a tempo Winter 2008

Student News

Drew Dolan, (Dr. Mikel Kuehn) a master’s candidate from Atlanta, had his work Make Me Into Glass performed on the Society of Composers, Inc., Region II Conference at Queens College in New York City.

Octavio Más-Arocas, doctoral candidate from Spain (Dr. Emily Freeman Brown) was a semi-finalist in the third Eduardo Mata International Conducting Competition held in Mexico City in September.

Tim Stulman (Dr. Mikel Kuehn), doctoral candidate from Findlay, and Steven Weimer (Dr. Marilyn Shrude), a master’s candidate from Macomb, Ill., had performances of their works at the 9th Annual Electronic Music MidWest in Kansas City in October. Stulman’s 5 Sense Off, performed as part of the event’s 3rd Annual 60x60 Midwest Mix, and Weimer’s Uranium Popcorn were featured.

41st Annual Competitions in Music Performance

Student winners of the college’s 41st annual Competitions in Music Performance have been announced:

  • Octavio Más-Arocas, a doctoral student from Spain, won the composition division. His composition, A Santa Compaña: Holy Company, The Procession of the Dead will be performed at the University’s New Music & Art Festival next fall. Más-Arocas composed the work while studying with Dr. Marilyn Shrude, Distinguished Artist Professor.
  • Undergraduate winners were trombonist Li Kuang, a freshman, and pianist Simeng Wu, a sophomore, both from China. Kuang studies with Dr. William Mathis and Wu with Dr. Laura Melton.
  • Graduate winners include pianist Artem Anuchin, from Russia, and marimbist Yu-Tzu Huang, a doctoral student from Taiwan. Anuchin studies with Winston Choi and Huang with Dr. Roger Schupp.
  • The Virginia Marks Collaborative Pianist Award winner was Nikita Abrosimov, from Russia, who collaborated with Kuang. Abrosimov works with Virginia Marks, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita.

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