Festival Schedule

Wednesday March 17

Workshop in the Music Theatre Room (126 Cogswell)

12:20–1:20 p.m. Master Class with Music Theater Students; session chairs, Sarah Mantel and Mary Hastings
Extended Vocal Techniques, Deborah Kavasch, FWC composer-in-residence

Open Video Demonstration in the Lobby of Cogswell Hall

2:00–4:00 p.m. Zaimont Suite, Music and Art Videos, by Judith Lang Zaimont, past FWC composer-in-residence, and artist Gary Zaimont

• Mvt. 1, The Joy of Dance— Music: Clair de lune from Chansons Nobles et Sentimentales, art song
• Mvt. 2, Borealis—Music: Borealis, from Sky Curtains for mixed quintet
• Mvt. 3, Beasts—Music: Growler, from Symphony for Wind Orchestra
• Mvt. 4, Serenade—Music: Serenade for piano solo

(Video demonstration repeats on Thursday and Friday afternoons.)

Open Rehearsal in Room 120 Cogswell

3:45–4:45 p.m. Open Rehearsal, University Chorale, James Dearing, director and session chair; Zachary Covington, Michelle Harbaugh, assistant conductors with FWC guest composers

Workshop in the 201 Cogswell

5:05–6:05 p.m. Master Class with Composition Students; session chair, Daniel Perlongo
Extended Techniques for Composing, Deborah Kavasch, FWC composer-in-residence

Festival Opening Concert and Reception: 8:00–9:30 p.m., Gorell Recital Hall (in Sutton Hall)

Featuring Works of Guest Festivals Composers

• Follow the Drinking Gourd, by Justine Koontz, Peabody Conservatory
• Ave Maria, by Reena Esmail, Yale School of Music
• Make Music Sweet, (Poems by James Joyce) by Jenni Brandon, Long Beach, Calif.
  Performed by the IUP University Chorale, Michelle Harbaugh and Zachary Covington, conductors; Maximillian Esmus, piano
• Angel of Fire; by Suzanne Sorkin, Saint Joseph’s University; performed by Greg Dipple, cello
• Más que un bolero, by Natalia Esquivel, Costa Rica; performed by Anqwenique Wingfield, soprano; and IUP String quartet
• Three Love Songs, by Leah Sproul, University of Louisville; performed by Anqwenique Wingfield, soprano; and IUP String quartet
• Tis a Little Journey, by Wendy Wan-Ki Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong; performed by Jackie Rose, soprano; Lucy Scandrett, harp
• Two Poems, by Jessica Rudman, Newington, Conn.
  Performed by Sigma Alpha Iota and Delta Omicron choruses; Susan Wheatley, conductor; Lucy Scandrett, harp
• Psalm 121, by Kye Ryung Park, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  Performed by Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha, and Delta Omicron Choruses, Susan Wheatley, conductor, Randy Frye, piano
• Whispers, by Anne Kilstofte, performed by Julie Cross, soprano, University of Wisconsin; Nanette Solomon, Slippery Rock University
• Tricky Figures, by Molly Joyce, Fox Chapel School District; performed by IUP Woodwind Quartet, Jack Stamp, conductor

Thursday, March 18

Morning Sessions #1 in Gorell Recital Hall 

Women: The Piano Tradition

9:30–10:00 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Lea Masiello
Piano Duos by Cecile Chaminade
Windover Duo—Susan Wheatley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Ellen Kendall, Charlevoix, Mi.

10:05–10:45 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Lea Masiello
The Tradition Continues: Music for 1, 2, and 3 Pianists by Diemer, Chen Yi, Zaimont, and Bruzaite
Molto Piano—Rebecca Sorley, Sharon Parr, Jacklyn Chan, University of Indianapolis

11:00–11:30 a.m.—Lecture; session chair, Jennifer Kelly
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler: The Woman Problem – A Concert Pianist’s Answer
Christina Reitz, Western Carolina University

11:35 a.m.–12:15 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Jennifer Kelly
Latin American Women: Alicia Terzian, Tania Léon, and Gabriela Ortiz
Margaret Lucia, piano, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Morning Sessions #2 in the Music Theater Room (126 Cogswell Hall)

Divas and Drummers

9:30–10:00 a.m.—Lecture; session chair, Leah Sproul
Evelyn Glennie: Life and Compositions
Rachel Hagar, with David LaClair, marimba, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

10:05–10:45 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Leah Sproul
Marimba and Piano Music by Chen Yi, Eloise Niwa, and Eleanor Sandresky
Jane Boxall, marimba, University of Illinois; Rose Chancler Feinbloom, piano, Eastman

11:00–11:30 a.m.—Lecture; session chair, Lea Masiello
British Invasion Women
David Ferguson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

11:35 a.m.–12:15 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Lea Masiello
Creativity, Courage, and Commitment—Women’s Journey in Lieder
Joyce Hall Wolf, soprano; Rachel Taylor, piano; Eastern Kentucky University

Afternoon Workshop in Room 117 Cogswell Hall

2:00–3:15 p.m.—Workshop for String and Percussion Students; session chairs, Stanley Chepaitis, Dr. Linda Jennings, and Dr. Michael Kingan

Improvising with Hasu Patel, FWC sitar Artist-in-residence, and Debasish Chaudhuri, tabla performer

Open Video Demonstration in the Lobby of Cogswell Hall

Afternoon Sessions #1 in Gorell Recital Hall

Balkan Voices

2:00–2:30 p.m.—Lecture; session chair, James Staples
Aleksandra Vrebalov: Balkan Composer of String Quartets
Ira Prodanov Krajisnik, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

2:35–3:15 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, James Staples
Piano Miniatures of Dora Pejačević—Arts and Politics in Miniature
Richard Auvil, piano, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

Afternoon Sessions #2 in the Music Theater Room

Portraits

2:00–2:30 p.m.—Lecture; session chair, Carl Rahkonen
Analysis of Florence Price’s Mississippi River
Monica Tripp-Roberson, Anne Arundel Community College

2:35–3:15 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Carl Rahkonen
Grazyna Bacewicz’s Polish Caprices for Solo Violin
Kia-Hui Tan, violin, Ohio State University

Departmental Address: 3:30–5:00 p.m., Gorell Recital Hall

Featuring Festival Composer-in-Residence and Artist-in-Residence

• Deborah Kavasch, California State University—Stanislaus, Composers Finding a New Voice
• Hasu Patel, Westlake, Ohio, sitar: Honoring the Music of India, with tabla performer, Debasish Chaudhuri

Festival Concert: 8:00–9:30 p.m., Gorell Recital Hall

Highlighting the Music of Composer-in-Residence Deborah Kavasch, Performed by the Composer and IUP Faculty Members

Friday, March 19

Morning Sessions #1 in Gorell Recital Hall

Music Around the World

9:00–9:55 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Nan Childress-Orchard
Rebecca Clarke’s Shorter Pieces for Viola and Piano
Carl Rahkonen, viola, Edwin Fry, piano; Indiana University of Pennsylvania

10:10–11:00 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Nan Childress-Orchard
Grazyna Bacewicz’s Piano Music
Deborah Nemko, piano; Bridgewater State College

11:15 a.m.–12:05 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Margaret Lucia
Lili Boulanger’s Clairières dans le ciel in Context
Alissa Rose, soprano, Nancy Boston, piano; Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

12:20–1:10 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Margaret Lucia
“...Sky is falling in”—Works by Michelle Dewhirst, Melanie Bonis, and Rachel Laurin
Francesca Arnone, flute, Virginia Thompson, horn, George Willis, percussion, and Christine Kefferstan, piano; West Virginia University

Workshop in Room 120 Cogswell Hall

11:15 a.m.–12:05 p.m.— Workshop with Music Education Methods students; session chair, Laura Ferguson
“Motherless Child” Keeping the Spirituals Alive
Rosephanye Powell, Auburn University, composer-in-residence

Workshop in McVitty Auditorium in Sprowls Hall

11:15 a.m.–12:05 p.m. and 12:20-1:00 p.m.— Workshops with Introduction to Music students; session chair, Linda Jennings
The Music of India: Demonstration of the Raga; Hasu Patel, sitar, Artist-in-Residence with Debasish Chaudhuri, tabla performer

Morning Sessions #2 in the Music Theater Room

Finding Their Muse

9:00–9:55 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Jennifer Kelly
Emma Lou Diemer: American Composer and Performer
Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano, Lee University; Nancy Boston, piano, Mansfield University

10:10–11:00 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Lisa Hogan
Lieder Drawn from the Lives of Fanny, Clara and Alma
Marietta Dean, mezzo-soprano, Western Illinois University, emerita;
Gregory Martin, piano, Western Illinois University

11:15 a.m.–12:05 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Kathleen Shimeta
Pauline Viardot: Composer, Singer, and Forgotten Muse
Katherine Eberle-Fink, mezzo-soprano/piano, University of Iowa

12:20–1:10 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Kathleen Shimeta
Women Composers on Broadway: Leading in the Twenty-first Century
Linda Snyder, soprano, University of Dayton

Open Video Demonstration in the Lobby of Cogswell Hall

Open Rehearsal in Room 116 Cogswell Hall

2:30–3:30 p.m.—IUP Jazz Ensemble, Keith Young, director and session chair, with Rosephanye Powell, composer-in-residence and festival jazz performers and composers, Brian Dean and Nayantara Desai

Afternoon Sessions #1 in Gorell Recital Hall

Eclectic Inspirations

2:30–3:20 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Rebecca Sorley
Clara Rogers and Amy Beach: Chamber Music
Judith Radell, piano, Stanley Chepaitis, violin, Linda Jennings, cello, Mary Logan Hastings, soprano;
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

3:35–4:35 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Sally Reid
Stringing Beads: Katherine Hoover’s Eclectic Inspirations
Nanette Solomon, piano, Colleen Gray, soprano, Stacey Steele, flute – Slippery Rock University–and Katherine Hoover, composer, New York City

Afternoon Sessions #2 in the Music Theater Room

Premieres and New Visions

2:30–3:20 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Cynthia Folio
Celebrating Catherine McMichael and Katherine Hoover: Recent Works for Flute Choir
Slippery Rock University Flute Choir and Flute Quartet, Stacey Steele, director; Katherine Hoover, composer

3:35–4:35 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Marietta Dean
Sounding Out!—Selections by:
Mara Helmuth, University of Cincinnati; Anna Rubin and Linda Dusman, University of Maryland at Baltimore; Kristin Norderval, New York City

Concert Hour: 4:45–5:45 p.m., Gorell Recital Hall

Featuring festival composers; performed by IUP students, faculty, and guests

• Sonatine pour flute et piano by Claude Arrieu, performed by Kristen Lia Stoner, flute, and Laura Ellis, piano, University of Florida
• Rapid Transit, by Linda Swope, New Hope, Virginia, performed by Linda Swope, oboe
• Pierrot, by Lisa Hogan, Jersey City, NJ, performed by Mary Logan Hastings, soprano, Judith Radell, piano, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Falling: Samsaaram, by Asha Srinivasan, Lawrence University, performed by Asha Srinivasan with electronics
• First Lines, by Amy Williams, and Back Stresser, by Kerrith Livengood, University of Pittsburgh, performed by Kerrith Livengood, flute, Amy Williams, piano
• Ubi Caritas Electronica, by Susan Frykberg, New Zealand, performed by Susan Frykberg with Ableton Live

Festival Concert: 8.00 p.m., Gorell Recital Hall

Featuring World Music and Jazz

I. Hasu Patel, sitar, Artist-in-Residence with Debasish Chaudhuri, tabla

Two Evening Ragas, the Classical Music of India introduced by Hasu Patel

II. IUP Jazz Ensemble, Keith Young, director

• Tuning Up, by Toshiko Akiyoshi
• Joshua Fit the Battle, with soloist, Rosephanye Powell, composer-in-residence
• Jazz Suite (Nostalgia, Longing, Elation) by Nayantara Desai, University of Colorado - Denver
• Back in Time and Jungle Journey, by Eliane Elias, arranged by Brian Dean, University of Colorado - Boulder
• Ceol, Air and Dersish, by Ellen Rowe

Saturday, March 20

Morning Sessions #1 in Gorell Recital Hall

Working Women

9:00–9:50 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Justine Koontz
Women Working: Higdon, Zwilich, Diemer, and Larsen
Becky Billock, piano, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

10:00–10:50 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Susan Frykberg
Millennium by Elizabeth Bell, Pioneer Women by Barbara Harbach, Metamorphosis by Deborah Kavasch, and Three Songs by Stella Sung
Christine Buckstead, soprano, Eleanor Elkins, piano, Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet – Angelo State University; and Elizabeth Bell, composer, New York

11:00–11:50 a.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Mei Zhong
Lucie Robert’s Tourbillon for Saxophone and Piano
John Bleuel, saxophone; University of West Georgia
Linda Li-Bleuel, piano; Clemson University

Morning Sessions #2 in the Music Theater Room

Feminists and Activists

9:00–9:30 a.m.—Lecture; session chair, Anna Rubin
Call Me Dika – Dika Newlin’s Irreverent Influence on 20th Century Music
Elizabeth L. Keathley, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

9:40–10:10 a.m.—Lecture; session chair, Hsiao-Lan Wang
Fluxus, Feminism, and National Identity: Japanese Women Artists
J. Michele Edwards, Macalaster College, Emerita

10:20–10:50 a.m.—Lecture; session chair, Mara Helmuth
Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes: Musical-Textual Relationships in “Three Dream Portraits”
Helen Brown, Purdue University

11:00–11:30 a.m.—Lecture; session chair, Mara Helmuth
Musicology and the Woman Composer Since 1991
Matthew Baumer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

11:35 a.m.–12:05 p.m.—Lecture; session chair, Kathleen Shimeta
Blacks and Bays: Female Organists in Texas Horse Shows
Laurine Elkins-Marlow, Texas A&M University, College Station

12:15–12:45 p.m.—Lecture; session chair, Kathleen Shimeta
Conducting, Repertoire, and Motivation
Kristin Tjornehoj, Special Guest Conductor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Director of Bands

Afternoon Sessions #1 in Gorell Recital Hall

Promoting their Music

1:00–1:30 p.m.—Lecture; session chair, Helen Brown
Women Writing Music for Documentaries
Sally Reid, composer, Lipscomb University

1:40–2:30 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Helen Brown
Terzetta Trio: Farrenc, Smith-Moore, Fabregas
Nan Childress Orchard, piano, Rebecca Vega, flute, Jacqueline Stern, cello; Caldwell College

Afternoon Sessions #2 in the Music Theater Room

Jazz Innovators

1:00–1:30 p.m.—Lecture; session chair, Timothy Bonenfant
Toshiko Akiyoshi and Maria Schneider: Common Lines, Different Times
Jennifer Kelly, Caitlin Flood; Lafayette College

1:40–2:30 p.m.—Lecture-Recital; session chair, Timothy Bonenfant
Eliane Elias and JoAnne Brackeen: Latin Jazz Innovators
Brian Dean, piano; University of Colorado, Boulder
Nayantara Desai, piano; University of Colorado, Denver

Open Rehearsals in Fisher Auditorium

1:30–2:30 p.m.—University Chorale Rehearsal; James Dearing, director and session chair
With Rosepahnye Powell and Deborah Kavasch, Composers-in-Residence

3:00–5:00 p.m.—FWC Community-Honors-Chorus Rehearsal; session chair, Laura Ferguson
With Rosephanye Powell, FWC composer-in-residence

Festival Concert: 3:00–5:00 p.m., Gorell Recital Hall

Sponsored by the International Alliance for Women in Music

Introduction by IAWM President, Hsiao-Lan Wang

Featuring IAWM composers performed by IUP faculty and guests

• Transformation, by Hsiao-Lan Wang, Montana State University; performed by HoodleBug Brass—Kevin Eisensmith, David Ferguson, trumpets; Jack Scandrett, horn; Mike Waddell, trombone; Zach Collins, tuba; Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Córazon al viento, by Natalia Esquivel-Benítez, guitarist, Costa Rica; performed with Irvin Kauffman, cello, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Mangosteen, by Nicole Randall-Chamberlain, flute, Doraville, Georgia; performed by Irvin Kauffman, guitarist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Guge Kingdom Ruins by Yiding Li, China Conservatory of Music; performed by Linda Jennings, cello, Henry Wong Doe, piano; Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Sheng Sheng Man, by Shuai Yao, sheng; performed with Mei Zhong, soprano, Ball State University

• Tête á Tête, by Eliane Aberdam, University of Rhode Island; performed by Stanley Chepaitis, violin, Matthew Baumer, piano; Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Walking, by Sherry Woods, Florence, South Carolina; performed by Joseph Baunoch, baritone, Stanley Chepaitis, violin; Sherry Woods, viola, and Linda Jennings, cello, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• GASP, by HyeKyung Lee, piano, Denison University
• Three Trifles, by Sally Reid, Lipscomb University; performed by Mike Menzietti, alto saxophone, and Michael Kingan, percussion, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Festival Banquet: 5:30–7:30 p.m. in the Blue Room, Sutton Hall

Festival Finale Concert: 8:00–9:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium

Presenting Selections by Composer-in-Residence Rosephanye Powell and Highlighting Festival Guest Conductor Kristin Tjornehoj and IUP Alumni Guest Conductors

Featuring IUP Ensembles

• IUP Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band; Jack Stamp, Director of Band Studies; Jason Worzbyt, Director of Symphony Band
• IUP Chorus, James Dearing, Director of Choral Studies, Maximillian Esmus, piano accompanist
• Festival Community Honors Chorus, conducted by Rosephanye Powell, Randy Frye, piano accompanist

• Amor, by Deborah Kavasch, composer-in-residence, performed by the University Chorus
• The Word Was God, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Ascribe to the Lord, by Rosephanye Powell, composer-in-residence, performed by the University Chorus
• E Oru O, Yoruba Greeting, I Dream a World (poetry by Langston Hughes), I Wanna Be Ready, by Rosephanye Powell, performed by the FWC Community Honors Chorus (students from Blairsville, Clarion, Freeport, and Purchase Line high schools performing with IUP singers)

Band Selections

• Celebration Fanfare, from Stepping Stones by Joan Tower/arr. Stamp, Alison Matta, Alumna Guest Conductor
• Early Light, by Carolyn Bremmer, Kelly Desjardins, Alumna Guest Conductor
• Cathedrals, by Kathryn Salfedler, Gina Lenox, Alumna Guest Conductor
• Strut, by Libby Larsen, Kristin Tjornehoj, Special Guest Conductor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
  Performed by IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp, Director of Band Studies

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