Sponsored Projects

Financial Assistance for Students for Competitions, Professional Meetings, and Conferences

• Travel assistance for a music student to conduct a Guest Artist Recital and Master Classes at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, AR, Fall 2010.
• Travel assistance for a composition student to attend the premiere of the performance of her composition by Duo Fujin in Auer Hall, Indiana University, Fall 2010.
• Travel assistance for the four students in the Eppes Quartet to participate in the College Music Society National Conference in Minneapolis, MN, Fall 2010.
• Travel assistance for a piano performance student to compete in the Fifth China International Piano Competition in China, Fall 2010.
• Financial assistance for two music students for the Guest Artist Recitals, Master Classes, and Lectures conducted at McMurry, Friends, and Wichita State Universities, Fall 2010.
• Travel assistance for a musicology student to attend the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology in Los Angeles, CA, Fall 2010.
• Travel assistance for eight music therapy students to attend the American Music Therapy Association National Music Therapy Conference in Cleveland, OH, Fall 2010.
• Travel assistance for a music student to attend The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL, Fall 2010.
• Travel assistance for a music student to participate in the Music Directing/Conducting Workshop at the Goodspeed Theatre in East Haddam, CT, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for a music student to participate in the Texas Music Educators Association Conference in San Antonio, TX, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for a clarinet performance student to participate in the live portion of Astral Artists’ 2011 National Auditions in Philadelphia, PA, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for three music students to perform at the Conservatory of Music and other venues in San Francisco, CA, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for six music students to participate in SEAMUS (Society of Electro-Acoustic Music) Annual National Conference at the University of Miami, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for three music students to participate in the Southeast Regional Tuba/Euphonium Conference in Chattanooga, TN, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for a music student to attend the Kuijken Residency Program held at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, Spring 2011.
• Financial assistance for a composition student related to the release and commercial distribution of his CD, As From a Dream, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for a music student to participate in the Sarasota Artist Series Competition in Bradenton, FL, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for a piano technology student for a Piano Technology recruiting trip to the University of Western Ontario, Canada, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for a guitar performance student to participate in the Texas International Guitar Competition and the Alhambra International Guitar Competition, both held in Dallas, TX, Spring 2011.  After taking second place in the Texas International Guitar Competition last year, doctoral candidate Adam Kossler was the first place winner this year.  The competition showcased some of the finest classical guitar students in the world, including fifteen semi-finalists from countries including Bosnia, Germany, Croatia, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. 
• Financial assistance for a music student related to the performance of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite at FSU, Spring2011.
• Travel assistance for two music students to participate in the Thompson Symposium Research in Practice Poster Session at Penn State University, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for three music students to participate in the MTNA Regional Competition in Columbus, GA, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for two music theatre students to participate in the Music Theatre Showcase in New York City, NY, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for three music students to attend the Southeast Regional Horn Workshop in Boone, NC, Spring 2011.
• Travel assistance for nine trumpet students to compete in the National Trumpet Competition in Fairfax, VA, Spring 2011.  Timothy Nemzin won first place in the undergraduate solo division.

Sponsorship of Guest Artists, Scholars, and Lecturers

• Masterclass and performance by Carol Wincenc, flute faculty at Juilliard School and SUNY Stony Brook, Fall 2010.
• Seminar on Grand Piano damper design and installation by Scott Jones, an inventor and damper specialist from Pennsylvania, Fall 2010.
• Lecture on “The Music of Ernst von Dohnányi” by James A. Grymes, Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Fall 2010.
• Performance by jazz saxophonist Walt Weiskopf, Fall 2010.
• Masterclass and performance by Colin St. Martin, Baroque flutist, Fall 2010.
• Masterclass and performance by Wesley Baldwin, cello professor at the University of Tennessee, Fall 2010.
• Performance by jazz trombonist John Fedchock, Fall 2010.
• Performance by harpist Jamie Gossett, Fall 2010.
• Masterclass, performance, and one-on-one sessions with students by Jason Marsalis, jazz drums, Fall 2010.
• Masterclass and performance by Frank Almond, violinist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Fall 2010.
• Performance by jazz trumpeter James Ketch, Fall 2010.
• Masterclass and lectures by James Meena, General/Artistic Director of Opera/Carolina, Fall 2010.
• Lecture by Bret Barrow, Executive Director of the Pensacola Symphony, Fall 2010.
• Masterclass and teaching individual singers by Andy Anderson, Artistic Director of the Mobile Opera, Fall 2010.
• Masterclass and performance by Kristen Stoner, Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Florida, Fall 2010.
• Performance at Festival of New Music by violinist Emily Hanna Crane of Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, Spring 2011.
• Keynote speaker at the 28^th Annual Music Theory Forum:  Ian Quinn,Yale University, topic “What Counts When You’re Counting Notes?” Spring 2011.
• Clinics and student workshops by Jim Campbell, Professor of Music, Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Kentucky, Spring 2011.
• Clinics and student workshops by John Tafoya, Professor of Percussion at Indiana University, Spring 2011.
• Masterclass by John S. Moore, classical tenor saxophone, faculty at Indiana University Southeast, Spring 2011.
• Masterclass, clinics, and performance by legendary jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, Spring 2011.
• Performance by Florian Larousse, guitarist and visiting scholar, Spring 2011.
• Lecture by Jonathan Dunsby, Chair of the Music Theory Department at the Eastman School of Music, Spring 2011.
• Workshops and clinics by Diana Spradling, nationally renowned vocal jazz artist and educator, Spring 2011.
• Guest adjudication for the Liszt Piano Competition by Jerry Alan Bush, Professor of Music and Head of Piano Faculty at the University of South Alabama; Erin Bennett, Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of North Florida; and Jeremy Samolesky, Assistant Professor of Piano at Auburn University, Spring 2011.
• Balinese dance workshops by I Gusti Ayu Candra Dewi, artist and dance teacher from Indonesia, Spring 2011.
• Masterclass and performance by Marc Reese, international trumpet artist and head of Lynn Conservatory Brass Area, Spring, 2011.
• Performance and masterclass by Alison Crum, President of the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain, and Professor of Viol at Trinity College of Music in London, Spring 2011.
• Masterclass with internationally renowned contrabassoonist Henry Skolnick of the St. Louis Symphony and Florida Philharmonic, Spring 2011.
• Performance by the University of Texas-Austin Reed Trio –Nathan Williams, clarinet, Rebecca Henderson, oboe, and Kristin Wolfe-Jensen, bassoon, Spring 2011.
• Performance by the Arizona State University At the Desert’s Edge Duo –Robert Spring, clarinet, and Jeffrey Smith, percussion, Spring 2011.
• Masterclass and performance by guest harpsichordist Shalev Ad-El, Spring 2011.
• Lecture on “How to Perform Impossible Rhythms” by Julian Hook, Associate Professor of Music Theory at Indiana University, Spring 2011.

 The faculty, staff, and students of the Florida State University College of Music are extremely grateful to the University Musical Associates for their participation and support of our activities. Thank you!