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Welcome to Music Notes, an e-newsletter published biweekly
during the academic year by the College
of Music at Michigan State
University.
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 Three new faculty join College
of Music: Cormac Cannon was
appointed assistant director of bands and associate director of the Spartan
Marching Band, where he will conduct the Concert Band and Spartan Youth Wind
Symphony, assist with the Spartan Marching Band and Spartan Brass athletic bands, and teach courses in conducting and marching band methods. Etienne
Charles has been appointed to the jazz faculty, where he will teach
jazz trumpet and conduct Jazz Orchestra II. Born on the island of Trinidad,
Charles' musical lineage runs at least four generations deep, and includes
calypso, cuatro, folk and steel band music. Marcie
Ray has been appointed assistant professor of historical musicology. After ten years as a coloratura soprano specializing in Mozart and
Menotti roles, Ray now translates her training and experience into her work as
a historical musicologist. Read more...
College of Music
appoints new Director of Admissions: Benjamin Ebener,
who joined the college in August, will lead efforts in the recruitment and
admission of prospective undergraduate and graduate students and participate as
a member of the College executive leadership team. After graduating from
Illinois Wesleyan University, Ebener pursued graduate study at Florida State
University, where he began a career in music admissions. He continues to be an
active performer. As the former principal bassoonist of the Tallahassee Winds,
he has performed in a variety of regional concerts and in a tour of Australia,
which culminated in a performance at the Sydney Opera House. Read more...
 ADS Scholar welcomed to the College of Music: Incoming first-year student Alexander Goodin of Solon, Ohio, was
one of nineteen high school seniors awarded MSU's Alumni Distinguished
Scholarship for 2009, the most
prestigious scholarship offered by the university and among the most
competitive in the country. An aspiring double bassist, Goodin's academic
interests include bass performance, physics, Spanish, engineering, and the
visual arts. "Two major factors entered
into my decision to attend MSU," he says. "The first was the opportunity to study double bass with Jack
Budrow, an associate professor of music and co-chairperson of the string area
in the College of Music, and second, the choices open to me through the Honors
College. I am also looking forward to opportunities to pursue undergraduate
research in a high-quality physics program. The friendly atmosphere I found at
MSU also helped to make my decision clear." Read more...
 Community Music School-Detroit
opens for classes:
There's a new location for making music in Detroit's Cultural Corridor - with
learning opportunities for infants, seniors, and everyone in between. MSU's
Community Music School-Detroit opened earlier this month in the brand new MSU
Detroit Center at 3408 Woodward Avenue (just south of Mack), next door to the
Bonstelle Theater. An extension of popular MSU community music programs in East
Lansing, the new Detroit facility will offer jazz and music composition classes
for youth, early childhood music classes, and music therapy clinical services.
Also, as part of the nationally renowned New Horizons Band program, MSU will
launch two community bands for adults: one for beginners and one for
intermediate/advanced players. Scholarships and tuition assistance are available for all classes and
all ages. Read more...
Erb Family Foundation helps bring
CMS jazz to Detroit youth: Young musicians in Southeast Michigan have new assets to explore jazz
with a $50,000 grant from the Erb Family Foundation that will support MSU
Jazz@CMS Detroit. The grant provides programmatic support for top-quality jazz
music education for Detroit urban youth, building on MSU's participation in
jazz learning at YouthVille and with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). "We
are pleased to be ab le to help MSU establish its new jazz education program in
Detroit," says Erb Foundation President John Erb, son of Erb Lumber founder
Fred Erb and his wife Barbara.
"The arts are a critical element of a sustainable community and my
father has always had a particular fondness for jazz. By providing a
premier educational opportunity for young musicians, MSU's Jazz@CMS Detroit
will help assure the continuation of Detroit's legacy as a source of
world-class musical talent." Read more...
 Work of alumnus William D. Brohn to be celebrated in London gala: The work of College of Music alumnus
William D. Brohn, 1998 Tony winner for Best Orchestration for Ragtime
and a nominee in 2002 and 2004 for Sweet
Smell of Success and Wicked,
respectively, is to be celebrated in a one-night gala in London. "Broadway to
West End - By Special Arrangement" will be held at the Theatre Royal, Drury
Lane, on October 4, at 7:30 p.m. The evening, a charity fundraiser for CLIL
Sargent, an organization dedicated to caring for children with cancer, will
feature a line-up of West End talent performing songs from shows that Brohn has
orchestrated for productions on both sides of the Atlantic, including Carousel,
Crazy For You, Curtains, Mary Poppins, Miss Saigon, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!,
Oliver!, Ragtime, Show Boat, South Pacific, Sweet Smell of Success, The Three
Musketeers, Wicked, and The
Witches of Eastwick. Brohn graduated from MSU's College of
Music in 1955 with a bachelor's degree in Music Theory. He received an honorary
doctor of fine arts degree from MSU in 1996 and serves on the College of
Music's National Leadership Council. Read more...
 College adds social networking to its communications methods: On Wednesday, September 16, the "Twitterverse" was abuzz with
tweets about the MSU College of Music Collage III concert. The college's communications
office held a "retweet" contest, where people who follow the MSU College of
Music on Twitter were given a five-hour time slot to repeat a message for the
chance to win two tickets to Collage III. The response to the contest was impressive and at 5:00 p.m. a winner was
randomly selected. Mechanical engineering student Justin Vrooman, known as "@vroomanj" on Twitter, was selected as the winner. Dean
Jim Forger presented Vrooman with his tickets on September 23. Vrooman has never
attended a College of Music event but is looking forward to Collage III on October 2.
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Collage III showcases talent of MSU music faculty, students
Friday, October 2, 2009 · 8:00 p.m.
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center for Performing Arts
This fast-paced evening, featuring an exhilarating array of talent from the Michigan State University College of Music, is a study in contrasts as more than 500 outstanding student musicians perform a wide range of selections, from classical to contemporary and opera to jazz.
Featured MSU ensembles include the Symphony Orchestra, the Wind Symphony, jazz orchestras, and choral groups, as well as soloists and quartets, which move from piece to piece without interruption and surround the audience with a kaleidoscope of sound.
Collage III is generously sponsored by the College of Music National Leadership Council.
Reserved seating $25, $20, $15 · Wharton Center Box Office: (800) WHARTON or whartoncenter.com
Read more about the Showcase Series here.
 Hear and/or read today's Faculty Conversation:
Kevin Sedatole discusses his role as director of bands in the College of Music and as coordinator of the Collage concert on the MSU News site.
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September 26
Symphony Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center ($)
September 29
Wind Symphony
7:30 p.m., Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center ($)
October 1
Concert Orchestra
7:30 p.m., Fairchild Theatre ($)
October 2
Collage III
8:00 p.m., Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center (SS)
October 4
Symphony Band
3:00 p.m., Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center ($)
October 9
MSU-China V-Keeping the Dream Alive
8:00 p.m., Music Building Auditorium ($)
October 10
Sixth Annual MSU Clarinet Spectacular
8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Music Building
October 11
Distinguished Faculty Artists: Janine Gaboury, horn, and Derek Polischuk, piano
3:00 p.m., Music Building Auditorium ($)
Ticket information: $ = $10 adults, $8 seniors, FREE for students
SS = Showcase Series Concert $15-$25, available from Wharton Center Box Office only.
(517) 432-2000, (800) WHARTON, or whartoncenter.com |
Vivace Shuttle Service now available
 Did you know that you can now catch
a ride to many performances held in the Music Building Auditorium? Vivace Shuttle vans run 30 minutes
before and after selected events from MSU's Grand River Avenue Parking Ramp
(located between Morrill Hall and Olin Health Center) to the Music Building and
back. Cost is just $2 per person/roundtrip. Tickets can be purchased from the
shuttle drivers or in advance from the College of Music. Call (517) 353-5340
for more information.
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College of Music faculty, staff, and students are
encouraged to share news of performances, research, publications, conference
presentations, teaching innovations, outreach connections, and awards. Alumni
and friends are encouraged to let us know about their accomplishments. Call
(517) 353-2043 or send a message to the
editor. Michigan State University College of Music · 102 Music Building · West Circle Drive · East Lansing MI 48824 · (517) 353-5340
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