The Official Newsletter of Moravian College Music Department
May 2003, Volume 7, issue ii
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Greetings From the Chair
"Keys to Success" Celebration!
Music Alliance Notes
Performance Notes
Music Education Notes
Faculty and Staff Notes
Alumni Notes
Student Notes
Cook's Corner
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As you can see from this newsletter, the Music Department has been an extremely active place this spring term! But as the May 17th commencement ceremonies approach, I wanted to be sure to honor all the 2003 music graduates and wish them well in their future academic and life experiences. I hope to see them continue their association with Moravian College’s Music Department as active and supporting alumni.
Mr.
James Barnes
Chair of the Music Department
On
April 23rd, the Music Department celebrated the 25th
Anniversary of the Renovations to Peter Hall, the 15th Anniversary of
the Music Alliance, and the effort to become an All-Steinway institution with an
all-day program entitled, “Keys to Success.”
Dean of the College Curtis Keim,
Board of Trustees member Betsey Tait Puth,
members of Delta Omicron, and a host of students, faculty, and staff joined Chair James Barnes in honoring the accomplishments of the College, the
Music Alliance, Spillman Farmer Architects, The Presser Foundation, and The
Arcadia Foundation.
In
addition to congratulating everyone on the replacement of seven of our 33 pianos
with new Steinways, Mr. Barnes
announced that thanks to The Arcadia Foundation, the Music Alliance, and some
wonderful donors, the department was only $10,000 away from the second Steinway
model B for Peter Hall. This keyboard would allow our faculty and students to
present duo piano music to the Lehigh Valley. The department has until the end
of June to raise the remaining funds and is soliciting donations from our
current friends, as well as new friends interested in our strong musical
heritage and commitment to music education at Moravian College.
The
“Keys to Success” events included:
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11:30: Dr.
Larry Lipkis’ Contemporary Music After 1945 class, featuring PowerPoint
projects by Jeremy Sawruk on the mega-opera Licht
by Stockhausen and by the team of Elizabeth
McCann, Jessica Setley, and Laura
Strattan on contemporary women composers.
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Who
was Howard? They ALL were! |
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12:50:
Dr. Barbara Liebhaber’s
Diatonic Harmony cl
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1:40:
A tour of the Single Brethren’s House with members of Delta
Omicron.
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2:20:
Dr. Hilde Binford’s
Classical and Romantic Music History Class.
Sophomores Clair Socci, Laura Crouthamel, Sara Baer, Heather Longden, Matthew
Smyth, Crystal Reinert, Kyle Slemmer, Brent Missimer, and
Nate Diehl performed works by Schubert, Schumann, Frank, Massenet, Chopin,
and Satie. An Historic Tea in Hearst Hall – featuring freshly-baked goodies
from Dr. Binford’s magical kitchen – followed the performances.
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Pamela
Rokke and Dr. Binford enjoy Dr. Binford’s 19th Century
desserts! |
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3:10:
A tour of the new Steinway pianos with Delta
Omicron members demonstrating!
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4:15:
A “Musical Thank You” by the College
Choir conducted by Adam Koch
and Dr. Paula Zerkle featuring music by Purcell, Moses Hogan, and
Mozart. A reception by Delta
Omicron followed.
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7:15: A
Pre-Recital presentation by Chair
James Barnes and Betsey Tait Puth (’51), which included a slide presentation
courtesy of Spillman Farmer Architects.
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8:00:
An evening recital and reception featuring the artistry of several faculty
and students, including Robin Kani,
Barbara Liebhaber, Martha Schrempel, Laura Strattan, Caress Prince, Dave
Roth, Paul Rostock, members of the Mostly |
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Monteverdi
Ensemble (Rebecca Dishon, Kay Leavy, Matthew Smyth,
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to R: Barnes, the newly unveiled Spillman Farmer Rehearsal Piano, Valerie
Vogt of Jacob’s Music/Steinway, Barry Pell of Spillman Farmer
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Spangenberg,
Jessica Setley, Heather
Longden, and Director Larry
Lipkis) and Jazz Combo I (Jessica
Smith, Kyle Slemmer, Thomas Gebhardt, Keith
LaBar, Thomas Mondschein,
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The
Music Alliance was a key sponsor of the Wednesday, February 27th
recital by Metropolitan Opera star, Samuel
Ramey. Ramey performed a
stunning recital of American and European art songs before a packed house in Foy
Concert Hall. At the post-recital
gala reception in Peter Hall hosted by Honorary Gala Chair Pamela
Rokke, Mr. Ramey charmed members of the Music Alliance and other patrons of
the Great Artist Series.
On
the following day, Mr. Ramey conducted a master class which featured the
artistry of four Moravian College vocalists: Rebecca
Dishon (’04), who performed “Je dis que rien m'épouvante” from
Bizet’s Carmen, Matthew Smyth (’05), who performed “Una furtive lagrima” from
Donizetti’s L’Eliser D’Amore, Lawrence
Budden (’04), who performed “It is Enough,” from Mendelssohn’s Elijah,
and Evelyn Stewart (CGS) who
performed “Ave Maria,” from Verdi’s Otello.
After
being treated to music at a Tuesday Performance Class by members of the Delta
Omicron National Music Honors Fraternity, Music Alliance members joined students
in Clewell Hall for conversation and the annual Music Alliance Luncheon. One of
the most beneficial contributions from (and “perks” for) the Music Alliance
is the ongoing interaction with our talented music students!
Thanks
to the generosity of the Music Alliance, Andrew Manze, one of the great
interpreters of Baroque music, came to Peter Hall to conduct a master class on
March 29th. He coached
violinists Jessica Setley (’04) on two movements of Bach’s Suite in D
Minor and Heather Longden (’05)
on two movements from Handel’s Sonata in A Major. Then, the instrumentalists of the Mostly Monteverdi Ensemble,
consisting of Jessica, Heather, Melissa
Spangenberg (’03), and Larry Lipkis,
performed a trio sonata by Legrenzi. And finally, first-year student Rachael
Stapleton (’06) performed a movement from an oboe sonata by Vivaldi.
Did
you enjoy the “Keys to Success” lunch? Did you enjoy the evening reception
by Wegmans? If so, you can thank the members of the Music Alliance for
sponsoring these events! MA members, students, faculty, staff, and guests
participated in a day of music, food, and celebration!
Artist-Lecturers
Gregory Oaten, tenor, and Eduardo
Azzati, bass, Martha Schrempel, piano, and departmental accompanist Eileen Wescoe were joined by Debra Field, soprano, and Carole
Burkhardt, alto, in a lovely and moving musical Viennese Valentine recital in
Peter Hall on Saturday, March 15. Following the recital were delicious desserts
including the audience favorite, chocolate covered strawberries!
The
Moravian College Choir, Women’s Chorus, College-Community Orchestra, faculty
and students joined forces this April to present Brahm’s Ave Maria and
Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Dr.
Paula Zerkle conducted the ensembles, as well as the Mozart vocal soloists Yvonne
Robinson, soprano, Beverly Morgan, alto, Gregory Oaten, tenor,
and Eduardo Azzati, bass. This
performance successfully ended the first year for the re-newed MCCO after an
8-year experiment with a faculty-student Chamber Symphony.
The
following week on April 12 at 8 pm, Dr.
Zerkle and the Moravian College Choir
joined the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and the Allentown Band in a performance
of Symphonie funebre et triomphale, Op. 15
by Hector Berlioz. The sounds of
the combined forces filled Allentown Symphony Hall with a magnificent
celebration of local talent. The concert also included a symphony by former
faculty member, David Saturen, a
composer well-known in the Lehigh Valley, and operatic excerpts by Richard
Wagner.
Under
the tutelage of Dr. Larry Lipkis,
Moravian’s composition students premiered a total of ten brand-new
compositions (a new record!) on April 25th at the annual Moravian
College Composers’ concert. Jeremy Sawruk (’03) contributed four pieces: a tone poem entitled Open
Boat for ten instruments, based on a short story by Stephen Crane; Danni’s
Angel for South Mountain Middle School singers, Patrick Brady (’87), Director; a three-movement oboe sonata
performed by Rachael Stapleton
(’06) and Keith LaBar (’06); and Passacaglia
for bass clarinet and piano, performed by Laura
Strattan (’04) and Caress Prince
(’04). Melissa Spangenberg (’03) heard her psalm setting Praise Ye the
Name of the Lord, performed by Vocalis, directed by Dr. Paula Zerkle. Emily
Ralph (’03) contributed a string quartet, Dream; and a work for
oboe and piano, entitled In Moments Such as These, performed by Sarah
Baer (’05) and Nate Diehl
(’05). Frank Betro (’05) heard
his setting of the Pater Noster performed by Jessica
Smith (’04) and Keith LaBar
(’06). Matthew Cavoto (’04), an
advanced counterpoint student of Dr. Lipkis, contributed a Kyrie from his
Mass-in-progress, Missa La-Re-Do.
On
Thursday, January 23rd, eighteen members of the Moravian
College Marching Band & Color Guard participated in the 50th
Anniversary celebration of Peeps at the Just Born candy factory in Bethlehem.
The ensemble provided a parade accompaniment for the introduction of the
“Peepster”, a new vehicle topped with a giant yellow Peep’s head.
The Peepster will be joined on a tour of the United States with a
specially outfitted Peeps Bus, spreading the news about the anniversary and a
great Bethlehem confection! Since
the temperatures were the coldest of the year, the entire band and color guard
wore “Moravian” gray 180s on their ears to keep warm!
In
February the Opera Ensemble traveled north to join with the Moravian College
Theater Company’s 2nd 2002-2003 production. Under the direction of
Jack Ramsey (English) and the musical direction of Artist-Lecturer Bronwyn
Fix-Keller, the ensemble presented Old Maid and the Thief.
Singing the role of Miss Todd was Elizabeth Detweiler (’92) and
singing Miss Pinkerton was Evelyn Stwart (’04). The
Music Department’s Administrative Assistant William Bauman (’74), was
Costumer for the production and Facilities Coordinator Blair Flintom
created the program.
You might! Especially if you attended the Femme Fatale performance on April 27th by Music Department faculty Linda Kistler, Barbara Liebhaber, Yvonne Robinson, Martha Schrempel, and Barbara Thompson! As the audience enjoyed works by Gershwin, Fauré, Brahms, Debussy, Liszt, Rodrigo, Hageman, and Bolcom, everyone learned about what makes up a femme fatale. So what makes a femme fatale and what should you watch out for? If you weren’t at the performance, you’ll have to contact those faculty members to find out!
Sweets
For Music Education
This
April’s Pennsylvania Music Educator’s Association Conference was held in
Hershey, the Chocolate Capitol of the World!
At the Moravian College exhibition booth, Chair James
Barnes and Dr. Barbara Liebhaber
gave out Music Department literature, talked with many alumni who are now
teachers, and conversed with scores of colleagues in the public schools, as well
as at other colleges and universities. While
at the conference, Mr. Barnes also joined other higher education representatives
at a mini-college fair for members of the All-State Band, Orchestra, Chorus, and
Jazz Ensemble. A number of the
senior All-State students have already auditioned for Moravian’s Music
Department.
Since
this yearly conference is such a valuable resource for music education, the
Music Department, for the second year in a row, funded the registrations and
travel expenses for all sophomore and junior Music Education majors.
The junior and senior music education students voiced their appreciation
for the PMEA conference where they attended workshops and visited booths to
become familiar with materials for teaching, including instruments for the
classroom and music for instrumental and choral ensembles.
Rumor has it that tens of pounds of chocolate started appearing in the
Music Department soon after the end of the conference!
Dr. Barbara Liebhaber,
Music Education, indicates that all seven of this year’s senior student
teachers have had successful elementary and secondary experiences and are
preparing to graduate and find teaching jobs.
All of the students are conducting pieces for the spring concerts in the
secondary schools in which they are placed.
Some
of the freshman and sophomore music education majors participated in the Bach
Choir Family Concert this March. Our
students not only learned how to do the gigue, but also taught the dance
to young audience members (and the young at heart) and helped select children to
go on stage to interact with the Bach Choir’s director, Gregory Funfgeld.
The
junior music education students are enjoying their field placements in
elementary schools where many of them are working with former Moravian students.
With
support from Faculty Research and Development Committee, Dr.
Hilde Binford gave papers at two conferences in March.
The first was a paper on the role of music in the Old Order Amish for the
national meeting of the Society of American Music.
The second paper was for the regional meeting of the College Music
Society in Maine, where she contributed to a session on job opportunities for
music majors.
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Two
of Dr. Larry Lipkis’
compositions, The Bells of St. Brides
and Proud Moravian were performed by
the Moravian College Wind Ensemble this spring. The first piece was commissioned
by the Christa McAuliffe Foundation and premiered in 1995.
The second is an arrangement of the school song, which was first
performed by the College Choir at the 2002 commencement.
The
Baltimore Consort, Dr. Lipkis’
early music sextet, was very active in the spring, performing concerts in
Toronto (Glenn Gould Hall), Seattle (Town Hall), and New York City (the
Cloisters), as well as various venues in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, North
Carolina, New York, and Pennsylvania. In addition, they completed their twelfth
recording called “Adeu Dundee: Early Music of Scotland, volume II,” which
will be released in late spring or early summer.
A compilation CD entitled “The Best of the Baltimore Consort” was
issued in February. Larry also
teamed up with his ten-year old daughter Julia, who plays violin and piano, in
several concerts this spring at Fountain Hill Elementary School, the Ice House,
and First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem.
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This
spring, Dr. Paula Zerkle, for the
second consecutive year, organized and hosted the World Music Honor Choir during
the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association yearly conference in Hershey, PA.
This three-day choral festival, which took place from April 9-11, 2003 is
sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Choral Directors
Association and gives high school students a chance to explore music and rhythms
from other cultures. From all over Pennsylvania 116 students from 70 high schools
were chosen to rehearse and perform music from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The conductors, Larry Farrow from Los Angeles, CA and Diana Saez from
Washington, D.C., did a marvelous job with the singers, and the concert was a
big success.
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In
January, the Moravian College Jazz Artist-Lecturers Neil
Wetzel, Lou Lanza, and Tony Gairo represented Moravian College’s Music
Department at the International Association of Jazz Educators in Toronto,
Canada.
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Congratulations
go to William Bauman (’74), the Music Department’s Administrative
Assistant. Bill is the recipient of
the 2003 Medallion of Merit awarded by the Alumni Association!
Since graduation, Bill has been a contributor and tireless supporter of
the theater, nursing, and music programs at Moravian College.
He is a major part of the glue that keeps the Music Department running
and also finds time to serve as a costume master and production coordinator for
the Moravian College Theater Company. In
2001 Bill was awarded the “Unsung Hero Award” by the Alumni Association.
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This
summer Robin Kani, Artist-Lecturer in
flute and director of the MC Flute Ensemble, will perform the second flute part
for Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the
orchestra’s summer home in Saratoga, New York. In addition, this summer Robin
will also join Artist-Lecturers Lawrence
Wright, trumpet, and Linda Kistler,
violin, on a tour of England and Scotland with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem.
Lauren
Nicholas (’01): Greetings from Boston! I hope this e-mail finds you busy, but well.
Can you believe I have less than three months left of school?
Time sure went faster than I had expected!
I am still having a great experience here at the Boston Conservatory.
I’m doing very well and preparing for my master’s recital, which is
in April. I am teaching three days
a week and enjoying myself, as well as learning more and more.
I’m keeping quite busy playing a variety of music and have even gone
back to playing some clarinet.
So...with the closing of my master’s degree, I’m
finding myself planning for the coming year.
My saxophone teacher has been so very helpful in helping me find a job.
He has helped me search all over the country for college jobs.
I have spent a good amount of time searching various college web sites to
see if they have a classical saxophone program/saxophone instructor.
If they didn’t, then they got a letter and resume from me.
I am interested in starting/building a program at a school that is
interested in having me. I have
been playing and experiencing much contemporary music and feel confident that
this might be my area of concentration. I
performed one of Berio’s Sequenzas last semester and the other one this
semester. And I’m playing some
John Cage tomorrow night in a new music concert.
Good stuff!!
In each “On the
Beat,” we invite one or two music majors to introduce themselves, in their own
words, to our readers.
I
am often asked as to how I chose to play the oboe. My response is that it chose me.
My parents tell me that I knew I wanted to play the oboe before I was
even aware of what the instrument was. Yet,
I was convinced. Try as they might,
no one was able to sway my young mind. When I began study through my school music program at the age
of 8, I knew I would always incorporate music in my life.
As
a candidate for a Bachelor of Music Degree in oboe performance, I find new and
exciting challenges at the turn of every semester here at Moravian College.
My musical involvement here at Moravian College includes the Wind
Ensemble, Community Orchestra, Baroque Ensemble, Wind Trio and Oboe ensemble, as
well as taking oboe and reed-making lessons from Carol
Temlin and participating in the Lehigh Philharmonic Orchestra. This past spring I was fortunate enough to premier an oboe
sonata, In Moments Such as These, by composition student Emily
Ralph (’04)
I
am also actively involved as a member of Delta Omicron, (the international
honors music fraternity), am a co-organizer of Dessert Theater, and member of
the South Campus Dorm Council as well as having been placed on Deans List the
four semesters that I have been enrolled at Moravian. As a junior next fall I will also hold the position of
Resident Advisor for the second floor of Main Hall, the all-female dorm located
on Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus.
As
I continue my years at Moravian, I am looking forward to the new opportunities
for growth academically as well as musically.
At the close of my second year as a Moravian student, I am more than ever
aware that this school is where I belong. Every
student that passes through the music program is well aware of the family that
they have become a part of; it is a family that I have been able to depend on.
As I continue in my musical endeavors after I leave Moravian College, I
will never forget the time spent and lessons learned within the walls of the
Music Department.
Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity is a
professional fraternity in the field of music with collegiate chapters
established throughout the United States and abroad. The Gamma Pi chapter here on the Moravian campus is open to
music majors and minors with a 3.0 music grade point average, and a 2.0 overall
grade point average. DO activities include monthly musical performances, as well
as academic and service activities.
The 39th National and 15th International
Triennial Conference will be taking place in Louisville, Kentucky at Bellermine
University from July 24th to the 27th.
There are many activities planned including business meetings, social
functions and concert performances. Through
taped auditions, Jessica Setley
(’04) and Tracy Smith (’04) were
selected to perform in the Collegiate Concert featuring four college level
performers. The tapes had to
include fifteen minutes of music showing the performers musical capabilities. On this July 25th evening concert Jessica will be
performing Three Songs Without Words
by Paul Ben-Haim, “Meditation” from Thais
by Jules Massanet, and the “Corrente” from Partita
No. 2 in D minor by J.S. Bach.
Tracy will be performing Duo for Flute and
Piano by Aaron Copland.
Jessica Setley
is a rising-senior dual major in Music Education and Elementary Education. She has been the president of the Gamma Pi chapter of Delta
Omicron for two years. Her college
activities include the College-Community Orchestra, Mostly Monteverdi Ensemble,
Kappa Delta Pi, and Residence Hall Staff. Jessica
studies violin with Linda Kistler.
Tracy Smith
is a rising-senior pursuing the Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance.
She studies classical flute with Robin
Kani, jazz flute with Neil Wetzel,
classical voice with Bronwyn Fix-Keller,
and jazz voice with Lou Lanza. Tracy
is very involved in the music program and is a member and Vice President of the
College Choir and performs in the Moravian College Wind Ensemble.
She also serves as Music Advisor and Chaplain in the honors fraternity
Delta Omicron.
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From President Jessica
Setley: This has been a
wonderful and exciting year for Delta Omicron!
This year we produced two musicales, one with a Broadway theme and the
other with a Disney theme. Also, we
performed in two DO performance classes, and had a luncheon with the Music
Alliance after the second one. We
also hosted the post-Vespers carol sing-along and reception for the first time
this year thanks to the funds that we received from United Student Government.
Our “Plot, Plop, Drop Bingo” fundraiser was a success, and Nate
Diehl’s grandmother won the prize. (Yes, think of a large farm field and
you’ll know what that fundraiser was about!)
This fall saw the election of new DO officers: Jessica
Setley, president; Nate Diehl, 1st VP; Beth McCann,
2nd VP; Jessica Smith, treasurer; Laura Crouthamel,
secretary; Angela DiToro and Rebecca Dishon, co-publicity
managers; Erin Barr, historian; Clair Socci, warden.
And, after the happy return of our chapter’s supplies, Gamma Pi chapter
initiated the largest pledge class in eight years!
At the end of the semester, DO members helped at the “Keys to
Success” event by demonstrating the Steinway pianos, hosting a reception, and
performing in the evening concert. Also, look for the release of our first
alumni newsletter, which will soon be mailed to DO alumni to help them keep in
touch with what the chapter is doing. Delta Omicron wishes the best of luck to
our graduating seniors Lisa Costello, Karen Larsen, Kay Leavy,
Janelle Lutz, Thomas Powell, Matthew Silvius, and Robert
Stevens, III.
The department’s regular 11:30 AM Tuesday
Performance Class was anything but “regular” on March 25th as
students performed for the first time (in our memory) in Prosser Auditorium
instead of in Peter Hall. Jessica
Setley (’04), violin, Jessica Smith (’04), voice, Laura
Strattan (’04), bass clarinet, Laura Crouthamel (’05), string
bass, Heather Longden (’05), violin, Kyle Slemmer (’05),
saxophone, Jennifer Davenport (’06), saxophone, and Keith LaBar
(’06), piano, brought Hurd Campus music to the Main Street Campus audience. The Music Department hopes to repeat this endeavor next year
to promote music on the entire campus!
On Sunday evening, February 2nd, Matthew
Cavoto and Caress Prince, two Moravian College junior year music majors,
performed a joint piano recital in Kortz Hall at Moravian Hall Square in
Nazareth, PA. The recital was part
of the James J. Heller Concert Series presented in loving memory of the late
Reverend James J. Heller, a former resident of Moravian Hall Square and
Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Moravian College.
Works performed by Matthew included the “Allegro” movement from
Beethoven's Sonata in D, Op. 28, two movements from Prokofiev's Visions
fugitives, and Schumann's Novelette in E Major, Op. 21, No. 7.
Caress performed 2 movements from Beethoven's Sonata in D Major, Op.
31, No. 2 and Chopin's Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major. All funds donated at the door went toward music scholarships
at Moravian College.
On Friday, March 7th, Marco Sarto, the first prize
winner of the Allentown Symphony’s 2002 Schadt Concerto Competition, provided
a two-hour Master Class in Peter Hall at 2:00 PM. Participants included three
Moravian College music majors: Brent
Missimer (’05), Frank
Betró (’05), and Lawrence Budden (’04),
and one undergraduate from the Manhattan School of Music, Taylor Lavine. Brent
performed the “Rondo in C Major”, from Mauro Giulian's Sonatine, Op.71;
Frank performed the Prelude in D Minor, BWV 999 by J.S. Bach; Larry
performed “Carnavalito in E Minor”, from Jose Luis Merlin's Suite Del
Requerdo; and Taylor performed Valz No. 3, by Antonio Lauro.
The four participants are all students of guitar instructor John
Arnold.
Laura Strattan
(’04) is the first music student in recent history to receive a SOAR (Student
Opportunities for Academic Research) grant to enable her to work with Dr.
Hilde Binford this summer on a Moravian Music research project.
The purpose of the project is to edit and publish five pieces from the
Moravian Music Foundation Archives. The
edited pieces, facsimiles of the manuscripts, a brief history of Moravian Music,
and a description of the Moravian Music archives would then be made available to
instructors of music history as a pedagogical tool.
Professors would be able to give college students the experience of
editing pieces from facsimile copies. Having
been raised in the Moravian Church, Laura has always been interested in Moravian
music. This interest has led her to
attend several Moravian Music Festivals, and other conferences in Moravian
music. She has also done numerous
research projects on the topic throughout high school and college.
Congratulations to you, Laura!
Peter Hall was the venue, music and food were the
purposes, and the music students were the arrangers and creators of this
year’s Dessert Theater! Audience
members enjoyed desserts and drinks and, did we say, DESSERTS? This year’s
theme was Songs from Broadway. The
cast included Susan Carr (’02), voice, Kay Leavy (’03),
guitar, piano, and voice, Melissa Spangenberg (’03), piano, Lawrence
Budden (’04), voice and guitar, Elizabeth McCann (’04),
coordinator, Angela DiToro (’04), voice and choreography, Brent
Missimer (’04), voice and guitar, Caress Prince (’04), piano, Corrinn
Smith (’04), piano, Jessica Smith (’04), voice, piano, and djembe,
Sarah Baer (’05), assistant coordinator, Frank Betró (’05),
guitar, Anthony Costantino (’05), trombone and tech, Natashia
Peterson (‘05), voice, Clair Socci (’05), trombone and voice, Andrew
Drago (’06), trombone, Keith LaBar (’06), piano, Nathaniel
Kirby (’06), trombone, Crystal Mannara (’06), voice, John Latinao,
Rusty Trump, and two special guest “sisters” (Dr. Paula Zerkle and
Crissi Corbin)!
1/2 to 1 stick of butter (depending on what your doctor said at the last check up)
1/2 box of pasta (or 1/3 if you think you’re eating too much). Save the colored pasta for visitors and just have the plain stuff. But
treat yourself to some
fancy shapes, like Rotelle or Medium Shells.
“A lot” of garlic, mashed (powdered if you don’t want to wash the cutting board). Also, use less if you have an early morning meeting.
Onions – ½ cup fresh, any variety (or if you didn’t use the cutting board for the garlic, use about a ¼ inch of dried onion flakes from the larger container – you know the one).
Sesame seeds – Be liberal with these as you need something to chew; after all, you
probably didn’t bother stopping for that good Italian bread on the way home. Just remember that at least one seed will get stuck in your
front teeth for the rest of the evening. (And if you think you might go out after dinner, you probably shouldn’t be having
this meal anyway – see the bit about garlic)
Parmesan cheese
Some salt for boiling water
Various spices including pepper (use pepper like you own stock in the company)
Cover
and bring to a boil the water in a 2-quart saucepan with some salt and any other
spices you have in the cupboard (you’re going to boil this water, so it really
doesn’t matter how old the spices are – take it from me though, avoid nutmeg
and cinnamon). Leave an inch of
space at the top of the pan so the water doesn’t boil over when you add the
pasta. As a double check, reduce the heat a bit when adding the pasta.
Remember, the pans can live in the sink for a week without odors; but you
really don’t want to have to clean the stovetop!
In
a second pan (yes, you’ll eventually have to clean two pans), melt the butter
and add the onions, garlic, pepper (lots if you like color), and sesame seeds.
After
the pasta has boiled for about 10 minutes (no matter what time the
“directions” say), drain the pasta by holding the pan lid slightly
off-center and pouring the water into the sink (this avoids having to wash those
small holes in the colander). Be cautious, you may loose some of the onion
flakes if the opening is too wide – remember, the more that goes down the
drain, the less you’ll have to eat!
Dump,
I mean, pour the drained pasta into the butter sauce and stir a lot to cover the
pasta shapes completely. It may look like there’s too little “sauce.”
Trust me, the butter goes a long way…
Serve
in a large soup/pasta bowl, as it’s too hard to deal with the meal on a flat
plate after a long day at work.
Apply
liberal amounts of Parmesan cheese. You have enough when cheese layer looks
smooth over the Rotelle ridges in the center third of the bowl.
Enjoy
the meal with a spoon to avoid missing any butter.
Tips
when you have a guest:
Avoid
doubling any of the amounts – that should make the guest think you have a
normal appetite.
Consider
having some lettuce on a side dish, or use some colored pasta if your lettuce is
too old (putting a piece of paper towel around your lettuce may help it last
longer). For dressing, remember that catsup and mayo don’t go bad for a long
time if kept in the back of the refrigerator.
Don’t miss the recital by Metropolitan Opera star
DAWN UPSHAW at 8:00 PM Monday,
December 1, 2003 in Foy Concert Hall. This event is sponsored by the Moravian
College Music Institute and Music Alliance. Proceeds support music scholarships.
Also attend the Dawn Upshaw masterclass with Moravian’s voice students
at 11:30 AM Thursday, March 8, 2004 in Foy Concert Hall.
Please join us for a performance by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis at
7:30 PM Sunday, April 4, 2004 in Foy Concert Hall!
Tickets
for all of these events will be available in fall 2003. For more information,
call 610-861-1650 or e-mail music@moravian.edu.
18 MCWE members
playing Varèse at the April concert.
Why not help out Moravian by performing at
Commencement (this year it’s Saturday, May 17th)?
Each year, rain or shine, the Choir warm up is at 8:45 AM and the Band
“talk through/warm up” is at 9:15 AM. The
processional begins at 9:40 AM. The event should be over about Noon.
Band members please contact James Barnes, Chair of the Music
Department at 610-861-1672 or mejeb01@moravian.edu.
(That’s mejeb-zero-one.) Choir
members interested in performing at Commencement or Baccalaureate (the evening
before Commencement) should contact Dr. Paula Zerkle at 610-861-1681 or meprz01@moravian.edu.
To find out about the latest performances and events,
visit us anytime on the Web at http://home.moravian.edu/public/music.
Catch up on how the faculty are and what they are doing.
Discover how we’ve changed and also remained the same!
And, we are always happy to hear from you!
Want to continue to help the Moravian College Music
Department offer masterclasses and music education workshops, purchase pianos,
sponsor the Great Artist Series and music scholarships, bring a diverse group of
performing guest artists to our students and the public, or just want to feel
good about promoting a program that produces generations of performers and music
educators while providing a musical resource for students in other disciplines?
Then you are a great candidate for the Moravian College Music Alliance!
Help us continue our efforts to continue to build a
strong music program that focuses on people of the past, present, and future!
Join the Music Alliance! For membership information, please visit us on the Web
at http://home.moravian.edu/public/music/alliance/index.htm
or call 610-861-1650.
The
next issue of ON THE BEAT will be
released in Summer 2003. If you are an alum, faculty member, current student, or
supporter of the Moravian College Music Department and would like to contribute
articles, information, recipes, or photos, please e-mail Dr. Larry Lipkis
(melal01@moravian.edu) or send a note to:
