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Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. We appreciate your support!
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It's wonderful to see how well the new students have adjusted to college life, and part of that is due to the returning students, and faculty, welcoming them into the family here at Foster.
The music students are very busy with classes, rehearsals, personal practice time, and performances. I admire each and every one of them for their hard work and dedication. And that's what it takes to be a success as a music major.
Carol and I do our best to help keep them on track with answers to questions, and daily needs here in the office. And we truly enjoy our jobs!
Many of us have attended the recitals thus far, and we sure have some very talented students here at EKU School of Music! Join us for one of the upcoming recitals and see for your self.
Sincerely,
Pam Perry Combs
EKU School of Music
859-622-3266
pam.combs@eku.edu
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EKU CENTER FOR THE ARTS
STUDENT DISCOUNTED TICKETS
- $10 tickets for Shirley Caesar
- $10 tickets for Femmes of Rock
- $10 tickets for Sons of Serendip
- $10 tickets for A Christmas Carol
- $10 tickets for 60s Christmas
More information about these performances can be found at
www.EKUCenter.com. EKU student discounts are available to all currently-enrolled undergraduate and graduate students. Students must use their 901# when ordering (online, by phone, or in person), and present their student ID at the performance. Each student is eligible for up to two discounted tickets per performance (one for themselves, and one for a guest).
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Music & Science Unite!
EKU's newly restructured College of Science commissioned Dr. Richard Byrd, Professor of Music Theory & Composition, to compose a fanfare for the opening ceremony of Phase 2 of the New Science Building. Dr. Byrd's composition is titled "Emergence Fanfare for Brass Quintet." The title
reflects a twofold meaning and reference to both music and science as a process of coming into being or of becoming important or prominent and a phenomenon whereby larger entities arise through interactions among smaller or simpler entities. Replete with traditional fanfare figures, rhythmic ostinati, and majestic melodic writing, Emergence Fanfare captures the glory and excitement of new beginnings and boundless possibilities.
On September 15 in
her introduction of the world premiere of this work, Kristi Middleton, EKU Communications Department's Chief External Affairs officer, expressed what a momentous event this was, not only for the grand opening of the long awaited new science building, but also because this was the first time
in all of EKU's history of opening ceremonies where a music composition was specifically commissioned for the occasion. Pictured are Dr. Byrd and Founding Dean of the new College of Science, Dr. Tom Otieno; and the brass quintet performers comprised of EKU School of Music faculty Dr. Richard Byrd, Dr. Mick Sehmann, Dr. Nate Siler, Mr. Jim Willett, and EKU senior music education major Tanner Hutchins.
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EKU School of Music Shines at Fort Harrod Jazz Festival!
Both EKU students and faculty were featured among the 16 juried jazz
ens
embles at the annual Fort Harrod Jazz Festival September 16 & 17 at the Old Fort Harrod State Park in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
The EKU Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Larry Nelson performed Sunday. Later that day both Dr. Nelson and EKU School of Music colleagues, Dr. Richard Byrd and Dr. Joseph Carucci, were featured in the DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra. This concert was a tribute to the band leader, Vincent DiMartino, who not only directed the UK jazz ensemble when Dr. Byrd was a graduate student at UK, but also has given numerous masterclasses at EKU over the past several years. Both Dr. Byrd and Dr. Nelson were also featured in jazz combos earlier in the festival as Dr. Byrd played with Miss Direction and Dr. Nelson played with The Jazz Collective. Pictured are the EKU Jazz Ensemble, the DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra, Miss Direction, & the Jazz Collective.
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Sylvia Thereza
Special Piano concert
Born on 3 January 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sylvia Thereza's artistry has been widely recognized by both the general public and music critics as well as by musicians such as Maria João Pires, Nelson Freire, and Teresa Berganza, among others. Thereza advocates a way of experiencing art in which generosity plays a role of utmost importance and where the artistic experience also performs a mission of social service. This philosophy has led her to devote her time to performing in both the most prestigious theaters as well as in some of the world's most disadvantaged communities. Sylvia has been performing since the age of six as a soloist, chamber musician and recitalist all over her native Brazil as well as in Japan, the US, Israel, Russia, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, and Serbia.
For More Information check out our website:
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LOOKING
AHEAD
Concert-Recital Schedule
Brock Auditorium
Joel Nelson Saxophone Recital
October 3, 8:00pm
EKU Center for the Arts
Wind Ensemble / Concert Band Performance
October 6, 7:30pm
Gifford Theatre
Nathan Jasinski Faculty Recital
Gifford Theatre
Sylvia Thereza Guest Piano Recital
October 8, 3:00pm
Gifford Theatre
Tanner Hutchins Senior Recital
October 8, 7:30pm
Gifford Theatre
Joyce Hall Wolf / Sherri Phelps
Voice Recital
October 10, 8:00pm
EKU Center for the Arts
Choirs Concert
October 11, 7:30pm
Gifford Theatre
Nate Siler Faculty Trombone Recital
October 12, 8:00pm
Gifford Theatre
Ligia Tossato Piano Recital
October 20, 7:30pm
Gifford Theatre
Nathan Stites Faculty Piano Recital
October 26, 8:00pm
Brock Auditorium
Tuba / Euphonium Ensemble Concert
October 29, 3:00pm
Brock Auditorium
Jeffrey Doll Trumpet Recital
October 29, 5:00pm
Brock Auditorium
Jared Davis Trumpet Recital
October 30, 7:30pm
Brock Auditorium
Wolf Studio Recital
October 31, 8:00pm
Whitlock - O'Donnel Theatre
Guitar Ensemble Concert
ALL Concerts & Recitals are FREE
unless otherwise noted.
Please call before traveling long distances
as schedules may change.
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Dr. Couvillon's Composition to be Featured...
Dr. Thomas Couvillon,
Ass ociate Professor of Music Theory and Composition in the School of Music, will have his composition for wind ensemble, Mountains, Rivers, Dreams, performed by the wind ensemble of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland on October 5, 2017.
The Peabody Conservatory is one of the oldest and most well known music schools in the country.
Mountains, Rivers, Dreams was commissioned by and dedicated to the Eastern Kentucky University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, who gave the premiere performance in November 2015.
Dr. Couvillon began composition of the work in Spring 2015 during a five-week artistic residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity in Alberta, and the work draws its inspiration from the majestic beauty of the Canadian Rockies.
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WELCOME
Dr. Curtis Streetman
New Voice Professor
 Dr. Streetman received a B.M. from Eastman School of Music, a M.M. from Boston University, and a D.M.A. from Rutgers University.
Curtis Streetman, bass, is part of a new generation of versatile artists that strives to perform a rich and excitingly varied repertoire. Streetman's interpretive gifts have been presented in some of the world's major concert halls and opera houses.
Streetman has sung the major bass roles in Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro), Die Zauberflötte (Sarastro), La Boheme (Colline), Don Giovanni (Leporello), Rigoletto (Sparafucile) as well as leads in Verdi, Handel and Rossini operas. Operatic performances include appearances at The Salzburg Festival, as well as opera houses in Vienna, Bilbau, Dortmund, Halle, Naples, and Victoria. Recent operatic debuts include performances in Geneva, Basel, and at The Theatre Champs-Elyseée in Paris.
Festival appearances include Tanglewood, Ravinia, The Hong Kong Arts Festival,The Boston Early Music Festival, The Halle Handel Festival, and The San Juan Arts Festival. Mr. Streetman was featured in a Canadian tour of Bach's St. John Passion., with Les Violons du Roi, and was featured in a tour of the United States with the Rebel ensemble, in a program featuring German baroque music.
Other performances include appearances at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and at Vienna's Musikverein in performances of Handel's Radamisto. He made his Kennedy Center debut with The National Symphony in performances of Handel's Messiah, and performed Schumann's Szenen aus Goethe's Faust , with The Cleveland Orchestra.Streetman has also appeared with The San Diego Symphony, in performances ofMozart's Requiem.
Recording credits include Monteverdi's Vespers for
Musical Heritage Society, Castelnuovo-Tedesko's
Romanciero Gitano for New World Classics, CharpentierChristmas Cantatas for Naxos, and Handel's Riccardo Primo on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
Mr. Streetman performed the role of Christus in Sir Jonathan Miller's acclaimed fully staged production of The Saint Matthew Passion, produced by The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and performed the title role of Lalo's Le Roi d'Ys, at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, with The American Symphony Orchestra.
For an example of his music check out his website:
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The
EKU CELLO STUDIO
visited Lexington Traditional Magnet School, Bryan Station Middle School, and George Rogers Clark High School on Sept 20.
They performed for the orchestra and band students, taught sectionals, and fielded tough questions from these shrewd kids!
It was a great opportunity to promote the EKU SOM in our community!
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Thank you so much for subscribing to our newsletter. It is important to the success of the students and the school of music that we have your support. Please let us know if you have any questions about any of the stories you've read, or the events you've seen in this newsletter. Or if there is something in particular that you'd like to hear about, please email me at pam.combs@eku.edu
Eastern Kentucky University School of Music
Foster 101
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
859-622-3266
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