2010 Alumni News
November 11. 2010: Wilma R Miller, School of Music '51, passed away.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary-print.aspx?n=wilma-r-miller&pid=146578787
September 16, 2010: Trumpet soloist Stacy Blair passed away in Grand Prairie, Texas, on September 16, 2010. He was well known to the ITG community, having received his first national recognition by winning the 1978 ITG solo competition. In 1979, he was awarded the Grand Prize in the first Maurice Andre International Solo Competition, and received a Fulbright Scholarship to study with Maurice Andre in Paris the following year.
Although Stacy was visually impaired, he memorized over 160 trumpet solos and performed with orchestras around the world. He specialized in the Baroque literature, and was noted for his facility on the piccolo trumpet. His album, “Stacy Blair – Baroque Trumpet Concerti” was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Stacy received a Bachelor of Music degree from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He also received Honorary Doctorate degrees from the Paris Conservatory, L’Ecole Nationale de Musique, and Heidelberg University.
During the next two decades, Stacy performed with major orchestras in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and Israel. He recorded several CDs and a DVD entitled “A Master Class with Stacy Blair.” As his health declined in recent years, Stacy performed less often but continued teaching and adjudicating. He also appeared as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras. His last concert was at the end of August, conducting Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in Salzburg, Austria.
In addition to his many musical accomplishments, Stacy became an Eagle Scout at age 15, and earned a black belt in jujitsu ten years later. As an adult, Stacy was active in many civic and religious organizations including Guiding Eyes for the Blind, the Gideons International, the Make a Wish Foundation, and the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
September 2, 2010: Jane Towery Woolsey, a Friend of the School of Music & non-alum, passed away.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx?n=jane-towery-woolsey&pid=145070656
July 30, 2010: Katherine Walls Leinard, age 92, passed away July 30, 2010. Preceded in death by husband, John W. Leinard. Survived by sister, Peggy Walls Johnson; daughter, Debby Dillard and husband George; son, John M. Leinard and wife Mary; grandchildren, Shelly Shempert and husband Jeff, Kimberly Dawn Williams and husband, Shannon, John B. Leinard and wife Alicia; Mary Kathryn Leinard; great grandchildren, Jessica, Jacob, Tyler, Zaine, Eli and Ariel. Mrs. Leinard was a graduate of the University of Louisville with a major in music. She was a 50-year member of Glendale United Methodist Church where she contributed her musical gifts and was an active participant in the many outreach programs of the church. As a final gift to others, Mrs. Leinard has donated her body to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A private celebration of her life will be held by the family at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the Building Fund of Rock Springs Church, 423-A Smyrna Square Drive, Smyrna, TN 37167 or Alive Hospice, 1718 Patterson Street, Nashville, TN 37203.
On May 26, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona, Samuel F. Hodges, BM 1953 Music Performance, Composition, & Theory, gave his first solo piano recital. In 1953 a recital was not a degree requirement for piano pedagogy. The recital went very well and he has just completed recording a CD of the solo recital.
American conductor Scott Voyles (1980) has quickly attracted international attention as a young artist dedicated to the music of our time. Currently the Artistic Director and conductor of the ensemble Interface in Germany, he recently made an acclaimed New York debut at Merkin Concert Hall with the Washington Square Ensemble, performed at the Konzerthaus Berlin with the New Music Studio Moscow and IEMA and directed the Ensemble IzM at the 2009 Kasseler Musiktage and in Frankfurt. Having worked with some of the finest performers of modern music in the world, Scott Voyles is rapidly establishing himself as an important young artist on the rise.
During the 2009/10 season, he appears with the Talea Ensemble in New York at the 2010 Bang on a Can Marathon conducting the U.S. Premiere of Fausto Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip and in 2011 will debut with one of Europe's most innovative chamber orchestras, the Ensemble Resonanz in Hamburg. This season, he leads Interface in its first concert tour sponsored by Spektrum Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz and performs works by Boulez, Hurel and Gérard Grisey's Vortex Temporum at the 2010 Neue Musik Nacht in Frankfurt. Interface will make its debut at the 45. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt as part of the ENSEMBLE 2010 Project where they work closely with composer Enno Poppe and will appear with soprano Donatienne Michel-Dansac in a performance of Georges Aperghis' La Nuit en tête under the composers supervision.
As conductor of the 2008 | 2009 Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie (IEMA) in residence at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst
Frankfurt (HfMDK), he led the ensemble of the IEMA in concert performances in Germany and abroad and worked closely with leading conductors Peter Eötvös, Hans Zender, Stefan Asbury, Heinz Holliger, Martyn Brabbins, Georges-Elie Octors and Franck Ollu. Scott Voyles also conducted the Ensemble Modern and IEMA in eight performances of Kurt Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper at the Schauspiel Frankfurt. Widely considered one of the foremost ensembles for young musicians devoted to modern music, each artist of the IEMA is mentored by the musicians of the Ensemble Modern.
Scott Voyles has worked with composers and conductors such as Wolfgang Rihm, Johannes Maria Staud, Joji Yuasa, John Harbison, Chen Yi, Richard Wernick, Cliff Colnot, and Arthur Weisberg. In 2007, Voyles conducted the world premiere of Chinary Ung's Spiral IX: Maha Sathukar featuring baritone Thomas Buckner and percussionist Steven Schick in New York City. Formerly the Acting Director of the Brooklyn Conservatory New Music Collective where he directed a concert honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici, he served as Artist Apprentice of American Opera Projects in New York City and was assistant to the composer for the Guggenheim production and Naxos recording of Romulus by Louis Karchin.
Scott Voyles studied conducting at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance from the University of Louisvi lle. He received a Master's Degree in Contemporary Music performance as conductor of the Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie from the HfMDK Frankfurt in 2009.
acclaim
“...well-prepared, economical in gesture and rehearsal technique, engaged with the musical substance and an excellent motivator and accompanist... a conductor of unusual and essential virtues.”
-John Harbison, composer
1987 Pulitzer Prize in Music
"Scott’s musicality and ability to get into the spirit of my piece impressed me very much. His encouraging skills and a good sense of humour during the rehearsals helped him to achieve an extremely high musical standard... One can feel that music is for him always a dialogue with people in which he brings in his vast knowledge of repertoire and a passion which is not all that common in the musical world. His love for tiny details, his sense for overall musical architecture, his flexibility and open-mindedness and sheer passion for music makes him a joy for a composer to work with."
-Johannes Maria Staud, 2007-09 Lewis Composer Fellow
The Cleveland Orchestra
"I have worked with Scott in both orchestra and chamber music and am very impressed with his professionalism, rehearsal techniques, musical intelligence, imagination and the inspiration he elicits from the players. Scott is selfless in his approach, putting the music ahead of any self-aggrandizement... He is a highly capable conductor and a sentient musician who is destined to have a career in both traditional and contemporary music."
-Cliff Colnot, principal conductor
Chicago Symphony MusicNOW, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
"...a very enthusiastic and energetic young conductor who rehearsed the ensemble effectively. He is very sensitive in timing and balance, precise in pitch and rhythm and gave an excellent performance of my octet... I was deeply impressed."
-Chen Yi, composer
music player credit
Franco Donatoni: Arpège (1986), excerpt
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie | Scott Voyles, conductor
Elliott Carter: Triple Duo (1983), excerpt
Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie | Scott Voyles, conductor
Enno Poppe: Salz (2005), excerpt
Young Euro Classic, Konzerthaus Berlin
Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie | New Music Studio Moscow
Scott Voyles, conductor
Pierre Boulez: Dérive 1 (1984)
Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie | Scott Voyles, conductor
Fausto Romitelli: Professor Bad Trip: Lesson 3 (2000), excerpt
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie | Scott Voyles, conductor
John Harbison: 'La canna' from Due Libri (1991)
Georgina Joshi, soprano | IU New Music Ensemble, Scott Voyles
