Dr. Pam Nave, Purdue University Department of Bands Faculty
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Upbeat Newsletter Winter, 2014
“Music that brings the community together every summer.”
Dr. Pam Nave, Purdue University
Department of Bands Faculty
By Beth Purkhiser Percussion, and our Lafayette Citizen
Band’s Percussion Section Leader was
born! As her parents watched their
daughter’s destruction of her gift, they
realized she must be gifted and
immediately contacted local percussion
instructor, John McMahon. They had to
beg him to accept her as a student
because he didn’t accept girl students!!!
Little did he know at the time that this
girl would grow up to be the only female
drumline instructor at a major university
in the entire nation. Pam recalls that
John was a “rough” teacher, swatting the
back of her head any time she made a
mistake. She started studying snare when
she was 9, and by the time she was 11,
she was studying with three different
Dr. Pam Nave teachers - timpani with one, and drum
set with another. She figured that was
When Pam Nave was three years old, her
perfectly normal. Her parents never had
parents bought her a Scooby-Doo drum
to force her to practice. I started to
set. Instead of rocking out as one might
wonder what it must have been like to
expect, she punctured the paper drum
live with someone practicing for three
heads with a pencil, and became
different percussion lessons a week
fascinated by the “cool sounds” she
when she mentioned that her family had
could make that way. Purdue’s future
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Associate Professor of Bands and
Lafayette Citizens Band Page 2
Board of Directors Dr. Pam Nave …
And Staff (continued from page 1)
Officers a barn. Ahhhh, that explains a lot...
Pam was not planning on going to
Joe Newlin, President college. She says her reading and
Dr. Keith Adams, Vice President comprehension skills were bad. She
E. Linda Jeffries, Secretary
didn’t realize it at the time but she had a
Brian Dalder, Treasurer
fairly unique learning disability. She
counts corners. When she sees right
Board Members
angles, she just automatically starts
At-Large
counting them. So computer fonts are
Matthew Baldwin somewhat difficult to read, and marimba
Margaret Bertucci is challenging to play. (Note to self: stop
Matt Conaway wearing plaid around Pam.) Her dad and
Ishbah Cox one of her teachers, Dr. Mueller, signed
Lewis Day her up for college anyway, and she
Bob DeBonte ended up going to Ball State. Here she
Michael Eddy started practicing 8-10 hours a day and
Paula Jones fell in love it. After her undergrad
Mark Lillianfeld degree, she started gigging and set up a
Wesley Love studio in Noblesville which was fairly
Dr. Pam Nave
successful, but she got tired of having no
Joe Newlin
Beth Purkhiser insurance or security, so she headed
Rod Ray back to Ball State with a teaching
Tom Schmidt assistantship for her Masters. She ended
up getting two Masters Degrees, one in
Ex-Officio Student Teaching and the other in Music
Education. She might count corners, but
Sheila Klinker she certainly doesn’t cut them - next up
Tony Roswarski was her Ph.D. She accepted a full ride
scholarship to Ohio State with a teaching
Staff assistantship to get her DMA. Finishing
in a mere 3 years was a Herculean feat
William D. Kisinger, Musical Director considering this included 4 recitals and a
full length dissertation. While she was
Brenda Hohman, Executive Director there, she won Ohio State’s prestigious
Concerto Competition.
Beth Purkhiser, Pam was teaching a drum line in
Personnel Manager Kentucky when she received a message
that Dave Leppla wanted her to give him
Newsletter Editor a call at Purdue. Cell phones weren’t
common 15 years ago, so Pam had to
Brenda Hohman
pull over at a truck stop to find out that
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Band Fund” in your check’s memo
A Message from Our section. Do not make the checks out to
President, Joe Newlin Lafayette Citizens Band or we will not
be able to receive the matching funds.
Happy Holidays and see you next year in
May at our 2015 concerts!!
Welcome New Board
reetings, Lafayette Citizens Band Members
friends and patrons. As I begin
my 4th year on the board, with the
Lafayette Citizens Band, I am ever Matthew Baldwin, Student
grateful for all of the people who make Representative
up band, audience and board of directors Mark Lillianfeld, Attorney
and volunteers.
Thank you for your ongoing
If you are interested in serving on the
attendance at our concerts and your
board of directors, contact the band
financial support of the band. We could
office at 765-423-2263 (leave message)
not exist without your donations and
or email:
patronage.
band@lafayettecitizensband.org. We
We have an amazing opportunity to
will get you an application.
access some matching funds for our
endowment fund. The Greater Lafayette
Our board members serve 3-year terms
Community Foundation has received
and each board member serves on 2
$1.5 million in matching funds from Eli
committees. Elections are held in
Lilly Foundation. That means if you
September but a board candidate can be
make a contribution to our endowment
elected at other times of the year. All
fund, your gift will be matched 1:2 or
board members help with fundraising
50%. So a gift of $100 will be $150 for
and make a personal donation to the
our fund. We have sent out our annual
band according to his or her individual
fundraising letter with a pledge form and
means.
instructions. To donate to our
endowment fund, you make the check
out to the Greater Lafayette Community
Foundation and put “Lafayette CitizensPage 4 our Stars and Stripes, 4th of July Concert.
Dr. Pam Nave … “Serving the community by playing in
(continued from page 2) LCB is a way of giving back. I believe if
you have a talent then it MUST be
Purdue was looking for an interim shared! Sometimes even for free. I do it
percussion instructor and wanted her to for Bill and for the community.”
interview with them the very next day.
Dave had heard of Pam through Joe
Scagnoli, one of her professors at Ball
State. After a 3 hour interview, Pam was Executive Director Corner
offered the job. When she let them know Brenda Hohman
back at Ohio that she had been offered
the job, they promptly offered her a job
at Ohio State. They had just lost their
percussion instructor as well.
Fortunately for us, Pam accepted the
position at Purdue. The interim position
quickly turned into a permanent job the
next year after a national search
involving 114 possible candidates. Pam
suspected she was getting the job when
she was not asked to go out for a lunch What does the Lafayette Citizens Band
as one of the finalists for the position - a do in the winter? We have year round
slight that was finally redressed years activities related to keeping the band
later when the LCB offered her lunch in running. We only have one performance
return for this interview. by our ensemble Vintage Brass. Vintage
She loves teaching at Purdue. Since Brass performs in full uniforms at the
the University does not offer a music Lafayette Dickens of a Christmas event
degree, the kids participate in music at in early December. Photos are on our
its truest form. They’re playing because website, www.lafayettecitizensband.org.
of their passion for music, not because it We do mostly fundraising in Winter and
will lead to a career. Also she says it’s Spring. In December, our annual fund
nice being around smart people all the mailing goes out to donors and we raise
time. She is the head of the entire about $14,000 from that. Then in
percussion department and director of February we start our
several percussion-based groups. She advertising/program book campaign to
also directs the “Gold and Black Sound” local businesses and that raises around
which plays for Purdue’s women’s $10,000. In March, we start recruiting
basketball team. musicians to play for the 2015 season
Pam has been the section leader of and pretty quickly after that May arrives
the LCB’s percussion section for 13 and our first concert on Memorial Day.
years now and a first year board Please send us a donation if you haven’t
member. She formed a highly popular yet. Your donations represent 25% of
percussion ensemble with them, called our budget and we could not function
“Pam’s Peripatetic Percussionists,” to without them.
perform for various concerts, including Have a safe and blessed holiday season
and we will see you in May!!2015 Concert Schedule Yes, I want to help the Lafayette
Monday, May 25 Citizens Band continue to provide good
Riehle Plaza …….7:30pm music to the community.
Memorial Day Enclosed is my check:
Thursday, May 28 □ Direct my gift to the Endowment
Riehle Plaza…….. 7:30pm Fund (Make check payable to Greater
High School Night
Lafayette Community Foundation with
Thursday, June 4 “Lafayette Citizens Band Fund” written
Riehle Plaza………7:30pm in the check memo section) This
Thursday, June11
option will access matching funds.
Al Jones’ Riverboat Ramblers…6:30pm
Riehle Plaza………..7:30pm
□ $25 Family □ $50 Friend
Thursday, June 18
□ $100 Patron □ $250 Sponsor
Riehle Plaza………..7:30pm
City Appreciation Night
□ $500Maestro □ $1,000 Superstar
Thursday, June 25 □ Other $_______
Riehle Plaza……..7:30pm
Name____________________________
□ Please do not list my name
Saturday, July 4
Riehle Plaza…….8:00pm
Stars and Stripes Concert In your programs
Address_____________________________
____________________________________
Email
Address__________________________________________
Mail to: 216 N. 4th Street, Suite 201,
Lafayette, In 47901
LCB is a 501( c ) 3 tax-exempt nonprofit
Thursday, July 9 organization. Donations are tax deductible
Riehle Plaza………. 7:30pm to the extent permitted by law.
Thursday, July 16
Riehle Plaza……..…7:30pm
Thursday, July 23
Riehle Plaza……..….7:30pm
Thursday, July 30
Riehle Plaza……....7:30pm
Thursday, August 6
Riehle Plaza……….7:30pm Big Swing Band
Monday, September 7
Riehle Plaza……….7:00pm
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