Student Composer Success – Michael Martin and NYAE
Feb 19, 2010 Alumni/Emeriti, Keyboard, Music Tech, Strings, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
Student composer Michael Martin took Honorable Mention in this year’s New York Art Ensemble Young Composers’ Competition! His work The Cinnamon Peeler for clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano made the final round of the competition. The NYAE competition is very well-known, and previous finalists have gone on to great success in other competitions and festivals. Martin worked with Eric Honour and fellow student Tim Gormly to record the work in the UCM recording studios in December 2009, as part of the materials he submitted. The performers for the recording were staff accompanist and UCM alum Amanda Arrington, violin/viola professor John Rutland, and current students James Westbrook and Kasey Wasson. Martin is majoring in jazz-commercial music at UCM. He studies composition with Eric Honour and David Aaberg and piano with Richard Smith.
Professor Emeritus Frederic Homan Dies at 77
Feb 9, 2010 Alumni/Emeriti, Theory/History
Professor Emeritus Frederic Homan, known to many of our alumni for his work in the music theory classroom, has died. Professor Homan taught at UCM from 1962 (when it was named Central Missouri State College) until his retirement in 2000. In his thirty-eight years teaching music theory and organ at UCM, he guided hundreds of our music alumni to deeper understanding of the workings of music. He is remembered by many for his dry sense of humor, kindness to students, and the daily grace with which he approached his work.
The digitalBurg website published an extensive obituary of Dr. Homan.
For those able to attend, his funeral will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at First Presbyterian Church of Warrensburg, with the Rev. Alex Wales officiating.
Burial will be in the Warrensburg Memorial Gardens Cemetery . Pallbearers are Bryce Austin, Matthew Headley, Bruce Austin and James Dosier.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, February 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the ALS Foundation and may be left at the funeral home.
“Facebook” for UCM Music Alumni
Jan 27, 2009 Alumni/Emeriti, Choral/Vocal, Keyboard, Music Ed, Music Tech, Strings, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
If you are a Facebook user and would like to connect with other UCM Music alums and friends, Dr. Mia Hynes created a new Facebook group titled: “UCM Music Alumni.” If you are new to Facebook, you may sign up for a free account at:
Once your account is up and running, use the “Groups” link in the upper right hand corner, and/or the “Search for Groups” function with key words: “UCM Music Alumni.”
Recent student and faculty honors illustrate UCM excellence
Nov 13, 2008 Alumni/Emeriti, Choral/Vocal, Keyboard, Music Ed, Music Tech, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
Students take high honors at 2008 MTNA Competition
(Missouri Music Teachers Association – Music Teachers National Association Auditions, Washington University, St. Louis, and November 6-7, 2008)
· James Cockman, Winner of the MTNA Young Artist Piano competition. Moves on to district competition (student of Richard Smith)
· Sarah Blunk, Honorable Mention in the MTNA Young Artist Piano competition (student of Richard Smith)
· Seth Bowling, Alternate in the MMTA Upper Level piano auditions (student of Mia Hynes)
· Michael Martin, Honorable Mention in the MMTA lower level piano auditions (student of Richard Smith)
· Sarah Brown, clarinet, Runner-Up in the MTNA Young Artists Woodwind Audition (student of James Gai)
· Justin Robinson, saxophone, Winner of the MMTA Collegiate Honors Woodwinds Auditions (student of James Gai)
Pianists also competing at the national level (full program prepared) were Sarah Stoltzfus and Elaina Toben, and at the state level (three pieces), Rachel Lehenbauer and Joe Piontek. Vocalist Candy Tuttle also competed at the state level.
Recent faculty professional activity and achievement
Jazz Ensemble 1 Fall Tour: performances at Fort Osage HS, Park Hill HS, and Eagle Glen Intermediate with Raymore-Peculiar HS Jazz Ensemble, October 28, 2008.
“Clifford Brown’s Improvisational Style: Sequence throughout His Career,” Clifford Brown Symposium “Brownie Speaks,” University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, October 30, 2008.
Adjudicated Baker University Jazz Festival, Baldwin City, KS, November 21, 2008.
Alto soloist and chorus member, Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy, conductor
Fall Concerts (solo, mvt. 7 in Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer), Kansas City, MO, October 19 and 21, 2008
Conducted the South Central Missouri District Honor Choir, Springfield, MO, November 1, 2008.
Guest Clinician and Judge at Pleasant Valley Middle School, Pleasant Valley, MO, November 18, 2008
Performed his original composition, Phantasm for saxophone and computer at Electronic Music Midwest 2008, Lewis University, Illinois, October 17, 2008.
The University Research Council awarded a project entitled “Voices of the Troup” – Remembering Don Essig and his Musical Instruments $670.
Recitalist at Wisconsin Lutheran College and at the Milwaukee Art Museum, October 15 and 16, 2008
Co-author with Steve Fidyk, “Percussion: Developing Interpretation Skills When Reading a Big Band Drum Chart,” Teaching Music 6, no. 3 (November 2008): 50-51.
PASIC convention – participated in: Leadership Summit, Committee Meeting, Panel Discussion, Committee Chairs Meeting, Austin, Texas, 11-4—11-8, 2008.
Tenor soloist, Mendelssohn Elijah, Ninth Street Philharmonic Orchestra, Missouri United Methodist Church, Columbia, Missouri, November 8, 2008.
Performed in a brass band as part of a Brass Spectacular concert sponsored by the Salvation Army. The band was an all-star band made up of members of various bands from across the United States and Europe. Other members of the group came from the New York Salvation Army Staff Band, the Houston Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and various bands in Scotland, England, and Switzerland. The concert was recorded and will be released on CD by the Salvation Army. Charlotte, NC, November 1, 2008
Performed with the Fountain City Brass Band in Chicago, where they repeated as Champions in the US Open Brass Band Championships. This championship gives them a two year sweep of the four North American Brass Band Competitions. With this win, the FCBB received an invitation to compete next November at the prestigious Brass in Concert competition in Gates Head, England. They were also approached by the World of Brass recording label, and will be recording a CD for their label while they are in the UK at that time.
Alumna Mary Ann Hart Returns to UCM for Nov. 10 Concert
Oct 29, 2008 Alumni/Emeriti, Choral/Vocal, Keyboard, Music Ed, Music Tech, Strings, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
The University of Central Missouri Friends of Music Society will host Warrensburg native and UCM alumna Mary Ann Hart as she returns to her alma mater for a concert Monday, Nov. 10.
The internationally renowned mezzo soprano will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Hart Recital Hall, which is named in honor of her father, the late Ralph E. Hart, chair of the UCM Department of Music from 1952 until his retirement in 1975. Her concert will include songs by Ralph Vaughn-Williams, Edvard Grieg, Cole Porter, and Claude Debussy. She will be accompanied at the piano by Mia Hynes, associate professor of music. Hart received a Bachelor of Music degree from UCM in 1973 and a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois in 1976. She also received her diploma with distinction in Lied and Oratorio, Hochschüle für Musik, Vienna in 1978. She made her New York Philharmonic debut under the baton of Kurt Masur. She has appeared with the New York Chamber Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, American Composer’s Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony, Boston Baroque, and has been a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Hart has recorded a solo CD of American songs, “Permit Me Voyage,” and was one of four vocalists who recorded the complete songs of Charles Ives. She also can be heard on a CD of the songs of Henry Cowell, all on the Albany label. She appeared in the United States tour of the Philip Glass opera, “Hydrogen Jukebox,” and recorded that work for Nonesuch.
A winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition and recipient of second prize in the Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition, Hart also was awarded a Solo Recitalist Grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Recital appearances have taken her to 26 American states, Austria, Germany, Romania, Canada, and the Virgin Islands. She previously was on the faculties of Vassar College and the Mannes School of Music, and is professor of music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and chair of the Department of Voice.
In addition to the public recital, Hart will be conducting two master classes prior to her concert. The first master class will feature regional winners of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and other invited students at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. The second class will feature students from the UCM Department of Music at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. Both master classes will meet in Hart Recital Hall. The public is invited to attend the master classes at no charge. Tickets for the Nov. 10 concert are available beginning Monday, Nov. 3, through the Performing Arts Series box office in Administration 100, 660-543-8888, from noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or online at www.ucmo.edu/pas. Tickets prices are $12 for adults and $5 for UCM students and children 17 and under. Tickets also will be available at the door one hour prior to the concert.
For more information, contact Hynes at 660-543-8890.
Marimba Quartet to Premier Percussion Composition 10/28/08
Oct 26, 2008 Alumni/Emeriti, Music Ed, Music Tech, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
The UCM Marimba Quartet, under the direction of Dr. Michael Sekelsky, will premier a percussion ensemble work on Tuesday, October 28, 3:00 pm in Hart Recital Hall, as part of the “Crime and Pop Culture” conference hosted by the UCM Department of Criminal Justice.
Dr. Trent Hanna and Jiletta Kubena will present Tatitlek, Alaska: An Exploration of Environmental Crime and Composition Inspired by the Exxon Valdez Devastation, based on the Indigenous Music of Tatitlek and Chenega Bay. With the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill approaching, Ms. Kubena reexamines the victimization of Alaskan natives and the eco system of the Prince William Sound. She will explore how crime, victimization, and art can work together within the study of criminology and criminal justice. Her presentation will be followed by an original composition by Dr. Hanna which focuses on the natural elements of the Sound and the effect the Exxon Valdez oil spill had on the area. The programmatic piece is composed for four percussionists and uses melodic and rhythmic elements from Quyannanana, a popular piece from the indigenous people of the area.
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Tess Schurder, junior music education major
Owen Taylor, senior music technology major
Annie Wills, senior music technology major
NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL: Call for Scores & Papers
Oct 4, 2008 1, Choral/Vocal, Keyboard, Music Tech, Strings, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
This year marks the first New Music Festival at the University of Central Missouri. We invite composers and scholars to submit scores and/or papers for the festival, to be held March 2-3, 2009. The postmark deadline for submissions is Oct. 31, 2008. Composers can find the list of available performers, ensembles, and technology in the detailed call for scores on the festival website: http://www.ucmo.edu/music/NMF/UCMNMFIndex.htm. All forms of electroacoustic music are very welcome.
In keeping with the newness of the gathering, we have organized the festival around the theme of Innovation.
CD release with Sean Malone; Wenger performs at Starlight
Sep 29, 2008 Theory/History, Winds/Perc
“Traced in Air,” Cynic’s new album after a fifteen-year hiatus, is scheduled for release October 28. Following is a link to an advance review noting Sean Malone’s work on electric bass: http://www.metalsucks.net/?7738. _____________________________________________________________
Dr. Alan Wenger has had a busy month, performing three concerts as principal solo cornetist with the Fountain City Brass Band, with solos with the band on two of those concerts, Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in two performances with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and in the horn section this past Saturday night to back up the Four Tops and the Temptations at the Starlight Theater in Kansas City.
ATHENS SAXOPHONE QUARTET to present recital at UCM
Sep 11, 2008 Choral/Vocal, Keyboard, Music Ed, Music Tech, Strings, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
The Central Missouri Friends of Music Society presents the Athens Saxophone Quartet on Wednesday, September 17 at 7:30pm in Hart Recital Hall.
This ensemble of four virtuoso saxophone performers will be bringing a completely new sound experience to the Hart Recital Hall stage. The program will include a World Premiere of a composition by UCM’s own Eric Honour: here is no water but only rock
The Athens Quartet is composed of members:
Athanasios Zervas – composer, theorist, saxophonist, and conductor. He has written more than 70 pieces for ensembles who have performed his works all over the world and in Carnegie Hall.
Dionisios S. Roussos – won prizes from the Athens Conservatory and Young Soloists Award of the National Radio and TV of Greece
Leo Saguiguit – assistant professor of music at University of Missouri Columbia. Holds an MM from Northwestern University where he was a student of Frederick Hemke. He has performed at major festivals and universities throughout the US.
Eric Honour – recently returned from performances in Greece and Ireland, he has composed one of the pieces that will have its world premiere at this concert: here is no water only rock
There will be a reception following the program featuring Greek inspired food provided by Chef Breshears and the Quantity Foods class.
Seating is general admission.
Tickets are $12.00 for adults, $5.00 for UCM students and children 17 & under.
ALL MUSIC STUDENTS will be able to pick up free tickets during business hours on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. They must pick them up during this time because tickets will cost $5.00 for students at the door on Wed evening.
For any additional information, please contact:
Dr. Mia Hynes
Phone: 660-543-8900
Email: hynes@ucmo.edu
Online version of Overture launched!
Jul 9, 2008 Alumni/Emeriti, Choral/Vocal, Keyboard, Music Ed, Music Tech, Strings, Theory/History, Winds/Perc
The Department of Music at UCM is pleased to announce an online version of the Overture newsletter. The online Overture is intended to display news and/or special announcements related to students, faculty, alumni, and emeriti faculty. Many of the online posts will be used for the annual printed version of the Overture. If you are interested in submitting a post, please see the link at the top of the page titled “Interested in Submitting a Post?” You may also contact sekelsky@ucmo.edu or honour@ucmo.edu.