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KSC Music News Fall 2011 http://music.keene.edu Fall 2011 Welcome to the start of another exciting year! The Department of Music is very excited about the upcoming school year. There will be some outstanding performances, workshops, and more. Please contact the Department for more information at 603.358.2177 or [email protected]. In this issue of KSC Music News we have highlighted some of the outstanding events from the past year. If you think those were great wait until you read about what we have in store. KSC Musicians Perform With 2011 New England Intercollegiate Band NECBA Intercollegiate Band rehearses in the chapel at Gordon College under the direction of Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr. Clarinetists Alyssa Comeau (‘13) and Katey Lundstedt (’14), Alto Saxophonists Mark Perry (’11) and Jake Potelle (’11), trombonist Rob Skrocki (’14), and tubist Cote Lagerberg (’14) performed with the New England College Band Association’s (NECBA) 29th annual New England Intercollegiate Band on Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, 2011 at Gordon College in Wenham, MA. Approximately 60 musicians were selected by audition from over 10 New England colleges and universities. They rehearsed, and performed an exciting program of music with guest conductor Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr. Professor .Rowell, recently retired as Director of Bands and Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In recognition of his professional work, Professor Rowell has received the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence and the A. Frank Martin Award, presented by Kappa Kappa Psi for his contributions to college bands. The band’s program included “Galop” from Moscow Cheremushky by Dimitri Shostakovich, Rhosymedre by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, three movements of the Symphony No. 6 for Band by Vincent Persichetti, and “Country Band” March by New England composer Charles Ives. The Keene players were selected by the NECBA auditions chair, after recommendations were sent by KSC music faculty member Jim Chesebrough, in early December, and they received word that they had been chosen for the ensemble early in the spring semester. They prepared the challenging program on their own while maintaining active performing schedules in the KSC Music Department. Each of these players has performed in the KSC Orchestra, Concert Band, Chamber Ensembles, and Mark Perry, Rob Skrocki, and Jake Potelle all perform in the KSC Jazz Ensemble. KSC Music News
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KSC Music News Fall 2011
http://music.keene.edu Fall 2011
Welcome to the start of another exciting year!The Department of Music is very excited about the upcoming school year. There will be some outstanding performances, workshops, and more. Please contact the Department for more information at 603.358.2177 or [email protected]. In this issue of KSC Music News we have highlighted some of the outstanding events from the past year. If you think those were great wait until you read about what we have in store.KSC Musicians Perform With 2011 New England Intercollegiate Band
NECBA Intercollegiate Band rehearses in the chapel at Gordon College under the direction of Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr.
Clarinetists Alyssa Comeau (‘13) and Katey Lundstedt (’14), Alto Saxophonists Mark Perry (’11) and Jake Potelle (’11), trombonist Rob Skrocki (’14), and tubist Cote Lagerberg (’14) performed with the New England College Band Association’s (NECBA) 29th annual New England Intercollegiate Band on Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, 2011 at Gordon College in Wenham, MA. Approximately 60 musicians were selected by audition from over 10 New England colleges and universities. They rehearsed, and performed an exciting program of music with guest conductor Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr.
Professor .Rowell, recently retired as Director of Bands and Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In recognition of his professional work, Professor Rowell has received the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence and the A. Frank Martin Award, presented by Kappa Kappa Psi for his contributions to college bands.The band’s program included “Galop” from Moscow Cheremushky by Dimitri Shostakovich, Rhosymedre by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, three movements of the Symphony No. 6 for Band by Vincent Persichetti, and “Country Band” March by New England composer Charles Ives.The Keene players were selected by the NECBA auditions chair, after recommendations were sent by KSC music faculty member Jim Chesebrough, in early December, and they received word that they had been chosen for the ensemble early in the spring semester. They prepared the challenging program on their own while maintaining active performing schedules in the KSC Music Department. Each of these players has performed in the KSC Orchestra, Concert Band, Chamber Ensembles, and Mark Perry, Rob Skrocki, and Jake Potelle all perform in the KSC Jazz Ensemble.
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Young Composers Practice Their Craft at Keene State College
Composing new music is a wonderful thing, but sometimes the journey from creative spark to final performance can be difficult. The seven student composers who participated in the Keene State College Young Composers Institute this past June 20-22, found the compositional road a bit smoother. For three days they came together with Keene State faculty and guest artists as part of a program to support their work as composers.
Keene State’s Dr. Heather Gilligan and Dr. Paul Salerni from Lehigh University served as the primary composers for the institute. Gilligan is an active composer, pianist, and educator. She oversees theory and composition at Keene State College and serves as accompanist and Composer in Residence for the Chamber Singers of Keene. She has written works for New England area musicians, including the KSC Concert Band, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Lorelai Ensemble, The Newton Symphony Orchestra, The Rivers School’s “Seminar On Contemporary Music For the Young,” and The New Trio of Brookline. In 2007, she won the Malloy Miller Prize in Composition and the Boston University Department Honor Award. More recently she was recognized as the New Hampshire Music Teachers Association Commissioned Composer for 2010.
Salerni is the NEH Distinguished Chair in the Humanities and Professor of Music at Lehigh University. He is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Monocacy Chamber Orchestra, a professional ensemble in the Lehigh Valley. Salerni's numerous commissioned orchestral and chamber music works have been performed throughout the US, Canada, Europe and China. Recent commissions include Cape Cod Symphony, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, New Haven Symphony, and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. His chamber music and songs are also widely performed. His one-act opera Tony Caruso's Final Broadcast, with a libretto Dana Gioia, won the National Opera Association's Chamber Opera competition. It premiered in Los Angeles in January 2008 and has since been recorded on Naxos . His second one-act opera, The Life and Love of Joe Coogan, is adapted from a Dick Van Dyke TV Show episode. The original screenplay was written by Carl Reiner and adapted by librettist Kate Light. Joe Coogan had its premiere in September 2010.
The young composers had the opportunity for private sessions with each of these successful artists. Their work was then performed by Boston based Margot Rood, soprano, veteran Apple Hill Chamber violinist Moby Pearson, and Keene State College faculty Craig Sylvern, saxophone, and Jim Chesebrough, trombone. The new
KSC young composers and faculty from L to R Dr. Heather Gilligan, Dave Pastore, Shaun Cayabyab, Owen Davis, Dr. Paul Salerni, Miriam Sharrock, Rob Skrocki, Travis Corcoran, and Kyle Quirion.
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works were first heard in a workshop setting, giving the composers the opportunity to hear and revise their efforts.
The Symposium faculty performed a final recital of
the participant’s finished projects and also presented concerts of music by Dr. Gilligan, Dr. Salerni, and other contemporary composers. Lecture presentations were also presented by musicologist, Joseph Darby, and percussionist and composer Christopher Swist, both faculty at KSC.
The success of the three-day experience is because of the format that allowed the composers to hear their own music played in workshop and then in a formal concert. Plans for the next Keene State College Young Composer Symposium are underway. For more information contact: Dr. Heather Gilligan at [email protected] or Dr. James Chesebrough at [email protected].
KSC Music Education students attend 2010 New England Area CMENC Symposium
Members of the Keene State College CMENC chapter attended the 2010 New England Area CMENC Symposium held on Saturday, October, 30th at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, Maine. Collegiate chapters of the National Association for Music Education (MENC) were represented from Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Dr. Scott Shuler, MENC National President was featured as the keynote speaker and addressed advocacy for music education along with key points for developing a successful music program. Students also participated in other interest sessions: improvisation, festival planning, teacher retention & health, arts integration, and repertoire reading. All expenses for housing, travel, and conference registration were supported a generous grant from KSC’s Field Experience/Engagement Fund (FEEF).
Alumni NotesRead about KSC Alumnus Rich Dart ’94 in the latest issue of KSC Newsline <http://sites.keene.edu/newsline/2011/08/24/keeping-the-beat/>
“KSC helped prepare me for my career in that it showed me the importance of making the right decisions...”
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Other Student News
KSC student chapter of American Choral Directors Association
In the academic 09-10 year Keene State College graduates Melissa White and Melinda Abodeely established the student chapter of American Choral Directors Association, in connection to NHACDA. Since then our academic group has grown in size to what now is fourteen members, with an executive board of five. After being recognized as a club by KSC, we still had to take steps to prove ourselves before being provided with a budget. It was up to the executive board of the current 10-11 academic year to proceed, and build on the foundations to continue the group.
The 2010-2011 executive board consisted of numerous music majors and grade levels. Pictured: (front) Ariel Cohen, Jenna Foley, Hannah Hall, Ellie Hahn; (back) Kerri McCormack, Brandon Carta, Tim Price, Amy St. Louis, Bailey Emerson
Keene State College students host “Instrument Petting Zoo” workshop for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers
On Wednesday, October 13, 2010, seven music education students from Keene State College hosted 3-5 year old children from KSC’s Childhood Development Center for first in a series of workshops designed for pre-K learners. Music Education students designed lessons to reinforce foundational music skills and all of the MENC national standards.
Senior music education student George Weithman asks learners to distinguish between high and low pitch using movement.
Quick FactsThe KSC Department of Music has one of the largest and most active collegiate chapters of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and has received numerous national, regional, and campus awards. Students also participated in collegiate chapters of MTNA and ACDA.
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Diane Cushing
Pam Stevens and Diane performed Resphigi's Laud to the Nativity on December 11 and 12 with the Monadnock Chorus. She also conducted Vivaldi's Gloria with the Greater Gardner Community Chorus this November 19, and prepared The Nashua Symphony Chorus for a performance of Mahler's 8th Symphony, which is rarely performed, on November. 21.
Christopher Swist
Chris had some of his recent publications reviewed in Per-cussive Notes, the magazine of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS). The July and September issues
had positive reviews for several works published through Key-board Percussion Publications. In the September issue PAS said that Percussion Quartet No. 1 “takes great advantage of different per-cussion timbres... The melodies are intriguing and exotic, and the percussion part is unusually melodic.” Also, the Etudes 1-3 for marimba were deemed “won-derfully written and could be performed individually or as a set. Swist’s artistry as a composer is displayed through his lyrical and idiomatic writing for the marimba.” Percussion Quartet No 1 and Etudes 1-3 have been performed at KSC on various faculty recitals going back to 2003.
Julian GerstinPublished several articles last year: “Foreword.” In John Gray, From Vodou to Zouk: A Bibliographic Guide to Music of the French-speaking Caribbean and Its Diaspora. Nyack, NY: African Diaspora Press. vii-xxiii (2010). “Tangled Roots: Kalenda and Other Neo-African Dances in the Cirdum-Caribbean.” In Susanna Sloat, editor, Making Caribbean Dance: Continuity and Creativity in Island Cultures. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 11-34 (2010). In addition, he was elected president of the Board of the Vermont Jazz Center.
Scott MullettTaught at the Vermont Jazz Center summer Jazz camp in Putney, Vermont. He also taught at the Open Music Collective Summer Jazz Camp in Brattleboro, Vermont lead by KSC alum James MacDonald ’01. Performed aboard the luxury cruise liner MSC Poesia for the 2010 Big Band cruise, performing with the Les DeMerle Orchestra. Scott has added new course in contemporary harmony at KSC.
Elaine Broad GinsbergElaine received contracts from her publisher for two pieces which are scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2011 from Transcontinental Publishers, Festival of Light and Chanukah Medley, both for chorus and instrumental accompaniment. Transcontinental Music now represents nine of Ginsberg's choral compositions.
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Alumni News
Rob Westerberg Receives 2010 KSC Distinguished Music Alumni AwardOn November 4, 2010 Mr. Rob Westerberg received the Keene State College Department of Music’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2009- 2010. The award was presented by Dr. Carroll Lehman, Professor of Music at the Fall concert of the Keene Satte College Concert Band. Rob serves as the choral director at York High School in York, Maine and is the director of the Portland Community Chorus. Mr. Westerberg earned a B. M. in Music Education from at Keene State College in 1987 and a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Maine. Rob previously taught at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire and Bellows Falls Union High School, Vermont. He is the past President of the Maine Music Educators Association, Vermont Music Educators Association, and the Vermont Choral Directors Association. He has managed District, All State and Eastern Division Choirs and served as chairman for the Maine All State Music Festival in both 2005 and 2006. In 2000, Westerberg was nationally recognized by the New Hampshire Music Educators Association as one of their “accomplished” Music Teachers and was a 2007 nominee for the Maine Arts Alliance Bill Bonyun Award for Arts Advocacy. During the 2005-06 school year he also served the Maine Department of Education in the rewriting and revision of the Maine Learning Results for the Visual and Performing Arts. At York High School, his choirs annually consist of nearly one third of the student body. His YHS Chamber Singers have performed twice at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Dr. Dennis Cox from the University of Maine. Mr. Westerberg has also conducted the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Magic Of Christmas Choir, guest conducted over forty choirs throughout New England, and continues his tenure as Senior High Choral Director for MSYM; the University of Maine’s Summer Youth Music program in Orono, and once again for the Laurel Music Camp in Winstead, Connecticut. He recently conducted the 2010 New Hampshire All- State Treble Choir in Concord. Mr. Westerberg resides in Biddeford, Maine.
Rob Westerberg (’87) receives congratulations from current and former KSC Music Faculty.(L to R Sandra Howard, Carroll Lehman, Rob Westerberg, Jean Nelson, Doug Nelson, Jim Chesebrough)
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Other Alumni News
Brian Heeran ’10 started his second year teaching in Claremont, NH. Brian is married to Danielle (Discenzo) Heeran ’08 who is in her fourth year teaching general music at Fuller School in Keene.
Joseph Hartnett ’08 current has 35 guitar students, teaching at North Main Music in Nashua, NH and also a studio in Milford, NH.
Robert B. Dundas ’77 remains active as a tenor soloist. He recently presented recitals in Austria and Italy, and appeared as Emperor Altoum in the Florida Grand Opera production of Turandot. He is Associate Professor of Voice at Florida International University in Miami, where he also directs the FIU Opera Theater and serves as Associate Director for Performance and Marketing."
KSC’s new vocal chamber ensemble, Canticum Novum, receives funding for the Bach BWV 61 project
The Fall 2010 semester marked the beginning of Canticum Novum, an 11-member, vocal chamber ensemble comprised of KSC’s finest
singers. Director Dr. Sandra Howard was awarded funding from the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research for the Bach BWV 61 project. Bach’s cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland is a multi-movement choral work scored for colla parte strings, organ, and bassoon and features three vocal soloists. In conjunction with support from the Department of Music, these funds provided the necessary resources to hire professional players and purchase instrumental scores. In addition, Canticum Novum performed works by von Bingen, Asolo, and collaborated with the KSC Orchestra for Holst’s Christmas Day and Britten’s antiphonal work Hymn to the Virgin with community-based ensemble The Chamber Singers of Keene.
The Spring 2011 semester’s performance featured Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus, des Prez’s El Grillo, and Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes op. 52, scored for four hand piano, which will feature Professor George Loring and Dr. Maura Glennon. Admission is free for this event on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall.
Music Education Guest Lecture SeriesThis was the second year for the KSC Music Education Guest Lecture Series coordinated by Sandra Howard and Jim Chesebrough. The previous year, nine presenters were featured from the series coming from a variety of teaching experiences as local as Keene to as far away as Brazil!The first lecture residency occurred during the week of October 18, 2010 with Mrs. Janet Snook, a long time educator and current doctoral student from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The music department along with the KSC School of Professional and Graduate Studies hosted Mrs. Snook as she presented “The Early-Childhood and Music-Learning Connection” to non-music majors enrolled in Teaching Music to Children course, music majors, and area music teachers.A second presentation entitled “Developing Choral Singing at the Elementary School Level” featured props and techniques to enhance singing growth. Upper level music education students were joined by area music teachers for this informative and interactive lecture.In November, Dr. Sarah McQuarrie from Bridgewater State University returned to campus to present “Curriculum Design and Assessment in Music.The KSC Department of Music is delighted to offer this continuing series to enhance the educational experiences of pre-service music teachers and to provide professional development opportunities for are music teachers. Please contact Sandra Howard [email protected] if you would like to attend a lecture or offer possible presentations in an upcoming series.
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Brass Day 2010The fourth annual Keene State College Brass Day was hosted on Saturday November 6, 2010 in the Redfern Arts Center on the KSC campus. Over thirty students from Keene State College and public schools from across New Hampshire participated in this free workshop for brass players and musicians of all ability levels. The day featured guest clinicians The New England Brass and was hosted by KSC trumpet professor Jim Boccia and low brass professor Jim Chesebrough.
The New England Brass has been performing to enthusiastic audiences since 1980. The musical talent of the members is an extension of the artistically rich Boston area environment. These musicians make their living as top, 1st call players occupying principal positions in many of the orchestras and ensembles in and around town including the Boston Pops, Boston Ballet, New Hampshire Symphony, Portland Symphony, Albany Symphony, etc. The members are also active in the commercial work available including big bands, jazz ensembles, rock/blues bands and theatre.
The New England Brass has established a solid position among the finest performing brass chamber groups in the country.
The day began with a wonderful performance by the New England Brass. The performance and the following discussion created marked enthusiasm for brass ensemble and quintet playing in particular. The guest artists then led break out sessions and master classes for trombone, tuba, horn, and trumpet. A dozen solo performers, including Ariel and Sarah Sherman from Merrimack High School and Sam Friedman Cowan and Steven Kroh from Manchester Central High School were coached by the New England Brass. Each clinician challenged the players and in positive way led each of them to a higher level of performance. The coaching session with the KSC Brass Quintet was quite exciting. They worked on John Cheetham’s Scherzo, a standard in the brass quintet repertoire.
After lunch the KSC Brass Ensemble performed Michael Green’s arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner, Trumpeter’s Lullaby by Leroy Anderson, and Sousa’s Semper Fidelis in preparation for their up coming performances for Veteran’s Day observances in the city of Keene and with the Chamber Singers of Keene on Sunday Nov. 14th. Another highlight of the day was the massed brass choir reading session. This year the group read a number of arrangements by Dave Sporny, long time trombone professor at UMass Amherst.
Walt Bostian, of the New England Brass KSC Brass Quintet
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Keene State College hosts first annual Cantate! High School Choir FestivalThe 1st annual Cantate! High School Choir Festival was held at Keene State College on Friday, October 29, 2010 in the Alumni Recital Hall. Invited choirs including over 100 singers from New Hampshire performed and worked with KSC's choral and voice faculty clinicians: Prof. Diane Cushing, Dr. Elaine Ginsberg, Dr. Sandra Howard, and Dr. Carroll Lehman. The KSC Music Department, CMENC, and student ACDA chapters sponsored this outreach and collaborative event in an effort to provide performance and clinic experiences to high school singers in New Hampshire. The 2010 Cantate! Festival featured choirs from Hillsboro-Deering High School, Fall Mountain Regional High School, Winnisquam Regional High School, Prospect Mountain High School, and KSC's Concert Choir,
Chamber Singers, and Canticum Novum. The Cantate! Festival culminated with an all-sing event including Anthony Leach’s Walk Together Children.
If you and your singers are interested in being considered for this year’s Cantate! High School Choir Festival, please contact Dr. Sandra Howard for registration and festival details: [email protected].
Join us for this year’s festivals
Day of Percussion Saturday, September 24Cantate! Friday, October 28Woodwind Fest Saturday, November 5Tuba Christmas Sunday, December 4
The Prospect Mountain High School Select Choir directed by Jamie Bolduc works with KSC faculty clinician.
The Fall Mountain Regional High School Choir performs at the 2010 Cantate! Festival under the direction of Ms.
Maricel Lucero.
Contact Barbara Hamel, Department of Music Program Support Assistant, for
more information or to register.
603.358.2177
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FallSeptember 2011
24 Day of Percussion all day ARH
October 2011
12 Faculty Artists Recital 7:30pm ARH
23 Faculty Artists Recital 3:00pm ARH Elaine Broad Ginsberg, composer
28 Cantate! all day ARH
November 2011
3 Concert Band 7:30pm MT
5 Woodwind Fest all day ARH
10 Faculty Artist Recital 7:30pm ARH
12 Percussion Ensemble 3:00pm ARH
16 Guitar Orch/Latin Am Ens 7:30pm ARH
20 Canticum Novum 3:00pm ARH
30 Orchestra 7:30pm MT
December 2011
2 Student Ch. Ensembles 7:30pm ARH
3 Chamber Singers 3:00pm ARH
4 Tuba Christmas 10am-2pm MBR
4 Student Ch. Ensembles 3:00pm ARH
7 Jazz Ensemble 7:30pm MT
9 Concert Choir 7:30pm ARH
SpringFebruary 2012
15 Faculty Artists Recital 7:30pm ARH
March 2012
7 Faculty Composers Recital 7:30pm ARH
8 Concert Band 7:30pm MT
25 Faculty Artists Recital 3:00pm ARH
30 Percussion Ensemble 7:30pm ARH
April 2012
4 Orchestra Concert 7:30pm MT
11 Guitar Orch/Latin Am Ens 7:30pm ARH
15 KSC Choral Concert 3:00pm ARH
18 Faculty Artist’s Recital 7:30pm ARH
19 Concert Band 7:30pm MBR
20 Student Ch Ensembles 7:30pm ARH
21 Student Ch Ensembles 3:00pm ARH
25 Jazz Ensemble 7:30pm MT
28 Oratorio Society 7:30pm MT Dvorak’s Stabat Mater
Department of Music Events
ARH – Alumni Recital Hall
MT – Main Theatre
MBR – Mable Brown Room
For tickets or information, please call 603.358.2168
For more information about the Keene State Department of Music, please visit our website:
http://music.keene.edu
