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The Music Department at Auburn University is thriving. We are the recent recipient of a grant funded by the Provost’s Office and the College of Liberal Arts for the purchase of an extensive inventory of new brass, percussion, strings, and woodwind instruments. Additionally, with funding from the College of Liberal Arts, we purchased 15 new upright and 4 grand pianos for practice rooms and studios. In September we celebrated the opening of the brand new AU Band Pavilion by the AU Marching Band Field and launched the campaign to raise funds for a new facility to house the entire band program. More information about this project can be found on the


AU Bands website: http://band.auburn.edu/.


We welcomed Dr. Josh Pifer, piano, in the first issue of Ala breve this fall. I am also delighted to welcome two additional new faculty members this academic year at Auburn. Ms. Lisa Caravan, Instructor of String Music Education joins the Music and Curriculum and Teaching Departments to lead the development of a string program at Auburn. She is completing a doctorate at the Eastman School of Music and will teach cello and bass, work with Tiger Strings, AU Orchestra, and other related classes in both Departments. In conjunction with music education faculty in the Department of Curriculum and


Teaching, we are


experiencing growth in the Tiger Strings program and look forward to continued development in that area.


Mr. Michael Pendowski joins us as Instructor of Saxophone and Jazz. He will lead the Jazz Ensembles, teach applied saxophone, and work to build the saxophone and jazz areas. He is also completing the doctorate at the Eastman School of Music. Michael’s extensive experience in jazz, education, and arranging brings an exciting new dimension to the music program at Auburn. We are excited about the growth of opportunities for jazz musicians.


In the Auburn Department of Music, we are proud to offer an intimate and nurturing atmosphere that provides opportunities for individual attention and regular performance for students. Our department is growing and the quality of students continues to improve. Encourage your students who are interested in Music or


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Music Education degrees to schedule an audition through our website at: www.auburn.edu/music. Audition dates are: Feb. 9, 11, and 25, 2012.


Contact the


Department of Music at 334-844-4165 if you have questions about our degree programs or offerings.


War Eagle!


The John M. Long School of Music – Troy University


We are once again grateful to AMEA for providing this opportunity to share information with our music colleagues and music students across the state. The John M. Long School of Music has 37 faculty members who are world-class teachers, scholars, conductors, composers, and performers. These folks are active music professionals whose knowledge and skills are recognized daily by our students in the classroom and regularly by our music profession.


Selected recent/upcoming faculty activities follow:


Dr. Adam Blackstock, Assistant Professor of Music/Percussion/Assistant Director of Bands, will present a master class and recital at Ithaca College and a recital at Indiana University in November.


He will also


present a solo performance at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis as well as perform in a chamber ensemble and a 50-member marimba orchestra.


Dr. Larry Blocher, Professor of Music/Director, will present a clinic at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago (December).


Dr. Carla Gallahan, Associate Professor of Music/Education, will present at the College Music Society National Conference (Virginia) in October.


Dr. Margaret Jackson, Assistant Professor of Music/Ethnomusicology, will present at the American Folklore Society National Conference (Indiana University), the Alexander von Humbolt German Scholars Networking Conference (New York), and a Lecture Recital


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Dr. Michael Hix, Assistant Professor of Music/Voice, completed a summer research study at the Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin, Germany. He will present a Lecture Recital for the College Music Society National Conference (Virginia) and at the American Musicological National Conference (San Francisco) in October.


Dr. Diane Orlofsky, Professor of Music/Director of Choirs, presented an invited session and led a music reading session at the Alabama ACDA Summer Celebration. She also co-produced a CD with her university jazz vocal ensemble frequency (release set for fall, 2011).


Dr. Tim Phillips, Assistant Professor of Music/Clarinet, performed at the International ClarinetFest at California State University (August). At this festival, Dr. Phillips and Dr. Jackson premiered Five Poems of Emily Dickinson composed by School of Music colleague Dr. Traci Mendel. Additionally, Dr. Phillips chaired a committee of 25 clarinet professors and orchestral performers from around North America in reviewing the festival.


Robert W. Smith, Professor of Music/Music Industry, served as clinician and coordinator for the Bands of America Summer Symposium at Ball State University.


Additionally, he composed


original music for the 2011 touring production BLAST, the Tony Award- winning musical theatre production and has been commissioned by the United States Air Force Band to write a new work (premier in 2012).


Dr. Hui-Ting Yang, Lecturer of


Music/Piano, performed a Lecture Recital at the College Music Society International Conference in Seoul, South Korea (July). She will present a Lecture Recital with Dr. Hix at the College Music Society National Conference (Virginia) in October.


Dr. Mark Walker, Associate Professor of Music/Director of Bands, had his book, The Art of Interpretation, accepted for publication by GIA in Chicago.


American


Musicological National Conference (San Francisco) in October. She will also present later this semester at the Society for Ethnomusicology National Conference.


Festival events, scholarship information, audition times, and additional concert dates are listed on our website. We invite you to “visit” us at music.troy.edu or in person soon.


October/November 2011


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