ ested" and " Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed" to the label area of the newsletter (which we will cont inue to do), we expec t th e number has reached its peak and wil l now start to diminish. Please cal l now whi le you are thinking about it ; and thanks for your help !
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Read about UNl's " father of Jazz" Jim Coffin . ..
Learn about the largest donation ever given to the UNI School of Music . . .
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