Tuesday, April 25, 2023 • 11:30 a.m.
Weigel Auditorium
Columbus, OH
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Michael Ibrahim, Director of the School of Music
OPENING REMARKS
Dana Renga, Dean of the Arts and Humanities
MUSICAL PRESENTATION
Across the River and Into the Trees
Enzo De Rosa (b. 1964)
Sean O'Brien, euphonium
Jiung Yoon, piano
GRADUATE AWARDS
Presenter: Professor Timothy Leasure, Director of Graduate Studies
- The A. Peter Costanza Doctoral Program in Music Endowment Fund
CONDUCTING AND ENSEMBLE AWARDS
Presenter: Professor Scott Jones, Area Head
- Walter Damrosch Music Scholarship
- The Clare Grundman Scholarship Fund
- The Donald E. and Ruth L. McGinnis Concert Band Scholarship Fund
MUSIC EDUCATION AWARDS
Presenter: Professor Daryl Kinney, Area Head
- The Virginia A. Bridges Music Education Award
- The Hilda Dierker Scholarship Fund
- The Jack and Carol Evans Scholarship Fund in Music
- The Hanshumaker Family Fund
- The William G. Hinton, Jr. Memorial Fund
- Frank Kinnan Scholarship in Music
- Joseph A. Leeder Memorial Fund
- David and Michell Meeker Scholarship in Music
- The Barbara Lipton Pinchuk Scholarship Fund
- Dr. H. Wayne Ramsey Memorial Scholarship in Music Education
- Eugene J. Weigel Memorial Scholarship for Music Education
- Gertrude S. Woodin Memorial Scholarship
- Outstanding Graduate Associate
- Graduate Achievement
- Undergraduate Achievement
- Outstanding Teacher – Choral
- Outstanding Teacher – General
- Outstanding Teacher – Strings
- Outstanding Teacher – Band
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Recipient: Professor Lois Rosow
Lois Rosow, Professor Emerita of Music, served on the School of Music faculty from 1985 to 2014. She headed the Musicology Area for eighteen years, seeing it through the addition of a graduate program in ethnomusicology, the transition from quarters to semesters, and the introduction of a post-baccalaureate doctoral degree. She has served as president of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music and on the Board of Directors of the American Musicological Society, and is now Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music. Over the years she served on or chaired many university and professional committees and boards, and she is currently president of the Board of Trustees for the Early Music in Columbus concert series. Dr. Rosow holds a BA from Oberlin College and a PhD from Brandeis University. Her research is focused mainly on French opera of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with particular interest in text-music relations, allegorical meaning, music printing and engraving, performance-practice issues, and the administrative history and scribal workshop of the Paris Opera. Her critical edition of Armide by Jean-Baptiste Lully (Olms, 2003), completed with a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, has served for several productions over the years, two of them released on audio CD (Naxos, 2008; Aparte, 2017) and one on DVD (FRA musica, 2011). She has published articles in numerous journals, encyclopedias and anthologies, and served as guest editor of a special issue of the Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music devoted to Lully’s opera Persée.
MUSICAL PRESENTATION
Konzertstück No. 2 in d minor for two clarinets and piano
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
I. Presto
III. Allegretto grazioso
Maddy Brickner, clarinet
Danny Hong, clarinet
Jiung Yoon, piano
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
Presenter: Professor Susan Powell, Area Head
Voice
- Howard R. Hill Scholarship Fund
- The Margaret Speaks Vocal Scholarship
- The Swank Voice Lab Award for Excellence in Voice Pedagogy
- The Helen Swank Vocal Scholarship Fund
- Wilson Vocal Awards Fund
Brass/Woodwind/Percussion
- Richard Burkart Trumpet Award
- Stoltzman Scholarship Award
Keyboard
- Lois Fyfe Scholarship Fund
- Gertrude Kuehefuhs Piano Accompanists Endowment Fund
Performance
- Outstanding Graduate Associate Awards
- Graduate Achievement Awards
- Undergraduate Achievement Awards
MUSIC THEORY AND MUSICOLOGY AWARDS
Presenters:
Theory — Professor Anna Gawboy, Area Head
Musicology — Professor Arved Ashby, Area Head
- John G. and Zoe Johnstone Endowed Fund for Musicology
- Outstanding Graduate Associate Award – Theory
- Graduate Achievement Award – Theory
- Undergraduate Achievement – Theory
- Outstanding Graduate Associate – Musicology
- Graduate Achievement Award – Musicology
- Undergraduate Achievement Award – Musicology
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD
Recipient: John Fedchock
John Fedchock’s illustrious career in jazz has spanned over four decades. Since his emergence on the scene in 1980, Fedchock has established himself as a world-class trombone soloist, a heralded bandleader, and a GRAMMY-nominated arranger. An in-demand performer and writer in New York City, his multifaceted talents have led him to become one of NYC’s premier jazz artists. His critically acclaimed John Fedchock New York Big Band has become a marquee group showcasing Fedchock’s trombone and arranging as well as the band’s all-star soloists. The band’s recordings have appeared in jazz radio’s Top Ten and in recognition of his writing skills, Fedchock is a two-time GRAMMY nominee for Instrumental Arranging. Small group projects with his Quartet and Sextet put his distinct solo voice more directly in the spotlight. Fedchock began his career touring with the legendary Woody Herman for seven years and served as chief arranger for Herman's last two GRAMMY-nominated albums. He has also toured with T. S. Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Louie Bellson, Jon Faddis, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. Born in Cleveland Ohio, Fedchock is a 1979 graduate of The Ohio State University (BM and BME) and holds a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music. He is an in-demand clinician and conducts seminars and workshops worldwide. As a solo artist, he appears throughout the United States and abroad performing as guest trombonist/composer/conductor. His collaboration with the prominent instrument maker XO Brass to create a professional line of jazz trombones has proven to be an overwhelming success in both innovative design and industry popularity.
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AWARDS
Composition
Presenter: Professor Michael Rene Torres
- The Marilyn and Donald Harris Scholarship
Jazz
Presenter: Professor Mike Smith
- Thomas Battenberg Jazz Scholarship Fund
- Jazz Ensemble Student Award
- Jazz Faculty Award
MUSICAL PRESENTATION
Malandragem
Mark Duggan (b. 1961)
Kalie Dawson, Ben Kerger, Hannah Moore, Tres Perkins, Sam Sherer, percussion
CHORAL AWARDS
Presenter: Professor Robert J. Ward, Director of Choral Activities
- Lieutenant Richard DeSelm Fellowship for the Development of Choral Music
- The Ohio State University Men's Glee Club Alumni Society Fund
- The J. Norman Staiger/OSU Men's Glee Club Memorial Scholarship
SCHOOL OF MUSIC AWARDS
Presenter: Professor David Hedgecoth, Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Recognition of School of Music Ambassadors
- The Brahms Award
- Irma Cooper Endowment Fund for International Studies in Music
- Nina Weigel Music Scholarship Fund
- The Presser Foundation Scholarship Fund Award
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC DISTINGUISHED STAFF AWARD
Recipient: Tanya Sparks
Tanya Sparks serves as Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator for the School of Music. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in Music Industry from James Madison University where her primary instrument was flute. She was a four-year member and flute section leader of “Virginia’s Finest,” the Marching Royal Dukes. Prior to coming to The Ohio State University, she was Manager of Artistic Administration for the Nashville Symphony and then Director of Artistic Planning for the Charlotte (NC) Symphony. In these orchestra management roles, she programmed classical, educational and holiday concerts, took part in recording and commissioning projects, and managed large symphony choruses. She has worked with world renowned musicians Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, James Galway, Itzhak Perlman, Krzysztof Penderecki and Eric Whitacre, among many others.
PI KAPPA LAMBDA AWARDS
Presenter: Professor Ken Williams, Alpha Rho Chapter
- Pi Kappa Lambda Award
- Pi Kappa Lambda Inductees
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
Presenters: Professor Susan Powell, Area Head of Performance
Jacob Kopcienski, President of Graduate Music Student Association
Crosbee Lisser, President of Undergraduate Music Council
CARMEN OHIO
Led by Professor Robert J. Ward, Director of Choral Activities
Oh come let's sing Ohio's praise
And songs to Alma Mater raise
While our hearts rebounding thrill
With joy which death alone can still
Summer's heat or winter's cold
The seasons pass the years will roll
Time and change will surely show
How firm thy friendship ... O-HI-O!
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