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The newsletter of The School of Music at The University of British Columbia Winter 04 / 05 CONTENTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 N E W FA C U LT Y SPECIAL EVENTS P U B L I C AT I O N S & L E C T U R E S RECENT RECORDINGS R E T I R I N G FA C U LT Y AWA R D S , A P P O I N T M E N T S & H O N O U R S OPERA SPOTLIGHT PERFORMANCES MASTERCLASSES & RESIDENCIES COMPOSITION STUDENT & ALUMNI NEWS OUTREACH MUSIC MISCELLANY SCHOLARSHIPS & FUNDRAISING W H AT ’ S A T O O K A ? PHOTO: BRIAN HAWKES The newsletter of The School of Music at The University of British Columbia LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR In our sixth High Notes , we continue with an expanded format which is now complemented by our revamped, and allaround beautiful new website. If you’ve never visited the “virtual” School of Music, I urge you to point your browser to www.music.ubc.ca . You’ll find a complete calendar of events, detailed information about the School, its people and programs, past issues of High Notes , and news. The website is not the only new thing at the School this year. I am so pleased to announce three new faculty members. We were fortunate to be able to select two new violin instructors for the Strings Division, and a new instructor for the Voice Division. The field of candidates for these positions was incredibly strong, and I’m delighted that all short-listed candidates were Canadian. Jasper Wood and Eugenia Choi are brilliant violinists of international reputation, and Roelof Oostwoud has sung throughout the world. They’re fantastic new additions to the faculty, and I welcome them. As well as our new faculty, our “old” faculty continues to excel. Jane Coop and David Mezter were honoured as Distinguished University Scholars, Bob Pritchard received the Killam Teaching Award, and Stephen Chatman the Dorothy Somerset Award. That is just a small selection of the honours bestowed upon our outstanding faculty. Among other new initiatives, the recently established fund in the name of the late Professor Emeritus Cortland Hultberg was awarded for the first time this year, and we welcome contributions to this and other scholarships that support and attract top students. I hope High Notes will inspire you to learn something new, attend a concert by an artist new to you, visit the website or make a pledge to the School. Don’t hesitate to write to us with any questions or comments about the material in the newsletter, or about the School in general. Jesse Read, Director N E W F A C U LT Y The UBC School of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of three distinguished Canadian artists; violinists Jasper Wood and Eugenia Choi, and tenor Roelof Oostwoud, as Assistant Professors. “ We are excited beyond words to introduce these musicians to the community, and we are positive that their presence at UBC will contribute widely to the outstanding level of musical activity in Western Canada,” said Jesse Read, Director of the School of Music. Jasper Wood is a rising star on U B C M U S I C Roelof Oostwoud, Jasper Wood, Eugenia Choi been featured on Canadian, American and Spanish television. An avid supporter of contemporary music, Miss Choi has given the première performance of many new compositions. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School in New York City and is currently a Doctoral candidate at the Juilliard School, as well as a recipient of the C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellowship from the Starr Foundation, and the Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction from the Government of Alberta. After mathematics and physics studies at the University of Toronto, followed by a short stint as a statistical analyst, Roelof Oostwoud turned to his real love: music! Canadian and international concert stages. A native of Moncton, NB, he began his studies at The Cleveland Institute of Music. Since then, he has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America. He has recorded CDs for Naxos and Disques Pelleas, and has recorded music videos for the Bravo! television network. An avid chamber musician, Jasper has performed with various ensembles throughout the world ranging from Baroque performance groups to contemporary ensembles. Described by the Berliner Morgenpost (Germany) as a “first-class musician and virtuoso violinist,” Edmonton native Eugenia Choi has been acclaimed for her With full scholarships to study opera and voice at the University of Toronto Opera School and Royal Conservatory of Music he studied with George Lambert (voice teacher of Jon Vickers), the Welsh bass Howell Glynne, and most extensively with the well-known Canadian Baritone Louis Quilico (Metropolitan Opera). His stage career began with the Canadian Opera Company, followed by further North American and international operatic and concert engagements. The mainstay of Oostwoud’s opera repertoire is now the spinto and dramatic Italian and German Heldentenor roles. 1 beautiful lyricism, thrilling technique and dynamic style. This season, she has performed as a soloist with orchestras in France, the Dominican Republic, and New York, and her performances have SPECIAL EVENTS U B C M U S I C C E L E B R AT I N G C O M P O S E R S , PERFORMERS AND INSTRUMENTS. the Waverely Overture and La mort de Cléopâtre plus excerpts from Damnation de Faust and Les Troyens at The Chan Centre. The five events of A Blaze of Berlioz A Blaze of Berlioz is generously sponsored by The Cooperators Group . continue to fan the flames of the global bicentennial celebration of Hector Berlioz’s birth in December 1803. Festivities begin with an all-day Symposium on December 4th, open to all, with talks by local and invited Berlioz scholars. Also on the 4th, the festival will feature as its centrepiece the rarely heard, because of the massive forces required, Grande Messe des Morts . The second concert, on January The UBC Percussion Festival will run March 10–14, 2005. Highlights of the first concert include Andre Jolivet’s Suite en Concert for flute and Percussion and Baroque timpani concerti. March 11, the UBC Contemporary Players focus on drums and percussion in an exploration of colourful new works for mixed ensemble. The UBC Percussion Ensemble turns up the heat on March 14 with Steve Reich’s monumental Sextet for Percussion and Two Pianos and then 28 will include Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz’s dramatization of his ill-fated love for Harriet Smithson and its ‘sequel’ Lelio , reflecting Berlioz’s ideas of friendship, love, Shakespeare, and the healing power of music. Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale will be featured on March 31 and cools things off with Anthony Genge’s Sunda. At night on the 14th the UBC Jazz Ensembles join forces with the UBC Percussion Ensemble for an explosive night of Latin Jazz and Salsa music. Other events to watch for include a hand-drumming session with Sal Daniel Tones and a recital by M. Mus. PHOTO: BRIAN HAWKES April 1. The fifth event of A Blaze of Berlioz will be held next season on October 28 & 29. The UBC Opera Ensemble and UBC Symphony Orchestra will perform Ferreras , a recital by DMA candidate student Bruce Henczel . 2 P U B L I C AT I O N S & L E C T U R E S ALEXANDER J. FISHER Perception and Cognition, Evanston, Illinois, 2004. Presented “Harmonic Functions of Polychords: an Application of Transpositional Symmetry” at the national meeting of the Society for Music Theory, Seattle, WA, 2004. MICHAEL TENZER Music and Religious Identity in CounterReformation Augsburg, 1580–1630, published by Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004. RICHARD KURTH Editor and contributor to Analytical Studies in World Music with contributions “ Twelve-tone Compositional Strategies and Poetic Signification in Schönberg’s Vier Stücke für gemischten Chor, op. 27 ,” pre- by John Roeder and William Benjamin , to be published by Oxford Press in ’05. The article “Wayan Gandera and the Hidden History of Balinese Music” will appear in Asian Music late in 2004. Guest lectured on his research and compositions at the Sorbonne and Musée de L’Homme, Paris, 2004. D AV I D M E T Z E R sented at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, 2004. “Transcendence and Immanence in the Compositional Fabric of Schönberg’s Moses und Aron” delivered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, 2004. JOHN ROEDER Published “The Paths from and to Abstraction in Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge” in Modernism/Modernity, 2004. SONJA BOON Presented “Preserving authentic electroacoustic music: the InterPARES 2 project” at the Joint Congress of the International Association for Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres and the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, Oslo, Norway, 2004 and at the International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting in Berlin, Germany, 2004. Published “Rhythmic Process and Form in Bartók’s Syncopation” in the College Music Symposium, 2004. WILLIAM BENJAMIN Presented a paper on Louis-Gabriel Guillemain’s Conversations Galantes et Amusantes (1743) at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for EighteenthCentury Studies, 2004. B R A N D O N K O N O VA L “ What Does Science Have to Do with Music?” appeared in Annals of Science, 2004. Presented “Ordinary Musical Memory as a Determinant of Musical Value” at the Eighth International Conference on Music MICHAEL STRUTT Edited and updated the guitar entry for the Encyclopaedia of Music in Canada , 2004. 3 RECENT RECORDINGS A selection compact discs from the UBC School of Music Faculty. The University Singers A VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS Eugene Skovorodnikov RECITAL : MUSIC BY DONIZETTI, SCHUBERT, VERDI, DOPPLER AND BIZET Orpheum Masters Christmas music composed and arranged by faculty, alumni and students. Encore Music International Skovorodnikov and Italian violinist Stefano Maffizzoni explore 19th-century European repertoire. Stephen Chatman PROUD MUSIC OF THE STORM Alan Matheson INTRADA Features faculty and alumni Julia Nolan, Dave Branter, Rob McKenzie, Dawn Haylett, Steve Toren and Craig Scott. Centrediscs Featuring UBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, UBC Chamber Strings, Vancouver Bach Choir and the University Singers. Sara Davis Buechner RUDOLF FRIML PIANO WORKS Lorna McGhee TAHEKE Skylark Music Flautist McGhee and harpist Heidi Krutzen in duet. Koch International Classics Assistant Professor of Piano Buechner plays the music of this Czech composer. Chamber Players of Canada OCTET/OCTUOR Jasper Wood THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS CBC Records This chamber music group includes Andrew Dawes. Centrediscs Wood and pianist Audrey Andrist play Canadian composer Andrew Paul MacDonald’s work. STRAVINSKY: WORKS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO Turning Point Ensemble STRANGE SPHERE Artifact Vancouver new music supergroup, with UBC’s Jeremy Berkman, Brenda Fedoruk, and Vern Griffiths. Endeavour Classics Wood and pianist David Riley received five stars from CBC Radio! 4 R E T I R I N G F A C U LT Y Andrew Dawes (l), Alan Thrasher (r) U B C M U S I C Two prominent faculty members retire. Since 1992, Andrew Dawes has been teaching, performing and mentoring at UBC. He is a member of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Chalmers National Award for his contribution to the musical life of Canada. After studies in Geneva he founded the Orford String Quartet (1965–91). The Quartet gave more than 2,000 concerts worldwide, made over 50 recordings and won three Juno awards. His recent recording of the Beethoven sonatas with Jane Coop was nominated for a Juno. Other awards include the Dorothy Somerset Award from UBC, the Molson Prize from the Canada Council, and the CMC Grand Prix des Disques (three times). He was a member of the New York-based ensemble An Die Musik, and for the 1995–96 season was first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet. With his retirement from UBC at the end of this academic year, Dawes looks forward to continuing to perform, and perhaps do a bit more sailing. “It’s been a wonderful time here,” says Dawes, “and I feel myself incredibly fortunate to have been asked to fill this position. That’s why I’m giving this concert —to thank the University and Vancouver for making this such a wonderful place to work and live.” (Details of the concert can be found on page 9.) Ethnomusicologist Alan Thrasher has been on faculty since 1983. “I’ve gotten enormous job satisfaction out of teaching UBC students and leading the UBC Chinese Ensemble,” he says. “There’s a tremendous pool of talent with great interest in it [Chinese music], and it’s been a great experience.” Dr. Thrasher’s fieldwork, conducted in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Japan and northern Thailand, has been focused primarily on Chinese instrumental music. His publications have appeared in journals such as Asian Music , Ethnomusicology and The World of Music , with other impor- tant contributions appearing in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984), Ethnomusicology: Historical and Regional Studies (1993) and The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musician , 2nd ed. (2001). He has written two books: La-li-luo Dance-songs of the Chuxing Yi , Yunnan Province , China (World Music Press, 1990), and Chinese Musical Instruments (Oxford University Press, 2000). He’s working on a third, about the “Silk Bamboo” music of South China, which he expects to come out in 2005. 5 AWARDS U B C M U S I C School of Music faculty, students and alumni are recognized the world over for their artistry and expertise. Nancy Hermiston , head of the Opera and members of faculty who have distinguished themselves as scholars in research, teaching and learning. Michael Tenzer ’s journal article Voice Division, has been appointed UBC’s University Marshal. Stephen Chatman , Composition Division Coordinator, received the 2004 Dorothy Somerset Award for Performance and Development in the Visual and Creative Arts. Greg Butler , Professor, Musicology, “ Jose Maceda and the Paradoxes of Modern Composition in Southeast Asia” was awarded the first-ever Robert Stevenson Prize for research in composition and ethnomusicology. Christopher Millard , former Sessional was elected president of the American Bach Society. He is the first non-American to be so honoured. Robert Pritchard , Senior Instructor Instructor, has been appointed Principal Bassoon with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Borealis String Quartet was nominat- in the Theory Division, received one of 22 Killam Teaching Prizes for his creative approach to teaching. Dr. Pritchard is also the recipient of a 3-year SSHRC Grant for his work on GRASSP: Gesturally Realized Audio, Speech, and Song Performance. Dorothy Chang , Assistant Professor ed for a Western Canadian Music Award for “Outstanding Classical Recording” for their Classic Borealis CD. Yi-Fei Hu , current M. Mus. Student, was Grand Prize winner at the Pacific International Piano Competition (February 2004). Marnie Hauschildt , 4th year of Composition, was awarded the Music Alive Extended Composer Residency with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, 2005–2008. Jasper Wood , newly appointed Performance student of Jane Coop, won First Prize at the BC Piano Competition on September 25. Jessica Bowes , 3rd year voice student, Assistant Professor, is the winner of a national competition for the loan of the famous $3,000,000 ‘Taft’ Stradivari violin from the Canada Council’s Musical Instrument Bank. Wood is also the 2004 winner of the Canada Council’s top music award, the Virginia Parker Prize. David Metzer , Associate Professor, won first prize at the International Choral Kathaumixw competition in the vocal solo, age 21 and up category. Gloria Huh , flute student, won the flute division of the Canadian Music Centre competition. Garrett Hudson , flute student, reached the national finals of the CMC competition. Hans Krebs , Piano Technician, in Musicology, was given the title of Distinguished University Scholar. This designation recognizes outstanding December 2003 received one of three Dean of Arts Awards for Staff Excellence. 6 OPERA SPOTLIGHT U B C M U S I C Krzysztof Biernacki as Eugene Onegin This past summer, the UBC Opera Ensemble returned to Usti nad Labem in the Czech Republic to work with the City Theatre Opera House. The Ensemble mounted two productions: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin under the baton of David Agler , directed by Martin Otava of the PHOTO: PETR BEROUNSKY Czech State Theatre; and Puccini’s La Bohème , conducted by City Theatre’s Norbert Baxa and directed by Nancy Hermiston. As well, the Ensemble performed with the Northern Bohemian Symphony Orchestra in their own city In her new role as University Marshal, Nancy Hermiston , Division Head, theatre and in the beautiful Spa Park. Next year the Ensemble will return to the Czech Republic for its seventh summer to perform Handel’s Xerxes and Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte under the baton of Maestro Baxa. oversaw the graduation of 6,142 students in May and helped arrange the Honourary Doctorate presentation ceremony for His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama , Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Other performance highlights include two performances of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Westben Festival Arts Theatre Professor Shirin Ebata . In January 2004, Hermiston directed Rossini’s La Cenerentola for Opera Saskatchewan, and received excellent reviews in Opera Canada , Canada’s national opera magazine. Hermiston also directed Vancouver Opera’s May 2004 production of La Traviata , with UBC alumni Sandra Stringer , James McLennan , Jonathan Liebich , John Arsenault and Justin Welsh in compri- near Campbellford, Ontario and an appearance at Bard on the Beach with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, conducted by UBC alumnus Leslie Dala . Two sold out performances made this an exciting and memorable evening for audience and performers alike. Other performances scheduled for this season included fully-staged productions of Orpheus in the Underworld , by Offenbach, and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin , both at the Chan Centre. mario roles. She also appeared in VOA’s fall production of Der Rosenkavalier . 7 PERFORMANCES U B C M U S I C UBC Symphony Orchestra Some of this season’s highlights include: The Music of Petrarch with UBC Opera Ensemble and Collegium Musicum October 23, St. Paul’s Anglican Church An evening of music and poetry to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the birth of Francesco Petrarch. Produced in collaboration with the Istituo Italiano di Cultura. Canada Music Week Concert November 24, Recital Hall UBC Music students played Canadian works during this 44-year-old Canadawide celebration of the importance of quality music education and Canadian music. A Blaze of Berlioz UBC Symphony Orchestra November 6, Chan Centre Members of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra and bassoon soloist Michael Siu joined the Orchestra, under conductors Tania Miller, Roger Cole and John Van Deursen. The concert featured Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 with both orchestras. Series begins December 4. See page 2 for more information. Orpheus in the Underworld December 11, 12, 14 & 15, Chan Centre The UBC Opera Ensemble presents Offenbach’s opera with the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra, John Van Deursen guest conductor, in a fully staged production directed by Nancy Hermiston. Duo Matteo November 21, Recital Hall Cellist Maria Zurletti and pianist Cecilia Novarino performed a free concert co-produced by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Borealis String Quartet Borealis String Quartet With Sara Davis Beuchner, piano January 14, Recital Hall Repertoire includes works by Beethoven and faculty member Stephen Chatman. 8 PHOTO: FILIP HRIBAL PERFORMANCES U B C M U S I C Ronan O’Hora January 22, Recital Hall English pianist Ronan O’Hora is this season’s guest artist and pedagogue. He’ll perform a recital, that includes Schubert’s “Sonata in C major D 840 Relique ” and Fantasy in C major “The Wanderer ,” Andrew Dawes’ “Thank-you Vancouver!” February 5, Chan Centre Retiring Professor Andrew Dawes says farewell with guests Jane Coop, piano, the Borealis String Quartet, and the UBC Chamber Strings. Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 12 , and Debussy’s 6 Preludes from Book One . Sponsored by the Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures and the UBC President’s Office . Scholarship Winners Concert January 30, Recital Hall The UBC School of Music showcases scholarship-winning students and honours individuals who have contributed to our many scholarship funds. Eugene Onegin March 3–6, Chan Centre The UBC Opera Ensemble and the UBC Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, directed by Nancy Hermiston. I Tromboni February 2, Wednesday Noon Hour series, Recital Hall Canada’s hockey-jersey-clad trombone quintet performs their Russian Roulette and Italian Impressions concert. PHOTO: BRIAN HAWKES UBC Percussion Festival Begins March 10, see page 3 for more information. UBC Music at the Vancouver Art Gallery Selected Fridays through the year starting at 12:10 pm Catch UBC students and faculty performing in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s “ Out for Lunch” and “Spotlight on UBC” concerts organized by Gene Ramsbottom. UBC Collegium Musicum Shawn Wright, Nick Francis 9 MASTERCLASSES & RESIDENCIES Amanda Forsyth from the National Arts Centre Orchestra with student Stephan Hintersteininger PHOTO: JANIS FRANKLIN, THE MEDIA GROUP November 29–December 2 Artist-in-Residence Ian McDougall , trombone, presented a jazz arranging class, jazz improvisation and trombone masterclasses as part of his residency at the school. He was also featured as guest artist in concerts on December 1st and 2nd. Residency generously sponsored by Yamaha Canada and Long & McQuade Regardless of genre or discipline, the School of Music prides itself on the many opportunities for development offered to students. November 9 & 12 Members of the National Arts Centre Orchestra gave masterclasses at UBC as part of their November tour of BC. Selected classes included: Alexina Louie (UBC Alumna) composition seminar; Pinchas Zukerman , violin; Joanna G’froerer , flute; Kimball Sykes January 21 Composition seminar/workshop with Michael Torke . Presented in association with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra February 28 Cello masterclass with Raphael Wallfisch. Presented in association with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra January 20 & 21 Masterclasses by Ronan O’Hora English pianist Ronan O’Hora is this season’s guest artist and pedagogue in the Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures. Generously sponsored by the Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures and the UBC President’s Office (UBC Alumnus), clarinet; Lawrence Vine , horn; Doug Burden , trombone; Ian Bernard , timpani. November 15 Reading workshop of composition student works by Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal . November 20 Masterclass for voice and piano collaborators with pianist Malcolm Martineau . Presented in association March, dates TBA UBC Flute Fest, with masterclasses by Sir James Galway and David Nicholson , former principal flute of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. with the Vancouver Recital Society 10 COMPOSITION The original compositions of faculty and the works of UBC composers are heard internationally, as the selected activities of our composition division illustrate. U B C M U S I C Toronto on May 27, 2005. Hamel’s composition Traces (for clarinet and interactive electronics) was released on the CD Amours by Canadian clarinetist Jean-Guy Boisvert. As well, his three-year research project Integrated Interactive Music Performance Environment , was approved and funded by a SSHRC Grant. Dorothy Chang , Assistant Professor of Composition, has the publication of Sunan Dances for wind ensemble forthcoming in 2005. The music and soundscape for C.A. Tinquero: The Theatre Collection , a mulStephen Chatman had Over Thorns to timedia installation, was exhibited at the Eslite Art Centre in Taipei, Taiwan in May 2004 and at the Kaohsiung Art Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan in June 2004. Chang also was the guest composer of the 2004 Songfest Contemporary Art Song Program in Malibu, California (June 2004), where two works were premiered: Autumn for mezzo-soprano and piano, commissioned by the festival, and Songs of Woods and Water for soprano and piano, settings of Stars premiered by the VSO on November 22, 2003. Stars , Blue , Ice , commissioned by Oriana Singers, and Voices of Earth commissioned by Upper Canada Choristers, were premiered in Toronto in May 2004. Proud Music of the Storm was performed in both Toronto (Amadeus Choir) and Calgary (Calgary Philharmonic) on May 15, 2004. In addition, the tireless Chatman was a Composer-in-Residence in July, 2004 with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada in Victoria and in August 2004 was invited to present a paper at the First Beijing Forum, sponsored by Peking University. The Elmer Iseler Singers recorded his A Christmas Lullaby and Jumalisten joucko for CBC poems by UBC Creative Writing Professor Emeritus Michael Bullock. First China Canada Composer Exchange, November 2004 sponsored by Vancouver Pro Musica, UBC Music, and the B.C. Chinese Music Association. (A delegation of Canadian Composers went to China November 2003) Back row (l–r): Hao Weiya, Mark Armanini, Jia Guoping, Tang Jianping Front row (l–r): Zhuo Raishi, Wang Ning, Jin Zhang, Stephen Chatman Records. Lastly, Chatman’s publications for 2004 include Proud Music of the Storm and How Sweet and Fair (ECS, Boston), Mountain Sojourn , and Walnut Grove Suite (Eighth Note, Ontario). PHOTO: ALEX WATERHOUSE-HAYWARD Professor of Composition Keith Hamel had Kolokolchiki premiered by the Hammerhead Consort in Toronto on October 2, 2004. Krishna’s Flute (flute and interactive electronics) is to be performed by Robert Aitken in 11 STUDENT & ALUMNI NEWS Judith Forst (B. Mus. 1965) received one of three “Rubies” in the 2004 Opera Canada Awards. Jason Ho , current 4th year violin student, was featured by the Vancouver Symphony as soloist in Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen during a summer concert at Deer Lake Park. Alumni and students at the School are every bit as busy as the faculty. Here are some of their accomplishments. Melinda Boyd , Sessional Instructor, Shayne Gray (M. Mus. 2003) won first prize in the Hermoupolis International Guitar Festival in Greece (July 2004). (UBC Ph.D., 2002) was appointed Visiting Assistant Professor, College-Conservatory of Music, the University of Cincinnati effective September 2004. Gordon Fitzell (Theory and Composition Cynthia Yeh (B. Mus. 1999), past percus- sion student of Vern Griffiths, recently won the position of Principal Percussion with the San Diego Symphony. She was one of 112 people to attend the audition! Ph.D. 2004) has accepted a one-year fulltime position teaching at the University of Manitoba. Laurel Parsons Sessional Tudor Feraru , current UBC DMA student in composition, has recently won in two competitions: second prize in the “Stephen the Great” National Music Composition competition in Romania for his work Moldova! for mixed Choir, and first prize at the “Lucian Blaga” competition in Romania for his work Somn (“Sleep”) for mixed choir. Emily Sadlier-Brown (B. Mus. 2004) Instructor, (Theory Ph.D. 2003) accepted a one-year position as Instructor of Theory at the University of Oregon. Sherry Lee Sessional Instructor, had her original musical DREGS produced at Capilano College in September, 2004. The initial performances received standing ovations. The show is based on life on the downtown eastside of Vancouver and has received excellent media coverage. Kenneth Hsieh (Musicology Ph.D. 2003) accepted a oneyear appointment as Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria. (UBC B. Mus. 2003) was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Tenor Colin Balzer (B. Mus. 2000) with pianist Erika Switzer won first prize in the Robert Schumann International Singing Competition in Zwickau, Germany, as well as first prize in the 12 STUDENT & ALUMNI NEWS Konzertgesellschaft Muenchen competition in Munich. In the spring they won second prize at the Hugo-Wolf-Akademie Song Competition in Stuttgart. Erika Switzer (M. Mus. 2000) won best Steven Philcox , (B. Mus. 1997) principal coach of the Canadian Opera Company, served as assistant conductor for Peter Grimes with that company, and gave his Alice Tully Hall debut in New York. “Liedpianist” in the Robert Schumann International Singing Competition in Zwickau, Germany. She also participated in the Ravinia festival this summer with baritone Tyler Duncan (B. Mus. 1998). Sonia Kim (B. Mus. 1998) won third prize PHOTO: BRIAN HAWKES Ron Sat , (B. Mus. 1992) whose debut CD with wife Judith Ingolfssohn , violinist, won the Chamber Music America Award, is running a new chamber music series in New York, the Solstice Festival. Cheryl McHugh , current second year in the Stuttgart International Lieder competition. flute student, won a coveted place as a performer at William Bennett’s Summer School in England. OUTREACH Pianist and sessional instructor Karen Lee-Morlang loves to share her love and and a safe environment in which to practice performing. She also coordinates the “New Arts Audience Projects” at the Vancouver Public Library’s Central Branch. The UBC Learning Exchange sponsors this popular free monthly concert and lecture series. In addition to making classical music more accessible and pertinent to different audiences, the series covers a wide range of musical subjects. In collaboration with Vancouver Opera, the UBC Learning Exchange hosts “Night Before the Opera” sessions at the Carnegie Centre, which Lee-Morlang co-hosts with VOA’s Doug Tuck. Each session features video clips, an overview of the composer, and excerpts sung by students and alumni of the School. Admission is open to members of the Carnegie Centre, and the first 90 participants are given one ticket to see the opera’s dress rehearsal. knowledge of music. As coordinator of the Music Appreciation 101 program, which brought downtown eastside residents to UBC—and beyond—to learn about music, she helped people who would not otherwise experience it make music part of their lives. The students attended lectures, concerts and tutorials, and gained the tools they needed to continue exploring music independently. This year, Lee-Morlang is planning concerts and recitals at hospitals and retirement homes. She says, “the audience benefits from the energetic, vibrant presentations of young, excited musicians. I have often had nurses tell me that our group achieved smiles, humming and other positive reactions from patients who were previously unresponsive and morose.” In return, the student performers gain a willing and appreciative audience, 13 MUSIC MISCELLANY U B C M U S I C UBC Chamber Strings Jesse Read was bassoon soloist in The New York Times raved Speyer and Ulm Germany and performed at Festival Vancouver in August. He has been named the new Managing Director of the Carmel Bach Festival. He has served as Principal Bassoonist in the festival orchestra for 25 years. Martin Berinbaum was trumpet about Sara Davis Buechner ’s latest CD. Reviewer Anthony Tommasini called her performances “elegant and nimble... supple, articulate and nuanced... I can’t imagine this music played with more integrity and affection.” Terence Dawson , Undergraduate soloist with Sinfonia, Orchestra of the North Shore. William Benjamin delivered four Keyboard Division Coordinator, performed the Poulenc Two Piano Concerto with duo partner Linda Lee Thomas with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He also donated performances at the Canada India Village AIDS Benefit Gala at the Chan Centre, as did Robert Silverman and Sara Davis Buechner . The Borealis String Quartet was lectures at the Jewish Community Centre in ’04 entitled Jews and the Revolution in Music: Liberation and Loss . Rena Sharon participated caught on film by documentary filmmaker John Bolton for JB Productions and Skylark Music. The film, entitled String Quartet Opus 59 No 3 , was featured in a in The Young Artist Experience, a unique chamber music camp for teens, as artistic co-director with Eric Wilson and Karen Lee-Morlang and as administrative programme of musical documentaries in the Vancouver International Film Festival. Lorna McGhee ’s summer highlight director. Eugenia Choi performed as violin soloist under conductor Philippe Entremont and L’Orchestre de Fontainebleau at the Palais de Fontainebleau in France, Belgium, Sweden and the US. She also performed in a series of solo recitals in Brussels, Stockholm, and New York. was playing Penderecki’s Flute Concerto with Penderecki conducting at the Oregon Bach Festival. David Harding was involved in the Cactus Pear Chamber Music Festival in San Antonio. He also recorded an all Brahms disc with pianist Phillip Bush 14 PHOTO: BRIAN HAWKES MUSIC MISCELLANY U B C M U S I C and violinist Jonathan Crow for release later this year. Baritone Peter Barcza will be in Chile in March to perform the role of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and also for a recital at the Canadian Embassy in Santiago. While performing and teaching at the International Academy of Music in St. Petersburg in June, Eugene Skovorodnikov Elizabeth Volpé taught a five-day course of harp technique to the advanced class at the annual Island Mountain Arts Festival at Wells, BC this August. During that week, she premiered two of her new solo harp compositions and several of her arrangements. This past summer, oboist Beth Orson completed her 18th tour of Japan with the New York Symphonic Ensemble, recorded, with Rita Costanzi , a programme for broadcast on CBC, and celebrated the re-release of her CD Carole Bogard: A Collection of American Songs . was featured as a guest and performer on St.Petersburg’s TV station “Channel 100”. Alice Enns was the guest artist for the Penticton Academy of Music this summer, giving lectures and masterclasses to senior students and teachers. Jeremy Berkman , Saxophonist Julia Nolan performed as a soloist with National Youth Band of Canada, the CBC Orchestra at the Chan Centre, the Kamloops Symphony, and, along with Dave Branter, was an invited guest artist at the Eugene Rousseau Master Class at the University of Minnesota. Gordon Cherry has been invited to Sessional Instructor, has been appointed Instructor of Trombone for the 2004–2005 academic year at the University of Victoria. Last summer he performed at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal with cellist Peggy Lee’s (Standing Wave, UBC resident ensemble) sextet, the Peggy Lee Band. Robert Silverman be a guest artist with the Hiroshima Symphony for the city’s annual Peace Concert. Norman Stansfield attended the Canadian University Music Society Congress, where he presented his fusion of music and Buddhist meditation. At the same conference, Terry Horner of the Music Library received accolades for his website devoted to the music of BC. performed the entire Beethoven piano sonata cycle in March at the Washington (DC) Conservatory of Music. 15 SCHOLARSHIPS & FUNDRAISING The June Goldsmith Scholarship The School of Music received a new endowment from the friends of June Goldsmith , founder and Artistic Director SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS CONCERT January 30, 2005, Recital Hall This, now second annual, concert will showcase scholarship recipients and honour individuals who have contributed significantly to these scholarship funds. A post-performance reception will provide opportunities for donors to meet some of the students who received scholarships made possible through their generosity to UBC. of Vancouver’s Music in the Morning concert series. Members of the series’ board clandestinely raised over $40,000 in honour of June and Music in the Morning’s 20th Anniversary. The scholarship was announced at an anniversary concert at the Orpheum Theatre as a surprise for June, and the first annual award will be announced in December. Cortland Hultberg Memorial Scholarship and Ben Heppner Scholarship Update The first annual Cortland Hultberg Memorial Scholarship was announced in fall 2004. The fund created in memory of Professor Emeritus Cortland Hultberg was given for the first time to Shirin Sadat Eskandani . UBC Music Donors April 2003–October 2004 CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT Co-Operators Group Limited 1988 Foundation Vancouver Foundation Oesterreichische Nationalbank Somerset Ltd Union of BC Performers India Club Scholarship Trust Fund ACD-BC Section CLEF Society Standfast Holdings Ltd Miscellaneous Gifts INDIVIDUAL DONORS GIFTS $500 AND ABOVE Miss Hildred Bligh Mr Mark Charpentier Mr Gerald de Carmo Mrs C Jane DeVitt Dr Stephen Drance Dr John Farris Mrs Agnes Hooley Mrs Shirley I Hurst Mr Ronald E Hurst Mrs Dorothy A Kayser Dr J Evan Kreider Mr Peter G Lang Mr George Laverock Mrs Jane MacDonald Dr Frances C McGrath Ms Catherine V McNeely Mr Dennis Pavlich Ms Valerie Pusey Mr Jesse Read Ms Margaret Segal Dr H Colin Slim Mrs Kirsten Walsh Ms Agnes Watts INDIVIDUAL DONORS GIFTS UNDER $500 Mr Clifford J Anderson Ms Margaret Angus Dr Barrie M Barrington Mrs Catherine E Bartlett Mrs Ethel Barton Miss Susan E Bennett Ms Maureen A Bennington Ms Janet Blanchet Mr Jamie Bleay Ms Sarah Bowker Mrs Louise R Bradley Ms Alexandra J Browning-Moore Mrs J Bunce Mr David Chan Ms Desiree Yan Yan Chan Ms Chin-Yun Chang Mr Stephen Chatman Ms Yuh-Charn Emily Chen Dr Sheldon Cherry Mrs S Cherry Mr William Chu Ms Alison Cole Ms Susan Colonval Ms Kelly E Crook Ms Jodi Dawkins Ms Jo-Anne Delaney Ms Svjetlana Djordan Mrs Irene Dodek Mr Glen Dowling Mrs Jennifer H Driscoll-Holmes Ms Sylvia Lee Duncan Mr Christopher Dunn Ms Barbara Durno Mr Wayne A Elmer Mr Gary Eng Mrs Ellen E Enomoto The Heppner Scholarship fund, established by internationally celebrated tenor Ben Heppner with the proceeds from a gala concert held at the Chan Centre in fall 2001, this year went to Brent Callis , Teiya Kasahara , Whitney Sloan and Dionne Sellinger . Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarships The Johann Strauss Foundation Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Scholarships for Advanced Study of Music in Austria in 2004 were won by Heidi Fellner-Wood , voice, Hsin-Pei Liu , piano and Michael Mori , voice. Since 1988, the Foundation has offered substantial financial assistance to young musicians who wish to further their studies at one of Austria’s many music institutions. 16 SCHOLARSHIPS & FUNDRAISING Ms Susan Evans Mr Erwan Fellner Dr Stephen K Field Mr James G Finlay Dr Judith Forst Miss Mary H Fraser Mr Terrance R Frewer Mr George Frias Mrs Merilee J Friesen Mr David L Fryer Mr Loyd A Furnes Mr Thom Geise Dr John Gerhold Mr David Gibson Ms Violet E Goosen Mr John K Gosden Mr Brian Griffiths Dr Evelyn J Harden Mr Allan Richard Haythorne Nancy J Hermiston Ms Susan C Hernadi Mr Alan Holmes Mr Robert J Hopkins Mr Gordon M Howie Mrs Theresa M E Hryciw Ms Meggie Mei-Chi Hu Ms Yvonne Huang Mr Jack Hume Mr Trevor Jones Ms Sascha Karp Mr Gordon P Keller Ms C Dianne Kennedy Mr Richard Kirchhofer Mr Gordon Koch Mrs Shukuko Kojima Ms Laurie Kravski Mr Nicolas Krusek Mrs Heidi M Kurz Mrs Rita Kwan Ms Gladys Ka Wai Lau Mrs Susan Le Page Ms Monica Min Young Lee Ms Prudence PS Leung Mrs Lourdes A Lim Ms Hsiao-Feng Liu Mr Donald G Lumb Mr Mark W S Lynch Mr Dennis G Lysack Ms Marlis MacAulay Mrs Betty Mah-Poy Mr James Malmberg Mrs Diana R Marr Ms Beverly McArthur Ms Wendy K McMillan Mrs Helen McMorland Ms Grace A L McNab Ms Laura McPheeters Mrs Sheila M Meek Ms Vera Micznik Dr Murray Morrison Mr Ian M Muir Mrs Aster A Nimi Ms Julia A Nolan Ms Bonita Pelletier Ms Sarah Pfister Mr Stanley G Phipps Mr Gene Ramsbottom Ms A Elizabeth Ready Ms Jo-Anne Rees Mrs Islay-May A Renwick Dr Keith M Riding Mr John Roeder Mr Lee Ross Ms Margaret Rowland Mr Michael S Sanford Dr Patricia Sauerbrei Mr Anthony Scott Mrs Norma M Selwood Mrs Patricia M Shapiro Mr Rikardo Shedden Mr Duncan C Sinclair Dr Charles E Slonecker Mr Martin W Smith Mr Hugh B Smith Ms Shelley M. Smith Mr David Speed Mrs Pamela D Spouge Mrs Catherine Straka Ms Janet Summers Mr William J Susak Ms Monica Fong Yee Tam Ms Betty J Therriault Mr Stanley Thomson Mr Dale Throness Ms Evelyn Shuk Ye Tsen Dr Alan W Tully Mr Paul S Turje Ms Dana Turner Mr William K Vermeulen Mr Murray C Walker Ms Nicole Walker Mrs Elizabeth Walsh Ms Gloria Wan Mr Peter Webster Mr Gerald B Whittall Mr Garth Williams Miss Karen E Wilson Ms Tina Ho Wai Wong Ms Patty Pei-Hua Wu Ms Yunlin Yang Mr Hong Zhang Plus 44 anonymous donors W H AT ’ S A T O O K A ? PHOTO: AMIN TOUFANI Linda Kaastra, DMA student (bassoon), and Sachiyo Takahashi, visiting artist, (Noh flute/recorder), performed and presented a paper on the Tooka at the New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference in Hamamatsu, Japan in June. They composed an original piece based on the technical and musical features of the Tooka, a two-person wind controller built by Dr Sidney Fels in the Human Communication Technologies lab at UBC. Created as an exploration of two-person musical instruments, their research looks into ways people communicate non-verbally, gesture in live performance, and at creative interaction. The Tooka uses two identical sections of hollow flexible tube connected by a plastic connector to form one continuous tube. At each end are a mouthpiece, four buttons and a pressure sensor. Attached to one side is a bend sensor, which responds to flexing of the tube. To play the Tooka, each player puts their mouth over opposite ends forming a sealed tube modulating the pressure to control sound using their tongue, cheeks, pharynx, or diaphragm. Four buttons may be used to control mode changes, such as pitch. To find out more visit http://www.ece.ubc.ca/ ~ hct/ research/twopersons/ . 17 School of Music 6361 Memorial Road Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z2 For information about degree programs, entrance requirements and concert listings, visit our web site. www.music.ubc.ca LAURIE TOWNSEND: CONCERTS & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, UBC SCHOOL OF MUSIC EMMA LANCASTER: WRITER, EDITOR SIGNALS DESIGN GROUP: DESIGN COVER IMAGE: UBC SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE: PHOTO BRIAN HAWKES BACK COVER: UBC SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE, CHRISTY FAST, TIMPANI; HSIN-PEI LIU, PIANO: PHOTOS BRIAN HAWKES RHINO PRINT SOLUTIONS: PRINTING