sioned by the Fromm Foundation, Harvard University received its world premiere by New York’s Talea Ensemble in July at the Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik. Dillon was invited to the 2013 Ferienkurse as a composition artist/ professor. Talea Ensemble gave the U.S. premiere of “New York Triptych” in September at the Bohemian National Hall (NY). In June the Holland Festival presented a performance of Dillon’s work Nine Rivers, performed by three ensembles from the Netherlands and percussionist and conductor Steven Schick. Alexander Fiterstein’s (clarinet) recording of “Nocturne” by Ronn Yedidia from his recent CD Impromptu, Nocturne and World Dance was featured on American Public Media’s “Performance Today.” He recently performed concerts with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as soloist in Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto (Thomas Dausgaard, conductor). He received positive reviews in the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press. He performed the same concerto with the University of South Carolina Symphony (Columbia, SC). Fiterstein was interviewed on Classical Minnesota Public Radio in February and was featured in the MPR article, “Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein concertizes the Midwest.” David Grayson (musicology) presented papers at four international conferences celebrating Claude Debussy’s 150th birthday: in Paris, London, and Montreal, and at the Eastman School of Music, where he also led “A Conversation with P. Craig Russell” for the Comic Book Debussy session. He published two articles: “Les premiers enregistrements de Pelléas et Mélisande,” in Regards sur Debussy (Paris: Fayard) and “L’Édition scientifique de Pelléas” in “Pelléas et Mélisande” cent ans après: études et documents (Paris: Symétrie). He gave pre-concert talks for The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and lectured on Debussy and Chopin at the Shanghai Conservatory and Shanghai Normal University. Keitha Hamann (music education) presented “Teacher Evaluation – What’s Coming in Minnesota?” as part of MMEA’s Teacher Evaluation Task Force (which she co-chairs) at the MMEA Midwinter In-Service Clinic. Phil Hey (jazz) was celebrated at the Artists’ Quarter in May 2013. The concert marked his 60th birthday and included a variety of performers. Craig Kirchhoff (bands) will give a workshop as part of the December 2013 Midwest Clinic
titled The New Frontier: Music, Multimedia and Audiences in the Digital World. He also led the U of M Symphonic Wind Ensemble in a performance of Jeffrey Brooks’ Dreadnought (recorded in 1997) on American Public Media’s Composer’s Datebook. Scott D. Lipscomb (music education) presented a session at the annual MMEA Midwinter InService Clinic titled “Mobile apps are all the rage: You too can create music-based apps for your classroom (and beyond!).” Lipscomb demonstrated how free tools for iPhone, iPod, and iPad application development greatly simplify the process of creating professional mobile applications. After introducing the tools, he demonstrated how to create an application that responded to user button clicks by playing a musical tone and showing the same note on a musical staff. Lipscomb and Dee Lundell (Learning Through Music) received a grant from the Twin Cities Opera Guild to support the 4th Grade Opera program at Folwell School, an urban, K-8 fine arts magnet in south Minneapolis. Timothy Lovelace (collaborative piano) performed in the 2012 Alexandria Festival of the Lakes at the United Methodist Church (Alexandria, MN). Lovelace was featured in the Pioneer Press article “Orchestra review: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra thinks small - and that’s a very big thing” for his performance in a Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Neighborhood Series event. Alex Lubet (creative studies and media) was interviewed for a Star Tribune article on tributes to Bob Dylan in his native North Shore. Lubet’s album Spectral Blues: New Music for Acoustic Guitar (Ravello) was released on the PARMA label and distributed by Naxos. The album contains two suites for acoustic guitar performed by Lubet. It was ranked number two in downloads among Modern & 20th Century recordings on Amazon.com in January and named one of its Hot New Releases. The album was positively reviewed on babysue.com and The American Record Guide. Jerry Luckhardt (bands) was a band clinician at the Rocky Mountain Music Festival (Banff, Canada) in April 2013 and at the Alberta Band Association Provincial Festival of Bands (Red Deer, Canada) in May 2013. He participated in the Compass Brass Recording Project (Minneapolis, MN) in June 2013. Luckhardt will give a workshop as part of the December 2013 Midwest Clinic titled The New Frontier: Music, Multimedia and Audiences in the Digital World.
Other upcoming projects include guest conducting the Alberta Band Association Honor Band (Alberta, Canada) in November 2013, presenting at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic (Chicago, IL) in December 2013, guest conducting at the Asia Pacific Activities Conference Honor Band (Daejeon, South Korea) in February 2014,
MMEA Midwinter In-Service Clinic The School of Music was well represented at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter In-Service Clinic. SOM professors Akosua Addo, Keitha Hamann, Scott Lipscomb, Michael Silverman, and Laura Sindberg presented sessions. SOM music education graduate students Kinh T. Vu and Casey Clementson presented a poster session hosted by Keitha Hamann. The U of M Trombone Choir (pictured above) performed selections by Grieg, Gabrieli, Saint-Saëns, Mahler, and Haydn. The Jazz ’Bones performed music by Hoagy Carmichael and professor Dean Sorenson. U of M alumnus and member of the U.S. Army Blues Victor Barranco was guest soloist and professor Jerry Luckhardt and Henry Charles Smith served as guest conductors. The following School of Music performance and music education students performed in the Intercollegiate Band: Lindsay Cox, Haley Cramer, Camille Galles, Jennifer Minor, Drew Morrisette, Roy Peinaar, Brianna Preblich, Robert Reeve, and Michelle Robertus. SOM student teacher Cameron Kinghorn conducted a segment of a concert presented by his elementary school students. School of Music staff Anne Barnes, Laura Krider, and Anabel Wirt were in attendance representing the SOM.
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