Supporting KU Music

RETIREMENTS

Martin Bergee

Martin Bergee, Professor Meritus of Music Education and Music Therapy, taught undergraduate courses in secondary and elementary music methods, instrumental music methods, instrumental conducting and rehearsal techniques, low brass techniques, basic music skills, and introduction to music education. At the graduate level, his course responsibilities included historical and philosophical foundations of music education, psychology of music, research and measurement techniques, doctorallevel seminars, administration and leadership in music education, advanced pedagogical techniques, and teaching and research internships.

Bergee served on the editorial committees of the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. He chaired the Executive Committee of the Music Education Research Council, the governing body of MENC’s Society for Research in Music Education. His research interests include music performance assessment.

Vince Gnojek

Vince Gnojek, Professor Emeritus of Saxophone, retired after 34 years with the School of Music. As a performer of both classical and jazz styles on all of the saxophones, Gnojek has performed in almost every conceivable musical setting. As a classical saxophone soloist, he appeared with orchestras and wind ensembles, and has been a solo recitalist in Singapore, Mexico, Costa Rica, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Macau, Thailand, Malaysia, China, and throughout the United States. As a jazz soloist, he was featured with the University of Kansas Jazz Ensemble I on several occasions, including tours in Switzerland (The Montreux Jazz Festival) and Germany. He has performed in fortytwo states and in Mexico, Canada, Portugal, and Thailand as the alto saxophonist with the highly acclaimed Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet.

As the saxophonist with the Kansas Woodwinds, a faculty chamber music ensemble in residence at the University of Kansas, he performed regionally and at national conferences in Washington, DC, Chicago and Kansas City. Gnojek has also been a member of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Denver Chamber Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, and the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. In 2007 he was the recipient of the 12th Annual Phoenix Award for outstanding artistic achievement in Performing Arts, presented by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission.

Bryan “Kip” Haaheim

Kip Haaheim, Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and Composition, joined the faculty at KU in 2001 as an assistant professor of Music Composition. He taught composition, electronic music, and music theory. Kip received his DMA degree from the University of Arizona in 1999 after studying with Daniel Asia. He completed his masters degree at the University of Minnesota under Alex Lubet, Dominick Argento, and Judith Zaimont.

Before joining academia Haaheim was a freelance bassist, composer, and producer in the San Francisco Bay Area. During those years he gained extensive experience performing with some of the finest musicians of the region. His discography includes an eclectic mix of Jazz, Rock, World Beat, Latin, and Avant Garde musics.

In addition to more traditional chamber music, he has an extensive portfolio of electronic music which features works for digital audio and performer, interactive multi-media installations, interactive websites, live web performance, and works for video and film. The collaborative work “Sacred and Profane” with Daniel Asia (Summitt Records) was one of the first surroundsound audio DVDs in the United States. Haaheim’s works have received recent performances in New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston, Eugene; San Francisco, Toronto, Canada, Tel Aviv, Israel, Paris, France, and Lubeck, Germany.

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