'38
John Weinzweig (Mas), president emeritus of the League of Canadian Composers
and a longtime professor of music at the University of Toronto, is leading a
campaign that chastises Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio for failing
to support the work of Canadian composers, according to a December profile in
the Toronto Star.
'52
Patricia Paul Jaeger '53 (MM) writes that she has published Familiar
Hymns With a Friend for harp and string quartet. "This is the third
in my 'with a friend' series," she writes, "and it has 21 well-known
hymns." The publisher is "Herald Music, my desktop publishing company
(catalog free on request)," she notes. Jaeger also directs Serenaders,
a harp and strings ensemble that has given free performances at nursing and
retirement homes since 1974.
'56
Gordon Peters (MM) received the Theodore Thomas Medallion for Distinguished
Service from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when he retired last spring. He
had served as principal percussionist and assistant principal timpanist since
1959. While at the Eastman School, he founded the Marimba Masters, whose many
performances included a date on the Ed Sullivan Show. He also composed the Swords
of Moda-Ling for percussion ensemble and published a 368-page treatise on
percussion entitled The Drummer: Man.
'58
The National Capital Concert Band of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, celebrated its
15th anniversary in November under the direction of Stanley Clark (MM).
The 60-piece band includes 20 of Clark's former students.
'68
Paul Burgett '76 (PhD), vice president and general secretary at the
University, has been appointed to the board of trustees of the Genesee Country
Village & Museum.
'70
Geary Larrick (MM) writes that he has four scholarly books listed in
Books in Print 2000-2001. He also has a biography in the 13th edition of The
International Who's Who of Intellectuals. . . . Robert Silverman
(DMA) has released a 10-CD box set of all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas. The first
Canadian in
a quarter century to undertake the project, Silverman recorded the sonatas over
a period of several months. The box set, available on Orpheum Masters, also
includes a 64-page booklet with Silverman's detailed notes on each sonata. .
. . Christopher Vadala's creative productions include Chris Vadala
Jazz Solos, Chris Vadala Fusion Solos, and Jazz/Rock in the USA.
He is a contributing writer to a new Warner Brothers jazz educational book series.
Director of jazz studies and saxophone professor at the University of Maryland,
he was a visiting professor of saxophone at the Eastman School.
'72
Linda DiMartino Wetherill writes that her recording as a solo flutist,
Sound and Repercussion, has been released on the Albany label.
'73
Jeff Tyzik '77 (MM), principal pops conductor for the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra, composed the melody for the official fight song of the Super Bowl
champion Baltimore Ravens. Ravens Fight Song-with lyrics by John Modell,
the team's vice president and son of owner Art Modell-began life about two years
ago when team officials asked Tyzik to write the music.
'74
Kathy Bundock Moore '77 (MA), a professor of music theory and harp at
the University of Northern Colorado, e-mails that she received the Distinguished
Professor of the Year award from the school of music at Northern Colorado. Her
recent collaborations with Mannheim Steamroller lead keyboardist Jackson Berkey
have produced two collections of harp arrangements as well as two CDs. Moore,
who is the music theory editor of the American Harp Journal, plays substitute
principal harp with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Denver. She and her husband,
Bruce, have a 14-year-old son who is an aspiring cellist, she writes. . . .
William Runyan (MA) '83 (PhD) e-mailed to say he is spending the fall
teaching in Europe at the University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic.
He also performed as trombonist on a recent CD recording of music for trombones
and organs, All Day Meeting and Dinner on the Ground. The Journal
of the International Trombone Association praised the performances as "exceptional."
'75
Don Zimmer writes: "In October, I performed Bach's Concerto
for Violin and Oboe with Sherry Sylar, associate principal oboist of the
New York Philharmonic. I have been concertmaster of the Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Symphony/Opera since 1978. The conductor was Robert Bernhardt, former conductor
of the Rochester Philharmonic."
'77
Kathy Bundock Moore (MA) (see '74). . . . Jeff Tyzik (MM) (see
'73).
'79
Jim Doser '84 (MM) was honored as the departing director of the Eastman
New Jazz Ensemble. He directed the Jazz Ensemble since 1993 and also is the
coordinator of the artist-in-education program for suburban Rochester's Penfield
school district, director of the Penfield Music Commission Project, and the
Penfield High School Band director. . . . Walter Moran '81 (MM) was awarded
his doctorate in educational leadership from Fordham University in May 2000.
His dissertation, In Search of Artistry: A Comparitive Study of School Principals
and Orchestral Conductors, received the Outstanding Dissertation of the
Year award from Fordham's school of education. He is principal of Eastchester
Middle School in New York and resides in Hawthorne, N.Y., with his wife, Kathryn,
and two children, Daniel (16) and Meagan (14).
'81
Dan Locklair (DMA) sends an update: The Wake Forest University Wind
Ensemble premiered his work, A Pilgrim's Lot. The Amadeus Choir premiered
his choral work, Gloria, in Canada, and several other of his works were
performed in the United States and England. Shepherds Rejoice, performed
by the Bel Canto Company, was broadcast over National Public Radio's Performance
Today on December 18. . . . Walter Moran (MM) (see '79).
'82
Howard Potter (MM) conducted the 315-member All Stars of Greater Syracuse,
a group selected as a finalist in the Jazz at Lincoln Center's "Essentially
Ellington" high school jazz band competition and festival. The group traveled
in May to New York City to learn from Wynton Marsalis. Howard is also the music
teacher at Pebble Hill School in Manlius, N.Y.
'83
William Eddins '86 (MM), resident conductor of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, was guest conductor during a performance of the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra in February. . . . Renee Fleming (MM) was a featured performer
in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, which
aired on PBS last winter. . . . William Runyan (PhD) (see '74).
'84
Jim Doser (MM) (see '79). . . . Trumpeter Donald Sipe '85 (MM)
e-mails to announce that he and his wife, Jennifer Startt, have a new daughter.
Emmeline Rose Sipe was born on August 4, 2000. Don is based in Milwaukee, where
he is president of Omicron Artist Management, Inc. Eastman alumni on the firm's
roster include conductor and pianist William Eddins '83, '86 (MM), pianist
Rei Hotoda '88, trombonist Scott Hartman '81, '83, and cellist
Joseph Johnson '95. Jennifer is a member of the violin section of the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
'85
Jeff Beal scored the film Pollock, chosen to do so by the film's
actor-director Ed Harris. Beal has scored other productions, including Tom Hanks'
From the Earth to the Moon. . . . Trombonist John Fedchock (MM)
has released Hit The Bricks (Reservoir Music), an album of small-group
jazz. Also appearing on the album is drummer Dave Ratajczak '80. . .
. Brenda Leach (MM), '89 (DMA) sent an update: She has served as artistic
director and conductor of the Boston Chamber Orchestra and has guest conducted
engagements in Russia and Europe. A member and lecturer of the master class
faculty at the
Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music in St. Petersburg, Russia, she also was associate
director of the Peter the Great international master class for conductors there.
. . . Donald Sipe (MM) (see '84). . . . Richard Zielinski (MM)
has been named the music director of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. He previously
served as director of choral activities at Indiana State University.
'86
Robin Holtz Williams has been awarded a $68,600 grant from the Louisiana
Board of Regents along with matching money from the University of New Orleans
to purchase a new concert grand piano and a new grand piano for the school's
recording studio. . . . William Eddins (MM) (see '83).
'89
Brenda Leach (DMA) (see '85). . . . David Rivello (MM) will take
over for Jim Doser '79, '84 (MM), as the director of the Eastman New
Jazz Ensemble. He guest conducted his new original work, titled In the Shadow
of the Wall, at the ensemble's last performance of the season in April.
'90
George DeMott, lead vocalist on Crystal Cruise Lines' Crystal Symphony
ship, returned to his high school alma mater, Penfield (N.Y.) High School, last
December for a concert to raise money for the Robert DeMott Memorial Vocal Music
Scholarship. The scholarship is named in honor of DeMott's younger brother,
who was killed by a car in Penfield in 1985. DeMott, a tenor, toured with several
opera companies before joining Crystal.
'92
Ingrid Gordon e-mails that she and violinist and violist Anthea Kreston
have received a project grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and
the Saratoga Arts Council for a series of recitals in Saratoga County. For their
first full-scale collaboration, the two adopted the name "ZuZu's Petals."
. . . Marilyn Nonken has released her solo CD, American Spiritual,
on CRI records. The album features works written for her by Milton Babbitt,
Michael Finnissy, and other artists. Her 1999 recitals earned her several accolades,
including being named "Best of 2000" in the Boston Globe year-end
review. She also performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
and Bargemusic, and she serves as the artistic director and pianist of Ensemble
21, a contemporary music performance group that she co-founded. . . . Susan
Sievert Messersmith (MM) and her husband, Charles, e-mailed to announce
the birth of their son, Andrew Charles Messersmith, born December 18, 2000.
They are members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Susan can be reached
at SuzetteMS@aol.com.
'95
Katie Bufithis (see '95 RC undergraduate). . . . Timothy Muffit
(DMA) served as guest conductor for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra during
their Casual Classic Series in March. He is also conducting with the Austin
Symphony Orchestra and director of orchestral studies at the University of Texas.
'98
Jonathan Coo (MM) was the pianist for a performance by leading Korean
composer Geonyong Lee at the Center for the Performing and Creative Arts in
Asia. The program featured Variations on a Korean Folk Tune for solo
piano and Rhapsody for violin and piano.
'00
Guy Capuzzo (PhD) e-mailed to announce that he married Sonia Archer
in July. He is an assistant professor of music theory at Texas Tech University.
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