Carnegie Mellon School of Music 2015 Recruitment Viewbook

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The School of Music is home to approximately 300 students. Hone your skills in an intimate environment where you have access to a host of resources.

Conservatory style curriculum — 80% of course work is in music.

BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN REQUIRES TALENT AND COMMITMENT. IT ALSO TAKES THE RIGHT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: THE CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF MUSIC.

The 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges ranked Carnegie Mellon School of Music as a top music program.

Pittsburgh is home to a dynamic arts, cultural, and technology community.

All courses and lessons are taught by School of Music Faculty members, not graduate students.

National Geographic Traveler named Pittsburgh one of the best places in the world to experience in 2012.

From performance ensembles and opera productions to chamber music and recitals, the School of Music has over 250 events each year.

WHO WE ARE Founded in 1912 as one of the five schools of the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon School of Music offers conservatory level programs within a world-class university environment.

Times Higher Education of London ranked Carnegie Mellon University No. 22 in the world, and No. 15 among U.S. universities.

22 members on the School of Music’s faculty are members of the world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted

by Manfred Honeck.

FACULTY STRINGS Violin Andrés Cárdenes

former Concertmaster, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Cyrus Forough Christopher Wu

Saxophone Eric DeFade Curtis Johnson

VOICE Douglas Ahlstedt

MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY Dr. Richard Randall

Bagpipe Andrew Carlisle

Jennifer Aylmer soprano

Riccardo Schulz

Director of Piping

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

BRASS

Viola David Harding

Horn William Caballero

Trio Verlaine

Isaias Zelkowicz

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Cello Anne Martindale Williams

Principal Cello, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

David Premo

Associate Principal Cello, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Double Bass Peter Guild

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Principal Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Kostyniak

Associate Principal Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet Neal Berntsen

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

George Vosburgh

Principal Trumpet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Trombone Rebecca Cherian

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Co-Principal Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Harp Gretchen Van Hoesen

Principal Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Micah Howard

Principal Harp, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Classical Guitar James Ferla John Marcinizyn Staff Pianists Donna Amato Sung-Im Kim Rodrigo Ojeda WOODWINDS Flute Alberto Almarza

former Principal Flute, Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago

Jeanne Baxtresser

former Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic

Lorna McGhee

Principal Flute, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Schultz Baroque flute

Vahan Sargsyan Staff Pianist

Oboe Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida Principal Oboe, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Clarinet Michael Rusinek

Principal Clarinet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Thompson

Co-Principal Clarinet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Bassoon Nancy Goeres

Principal Bassoon, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Peter Sullivan

Bass Trombone Murray Crewe

Principal Bass Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Euphonium Lance LaDuke Tuba Craig Knox

Principal Tuba, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

PERCUSSION Christopher Allen

Associate Principal Percussion, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Jeremy Branson

Associate Principal Percussion, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Paul Evans

tenor

Mildred Miller Posvar

Teaching Professor, Director of Recording Activities

Maria Spacagna

Professor of Electrical Engineering

mezzo-soprano soprano

Daniel Teadt baritone

Vocal Coaching Raymond Blackwell Mark Carver Roseanna Irwin Karen Roethlisberger Verm

Dr. Thomas Sullivan

Associate Teaching Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

INTEGRATIVE DESIGN, ARTS, AND TECHNOLOGY (IDeATe) Benjamin Opie

Professor of Drama & Music

MOVEMENT & DANCE Michele de la Reza Attack Theatre

Peter Kope

Attack Theatre

ENSEMBLES Andrés Cárdenes

Music Director of Orchestral Studies

Daniel Nesta Curtis

Music Director, Contemporary Ensemble

Eric DeFade

Director, Jazz Orchestra

Thomas W. Douglas

Director of Choral Activities, Director of Opera Studies

James Ferla

Director, Guitar Ensemble

Elizabeth Lawrence Director, JIVE

Stephen Schultz

Director, Baroque Ensemble Associate Director, Wind Ensemble Co-Director, Wind Ensemble

George Vosburgh

Co-Director, Wind Ensemble

COMPOSITION Leonardo Balada Nancy Galbraith Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas Dr. Reza Vali MUSIC EDUCATION Robert Dell Paul Gerlach

Director of the Kiltie Band

John McCarthy Dr. Natalie Ozeas

Director of Graduate Studies

GUEST ARTISTS recent and upcoming

Artist Lecturer

Nancy Allen

David Macbride

Assistant Teaching Professor of Sound Media

Areon Flutes

Matka Ensemble

ACTING Kelly Trumbull Gregory Lehane

Thomas Thompson

Piano Literature & Repertoire Alec Chien

Assistant Teaching Professor of Sound Media

MUSIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP Monique Mead Lance LaDuke

Director of Opera Studies

KEYBOARD

Secondary Piano Carla LaRocca

Jesse Stiles

Jesse Stiles

Stephen Story

Collaborative Piano Mark Carver Luz Manriquez

Dr. Richard Stern

Opera Thomas W. Douglas

River City Brass

Piano Hanna Wu Li Sergey Schepkin

Assistant Professor of Music Theory

MUSIC THEORY Mark Domencic Nancy Galbraith Dr. John Paul Ito Dr. Richard Randall Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas Dr. Reza Vali R. James Whipple MUSICOLOGY Dr. Robert Fallon Paul Johnston Dr. Kenneth Keeling Associate Head

Dr. Christopher Ruth Stephen Schultz Dr. Franco Sciannameo SOLFÈGE Judith Cagley Anne Jakovic Dr. Natalie Ozeas Colette Wilkins EURHYTHMICS Dr. Annabelle Joseph, Professor Emerita

Director of the Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center

Stephen Neely

Associate Director of the Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center

LIBRARY Kristin Heath CHAMBER MUSIC David Harding Dimitri Papadimitriou Meng Wang R. James Whipple Chamber Music is coached by all studio faculty

Full faculty bios and contact information: music.cmu.edu/profiles

harp

chamber music for the next generation

Pablo Amorós piano

Julian Bliss clarinet

Cello Fury

rock chamber ensemble

Dale Clevenger

composer

contemporary music ensemble

Daniel Mobbs voice

David Allen Moore double bass

Del Sol Quartet string quartet

Djordje Nesic

horn

collaborative piano, vocal coaching

entrepreneurship

voice

John Colby

Marianne Cornetti voice

Christine Noll

Barbara Paver voice

Arturo Delmoni

Anthony Plog

Maximilian Dimoff

Dan Rigazzi

Barry Douglas

John Sampen

David Effron

Gary Schocker

Mohammad Ferguson

Yizhak Schotten

Brook Ferguson

Sergiu Schwartz

Firm Roots Jazz Sextet

Gerard Schwarz

Alessandro Fossi

Yan Pascual Tortelier

Andre Fouts

Carl Topilow

violin

double bass

conductor and piano conductor composer flute

jazz ensemble tuba

Baroque violin, Chatham Baroque

Philip Glass composer

Kathryn Greenbank oboe

Manfred Honeck

Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

trumpet

opera director saxophone flute

viola

violin

conductor conductor conductor

Trio Verlaine

chamber music

William van der Sloot violin

Ilana Vered piano

Philip Walsh

Richard King

conductor, opera

Norman Lebrecht

English horn

horn

Robert Walters

musicology

Gary Wedow

Christopher Larkin conductor, opera

Jens Lindeman trumpet

conductor, opera

PL AY

PERFORMANCE Performance plays a central role in your Carnegie Mellon education. From ensembles and opera productions to chamber music and recitals, you will find yourself surrounded by world-class talent.

Our orchestra program runs on a professional cycle schedule. The orchestra rehearses for two weeks, performs, and then is off for two weeks. This provides time for individual practice, recital, and chamber music. Additionally, our wind ensemble program is rooted in the orchestral tradition, one musician per part, and performs a wide range of transcriptions, standards, and contemporary works from the wind repertoire.

While freshman and sophomore voice majors are in choral ensembles, juniors and seniors are enrolled in Opera Workshop as their major ensemble. The School of Music produces two fully staged productions with orchestra a year as well as semi-staged opera scenes with piano. In addition, all voice majors participate in two major choral events with orchestra each year.

Composers have ample opportunity to hear their music in performance.

Each composer has a string quartet played by a professional ensemble and an orchestral piece played by our Philharmonic. There is a clear commitment to new music on campus and in the Pittsburgh community.

Pianists have a unique set of performance opportunities depending on their interests.

Students are exposed to competitions, major ensembles, collaborative piano, and chamber music as well as piano pedagogy and maintenance courses.

ENSEMBLES

Philharmonic Opera Orchestra Wind Ensemble Baroque Ensemble Contemporary Ensemble Guitar Ensemble Jazz Orchestra JIVE Chorus Chamber Choir Men’s Chorus Women’s Chorus

RECENT/UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS

2015-2016 ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS

Britten: The Beggar’s Opera

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Haydn: Il mondo della luna Chabrier: L’étoile Glass: Hydrogen Jukebox (1990)

Cavalli: La Calisto

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Poulenc: Gloria

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Gershwin: An American in Paris Copland: Appalachian Spring

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Berg: Violin Concerto

COMPETITIONS

Baroque Ensemble Concerto Competition Concerto Competition Contemporary Ensemble Competition (for composers) Rembacher Competition Silberman Chamber Music Competition Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition

ALUMNI Our distinguished alumni populate the ranks of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, opera companies, and faculties including: New York Philharmonic Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Metropolitan Opera Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Prague Philharmonia

Oberlin College & Conservatory Harvard University Boston Pops BBC Orchestras Lyric Opera of Chicago and many more

APPLY NOW Get in touch:

Application Deadlines:

Online: music.cmu.edu

Undergraduate Early Decision - November 1 Regular Decision - December 1

Phone: 412-268-4118 Email: music-admissions@andrew.cmu.edu 5000 Forbes Ave CFA 108 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA CarnegieMellonMusic

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