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groundbreaking ceremony during theschool's annual homecoming weekend.When completed, the two-phase projectwill satisfy a half-century need anddream for adequate facilities to housethe music program. The first phase of the project,which will cost six million dollars, willbe a three-story building constructed onthe site of the present primary buildingfor the department, which nowconducts its program in four differentbuildings. Although at street level itwill appear to be two stories, thebuilding site is on the crest of a hill thatdrops sharply and facilitates a thirdbasement-level floor with full daylightexposure and walk-in access. The building will include fiveteaching studios, a large two-story

instrumental rehearsal area for bandand orchestra, a large classroom, twolarge practice rooms suitable forchamber music ensembles, threemedium-sized practice rooms, and apercussion studio/practice room. Otherfeatures include a music library andthree ensemble libraries, a chair'soffice, administrative offices for themusic program, a robing room, andstorage for private and universityinstruments.

he choir will continue to rehearse atan atrium located in nearby SligoChurch. The atrium, which seats

150 and can be expanded for overflowaudiences, is conveniently locateddiagonally across the street from thepresent music building. Anaesthetically attractive setting withmarble surfaces, excellent acoustics,and a grand piano, it will continue toserve as a recital hall until phase two

of the music building is completed.The recital hall in the phase-twobuilding, which will be locatedadjacent to the phase-one building, willinclude a pipe organ and serve as thechoral rehearsal area. Placing the new building at thelocation of the present music buildingprovides easy access to a nearby largeparking area that will provideadequate parking for students, faculty,and concertgoers who attend programsin the present atrium and the futurerecital hall.

he building, designed by thearchitect firm Imai Keller Moore inBoston, draws minimally on

preliminary architectural plans from pastwork (size of rooms, scope of the project)done by another architectural firm in thelate 1990s. IKM's principal architect forthe project, Martha Ondras, who is

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unding for the new building iscoming from two sources. Thestate of Maryland is providing

2.5 million with the understandingthat the school will match that amountand it will be completed within a year.The university board voted thatamount and an additional million.Although initially half a milliondollars was to be used for purchase ofinstruments and furnishings, it wasdecided to use the full allotment offunds to gain additional space andcover increasing construction costs.

s the first new building inthirty years and hopefully thefirst of several needed to

upgrade the campus and its facilities,the music project is creatingexcitement and optimism at the

university about thefuture. In the 1970sand 1980s, there wereserious questions aboutthe school's survivalbecause of enrollmentdeclines and itslocation, which led toan actual proposal tomerge CUC withAtlantic Union Collegeand relocate to anotherarea. Changes in collegeand music leadership inthe 1990s, however, ledto a renewal ofcommitment as theschool celebrated itscentennial in 2003 and2004, with musicplaying a major role inimproving the school'simage in those yearsand in celebrating thatimportant milestone In this current year,a 47% increase in thefreshman class and a 19%

stin Max Ferdinand, and vicepresident for Academic Affairs JohnAnderson, Ph.D., what has resulted isa moving contribution to the musicarena that will surely find its rightfulplace among the annals of inspiredcompositions.

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AA CCuullttuurraall AAddvvaannttaaggee .. .. ..Washington Adventist University, founded in1904, was the ninth college to be established inAmerica by the Seventh-day Adventist church.Initially named Washington Training College, itwas renamed Washington Foreign MissionSeminary in 1907, and, in 1914, WashingtonMissionary College. The name was changed in1961 to Columbia Union College and its presentname was adopted in 2009. From the beginning, even with a programmeant specifically to train persons for missionservice, the importance of music was stressed.By the time the school was reorganized in 1914as Washington Missionary College and beganoffering college level work, music had becamea popular area of study. That fact and the cultural offerings in theWashington area, easily reached with a five-cent trolley car ride, were listed in promotionalarticles about the school. The school's locationled to an enviable ongoing cultural advantagethat has benefited the college's music programfor over a century. Today the music ensemblesat WAU have become an important part ofmusical life in the nation's capital, frequentlyperforming in the most distinguished venues inthe city.

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the campus, was renovated toinclude a rehearsal and classroomarea, studios, and practice rooms. This arrangement continued fortwo decades, until a Music StudioAnnex became the building formusic, with the choir rehearsing innearby Sligo church, finished threeyears earlier, in 1944. The Annex,later called the Music Hall, hasbeen in use for more than 60 years.It, with a former residence nowknown as the Music Annex, anatrium in Sligo church, and a wingof the men's dormitory house themusic program. TThhee MMuussiicc HHaallll

In its beginnings, music at what isnow Washington AdventistUniversity afforded limitedopportunities in keyboard, groupexperiences, and music instruction.As the program evolved, it wasfinally given a home in 1919 in abuilding called the "SunshineCottage," a small, noisy building onthe far edge of campus. Ensemblesrehearsed in the auditorium ofColumbia Hall, the main collegebuilding located on the other side ofcampus. In the 1927-28 school year,the basement of Central Hall, a largewooden building in the center of

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increase in overall enrollment,the largest ever at WAU and the

largest this year within the circleof Adventist colleges and

universities, have energized theschool. Dan Shultz, att. 1956-57

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Clemen Hamer 1908-17 Frances Perce Stratton 1917-19 James W. Osborn 1920-28 Victor Johnson 1928-34 Williard F. Shadel 1934-37 George W. Greer 1937-43 Minnie Iverson-Wood 1943-46

Larry Otto 1977-79Robert Young 1979-84Leland Tetz 1984-90Jon Gilbertson 1990-92Paul Hill 1992-94James Bingham 1994-

Oliver S. Beltz 1946-52Minnie Iverson-Wood 1952-55Elmer Testerman 1955-58Glenn Cole 1958-62Paul Hill 1962-70Lyle Jewell 1970-74Leland Tetz 1974-77

The Washington Adventist University choir and orchestra in a recent performance

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Clemen Hamer* 1908-17 Frances Perce Stratton 1917-19 James W. Osborn* 1920-28 Victor Johnson* 1928-34 Williard F. Shadel* 1934-37 George W. Greer* 1937-43 Minnie Iverson-Wood* 1943-46

Oliver S. Beltz* 1946-52 Minnie Iverson-Wood* 1952-55Elmer Testerman* 1955-58Glenn Cole 1958-62Paul Hill* 1962-70Lyle Jewell* 1970-74Leland Tetz 1974-77

Larry Otto* 1977-79Robert Young 1979-84Leland Tetz 1984-90Jon Gilbertson 1990-92Paul Hill* 1992-94James Bingham* 1994- *biographies at www.iamaonline.com

BBaannddMinor Day Plumb* 1951-57Norman Krogstad* 1957-62Frederick L. Lorenz 1962-65Adell Haughey Claypool* 1965-78David WorkmanBruce Wilson* 1998-

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Ethel Knight Casey

Betty Christensen

Florence Clarambeau

Harold O. Doering

D. Robert Edwards

Harold Hannum

Yvonne Caro Howard

Van D. Knauss

Barbara Childs Knox

Elmore McMurphy

Harold A. Miller

Charles L. Pierce

Jane Summerour Ralls

Verna Schuster-Metcalfe

Michael J. Stepniak

Neil A. Tilkens

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Gladys Manchester Walin

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Pages 1-3 reprinted with permission from the Winter/Spring 2010 issue of Notes, newsletter of theInternational Adventist Musicians Association PO Box 476, College Place, WA 99324

Washington Adventist UniversityMusic Building Floor Plans

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