2009 Department of Music Awards
The Music Department has given out several awards to their students for outstanding acheivements.
Nicholas Gerling (BM '10) was awarded the Presser Award.
Jane Morale was given the Music Educator's Service Award.
Jacqueline Nichols (BM '09) was awarded the Choral Music Education Award.
Elise Provenzano (BM '09) was awarded the General Music Education Award.
Christine Voldan (BM '09) was awarded the Instrumental Music Education Award.
Megan Smith (BM '09) was awarded the Music Therapy Award.
Sarah Chasey (BM '09) was awarded the Vocal Performance Award.
Christine Voldan (BM '09) was awarded the Instrumetnal Performance Award.
Anne Rimbach (BA '09) was awarded the Music History Award.
Christa Fortin (BA '09) was awarded the Music Theory Award.
Evan Meccarello (BM '11) was awarded the Orchestral Conducting Award.
Katelyn Marasco (BM '09) was awarded the Choral Conducting Award.
Christine Voldan (BM '09) was awarded the Band Conducting Award.
Mikel Herschel (BM '11) was awarded the Raymond Shiner Jazz Award.
May Kate Walsh (BA '09) was awarded the Jeanne Troy Book Award.
Mary Hellings (BM '09) was awarded the Gertrude Ford Fine Arts Award.
Julia Broman (BM '09); Leah Gorbaletov (BM '09), Kristina Klodnicki (BM '09) and Megan Smith (BM '09) were awarded the MTNA Student Achievement Recognition Award.
Evan Meccarello, BM
This summer, Evan Meccarello participated as a Fellow at the 2009 Conductors Institute of South Carolina. Held at the University of South Carolina, the two-week summer program featured masterclasses with professional conductors, where Evan conducted works including Beethoven Symphony No. 7. On October 12-13, Evan will attend a Conductors Guild workshop with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductors JoAnn Falletta and Jorge Mester.
Choir Trip to Rzeszow, Poland, March, 2009
PERFORMERS:
Dr. Soo Yeon Kim, Soprano; Dr. JJ Hudson, Baritone; Dr. Sarah Rhee, Piano; Dr. James Douthit, Piano, Dr. Mark Zeigler, conductor
Nazareth College Chamber Choir and Men's and Women's Choir (select students from these ensembles)
Dr. Zbigniew Granat (Faculty Organizer for Performances, Events, and Translations)
PERFORMANCES
Theodor Lesztycki School of Music in Lancut, Friday, March 13
Douthit performed piano compositions of Theodor Lesztycki with a brief lecture translated by Dr. Granat. Kim performed songs of Lesztycki and arias. Hudson and Kim presented two vocal duets.
Choral Group performed American Gospel selections.
Standing room only audience.
The La Salette Church in Rzeszo
Hudson and Kim presented solos accompanied by Douthit for the 12:30 Mass, Sunday March 15.
Choir sang American Gospel selections for the same Mass. The congregation was estimated around 750 people.
The Institute of Music of the University of Rzeszow
Sunday afternoon Concert, March 15
Choral selections conducted by Dr. Mark Zeigler and accompanied by Dr. Sarah Rhee. Choral selections included compositions by Mozart, Thompson, Copland, and American Gospel selections.
Kim presented arias accompanied by Douthit.
Kim and Hudson presented duets accompanied by Douthit
Hall was filled to capacity.
We have been invited to return in two years for a performance in the newly remodeled Rzeszow Concert Hall with the local professional Orchestra (The Philharmonia of Rzeszow). The Nazareth Choir combined with the Institute of Music Choir will perform a major choral/orchestral work with the orchestra. Dr. Kim and Dr. Hudson have been invited to perform as soloists. I have been asked to play two concerti with the Orchestra, the Leschetizky Concerto as well as a Mozart Concerto as a part of an annual major music festival.
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Internships
Annie Rimbach (BA 09) has been accepted as an Ensemble Librarian Intern this summer at Interlochen. Her duties include distributing music for large performing groups, marking string parts, repairing and filing music.
Nick Gerling (BM 11), student of is a voice student of Dr. Kimberly Upcraft-Russ will be attending "Opera in the Ozarks" this summer, a "pre-apprenticeship" style program, with a mix of undergraduates and graduate students. He will be singing role of the the Mayor and covering the role of Albert in the opera Albert Herring, as well as singing the role of Beppe in Pagliacci. Gerling is also attending a 4-day summer seminar at Eastman for the college student interested in a performing career. Last summer, Gerling attended an Italian immersion/opera program run by Eastman Operan conductor, Benton Hess, (Si parla, si canta) singing roles in several opera scenes. He sang in the Mercury Opera Chorus for Don Giovanni (1/08), Barber of Seville (9/08),and Tosca (1/09) and sang the role of Strephon in a concert version of Iolanthe (11/09), also for Mercury Opera.
Greg Best (BS in Music/Business '11) will be recording in Nashville in Auguest, 2009 with the Sabrina Gauer Band under Indevo Records, a development label for Warner Brothers. Indevo Records has developed several artists such as Rush of Fools and Morning Will Break, and brought them into the major labels of the Alternative/Christian music circuit.
2008-2009 NCSO Concerto/Aria Winners
Nazareth College Department of Music is proud to announce the winners of the 2008-2009 NCSO concerto/Aria Winners
Abigail Amidon, viola. is a student of Dr. David Hult
Mary Hellings, piccolo, is a student of Liisa Ambegaokar Grigorov
Lisa Salvaggio, mezzo soprano, is a student of Dr. Soo Yeon Kim
Julia Natoli, mezzo soprano, is a student of Dr. Soo Yeon Kim
The winners will be featured in the Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra Concert on March 6 7:30 p.m. and April 4, 3:00 p.m. at Linehan Chapel with Nancy Strelau, conductor
CMENC
Lauren Audette and Rebecca Sarkis have been selected to represent New York at the first ever Eastern Division CMENC Leadership Breakfast in Providence, RI in March, 2009.
Honors Recital
Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded to present Honors Recitals in February 2009.
Abigail Amidon, viola - Lauren Audette, clarinet
- Megan Bailey, voice
- Alex Barbato, flute
- Keri Cerio, voice
- Nick Gerling, voice
- Mary Hellings, piccolo
- Jessica Jarvis, piano
- Stephanie Kawzenuk, voice
- Kristina Knowles, voice
- Zach Ligas, voice
- Julia Natoli, voice
- David Pacific, piano
- Kailey Pulos, voice
- Amy Schnitzler, voice
- Elaine Vuong, piano
National Association of Teachers of Singing Central New York-Finger Lakes Region Chapter Auditions
Seventeen voice majors from the Nazareth College Department of Music participated in the annual CNYFL-NATS Student Auditions on October 25, 2008at Ithaca College. Several of our students were advanced to the final round, chosen from the approximately 170 students who participated from all colleges in the region.
Baritone Zachary Ligas, a Music Education major from the voice studio of Dr. Robert Strauss, won the second prize in the Junior Men Category.
Student Band Featured on Local Radio
Ryan Farnung's band 'The Demos' is being featured on on the local radio 88.5 FM on February 6th from 3:00pm-4:00pm and on WXXI's program 'OnStage' on February 8th from 7:00pm-8:00pm.
Summer Study
Evan Meccarello (violin performance) has been accepted to be a Conducting Fellow at the Conductors Institute of South Carolina beginning May 2009.
2008 National Association of Singing Eastern Division Prize Winners
Nicholas Gerling, student of Dr. Kimberly-Upcraft Russ, and Zachary Ligas, student of Dr. Robert Strauss, were prizewinners in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Eastern Division Regional Competition. Mr. Gerling won 2nd place in the Sophomore Men's Category, while Mr. Ligas won the third place prize in the same category. The National Association of Teachers of Singing is the largest organization for singers in the United States. The Eastern Division includes the states of New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, as well as parts of Canada.
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2008 Outstanding Adult Student Award
Carol Allen, a current music education student has been selected as one of the three recipients of the 2008 Outstanding Adult Student Award at Nazareth College. This award is based on the success in balancing college study with other adult resposibilities to family, careeer, job and/or community.
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Student Wins Scholarship
Lindsey Everitt won the 2007 Irma Carey Wilson Award from the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Internship
Nick Cicero (BA '09) was selected to be a Public Relations and Marketing Intern for the Glimmerglass Opera House in Cooperstown, New York, for the summer of 2008.
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Music Major Receives Shiner Jazz Award
Nazareth College student Mikel Herschel (BM '11), recently received the 2009 Raymond Shiner Jazz Award. It is a cash scholarship to help with the cost of private music study. Tommasone was chosen because of her talent and motivation in the area of jazz. She used the scholarship stipend this summer to study birbaphone with Mark Foster in Skaneateles.
The award was established in 2000 in memory of world-class jazz musician Raymond Shiner, a leading woodwind specialist in New York City for 20 years. A 1946 graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Shiner played shows on Broadway (including West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof) and was an original member of the Sauter-Finegan Jazz Orchestra. He played many recording sessions and live radio broadcasts, performing live with legends including Miles Davis, Stan Getz, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and Quincy Jones. His daughter, Kristen Shiner-McGuire, director of Percussion Studies at Nazareth, created the award in honor of her father.
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MENC
The mission of MENC: The National Association for Music Education is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. Here at Nazareth College, we pride ourselves on having a very active and involved collegiate chapter of MENC. We have had a surge in enrollment of new members and students eager and willing to learn more about the field of music education. Our activities include: an instrument drive to donate instruments to area schools in need, hosting the Annual Nazareth College Music Education Mini-Conference each winter, coordinating campus workshops that include presentations by experts in the field of music education, attending local Orff workshops, and traveling to regional MENC conferences.
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The Music Educators National Conference Student Chapter (Chapter 328, Advisor: Dr. Rachel Whitcomb) have won two national awards in 2009: a Service Recognition Award and a Professional Development Award from the Music Educators' National Conference. The purpose of these awards is to recognize collegiate chapters that have done outstanding work in the areas of chapter projects, chapter programs, and recruitment techniques
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Music Therapy Club
The Music Therapy Club is an active part of the Nazareth College community. The club provides numerous opportunities for all majors. It offers insight as to what music therapy is, ways to be involved with music in the community, and a whole lot of fun! The club gives students the opportunity to pursue their interests in music therapy outside the classroom. With meetings every two or three weeks, club members are able to stay on top of what is going on in the music therapy world on a student and professional level.
Music therapy club provides information about upcoming regional and national conferences and offers an opportunity to attend these conferences. Some exciting events put on by the music therapy club are the annual "Night of Jazz", which is a semi-formal event with live music, and an annual mini-conference where professional music therapists come to present on a wide variety of topics pertaining to music therapy. The Music Therapy Club also joins with MENC for various events throughout the year.
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