Volume Five, Issue One - Youngstown State University

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Vol. 5 No. 1
Fall Semester 2007
From The City of Angels to The Big Apple
F&PA board connects college with arts community
The Bliss Hall Press
JOSEPH EDWARDS
Message
from the
Dean
ummer at Youngstown
State University has
presented a number of
challenges as well as many
exciting new adventures.
While we mourn the loss of
our Provost, Dr. Robert Herbert, and our beloved clarinet instructor Robert Fitzer,
we look forward to continuing the legacy of excellence
that they began as vital
members of our academic
family.
We will be welcoming
nine new faculty and staff
into the College of Fine and
Performing Arts this fall
and brief introductions of
many of these individuals
will be found in the following pages. It is also important to note the continuing
investment in the future of
the arts at YSU.
Renovations to Bliss Hall
have provided added space
for the Art Department
while the establishment of a
separate Theater & Dance
Department promises to lead
future growth and opportunities for these talented students.
Upgrades to the band/orchestra rehearsal space and
the recital hall will provide a
pleasant atmosphere for
teaching and performances.
The activities planned for
this fall promise to provide
our community with a wide
variety of arts events of
high quality. It’s a great
time to get involved. Mark
your calendar now to take
advantage of the many productions, concerts and exhibits scheduled.
I am delighted to be sending you this fall issue of the
Bliss Hall Press. In these
pages, you will find evidence
of the success of our alumni, students, staff and faculty. As arguably one of the
most visible components on
our campus, we offer more
than 250 public performances and exhibitions annually.
The College of Fine & Performing Arts continues to
play a vital role in the cultural activities of our region.
In closing, I would like to
personally thank the many
alumni and friends who continue to support the arts
through their generous donations, providing quality
educational opportunities
for our students. YSU is a
place where those who imagine and create begin to realize their potential as individuals, collaborators, and contributors to our society.
We also take great pride
in your achievements, and
hope that you will share
your successes with us for
future publications. You
may send information about
your current activities by
emailing me directly at jedwards@ysu.edu. Keep in
touch and have a great year.
S
With members from Los
Angeles to New York City and
almost everywhere between,
YSU’s College of Fine and Performing Arts depends on its
Board of Visitors to provide
current information to the college and its students about all
facets of the art world.
The 18-member board has
met twice a year for the last
four years and is chaired by
Atty. Paul Dutton, a former
member of the YSU Board of
Trustees and Ohio Board of
Regents.
Dutton, whose law degree is
from Case Western Reserve
University, has a long history
with YSU that started in 1965
when he was a history major.
‘‘I really enjoy that the BOV
has different orientations toward the arts,’’ said Dutton,
who earned a BA in 1969 from
YSU.
‘‘Some are artists and performers, while others have an
appreciation for the arts. Dean
Joseph Edwards and former
Dean George McCloud were
very wise in their selections.’’
For Dutton, of the law firm
Harrington,
Hoppe
and
Mitchell, it’s important F&PA
graduates to find employment
in the ‘‘real’’ world.
The group is the result of
an outreach initiative of YSU
President David C. Sweet,
who, in 2004, requested that
each dean in YSU’s six colleges establish an external
board to serve as advisors on
community issues and service
and strategic planning.
This group has taken that
mission to heart. It was at one
of the board’s meetings where
the discussion began for the
college’s Dana School of Music to become an All-Steinway
school.
Soon after, nearly 70 Steinway pianos were purchased.
Now, the school shares the
Steinway designation with
about 60 other music schools
in the world.
‘‘Without question, the
board has helped us provide
students what they need to
know to compete in the professional art world,’’ said Edwards.
In addition, the board donated and identified other
donors to support the performance of the YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble at
Carnegie Hall in 2005.
Many of them attended the
performance and the reception at Steinway Hall.
‘‘Their knowledge, contacts
and experience have been a
great asset to the college,’’
said Dr. Silvia Jimenez Hyre,
F&PA special assistant to the
dean and outreach coordinator.
Another BOV-initiated project resulted in a recording studio and a degree in music
recording and production
thanks to member Bob DiPiero, Nashville musical composer and producer, and former member Bill Bodine, also
in the music business.
Members are Dr. Silvia
JimÈnez-Hyre, F&PA; Judge
Theresa Dellick; Bob DiPiero,
musical composer and producer; Atty. Paul Dutton, Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell; Presley Gillespie, Key Bank, vice
president community development-lending;
Attorney
Michael Morley; Patricia
Fleck Kavic, Youngstown
Opera Guild; Gina Marinelli,
WYTV news anchor; Suzanne
Teaberry, YSU art department
graduate; Stephanie Shaw,
Embarq Corp., business marketing manager; C. Gilbert
James Jr., Forge Industries,
owner; Dr Y.T. Chiu; Elba
Navarro, retired Youngstown
City School teacher; Dr. John
L. Dunne, Ohio Sports and
Spine Institute; Kelly Stevens,
HOT-FM 101; Helen Stambaugh, community leader; Patricia Syak, general manager,
Youngstown Symphony Society and James Weidman, jazz
pianist/recording artist.
Visit www.fpa.ysu.edu for
more information on the college.
Atty. Paul Dutton, Dr. Silvia Jimenez Hyre and Dean Joseph Edwards.
Hip musicians at YSU?
You bet there are
DR. DAVID MORGAN
INDEX
Memoriam............................Page 2
Open House.........................Page 3
New Faculty......................Page 4-5
Portraits................................Page 8
STAFF
The Bliss Hall Press is published
once per semester (fall and spring) by
the Office of the Dean, College of
Fine and Performing Arts.
Managing Editor and Publisher
Dr. Silvia Jimenez Hyre
Assistant to the Dean and
Coordinator of Outreach
College of Fine and Performing Arts
Editorial Board
Dean Joseph Edwards
Wendy Wolfgang
Assistant Editor,
Marketing and Communications
Mary Lou Weingart
Senior Academic Adviser
Layout and Printing
Tribune Chronicle
For Joe Lovano, Grammy
Award-winning jazz saxophonist, life can be summed up in
one sentence — ‘‘people who are
hip are hip.’’
And to Lovano, David Morgan, a YSU associate professor
of jazz studies since 2001, is definitely ‘‘hip.’’
Morgan was recently commissioned by the Cleveland
Jazz Orchestra to compose a 50minute suite featuring Lovano
and to arrange several of Lovano’s original compositions.
‘‘That David was asked to
commission music for Joe Lovano is a significant accomplishment for anyone associated with jazz,’’ said Mike Crist,
director of the Dana School of
Music.
Since the late 1990s, Morgan,
who earned a doctorate of musical arts from the University of
Texas in 1996, has been playing
with and writing for the Jazz
Unit, a 12-piece subset of the
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, as
well as with the main orchestra.
The piece for Lovano, titled
‘‘The Surprise of Being,’’ premiered in November 2005 at the
Cleveland Bop Stop and was
performed next in July 2006 at
Birdland, a famous jazz club in
Youngstown State University
The College of Fine and Performing Arts
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH 44555-0001
“It’s amazing how
many talented
students and
wonderful faculty
we have.”
— David Morgan
YSU associate professor
of jazz studies
New York. All in all, Morgan, a
double bassist, composed and
arranged at least 14 pieces for
Lovano.
A CD, titled ‘‘The Surprise of
Being: Live at Birdland,’’ has
been released and is available at
cdbaby.com. YSU graduates
Kent Engelhardt, saxophonist
and coordinator of jazz studies
at YSU, Louis Pisani Jr., a lead
trumpeter, and Nathan Douds, a
drummer, performed with Morgan and Lovano at the club.
‘‘I’ve had the opportunity to
play with many people in the
music business,’’ said Morgan,
a native of Cleveland. ‘‘But Lovano is really special — he is
the Zen master of improvisation. It was a huge honor for
him to want to take the piece to
the Birdland — a lot of New
York musicians came to the gig
throughout the week.’’
Morgan’s honors don’t start
and stop with Lovano. In 2003,
he won an Award of Achievement from Northern Ohio Live
magazine for transcribing the
music of Frank Zappa, which
was performed at the TriC Jazz
Fest in 2002. ‘‘Three Vignettes
for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra,’’ another one of Morgan’s
pieces, was recorded by
Beethoven Academy Orchestra
of Krakow, Poland, this year
and released internationally.
Most recently, Morgan was
commissioned to write a piece
for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, to be premiered at the Yale Festival of
Ideas in June. Morgan wrote a
solo for the late Robert Fitzer,
coordinator of clarinet in the
Dana School of Music, which
Fitzer intended to premier at
the event.
Morgan said he came to YSU
after teaching at Oberlin College from 1996 to 2000 because of
the great reputation of the university’s jazz department. ‘‘It’s
amazing how many talented
students and wonderful faculty
we have,’’ he said.
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IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam
A Tribute to Robert K. Herbert
A Man Missed by Friends and
Colleagues Throughout the World
YSU mourned the death
this summer of Dr. Robert
K. Herbert, YSU provost
and vice president for academic affairs, who drowned
on July 6 while vacationing
with family in Costa Rica.
A native of Long Island,
N.Y., family, friends and a
group of YSU colleagues attended his funeral in
Queens. On July 28, close to
100 colleagues, as well as
HERBERT his family, attended a memorial service for Provost
Herbert at St. Columba Cathedral in
Youngstown.
‘‘Strong advocacy for academic standards,
integrity, effective leadership, and commitment to student success were hallmarks of his
tenure at YSU,’’ said President David C. Sweet.
‘‘Bob’s love for and pride in his family were evident to all who knew him.’’
In his honor, YSU has established a scholarship.
In Memoriam
Robert D. Fitzer
Robert D. Fitzer, instructor of clarinet at the
Dana School of Music,
died May 16 of cancer.
Fitzer had a distinguished 25-year career as
a clarinetist and music
educator.
After
making
his
Carnegie Hall debut at
the age of 19, he played
for two years with the
Chicago Symphony OrFITZER
chestra, with whom he
recorded the Grammyaward winning Four Symphonies by Johannes
Brahms.
He played on various motion picture sound-
Herbert was married to Dr. Barbara NykielHerbert, a faculty member in YSU’s English
Department. They have two sons, Ian and Sebastian, and a daughter, Veronica.
Herbert became YSU’s provost in July 2005.
His legacy to YSU includes the development of
a comprehensive Academic Strategic Plan, the
continued development of the Youngstown
Early College, and the creation of two new colleges: the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
(CLASS).
Before coming to YSU, Dr. Herbert served as
dean of liberal arts at Stephen F. Austin State
University in Nacogdoches, Texas, and chairperson of the Department of Anthropology at
the State University of New York in Binghamton.
He had taught at institutions throughout the
world, and his extensive scholarly work on linguistics and South African languages achieved
national and international recognition.
Herbert received a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Queens College (City University
of New York), a master’s degree and Ph.D. in
linguistics from Ohio State University, and a
master’s degree in higher education administration from the University of Michigan.
He will be missed by friends and colleagues
not only at YSU, but throughout the world.
tracks in Hollywood and played in many longrun Broadway shows.
Fitzer also performed on stage with jazz
great Dizzie Gillespie, rock bands Yes, Styx
and many other top entertainers.
He was also a member of Cleveland’s Lakewood Band and served as soloist in 2004 with
the YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
He was a private school band director for
four years and spent several years serving as
a first-call substitute teacher in all 31
Youngstown City Schools.
Aside from his work as a musician and
teacher, Fitzer was extremely active in Youngtown-area community and civic affairs and is
credited with saving several historic
Youngstown buildings from the wrecking ball.
In support of Fitzer, the Dana School of
Music Clarinet Studio raised more than $3,000
for the American Cancer Society in the 2007
Youngtown Relay for Life, in an effort called
‘‘Bob-ing for a Cure.’’
Cure for the Common
Weekend in Youngstown
Summer Festival of the Arts and Forte on the 50 showcased the arts
By Lori Factor
One area in Ohio that may
not have always been associated with the arts has, over
time, evolved into a rich and
vibrant cultural enclave worthy of a great festival of the
arts. Youngstown and the surrounding Mahoning Valley in
northeast Ohio has offered
artists the resources to develop their craft and the opportunity to make a living at it.
Indeed, the arts have been
identified as a way to revitalize the local economy, and revitalize they have. With an affordable cost of living, a great
transportation
infrastructure, numerous prospects to
market their art, and an upand-coming downtown area,
the Mahoning Valley has
shown that the arts are alive
and well in this part of the
world!
As a prime example, the
9th Annual Summer Festival
of the Arts, which was held
July 7 and 8 at Youngstown
State University, has flourished with the assistance and
collaboration of local artists,
performing groups and other
cultural entities.
Planners determined early
on that this year’s event
would consist of numerous
ancillary events such as a 5K
run, silent art auction, participation by local museums and
churches, and the unveiling of
a public art project, Here in
Youngstown, a 24-foot mural
depicting the history of
Youngstown. National country fusion recording act Carolina Rain at Forte on the 50
added its own flair.
In addition, the closing of
Wick Avenue, the University’s
main thoroughfare, made the
festival more user friendly
and expanded the scope of activities.
With an advertising tag
line of ‘‘The Cure for the
Common Weekend,’’ the event
lived up to its name with a full
two days worth of family
friendly activities.
Festival coordinator Lori
A. Factor, explained, ‘‘By that
time in the summer months
many people are looking for
new and different activities
for their weekends. The Summer Festival of the Arts collaborates with outstanding
arts and cultural groups to
harness the energy of our dynamic arts community, and
brings it all to one place!’’
Other activities included
presentations at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society,
Youngstown Historical Center
of Industry and Labor, Butler
“The Summer Festival of the Arts collaborates with outstanding arts and cultural
groups to harness
the energy of our dynamic arts community, and brings it all to
one place!”
— Lori Factor
Festival coordinator
Institute of American Art and
numerous organizations at
Youngstown State University.
Some groups were located at
the festival site while others
opened their doors with special discounts and incentives.
Many departments located
at YSU contributed by offering presentations such as a
book sale, planetarium shows,
recreational activities and a
precious gem exhibit, not to
mention the University’s own
McDonough Museum of Art
which showcased their current exhibits.
By far though, the heart of
the festival was the artists’
marketplace where local, regional and national artists
showed and sold their hand
crafted original artwork.
Through the jury process,
patrons are assured that the
artwork is of high quality and
represents the true process of
the pieces.
The artists’ booths are
arranged along lush green
pathways
that
extend
throughout the inner core of
the University. Music and
dance presentations added to
the festival atmosphere and
were ongoing throughout the
two days.
Children were a special
part of the festival which is
evident by the attention paid
to the children’s hands-on art
tent where they were encouraged to create their own art
pieces under the direction of
a local art teacher.
The festival also showcased
‘‘the many peoples of the Mahoning Valley,’’ at the Festival
of Nations, the event’s ethnic
portion.
Food, music, dancing and
cultural displays allowed festival goers the chance for
learning about the ethnic heritages of the Valley.
The mid-point of the festival brought Forte on the Fifty
to the campus on Saturday
evening, July 7, complete with
national recording country
fusion artists Carolina Rain
and a spectacular fireworks
display sponsored by BJ Alan
Phantom Fireworks.
This event was held at the
University’s football stadium
and featured general admission and premium field seating. Pamela Palumbo, director of events management,
said, ‘‘Forte on the 50 is one of
those events which people attend and look forward to year
after year. We were thrilled to
include Carolina Rain as our
featured performers. And of
course, the fireworks get better every year as BJ Alan
showcases their new products
for the season.’’
The Mahoning Valley may
not have always been publicly
recognized as an artists’ mecca, but it is now certainly a
testament to the hard work
ethic of those who live there,
to their love of all types of art
and the resources dedicated
to it as well as to taking what
is available and retooling it
for the good of the community.
The Summer Festival of
the Arts and Forte on the 50
were two good reasons to visit Youngstown in July where
all were cured of the common
weekend!
Next year’s Summer Festival of the Arts is scheduled
for July 12 and 13 with Forte
on the 50 set for Saturday July
12. Summer Festival and
Forte events will be held in
conjunction with the University’s Centennial Celebration.
The Mahoning County
Convention & Visitors Bureau, a major sponsor of the
Summer Festival and Forte on
the 50, will have a variety of
travel packages available for
alumni making that weekend
the perfect time to plan a trip
back to Youngstown.
Photo by Peter HappelChristian
The McDonough
Museum of Art
opens new season
The McDonough Museum of
Art will open its season with
Forte, the Biennial Faculty Exhibition.
The exhibition will feature
selected works in various media
by Studio Art Faculty of the Department of Art at Youngstown
State University. The exhibition
will be on display in the galleries September 14-November
9.
The opening reception will be
on Friday, September 14 from 6-8
pm and is free and open to the
public.
The exhibition this year will
feature the works of Dragana
Crnjak and Peter HappelChristian, recent additions to the Department of Art faculty.
Before moving to the United
States in 1997, Bosnian-born
Dragana Crnjak studied art in
Sarajevo and Belgrade. She
received her BFA in painting
from the Myers School of Art at
the University of Akron and her
MFA in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was the
recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional
Fellowship in drawing.
Previously, Dragana taught at
the University of Virginia and
the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Her work has been displayed
in solo and group exhibitions
throughout the United States including shows in Richmond,
Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York and
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Peter HappelChristian received his BFA in photography
from the University of Iowa and
Work by Dragana Crnjak
an MFA in photography from
the University of Oregon.
Peter has exhibited his work
throughout the United States
and ‘‘likens his creative habits
to that of an early cartographer
— looking, measuring, collecting, calculating and displaying
the intersections of quotidian
life and the natural world.
His interests are realized in
the forms of photographs, artist
books, performance, sound, installations and works on paper.’’
His works are in the collections of Dinnerware Contemporary Arts in Tucson and Tilt
Gallery and Project Space in
Portland, Oregon, and his work
is also in the permanent collection of the Center for Creative
Photography in Tucson.
Before coming to YSU Peter
taught at the University of Oregon, Pima Community College
in Tucson, the Tucson Museum
of Art School and in the Photography Program of the University of Arizona.
Hours at the McDonough Museum of Art are Tuesday
through Saturday, 11 am until 4
pm with extended hours on
Wednesday evenings until 8 pm.
The Museum is open to the public, and admission is free.
Music graduate selected to
compose piece commemorating
university’s 100th birthday
David Perrico, a 2003 YSU
graduate, has been selected to
compose an original piece of music commemorating the university’s centennial in 2008.
The title of Perrico’s piece is
‘‘Fanfare of Light.’’
The university held a competition, which carried a $2,500
prize, to find a musician to write
an original piece.
Perrico, who holds a bachelor
degree in music from the Dana
School of Music, currently
teaches at the University of
Nevada — Las Vegas.
The kick off for the centennial anniversary, which will be cel-
ebrated throughout 2007 and
2008, will take place on Saturday,
Oct. 20, 2007, at the Homecoming
football game.
The composition will be
played for the first time at the
game, then throughout the centennial year at a variety of different events.
‘‘Music is such a big part of
what we do at YSU that the centennial committee thought it
would be wonderful to have an
original piece of music to memorialize the anniversary,’’ said
Pam Palumbo, director of YSU
Events Management.
A crucial parameter for the
piece was that it had to be a fan-
fare to be used with the marching band or with any YSU instrumental ensemble.
Perrico’s piece was selected
by a review panel of faculty, students and alumni from the Dana
School of Music.
‘‘We were looking for a kind of
brassy/celebratory piece and
David’s fit the bill,’’ said Michael
Crist, director and professor of
the Dana School of Music.
‘‘Competitions like these are
valuable to help to bring out new
composers and new music.’’
This is the first composition
competition the university sponsored with a focus on a university celebration.
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Harry Meshel named to board
Harry Meshel of Youngstown,
former Ohio State Senator and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, has been named to a
nine-year term on the YSU Board
of Trustees by Gov. Ted Strickland.
Meshel, a 1949 graduate of
Youngstown College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, replaces William Bresnahan, whose term expired in May.
‘‘Harry Meshel has served as
one of YSU’s finest ambassadors
for more than a half century,’’ YSU
President David C. Sweet said.
‘‘We look forward to Mr.
Meshel’s continued work on behalf
of the university.’’
Meshel, who also taught at YSU,
said he is honored to be appointed.
‘‘I have a long love and a great deal
of affection for YSU over many,
many years, as a student, a teacher
and a supporter,’’ he said.
‘‘The university is an important
asset for Youngstown and the entire region, and I look forward to
serving it now in this new role as
trustee.’’
A Youngstown native, Meshel
was president of the Student
Council and vice president of the
senior class while at YSU. In 1950,
he earned a master’s degree in urban land economics from Columbia University.
In 1970, Meshel was elected to
the Ohio Senate from the 33rd district, serving until 1993. From 1993
to 1995, he was the chair of the
Ohio Democratic Party.
Meshel is a member of the YSU
President’s Council and has endowed five scholarships, several of
which are in jazz studies, as well
as an endowed award in Greek lan-
guage at the YSU Foundation. In
1977, he received an honorary doctor of humane letters from YSU
and spoke at summer commencement.
In 1986, due to his efforts to secure funds for construction of
YSU’s new technology center, the
university named the building
Meshel Hall.
Meshel also was instrumental
in the establishment of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College
of Medicine in Rootstown and the
Youngstown Historical Center of
Industry and Labor.
100 years in 12 minutes
By Emery Boyle-Scott
YSU Student Writer
Four Youngstown State University students have compiled 100 years of YSU history into one-minute TV spots that will be
used to celebrate the university’s centennial.
The public service announcements have
been researched and written by three graduate and one undergraduate student in the
spring semester 2007 Topics in Applied History class taught by YSU history professor
Bill Jenkins.
‘‘The students seem to be pretty enthusiastic about it; they seem to enjoy the combining of history with actually producing a
public service announcement,’’ Jenkins
said, who is retiring from YSU after more
than 40 years of service. ‘‘It’s a very different
thing for students to do. In this instance,
they’re having to be more creative than usual. They’ve got to do things like make a judgment of how well something fits in 60 seconds.’’
The 12 video spots were produced by
Prodigal Media to provide a quick glance at
YSU’s history from its beginnings at the YMCA in 1908 to today. The spots will be used as
PSAs as YSU marks its 100th birthday in
2008. The year-long celebration begins at
YSU’s homecoming in October.
‘‘I’ve learned some things about the university that I didn’t know before, but I’ve also learned how to take history and apply it
to public service announcements. I hadn’t
done this before,’’ said Jenkins
All of the 12 the announcements are complete.
‘‘One is about the beginnings of YSU at
the YMCA and how the Y is about an educational grab-bag for the area. The Y offered
courses in a wide variety of areas for people
who needed education but weren’t college
educated at the time. It’s not about the founding, but when YSU began,’’ Jenkins said.
In October, the PSAs will be released.
Students in the class read Alvin Skardon’s book, ‘‘Steel Valley University’’ and
Frederick Blue’s book, ‘‘Mahoning Memories,’’ to learn about the history of the university and help them along with the project.
The students developed the scripts, story,
text and images, while Prodigal worked on
arranging the sound and visuals. Most of
the work went on outside of the class, where
there was lot of compiling of ideas and photographs.
Students say that trimming 100 years of
history into a dozen, 180-word segments is
difficult.
HARRY MESHEL
CD to be released
History professor Bill Jenkins, center, with
graduate students, Mike Shepherd, left, and
Greg Weimer in Maag Library’s Special Collections room.
‘‘We don’t get a chance to go into a lot of
detail,’’ said Mike Shepherd, a graduate student studying history and former ticket
manager at Stambaugh Stadium ‘‘Interesting little minute facts are so hard to incorporate into general history.’’
‘‘It is so hard to find what you want to say
in 180 words,’’ said Greg Weimer. ‘‘As a history major, I’m not really trained in brevity.
With this project, I am not only being trained
to keep it short, but I’m also learning how to
think visually.’’
YSU and the Dana School of
Music has released a new CD by
the YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble,
‘‘Tipping
Points.’’
Stephen L. Gage is the conductor.
This is the fifth in a series of
recently released CDs beginning
in 1999.
The SWE is Dana’s top of
three concert bands, and it consists of 55 woodwind, brass, and
percussion undergraduate and
graduate students from the music school.
This ensemble has performed
at regional, state, and national
conventions throughout its history. The SWE performed at the
2005 New York Wind Band Festival in New York City’s Carnegie
Hall.
The group also recently performed at the Music Educators
National Conference Convention in Nashville. The group’s
fourth CD, ‘‘Spin Cycle,’’ was
Downbeat Magazine’s 2004-05
University Symphonic Record-
ing of the Year.
‘‘Tipping Points’’ includes solo performances by five Dana
faculty members: Kathryn
Thomas Umble, flute; the late
Robert Fitzer, clarinet; Misook
Yun, soprano; Caroline Oltmanns, piano, and David Morgan, string bass.
Morgan, associate professor
of jazz studies/composition and
string bass, composed a new
work for the project that is the
disc’s title selection. It showcases his talents on bass and those
of Caroline Oltmanns, piano
artist.
Other composers include
Camille Saint Saens, Percy
Grainger, Dimitri Shostakovich,
Eric Whitacre, and John Mackey.
The SWE CD projects are supported by the Dana School of
Music, University Development,
the Youngstown Symphony Society and Friends of YSU Bands.
All of the CDs are available
for purchase at the university by
contacting slgage@ysu.edu or
330-941-1832.
Murder in the
Cathedral
by T. S. Elliot
(Poetic Drama)
By Dr. Dennis Henneman
Professor, Department of
Theater and Dance
The newly-established Department of Theater and Dance
is pleased to announce that University Theater will kick-off its
2007-08 main stage production
season with a performance of
the well-known poetic drama
Murder in the Cathedral by T. S.
Eliot. As one of the world’s greatest poets, Eliot created a literary
and theatrical sensation with
this drama that tells of the 12th
century martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket who,
though tempted, refuses to seize
temporal control of England.
The play, written for the Canterbury Festival in 1935 and originally performed in the Chapter
House of the Canterbury Cathedral, examines the age-old struggle between secular and religious authority and is perhaps as
meaningful today as it ever has
been in history.
In order to capture the power
of Eliot’s verse, along with the
historical flavor of its 12th Century setting, our production will
be staged in the beautiful sanctuary of St. John’s Episcopal
Church, 323 Wick Avenue,
Youngstown, Ohio. The liturgical elements of the drama will be
further enhanced with original
music composed by the DanishAmerican composer Alan Brandes and YSU Musical Theater
major David Munnell.
The New York Times referred
to Murder in the Cathedral as
‘‘one of Eliot’s most enduring
dramatic works as it reveals a
brooding introspection on life
and immortality.’’ The Consumer Review tells us that if
‘‘you have spent even one minute
in your life pondering the meaning of life, death and God, then
you must [see] this play.’’
The production will be co-directed by Dennis Henneman and
W. Rick Schilling, with musical
direction by David Munnell.
Special scenic elements will be
designed to enhance the religious atmosphere of St. John’s
sanctuary by Todd Dicken with
lighting effects by John Murphy.
Costumes will be designed by W.
Rick Schilling. In order to focus
attention of the religious, social,
and political issues addressed by
the play, each performance will
be followed by a post-performance
symposium-discussion.
These discussions, led by campus and community leaders who
have interest in and experience
with many of these issues, will
be open to all audience members.
There will also be a special opening night buffet in the St. John’s
banquet room prior to the opening night performance.
The performances will run
October 4-6 and 12, 13 at 8:00 pm
and October 7 and 14 at 3:00 pm.
Information about reservations
for the performances and buffet
is available through the University Theater Box Office at 330941-3105.
Prospective Students, Parents and Teachers. . .
You Are Cordially Invited to Attend
THE COLLEGE OF FINE & PERFORMING ARTS
FALL 2007 OPEN HOUSE
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
8:15am - 4:00pm (Registration: 7:30am - 8:15am; Welcome Presentation: 8:15am - 9:00am)
Ford Theater
The College’s Open
House provides prospective
students, their parents and
teachers the opportunity to
experience first-hand some
of the outstanding programs offered by the departments in the College: Art,
Music and Communication
and Theater. Making decisions about your education-
al and career future is a
very serious matter. If you
are thinking about majoring in any of the areas offered in the College of Fine
and Performing Arts at
Youngstown State University, then this opportunity is
for you!
Among some of the opportunities are: art, music,
communication and theater
lessons; rehearsals and presentations by the College’s
faculty and staff; tours of
the College of Fine and Performing Arts facilities and
campus. In addition, you
will have the opportunity to
learn about admissions, financial aid, scholarships,
the University Scholars Pro-
gram, career opportunities
in your field of choice and
much more…….
Additional information
will be added to this page to
keep you up to date of our
College’s Open House
events.
We look forward to meeting you at our 2007 Open
House.
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(Updated October 9, 2006)
*Note: to the right is the schedule
used for 2006. The schedule of
events for 2007 will be released
at a later date and will follow a
similar schedule.
Directions to YSU: This link
will take you to the webpage that
gives you directions to YSU.
http://www.ysu.edu/maps/directions.shtml
Parking: Parking is available in
the M-1 Wick Avenue parking
deck. Please tell the attendant you
are attending the Open House and
parking will be free of charge.
Directions from the M-1 Wick
Deck to the McDonough Museum
and Bliss Hall: Park on any level of
the Wick Deck and take the elevator to the Bliss Bridge.
If you park on the third level,
this is where the bridge is located
and you will not need to take the elevator.
From the elevator – exit the
parking deck (to the left) and proceed to the bridge.
Bliss Hall is straight ahead.
Signs will be posted on each floor
of the parking deck to direct you to
Bliss Hall.
Informational tables will be
available for Admissions, Financial Aid, YSU Police, as well the
F&PA departments.
A letter to excuse you from
school to attend the Open House
will be provided in the Dean’s Office (Bliss Hall 2310) for those students who request it.
Register online at
http://fpa.ysu.edu/index.shtml
THE COLLEGE OF FINE & PERFORMING ARTS
2006 SCHEDULE:
7:30am
8:15 – 9:00am
Registration Begins – Information Tables Bliss Hall,
1st Floor Lobby
Welcome and Presentations Bliss Hall,
Ford Theater
Dr. Silvia Jimenez Hyre, Assistant to the Dean
Mrs. Mary Lou Weingart, Senior Academic Advisor
Department of Art/Dr. Stephanie Smith, Assist. Chair
Dana School of Music/Dr. Michael Crist, Director
Department of Communication and Theater/Dr. Dan O’Neill, Chair
10:00 – 2:00pm
Dean’s Office Open Reception for Parents –
Dean Joseph Edwards Bliss Hall, Room 2310
11:30 – 1:00pm
Pictures with Pete the Penguin Bliss Hall,
1st Floor Lobby
12 Noon – 1:00pm
Lunch on your own See list provided
9:00 – 10:00am
9:00 – 10:00am
10:00 – 11:00am
10:00 – 11:00am
10:00 – 10:45am
11:00 – 12 Noon
11:00 – 12 Noon
12:00 – 1:00pm
12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 – 2:00pm
1:00 – 2:00pm
SCHEDULE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ART
Wheel-throwing Demonstration Ceramics
Animation Demonstration (Lazor)
Art Education Class Observation (Mr. Gill)
Sculpture Tour/Forging Demonstration (Mr. Moring)
Beginning Painting Critique (Ms. McCullough)
Woodblock Printing Demonstration (Mr. Jack Carlton)
Senior Graphic Design Portfolios (Ms. Nelson)
Photo Student Presentations (Ms. Connell)
Tour of Exhibition (Ms. Brothers) McDonough
Painting Critique (Ms. Crnjack)
Digital Demonstration (Ms. Mayerson)
(0004)
3000 Bliss Hall
4006 Bliss Hall
0B10 Bliss Hall
4043 Bliss Hall
4025 Bliss Hall
4061 Bliss Hall
4002 Bliss Hall
Museum
0024 Bliss Hall
3000 Bliss Hall
SCHEDULE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
10:00 – 11:00am
11:00 – 12 Noon
11:00 – 12 Noon
12:00 – 1:00pm
1:00 – 2:00pm
2:00 – 3:00pm
Video Production and Direction
2003 Bliss Hall
Stage Makeup (Mr. Rick Schilling)
1220 Bliss Hall
Interpersonal Communication (Ms. Becky Curnalia) 136 Maag Library
Persuasion (Dr. Dan O’Neill)
136 Maag Library
Acting I (Dr. Dennis Henneman)
1220 Bliss Hall
Audio Production (Mr. Bill Brophy)
1220 Bliss Hall
SCHEDULE FOR THE DANA SCHOOL OF MUSIC
9:00 – 9:50am
10:00 – 10:50am
11:00 – 11:50am
11:00 – 11:50am
11:00 – 11:50am
11:00 – 11:50am
12:00 – 12:50pm
12:00 – 12:50pm
12:00 – 12:50pm
12:00 – 12:50pm
1:00 – 1:50pm
1:00 – 1:50pm
2:00 – 2:50pm
2:00 – 2:50pm
2:00 – 2:50pm
2:00 – 2:50pm
3:00 – 3:50pm
3:00 – 3:50pm
Dana Orientation and Student Recital
Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Dr. Gage)
Digital Sound Production (Mr. Isabella)
University Chorus (Dr. Lee)
Dana Symphony Orchestra (Mr. Wilcox)
Sax Quartet (Dr. Kalyn/Ms. Kind)
Jazz Arranging (Dr. Morgan)
Dana Chorale (Dr. Lee)
Concert Band (Dr. Heidenreich)
Guitar Ensemble (Mr. Boyce)
Survey of Jazz (Dr. Engelhardt)
Music History & Literature 3 (Dr. dos Santos)
Rock & Roll to Rock (Mr. Boyce)
Jazz Combo (Dr. Engelhardt)
String Ensemble (Mr. Gelfand)
Music History & Literature 3 (Dr. dos Santos)
Jazz Ensemble I (Dr. Engelhardt)
Jazz Ensemble II (Dr. Morgan)
1238 Bliss Hall
2326 Bliss Hall
3142 Bliss Hall
1238 Bliss Hall
2326 Bliss Hall
3137 Bliss Hall
2222 (3136) Bliss Hall
1238 Bliss Hall
2326 Bliss Hall
3139 Bliss Hall
1238 Bliss Hall
3137 Bliss Hall
1238 Bliss Hall
2222 Bliss Hall
3136 Bliss Hall
3137 Bliss Hall
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Fall 2007
Fine and Performin
DR. JEE-WEON CHA,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF MUSIC HISTORY DANA
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Jee-Weon Cha is a musicologist
with interests in music of the 19th and
20th centuries, aesthetics, and cultural
studies. He holds degrees from the
University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. in
Musicology), the University of
Washington (M.A. in Systematic
Musicology), and Seoul National
University (B.M. in Music Theory).
His dissertation, ‘‘Music, Language,
and the Tone Poem: Interpreting
DR. MELVA HUEBERT,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF MUSIC HISTORY
DANA SCHOOL OF
MUSIC
Musicologist Melva Huebert joins
the Dana School of Music faculty as
Assistant Professor of Music in the
area of music history. She received
the degrees Doctor of Philosophy
(2005) in musicology-ethnomusicology and Master of Arts in music history
from Kent State University. Previous
to her studies in musicology, she
earned Bachelor of Music and Master
of Music degrees in piano performance from Youngstown State
University.
Formerly a member of the faculties
of Grove City College and Kent State
University, Dr. Huebert joined the
Richard Strauss’s Tod und Verkl—
rung, Op. 24,’’ examines Strauss’s Tod
und Verkl—rung through the triple lenses of history, theory, and philosophy.
His article, ‘‘Ton vs. Dichtung: Two
Aesthetic Theories of the Symphonic
Poem and Their Sources,’’ which will
appear in the Journal of Musicological
Research 26/4 (2007), deals with the
relationship between music and language as relevant to the symphonic
poem.
Current projects include a book
about the convergence of music and
language in Strauss’s early tone
poems and Mahler’s early symphonies,
and
an
article
addressing
Schoenberg’s unique technique of unifying the formal and the informal in his
free atonal songs.
Dana School of Music faculty last year
as an adjunct professor of music history.
Dr. Huebert is the recipient of several academic scholarships and
teaching awards, including a Doctoral
Research Fellowship and a Doctoral
Teaching Fellowship. Her research
interests include historical alternative
musical
notations,
hymnology,
American music and musicians, historical performance practice, and
interdisciplinary studies in music, philosophy, art, history, and sociology.
Her
dissertation,
entitled
‘‘American
Numeral
Notation:
Thomas Harrison and the Fillmore
Family of Cincinnati, Ohio,’’ documents research on nineteenth-century
American musical developments in
Ohio and the Midwest.
In addition to her musicological
pursuits, Dr. Huebert is active as a
pianist, organist, and piano instructor.
Dr. Huebert is a member of the
academic honor societies Pi Kappa
Lambda and Phi Kappa Phi.
PHILLIP ANDREW
LEWIS, ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENT OF ART
Phillip Andrew Lewis comes to
Youngstown State University as
Assistant Professor of Art in
Photography. Phillip received a BA
in Psychology from the University
of Memphis followed by an MFA in
Photography
from
Memphis
College of Art. While in Memphis,
Phillip was an Assistant Professor
of Art at Rhodes College and
adjunct faculty at University of
Memphis and
Memphis College of Art.
In 2005, he established
Medicine Factory, a contemporary
art space in downtown Memphis
devoted to exhibiting installationbased artwork.
This year Phillip’s own work has
been featured in exhibitions at the
Brooks Museum of Art, Art Museum
at the University of Memphis, City
University of New York Graduate
Gallery, and Bradbury Gallery at
Arkansas State University.
His work will be on view this fall
as part of the YSU Faculty
Exhibition at the McDonough
Museum of Art.
Phillip is also the recipient of the
2007-2008
Individual
Artist
Fellowship from the Tennessee
Arts Council as well as a public art
grant
from
the
UrbanArt
Commission.
DR. FRANCOIS FOWLER,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF GUITAR DANA
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Guitarist Francois Fowler has
appeared with orchestras in Canada
and the United States, and has given
solo recitals in the United States,
Canada and Mexico, including in
Denver, Hartford, Los Angeles,
Ottawa, Montreal, Rochester, Seattle,
and San Jose.
In 2002, CBC Records released
his world-premiere recording of
Canadian composer Jacques Hetu’s
Concerto pour guitare et orchestre ‘
cordes, Op.56.
Fowler’s new CD entitled Nocturne
features Jacques Hetu’s Concerto for
guitar and Suite for guitar, solo guitar
pieces by Swiss composer Hans
Haug, and a unique miniature by
American composer Brian Head
(Chant found in Scott Tennant’s
Pumping Nylon).
Fowler received his Bachelor of
Music from the University of
Ottawa, Canada in
1996. A stu-
dent of Ed Honeywell, he also performed in master classes with legendary guitarists David Russell,
Roberto Aussell, and Manuel
Barrueco. In 2002, Fowler received a
Doctorate in Music from the Florida
State University, where he served as
teaching assistant (1996-2002) to
Professor Bruce Holzman.
Fowler has been the recipient
of grants and awards including the Florida Artist
Enhancement Grant 2004
and the Presser Foundation
Graduate Music Award.
He is a recipient of
national and international
prizes including the 2001
Guitar Foundation of
America
(GFA)
International
Guitar
Competition and the 1997
Gibson Music Teachers
National
Association
(MTNA)
Guitar
Competition. For more
information please visit
www.francoisfowler.com.
RIGHT: DR. JENA ROOT
MCDONOUGH NEWS
● The Director, Leslie
Brothers, was the Juror for the
17th district congressional
show and for the county school
art competition and for QUEST
here at YSU. She is a member of
Phi Kappa Phi and an affiliate
of the Center for Working Class
Studies. She participated on
several committees including
the DAC, ARC and the Painting
Search Committee. She was
invited to lecture to a group of
graduate students from the
University of Akron. She teaches the theory course for the
department of art each semester and instructed an honors
seminar.
● The Assistant Director,
Angela DeLucia, is the
Museum’s representative for
the
Mahoning
Cultural
Collaborative,
the
Young
Leaders Advisory Board for the
Mahoning Valley Historical
Society, and supervises the
Scholastics Program each year.
Helped in the organizing and
the distribution of the Teachers
Guide to all Trumbull and
Mahoning County schools, produced by the Mahoning
Cultural Collaborative.
She serves on the exhibits
committee for the Children’s
Museum; and the TAG education committee. She judged the
Y.W.C.A. Banner Competition.
She competed Safety training
and Safe Zone at YSU. She
juried the congressional art
show. Participated in a
workshop in tourism presented by the Mahoning
County Conventions and
Visitors Bureau. She
taught an upper division Art
History course on Renaissance.
● Robyn Maas, Exhibition
Design
and
Production
Manager,
represents
the
Museum on the Mahoning
Cultural
Collaborative
Committee. Helped in the
organizing and the distribution
of the Teachers Guide to all
Trumbull and Mahoning
County schools, produced by
the
Mahoning
Cultural
Collaborative. She serves on the
exhibits committee for the
Children’s Museum and she
judged the Y.W.C.A. Banner
Competition. She completed
safety and lift training at YSU.
She also co-chaired a fundraiser
for heart patient, Sonny
Hrehovcik.
● Our team of outstanding
student employees includes
Danielle
Caruso,
Mary
Farragher, Gwen Shriver, Sean
O’Neill, Johanna George, John
Pascarella, Jason Vaughn,
Elmer Martinez Gonzalez, Tom
Sebulsky and Joel Follmeyer.
The adjunct staff members
include, Bryn Zellers, Guest
Director of the Youth Media
Program
and
Cynthia
Tareshewty, web designer and
Jim
Cliff,
Scholatic
Coordinator.
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Faculty, staff, student and alumni news — Department of Art
Substantial
community
connections have been established and expanded under the
able leadership of Director
Leslie Brothers and her staff.
The McDonough supports
local and regional artists
including junior and senior
high school artists and teachers through activities such as
the Scholastic Art Awards,
REA+CH,
Youth
Media
Program, and exhibition
opportunities. It engages the
community in issues of diversity and social awareness
through traditional and cutting-edge aesthetics, and holds
true to its motto of ‘‘A Center
for Contemporary Ideas, Art,
Education and Community.’’
The McDonough Museum
hosted numerous community
events and exhibitions including a national exhibition entitled Figures of Thinking:
Convergences
in
Contemporary Cultures, two
Graduating Senior BFA Shows,
the Annual Scholastics exhibition, an innovative photography exhibition entitled The
End(s)
of
Photography:
Modeling the Photographic,
and the 71st Annual Student
Juried Exhibition.
The Beecher Center for Art
and Technology, and the
Butler/YSU Symposia on
American Art Series engage
the community with opportunities for educational and cultural enrichment second to
none. This past year the
Interface/Symposia at the
Butler presented national art
critic (NYTimes) Michael
Kimmelman. The Beecher
Center programming funding
sponsored the Sixth Annual
National
Digital
Art
Competition with work on display in the Center from April
through November, 2007. Other
visiting artists this year
included Brad Brechin and 22
Product (Terry Green and
Nori-Zso Tolson) in graphic
design; Saul Ostrow, Dan
Tranberg and Shirley Irons
(photography in conjunction
with the exhibition The End(s)
of Photography: Modeling the
Photographic; Justin Newhall
and Brian Newhall (photography); Walter Constant (painting); Matthew Kolodziej (painting); and Ruedy Leeman (animation).
Art Education faculty (AduPoku and Gill) worked with the
SMARTS Center in art education programming and in the
curating and hanging of student art exhibits in photography (Peter HappelChristian)
and
painting
(Dragana
Crnjak). The annual Mad
About the Arts fundraiser at
the McDonough was a
SMARTS and McDonough collaborative event.
Numerous faculty served as
judges in national and regional
art exhibitions.
Greg Moring began the
organization
of
another
national sculpture competi-
tionóthis time honoring former YSU President Howard
Jones. The donation of $100,000
by the Anthony Lariccia family is making this possible, and
it is being timed with the
advent of the University’s
Centennial Celebration.
The Department made its
facilities and faculty available
for several Steel Valley Art
Teachers Association (SVATA)
workshops in artists’ books,
watercolor, and computer
graphics.
Graphic Design internships were completed this year
at Forum Health, Empyra,
Graphic Services in Kilcawley,
Prodigal Media, and The
Vindicator.
● Greg Moring has been
working with the Center for
Working Class Studies to present discussions of the role of
public art.
● Al Bright and Samuel
Adu-Poku organized an alumni art exhibit in the Bliss Hall
Gallery in conjunction with
African-American
History
Month.
● Supporters and sponsors
for 2006-2007 McDonough programming included: The
William Swanston Foundation,
The Ohio Arts Council, the
Mad
About
the
Arts
Fundraiser, and City Printing.
● Faculty in 2006-2007 made
many individual community
connections.
● A wide variety of faculty,
students, staff, and alumni par-
ticipated in the 2006 Summer
Festival of the Arts.
HIGHLIGHTS OF
SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS
Faculty Achievements
(full service only)
● Dr. Samuel Adu-Poku
Publications (Refereed):
Encyclopedia Entry
-Adu-Poku, S. (2007). Men,
Masculinities and Slavery. In
M. Flood, J. K. Gardiner, B.
Pease, & K. Pringle (Eds.).
Routledge
International
Encyclopaedia of Men and
Masculinities (RIEMM) (volume
1).
London,
UK:
Routledge.
Participation
in
Professional Meetings:
-‘‘Multicultural art education revisited.’’ Presented at
the Ohio Art Education
Association
Conference
(OAEA), Cincinnati, OH.
November, 2006.
-‘‘The Impact of an Early
Childhood Education Faculty
and
Staff
Learning
Community
on
the
Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning: A Reflection of a
First-Year Experience.’’ 26th
Annual Lilly Convergence on
College Teaching, Oxford, OH,
November 2006.
-‘‘Blurring the Lines: Art
Education and Culture in the
Conceptual Age.’’ National
Art Education Association
(NAEA) Convention in New
York, NY, March 2007.
Appointments:
- Executive Board Member,
National Junior Achievement
Foundation (6-year term 20062012), New York.
State University, Valdosta, CA,
Jan. 2007
-National Drawing 2007: The
College Art Gallery, The
College of New Jersey, Ewing,
NJ, Jan. 2007
-38th Annual National
Juried
Exhibition,
Palm
Springs Art Museum, Palm
Spring, CA, Feb. 2007
-23rd Annual National
Show: North Valley Art
League, Redding, CA, Feb. 2007
-3rd Annual Great Plains
Juried Art Show: Southeastern
Okla. State University, Durant,
OK, Feb. 2007
-Exploring
Spirituality:
Fredericksburg Center for the
Creative Arts, Fredericksburg,
VA, March 2007
-All Media National Juried
Exhibition: Gallery 180, The
Illinois Institute of Art,
Chicago, IL, March 2007
-6th
Annual
Juried
Exhibition: Lemon Street
Gallery, Kenosha, WI, April
2007
-National Art Exhibition
2007: Boca Grande Art
Alliance, Boca Grande, FL,
April 2007
-Watermark 2007óWorks on
Paper:
Southeastern
Community
College,
Whiteville, NC, April 2007
-National
Juried
Exhibition: Katherine Butler
Gallery, Sarasota, FL, April
2007
-Texas National 2007: SFA
● Phillip Chan
Research/ Solo Exhibitions:
-Fallen Angels: Paintings by
Phillip Chan, Arkansas Tech
University, Russellville, AR,
Feb. 2006
-Current
Work
2007:
Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville
St. Univ., Fayetteville, AR,
March 2007
-Fallen Angels: Paintings by
Phillip Chan, Catskill Gallery,
Catskill, NY, May 2007
Research/Group
Exhibitions:
-Pencil It In: Fredericksburg
Center for the Creative Arts,
Fredericksburg, VA, Sept. 2006
-2006 National Juried Show:
Marin Society of Artists, Ross,
CA, Oct. 2006
-51st International Open
Exhibition,
‘‘Bold
Expressions’’:
Sacramento
Fine Arts Center, CA, Oct. 2006
-National
Drawing
Exhibition 2006: Impact Artist
Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Oct. 2006
-27th Annual Mountain Art
Show, St. John on the
Mountain, Bernardsville, NJ,
Oct. 2006
-Valdosta National 2007:
Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta ■ See Art Page 7
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DR. JENA ROOT,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF MUSIC THEORY
DANA SCHOOL OF
MUSIC
Dr. Jena Root comes to
Youngstown State University with
fourteen years’ classroom teaching
experience in Ear Training, Theory,
Composition and Analysis.
She has taught at St. Olaf College,
Syracuse University, Yong Siew Toh
Conservatory (National University of
Singapore)
and
Shenandoah
Conservatory, where she designed
and directed the undergraduate theory core. Her areas of specialization
include
music of the early twentieth century, pedagogy
of music theory, and
online drilling and
assessment for music
theory and ear training.
She has also devised
systems for music theory
and ear training content
delivery for the blind.
Dr. Root holds a Ph.D.
in composition from the
University of Minnesota.
Her music has been performed at the John F.
Kennedy Center, the
Washington
National
Cathedral,
and
Wells
Cathedral in England.
When blessed with spare
time, she enjoys travel, contra dance, bicycling, and puzzles. She currently resides in
Kent with her husband Doug
and their parakeet Charlie.
Her first name is pronounced
with a long E (JEE-nah).
DR.JEFFREY L. TYUS,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNICATION
Dr. Tyus hold a Ph.D. from the
School
of
Interpersonal
Communication of Ohio University in
Athens, Ohio, an M.A. from the School
of Telecommunication at Ohio
University and a B.S.C. from the
School of Telecommunication at Ohio
University.
Dr. Tyus comes to YSU from
Sinclair Community College in
Dayton, Ohio where he was an
Associate
Professor
in
the
Communication Arts Department.
B.S. from Ohio University in
Telecommunications
M.A. from Ohio University in
Telecommunications
Ph.D. from Ohio University in
Interpersonal Communication
Taught Public Speaking at Ohio
University (Athens, OH) 1998-99.
Taught Public Speaking, Mass
Communication, and Media Criticism
at Furman University (Greenville, SC)
1999-2000.
Taught Public Speaking, Mass
Communication,
Broadcasting,
Intercultural Communication, Public
Relations, and the Capstone course
for graduating majors at Sinclair
Community College (Dayton, OH)
2000-2007.
Former President of the Ohio
Communication Association 20042006 and currently serving as
Immediate Past President of the
organization until 2008.
Very active in the National
Communication Association where I
will serve on the Legislative Assembly
(governing body of the organization)
this year, representing the Mass
Communication Division. Also active
in the regional conference, Central
State Communication Association.
Teaching at YSU will afford me the
opportunity to teach newer classes,
such as the Basic Course, Research
Methods, and New Communication
Media courses.
Personally, I grew up in Cleveland,
the youngest of three boys. I am currently single and I am an avid dog
lover. I have a 7 year old black lab
named Phoxie. I consider myself a
major philanthropist and have
marched on behalf of civil rights and
animal rights. Finally, I am a car
enthusiast and I enjoy traveling.
BELOW: PHILLIP ANDREW LEWIS
DR. ALICE WANG,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF CLARINET
DANA SCHOOL OF MUSIC
With a career including solo and
ensemble concerts in Belgium, New
York City, Sweden, Los Angeles and
Taiwan, Alice Wang’s clarinet performances have been described as
‘‘incredible [with] fast and intricate finger work.‘‘
In addition to premiering new multimedia works as a member of the
award-winning American Repertory
NANCY ANDERSEN
WOLFGANG
INSTRUCTOR
DEPARTMENT OF
THEATER AND DANCE
DANA SCHOOL OF
MUSIC
Nancy Andersen Wolfgang is very
excited to be joining the YSU teaching
staff. Professor Wolfgang received
her Masters in Musical
Theater
Ensemble, some of the other highlights of Dr. Wang’s career include collaborating in a European concert tour
to promote the awareness of Asian
cultures, as well as having received an
invitation from the Royal Conservatory
of Music in Stockholm to be a resident
guest artist and an invitation to give a
solo concerto performance with the
Texas Festival Orchestra.
She completed her Doctorate of
Musical Arts in Clarinet at the
University of Texas at Austin with Prof.
Richard MacDowell.
Her previous teachers have also
included Yehuda Gilad and Mitchell
Lurie at the University of Southern
California, as well as Sir Walter
Boeykins at the Royal Conservatory of
Music in Antwerpe.
Performance from the Boston
Conservatory. She hails from Las
Vegas where she taught choir, piano,
and musical theater at the nationally
recognized Las Vegas Academy for
the Visual & Performing Arts.
Professor Wolfgang also
resided in New York City where she
had the opportunity to perform such
roles as Christine in Yeston & Kopit’s
Phantom, Irene Mallory in Hello Dolly,
as well as work on three original
shows. Other favorite roles include
Maria in The Sound of Music,
Bobbi/Gabbi in City of Angels, Laurie
in Oklahoma, and Guenevere in
Camelot. Music directing/conducting
credits include Les MisÈrables,
Beauty & the Beast, Jekyll & Hyde,
Little Women, Thoroughly Modern
Millie and the national high school
cast recording of Ragtime.
Professor Wolfgang will begin
working on her PhD in Music
Education at Kent State this fall. She
is joined in Ohio by her husband,
Kevin. The newlyweds are proud parents of two six-month old Silky Terrier
puppies.
ABOVE: NANCY
ANDERSEN
WOLFGANG
LEFT: DR. JEE-WEON CHA
NEW STAFF
Kristi HappelChristian,
Curator of Visual Resources
Department of Art
Jenny Young,
Secretary
Department of Theater and
Dance
William Brophy,
Technology Coordinator,
Basic Communication Course
Department of
Communication
James A. Dolan,
TV Engineer
Department of
Communication
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MELVA
HUEBE
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ABOVE: DR. FRANCOIS FOWLER
Dana School of Music faculty, staff and alumni achievements
● Brian Kiser performed
five concerts with the
Malaysia
Philharmonic
Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia in July. This fall he
began performing with the
River City Brass Band in
Pittsburgh. In October, he
will be the featured guest
artist at the University of
New
Mexico’s
annual
Octubafest. He will present a
recital, masterclass, and
teach lessons while he is
there.
● Stephen L. Gage, professor of music/director of
bands, served as guest conductor for the PMEA NW
High
School
Symphony
Orchestra in Meadville, PA
in late January. He is also
scheduled to guest conduct in
North Carolina and Ohio this
winter.
● YSU faculty Dr. David
Morgan
and
Dr.
Kent
Engelhardt performed with
Joe
Lovano
and
the
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra at
NYC’s Birdland in July. Dr.
Morgan arranged and created the music for the engagement. Also performing were
YSU alumni Lou Pisani and
Nathan Douds.
● Dr. Kathryn Thomas
Umble and the Dana Flute
Ensemble recently were
guest performers at the
2006
National
Flute
Association Convention in
Pittsburgh, PA. This is the
ensemble’s second invitation
in the last 5 years. The group
gave an August 11 concert
that included a quartet,
‘‘Urban Ragas’’ by Dana composer, Dr. Till Meyn.
formances for public school
students in Ruidoso NM, Las
Cruces and Albuquerque.
Other recent performances
by Umble’s trio include the
Crown Concert Series in
Lancaster PA and the St.
Adrew’s series in Ashtabula
OH.
●
Dr. James Umble
(Professor, Dana School of
Music) recently presented
solo guestrecitals and saxophone
masterclasses
at
Westren
Michigan
University (Kalamazoo,MI),
Penn State University (State
College PA) and The State
University of NewYork at
Potsdam (Potsdam New
York). Additionally, he has
just returned from aweeklong tour of New Mexico,
where, with his chamber
group
‘‘The
Cleveland
Duowith James Umble’’
(Stephen Warner, violin and
Carolyn Gadiel Warner,
piano-both members of The
Cleveland Orchestra- and
James Umble, saxophone)
theypresented guest artist
recitals and masterclasses at
New Mexico State University
in Las Cruces and at The
University of New Mexico in
Albuquerque. Additionally,
they presented a concert of
classical music by Jewish
composers at Temple BethShalom in Santa Fe. They
also presented in-school per-
● Misook Yun has been
advanced to semifinal of the
Classical Singer Competition
in May 24, 2007 in San
Francisco. She was a soloist
of Elijah with Warren
Philharmonic Orchestra last
April, and she will be a
soloist of Faure’s Requiem
with
Salem
Chamber
Orchestra in March 2008.
Her other future performance engagement include,
recitals in Virginia and
Oregon in March 2008,
Arkansas in April 2008,
Chicago in May 2008.
● The Dana School of
Music and associate professor of piano, Dr. Caroline
Oltmanns presented the
annual Piano Week March 5
through March 9. The event
included concerts and workshops by Dana School of
Music faculty members,
Caroline Oltmanns, Stephen
Gage, Diane Yazvac, Michael
Schneider,
Roman
Rudnytsky, Till MacIvor,
Meyn, Dror Biran, Kent
Engelhardt, Dave Morgan
and Glenn Schaft. Also featured were guest artists,
Thomas
Janson,
James
Wilding, Brandt Fredriksen
and James Weidman.
● Dr. David Morgan was
commissioned to compose
and arrange an evening of
music forsaxophonist Joe
Lovano and the Cleveland
Jazz Orchestra which was
premiered in November 2005.
Mr. Lovano has invited Dr.
Morgan and the CJO to perform the music at Birdland
in New York City on July 1215, 2006.
Dr. Morgan,
Assistant Professor of Jazz
Studies, is the bassist for the
CJO, and Coordinator of Jazz
Studies Dr. Kent Engelhardt
plays alto saxophone in the
ensemble.
● A funded February 9th
concert of chamber music by
Dana Faculty Dr. Robert
Rollin has been scheduled for
City College (CCNY) in New
York City. Rollin will lecture
on his music at Mannes
College of Music at 11 a.m.
Sat. Feb. 11, and will attend
the performance of 2 of his
works on the Faculty Concert
Series at 8:00 p.m. that
evening.
Robert
Rollin’s
early
February New York City residency included a Feb. 9 Noon
Hour Recital of his chamber
music by the Aurista Duo
(Juilliard School of Music
mfaculty San San Lee, violin
and Mannes College of
Music
faculty
Thomas
Osuga, mpiano) at his alma
mater City College of NY( 8
pieces performed); a 1:00 p.m.
mFebruary
11
Lecture/Recital of his piano
music (5 works played by Mr.
Osuga); at 7:00 p.m. Feb. 11
pre-concert interview with
Dr. Dale Wilson (Connecticut
College) followed by 2 of his
violin and piano pieces
played on the Mannes
College
Faculty
Recital
Series along with works by
Mozart, Copland and others.
● The Dana School of
Music, New Music Festival
took place the week of April
30, 2007 and featured composer Eric Ewazen. Dana School
of Music students and faculty performed many of Dr.
Ewazen’s compositions. Dr.
Ewazen also presented many
lectures about his compositional techniques. Also featured at the festival was composer Terry Plumeri. The
YSU
Symphonic
Wind
Ensemble and Dr.James
Umble premiered a composition by Dr. Till Meyn for
Saxophone
and
Wind
Ensemble.
● The Youngstown State
University Symphonic Wind
Ensemble, Stephen L. Gage,
conductor, has released its
fifth in a series of recently
produced CD recordings,
‘‘Tipping Points.’’ The CD
includes music by Grainger,
Shostakovich,
Whitacre,
Puccini, Morgan, Mackey,
and Saint Saens. Five Dana
faculty members: Robert
Fitzer, clarinet; Kathryn
Thomas
Umble,
flute;
Caroline Oltmanns, piano;
David Morgan, string bass;
and Misook Yun, soprano are
featured soloists with the
ensemble. David Morgan,
associate professor of jazz
studies and string bass, has
composed a new work for
this recording, ‘‘Tipping
Points,’’ that features piano,
string bass, and wind ensemble. YSU SWE CDs are available by contacting Stephen
Gage
at
YSU
(slgage@ysu.edu),
from
Shattinger Music, and from
West Coast Music.
● YSU Bands and the
Dana School of Music hosted
their 1st Annual Wind and
Percussion
Invitational.
Stephen
Gage
and
Christopher
Heidenreich,
associate director of bands,
hosted and cliniced the
Poland
Seminary
High
School, Nicholas Olesko, conductor, and North Alleghany
High School (PA), Todd
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Sept. 12 — SYMPHONIC
WIND ENSEMBLE
Symphonic Wind Ensemble,
Stephen Gage, conductor
7:00 pm, Boardman Park
8:00 pm, Bliss Recital Hall
Oct. 22 — MUSIC
Dana School of Music Student Showcase Recital
8:00 pm, Deyor Performing
Arts Center
Ford Family Recital Hall at
Sept. 19 —
the Eleanor Beecher Flad
MUSIC AT NOON
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MUSIC AT NOON
American Art
Jazz Combos, directed by
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Sept. 23 —
12:15 pm, Butler Institute of
DANA AT DEYOR
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conducted by John Wilcox
4:00 pm, DeYor Performing Oct. 24 — NEW MUSIC
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Arts Center
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Oct. 25 —
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Sept. 26 —
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Dr. Kent Engelhardt
12:15 pm, Butler Institute of James Umble
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Sept. 26 — PERCUSSION Premiere
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8:00 pm, Bliss Hall, Room
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Sept. 30 — VOICE
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Recital
Dana Symphony Orchestra,
John Wilcox, conductor
OCTOBER
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Oct. 3 —
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Oct. 30 — STRINGS
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Oct. 6 —
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Nov. 13 — FLUTE
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Flute Ensemble
Nov. 14 —
MUSIC AT NOON
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Studio in Recital
American Art
Nov. 14 —
DANA AT DEYOR
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Nov. 16 & 17 — MUSIC
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Nov. 17 — OPERA
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Nov. 19 — JAZZ
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by Dr. Kent Engelhardt
8:00 pm Chestnut Room,
Kilcawley Center
Nov. 28 — MUSIC AT
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NOVEMBER
Oct. 8 — JAZZ
Nov. 2 — VOICE
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Nov. 28 — NEW MUSIC
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Oct. 15 —
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phonic Wind Ensemble un- 8:00 pm, Bliss Recital Hall
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pher Heidenreich
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Dec. 5 — MUSIC
Kiser, directors
12:15 pm, Butler Institute of Carols & Cocoa:
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Nov. 7 — JAZZ
Oct. 17 —
Jazz Combo directed by Dr. Dec. 5 — MUSIC
MUSIC AT NOON
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Dana Chorale, University & David Morgan & Dr. Kent
8:00 pm, Stambaugh AudiWomen’s Chorus, conduct- Engelhardt
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Dec. 8 — MUSIC
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Nov. 11 — COLLEGE OF
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Oct. 17 — MUSIC
ARTS
Auditions
GUEST ARTISTS: Nancy
DeSalvo, piano and James Dana Young Artist Competi- 9:00 am to noon, Bliss
Recital Hall
tion
Flowers, saxophone
Karen DelSignore was not
pressured to go to college by her
parents after she graduated
from Hubbard High School in
the mid-1980s.
But DelSignore, a first-generation college graduate, had no
doubt she was going to continue
her education, and that she was
going to do so at YSU.
‘‘My YSU education helped
me do well in my career,’’ said
DelSignore, who graduated
magna cum laude in 1990 with a
bachelor of arts degree in organizational communication and
a business minor.
DelSignore was hired by Alltel right out of college as the
company’s first telemarketer.
Now the vice president of business solutions for the last three
years, she is one of only six vice
presidents of business solutions
in the company. Alltel employs
15,000 people nationwide, including 1,300 in Ohio and many
of them YSU graduates. At least
400 people work in the call center in Boardman.
DelSignore supervises 130
people, with 11 directly reporting to her.
Throughout her career, the
Alltel has had five owners.
‘‘Though Alltel has experienced
KAREN DELSIGNORE
five name changes since I’ve
been here, I was able to persevere and grow,’’ she said. ‘‘To
me, that’s a major accomplishment, which I attribute to the
work ethic I developed while I
was at the university.’’
While at YSU, she worked
part-time at a grocery store,
where she met her future husband. In addition, she served as
the vice president of the Golden
Key Honor Society and was part
of Phi Ata Sigma, an academic
organization.
DelSignore said she especially appreciated the personal relationships she developed with
several of her professors.
In her major, she said that
Daniel O’Neill, professor in the
communication department,
and the late James P. LaLumia,
a professor of communication
studies for 29 years, stood out.
‘‘Though they had different
teaching styles — Dr. O’Neill
was laid back, but very effective,
and Dr. LaLumia was more
structured in his approach —
both always made time for me
out of the classroom,’’ she said.
Because YSU gave her so
much, DelSignore said she believes it’s important to give
back. A long-time donor to
YSU’s Annual Fund campaign,
she conceived of the idea for
Phonathon workers to use Alltel
mobile phones to make their
calls. The Phonathon is part of
YSU’s Annual Fund campaign.
‘‘The university goes beyond
educating students and does a
lot of good in the community,’’
she said.
DelSignore lives in Poland
with her husband, Brian, also a
YSU graduate, and their two
children, Blake and Alec.
UNIVERSITY THEATER 2007-08 SEASON
SPOTLIGHT ARENA
January 24 to 27, 2008
Blackbox Production
THE MIRACLE WORKER
by William Gibson
SPOTLIGHT ARENA
September 6 to 9, 2007
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
by T.S. Elliot
SPOTLIGHT ARENA
October 4 to 7 and October 12 to 14, 2007
URINETOWN: The Musical
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
FORD THEATER
November 8 to 11 and November 16 to 18,
2007
Blackbox Production
AN EVENING OF TWO ONE-ACTS
THE NATURE & PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSE by Christopher Durang
ROULETTE by Douglas Hill
THE RIVALS
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
FORD THEATER
February 21 to 24 and February 29 to March
2, 2008
LOBBY HERO
by Kenneth Lonergan
SPOTLIGHT ARENA
March 27 to 30 and April 4 to 6, 2008
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL
by Gian Carlo Menotti
FORD THEATER
April 17 to 20, 2008
YSU DANCE ENSEMBLE
FORD THEATER
May 1 to 3, 2008
MCDONOUGH MUSEUM OF ART CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2007-08
Biennial Faculty
Exhibition
September 14 to November 9, 2007
Opening Reception
Friday, September
14, 6 to 8 p.m.
Selected works in
various media by Studio Art Faculty in the
Department of Art at
Youngstown State
University. This year
we are featuring the
work of three new
faculty members.
Fall Graduating BFA
Show
November 30 to December 14, 2007
Opening Reception
Friday, November 30,
6 to 8 p.m.
An exhibition of work
by students graduating in the fall semester from the Department of Art at YSU.
Student Art Association Fine Art &
Craft Sale ?
Saturday, December
1, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday December 2,
noon to 5 p.m.
Annual Scholastic
Art Awards
January 19 to February 8, 2008
An exhibition of artwork by students
grades 7-12 from Mahoning, Trumbull,
Columbiana, and
Ashtabula counties.
dation and Philadelphia University.
72nd Annual Student Juried Exhibition
April 4 to April 18,
2008
Opening Reception
MAD ABOUT THE
Friday, April 4, 6 to 8
ARTS
p.m.
Friday, February 22, The annual juried ex2008 Benefit Event, hibition of work by
Friday 8 to 10:30 p.m. students currently enThe annual fund rais- rolled in the Departing gala at the McDo- ment of Art at YSU.
nough Museum for
both the Museum and Spring Graduating
SMARTS.
BFA Show
May 2 to May 16,
The Graphic Imper- 2008
ative: International Opening Reception
Posters of Peace,
Friday, May 2, 6 to 8
Social Justice
p.m.
and The EnvironAn exhibition of work
ment 1965-2005
by students graduatFebruary 22 to March ing in the spring se28, 2008
mester from the DeOrganized by Eliza- partment of Art at
beth Resnick, Chaz
YSU
Maviyane-Davies and
Frank Baseman in
Summer Projects
collaboration with the Terence Michael
Massachusetts Col- Fetchet, Chris Shelege
ban and Michele
of Art. This exhibit al- Monseau
so is supported in
June 14 to July 26
part by the MassaOpening Reception
chusetts
Saturday, June 14, 5College of Art Foun- 7 p.m.
Fall 2007
Dana
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Stefan, conductor, Wind Ensembles on Friday, February
23, 2007 in the Ford Family
Recital Hall. The 130 high
school students participated in
master classes with the Dana
woodwind, brass, and percussion faculty during the day and
the two high school ensembles
and the YSU Symphonic Wind
Ensemble gave a concert at the
end of the day.
● Stephen L. Gage, professor of music and director of
bands, had an article, ‘‘Care
Enough to Share‘‘, published
in the National Band Association Spring 2007 Journal. Gage
was recently elected to the
NBA Board of Directors.
Stephen served as a guest conductor and clinician in New
York, Illinois, Pennsylvania,
North Carolina, and Ohio during this academic year.
Bliss Hall Press
Randy Bibri, trombone; won
auditions to perform with the
American Wind Symphony Orchestra. The AWSO will be
performing
in
Texas,
Louisiana, and in New Haven
Connecticutt and will be
recording a CD at the end of
their tour.
Dana faculty member,
David Morgan, was commissioned by the AWSO’s conductor, Robert Boudreau, to write
a concerto for clarinet and the
orchestra in tribute to former
AWSO member and Dana faculty member, Robert Fitzer.
● Robert Matchett, III,
trombone, and Varden Armstrong, saxophone, took the
Seneca Valley High School
Marching Band to the 2007
Kentucky Derby Parade and
won the Grand Championship
Award,
● Kenneth Young, trumpet,
and Jane Page, soprano, and
the Lakeview High School
Symphonic Band and Chamber Choir were guest performers for the 2007 OMEA Convention in Columbus. Stephen
Gage was a guest conductor for
the concert.
● John Shanks, trombone,
served as principal trombone
in the Indiana University
Wind Ensemble, where he is
pursuing the MM in Trombone
Performance degree; the IU
Win Ensemble gave a feature
performance at the CBDNA
National Convention in Ann
Arbor, MI in March. John will
be a fellowship participant at
the 2007 Summer Brass Institute at the Menlo School,
where he will study with members of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
● Timothy Shade, euphonium, and Shawn Vondran, conducting, performed with the
University of Miami (FL)
Wind Ensemble for a concert
at Carnegie Hall in March.
Tim is pursuing the MM in Euphonium Performance and
Shawn the DMA in Conducting at Miami.
● Pamela Murchison, flute,
won a substitute position for
the Blossom Festival Orchestra in Cleveland. Pamela, Danniel Frabutt, flute; Sarah
Barnes, oboe/English horn;
Shannon McFadden, horn; and
● Three recent Dana School
of Music alumni performed at
the 2007 OMEA State Convention in Columbus. Meghan
Neal, flute/piccolo, Beth
Honaker, flute/piccolo, and
Douglas Kost, tenor trombone,
Art
Awarded Research Professorship for 2007-08
● Dragana Crnjak
Research/Solo Exhibitions
-Houses and New Events:
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond,
VA, Sept. 2006
-What I talk About When I
Talk About Love: Kathryn
Markel Gallery, New York, NY,
March 2007
Research/Group Exhibitions
-Three-Person Exhibition:
Nightengale Gallery, Eastern
Oregon University, La Grande,
OR
-Coming Home: Emily
Davis Gallery, Myers School of
Art, University of Akron, Nov.
2007
-Drawing No Conclusions:
Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI,
Dec. 2006
● David Gill
Research
-Paper presentation at the
Ohio Art Education Association, fall 2006
-Continuation of doctoral
dissertation research and writing
● Peter HappelChristian
Research/Solo Exhibitions
-Brief Notes on Existence:
Tilt Gallery, Portland, OR, Nov.
2006
Research/Group Exhibitions:
-The Grand Canyon: From
Dream to Icon: Tuscan Museum of Art, August, 2006
-Night of 1,000 Drawings:
Artists Space, New York, NY,
Nov. 2006
-Narrative Interplays: Tuscan, AZ, Jan. 2007
-Collected: Opensource Art,
Champaign, IL, March 2007
Awarded Research Professorship for 2007-08 for work entitled, ‘‘Near the Point of Beginning.’’
● Marla Mayerson
Research/Solo exhibitions:
-Salon 40 Exhibition, Kent,
OH, 2006-07
-Mac Worthington Gallery,
Columbus, OH, January and
May 2007
-Designed Davisdesign.tv
website for interior space design firm, Bloomfield, MI, 2006
-Site design for Extreme
Network Solutions, Inc.
-Web design for sharpermaus.com
-Web consultant for Digital
Print Consortium
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Gallery, Stephen F. Austin
State Univ., Nacogdoches, TX,
April 2007
-Faith & Superstitions Exhibition: Long Beach Arts, Long
Beach, CA, April 2007
-Feminine Mystique (Phil
Chan & Krista Nort): Upper
Arlington Cultural Arts; Up.
Arlington, OH, May 2007
-39th Annual Spring Exhibition: The Visual Arts Society
of Texas, Denton, TX, May 2007
-10th Annual National Juried Exhibition: Montpelier
Center for Arts & Education,
Montpelier, VA, 2007
● Kelli Connell
Research/Solo Exhibitions:
-Kelli Connell: New Photographs, Rebecca Ibel Gallery,
Columbus, OH, February, 2007
-Double Life, Yossi Milo
Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
-Kelli Connell: Stephen
Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco,
CA, June 2007
-Midwest Photographers’
Project Exhibition: Museum of
Contemp. Photography, Chicago, IL, Oct, 2006
-Caroline Burghart, Kelli
Connell and Jean Laughton:
Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN, Jan,
2007
- Here and Elsewhere: BK
Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH, Aug, 2006
-Transformative Portraits:
Altered Identities in Contemp.
Art: Lafayette College, Easton,
PA, Nov. 2006
-Chick Flick: Photographic
Center Northwest, Seattle, WA,
Nov. 2006
-Alterations: Eisentrager
Howard Gallery, University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, Jan.
2007
-Analog to Digital: Revolution or Evolution: Central
Michigan University, March
2007
-Kiss and Tell: Center for
Photography at Woodstock,
Woodstock, NY, Jan. 2007
-The End(s) of Photography: Modeling the Photographic: McDonough Museum of
Art, Feb. 2007
-SF Camerawork: SF MOMA, San Francisco, June 2007
2007 YSU Distinguished
Professor in Research Recipient
are members of the WrightPatterson Air Force Band in
Dayton, Ohio.
● Megan Kalosky was
awarded Tozzi Scholarship
from
Youngstown
Opera
Guild,Lauren Hess was awarded Tozzi Scholarship from
Youngstown Opera Guild andDiana Farrell received the
Training Scholarship from
Youngstown Opera Guild
● Elizabeth Walker was
awarded a Minority Scholarship from YSU Foundation.
● Five Dana School of Music students participated in
Quest this year. The students
were advised by Dr. Silvio dos
Santos. The presentations included: Between Nietzsche
and Wagner: Richard Strauss’s
Ein Heldenleben by Taylor
Dicken , Bye bye Butterfly Welcome Caterpilar by Vivianne Asturizaga, Motivic
and Formal Structures in
Bart¯k’s Sonata for Piano
(1926) by Wesley Krautbauer,
The Appropriation and Integration of Wagner by David
Catchpole, and The Reception
of Schoenberg’s Twelve-Tone
Compositional
Techniques
Maureen Connell. Maureen
Connell won the QWEST
award for her presentation.
Dana holiday concert tradition continues
Helen Stambaugh
to be honored
For many of us the Holiday
Season hasn’t begun until we
settle into our seats at Stambaugh Auditorium to enjoy the
wonderful sounds of the season
generated by our own faculty
and students of the Dana School
of Music. The Dana Holiday
Concert is really two concerts
rolled into one delightful package and will be presented
Wednesday December 5 at the
inspiring Stambaugh Auditorium located on Youngstown’s
north
side,
adjacent
to
Youngstown State University.
The Holiday Concert includes not only a formal presentation of ‘‘Christmas Cantata’’,
by Daniel Pinkham, but a more
light hearted presentation of
popular music geared toward
the Holiday season and aptly described as Carols and Cocoa.
Many alumni will remember
that this concert began in the
University Theater lobby in
Bliss Hall with simple refresh-
ments and seasonal music.
Today the combined concerts
attract over 500 patrons who let
our own Dana faculty and staff
help them usher in the Holidays. This year’s Carols and Cocoa will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the
lower level Stambaugh Ballroom and include selections
chosen to showcase the various
choral
and
instrumental
groups’ talents as well as for
their ability to please the crowd.
Over 200 students will perform,
representing various Dana ensembles.
The Dana Holiday Concert
will feature the Dana Symphony
Choir, the Dana Symphonic
Wind Ensemble and the YSU
Jazz Ensemble performing music of the season. Area high
school choral ensembles including Boardman High School will
be participating.
As a special tribute the Dana
School of Music and the Friends
of Music Association will honor
Mrs. Helen Stambaugh with the
Dana Award. The award, created to recognize persons who
have made significant contributions to the Dana School of Mu-
sic, will be presented to Mrs.
Stambaugh at the Dana Holiday
Concert. Mrs. Stambaugh, a
long-time
supporter
of
Youngstown State University, recently provided a gift to the
School for the purchase of band
uniforms and needed instruments for Dana’s Marching
Pride. Dr. Tedrow Perkins, Professor of Music in the Dana
School of Music said, ‘‘The
Friends of Music are delighted
to present Helen Stambaugh
with the Dana Award. She takes
an active interest in the University and its needs and supports
those which have a special place
in her heart. Providing the
funds for new uniforms and instruments will enhance the
Marching Pride and at the same
time showcase the College of
Fine & Performing Arts.’’
So mark December 5th on
your calendar to officially begin
the season at the Dana Holiday
Concert where great music and
wonderful refreshments will be
the order of the night. More information is available by calling
the Dana School of Music office
330- 941-3636.
News about Opera Western Reserve
● Jeff Bush, B.M. Music Education, 1998 recently won the
lead trombone position with
the world renowned Harry
Connick Jr. Big Band.
Opera Western Reserve continues its connection to YSU as
it prepares its fourth production, Verdi’s Rigoletto.
The opera will be performed
at tambaugh Auditorium on
Friday, Nov. 9th it will be sung
in the original Italian with English super titles.
David Vosburgh, adjunct faculty member of the new Department of Theater and Dance will
direct and design the scenery.
Dr. Hae-Jong Lee will prepare the chorus with many
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● Christine McCullough
-Alumni Exhibition: Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, MD, summer 2006
-Hair: Juried Exhibition:
Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MA
-All-Ohio Juried Exhibition:
Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio
State University, Mansfield,
OH, March 2007
FATE Conference Panel
Chair, March 2007
Interdisciplinary research
project on quantitative evaluation of face sketches.
● Greg Moring
-Development and Publication, ‘‘The Howard W. Jones
National Sculpture Competition,’’ sculpture scheduled for
installation and dedication in
Spring, 2008
-Public art research project,
continuation of sabbatical
project
● Michelle Nelson
Research/exhibitions:
-Odyssey Interactive DVD
cover, Teachers’ Discovery, fall
2006
-Book designs (2) for Lincoln Interactive, fall 2006
-Identity and web design,
Shelton Mathews, fall 2006
-Maintained Department of
Art
website
(http://fpa.ysu.edu/art), 20062007
-Designed promotional materials for Summer Honors Institute, spring 2007
-Designed all-campus happy
hour invitation for YSU-OEA
-Designed 30 DVD covers for
language DVD series, Teachers’ Discovery, spring 2007
● Susan Russo
-Chaired evaluation team
for NASAD at William Paterson University, Paterson NJ,
Nov. 2006
-Served on the Accreditation Commission fall, 2006 in
Minneapolis and spring, 2007
in Reston, Virginia.
-Awarded
the
Watson
Award for chair leadership,
April 2007
-Awarded the Student Service Award, April 2007
● Dr. Patricia Sarro:
● Michael Match, BM Vocal
Performance 2001, recently
won a position with the San
Fransico, California based vocal ensemble, Chanticleer. The
during the next year the ensemble will present concerts in
Europe and the United States.
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The Bliss Hall Press, Spring 2008 Issue
Submissions information also available
at www.fpa.ysu.edu/pressup.htm
singers from the Dana School of
Music.
Two Dana vocal students will
be feature in cameo roles; Max
Pivik as Marullo and Anthony
DeRose as Count Ceprano.
The Opera will be preceded
by the Youngstown Opera
Guild’s Gala Giorgio Tozzi
Scholarship dinner in the
Grand Ballroom.
Proceeds
from the dinner are use to provide scholarships for Dana vocal students.
Opera Western Reserve’s educational outreach program,
imPROVERA, which was created by Dana voice faculty member Corrinne Morini, continues
to present programs in the
school under the troupe leadership of Dana graduate student
Diane Farrell with Lauern Hess
and Max Pivik joining her in
this interactive and improvisational introduction to opera.
For information about the
opera and dinner or the outreach program please contact
the Opera Western Reserve office at 330-480-0693 or David Vosburgh at dvosburgh@ysu.edu.
Sabbatical Award for 20062007
● Dr. Stephanie Smith:
Assistant Chair, 2006-2007
2007 YSU Distinguished
Professor in University Service Recipient
● Stacy Torma traveled to
Poland in the summer of 2006
with members of the history
department to photographically document holocaust sites.
Two local exhibitions were
held (Bliss Hall Gallery and
Jewish Community Center) in
fall, 2006, featuring work from
this trip. She was accepted into the MFA program at the University of Los Vegas and the
University of Arizona (photography).
● Alumnus Rudy Solomon
(class of 2003) is teaching animation in China.
● Alumnus Erin Maloney
(class of 2005) is a graphic designer with Borders national
headquarters in Ann Arbor.
● Alumnus Derrick Davis
(2006) was recently hired as an
animator in Los Angeles.
● Alumnus John Ferguson
(1992) is publishing children’s
books under Bubblegum Press.
● Alumnus Dan Pasky
(1992) has recently opened his
own business as a prop buyer
after 14 years as an art director
in New York.
Staff Achievements:
● Sharyn Fees
-Secretary to Phi Kappa Phi,
Chapter 143, 2006-2007.
- Program administrator for
YSU 2007 Ohio Summer Honors Institute.
- Webmaster for Yo-Mah-O
Chapter, International Association of Administrative Professionals
Student
and
Alumni
Achievements:
● Boris Chesakov was accepted into the MFA programs
at Yale, Cal Arts and Otis Institute (spatial arts).
● Angela Speece, accepted
into the MFA program at
UMass/Dartmouth and Massachusetts College of Art, postbaccalaureate program (painting).
CALL FOR ALUMNI NEWS
We want to hear from you! Where are you? What are you doing?
Let us publish your news in the Bliss Hall Press alumni news. You
can also find us at: http://www.fpa.ysu.edu
Please submit your information in the following form: (Please Print
or Type)
E-Mail:
The Bliss Hall Press, the College of Fine and Performing Arts
journal is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2008 issue to
be published in early Spring Semester.
Submissions may be made by alumni, students, faculty and
staff.
Deadline for Submissions: December 31, 2007
THEMES: Articles on any topic or news related to the College
of Fine and Performing Arts are welcome. Articles should be no
longer than two pages.
ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS: should be e-mailed by December
31, 2007 as an e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word to Silvia
Jimenez Hyre at sjhyre@ysu.edu.
Pictures must be submitted on jpeg format and if there are numerous pictures a CD is better.
I want to share the following Information:
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Last Name:
Former Last Name:
Address:
City:
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Feel free to forward this message to your colleagues!
Thank you very much for taking the time to submit an article.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 330-941-2337 or
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Send to: College of Fine and Performing Arts, Youngstown State
University, One University Plaza, Youngstown, Ohio 44511- c/o Dr.
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Bliss Hall Press
Fall 2007
BLISS HALL PORTRAITS
DR. CARY HORVATH
DR. CARY HORVATH
Dr. Cary Horvath, Assistant Dr. Horvath and her husband, Jim.
Professor of Communication
New Chair of the Department tor and why?
students would come and go,
of Communication
In addition to Larry, I’d and that work stayed at work;
have to give ‘‘props’’ to my I never expected to form so
1. When did you first graduate school advisors at many deep and long-lasting
know you wanted to be in Kent State University, Becky friendships. Also, it’s pretty
the field Communication?
and Alan Rubin. They have amazing to think that, in the
‘‘Back in ‘82’’ I was an un- tremendous passion for teach- classroom, you have the powdergraduate student at YSU. I ing and learning, and dedica- er to affect the way people
thought I wanted to be a nurse tion to the field of communi- think, and what they think
until I took an introductory cation.
about.
communication course. I
loved that class so much, I de4. What might people be
3. What is the most satcided to change my major. isfying aspect of teaching surprised to know about
Larry Hugenberg taught that and being an academic ad- you?
class and made the job look ministrator for you?
People are always surlike fun. I now try to teach
It’s hard to pick just one prised to learn that I’m an
with the same relaxed and thing! Cliched, but true: the atheist. (You’re surprised
friendly attitude he had. Iron- best part of my job is getting right now, aren’t you?)
ically, my husband is now a to know so many wonderful
nurse!
5. What is your biggest
people. I love my students like
they’re my own kids, and my aspiration?
2. Who was your teacher colleagues are my dearest
Heavy question! Simply to
or mentor who inspired you friends. When I started work- grow old happily, staying close
most to become and educa- ing in education, I assumed to loved ones.
From left to right: son Jim, DR. Horvath, husband Jim, and son Dustin. Center is her daughter, Mikhenan.
reading. I’m decidedly NOT a
6. What is your proudest homebody.
accomplishment in life?
8. Can you tell us a little
I’m pretty proud of my career. I’ve also made some bit about Cary the person
beyond being faculty and
amazing golf shots.
administrator?
I have taught in the past at
7. In addition to teaching, what other pursuits a variety of places including
Kent State University, Thiel
are you passionate about?
I’m definitely a news College, Westminster College,
junkie
and
TV and Slippery Rock University;
connoisseur/addict ñ I study but YSU is the best.
I have always lived in
mass media for a reason! I also love traveling, biking, and Austintown; all my family
members are Fitch High grads
(Go Falcons!). We love the water, and also have properties
in Myrtle Beach and at Lake
Milton. I’ve been married for
26 years and have three children: Jim is a physician at
The Ohio State Medical Center, Mikhenan is in her third
year of med school, and
Dustin is a sophomore at YSU.
9. Is there anything else
you would like to add?
That’s TMI, as it is :)
BLISS HALL PORTRAITS
DR. STEPHANIE SMITH
DR. STEPHANIE SMITH,
Associate Professor of Art New
Chair of the Department of
Art
1. Stephanie when did
you first know you wanted
to be in the field of Art History?
I started college as a communications major and took
an art history class my freshman year as an elective. I enjoyed the class so much I decided to stick with it.
2. Who was your teacher
or mentor who inspired
you most to become and educator and why?
DR. STEPHANIE SMITH
It was never an individual
so much as the environment about being an administrator
and what it offers. I am paid to yet-ask me that in a few
expand my own mind and the months.
minds of others. In theory
what could be better?
4. What might people be
surprised to know about
3. What is the most sat- you?
isfying aspect of teaching
I was a varsity athlete in
and being an academic ad- college (cross country and
ministrator for you?
lacrosse).
I’m most satisfied in the
classroom if students are en5. What is your biggest
gaged with the material, ask- aspiration?
ing questions and making
Happiness and continual
connections. I’ve met some improvement in both my perreally interesting people sonal and professional life.
along the way as well.
I don’t know too much
6. What is your proudest
accomplishment in life?
My children, Lulu and Teddy.
7. In addition to teaching, what other pursuits
are you passionate about?
I love to bake bread and
cook. Thai, Vietnamese, and
Indian cuisines are pretty
much staples in my household. Having lived in Rome for
over two years, Italian is a favorite standby as well.
8. Can you tell us a little
bit about Stephanie the
person beyond being faculty and administrator?
I’ve been married for six
years to Peter Herman and we
have two children (Lulu will
be four by the time this is
printed and Theodore ‘Teddy’
will be two). We live in Liberty Township. My life has
changed pretty dramatically
since having kids. These days
weekends are spent taking
trips to the many zoos in the
area, gardens, museums, pretty much anything that the
kids want to do.
9. Is there anything else
you would like to add?
I’m really looking forward Dr. Stehanie Smith and her two children, Teddy and LuLu.
to my new assignment. I’m so
incredibly proud of the department and the accomplish- ments of my colleagues.
Go Penguins!

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