SUMMER 2012, VOLUME 16

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ISTVAN ANHALT

Congratulations to Andrea Lawn, BMus ’83 for correctly identifying last year’s tune as the ShakerHymn “Simple Gifts” from Aaron Copland’s Appalachain Spring. We are grateful to alumni andfriends for your gifts.

Entries for this year are due September 4, 2012.

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Clue: Written for and performed by Glenn Gould

The School of Music is proud to present two events on Sunday, September 23,2012 to celebrate the life and work of Istvan Anhalt, renowned composer and faculty member at Queen’s School of Music, who passed away on February 24,2012. Both events will be held at Queen’s in Wallace Hall – John Deutsch University Centre.

2:30 p.m. Memorial Celebration (Free Admission)

This memorable afternoon will include brief performances of Professor Anhalt’smusic along with personal reminiscences on his life and work, followed by a reception.

8:00 p.m. Anhalt Tribute Concert – Faculty Artist Series Admission: Adults - $20; Seniors - $12; Students - $8. Available at the door or by calling the Queen’s Performing Arts Office at: (613) 533-2558.

The Seiler Piano Trio will perform a varied recital in tribute to Professor Istvan Anhalt. The members of the trio include Mayumi Seiler, violinist, Rachel Mercer,cellist, and Angela Park, pianist. The program will include a performance of Anhalt’s FANTASIA for solo piano, which was written for Glenn Gould, and Anhalt’sPIANO TRIO. In the first half, we will also hear the Kodály DUO for violin and cello, recognizing that Professor Anhalt studied composition with Kodály in Hungary.Rounding out the program will be a performance of the PIANO TRIO in B Major, Op. 8, by Brahms.

BMus alumni who attended Queen’s before Anhalt’s retirement in 1984 likely would have had the privilege of knowing and evenbeing taught by Professor Anhalt. For those of you who didn’t have this opportunity, however, the information below provides asnapshot of his accomplishments.

2003 Order of Canada2005 JUNO – Orchestral piece The Tents of Abramam2007 New Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Division of Arts

Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1919, Istvan Anhalt studied at the Royal Academy of Music with the renowned educator and composer Zoltan Kodály. His musical studies were cut short during the Second World War when he was conscripted into a

Claire Renouf, BMus’13

Bruce Kelly, Gordon Craig, BMus’73

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A NIGHT IN VIENNAFebruary 10th and 11th, 2012

Produced by Bruce Kelly and directed by Gordon Craig, this magical event featured student, faculty and alumni per formances. The large enthusiastic audience had the option of sitting in the balcony or at tables on the main level, andeveryone could dance the night away. This large presentationwas a quite different than an Ensemble concert. Some vocalstudents who were performing for the first time with a Symphony Orchestra quickly learned the importance of peripheral vision, as they needed to communicate with the audience in front of them, while also connecting with theSymphony Director who was beside them on stage. Studentsperforming in the Symphony Orchestra learned very quicklythat they must follow and react to both the Director andsoloists in a concert situation.

Thanks to Corporate Sponsor JoLyn Dance Studios, BMusstudents who were not part of the performance were able totake free ballroom dancing lessons, and to our delight – thiswas a huge success! (For a video of one of the dance lessons,have a look at our facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/queensschoolofmusic

Fundraising News

This past year, the School of Music joined the world of SocialMedia, and found it to be especially helpful for the “A Night in Vienna” Fundraiser in 2012. We encourage you to take a few minutes to visit us on our BLOG and on Facebook.

Web Page:www.queensu.ca/music

Twitter:Principal Woolf, an avid tweeter (who by the way is a devotedmusic fan, and has an occasional show on CFRC), was kindenough to send out some tweets on our behalf to help promotethe Vienna Fundraiser. Shortly before the event he received atweet asking if it was true that tickets to the event were sold out.He contacted our office and we were able to confirm this was nottrue. He tweeted the message and within one hour we had put to rest this rumour circulating around Kingston. The success oftwitter was indeed quite a surprise to us!

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At the 2012 Fall Convocation, internationally renowned pianist Janina Fialkowska was awarded an Honorary DoctoralDegree by Queen’s.

The evening before the ceremony, she honoured theSchool of Music by performing a brilliant all-Chopin recitalas a fundraiser for the school. In the concert she displayedboth her technical mastery of the instrument and her deepauthoritative insight into the Polish composer’s language.

Recently, Janina was awarded a Governor-General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement inClassical Music. In the history of these awards, Janina is thefirst woman, and only the second instrumentalist to receivean award in this category.

Janina Fialkowska

“BROADWAY – LIVE IN CONCERT” Friday, February 8, 2013

This upcoming fundraiser will again offer students a valuableperformance experience, and we urge you to become either a “Friend” or “Corporate Sponsor.”

Becoming a “Friend” Alumni are welcome to make a donation to “Broadway – Livein Concert” through the “A Night in Vienna” Trust Fund. Pleasego to the School of Music web page, then click the “DonateNow” button. If you donate to the Broadway fundraiser between July 2012 and January 11, 2013, we would be pleasedto include your name in the performance program as a“Friend” of the School of Music.

Three categories of friend include: Chorus Line – minimum $ 75.00 Diva – minimum $250.00 Director – minimum $500.00

Becoming a “Corporate Sponsor”If your company would like to become a Corporate Sponsorfor “Broadway – Live in Concert,” please e-mail Shirley Roth at sr14@queensu.ca, and we would be happy to send a Corporate Sponsorship package to your attention. The package will detail various levels of sponsorship. To ensureyour company is properly acknowledged, we urge to contactthe School of Music before January 11, 2013.

Fundraising initiatives such as “A Night in Vienna” and “Broadway – Live in Concert” help augment our operating budget and alsoprovide students with the type of musical experience only learned by performing in a large live production.

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F.R.C. Clarke, Director of Queen’s School of Music (1981-1991),was known to many as a beloved composer, organist, conductor,scholar and teacher. Some of his better-known compositions include: “Bel and the Dragon” (1954), “Sing a New Song to the Lord“(1960), “Psalm 145” (1966), which won the 1967 CBC prize forchoral music, “Festival Te Deum” (1972), and “Reginae” (1991).Clarke also chaired the committee that produced the Hymn Book(1971) shared by the Anglican Church of Canada and the UnitedChurch of Canada, contributing several hymn tunes, and arrange-ments (including: Concrete, Sydenham Street, Causa Divina, Tradition,Kingston, Orbis Terrarum and A Blessing).

The School of Music’s Choral Ensemble’s year-end perform ance on March 23, 2012 launched a new EndowmentFund, created in memory of F.R.C. Clarke (1931-2009).

The Choral Ensemble performance was directed by MarkSirett, BMus ’75, and students performed a special a cappellawork by Clarke, “Sound Over All Waters” in his memory. Thewords were by John Greenleaf Whittier, one of F.R.C.’s favouritepoets, and given Clarke’s passion for sailing and his love ofKingston’s waterfront vistas, it was a fitting choice.

Through their love of choral music, the following dedicated alumni worked with the university to establish theF.R.C. Clarke Choral and Organ Fund: Tom Cromwell, BMus’73, Carole Chabot, BMus’74, Trish Jones, BMus ’74, Mark Sirett,

BMus’75, Eleanor Daley, BMus’78 and Bill Maddox, BMus’80.These lead donations in combination with future gifts to theF.R.C. Clarke Choral and Organ Fund will help to build an endowment which will provide an annual income to theSchool of Music, specifically for purchasing choral scores, off-setting performance costs and supporting other activitieswhich will enhance choral and organ programming for BMusstudents well beyond 2012 – 2013.

If you would like to contribute to the F.C.R. Clarke Choraland Organ Fund, please go to: www.givetoqueens.ca/music tomake a gift.

As part of the Performing Arts Office Grant Hall Series, theSchool of Music’s Faculty Artist Series features performances by School of Music faculty members. The 2011/12 performancesbegan with a Bassoon Extravaganza in November featuringKatie Legere, joined by three visiting bassoonists, Joelle Amar,Jo Ann Simpson and Isabel Lépine. In mid-January the Penderecki String Quartet with Gordon Craig performed compositions by Queen’s three JUNO-winning composers: Istvan Anhalt, John Burge and Marjan Mozetich. In late January, Wolf Tormann, cellist and Cynthia Szabo-Tormann, pianist presented a varied program highlighted by major sonatas composed by Alfred Schnittke and Sergei Rachmaninoff.In March 2012, the German Song Cycle featuring Bruce Kelly, baritone, and Dina Namer, pianist, offered audience memberstwo moving song cycles by Johannes Brahms (Di SchoneMagelone) and Gustave Mahler (Lieder eines fahrendenGesellen).

Since its inception, the Margaret Farr Chamber Music TrustFund has provided essential support the Faculty Artist Series.We would like to take this opportunity to offer our sincerethanks for her generosity to Queen’s School of Music.

Mark Sirett, BMus’75, Dress Rehearsal

Faculty Artist SeriesAn original Boehm-designed solid silver flute dating from 1851 has been presented to Queen’s School of Music by Ms. Christine Ciarroni of Hamilton, Ontario.

Olga E. Malyshko, Curator of The Early Music InstrumentCollection, wishes to express her heartfelt thanks and sincerest gratitude to Ms. Ciarroni for her generous gift,which was built by George Rudall’s Company (Rudall, Rose,Carte & Co.), who had an exclusive license with Boehm. Thisprecious instrument has been in the Ciarroni family for manyyears and we are honoured to welcome it to its new home atQueen’s. The acquisition of this unique instrument by TheQueen’s Early Music Instrument Collection, without doubt,further adds to our already impressive collection of earlymusic instruments – a collection which continues to distinguish us from all departments across Canada.

Rare Flute Gift

The F.R.C. Clarke Choral and Organ Fund

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The performance area had another excellent year highlighted by the eighth piano festival at Queen’s – PianoFest, opus 8. This event featured established artists and scholars, as well as rising stars and competition winners.

The return residency by Scottish pianist and scholar, RoyHowat, was much anticipated and did not disappoint. Howat, an expert on French repertoire, played a beautiful recital, whichfeatured the complete second book of Debussy Preludes. Com-poser and pianist Heather Schmidt also thrilled her audiencewith a recital of music by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, ClaraSchumann and her own works. Derek Yaple-Schobert impressedwith a challenging program including the Liszt Tarantella. All

Performancethree artists also offered master classes for our students.

It gives us all a sense of accomplishment when graduatescome back to contribute to their alma mater. Collaborative pianist Amanda Johnston, BMus’93 challenged students in a master class and gave a fascinating colloquium comparingDiction in German and English.

Other areas had an excellent year as well. Strings hostedmaster classes by violinist James Ehnes and Tafelmusik’sBaroque specialist Cristina Zacharias, as well as a guitar recitalby Pavel Steidl from the Czech Republic. Voice and trumpetmaster classes were given by Renée Salewski, BMus’96 andKaren Donnelly, respectively.

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QCM, the non-credit community outreach music program atQueen’s School of Music, was excited to celebrate its first fiveyears (2007 – 2012), and the Anniversary Concert on June 1, 2012 featured pre-concert activities for children, performances by instructors from past and present, door prizes and much more!

For the second year in a row, QCM was proud to participate in the United Way’s “Success by 6 Week” – a citywide activity pro-gram for Kingston’s youngest citizens. In November 2011, QCMcollaborated with the Kingston branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association (ORMTA) to offer a mini-festival for music students during the nationally recognizedCanada Music Week, and we look forward to presenting thisagain in 2012.

Queen’s Conservatory of Music (QCM) – Five Year AnniversaryThis summer we are delighted to offer the first summer

music camp, in collaboration with Queen’s Athletics, for children aged 5-7.

As QCM embarks on the next five years, we look forward toexpanding our programs, to further developing partnershipswith organizations around Kingston and to reaching furtherinto the community to spread the love of music learning.

Karma TommDirector, Queen’s Conservatory of Music

For more information about any of our programs visit:http://www.queensu.ca/qcm or check us out on Facebook!

QCM Chamber Players – Karma Tomm (violin), Adrienne Shannon (piano), Wolf Tormann (cello)

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My second year as Director has been again both challengingand inspiring: challenging because financial concerns continue to affect not only the arts, but also many otherparts of society; inspiring because of the dedication andachievements of the School of Music’s students, faculty, and alumni.

At the top of the “inspiring” list certainly needs to be ouremerging new Concert Hall, the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Construction company Ellis Don wasawarded the contract to build this beautiful new building,which will provide the creative arts departments at Queen’s

with state-of-the-art facilities for years and years to come.Within a couple of years, School of Music students will beable to take ensemble courses in the stunning new rehearsalroom, make use of state-of-the-art recording facilities, and of course, perform on the stage of the acoustically superiorconcert hall. This has long been a dream, but now we canactually watch the dream come true through the on-site webcam, which is recording every step as the IBCPA risesfrom the limestone!

http://130.15.126.134/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=2392 We had two exciting fundraising concerts this year – one

generously given by eminent pianist Janina Fialkowska, who

received an honourary doctorate from Queen’s last Novem-ber, and the other our well-loved “Night in Vienna.” We arereturning to the city that never sleeps next February with“Broadway – Live in Concert” and I do hope you can join usfor what promises to be another marvelous evening. Ourfundraising continues to help us sustain our intimate andsupportive program through endowed funds like the newF.R.C. Clarke Choral and Organ Fund and accounts like“Night in Vienna” that can be used to support our specialcosts like one-on-one teaching.

On a different note, we were saddened this winter wheneminent Canadian composer and former Head of the Schoolof Music, Istvan Anhalt, passed away. A beloved colleagueand mentor of many faculty members, staff, and former students, Professor Anhalt will be missed by us all. We are,however, looking forward to celebrating his life and music in two special events this fall: an afternoon memorial and an evening concert through the Faculty Artist Series.

I hope that each of you enjoys browsing through thepages of this Newsletter, finding your own inspiring storiesabout former professors, current students and alumni.

With best wishes to all,Margaret Walker

Stephanie Bond, BMus’10 embarked on the adventure of her life when she became a volunteerfor the African Children’s Choir in May 2011. As“Auntie Stephanie” she had the privilege of workingwith Ugandan children, ages 7-11 for the Choir’s38th tour around parts of North America. As MusicSuper visor and Head Teacher, she also had an opportunity to serve as a mentor to the children.Upon completion of the tour, the plan was to thentravel to Uganda to meet other children and theirfamilies.

Over 800 children have toured with the Choirssince 1984 and performance/donation revenuehelps to fund education, food and clothing forChoir children. Revenue also helps to support approximately 8,000 disadvantaged children inUganda, Southern Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghanaand South Africa. Performance experience gainedby these children provides them with the means to be become teachers, social workers, pastors,artists, and more.

For more information, go to: AfricanChildrensChoir.com

African Children’s Choir

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Stephanie Bond, BMus’10 (back) with members of the African Children’s Choir

Discussions are currently underway between Queen’sUniversity and the Kingston Community to possibly restartthe event in the Fall of 2013. Stay Tuned!

HomecomingClass photos are displayed in the foyer of Harrison-LeCaine Hall, and we have been asked about some missing photos. If you have a photo for one of the missing years below, please e-mail Shirley Roth at: sr14@queensu.caMissing Year Photos include: ’74,‘77,‘82,’91,’94,‘97,’98,’05,’08,’09.

Missing Photos

Congratulations to Hugh Johnston, BMus ’84 (trumpet), who currently teaches at Kingston’s Regiopolis-Notre DameCatholic High School, as he was named MusiCounts Teacherof the Year at the 2012 JUNO ceremonies. The award sponsor“MusiCounts” is a music education charity associated withthe Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, andeach year one Canadian teacher is honoured.

Music Education at Queen’s School of Music continues to be a major strength of the program, with alumni experiencing successful music teaching careers in Elementaryand High School settings. Throughout the years, facultymembers such as Cliff Crawley, Duane Bates, James Coles,Karen Frederickson and Roberta Lamb have offered the very best in the music education.

In a recent interview, Johnston mentioned that his goalwas to become a musician first, then use these skills to be a great teacher. In this case the BMus program followed byteacher training at Queen’s Faculty of Education, helped confirm that a solid base at Queen’s can help set the stage for a rewarding and awarding career.

A more in depth article on Hugh Johnston, can be foundin the August 2012 Queen’s Alumni Review.

BMus Alum Celebrated at 2012 JUNO Award Ceremonies

Hugh Johnston, BMus’84, Johnny Reid

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Music Education continues to be an active and integral part of the department, with practical training as one importantcomponent.

MUSC 332 – Music in Early Adolescence An important part of music education preparation is teachingour students effective ways to teach intermediate students howto play the ukulele. Students this year worked with Grade 7-8 pupils at St. Martha’s Catholic School in our partnership program of ukulele instruction. We thank Jeff Hanlon, guitarinstructor with Queen’s, who is also St. Martha’s music teacher,for sharing his grade 7-8 classes with us.

MUSC 336 – Music in Early Childhood and Primary EducationAs a major component of this course, our students are offeredplacements in both the Public and Catholic School Boards.This year twelve classroom teachers of grade 1-3 pupils hostedmusic education students for six-weeks.

MUSC 274 – Music Education: Partnership PlacementA focal point of music education at Queen’s is the SymphonyEducation Partnership, which is a unique program in North

Music Education

Violinist Zixuan (Essie) Liu came to Queen’s as a music exchange student (violin) from Yangzhou in Eastern Chinaand was the first music student from her home province totake part in an exchange program with an Ontario university.While at Queen’s she performed with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, the Queen’s Symphony Orchestra and at the 2012 Kiwanis Festival where she received theKingston Symphony Association Violin Award.

Exchange Student Raises Funds for Music

America. It provides opportunities for Queen’s students, local teachers, and grade 4 students to attend presentations bymembers of the Kingston Symphony Orchestra at the GrandTheatre over a two day period. For the six weeks leading up tothe event, Queen’s students teach the grade 4 children aboutthe music they will be hearing, the instruments in the orchestraand how to perform a simple dance with one of the musicalpieces. This year nearly 3,000 students and teachers partici-pated in the Symphony Education Partnership. For most of thegrade 4 students it was their first live musical experience, andfor others it was also their first formal music instruction.

Queen’s University Music Educators Association (QUSMEA) ledby student officers Brooke Buchanan, Jesse Luimes and LisaSchaffner provided music students with activities and work-shops, focusing on music education. One activity was havingour students teach at Queen’s Daycare, which allowed studentsto be directly involved with the Kingston community whilegaining real life experience. Michelle Morrison, BMus’11 andpast chair of QUSMEA was invited back to talk about applying to teacher’s college as well as her teacher’s college experience.

At the end of the academic year, Zixuan arranged a privaterecital titled “Thank you Kingston, A Violin Recital” at a localchurch. Following the performance she met with School ofMusic Director, Margaret Walker whom she presented with two envelopes. One contained a $300.00 donation to go to theInternational Students Bursary Fund, and the other contained a $300.00 donation to the Margaret Farr String ScholarshipFund. We would now like to thank Zixuan for the privilege of getting to know such a talented and inspiring individual!

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One of the highlights from Fall 2012 was a visit by screencomposer, Pierre-Daniel Rheault, who currently teaches composition at the University of Montreal. Rheault also spokeat a Friday colloquium on the many aspects of a career as afilm composer.

In October, Kingston’s new music festival “Tone Deaf” celebrated its tenth season, and this was the eighth one to be curated by Matt Rogalsky, our Electroacoustic Music StudioCoordinator. This year’s festival was a terrific combination ofprominent Canadian and international artists including violinist Malcolm Goldstein and US percussionist CharlesHayward, alongside younger, emerging artists from theKingston area. One of these was composition student NevenLochhead, whose audio-visual work featured on the first nightof the festival was realized in the EMS.

For the third year in a row, it is with great enthusiasm that the Composition and Theory area reports that StephanieLind was again awarded the School of Music’s Excellence in Teaching Award. Stephanie began teaching at Queen’s in September of 2008 and is incredibly well-liked by our students,while setting high expectations, and is an inspiration to us all.

We are delighted to announce that on May 17, 2012 MarjanMozetich was awarded an honorary doctorate from the RoyalMilitary College in Kingston, Ontario. A well-deserved recognition for a lifetime achievement as one of Canada’smost-performed and admired composers who has been teaching composition at Queen’s since 1991. Last January the Penderecki Quartet visited Queen’s to present a concert

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Marjan Mozetich with Defence Minister Peter MacKay

featuring three works for string quartet, all composed byQueen’s University’s three JUNO award winning composers:Istvan Anhalt, John Burge and Marjan Mozetich. The concertwas particularly appropriate as it was the Penderecki Quartet’s recording of Marjan’s composition, Lament in theTrampled Garden, that received the JUNO Award in 2010 forthe best recording of a Canadian classical composition.

Over the years BMus students have participated in many Department of Psychology research projects involvingmusic, and in 2011 Lola L. Cuddy, Psychology and JacalynM. Duffin, Health Sciences presented a Colloquium at theSchool of Music on “Music, Memory and Neuropsychology.”

In 2012, the Association for Psychological Science (APS)named Cuddy a Fellow, for her contributions in makingmusic cognition a prominent new area of inquiry in cognitive neuroscience. She was also awarded her secondin music and memory.

Much of Cuddy’s ongoing research has been devoted to exploring the musical memories of people suffering from dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, and this researchhas had important practical implications in palliative care.Staff working in clinical settings with patients suffering from dementia have often indicated that knowing moreabout the staying-power of music has helped them improvetheir communications between patients and their families.Musicians have always know about the profound impact ofmusic on people’s lives. It’s exciting to see research thatproves this!

Psychology Research in Music

The April 2012 Queen’s University’sfaculty and staff magazine featuredan article that caught our eye. The article “Small But ImportantDonations Help StrengthenQueen’s Legacy” by WandaPraamsma featured John Burge.

In the article Burge spoke on how Queen’s University has enriched his life in many ways andthat over the years he has had the

pleasure to observe the accomplishments of students and the success of his faculty colleagues. He also mentioned how happy he was knowing that his donations have helpedto continue this legacy. To view the article, go to:www.queensu.ca/news/onq

The article also has a link to a video prepared by theQueen’s Advancement Office which also included Burge. In addition to the video providing a wonderful connection to music, Burge talked about his philosophy on giving on avery personal level.

To view the video, go to: www.queensu.ca/giving/ways/communityappeal.html

John Burge – Life at Queen’s University

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Thanks to faculty members, as well as Kim Ison andSheri Wilson, for their help in making this AlumniNewsletter possible.Editor Shirley C. RothDirector Margaret Walker

forced-labour unit of the Hungarian army. After the War he moved to Paris where he continued his study of composition withNadia Boulanger, piano with Soulima Stravinsky and conducting with Louis Fourestier.

As a recipient of the Lady Davis Fellowship in 1949, he was able to emigrate to Montreal and at McGill University he helped develop a composition and theory program. He spent several summers at the Electronic Music Laboratory of the National Research Council in Ottawa, the Columbia-Princeton Centre in New York and the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ.In 1959 he organized a concert at McGill of Electronic Music and musique concrète by himself, John Bowsher, Hugh LeCaine andKarlheinz Stockhausen, which is remembered today as the first concert of electroacoustic music in Canada.

In 1971 Professor Anhalt and his family moved to Kingston, Ontario where he took up the position of Head of the newlyformed Department of Music at Queen’s University. Dr. Anhalt lived the rest of his life in Kingston, finding it a stimulating and peaceful environment in which to pursue his work as an educator, administrator, and composer. Kingston was where many of his major compositions were written, including four operas, seven symphonies, chamber music and other works. Ever a deep thinker about music and related subjects, Professor Anhalt wrote about music, history and culture, as well as musical compositions. Of note is his book, Alternative Voices: Essays on Contemporary Vocal and Choral Composition (1984) as well as numerous articles, poetry, and the libretti to two of his operas. The Tents of Abraham (A Mirage), one of four Kingston Symphony Orchestra commissions, won Anhalt and the KSA under Glen Fast, the JUNO for best Classical Composition in 2005.

Istvan Anhalt was a very personable individual, and if you happened to meet him while out for a walk (and he walked everyday) he would not hesitate to engage you in a wonderful conversation. Professor Anhalt’s interest and support of students and colleagues extended well beyond teaching, and in 2001, he and his wife, Beate established the Istvan and Beate Anhalt EntranceScholarship for BMus students.

If alumni would like to read more about the life and work of Professor Anhalt, the following three books are available: • Istvan Anhalt Pathways and Memory, Robin Elliott and Gordon E. Smith, Editors, McGill-Queen’s University Press. The first comprehensive study of Canadian composer and musician Istvan Anhalt. • Alan Gilmor’s Eagle Minds is an annotated compiliation of the correspondence between Dr. Anhalt and his US colleague andfriend composer, George Rochberg. • Centre and Periphery, Roots and Exile – Interpreting the Music of István Anhalt, György Kurtág, and Sandor Veress, Friedemann Sallis,Robin Elliott, and Kenneth De Long, Editors. Wilfrid Laurier Press.

For more detailed information about Professor Anhalt, consult the Canadian Music Centre (Toronto) or the Anhalt Fonds at theNational Library of Canada (Ottawa).

We look forward to seeing many of you on September 23, 2012 at these two special events honouring Professor Anhalt’s life andmusical work, as well as his remarkable contributions to music at Queen’s.

In 2011 Queen’s initiated a new grant program for students –the Undergraduate Summer Student Research Program(USSRP).

With the help of Stephanie Lind, Theory Professor, BMusfourth year student David Alberto was offered an opportunityto work on a research project that explored the music ofvideo games. The project intended to look at the music itselfto see if there were any consistencies in style among games of different eras, publishers/consoles, and genres.

Alberto, who is also an avid “gamer”, stated – “This program was a great learning experience, and it gave me theopportunity to use the knowledge I gained in my theoryclasses in a totally different context, and showed me the truedepth of the music that I love.”

Video Game Music Research

A spectacular highlight in the woodwind area this year was a performance on Saturday, March 10, 2012 with theKingston Symphony Orchestra by the winner of the 2010/11Concerto/Aria Competition. Caitlin Barton performed theTomasi Saxophone Concerto to great acclaim – we were allvery proud and happy for her.

Of the four double-credit performance students in thewoodwind area, two are graduating this June and have plansto pursue their dreams of performing careers. We wish themwell!

We look forward to an exciting 2012/13 academic year andurge you to regularly check our facebook page and our blogfor updates. (See page 2 Social Media).

Woodwind News

Faculty ActivitiesPUBLICATIONS

Kip Pegley“’The Rock Man’s Burden’: ConsumingCanada at Live 8” in Music inTelevision: Channels of Listening, ed.James Deaville (New York: Routledge,2011), pp. 199-216..

Gordon E. SmithReview of Welta’q – “It Sounds Good”:Historic Recordings of the Mi’kmaq (compact disc), Centre for the Study of Music, Media and Place, MemorialUniversity of Newfoundland, inEthnomusicology 55/3 (2011): 535-538.

“Roots and Routes: Travel andTranslation in István Anhalt’s Operas”in Centre and Periphery: Interpreting theMusic of István Anhalt and GyörgyKurtág, and Sándar Veress, edited byFriedemann Sallis, Robin Elliot, andKenneth DeLong (Wilfrid LaurierUniversity Press), 2011.

Territories musicaux mis en scène, co-edit-ed with Monique Desrochers, Marie-Hélène Pichette, and Claude Dauphin(Les Presses de l’Université deMontréal), 2011.

MUSICultures (formerly The CanadianJournal for Traditional Music/ La Revue demusique folklorique canadienne), specialtheme issue – “Heritage and Revival/Héritage et Revivalisme” – co-editedwith Monique Desrochers, Marie-Hélène Pichette, and Claude Dauphin,vol. 37, 2011.

Margaret Walker“Revival and Reinvention in Indian’sKathak Dance.” MUSICultures, 37: 171-184, 2010.

Review Essay of Pallabi Chakravorty.Bells of Change: Kathak Dance, Womenand Modernity in India. Calcutta:Seagull Books and Ranjana Srivasta.Kathaka: The Tradition, Fusion andDiffusion. Delhi: D.K. Printworld (P)Ltd. Dance Research Journal 43. 1: 105-107, 2010.

PREMIERES

Michel SzczesniakFelt Resonance Piano Concerto with theKingston Symphony Orchestra, GrandTheatre, Kingston, ON. February 5, 2012.

PERFORMANCES

Jeff HanlonQueen’s Guitar Quartet Recital withSimon Dobri, Kyle Mullen and ChadYacobucci, Wilson Room, KingstonFrontenac Public Library, Kingston, ON. August 23, 2011.

The Italian Connection with Melos Choirand Chad Yacobucci, St. George’sCathedral, Kingston, ON.January 27, 2012.

Concierto de Aranjuez with the QuinteSymphony, Bridge St. United Church,Belleville, ON.March 18, 2012.

Bruce KellyThe Auction,Westben Arts FestivalTheatre, Campbellford, ON.June 29-July 1, 2012.

Verdi Requiem, soloist, TorontoClassical Singers, Christ Church, Deer Park, Toronto, ON.May 6, 2012.

Katie LegereBassoon Extravaganza with Joelle Amar,bassoon, Jo Ann Simpson and IsabelLépine, Queen’s Faculty Artist Series,Chalmers United Church, Kingston, ON.November 5, 2011.

2011/2012 Concert Season with theKingston Symphony Orchestra playingbassoon, contrabassoon, and saxo-phone.

Gisèle Dalbec-SzczesniakConcerto for Two Violins, Bach, withJeanne Lamon and the KingstonSymphony Orchestra, Grand Theatre,Kingston, ON.October 30, 2011.

Cynthia Szabo-TormannAndante spianato and Grande PolonaiseBrillante, Chopin with the QuinteSymphony, Bridge St. United Church,Belleville, ON.October 23, 2011.

Andante spianato and Grande PolonaiseBrillante, Chopin with the Queen’sSymphony Orchestra, Grant Hall,Kingston, ON.November 18, 2011.

Cello and Piano Recital with WolfTormann, Faculty Artist Series,Chalmers United Church, Kingston, ON.January 27, 2012.

Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin with theKingston Symphony, Grand Theatre,Kingston, ON.March 10, 2012.

Ireneus ZukDuo Recital with Luba Zuk, Staff andGuests Series, Pollack Hall, McGillUniversity, Montréal, QC.February 27, 2012.

SUMMER 2012

PRESENTATIONS

Roberta Lamb“Equity and Social Justice in MusicEducation: Challenges andPossibilities,” Escuela de Artesmuicales, Universidad de Costa Rica,San Jose.June 6, 2011.

Katie LegerePanelist for ‘Should you go to GradSchool?’, Women in Computing,Queen’s University.March 8, 2012.

“Music and Ideology at the CanadianWar Museum,” Visiting CommitteeColloquium Series, Department ofMusic, University of Chicago.November 4, 2011.

Gordon E. SmithPlenary Panel Participant for“Ethnomusicology in Canada”Anglophone and FrancophoneIntellectual Traditions,” CanadianSociety for TraditionalMusic/International Council forTraditional Music/Canadian Society for Traditional Music conference, St. John’s Newfoundland.July 17 2011.

“Musical Pathways and Meanings ofPlace in a Small Urban Community,”Society for Ethnomusicology confer-ence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.November 18 2011.

Margaret Walker“Karnatak Kingston? MusicalCollaborations with LakshmiRanganathan,” Canadian Society forTraditional Music/InternationalCouncil for Traditional Music JointConference, St. John’s, Newfoundland.July 17, 2011.

“Transplantation and Transformation:‘Made in Canada’ Kathak Dance,”Society for EthnomusicologyConference, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.November 18, 2011.

“Subtle Glances and Graceful Stances:The Gentrification of Women’s Dancein North India,” Roehampton DanceFestival, Roehampton UniversityCentre for Dance Research, London,England.May 17, 2012.

“Wounding Eyelashes and WantonSmiles: Recreating Women’s DancePractice from 18th- and 19th CenturyIndia,” Symposium entitled, “Wild butpleasing when understood’ –Hindustani Airs and CulturalTranslation,” King’s College, Universityof London.May 18, 2012.

“(Re)Writing History: Thoughts onHistorical Ethnomusicology,”International Roundtable entitled“Before Nautch-Girl was a Racehorse:Indian Music and Dance, 1800-1857.”Co-sponsored by the EuropeanResearch Council Musical TranslationProject, King’s College, London, andthe Institute of Musical Research SouthAsia Music Dance Forum, University ofLondon.May 21, 2012.

AJUDICATIONS

Karma TommPeterborough Kiwanis Festival String Adjudicator.April 2012.

Cynthia Szabo-TormannOttawa Chamber Orchestra PianoConcert Competition HeadAdjudicator.November 2011, January 2012, June 2012.

Alberta Kiwanis Provincials.June 2012.

Ireneus ZukYoung Pianists in AlbaniaCompetition, Chair of InternationalJury, Tirana, Albania.May 2011.

Chopin International Competition ofthe 1000 Islands, Chair of Jury, CapeVincent, NY.September 2011.

AWARDS AND DEGREES

Katie LegerePanelist for ‘Should you go to GradSchool?’, Women in Computing,Queen’s University.March 8, 2012.

Completion of Masters in Computer Science Degree.June 2012.