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ETSU Department of Music presents ......
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TenBucsWorth to Sing at National Conference
TenBucsWorth has been invited to sing the opening concert at the national convention of the Intercollegiate Men's Choruses Conference at Miami University in March. This ten member male chorus is under the direction of Dr. Thomas Jenrette, Director of Choral Activities at ETSU. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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FIRST ANNUAL "ORPHEUS BAND FESTIVAL" MARCH 18 - 19 FEATURES COLONEL JOHN BOURGEOIS
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Lambda Sigma Chapter, is proud to sponsor the First Annual Orpheus Invitational Concert Band Festival. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to perform concert literature, provide an education experience for students and directors, and provide an opportunity to work with a guest conductor known worldwide for expertise in wind band literature. Colonel (ret) John R. Bourgeois, Director Emeritus of "The President's Own" United State Marine Band, will serve as the first guest clinician. Colonel Bourgeois currently serves as visiting professor at Loyola University of New Orleans, and since retiring from the Marine Band has been active guest conducting around the world and publishing new editions of classic wind band compositions. For more information contact Dr. Christian Zembower, Director of Bands.
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NEW MUSIC STUDENT ORIENTATION - AUGUST 31
The New Student Orientation is scheduled for Monday, August 31, 6:00 PM, in the Mathes Music Building Recital Hall, Room 107. New student music majors, both transfer and first time freshman, are required to attend this orientation which will cover various aspects of being a music major from practice rooms to recital attendance ... final exam juries to graduation requirements. Music faculty will be introduced and a Music Department social will take place after the orientation.
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FAMED "JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET" TO PERFORM AT ETSU
The Mary B. Martin School for the Arts is please to announce that the famed Juilliard String Quartet, from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, will present a concert in the Culp Center Auditorium, Thursday, March 25, 2010. The ETSU Department of Music website will have more information as the time approaches.
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JAZZ GREAT "SPYRO GYRA" HERE NOVEMBER
"Spyro Gyra" is an American jazz fusion band originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York. They have over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups on the scene. They will present a concert as part of the ETSU Homecoming activities in the Culp Center Auditorium, 7:30 pm, Tuesday, November 10, 2009. For more information contact Dr. David Champouillon, 439-6955.
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SECOND ANNUAL CONDUCTORS SYMPOSIUM
The following individuals attend the Second Annual ETSU Conductors Symposium, June 14 - 18, featuring guest clinician Dr. Timothy Mahr, Director of Bands at St. Olaf College in Minnesota and symposium host Dr. Christian Zembower, ETSU Director of Bands. The symposium culminated with an evening concert conducted by the symposium participants featuring a 55 piece concert band of college and community musicians.
Pictured left to right ...
Guest Clinician, Dr. Timothy Mahr, Director of Bands, St. Olaf College
Michael Staub, Band Director, Houston, TX
Lindsay Seagroves, Masters Candidate, MTSU
Joe Tornello, Doctoral Candidate, University of Kentucky
Kristina Allocco, Graduate, Long Island University, New York
Ryan Ellefsen, Band Director, Durham, North Carolina
Morissa Rogers, Masters Candidate, ETSU
Charley Anderson, Masters Candidate, University of Florida
Joe Moore Doctoral Candidate, University of Kentucky
Michael Butler, Band Director, Daytona, Florida
Symposium Host, Dr. Christian Zembower, ETSU Director of Bands
not pictured:
Lonny Finley, Band Director, King College
Jim Woodrum, Music Major, ETSU
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Visit the new ... Mary B. Martin School for the Arts
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DR. BENJAMIN CATON ELECTED MUSIC TEACHERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT-ELECT
Dr. Benjamin D. Caton, Professor of Music at East Tennessee State University, was recently elected to become the President-Elect of the Music Teachers National Association. He will take over those responsibilities during their national conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on 1 April 2009. Dr. Caton holds a Ph.D degree from The Ohio State University and a Pedagogy/Musicianship Certificate from the Kodaly Music Training Institute. He studied at the Sixteenth International Music Workshop (piano pedagogy) in Exeter, England, and at the International Kodaly Symposium in Kecskemet, Hungary. He also holds the MA from The Ohio State University and the BSME from East Tennessee State University. At ETSU he teaches piano, piano pedagogy and aural skills and is the former chair of the Department of Music.
Congratulations Dr. Caton, President-Elect, Music Teachers National Association.
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East Tennessee State University
Department of Music
"An All Steinway School"
ETSU Department of Music 2009 - 2010 Student Handbook
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