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School Of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, April 2018, School Of Music

School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter

Accomplishments and news from the faculty and staff of the School of Music at Illinois State University.

Cosi Fan Tutte, School Of Theatre And Dance, School Of Music

Programs - Theatre, Dance, and Film

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte

English Version by: Ruth and Thomas Martin

Productions took place March 2-4, 6-9, 2018

Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition Announcement, 2018, School Of Music, Carl Schimmel, Roy Magnuson

Red Note New Music Festival

The RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University is a week-long event which features outstanding performances of contemporary concert music.

Red Note New Music Festival Poster, 2018, School Of Music, Carl Schimmel, Roy Magnuson

Red Note New Music Festival

The RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University is a week-long event which features outstanding performances of contemporary concert music.

Moving From Performance To Missional Worship: Five Biblical Principles And Practices To Infuse Discipleship Into Worship, Ossie Xzabia Mckinney

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

In striving for authentic worship, many worship leaders focus on the sound of the choir and the individual’s relationship with God without considering discipleship. God’s first directive to humanity in Gen. 1:28 supplied God’s instruction for authentic worship, which emphasized discipleship and not music. Training choir members to worship without including discipleship results in the shaping of performers rather than worshipers. Worship must reflect the Trinity and not the skills and ability of the worshiper. When worshipers show God's love through discipleship, they reveal the Godhead. To shape singers holistically, worship leaders must teach their choir members to disciple. This …

A Causal-Comparative Analysis Of Performance-Based Music Classes And Act Scores, Russell Courson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Educational leaders at the state and district level are struggling to provide adequate funding for schools due to the uncertainty of the economic outlook throughout the country. Although several states have requested and received waivers for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), many school systems still find themselves in the difficult position of providing enough instructional time dedicated to the four primary core content areas (language arts, math, science, and social studies) to allow students to be successful in high stakes standardized testing. While NCLB stated the fine arts, including performance-based music classes, such as band, choir, …

Taylor Benitez, Soprano: Senior Recital, Taylor Benitez

Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Shelby Varner, Tenor And Alto Trombone, Shelby Varner

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Junior Recital: Robert L. Voelker, Tenor; March 31, 2018, Robert L. Voelker

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
March 31, 2018
Saturday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Sophomore Recital: Bradley Sarmiento, Bassoon; March 31, 2018, Bradley Sarmiento

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
March 31, 2018
Saturday Evening
7:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Taeyeong Jung, Clarinet; March 31, 2018, Taeyeong Jung

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
March 31, 2018
Saturday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.

The Beholder, Allan Lake

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

A poem on the effect of landscape on the emotions.

Poetry Of Roe 8, Nandi Chinna

Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language

Poetry of Roe 8

The occasion for the writing of these poems was activism surrounding the controversial highway known as the Roe 8 extension in the areas of Cockburn and Fremantle in Western Australia. Planned in the 1950s, Roe 8 is contentious for a number of reasons, including extraordinary political deals over funding, undue process regarding environmental reporting, lack of a business case, inadequate noise and traffic modelling, erasure of Indigenous heritage sites, and clearing of the sensitive Beeliar wetlands and Coolbellup banksia woodlands which were designated a Threatened Ecological Community in 2016. During the summer of 2016/2017 contractors started …

2017-2018 Master Of Music Recital - Yue Yang (Violin), Yue Yang, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Religious Music In A Southern U.S. Public Middle School: A Case Study, Emily Marie Mercado

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Intercultural experiences can result in increased knowledge of and positive attitudes towards unfamiliar cultural groups (Neto, Pinto, & Mullet, 2016; Vuoskoski, Clarke, & DeNora, 2017). Deardorff’s (2006) intercultural competence process framework provides a method for exploring and categorizing elements of intercultural competence including attitudes, knowledge/skills, internal outcomes, and external outcomes.

This narrative instrumental case study examined the perceptions of one middle school choir teacher, choir students, the student teacher, the parents, and the vice principal when implementing a researcher-designed unit titled: Religious Choral Music from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Worlds. The choir teacher offered a unique perspective as an …

Easter Concert, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2017-2018

Lift Him Up!

An Easter concert featuring Andrews University Singers & Chorale under the conduction of Stephen Zork, Deliverance Mass Choir under the conduction of Carl Cunningham, and Journey under the conduction of Marguerite Samuels.

Graduate conductors:

Megan Mocca

Ronnie Zanella

Katia Nikolaus

Giovanni Corrodus

Kleberson Calanca

Jessie Link

Vocal Soloists: Charles Reid, Beta Siriwattanakamol, Chelsea Lake

Flute Soloist: Alicia Dent

Cello Soloist: Dr. Karin Thompson

The Making Of A Nationally Recognized Band In A Small, Private Liberal Arts University: The Historical Significance Of The Bobby L. Adams Years, 1987-2012, Joshua David Blair

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify and detail the contributions and methods, decisions and specific techniques that Dr. Bobby Adams used while President of the Florida Bandmasters Association and Director of Bands at Stetson University to build and maintain a nationally recognized collegiate wind band program and a strong music education division at a private liberal arts university. Through historical documentation from the archives at Stetson University, interviews, phone calls, and emails, a brief overview of the United States wind band and its development at the tertiary level was discussed. To identify why Adams was considered a successful …

2017-2018 Guillermo Figueroa (Violin) And Ivonne Figueroa (Piano), Guillermo Figueroa, Ivonne Figueroa

Faculty Recitals

No abstract provided.

2017-2018 Performance Forum - March 29, 2018, Virginia Mangum, Daniel Guevara, Jovani Williams, Michael Puryear, Alexander Ramazanov, Abigail Rowland, Shaun Murray, Nolan Carbin, Hallgrimur Hauksson, Meiyu Wu, Akmal Irmatov, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Shuyi Wang, Omar Lawand, Mario Rivieccio, Tamas Markovics

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Uni Saxophone Studio Recital, March 29, 2018 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Faculty Recital, Christian Bester, Baritone, March 28, 2018, Lawrence University

Conservatory of Music Concert Programs

Memorial Chapel

Anxiety And Alternative Facts: An Arts-Based Critical Social Improvisation Project, Rebecca Zarate, Nancy Beardall, Talaye Zarafshandardaky, Brooke Rutstein

Lesley University Community of Scholars Day

According to Grayson and Meilman (2011) the stakes are too high in current campus culture to not acknowledge the social roots of mental health issues such as anxiety, and concerns of students as related to campus safety. This arts-based, music performance project responded to concerns on campus from recent political and social events. More specifically, it aimed to explore the concept of “alternative facts” and how this idea plays with the collective concepts of truth and falsifications. It explored applications of clinical improvisation and the concept of collective anxiety as a social phenomenon expressed through arts including music, dance, and …

Leading From The In-Between: Disability, Leadership, And Identity, Xochitl Mendez

Lesley University Community of Scholars Day

The daily lives of individuals challenged with physical disabilities shed light on the intersections, as well as the friction, between the identities we forge as individuals, and the social identities of the public space. In this interdisciplinary presentation, I will explore the fault lines between the social concepts of disability and the personal realities and specifics of biology and adaptation.

Exploring my own experiences with disability, pedagogy, and art, I will further delve on how the social realm (Arendt, 1958) evaluates and judges identity from expected modes of interaction that are often not available to the disabled person. Further, using …

The Effects Of Rhythm For Social Emotional Learning Skills Development, Jonathan O. Mande

Lesley University Community of Scholars Day

Many people talk about the importance of music in school and learning, we all know about its effects on cognitive development for children and adults. Though despite these universally known facts, music education programs are increasingly underfunded in schools, private lessons are not accessible to most people, while our country is simultaneously suffering from an increase in academic retention and destructive societal conflicts. Music brings all people together and at its core is rhythm. It makes available a space for joy; to fully express love, build bonds and strengthen our individual spirits. When used intentionally, music heals and is a …

Do It Yourself But Never Alone: Creating Social Change From Punk To Politics, Joe Mageary

Lesley University Community of Scholars Day

This presentation will use punk rock culture as a context within which to address the question of how decentralized social movements can focus the energy of concerned citizens on direct action and meaningful change-making. Goals of the presentation include: addressing how do-it-yourself (DIY) punk culture is engaging in social activism as a response to social injustice; demonstrating how punk is using the arts for social engagement; and providing an example of how punk can be a form of empowerment via radical education.

These points will be illustrated through the presentation of original qualitative research conducted by the presenter during a …

Student Recital: Kelli Bly, Mezzo-Soprano, Kelli Bly, Vobbie Kesler-Corleto

Student Recitals

No abstract provided.

Phi Mu Alpha Iota Tau Spring Recital, Old Dominion University Iota Tau Choir, Logan Kenison, Joe Ritchie

Ensemble Performances

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, Mu Faculty Brass Quintet, Martin Saunders, Trumpet, Brian Walden, Trumpet, Stephen Lawson, Horn, Michael Stroeher, Trombone, Matthew Murchison, Tuba, Martin W. Saunders, Brian Walden, Stephen Lawson, Michael Stroeher, Matther Murchison

All Performances

No abstract provided.

A Cycle Of Giving: Transforming Individuals, Transforming Community In A Louisiana Children's Choir, Jason Paul Bowers

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Kids’ Choir, a community children’s choir in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, formed in 2014 as part of the Kids’ Orchestra organization. The organization, founded in 2011, is El Sistema-inspired—a model developed in 1975 by Venezuelan orchestra conductor, José Abreu. The model’s mission is “to effect social change through music for children with the fewest resources and the greatest need” (Mission Statement, 2017).

El Sistema's focus on social change through musical excellence may hold great promise in the United States where neighborhoods are becoming increasingly diverse. Moreover, the El Sistema philosophy responds directly to issues of segregation still present in the Baton …

Concerto For Horn And Orchestra And Sofia Gubaidulina's Serialism, Michael Paul Mitchell

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This work is in two parts. The first is a composition for horn and orchestra by the author, using a variety of styles that I have learned while at Louisiana State University and inspired by the pieces I have played on the horn. The second part is an analysis of Sofia Gubaidulina’s works that include twelve-tone serial techniques and the devices she uses in them and how her style changed through composing these three pieces, Piano Sonata (1965), Five Etudes for Harp, Double Bass, and Percussion, and Night in Memphis composed in 1968. After these pieces Gubaidulina leaves the …