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a tempo Summer 2008
Faculty News
Dr. Burton Beerman, musicology/composition/theory (composition)
- Conversations for interactive piano and the KYMA Capybara 320 presented at the Society for ElectroAcoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) National Conference in Salt Lake City on April 3–5, 2008. Beerman also participated on a panel honoring composer Vladimir Ussachevsky at the conference.
Dr. Per F. Broman, musicology/composition/theory (theory) and Dr. Nora Engebretsen-Broman, musicology/composition/theory (theory)
- Edited What Kind of Theory is Music Theory? Epistemological Exercises in Music Theory and Analysis. Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis. Stockholm Studies sin Musicology 1. Stockholm: Stockholm University, 2007. Broman wrote the article “Music Theory: Art, Science, or What?” and Engebretsen “Simplicity, Truth and Beauty in Music Theory” along with co-authoring the publication’s preface. June 2008.
Dr. Per F. Broman, musicology/composition/theory (theory)
- Presented “Torture, Pain, and Phil Collins: The Power of Music in South Park” at the Third Annual Music and the Moving Image Conference at New York University on May 30, 2008.
- Liner notes for the Anne Sofie von Otter CD titled Boldmann/Gefors/Hillborg with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano, on the Deutsche Grammophon label. The disc features songs by Anders Hillborg, Laci Boldemann and Hans Gefors. May 2008.
- “Musical Function in the Gesamtkunstwerk: Chopin and Werle in Bergman’s Persona and Autumn Sonata,” presented at the 15th Nordic Musicological Congress in Oslo, Norway. August 2008.
Vasile Beluska, performance studies (violin), and Dr. Alan Smith, associate dean and performance studies (cello)
- Toured music conservatories in Hungary and Romania in May 2008. The duo met with students and teachers, conducting master classes and presented recitals primarily in Szeged, Hungary, and Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Vasile Beluska, performance studies (violin)
- Recipient of an Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his service in bridging his homeland of Romania and his teaching and performing in the U.S. The ceremony was held on Ellis Island on May 10, 2008.
Dr. Emily Freeman Brown, performance studies (director of orchestral activities)
- Served as a judge for the 10th Annual Crescendo Music Awards in Tulsa, Okla., in April 2008.
- Conducted the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra in Interlochen, Mich., in April 2008. The concert included Samuel Adler’s Symphony No. 2 and was part of an 80th birthday celebration for the composer.
Dr. Nora Engegretsen-Broman, musicology/composition/theory (theory)
- Chapter titled “The Over-Determined Triad as a Source of Discord: Nascent Groups and the Emergent Chromatic Tonality in Later-Nineteenth-Century German Harmonic Theory,” published in the book Music Theory and Mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations, edited by Jack Douthett, Martha Hyde and Charles J. Smith (University of Rochester Press, 2008). February 2008.
Dr. Robert Fallon, musicology/composition/theory (musicology)
- Presented “Naming Mount Messiaen” to the members of the newly recognized American Musicological Society Ecocriticism Study Group in November 2007. He is a co-founder of the organization.
- Published the chapter, “Two Paths to Paradise: Reform in Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise,” in Messiaen Studies, ed. Robert Sholl (Cambridge University Press, 2007), 206’31, December 2007.
Dr. Carol Hayward, music education (band activities)
 Dr. Hayward and members of the All-American Marching Band staff.
Dr. David Harnish, musicology/composition/theory (ethnomusicology)
- Paper presentation, “Tejano Music Comes to the Midwest: The Musical Story of Conjunto Master, Jesse Ponce,” at the Society for American Music conference in San Antonio, Texas, in March 2008.
- Presented “Critical Approaches to Teaching World Music in the University Non-Major Classroom” and organized the “World Music Pedagogy in the Global Century” panel at the ninth international conference on Cultural Diversity in Music Education in Seattle on March 21, 2008.
Dr. Vincent J. Kantorski, professor (graduate studies)
- Presented “A Content Analysis of Survey Dissertations in Music Education, 2002–2006” at the MENC National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on April 10, 2008.
Dr. Mikel Kuehn, musicology/composition/theory (composition)/
- Chiaroscuro for cello and electronics presented at the SEAMUS National Conference in Salt Lake City on April 3–5, 2008.
Dr. Jacqueline Leclair, performance studies (oboe)
- Concert titled A/Rhythmia, with the 20-member ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, in Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Auditorium, New York City in February 2008. Concert included the New York premiere of Son of Chamber Symphony by John Adams.
- Lecture on Luciano Berio’s Sequenza VIIa at the University of Michigan in March 2008.
Dr. Elainie Lillios, musicology/composition/theory (composition)
 Dr. Elainie Lillios and Stacy Borden (MM—composition)
Dr. William Mathis, associate professor and chair of music performance studies (trombone)
- Soloist for T-Rex for Trombone and Tape by Mark Phillips at the Heidelberg University’s New Music Festival in Tiffin, Ohio, on April 12, 2008.
- Clinician and featured soloist in Annie Laurie by Author Proyor with Lima High School Band on May 14, 2008.
- Featured soloist on Annie Laurie by Author Proyor and Lassus Trombone by Henry Fillmore with the Ostsego High School Band on their John Philip Sousa Concert on May 22, 2008.
Dr. Laura Melton, performance studies (coordinator of keyboard, piano)
- Performed Samuel Adler’s Three Preludes as part of a live interview with the composer for Israeli National Radio in Kol, Israel, in January 2008.
- Performance of Samuel Adler’s Three Preludes and the Sonata for Flute and Piano with flutist Carol Wincenc as part of a live interview with the composer on Radio Nacional de Espana in January 2008.
- Recitals as a member of the Phoenix Piano Quartet at the University of Michigan, Bluffton College and Oberlin College in March 2008. The quartet is a collaboration of faculty from Arizona State University and BGSU.
Dr. Bruce Moss/, music education (director of band activities)
- Article titled “At Home in Two Worlds. Memorable Programming for College ad Community Band. An Interview with Bruce Moss” in the May 2008 issue of The Instrumentalist.
Dr. Mark Munson, music education (choral activities)
- Presented “Living and Working Abroad through a Teacher Exchange” with his wife, Paula, at the Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) Conference in Cincinnati in February 2008.
- Served as an adjudicator for the Lima Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition in Lima, Ohio, in March 2008.
 Founding members of Opus 181. - Published “The Music Profile Schools of Sweden: Enriching a Nation’s Choral Heritage” in the Choral Journal, the official journal of the American Choral Director’s Association, in April 2008.
- Served as an adjudicator for junior and senior high school choruses at the annual State Choral Festival of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association on May 6–7, 2008.
- Adjudicator for junior and senior high choruses for the Festivals of Music sponsored by the Education Networks Program in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 9,10, 16, 17 and 24, 2008.
- Conducted community singers in a “Summer Sing” presentation of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor at the University of Toledo on June 17, 2008.
Dr. Andrew Pelletier, performance studies (horn)
- Performed the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, conducted by Xiao-Lu Li, at the Garde Arts Center in New London, Conn., in March 2008.
Dr. Eftychia Papanikolaou, musicology/composition/theory (musicology)
- Published chapter titled “Of Duduks and Dylan: Negotiating Music and the Aural Space.” In Cylons in America: Critical Studies of Battlestar Galactica. Edited by Tiffany Potter and C. W. Marshall, 224–236. New York and London: Continuum, 2007. The book won the Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture by the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. December 2007.
- Essay review publication of “The Art of the Ballets Russes Captured: Reconstructed Ballet Performances on Video.” in Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association 64/3: 564–585. March 2008.
- Presented “Death in Vienna: Modes of Memory in Ken Russell’s Mahler“ at the Third Annual Music and the Moving Image Conference at New York University from May 30 to June 3, 2008, and at the Ninth Annual Conference of the European Cinema Research Forum: “European Cinema: Past and Present,” Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland, in July 2008.
- Presented “Spontini the Subversive?” at the 15th Biennial International Conference on 19th-century Music at the University College in Dublin, Ireland, in June 2008.
Charles Saenz, performance studies (trumpet)
 Charles Saenz with Jason Dovel (MM ’05) - Guest soloist on the Terre Thunder Jazz Band and State of the Art vocal group’s “Winter Jazz” concert in Port Clinton, Ohio, in February 2008.
- Featured clinician on the Northeastern Trumpet Festival at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla., in February 2008.
- Master class at Michigan State University in March 2008.
Kevin Schempf, performance studies (clarinet)
- Performance with the Sympatico Percussion Quartet at Ohio State University in January 2008.
- Performance with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME) in Louisville, Ky., on February 1, 2008. PNME also recorded its second CD titled against the emptiness, which will be released by New Dynamic Records in 2009.
- As a member of the new music ensemble Brave New Works, Schempf performed at Cornell University, Syracuse University, Eastman School of Music, and at Christ and Stephen’s Churches in New York City in March 2008.
- Performed solo and chamber pieces as a guest with the new music group fEARnoMUSIC in Portland, Ore., in April 2008.
- Presented a recital and master class at the University of Washington in Seattle on April 21, 2008.
- Two recitals at the Hasty Festival at Ohio State University on April 30–May 2. The festival honoring the master teacher, Stanley Hasty from the Eastman School of Music, featured performers and teachers across the country.
- Clarinetist and bass clarinetist on PNME’s first CD, released in 2008, titled Drunken Moon/Night Music.
Dr. Roger Schupp, performance studies (percussion)
- Performed a number of concerts with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra’s Percussion Trio throughout the Toledo area in March 2008.
- Master class and recital at the University of Central Missouri in March 2008.
- Featured clinician at “Drum Daze,” a day of percussion, at the Toledo School for the Arts in Toledo in May 2008.
Dr. Marilyn Shrude, Distinguished Artist Professor, musicology/composition/theory (chair, composition); and Dr. John Sampen, Distinguished Artist Professor, performance studies (coordinator of woodwinds, saxophone)
- Performed Shrude’s Lacramosa for alto saxophone and piano at the SCI National Convention in Atlanta in February 2008.
- Presented a concert titled “Voices of Dissent” at Appalachian State University, in Boone, N.C., and at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, Tenn., in April 2008. The concert included two compositions by Shrude, as well as the works of BGSU faculty members Dr. Burton Beerman, Dr. Mikel Kuehn and Dr. Elainie Lillios. Works by Beerman, Kuehn and Lillios were also performed by the duo at the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference in Columbia, S.C., on April 19, 2008.
Dr. Marilyn Shrude, Distinguished Artist Professor, musicology/composition/theory (chair, composition)
- Published “Teaching Composition in Twenty-first-Century America: A Conversation with Milton Babbitt” by Marilyn Shrude in American Music (vol. 25, no. 3, fall 2007). 312–333.
- Renewing the Myth performed by saxophonist Joseph Murphy (BM ’82) at Mansfield University and on the Eighth Festival of Women Composers at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in March 2008.
- Recipient of the Chair Leadership Award from the BGSU Faculty Senate on April 8, 2008. The award recognizes her many efforts on behalf of the department and college, including her service as chair of the Department of Musicology/Composition/Theory since 1998. “During her tenure, she has greatly expanded the scope of the department, in particular its offerings in contemporary and world music, as well as its interaction with the rest of the University.” (Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune. 4/18/08)
- Lacrimosa for alto saxophone and piano published by C.F. Peters (Edition Peters No. 68155) in April 2008. The work was commissioned by Sigma Alpha Iota and is dedicated to the memory of BGSU alumni Christopher Carducci (BM ’02) and Robert Samels (BM ’02).
- Into Light performed by the Greater New Haven Youth Orchestra, under the direction of Katherine Kilburn, in Battell Chapel at Yale University on May 11, 2008.
- Face of the Moon performed by guitarist Dan Lippel and saxophonist Timothy Ruedeman at the New Music Festival for Guitar and Saxophone at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C., on April 10, 2008.
- Raining Glass for violin, cello and piano performed by the Icicle Creek Piano Trio at the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival in Walla Walla, Wash., on June 17, 2008.
- Litanies for flute, oboe and piano premiered at the International Double Reed Society’s 37th Annual Conference in Provo, Utah, in July 2008. The work was commissioned and performed by the Spectrum Trio. Theresa Delaplain Mueller (MM ’84) is the oboist in the trio.
Garth Simmons, performance studies (trombone/adjunct)
- Soloist on Concert for Trombone and Orchestra by Christopher Rouse with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra on two performances on March 14 and 15, 2008.
Bryan Standbridge ’06, web designer, performance studies (steel drums/adjunct)
- Member of the combined choirs of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church (Toledo) and St. Aloysius Catholic Church (Bowling Green), directed by Jean McLaughlin and Dr. Ann Corrigan (performance studies/adjunct [voice]), on a pilgrimage to Italy. The group performed an evening Mass in St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, an evening concert in St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome and an evening Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, as well as a papal audience in the Vatican in March 2008.
- Premiere of For with the LORD is Kindness: Psalm 130 by the combined church choirs of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and St. Aloysius Catholic Church during an evening concert in the Basilica of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome in March 2008. The SATB work was commissioned for the choir’s 2008 pilgrimage to Italy and was conducted by the composer.
Dr. Sandra Frey Stegman, music education (choral education) and Dr. Nancy Sugden, music education (early childhood)
- Presented workshop titled “21st Century Singing Schools for Children and Youth” at the 28th World Conference of the International Society of Music Education in Bologna, Italy, in July 2008.
Dr. Nancy Sugden, music education (early childhood)
- Co-director of the project titled “Singing to the Tune of Early Literacy.” Project is funded by Partnerships for Community Action and the Center for Innovative and Transformative Education, and is a collaboration between the Wood County Corps/Wood County District Public Library, WSOS Head Start and the College of Musical Arts. March 2008.
Dr. Kenneth Thompson, music education (band activities)
- Named conductor and artistic director of the Toledo Youth Orchestra for the 2008–2009 season in February.
- Appointed to the By-Law Adoption Committee to form the Youth Wind Band for the United Nations in spring 2008.
- Conducted rehearsal clinics with over 50 bands and orchestras from Texas, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri in spring 2008.
- Guest conductor for the Strongsville (Ohio) High School Bands Festival Concert in spring 2008.
- Guest conductor for the Lakewood (Ohio) High School and the Hoover High School (Iowa) Wind Ensemble Concerts in spring 2008.
- Guest residency at Larkin High School, an arts magnet school, in Elgin, Ill., in spring 2008. As part of the residency, he conducted the Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra and presented a master class for the school’s conducting students.
- Served as organizational chair, with Scott Corley from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, for the 2008 CBDNA Intercollegiate Honor Band for the 2008 CBDNA North-Central Division Conference in spring 2008.
- Served as the conducting adjudicator for the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Directors Association Large Group Contest.
- Conductor of the 2008 Putnam County Honor Band in spring 2008.
- “Impetus for Innovation: Causality and Percy Grainger’s Affinity for Folksong” published in the Journal of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, spring 2008.
- “The Small Things Matter” in the Instrumentalist Magazine, spring 2008.
Dr. Gene Trantham musicology/composition/theory (theory)
- Panel presentation, titled “A Time to Reflect: Regional Chapter Presidents Discuss the Role of Chapters in the Next Stages of CMS’ Evolution” and served as the session chair for “Trans-and Interdisciplinary Issues I” at the national meeting of the College Music Society in Salt Lake City in November 2007.
- Presented “Teaching and Learning Styles of the 4MAT System: Exploring Opportunities for Deeper Student Engagement” as part of the BGSU Teachers on Teaching Series during the Teaching and Learning Fair at BGSU on March 14, 2008.
- Presented the “History of the Great Lakes Chapter of the College Music Society” and organized and moderated a panel of “Past Presisents for the Great Lakes and Great Plains Chapters” during “Two Greats Chapter Histories” at the CMS Super Regional at Illinois State University on March 28, 2008.
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