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University of South Dakota
Department of Music Newsletter • Vol. 16, No. 1 • Fall 2014
MUSIC
DEPARTMENT OF
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EDUC ATION | SCHOL ARSHIP | PERFORMANCE
From the Chair…
Dear Alumni, Students and Friends of USD,
Greetings from the Music Department of the University of South Dakota. I am
proud to have been a faculty member for the last seven years and I look forward to
serving this wonderful department as interim chair this year. We are so excited to
welcome a new, talented freshmen class to our already outstanding stable of young musicians. I look
forward to seeing these students grow and flourish under the dedicated tutelage of our fine faculty.
The USD Music Department has had an award winning year. We are proud of our students and
faculty as they were recognized with several prestigious local, state and national awards. Dr. Rolf
Olson and Dr. Rick Rognstad were both recognized by the SDHSAA, Susan Keith Gray was presented
the Knutson Distinguished Professor Award, and I was named the winner of the Belbas Larson Award
for Teaching Excellence. Additionally, you will see in this newsletter, several other faculty members
were recognized in their specific fields for outstanding achievement. In the past year, members of our
talented faculty have performed throughout the United States and in Australia, Canada and Japan. In
addition, several faculty members have presented at major conferences, published articles and books
and recorded professional CDs. The Rawlins Trio’s new CD Attracting Opposites: New Music for Piano
Trio and the Chamber Singers’ CD Yours in Song both have received rave reviews from critics and
listeners alike. All these high honors are a testament to the outstanding teaching, performing and
creative scholarship going on within this department.
Our students continue to produce wonderful performances throughout the department, including
several who were recognized by state, regional and national organizations. The USD Opera and
Chamber Singers were both named as finalists for the American Prize. Several voice students placed in
the SD-NATS competition this past year. In fact, USD had more place winners than any other South
Dakota institution. Additionally, USD had three Young Artist winners at the SDMTA competition
and had a student honored by the South Dakota Bandmasters Association. Our student ensembles
continued their tradition of concert touring during the past year. The USD Chamber Singers,
Symphonic Band, USD Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble traveled throughout the region
bringing their musical excellence to audiences and high school students in eight states. This year, the
Chamber Singers take their choral talents to Europe where they will perform in Germany, Austria,
and the Czech Republic during spring break.
We would love to have you attend our concerts and festival performances either on the USD campus,
or while our faculty or ensembles are on tour. In addition to our scheduled concerts and tours, several
student organizations will be performing at the USD Night at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls
on Jan. 31, 2015. The faculty’s talents will be on display at South Canon Lutheran Church in Rapid
City on February 6, 2015. More information on both of these free concerts will be coming. Watch
your email.
I hope you can see that great things are happening in the Music Department at the University of
South Dakota. Thanks to the talents of our wonderful students and the dedication of our amazing
faculty, the sky is the limit to the musical excellence we can produce.
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David Holdhusen, Chair
Department of Music
Music Department Welcomes Timothy Campbell
The University of South Dakota Music
Department is excited to welcome Timothy
Campbell to the faculty in the area of voice
and choir.
Timothy Campbell is Assistant Professor of
Music at the University of South Dakota, where
he conducts the Concert Choir and Men’s and
Women’s Chorus. In addition to his conducting
duties, he also teaches courses in applied voice
and choral literature and techniques. A doctoral
candidate at the University of Arizona, he is
currently completing a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting with
a Minor in Voice, and also holds degrees from the University
of Minnesota (MM in Choral Conducting) and Bemidji
State University (BS in Vocal Music Education). He recently
served as Interim Director of Choral Activities at West Virginia
University, where he directed three choral ensembles and taught
undergraduate conducting. He has directed the St. Luke’s Early
Music Ensemble (TX), the University of Minnesota Early Music
Ensemble, and the University of Arizona’s Honor
Choir, Kantorei, and University Singers. He has
also served as associate director for Men’s Consort
Houston, and the CORO Vocal Artists. His
conducting mentors include Bruce Chamberlain,
Elizabeth Schauer, Kathy Romey, Matthew
Mehaffey, P. Bradley Logan, and Paul Brandvik.
A lyric tenor, Timothy has performed with many
of the nation’s finest professional ensembles,
including VocalEssence, The Singers, the Tucson
Chamber Artists, the Houston Chamber Choir,
Cantare Houston, the South Dakota Chorale, and Conspirare,
with whom he was a member on the Grammy®-nominated and
Edison award-winning CD Requiem. He also toured Spain with
the acclaimed early music group The Rose Ensemble, where they
received first prize in the sacred category of the prestigious Tolosa
International Choral Competition. A South Dakota native, he
lives in Sioux Falls with his wife, Natalie, and their two sons,
Isaiah and Ian.
USD Symphony Orchestra Has Stellar Season
The USD Symphony Orchestra presented the region with
four very diverse concerts in the 2013–14 season. The first
concert featured a salute to American music with the American
Suite by Charles Wakefield Cadman, The Tides of Manaunaun by
Henry Cowell, and The Call of the Plains by Rubin Goldmark.
The great Czech composer Antonin Dvor̆ák was important
for American music. He was hired in 1892 to lead a new
conservatory in New York City, which later became Julliard, and
was very influential on a generation of American composers.
His advice to them in seeking to achieve a distinctly American
compositional style was to use music native to the country as he
had done by incorporating Czech melodies, rhythmic patterns,
and harmonic devices into his own music. While in America
at the conservatory, Dvor̆ák heard the hymns and spirituals of
African Americans from a student, and while during summers
in Spillville, Iowa, he encountered the music of American
Indians. He used melodies from both in the works he wrote
while in this country, notably the American String Quartet and
Symphony from the New World. Though not a student of Dvor̆ák,
Cadman followed his advice, and the American Suite utilizes both
sources. Rubin Goldmark was one of Dvor̆ák’s students at the
conservatory, and his Call of the Plains brings to mind the open
spaces he encountered in Colorado while living there to overcome
a respiratory ailment. Henry Cowell, on the other hand, was an
experimentalist who explored new possibilities of the piano, his
instrument. For his Tides of Manaunaun (an Irish god of the sea),
he pushed clusters of keys down all at once with his forearms to
simulate the massive tides.
The second fall concert highlighted the string faculty at
USD. Double bassist Rick Rognstad performed Bottesini’s lovely
Elegie, with graduate student conductor Victor Yip leading the
orchestra. The Rawlins Piano Trio, with pianist Susan Keith Gray
joining violinist Eunho Kim and cellist Marie-Elaine Gagnon,
was featured in the beautiful slow movement of Tchaikovsky’s
2nd Piano Concerto. The concert ended with highlights from
Tchaikowsky’s Swan Lake and Nutcracker ballets.
USD history professor David Burrow joined the orchestra for
the winter concert to narrate Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and
the concert concluded with perhaps the most famous orchestral
work: Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. The season concluded in late
April with a focus on students. It featured the winners of the
annual concerto competition, violinist Ashley Graber, pianist
Qiao Zheng Goh, and soprano Jordynn Bangasser. The combined
USD choirs then joined the orchestra, and Director of Choral
Activities David Holdhusen brought the audience to its feet with
his powerful reading of Schubert’s Mass in D, D. 167.
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Going Back to Move Forward:
Rediscovering the Baroque Heart of the Modern Cello
By Marie-Élaine Gagnon, D.M.A.
I had never imagined owning a baroque cello. When I was
studying at the Montreal Music Conservatory, baroque players
were wearing Birkenstocks, smelling like patchouli and often
sporting an excessive amount of hair. What I’ve learned in the
last couple years is that baroque players are nothing like that
early stereotype.
The Baroque period covers the years 1600 to 1750. The
music is brilliant, virtuosic and buoyant. Two years ago, I was
reintroduced to the old world of music. My curiosity was first
ignited in the summer of 2012 when I attended the Institute
for Early Music on Modern Instruments for Professional String
Players in Washington D.C. Bowing techniques, interpretation
of slur and “staccato” articulations, application of vibrato and
ornamentation were only a few examples of technical aspects
taught by renowned early music experts, violinist Elizabeth
Field and cellist Stephanie Vial. Instantly, I fell in love! Inégals
rhythms, a performance practice in which some notes of equal
values are played with unequal durations, rocked my world.
Months later, I acquired a second cello—a baroque instrument
made in 1826 by Z. L. Hodges, in Taunton, Mass.
This past summer, I attended the Oberlin Baroque
Performance Institute under the artistic direction of Kenneth
Slowick. Faculty concerts delivered memorable listening and
music-making experiences. Lectures, daily masterclasses and
ensemble coaching enriched my newfound love of baroque
performance. Great baroque composers such as Lanzetti,
Caldara, Berteau, Geminiani entered my solo work for cello.
Once upon a time one these baroque composers may have
entered my musical world but I never really understood the
magnificence and magnitude of their respective works.
One Italian composer in particular, Francesco Geminiani,
had my attention. Geminiani, also a violinist and music theorist,
published a set of six cello solo sonatas, opus 5, in 1746. These
cello sonatas, later adapted for the violin by the composer
himself, “were considered highly technical and ‘fantastical’ and
appeared to not have achieved high sales unlike others of his
concertos and sonatas.”1 These cello sonatas were difficult to
execute for the mid-18th century cello player, but modern cello
performance practices have a far easier time with the work. This
modern popularity and interest by both modern and baroque
players has made Geminiani’s opus 5 his most published work
since the 20th century.
In more than a quarter century of playing modern cello,
appreciation for the roots of my instrument were mostly
historical. Recently, I have found that performing baroque
music on a period instrument has made me a more complete
educator and cellist. Baroque music and its practices are not old.
They are being rediscovered by modern musicians every day.
Such has been my experience with the music, which has never
been more hip, hot and happening.
Francesco Geminiani, Sonates Pour Le Violoncelle et Basse Continue dans lesquelles il a fait une étude particulière Pour l’utilité de Ceux qui accompagnent.
Ouvrage cinquième., with an introduction and commentary, by Christopher Hogwood, editor, (Cambridge, March 2010; Ut Orpheus edizioni).
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USD Concert Bands and Brass Reach
a Wide Audience in 2013–14
The Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Brass Choir had
another busy and successful school year of presenting excellent
music to many people in the region.
The fall semester included the Symphonic Band, under the
direction of Dr. Rolf Olson, performing a concert to thank and
recognize long-time scholarship donors and supporters of the
band program, Gary Begeman and Gail Griffith. Their support
over the years has funded numerous brass and woodwind student
scholarships! Thank you again Gary and Gail! That concert
also featured graduate conducting student, Bethany Amundson,
conducting Jack Stamp’s famous and well-loved piece,
Be Thou My Vision. Several USD students in the band
composed the program notes. Ms. Amundson and Kiley Coyne,
who conducted on each concert in the spring semester, are the
first two instrumental conducting students in the new master
of music degree program in conducting. The fall semester also
featured the USD Brass Choir performing music of the great
composers, William Byrd, Percy Grainger, Fisher Tull, Edvard
Grieg, and Philip Sparke. The concert, held in Aalfs Auditorium
in Slagle Hall, included the brass choir surrounding the audience
from the balcony on Byrd’s, Fantasy in Six Parts. In the spring
the Brass Choir performed two concerts and featured seniors,
Becca Lunstrum on horn and John Mathews on trombone.
The repertoire included many of the great works for brass and
several antiphonal pieces that utilized the wonderful acoustics in
Aalfs Auditorium.
The spring semester was extremely busy as the Concert Band,
under the direction of Dr. Gary Reeves, performed two concerts
which featured some of the band world’s most famous composers,
such as James Barnes, Alfred Reed, W. Francis McBeth, John
Philip Sousa, and John Barnes Chance. The Symphonic Band
performed four concerts in the spring semester and also toured for
three days in February. The first performance was in January for
the 150 high school students attended USD’s Quad State Honor
Band Festival. The Festival, organized by Dr. Rolf Olson, featured
internationally famous composer/conductor, David Holsinger
and USD Associate Director of Bands, Dr. Gary Reeves.
In February the Symphonic Band performed on tour for over
1,000 students at Iowa schools: Sibley-Ocheyedan, and Sheldon,
and South Dakota Schools: Canton, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, Sioux
Falls Christian, and Brandon Valley. The band culminated their
tour with a performance at the South Dakota Bandmasters
Convention in Brookings, SD where they performed for most
of the band directors in the state of South Dakota. The band
received a standing ovation and received numerous comments on
a performance that several called, “the best I have ever heard from
the USD band!”
The Symphonic Band’s concert in March featured senior
musicians Lacey Semansky on oboe and Becca Lunstrum on
horn, who both played beautifully and will be missed. The year
ended with another bang, as the Symphonic Band and Concert
Band performed their joint Bands Extravaganza Concert in
April. That concert featured an original piece for band composed
and conducted by senior music major, Jimmy Bloomquist. The
piece, titled Badlands at Dawn, received a standing ovation from
the audience. Both Dr. Reeves and Dr. Olson conducted the
combined bands in Introduction to Act III from Lohengrin, and
Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, celebrating the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Richard Wagner. The concert was a wonderful
end to a busy and successful year of music-making by the
instrumental concert ensembles.
Ensembles
The USD Brass Choir is in the initial stages of recording a CD
of original music for brass. If you wish to be a part of the CD
project, please contact Dr. Rolf Olson at Rolf.Olson@usd.edu.
Other News
The 2014 Summer Band Director Institute, (Dr. Rolf Olson,
Director) was again very successful and featured internationallyknown composer and conductor, James Barnes. The Band
Director Institute has grown in the past few years and has
become the region’s most well-attended and popular workshop
for teachers seeking graduate credit and wanting to further
knowledge and skill in their profession.
The SOUND of USD performing at halftime of the USD vs. Kansas
football game
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Members of the Chamber Singers receive lollipops from
the kids at North Presbyterian Church in La Crosse, Wis.
USD Chamber Singers perform for a receptive audience
at First Lutheran Church in St. Peter, Minn.
USD Choirs Complete a Busy and Successful Year
The 2013–2014 school year was a wonderful year with several
memorable moments and outstanding performances, not only on
campus but throughout the state and region.
The fall semester saw the university choirs, under the direction
of David Holdhusen, Ph.D., perform twice for large enthusiastic
audiences in Vermillion. The Fall Choral Showcase in October
and the Music Department’s Holiday Concert in December gave
the choral groups the opportunity to display the musicianship
and quality of singing they had worked so hard to achieve. The
fall showcase saw the Chamber Singers premiere a new work
by Jonny Priano called Do Not Fear. This piece quickly became
a favorite of the choir and the audience in Vermillion, as well
as on the group’s spring tour. In addition to these concerts, the
Chamber Singers presented numerous performances throughout
the community, including a concert as part of the 10th Annual
All-State Chorus Workshop. This year’s workshop was attended
by approximately 250 students from 30 area high schools.
The spring semester was extremely busy for the choral
department as well. The semester was highlighted by the two
traditional major concerts for the university’s choirs. The Spring
Choral Showcase, in late February, highlighted the ensembles’
continued development and growth as each group performed
multiple numbers spanning the breadth of history. The end of
the semester saw the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and
Men’s and Women’s Choir combine with the USD Symphony
Orchestra to present the Schubert Mass in G. Student soloists
were featured including Jordyn Bangasser, Jerry Holbrook III,
Hannah Lambertz, Christopher Larson, Danur Kvilhaug,
Mickey McGrann, and Brian Rasmussen. It truly was a great
semester of choral music.
The Chambers Singers’ very busy year also included numerous
additional public performances and honors. In October, as part
of the D-Days celebration, an alumni concert saw around 30
former members of the ensemble join with the current members
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to prepare a program of music that included O Day Full of Grace,
and Peter William’s Agnus Dei. In March, prior to the concert
tour, the ensemble performed in Yankton in a combined concert
with the Yankton Children’s Choir at the Lewis and Clark
Theatre. It was especially meaningful to junior Hannah Lambertz,
who had been a member of the YCC and whose father had been
the Director of the theatre. This truly was a great opportunity to
exhibit the outstanding music making going on at USD.
The annual spring tour took the group south and east. The
trip was comprised of 25 concerts spanning four states, included
stops in Sioux City, La Crosse, Rochester, St. Peter, Bloomington,
Worthington and Sioux Falls, among others. The tour concluded
with the Home Concert before a very large, receptive audience in
Vermillion. The students worked tirelessly to prepare the program
to speak to the audience on a deep musical and emotional level.
The tour program, titled “The American Voyage” featured a
variety of repertoire that spanned the historical spectrum while
showcasing music from the early England and the United States.
The program included pieces by William Byrd, William Billings,
and David Conte, as well as folk songs and spirituals.
The Chamber Singers also released a new CD entitled,
Yours in Song, on the Con Brio label featuring live recordings of
performances from the past four years. The CD can be purchased
at amazon.com, iTunes, or by contacting the music department.
Work has already begun on the next recording to be released in
fall 2016.
This summer, the ensemble was again selected as a finalist for
the American Prize in Choral Performance (College/University
Division). Each year, the American Prize rewards the best
recorded performance of music by individuals and ensembles
in the United States. The Chamber Singers submitted a 35
minute recording which was adjudicated by a national panel.
The ensemble is very proud to have accomplished this for the
fourth consecutive year.
Studio News
The voice students of Dr. Tracelyn Gesteland had a very busy year performing in a variety of venues.
In the fall of 2013, junior Jordyn Bangasser won First Place
in the Junior/Senior division of the SDMTA Collegiate Voice
Competition in addition to being selected the vocal winner of the
2013–14 USD Concerto-Aria Competition. She performed her
winning aria, In uomini, in soldati, with the orchestra in April.
Jordyn was also a winner in the First Bank & Trust Scholarship
Competition for her lecture-recital entitled “Impressionism and
the Mélodies of Claude Debussy” and was accepted to present
her research at IdeaFest. Laura Bertschinger ’13, M.M. competed
in the MTNA Young Artist voice competition and advanced to
the regional level in Des Moines, serving as the representative
from South Dakota.
In the winter of 2014, Jordyn Bangasser was selected to
perform in the chorus of Die Fledermaus with Sounds of South
Dakota in addition to being chosen to sing for USD’s Jesse
Blumberg master class. James Cooper, first year grad student, was
chosen to sing for USD’s Martin Katz master class along with
former studio member Katie Pacza ’13, M.M.
In the spring of 2014, several singers participated in the South
Dakota NATS competition, with the following studio members
winning awards in their divisions:
• 1st place graduate division: James Cooper
• 1st place junior women: Jordyn Bangasser
• 1st place adult division: Laura Bertschinger
• 2nd place musical theatre women: Hannah Lambertz
• 2nd place freshmen women: Mickey McGrann
• Honorable mention sophomore women: Sarah Schmidt
• Honorable mention musical theatre women: Jordyn Bangasser
In other spring studio news, Ashley Hogarth ’14, B.M.,
was accepted into the master’s program in vocal performance at
Roosevelt University in Chicago with a vocal scholarship. James
Cooper sang the role of Uriel in Haydn’s Creation with Mount
Marty College, and Laura Bertschinger was named an alternate
for the Druid City Opera Young Artist Program in Alabama.
Finally, many of Dr. Gesteland’s voice students were
featured in the 6th annual Gesteland Studio Showcase in
April. Each singer performed a solo followed by a finale
consisting of a medley of favorites from opera, Broadway, jazz,
and classic movies.
Pictured front: Rachael Biggerstaff. Second row left to right: Kaela DeJong,
Mickey McGrann, Nathaniel Knoblock, Hannah Lambertz, Joshua Guenther,
Laura Bertschinger. Back row left to right: Anna-Rabea Schulz, Sarah Schmidt,
Jordyn Bangasser, Josh Rolling, James Cooper, Dr. Gesteland, Kate Wietzema,
Kayla Kaltenbach, De Shonté Helm, Taryn Hogarth. Missing: Tom Emanuel.
Lombardi Honored for Piano
Concerto by American Prize
Paul Lombardi, Ph.D., assistant professor of music at the
University of South Dakota, placed third in the orchestral
division of the American Prize in Composition 2014 with
his piano concerto. The piano concerto was composed in
2003–04, and with a grant from the University of New Mexico,
was recorded by pianist Dmitry Tavanets and the Kiev
Philharmonic with conductor/producer Robert Ian Winstin
(ERMMedia 2007).
Founded in 2009, the American Prize provides “evaluation,
recognition and reward to America’s finest performing artists,
ensembles and composers, based on recorded performances.”
One judge commented, “… a true piano concerto, with a big and
dramatic part for the soloist.”
An assistant professor of music theory and composition at
USD, Lombardi’s music has been performed in more than
20 states across the United States, as well as in other areas in
North America, South America and Europe. Recordings of
his music are available from Capstone Records, Zerx Records,
and ERMMedia. Lombardi’s theoretical work focuses on
mathematics and music, and is published in the Music Theory
Spectrum, Indiana Theory Review, and Mathematics and
Computers in Simulation, among other places.
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USD Opera Presents Too Many Sopranos
Pi Kappa Lambda Inducts
Four New Members
In spring 2014, USD Opera presented Too Many Sopranos, a comic opera by
Edwin Penhorwood. The production was the third opera to be given in the
newly renovated Aalfs Auditorium in Slagle Hall. Fully staged with orchestra,
the cast included:
On Thursday morning, April 17, the Theta
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda held
its new member induction ceremony. The
ceremony was held as part of the weekly
Recital Lab required for all music majors
and minors. Dr. Susanne Skyrm, President
of the chapter, led the ceremony and Dr.
Darlene Fett, Secretary/Treasurer, presented
certificates of membership, pins, and
memento booklets to the inductees. Selected
for membership were seniors Nicole Chlipala,
John Mathews, and Jared Mogen, as well
as faculty member and former department
chair, Dr. Timothy Farrell.
Pi Kappa Lambda is the national honor
society for music. Based on their academic
achievements, members are selected by the
faculty and represent the top 20% of those
full-time music majors who graduate within
the calendar year. Since Theta Upsilon’s
establishment on the University of South
Dakota campus in 1999, over 40 students
and faculty have been selected for this very
prestigious honor.
Brian Rasmussen St. Peter
Josh Rolling Gabriel
Hannah Lambertz Miss Titmouse
Jordyn Bangasser Madame Pompous Mickey McGrann Dame Doleful
Ashley Ballou-Bonnema Just Jeanette
James Cooper Nelson Deadly
Seth Pierce Enrico Carouser
Brody Krogman Unnamed Bass
Laura Bertschinger Sandman
Sam Schroeder Orson
Dr. Jonathan Alvis and Walker Rose as Hellz Angels,
Joe English as Pavarotti, Nathaniel Knoblock as Josh Groban
and Matt Nesmith as the Phantom of the Opera.
Student Research in Music
Several department of music students
participated in undergraduate and graduatelevel research and creative activity. Graduate
student Chesley Peabody won a graduate
school grant to fund research on her thesis
and presented the paper “The Use of Paper
in the Construction and Preservation of
Musical Instruments” at the 2014 IdeaFest.
Undergraduate student Jordyn Bangasser
presented her paper “Impressionism Through
the Melodies of Claude Debussy” at IdeaFest
under the tutelage of Dr. Tracelyn Gesteland.
USD Music Faculty
Showcase
The opera was staged and music directed by Dr. Tracelyn Gesteland and
conducted by Dr. David Holdhusen. Laura Bertschinger was assistant stage
director, Danur Kvilhaug was assistant music director, and Becca Lunstrum
served as assistant conductor. Rachael Biggerstaff was the stage manager, with
set and lighting design by Brian Adams and costume design by Morgan Porter.
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Friday, February 6
7:30 p.m.
South Canyon Lutheran Church
700 S. 44th Street | Rapid City, S.D.
Free and open to the public.
2014–2015 Music Scholarship Award Recipients
First Bank & Trust
Keithan Dart
Kaela DeJong
Kayla Kaltenbach
Hannah Lambertz
Benjamin O’Bryan
Kristopher Ohrlund
Emily Rigge
Sarah Schmidt
Emily Sommerfeld
Usher and Barnes Abell Family
String Scholarship Endowment
DavidAmussen
Emily Rigge
An Die Musick Scholarship
Jillian Bryan
James Carrell
Frank Aiello and Larry Torkelson
Scholarship Endowment
Rachael Biggerstaff
Kaela DeJong
Emily Sommerfeld
GeLoris E. and Olaf C. Akland
Music Scholarship
Michael Hoffman
Elizabeth Kathryn Ames Music
Scholarship Endowment
Daniel Bellis
Devon BeVier
Michael Hoffman
Kayla Kaltenbach
Seth Pierce
Ronald Oakley Barkl
Memorial Scholarship
Jordyn Bangasser
Rachael Biggerstaff
Michael Hoffman
Jerry Holbrook
Nathaniel Knoblock
James Stueckrath
Gary D. Begeman and Gail E.
Griffith Instrumental Music
Education Annual Scholarship
Amber Bock
Ethan Conrad
Jimmy Cuadros
Dallas Doane
Michael Hoffman
Jerry Holbrook
Preston Kenley
Drew Ohlendorf
Kristopher Ohrlund
Garret Olson
David Schelske
Sarah Schmidt
James Stueckrath
Andrew Watts
Mary Ellen Stanley
Beukelman Scholarship
DevonBeVier
Kayla Kaltenbach
Matthew P. Brzica Scholarship Fund
Devon BeVier
Michael Hoffman
Hsa Soe Pa Htoo
Hunter Jackson
Kayla Josephson
Brody Krogman
Benjamin O’Bryan
Synnora Peterson
Danielle Portz
Emily Sommerfeld
Lexi Tuttle
Elizabeth Wensmann
Kaitlynn Wolfe
Ray DeVilbiss Band Scholarship
Jordan Hoffman
Xiola Koile-Paxton
Nathaniel Lundin
Benjamin O’Bryan
David William Eyres Memorial Scholarship
Kristopher Ohrlund
Lexi Tuttle
Fine Arts Recruitment Scholarship
AshleyBaier
Meredith Jenkins
Kevin Phillips
Samantha Schoenherr
Joe Gullion Memorial Scholarship Fund
DanielBellis
Hsa Soe Pa Htoo
Nathaniel Knoblock
Katie Svendson
Ethel Gunderson Vocal Scholarship
Kevin Phillips
Josh Rolling
Erin Sternhagen
Louise Hansen Memorial
Music Scholarship
DanielBellis
Hannah Lambertz
Katie Svendson
Bruce and Wendy Hasche
Vocal Music Scholarship
Kevin Phillips
Carmen Howard Scholarship
Rachael Biggerstaff
Alia Nix
Seth Pierce
Instrumental Music Fund Scholarship
Keithan Dart
Nathaniel Knoblock
Danielle Portz
Murrell F. Kautz Scholarship
Michael Hoffman
James Stueckrath
Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Scholarship
Brody Krogman
Kaitlynn Wolfe
Robert E. Litke Fine Arts Scholarship
Lauren Deatrick
L&R Annual String Scholarship
Jerry Holbrook
Nathaniel Knoblock
Rachael Biggerstaff
Lyric Strings Orchestra Scholarship Brody Krogman
Zachary Krogman-Behrens
Thorn Dramstad
Ben Lunn
Emily Rigge
Jake Matheson
Robert C. and Leona P. Marek
Michaela McGrann
Scholarship Endowment
Synnora Peterson
Lennea Clark
Kevin Phillips
Seth Pierce
Marjorie Townsley Rawlins Music
MeKayla Pravecek
Scholarship Endowment
Blake Proehl
Thad Alberty
Chris Robinson
David Amussen
Josh Rolling
Martin Balmer
Samantha Schoenherr
Rachael Biggerstaff
Sam Schroeder
Kortney Brunner
Lexi Tuttle
Tanner Chilson
Emily Vidler
Lennea Clark
Singers
Choice Music Scholarship
LaurenDeatrick
James Carrell
ThornDramstad
Brody Krogman
CaitlinGerdes
Hannah Lambertz
Grace Gering
Taryn Hogarth
Genevieve and John Truran
Jerry Holbrook
Piano Scholarship
Hsa Soe Pa Htoo
David Amussen
Kayla Josephson
Rachael Biggerstaff
JordanJudt
AmberBock
Hope Justesen
Lennea Clark
Xiola Koile-Paxton
Michael Conway
Jake Matheson
Michael Hoffman
Elizabeth Pekas
Nathaniel Knoblock
IngridPeterson
Danielle Portz
Xiola Koile-Paxton
Blake Proehl
Hannah Lambertz
Lukas Ptacek
Drew Ohlendorf
Brian Rasmussen
Elizabeth Pekas
Abigail Sandberg
AbigailSandberg
Sarah Schmidt
Sam Schroeder
Amanda Simantel
Andrew Schuiteman
Spencer L. Smith
Amanda Simantel
Vocal Choral Music Scholarship
Timothy Skog
James Carrell
John Slunecka
J. Laiten and Lucy Weed Scholarship
Anna Sobotka
James Stueckrath
Ethan Conrad
Jonathan Susemihl
Dallas Doane
Lexi Tuttle
Brody Krogman
Krista Vogt
Chris Robinson
Elizabeth Wensmann
ShelbyWollmuth
Gary L. and Deborah C.
Reeves Scholarship
Xiola Koile-Paxton
John A. and Agnes J.
Ringley Scholarship
JordynBangasser
DanielBellis
James Carrell
Scott Clabough
Keithan Dart
Kaela DeJong
Michael Hoffman
Taryn Hogarth
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2013–2014 Music Contributors
$10,001 and higher
$101– $250
Gary Begeman and Gail Griffith
$5,001– $10,000
John and Janet Thietje
James and Ruth Weaver
$1,001– $5,000
Anonymous
Cheryl Crandell
Bruce and Wendy Hasche
Gary and Deborah Reeves
William and Rochelle Ringsdorf
Richard and Lynn Rognstad
Ronald O. Barkl Memorial
General Mills, Inc.
$501– $1,000
Truman and Beverly Schwartz
Steve and Dori Solem
$251– $500
Janet Gilbertson
Larry Gilbertson
Walter and Raeanna Gislason
Tim and Colleen Tucker
American Center for Philanthropy
Ronald and LeEtta Bennett
Sean and Sara Bray
Anthony and Gretchen Burbach
Lynn Hartmann and Mary Johnson
Robert Johnson
Ronald Johnson
Karen Lipp
Robert Lipp
William Smialek and Molly McCoy
Lucas and LeEtte Vos
Yankton School District 63-3
Gifts up to $100
George and Helen Auer
Gregory and Julie Aune
Dean and Vicki Baldwin
Patrick and Tamera Bangasser
Randy and Mary Benton
Erin and David Burrow
Harold and Nora Christensen
Timothy Hoekman and Carla Connors
Forrest and Barbara Conrad
Jimmy Cuadros
Arlene DeVany
John DeVany
Lori English
Patricia Farness
Loyce Foucher
Bob Frieberg and Elaine Miller
Dwain and Tena Gibson
Robert and Sharon Gordon
Nancy Handlon
Dianna Hanna
Duane and Annette Helgelien
Diane Hellie
Kristin Hilt
John and Janice Holte
Linda Jensen
Laurence and Mary Jo Johnson
Mary Kaiser
Otto Kaiser
Gordon and Marlene Kotab
Laura Kuschel
Hannah Lambertz
Michael and Danielle Larson
Sean and Kimberly Lomax
Claudia Lunstrom
Kevin Jarvis and Safiya Mahmoodian Jarvis
Ashley Mazur
Scott and Karen McGregor
Lawrence and Elizabeth Mitchell
Paul Frederiksen and Jane Moen
Matthew and Amy Morrison
Steven and Kerri Morrow
Anthony and Paula Nelson
Julia Neufeld
Curt and Catherine Paulsen
Milo and Donna Pietz
James and Linda Richardson
Adrian Ries
Melvin and Doreen Ronning
Russell and Jane Rudolf
Arnold Schilling
Jacqueline Schilling
Jay and Sharon Schmidt
Mary Seggerman
Michelle Slagle
Wyatt Smith
Robert and Patricia Speelman
Michael and Jessica Srstka
David and Kristine Tank
Daniel Tsukamoto
Douglas and Susan Tuve
Jeremy and Amanda Vande Zande
Burl Walter
Pat and Amy Weight
Michael and Susan Wieseler
Andrea Wohlenberg
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Lomar Enterprises
Music Department Names Two Endowed Professorship Positions
gift of an endowment helps us to continue to
The University of South Dakota Department of
achieve great things in the Department of Music.”
Music named Tracelyn Gesteland, associate professor
Gesteland was recently promoted to associate
of music (voice), as the Walter A. and Lucy Yoshioka
professor of music and granted tenure at USD. She
Buhler Endowed Chair, and David Holdhusen,
teaches voice, diction and opera. She also performs
associate professor of music (choral), as the Douglas
in operas, presents solo recitals and directs opera
and Susan Tuve Distinguished Professorship in
performances within the region.
Choral Music.
“Dr. Gesteland is an outstanding educator and
These generous gifts from Lucy Yoshioka
musician. She is very well respected in the region as
Buhler and the late Walter A. Buhler, and the
a performer and workshop specialist,” Schou noted.
Tuves, will provide funding for Gesteland’s music
David Holdhusen
“She also does exceptional work in the classroom to
position and Holdhusen’s professorship at USD.
prepare our students for a lifelong career in music.
These funds will be used to “recognize, recruit,
Her students have won many awards in the past
and retain an exceptional faculty person who
six years.”
consistently demonstrates exemplary scholarship
Holdhusen serves as the interim chair of the
and performance in the classroom and a dedication
department of music and is the director of Choral
to the following principles: ethical leadership in
Activities at the university. He directs the USD
the classroom, a commitment to lifelong learning,
Chamber Singers, teaches choral literature and
and global awareness.” Both donations will impact
conducting classes.
the department of music for generations to come,
“Dr. Holdhusen is an exceptional conductor
according to Larry Schou, dean of the College of
Tracelyn Gesteland
and his students in the choral area praise him for
Fine Arts.
the work he does to educate them and prepare them for a life
“Doug and Susan Tuve are generous benefactors to the
in music,” Schou stated. “He is a well-respected clinician in the
College of Fine Arts,” Schou added. “They have a special
region and his choral groups have won several national awards
interest in choral music. They desire to see that a continuously
in the past three years.”
strong tradition of excellent choral music thrives at USD. Their
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Piano professor recipient of USD
College of Fine Arts Knutson Award
Susan Keith Gray, D.M.A., is the
2014 recipient of the Wayne and
Esther Knutson Distinguished
Professor Award presented by the College of Fine Arts at the
University of South Dakota. Keith Gray is professor of studio
piano, collaborative piano and class piano.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities at USD, Keith
Gray is acclaimed as a specialist in collaborative playing and
has performed in recital with a number of artists. She is also a
member of the award-winning Rawlins Piano Trio. With the
Rawlins Piano Trio, Keith Gray has toured in Korea, Taiwan
and Panama and has recorded four CDs of American piano
trios. With the Kobayashi/Gray Duo (violin/piano), she has
recorded two CDs of music of women composers which include
six world premiere recordings. Individual awards include prizes
in the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist
Competition, and solo appearances with the South Dakota
Symphony, Dakota Chamber, Spartanburg, Savannah, Huron,
Cherokee and the USD Orchestras.
Keith Gray holds degrees in piano performance from
Converse College and the University of Illinois at Champaign-
Urbana and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Chamber Music and
Accompanying from the University of Michigan. She joined the
USD faculty and the Rawlins Piano Trio in 1995, and she is the
2005 recipient of USD’s prestigious Belbas-Larson Award for
Excellence in Teaching.
“Dr. Gray’s portfolio and research and creative scholarship are
outstanding at all levels of work at USD, as well as nationally and
internationally,” stated Larry Schou, D.M.A., dean of the College
of Fine Arts. “Susan is to be commended for her achievement in
winning this award and for her work in the profession.”
The biennial Knutson Award, presented for the first time
in 2006, was named for Wayne Knutson, Ph.D., University
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, who provided 35 years
of service to USD as a professor, chair of the Department of
English, Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Vice President
for Academic Affairs. Additionally, Knutson directed 70 plays at
USD, the Black Hills Playhouse, and community theatres across
South Dakota, and wrote 10 plays and opera librettos, which
all were produced. He and his wife, Esther Johnstad Knutson,
continue to reside in Vermillion.
Proehl Finalist for Piano Festival
Senior piano major, Blake Proehl was one of 16 pianists for the Second
Dublin International Piano Festival and Summer Academy held in Dublin,
Ireland from July 26 to Aug. 3.
Chosen by audition, the international participants came from Ireland,
China, Japan, Malaysia, Romania, Italy, USA and Canada. All students
performed in two masterclasses and received three private lessons along
with admission to other masterclasses, faculty concerts and piano seminars.
The daily events took place between the Piano Academy of Ireland, the
National Concert Hall, and the Hugh Lane Gallery with world-renowned
faculty Edmund Battersby, Evelyne Brancart, Archie Chen, Lance Coburn
and Artur Pizzaro. Irish concert pianist and founder of the festival,
John O’ Conor, gave one all-Beethoven masterclass and Proehl was one
of the three lucky participants.
“This festival was a good experience for me not only because of the
knowledge and friends gained but it was also my first international trip,”
he said. The Parkson, S.D. native studies piano with Susan Keith Gray,
with additional keyboard studies with Susanne Skyrm on fortepiano and
Larry Schou on organ. Blake plans to attend graduate school in piano
performance after graduation in May 2015.
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Studio News
The students in Dr. Hendrickson’s studio had a very successful
year performing at the state, regional, and national levels.
This past summer, first year student and bass-baritone Brody
Krogman was selected as one of nine finalists for the Glen Miller
Scholarship Competition held on June 14th. He performed
Schubert’s Aufenthalt and Silent Noon by Vaughan Williams
in the final round of competition and won third place. He
competed against extraordinarily talented students from all over
the country, including singers from schools like Carnegie Mellon
and The Curtis Institute. His third place win, yet again, put
USD’s Department of Music on the national stage.
In the spring of 2014, several students performed in a variety
of state and regional competitions, including the Metropolitan
Opera National Opera Council Auditions. Third year students
and baritone Brian Rasmussen braved the weather and competed
in the MET competition in Ames, IA. Though Brian did not
place in the competition, he was selected to perform in the
master class the following day. He had the opportunity to work
closely with Metropolitan Opera coaches and stars in the field.
The South Dakota chapter of N.A.T.S. provides another annual
competition in which many students from the studio perform.
The following singers in my studio won awards in their divisions:
• 1st place freshman men: Brody Krogman
• 2nd place freshman men: Seth Pierce
• 2nd place senior men: Jared Mogen
• Honorable mention men’s musical theater: Brian Rasmussen
Graduate student and soprano Ashley Ballou-Bonnema
and Brody Krogman were selected to perform in a master class
presented by baritone, Jesse Blumberg. Natalie Campbell,
From left to right:Seated: Sam Schroeder, Dr. Brandon Hendrickson
Standing: Brody Krogman, Jared Mogen, Brian Rasmussen,
Seth Pierce
recent alum of USD’s graduate program in voice and former
Hendrickson studio member, performed in a master class with
the world-renowned pianist and vocal coach, Martin Katz.
Finally, several students upon graduation have landed
wonderful jobs teaching music in elementary, middle school,
high school, and collegiate settings in South Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota, and Iowa. As a studio teacher, I could not be more
pleased to see graduates from my studio achieve such wonderful
successes early in their musical careers. I am inspired by the
young professionals in my studio everyday, and always look
forward to working with them throughout the course of a very
busy year.
Holdhusen Honored with 2014 Belbas-Larson Award
Dr. David Holdhusen was named the recipient of the 2014
Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University
of South Dakota. Holdhusen is the director of Choral Activities
and an associate professor of music who also serves as the
conductor for the university’s three choral ensembles as well as
teaching courses in conducting, choral literature and techniques,
and applied voice. Additionally, Holdhusen is director of USD’s
annual Choral Directors Institute and the USD Summer
Music Camp. He received a B.A. in Music and Education from
Gustavus Adolphus College (1996); a master of music in Choral
Conducting from Northwestern University (1998) and a Ph.D. in
Music Education from Florida State University (2007).
“It truly is an honor to be recognized for the work I do,
especially among such outstanding faculty at USD. I am very
fortunate to work for an institution that values teaching and
supports what I do,” Holdhusen stated. “When I chose to
enter the teaching profession, this is exactly the kind of position
I hoped to have. As a musician and conductor I always believed
my job was to educate and inspire my singers to reach new
heights of artistic expression while providing the foundation for
them to be lifelong learners who are passionate about music.
From the time I was in ninth grade I knew I wanted to teach
choral music at the collegiate level. USD has given me the
opportunity to fulfill this ambition.” Dr. Holdhusen was honored
at the 127th Spring Commencement ceremony on Saturday,
May 10, 2014, at the DakotaDome. The Belbas-Larson Award
for Excellence in Teaching is the highest honor USD bestows
upon its educators and includes a cash tribute to each recipient, a
framed certificate commemorating their accomplishment and a
commemorative medal.
The Belbas-Larson Awards were established by a 1956 graduate of USD, Dean Belbas of Edina, Minn. and Sioux Falls, S.D.,
and his friends, Harold W. and Kathryn Larson of Bemidji, Minn. and Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Jazz Guest Artists Brad Goode and Paul McKee Visit USD
Brad Goode, trumpet, and Paul McKee, trombone, were guest
artists at USD in the spring semester of 2014. Goode and McKee
were on campus April 22 and 23 and rehearsed with the two
USD jazz ensembles (directed by Dr. C.J. Kocher and Dr. Tim
Farrell) and conducted master classes on jazz improvisation,
trumpet, trombone, and arranging.
Paul McKee is the newly appointed Associate Professor of
Jazz Trombone and Arranging at the University of Colorado
at Boulder. In 1984 he joined Woody Herman’s Thundering
Herd and appeared on several Grammy-nominated recordings.
McKee has served on the jazz faculty at schools including DePaul
University, Youngstown State University, Northern Illinois
University, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and Florida
State University. He maintains a busy schedule as a clinician
and guest artist, and his arrangements and compositions have
been performed by professional and academic jazz ensembles
worldwide. His recording Gallery (Hallway Records) was
released to critical acclaim and features performances by Carl
Fontana, Bobby Shew, Tim Ries, and Ron Stout. Paul recently
appeared on the recording Back When It Was Fun with “7 on 7,”
a group comprised of musicians/educators from the University
of Northern Colorado, the Eastman School of Music, and
Middle Tennessee State University. Additional recent recordings
include big band projects by Dan Gailey and Steve Owen. Paul
is a clinician for the Conn-Selmer company and plays King
trombones exclusively.
Trumpeter Brad Goode is currently Associate Professor of
Jazz Studies at the University of Colorado. Whether working
as a soloist, bandleader, lead trumpet man, or sideman, for
twenty-five years he has consistently been one of the busiest
performers in the United States. Brad’s jazz pedigree was
established through his apprenticeship with many legends of
jazz. As a youngster, he toured and recorded with Von Freeman,
Red Rodney, Al Cohn, Eddie Harris, Ira Sullivan, Frank
Morgan, Don Lanphere, Curtis Fuller, Jack DeJohnette, Ernie
Krivda, Richie Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Barrett Deems,
and many others. Brad led his own combo in Chicago from
1986 until 1998, appearing at major festivals and night clubs
around the world, including a twelve year stint as leader of the
house band at the famous Green Mill Jazz Club. As a Cultural
Ambassador for Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago, he led jazz
groups on tours of Asia and the Middle East. He was named
one of the most influential Chicagoans of the 1980s by the
Chicago Tribune, who credited him as a “major catalyst in the
revitalization of the Chicago jazz scene.” In recent years, Brad
has increasingly appeared as a lead trumpeter with many big
bands and symphony orchestras. His fifteen solo recordings can
be heard on the Delmark, Sunlight, Steeple Chase, and Origin
labels. He makes frequent appearances as a soloist and clinician
at colleges and high schools throughout the U.S.
Kocher Returns to Japan
Dr. C.J. Kocher, Associate Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at the
University of South Dakota, played his second tour of Japan as lead alto
saxophonist with the Los Angeles-based Billy Vaughn Orchestra. The band
played fourteen concerts in July and August 2014, including performances
in Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Hiroshima. The band played for
audiences of over 2,000 at noted concert halls such as Osaka Festival Hall and
Shibuya Bunkamura Orchard Hall (Tokyo). The group was a full 17-member
big band plus three vocalists. The concerts were a tribute to big band jazz of
the 1940s and 50s, with music of Benny Goodman, Les Brown, Glenn Miller,
and others, as well as new arrangements by Tom Kubis.
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Faculty News
Tracelyn Gesteland, D.M.A., lyric mezzo-soprano and member of the voice/opera faculty at the University of South Dakota, was awarded
tenure and promoted to associate professor. She was honored as the Walter A. and Lucy Yoshioka Buhler Endowed Chair in Opera.
Gesteland gave a variety of performances and presentations in 2013–14. She was a performer and stage director at the Lone Star Lyric
Theatre Festival in Houston, singing the role of Announcer in Gallantry and directing Talk Opera, both as part of the festival program,
American Shorts: American Chamber Operas. She was also a featured soloist in Follies, Lone Star Lyric’s Broadway Cabaret. She also appeared
in the role of Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Sounds of South Dakota and gave solo recitals at Rollins College in Orlando, Fla.,
and at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Gesteland also served as guest conductor for the SDMEA Elementary Festival Chorus
in Beresford. She received word that the USD Opera production of The Medium, which she staged and music directed, has been named
a semifinalist in The American Prize competition for Opera Performance. In addition, Gesteland directed the sixth annual South Dakota
Vocal Arts Festival, served as president for the South Dakota chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and adjudicated
for the Coyote Jazz Festival, the South Dakota NATS competition, and Region 1 solo/ensemble contest.
David Holdhusen, Ph.D., Director of Choral Activities, was very active as a clinician, conductor and presenter during the past school
year. He served as guest conductor for Honor Choirs and Festivals in South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska and presented sessions at the
North Dakota ACDA conference and at the International Conference on Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr.
Holdhusen acted as an adjudicator at both solo & ensemble and large group contests in South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska, and worked
as a clinician in more than 30 area high schools. He was recognized by the South Dakota Chapter of the American Choral Directors
Association as the 2013 recipient of the Encore Award, given in recognition of excellence and achievement in the field of choral music, and
by the University of South Dakota as the 2014 winner of the Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching. In addition to his teaching
and research, Dr. Holdhusen served this past school year as chair of the music scholarship committee, co-vice president of the South Dakota
American Choral Directors Association, Director of the USD Summer Music Camp and Director of the USD Choral Directors Institute.
This year, Dr. Holdhusen begins a term as interim chair of the Music Department at the University of South Dakota.
David Moskowitz, Ph.D., professor of music and coordinator of graduate studies in music, continued his work both within and outside
the department. This year, Moskowitz taught a variety of courses both undergraduate and graduate-level for music majors and nonmajors. Additionally, he served as the treasurer for the Great Plains Chapter of the College Music Society. Moskowitz continued research
and writing for the three-volume encyclopedia The 100 Best Bands of All Time, which will be published by ABC-CLIO this year. Further,
Moskowitz continued his review writing for Choice Magazine: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Moskowitz is looking forward to
serving as the local arrangements chair for the Great Plains Chapter meeting for the College Music Society which is scheduled to take place
on the USD campus at the end of this coming February.
In March 2014, Rolf Olson, D.M.A., received the Distinguished Service Award from the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
This is the highest award given by the SDHSAA in appreciation for highest level of service to the youth of South Dakota. Olson also
continued to be very busy performing with the South Dakota Symphony, serving as an adjudicator for the South Dakota All State Band
auditions, and guest conducting several band festivals in the region. In March, Olson was a guest trumpet soloist and clinician at the
Wartburg Trumpet Festival along with internationally famous trumpet artist, Vincent DiMartino. They presented several clinics and recitals
together for a large group of high school and college trumpet players.
Susanne Skyrm, D.M.A., played solo piano recitals in Chadron, Neb., Spearfish, S.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., during spring 2014 featuring
Spanish keyboard music from the 18th and 20th centuries. She presented a recital of 18th-century Iberian keyboard music on the 1767
Antunes fortepiano at the annual meeting of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America, held at the National Music Museum in
May. In June, Skyrm attended a workshop about 18th-century Spanish keyboard music held at Duke University in Durham, N.C. She also
attended and presented a paper at the annual conference of the South Dakota Music Teachers Association held in Sioux Falls in conjunction
with the Dakota Sky Piano Festival. In August, she traveled to Spain to present a paper and a recital at the FIMTE (International Festival of
Spanish Keyboard Music) Symposium and Festival in Mojácar.
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Jonathan Alvis, D.M.A., Low Brass, Director of Athletic Bands; 677-5727; Jonathan.Alvis@usd.edu
Timothy Campbell, M.Mus., Choir, Voice; 677-5721; Timothy.Campbell@usd.edu
Darlene Fett, Ph.D., Music Education; 677-5720; Darlene.Fett@usd.edu
Marie-Elaine Gagnon, D.M.A., Cello, Rawlins Piano Trio; 677-5725; MarieElaine.Gagnon@usd.edu
Tracelyn Gesteland, D.M.A., Voice, Opera; 677-5719; Tracelyn.Gesteland@usd.edu
Susan Keith Gray, D.M.A., Piano, Rawlins Piano Trio; 677-5724; Susan.Gray@usd.edu
Brandon Hendrickson, D.M.A., Voice, Opera; 677-5728; Brandon.Hendrickson@usd.edu
Mike Hilson, B.M., Adjunct Guitar; 677-5274; Mike.Hilson@usd.edu
David Holdhusen, Ph.D., Chair, Director of Choral Activities, 677-5275; David.Holdhusen@usd.edu
Eunho Kim, D.M.A., Violin, Viola, Rawlins Piano Trio; 677-5186; Eunho.Kim@usd.edu
John Klinghammer, D.M.A., Adjunct Clarinet; 677-3118; John.Klinghammer@usd.edu
Christopher Kocher, D.A., Saxophone, Jazz; 677-5728; Christopher.Kocher@usd.edu
Stephanie Kocher, M.Mus., Adjunct Flute; 677-5274; Stephanie.Kocher@usd.edu
Paul Lombardi, Ph.D., Music Theory/Composition; 677-5717; Paul.Lombardi@usd.edu
David Moskowitz, Ph.D., Music History, Director of Graduate Studies; 677-5716; Dave.Moskowitz@usd.edu
Rolf Olson, D.M.A., Director of Bands, Brass Choir, Trumpet; 677-5726; Rolf.Olson@usd.edu
Gary L. Reeves, D.M.A., Associate Director of Bands, Horn; 677-5715; Gary.Reeves@usd.edu
Richard Rognstad, D.M.A., Orchestra, Double Bass; 677-5722; Richard.Rognstad@usd.edu
Larry Schou, D.M.A., Dean–College of Fine Arts, Organ; 677-5481; Larry.Schou@usd.edu
Susanne Skyrm, D.M.A., Piano; 677-5723; Susanne.Skyrm@usd.edu
Lorrie Thomas, M.Mus., Adjunct Bassoon; 677-5274; Loretta.Thomas@usd.edu
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