News & Year in Review

String Student Award Winners

Allion Salvador, Emma Simmons, and Elin Schlichting, students in Hal Grossman's violin studio, took home top honors from the 2021 Music International Grand Prix Competition.

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Alum Album Release

Paul John Rudoi and vocal ensemble Cantus released Manifesto in June. In keeping with Cantus' commitment to create new music for tenors, baritones, and basses, the works on Manifesto were written specifically for Cantus. Rudio's "Song of Sky and Sea: A Song of Realization" can be heard on the album and may be recognizable to those who heard the mixedchoir version of the final movement performed by the University of Oregon Chamber Choir in 2019.

James Ellickson-Brown (MA, Music Education, 1980) completed his 35th year with the U.S. Department of State in June. During his career as a Public Diplomacy Officer, he notes that “I have had the opportunity to make use of my musical background in arranging concerts spanning multiple genres—classical, gospel, hip-hop and jazz.” In his current role, he is focused on recruiting the next generation of diplomats. Stately Matters Concerto Competition Winner

Evan Doster (French Horn) from Lydia Van Dreel's studio has won Oregon Sinfonietta’s '21 concerto competition. In addition to a $1,000 prize, Evan will be featured on the Chamber Music Society of Oregon's 2022 performance of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4.

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ChamberMusic@Beall

The regionally acclaimed chamber music series resumes performances in historic Beall Concert Hall. The 2022 season features five events, including the return of violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Conrad Tao, the "dramatic fire [and] rock and roll energy" (Los Angeles Times) of St. Lawrence String Quartet, and a 19th century romantics concert from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The series rounds out with Black Oak Ensemble and ATOS Trio. Concerts begin January 23 and run through April 3.

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Book Award

Drew Nobile, UO Associate Professor of Music Theory, received the prestigious "Society for Music Theory Emerging Scholar Book Award" for Form as Harmony in Rock Music. The award honors an outstanding book published within 10 years of the author’s receipt of the PhD.

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News from Music Technology

Tao Li, a doctoral student in the data-driven instrument performance program with Jeffrey Stolet has been named the winner of the Libby Larsen Prize in the "Search for New Music Competition" by the International Alliance for Women in Music. Her piece, entitled Wu Ren Kan Ji, is for cello and fixed digital audio media.

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Piano Prizes

Three members of Alexandre Dossin's piano studio have received competitive awards. Marina Bengoa, Silver Medal at the Seattle Piano Competition and Festival (Virtuoso Artists, Solo Division Professional); Dylan Nguyen, Gold Medal at the Seattle Piano Competition and Festival (Virtuoso Artists, Ages 19 and Up); Alessandro Fonseca, Second Prize, Medici International Music Competition.

Taiwanese-born Sharon Yi-Hsuan Wu, a Masters in Piano Performance student in Claire Wachter's studio, has been awarded first prize in the Oregon Music Teachers Association Young Artist Competition in Portland. Sharon is a scholarship recipient at SOMD, and is a GE in collaborative piano. Sharon is trilingual and speaks Mandarin, Korean, and English fluently.

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Images: 1) Michael Moloi; 2) Moloi rehearses with a small group of dance students; 3) Moloi tours the BLM exhibit at JSMA; 4) Moloi teaches a dance class; 5) Julie Koch was appointed Assistant Dean for Admissions and Enrollment Management; 6) Hollywood composer and arranger, Nan Schwartz, offered a three-day SOMD residency in May; 7) Internationally acclaimed concert organist, Wolfgang Rübsam, was in residency at SOMD in October, alongside Julia Brown; 8) Dr. Stephen Rodgers is announced as the first appointee to the Cykler Chair of Music; 9) Omar Thomas residency leads to first sold out concert since start of COVID-19; 10) Lara Downes residency focuses on BIPOC composers and previews OBF 2021 concert.

Left: Duck Jam, December 2021. Photos by Jennifer James-Long; Right, clockwise from top left: Undergraduate String Quartet, Horn section from Oregon Wind Ensemble (OWE), Flute studio of Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, Graduate String Quartet, Dr. Sharon Paul look-alike contest, Percussion section from OWE, Oregon Jazz Ensemble with director Steve Owen. Photos by Alyssa Hinojosa and Josh Gren.