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Brandyn Taylor, saxophone, will
join the studio of Professor Amy Griffiths Fall 2008. During
Milton High School’s recent awards banquet, Brandyn was honored as one
of the top 5 players in the wind ensemble, selected as "student mentor
of the year" and received the coveted John Philip Sousa Award.
Master's Conducting student Alisha Wooley
(student of Robert Rumbelow) will soon be published in the
British Band Magazine "Winds" with an edited version of her thesis
subject based on a work by British composer Kenneth Hesketh.
Chad Ibison, guitar, has advanced to the semifinal round of
the Joanne Falletta competition in Buffalo. The semifinals featuring 10
international competitors will be broadcast on NPR. Chad is one of 2
Americans selected and is a student of Dr. Andrew Zohn.
The First Place winner of the Judge’s Award receives a total package
valued at approximately $40,000 US and includes:
$7500.00 US,
Return engagement with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and an
appearance with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra,
Recording Contract with Fleur de Son Classics, Ltd.,
A concert Guitar Dake Traphagen, USA,
Karura Flight Case.
Sarah Vinson will participate in the study
abroad program in Paris France for five weeks this summer. She will be
taking World literature and the Sociology of Photography through the
European Council.
Aneli Wells, voice student of Kimberly Cone, was selected
to be one of the counselors for both sessions of Camp Broadway this
summer at the Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta.
Shelley Millican, student of Dr. Betty Anne Diaz, will
assume position of Staff Pianist at Shorter College.
Schwob
School of Music violin students will participate in
prestigious international music festivals this summer.
Boris
Abramov, Suliman Tekalli, Iain Crampton, Emily Vold and
Nodir
Khashimov
will study with their teacher
Prof.
Sergiu Schwartz,
The
William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin,
at the
Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine and
Nelli
Jabotinsky, Yaniv Gutman
and
Boris
Abramov
will study
with Prof. Schwartz at the
Keshet
Eilon International Violin Mastercourse in Israel. Other violin students will participate in international
festivals in Europe:
Cristina Madruga
at
Euro
Music Festival and Academy in Leipzig, Germany and
Elizabeth MacCorquodale at
Casalmaggiore Music Festival
in Italy.
This
summer, students from the Violin Studio of Prof Sergiu Schwartz
will appear as soloists with orchestra. Violinists
Yaniv
Gutman
and
Elizabeth MacCorquodale will perform concertos by Saint-Saens and Conus in two concerts
with the
Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra,
as winners of the orchestra's
Ruth
Kern Young Artist's Concerto Competition;
Yaniv
Gutman
will also appear as soloist performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
with
Israel
Camerata Orchestra and violinist
Boris
Abramov
will perform John Williams' "Schindler's List" with the
Youth
Orchestra of Greater Columbus.
Sarah Wagner has been asked to perform the
Reinecke Concerto with the Beaufort (S.C.) Symphony Orchestra during
their 2008-2009 season. Sarah was a winner of the Altrusa Club
Scholarship ($500). Sarah studies with Dr. Andrée Martin.
Dr. Robert Rumbelow was honored by the High
School Band Directors National Association and was installed into their
National Hall of Fame in April 2008.
Congratulations to junior, soprano, Anita
Purcell, student of Earl Coleman, The William and Isabelle
Curry Distinguished Faculty Chair in Voice, on winning a thousand
dollar competitive scholarship from the Altrusa Club of Columbus.
Lynn Tsai, 2006 BM Performance – Flute, has
been selected by Artists International as the recipient of their Special
Presentation Recital Award. She will be making her New York Recital
Debut as part of the Winners Series at Carnegie Hall during the
2008-2009 season. Lynn is a former student of Andree Martin and
went to NYU for her masters degree.
Constantin Barcov, bassoon, has been awarded
a graduate scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Review of Adagio
Works of Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, and Albinoni
Andrew Zohn, Guitar
Clear Note Recordings
Zohn is known in these pages as a talented composer and here proves
himself to be equally talented in performance. With over half the CD
taken over by Domenico Scarlatti one has to like this man’s music but it
is so varied and equally so aptly played by Zohn that one need have no
fear in that respect. The large batch of pieces is split up over the CD
so as not to come at you in one great lump, although the playing is of
such a quality that I don’t personally think it would spoil the CD at
all if they were all together. Many of them manage to sound completely
natural as guitar pieces anyway, and here they could have been composed
for guitar (a shame they weren’t in my opinion). At any rate Zohn saves
some of his finest playing for these wonderfully varied pieces.
The 2nd Cello Suite BWV 1008 originally in d minor
but here, as usually, transcribed into a minor receives a fine committed
performance. As is customary, he embellishes the repeats the repeats
somewhat but not too much to get in the way of the music, a fact that
other players should take to heart, for many times I feel a piece is
unnecessarily messed around with during the repeated section. The
delightfully titled Handel work, apparently written for a music box, or
organ operated by clockwork mechanisms (neither fits the bill as a
musical clock in my mind!) is light and airy and a much more
straightforward work than the Bach or Scarlatti and is four short
movements. The CD finishes with a serious performance of the work
erroneously known as Albinoni’s Adagio. This is a fine arrangement and
closes a CD almost entirely consisting of high points with little or no
low spots throughout its hour or so duration.
One to look out for!
Chris Dunigan
Classical Guitar Magazine, UK
The Schwob School of Music was well represented this year at the
Southeastern Regional NATS Student auditions! Students were competing
with schools from Alabama, Georgia and Florida including larger schools
with leading reputations, such as FSU.
The following students were runners up in their division:
Faith Thomas, sophomore women, student of Melissa Fontaine
Hannah Ventro, sophomore women, student of Michelle DeBruyn
Kenny Grant, sophomore men, student of Dean Earl Coleman
Rodney Long, sophomore men, student of Dean Earl Coleman
Matthew Reese, sophomore men, student of Michelle DeBruyn
The following students were awarded prizes and represented Columbus
State University in a winners recital:
Carrie Beth Barnett, First Prize Junior Women, student of Dean
Earl Coleman
Aneli Wells, First Prize Lower Level College Women Music Theater,
student of Kimberly Cone
Norman Hardman, Third Place Freshman Men, student of Michelle
DeBruyn
Aneli Wells, Fourth Place Sophomore Women, student of Kimberly
Cone
Lydia Whitley, Fifth Place Sophomore Women, student of
Michelle DeBruyn
Students were well supported by the wonderful playing of pianists
Janie Lee Bullock, Ashley Hawkins, and Mary Walker.
Congratulations to Boris Abramov, violin, Senior Performance
Competition String Category winner and to Andy Hudson, clarinet,
Senior Performance Competition Woodwind Category winner at the 2007-2008
MTNA Conference held in Denver Colorado. Boris and Andy performed during
the winners concert and received $2,000 from the MTNA Foundation. They
were accompanied by Susan Hoskins.
The Schwob School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of
Ms. Maureen Gallagher as Associate Professor of Music, Viola,
beginning fall 2008. Ms. Gallagher has taught at a number of
universities--including the University of Massachusetts-Amherst,
Columbia University, and the City College of New York--and is an active
performer with long-time associations in such organizations as the
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Lukes (Principal Viola),
the New York City Ballet Orchestra (Principal Viola), Speculum Musicae,
and many others.
The Schwob School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of
Ms. Gila Goldstein as Visiting Assistant Professor of Piano
during 2008-09. Ms. Goldstein is an accomplished solo and collaborative
pianist, having performed solo recitals throughout the United States,
Europe and Israel, and having collaborated with musicians including
Gregory Lamar, Gilad Karni, Nitzan Haroz, Guy Braunstein, and many
others. Ms. Goldstein has previously been associated as Visiting
Assistant Professor and acting Chair of the Piano Department at
University of Florida.
The Springer Opera House just finished a run of 15
performances of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel". Our
students (current and former) and faculty made a very musical and
professional contribution to the production. Orchestra members were:
Alberto Sanchez, Elizabeth MacCorquodale, Michelle Cardenas, Kellen
Gray, violins
Sherrod Mitchell, viola
Essi Nadal, cello
Joe Elder, bass
Shirantha Beddage, synthesizer
Jimmy McLeod, trumpet
Gavin Anderson, trombone
Miranda Bass, flute
Jason Thorne, clarinet
Morris Foor, percussion
Carrie Beth Barnett, junior, soprano and student of Earl
Coleman has been accepted to sing a role in "Sister Angelica" and as
a scholarship student at the Festival di Roma for the summer of 2008.
Carrie Beth Barnett, junior, soprano and a student of Earl
Coleman has been accepted to the AIMS Program in Graz, Austria for
this coming summer as a scholarship student. This program is one of me
most competitive programs for young singers.
Emily Tyndall, a clarinet student of Lisa
Oberlander, was one of four winners in the 2008 Atlanta Community Symphony
Orchestra Concerto Competition held in Atlanta on March
2.
Violinists Elizabeth MacCorquodale and
Yaniv Gutman, sophomore students from the Violin Studio of
Professor Sergiu Schwartz, The William B. and Sue Marie Turner
Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin, were among the four winners
of the 2008 Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra's Ruth Kern Young
Artist Concerto Competition, held in Atlanta on March 2. They will
appear as soloists with the orchestra performing violin concertos by
Conus and Saint-Saens on May 18 at Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA.
It is a pleasure to announce that our Columbus
State University faculty, students, and pianists made a stellar showing
at the Georgia National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Award
Competition and Student Auditions which were held at the University of
West Georgia, in Carrollton February 14-16, 2008. The results are as
follows:
Dr. Michelle DeBruyn, Winner, NATS Artist Award Competition.
Dr. Betty Anne Diaz served as her pianist. They will compete in
Southeastern Regional NATS Artist Award Competition at Georgia State
University on Thursday, March 27, 2008 with winners for Alabama and
Florida.
GRAND FINAL WINNERS:
Matthew Franhsen, First Place, Upper Level Adult Men (Student of
Earl Coleman)
Kenneth Grant, First Place, Second Year Men (Student of Earl
Coleman)
CATEGORY WINNERS:
Matthew Franhsen, First Place, Upper Level Adult Men (Student of
Earl Coleman)
Hannah Massie, First Place, Fourth Year Women A (Student of
Earl Coleman)
Kenneth Grant, First Place, Second Year Men A (Student of Earl
Coleman)
Edwin Wallace, First Place, Second Year Men B (Student of
Shellie DeBruyn)
Norman Hardiman, First Place, First Year Men A (Student of
Shellie DeBruyn)
Preston Hicks, Second Place, Upper Level Musical Theatre (Student
of Earl Coleman)
Shera Francis, Second Place, Lower Level Adult Women (Student of
Melissa Fontaine)
Christian Ivey, Second Place, Third Year Women A (Student of
Melissa Fontaine)
Anita Purcell, Second Place, Third Year Women C (Student of
Earl Coleman)
Sarah Vinson, Second Place, First Year Women C (Student of
Kimberly Cone)
Casie Groover, Third Place, Advanced College Women (Student of
Shellie DeBruyn)
Mark Dermer, Third Place, Advanced College Men (Student of
Shellie DeBruyn)
Carrie Beth Barnett, Third Place, Third Year Women C (Student of
Earl Coleman)
Kimberli Render, Third Place, Second Year Women B (Student of
Shellie DeBruyn)
Hannah Ventro, Third Place, Second Year Women C (Student of
Shellie DeBruyn)
These students were accompanied our excellent pianists, Janie Lee
Bullock, Ashley Hawkins, Susan Hoskins and Mary
Walker.
This was an AMAZING showing for CSU, The Schwob School of Music and our
supportive patrons.
Steven Naimark, a clarinet major from the
studio of Lisa Oberlander, is one of only two Americans to
advance to the finals of the Prague International Music Festival
Competition. The competition will be held in Prague May 7-15, 2008.
Violinists Elizabeth MacCorquodale and
Yaniv Gutman, sophomore students from the Violin Studio of
Professor Sergiu Schwartz, The William B. and Sue Marie Turner
Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin, were awarded 2nd and 3rd
prizes in the Young Artists Competition of the LaGrange Symphony
Orchestra.
100% our students that applied to be a part of the
Southern CBDNA Intercollegiate Band made the ensemble. The number is
their ranking/chair placement. Congratulations to all of these students
and their applied teachers!
Clarinet - Students of Lisa Oberlander
1 Steven Naimark
2 Andrew Hudson
3 Andrew Leverett
7 Emily Tyndall
Tenor Saxophone - Student of Amy Griffiths
1 Jeremy Pownall
Percussion - Students of Paul Vaillancourt
1 David Owens
3 Patrick Hardin Clark
Jay Hand, sophomore percussionist and student of Dr. Paul
Vaillancourt, is one of two state finalists for the BMI John Lennon
Songwriting Scholarship Program.
Schwob School of
Music students advance to the national finals of the MTNA National
Conference in Denver Colorado, March 29-April 2.
Hannah Massie,
senior voice performance major, won the MTNA Southern Division
Young Artist Voice Competition. Hannah is a student of Earl
Coleman, The William and Isabelle Curry Distinguished Professor
Chair in Voice. Janie Lee Bullock was the pianist for
Hannah Massie.
The CSU clarinet quartet won the MTNA Southern Division Chamber Music
Competition. The quartet members are students of Dr. Lisa
Oberlander and include Andy Hudson, John Inzetta,
Steven Naimark, and Jason Thorne.
Andy Hudson, sophomore clarinet performance
major, was declared winner of the MTNA Southern Division Senior
Woodwinds Competition.
Boris Abramov, sophomore violin performance
major, won the MTNA Southern Division Senior Strings Competition.
Yaniv Gutman, sophomore violin performance
major, was declared alternate winner of the MTNA Southern Division Young
Artist Strings Competition.
Boris and Yaniv are students of Professor Sergiu
Schwartz, The William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished
Faculty Chair in Violin.
Violinists Elizabeth MacCorquodale,
Suliman Tekalli and Nelli Jabotinsky, students of
Professor Sergiu Schwartz, The William B. and Sue Marie Turner
Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin, were declared winners of the
2008 Schwob School of Music Concerto Competition and will appear as
soloists with the CSU Philharmonic Orchestra on February 17, 2008,
performing concertos by Conius, Mendelssohn and Prokofiev.
Violinist Michelle Cardenas, also a student
of Professor Schwartz, and percussionist Diana Trefi, student of
Dr. Paul Vaillancourt, received Honorable Mention.
Congratulations to Noelle Peek and
Brittany Noble! They will each receive a music education
scholarship check from GMEA on Saturday, January 26th at the Georgia
Music Educators Conference in Savannah.
Professor Sergiu Schwartz,
The William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Faculty Chair in
Violin,
recently returned from Israel, where he performed several
concerts in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (December 2007), including a recital
at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University and a live
broadcast on Israel's classical music station from the Jerusalem
Theater. He also conducted a number of master classes at major academies
and conservatories across the country, including the Rubin Academy of
Music in Jerusalem. The master classes were sponsored by Keshet Eilon,
the organization training and promoting young violinists from Israel on
attaining the highest musical level. Summer 2008, Prof. Schwartz returns
to Israel, along with several Schwob School of Music violin students, as
a faculty member at the Keshet Eilon Intenational Violin Mastercourse.
Jessica (Haynes) Campbell is a doctoral candidate in bassoon
performance at the University of Arizona. In 2007, she was a featured
soloist with the The University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra. In
2006, she won the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award for the
School of Music. Jessica taught the bassoon studio at the University of
Arizona in 2004 and performed as a member of the Arizona Wind Quintet
during the fall semester sabbatical leave of Dr. William Dietz. She
currently serves as principal bassoon of the Southern Arizona Symphony
Orchestra. Jessica received the Bachelor of Music degree from the
Columbus State University Schwob School of Music in Georgia and the
Master of Music degree from Florida State University.
Anastasia Agapova, junior performance major in violin, was selected
to the semi-finals of the Young Concert Artists auditions to be held in
New York, January 2008. She is a student of
Professor Sergiu Schwartz The William B. and Sue Marie Turner
Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin.
Koji Morii (Trumpet, Music Education Major)
has been selected as a conductor for the 2008 Phantom Regiment. Phantom
Regiment is annually one of the premier DCI (Drum Corps International)
organizations. Casey Baker (trumpet) and Corey Parker
(Euphonium) were also selected to participate in the organization.
Michael Terry will again march with the Cadets (also one of the
premier DCI organizations) during summer 2008.
Anastasia Agapova, junior performance major
in violin, was selected to participate in the November 2007 Paganini
International Violin Competition in Moscow (Russia). Anastasia advanced
to the semi-finals of the competition, as one of the 12
semi-finalists among 34 admitted competitors, including winners of major
competitions, such as Queen Elizabeth, Indianapolis, Paganini (Italy),
Szeryng, Avery Fisher Career Grant, and others. She is a student of
Professor Sergiu Schwartz The William B. and Sue Marie Turner
Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin.
2007 graduate, Kaelah Williams, flutist,
will tour with the New Sigmund Romberg Orchestra from November 19th to
December 21st. The orchestra will travel to 25 cities, starting on the
east coast and ending in the west, performing a Christmas program each
night. Kaelah has also been accepted as the Flute Instructor and
Administrative Assistant at the Duluth Academy of the Arts and North
Forsyth High School.
Congratulations to the following CSU
Wind Orchestra musicians selected to the GMEA All-College
Band that will perform in January 2008 at the conference in Savannah.
Jonathan Garner (bass clarinet) - student of Dr. Lisa
Oberlander
Theodore Neumeister (horn) - student of Dr. Kristen Hansen
Rickeya Ware (bassoon) - student of Dr. Ronald Wirt
Christopher White (tuba) - student of Professor Andy Miller
Cody Zierl (trumpet) - student of Dr. Moffatt Williams
The CSU Wind Ensemble will perform a feature concert at 4:45
Friday afternoon January 25th in Ballrooms Ballrooms A/B/C of the
Savannah Trade Center with guest soloists Chris Martin and
Mark Hughes.
Boris Abramov (Sophomore) violin
was the winner of the GMTA Senior Performance String Competition, and
Yaniv Gutman (Sophomore) violin was the winner of the GMTA Young
Artist Performance String Competition. Both were declared the only
winners in their respective divisions and selected state representatives
for Georgia. Boris and Yaniv are
students of Sergiu Schwartz, The William B. and Sue Marie
Turner Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin.
Hannah Massie (senior) was the
winner of the GMTA Young Artist Voice Competition and Carrie
Beth Barnett (junior) was the First Runner Up. Mrs. Janie Lee
Bullock served as their pianist. Hannah and Carrie are students of Earl Coleman, Dean and the William and Isabelle Curry
Distinguished Professor Chair in Voice.
Clarinet students of Dr. Lisa
Oberlander took first place in multiple
categories at the GMTA Competition in Dahlonega, GA.
Steven Naimark, 1st place, Young Artist Woodwinds
Andy Hudson, 1st place, Senior Woodwinds
Clarinet Quartet: Steven Naimark, Andy Hudson, John
Inzetta, Jason Thorne, 1st place
Chamber Music
Jason Williams,
oboe, has been awarded a $1,000 Leadership Scholarship by Chick-fil-A,
Inc. Jason was nominated by Terry Vernon O'Neal, Operator of Chick-fil-A
of Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. O'Neal stated "Jason is being recognized for
demonstrating abilities and potential to accomplish great things ." In
addition, Jason will be eligible for Chick-fil-A's S. Truett Cathy
Scholar Award which provides additional $1,000 scholarships to the top
25 Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship recipients each year.
Dr. Deborah T. Jacobs presented two sessions
at the Tennessee CMENC State Conference in September. Her sessions
included “Classroom Management: How to ‘Humor’ your Students” and
“Musical Brain Games: Fun and Focus.”
Dr. Robert W. Rumbelow, director of wind
ensemble activities, served as clinician and conductor at the "Alberta
Band Association's Music Canada" event during May 2007, then worked
with "Georgia's GHP" musicians in June, and rounded out his summer
festival commitments as feature conductor for a week at "International
Music Camp."
This season Dr. Rumbelow has been engaged to
conduct for several honor bands including All-State groups in South
Carolina, Wyoming, and Arkansas. He will also be adjudicator/clinician
at the very exclusive "Disney Honors Festival" in March.
Junior vocal performance major, Anita Purcell
is one of six women in the state of Georgia to be awarded a grant in
honor of the 2007 Georgia Woman of the Year. These grants are given to
women who have completed at least their freshman year, have at least a
2.5 grade point average, exhibit leadership capabilities and have
participated in community campus activities. Anita is a voice student
of Earl Coleman, Dean and the William and Isabelle Curry
Distinguished Professor Chair in Voice.
 Dr.
Shirantha Beddage has received critical acclaim for his debut album,
"Roots and Branches", in the August 2007 issue of Cadence Magazine.
Jeff Santella writes, "Beddage's compositions ring in lovely melodies
that are embellished and danced upon... Soaring weightlessly, he steers
his big baritone saxophone through ballet-like movements that seem to
float on delicate branches... Shirantha Beddage brings fresh ideas to
the mainstream world and comes recommended."'
"Roots and Branches" was
released nationwide on Jazz Excursion Records in January 2007.
Pianist Shelley Millican has been named a recipient
of the Steinway Scholarship, presented by the Steinway Society of
Atlanta. Shelley is a student of Dr. Betty Anne Diaz.
More Schwob School of Music graduates will be
teaching in Muscogee county next year. New hires include Andrew
Graham, Choir Director, Rothschild Middle School; Brianne
Marcades, Choir Director, Hardaway High School; and Adam Mitchell,
Band Director, Jordan High School. Vincent Sneed will be the
new Band Director at Kendrick High School.
Chad Ibison, student of Dr. Andrew Zohn,
was awarded 3rd prize in the collegiate guitar competition at the ECU
Guitar Fest in North Carolina. The other 3 finalists were students from
Yale, Cleveland Institute, and Florida State. Also, incoming CSU
freshman Donovan Butez won 2nd prize in the high school division
of the ECU Guitar Fest.
This summer, CSU Woodruff scholar Robert Sharpe performed two
concerts to great acclaim in Italy and Slovenia. His summer
performances will conclude with a concert at the ECU summer guitar
workshop in North Carolina, which is the result of his winning first
place in the guitar competition in 2006, and the TSU guitar festival in
Nashville where he serves on the artist faculty. Robert is a student of
Dr. Andrew Zohn.
Jennifer Wagner, recent graduate of CSU, has accepted a
scholarship to attend the University of Missouri Kansas City to pursue a
Master's degree in music performance. Jennifer is a student of Dr.
Paul Vaillancourt.
Dr. Paul Vaillancourt traveled to Canada
this past June to premiere the solo version of Brian Cherney's "In Gottes Gärten schweigen
die Engel" (2007) . He is also featured on the newly released CD "ALIEN
JAZZ" with the Robert Orr Trio, (independent label).
Percussionists from the studio of Dr. Paul Vaillancourt will
be participating in Masterclasses and Festivals during the summer:
Justin Baker and Jennifer Wagner - Cloyd Duff Timpani
Masterclass-UMKC; Jennifer Wagner - Brevard Music Festival; David
Owens-Aspen Music Festival; Patrick Clark-NYU Broadway
Percussion Seminar.
Guitarist and recent CSU graduate Mark Edwards
accepted a full scholarship to attend the Peabody Conservatory of
Music in Baltimore to pursue his Master's degree in music. Mark is a
student of Dr. Andrew Zohn.
Flutist Sarah Wagner attended the Domaine
Forget Academy in Quebec, Canada in June. In addition to attending
masterclasses of Michel Debost, she studied with Camille Churchfield and
Marie-Andrée Benny. Sarah is a student of Dr. Andrée Martin.
Dr. Deborah T. Jacobs presented a session in
May titled "The True Meaning of Special Education" at the
Mountain Lake Colloquium in Virginia. This summer she is teaching two
Musical Theatre courses and she is teaching music for the Arts Explorers
camp at the Rankin Arts Center.
Clarinetists Andy Hudson, Andrew
Leverette, Steven Naimark, and Emily Tyndall are
traveling to Ostend, Belgium in July 2007 to participate in the Belgium
Clarinet Academy, where they will study with Robert Spring and Eddy
Vanoosthuyse. They are students of Dr. Lisa Oberlander.
Erika Meder (BM Vocal Performance 2006), student of
Michelle DeBruyn, will be attending Westminster Choir College of
Rider University in Princeton, NJ where she will pursue a Masters in
Vocal Performance and Pedagogy.
Mark Dermer, student of Michelle DeBruyn, will be
performing as "Nankipoo" in LaGrange Lyric Theater's production of
The Mikado in August 2007.
Earl Coleman, Associate Dean for the Fine
and Performing Arts and the William and Isabelle Curry Distinguished
Faculty Chair in Voice will serve as a judge for both the Miss Missouri
and Miss Maryland Pageants during the month of June. During July and
August he will be presented in recital/concert in Missouri, Kansas,
Maine, Minnesota and Florida. He will also serve as stage director for
the musical, "The Fantastiks" featuring an all equity cast of his former
students.
 Dr.
Andrew Zohn will be a featured artist in 9 guitar festivals this
summer including the Classical Minds Guitar Festival (Houston), The
Guitar on the Mediterranean Festival (Italy), Kittare Lipica (Slovenia),
and the Sauble Beach Guitar Festival (Canada). He has also recently
completed composing the commissioned work "Umoresca e Danza" for Italian
Guitarist Alessandro Nobili.
Guitarist Robert Sharpe will be a featured
concert artist in the Kittare Lipica Festival in Slovenia and the Guitar
on the Mediterranean Festival in Italy this June. Mr. Sharpe also will
serve along side Dr. Zohn on the faculty of the Tennessee State Guitar
Festival in Nashville this July.
Guitarist Chad Ibison served as an assistant
at the Classical Minds Guitar Festival in Houston, Texas May 26 through
June 3. He received a standing ovation for his performance in the
festival's final concert of Mauro Giuliani's Variations on "Ich bin eine
Kolbauren Bub."
Flutist Holly Robbins, student of Dr.
Andrée Martin, has been accepted as a performer at the first
International Piccolo Symposium taking place in Omaha, Nebraska in
August, 2007. Holly will begin graduate work at the University of
Nebraska at Omaha this fall.
Saxophone major, Stanley
Flanders, was accepted and will attend the Brevard summer music
festival this summer. Stanley is a student of Professor Amy Griffiths.
 Sergiu Schwartz's recent CD
The Heart of the
Violin
received high praise from professional magazines, including the
American Record
Guide
and
Fanfare - The Magazine for Serious Record Collectors.
"For those who
lament the passing of the great violinists of the middle of the last
century, Schwartz’s collection should provide a great sense of optimism
that a younger violinist still commands such assured rhetoric and
expressive resources. Heifetz, Milstein, Oistrakh, Isaac Stern,
Francescatti – they all come to mind,"
writes the Fanfare
Magazine. Along with the review
of his CD, the March/April 2007 issue of Fanfare featured an extensive
interview, where Schwartz talked about his performing and teaching
vision and his recent appointment as the The William B. and
Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin
at the Schwob School of Music at CSU.
June 2007, Prof.
Schwartz will return to Russia, where he was invited to represent the
United States as a jury member at the prestigious Tchaikovsky
International Violin Competition in Moscow. Sergiu Schwartz has been a
frequent jury member at major international violin competitions in
Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Poland, Italy, Canada, Mexico, and the United
States. During summer 2007, as a member of the international faculty,
Schwartz will also teach and perform at the Bowdoin (ME) and Summit (NY)
music festivals. Ten of his violin students at CSU will also atttend the
Bowdoin International Music Festival.
During his first year of teaching at CSU, six of Prof. Schwartz's violin
students have won the Schwob School of Music Concerto Competition, as
well as the Concerto Competition of the Atlanta Symphony Community
Orchestra and appeared as soloists with orchestras in Columbus and
Atlanta.
Congratulations to the following CMENC officers elected for the
2007-2008 academic year.
President: Josh Kearney
Vice President: Renee Perkins
Secretary: John Womack
Public Relations: Heather Roland (chair)
PR Committee: Emma Scheibe, Jonathan Spangler,
Emily Spradley, Lindsay Chappell
Mezzo-soprano, Gwendolyn Reid, student of
Dean Earl Coleman, The William and Isabelle Curry Distinguished
Faculty Chair in Voice is the winner of two national scholarships: The
Mu Phi Epsilon Sara Eikenberry Voice Scholarship (dedicated to an
undergraduate mezzo-soprano) and the Mildred Miller-Fort Foundation
Scholarship dedicated to study abroad. Ms. Reid will be studying in
Germany during the Fall 2008 semester.
Mark Edwards and Robert Sharpe were awarded 3rd and 4th
prize respectively at the Appalachian Guitarfest April 15 in North
Carolina. Mark and Robert are students of Dr. Andrew Zohn.
Congratulations to Emily Spradley, newly elected
Member-at-Large, and Mat Graham, newly elected Webmaster for the
state organization of CMENC.
Sixteen students from Columbus State University, representing the
studios of Dr. Michelle DeBruyn, and Professors Kimberly Cone
and Earl Coleman, participated at the 2007 Southeastern Regional
Student Auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing at
Florida State University. The Southeastern Region represents the states
of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Schwob School of Music winners
included:
Hannah Massie, First Place, Junior Women's Division
(Pianist: Janie Lee Bullock). Student of Earl Coleman.
Carrie Beth Barnett, First Place, Sophomore Women's Division
(Pianist: Janie Lee Bullock) Student of Earl Coleman.
Gwendolyn Reid, Semi-Finalist, Senior Women's Division
(Pianist: Janie Lee Bullock) Student of Earl Coleman.
The Choral Workshop with Barbara Brinson was
a success! There were a total of 12 public school music teachers, 3 CSU
music professors, and 12 music majors in attendance throughout the
weekend of March 23-24. The topics covered were Classroom Discipline,
Changing Voice, and National Standards. Dr. Brinson currently is
Associate Professor Music Education at the State University of New York
at Fredonia. She received her masters degree in music education at
Columbus State University!
Congratulations to
David Owens, percussionist and student of
Dr. Paul Vaillancourt.
He has been accepted to the Aspen Music Festival for Summer 2007.
Michael Sumuel, senior, baritone is the
National Winner of the Music Teachers National Association Young
Artist Collegiate Voice Competition which was held in Toronto, Canada in
March 2007. Michael is a student of Dean Earl Coleman, The
William and Isabelle Curry Distinguished Faculty Chair in Voice.
Winners in other areas included:
Strings: Violin (Eastman School of Music)
Woodwinds: Saxophone (Eastman School of Music)
Brass: Trombone (Florida State University)
Piano: (University of Nevada at Las Vegas) A Romanian pianist.
Chamber Music: Saxophone Quartet (Florida State University)
Composition: (New England Conservatory)
Violinist
Peter Zazofsky presented a master class on
March 14, in Legacy Hall
Violinist
Peter Zazofsky has enjoyed a career as soloist, chamber musician and
educator that spans twenty years and thirty countries on five
continents. He has performed with many of the great orchestras in the US
and Europe, including the Boston Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic,
Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, in
collaboration with maestros such as Tennstedt, Ozawa, Ormandy, Kurt
Sanderling and Charles Dutoit. As a recitalist, Mr. Zazofsky has given
innovative programs in Carnegie Hall, Sala Cecilia Meireles in Rio de
Janeiro, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels and the Teatro Colon in
Buenos Aires. He also tours the world's music centers as first violinist
of the Muir String Quartet.
Peter
Zazofsky was born in Boston, where his father was assistant
concertmaster of the Boston Symphony. Joseph Silverstein was his first
teacher, and he later studied with Dorothy Delay, Jaime Laredo and Ivan
Galamian at the Curtis Institute. Be ginning in 1974, Mr. Zazofsky won a
series of prizes and awards culminating in the Gold Medal at the 1980
Queen Elisabeth Competition and the Grand Prize of the 1979 Montreal
International Competition. (He remains the only American to win this
award.) In 1985 he was honored to receive the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Since then,
Peter Zazofsky has made solo appearances with the orchestras of Atlanta,
Baltimore, Leipzig, Santiago, Toronto, Minnesota and Montreal. He has
toured Asia as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, as well as the
US with the Danish Radio orchestra. He is a frequent visitor to Israel,
where he has given over forty performances of concerti, from Beethoven
and Sibelius to Bach, Berg and Brahms.
Senior voice major, Gwendolyn Reid, student
of Dean Earl Coleman, the William and Isabelle Curry
Distinguished Faculty Chair in Voice has been accepted into the
international education program at the University of Dortmund in
Dortmund, Germany where she will study German and Music during the Fall
Term 2007/08. The winner of many music and academic achievements at
Columbus State University, Ms. Reid plans a career as a classical
singer.
Constantin Barcov, bassoon student of Dr. Ron Wirt, is
the 2007 winner of the Atlanta Music Club Scholarship for undergraduate
instrumentalists. The competition is open to Georgia residents and
students attending Georgia schools.
Janie Lee Bullock is the music
director/conductor for the
Springer Theatre’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King
and I" which will run March 1 – March 17. The cast of 40 actors/singers
and orchestra of 12 musicians will play 15 performances Schwob School of
Music faculty, students and alums playing in the orchestra are:
Sherrod Mitchell, viola
Jack Musick, cello
Kaelah Williams, flute
Pam Greene, oboe
Jason Thorne, clarinet
Costy Barcov, bassoon
Alberto Sanchez, violin
Roger Redden, trumpet
Jimmy McLeod, trumpet
Gavin Anderson, trombone
Burt Groover, percussion
Morris Foor, percussion.
In the cast is Brittany Bethel, senior BA, playing the role of
Lady Thiang. Brittany is a student of Professor Earl Coleman, the
William and Isabelle Curry Distinguished Faculty Chair in Voice.
Nichole Pockrus, student of Michelle DeBruyn,
participated in the state wide National Council Auditions sponsored by
the Metropolitan Opera in January 2007.
A group of vocal students chaperoned by Michelle DeBruyn attended
a simulcast performance of Tchaikovsky's opera, Eugene Onegin, performed
by the Metropolitan Opera at an Atlanta GA movie theater. Students in
attendance were: Sarah Chapman, Mark Dermer, Allison
Ladshaw, Sarah Vinson and Hannah Ventro.
Kudos to music education majors Allison Ladshaw and Afton
Hawkins for taking time out of their busy schedules to tutor a
student having difficulty matching pitch due to vocal problems. The
student's performance in Skills class improved with their help.
Congratulations to flutist Kaelah Williams, student of Dr. Andreé Martin,
on winning the Atlanta Flute Club competition in February. As the first place winner
she received a cash prize of $500 and
will be featured in a recital at the AFC Flute Fair next year.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING WINNERS OF THE GEORGIA NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING (NATS) STUDENT AUDITIONS
The NATS Student Auditions were held February
16-17, 2007 at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia. Columbus State
University was represented by thirty-two students, four voice professors
(Earl Coleman, Michelle DeBruyn, Kimberly Cone and
Melissa Fontaine) and
five pianists.
A special thanks goes to our pianists: Janie Lee
Bullock, Mary Walker, Susan Hoskins, Alwen Yeung and
Shelley Millican.
Over 350 students participated in the auditions
representing 15 colleges and universities, 15 private voice
studios and over 50 voice teachers in the state of Georgia.
Columbus State University is PROUD to have had the
most winners of all colleges, universities and private studios
represented.
WINNERS
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Michael Sumuel, 1st Place, Senior Men - Student of
Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
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Edwin Wallace, 1st Place, Freshmen Men -
Student of Dr. Michelle DeBruyn
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Mark Dermer, 1st Place, Advanced Men -
Student of Dr. Michelle DeBruyn
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Brittany Bethel, 1st Place, Senior Women,
Category 11A - Student of Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
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Christian Ivey, 1st Place, Sophomore Women,
Category 7B - Student of Professor Melissa Fontaine
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Kenneth Grant, 1st Place, Freshmen Men,
Category 6A - Student of Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
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Nichole Pockrus, 2nd Place, Advanced College
Women - Student of Dr. Michelle DeBruyn
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Trey McLaughlin, 2nd Place, Advanced College
Men - Student of Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
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Gwendolyn Reid, 2nd Place, Senior Women,
Category 11A - Student of Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
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Hannah Massie, 2nd Place, Junior Women,
Category 9C - Student of Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
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Edwin Wallace, 2nd Place, Freshmen Men,
Category 6A - Student of Dr. Michelle DeBruyn
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Rebecca Chambers, 3rd Place, Jr. Women,
Category 9C - Student of Dr. Michelle DeBruyn
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Anita Purcell, 3rd Place, Sophomore Women,
Category 7A - Student of Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
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Brittany Schwendemann, 3rd Place, Soph. Women,
Cat. 7B - Student of Professor Kimberly Cone
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Rodney Long, 3rd Place, Freshmen Men, Category
6A - Student of Professor Earl Coleman, Dean
Hisatoshi Fujino, guitar, was selected as one of the MENC state
finalists in Georgia for the 2007 BMI John Lennon Songwriting
Scholarship program! This program offers one $10,000 scholarship and two
$5,000 scholarships to college students who write the best original
compositions for vocal-instrumental performance with the broadest
popular appeal.
Congratulations to Steven Naimark, Clarinet, Second Place Winner
in the LaGrange Symphony Concerto Competition and his teacher, Dr.
Lisa Oberlander. He won a cash prize of $1000.00 and will perform
on the winners recital on March 18, 2007.
 Johannes Müller-Stosch (BM Organ/Voice 1997) has been appointed as
the Music Director/Conductor of
Holland Symphony Orchestra
(Holland, MI) effective May, 2007. He has also been appointed
Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Conducting at California
State University, Long Beach.
Dean Earl Coleman, the William and Isabelle Curry Distinguished
Faculty Chair in Voice was recently inducted as a Professional Member
into the Tri M (National High School Music Honor Society) at Shaw High
School in Columbus, Georgia. The Chapter Advisor is Mrs. Debbie
McIlrath, the choral instructor at Shaw High School.
Dr. Deborah T. Jacobs, Associate Director for
Student and Faculty Services and Coordinator of Music Education, was the
recent guest clinician and conductor for the Dorchester County 2 Middle
School Honor Chorus in South Carolina. She also presented a workshop at
the Georgia Music Educators Association Conference titled "So...You Want
to be a Music Teacher!"
Earlier this year, CSU also
celebrated the success of music grad Maureen McKay (2001), a
former student of Professor Joseph Golden, who performed in the
New York City Opera’s 2006 production of "Cosi fan tutte" in the role of
Despina.
"Despina is sung by Maureen McKay: small, energetic,
fleet of foot and our very image of the part.", The New York Times,
October 2006
Following several upcoming engagements
from Seattle to Philadelphia, Ms. McKay will return to Georgia to
perform in the Atlanta Opera's premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s “Cold Sassy
Tree” in the role of Lightfood McLendon scheduled for February 2008.
www.maureenmckay.com
Brittany Bethel, senior voice
student of Professor Earl Coleman, has been cast as Lady Thiang
in the Springer Opera House spring 2007 production of "The King and I."
Senior and Woodruff Award Scholar, Kaelah Williams, flute student of
Dr. Andrée Martin, is a
winner of the College Masterclass Competition of the 2007 Mid South
Flute Festival. Kaelah will have the opportunity to perform at the
festival in a masterclass given by former principal flute of the LA
Philharmonic, Jim Walker. In addition, Kaelah is one of three Young
Artist Finalists from a recent competition hosted by the Atlanta Flute
Club. She will compete for 1st place on February 24 at the 10th Annual
Flute Fair at Georgia Perimiter College, Clarkston campus.
Senior voice performance major, Michael Sumuel, accompanied on piano by
Mrs. Janie Lee Bullock,
won the Music Teacher's National Association (MTNA) Collegiate Voice
Competition, Southern Division (Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, N
Carolina, S Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) which
was held at Florida State University on January 14. In March they will
represent the Southern Division at the National MTNA finals in Toronto.
Michael is a student of Professor Earl Coleman, the William and
Isabelle Curry Distinguished Faculty Chair in Voice.
Faculty member Joe David was
presented the Georgia Music Educator's Association (GMEA) Distinguished
Career Award at the annual conference in Savannah, GA. While attending
the conference, he was also honored by being inducted into the Georgia
Bandmasters Hall of Fame.
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