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School of Music U N C G Southeastern Composerʼs League 58th Annual Composerʼs Forum March 13, 2009 Recital Hall, School of Music Concert I 3:00 pm Recital Hall Two Moods (5:00) Karen McNeely I. Mood 1 II. Mood 2 Aaron Craven, bass Darrelle Green, bass Infamy… for Tuba and Audio CD (6:00) Joe L. Alexander Joe L. Alexander, tuba Suite No. 3 for Piano (4:00) Kenneth R. Benoit I. Prelude II. Invention III. Chorale IV. Waltz V. Scherzo Kenneth R. Benoit, piano 3R for Solo Cello (8:00) Mark Prince Lee Paul Christopher, cello Music for Cello (7:00) Gregory W. Pinney Paul Christopher, cello Intermission Intermezzo (6:00) Mark Francis Mark Francis, guitar Seven Preludes for Piano (12:00) Peter Blauvelt Peter Blauvelt, piano Program Notes Infamy . . . was realized at the Scream Studio at the University of Alabama during the fall of 1996. It uses the first line of Franklin D. Roosevelt immortal speech which ushered the United States into World War II. All of the sounds are derived from manipulations of certain words from the speech and sampled tuba sounds. The Sound Designer II program was primarily used to construct the piece. The composer premiered the work in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 3, 1996. Suite No. 3 for Piano is a collection of movements written as exercises in trying to create pieces which last 60 seconds or less. The first two movements, “Prelude” and “Invention”, use the same melodic material. “Chorale is a study in quartal harmony. The “Waltz” is there because the composer likes waltzes. The suite ends with a “Scherzo”. Solo # 3 for Cello is part of a larger work entitled Quintet for Winds and Strings, a work for flute, clarinet, viola, guitar, and cello in five movements. The entire quintet opens the work in the first movement and closes in the fifth. The inner three movements are trio, quarter, and duet respectively. Between the five movements, each instrument has a solo whose pitch content is derived from the previous and following movements, the solos serving as bridges connecting the five movements. Solo # 3 for Cello is longer and structurally more elaborate than the other four solos, and functions as the centerpiece for the entire quintet. The pitch content is ordered by groups, which are affixed to register, tempo, duration, dynamic, and articulation. Music for Cello “The composer feels that program notes are not necessary for this piece. Comments on the quality of the work are welcome at ʻgwpinney@gmail.comʼ – thank you.” Intermezzo was written in 1985. It uses an unusual scordatura tuning of e-flat on the sixth string. Its ternary form reflects the influence of the Brahms piano pieces I was studying at the time. Like the Brahms the middle section contrasts with the outer sections in tempo and texture. The outer sections are exercises in free invertible counterpoint with the middle section alternating between arpeggios and single lines. Seven Preludes for Piano is a collection of relatively short and contrasting movements that can each stand on their own. The movements are - by and large - more challenging musically than technically, in contrast to the bulk of piano pieces written in a similar style. So the idea of not making every piano piece a technical challenge was the motivation behind writing the seven preludes. Concert II 7:30 Recital Hall Two Pieces for Brass Quintet (5:00) Kevin Paul I. Air II. Danse The Roanoke Chamber Brass Steve Hedrick, trumpet Jeff Kresge, trumpet Dawn, horn Erik Stegall, trombone Charles Krause, tuba The Frog, He Fly… Almost (5:00) Roger Vogel Ellen Ritchey, voice Lisa Hanson Bartholow, flute FANTABELJIN (5:00) Tayloe Harding Clifford Leaman, alto saxophone Sonata for Violin and Piano (15:00) Gregory Carroll I. Dance Episodes II. Ariosa III. Scherzo Fabián López, violin Ināra Zandmane, piano Intermission Le Sens (10:00) Bruce Mahin The Smith-Placilla-Turner Trio Andrew Smith, violin Christina Placilla, viola JW Turner, cello Aurora Borealis: A Green Arc Appears (7:00) Ken Davies Two-channel audio CD Sonata No. 1 for Alto Saxophone and Piano (15:00) Charles W. Smith I. Moderately fast graceful II. Very slowly III. Very fast Randall Allan Smith, alto saxophone Janet Bass Smith, piano Program Notes The Frog, He Fly . . . Almost What a wonderful bird the frog are-- When he stand he sit almost; When he hop, he fly almost. He ain't got no sense hardly; He ain't got no tail hardly either. When he sit, he sit on what he ain't got almost. Anonymous Sonata for Violin and Piano was completed in January 2008 and is dedicated to my performing colleagues Fabian Lopez (violin) and Inara Zandmane (piano). The outer movements are rooted in pitch material generated by the octatonic scale, giving the work a strongly Eastern European flavor. The first movement, Dance Episodes, is a ternary form comprised of a habanera bearing the danceʼs defining sultry rhythm. The middle section is a tarantella. Debunked legend had it that tarantula victims would sweat out the toxin by dancing the tarantella—a fast dance in compound time. Arioso, with its prominent quartal and often-diatonic pitch material, is in sharp contrast to the outer movements: it is atmospheric, colorful, and possesses a liquid-like luminescence. Arpeggios in the piano support lyrical lines in the violin. Harmonic shifts move between shades of light and dark, sun and clouds. The opening three-note gesture in the violin governs much of the thematic material of the movement. The final movement, Scherzo, is compulsively driven, having an even greater sense of urgency than the first movement. Its “serious” character is more aligned to the scherzos of Brahms. A violin cadenza provides a moment of relief from the intense rhythmic activity. Le Sens (Fr. literally sense of sensitivity) refers to the preoccupation with olfactory experiences one might find in Paris, a place where people delight in life and all things living. This piece attempts to capture the exuberant richness of life, the multi-faceted experience one gains when all senses are open to all that the world brings to us every day. Aurora Borealis: A Green Arc Appears from CD Floating Galaxy (Pattisan Records) Northern lights sometimes begin with a green glow slowly rising from the horizon before evolving into colorful moving shapes that paint the night sky. They can range from vertical streaks resembling rays of the sun to large zig-zag shapes like slow-motion lightning bolts. The show eventually settles down to a calm visual cadence. The pitch material, initially structured in Finale, includes drones and rapid melodic gestures based on pitch sets and sounds designed on a Kurzweil K2600. The Finale file was then transferred to Digital Performer and Mach Five for additional tweaking, spatial panning and effects. Sonata No. 1 was written in the spring of 1989 as a birthday present for the composerʼs son, Randall Allan Smith, who at the time was a graduate student at Indiana University—Bloomington. Pitch materials in all three movements are based on four pitch class sets presented in the first tem measures of the first movement. An admixture of homophonic and contrapuntal textures provides ample opportunities for both performers to interact within a tonal framework. Composer Biographies Joe L. Alexanderʼs music has been performed throughout the United States, Ecuador and Germany. Performances include recitals/presentations at conferences of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance; the Louisiana Composersʼ Consortium; National Association of Composers, USA; the Society of Composers, Inc.; the College Music Society; the Southeastern Composers League and at the 2008 International Tuba Euphonium Conference. His music has been featured at Bowling Green State Universityʼs annual New Music & Art Festival, and New Music for Young Ensemble Composers' Competition. In 2002, the Monroe (Louisiana) Symphony Orchestra commissioned him to compose Louisiana Blue (baritone voice, flute, piano with orchestra accompaniment). His Two Bryant Songs (soprano, Bb clarinet and piano) are recorded on the CD, Winds and Voices, by Living Artist Recordings. Alexander teaches Theory, Composition and Low Brass at Louisiana Tech University. He recently served as Secretary-Treasurer for the Southern Chapter of the College Music Society and Secretary for the Southeastern Composers League. Currently, he is the Vice-President of the Southeastern Composers League. Alexander holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas and studied composition with Newel Kay Brown, Douglas Knehans, Martin Mailman, Cindy McTee, and James Riley. Kenneth R. Benoit (b. 1952) holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from Louisiana State University, Master of Music in Music Theory/Composition from the University of Miami, Master of Science in Library Science from Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of West Florida, and Associate in Arts in Music Education from Miami-Dade College. He has completed commissions from the Louisiana Sinfonietta, LSU New Music Ensemble, Miami Beach Community Symphony Orchestra, and Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High/Magnet School for the Arts. Part of Kenʼs Overture in Black and Silver, which he wrote for the Krop commission, has been adopted as the schoolʼs Alma Mater. Dr. Benoitʼs works have been performed throughout the U. S. and in Austria, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Switzerland. He has published articles in Encyclopedia USA and 20th Century Music. His Five Flags Suite for band has been published by Imagine Music. Kenneth R. Benoit is a member of the Southeastern Composersʼ League; Society of Composers, Inc.; American Music Center; and ASCAP. He is on the faculty of Broward College in Coconut Creek, Florida. He and his wife live in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Peter Blauvelt was born in France and grew up in Germany where he began his studies in composition and piano. In 1975 he came to the U.S. where he studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, AM. There he received three degrees - including a doctorate in composition - and taught theory, composition and piano. Since 1968 he has often given recitals - not only of his own pieces - in the U.S., France and Germany in public and on the radio, and has received numerous prizes for both composition and piano. Meanwhile, his pieces have also been performed in other European and North American countries. After leaving the Boston area for Florida in 1984, he co-founded the “Tamp Bay Composersʼ Forum” in 1989 and served as treasurer, vice-president and president. He also founded “Creative Arts and Tutoring Services” in 1990. To date, he has written over 135 compositions, mostly chamber music, and has had over 100 of them performed in public. A number of compositions are also available on CDʼs. Gregory Carroll (Associate Professor) holds a B.A. in music from St. Johnʼs University (MN), and an M.M. and Ph.D. in Composition/Theory from the University of Iowa. Prior to coming to UNCG in 1981, he taught at The University of Iowa and Indiana State University. His compositions have been performed at national and international conferences. Other performance venues include Canada, Alaska, Europe, and Australia. He has frequently served as finalist judge for state, regional, and national composition contests. He has published theoretical articles in state and national journals, and is frequently sought after as a guest clinician and lecturer. Dr. Carroll currently serves as President of the Southeastern Composers League. A Wisconsin native, Ken Davies holds an M.A. in trombone from Middle Tennessee State University at Murfreesboro and an M.M. in composition from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was an Effinger Fellowship composition student. During the 1970s, he was trombonist with Gabrielʼs Brass, a 12-piece jazz-rock show band based in Orlando, Florida and often appearing at Walt Disney World. He has worked as a commercial arranger and session producer for nationally broadcast record and television projects. Since 2002, he has resided in south Mississippi where he teaches brass, composes, and runs his publishing company, Kenvad Music. His works include acoustic and electronic pieces that have been performed nationally at Society of Composers national and regional conferences, Southeastern Composers League, International Trombone Festival, and several concerts. His electronic ambient CD, Floating Galaxy, and downloads are available at CD Baby and iTunes. His works are available from KenDavies.net/kenvad and from Theodore Front Music Literature. Honors include ASCAP awards and grants from National Endowment for the Arts and Mississippi Arts Commission. He received the 2006-2007 Mississippi Performing Artist Fellowship in Composition, is currently on the Mississippi Artist Roster and the Southern Arts Federationʼs SouthernArtistry.org artist registry. Mark Francis (b. 1958) has served as Director of Education and Community Outreach for The Florida Orchestra and as Director of Education and Librarian for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. He has taught at Mississippi State University, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, Centenary College, Northwestern State University and Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex. He holds a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Kentucky. A recipient of 10 ASCAP Standard Awards and 4 ASCAP Plus Awards for his compositions which include chamber, orchestral, choral and electronic works as well as over 70 art songs. His compositions are frequently performed at prestigious festivals such as the Society Of Composers, Inc. National Meeting, Resolution 2000 New Music Festival, The Corcoran Gallery Contemporary Music Series in Washington, DC and the North American Saxophone Association. His compositions and arrangements are published by Conners Publications, Carillon Music from Albany Little Piper Publications, Gold Branch Music and Imagine Music. He is a past Board Member for Composition of College Music Society, South Chapter and past President of the Southeastern Composers League and a frequent contributor to 21st Century Music. Tayloe Harding is a composer and music administrator currently serving as Dean of the School of Music at the University of South Carolina. A passionate advocate for advancing the impact of higher education music study and experience on American communities and national society, he is devoted to an array of organizations whose missions are consistent with this advocacy. As President of the College Music Society from 2005-2006, he led the creation of the Engagement and Outreach Initiative where the efforts of the music professoriate are articulated with a variety of national constituencies, including other higher education disciplines and populations, music businesses and industries, and general audiences all in an effort to meet common musical and civic goals. He has been a founding member of the leadership teams for the Brevard Conference on Music Entrepreneurship (BCOME), the Round Top Roundtable: The Next Generation of Music Leadership in America and the independent National String Project Consortium (NSPC). As Dean at South Carolina he has brought a bold idea to fruition: to more fully prepare tomorrowʼs professional musicians by combining conventional professional music study with a systematic curricular and co-curricular exploration of music advocacy, music entrepreneurship, and community engagement in music by forming the Carolina Institute for Leadership and Engagement in Music, the first such entity of its kind in American higher education. Mark Prince Lee received his B.M. in composition from Florida State University, and his M.M. in composition from Memphis State University. Dr. Lee also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in German from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Lee did post graduate study in composition for two summers at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, Germany where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissey, and attended the master classes of John Cage. Dr. Lee was also a participant in the composition and analysis seminars given by Karlheinz Stockhausen in the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2004, in Kürten, Germany (near Köln). Dr. Leeʼs works for a wide variety of acoustic and electronic media have been performed throughout the eastern half of the U.S. including performances in Miami, New Orleans, Atlanta, Washington D.C., New York City, and Toronto. In Europe his works have been performed in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Vienna, and throughout Germany. Most recently his music was performed in the summer of 2005 in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, and site of the first music conservatory established in the Western Hemisphere. In July of 2007 premiere performances of his works were given at the Universidad Complutense, the largest university in Madrid, and at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Dr. Lee is Associate Professor of Music and German at Columbia State College (near Nashville, Tennessee), where he teaches Theory, Composition, Piano, German Literature, directs the Student Performance Ensemble, and serves as the Music Department Chair. Bruce P. Mahin is a Professor of Music and Director of the Radford University Center for Music Technology. He received the B.Mus from West Virginia University, M.Mus from Northwestern University and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. Mahin is a former president of the Southeastern Composers League, a former co-chair of Society of Composers Region 3, a former research fellow at the University of Glasgow (Scotland), and the recipient of awards from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Meet the Composer, Annapolis Fine Arts Foundation, Res Musica, Southeastern Composers League and others. His works are available on compact disc through Capstone Recordings (CPS-8747, CPS-8624 and CPS-8611) and published in score by Pioneer Percussion, Ltd, and in the Society of Composers Journal of Musical Scores. Karen McNeely is an active composer, arranger, and performer, currently residing in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. She was recently awarded a grant from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts to compose a new work for the Women and the Arts Exhibition (April 2007), and was also invited to arrange Fauréʼs Cantique de Jean Racine for the Wake Forest University Clarinet Ensemble (premiere: spring 2009). Ms. McNeely received the Master and Bachelor of Music Theory & Composition and a Spanish Minor from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She initiated and organized the first “New Music Concerts” at UT in 2004, which helped to showcase new works by mainly student composers and help bring exposure to the composition studio at UT. These concerts continue successfully today. Receiving a School of Music Graduate Teaching Assistantship at UT, Ms. McNeely taught music theory courses for two years, performed with the UT Symphony Orchestra and UT Horn Ensemble, Concert Choir & Womenʼs Ensemble, was the audio technician for the UT Singers, was an on-air host for Knoxvilleʼs classical music/NPR station (WUOT 91.9 FM), and interned with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001. She also helped found two professional woodwind quintet ensembles: Southerly Winds (Knoxville, TN) and West End Winds (Winston-Salem, NC). Ms. McNeely is currently the Operations Manager for the Winston-Salem Childrenʼs Chorus. R. Kevin Paul earned his B.M. degree in Education from Radford University in 1993 where he conducted several university ensembles and performed as a trumpeter in most, including a nominated undergraduate honors recital. Mr. Paul earned the first M.M. degree in Conducting Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1996 where he served as Director of the University Band and Pep Band, graduate teaching assistant for the Wind Ensemble, interim graduate teaching assistant for the Choral Arts Society, and principal trumpet of the VCU Symphony & Opera Orchestras. Mr. Paul served the Richmond, Va. community as a trumpeter in several brass quintets and was Principal Trumpet of the Richmond Philharmonic, Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Richmond Symphonic Winds, and trumpeter with the Petersburg Symphony and other chamber ensembles. He founded the Richmond Brass Consort, Richmondʼs only large brass & percussion ensemble, and was its Conductor/Music Director until he left Richmond in 2000. Since 1989, Kevin Paul has been teaching music to students at all levels, from elementary to graduate school, both publicly and privately. He was the trumpet instructor for the RU Community Arts School and the VCU Community School for the Performing Arts. Mr. Paul has also served as a middle school Band Director in the Virginia Public School and has conducted several high school and middle school bands and has adjudicated many festivals, competitions, and auditions. He has composed works for Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, and has arranged over 65 works for Brass Ensemble. Gregory W. Pinney, born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, has music degrees from Florida State University (with Roy Johnson) and The University of Alabama (with Fred Goossen/Marvin Johnson). While pursuing his PhD in NYC he became a founding member of the composersʼ collective Friends and Enemies of New Music, through which many NYC premiers were performed. The group is still thriving to date, and its Board of Advisors includes David del Tredici, Charles Dodge, and Thea Musgrave, among others. In 1992 he received a Meet the Composer grant which allowed him to address an audience on the topic of the ʻdramaʼ in his music prior to a premier his Piano Studies 2A & 2B performed by Christopher Oldfather. He now works and resides in his home town. Charles W. Smith, Professor Emeritus at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, received the B.M., cum laude, from the University of Wyoming, the M.A. from New York University, and the D.M.A. from Peabody College, with postgraduate study at the Eastman School of Music. His teaching career included ten years in public school instrumental/choral music and thirty-four years at the college level, primarily in theory, composition, and woodwinds. He was also active as author, conductor, editor, and professional flutist. His compositions, of which many are published, have brought him consecutive ASCAP awards since 1995 for performances at home and abroad. Since 2003 Charles has been Composer-in-Residence for the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra. Roger C. Vogel was born on July 6, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio and received his Ph.D. in Music Theory and Composition from the Ohio State University in 1975. He is currently Professor of Music at the University of Georgia. Since he joined the faculty in 1976 he has written and published over 100 works. His compositions have won prizes in national contests and have been performed at conventions and festivals throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. Performer Biographies Lisa Hanson Bartholow is flute instructor at Georgia College & State University, Clayton State University, and Toccoa Falls College. She has played flute, piccolo, and baroque flute with classical and popular ensembles in St. Louis, Chicago, and Atlanta, and other cities. She has performed as a guest artist with the Chester String Quartet, is a member of the Peachtree Consort and Peachtree Symphonic Winds, and maintains a private flute studio. She earned her Bachelor of Music at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music, and her Master of Music at DePaul University. Dawn Chernault (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Horn, graduated from VA Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. After her first year of teaching she moved to the beautiful Roanoke Valley to teach in the Roanoke County Schools. She is currently the Band Director at William Byrd Middle School. In addition to playing in Roanoke Chamber Brass, Dawn also plays as a freelance musician and has performed with the Roanoke and Lynchburg Symphony Orchestras, Opera Roanoke, Opera on the James, New River Valley Symphony, and the Shenandoah Symphony. Paul Christopher, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Low Strings, received his Bachelor of Music Education from the New England Conservatory of Music and his Master of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Memphis. Currently Mr. Christopher is Principal Cello of the Longview Symphony Orchestra. In the summers he performs as Assistant Principal Cello with the Peter Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon. Mr. Christopher has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. He has also performed guest artist recitals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. Mr. Christopherʼs articles have been published in the Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter, Strings and American String Teacher, the latter, a peer-reviewed journal. He has given presentations at the 2003, 2004 and 2007 Louisiana Music Teacher Association conventions and serves as Chair of the String Committee. In August 2007 Mr. Christopher was recognized as a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in Cello by the Music Teachers National Association. Mr. Christopher has appeared on numerous recordings as a member of the Nashville String Machine with artists such as Faith Hill, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Springsteen and George Strait. He has also recorded three CDs devoted to the cello duos of Jacques Offenbach on the Human Metronome label. Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Aaron Craven graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in music education K-12 with an emphasis in string bass performance and a minor in piano performance. While at IUP, Aaron studied double bass with Jeff Mangone. Aaron graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a master's degree in double bass / electric bass performance, studying primarily with Harold (Rusty) Holloway, who has been a featured bass player with leading U.S. jazz artists including Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, and Stan Getz. Currently Aaron is the Director of Orchestras at Forsyth Country Day School. Aaron has performed with the Symphony of the Mountains in Kingsport, Tennessee, the Knoxville Opera, and was assistant principal bass of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Aaron currently performs with the Western Piedmont Symphony and around the Triad with the Brent Davis Quartet. Darrelle Green is a native of Greensboro and started playing bass at the age of 13. Through playing the bass she found a passion for music, she attended UNC School of the Arts High School and College. There she studied with Paul Sharpe and Lynn Peters. Currently Darrelle is a member of the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC and an active freelance musician in the Triad area Steve Hedrick (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Trumpet, received his Master of Music Education Degree from the University of South Carolina, and Bachelorʼs Degree in Music with a Performance Certificate from Elon University. He is a member of the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbia Lyric Opera, Charleston (SC) Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Opera Roanoke, and Lynchburg Symphony. Steve was a band director for eleven years and has recently published two volumes of the Band Fundamentals Book. He currently teaches music at The Bandroom Studios in Roanoke and is adjunct professor of trumpet at Roanoke College. Charles Krause (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Tuba, received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Virginia Commonwealth University with an emphasis in piano and tuba. He then taught public school music for the Richmond City Schools. In 1971 he moved to Roanoke and was the manager of Boykinʼs Music Shop. In 1977 he received his Master of Church Music degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He was the first graduate of the school to serve in a full-time capacity as director of a church orchestra and was also the first graduate to complete 25 years as a Minister of Instrumental Music in a church. For the past three years he has served Grandin Court Baptist Church as their Minister of Discipleship and Senior Adults. He was the principal tubist with the Roanoke Symphony for 36 years. Jeff Kresge (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Trumpet, received his Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Boston Conservatory and Bachelorʼs Degree in Music Education from SUNY at Fredonia. He is currently a member of the Roanoke and Shenandoah Symphony Orchestras and has performed with the Lynchburg and Charleston (WV) Orchestras as well as Opera Roanoke. Jeff also enjoys freelance work throughout southwestern Virginia and is currently adjunct professor of trumpet at Hollins University. Critics have hailed Clifford Leaman “an artist of the first order…intuitive, exciting, and enthralling." (Paul Wagner, The Saxophone Journal) Leaman reveals himself to be “an artist of technical brilliance and emotional commitment.” “The range of colors is impressive...” (Jack Sullivan, American Record Guide). Professor of saxophone at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Leaman is in great demand as a soloist and clinician and has performed and taught throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain and China, where he was a featured guest artist for the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Yantai International Winds Art Festival and the 2005 Xiʼan International Arts Festival. In collaboration with pianist Derek Parsons, Dr. Leaman formed the Ambassador Duo in 1990; together, they have released three critically acclaimed compact discs on the Equilibrium label entitled Brillance (EQ-21), featuring the works of Bassett, Bolcom, Lennon, Kilstofte, and Gotkovsky, and Excursions (EQ-55), featuring works of Heiden, Maurice, Whitney, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Vaughan Williams, and Demersseman; and their most recent disc, Illuminations (EQ-77. He is also featured on a variety of recordings of solo and chamber works for Redwood Records, CRS, and the University of Arizona Recordings as well as with The RoseWind duo with percussionist Scott Herring. An avid supporter of contemporary music, Dr. Leaman has commissioned and given the world premiere performances of numerous works, including chamber pieces by Reginald Bain, John Fitz Rogers and Tayloe Harding, as well as in concertos by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers, Leslie Bassett and Michael Colgrass. His recording of the Bassett with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra is available through Equilibrium Records (EQ-63). Dr. Leaman is an artist-clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company, Inc. and performs exclusively on Selmer saxophones. Fabián López, Assistant Professor of Violin, is a native of Málaga, Spain. He started playing violin at the age of eleven. Upon graduation from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga, he received a scholarship from the Hispanic-American Joint Commitee/Fullbright Commission, to study further at Colgate University. This was the beginning of an ongoing process that has lasted for ten years. His principal teachers have been: Nicolae Duca, Laura Klugherz, Kevork Mardirossian, and Camilla Wicks.Fabián has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as: Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Orquesta Ciudad de Córdoba, Chamber Orchestra of Andalucía, Orquesta Filarmónia de Málaga, Orquesta Ciudad de Almeria, “Manuel de Falla” Chamber Orchestra, etc. In the pedagogical terrain, Fabián has given courses and master classes for the Youth Orchestra of Andalucía (O.J.A.), and in Granada, Adra, Cartagena, West Virginia University, Mercer University, Louisiana State University, and Hebert Springs. As a jury member he has been in the I International Violin Competition “Violines por la Paz”, in Jaen, Auditions for Violin Professors in Spanish National Conservatories, and The Concerto Competition of the Superior Conservatory of Music of Granada. Fabián taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music “Manuel de Falla” of Cádiz, Spain (1999-2004). During his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Fabián had the opportunity of playing a concert with the Guarnerius del Gesu that belonged to J. Heifetz. He is the lucky owner of a violin by Ioan Guillami, 1726, which is called “little strad” among friends. He graduated from Baylor University (M.M.), studying with Bruce Berg, and from The University of Michigan (D.M.A.), studying with Andrew Jennings. He is happily married and lives with his wife, Sinthia Pérez, a terrific harpist, and his dog Max. Ellen Ritchey, soprano, joined the faculty of the School of Music at The University of Georgia as an Instructor of Music Therapy in 2004. She holds Masters degrees in Music and Music Therapy from Southern Methodist University and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance from The University of Georgia. She frequently performs as a guest soloist with university and civic performing organizations in Athens, Georgia. The Roanoke Chamber Brass quintet has been part of the arts culture in southwestern Virginia since the dawn of the new millennium. Its members are established educators as well as musicians. Roanoke Chamber Brass is the quintet-in-residence at Hollins University and also performs frequently in various church programs. They have accompanied the Salem Choral Society and appear yearly at the Drum Corps International Competition in Salem, Virginia, to open the festivities. Since its inception in 2000, the Roanoke Chamber Brass has solidified its reputation as one of southwestern Virginiaʼs finest chamber ensembles. They are performing R. Kevin Paul's Two Pieces for Brass: Air & Danse Janet Bass Smith holds the D.M.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music, the M.M. from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and the B.M., summa cum laude, from the University of Wyoming. She has also done advanced study at the Juilliard School of Music and the Eastman School of Music. She has been on the faculty of four universities, teaching piano and music theory, and currently maintains an independent piano studio in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Dr. Smith performed as a solo pianist and accompanied her husband, Charles, a flutist, when they toured the United States and Europe in 1998. In 2003 she performed a Mozart concerto with an orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is a church organist, an amateur cellist, an avid caver, and a prize-winning oil painter and poet. For the past sixteen summers she has been a seasonal park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park where she guides all of the cave tours, including the six-hour wild cave tour. Randall A. Smith has been Professor of Saxophone and Music Theory at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, since 1987. Prior to that, he taught instrumental music at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He received the B.M. and B.M.E., magna cum laude, from Southeast Missouri State University, and the M.M. and D.M. from Indiana University. While at I.U. he was winner of the Saxophone Concerto Competition, an Associate Instructor of Saxophone, and a member of the Indiana Saxophone Quartet. Dr. Smith has performed throughout the Midwest, Puerto Rico, and Europe. In 2003 he premiered two saxophone compositions, dedicated to him, at the 13th World Saxophone Congress in Minneapolis. In 2003 he was Visiting Professor of Saxophone at the Universidad de Costa Rica. At the 14th World Saxophone Congress (2006) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, he premiered a composition for alto saxophone and band that he had commissioned of Eric Ewazen. He also performed the piece with the composer at the piano at the Juilliard School of Music. In May 2008 Dr. Smith served as Visiting Professor of Saxophone at the Musical College in Rivne, Ukraine, and performed/conducted a master class at the conservatory of Music in Lviv, Ukraine. The Smith-Placilla-Turner Trio. Andrew Smith, Christina Placilla, and JW Turner first came together through their shared commitment to new music, to perform Le Sens by Bruce Mahin in 2008. Smith was formerly a colleague of Placillaʼs at the Hart School in Connecticut, while Turner and Placilla are currently colleagues at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Thus, their performances reflect not only their zeal for discovering and presenting powerful modern masterpieces, but also the warmth of old and new friendships. When they are not performing together, Smith, originally a founding member of the Rubicon Ensemble, currently performs with the Castillon Trio and teaches at Valapariso University in Connecticut. Placilla performs with the Ensemble Argos, conducts the orchestra and serves as coordinator of string studies at Winston- Salem Sate. Finally, Turner performs annual installments of his “Meditations” recital series, directs the New Music Revelations concert series featuring WSSU faculty, and serves as coordinator of music theory at Winston-Salem State. Erik Stegall (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Trombone, is an alumnus of Elon University. He served as a tenor and bass trombonist in the United States Navy Band performing a variety of musical genres. Some highlights of his 20 years as a professional trombonist are performing with Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson, J.J. Johnson, Slide Hampton, Art Farmer, John Fedchock, Phil Woods, Percy Sledge, The Impressions, Jerry Butler, Eddie Floyd, Archie Bell, North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Jay Thomas Big Band, Roanoke Symphony and Opera Roanoke. As an active freelance trombonist, he appeared on “Good Morning America” with Percy Sledge on the morning of his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with a performance at Lincoln Center in 2005. Born in the capital of Latvia, Riga, Ināra Zandmane started to play piano at the age of six. Dr. Zandmane holds BM and MM from Latvian Academy of Music, MM in piano performance from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and DMA in piano performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She has been the staff accompanist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 2003, performing up to fifty recitals per year. Ms. Zandmane is frequently invited to serve as an official accompanist at national competitions and conferences, among them the North American Saxophone Alliance conference and the MTNA National competition since 2004. Ms. Zandmane has been presented in solo recitals in St. Paul, Kansas City, Cleveland, St. Louis, and New York, as well as in many Republics of former Soviet Union. In April 2000, she was invited to perform at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. Inara Zandmane has appeared as a soloist with the Latvian National Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony, Latvian Academy of Music Student Orchestra, SIU Symphony, and UMKC Conservatory Symphony and Chamber orchestras. She has performed with various chamber ensembles at the International Chamber Music Festivals in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Helsinki (Finland), and Norrtelje (Sweden). Ms. Zandmane has collaborated with such musicians as Martin Storey, Paul Coletti, Branford Marsalis, Michel Debost, Kelly Burke, Steven Stusek, and Susan Fancher. For a few last years, Inara Zandmane has worked together with Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. She has given Latvian premieres of his two latest piano pieces, Landscapes of the Burnt-out Earth and The Spring Music, and recorded the first of them on the Conifer Classics label. Solo recordings include the piano works by Maurice Ravel, recorded together with her husband, Vincent van Gelder, and the complete Sonatas for piano by Alexander Scriabin. She also can be heard on various chamber music CDs.
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Title | 2009-03-13 Society of Composers, Inc. [recital program] |
Date | 2009 |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Greensboro. School of Music, Theatre and Dance |
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Description | Spring 2009 programs for recitals by students in the UNCG School of Music. |
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Full Text | School of Music U N C G Southeastern Composerʼs League 58th Annual Composerʼs Forum March 13, 2009 Recital Hall, School of Music Concert I 3:00 pm Recital Hall Two Moods (5:00) Karen McNeely I. Mood 1 II. Mood 2 Aaron Craven, bass Darrelle Green, bass Infamy… for Tuba and Audio CD (6:00) Joe L. Alexander Joe L. Alexander, tuba Suite No. 3 for Piano (4:00) Kenneth R. Benoit I. Prelude II. Invention III. Chorale IV. Waltz V. Scherzo Kenneth R. Benoit, piano 3R for Solo Cello (8:00) Mark Prince Lee Paul Christopher, cello Music for Cello (7:00) Gregory W. Pinney Paul Christopher, cello Intermission Intermezzo (6:00) Mark Francis Mark Francis, guitar Seven Preludes for Piano (12:00) Peter Blauvelt Peter Blauvelt, piano Program Notes Infamy . . . was realized at the Scream Studio at the University of Alabama during the fall of 1996. It uses the first line of Franklin D. Roosevelt immortal speech which ushered the United States into World War II. All of the sounds are derived from manipulations of certain words from the speech and sampled tuba sounds. The Sound Designer II program was primarily used to construct the piece. The composer premiered the work in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 3, 1996. Suite No. 3 for Piano is a collection of movements written as exercises in trying to create pieces which last 60 seconds or less. The first two movements, “Prelude” and “Invention”, use the same melodic material. “Chorale is a study in quartal harmony. The “Waltz” is there because the composer likes waltzes. The suite ends with a “Scherzo”. Solo # 3 for Cello is part of a larger work entitled Quintet for Winds and Strings, a work for flute, clarinet, viola, guitar, and cello in five movements. The entire quintet opens the work in the first movement and closes in the fifth. The inner three movements are trio, quarter, and duet respectively. Between the five movements, each instrument has a solo whose pitch content is derived from the previous and following movements, the solos serving as bridges connecting the five movements. Solo # 3 for Cello is longer and structurally more elaborate than the other four solos, and functions as the centerpiece for the entire quintet. The pitch content is ordered by groups, which are affixed to register, tempo, duration, dynamic, and articulation. Music for Cello “The composer feels that program notes are not necessary for this piece. Comments on the quality of the work are welcome at ʻgwpinney@gmail.comʼ – thank you.” Intermezzo was written in 1985. It uses an unusual scordatura tuning of e-flat on the sixth string. Its ternary form reflects the influence of the Brahms piano pieces I was studying at the time. Like the Brahms the middle section contrasts with the outer sections in tempo and texture. The outer sections are exercises in free invertible counterpoint with the middle section alternating between arpeggios and single lines. Seven Preludes for Piano is a collection of relatively short and contrasting movements that can each stand on their own. The movements are - by and large - more challenging musically than technically, in contrast to the bulk of piano pieces written in a similar style. So the idea of not making every piano piece a technical challenge was the motivation behind writing the seven preludes. Concert II 7:30 Recital Hall Two Pieces for Brass Quintet (5:00) Kevin Paul I. Air II. Danse The Roanoke Chamber Brass Steve Hedrick, trumpet Jeff Kresge, trumpet Dawn, horn Erik Stegall, trombone Charles Krause, tuba The Frog, He Fly… Almost (5:00) Roger Vogel Ellen Ritchey, voice Lisa Hanson Bartholow, flute FANTABELJIN (5:00) Tayloe Harding Clifford Leaman, alto saxophone Sonata for Violin and Piano (15:00) Gregory Carroll I. Dance Episodes II. Ariosa III. Scherzo Fabián López, violin Ināra Zandmane, piano Intermission Le Sens (10:00) Bruce Mahin The Smith-Placilla-Turner Trio Andrew Smith, violin Christina Placilla, viola JW Turner, cello Aurora Borealis: A Green Arc Appears (7:00) Ken Davies Two-channel audio CD Sonata No. 1 for Alto Saxophone and Piano (15:00) Charles W. Smith I. Moderately fast graceful II. Very slowly III. Very fast Randall Allan Smith, alto saxophone Janet Bass Smith, piano Program Notes The Frog, He Fly . . . Almost What a wonderful bird the frog are-- When he stand he sit almost; When he hop, he fly almost. He ain't got no sense hardly; He ain't got no tail hardly either. When he sit, he sit on what he ain't got almost. Anonymous Sonata for Violin and Piano was completed in January 2008 and is dedicated to my performing colleagues Fabian Lopez (violin) and Inara Zandmane (piano). The outer movements are rooted in pitch material generated by the octatonic scale, giving the work a strongly Eastern European flavor. The first movement, Dance Episodes, is a ternary form comprised of a habanera bearing the danceʼs defining sultry rhythm. The middle section is a tarantella. Debunked legend had it that tarantula victims would sweat out the toxin by dancing the tarantella—a fast dance in compound time. Arioso, with its prominent quartal and often-diatonic pitch material, is in sharp contrast to the outer movements: it is atmospheric, colorful, and possesses a liquid-like luminescence. Arpeggios in the piano support lyrical lines in the violin. Harmonic shifts move between shades of light and dark, sun and clouds. The opening three-note gesture in the violin governs much of the thematic material of the movement. The final movement, Scherzo, is compulsively driven, having an even greater sense of urgency than the first movement. Its “serious” character is more aligned to the scherzos of Brahms. A violin cadenza provides a moment of relief from the intense rhythmic activity. Le Sens (Fr. literally sense of sensitivity) refers to the preoccupation with olfactory experiences one might find in Paris, a place where people delight in life and all things living. This piece attempts to capture the exuberant richness of life, the multi-faceted experience one gains when all senses are open to all that the world brings to us every day. Aurora Borealis: A Green Arc Appears from CD Floating Galaxy (Pattisan Records) Northern lights sometimes begin with a green glow slowly rising from the horizon before evolving into colorful moving shapes that paint the night sky. They can range from vertical streaks resembling rays of the sun to large zig-zag shapes like slow-motion lightning bolts. The show eventually settles down to a calm visual cadence. The pitch material, initially structured in Finale, includes drones and rapid melodic gestures based on pitch sets and sounds designed on a Kurzweil K2600. The Finale file was then transferred to Digital Performer and Mach Five for additional tweaking, spatial panning and effects. Sonata No. 1 was written in the spring of 1989 as a birthday present for the composerʼs son, Randall Allan Smith, who at the time was a graduate student at Indiana University—Bloomington. Pitch materials in all three movements are based on four pitch class sets presented in the first tem measures of the first movement. An admixture of homophonic and contrapuntal textures provides ample opportunities for both performers to interact within a tonal framework. Composer Biographies Joe L. Alexanderʼs music has been performed throughout the United States, Ecuador and Germany. Performances include recitals/presentations at conferences of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance; the Louisiana Composersʼ Consortium; National Association of Composers, USA; the Society of Composers, Inc.; the College Music Society; the Southeastern Composers League and at the 2008 International Tuba Euphonium Conference. His music has been featured at Bowling Green State Universityʼs annual New Music & Art Festival, and New Music for Young Ensemble Composers' Competition. In 2002, the Monroe (Louisiana) Symphony Orchestra commissioned him to compose Louisiana Blue (baritone voice, flute, piano with orchestra accompaniment). His Two Bryant Songs (soprano, Bb clarinet and piano) are recorded on the CD, Winds and Voices, by Living Artist Recordings. Alexander teaches Theory, Composition and Low Brass at Louisiana Tech University. He recently served as Secretary-Treasurer for the Southern Chapter of the College Music Society and Secretary for the Southeastern Composers League. Currently, he is the Vice-President of the Southeastern Composers League. Alexander holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas and studied composition with Newel Kay Brown, Douglas Knehans, Martin Mailman, Cindy McTee, and James Riley. Kenneth R. Benoit (b. 1952) holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from Louisiana State University, Master of Music in Music Theory/Composition from the University of Miami, Master of Science in Library Science from Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of West Florida, and Associate in Arts in Music Education from Miami-Dade College. He has completed commissions from the Louisiana Sinfonietta, LSU New Music Ensemble, Miami Beach Community Symphony Orchestra, and Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High/Magnet School for the Arts. Part of Kenʼs Overture in Black and Silver, which he wrote for the Krop commission, has been adopted as the schoolʼs Alma Mater. Dr. Benoitʼs works have been performed throughout the U. S. and in Austria, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Switzerland. He has published articles in Encyclopedia USA and 20th Century Music. His Five Flags Suite for band has been published by Imagine Music. Kenneth R. Benoit is a member of the Southeastern Composersʼ League; Society of Composers, Inc.; American Music Center; and ASCAP. He is on the faculty of Broward College in Coconut Creek, Florida. He and his wife live in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Peter Blauvelt was born in France and grew up in Germany where he began his studies in composition and piano. In 1975 he came to the U.S. where he studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, AM. There he received three degrees - including a doctorate in composition - and taught theory, composition and piano. Since 1968 he has often given recitals - not only of his own pieces - in the U.S., France and Germany in public and on the radio, and has received numerous prizes for both composition and piano. Meanwhile, his pieces have also been performed in other European and North American countries. After leaving the Boston area for Florida in 1984, he co-founded the “Tamp Bay Composersʼ Forum” in 1989 and served as treasurer, vice-president and president. He also founded “Creative Arts and Tutoring Services” in 1990. To date, he has written over 135 compositions, mostly chamber music, and has had over 100 of them performed in public. A number of compositions are also available on CDʼs. Gregory Carroll (Associate Professor) holds a B.A. in music from St. Johnʼs University (MN), and an M.M. and Ph.D. in Composition/Theory from the University of Iowa. Prior to coming to UNCG in 1981, he taught at The University of Iowa and Indiana State University. His compositions have been performed at national and international conferences. Other performance venues include Canada, Alaska, Europe, and Australia. He has frequently served as finalist judge for state, regional, and national composition contests. He has published theoretical articles in state and national journals, and is frequently sought after as a guest clinician and lecturer. Dr. Carroll currently serves as President of the Southeastern Composers League. A Wisconsin native, Ken Davies holds an M.A. in trombone from Middle Tennessee State University at Murfreesboro and an M.M. in composition from the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was an Effinger Fellowship composition student. During the 1970s, he was trombonist with Gabrielʼs Brass, a 12-piece jazz-rock show band based in Orlando, Florida and often appearing at Walt Disney World. He has worked as a commercial arranger and session producer for nationally broadcast record and television projects. Since 2002, he has resided in south Mississippi where he teaches brass, composes, and runs his publishing company, Kenvad Music. His works include acoustic and electronic pieces that have been performed nationally at Society of Composers national and regional conferences, Southeastern Composers League, International Trombone Festival, and several concerts. His electronic ambient CD, Floating Galaxy, and downloads are available at CD Baby and iTunes. His works are available from KenDavies.net/kenvad and from Theodore Front Music Literature. Honors include ASCAP awards and grants from National Endowment for the Arts and Mississippi Arts Commission. He received the 2006-2007 Mississippi Performing Artist Fellowship in Composition, is currently on the Mississippi Artist Roster and the Southern Arts Federationʼs SouthernArtistry.org artist registry. Mark Francis (b. 1958) has served as Director of Education and Community Outreach for The Florida Orchestra and as Director of Education and Librarian for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. He has taught at Mississippi State University, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, Centenary College, Northwestern State University and Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex. He holds a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Kentucky. A recipient of 10 ASCAP Standard Awards and 4 ASCAP Plus Awards for his compositions which include chamber, orchestral, choral and electronic works as well as over 70 art songs. His compositions are frequently performed at prestigious festivals such as the Society Of Composers, Inc. National Meeting, Resolution 2000 New Music Festival, The Corcoran Gallery Contemporary Music Series in Washington, DC and the North American Saxophone Association. His compositions and arrangements are published by Conners Publications, Carillon Music from Albany Little Piper Publications, Gold Branch Music and Imagine Music. He is a past Board Member for Composition of College Music Society, South Chapter and past President of the Southeastern Composers League and a frequent contributor to 21st Century Music. Tayloe Harding is a composer and music administrator currently serving as Dean of the School of Music at the University of South Carolina. A passionate advocate for advancing the impact of higher education music study and experience on American communities and national society, he is devoted to an array of organizations whose missions are consistent with this advocacy. As President of the College Music Society from 2005-2006, he led the creation of the Engagement and Outreach Initiative where the efforts of the music professoriate are articulated with a variety of national constituencies, including other higher education disciplines and populations, music businesses and industries, and general audiences all in an effort to meet common musical and civic goals. He has been a founding member of the leadership teams for the Brevard Conference on Music Entrepreneurship (BCOME), the Round Top Roundtable: The Next Generation of Music Leadership in America and the independent National String Project Consortium (NSPC). As Dean at South Carolina he has brought a bold idea to fruition: to more fully prepare tomorrowʼs professional musicians by combining conventional professional music study with a systematic curricular and co-curricular exploration of music advocacy, music entrepreneurship, and community engagement in music by forming the Carolina Institute for Leadership and Engagement in Music, the first such entity of its kind in American higher education. Mark Prince Lee received his B.M. in composition from Florida State University, and his M.M. in composition from Memphis State University. Dr. Lee also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in German from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Lee did post graduate study in composition for two summers at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, Germany where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissey, and attended the master classes of John Cage. Dr. Lee was also a participant in the composition and analysis seminars given by Karlheinz Stockhausen in the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2004, in Kürten, Germany (near Köln). Dr. Leeʼs works for a wide variety of acoustic and electronic media have been performed throughout the eastern half of the U.S. including performances in Miami, New Orleans, Atlanta, Washington D.C., New York City, and Toronto. In Europe his works have been performed in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Vienna, and throughout Germany. Most recently his music was performed in the summer of 2005 in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, and site of the first music conservatory established in the Western Hemisphere. In July of 2007 premiere performances of his works were given at the Universidad Complutense, the largest university in Madrid, and at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Dr. Lee is Associate Professor of Music and German at Columbia State College (near Nashville, Tennessee), where he teaches Theory, Composition, Piano, German Literature, directs the Student Performance Ensemble, and serves as the Music Department Chair. Bruce P. Mahin is a Professor of Music and Director of the Radford University Center for Music Technology. He received the B.Mus from West Virginia University, M.Mus from Northwestern University and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. Mahin is a former president of the Southeastern Composers League, a former co-chair of Society of Composers Region 3, a former research fellow at the University of Glasgow (Scotland), and the recipient of awards from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Meet the Composer, Annapolis Fine Arts Foundation, Res Musica, Southeastern Composers League and others. His works are available on compact disc through Capstone Recordings (CPS-8747, CPS-8624 and CPS-8611) and published in score by Pioneer Percussion, Ltd, and in the Society of Composers Journal of Musical Scores. Karen McNeely is an active composer, arranger, and performer, currently residing in Winston- Salem, North Carolina. She was recently awarded a grant from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts to compose a new work for the Women and the Arts Exhibition (April 2007), and was also invited to arrange Fauréʼs Cantique de Jean Racine for the Wake Forest University Clarinet Ensemble (premiere: spring 2009). Ms. McNeely received the Master and Bachelor of Music Theory & Composition and a Spanish Minor from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She initiated and organized the first “New Music Concerts” at UT in 2004, which helped to showcase new works by mainly student composers and help bring exposure to the composition studio at UT. These concerts continue successfully today. Receiving a School of Music Graduate Teaching Assistantship at UT, Ms. McNeely taught music theory courses for two years, performed with the UT Symphony Orchestra and UT Horn Ensemble, Concert Choir & Womenʼs Ensemble, was the audio technician for the UT Singers, was an on-air host for Knoxvilleʼs classical music/NPR station (WUOT 91.9 FM), and interned with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001. She also helped found two professional woodwind quintet ensembles: Southerly Winds (Knoxville, TN) and West End Winds (Winston-Salem, NC). Ms. McNeely is currently the Operations Manager for the Winston-Salem Childrenʼs Chorus. R. Kevin Paul earned his B.M. degree in Education from Radford University in 1993 where he conducted several university ensembles and performed as a trumpeter in most, including a nominated undergraduate honors recital. Mr. Paul earned the first M.M. degree in Conducting Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1996 where he served as Director of the University Band and Pep Band, graduate teaching assistant for the Wind Ensemble, interim graduate teaching assistant for the Choral Arts Society, and principal trumpet of the VCU Symphony & Opera Orchestras. Mr. Paul served the Richmond, Va. community as a trumpeter in several brass quintets and was Principal Trumpet of the Richmond Philharmonic, Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Richmond Symphonic Winds, and trumpeter with the Petersburg Symphony and other chamber ensembles. He founded the Richmond Brass Consort, Richmondʼs only large brass & percussion ensemble, and was its Conductor/Music Director until he left Richmond in 2000. Since 1989, Kevin Paul has been teaching music to students at all levels, from elementary to graduate school, both publicly and privately. He was the trumpet instructor for the RU Community Arts School and the VCU Community School for the Performing Arts. Mr. Paul has also served as a middle school Band Director in the Virginia Public School and has conducted several high school and middle school bands and has adjudicated many festivals, competitions, and auditions. He has composed works for Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, and has arranged over 65 works for Brass Ensemble. Gregory W. Pinney, born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, has music degrees from Florida State University (with Roy Johnson) and The University of Alabama (with Fred Goossen/Marvin Johnson). While pursuing his PhD in NYC he became a founding member of the composersʼ collective Friends and Enemies of New Music, through which many NYC premiers were performed. The group is still thriving to date, and its Board of Advisors includes David del Tredici, Charles Dodge, and Thea Musgrave, among others. In 1992 he received a Meet the Composer grant which allowed him to address an audience on the topic of the ʻdramaʼ in his music prior to a premier his Piano Studies 2A & 2B performed by Christopher Oldfather. He now works and resides in his home town. Charles W. Smith, Professor Emeritus at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, received the B.M., cum laude, from the University of Wyoming, the M.A. from New York University, and the D.M.A. from Peabody College, with postgraduate study at the Eastman School of Music. His teaching career included ten years in public school instrumental/choral music and thirty-four years at the college level, primarily in theory, composition, and woodwinds. He was also active as author, conductor, editor, and professional flutist. His compositions, of which many are published, have brought him consecutive ASCAP awards since 1995 for performances at home and abroad. Since 2003 Charles has been Composer-in-Residence for the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra. Roger C. Vogel was born on July 6, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio and received his Ph.D. in Music Theory and Composition from the Ohio State University in 1975. He is currently Professor of Music at the University of Georgia. Since he joined the faculty in 1976 he has written and published over 100 works. His compositions have won prizes in national contests and have been performed at conventions and festivals throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. Performer Biographies Lisa Hanson Bartholow is flute instructor at Georgia College & State University, Clayton State University, and Toccoa Falls College. She has played flute, piccolo, and baroque flute with classical and popular ensembles in St. Louis, Chicago, and Atlanta, and other cities. She has performed as a guest artist with the Chester String Quartet, is a member of the Peachtree Consort and Peachtree Symphonic Winds, and maintains a private flute studio. She earned her Bachelor of Music at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music, and her Master of Music at DePaul University. Dawn Chernault (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Horn, graduated from VA Tech with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. After her first year of teaching she moved to the beautiful Roanoke Valley to teach in the Roanoke County Schools. She is currently the Band Director at William Byrd Middle School. In addition to playing in Roanoke Chamber Brass, Dawn also plays as a freelance musician and has performed with the Roanoke and Lynchburg Symphony Orchestras, Opera Roanoke, Opera on the James, New River Valley Symphony, and the Shenandoah Symphony. Paul Christopher, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Low Strings, received his Bachelor of Music Education from the New England Conservatory of Music and his Master of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Memphis. Currently Mr. Christopher is Principal Cello of the Longview Symphony Orchestra. In the summers he performs as Assistant Principal Cello with the Peter Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon. Mr. Christopher has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. He has also performed guest artist recitals in Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. Mr. Christopherʼs articles have been published in the Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter, Strings and American String Teacher, the latter, a peer-reviewed journal. He has given presentations at the 2003, 2004 and 2007 Louisiana Music Teacher Association conventions and serves as Chair of the String Committee. In August 2007 Mr. Christopher was recognized as a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in Cello by the Music Teachers National Association. Mr. Christopher has appeared on numerous recordings as a member of the Nashville String Machine with artists such as Faith Hill, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Springsteen and George Strait. He has also recorded three CDs devoted to the cello duos of Jacques Offenbach on the Human Metronome label. Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Aaron Craven graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in music education K-12 with an emphasis in string bass performance and a minor in piano performance. While at IUP, Aaron studied double bass with Jeff Mangone. Aaron graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a master's degree in double bass / electric bass performance, studying primarily with Harold (Rusty) Holloway, who has been a featured bass player with leading U.S. jazz artists including Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, and Stan Getz. Currently Aaron is the Director of Orchestras at Forsyth Country Day School. Aaron has performed with the Symphony of the Mountains in Kingsport, Tennessee, the Knoxville Opera, and was assistant principal bass of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Aaron currently performs with the Western Piedmont Symphony and around the Triad with the Brent Davis Quartet. Darrelle Green is a native of Greensboro and started playing bass at the age of 13. Through playing the bass she found a passion for music, she attended UNC School of the Arts High School and College. There she studied with Paul Sharpe and Lynn Peters. Currently Darrelle is a member of the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC and an active freelance musician in the Triad area Steve Hedrick (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Trumpet, received his Master of Music Education Degree from the University of South Carolina, and Bachelorʼs Degree in Music with a Performance Certificate from Elon University. He is a member of the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbia Lyric Opera, Charleston (SC) Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Opera Roanoke, and Lynchburg Symphony. Steve was a band director for eleven years and has recently published two volumes of the Band Fundamentals Book. He currently teaches music at The Bandroom Studios in Roanoke and is adjunct professor of trumpet at Roanoke College. Charles Krause (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Tuba, received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Virginia Commonwealth University with an emphasis in piano and tuba. He then taught public school music for the Richmond City Schools. In 1971 he moved to Roanoke and was the manager of Boykinʼs Music Shop. In 1977 he received his Master of Church Music degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He was the first graduate of the school to serve in a full-time capacity as director of a church orchestra and was also the first graduate to complete 25 years as a Minister of Instrumental Music in a church. For the past three years he has served Grandin Court Baptist Church as their Minister of Discipleship and Senior Adults. He was the principal tubist with the Roanoke Symphony for 36 years. Jeff Kresge (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Trumpet, received his Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Boston Conservatory and Bachelorʼs Degree in Music Education from SUNY at Fredonia. He is currently a member of the Roanoke and Shenandoah Symphony Orchestras and has performed with the Lynchburg and Charleston (WV) Orchestras as well as Opera Roanoke. Jeff also enjoys freelance work throughout southwestern Virginia and is currently adjunct professor of trumpet at Hollins University. Critics have hailed Clifford Leaman “an artist of the first order…intuitive, exciting, and enthralling." (Paul Wagner, The Saxophone Journal) Leaman reveals himself to be “an artist of technical brilliance and emotional commitment.” “The range of colors is impressive...” (Jack Sullivan, American Record Guide). Professor of saxophone at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Leaman is in great demand as a soloist and clinician and has performed and taught throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain and China, where he was a featured guest artist for the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Yantai International Winds Art Festival and the 2005 Xiʼan International Arts Festival. In collaboration with pianist Derek Parsons, Dr. Leaman formed the Ambassador Duo in 1990; together, they have released three critically acclaimed compact discs on the Equilibrium label entitled Brillance (EQ-21), featuring the works of Bassett, Bolcom, Lennon, Kilstofte, and Gotkovsky, and Excursions (EQ-55), featuring works of Heiden, Maurice, Whitney, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Vaughan Williams, and Demersseman; and their most recent disc, Illuminations (EQ-77. He is also featured on a variety of recordings of solo and chamber works for Redwood Records, CRS, and the University of Arizona Recordings as well as with The RoseWind duo with percussionist Scott Herring. An avid supporter of contemporary music, Dr. Leaman has commissioned and given the world premiere performances of numerous works, including chamber pieces by Reginald Bain, John Fitz Rogers and Tayloe Harding, as well as in concertos by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers, Leslie Bassett and Michael Colgrass. His recording of the Bassett with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra is available through Equilibrium Records (EQ-63). Dr. Leaman is an artist-clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company, Inc. and performs exclusively on Selmer saxophones. Fabián López, Assistant Professor of Violin, is a native of Málaga, Spain. He started playing violin at the age of eleven. Upon graduation from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga, he received a scholarship from the Hispanic-American Joint Commitee/Fullbright Commission, to study further at Colgate University. This was the beginning of an ongoing process that has lasted for ten years. His principal teachers have been: Nicolae Duca, Laura Klugherz, Kevork Mardirossian, and Camilla Wicks.Fabián has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as: Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Orquesta Ciudad de Córdoba, Chamber Orchestra of Andalucía, Orquesta Filarmónia de Málaga, Orquesta Ciudad de Almeria, “Manuel de Falla” Chamber Orchestra, etc. In the pedagogical terrain, Fabián has given courses and master classes for the Youth Orchestra of Andalucía (O.J.A.), and in Granada, Adra, Cartagena, West Virginia University, Mercer University, Louisiana State University, and Hebert Springs. As a jury member he has been in the I International Violin Competition “Violines por la Paz”, in Jaen, Auditions for Violin Professors in Spanish National Conservatories, and The Concerto Competition of the Superior Conservatory of Music of Granada. Fabián taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music “Manuel de Falla” of Cádiz, Spain (1999-2004). During his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Fabián had the opportunity of playing a concert with the Guarnerius del Gesu that belonged to J. Heifetz. He is the lucky owner of a violin by Ioan Guillami, 1726, which is called “little strad” among friends. He graduated from Baylor University (M.M.), studying with Bruce Berg, and from The University of Michigan (D.M.A.), studying with Andrew Jennings. He is happily married and lives with his wife, Sinthia Pérez, a terrific harpist, and his dog Max. Ellen Ritchey, soprano, joined the faculty of the School of Music at The University of Georgia as an Instructor of Music Therapy in 2004. She holds Masters degrees in Music and Music Therapy from Southern Methodist University and received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance from The University of Georgia. She frequently performs as a guest soloist with university and civic performing organizations in Athens, Georgia. The Roanoke Chamber Brass quintet has been part of the arts culture in southwestern Virginia since the dawn of the new millennium. Its members are established educators as well as musicians. Roanoke Chamber Brass is the quintet-in-residence at Hollins University and also performs frequently in various church programs. They have accompanied the Salem Choral Society and appear yearly at the Drum Corps International Competition in Salem, Virginia, to open the festivities. Since its inception in 2000, the Roanoke Chamber Brass has solidified its reputation as one of southwestern Virginiaʼs finest chamber ensembles. They are performing R. Kevin Paul's Two Pieces for Brass: Air & Danse Janet Bass Smith holds the D.M.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music, the M.M. from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and the B.M., summa cum laude, from the University of Wyoming. She has also done advanced study at the Juilliard School of Music and the Eastman School of Music. She has been on the faculty of four universities, teaching piano and music theory, and currently maintains an independent piano studio in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Dr. Smith performed as a solo pianist and accompanied her husband, Charles, a flutist, when they toured the United States and Europe in 1998. In 2003 she performed a Mozart concerto with an orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is a church organist, an amateur cellist, an avid caver, and a prize-winning oil painter and poet. For the past sixteen summers she has been a seasonal park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park where she guides all of the cave tours, including the six-hour wild cave tour. Randall A. Smith has been Professor of Saxophone and Music Theory at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, since 1987. Prior to that, he taught instrumental music at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He received the B.M. and B.M.E., magna cum laude, from Southeast Missouri State University, and the M.M. and D.M. from Indiana University. While at I.U. he was winner of the Saxophone Concerto Competition, an Associate Instructor of Saxophone, and a member of the Indiana Saxophone Quartet. Dr. Smith has performed throughout the Midwest, Puerto Rico, and Europe. In 2003 he premiered two saxophone compositions, dedicated to him, at the 13th World Saxophone Congress in Minneapolis. In 2003 he was Visiting Professor of Saxophone at the Universidad de Costa Rica. At the 14th World Saxophone Congress (2006) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, he premiered a composition for alto saxophone and band that he had commissioned of Eric Ewazen. He also performed the piece with the composer at the piano at the Juilliard School of Music. In May 2008 Dr. Smith served as Visiting Professor of Saxophone at the Musical College in Rivne, Ukraine, and performed/conducted a master class at the conservatory of Music in Lviv, Ukraine. The Smith-Placilla-Turner Trio. Andrew Smith, Christina Placilla, and JW Turner first came together through their shared commitment to new music, to perform Le Sens by Bruce Mahin in 2008. Smith was formerly a colleague of Placillaʼs at the Hart School in Connecticut, while Turner and Placilla are currently colleagues at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Thus, their performances reflect not only their zeal for discovering and presenting powerful modern masterpieces, but also the warmth of old and new friendships. When they are not performing together, Smith, originally a founding member of the Rubicon Ensemble, currently performs with the Castillon Trio and teaches at Valapariso University in Connecticut. Placilla performs with the Ensemble Argos, conducts the orchestra and serves as coordinator of string studies at Winston- Salem Sate. Finally, Turner performs annual installments of his “Meditations” recital series, directs the New Music Revelations concert series featuring WSSU faculty, and serves as coordinator of music theory at Winston-Salem State. Erik Stegall (Roanoke Chamber Brass), Trombone, is an alumnus of Elon University. He served as a tenor and bass trombonist in the United States Navy Band performing a variety of musical genres. Some highlights of his 20 years as a professional trombonist are performing with Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson, J.J. Johnson, Slide Hampton, Art Farmer, John Fedchock, Phil Woods, Percy Sledge, The Impressions, Jerry Butler, Eddie Floyd, Archie Bell, North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, Jay Thomas Big Band, Roanoke Symphony and Opera Roanoke. As an active freelance trombonist, he appeared on “Good Morning America” with Percy Sledge on the morning of his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with a performance at Lincoln Center in 2005. Born in the capital of Latvia, Riga, Ināra Zandmane started to play piano at the age of six. Dr. Zandmane holds BM and MM from Latvian Academy of Music, MM in piano performance from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and DMA in piano performance from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She has been the staff accompanist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 2003, performing up to fifty recitals per year. Ms. Zandmane is frequently invited to serve as an official accompanist at national competitions and conferences, among them the North American Saxophone Alliance conference and the MTNA National competition since 2004. Ms. Zandmane has been presented in solo recitals in St. Paul, Kansas City, Cleveland, St. Louis, and New York, as well as in many Republics of former Soviet Union. In April 2000, she was invited to perform at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. Inara Zandmane has appeared as a soloist with the Latvian National Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony, Latvian Academy of Music Student Orchestra, SIU Symphony, and UMKC Conservatory Symphony and Chamber orchestras. She has performed with various chamber ensembles at the International Chamber Music Festivals in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Helsinki (Finland), and Norrtelje (Sweden). Ms. Zandmane has collaborated with such musicians as Martin Storey, Paul Coletti, Branford Marsalis, Michel Debost, Kelly Burke, Steven Stusek, and Susan Fancher. For a few last years, Inara Zandmane has worked together with Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. She has given Latvian premieres of his two latest piano pieces, Landscapes of the Burnt-out Earth and The Spring Music, and recorded the first of them on the Conifer Classics label. Solo recordings include the piano works by Maurice Ravel, recorded together with her husband, Vincent van Gelder, and the complete Sonatas for piano by Alexander Scriabin. She also can be heard on various chamber music CDs. |
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