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Lecture and Workshop with Professor Robert Hobstetter


Robert HobstetterThe College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Music at Nazareth College are hosting a lecture and workshop series given by Professor Robert Hobstetter.

Thursday, April 19, 7:30
An Affectionate Review of the Development of the Music Department
Associate Professor Emeritus Robert Hobstetter
Linehan Chapel
Reception following

A warm and loving account of the growth and expansion of the Music Department as experienced by a Teacher whose early years of limited involvement with the entire College cause this report to be limited as well. It will extol the skill of the Sisters managing with three class rooms, a Band room and some practice rooms in Smyth Hall, the events which gave birth to the idea of the need for an Arts Center and the immediate impact of that Facility upon Nazareth, the City and the State.

Thursday, April 20, 10:00
A Workshop for Piano Teachers: Equipping Piano Students to Develop a Personal Approach to Performing
Associate Professor Emeritus Robert Hobstetter
Wilmot Recital Hall
Enjoy lunch with Professor Hobstetter following the lecture. Advance reservations are required. Please contact the Music Department at (585) 389-2700 for details.

Robert Hobstetter, an Artist-Teacher currently residing in Florida, was a student of the renowned Artist-Teacher, Cecile Staub Genhart, at the Eastman School of Music where he received the B.M., M.M., and the Performer's Certificate.

Associate Professor Emeritus at Nazareth College of Rochester, where he was Chairman of Keyboard studies, Mr. Hobstetter also maintained a very active private studio, which inspired his interest in achieving public recognition and advanced professional status for the independent music teacher. To accomplish this, Mr. Hobstetter became a founding member of many organizations including: the Rochester Center of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, the Rochester Music Teachers Guild, the New York State Music Teachers Association, District 12 and the New York Federation of Music Clubs, District 8.

He is past President of the New York State Music Teachers Association, the Rochester Piano Guild, and former State Treasurer of the New York Federation of Music Clubs. He was a Curriculum Advisor to the New York State Board of Regents and served on the David Hochstein Memorial Music School Board of Directors.

Esteemed adjudicator, lecturer and clinician, Mr. Hobstetter is now a sought-after and frequent performer in Florida.

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CNYFL-NATS Student Auditions

Nazareth College students Nicholas Gerling of New Hartford, NY, Matthew Wegman of East Rochester, NY, Michael Roddy of Utica, NY, and Lisa Schreib of Rochester, NY, participated in the Central New York / Finger Lakes National Association of Teachers of Singing (CNYFL-NATS) Students Auditions, held at Nazareth College, on Saturday, March 31, 2007.

Nicholas Gerling, a Nazareth College freshman majoring in voice, from the studio of Dr. Kimberly Upcraft-Ross, won first prize in the First Year Men Division. Matthew Wegman, a Nazareth College junior majoring in voice, won second prize in the Junior Men Division and Michael Roddy, a Nazareth senior majoring in voice, won second prize in the Senior Men Division. Both Wegman and Roddy are from the studio of Mr. Mario Martinez. Nazareth College post-baccalaureate student Lisa Schreib, from the studio of Dr. Robert Strauss, won third prize in the Advance A Division.

Matthew Wegman was also a 2006 CNYFL-NATS Student Audition winner, having won third prize in the Sophomore Male Division.

The Central New York/Finger Lakes Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing holds student vocal auditions annually. Participants come from area colleges such as Ithaca College, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Potsdam, SUNY Oswego, Syracuse University, Nazareth College, Houghton College and University of Rochester.

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International Clarinet Choir Festival Clarinet Choir


The International Clarinet Choir Festival was hosted in October in Rochester by two French instrument companies. The groups selected by the committee were the top groups from the nation such as Seattle Clarinet Choir, Florida Clarinet Choir, Eastman Clarinet Choir and others. Though the history of Nazareth Clarinet Choir is only one year, it has established broad repertoire under the leadership of its founder, conductor, Dr. Jun Qian.


 

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Nazareth's Kodaly Summer Institute


This summer the Nazareth College offered a unique program for local music educators to learn the Kodaly approach for teaching music to children. The Kodaly Summer Institute was a 10-day session at Nazareth which provided teachers the necessary tools to help their students become competent in music literacy. The 22 participants engaged in singing, instrument playing, improvisation, composing and arranging. The Kodaly approach is a dynamic, exciting way of teaching and learning based on the developmental readiness of the child. Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) was a prominent Hungarian composer and musician who was determined to reform the teaching of music and to make it an integral part of the education of every child.

Kodaly Summer Institute Students dancing at Kodaly Summer Institute
Photo by J. Allen Walker  

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