| UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS |
| Submitted: February 28, 2013 |
Name: | Amanda Kunz | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | I am pleased to report another cause for celebration for the CWU Music Department: please join me in congratulating CWU composition student Amanda Kunz—she has recently won Opus 7’s 2012-2013 Student Choral Composition Contest! She is one of two winners of this year’s competition; her winning piece is entitled “A Single Rose” and is scored for women’s choir (SSAA). This competition was open to students throughout the Northwest (including Alaska), so Amanda has distinguished herself out of a field of excellent and very talented competitors. She receives a cash prize and a performance of her composition on Opus 7’s “All Northwest” concert, at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle on May 11th. Further details can be found at opus7.org. Congratulations to Amanda! |
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| Submitted: January 16, 2013 |
Name: | CWU Opera Students | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | CWU opera scenes students presented a performance at the National Opera Associations conference in Portland. This was a national competition where our opera scene was selected to perform at the national conference. Gayla Blaisdell is the director of the CWU opera scenes. |
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| Submitted: January 16, 2013 |
Name: | Trumpet Students | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Both CWU trumpet ensembles made the semi final round of the 2013 National Trumpet Competition, Tristan Hurd and David Hinckley are semi finalists in the solo division, and Skyler Floe is a semifinalist in the Jazz division. John Harbaugh is the Professor of Trumpet.
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| Submitted: August 22, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | The Vocal Jazz 1 ensemble received an invitation to perform at the Jazz Educators network (JEN) conference in Atlanta, GA this January. This is the second year in a row that CWU will be represented at this national conference. because these invitations are competitive nation wide, this is quite an honor. In addition, this is the second national invitation the vocal jazz group has received in the past three years (ACDA in Chicago two years ago). This seems to be a clear indication that the CWU Jazz program has distinguished itself as one of the best programs (if not the best) in the country.
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| Submitted: April 4, 2012 |
Name: | Kathryn Kibbe and Vanessa Moss | Hometown: Yakima and Puyallup | Department: | Music |
| News: | Kathryn Kibbe and Vanessa Moss have recently been accepted to one of the most prestigious college music camps in the nation-Brevard Music Institute. |
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| Submitted: April 2, 2012 |
Name: | Jeffrey Snedeker | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Members of Central Washington University’s Horn Studio and Horn Ensemble (Jeffrey Snedeker, director), had a fine showing at the 2012 Northwest Horn Symposium, sponsored by the Northwest Horn Society and Pacific Lutheran University. The event, held this year March 30-April 1 at PLU, featured performances, masterclasses, competitions, and lectures with regional and national (French) horn artists and teachers.
CWU junior John Geiger won the Low Horn Mock Orchestral Audition for the second year in a row, and six other CWU students were selected to perform in masterclasses led by Hill and Seattle Symphony Associate Principal Horn Mark Robbins. CWU faculty member Jeffrey Snedeker was also invited to perform on three of the four symposium concerts. In addition, a small ensemble of CWU players performed Kerry Turner’s exotic Casbah of Tetouan, and Snedeker gave a lecture on “John Graas: Jazz Horn Pioneer.” CWU students also participated in the final concert, playing in the massed participant ensemble. |
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| Submitted: November 8, 2011 |
Name: | | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Jeremy DesChane, Brooke Scholl and Vanessa Moss won the Collegiate Division of the state chamber music competition of the Washington State Music Teachers Association competition and will go on to compete in New York City in the Finals in March. |
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| Submitted: November 8, 2011 |
Name: | Jeremy DesChane | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Jeremy DesChane won the Collegiate Division of the state solo competition of the Washington State Music Teachers Association state solo piano competition held here last weekend. There were 13 pianists competing and who represented all of the major collegiate studios in the state. He will go on to compete in the Regional in Montana in January. |
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| Submitted: November 7, 2011 |
Name: | CWU Vocal Students | Hometown: Multiple | Department: | Music |
| News: | Congratulations to ALL our Central Washington University Voice Students who participated in the Inland Empire Chapter NATS Auditions in Walla Walla last weekend!!!
Central took 25 students to NATS and several sang in two divisions!
CWU placed 13 students into the final round out of a possible 26
possible winners! Half of the possible winners were from Central!
Congratulations to the following singers who placed in the top three singers of their division:
Musical Theater Sarah Hemenway 1st Place Mia Spencer
Division IA Natalie Parks 1st Place Gayla Blaisdell
Division IB Elizabeth Ross 1st Place Mia Spencer
Division IB Emily Salisbury 2nd Place Mia Spencer
Division IB Alex Churm 3rd Place Gayla Blaisdell
Division IC Megan Curran 2nd Place Gayla Blaisdell
Division IIB Joseph Sacchi 1st Place Gayla Blaisdell
Division IIB Daniel Schreiner 2nd Place Vijay Singh
Division IV Elijah Blaisdell 1st Place Gayla Blaisdell
Division IV Ben Lundgren 2nd Place Vijay Singh
Division V Micah Parker 1st Place Vijay Singh
Division V Andrea Hansen 2nd Place Gayla Blaisdell
Division V Brittney Klouse 3rd Place Mia Spencer |
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| Submitted: November 7, 2011 |
Name: | Daniel Schreiner and Ben Lundgren | Hometown: Auburn,WA and Ellensburg, WA | Department: | Music |
| News: | Daniel Schreiner, Junior Music Education major, and Ben Lundgren, Junior Vocal Performance major, took second place in their respective divisions at the Intermountain Empire National Association of Teachers of Singing competition held in Walla Walla, WA Nov. 4-5, 2011. Both Baritones study voice with Vijay Singh, MUSIC. |
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| FACULTY MEMBER |
| Submitted: February 25, 2013 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, Music, guest conducted the Edmonds/Mukilteo School District Middle School Honors Choir at the Edmonds Performing Arts Center January 29th. |
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| Submitted: October 25, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, MUSIC, was headliner clinician at the Michigan chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (MI-ACDA) held at Central Michigan University Oct. 19-20, 2012. Singh presented workshops on musical multitasking, vocal jazz rehearsal techniques and repertoire, and masterclasses for undergraduate conductors. |
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| Submitted: October 16, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, MUSIC, performed and conducted with over 340 young men at the 5th annual "Guys Got 2 Sing" workshop in Everett, WA Oct. 13th. Singh performed with the a cappella jazz quartet Just 4 Kicks (voice and saxophone) and gave a clinic of vocal techniques. Gary Weidenaar, Dir. of Choral Activities at CWU, also conducted a 70 voice middle school boys choir at the event. Many recent CWU Music Education alumns, now teaching in the public schools, were there with their students and remarked how proud they are to be graduates of Central! |
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| Submitted: October 4, 2012 |
Name: | Vjay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, MUSIC, guest conducted the North Carolina Male Vocal Arts Symposium Men's Honors Choir Sept. 22-23rd in Greensboro, NC. The event was sponsored in part by the North Carolina chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Two of Singh's own compositions were featured at the concert. |
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| Submitted: August 22, 2012 |
Name: | Chris Bruya, Mark Lane, and Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Professors Chris Bruya, Mark Lane, and Vijay Singh, MUSIC, were guest conductors of the 2012 Washington Ambassadors of Music (WAM) performance tour to Europe in July 2012. The WAM entourage included 250 high school musicians from various parts of the state. Prof. Bruya conducted the WAM Jazz Band, Prof. Lane conducted the WAM Concert Band, and Prof. Singh conducted the WAM Choir. The groups gave concerts in England, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany in the course of their 16 day tour. |
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| Submitted: May 15, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, Music, guest conducted and adjudicated the Southwest Washington High School Honors Choir at Tenino High School May 10, 2012. Singh judged 10 high school choirs during the day and conducted the select Honors Choir comprised of students from each of the 10 participating schools. |
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| Submitted: May 4, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, Music, adjudicated at the Powell River Choral and Jazz Festival held in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada March 29-31st. Singh gave clinics to both concert choirs and vocal jazz ensembles in addition to adjudicating over 35 groups, and performed as percussionist for the pro group Groove For Thought (from NBC's "The Sing Off") which is comprised of 5 CWU alumns and two current CWU undergrads. |
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| Submitted: May 4, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, Music, conducted the 2012 North Dakota All-State Jazz Choir in Bismarck, ND March 22-24th. The program included a number of Singh's arrangements and vocal jazz compositions. |
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| Submitted: May 4, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, Music, completed a 3 day Artist-In-Residency at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks April 26-29th where he worked with Fairbanks area high school choirs, gave voice lessons/coaching to UAF students, performed a recital of Classical music, gave a vocal masterclass to UAF students, and performed a jazz concert with pianist Barney McClure. |
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| Submitted: February 14, 2012 |
Name: | Vijay Singh | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Vijay Singh, Music, performed with jazz quartet Just 4 Kicks at venues in Sacramento and San Francisco, CA over the February 4-5th weekend. The performances were in support of Just 4 Kick's recently released album "Joyful Noise" which features a number of Singh's arrangements and an original composition. |
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| ALUMNI |
| Submitted: October 25, 2012 |
Name: | Kip Taisey | Hometown: Albany, OR | Department: | Music |
| News: | Kip Taisey, graduate of CWU with a degree in Music Education, will appear in the Discovery Channel's acting crime series "Deadly Sins" later this year. Kip has been living in New York City and working as an actor/singer throughout the East Coast for the past 6 years. |
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| Submitted: April 10, 2011 |
Name: | Rachel Nesvig | Hometown: Tacoma | Department: | Music |
| News: | Next month, violinist Rachel Nesvig will be teaching 1st-12th grade at the Mount Kenya Academy in Nyeri, Kenya. |
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| Submitted: April 3, 2011 |
Name: | Chris Bruya | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Thanks to an unprecedented partnership between Puget Sound Energy, CWU Music Staff, CWU Music alums, and the board of directors of Jazz In the Valley, a spring break recording session will soon yield a new CD benefiting the John Moawad Scholarship Fund for CWU music students.
Under the direction of Director of Jazz Studies Chris Bruya, 20 CWU music alums formed the John Moawad All-Star Big Band, and recorded 13 piecess for the CD. All these musicians return to recreate the music live in concert for the CD release party Sunday July 31 at Jazz in the Valley. |
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| Submitted: 09-14-2010 |
Name: | David Brown | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | David will serve as rehearsal accompanist and will play in the orchestra at the Varna International Music Festival in their production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and the musical Theatre revue "A Night on Broadway" Brown is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts supporting the Musical Theatre program at CWU.
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| Submitted: 09-14-2010 |
Name: | David Brown | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Recently returned from a very successful recording gig with Edgewater Records in Atlanta, Georgia. Brown wrote and directed horn parts for a Reggae band (Bahama Breeze) and wrote the harmony arrangements for the band while there. Brown was asked to come return and work on their production team which he hope to do as soon as it can be scheduled. |
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| Submitted: 07-24-2009 |
Name: | Stacey Eliason | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Stacey Eliason was a finalist in the 2009 International Horn Society's Jazz Solo Competition in June, 2009, held in Macolm, Illinois |
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| Submitted: 12-21-2006 |
Name: | Mark Babbitt | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | CWU Alumni Don Immel gave a masterclass for trombone students in the music department at CWU on October 29, 2006. Don is currently principal trombone of the Snderjyllands Symfoniorkester in Snderborg, Denmark. Prior to Denmark, he was principal trombone of the Honolulu Symphony and associate professor of trombone at the University of Washington. While a student at CWU, Don studied trombone with current director of bands, Larry Gookin. |
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| Submitted: 10-26-2006 |
Name: | David Blink | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | David Blink, (CWU Master of Music, '03) has been appointed to a tenure track faculty position on the music department of Yakima Valley Community College (Yakima WA) He has assumed the position of Director of Instrumental Music and Jazz Studies. You can reach him at dblink@yvcc.edu or (509) 574-4835 |
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| Submitted: 03-06-2006 |
Name: | John Sanders | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | John Sanders, B.M. '97; M.M. '02, has been granted tenure at Edmonds Community College, and appointed Chair of the Department of Music at that institution. |
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| OTHER |
| Submitted: September 18, 2012 |
Name: | Chris Bruya | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | The music department has received invitations from the Jazz Educators Network (JEN, former IAJE) for the Jazz Combo 1 AND Vocal Jazz 1 to perform at this year's conference in Atlanta. That's correct, TWO groups representing CWU! This is the second year in a row that CWU will be represented at this national conference, this is quite an honor! In addition, this is the second national invitation the vocal jazz group has received in the past three years (ACDA in Chicago two years ago) and the second year in a row for the instrumental side of our jazz program. This seems to be a clear indication that our jazz program has distinguished itself as one of the best programs in the country. This is a fact that we are all aware of, but its always reassuring to have the validation with these prestigious invitations.
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| Submitted: September 18, 2012 |
Name: | Nik Caoile | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | The CWU orchestra has been selected to perform at this year's NAfME Northwest Division conference in Portland. The NAfME Northwest accepted performance applications from six Northwest states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Only a select few groups are chosen to perform at the conference, so it is quite an honor for our orchestra to receive this invitation. Once again I must say that this invitation is an external confirmation that our orchestra is one of the best university orchestras in the Northwest and is quickly making a name for itself nationally. |
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| Submitted: January 18, 2011 |
Name: | | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | Two CWU trumpet ensembles and one soloist were invited to the compete in the semi-final round of the National Trumpet Competition in Washington D.C. in March.
These invitations are a result of a blind tape audition process competing with the major music schools in the nation for a slot in the semi-final round.
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| Submitted: 04-24-2006 |
Name: | Hal Ott | Hometown: | Department: | Music |
| News: | The newly-formed, Nothwest Flute Consort (including the CWU Flute Choir and over 30 professional flutists from around the Northwest) will perform a free concert in the State Capitol Rotunda in Olympia on May 13 at 2:00 p.m. Hal Ott will conduct and has served as coordinator. The program is divided into three segments: world/folk music, classical music, and jazz (featuring some notable jazz flutists throughout the region such as CWU alumni Matt Schneider as well as Bob Esperanza, Tom Russell, Nancy Curtis, Ann Linquist, andFronda Woods). The variety of styles presented will certainly appeal to a large audience. One of the most exciting things about this program is the inclusion of three contrabass flutes. |
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