From the Director…
Dear Music Academy Students, Parents, and Instructors,
As your new director, it’s been wonderful getting to know some of our Music Academy families. I have truly enjoyed meeting so many students and parents. I also enjoyed visiting the coordinators of the programs that partner with the IUPUI Music Academy – the IUPUI Center for Young Children, St. Richard’s School, and Beth-El Zedeck Early Childhood Center. I am impressed with how everyone is making music part of education as well as part of their everyday lives.
In addition to these visits I have put my piano lessons to good use in performances at Faculty Orientation, IU’s President’s Annual Dinner of the Alliance of Distin- guished and Titled Professors, and the Carmel International Arts Festival. Of course I was anxious to do a good job, but I remembered all the advice my music teachers had given me: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!
Our enrollment is up 25 % and two of our faculty members participated in the Harmony Road Teacher Seminar this fall in order to become certified Harmony Road instructors. We are growing and we are ‘raising the bar’ to ensure the Acad- emy’s continued success. Please stop by to say “hello” and to give us your ideas and suggestions so we may carry out the mission of the IUPUI Music Academy with you in mind.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Yvonne Gray for fearlessly tak- ing on the position of Interim Director this past summer. Yvonne’s knowledge, responsiveness, and dedication to the Academy made for a smooth and seamless transition.
Best wishes, E.J. Choe, Director
5th Annual Performathon
The IUPUI Music Academy’s 5th Annual Performathon on Saturday, April 28, was a great success, raising over $1,300 for student scholarships. Students, faculty, board members, and guest performers took turns “in the spotlight,” sharing their talents with an appreciative audience.
The Performathon is our biggest fundraising event of the year and is an excellent forum to showcase our students. In 2009, the Performathon will be even more ex- citing as we combine it with our end-of-semester student recitals. If you are in- terested in performing or donating your time and effort during next year’s event, scheduled for May 16 at the Artsgarden, please contact our office at 317-278-2593 or email us at [email protected].
IUPUI Music Academy
Volume 9, Issue 2 Fall 2008
Did ya know?
Early childhood cur- riculums that inte- grate a structured music program can help children: de- velop and under- stand verbal and musical language, express feelings and emotions in a crea- tive manner, and work well with oth- ers.
From: "Self-Esteem: A Byproduct of Quality Classroom Music," by Laverne Warner. Child- hood Education, Volume 76, Issue 1, page 19;
Copyright 1999.
Available here: Questia Online Library
New Faculty 2 Faculty and 3 Student News
Spring Calendar 4 Student Recital 4 Signup
Kid’s Corner 5
Page 2 The Melody Line
Meet our Newest Faculty Members
E.J. Choe, Assistant Professor of Music in the Department of Music and Arts Technology at IUPUI, is the new Director of the Music Academy.
Dr. Choe made her televised debut as guest pianist for the Korean Broadcasting System Network at the age of six.
While growing up in Colorado, she was a prizewin- ner in numerous competitions, including CSMTA, MTNA, and Fort Collins International Competition.
She has appeared as guest soloist with the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, and the Arvada Symphony Orchestra.
She continues to give concerts and master classes in her native Korea at Yeonsei University, Kangwon University, Chun Nam University, and Honam Uni- versity. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Doctorate in Piano, Music Literature, and Pedagogy from Indiana University in Bloomington. She studied piano with Michele Block, Larry Graham, Doris Lehnert, and Robert Spillman.
In addition to her career as pianist, vocal coaching led her to serve as an opera coach/music director at the Aspen Music Festival Opera Center; Centro Studi Italiani in Urbania, Italy; Indiana University Opera Theatre; and DePauw University. She col- laborated with such artists as world-renowned op- era singers Martina Arroyo, James King, Roy Samuelsen, Giorgio Tozzi, and Virginia Zeani. From 2000 until Dr. Choe joined IUPUI in August of 2008, she served as Coordinator for Secondary Piano at the University of Colorado-Denver.
Jamey Faulkner holds a Master of Science in Music Technology degree from Indiana University School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Guitar Perform- ance from California State University, Northridge.
Jamey operates the online guitar lesson website i- love-guitar.com. He also founded the Guitar Insti- tute of Indianapolis in 1998 and released a solo fin- ger style guitar recording – 12 stone row – in 1999.
Besides teaching private guitar lessons at the Music Academy, he also teaches at two Indianapolis Mon- tessori schools and the IUPUI Department of Music and Arts Technology. Jamey specializes in musician development using a blend of traditional and mod- ern methods.
Ana Garcia has a background in piano, woodwind, vocal performance, eurhythmics, sightsinging, and musicianship for children ages 18 months to seven years. She is a certified Harmony Road instructor and teaches some of our children’s classes at Beth- El Zedeck Early Childhood Center.
Linda Landeros Lamkin is a flutist, pianist, music teacher, arranger, and researcher. Her students have gone on to perform worldwide, win competi- tions and win chairs in university and community orchestras, as well as national military bands. Linda has performed throughout the United States, in Canada, Europe, and Israel in solo recitals and has been featured on radio and television in the United States and Europe. She has given master classes in the United States and performed in national and international festivals. She has pioneered an ongo- ing nursing-home-summer-concert tour program for children and adults in the Bloomington, Indiana, region for the past ten years.
Linda received her B.A. in music with an emphasis in flute performance from the University of Califor- nia, Santa Barbara, and her M.M. in flute perform- ance from the University of Southern California.
She is completing her Doctorate in Flute Perform- ance, History, and Literature at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she has also served as an Associate Instructor. She loves swimming, mountain biking, nature hiking, and her family.
Faculty & Student News
Volume 9, Issue 2 Page 3 Sarah Stoel vacationed in Colorado and Minnesota
this summer and volunteered as an usher for the Indianapolis Tennis Champion Tournament in July.
In October she attended a Handbell Festival in Ohio.
Matthew Bridgham, student of John Glennon, was admitted—with a scholarship—to the music program at the University of Indianapolis, where he is now working with Richard Ratliff.
Luke Dallman, student of Sarah Stoel, attended Piano Camp at the University of Indianapolis in June and participated in an ensemble recital.
James Green, student of John Glennon and winner at Carmel’s Young Performers Showcase, was in- vited to play at a reception in honor of one of the owners of Petrof Pianos (Czech Republic) at Piano
Solutions in Indianapolis in September. He will pre- sent his collegiate audition program in a recital on December 1 at 7:30 pm (Recital Hall, IT 152) fea- turing music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Messaien.
Nadine Templeton, student of Sarah Stoel, at- tended Piano Camp at Butler University in July and was chosen to participate in a Master Class for Pi- ano Pedagogy Symposium with E.L. Lancaster.
Faedra Weiss, voice (student of Kathy Myers); Jim Wolf, guitar (student of John Alvarado); Kathy Steinberg, voice (student of René Anderson); and Tara Gavardinas, piano (student of John Gleenon), performed in our Adult Student Recital on November 3.
Can music really make your child smarter?
A rising tide of research links music making to childhood brain development…
Kids who study Music do better in School and in Life
• Second Graders Do Sixth Grade Math, Keeping Mozart in Mind, Academic Press
• Rhythm Students Learn Fractions Better, Neurological Research, March 15, 1999
• Piano Raises Conceptual Math Scores, Neurological Research, February 28, 1997
• Music Makes The Brain Grow, Nature, April 23, 1998
• Music Students Score Higher SATs, Profiles of SAT ad Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, 2001
• Substance Abuse Lowest in Music Students, Houston Chronicle, January 11, 1998
• Band Members Get Better Math, Science and Language Grades, U of S study by Jeffrey Lynn Kluball, 2000; ETSU study by Daryl Erick Trent
Learn more about the latest “Music Makes You Smarter “ Research at www.amc-music.org and VH1 Save the Music at www.vh1.com
Source: American Music Conference Learning to Play pamphlets 1999 and 2001
IUPUI Music Academy Fall Recitals
The Academy will host two recitals to showcase your talent!
Space on each program is quite limited, so please sign up early to reserve your place. These recitals will be held in Recital Hall,
Room 152 in the ICTC building.
Saturday, December 13, 11:00 am · Saturday, December 13, 1:00 pm
IUPUI Music Academy Recital Request
Name: _______________________________________ Teacher: _____________________________
Recital day/time 1st choice: ________________________ 2nd choice: ________________________
Title: _____________________________________ Composer: ______________________________
Mark your Calendar
Spring Session 2009
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Jan. 20: Spring session begins•
Jan. 26: 15-week classes begin•
Mar. 15-22: Academy Spring Break/check lesson and class schedule with your teacher!•
Mar. 21: Indiana Federation of Music Clubs Festival•
Apr. 18: Race for the Cure—all morning lessons/classes cancelled•
May 2: Mini-Marathon—all morning lessons/classes cancelled•
May 16: Sixth Annual Performathon and end-of-semester student recitals, 11:00 am-3:30 pm at the Artsgarden•
May 17: Chase 500 Festival kid’s day, 10:30 am-4:30 pm (Monument Circle)•
May 18: Spring session endsStay tuned for the dates of our Adult Student Recital and the Annual Faculty Recital.
Volume 9, Issue 2 Page 5
KID’S C ORNER
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