Fall 2013 faculty, alumni student news
CU-Boulder College of Music faculty, students and alumni at the biennial Symposium on Music Teacher Education, which took place this September at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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Faculty/Staff News听
Professor of Piano and College of Music Keyboard Department Chair, Dr. Andrew Cooperstock, along with violinist Dr. William Terwilliger of the University of South Carolina, presented recitals and master classes throughout Peru in March 2013 as guests of the United States Embassy.
Paul Erhard, Professor of Double Bass, has been awarded the Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in India.
Daphne Leong, Associate Professor, Music Theory, received the University of Colorado Boulder Faculty Assembly鈥檚 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award.听
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Yonatan Malin joined University of Colorado Boulder faculty in 2012 as Associate Professor of Music Theory. Yonatan is the author of听Songs in Motion: Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied, and editor of field-leading online publisher Music Theory Online, and online journal of the National Society for Music Theory.听
Paul Miller has accepted a two-year Mellon Research Fellowship at Cornell University for 2013-2015.听
Director of Entrepreneurship Center for Music and Assistant Professor Jeffrey Nytch was selected through a competition for the best business conference papers of 2012 for his paper听The Aesthetic Product as Entrepreneurial Driver: An Arts Perspective on Entrepreneurial Innovation.听听His paper appeared in the Journal of Management Policy & Practice.听听
Assistant Professor of Music Education听David Rickels听participated as one of four panelists in review of STEM Launch K-12 School sixth-grade project presentations, which attempted to resolve an issue regarding two adjoined classrooms and their sound leaks. STEM gives students the opportunity to work on problem-based projects several times a year, which are then evaluated by panelists relevant to the field in order to offer the children real-world interaction.听听
Thomas Riis, Professor of Musicology and Director of the American Music Research Center, gave a seminar at London鈥檚 Royal Academy of Music called听Paul Robeson and His Signature Song, the Many Lives of Ol鈥 Man River.听
Kris Shaffer joined faculty in 2013 as Instructor of Music Theory. Kris is a pedagogical leader, having pioneered applications of the inverted classroom and innovative technologies in music theory teaching.听听His research interests include the music of 20th- and 21st-century composers, computational analysis of harmonic and formal structures, schema theory, popular music analysis, and the pedagogy of music theory and musicianship.
Instructor of Classical Guitar Nicolo Spera released听Maurice Ohana, Complete Works for Solo Guitar, published by Soundset Recordings.听
Michael Thornton, Associate Professor of Horn, has been working for the past two years in Medellin, Columbia with the RED School of Music Network, instructing young horn players to help them hone their craft.听
Professor of Music Theory Keith Waters鈥 book听Studio Recording of the Miles Davis Quintet听has received numerous accolades: the 2011 Society for Music Theory jazz publication award, a Kayden Book Award Honorable Mention, a Certificate of Merit in the 2012 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Sound Research in Jazz music, a 鈥渂est of 2011鈥 book selection from the New York City Jazz Record, and an 鈥渆ditor鈥檚 pick鈥 from Down Beat magazine. Keith also released听Carolina Tracks, a collaborative recording with top North Carolina jazz musicians.
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Alumni News听
Gregory Walker听(DMA 鈥92) is currently a professor at the University of Colorado Denver. Debuting as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2009, he performed the world-premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker鈥檚听Bleu听for solo violin, with a new computer-scanned Betts Stradivarius copy, known as the听Oberlin Betts, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In May 2013 Centaur Records released his CD,听Electric Vivaldi: Global Solstice, a recording of symphonic electric guitar music.
Kenneth Johnson (DMA 鈥99) serves on faculty of Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, teaching theory and composition. He also serves as Technology Chair on the Indiana Educators鈥 Board of Directors. In 2012, he received the IPFW Innovative Online Teaching award for his class听Music for the Listener. He is a founding member of IPFW鈥檚 Faculty Jazz Ensemble, dedicated to composing and performing contemporary jazz works, and his compositions have been published by Arizona University of Publications and Centaur Records.
Yelena Balabanova听(DMA 鈥01) is an active concert performer and presenter of piano.听听She was named a Steinway Artist in 2013, and has released a new CD,听At God鈥檚 Waterfall, and additional recordings featured on听The Ten Grands听CDs produced by MAH Records.
Jared Chase (BM, BME 鈥03) is presently the Director of Bands for Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y. He directs the wind symphony, teaches courses in conducting and brass methods, coordinates the instrumental department and performs in the faculty brass quintet.听听Prior to Nazareth, he was the Director of Bands and Chair of the Department of Music at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan. He also is Visiting Professor of Ensembles and Conducting at the Eastman School of Music.听
In April 2013 Andrew Palmer Todd (DMA 鈥05) began as the Executive Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyo., which just concluded its 52nd season.
Christie Hageman (MM 鈥10) is currently a Resident Artist at the Minnesota Opera. She has performed with the Livermore Valley Opera, Helena Symphony, Stockton Opera, Rimrock Opera, Opera Fort Collins, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Denver and the Minnesota Opera. In 2010, she received first place in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition.
Kimberly Patterson听(DMA 鈥12) recently released her debut album, with Patrick Sutton,听Cold Dark Matter: Music for Cello & Guitar. The Patterson/Sutton Duo鈥檚 album is available for purchase through MSR Classics and Amazon.com.听
Anna Seda (BM 鈥13)听is living and teaching in Cusco, Peru and working to raise money for cellos for her young students.听
Megan Marino (MM 鈥13)听lives in New York, where she performs locally and nationwide.听听She is scheduled to make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in November 2013, as one of the Unborns in Richard Strauss鈥檚听Die Frau Ohne Schatten.听
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Student News
Bonnie Draina, DMA and Musicians鈥 Wellness Associate, has been awarded the 2013 Van Lawrence Fellowship by The Voice Foundation, to support her ongoing research on muscle tension dysphonia. She is currently accumulating nationwide research to support the creation of a website devoted to MTD, and contributions to book听The Breathing Book for Singers, published by Mountain Peak Music.听听
Nathan Smith听won the O鈥橬eal Taniguchi Entrepreneurship Prize for his听Piano Plus, presented at the 2013 New Venture Challenge Music Track.听
PH.D. musicology candidate听Sienna Wood听has been awarded a Thomas Edwin Devaney Dissertation Fellowship by CU鈥檚 Center for Humanities and the Arts.听听This is a highly competitive fellowship, with students nominated from disciplines campus-wide, and will help support her work towards the completion of her dissertation.
蜜桃传媒破解版下载 chapter of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Collegiate division was recognized with two National Chapter of Excellence Awards.听听听听The first, for Professional Development, recognizes the chapter鈥檚 unique student-led initiative known as the Colorado Conductors Ensemble (CCE), a voluntary weekly program where music education students have the opportunity to practice secondary instruments and teaching strategies in lab-like settings prior to teaching in classrooms.听听The award for Music Program highlights the work of chapter members with the Middle School Wind Ensemble and String Ensemble program. Students apply to work as conductors or small group coaches as a part of the outreach, and after about 12 weeks of work present a concert, allowing them to gain practical teaching experience and the application of concepts from the classroom. In addition, the NAfME Collegiate chapter was awarded a campus grant from the Student Group Funding Board (SGFB), providing $20,000 in funding toward travel to professional conferences in the 2013-2014 academic year.听
College of Music graduate students in musicology gave papers in Flagstaff, Ariz., for the regional chapter meetings of the American Musicological Society, Society for Enthnomusicology, and Society Music theory including:听Cassidy Grunninger, Michael Harris, Teresita Lozano, Chase Peeler, Alan Reese, Ryan Sargent, Cara Schreffler, Melanie Shaffer听and听Steven Spinner. Recent alumni听Lisa Cook听and听Dawn Grapes听also were welcomed at the federation.
Three recent graduates of the Master of Music in Music Theory program entered prestigious doctoral programs in theory with top fellowships and assistantships:听John Peterson (MM 鈥11), Florida State University, Legacy Fellowship,听Landon Morrison (MM 鈥12), McGill University, Teaching Assistantship and Scholarship, and听Alan Reese (MM 鈥13), Eastman School of Music, Teaching Assistantship and Award.
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In Memoriam
Helen Walker-Hill听(DMA, piano performance, 鈥81) died on Aug. 7, 2013. A pianist and scholar, she issued a CD of piano and violin music in 1995 titled听Kaleidoscope: Music of African-American Women. She published听From Spirituals to Symphonies: African American Women Composers and Their Music听in 2002. She later published several new editions of 19th- and 20th-century music, and her research materials are held by the AMRC at CU as well as the Center for Black Music Research in Chicago.
Peter Weil, strong supporter and friend of the College of Music, died recently after a long struggle with Parkinson鈥檚 Disease. Peter played piano all his life, and several years ago established the Helen and Peter Weil Faculty Fellowship.