January 2014
 
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This Month at Setnor      

   

January means two things at Setnor, opera and auditions! This year we will stage Mozart's Don Giovanni on January 24, 25, and 26 at 8:00 PM in Setnor Auditorium. Please join us for this classic performed by our talented students! We will hold auditions for prospective music majors every weekend in January. In addition to auditions on campus, we will hold them in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, New York City, and Washington, DC. Please point any potential applicants to our Prospective Students Page.

 Alumni News 

 

Thomas Bankert BM '02, MM '03 (Music Education) directs the band program at Wakefield High School in Massachusetts and serves as the k-12 Director of Performing Arts. He has led the Wakefield marching band to six NESBA finals gold medals. His high school jazz ensemble has achieved five MAJE state gold medals and two first place finishes at the Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Bankert has maintained a close relationship with SU in his years of teaching and administration. He has sent eleven of his students on to Syracuse University, seven of which are music majors. Additionally, he has hired three Setnor graduates to teach in Wakefield. Of his time at Setnor, Bankert reflects, "the professors I had were second to none and I use their strategies and experiences in my own teaching every day." Bankert lives in Wakefield with his wife, Setnor alum Jackie Viscardi BM '03, MM '04, and their two-year-old daughter, Avery.

Faculty Feature

 

Dr. Kathleen Roland-Silverstein will be performing "An Afternoon of American Song" on the Live! At the Everson Museum concert series on January 19th, singing the music of Copland, Ives, Bolcom, Weill, and others with Los Angeles Opera pianist, Daniel Faltus. Additionally, she will present Schubert's Winterreise with internationally known concert pianist Susan Svrcek in Los Angeles next May. Kathleen collaborated this past year with colleague Janet Brown in developing a proposed Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy, currently submitted for approval the SU Senate. She also organized a December vocal music recital in honor of the centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten, featuring both opera and songs. Kathleen serves on the board of directors for the National Opera Association and has helped to plan the January 2014 joint conference with the National Association of Teachers of Singing and Opera America in New York City.

Student Spotlight
L-R: Sara Gil, Margaret Tomlin

        

Sara Gil and Margaret Tomlin both BS '13 (Recording and Allied Entertainment Industries) just finished a semester in Nashville as the culmination of their senior year in the Bandier program.  Both students completed internships while in Music City. Sara Gil interned at Big Machine Label Group (label home to Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw) and Margaret Tomlim was in the creative department at Sony/ATV Music Publishing.  Both students finished their requirements to graduate during the semester away from Syracuse and quickly secured post-graduation employment.  Margaret will be continuing her Nashville experience with a position as a Writer Manager for BMG.  Sara returned to New York and has started working at Sony with the new imprints Re Mi Fa Music and Flying Buddah Records. 

Calendar of Events

 

SU Opera: Setnor School of Music Ensemble Series

Friday, Saturday and Sunday

January 24 - 26, 2014

8:00 PM

Setnor Auditorium

Free and open to the public

 

Erica Hughes, flute: Setnor School of Music Student Recital Series

Saturday, January 25, 2014

2:00 PM

Hendricks Chapel

Free and open to the public

 

Kelly Covert, flute: Setnor School of Music Faculty Recital Series

Friday, January 31, 2014

8:00 PM

Setnor Auditorium

Free and open to the public

 

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