Assistant Professor of Piano, Thomas Rosenkranz, recently completed a residency at the University of California at San Diego from Nov. 12th- 16th, together with his colleagues from the annual soundSCAPE Festival in Italy, which included Tony Arnold, voice Aiyun Huang, percussion, and Lisa Cella, flute. The residency included a performance of new works written for them and a recording of works by UCSD graduate students. In addition, the group was also a featured ensemble at the College Music Society conference, and Professor Rosenkranz presented a masterclass on the music of Franz Liszt at the Opus 119 School in Irvine, California.
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BGSU Students, Alum, and Faculty Featured at Electroacoustic Barn Dance 2012
BGSU Electroacoustics will be well represented at this year’s Electroacoustic Barn Dance hosted by the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, November 8-10, 2012. The BGSU contingency includes six pieces and one performance of newly composed electroacoustic works.
Ben Murphy (current master’s) – Objects [fixed media]
Jon Fielder (MM 2012) – C12H16N2 [fixed media]
Timothy Harenda (MM 2011) – Absence [violin and live electronics]
Benjamin Taylor (MM 2011) – Noetic Motion [piano and live electronics]
L. Scott Price (MM 2005) – Thrymmatizo [fixed media]
Elainie Lillios (BGSU faculty) – Nostalgic Visions [piano and live electronics]
Mary MacKinnon (doctoral performer) – performing “Abyss” by Nolan Stolz
for more information visit http://www.marklsnyder.com/EAJJ/Electroacoustic_Barn_Dance___Home.html
Lillios a Guest at Indiana University and Eastman
Among Elainie Lillios’s (Associate Professor of Composition) fall 2012 travels are guest visits to Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) and The Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY.) Elainie’s October visit to IU included group composition lesson/master classes and a lecture on her recent work. On Monday November 12 at The Eastman School, she will lecture on her recent work and is the featured guest composer on an electroacoustic concert that evening. Performances of her work will include: 2BTextures (abstract animation), Dreams in the Desert (fixed media), Listening Beyond… (Ambisonic fixed media), and Among Fireflies (alto flute and live electronics) played by flutist Erin Lesser.
College of Musical Arts Students Winners at the State MTNA Competitions
Several students from the College of Musical Arts performed in the Ohio Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Competitions at Oberlin College on Saturday, October 20, 2012. A total of thirteen students won distinctions at the competition. Five CMA students placed first place in their respective divisions, and will perform at the Divisional Competitions in January at Roosevelt University in Chicago:
Four Corners Saxophone Quartet – Xiao Han, Aiwen Zhang, Corey Whitt, Ryan Hurd
– Winner of Young Artist Chamber Music Performance
– Students of John Sampen
Peter Deal, trombone
– Winner of Young Artist Brass Division
– Student of Bill Mathis
Xiao Han, saxophone
– Winner of Young Artist Woodwind Division
– Student of John Sampen
Other CMA students receiving Alternate and Honorable Mention recognitions were:
Jianhong Hu, piano (student of Robert Satterlee)
Akira Kaku, piano (student of Robert Satterlee)
Larissa Mapua, viola (student of Matthew Daline)
Laura Pillman, flute (student of Conor Nelson)
Albert Wynn Rice, trombone (student of Bill Mathis)
Gabriella Roderer, flute (student of Conor Nelson)
Maria Rusu, viola (student of Matthew Daline)
Rachel Woolf, flute (student of Conor Nelson)
CMA Professors in Mongolia
Solungga Liu, Bill Mathis, and Charles Saenz visited the Inner Mongolia Normal University in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia (China) from October 3-10, 2012. The week long residency included several master classes, private lessons and a chamber recital on the last evening. The final event of the week was a panel discussion for music and non-music students and faculty at the University concerning Higher Education in the United States and study at BGSU in particular.
Professors Liu and Saenz taught a master class and performed a recital in Hohhot in the summer of 2010, resulting in this invitation to return for an extended visit.
BGSU Alum, Marine Staff Sgt. Ryan Nowlin, Conducts Kansas State Wind Ensemble
CMA alumnus and Marine Band staff arranger Staff Sgt. Ryan Nowlin will conduct the Kansas State Wind Ensemble and Concert Band at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 14, in McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Nowlin will lead the Wind Ensemble and a 200 member chorus in his own composition, It Is Well, written in honor of Nowlin’s mentor Dr. Vincent J. Polce. He will also conduct both the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band in several Sousa marches.
http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/whats_new/index.htm#story3