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College of Fine Arts • Department of Music

An All-Steinway School

March 27-29, 2008

Maria Loos, Recorder Artist-in-Residence 



Conference Registration Information

To register online Click HERE

Please note that online registration ends on March 1. If you are an IUP alum, please register with your usernname and password. Otherwise, please register as a guest.

 

Schedule is subject to change.


Wednesday, March 26 – Registration On-Site

5:00-9:00 p.m. Register at the Holiday Inn Hotel

Registration Fee.......$75.00

Banquet.......$35.00

 

Lodging & Transportation Information

Holiday Inn (room for 1-2 persons)........................... $89.00/day

1395 Wayne Ave & Rt. 422 • Indiana, PA 15701 • 724-463-3561(“FWC” rate)

Best Western (room for 1-2 persons)......................... $79.00/day

1545 Wayne Ave & Rt. 422 • Indiana, PA 15701 •724-349-9620(“FWC” rate)

• IUP is 75 miles from the Pittsburgh International Airport.

• Car rentals are advised for transportation to and from the airport.

 



 

Thursday, March 27,  9:30-12:15 AM, Gorell Recital Hall

9:30-10:10 Lecture/Recital

Germaine Tailleferre: Piano Duo Music • Ellen Kendall, Birmingham Musicale, piano; Susan Wheatley, piano; IUP

 

10:15-10:45 Lecture

Amy Beach's Piano Music • Nadine Sine, Lehigh University

 

11:00-12:15 Lecture/Demonstration

Pennsylvania Fiddle Tunes by Sarah Armstrong • Carl Rahkonen, assisted by Cornsilk Contradance Band, IUP

 

Thursday, March 27, 10:00-12:15 AM, 126 Cogswell Hall

10:00-10:45 Lecture/Recital

Lili & Nadia Boulanger: Influential Pioneers • Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano; Yuka Nakayama, piano; Ball State University

 

11:00-11:45 Lecture/Recital

Clara Schumann's Music for Voice • Kathleen Kellogg, soprano; Yuka Nakayama, piano; Ball State University

 

11:45-12:15 Lecture

Eloise Milam and the Melody Maids • La Wanda Blakeney, Louisiana State University Shreveport

 

Lunch – Oak Room, 12:30-1:45 PM

 

Thursday, March 27, 2:00-3:15 PM, 126 Cogswell Hall

2:00-2:30 Lecture

Across the Waves: Contemporary Irish Women

Judith Coe, University of Colorado Denver

 

2:35-3:15 Lecture

African American Women in Music

Lorraine Wilson, IUP

 

Thursday, March 27, 2:00-4:45 PM, Gorell Recital Hall

2:00-3:00 Recital • Cecile Chaminade; Works for Voice, Piano Colleen Gray Neubert, soprano; Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano; Slippery Rock University

 

3:30-4:45 Concert

Soirée Concert  Featuring IUP Students & GUESTS

 

Suite in D Minor by Jacquet de la Guerre - Sarah Hager, harpsichord

Micro Visions (Smooth Touches, Exploring a Landscape of the Mind, Canción de cuna) by Natalia Esquivel , guitar • IUP alumn, Costa Rica

Arrirang, by Kye Ryung Park – Maria Ackley, soprano; Eric Waggoner, piano

Dream Portraits, by Margaret Bonds – Anqwenique Wingfield, soprano; Eric Waggoner, piano

Silence of the Falling Snow, by Juste Janulyte, Lithuania - Jeremy Doran and James Iman, piano duo

Dance Pieces by Gunild Keetman (trans. Susan Wheatley) - Van Dyke & Company Dancers, Joan Van Dyke, choreographer; Jeannette School Percussion, Carla DellaPenna, director

 

Thursday, March 27, 8:00 PM, 121 Cogswell Hall

 

Jazz Concert  with the IUP Jazz Ensemble

 

Featuring jazz pieces by women in jazz—Marian McPartland, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maria Schneider, and

including a premiere by Nayantara Desai,

composer and jazz pianist

Kevin Eisensmith, Director


Friday, March 28,  9:05 AM-1:20 PM, Gorell Recital Hall

9:05-9:50 Lecture/Recital

Clarinet Works by Talma, Burns, Tower, & Kavasch • Scott Locke, clarinet; Matt Mazzoni, piano; Murray State University

 

10:10-11:00 Lecture/Recital • Nancy Galbraith and Madeline Dring: Trios for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano, Stephanie Caulder, oboe; Jason Worzbyt, bassoon, James Staples, piano; IUP

 

11:15-12:05 Lecture/Recital • Cello & Piano Works by Mel Bonis & Clara Rogers,  Linda Jennings, cello; Judith Radell, piano; IUP

 

12:20-1:10 PM Recital • Fluriano Trio Plays Larsen, Higdon, Farrenc, Andrew Seigel, clarinet; Nicole McPherson, flute; Henry Jones, piano; Southeastern Louisiana University

 

Friday, March 28, 10:10 AM-1:10 PM, 126 Cogswell Hall

10:10-11:00 Lecture/Recital •Songs of Augusta Holmés • Matt Baumer, musicologist; Jane Potter-Baumer, mezzo-soprano; IUP

 

11:15-12:05 Lecture/Recital • Canadian Women's Art Songs

Katherine Eberle-Fink, mezzo-soprano; University of Iowa

 

12:20-1:20 PM Lecture/Recital • Women on Broadway -Lucy Simon and Beyond; Linda Snyder, soprano, University of Dayton; Sarah Mantel, mezzo-soprano; Susan Wheatley, piano; IUP

 

Lunch–Oak Room; 1:15-2:15 PM

 

Friday, March 28, 2:30-3:10 PM, 126 Cogswell Hall

Lecture/Recital • Francesca Caccini's Opera: Ruggiero Mary Logan Hastings, soprano; IUP

 

 

Friday, March 28, 2:30-4:30 PM, Gorell Recital Hall

2:30-3:10 Lecture/Recital • Saxophone & Piano: Victoria Bond, Augusta Read Thomas John Bleuel, saxophone, University of Georgia; Linda Li-Bleuel, piano; Clemson University

 

3:30-4:30 Recital • Chamber Music of Margaret Griebling-Laigh & More Andrew Kohn, double bass; Cynthia Anderson, oboe; Catharine Thieme, mezzo-soprano; Christine Kefferstan, piano; West Virginia University

 

5:30-7:30 PM Banquet–Blue Room

 

Friday, March 28, 8:00 PM Gorell Recital Hall

GuestArtist Concert: Maria Loos; Salzburg, Austria

 

Baroque Music by Women

  Sonata, by Anna Amalie von Preussen

Sonta in B-Flat, by Anna Bon di Venezia

Sonata, Op. 16, by Isabella Leonarda

Sonata, by Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

Maria Loos, recorders; Linda Jennins, cello; Susan Wheatly, harpscichord

 

Contemporary Pieces for Recorder

Sonata for Solo Recorder Mvmt I, by Elizabeth Austin, Conn.; Maria Loos, soprano recroder

Nothing but Flowers, by Lynn Gumert; New Jersey; Maria Loos, tenor recorder; Natalia Esquivel, guitar, Costa Rica

Kontilies, by Racheal Cogan, Australia; Maria Loos, alto recorder with drum

Banish Gloom (premiere); for recorders and precussion, by Anna Rubin, University of Maryland Baltimore; Maria Loos, recorders



 

Saturday, March 29, 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon; Gorell Recital Hall

9:00-9:45 Lecture/Recital • Japanese Piano Music by Women

J. Michele Edwards, Minnesota Center Chorale; Margaret Lucia, piano, Shippensburg University

 

10:00-10:45 Lecture/Recital • Asiatica: Harpsichord Music by Asian Women • Calvert Johnson, harpsichord, Agnes Scott College

 

11:00- 11:45 Lecture/Recital • Nancy Galbraith's Piano Sonata

Leslie Spotz, piano, Tarleton State University

 

Saturday, March 29, 10:30 AM-12:00 Noon; 121 Cogswell Hall

Open rehearsal of Finish Line by Guest Composer, Cindy McTee IUP Wind Ensemble; Jack Stamp, Director of Bands

 

Lunch – Cogswell Lounge; 12:00-1:30 PM

 

Saturday, March 29, 1:30-3:15 PM; 126 Cogswell Hall

1:30-2:15 Lecture/Recital

Boulanger Sisters: Parallels & Divergencies • Marietta Dean, mezzo-soprano; Chung Ha Kim, piano; Western Illinois University

 

2:30-3:15 Lecture/Recital

Songs by Elaine Hugh-Jones

Velma Guyer, soprano; University of Cinncinati

 

 

Saturday, March 29, 1:30-4:45 PM; Gorell Recital Hall

1:30-2:15 Lecture/Recital • Saxophone: Larsen, Gotkovsky, & Shrude • Joseph Murphy, saxophone; Nancy Boston, piano; Mansfield University

 

2:30-3:15 Lecture/Recital • Marian McPartland: Jazz Artist

Nayantara Desai, piano; Front Range Community College

 

3:30-4:45 Concert

Soirée Concert II:  Featuring IAWM Members

 

Grisaille Vaporeuse, by Eliane Aberdam, University of Rhode Island -  Stanley Chepaitis, violin; Linda Jennings, cello; Judith Radell, piano

 

Two Moods for Harp, by Nancy Galbraith, Lucy Scandrett, harp

 

On the Palmy Beach, by Kathleen Ginter, Southern Illinois University – Mary Logan Hastings, soprano; Jack Scandrett, horn

 

Sonoran Tapestry, by Anne Kilstofte, University of Minnesota - Margaret Lucia, piano

 

Ruins, by Sherry Martin Woods - Benjamin Woods, viola, Sherry Woods, piano; Kalamazoo

 

Trio, by Nancy Van de Vate - Lin Foulk, horn; Julie Evans, violin; Yu-Lien The, piano; Western Michigan University


 

Saturday, March 29, 8:00 PM; Gorell Recital Hall

 

Finale Concert with IUP Ensembles

Maria Loos, Guest Artist • Salzburg, Austria

Cindy McTee, Guest Composer • University of Texas

 

O Magnum Mysterium, by Nancy Galbraith

IUP Chorus, James Dearing, Director

 

Western Songs, by Libby Larsen

Buffalo Gals • Green Grow the Lilacs • The Ol’ Chisholm Trail

 

Flöten Tanz, by Gunild Keetman (trans. Susan Wheatley) Maria Loos, recorder; IUP Percussion Ensemble, Michael Kingan, Director; IUP Dance Ensemble, Joan Van Dyke, choreographer

 

  Finish Line, by Cindy McTee – Guest Composer • University of North Texas

 

Danza de los Duendes, by Nancy Galbraith

IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp, Director of Bands

 

 

Conference Registration Information

To register online Click HERE

Please note that online registration ends on March 1. If you are an IUP alum, please register with your usernname and password. Otherwise, please register as a guest.

 

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