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UW-Stevens Point Music Department students, faculty earn honors

​The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of Music ended the spring semester on a high note, with both students and faculty earning honors and awards for vocal and instrumental achievements.

 
·         Cullen Sutherland, Wausau; Kirstin Stangel, Kaukauna; Ian Johnson, Stevens Point; and Dana Carlson, Somerset; were accepted into the Ameropa Solo and Chamber Music Festival held in the Czech Republic in July and August. The voice students will study and perform in and around the city of Prague during the three-week festival. Assistant Professor of Voice Matthew Markham will also return as a resident artist and will perform as well as teach.
·         Markham and Susan Bender, associate professor of voice, were accepted for two of the ten spots available at the prestigious Summer Voice Institute at Northwestern University.
·         Brendan Caldwell, assistant professor and director of bands, recently completed his dissertation work to earn his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting Degree from the University of Minnesota.
·         Sophomore and voice major Elizabeth Smith, Merrill, will spend her summer performing several of Mozart’s Italian arias with the Waupaca Area Orchestra.
·         Marisa Nelson, Ellsworth, a soprano, was chosen to tour this summer performing with KIDS from Wisconsin, a summer show-choir group made up of 20 singers/dancers and a 13-person live band. Nelson will spend the summer touring with the group throughout Wisconsin, performing between 65 and 70 shows.
·         Junior Mandy Baker, Oconomowoc, was accepted to the prestigious and highly selective Torggler Summer Vocal Institute at Christopher Newport University.  She will study and perform art song and operatic literature as well as participate in scene and character study, master classes and lessons with renowned voice teachers from across the United States.
·         Katie Anderson, Waupaca, a junior in the voice program, was cast as Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre in the Waupaca Community Theatre’s summer production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
·         Voice major Natalie Trumm, Madison, was selected to perform in the state’s National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)-sponsored masterclass for Stephen F. Austin. She also was selected by voice teachers from across the state to win first place at the NATS annual state meeting.

Professor Finishes Work to Complete Doctorate

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Congratulations to Department of Music Professor Brendan Caldwell, who has completed his doctoral studies!
​Music faculty member writes composition commissioned by local groups

​4/29/2013

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The world premiere of a new musical composition, “Enchanted Moonscape,” by Charles Rochester Young, recently was presented by the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra.
The music commission was made possible by the Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin, the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Ellis Stone Construction Co.
 
Through this music, we learn about the remarkable life and important work of Wisconsin naturalist and author Frances Hamerstrom.
 
Pointer spirit shines on, and behind, the stage

 


Gerald Henley '77
Director of Theatrical Productions,
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Pointer Gerald Henley '77, director of theatrical productions at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, is at the peak of his career at age 58. He majored in pre-law and music at UW-Stevens Point and was also a member of the Pointers men's basketball team. Gerald's vibrant personality and love of life will keep him on the track to success for years to come.

Meet Gerald and fellow Pointers for the Broadway production of the Lion King on Wednesday, April 10. Register today, tickets are limited!
Music Student has Compositions Published

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Alexandria Mueller, a senior music major,  had the honor of having compositions published recently through Alliance Publications. Working on these compositions on her own, not as class projects, they take between 3 months and 3 years to finish. “I started working on “Russian Dance” for concert band three years ago. I picked it up again recently and finished editing the 8-bar section of this character piece to submit for possible publication. I also worked on “Odyssey” edits at the same time but that piece in both concert band and symphony orchestra forms in comparison took about 7 months to finish.” “Odyssey,” a serious piece, won the UWSP Concert Band competition recently and was performed as part of their season. “I have always been taken by the juxtaposition between her quiet personality and powerful writing. In music, Alexandria has found her voice and audiences for years to come will be the benefactors of that important discovery. Through the expert teaching of Professor Charles Young, Alexandria has blossomed into a composer of significant artistic merit,” states Department of Music Professor Brendan Caldwell. “This is great news and is a tremendous accomplishment for an undergraduate student,” Professor Young stated when he received the news.

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