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presents the
Carrie Samford GilesEarl PeacockSpann-Freeman
Fine Arts Scholarship Auditions
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 5 PM
Opelika Center for the Performing Arts
The Arts Association of East Alabama
Fine Arts Scholarship Auditions
Scholarship Candidates
Rachel Cason, dance
Joshua Gillen, saxophone
Twanavious Menafield, voice, piano, & drama
Kathryn Spain, voice & drama
Sylvia Wehrs,piano & violin
Kevin Xu,piano
Scholarship Committee
Carolyn Moore, co-chairFrances Capps-Palmer, co-chair
Application Judges
Frances Capps-PalmerKathy Johnston
Carolyn Moore
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Audition Judges
Mark DeGoti is the newly appointed Assistant Professor of
Trumpet at Auburn
University. Prior to joining the faculty at Auburn, Dr. DeGoti
taught at Eastern Illinois
University in Charleston, IL for several years. He received his
Doctorate of Music in Brass
Pedagogyat the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In
addition, he holds aMaster of Music in Trumpet Performance from
Indiana University and prior to that, he
received a Bachelor of Music both in Trumpet Performance and
Music Theory from the
University of Michigan. Dr. DeGoti has maintained an active
performing career while
teaching. He has played with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra,
Owensboro Symphony
Orchestra, Peoria Symphony, and the Auburn Brass Trio. He has
also collaborated with
artistssuch as Leanne Rimes, The Tommy Dorsey Band, The
Indianapolis Chamber
Brass, and The Michigan Brass. Dr. DeGoti can be heard on
several recordings with the
Owensboro Symphony as well as on the Klavier Records label with
the Philharmonia
Vent
Kathryn Floyd is an assistant professor of art history at Auburn
University where she
teaches courses in modern and contemporary art, as well as in
the history of the arts of
Africa and the United States. She has a B.A. degree in fine arts
and anthropology from
Vanderbilt University, an M.A. degree in art history from the
University of Georgia, and a
Ph.D. in art history from the University of Iowa where her
dissertation won the
Graduate Deans' Distinguished Dissertation Prize in the
Humanities for 2006. Dr. Floyd's
research is concerned with the historyof art in modern Germany,
in particular the
history of art exhibitions in the twentieth century. She was
also the 2011 recipient of the
Auburn University SGA Outstanding Faculty Member Award for the
College of Liberal
Arts.
Heather May holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History, Literature and
Criticism from
Indiana University (Bloomington), an M.A. in Drama from
Washington University(St. Louis), and a B.A. in Theatre from
Grinnell College. She just completed herfourth year as an Assistant
Professor at Auburn University where she teaches arange of courses
from Introduction to Theatre,Theatre History, StageManagement, to
Directing. She is a stage management member of Actors'
EquityAssociation and a professional director. Her most recent work
as a director,MACHINAL, was seen on the stage of the Telfair Peet
Theatre, where she has alsodirected productions of THE AMERICA
PLAY, STILL LIFE WITH IRIS, and INTIMATEAPPAREL. Outside of Auburn,
she received rave reviews in the WASHINGTONPOST for her production
of WHY WE HAVE A BODY at The Theatre Conspiracy inWashington, D.C.
Her work has been seen on stages in Bloomington, IN; Grinnell,IA;
Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis, MO. Her scholarship is in the
performance ofrace and gender on the nineteenth-century American
stage, with a particularspecialization in female impersonation in
late American minstrelsy.
The Arts Association of East Alabama
Scholarship Program
From its founding in 1966, The Arts Association of East Alabama
has
awarded annual scholarships to deserving students to enhance
theirexperiences in the arts. Since 1983, the scholarships have
been designatedfor auditioned high school seniors to support
enriching arts opportunities atthe college of their choice. The
Carrie Samford Giles Scholarship, The EarlPeacock Scholarship, and
The Spann-Freeman Scholarship are offeredannually in the amount of
$1,000 each.
The late Carrie Samford Giles was a well-known organist in
Atlanta,Georgia. According to a former student, Miss Carrie kept
music alive inOpelika. She taught piano and was the organist at The
First UnitedMethodist Church of Opelika for many years. Teaching
piano lessons in herstudio located next to her home on North Ninth
Street, her love of musicinfluenced many students. She died in 1984
at the age of 104.
Earl Peacock was born and educated in Opelika and received
hisBachelors Degree in Architecture from Auburn University. His
work isevidenced in a number of buildings in East Alabama which he
designed orrenovated, as well as private homes. Included are the
Lewis Cooper Jr.Memorial Library, Farmers National Bank (now J.
Smith Lanier), and FirstFederal Savings and Loan (now BB&T). He
was the charter vice-president ofthe Opelika Arts Association, and
a member of the Board of Directors formany years. He was also a
gifted artist, working mainly in oils and acrylics,teaching art at
Southern Union. He died in 1983 at age 54.
The Spann-Freeman Scholarship was founded by Sherry andRichard
Freeman of Opelika in memory of their parents who encouragedtheir
children in music, drama, and scholarship. Ruth Spann, of Moss
Point,
Mississippi, was the co-founder to that areas Community Concert
series inthe 1950s, and was an elementary school teacher for many
years.
1032 South Railroad Avenue
Opelika AL 36801
www.eastalabamaarts.org
