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New Faculty in the Department of Music
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Brian Raya to our music family as our newly appointed Associate Di-rector of Bands and the director of the Western Thunder Marching Band at the University of Wyoming.
He recently finished his final semester as a Teaching Assistant at Arizona State University (ASU) while
earning a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind band conducting with his doctoral thesis, A Survey of
the Current Financial Trends in American Adult Community Bands. Dr. Raya worked with multiple
ensembles at ASU including the concerts bands, Sun Devil Marching band, and the pep band. Before
earning his Master's in conducting from Fresno State in 2014, he was a bandmaster/conductor in the
United States Army. He has performed as a trombonist and conductor throughout his musical career
with various military and civilian ensembles throughout the world. Since graduating in 2005 with his
Bachelor's degree in trombone performance, he has played for numerous dignitaries and government
officials, including the President and Vice President of the United States of America as well as other
elected and appointed officials from around the world. His military band assignments include Alabama,
Texas, Hawaii, and South Korea. While he was with the 25th Infantry Division Band stationed at
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, he was deployed to support Operation Iraqi Freedom from August 2006 to
September 2007. Dr. Raya’s highest military position and last assignment was as the Executive Officer
with the 323rd Army Band "Fort Sam's Own" at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
A decorated military veteran, Dr. Raya has numerous achievements and honors. These include being named the 2006 U.S. Army, Pa-
cific Soldier of the Year, the Distinguished Honor Graduate for the Army's Advanced Leader Course in 2010, and being selected as a
warrant officer/bandmaster for the U.S. Army in 2011.
Before he joined the Army, Dr. Raya performed with the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps including their 1999 champi-
onship season, and he worked with numerous high school and college marching band programs. Dr. Raya is inspired by his previous
mentors, Dr. James Klein and Dr. Lawrence Sutherland, in both trombone and conducting. He is a member of the Association of Con-
cert Bands, College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association, Military Officers Association of America, and
also a life member of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary band service fraternity.
We are also pleased to welcome Jennifer Stucki as
our new Oboe professor. She maintains a diverse
career that includes soloing, orchestra and chamber
ensemble work, organizing various collaborative
arts projects, and teaching. A recent migrant from
Chicago to Denver, she performed as principal obo-
ist with the Skokie Valley Symphony, second oboe
and english horn with the Racine Symphony and
was a member of the Sapphire Woodwind Quintet.
Recent performances include performing with the
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins
Symphony and as a guest soloist with North Shore
Chamber Arts Ensemble performing the Marcello
Oboe Concerto. Additionally she has performed
with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Marriott
Hotel Theater pit orchestras, Fifth House Ensem-
ble, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Dubuque
Symphony Orchestra, and Civic Orchestra of Chi-
cago as well as many others. From 2005-2009 she
was the principal oboist for the Navy Band and part
of the Fair Winds Woodwind Quintet. She has been
a featured soloist multiple times with the Skokie
Valley Symphony, the Navy Band, and multiple chorale organizations in the Chicago area. She is inspired by vocal music, stories, nature,
the culinary arts, and enjoys seeing how life can be expressed through music.
A native of Colorado Springs, Jennifer moved to Chicago in 2000 to attend the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt Universi-
ty. Since then she has earned her Bachelor’s degree from CCPA and her Master’s degree from DePaul University. She has studied with
Jelena Dirks, Eugene Izotov, Grover Schiltz and Scott Hostetler. In addition, she has performed in masterclasses given by Alex Klein, Rob-
ert Walters and Carolyn Hove.
Jennifer's students have been accepted into Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music and Northwestern School of music.
Additionally, have also won positions with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Schaumburg Youth Symphony, ILMEA Honors
Orchestra and Young Artist Summerfest at the Curtis Institute of Music.
New Faculty in the Department of Music Continued…
Another addition to our Music Department family is
Dr. Tiger Robison, our newly appointed Assistant Professor
of Music Education at the University of Wyoming, where he
teaches courses in elementary general music methods, aural
skills, world music, and supervises student teachers.
Dr. Robison earned a Ph.D. in music education from The Hartt
School, University of Hartford, a M.S. in music education from
Central Connecticut State University, and a B.M. in music edu-
cation at The Hartt School. Additionally, Dr. Robison holds
level certifications in Orff, Kodaly, and First Steps in Music
methodologies.
Before his appointment at the University of Wyoming, Dr.
Robison was Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education
at the University of Maryland. Prior to his collegiate teaching
career, Dr. Robison was a music teacher in the Connecticut
public schools for ten years. After teaching strings at the ele-
mentary level for two years, Dr. Robison taught general music
for eight years to students in pre-Kindergarten through grade
four. He also directed a primary choir for whom he created
original compositions and commissioned new works from young composers.
Dr. Robison is comfortable in the quantitative, qualitative, and philosophical research realms equally. He is interested
in issues related to gender, music teacher educators, and music teacher preparation. Dr. Robison has published in
the Journal of Music Teacher Education and he has presented his research at the biennial national symposium of the
Society for Music Teacher Education (SMTE), the Desert Skies Symposium on Music Education Research and the
Suncoast Music Education Research Symposium. Dr. Robison currently maintains his own musicianship by playing
double seconds steel pans.
Collegiate Chorale to NW National Association for Music Education
Nicole Lamartine, conductor
Lisa Rickard, piano
The University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale, the 32-voiced auditioned mixed choir under the direction
of Dr. Nicole Lamartine, is winning accolades across the region. The Collegiate Chorale was recently se-
lected through audition to perform at the Northwest National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
conference in Bellevue, WA on February 18. The invitation is a prestigious honor to perform for music stu-
dents and teachers from all over the northwest region. The Chorale is one of two university-level choirs
that performed, and typically over 150 choirs audition for the opportunity. The UW Singing Statesmen
sang at a similar conference in Seattle in 2015 and garnered a hearty standing ovation.
The program was entitled “Enjoy the Silence” and included “May Sky,” an American premiere by our 2016
-17 Eminent Composer-in-Residence, Libby Larsen. The work is set to haiku-kai poetry written by detain-
ees in Japanese internment camps, one of which is Heart Mountain near Powell, WY. The Collegiate Cho-
rale had multiple opportunities to work with Dr. Larsen before the conference, and Dr. Larsen created a
slideshow presentation to accompany the performance, highlighting the facts of Japanese people and culture
in mid-century America.
The Chorale also performed the rousing “little man in a hurry” by Eric Whitacre, featuring Lisa Rickard at
the keyboard. The relentless clusters moving up and down the piano underpinned the sense of urgency in
e.e. cummings’ poem. In closing the program the Chorale displayed their signature collage style through a
spoken-word connection over piano improvisation into a joyful rendition of Shawn Kirchner’s arrangement
of the American Folk Hymn “Unclouded Day.”
The Collegiate Chorale is gaining a reputation for excellent singing of
creative programming that creates an audience experience, and the performance continues to create conver-
sation among music teachers, choral professionals, and students from across the region. We are proud to
have represented the excellence of the UW Department of Music on such a prestigious stage.
The Collegiate Chorale’s appearance at NAfME was made possible by the Colonel Rogers Excellence Fund.
On May 1st, 2017 the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble per-
formed at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola (Jazz at Lincoln
Center).
DCCC is revered by many as the best jazz club in the
world. Performing on a nationally recognized stage
brings enhanced visibility to the music program and
the University of Wyoming.
The 17-piece band performed with world renowned
trumpeter Terell Stafford and UW professor of saxo-
phone Scott Turpen. Stafford has performed with
many of the great players in the history of jazz music
including, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Watson, McCoy
Tyner, and many many others. To date he has played
on over 250 commercially released recordings.
The Wyoming Jazz Ensemble also visited schools
within the state including Rock Springs, Riverton, and
Rawlins. The Wyoming Jazz Ensemble performed
concerts for high school and middle school students
and also had the opportunity provide one on one instruction.
The Wyoming Jazz Ensemble is UW’s premier Jazz Ensemble. It is an auditioned group that consistent-
ly featured the finest instrumentalist in the school.
Jazz Studies is an integral part of the music department at the University of Wyoming. The program is
anchored on a strong curriculum of academic jazz courses, in addition to providing many opportunities
to perform on and off campus in a variety of venues, including concerts, festivals, and clinics. Courses
such as Jazz Improvisation/Theory, Jazz Arranging, Jazz History, and Jazz Techniques provide students
with a comprehensive understanding of the significance of jazz in contemporary culture, while partici-
pation in the instrumental jazz ensembles, vocal jazz ensemble, and jazz combos allow students to put
practice into experience.
The Jazz Studies program is available for all undergraduate and graduate students and complements the
outstanding traditional music curriculum. Students are able to supplement their music education with a
broad jazz curriculum that helps prepare them for a variety of situations in music whether as an educator
or performer.
UW Symphony
The UW Symphony’s season was full of outstanding repertoire, highlighted by a perfor-
mance of Prokofiev’s monumental fifth symphony. Their “Appassionata Season” also in-
cluded Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, the Siegfried’s Funeral Music from Wagner’s
Götterdämmerung, and much more, after opening the season with the Festive Overture by
Shostakovich. On the contemporary side, they did two Brazilian works: Museu da Incon-
ficência by Cesar Peixe and Psalmus by João Ripper; the Liebermann Trumpet concerto;
and two Libby Larsen works, each performed at two concerts: Overture: Parachutes
Daning and What the Monster Saw. Other solo works on the season were Mozart’s Envira
Madigan Concerto and Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer. Finally, eight students were finalists
on our Jacoby Competition, won by pianist Rui Gao playing the Liszt E-flat major
concerto.
In addition to the regular four subscription concerts, the UWSO played for an all-
department Libby Larsen concert, their annual children’s concert, and of course the Gala
Holiday Concerts. Look for the UWSO in Lander come November, when they will be part
of the Wyoming Arts Council’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Faculty News Nicole Lamartine, highlights, 2016-2017
Conductor, Association for Music in International Schools Men’s Honor Choir, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Conductor, Oregon Men’s All-State Choir, Eugene, OR
Conductor, Montana All-State Mixed Choir, Great Falls, MT
President, NW American Choral Directors Association (3000 members)
Performer and Creator, “Buddha and the Breath,” with Jeff Selden, Lisa Rickard, and Margaret Wilson. Performed on the Faculty Recit-
al Series and at the Shepard Symposium on Social Justice
Conductor, Chor Anno, semi-professional choir in Vancouver, WA (performances in Vancouver and Longview, WA)
Clinician and Adjudicator, Central Washington University Fall Choral Classic (40 high school choirs)
Clinician and Adjudicator, Greeley Jazz festival
Presenter, WMEA, “What the Men Need,” and “Lifting Weights and Lifting Students”
Clinician and Adjudicator, SW District Solo and Ensemble Festival
Conductor, SE District Honor Choir
Choral Area Highlights, 2016-2017
Happy Jacks sang for the Colorado Rockies baseball game against the Chicago Cubs
Bel Canto was selected to perform on the WMEA Opening Night Concert in Cody, WY and completed a tour to Billings, MT
The UW Singing Statesmen toured to Colorado and gave clinics and exchanges at Estes Park High School and Colorado State University
The Happy Jacks toured in January to Cody, Billings, and Boise, ID
The Happy Jacks toured in May to Colorado Springs, Longmont, Estes Park, CO
The UW Collegiate Chorale was one of two collegiate invited performing choirs at the NW NAfME Conference in Bellevue, WA
The Rocky Mountain Festival of Voices hosted about 100 high school students in clinics, workshops, and performances with UW Choirs
The first ever MANCAMP hosted 35 young men from elementary through high school grades in a two-day festival devoted to male
ensemble singing
The first ever “Wyoming Women of Song” developed the singing, musical, and ensemble skills of 65 high school women
Percussion Area Highlights, 2016-2017
The UW percussion area hosted Snarky Puppy percussionist and 3-time Grammy winner Nate Werth for a two-day residency in April,
2017
The UW Percussion Ensemble performed a joint concert with Nate Werth and the Denver School of the Arts Percussion Ensemble at
Dazzle Jazz in April, 2016
The UW Steel Pan Band performed the first ever UW Steel Band Dance Party at Shocktoberfest in November, 2016
The UW Percussion Ensemble performed a clinic at the Percussive Arts Society Wyoming Day of Percussion at in April, 2017 at Casper
College
The UW Percussion Ensemble premiered 4 arrangements for percussion ensemble written by UW percussion instructor Ed Breazeale
UW percussionist Larry Shaw was selected as the "Most Outstanding Drum Set Performer" at 2017 UNC/Greely Jazz Festival
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