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Officer Spotlight: October
President Jami Haswell Hometown: Dover, Ohio Major: Choral Music Education Choir Section: Alto On-Campus Organizations/Activities: OCMEA, Collegiate Chorale, and University Choral Society Hobbies: Puzzles with Kurt, camping, cooking and shoe shopping! Favorite Musician: Marilyn Horne Favorite Quote: "Distance is to love what wind is to fire; it enkindles the great and extinguishes the weak." Favorite Three Movies: The Notebook, Sleeping Beauty, and Mona Lisa Smile Favorite Book(s): Angels and Demons, and The House at Pooh Corner Favorite Tour Memory: Spring Chorale Tour: Jodie Hutchinson, Megen Welenc, Jim Javorsky, Kurt Vandock and myself got locked out of our host family's house at midnight and Atonn Smeltzer saved us from being eaten by bears! What three celebrities, dead or alive, would you like to have dinner with?: Well, 13 years ago I likely would have said three of the New Kids on the Block, but now I think I would have to just save the money that 3 dinners would cost and put it toward college...and maybe dinner with Kurt. What is your favorite cartoon character?: Piglet What do you get every time you go into Super Wal-Mart?: Nothing because I DESPISE WAL-MART!!! It will be the demise of our society! Favorite two pieces from Chorale (past or present): Hear My Prayer and the Ginastera What is your favorite thing about Chorale?: The level of committment to the music and the talent from all who participate! |
Officer Spotlight: November
Vice-President Kurt Vandock Hometown: Delta, Ohio Major: Molecular Biology Choir Section: Tenor II (give us our line back Andrew!) On-Campus Organizations/Activities: I am involved with Phi Mu Alpha, University Choral Society, Collegiate Chorale, and I have my own research lab in the Life Sciences Building. In January I start my doctoral studies at BGSU and will be teaching BIOL 205 lab sections. I will also fill my research obligations in my lab as a PhD research fellow. Favorite Musician (Classical and Non-Classical): Classical: Rachmaninoff; Non-Classical: Nickel Creek Favorite Quote: "And Shepherds we shall be For thee, my Lord, for thee. Power hath descended from Thy hand Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands. So we shall flow a river to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomeni Patri Fili Spiritus Sancti." - Boondock Saints Favorite Three Movie(s): Star Wars (I'm a dork), Lord of the Rings (I love the books), The Notebook (I'm a sensitive guy), Anchorman (I like to watch Jami laugh). Favorite Book(s): Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown as well as The World of Pooh by A.A. Milne. What three celebrities, dead or alive, would you like to have dinner with?: I suppose I am partial to "celebrities" that are mythological in nature. Assuming Homer's Odysseus really did exist, I would love to have dinner with him. This is because Odysseus represents all that a man should ever be, and I would love the opportunity to meet such an honorable hero. What is your favorite cartoon character?:Spiderman, he's got super powers, he's a scientist, and he gets his girl. What do you always gets every time you go into Super Wal-Mart?: Get the hell out. What is your favorite Chorale piece (past and present)?: Rachmaninoff's Alleluia is first with Dave Brubeck's Though I Speak coming in a close second. Current is hard to say because it is so early, but either Kalinda or Fugitive Footsteps. What is your favorite Chorale Tour memory?: Watching the sun rise at 5:45am with Jami in Virginia Beach. I love tour! |
Officer Spotlight: December
Treasurer Kurt Speltz Hometown:Englewood, Ohio Major:Music Education, Voice Choir Section:Tenor I On-Campus Organizations/Activities:Phi My Alpha Sinfonia Hobbies:Reading, downhill skiing, watching the History Channel Favorite Musician (Classical and Non-Classical): Beethovan, Pink Floyd Favorite Quote:"Houston, we have a problem." - Jim Lovell Favorite Three Movies:Lord of the Rings, Lawrence of Arabia, Boondock Saints Favorite Book(s):Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Redwall series, Beowulf Favorite Tour Memory:My freshman year we went to Memphis and I ate the most amazing cheeseburger I have ever had. Lame, yes, but it was really that good! What three celebrities, dead or alive, would you like to have dinner with?:Sir Alec Guinness, Winston Churchill, and Jesus What is your favorite cartoon character?:The Road Runner What do you get every time you go into Super Wal-Mart?:A DVD Favorite two pieces from Chorale (past or present)?: Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (Eric Whitacre), and Hear My Prayer (Moses Hogan) What is your favorite thing about Chorale?:I enjoy having an environment where every rehearsal shows noticeable improvement. It's great being in an ensemble where good isn't as good as it could be. |
Officer Spotlight: January
Secretary Matt Zwyer Hometown: Monclova, Ohio Major: Integrated Language Arts Education Choir Section: Tenor I On-Campus Organizations/Activities: Honors Student Association, Campus Connexions Ministries, Alpha Lambda Delta honors fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia; plus all choral activities...(Men's Chorus, Chorale, Barbershop, Sine Nomine) Favorite Musician (Classical and Non-Classical): Good question! Josh Groban? Favorite Quote: "It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly, who know the great enthusiams, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause." Theodore Roosevelt Favorite Three Movies: People actually have time to watch movies?! Well, I'd have to say "History of the World: Part I", "My Fellow Americans" (I know...) Still, "Yay" for Golden Globe wins! Favorite Book(s): "Angels and Demonds" by Dan Brown; "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire Favorite Tour Memory: Raleigh, NC; meeting Faye Parker and random hotel pillow fight. What three celebrities, dead or alive, would you like to have dinner with?: I'm not sure with whom I would dine, as I am always self-conscious that I have something in my teeth. However, eating with Bill Cosby was fun, and I would still like to actually have breakfast with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane! Oh, New York... What is your favorite cartoon character?: I very much identify with Lisa Simpson What do you get every time you go into Super Wal-Mart?: I window shop for DVDs (television series), but I don't buy something specific every time. Favorite two pieces from Chorale (past or present)?: My answer, although I'm sure a common response, is Hear My Prayer and Though I Speak What is your favorite thing about Chorale?: I love the fun that the choir has, I love the music that the choir sings, and I especially love the standard of excellence expected by everyone involved. |
Officer Spotlight: February
Publicity Coordinator Ben Fidler Hometown: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Major: Vocal Music Education Choir Section: Tenor II On-Campus Organizations/Activities: Sine Nomine, Collegiate Chorale, Men's Chorus, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, UNDEAD Hobbies: Writing news articles, playing video games, and recording podcasts for a video-gaming web site Favorite Musician (Classical and Non-Classical): Eric Whitacre Favorite Quote: "He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and harmony with his fellows." - Percy Jewett Burrell Favorite Three Movies: Serenity, Clerks, Children of Men Favorite Book(s): "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin Favorite Tour Memory: Visiting an Irish Pub in Toronto, then walking around the city trying to find the Space Needle What three celebrities, dead or alive, would you like to have dinner with?: Steve Carell, Kevin Smith, and David Cross What is your favorite cartoon character?: Gir from Invader Zim What do you get every time you go into Super Wal-Mart?: Disappointed. Favorite two pieces from Chorale (past or present)?: When David Heard, and Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (both by Eric Whitacre) What is your favorite thing about Chorale?: The way in which the community and the music can make rehearsals seem less like work and more like a privilege. |
