Mansfield University Fall 2012 Department of Music NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID Mansfield University MANSFIELD, PA PERMIT NO. 3 Butler Music Center 18 Campus View Dr Mansfield PA 16933 We are attempting to distribute the Cadenza primarily electronically. If we have your email, you probably won’t be receiving a hard copy. T hirty-two women from the Mansfield University Concert Choir musical was staged this spring at Mansfield University in Straughn Hall. performed as the Nuns Chorus in a concert of “The Sound of Music” On Sunday, April 22, the MU women arrived at Carnegie Hall and spent presented in Carnegie Hall on April 24. two days in rehearsal before the performance on April 24. They were treated Rob Fisher, an internationally known artist in American music and musical like royalty, warmly greeted by the stars of the show and Carnegie staff, given theatre, conducted the production. He has directed and produced other similar presents and backstage passes; in other words, recognized as artists. Upon performances at Lincoln Center and supervised Broadway revivals of Anything entering the hall, they were overwhelmed by the elegance and beauty of Goes, Hair, The Apple Tree, and Wonderful Town and received a Grammy Award this most famous of American concert venues. Being on stage for all of the for Chicago. rehearsals and the performance gave the MU women a powerful glimpse of The Carnegie Hall production of The Sound of Music also featured numerous everything that goes into making great stage performances. The process of Broadway veterans, including Laura Osnes, Brooke Shields, Tony Goldwyn, preparing for the production was as enjoyable as the thrill of the performance Patrick Page, Veanne Cox, and Metropolitan Opera star mezzo-soprano itself! Stephanie Blythe. Several students commented in a journal reflecting on their experience: All of the expenses were covered by the Carnegie Foundation for the Danielle Montgomery, who played Maria in the MU production, said: “At Mansfield women and their director, Peggy Dettwiler, who were invited by Rob our first rehearsal I was blown away with the way we sounded singing in the Fisher to be a part of the cast. The story behind their invitation is unique. hall; at our second rehearsal I was blown away with the professional actors “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The typical answer is “practice, practice, and actresses who were in the cast. One thing that really struck me was their practice!” But the women of the Concert Choir at Mansfield University found amazing personalities. They were not only talented, but funny and kind as out that first you have to practice, then go to Wales and win an international well. The entire cast and crew received our choir very well and treated us like choral competition. Which they did! The Mansfield folks reached it by a professionals.” circuitous road: the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. Daniela DiBenedetto, who is completing a music business degree and was One of the judges in Llangollen was Rob Fisher—conductor, producer, Liesl in the MU production, wrote; “One of my favorite parts about the whole and artistic director in New York City—who liked the women’s voices from experience was getting to see professional musicians and directors at work.” Mansfield so much (they were awarded First Prize in the competition in Wales) Another member of the MU nuns chorus, Sarah Eline wrote: “It is hard that he thought they might serve as the “Chorus of the Nuns” in a concert- to put into words just exactly how moving, touching and amazing the whole E-mail or Write Us! production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music he was planning experience was of being able to perform in and on the stage of Carnegie Hall. Our readers and faculty like to hear from you. Please write something about your professional or as a fundraiser for Carnegie Hall for the spring of 2012. The most breathtaking part was not the stars, the famous stage or the fact that personal life. E-mail: [email protected] • Mail: Joe Murphy, Music Department,Butler, Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA 16933. Contact was established in the fall of 2011. Mansfield University authorities we performed the Sound of Music. No, it was the sudden silence, then roar gave their approval to whisk students away from studies close to the end of of applause that we, the Women’s Choir of Mansfield University, received after Name ____________________________________________Class ___________email the school year, and plans proceeded for an unforgettable encounter with many months of hard work and dedication.” the glamorous world of Carnegie Hall, one of the most historical of American The Sound of Music performance was hailed by the press as well as the VIPs concert halls. Tchaikovsky conducted there, and so did Dvořák and Mahler of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Estate and the Carnegie Foundation. And our News: ____________________________________________________________ more than a hundred years ago. To reinforce the educational experience, the Mansfield women were specifically mentioned by each one! Continued on page 3... Faculty Evan News 2012 musiC Drachman DepartmeNt MUSIC FACULTY: Cello Dr. William Myrick Goode (emeritus), 86, of Endless Mountain Music Festival and singing a concert with Steve McEuen, 1977 Williamsport, died on Feb. 22, 2012, at Valley View Nursing the Almost World Famous Wellsboro Town Band! trombone/euphonium Center, Montoursville. Born Dec. 4, 1925, in Birmingham, September Recital Kenneth Sarch was invited to teach on the Faculty of Michael Galloway, 1980 Ala., he was a son of Edwin R. and Martha (Myrick) Goode. 9 3:00 p.m. Dr. Rose & Dr. Gregorich Faculty Recital the CMI Chamber Music Institute in Richmond, Virginia trumpet, jazz Bill received a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University during July. He was also invited to play a recital July 16 3:00 p.m. Last Writes, Nancy Boston Faculty Piano Recital Sunday 28-29 7:30 p.m. Prism Concert Joseph Murphy, 1987 and received his PhD in music education from Indiana 19 on the BRUTON PARISH Concert Series in Colonial 29 1:00 p.m. Marching Band Home Game - 1890’s Weekend September 30 saxophone University. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Williamsburg with Yvonne Mitchell-Sarch, harpsichord 30 2:30 p.m. Evan Drachman, Guest Cello Recital 2:30 PM assistant chair, chair 1996-02 William had worked as a music professor at Mansfield and Rebecca Davy, Bruton Parish organist. The program Young Kim, 1988 University from 1962-88. He was a member of MENSA and consisted of sonatas by Corelli and Tartini, Samuel Adler’s October Steadman Theater in Taipei and giving recitals in 1 8:00 p.m. Jeff Herriott and Trevor Martin, Guest percussion & electronics voice the American Liszt Society. He enjoyed collecting comics, “Meadowmountetudes”, Adagio from Walter Piston’s 7 2:00 p.m. Saxophone Studio Recital Cellist Evan Drachman is the Hong Kong and Macau. In 1994, Nancy Boston, 1989 old movies, stamps, opera and photography. Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord, and the Vitali Ciaccona 11 8:00 p.m. Tami Tango Trio, Guest Performance Founder and Artistic Director of Mr. Drachman performed with the piano Nate Rinnert, Andrew Walters and Shellie Gregorich with organ. The Sarches also performed the recital on July 13 1:00 p.m. Marching Band Home Game – Homecoming the Piatigorsky Foundation. The Odessa Philharmonic in Odessa and Susan Laib, 1989 were granted promotion effective this coming academic 8 at the GMEINER Art Museum in Wellsboro, PA. In June, 13 7:30 p.m. Prism Concert Foundation’s mission is to make Kiev. In July 1997, at the invitation of double reeds year! Ken was invited to perform at the opening of the Obama 14 2:30 p.m. Fall Orchestra Concert live classical music a part of the Mstislav Rostropovich, he returned fabric of everyday life, especially for Campaign Headquarters in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. His 14 7:00 p.m. Octubafest to Russia to perform as soloist with Peggy Dettwiler, 1990 Christine Moulton, flute, can be heard on a Manhattan communities who would otherwise program for the event was “Variations on My Country Tis 26 8:00 p.m. Jazz Ensemble & Mansfieldians Concert the St. Petersburg Philharmonic director of choral activities, Chamber Orchestra recording by Keuka Classics in a piece not have the opportunity to hear it. of Thee’ for solo violin, Duke Ellington’s In A Sentimental 27 1:00 p.m. Marching Band Home Game – Senior Day under Maestro Rostropovich at the conducting for flute and strings by Richard Auldon Clark. Find Trail Of Mood with bassist Chalie Holmes, and Marcella Henry’s 28 3:00 p.m. Choral College Concert The organization is named for Evan Second World Cello Congress. Kenneth Sarch, 1995 Tears on CD Baby. She will be performing that piece and a National Colors Rag with his violin student, Jesse Thompson. 28 7:00 p.m. 2012 Octoboefest! Drachman’s grandfather, the cellist Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Gregor Piatigorsky. violin, viola, string ensembles piece she commissioned with her cellist husband for flute Evan Drachman studied at the Andrew Walters’ music was presented at several November In 1999, Mr. Drachman Adam Brennan, 1995 and cello by Tae Sakamoto at the National Flute Convention Peabody Conservatory, the New conferences and concerts around the country. The 2 All Day Young Men’s Choral Fest released his first solo CD, A Frog director of bands, conducting in Las Vegas in August. Mansfield University student saxophone quartet Murphy’s 9-11 7:30 p.m. The Tender Land by Aaron Copland, Straughn, Sunday 2:30 He Went a Courting, with pianist England Conservatory, and the Curtis Institute of Music. His chair 2002-08 Voice professor Alissa Rose was honored to be a Law gave the world premiere of a movement from Walters’ 10 3:00 p.m. Kenneth Tse, Guest Saxophone Recital Richard Dowling. The Baltimore principal teachers were Stephen Shellie Gregorich, 1999 part of the National Association of Teachers of Singing saxophone quartet no. 2 at the US Navy Band Saxophone 11 7:30 p.m. Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Lab Band Concert Sun’s Steven Wigler wrote of the Kates, Laurence Lesser, Luis theory, piano 2012 Intern Program this summer in Ft. Collins, CO. Symposium. Beth Griffith premiered his short solo vocal 1128 72::0300 pp..mm.. TCuobnac eGrut eWst iAndr tEisnt,s 4e:m30b lwe oCroknshcoerpt raebcuonrddainngc:e “tDwroa cqhumalainti epso fsosre swsehsi cinh Garcia-Renart, William Pleeth, chair 2008- For the program, NATS selects 12 teachers from across work, Sardoodledom, for the Vox Novus Fifteen Minutes 18 7:00 p.m. String Chamber Orchestra Concert his grandfather was revered: the and Orlando Cole. He has spent Sheryl Monkelien, 2001 the country with less than five years of full-time teaching of Fame in New York City in September of 2011. Flautist 19 7:00 p.m. Brass Band & Percussion Ensemble Concert ability to make the cello imitate the his summers performing at music music education, vocal jazz, experience, and brings them together for ten days with Rebecca Ashe gave a performance of his piece Moth to 26 7:30 p.m. Judith Saxton/Timothy Martin, Trumpet & human singing voice and, even more festivals including Aspen, Yale at musical theater four internationally renowned master teachers of voice. Dr. Flame for flute and electroacoustic playback for the 2011 Organ Guest Artist Recital important, the ability to tell a story”. Norfolk, the Park City International Nathan Rinnert, 2003 Rose especially enjoyed getting to know and work with Dr. Electronic Music Midwest conference. Walters’ piece 30 7:30 p.m. Holiday Choral Concert – Since graduating from the Curtis Music Festival, the Banff Center for marching band, tuba, Monkelien’s former voice teacher, Dr. Donald Simonson. Pushing Buttons was performed by saxophonist Eric Holiday Music Down Through the Ages Institute of Music in 1988, Mr. the Arts in Canada, Prussia Cove music education Dr. Rose is also enjoying the opportunity to perform this Honour as part of the Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts December Drachman has appeared regularly in Aldeburgh, England and at the David Wetzel, 2004 summer, presenting a recital with Dr. Nancy Boston at the Alliance concert. 1-2 7:30 p.m. Holiday Choral Concert – as soloist with orchestras, in recitals Cennina Music Festival in Italy. and chamber music performances Mr. Drachman has a special love Holiday Music Down Through the Ages clarinet, technology, across the United States. He has for Alaska and returns frequently 2 2:30 p.m. Winter Orchestra Concert music business Alumni also played recitals in India, Great to perform for the Sitka Summer News 6 6:30 p.m. Chamber Singer’s Dinner Concert Christine Moulton, 2004 Britain, Sweden, Italy and Canada. Music Festival at the invitation of flute, piano class He toured the Far East as soloist with the Festival’s founder, violinist Paul Rebecca Dodson-Webster, 2005 Art Carichner (’78) retired in June of last year from student conductor with the Concert Choir and a founding the Chinese-American Symphony Rosenthal. French horn, music history 34 years as Band Director at Horseheads High School. He member of the Wind Ensemble Brass Quintet. He earned Andrew Walters, 2007 was recently chosen as New York State’s Distinguished a BM in Music Theory/Composition in 1983 and was News Double Reed Studio music theory/technology/ Retired Band Director, and was honored in Syracuse awarded a full scholarship to pursue a master’s degree from the MU composition in March. For several years he served the New York at the Boston Conservatory. He received his PhD from the Jeff Jacobsen 2008 Allstate Bands, including chairman and assistant chair. In University of Kentucky in Policy Studies and Evaluation Dr. Laib and 3 students traveled to western Ohio in July guest students will perform several works at the opening of the evening and completed additional studies at Harvard University for the 41st Annual conference of the International Double Reed program. If interested, please contact Sue Laib at 570-662-4723 or orchestra, low strings, retirement he enjoys adjudicating for NYSSMA and assist focusing on critical issues in higher education. Ploskonka Society. The convention was held at Miami University in Oxford, [email protected]. music education junior student teachers. OH, and the participating students were recent graduates Ben Double Reed Alumni News: began his career as an administrator at SUNY-Oswego Ben Bradley will be the Alissa Rose, 2008 Dr. James Ploskonka ‘83 while also serving as an adjunct professor and member Bradley, bassoon, and Kelsey Fish, oboe, and senior Megan Jones, graduate assistant in bassoon at Carnegie Mellon University and Kelsey voice oboe. They spent 5 days attending non-stop recitals, master received the Distinguished Fish will be the graduate assistant in oboe at Penn State University for of the faculty brass quintet. Then worked at the University classes, and lectures presented by double reed players Todd Ranney, 2009 fall 2012. 2010 MU alum, bassoonist Max Grube, received his MM Educator Award at the Alumni of Kentucky. Currently, he oversees four campuses in Ohio from all over the world. voice from Arizona State University last spring, performed in a bassoon quartet Weekend this past June. While in his leadership and senior management role with Bryant Octoboefest! 2012 will be held on Octoboe from ASU at the IDRS convention this summer, and will be entering the Eric Carlin, 2011 at Mansfield, Ploskonka was a & Stratton College that serves over 15,000 students. 28, with a concert of double reed chamber music DMA program at the Eastman School of Music this fall. Meanwhile, Juli guitar member of Phi Mu Alpha, Concert Ploskonka is the father of three boys and lives in Seven at 7 pm in Steadman Theatre and a chamber Schenck, MU ’09, will begin her second year on her DMA as the grad music workshop for interested junior high and assistant in bassoon at Louisiana State Univ, and received her MM from Wind Ensemble, College Orchestra, Hills, Ohio, with his wife Elaine. high school double reeders from 2-5 pm. The Eastman in 2011. 2 7 Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra ...continued from page 1 In a personal letter, Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director for Carnegie still very fresh in my mind and I’m still getting compliments about it. A couple Hall, wrote to ettwiler: “Congratulations on your truly magnificent performance of hours ago I ran into Bruce Pomahac, who is chief of music at Rogers and The 2012-2013 Season Repertoire in our presentation of ‘The Sound of Music’ on April 24…. The music of the nuns Hammerstein, and he was going on about the concert as if it had been last night: was truly ethereal.” how much he liked the tempos, the orchestra, the singing--then he grabbed (with exception of some solo “The musical highlight of the evening was sung by the women of the Mansfield my shoulders and looked me in the eyes and said, “and those nuns! They were pieces) and calendar are listed University Concert Choir. As the chorus of nuns, they were staged in several the best nuns ever!” This is a man who’s heard every major and most minor below. Please add the dates to corners and levels within the Carnegie Hall seating areas for their opening productions of Sound of Music for the last several decades. ‘Preludium.’ The beautiful a capella sounds coming at the ear from various It was heavenly for me to stand there listening all night long. Thank you for your personal calendar and heights and distances was thrilling to hear.” (Michael Dale in Broadwayworld. making the opening work so beautifully, everyone loved that a lot. This was the inform your family and friends com) realization of a dream I had in Wales. When you opened your mouths to sing at so we can fill the auditorium “Special mention to the Women of the Mansfield University Concert Choir, who the Eisteddfod, I knew that’s the way the nuns should sound. Really that music supplied breathtaking renditions of the liturgical music in the show.” (The Theatre could not be performed better. I am dazzled by your commitment to sound, with adoring fans. Orchestra Aficionado at Large) pitch, musicianship, and emotion. You are a dream come true.” (Rob Fisher, rehearsals are held Tuesdays from “It’s hard to believe that it’s been four weeks since the performance, it is conductor of the production) 4:30 to 5:20 PM and Wednesdays three Concert Choir wins Gold Medals at the WORLD CHOIR GAMES from 6:30 to 9:00 PM in Steadman Auditorium. Please feel free to The Mansfield University Concert Choir was one of 362 choirs from 64 countries around the drop by and enjoy this dedicated world to participate in the 5th World Choir Games held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in early July. The choir competed in three categories and won Gold Medals in each one: Musica Sacra, Folklore group of fine young musicians. and Mixed Youth Choir. They were one of only two American choirs to receive three Gold Medals in these games. 167 choirs from the United States participated. 60 groups came from Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra Repertoire for 2012-2013 China, alone. The motto of the World Choir games is “Singing together brings nations together!” Because the MU Concert Choir won two championships and placed second in the Mixed Prism Youth Category at the World Choir Games four years ago in Graz, Austria, the Mansfield students The Ever Fixed Mark by Mark Maroney were invited to go straight to the championship rounds. Peggy Dettwiler, director, said that the competition was particularly intense this year with the Fall Alumni Concert judges awarding more Bronze and Silver rankings than ever before. In order to receive a Gold Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms Medal in a championship round, a choir must achieve at least 81 of 100 points accumulated The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams from seven judges on an international jury. featuring Andrew Jones (Class of 2011), Violin Specifically, the 52-member Concert Choir was awarded a Gold Medal in the Folklore Dance Rhythms Dance Rhythms by Wallingford Riegger category, placing fourth among 25 choirs and ranking just behind the top choir from Venezuela Hoe Down by Aaron Copland and two choirs from China. The MU Choir placed second among 12 choirs in the Mixed Youth Choir category, just behind the champion from China. In the Musica Sacra division, the Concert Choir was among only 12 of 28 choirs competing in this category to achieve the ranking of Gold. Winter Concert In addition, the 2012 Concert Choir gave their performance of a lifetime in the Corbett Theatre of the School for Creative and Performing Arts as a part of the World Choir Russian Easter Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Games special events. This completely sold-out concert, entitled “Voices of Gold” also featured choirs from the Czech Republic and China. The enthusiastic audience gave Guest Artist – Dr. Michael Galloway, Trumpet the Concert Choir three separate spontaneous standing ovations! Symphony No. 8 in G Major by Antonín Dvorák In addition, through the efforts of Mansfield alumna Michelle Conda and her husband, Bob, the MU Choir gave a full concert in St. Catherine of Siena Church. The beautiful setting and spectacular acoustics provided a wonderful opportunity for the group to sing all of their repertoire for an enthusiastic audience before entering into Spring Concert competition. Symphony No. 2 in D Major by Jean Sibelius The MU group’s musical program at the Games featured a wide variety of works with contrast in styles and choral colors including music from the Renaissance, 19th and Student Solo Competition Winner’s Concert 20th centuries, and selections from the American folk and spiritual traditions. Most of the choir’s performances are available to watch on YouTube! Type in the name(s) Rosamunde Overture in C Minor, D. 644 by Franz Schubert Mansfield University Concert Choir and/or Peggy Dettwiler. Also, the results of all the World Choir Games competitions can be viewed at: http://www.interkultur.com/ competitions-festivals/world-choir-games/cincinnati-2012/results/. CHORAL CUES Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra Calendar …. by Peggy Dettwiler, Director of Choral Activities The Mansfield University choral Mansfieldians, Men’s Chorus, and the Concert through 2011 will resound from Steadman Concert Choir will tour to Washington, DC. Prism ConCert Friday & Saturday, September 28-29 Steadman Auditorium 7:30 PM ensembles begin the Fall semester after Choir will all appear in the Annual Choral Theatre on November 30, and December 1st And mark your calendars for the return Saturday, October 13 Steadman Auditorium 7:30 PM a fabulous year of music-making! The Collage on October 28. The program presents & 2nd. The finale, “Musicological Journey of the American Spiritual Ensemble to the Fall alumni ConCert Sunday, October 14 Steadman Theater 2:30 PM Concert Choir’s much-lauded performance a variety of musical styles including Gospel Through the Twelve Days of Christmas,” sung Steadman stage on Monday, February 18! orChestra and for the ACDA Eastern Division convention in and Spiritual arrangements from the USA! by the combined choirs, incorporates familiar This ensemble of professional singers will Our Annual Young Men’s Choral Festival musical styles throughout music history and Wind ensemble tour Wednesday - Friday, November 14-16 February helped to spread the word about our provide an unforgettable evening of music will bring Dr. Christopher Kiver and the Penn includes a surprise ending! Winter ConCert Sunday, December 2 Steadman Theater 2:30 PM fine music program throughout the Northeast. State Glee Club to campus for a day of male During the spring semester, the Festival from the American spiritual tradition to The Concert Choir continued to create ConduCting symPosium Friday, February 22, 2013 Steadman Theater TBA chorus singing on November 2nd. And the Chorus will perform Karl Jenkins’, The Armed celebrate Black History Month. We heard wonderful musical presentations on the stages Saturday, February 23, 2013 Steadman Theater TBA Concert Choir will participate for the first time Man: A Mass for Peace.” The mass powerfully them twice before and they blew us away with of Carnegie Hall and in Cincinnati, Ohio, for sPring ConCert Sunday, February 24, 2013 Steadman Theater TBA in an opera production, The Tender Land by portrays the horrors of war through the their powerful performances! the World Choir Games. You can read about Aaron Copland from November 9 to 11. use of brass and percussion. It has been student solo ComPetition their performances in this issue of Cadenza. The theme for this year’s three holiday performed throughout the world to critical I hope that you will be able to join us for Winner’s ConCert Sunday, May 5, 2013 Steadman Theater 2:30 PM Now, we must move on to create more musical choral concerts is “Holiday Music Down acclaim. In March, our vocal jazz ensemble, what promises to be a great year of music- highs and fond memories during the next Through The Ages.” Music for men’s, the Mansfieldians, will head to Dallas, Texas, making. Note the enclosed calendar of events For further information please contact: Dr. Jeffrey R. Jacobsen, Artistic Director/Conductor academic year. women’s, and mixed choirs that was to participate in the National Convention of the or visit the Music Department web site for The Festival Chorus, Women’s Chorus, composed as far back as the 6th century American Choral Directors Association and the exact dates and times. 6 3 Jazz Jazz News News The Mansfieldians have been to Edinburgh and London over spring break. Flying out - a jazz club in Soho. We were there a week or so and made the trip unbelievably rewarding. They got to sing with them and Jazz Ensemble got to play selected to perform at the American of Newark, the Mansfieldians, Jazz Ensemble, assorted after Jim Snidero and a few weeks before Wynton. I played and sang beautifully and those in charge at with them in the evening concert. They have fairly Choral Directors Association 2013 groupies (my wife Kay and daughter Caitlin and Sheryl’s understand they were both sorry to have missed us! every concert venue invited us back. Trust me - they recently done a CD with the Basie Band and several National Conference in Dallas, sister Sandy among them) Sheryl and I all arrived safely and Too bad for them!! It was small, as are most jazz were not just being polite - they meant it! Booking of the combined charts are now commercially Texas. They were one of over on time in Edinburgh bright and early on Saturday, March 10 clubs, and we were jammed in, but it was great fun to a return trip would be the easiest thing in the world available. The Mansfieldians and Jazz Ensemble have 250 ensembles that applied for a and met our tour guide for the week - Liz Wilcock. She was be playing and singing in a “real” jazz venue. Andre to do!! performed several of these in the last few years on coveted performance at the national wonderful! Most of the day was spent touring the historic sat in and is playing really well. As I said at the top: What a great year for MU Jazz! tour and at home. So, the timing was perfect. We conference and one of 3 college vocal sites along the Royal Mile in Old Town near our hotel. We On Thursday morning we had a bus tour of were able to join with them on two tunes - Smack Dab jazz ensembles selected to perform did find time, however, to rehearse at St. Andrew’s and St. London, including watching the changing of the in the Middle and I Could Write a Book. Apparently in Dallas. The Mansfieldians will George’s West Church where we would be playing on Sunday. guards at Buckinham Palace. That afternoon, armed they have been less than pleased on more perform at the historic Majestic Sunday morning brass players from the band went early with our Oyster Cards, we were turned loose to go than one occassion when agreeing to perform Theatre in downtown Dallas on Friday, March 15, 2013 to the church to perform during the service. Brigette Harris, wherever we wanted. Collectively we saw most of with a “local” band. We had a short rehearsal as part of JAZZ NIGHT at the conference. Director Sheryl a friend and colleague from my Edinburgh sabbatical, is the the famous London sites and topped off the day by Monkelien said “Every year, The Mansfieldians have worked the night before with only Peter Eldridge and organist/choir director and she was kind enough to arrange attending one of four shows (The Lion King, Wicked, hard to learn and perform difficult jazz arrangements. All of Darmon Meader and they were more than our concert there. Playing for the service was our way of Phantom of the Opera, or Les Misérables) in the their effort has paid off with this prestigious invitation. This pleased. Kim Nazarian and Lauren Kinhan saying “thank you.” St. Andrew’s and St. George’s is a large London West End. How cool is that! group has performed at state and division conferences in were unable to make the rehearsal and heard church in the center of New Town. It was a great place to Saturday was our last “working” day. We the past ten years, but this will be our first performance at a the band for the first time at the concert. They play and a great first concert. went to the Highgate School, an exclusive private national convention. We are very excited and proud!” were blown away! The band played great - it Finlay Heatherington, another friend from my school where Andre teaches. An afternoon clinic could not have been better. What a treat!!! sabbatical stay, told us about Whigham’s Jazz Bar, a club that was followed by a final early evening concert. LAST HURRAH!! had a Sunday night jam session. Many of us took advantage Andre was the perfect host and sat in with us on Friday was the Instrumental Jazz Festival and spent the evening there “sitting in.” The manager was that concert, as well. (Find out what Andre is and the guest group was the Vanguard Jazz This will be Mike Galloway’s last Jazz Ensemble Rotofe Acuopnmrioilen 2 ,a 6s dtoha ly-e 2et’8as rtmhly.a a kAnelds oi tc, aaat ncgyhoo otnhdee o wVnoheco! a clR aJenas zdezro Fv eseo stt,hi ivesa wwl ceeolecnkocemenrdet gqsorueuieanttd -d hsoyews etnev,me sn,o ws tohe neth t Matota wtnhasefis seatla dngieeac naesns dcsao drueylm dg eassnitnduger de- . t th hEaevtre eer vyweoranyseo nnione daSneoadinsrhge ecalalnn Rdne icsehtraeeu.ccrkao nmotu /f)to lhl oisAw nefedawr ae nwCdDe,l lsa atd:d il nyh,n titetp rw: /aa/wst wothvwee.r . ... and with Andre Canniere after our last concert - still smiling!! aaO fctreocruhnpeolseotr nma .fe om r bTa ehcrelsi n oJiafc zt hwz eit Ehbn atsnhedem wVbJhlOeo . w pIol atuhyloeddu b gehin tt h oetnhrleey the club shut up (would you believe!) and the Mansfieldians on Thursday, April 25th, as well. We left the next day for home and thus ended as clinicians. What a pleasant surprise to find out proceeded to blow them away!! Several folks from the club But wait! It did get better! How was that our trip. And a memorable trip it was, to say the that the entire band was there for the clinic. So we The 31st Annual Jazz Festival Concert will be on Friday, came to our Monday night concert as a result of hearing us possible? Well, since you asked, I will tell you. This Jazz CD’s least. We played two concerts in both Edinburgh and got to play for all of the members of the Vanguard April 26. So, if you come on Friday night you can catch the play and sing that evening. past year marked the 30th anniversary of the MU Jazz London; met and worked with high school students Jazz Orchestra and to benefit from their collective festival concert. You do not have to be able to make it on Festival. To celebrate we wanted to do something Monday, Finlay had made arrangements for us at in both cities; and had time to explore Edinburgh, advice. What a treat that was! That evening for the Hourglass Friday to participate in the Reunion Band, but it will great to special . . . . and we did! see you all there. All alumni and guests will be invited to the Tynecastle High School - a new high school in the center of York and London, including those fabulous West first time the festival concert featured only the guest Edinburgh. Both the Mansfieldians and the Jazz Ensemble End Shows . . . . . . it was fantastic. Dr. Monkelien The guests for the Vocal Jazz Festival were the Smack Dab reception that follows the concert. band and were they worth it. Great writing, great did clinics for students during the day and we presented and I could not have been more pleased or proud. fabulous New York Voices. They are fantastic, as you playing and incredible soloists - unbelievable. What in the Middle We will rehearse during the day on Saturday, April a “mini-concert,” as well. The evening concert was a big Rest assured that the Mansfield University Music probably know. They worked with four high school a concert! 27th, starting not too early in the day. If you want to play success and was a great way to end the Edinburgh part of Department was very well represented. The students groups and the Mansfieldians during the festival day. available What a year!! you should be here for that. I will make arrangements to our trip. were great on both a personal and professional level But the really cool thing was that the Mansfieldians send you pdf. files of the parts or post them, so that you through the We left Tuesday morning for York, which was a stopping can download them from home. We will be able to post Samuel Adler Visits off place on our way to London. A walking tour of that Flute Studio MU Music recordings of the tunes online, as well. The concert will be News medieval city was followed by dinner and time for everyone on Sunday, starting at 2:30. Department to explore York on their own. London was next and we Mansfield University I will have a sign-up form posted on the new MU Jazz arrived there Wednesday morning. All were given prepaid Ensemble web site - mansfieldjazz.com by the end of August. “Oyster Cards” which were to be used for the subway to Congratulations to graduates who have been part of our flute studio: Jessica Even if you do not play, you are welcome to attend. All explore London during our free time. Our “contact person” Casserta, who spent her semester student teaching in Australia, Natalia-Torres those attending can bring spouses or significant in London was MU alum Andre Canniere, who is now living Gonzalez, and Katherine Dolan. Katherine will be pursuing a Masters Degree at In April of the Spring semester, and Pensive Soliloquy performed others or street people or whatever - as long as in London. He was able to book us into the Spice of Life UMass Amherst where she will perform with the graduate woodwind quintet and award winning composer and teacher by Joseph Murphy, Alto Saxophone be a teaching assistant in the flute studio there. Samuel Adler was in residence at and Nancy Boston, Piano. Several you indicate what you are doing on the form Mansfield University for several days of student groups performed his music that I have not yet come up with. We welcome 5 new members into the flute studio in the fall semester, 4 coaching, lessons, and lectures. Adler including the Mansfield University freshmen and 1 student already at Mansfield University who will transfer into the So, clear the weekend - fill out the form was former chair of the composition Chamber Singers, Mansfield music department. - and we will see you in April! department at Eastman and is University Flute Choir directed by Another congratulations to sophomore Derek Smilowski, one of the 2012 currently in residence at the Julliard MG Christine Moulton, and the Festival concerto competition winners, who performed Carmen Fantasy with the MU School of Music. He worked with Chorus directed by Peggy Dettwiler. Orchestra in April. several student groups, soloists, and The Mansfield University Opera ensembles and gave lectures about his GREAT YEAR FOR The focus this semester was on learning expression from singers. We used workshop directed by Todd Ranney music and his many experiences from a well-known book of arias transcribed by Marcel Moyse, Tone Development performed his one-act opera, The his long and distinguished career. As Through Interpretation, and listened to many great singers for inspiration. Outcasts of Poker Flat. Samuel Adler MU JAZZ!! part of his residence, several faculty March 24th was the East Wind/West Wind recital. Dr. Moulton was joined by members performed works by Dr. visit was sponsored by the Student We could not have had a better flutist and shakuhachi expert Nora Suggs. Dr. Suggs demonstrated the shakuhachi Adler including Oboration a solo Composer’s Society and the American year for the MU jazz. In addition to our and its traditions in a class for the flute and sax studios. They also presented a oboe piece performed by Susan Choral Directors Association with regular fall tour, the Jazz Ensemble and traditional shakuhachi piece arranged by Dr. Moulton for shakuhachi and western Laib, Meadowmountetudes for solo assistance from the brothers of Phi Mansfieldians had a memorable trip flute at the NY Flute Club Flute Fair in March in Manhattan. violin performed by Kenneth Sarch, Mu Alpha. 4 Smiling before we left! 5 Jazz Jazz News News The Mansfieldians have been to Edinburgh and London over spring break. Flying out - a jazz club in Soho. We were there a week or so and made the trip unbelievably rewarding. They got to sing with them and Jazz Ensemble got to play selected to perform at the American of Newark, the Mansfieldians, Jazz Ensemble, assorted after Jim Snidero and a few weeks before Wynton. I played and sang beautifully and those in charge at with them in the evening concert. They have fairly Choral Directors Association 2013 groupies (my wife Kay and daughter Caitlin and Sheryl’s understand they were both sorry to have missed us! every concert venue invited us back. Trust me - they recently done a CD with the Basie Band and several National Conference in Dallas, sister Sandy among them) Sheryl and I all arrived safely and Too bad for them!! It was small, as are most jazz were not just being polite - they meant it! Booking of the combined charts are now commercially Texas. They were one of over on time in Edinburgh bright and early on Saturday, March 10 clubs, and we were jammed in, but it was great fun to a return trip would be the easiest thing in the world available. The Mansfieldians and Jazz Ensemble have 250 ensembles that applied for a and met our tour guide for the week - Liz Wilcock. She was be playing and singing in a “real” jazz venue. Andre to do!! performed several of these in the last few years on coveted performance at the national wonderful! Most of the day was spent touring the historic sat in and is playing really well. As I said at the top: What a great year for MU Jazz! tour and at home. So, the timing was perfect. We conference and one of 3 college vocal sites along the Royal Mile in Old Town near our hotel. We On Thursday morning we had a bus tour of were able to join with them on two tunes - Smack Dab jazz ensembles selected to perform did find time, however, to rehearse at St. Andrew’s and St. London, including watching the changing of the in the Middle and I Could Write a Book. Apparently in Dallas. The Mansfieldians will George’s West Church where we would be playing on Sunday. guards at Buckinham Palace. That afternoon, armed they have been less than pleased on more perform at the historic Majestic Sunday morning brass players from the band went early with our Oyster Cards, we were turned loose to go than one occassion when agreeing to perform Theatre in downtown Dallas on Friday, March 15, 2013 to the church to perform during the service. Brigette Harris, wherever we wanted. Collectively we saw most of with a “local” band. We had a short rehearsal as part of JAZZ NIGHT at the conference. Director Sheryl a friend and colleague from my Edinburgh sabbatical, is the the famous London sites and topped off the day by Monkelien said “Every year, The Mansfieldians have worked the night before with only Peter Eldridge and organist/choir director and she was kind enough to arrange attending one of four shows (The Lion King, Wicked, hard to learn and perform difficult jazz arrangements. All of Darmon Meader and they were more than our concert there. Playing for the service was our way of Phantom of the Opera, or Les Misérables) in the their effort has paid off with this prestigious invitation. This pleased. Kim Nazarian and Lauren Kinhan saying “thank you.” St. Andrew’s and St. George’s is a large London West End. How cool is that! group has performed at state and division conferences in were unable to make the rehearsal and heard church in the center of New Town. It was a great place to Saturday was our last “working” day. We the past ten years, but this will be our first performance at a the band for the first time at the concert. They play and a great first concert. went to the Highgate School, an exclusive private national convention. We are very excited and proud!” were blown away! The band played great - it Finlay Heatherington, another friend from my school where Andre teaches. An afternoon clinic could not have been better. What a treat!!! sabbatical stay, told us about Whigham’s Jazz Bar, a club that was followed by a final early evening concert. LAST HURRAH!! had a Sunday night jam session. Many of us took advantage Andre was the perfect host and sat in with us on Friday was the Instrumental Jazz Festival and spent the evening there “sitting in.” The manager was that concert, as well. (Find out what Andre is and the guest group was the Vanguard Jazz This will be Mike Galloway’s last Jazz Ensemble Rotofe Acuopnmrioilen 2 ,a 6s dtoha ly-e 2et’8as rtmhly.a a kAnelds oi tc, aaat ncgyhoo otnhdee o wVnoheco! a clR aJenas zdezro Fv eseo stt,hi ivesa wwl ceeolecnkocemenrdet gqsorueuieanttd -d hsoyews etnev,me sn,o ws tohe neth t Matota wtnhasefis seatla dngieeac naesns dcsao drueylm dg eassnitnduger de- . t th hEaevtre eer vyweoranyseo nnione daSneoadinsrhge ecalalnn Rdne icsehtraeeu.ccrkao nmotu /f)to lhl oisAw nefedawr ae nwCdDe,l lsa atd:d il nyh,n titetp rw: /aa/wst wothvwee.r . ... and with Andre Canniere after our last concert - still smiling!! aaO fctreocruhnpeolseotr nma .fe om r bTa ehcrelsi n oJiafc zt hwz eit Ehbn atsnhedem wVbJhlOeo . w pIol atuhyloeddu b gehin tt h oetnhrleey the club shut up (would you believe!) and the Mansfieldians on Thursday, April 25th, as well. We left the next day for home and thus ended as clinicians. What a pleasant surprise to find out proceeded to blow them away!! Several folks from the club But wait! It did get better! How was that our trip. And a memorable trip it was, to say the that the entire band was there for the clinic. So we The 31st Annual Jazz Festival Concert will be on Friday, came to our Monday night concert as a result of hearing us possible? Well, since you asked, I will tell you. This Jazz CD’s least. We played two concerts in both Edinburgh and got to play for all of the members of the Vanguard April 26. So, if you come on Friday night you can catch the play and sing that evening. past year marked the 30th anniversary of the MU Jazz London; met and worked with high school students Jazz Orchestra and to benefit from their collective festival concert. You do not have to be able to make it on Festival. To celebrate we wanted to do something Monday, Finlay had made arrangements for us at in both cities; and had time to explore Edinburgh, advice. What a treat that was! That evening for the Hourglass Friday to participate in the Reunion Band, but it will great to special . . . . and we did! see you all there. All alumni and guests will be invited to the Tynecastle High School - a new high school in the center of York and London, including those fabulous West first time the festival concert featured only the guest Edinburgh. Both the Mansfieldians and the Jazz Ensemble End Shows . . . . . . it was fantastic. Dr. Monkelien The guests for the Vocal Jazz Festival were the Smack Dab reception that follows the concert. band and were they worth it. Great writing, great did clinics for students during the day and we presented and I could not have been more pleased or proud. fabulous New York Voices. They are fantastic, as you playing and incredible soloists - unbelievable. What in the Middle We will rehearse during the day on Saturday, April a “mini-concert,” as well. The evening concert was a big Rest assured that the Mansfield University Music probably know. They worked with four high school a concert! 27th, starting not too early in the day. If you want to play success and was a great way to end the Edinburgh part of Department was very well represented. The students groups and the Mansfieldians during the festival day. available What a year!! you should be here for that. I will make arrangements to our trip. were great on both a personal and professional level But the really cool thing was that the Mansfieldians send you pdf. files of the parts or post them, so that you through the We left Tuesday morning for York, which was a stopping can download them from home. We will be able to post Samuel Adler Visits off place on our way to London. A walking tour of that Flute Studio MU Music recordings of the tunes online, as well. The concert will be News medieval city was followed by dinner and time for everyone on Sunday, starting at 2:30. Department to explore York on their own. London was next and we Mansfield University I will have a sign-up form posted on the new MU Jazz arrived there Wednesday morning. All were given prepaid Ensemble web site - mansfieldjazz.com by the end of August. “Oyster Cards” which were to be used for the subway to Congratulations to graduates who have been part of our flute studio: Jessica Even if you do not play, you are welcome to attend. All explore London during our free time. Our “contact person” Casserta, who spent her semester student teaching in Australia, Natalia-Torres those attending can bring spouses or significant in London was MU alum Andre Canniere, who is now living Gonzalez, and Katherine Dolan. Katherine will be pursuing a Masters Degree at In April of the Spring semester, and Pensive Soliloquy performed others or street people or whatever - as long as in London. He was able to book us into the Spice of Life UMass Amherst where she will perform with the graduate woodwind quintet and award winning composer and teacher by Joseph Murphy, Alto Saxophone be a teaching assistant in the flute studio there. Samuel Adler was in residence at and Nancy Boston, Piano. Several you indicate what you are doing on the form Mansfield University for several days of student groups performed his music that I have not yet come up with. We welcome 5 new members into the flute studio in the fall semester, 4 coaching, lessons, and lectures. Adler including the Mansfield University freshmen and 1 student already at Mansfield University who will transfer into the So, clear the weekend - fill out the form was former chair of the composition Chamber Singers, Mansfield music department. - and we will see you in April! department at Eastman and is University Flute Choir directed by Another congratulations to sophomore Derek Smilowski, one of the 2012 currently in residence at the Julliard MG Christine Moulton, and the Festival concerto competition winners, who performed Carmen Fantasy with the MU School of Music. He worked with Chorus directed by Peggy Dettwiler. Orchestra in April. several student groups, soloists, and The Mansfield University Opera ensembles and gave lectures about his GREAT YEAR FOR The focus this semester was on learning expression from singers. We used workshop directed by Todd Ranney music and his many experiences from a well-known book of arias transcribed by Marcel Moyse, Tone Development performed his one-act opera, The his long and distinguished career. As Through Interpretation, and listened to many great singers for inspiration. Outcasts of Poker Flat. Samuel Adler MU JAZZ!! part of his residence, several faculty March 24th was the East Wind/West Wind recital. Dr. Moulton was joined by members performed works by Dr. visit was sponsored by the Student We could not have had a better flutist and shakuhachi expert Nora Suggs. Dr. Suggs demonstrated the shakuhachi Adler including Oboration a solo Composer’s Society and the American year for the MU jazz. In addition to our and its traditions in a class for the flute and sax studios. They also presented a oboe piece performed by Susan Choral Directors Association with regular fall tour, the Jazz Ensemble and traditional shakuhachi piece arranged by Dr. Moulton for shakuhachi and western Laib, Meadowmountetudes for solo assistance from the brothers of Phi Mansfieldians had a memorable trip flute at the NY Flute Club Flute Fair in March in Manhattan. violin performed by Kenneth Sarch, Mu Alpha. 4 Smiling before we left! 5 Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra ...continued from page 1 In a personal letter, Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director for Carnegie still very fresh in my mind and I’m still getting compliments about it. A couple Hall, wrote to ettwiler: “Congratulations on your truly magnificent performance of hours ago I ran into Bruce Pomahac, who is chief of music at Rogers and The 2012-2013 Season Repertoire in our presentation of ‘The Sound of Music’ on April 24…. The music of the nuns Hammerstein, and he was going on about the concert as if it had been last night: was truly ethereal.” how much he liked the tempos, the orchestra, the singing--then he grabbed (with exception of some solo “The musical highlight of the evening was sung by the women of the Mansfield my shoulders and looked me in the eyes and said, “and those nuns! They were pieces) and calendar are listed University Concert Choir. As the chorus of nuns, they were staged in several the best nuns ever!” This is a man who’s heard every major and most minor below. Please add the dates to corners and levels within the Carnegie Hall seating areas for their opening productions of Sound of Music for the last several decades. ‘Preludium.’ The beautiful a capella sounds coming at the ear from various It was heavenly for me to stand there listening all night long. Thank you for your personal calendar and heights and distances was thrilling to hear.” (Michael Dale in Broadwayworld. making the opening work so beautifully, everyone loved that a lot. This was the inform your family and friends com) realization of a dream I had in Wales. When you opened your mouths to sing at so we can fill the auditorium “Special mention to the Women of the Mansfield University Concert Choir, who the Eisteddfod, I knew that’s the way the nuns should sound. Really that music supplied breathtaking renditions of the liturgical music in the show.” (The Theatre could not be performed better. I am dazzled by your commitment to sound, with adoring fans. Orchestra Aficionado at Large) pitch, musicianship, and emotion. You are a dream come true.” (Rob Fisher, rehearsals are held Tuesdays from “It’s hard to believe that it’s been four weeks since the performance, it is conductor of the production) 4:30 to 5:20 PM and Wednesdays three Concert Choir wins Gold Medals at the WORLD CHOIR GAMES from 6:30 to 9:00 PM in Steadman Auditorium. Please feel free to The Mansfield University Concert Choir was one of 362 choirs from 64 countries around the drop by and enjoy this dedicated world to participate in the 5th World Choir Games held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in early July. The choir competed in three categories and won Gold Medals in each one: Musica Sacra, Folklore group of fine young musicians. and Mixed Youth Choir. They were one of only two American choirs to receive three Gold Medals in these games. 167 choirs from the United States participated. 60 groups came from Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra Repertoire for 2012-2013 China, alone. The motto of the World Choir games is “Singing together brings nations together!” Because the MU Concert Choir won two championships and placed second in the Mixed Prism Youth Category at the World Choir Games four years ago in Graz, Austria, the Mansfield students The Ever Fixed Mark by Mark Maroney were invited to go straight to the championship rounds. Peggy Dettwiler, director, said that the competition was particularly intense this year with the Fall Alumni Concert judges awarding more Bronze and Silver rankings than ever before. In order to receive a Gold Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms Medal in a championship round, a choir must achieve at least 81 of 100 points accumulated The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams from seven judges on an international jury. featuring Andrew Jones (Class of 2011), Violin Specifically, the 52-member Concert Choir was awarded a Gold Medal in the Folklore Dance Rhythms Dance Rhythms by Wallingford Riegger category, placing fourth among 25 choirs and ranking just behind the top choir from Venezuela Hoe Down by Aaron Copland and two choirs from China. The MU Choir placed second among 12 choirs in the Mixed Youth Choir category, just behind the champion from China. In the Musica Sacra division, the Concert Choir was among only 12 of 28 choirs competing in this category to achieve the ranking of Gold. Winter Concert In addition, the 2012 Concert Choir gave their performance of a lifetime in the Corbett Theatre of the School for Creative and Performing Arts as a part of the World Choir Russian Easter Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Games special events. This completely sold-out concert, entitled “Voices of Gold” also featured choirs from the Czech Republic and China. The enthusiastic audience gave Guest Artist – Dr. Michael Galloway, Trumpet the Concert Choir three separate spontaneous standing ovations! Symphony No. 8 in G Major by Antonín Dvorák In addition, through the efforts of Mansfield alumna Michelle Conda and her husband, Bob, the MU Choir gave a full concert in St. Catherine of Siena Church. The beautiful setting and spectacular acoustics provided a wonderful opportunity for the group to sing all of their repertoire for an enthusiastic audience before entering into Spring Concert competition. Symphony No. 2 in D Major by Jean Sibelius The MU group’s musical program at the Games featured a wide variety of works with contrast in styles and choral colors including music from the Renaissance, 19th and Student Solo Competition Winner’s Concert 20th centuries, and selections from the American folk and spiritual traditions. Most of the choir’s performances are available to watch on YouTube! Type in the name(s) Rosamunde Overture in C Minor, D. 644 by Franz Schubert Mansfield University Concert Choir and/or Peggy Dettwiler. Also, the results of all the World Choir Games competitions can be viewed at: http://www.interkultur.com/ competitions-festivals/world-choir-games/cincinnati-2012/results/. CHORAL CUES Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra Calendar …. by Peggy Dettwiler, Director of Choral Activities The Mansfield University choral Mansfieldians, Men’s Chorus, and the Concert through 2011 will resound from Steadman Concert Choir will tour to Washington, DC. Prism ConCert Friday & Saturday, September 28-29 Steadman Auditorium 7:30 PM ensembles begin the Fall semester after Choir will all appear in the Annual Choral Theatre on November 30, and December 1st And mark your calendars for the return Saturday, October 13 Steadman Auditorium 7:30 PM a fabulous year of music-making! The Collage on October 28. The program presents & 2nd. The finale, “Musicological Journey of the American Spiritual Ensemble to the Fall alumni ConCert Sunday, October 14 Steadman Theater 2:30 PM Concert Choir’s much-lauded performance a variety of musical styles including Gospel Through the Twelve Days of Christmas,” sung Steadman stage on Monday, February 18! orChestra and for the ACDA Eastern Division convention in and Spiritual arrangements from the USA! by the combined choirs, incorporates familiar This ensemble of professional singers will Our Annual Young Men’s Choral Festival musical styles throughout music history and Wind ensemble tour Wednesday - Friday, November 14-16 February helped to spread the word about our provide an unforgettable evening of music will bring Dr. Christopher Kiver and the Penn includes a surprise ending! Winter ConCert Sunday, December 2 Steadman Theater 2:30 PM fine music program throughout the Northeast. State Glee Club to campus for a day of male During the spring semester, the Festival from the American spiritual tradition to The Concert Choir continued to create ConduCting symPosium Friday, February 22, 2013 Steadman Theater TBA chorus singing on November 2nd. And the Chorus will perform Karl Jenkins’, The Armed celebrate Black History Month. We heard wonderful musical presentations on the stages Saturday, February 23, 2013 Steadman Theater TBA Concert Choir will participate for the first time Man: A Mass for Peace.” The mass powerfully them twice before and they blew us away with of Carnegie Hall and in Cincinnati, Ohio, for sPring ConCert Sunday, February 24, 2013 Steadman Theater TBA in an opera production, The Tender Land by portrays the horrors of war through the their powerful performances! the World Choir Games. You can read about Aaron Copland from November 9 to 11. use of brass and percussion. It has been student solo ComPetition their performances in this issue of Cadenza. The theme for this year’s three holiday performed throughout the world to critical I hope that you will be able to join us for Winner’s ConCert Sunday, May 5, 2013 Steadman Theater 2:30 PM Now, we must move on to create more musical choral concerts is “Holiday Music Down acclaim. In March, our vocal jazz ensemble, what promises to be a great year of music- highs and fond memories during the next Through The Ages.” Music for men’s, the Mansfieldians, will head to Dallas, Texas, making. Note the enclosed calendar of events For further information please contact: Dr. Jeffrey R. Jacobsen, Artistic Director/Conductor academic year. women’s, and mixed choirs that was to participate in the National Convention of the or visit the Music Department web site for The Festival Chorus, Women’s Chorus, composed as far back as the 6th century American Choral Directors Association and the exact dates and times. 6 3 Faculty Evan News 2012 musiC Drachman DepartmeNt MUSIC FACULTY: Cello Dr. William Myrick Goode (emeritus), 86, of Endless Mountain Music Festival and singing a concert with Steve McEuen, 1977 Williamsport, died on Feb. 22, 2012, at Valley View Nursing the Almost World Famous Wellsboro Town Band! trombone/euphonium Center, Montoursville. Born Dec. 4, 1925, in Birmingham, September Recital Kenneth Sarch was invited to teach on the Faculty of Michael Galloway, 1980 Ala., he was a son of Edwin R. and Martha (Myrick) Goode. 9 3:00 p.m. Dr. Rose & Dr. Gregorich Faculty Recital the CMI Chamber Music Institute in Richmond, Virginia trumpet, jazz Bill received a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University during July. He was also invited to play a recital July 16 3:00 p.m. Last Writes, Nancy Boston Faculty Piano Recital Sunday 28-29 7:30 p.m. Prism Concert Joseph Murphy, 1987 and received his PhD in music education from Indiana 19 on the BRUTON PARISH Concert Series in Colonial 29 1:00 p.m. Marching Band Home Game - 1890’s Weekend September 30 saxophone University. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Williamsburg with Yvonne Mitchell-Sarch, harpsichord 30 2:30 p.m. Evan Drachman, Guest Cello Recital 2:30 PM assistant chair, chair 1996-02 William had worked as a music professor at Mansfield and Rebecca Davy, Bruton Parish organist. The program Young Kim, 1988 University from 1962-88. He was a member of MENSA and consisted of sonatas by Corelli and Tartini, Samuel Adler’s October Steadman Theater in Taipei and giving recitals in 1 8:00 p.m. Jeff Herriott and Trevor Martin, Guest percussion & electronics voice the American Liszt Society. He enjoyed collecting comics, “Meadowmountetudes”, Adagio from Walter Piston’s 7 2:00 p.m. Saxophone Studio Recital Cellist Evan Drachman is the Hong Kong and Macau. In 1994, Nancy Boston, 1989 old movies, stamps, opera and photography. Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord, and the Vitali Ciaccona 11 8:00 p.m. Tami Tango Trio, Guest Performance Founder and Artistic Director of Mr. Drachman performed with the piano Nate Rinnert, Andrew Walters and Shellie Gregorich with organ. The Sarches also performed the recital on July 13 1:00 p.m. Marching Band Home Game – Homecoming the Piatigorsky Foundation. The Odessa Philharmonic in Odessa and Susan Laib, 1989 were granted promotion effective this coming academic 8 at the GMEINER Art Museum in Wellsboro, PA. In June, 13 7:30 p.m. Prism Concert Foundation’s mission is to make Kiev. In July 1997, at the invitation of double reeds year! Ken was invited to perform at the opening of the Obama 14 2:30 p.m. Fall Orchestra Concert live classical music a part of the Mstislav Rostropovich, he returned fabric of everyday life, especially for Campaign Headquarters in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. His 14 7:00 p.m. Octubafest to Russia to perform as soloist with Peggy Dettwiler, 1990 Christine Moulton, flute, can be heard on a Manhattan communities who would otherwise program for the event was “Variations on My Country Tis 26 8:00 p.m. Jazz Ensemble & Mansfieldians Concert the St. Petersburg Philharmonic director of choral activities, Chamber Orchestra recording by Keuka Classics in a piece not have the opportunity to hear it. of Thee’ for solo violin, Duke Ellington’s In A Sentimental 27 1:00 p.m. Marching Band Home Game – Senior Day under Maestro Rostropovich at the conducting for flute and strings by Richard Auldon Clark. Find Trail Of Mood with bassist Chalie Holmes, and Marcella Henry’s 28 3:00 p.m. Choral College Concert The organization is named for Evan Second World Cello Congress. Kenneth Sarch, 1995 Tears on CD Baby. She will be performing that piece and a National Colors Rag with his violin student, Jesse Thompson. 28 7:00 p.m. 2012 Octoboefest! Drachman’s grandfather, the cellist Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Gregor Piatigorsky. violin, viola, string ensembles piece she commissioned with her cellist husband for flute Evan Drachman studied at the Andrew Walters’ music was presented at several November In 1999, Mr. Drachman Adam Brennan, 1995 and cello by Tae Sakamoto at the National Flute Convention Peabody Conservatory, the New conferences and concerts around the country. The 2 All Day Young Men’s Choral Fest released his first solo CD, A Frog director of bands, conducting in Las Vegas in August. Mansfield University student saxophone quartet Murphy’s 9-11 7:30 p.m. The Tender Land by Aaron Copland, Straughn, Sunday 2:30 He Went a Courting, with pianist England Conservatory, and the Curtis Institute of Music. His chair 2002-08 Voice professor Alissa Rose was honored to be a Law gave the world premiere of a movement from Walters’ 10 3:00 p.m. Kenneth Tse, Guest Saxophone Recital Richard Dowling. The Baltimore principal teachers were Stephen Shellie Gregorich, 1999 part of the National Association of Teachers of Singing saxophone quartet no. 2 at the US Navy Band Saxophone 11 7:30 p.m. Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Lab Band Concert Sun’s Steven Wigler wrote of the Kates, Laurence Lesser, Luis theory, piano 2012 Intern Program this summer in Ft. Collins, CO. Symposium. Beth Griffith premiered his short solo vocal 1128 72::0300 pp..mm.. TCuobnac eGrut eWst iAndr tEisnt,s 4e:m30b lwe oCroknshcoerpt raebcuonrddainngc:e “tDwroa cqhumalainti epso fsosre swsehsi cinh Garcia-Renart, William Pleeth, chair 2008- For the program, NATS selects 12 teachers from across work, Sardoodledom, for the Vox Novus Fifteen Minutes 18 7:00 p.m. String Chamber Orchestra Concert his grandfather was revered: the and Orlando Cole. He has spent Sheryl Monkelien, 2001 the country with less than five years of full-time teaching of Fame in New York City in September of 2011. Flautist 19 7:00 p.m. Brass Band & Percussion Ensemble Concert ability to make the cello imitate the his summers performing at music music education, vocal jazz, experience, and brings them together for ten days with Rebecca Ashe gave a performance of his piece Moth to 26 7:30 p.m. Judith Saxton/Timothy Martin, Trumpet & human singing voice and, even more festivals including Aspen, Yale at musical theater four internationally renowned master teachers of voice. Dr. Flame for flute and electroacoustic playback for the 2011 Organ Guest Artist Recital important, the ability to tell a story”. Norfolk, the Park City International Nathan Rinnert, 2003 Rose especially enjoyed getting to know and work with Dr. Electronic Music Midwest conference. Walters’ piece 30 7:30 p.m. Holiday Choral Concert – Since graduating from the Curtis Music Festival, the Banff Center for marching band, tuba, Monkelien’s former voice teacher, Dr. Donald Simonson. Pushing Buttons was performed by saxophonist Eric Holiday Music Down Through the Ages Institute of Music in 1988, Mr. the Arts in Canada, Prussia Cove music education Dr. Rose is also enjoying the opportunity to perform this Honour as part of the Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts December Drachman has appeared regularly in Aldeburgh, England and at the David Wetzel, 2004 summer, presenting a recital with Dr. Nancy Boston at the Alliance concert. 1-2 7:30 p.m. Holiday Choral Concert – as soloist with orchestras, in recitals Cennina Music Festival in Italy. and chamber music performances Mr. Drachman has a special love Holiday Music Down Through the Ages clarinet, technology, across the United States. He has for Alaska and returns frequently 2 2:30 p.m. Winter Orchestra Concert music business Alumni also played recitals in India, Great to perform for the Sitka Summer News 6 6:30 p.m. Chamber Singer’s Dinner Concert Christine Moulton, 2004 Britain, Sweden, Italy and Canada. Music Festival at the invitation of flute, piano class He toured the Far East as soloist with the Festival’s founder, violinist Paul Rebecca Dodson-Webster, 2005 Art Carichner (’78) retired in June of last year from student conductor with the Concert Choir and a founding the Chinese-American Symphony Rosenthal. French horn, music history 34 years as Band Director at Horseheads High School. He member of the Wind Ensemble Brass Quintet. He earned Andrew Walters, 2007 was recently chosen as New York State’s Distinguished a BM in Music Theory/Composition in 1983 and was News Double Reed Studio music theory/technology/ Retired Band Director, and was honored in Syracuse awarded a full scholarship to pursue a master’s degree from the MU composition in March. For several years he served the New York at the Boston Conservatory. He received his PhD from the Jeff Jacobsen 2008 Allstate Bands, including chairman and assistant chair. In University of Kentucky in Policy Studies and Evaluation Dr. Laib and 3 students traveled to western Ohio in July guest students will perform several works at the opening of the evening and completed additional studies at Harvard University for the 41st Annual conference of the International Double Reed program. If interested, please contact Sue Laib at 570-662-4723 or orchestra, low strings, retirement he enjoys adjudicating for NYSSMA and assist focusing on critical issues in higher education. Ploskonka Society. The convention was held at Miami University in Oxford, [email protected]. music education junior student teachers. OH, and the participating students were recent graduates Ben Double Reed Alumni News: began his career as an administrator at SUNY-Oswego Ben Bradley will be the Alissa Rose, 2008 Dr. James Ploskonka ‘83 while also serving as an adjunct professor and member Bradley, bassoon, and Kelsey Fish, oboe, and senior Megan Jones, graduate assistant in bassoon at Carnegie Mellon University and Kelsey voice oboe. They spent 5 days attending non-stop recitals, master received the Distinguished Fish will be the graduate assistant in oboe at Penn State University for of the faculty brass quintet. Then worked at the University classes, and lectures presented by double reed players Todd Ranney, 2009 fall 2012. 2010 MU alum, bassoonist Max Grube, received his MM Educator Award at the Alumni of Kentucky. Currently, he oversees four campuses in Ohio from all over the world. voice from Arizona State University last spring, performed in a bassoon quartet Weekend this past June. While in his leadership and senior management role with Bryant Octoboefest! 2012 will be held on Octoboe from ASU at the IDRS convention this summer, and will be entering the Eric Carlin, 2011 at Mansfield, Ploskonka was a & Stratton College that serves over 15,000 students. 28, with a concert of double reed chamber music DMA program at the Eastman School of Music this fall. Meanwhile, Juli guitar member of Phi Mu Alpha, Concert Ploskonka is the father of three boys and lives in Seven at 7 pm in Steadman Theatre and a chamber Schenck, MU ’09, will begin her second year on her DMA as the grad music workshop for interested junior high and assistant in bassoon at Louisiana State Univ, and received her MM from Wind Ensemble, College Orchestra, Hills, Ohio, with his wife Elaine. high school double reeders from 2-5 pm. The Eastman in 2011. 2 7 Mansfield University Fall 2012 Department of Music NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID Mansfield University MANSFIELD, PA PERMIT NO. 3 Butler Music Center 18 Campus View Dr Mansfield PA 16933 We are attempting to distribute the Cadenza primarily electronically. If we have your email, you probably won’t be receiving a hard copy. T hirty-two women from the Mansfield University Concert Choir musical was staged this spring at Mansfield University in Straughn Hall. performed as the Nuns Chorus in a concert of “The Sound of Music” On Sunday, April 22, the MU women arrived at Carnegie Hall and spent presented in Carnegie Hall on April 24. two days in rehearsal before the performance on April 24. They were treated Rob Fisher, an internationally known artist in American music and musical like royalty, warmly greeted by the stars of the show and Carnegie staff, given theatre, conducted the production. He has directed and produced other similar presents and backstage passes; in other words, recognized as artists. Upon performances at Lincoln Center and supervised Broadway revivals of Anything entering the hall, they were overwhelmed by the elegance and beauty of Goes, Hair, The Apple Tree, and Wonderful Town and received a Grammy Award this most famous of American concert venues. Being on stage for all of the for Chicago. rehearsals and the performance gave the MU women a powerful glimpse of The Carnegie Hall production of The Sound of Music also featured numerous everything that goes into making great stage performances. The process of Broadway veterans, including Laura Osnes, Brooke Shields, Tony Goldwyn, preparing for the production was as enjoyable as the thrill of the performance Patrick Page, Veanne Cox, and Metropolitan Opera star mezzo-soprano itself! Stephanie Blythe. Several students commented in a journal reflecting on their experience: All of the expenses were covered by the Carnegie Foundation for the Danielle Montgomery, who played Maria in the MU production, said: “At Mansfield women and their director, Peggy Dettwiler, who were invited by Rob our first rehearsal I was blown away with the way we sounded singing in the Fisher to be a part of the cast. The story behind their invitation is unique. hall; at our second rehearsal I was blown away with the professional actors “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The typical answer is “practice, practice, and actresses who were in the cast. One thing that really struck me was their practice!” But the women of the Concert Choir at Mansfield University found amazing personalities. They were not only talented, but funny and kind as out that first you have to practice, then go to Wales and win an international well. The entire cast and crew received our choir very well and treated us like choral competition. Which they did! The Mansfield folks reached it by a professionals.” circuitous road: the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. Daniela DiBenedetto, who is completing a music business degree and was One of the judges in Llangollen was Rob Fisher—conductor, producer, Liesl in the MU production, wrote; “One of my favorite parts about the whole and artistic director in New York City—who liked the women’s voices from experience was getting to see professional musicians and directors at work.” Mansfield so much (they were awarded First Prize in the competition in Wales) Another member of the MU nuns chorus, Sarah Eline wrote: “It is hard that he thought they might serve as the “Chorus of the Nuns” in a concert- to put into words just exactly how moving, touching and amazing the whole E-mail or Write Us! production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music he was planning experience was of being able to perform in and on the stage of Carnegie Hall. Our readers and faculty like to hear from you. Please write something about your professional or as a fundraiser for Carnegie Hall for the spring of 2012. The most breathtaking part was not the stars, the famous stage or the fact that personal life. E-mail: [email protected] • Mail: Joe Murphy, Music Department,Butler, Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA 16933. Contact was established in the fall of 2011. Mansfield University authorities we performed the Sound of Music. No, it was the sudden silence, then roar gave their approval to whisk students away from studies close to the end of of applause that we, the Women’s Choir of Mansfield University, received after Name ____________________________________________Class ___________email the school year, and plans proceeded for an unforgettable encounter with many months of hard work and dedication.” the glamorous world of Carnegie Hall, one of the most historical of American The Sound of Music performance was hailed by the press as well as the VIPs concert halls. Tchaikovsky conducted there, and so did Dvořák and Mahler of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Estate and the Carnegie Foundation. And our News: ____________________________________________________________ more than a hundred years ago. To reinforce the educational experience, the Mansfield women were specifically mentioned by each one! Continued on page 3...