Senior trombone major Li Kuang is chosen as one of three finalists in the Frank Smith Trombone Competition, sponsored by the International Trombone Association. Li was chosen from a pool of thirty-nine applicants who submitted a recording of Ewazen’s Sonata for Trombone. He will perform and compete in the final round at the International Trombone Festival in Nashville this June.
(Submitted by William Mathis)
Sophomore trombone student Melissa Hildebrandt received Honorable Mention at the Regional MTNA Young Artist Competition on January 8, 2011 at Ball State University. Melissa was the brass winner at the MTNA state competition in October 2010.
(Submitted by Bill Mathis)
Congratulations to Cory Kasprzyk whose piece “07.13.10a” for harp, bari sax and electronics will premiere at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 8 conference in March. The Mana Duo commissioned the piece and will play it at the West Point, NY event.
(Submitted by Elainie Lillios)
Congratulations for a fantastic Competitions in Music this year! We would like to say a special thank you to Mark Bunce and recording services for video recording the final round today, as well as to Keith Hofacker for his assistance with competition operations.
Here are the winners of this year’s competition:
Undergraduate Division
Winners:
Xuan He, piano
Xiao Han, saxophone
Honorable Mention:
Claire Werling, clarinet
Graduate Division
Winners:
Sheldon Johnson, saxophone
Tatiana Gorbunova, piano
Composition Division:
Patrick Chan: Five Songs of the Von Seggerns for soprano, clarinet and piano (2010)
Virginia Marks Collaborative piano award:
Winner:
Karl Larson
Honorable Mention:
Vitaly Serebriakov
Emily Chapman
Thanks to everyone for their participation and support.
BGSU/CMA DMA student Elizabeth Pearse was selected as a winner of the Michigan District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She will travel to Buffalo in January to represent the Michigan District in the Great Lakes Regional Finals. Ms. Pearse is a student of Dr. Jane Rodgers.
Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts will host nationally heralded opera educator Ann Baltz, the founder of OperaWorks, from Oct. 24-26.
This year’s Helen McMaster Endowed Professor in Vocal and Choral Studies, Baltz will coach students on performance and improvisation techniques and conduct career discussion sessions.
Her visit will also include a master class on performance techniques that is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center.
Through her deep commitment to new and experimental works, Baltz has earned distinguished posts as music director and co-creator of Composer-Librettist Studios in San Francisco, New York and Minneapolis, along with music director for New Works Projects at the Minnesota Opera Institute and Portland Opera.
Helen and the late Harold McMaster established this endowed professorship in spring 2000. Helen McMaster, a long-time Perrysburg resident, has supported the arts at BGSU for many years. Generous friends of BGSU, she and her husband previously donated to programs in music, business, science and the Center for Photochemical Sciences. College professors in the vocal, choral or opera area may nominate potential guests for this endowed professorship.
