Chicago in the Winter

2011 Midwest Clinic 65th Annual Conference McCormick Place West Chicago, Illinois December 14-17, 2011 Future Conference Dates: December 19-22, 2012

Registration Fees
Non-student Preregistration Non-student On-Site Registration Fulltime College Student Preregistration Fulltime College Student On-Site Registration College students must present valid college ID at the conference to receive the student rate.  Elementary, Junior High School and High School Students	$110 $135 $50 $75 $20

Chill Out to Some Cool Combo. . . Jazz Combo

I'd Like A Cool Combo. Jazz Combo 1, 2, and 3
Dr. David Brennan and his students will be performing in Hole Memorial Auditorium for an evening with the LSU Jazz Combo.

The evening will feature various Jazz Combo groups from the department. If you are looking for an evening of great tunes, please stop by HMA at 7p.

Program:
Now's The Time - Charlie Parker
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
In A Mellow Time - Duke Ellington
Perdido - Juan Tizol
Stella by Starlight - Ned Washington/Victor Young
The Shadow of Your Smile - Stanley Turrentine
It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington/Irving Mills
Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker
O Pato - Jayme Silva.Neuza Teixiera
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma/Johnny mErcer
Misty - Erroll Garner/Johnny Burke
I'm Old Fashioned - Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer
My Favorite Things - Oscar Hammerstein/Richard Rodgers
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Josef Zawinul
Take the A Train - Duke Ellington

Don't Miss it!

Last Chamber Music Concert Thursday, June 2 7p HMA

chamber recital of the year! The repertoire is fun and exciting and it'll be great to play and hear. FREE admission Selections include movements from: Brahms Piano Quintet in F Minor -Xander Knecht, Hayden Cale, Geofrey Cua, Ariana Anugerah, Sergio Leiva Saint-Saens Piano Trio -Xander Knecht, Serena Xu, Sergio Leiva Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia -Yuen Yuen, Yin Li Schubert String Quartet -Christina Thompson, Violet Luo, Xander Knecht, Yin Li Beethoven Piano Trio No. 4 -Ryan Gil, Ariana Anugerah, Israel Flores Piazzolla Four for Tango -Xander Knecht, Hayden Cale, Geofrey Cua, Ariana Anugerah Dvorak String Trio -Vicky Xu, Jeremy, Christine Conception

MUSIC TECH at LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY

Music Technology

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     Welcome. The Music Technology program is designed to develop skills in many audio related fields. Classes range from audio processing and electronics to recording technology and computer music synthesis. The broad scope of topics enables a graduating Music Technology major to step into any audio related work environment and feel at home. Hands on training is a major part of the program. Students have the opportunity to record, mix and master live concerts, as well as work on studio recording projects. Collaborations with other departments allows for film audio work like sound tracking and composing. The latest technology is available within the recording studios. With this program, musicians are given the tools they need to be on the cutting edge of technology.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS:  

Graduates from this program are qualified for sound recording and reinforcement,   

sound designing, media consultation, and teaching. 

 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:  The BS in Music Technology provides 

the student with a broad and fundamental training in the areas of sound recording 

and reinforcement, sound design, and media manipulation and creation. The program 

prepares students well for sound engineering and reinforcement employment op- 

portunities, as well as opportunities where sound creation, manipulation and design 

are sought. Although graduate degrees are not  required for many of the areas of 

employment in music  technology, they do increase the opportunities and experience 

within the field and provide students with working knowledge and experience in 

the ever changing technologies affecting the music field.  

JOB OUTLOOK:  Overall employment of sound engineering technicians is ex- 

pected to grow about as fast as average for all occupations through the year 2014.  

Employment of broadcast and sound engineering technicians in the cable and pay 

television portion of the broadcasting industry is expected to grow as the range 

of products and services expands, including cable Internet access and video-on- 

demand.  Employment of these workers in the motion picture industry is expected 

to grow rapidly.

SALARY: Median annual earnings of sound engineering technicians in 2008 were 

$43,010.  The middle 50 percent earned between $29,270 and $65,590, the highest 

percent earned more than $90,770.

La Sierra Studios

Welcome

News Update: Check out "Inside the Studios" to see new photos. Both the Hall and Studio recording control room have been upgraded with new equipment. The Hall control room has a Pro Tools HD system with new Mac Pro 8-core Tower. The Studio has been expanded and now has two recording booths and a large control room with a Digi 003 console and Pro Tools 8 LE. We also have a portable live recording rig able to come to you if you have a concert or program needing to be recorded. Live sound reinforcement can also be provided for small rooms. 

La Sierra Studios is an open recording studio in Riverside, CA that students and community members can record at for a low cost. The studios are continually growing and we're striving for a professional standard. Feel free to contact the studios or fill out a studio time request. 

Sign up for studio time.

Ronson Wolf - Director of Recording Services and Chief Engineer

(951) 785-2357 

lasierrastudios@lasierra.edu

Band Resources:

http://www.vandercook.edu/about/clinics.asp

7 STEPS TO A BETTER BAND

EVENT DATE: Friday & Saturday, August 5 & 6, 2011

Registration Deadline: Friday, July 15, 2011
Forms: Registration Form, Information Sheet, Flyer
Housing Registration (coming soon)

Participants: High school band students, directors, and parent organization members

Objective: 7 Steps is a leadership workshop where directors and students collectively set goals and prepare for the school year. “Booster Shot” is a motivational session for parent organizations. Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser headlines this two-day event.

This event is tailored towards high school marching band programs. 7 Steps is a sure way to get your students fired up for the fall marching season. Student activities will focus on helping them develop their leadership and communication skills as well as running a sectional. Special sessions are also provided for drum majors, drum line, and color guard. One highlight of the event is the goal setting session where students and directors team up to plan for the upcoming year.

In addition to the student workshop we offer a special session for parent organizations called “Booster Shot.” “Booster Shot” is a FREE workshop designed to help your parents discover new and exciting ways to improve their role in the band program.

The cost for the workshop is $40.00 each for students and directors. One director/staff admission is complimentary for every five students registered. A director or adult must accompany students. This fee includes dinner on Friday night. “Booster Shot” participants will not be charged a registration fee and may participate in Friday’s dinner by purchasing tickets for $10.00 prior to the event. The registration fee is non refundable. However, substitutions can be made with prior notice. Housing is available on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology and must be scheduled directly with them in advance. Breakfast will be available Saturday morning for $5.00.

To register, fill out and return the registration form with payment by Friday, July 15, 2011. Please pay for all students on one school-printed check or purchase order. Checks are payable to VanderCook College of Music. Credit cards can also be accepted. Please note: we may not be able to accept you if your registration is received after the deadline, so please submit all materials in a timely manner!

If you do not hear from us within 7 days of sending your application,please contact us to make sure it has been received and your spot is confirmed.

Please send all materials to:

VanderCook College of Music
Attn: Pete Frasso - 7 Steps
3140 South Federal St.
Chicago, IL 60616-3731

If you wish to fax your submission, the number is (312) 225–5211.

For questions, please contact Pete Frasso at (312) 225-6288 x222 or pfrasso@vandercook.edu.

Resources for next year

Check out some of these sites for scholarship and networking opportunities:

http://www.mtna.org/ 

Collegiate Membership

Collegiate Membership is open to all college music students who are also members of an affiliated state association and a collegiate chapter if available. College members have access to many MTNA services and receive American Music Teacher magazine, the MTNA e-Journal and member discounts, but do not have the right to vote or hold office. The collegiate membership year runs from October 1 through September 30.

THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION

http://www.thekf.org/programs/competitions/chopin/

BACKGROUND

The Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition was established in 1949, in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Frederic Chopin. The inauguration took place at the Kosciuszko Foundation House in New York City, with Witold Malcuzynski as guest artist, and Abram Chasins, composer and music director of the New York Times Radio Stations, presiding. Over the years, many outstanding musicians have been associated with the competition including Van Cliburn, Ian Hobson, and Murray Perahia. Today the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition continues to encourage gifted young pianists to further their studies, and to perform the works of Polish composers.

Prizes: $5,000/ $2,500 / $1,500

REQUIERED REPERTOIRE

1. Chopin

• One Mazurka of the contestant's choice
• Two major works (see application form, below, for selections

2. Szymanowski

• One Mazurka of the contestant's choice
• One work chosen from the following: Theme and Variations; Variations on a Polish Folk Song: Fantasie: Prelude and Fugue; One of the Metopes, Op. 29, or Masques, Op. 34.

3. A major work by J.S. Bach

(excluding The Well-Tempered Clavier)

4. A complete sonata by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, or Schubert

5. A major 19th-century work

(including Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev,  Rachmaninoff, etc., but excluding  those in (4) above)

6. A substantial work by an American, Polish, or Polish-American composer written after 1950. 

(the Foundation can suggest repertoire)

Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity. Founded in 1903, SAI and its members are proud of their strong heritage, supporting the art of music.

http://www.sai-national.org/home/Philanthropies/ScholarshipsLoansAwards/ScholarshipGrantProgram/tabid/220/Default.aspx

Register now for the Church Musicians Conference 2011 Enriching Your Spiritual Life through Music and WorshipJuly 16–23, 2011 Green Lake Conference Center W2511 State Highway 23 Green Lake, WI 54951 The Church Musicians Conference is held at the beautiful Green Lake Conference Center in Wisconsin. Workshops are designed to further educate and train those involved in church music leadership and work with nationally and internationally renowned clinicians in both ensemble and workshop settings. In addition you may: Participate in small ensembles Experience worship opportunities every day Connect with other church musicians Attend six evening concerts Revel in the beauty of God's creation Relax and rejuvenate for the upcoming year Shop the J.W. Pepper conference store for all your music needs 2011 Clinicians include: Mark Hayes Adult/Young Adult Allen Pote Youth John Horman Children Timothy Waugh Handbells Stan Pethel Instrumental Joyce Jones Organ Cindy Berry Piano Brad Berglund Worship

http://www.fabm.com/

Please join J.W. Pepper at the 2011 Conn-Selmer Institute!June 12 - 15, 2011 Bethel College 1001 Bethel Circle • Mishawaka, IN 46545 The clinicians tell it all! Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Dr. Ken Dye, Professor Paula Crider, Dr. Robert Gillespie, Dr. David Gregory, Paul Lavender and a host of others. Exhibitors include: J.W. Pepper, Hal Leonard, Wenger, Remo and more. This year there will be a band reading session, so bring your instruments! You will leave the Conn-Selmer Institute with loads of knowledge and really fired up about teaching! Click here for more information about the 2011 Conn-Selmer Institute! We look forward to seeing you there!

CATCH 'EM: Last Few Concerts of the Year

Catch these performances before it's too late:

Music Degree Recital

Monday, May 30, 2011

5:00 PM

Hole Memorial Auditorium

No Admission Charge

Casey Hoehn, trumpet

Elvin S. Rodríguez, piano

Performing:

Georges Enesco 

Légende

Gabriel Fauré 

Aprés un Rêve                      

Theo Charliér 

Allegretto-Du Style

Alexander Arutiunian 

Trumpet Concerto in Ab Major

Jazz Chamber Music

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

7:00 PM

Hole Memorial Auditorium

No Admission Charge

Featuring:

Jason Anthony, piano

Jed de la Paz, piano

Israel Flores, piano

Czarina Francisco, vocal

Peter Fukuda, drums

Gianluca Gibbons, sax

Meliseanna Gibbons, piano

Michelle Goh, vocal

Kerron Hislop, sax

David Hong, sax

Matthew Huston, bass

Kevin Jimenez, drums

Stephanie Jones, vocal

Vanessa Legaspi, vocal

Chad Manolo, drums

Sai Masumoto, sax

Daniel Olmedo, drums

Gabriella Panjaitan, vocal

Katie Pershing, vocal

Christina Thompson, violin

Jerry Slater, bass

Abdiel Vallejo, guitar

LSU Big Band

Saturday, June 4, 2011 - 8:15 PM

Hole Memorial Auditorium

No Admission Charge

Program includes:

A String of Pearls

Girl from Ipanema

God Bless the Child

In the Mood

I've Got You Under My Skin

Moonlight Serenade

along with some surprises!

Support your local band program

LSU Music Alumni (and friends) in Concert:

Many of our LSU Alumni are teaching in our local academies and high schools. Please show your support for music education and check out their AMAZING programs:

LLA Symphonic Band Spring Concert tonight from 7-10p. Gio Santos, LSU adjunct faculty, and his students will be having their last concert before they tour France this summer.

Jeremy Morada and his groups, Loma Linda Academy Pro Musica and Canticles, will have a full sacred concert on May 28 at 5p at the Loma Linda University church.  

Craig and Brenda Mohr (PUC Alumni), and their students at Glendale Adventist Academy will be having their last choir and band concert of the year this evening.

The Way You Make Me Feel

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  MUSICAL WEEKEND
  Come watch "The Way You Make Me Feel," a pops cover musical, this weekend Saturday & Sunday, May 28 & 29, @ 8:00 pm in Hole Memorial Auditorium. With an original script by Jeremy Caesar, this musical features contemporary hits, like Single Ladies, Firework, Just the Way You Are, Fever, & The Way You Make Me Feel, accompanied by Chad Manalo, Israel Flores, and a live orchestra. A little tale of love flourished by dance and song, this musical is sure to send you off feeling light-hearted and refreshed. It's student run and completely FREE...So, come support and enjoy "The Way You Make Me Feel"!

Join University Chorale 2011-2012

LOVE TO SING

Start thinking about joining University Chorale and auditioning for LSU Chamber Singers for the 2011-2012 academic year.

You don't have to be a music major to join. If you love to sing and want to continue your passion during your college years, contact Dr. Earl Richards at erichard@lasierra.edu.

LSU Sax Studio Performance - May 25 7p

Dr. David Brennan's saxophone students will be performing this Wednesday evening at 7p in Hole Memorial Auditorium.
Saxophones:
Gianluca Gibbons
Kerron Hislop
David Hong
Mervin Liongco
Elson Lucrida
Sai Masumoto
LSU Sax Quartet 1&2
Piano:Jed de la Paz
Ariel Mizumoto
Joshua Yap






PROGRAM (subject to change):


Improvisation #3 - Ryo Noda
Sonata #2 in Eb Major Sicilienne - J.S. Bach
Tableaux du Provence  - Paule Maurice
Prelude from Cantata #156 - J.S. Bach
Sonata No. 3 - G.F. Handel
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano - Phil Woods
Beau Soir - Claude Debussy arr. Schmidt
Tango Andaluz - Isaac Albeniz arr. Friedemann Graef
Sevilla - Isaac Albeniz
Toccata in F - Marty Paitch

LAST CONCERTS OF THE SEASON

Don't miss out on these last few concerts!

SPRING BIG BAND CONCERT
June 4, 2011        8:15 PM
Hole Memorial Auditorium


FACULTY RECITAL
LEE ZIMMER, guitar
June 5, 2011

Hole Memorial Auditorium

SPRING ORCHESTRA CONCERT
June 11, 2011   8:15 PM
Hole Memorial Auditorium


COMMENCEMENT CONCERT
June 18, 2011    6:00 PM
Hole Memorial Auditorium

Alumnus Highlight - Renee Reynolds Comabella

Greetings from Renee Reynolds Comabella:

I'm in my second year here at Collonges-sous-Salève, France, and live within walking distance of the Adventist campus. I’ve been teaching private violin and piano lessons to eleven families in the area. This year I am replacing the campus music teacher, teaching general music classes to preschool through ninth grade, plus a fourth grade English class. The music teacher will be back in June to take back her job. 

It’s been a fun but difficult first year of teaching. Its always hard to replace someone, even harder to do it in a language that’s not your first!

Eloi and I attend a church in Geneva. In the fall, we helped form a choir and directed a Christmas cantata. This spring, (after translating them into French) I directed two children’s musicals (one for the church and one for the elementary school) called, “We are united” by Pan Andrews and “Nic at Night” by Kathie Hill. The church children’s choir has been invited to perform their musical again in June for the Swiss Adventist Union constituency meeting in Lausanne, so we’re taking the musical on the road! 

I miss La Sierra, and all the talented students and teachers in the Music Department. Good luck and all the best to everyone preparing for end-of-the-year concerts, recitals, and juries!

Renée Reynolds

Music Degree Recital May 30th

Casey Hoehn, trumpet
May 30th, 2011 5p
Hole Memorial Auditorium
Accompanist: Dr. Elvin Rodriguez


Featuring works by Alexander Arutunian, Theo Charlier, Georges Enesco, and Gabriel Fauré