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FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC University of Miami • Spring 2021
INSIDE:
Positive Perseverance
Jazz Changes
Peak Performance
Stronger
Together
Rising above a pandemic of epic proportions,
the Frost community forges a bright path forward.
contents
Spring 2021
Message from the Dean
Resilient and Brilliant . Those two words perfectly describe Frost School of Music students, alumni, faculty, administration,
Frost School of Music
and staff in a normal year as they fulfill their personal goals and professional challenges. We all know the music profession requires Dean, Frost School of Music
both of those traits, and Frost musicians are consummate examples of each. Shelton G. Berg
Associate Dean, Administration
Serona Elton, M.M. ’95
This year, after witnessing first-hand our entire Frost music family push through the isolation that ensued after the global spread Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Shannon de l’Etoile F E AT U R E S
of the COVID-19 virus, as well as the pandemic’s devastating economic impact to musicians of all genres who suddenly found
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Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Steven Moore
themselves holding handfuls of cancelled contracts, I’m adding another descriptor: Inspiring.
Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives and Innovation
Reynaldo Sanchez, B.M. ’80, M.M. ’82 Positive Perseverance
Associate Dean, Research
Inspiring Frost Faculty: Instead of teaching or performing at summer festivals, or diving into their professional research, Carlos Abril, B.M. ’93 Talented students overcome obstacles during the sudden COVID-19
our 120 inspiring faculty readied themselves over the summer months to return in the fall to teach in person when the virus was Executive Director, Major Gifts global pandemic, and discover new ways of connecting with audiences,
Dania Gorriz, M.B.A. ’01 and each other, with originality, technology, and tenacity.
still rampant, and learn to teach in new online/hybrid situations. I was so proud to be among them Executive Director, Business Operations
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JENNY ABREAU
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this year, to see their intense dedication while teaching through cumbersome face masks, when Barbara Ham
Director, Admissions
other institutions simply closed their doors and went to an online setting only. Our students grew, Karen Kerr, M.A. ’16
and grew, and grew, thanks to you. Executive Director, Marketing and Communications
Patricia San Pedro, B.F.A. ’78
Peak Performance
Marketing and Communications Specialists Faculty at the Frost School of Music develop a new school-wide strategic
Inspiring Frost Students: the ultimate heroes this year, who put their fellow Frost Kimberly Engelhardt, M.A. ’12 plan with forward-thinking goals to prepare students with the breadth of
Adrianne Gonzalez
musicians first-and-foremost by honoring the intensive health protocols on campus to keep each Creative Services
musical and entrepreneurial skills needed for tomorrow’s music profession.
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other safe. Because our music students followed the University of Miami’s guidelines so well, the
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Editorial Services
LAURA FERREIRA
Frost School had no transmission of the COVID-19 virus in any of its classrooms or concert halls, and Julia D. Berg
Production Coordinator
had the lowest percentage of University of Miami students to contract the disease off campus. That Adrianne Gonzalez, M.S. ’21 Jazz Changes
is a stunning statement; I am so proud. Editorial Contributors A diverse new generation of master musicians joins the Department of
Natalie Abatemarco, B.S.C. ’17, Julia D. Berg, Nastasia
Boulos, Logan Busacca, Nick DaCosta, M.M. ’19, Kimberly Studio Music and Jazz, ushering in an exciting new era to strengthen
Engelhardt, M.A. ’12, Sheryl Feuerstein, Adrianne Frost’s community and cultural connections.
Inspiring Frost Alumni: Who, despite a tremendous reduction in their own earnings Gonzalez, M.S. ’21, Kathy L. Greenberg, Dennis Lejardi,
after the abrupt cancellation of concerts and other professional engagements, not only reinvented
B.M. ’17, Jordan Levin, Kelly Montoya, M.A. ’16, Amanda
M. Perez, Patricia San Pedro, B.F.A. ’78, Lisa Sedelnik,
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themselves to learn how to more widely share their artistry online, but also performed--time and again--for virtual fund-raisers to
M.A. ’00, Spark It Communications, Ana Veciana-Suarez
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help others in the global community that were in need. Student Nyla Smith performs at Frost Music Fest ’21, wearing a
hygienic face mask per University of Miami COVID-19 pandemic
FROST NEWS FACULTY UPDATES
Strategic Plan * Governance and Operations * Progress During the Welcoming New Faculty * John Daversa
health and safety protocols for all on campus. Photography by
Jenny Abreu; cover design by Spark It Communications.
Pandemic * Frost Band of the Hour * Friday Nights@Frost * Hire a Receives Phillip Frost Teaching Award *
Inspiring Frost Administration and Staff: I can’t say enough about the Herculean efforts of our great Frost
Frost Musician * New Podcast * Rooting Out Biases * Protest Gary Keller Retires* Faculty Highlights
Some photographs included in this issue of Score magazine
management team, from our compassionate associate deans to our incredible executive directors, to our talented video and audio were taken prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
recording personnel and department assistants. You implemented every health and safety protocol with efficiency and grace, and Score magazine is published once a year by the
Music * Alicia Hall Moran * Professor Don Coffman * New MAT
Degree * Media Writing Successes * Grammy and Latin Grammy
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Frost School of Music and University of Miami.
innovated new ways of utilizing our facilities that will shape our efforts going forward.
Awards * DownBeat Student Awards * Student Song Goes Viral FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Score magazine is distributed free of charge
* Stamps Brass Quintet Class 2024 * JAS Academy Expands *
to alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the Frost School.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written Raina Murnak, Teaching from the Inside Out
Frost School at Festival Napa Valley * Art Inspires Composers
When the 2020-21 academic year started, my sole focus was on creating experiences for our students that would help them permission is prohibited. Postmaster and others,
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remember this college year as one filled with learning new skills, meaningful music-making, camaraderie, and networking for the Score magazine, Frost School of Music, P.O. Box 248165, * Doctors and Musicians * Tinker Grants * Viola Researcher CLASS NOTES
future. Through our production of Frost Music Fest ’21 and a regular season of concerts by the Frost Symphony Orchestra, Frost Coral Gables, Florida 33124-7610; telephone 305-284-2241.
Alumni updates and accomplishments
16 * Distinguished Alumnus Jorge Mejia*
Contributions of articles, photographs, and artwork are
welcome; however, Score magazine accepts no responsibility
Wind Ensemble, Frost Concert Jazz Band and hundreds of chamber music and contemporary ensemble performances, I can truly for unsolicited items.
GUEST ARTISTS
say that we achieved greatness. Frost Music Fest ’21 * Renée Fleming * Frost Symphony Orchestra Kendall Grady Research in Easter Island
* John Splithoff * Travis Quinn Memorial Fund * Thalea String * Karen Kennedy Tribute* In Memoriam
The comments and opinions expressed in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect those of the University of Miami or the staff
Quartet * Nurse Heroes Live with Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra,
of Score magazine.
Warmly, Copyright ©2021, University of Miami.
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Emily Estefan, David
Foster, Josh Groban, Carole King, Katharine McPhee, Leslie Odom Jr.,
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Frost School of Music thanks its donors
frost.miami.edu Stevie Wonder * Tania Léon * Mark Katz * Mnozil Brass Quintet
Shelton G. Berg
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Meet the dean’s advisors
Dean, Frost School of Music Flutist Wins NFA Competition * Compassionate Commencement
Speaker * Tuba Artists Win High Honors * Stamps Scholar
Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music
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Governance and Operational Growth
Innovation and Achievement IN TANDEM with its ambitious strategic planning with University President Julio Frenk, the University
Assessed through Strategic Plan
goals, the Frost School of Music is analyzing and of Miami Board of Trustees, an Advisory Board and
optimizing administrative processes that are identified Academic Review Committee. He also serves on the
for improvement. Curricular efficiency is also being Academic Deans Policy Council.
improved by identifying and eliminating redundancies. Associate Dean for Administration Serona Elton,
Governance of the Frost School begins with an Exec- M.M. ’95, supervises faculty loads,
utive Council (EC) that leads the school on a day-to-day course scheduling, facilities manage-
basis. It is comprised of the dean of music, five associate ment, and this year the COVID-19
deans, and four executive directors for Admissions, safety guidelines; Associate Dean
Business Affairs, Marketing, and Development. for Graduate Studies Shannon de
New this year: the chair of a faculty-elected School l’Etoile administers master’s and
Council is also a member of the EC, along with a doctoral programs; Associate Dean for
rotating faculty member each semester. Undergraduate Studies Steven Moore
The EC collaborates and meets with the School oversees Admissions and the Under-
Council, Department Chairs and the full Faculty, plus a graduate Review Committee; Associate
Performance Committee, ad hoc curricular committees, Dean for Strategic Initiatives Reynaldo
and the professional staff. They also receive input from Sanchez, B.M. ’80, M.M. ’82, develops
Faculty Senate members, the Student Council, and academic-business partnerships; and
THE FROST SCHOOL is renowned for its innovative 1. Building on our well-established artistic and advisory committees for Faculty Affairs, Student Affairs, Associate Dean for Research Carlos Abril, B.M. ’93,
academic programs, stellar faculty, alumni, and students. academic excellence, we will enhance our quality and School Culture, Equity, and Diversity. advances scholarship.
With over 800 music majors, 90 full-time faculty, and innovation in teaching and learning while The dean’s responsibilities are to inspire excellence, There are three Faculty Senators: Dorothy Hindman,
34 part-time faculty, 33 professional staff, and multiple strengthening our position in preparing musicians lead the organization, hire and strategize with faculty, B.M. ’88, D.M.A. ’94; Brian Lynch; Richard Todd; and
concert venues presenting hundreds of events in an for today’s world and beyond. oversee the budget, liaison with University officials and one alternate Jennifer Grim. Members of the Faculty
average year, it is an exciting community with complex 2. Strengthen our financial position other institutions of higher music education, inter- School Council are: Stephen Zdzinski, speaker;
programmatic, logistics, and facilities challenges. 3. Achieve administrative excellence face with the music industry and alumni, and engage Craig Morris, vice-speaker; Martin Bejerano, M.M. ’98;
Through the efforts of seven special faculty task 4. Optimize physical infrastructure with the community and donors. Shelly Berg, dean of Juan Chattah; Will Pirkle, B.M. ’89; M.S.E.E. ’91;
forces, Frost has unveiled a new five-year Strategic Plan 5. Engender a culture of belonging the Frost School of Music, reports to Jeffrey Duerk, Marysol Quevedo; Robynne Redmon; and Tian Ying.
that aligns with the University of Miami’s Roadmap for 6. Cultivate interdisciplinary potential of music provost and executive vice president for academic affairs Department chairs are appointed by the dean and are
a New Century. It was unanimously approved by the 7. Promote music innovation in the hemisphere at the University of Miami. The dean also interfaces listed in the back of this issue of Score magazine.
Faculty School Council and administration in the fall. This issue of Score illustrates progress on the dynamic
The plan has seven clearly defined strategic goals: student-centric plan and assessment implementation.
Goal to Raise $100 million by 100th Anniversary
Generous Gift Boosts Strategic Plan
A $1.4 MILLION gift from an anonymous donor was
received during the fall to embolden a rapid-speed imple-
quickly purchase new digital recording, lighting, video, and
audio technology for classrooms and concert halls; hire
F UNDRAISING is an essential endeavor at the
Frost School as it launches its strategic plan,
updates facilities with new technology capabilities,
program, and alumna Sally K. Albrecht, M.A. ’77,
M.M. ’79 made a $250,000 planned gift.
In memoriam gifts were also received: a Travis
mentation of the Frost School of Music’s Strategic Plan. production staff that in turn trained faculty and students funds new music scholarships, and provides faculty Quinn Scholarship Endowment honors a Frost Band
The timing of the gift was particularly to use the new technology; ramp up innovative pedagog- and programmatic support. of the Hour member, and a Gregory Cardi Memorial
GONZALO MEJIA
welcome, as operational budgets were ical practices; envision and test new teaching protocols; With a bold capital campaign goal to raise $100 Scholarship Endowment honors a graduate conduct-
cut deeply and a hiring freeze was and implement faculty assessment procedures as new million by the school’s 100th anniversary in 2025, ing student who passed away in July.
implemented across the University for resources were brought on board. The upgrades also fundraising is on an upward trajectory: 40% of that Many other generous donors are gratefully
the 2020-21 academic year, due to the helped Admissions and Marketing teams film and edit target has been raised in the past four years. acknowledged at the end of this issue of Score.
COVID-19 pandemic. new YouTube and website videos for prospective students. Recent estate gifts include over $750,000 from H. David Garrity Those interested in making a major gift or pledge to support the Frost
The major cash donation enabled The Frost School gratefully acknowledges its anony- and $250,000 from Richard E. Henning. The Stamps Family Charitable School are invited to contact Dean Shelly Berg at sberg@miami.edu or
the Frost School to move forward and mous donor for this highly impactful gift. Foundation renewed its substantial support for the Stamps Music Scholars Executive Director for Development Dania Gorriz at dgorriz@miami.edu.
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Frost Band of the Hour Marches to a New Cadence
SCHOOL SPIRIT was alive and well amid the and use bell covers while playing
Positive Progress Despite Pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic as the Frost Band of the Hour instruments.
discovered new ways to support the Miami Hurricanes’ “It was impossible to feel unsafe
football season. The band recorded new content for during practice,” says Darien Mozingo, a music therapy The Frost Band of
COVID-19, a highly contagious virus that has claimed everyone had to play their part in making this a success,” jumbo screen replay at Hard Rock Stadium, and played major. “It was really a treat to be able to be with my the Hour practices
over 3 million lives worldwide to date, made its Miami says Associate Dean for Administration Serona Elton, live at socially distanced campus pep rallies. friends, doing what we love, and making an impact on at the start of the
debut last March. Based on safety guidelines from the M.M. ’95, who praised how students excelled given the “Bringing the band back mattered...it was important the people around us.” fall semester, one of
Center for Disease Control and public health experts difficulties. “From changing their performance styles, to to the morale of our campus community,” says Director Carly Battipaglia, a junior, says, “My biggest takeaway very few collegiate
including University of Miami’s President Julio Frenk, even changing the way they practice, there really isn’t a of Athletic Bands Jay Rees who along with health is to never take what you love for granted, because you marching bands to
the University closed its campuses and transitioned single thing that they do that hasn’t been impacted,” says experts spent the summer months prior examining the never know when it could be suddenly taken away.” perform during the
to online-only instruction for the remainder of the Elton. “I applaud how everyone has been able to adapt effects of respiratory droplets, aerosol transmissions, “I was knocked out with how happy and joyful every- COVID-19 pandemic.
spring 2020 semester. Extensive public health safety and do the things they love in really meaningful ways. It mask wearing, and social distancing. Rees then imple- body was to be making music again,” Rees says. “All the
protocols were implemented over the summer months truly shows the spirit of Frost.” mented a plan for band members to stand 8 feet apart, band members have been amazingly respectful, profes-
enabling in-person and hybrid classes to resume in the Kyle Elgarten, a graduate teaching assistant and mark specific locations on the field, wear special masks, sional, and accountable. No one made bad choices.”
fall following procedures outlined by the University of orchestra conducting master’s student said it was
Miami’s COVID-19 Task Force. amazing just to get back to rehearsing together for the
first time—outside in a tent,
Friday Nights @ Frost
socially distanced. “We all CONCERT PATRONS were also able to stay Band, Frost Studio Jazz Band, song-
live and breathe music, and a connected virtually through FridayNights@Frost, a writers, contemporary groups, and
part of you is gone when you curated YouTube concert series featuring some of the more. The playlist can be accessed
lose that. So, being able to faculty’s favorite concerts from the prior year presented on the frost.miami.edu/events web
be together in a safe way and by Frost choirs, Frost Opera Theater, Frost Symphony page, or on the YouTube channel:
sharing it with a small audi- Orchestra, Frost Wind Ensemble, Frost Concert Jazz Frost School of Music UM
ence was surreal,” Elgarten
says.
Pandemic protocols
Hire a Frost Musician Above: Frost Wind
for Frost concerts limit the GIGGING is the lifeblood of Frost and other special occasions. Frost musicians Ensemble with
number of performers and students and alumni. The interruption also offer online education clinics, private guest artist Lindsay
audience members. All are of live in-person performances due to lessons, or coaching sessions in production, Kesselman, center,
at least six feet apart and COVID-19 caused financial hardship, arranging, composition, and songwriting. and conductor
Left: Complying with From socially distanced classroom and practice required to wear a mask. Performers bring their own so the Frost School launched a successful In addition, students across all genres Robert Carnohan on
pandemic safety spaces to customized masks for instruments, the Frost stands, folders, and music. There are specific times when virtual gig-booking service called Hire a Frost presented pop-up small group concerts under a Friday Nights@
protocols, brass School of Music implemented additional safety and people are permitted to enter and exit a venue in order to Musician (frost.miami.edu/hire) to provide a way for the Sarin Family Gateway at the Patricia L. Frost Music Frost rebroadcast
students rehearse health precautions based on music-specific research avoid any kind of congregating. music lovers to hire Frost talent for socially distanced live Studios North Building and were also hired by the Left: Student harpist
with special face studies. “The pandemic devastated the music and perfor- Fortunately, livestreaming was scheduled for performances, or via Zoom for birthdays, anniversaries, City of Coral Gables to perform at outdoor locations. Marti Moreland
masks, bell covers, mance industry unlike any other sector of the economy, enhancement this year with multiple new robotic at an outdoor event
and disposable spit
valve pads on floor
and we felt that this was a critical time for these future
musicians to continue to develop and flourish, so we
cameras in both Gusman Concert Hall and Clarke
Recital Hall and made possible by a major gift to the
New Podcast Series Spotlights Experts
Right: Singers with made it our mission to create a campus atmosphere they Frost School’s Strategic Plan. “This caliber of technology FROST SESSIONS, a new bi-weekly audio/visual and Discipline in the Music Industry; Behind
Professor Alan trusted and felt comfortable returning to,” says the Frost will definitely be beneficial and will stay with us after the podcast series hosted by Frost faculty, alumni artists, TV and Film Soundtracks; Leap into the
Johnson at piano School’s Dean Shelly Berg. pandemic,” says Gerard Schwarz, distinguished professor and innovative students, features conversations with top Future of Music; Data Lords and more.
And return they did: 75% of music majors elected to of music, conducting, and orchestral studies and music music professionals who share their experiences and Sign up for alerts for new podcasts,
return to campus in fall 2020, and 90% in spring 2021. director of the Frost Symphony Orchestra. “It’s been an discuss what’s new and happening in the world of music. access past episodes, and make sugges-
There was no transmission of the virus in Frost facilities. enhancement that aides us in showcasing what we do to Recent topics include The Power of Connections; tions by filling out our suggestion box at
“We are such an interconnected community; the world,” Schwarz says. Discovering What You’re Born to Do; Talent, Opportunity, frost.miami.edu/podcast.
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evolve and create a new institution,”
says Berg. “We have been doing that
work for many years, and with the dedi-
cated efforts of the SCED committee
and everyone in the Frost School, we
are finally starting to see the results.”
Rooting Out Biases to Strengthen When Berg arrived in Miami,
Frost School of Music Culture
he was particularly concerned that
the Frost School had no full-time
Black professors, and almost no Black
THE PROMOTION of diversity, equity, and inclusion As a first action step, he asked the School Culture, Melvin Butler Jennifer Grim adjuncts. “Now we have eight full-time
at the Frost School of Music is paramount to its success. Equity, and Diversity Advisory Committee (SCED)— Black faculty (10 percent of the total), a
After the Black Lives Matter protests last spring, and established in 2019 and currently co-chaired by school culture, equity, and diversity for administration, growing number of Black adjunct faculty, as well as more
again in summer, Dean Shelly Berg communicated a Associate Professor of Musicology Melvin Butler and faculty, and staff; e) a positive working environment, faculty of other ethnicities and backgrounds,” he says.
strong message of support reprinted in part below: Associate Professor of Flute Jennifer Grim—to take an including examination of salary gender equity, and musi- “And, we have worked very hard to attract Black student
The Frost School of Music acknowledges and condemns active role in hosting private and public town halls with cians’ health initiatives, and; f ) opportunities for interdis- applicants and increase financial aid. When I arrived at
the legacy of racism, values the dignity of all life, and stands alumni, students, faculty, and staff to help identify and ciplinary cooperation among programs. Frost, only 2- to 4-percent of students were Black. This
in solidarity with the Black community. We are committed begin to root out systemic biases. A Frost Unity and Diversity Committee comprised of fall, both the incoming freshman and graduate student
to co-creating a caring, equitable, and compassionate world “One of the aims of the SCED committee is to help professional staff members was also created. classes were 8-percent Black, and international student
through sustainable long-term structures of curriculum, foster a feeling of belonging among the faculty, staff, and Both committees interface with the University of enrollment was also up. This is a positive result, and it is
programming, and a culture that continues to raise aware- students,” says Grim. “We also serve as a safe place where Miami’s Office of Institutional Culture. a point along an upward trajectory,” says Berg. “We have
ness and learning of Black lives because they matter. they can come to express any concerns or issues of “True culture change is not a magic-wand, quick-fix a long way to go, but I am pleased we are moving in the
We support digging deep, listening deep, and under- inequity. Having an open line of communication is endeavor, but rather a long-term intentional effort to right direction.”
standing, followed by action. important if we want to enact positive change.”
Butler says that the “social, psychological, and
institutional barriers upheld by systemic racism often
seem insurmountable” but is grateful that the SCED
committee has facilitated events “where members of
Musicology Student Examines Protest Music
our community, especially students of color, can voice
concerns that need to be amplified and addressed.”
The SCED examines guidelines and procedures
G raduate musicology student Marcus Grant, M.M. ’17 is bringing
racial justice to the forefront of his latest research in the wake of
the Black Lives Matter movement.
or memes [captioned pictures or videos], things get a bit complicated.
Making someone into a meme to spread awareness may do just that, but
the nature of an internet trend tends to distract from the actual message
concerning school culture, equity, and diversity of the While earning a previous master’s degree in jazz drum performance of the piece. It’s within the gray area that I raise
Frost School. It makes recommendations to the Frost at Frost, Grant composed and performed a suite entitled #InsertNameHere these questions.”
School Council and Administration and posts to its for a recital in 2016; it addressed his feelings about black social trauma Grant will begin a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology
webpage frost.miami.edu/diversity about the following: after hearing the news that Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were killed next year and says a career in higher education
a) culture of shared governance with the School on back-to-back days. “I was feeling a deep sense of anger and sadness. is a future goal. “The field of academia needs more
Council and Administration; The hashtags flying around the internet became a blur. I felt like I could be Black voices. Representation is important and if
b) open, safe, and transparent next,” he says. “It was not easy to write, nor easy to perform…the nature I can encourage someone else to strive for
communication among students, of the piece is very emotionally taxing,” he says. bigger goals, I’m all for it. I hope my work
faculty, administration, and Now, in tandem with his musicological research, Grant is exploring how will contribute to the other strong voices of
professional staff; c) priorities music plays a role in the ongoing struggle for change, especially in today’s scholars talking about these relevant topics.
and goals concerning gender social climate. He asks the question: “In what ways does protest music I’d also be happy teaching courses in jazz
and gender identity, sexual honor or detract from Black suffering and mortality?” history, jazz cultures, hip-hop, or Protest
orientation, religious affilia- His thesis focuses on protest music from the Black Lives Matter music and having a drum studio and
tion, race, and disability among protests of 2020, following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, teaching ensembles. I’d like to use all of
students, faculty, administration, and Breonna Taylor. “Protest music in and of itself is an expression of grief my talents,” he says.
and staff; d) training programs in and trauma,” Grant says. “However, when paired with social media trends Marcus Grant
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Chamber Music Artist-In-Residence Alicia Hall Moran Media Writing and Production Faculty
JAMAL MURRAY
MEZZO-SOPRANO Alicia Hall Moran—a multi- A Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, she is currently devel- and Alumni Successes in the TV Biz
dimensional artist renowned for her technical virtuosity oping a new production Breaking Ice with a wide range
and brilliant interpretation of song in the genres of of collaborators including Ice Theatre of New York, WITH NETFLIX, HBO, and other major composing Other recent music supervision projects
MICHAEL TULLBERG/ GETTY IMAGES
opera, art, theater, and jazz—was selected as the Frost shinobue and taiko player Kaoru Watanabe, and the and orchestration credits, faculty and alumni of the include Black Lightning (CW), Truth Be Told
School’s inaugural Chamber Music Artist-in-Residence. Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Frost Media Writing and Production (MWP) program (Apple), Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse, Lego
“Ms. Moran is an exemplar of how artists invent and “Alicia has a very special way of connecting with are well-entrenched in the television and film business. 2, Queen & Slim, and the upcoming sequels to
reimagine ideas, connect, and design ingenious perfor- audiences and understanding the underpinnings of that Here are a few highlights from the past year: the Space Jam and Sesame Street movies.
mance experiences,” says Valerie Coleman, assistant connection,” says pianist Dean Shelly Berg, who has He credits the Media Writing and
professor of performance, chamber music, and entrepre- performed with her on numerous occasions. Frost Prof Composes The Queen’s Gambit Production program for giving him “key early
neurship at Frost. “She brings to our students a wealth of Working with Frost students this year via Zoom, CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA, assistant professor and experience in the fusion of music and picture,”
information critical to artistry, comportment, and career Hall Moran says, “I am completely humbled by this director of the Media Writing and Production program and thanks former choral professor Jo-Michael
Kier Lehman
Alicia Hall Moran sustainability while guiding our chamber ensembles historic moment in higher education, globally, and I at the Frost School, teamed with director Scott Frank Scheibe and retired associate dean and MWP
towards the vision of building an outstanding career.” could not be prouder to bear firsthand witness to the to score The Queen’s Gambit, program director Raul Murciano, B.S.C.E. ’91, M.M. ’93,
Moran portrayed Bess in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess ingenuity and courage the Frost School of Music is a Netflix limited series that D.M.A. ’97, for their impact on his education.
on Broadway and on a 20-city national tour. Her albums modeling. The students I’ve already encountered are premiered October 23. Rivera Lehman got his professional start working for the
Heavy Blue and Here Today, as well as new shows like quite frankly effervescent in their approach to our received the 2021 Hollywood music supervision firm Hit the Ground Running where
Alicia Hall Moran+ the motown project and Black Wall sessions together. They are open and engaged, and that Music in Media Award for he worked on hundreds of television episodes including
Street, highlight her originality and joy in working with points to their mutual respect for the moment. I am so Outstanding Score for a TV the CSI franchise and HBO’s Entourage.
diverse musicians. thrilled to be a part of this spectacular machine!” Show/Limited Series for his He then landed a highly-coveted position as in-house
music writing on the show, music supervisor and creative executive in the music
and a Society of Composers department at Sony Pictures where he worked for five
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Prominent Professor Receives Prestigious Award & Lyricists Award for
Outstanding Score for a Television Production. He
years. He now runs Bad Sneakers, Inc., a full-service
music supervision and clearance company for HBO, Fox,
DON COFFMAN, an admired professor and chair of research committee coordinator. worked previously with Frank on the Netflix series ABC, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, and Warner Brothers.
the Department of Music Education and Music Therapy Coffman thanked his current and Godless for which he earned a 2018 Emmy Award for his
at the Frost School of Music, was honored by the former colleagues and students for main title theme, and was Netflix Movie Reaches Number One
Florida Music Education Association with its College sharing their lives with him, saying nominated for Outstanding JAMIE CHRISTOPHERSON, M.M. ’00, who earned
Music Educator of the Year Award. It was presented at “The rewards of teaching come from Music Composition. a master’s degree in Media Writing and Production at
the association’s 2021 virtual professional development experiences with others because we “I have always loved Frost, composed a Country-tinged score for the
conference in January where he was also serving as the teach people, not music. Teaching is underdog tales like Rocky, Netflix Original movie A California Christmas
an invitation to learning, so how we or Rudy,” says Rivera. “The that reached the pinnacle #1 trending spot
treat others has to come first.” Don Coffman moment I read Scott Frank’s during the winter holidays. He also co-wrote
New Master of Teaching Degree Coffman earned a Ph.D. from teleplay for The Queen’s Gambit; I knew getting to work several original songs and a folksy arrangement
in Music Education the University of Kansas. An internationally known
scholar with over 100 publications and 100 presentations
with him in telling Beth Harmon’s story would be one of
the great thrills of my life. It was something special, and
of “O Holy Night” for the film.
He says his time at the Frost School was
A N ACCELERATED one-year Master of Teaching (M.A.T.) in Music Education
degree program is now offered by the Frost School. It provides an excellent
path for candidates who already hold a prior music degree to quickly pursue K-12
in 13 countries, he has conducted over 300 wind band
performances and clinics, and chaired countless profes-
sional commissions and committees. Among his many
to say the least, challenging, as we were going to have to
make the game of chess exciting on screen for those who
play it—and even for those who don’t.”
“one of the best decisions I’ve made in life,” and
adds the MWP program “was perfectly geared
towards preparing me for how the real world of
Jamie Christopherson
music teaching certification in the State of Florida. activities this year he presented “They Are Us: Conversa- entertainment works. I am very grateful for the lessons of
Students complete all course content as required to pursue music teaching cer- tions about connection, disruption and inclusion” at the Alumnus Earns Emmy Nomination hard work, flexibility, and perseverance that I learned.”
tification in the state of Florida. Following graduation, alumni then secure a teaching ISME Community Music Activities Pre-Conference. CONGRATULATIONS to Frost Media Writing Christopherson’s music can be heard in the feature
position in a Florida School through the State of Florida Professional Development At the Frost School of Music he teaches instrumental and Production alumnus Kier Lehman, B.M. ’03, for films The Ride and American Wrestler; video games Metal
Certification Program. After completing one year of supervised teaching, individuals conducting, methods of teaching instrumental school his 2020 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Gear Rising: Revengeance; Dead Rising, and Lineage II;
then complete certification examinations and apply to the Florida Department of music, and community music programs. He founded the Music Supervision for the HBO series Insecure, episode and Showtime television shows Homeland, Ray Donovan,
Education for certification. Further details at musiced.frost.miami.edu. Frost School’s New Horizons Band for adult learners. “Lowkey Movin’ On.”
Lorem Ipsum and The Affair; CBS’s Extant; and NBC’s Revolution.
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Grammy® Congratulations Go to Frost School Alumni Garner Major Latin Grammys®
Great Frost Musicians SEVEN gifted music alumni received 16 Latin Grammy in composition at Frost; he is now pursuing an artist
Award nominations and landed six wins at the 21st diploma in orchestral conducting.
ESTEEMED Frost faculty and alumni were honored nominee, received his first Grammy Award for Best Annual Latin Grammy® Awards ceremony held Singer-songwriter Raquel Sofía, BM ’09, and
again with Grammy wins and nominations at the 63rd Choral Performance for Danielpour: The Passion of November 19, 2020, the preeminent international honor flutist-bandleader Ernesto Fernandez, M.M. ’13,
Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony on March 14. Yeshua, a dramatic oratorio of the braiding of two faiths, that celebrates excellence in Latin music and the only D.M.A. ’16, received nominations for Best Pop Song and
Maria Schneider, ’83, a multi-Grammy Award Judaism and Christianity. peer-presented Latin music accolade. Best Traditional Tropical Album respectively.
winner and nominee who serves as Artistic Director of Neal J. Avron, B.M. ’87, a Grammy-winning mixer Alumni who took home the coveted award are: “The Frost School congratulates our 2020 Latin
the Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute received two and producer who has worked with artists ranging from Julio Reyes Copello, M.M. ’00, with two wins and Grammy winners! This brilliant group of individuals
Grammy wins in association with her latest release Twenty One Pilots, Sara Bareilles, and Linkin Park was George Noriega, B.M. ’96, Natalia Ramírez, M.A. ’17, are representative of the astounding number of talented,
Data Lords. She now has 7 wins and 16 nominations. nominated in the Best Musical Theater Album category. Carlos Fernando López, B.M. ’12, M.M. ’20, and Jose high-achieving faculty, students, and alumni that were
This Grammy season marks the 11th nomination for Rounding out the Grammy nominee list are Valentino, M.M. ’10, each receiving one for a total of six. drawn to the Frost School because of our unique
Studio Music and Jazz lecturer, pianist, composer and Jeremy Adam Levy, B.M. ’04, and Pat Metheny, ’73, each Julio Reyes Copello as producer and engineer and geographical endowment at the crossroads of the
producer Gonzalo Rubalcaba, a double Grammy winner, in separate arranger categories. Natalia Ramirez as engineer won Record of the Year for Americas,” says Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
who was nominated this year for Best Latin Jazz Album “The consistent high achievements of Frost faculty their work together on “Contigo” by Alejandro Sanz. Rey Sanchez. “These awards are a testimony to their
for Viento Y Tiempo – Live at Blue Note Tokyo. and alumni each year is truly extraordinary and Carlos Fernando López, along with Jose Valentino, creativity and hard work, and also to the impact of their
Frost alumni nominees also exhibit incredible range. inspiring,” says Dean Shelly Berg,. “Being acknowledged won in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition time at the Frost School. We are enormously proud that
Carmen Lundy, B.M. ’80, was nominated for Best by your peers for excellence in recording is the ultimate category for their composition “Sacre,” which was part our teaching and culture have contributed to the success
Jazz Vocal Album, her first Grammy nomination. reward in music. I applaud and congratulate our 2021 of López’s final project to matriculate with his master’s of these exceptional alumni. ¡Felicidades a todos!”
Chorus Master James K. Bass, D.M.A. ’05, a six-time class of Grammy winners and nominees.”
Julio Reyes Copello, M.M. ’00 Carlos Fernandez López, George Noriega, B.M. ’96
Maria Schneider, ’83 Neal J. Avron, B.M. ’87 Jeremy Adam Levy, M.M. ’04 Record of the Year: “Contigo” by B.M. ’12, M.M. ’20 Best Engineered Album:
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Best Musical Theater Album: Best Arrangement, Instrumental or Alejandro Sanz from Tributo a Sabina: Jose Valentino, M.M. ’10 3:33 by Debi Nova
Data Lords Jagged Little Pill A Cappella: “Uranus: The Magician” Ni Tan Joven Ni Tan Viejo Best Classical Contemporary Producer of the Year: multiple artists
from The Planets: Reimagined Album of the Year: Composition: “Sacre” from Lignarius
Best Instrumental Composition: James K. Bass, D.M.A. ’05 Record of the Year: “Tutu” by Camilo
“Sputnik” from Data Lords Pausa by Ricky Martin and Pedro Capó from Por Primera Vez
Best Choral Performance: Pat Metheny, ’73 Carlos Fernandez López, B.M. ’12
Best Arrangement Instrumental & Album of the Year: Album of the Year:
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Best Engineered Album, Classical: Natalia Ramiréz, M.A. ’17
Vocals: “From This Place” Pat Metheny Mesa Para Dos by Kani Garcia Mesa Para Dos by Kani Garcia
Best Latin Jazz Album: Viento Y Record of the Year: “Contigo” by
Best Contemporary Classical featuring Meshell Ndegeocello, Alan Record of the Year: “Lo Que en Ti Veo” Record of the Year: “Lo Que en Ti Veo”
Tiempo—Live at Blue Note Tokyo Alejandro Sanz from Tributo a Sabina:
Composition: Broadbent and Pat Metheny, arrangers by Kani Garcia and Nahuel Pennisi by Kani Garcia and Nahuel Pennisi
Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Aymée Nuviola Ni Tan Joven Ni Tan Viejo
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua from Mesa Para Dos from Mesa Para Dos
JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Record of the Year: “Lo Que en Ti Veo”
Carmen Lundy, B.M. ’80
Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Ernesto Fernandez, M.M. ’13, by Kani Garcia and Nahuel Pennisi
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Raquel Sofía, B.M. ’09
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & D.M.A. ’16 Album of the Year:
Modern Ancestors Best Pop Song: “Amor En Cuarentena”
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Best Traditional Tropical Album: Pa’lante Mesa Para Dos by Kani Garcia
Bernd Gottinger, engineer
BRIENE LERMITTE
Maria Schneider Gonzalo Rubalcaba Carmen Lundy Neal Avron James Bass Jeremy Adam Levy Pat Metheny Julio Reyes Copello Ernesto Fernandez Carlos F. López Jose Valentino Raquel Sofia George Noriega Natalia Ramirez
AMANDA JULCA
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Student’s Song Goes Viral on YouTube Frost and Jazz Aspen Snowmass Expand Their Imprint in Aspen
BY DAY, Jasmine Ortiz studies musicianship, artistry development, and THE JAS ACADEMY in collaboration with the Frost and innovation at the Frost School, says, “As faculty at
entrepreneurship at the Frost School of Music. But by night, she records with School of Music and Jazz Aspen Snowmass ( JAS) is Frost, I’m used to being around highly talented, ambi-
producers like the multi-platinum Trackdilla. Now, she is taking the pop expanding to four weeks in Aspen this summer. Interna- tious young musicians…and the talent at the
STEVE MUNDINGER
industry by storm. With her latest single “Cherry tional auditions this spring for highly talented, ambitious JAS Academy is off-the-charts! But talent and
FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONGRATULATES on Top” reaching over 2 million views on YouTube, young musicians revealed a fantastic array of talent that ambition are not enough. Musicians aspiring
ITS 2021 DOWNBEAT STUDENT AWARDEES the bilingual artist is nothing shy of a sensation. will attend either Combo/Small Ensemble Sessions July to a professional life
STEVE MUNDINGER
Ortiz found her roots in the hard rock genre 11–25, or Individual Big Band Sessions July 25–August 7. in music today need
Undergraduate College Winners while studying jazz guitar and classical piano JAS Artistic Director Christian McBride, Frost Dean a strong foundation
Amy Azzara, Vocal Jazz Soloist in high school. Evolving into an energetic, pop Shelly Berg, Program Director Chuck Bergeron, M.M. in business and tech-
Kate Reid, faculty mentor vocalist came naturally to her; she learned five ’93, and faculty artists Etienne Charles, Rey Sanchez, nology, along with
Frost Funk Ensemble instruments before becoming a songwriter. Ortiz B.M. ’80, M.M. ’82, Brian Lynch, and D.M.A. candidate the entrepreneurial
Asynchronous Blues/Pop/Rock Group now incorporates Spanish, English, and Mandarin Jasmine Ortiz Michael Dudley, M.M. ’18, will work with the academy spirit to forge their Above: JAS Academy
Steve Rucker, faculty mentor into her music to appeal to the masses. Clearly, it’s students. Alumnus Emmet Cohen, B.M. ’12, and jazz own creative path. Frost students
Ben Taylor, Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist (guitar) working. Her bilingual single, “Intentions,” has also reached over 1 million masters who perform at the JAS Café summer series will This is my role at the Janelle Finton,
John Hart, faculty mentor views on YouTube. “It was interesting to see the song blow up in Mexico, or also serve as visiting adjunct faculty during both sessions. JAS Academy,” he trumpet, Emma
Spain, or Colombia,” Ortiz says, reflecting on her worldwide reach. “I was Described as a “unique boot camp for the essen- says. To that end, in Hedrick, vocals,
Graduate College Winners like ‘OK, wow, this is really cool. People all over the world are listening to my tial technology, marketing, and creative skills that addition to intensive Michael Ramos,
Katie Oberholtzer, Vocal Jazz Soloist music.’ That was bizarre.” every musician needs to thrive,” the JAS Academy is a combo and big band bass, with NYU
Chuck Bergeron, faculty mentor The pandemic lockdown left little room for inspiration. “For me person- full-scholarship program, with travel, lodging, tuition interactions, Frost School curricula will be introduced drummer Anton Kot
Frost Extensions, Small Vocal Jazz Group ally, I always need a lot of social input to have creative output. You can’t cook and meals provided. The JAS Academy is supported including classes in recording, arranging, production, Left: Michael Dudley,
Kate Reid, faculty mentor without ingredients, and my ingredients are seeing people and going out annually by a multi-year gift from Sasha and Ed Bass. touring, agent representation, artist management, trumpet, in JAS
and doing things,” Ortiz says. Still, she used the situation to adapt. “I started Rey Sanchez, associate dean for strategic initiatives contracts, website development, and digital rights. Academy Big Band
The V. Tet, Blues/Pop/Rock Group
learning and growing and taking the time to not only focus on being an artist,
Chuck Bergeron, faculty mentor
but also on being a musician and what that meant to me,” says Ortiz. As her
Frost Fusion Ensemble
Asynchronous Blues/Pop/Rock Group
YouTube views and Spotify streams rise, “It’s starting to feel more real to me.”
Frost School at Festival Napa Valley Art Inspires Composers
Steve Rucker, faculty mentor
Seth Crail, “Moon River”
Jazz Arrangement—Studio Orchestra
Stamps Brass Quintet Class of 2024
FIVE TALENTED brass players were awarded full scholarships this fall
A NEW STYLE of summer music training academy is launching in
Northern California this July for 50 advanced classical music students who
were selected by audition: The Frost School @ Festival Napa Valley.
D OROTHY HINDMAN, B.M. ’88, D.M.A. ’94, associate pro-
fessor of composition, was instrumental in launching a
new interdisciplinary project with the Frost School of Music and
Stephen Guerra Jr., faculty mentor
including tuition, room and board at the Frost School and will perform for Co-produced by the Frost School of Music and the University of Miami Lowe Art Museum entitled “Composing
BOB MCCLENAHAN
during their undergraduate years as the Stamps Brass Quintet class of 2024. Festival Napa Valley from July 8–25, The Frost the Collection: Sonifying the Lowe Art Museum’s Musical Instru-
Undergraduate Outstanding Performance
Pictured below, left to right: Ethan Revere, trumpet; Xinrae Cardozo, horn; School @ Festival Napa Valley will provide chamber ments and Art Works in Written Music and Live Performance.”
Emma Hedrick, Vocal Jazz Soloist
Antony Hook, tuba; Terri Rauschenbach, trumpet; Ian Wolff, trombone. music and large ensemble coaching, master classes, Student composers Melissa D’Albora, Logan Larson, Ryne
Kate Reid, faculty mentor
The Stamps Ensemble Scholarships began at Frost in 2009 through the career training, and idyllic concert opportunities Siesky, Wesley Thompson, Greg Watson, and Rachel Weiss
Maggie Kinney, Vocal Jazz Soloist generosity of the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, with 58 Stamps hosted by festival sponsors throughout Napa Valley premiered new music based on objects from the Lowe’s Musical
Kate Reid, faculty mentor ensemble scholars to date, including 19 currently enrolled. The recruiting of including five orchestra concerts, and much more. Instruments and Art Works Collections and University of Miami
Valentina Shelton, Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist (piano/vocals) each ensemble rotates every four years. In addition to the new Stamps Brass Frost Associate Professor Jennifer Grim is the artistic administrator for Libraries Special Collections. Students selected two objects: an
Chuck Bergeron, faculty mentor Quintet, there is a Stamps Woodwind Quintet class of 2023, Stamps String this uniquely Frost program and will work in tandem with Festival Napa instrument and an artwork. Through research, digital recording,
Kenton Luck, “Jinrikisha” Quartet class of 2022, and Stamps Jazz Quintet class of 2021. Valley to oversee the student experience, including curricular highlights from and spectral analysis, students obtained modern representations
Undergraduate Jazz Arrangement The Frost Method.® Grim and ten other Frost professors will serve on the of their chosen instrument’s sounds. Funded in part by The
Chuck Bergeron, faculty mentor summer faculty, along with a dozen other faculty from prestigious orchestras. Andrew W. Mellon CREATE Grants Program, the original audio
All academy students will receive free airfare, housing, meals, and a per diem. samples, recordings of the new works, and other sonic doc-
Graduate College Outstanding Performance The Frost School @ Festival Napa Valley is funded this summer by umentation of the source objects will form the basis
Frost Jazz Vocal I, Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble generous donations by Frost Advisory Board members Jeffery Miller, Adam of an audio companion to augment the Lowe’s
Kate Reid, director Carlin, and other steadfast supporters. Guide by Cell self-guided tour program.
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Doctors and Musicians Team Up to Grad Students Awarded Early Career Field Research Grants
Study Ideal Vocal Warm-up Time EACH YEAR the University of Miami Institute for the
Americas invites graduate students to apply for Tinker
Víctor Manuel
Rubio Carrillo, a
Foundation Field Research Grants to help them “develop Ph.D. candidate in
IT TAKES ONLY MINUTES of vocal warm-up for gogy acted as our blind raters, which again reduced the cutting-edge research projects and gain firsthand knowl- music education
classical singers to perceive vocal ease prior to practice, risk of bias and made the results more reliable.” edge of Latin America and the Caribbean.” was also awarded
according to a recent study by the University of Miami They found that vocally warming up has a self-per- Two students from the Frost School of Music were a Tinker Grant
Miller School of Medicine and Frost School of Music ceived benefit for singers compared with not warming awarded Tinker Grants this year, which may help them for his proposal
researchers published in the Journal of Voice. up at all. And 5 or 10 minutes of warm-up seems to be secure external funding for subsequent research. “Understanding
“There is little research sufficient to begin a practice session. Participants did not Hannah Junco, a master’s student in musicology, was the Education of
on singers’ perceptions of perceive long warm-up routines to be more beneficial. Hannah Junco Victor Manuel Rubio Carillo
awarded a Tinker Grant for her proposal “Investigating Music in Ecuador”
the benefits of warm-up and “It was no surprise that vocally warming up makes Latin American cultural politics and music following to examine multiple
the ideal amount of time to singing feel more comfortable. As vocal teachers, we the Cuban Revolution of 1959.” More specifically, it schools of music after infrastructure and sustainable
do so. Yet, the amount of always tell our students the importance of warming is an ethnomusicological look at how rikudim (Israeli state funding was recently compromised across Ecuador,
warm-up can be important up the voice before practicing to make singing easier circle dancing) in synagogues of Havana, Cuba is he reports. His research design involves methods of
for vocal health and quality,” and avoid injury,” said the study’s first author, Frank W. playing a role in rebuilding the dissipating religious immersive observations in sampled schools in different
says the study’s senior Ragsdale, D.M.A. ’04, associate professor of music and community of the Cuban Jews; the Jewish popula- provinces, interviews with students, musicians, adminis-
author, Adam Lloyd, SLP-D, chair of the Department of Vocal Performance at the tion dwindled from 15,000 to 1,200 following the tration, and document analysis.
CCC-SLP, M.M., assistant Frost School of Music. “I found it interesting, however, Cuban Revolution of 1959. “In a reparative effort, In Ecuador, a specialized track for professional
professor of otolaryngology that the 15-minute warm-up time did not make a the Jubano [pronounced Jew-bahn-o] community is musicians is available for students starting at age seven.
and speech pathology at the difference in the self-perceived ease of singing over the using strongly nationalist symbols like dance to It is a school diploma that takes 11 years to complete.
Miller School. “Too much 5- or 10-minute times. I think this finding will encourage negotiate this interaction of religion and nationality in Students who attend these vocational music schools
can cause fatigue or sores students to warm up, knowing that as little as 5 to 10 the context of a socialist state,” Junco says. do so in the afternoons after their general classes, and
to form on the vocal folds, minutes is sufficient.” Due to the pandemic, her travel to Cuba was not when they graduate secondary school, they receive two
while not enough warm-up Future research should include a larger population approved. Nevertheless, she conducted virtual interviews diplomas—general sciences and musical arts. Institutions
may lead to limited range of singers with different levels of education and singing with rikudim organizers and participants residing in accredited to grant these degrees are publicly funded by
and loudness capabilities or genres, the authors wrote. both Havana and Miami. “I am more than thrilled that the Ecuadorian state, so the capacity of the schools to
Dr. David Rosow, injury, similar to what would happen to an athlete who “One of the benefits of collaborative research is the Tinker Foundation selected my project about this generate their own income is limited. Carrillo could not
associate professor does not warm up before an event. through the Frost School of Music, as well as the fascinating and tenacious community, especially during travel to Ecuador during the pandemic, but aims to “gather
of otolaryngology “Our goal was to discover what amount of time Department of Theatre Arts from the College of Arts these times when community is sometimes all that is enough information to facilitate actionable plans to help
at the Miller School of warm-up provided singers with the greatest ease of and Sciences, we have access to student vocalists from holding us together,” Junco says. remediate problems and develop sustainable solutions.”
of Medicine, usage.” a broad range of backgrounds: classical, jazz, contem-
with student The researchers reported on a prospective cohort of porary, and musical theatre, to name a few. We have
Yashwanth
Ramanujam
nine Frost School of Music classical vocal performance
majors to determine if specific warm-up durations of 0,
already learned from some of our other ongoing research
that different musical training can affect the likelihood
Doctoral Candidate Wins First Prize in Viola Research
5, 10, or 15 minutes would change subjective and objec- of vocal injury over time,” said study author David E. VIOLA STUDIO teaching assistant and doctor of doctoral seminar in contemporary
EMILY VOS/VOSSTUDIOS
tive voice measures. The singers completed a modified Rosow, M.D., associate professor of otolaryngology and musical arts candidate Angela Kratchmer won first prize performance practice under the guidance
Voice Range Profile and the Evaluation of the Ability to director of the Division of Laryngology and Voice at in the 2020 David Dalton Viola Research Competition. of Professor Scott Flavin last spring,”
Sing Easily scale and blindly rated 10-second recorded the Miller School. “We are constantly expanding this Kratchmer was selected for her paper “The Widmann Kratchmer says. “In this course, I had the
audio clips. Four independent expert blinded listeners study and perhaps we will find that these groups respond Viola Concerto: Harold in Italy for the Postmodern opportunity to integrate my interest in
also rated the audio clips. differently to vocal warm-ups.” Age.” The paper will be published in a future edition of postmodern subjectivity with previous
“We included several levels of randomization and Coauthors on the study are Judy O. Marchman, the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Viola Society, research about Berlioz’s Harold in Italy
blinding so that participants and raters would be less D.M.A.; Michelle M. Bretl, M.S., CCC-SLP; Jennylee which publishes research of lasting historical value. The to establish a conceptual framework that
biased in their scoring. This strengthened the results of Diaz, M.S.; Mursalin Anis, M.D.; Hang Zhang, M.S.; competition is named in honor of the journal’s first situates Jörg Widmann’s Viola Concerto
the study and improved reliability,” Lloyd said. “Profes- and Mario A. Landera, SLP-D, CCC-SLP. editor and offers attractive prizes. (2015) as a travel narrative for the
sionals in the fields of voice pathology and vocal peda- Courtesy of Special to UM News Angela Kratchmer
“The impetus for this project occurred during a twenty-first century.”
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