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Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter Music 5-2022 School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, May 2022 School of Music, Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somfn Recommended Citation School of Music, Illinois State University, "School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, May 2022" (2022). School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter. 75. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somfn/75 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact ISUReD@ilstu.edu.
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Illinois State University Upcoming events:
School of Music
Newsletter
May 2022 • Volume 11, No. 8
Faculty News and Accomplishments:
Allison Alcorn is wrapping up her year as ISU’s Teaching Scholar in
Residence for Student Engagement with a project, working with seven
music Honors Program students: Jean Garcera, Danielle Cahue,
Sophia Brattoli, Samantha Simmons, Paris Roake, Kirsten
Townander, and Hunter Thoms. The students have designed a virtual
“cabinet of curiosities,” that is, a website of ideas and topics and issues in
music history before 1750 that are fascinating and curiosity-inspiring.
New music history students likely don’t yet know enough about music
history to know—in the honors’ students words—that “this cool stuff even exists to be curious about.” The goal is to
help new music history students nd something to spark their curiosity and help them get genuinely interested in
music history and in their music history research work. The students and Allison will unveiled the site to CTLT and
Honors staff during Finals week. Immediately after graduation, Allison leaves for the UK with 17 undergraduate and
graduate music students participating in the ISU Music in the UK program from May 9-June 1 in London (run-outs
to Oxford, Worchester, and Bath) and Edinburgh. Among many other things, the students will attend performances
of Don Pasquale at the Royal Opera House, The Sixteen at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Choral Evensong
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at St. Paul’s Cathedral, an organ recital at Westminster winner and Presser Scholar Daniel King, and
Abbey, and any graduate
number of conductors
performances in Matthew Clarke
the London and Guilherme
Festival of Rodrigues. Dr.
Baroque Music. Block will be on a
They will visit the three-month
musical concert tour this
instrument summer to South
collections at the America,
The ISU Percussion studio presents a spring ensemble concert.
Royal College of Music, conducting 8
the Bate Collection at orchestras in Argentina,
Oxford University, St. Cecilia’s Hall at the University of Paraguay, Chile and Brazil in May and June. In July, he
Edinburgh, and the Jane Austen Center in Bath. If will travel to Spain and Italy to conduct opera in
you’re interested in following along, the students will be Guadiagrele, Italy, in the mountains of Abruzzo. He
doing a School of Music social media takeover during will be conducting Verdi's Rigoletto and an Italian
the program, so keep your eyes open for their posts on premiere of an opera by Philip Glass. The ISU
Instagram and TikTok! Symphony is planning next year's concerts which will
include a Haydn oratorio in the fall and the Hansel and
Gretel opera in the spring.
Deb Austin reports that her student
Jean Garcera (junior music
On April 10, David Collier, Ben Stiers,
education major) was selected to
and the ISU Percussion Studio presented the
participate in the “CORO” summer
Spring 2022 Percussion Ensemble concert in
experience. Each year, CORO
the Center for Performing Arts. David
invites up to 24 emerging vocal
performed as timpanist with the Illinois
artists and choral scholars to spend a
Symphony Orchestra on April 22-23, and
portion of their summer at Simpson
has upcoming performances with the
College immersing themselves in
orchestra for their May Education Concerts
choral music. Young Artists are
and nal Masterworks concert.
typically vocal performance and
music education majors currently
Benjamin de Kock recently performed
pursuing their undergraduate or
with the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra
graduate degree with minimal or no The ISU bass studio.
(Steamboat Springs, Colorado), and also
professional choral experience. The
taught a master class in Fort Collins, Colorado
Young Artist program provides
at Colorado State University. Dr. Ben heartily
professional-level choral experience for emerging
congratulates bass student Hunter Thoms, who has
vocalists and opportunities for choral scholars to gain
been accepted into the Master of Music in Performance
additional knowledge of conducting and choral
degree program at Roosevelt University.
literature through daily rehearsals, graduate course
observations, and conducting masterclasses. The Young
Artists live on the picturesque Simpson College campus Michael Dicker will begin his rst summer of
throughout their residency. retirement by attending the Oberlin Baroque Institute
during the last two weeks of June. He will be studying
Glenn Block and the ISU Symphony completed its baroque performance practice and baroque bassoon.
nal concert on April 24 featuring Concerto-Aria
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Congratulations to these recipients of our
Rachel Grimsby will present two sessions at Endowed and Named Scholarship Awards!
the ISME world conference in July. “Perceptions
of Preservice Music Educators Preparation to Alycia and Hans Fuchs Scholarship: Hannah Kang and
Teach Music to Students with Disabilities: A Maura Nika
Mixed Methods Study” will be presented as a Barbara G. Wiltberger Scholarship: Kendra Carrillo
paper session, and “MTE Mothers and Charles Bolen Music Faculty Scholarship: Chris Bulding,
COVID” will be co-presented at a round table Ryan Burns, and Camrin Severino
session. Additionally, her paper, coauthored Charles Stokes Music Scholarship: Jem Frost
with Ashley Allen of University of Southern Dr. Lloyd W. Farlee Memorial Scholarship: Austin Ebert,
Mississippi, MTE Mothers: Finding Balancing during Justyn Olson, and Jackson Stawick
Erin Anne Livingston Award: JT Butcher
the Covid-19 Pandemic, was recently accepted for
Florence Runyon and Benny Kemp Scholarship:
publication in Qualitative Research in Music Noah Berkshier
Education. Golden Lyre Award: Jean Garcera
Greenebaum Scholarship: Michael St. Aubin
Mark Grizzard will defend his dissertation Guitar Studio Award: Jackson Miller
"Cultural Expression in Latvian Choral Music Helen Merris Music Scholarship: Kaitlyn Dobbeck, Alyssa
and Selected Works for Women's Choir by Trebat, and Sara Zittler
Pēteris Vasks" on May 12, in ful llment of a Herminia Alvarez La Rosa and Virginia Valdes Listrom
Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Choral Music Scholarship: Ezra Tirado
from the University of Illinois. From July 1-3, Hope Scholarship: Zach Bodnar, Andrea Lucas, and Jean Garcera
he will travel to Minneapolis and conduct a James Major and Amy Gilreath Music Scholarship:
choir of ISU students and alumni in two Christian McLaughlin
performances at the Latvian Song Festival USA. Jason Royal Music Scholarship: Jessica Noga
John Ferrell Scholarship for Madrigal Singers:
Mackenzie Ahlman
Kevin Hart has many jazz performances John J. Ireland Scholarship: Lottie Heckman
scheduled throughout the summer in the region, John R. Hansing Memorial Scholarship: Carlos Castro and
including at the Medici Craft Beer and Jazz Colleen Loemker
Fest, the Summer Jazz Series at the Betty Jayne Lloyd and Eleanor Fengel Scholarship: Joe Brackman, Maddie
Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts, Hubbard and Isaac Rutledge
Baxter's American Grille (in both Bloomington M.A. Reeves Music Research Award: Ariel Furgat and
and Champaign), and more. Also, Kevin Hart Shelley Spence
and the Vibe Tribe will be appearing soon on Mary Jo Brown Scholarship: Jeri Blade, William Lawton, Mark
PBS/WTVP's "State and Water." Two episodes Moen, Gina Russell, Ryan Valdavia, and Alex Widomska
were recorded live in front of a studio audience Peithman Music Scholarship: Lucas Dahmm
in November and are tentatively scheduled to Presser Scholar: Allison Hoffman
air on June 18 and August 6! If you are Professor Russell B. Bedford Scholarship in Music:
Wes Smith
interested in keeping up with Kevin's musical
Robert C. And Susan Lee Walling Music Education
activities over the summer, please follow Kevin Scholarship: Ashley Storinger
Hart Jazz on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Robert Fred Kern Scholarship: Nadia Jensen and Charles
kevinhartjazz Machamer
Roy E. Magnuson Scholarship: Grant Cermak
Martha Horst reports that her piano work SAI Collegiate Honor Award: Megan McDillon
Among the Arbor was premiered in Portugal at the SAI Scholastic Award: Alexandra Beam
Museu National da Musica on April 22nd. Her Samantha Marie Livingston Award: Joe Rhykerd
work Reverberations for orchestra will be Sandra P. Thompson Award: Sadiq Tijani
premiered by the Illinois Philharmonic
Orchestra on May 14, 2022. Thank you to all the individuals, families, friends,
and arts organizations who support these awards!
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Aaron Jacobs is eternally grateful for the opportunities Dr. Cora Swenson Lee is pleased to report that in
he has enjoyed at the ISU School of Music, rst during April senior cellist Lydia Hedberg gave a very successful
the Fall 2019 semester, and full-time during the senior recital, and that eight members of the cello
2021-2022 academic year. The studio performed on outreach
violin studio was very large this concerts for both the independent
year, with 19 students in the fall, and the assisted living facilities at
18 students in the spring, and is Westminster Village. Dr. Lee
on track to be equally as large or herself performed as a guest
larger in Fall 2022. Aaron and the musician with both the Heartland
violin studio bid a fond farewell to Festival Orchestra and the Illinois
Yuri Kim, Katie Miller, Rose Symphony. Dr. Lee is looking
Ortega, and Jessica Pytel, who forward to an upcoming trip to
will graduate this May, and to Rochester, NY, where she will
Aliana Kottabi who will perform with her husband Apollo
complete her student teaching in Lee on a “Live from Hochstein”
the fall. Aaron has also been radio broadcast on May 18th.
serving as a Master Teacher for
the ISU String Project, overseeing In April, Tony Marinello led
all instruction for this year’s very the Illinois State University Wind
large Dolce class, and supporting Symphony on a week-long
String Project TAs in their engagement that concluded in a
development as teachers. concert tour. The week started on
Recently, he performed as Monday with an extended
Concertmaster with the Danville Dr. Aaron Jacobs and the ISU violin studio. rehearsal with composer James
Symphony and MIOpera, and as Stephenson on his Symphony No.
Principal Second Violin with 2: Voices, followed by a studio
Sinfonia da Camera (Champaign, IL). He also recording in the CPA of Adolphus Hailstork’s American
presented several recitals with his wife and duo partner Guernica the next day. The recording project was the
—pianist Tatiana Shustova—including a bene t recital result of a University Research Grant that secured the
that raised over $5,000 to support Ukrainian refugees equipment to create a “mobile” recording studio that
and an upcoming feature recital in May for the Hunt- could be used at any time and in any place. Tony
Country Music Festival in Middleburg, VA. He will collaborated with Associate Professor Aaron Paolucci
serve as a clinician for the Paul Rolland String who served as recording engineer and Prof. TJ Mack
Pedagogy Workshop at the University of Illinois in June who served as Producer. On Wednesday, the Illinois
and will be a Mentor for professional teachers attending State University Wind Symphony performed a home
several certi cation sessions of the Paul Rolland String concert that featured colleague Rachel Hockenberry
Pedagogy Society throughout the summer. Aaron is very as horn soloist and colleague Roy Magnuson as guest
pleased to join the ISU School of Music in welcoming composer. The Wind Symphony then took the program
his good friend, Dr. Igor Kalnin, to the string faculty as on tour to Huntley Middle School in Dekalb, IL (with
the new Artist Teacher of Violin! the Dekalb HS band) and shared a concert with Prairie
Ridge High School Wind Ensemble under ISU alumna
Marie Labonville will spend the summer, as well as Marykate Kuhne. The Wind Symphony performed
her sabbatical year 2022-2023, completing her book Friday evening at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
about Panamanian composer Roque Cordero. Cordero, as an invited performer at the College Band Directors
who is Panama's most famous composer, was ISU's rst National Association North Central Regional
professor of composition. He joined the music faculty in Conference. The tour concluded with a performance at
1972, so this year marks our composition program's the Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival at
50th anniversary!
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John Hersey High School in front of approximately 500 conducting the six Commencement services for our
high school instrumental music students. graduating students at Illinois State University.
Also in April, Tony worked with students at Ladue Joe Matson has continued to
Horton Watkins High School, work as a copyeditor for Oxford
Fremd High School, and University Press. Recent
Libertyville High School. At the projects include books on
end of the month, he led the marketing in arts organizations,
faculty and staff of the bands the great American songbook,
area as they hosted the 2022 tap dance, and elementary
Illinois State University music. In total, he has
Concert Band Festival. This copyedited 40 books and more
event brought 34 high school than 1,700 encyclopedia
and junior high bands from articles. After seven years of
ISU trumpet students visit the University of
across Illinois to campus over service, Joe recently stepped
Maryland on their way to national competition.
two days. The invited clinicians down as the web manager for
were Steve Peterson (Director the Midwest chapter of the
of Bands, University of Illinois), Beth Peterson American Musicological Society. During his last
(Associate Director of Bands, University of Illinois), meeting as a chapter of cer, he was publicly recognized
Rob Carnochan (Director of Wind Studies, University as one of the longest-serving of cers in the
of Miami), Scott Casagrande (Retired Director of organization’s history.
Bands, John Hersey High School), and Greg Snyder
(Retired Director of Bands, Lakota West High School). Anne McNamara and six members of the ISU
Tony is incredibly grateful to his colleagues who helped Trumpet studio (Jeri Blade, KT Freimuth, Seth
make all of these events go extremely well: Mack Marshall, Christian McLaughlin, Katherine
Wood, TJ Mack, Lydia Sheehan, Lauren Shindledecker and Ryan Valdivia) traveled to the
Bobarsky, John Gonzalez, Seth Marshall, and the 2022 National Trumpet Competition (NTC) in Newark,
students in Tau Beta Sigma. Tony will end the year in Delaware. On their way to the competition, they visited
University of Maryland College Park and were coached
Congratulations to these Anastasia Ervin, oboe Rachel Nulf, ute
students who completed Abbie Eveland, clarinet Jessica Pytel, violin
Katherine Freimuth, trumpet Christian Rucinski, clarinet
degree recitals in April! Jem Frost, trombone Ben Sanetra, voice
Caleb Gibson, saxophone Aidan Singh, voice
Arturo Alfaro-Manriquez, Emily Hansen, voice Michael St. Aubin, voice
clarinet Lydia Hedberg, clarinet Brianne Stief, ute
Jeri Blade, trumpet Freda Hogan, clarinet Ashely Storinger, voice
Zachary Bodnar, voice Alex Jenkins, clarinet Evan Thompson, percussion
Sophia Brattoli, trombone Karstan Jeppesen, trumpet Hunter Thoms, string bass
Rachel Burris, voice Eric Johnson, trombone Kirsten Townander, ute
Austin Caraher, trumpet Emily Landry, collab. piano Liz Tuner, voice
Max Cichock, piano Sarah Lange, ute Alyssa Trebat, string bass
Kahlar Drews, euphonium Seth Marshall, trumpet Ryan Valdivia, trumpet
London Duszynski, saxophone Christian McLaughlin, trumpet Samantha Wyland, ute
Riley Erskine, jazz saxophone Jackson Miller, classical guitar Grace Zimmerman, piano
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by distinguished professor of trumpet, Chris Gekker. studio class on ISU's campus, and for the Central
The six students beautifully performed Dr. Roy Illinois Chapter of NATS (National Association of
Magnuson's "through the night, dark and drear" for Teachers of Singing). She will also be participating in
the quarter nals of the NTC. Katherine Shindledecker this summer's NATS National Conference. Two of her
also gracefully performed the 2nd and 3rd movements of former voice students, who completed undergraduate
the Mikulka trumpet concerto for the graduate solo degrees at ISU, will be starting graduate degrees this
division semi- nals. On May 25, 2022, Dr. McNamara fall: Ivana Popovic ('20) begins a DMA at the
will present her research on the History of Women University of Iowa, and Jessica Bella ('21) begins a
Trumpet Professors at the 2022 International Women's master's degree at Westminster Choir College.
Brass Conference. An article on the same topic is Congratulations to all the graduates moving on to new
scheduled to be published in the June 2022 issue of the jobs in their elds of expertise!
International Trumpet Guild.
David Snyder performed with the Peoria Symphony
on two different occasions in April. He performed Congratulations to our retiring faculty!
4th horn on their regular subscription concert titled
"Unity with Ukraine" on April 23 at the Peoria Civic We thank you for everything you have
Center. He then played two outreach concerts for area contributed - you will be missed!
schools on April 26th, also at the Peoria Civic Center. Karyl Carlson, Director of Choral Activities
David enjoyed connecting with alums Missy
2004 to 2022
Gustafson-Hinds and Phillip Carter at O'Fallon
Judith Dicker, Oboe Professor & Advisor
HS in southern Illinois at the Bands of America concert
band festival. The O'Fallon band program is one of the 1993 - 2022
stronger programs in the state and frequently sends top- Michael Dicker, Bassoon Professor
notch students to the School of Music at ISU. 1986 - 2022
Ben Stiers performed in the percussion section of the
Illinois Symphony Orchestra for their April 22-23
concert cycle and served as a judge and clinician for
percussion soloists at the Illinois Percussive Arts
Society’s “Un-Contest” on April 30 at Millikin
University. He has a busy end to the semester with
performances on drum set at the ISO’s “Get Your Kicks
on Route 66” Gala on May 1 and with the Faculty
Brass Quintet on May 5. He will also perform in the
percussion section of the ISO’s Education concerts on
May 4-5 and “American Journey” concerts on May
13-14. Ben plans to spend the summer working Preview,
teaching MUS 152 online, and gardening.
Elizabeth Thompson presented two interactive
iterations of her research on "Emotional Trauma and
the Singing Voice" in early April: for Justin Vickers’
HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER
AND THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR!
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