Aspire - Indiana University South Bend

Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts // 2012

Aspire is published annually by 

the Ernestine M. Raclin School of 

the Arts, Indiana University South 

Bend, for our alumni, students, 

friends, faculty, and staff. 

Dean 

Marvin V. Curtis, Ed.D. 

EDITOR 

Michele Morgan-Dufour 

designER 

Tiffany Goehring 

// Mission Statement 

The IUSB Arts Foundation supports the Ernestine M. 

Raclin School of the Arts at IU South Bend by sponsoring 

or providing funds for special events and community 

outreach programs, with particular emphasis on educating, 

entertaining, and involving young people. 

// IUSB Arts Foundation, Inc. 

David Kibbe, president 

June Edwards, vice president 

Joe Mancini, treasurer 

Durleen Braasch, secretary 

Cynthia Antos 

Linda Bancroft 

Cheryl Barker 

Sandra Collins 

Marvin V. Curtis, ex-officio 

Robert W. Demaree Jr.* 

Frederick B. Ettl 

Judy Ferrara 

Robert Frank 

Kitty Gunty 

*Emeritus Member 

Chris Kelly 

Alice A. Martin* 

Paul McLeod 

Cyndi Miller 

Sara Miller 

Carmi Murphy* 

Beth North 

Ned North 

Fred Nwanganga 

Ernestine M. Raclin* 

Randolph Rampola 

Valerie Sabo 

Stephanie Schurz 

Janet Thompson* 

The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts thanks the IUSB Arts Foundation 

for their long standing service and support to the school. Their efforts make 

it possible for us to present special events including the 20th Anniversary 

Celebration, Toradze Piano Institute and Summer Arts Camp, among many 

other projects. 

If you are interested in working with the IUSB Arts Foundation on future 

projects, please contact the school of the arts office at 574.520.4314 

for more information. 

FRONT COVER 

IU South Bend Student Activities Center during the Governor’s Arts Awards, 

photograph by Peter Ringenberg 

Copyright © 2012 Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts, IU South Bend 

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Photography 

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Dean Cates 

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Ryan Stutzman 

Writers 

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Sara Curtis 

Sara Duis 

Moria Dyczko 

Tiffany Gilbert 

Carolynn Hine-Johnson 

Ruby Jazayre 

Stacie Jensen 

Samantha Joyce 

Joe Kuharic 

Tami Martinez 

John Mayrose 

Kim McInerney 

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Krystal Vivian 

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letter 

from the dean 

Marvin V. Curtis 

I saw a phrase on Facebook that best described our past 

year, “Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb … it is where 

the fruit is.” While we were not dangling in danger, the 

Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts went out on many a 

limb and reaped an abundant harvest. 

We started with young trees that were planted, watered and 

nurtured. As the saplings develop, care must be taken to be 

sure they are properly fertilized, weeded, and maintained. 

A young tree has to withstand several seasons before it 

can begin to bear fruit, but as it grows it develops longer 

limbs and deeper roots. Soon it begins to stand up to the 

elements and produce a yearly harvest. Such has been the 

Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. Four years ago we 

were a sapling struggling against the elements and today, 

because of bold moves by the faculty, staff, and students, our 

accomplishments are many and our harvest is abundant. 

You can read about our harvest within the pages of Aspire 

magazine. Sapling trees took root with our first appearance 

at “Friday by the Fountain” and flowered with the exhibition 

of one of our student’s work at the Smithsonian Institution. 

Trees were fertilized with the Steinway rental agreement and 

the first accreditation visit by the National Association of 

Schools of Music. Limbs got stronger as we celebrated the 

30th anniversary of Speech Night, hosted the Governor’s Arts 

awards, and enjoyed the triumphant recital by the Toradze 

Piano Studio with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. 

As this issue of Aspire was going to print, we received 

word that our 2011 issue won a 2012 Circle of Excellence 

Award, a Council for the Advancement and Support 

of Education (CASE) program that honors exemplary 

advancement programs and activities worldwide. This is a 

high honor and was the result of the work of the faculty, 

staff, and student writers and photographers. A word of 

special thanks to Editor Michele Morgan-Dufour, Designer 

Tiffany Goehring, Copy Editor Kathy Borlik, Aspire Intern 

Marianne Weesner, Director of Communications and 

Marketing Ken Baierl, as well as photographers Michael 

Banks and Peter Ringenberg. 

Our tree grew deep roots as students won national and 

international piano competitions and traveled to study music 

in Italy, Spain, and California. Our young sapling began to 

sprout more limbs and a bigger trunk with the creation of the 

IU South Bend Dance Company, our first Summer Arts Camp, 

and theatrical productions at the Lerner Theatre in Elkhart. 

The tree grew, reaching new branches to the sky, such as 

a collaboration between New Media and the South Bend 

Symphony Orchestra, dance performances of Swan Lake with 

the IUSB Philharmonic and Carmina Burnana with the South 

Bend Symphonic Choir, and a gala concert by international 

opera star Denyce Graves. 

We owe a great deal of thanks to the administration of IU 

South Bend for supporting our many efforts. A big “thank 

you” to the IUSB Arts Foundation for supporting our vision. 

A collective “thank you” to the many donors who have given 

unselfishly to help our students achieve. 

Our goal as a school is to inspire so that our students can 

aspire for greater heights. We will continue to go out on 

a limb so students can harvest the fruits of success. Our 

students inspire us with their achievements and we will keep 

planting trees that sprout branches that bear much fruit. 

Enjoy Aspire and we thank you for your continued support!

Top // 

Nude, pastels 

by Andrew Avara // student 

Bottom // 

Untitled, sculpture 

by Rubia Hagans // student

inside 

// Communication Studies 

4 Fear not future journalists 

10 PR students make hospice their business 

12 Social change on the small screen 

16 IUSB Forum welcomes speakers to campus 

21 Profile: Yuri Obata 

29 Life after college 

48 Bill Gering leaves speech legacy 

50 Thirty years of friendly competition 

60 Michiana Monologues: personal storytelling 

// Music 

6 Pulsoptional 

18 Toradze pianist wins gold 

19 Interview with Nikita Abrosimov 

20 Travel, music, and culture 

28 Lift Every Voice 

30 A jewel in our community 

34 Toradze Piano Studio debuts Russian Accents 

41 Teddy bears: something to hold onto 

52 Keyed into Steinway 

65 Music area seeks national accreditation 

72 Healing Haiti one note at a time 

// New Media 

22 Arts Codec explores digital media 

32 New Media: next step in visualization 

// Theatre & Dance 

11 Hungry for the arts 

17 Dance Company formed 

26 Dressed for the stage 

38 H.M.S. Pinafore 

54 Johnny Appleseed entertains 

58 A Raisin in the Sun 

61 Ruby sparkles in NYC 

66 Summer at the Lerner Theatre 

67 It’s a Wonderful Life takes to the air waves 

// Visual Arts 

46 Twins, triplets, and art – oh my! 

55 New degree moves forward 

64 99 Bottles of Beer on the wall 

68 B.F.A. exhibition: the last step 

70 The (he)art of Florence 

// School of the Arts 

Dean’s Welcome 

8 Dance, dance downtown! 

40 Murphy and Raclin honored 

42 Under the canopy of the Governor’s Arts Awards 

62 Summer fun 

73 Arts stars shine 

74 New talent 

76 News

Fear not 

future journalists, 

for change is good 

By Krystal Vivian // Photography Alec Hosterman 

In the past few years, journalism as we 

know it has changed dramatically. While 

daily newspapers and evening network 

news broadcasts used to be how people 

accessed news, now websites, mobile 

apps, and 24-hour news channels are at 

the forefront. 

These changes not only affect the world around us, but 

they are affecting journalists and journalism students 

too. Now, more than ever before, journalists are expected 

to go beyond their stories and connect with readers. 

Journalism students are expected to graduate with more 

than just writing skills. News organizations, even those 

that specialize in print or radio, are hiring journalists who 

can edit video, take pictures, and write an article, all for 

the same story. 

Heidi Prescott has been a reporter at the South Bend 

Tribune since 1994 and has been teaching journalism 

to students at IU South Bend since 2003. She’s 

experienced the changes first hand. 

“Not only is news delivered more frequently and faster 

than ever before, but it is easier than ever before for 

readers to talk to journalists and for journalists to talk to 

readers,” she says. “I have been posting on Facebook and 

tweeting with readers at 10 o’clock on a Friday night - not 

because I have to, but because I want to.” 

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It’s not just social media either. News 

organizations are updating their 

websites with breaking news faster 

than waiting for the evening news or 

morning paper. 

“Immediacy has never been more 

important in how we do our jobs 

and how frequently we deliver 

information,” says Prescott. “We 

don’t just deliver information in a 

single package that arrives in your 

newspaper box in print once a day. We 

are constantly delivering the news.” 

Students at IU South Bend who are 

majoring in journalism should also be 

taking new media courses. Journalism 

students should take classes in 

photography, and video recording 

and editing, in conjunction with their 

journalism and writing classes. 

Internships are also invaluable, as 

they allow students to gain real-world 

experience and understand more about 

the field and various media than what 

can be taught in the classroom. 

“I think it’s a good standard to have,” 

says Hosterman. “There’s always this 

rush to be first. In that rush, we forget 

about the need for accuracy … but 

outlets are starting to finally figure 

out the role of social media and get 

in some procedures and ethics.” 

Prescott says that her students 

are concerned with the future of 

newspapers, but she’s honest 

with them. Despite all of these 

changes, newspapers aren’t dying, 

just changing. 

“We need people who understand the basics 

but at the same time embrace the change for 

the good and seize the potential,” 

Journalism programs haven’t been 

able to keep up with the changes, 

even at larger universities. But that 

doesn’t mean that students don’t have 

the ability to receive the education 

needed today, no matter where they 

attend school. 

“Really what we’re talking about here 

is a medium shift and a convergence 

of different tools,” says Alec 

Hosterman, who teaches courses in 

communication, rhetoric, new media, 

and other topics at IU South Bend. 

The role of journalism hasn’t changed. 

Journalists still aim to tell the truth, 

no matter what. They continue to 

interview, research, and do what 

they can to get the most factual 

information. They still report on it so 

that the audience can know what’s 

going on in the world around them. 

But the tools to get the information 

and then tell the story have morphed. 

“And multi-media experience is 

critical. Journalists today should feel 

just as comfortable writing a story for 

print as they feel standing in front of a 

television camera or sitting down to do 

radio,” says Prescott. 

But multimedia skills shouldn’t 

take the place of writing skills or an 

understanding of the purpose journalism 

either. Students should continue to be 

able to write well and be knowledge of 

the ethical standards, and then apply 

those to new tools. 

“We need people who understand the 

basics but at the same time embrace 

the change for the good and seize the 

potential,” says Hosterman. “It’s a 

bigger responsibility, I think, and that’s 

fine. It’s needed.” 

And while the field of journalism has 

been going through so many changes in 

the past five years, there are signs that 

it’s finally starting to stabilize. Early in 

2012, the BBC and Sky News released 

social media policies that included when 

and how to break a story on Twitter. The 

goal of this policy is to not only keep 

colleagues informed of breaking news, 

but to also ensure that breaking news 

is also fact-checked. There have been 

occasions where stories broken on Twitter 

turn out to be incorrect. That can be a 

severe problem for a news organization. 

Other news organizations are expected to 

follow suit with similar policies. 

“I’ve always tried to be as honest 

as possible with my students,” says 

Prescott. “It is only fair to paint a 

realistic picture of what is happening 

in the industry because students need 

to be prepared to enter a changing 

industry. The means by which we 

deliver the news might change, 

but there will always be a need for 

professional journalists.” 

So fear not. Newspapers aren’t dying. 

Journalism isn’t dying. The tools are 

changing and the medium is changing, 

so students and journalists have to 

change, but it’s all for the better. 

“Those going into the program now 

and those graduating are here at a 

very exciting time because of all of 

this change,” says Hosterman. “And I 

think they need to understand that this 

change is not just a whim, but it’ll be 

around. So how does the change affect 

us? Embrace it. Experiment with it.” 

Krystal Vivian, BA’12, works at the 

Elkhart Truth as a digital journalist. 

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Pulsoptional 

By Sarah Duis // Photography York Wilson 

The campus was occupied for three energetic days by 

pulsoptional, an ensemble of composers whose distinctive 

performances combine rock-classical instrumentation with 

music, film, and interactive video. 

The experimental North Carolina-based group was brought 

to campus by one of its members, IU South Bend Assistant 

Professor of Music Theory John Mayrose. 

“I do not think it is possible to know me as a composer and 

musician without knowing pulsoptional,” says Mayrose, 

who helped form the group more than 10 years ago as he 

began his graduate career. “My identity as a composer is 

inseparable from pulsoptional. Bringing them allowed me 

to share this important aspect of my creative work with 

colleagues and students.” 

Pulsoptional has performed in a variety of settings including 

traditional music venues, dance clubs, universities, and 

coffeehouses. Their high-quality and genre-bending 

performances have drawn listeners of all backgrounds. 

The group began the three-day residency with a composition 

masterclass for 25 music composition students, with an 

open invitation to students from other music disciplines. 

Student composers Rex Gard and Spencer Scullion wrote 

pieces for pulsoptional to perform and record. At the end 

of the session, Gard and Scullion received a professionalquality 

recording of their piece. 

“I essentially had to learn how to handle a classical 

ensemble and a rock band side by side,” says Gard. “The 

end result was a piece that was unlike any of the classically 

influenced or rock music I’ve written in the past.” 

Pulsoptional’s stay ended with a public concert, that 

featured music from the spring 2012 program titled 

puls::plus. 

“I think it is vital that students witness their professors as 

practicing musicians active in the field,” says Mayrose. “I 

make it a point to perform as often as possible. Last year 

I performed a solo recital of my guitar music and played 

with the new music ensemble. Bringing pulsoptional is an 

important extension of this practice.” 

The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County and the 

IUSB Arts Foundation provided grants for the visit. 

Sarah Duis is majoring in journalism and is the editor of 

The Preface. 

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fallhighlights 

Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts 

SMASH by 

Jeffrey 

Hatcher 

8 pm Oct. 11-13 

2 pm Oct. 14 

Campus Auditorium 

Laugh out loud as the 

IU South Bend Theatre 

and Dance Company 

presents this clever 

comedy based on George 

Bernard Shaw’s novel 

The Unsocial Socialist. 

Arts Lecture 

Series with 

Andrew Lam 

7:30 pm Oct. 17 

Recital Hall 

Vietnamese-American writer 

Andrew Lam will discuss 

topics on immigration and 

cultural identity. Currently 

Lam is a writer and editor of 

New America Media and a 

regular contributor to NPR’s 

All Things Considered. 

Denyce Graves, 

Mezzo-Soprano 

7:30 pm Nov. 9 

Campus Auditorium 

Denyce Graves, one of 

the greatest vocalists of 

our time, will perform on 

campus in her only 

Midwest appearance 

this year. She is most 

known for her title roles 

in Carmen and Samson et 

Delila. Graves will present 

a masterclass for vocal 

students on Saturday. 

LOOK! 

Scholarship 

Art Sale 

Nov. 8-10 

East Lounge 

Purchase artwork by 

IU South Bend students, 

faculty, and alumni while 

supporting scholarships 

and programs for IU South 

Bend visual arts students. 

The sale includes more 

than 500 pieces of artwork 

available in a range of 

price points. 

Tickets available for $3-$12 and free to students/children. 

For a complete schedule of events, visit arts.iusb.edu or call 574.520.4203 to request a 

season calendar.

Dance, 

Dance 

Downtown 

By Sarah Duis // Photography Katie Carrico, 

Dave Dufour, and Ryan Stutzman 

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Downtown South Bend hosts 

community events on the first 

Friday evening of every month. In 

March 2012, it was all about the 

Ernestine M. Raclin School of the 

Arts. The theme was “Dance, 

Dance Downtown!,” and the city 

pulsated with the sights, sounds, 

and movements of IU South Bend’s 

finest student musicians, singers, 

and dancers. 

At the elegant Woodward Banquet 

Hall, Assistant Professor of Dance 

Carolynn Hine-Johnson led the IU 

with Vladimir Sorokin, and Latin dance 

with David Seymour. Each demonstration 

featured IU South Bend dance students 

followed by audience lessons, and 

many spectators were eager to join the 

students on the dance floor to learn some 

new moves. 

Around the corner at Trio’s Restaurant 

and Jazz Club, Director Darrel Tidaback 

led the energetic members of the IUSB 

Jazz Ensemble as they sizzled and 

smoldered onstage with sounds from 

the Big Band Era. 

of Music Ken Douglas’ IU South Bend 

Woodwind Quintet, featuring flute, 

bassoon, French horn, clarinet, and 

oboe. 

At the historic Tippecanoe Place, 

student vocalists Tamra Garrett and 

Lawrence Matthews joined keyboardist 

Jua Coates. 

While each location featured a unique 

setting and performance from the 

Raclin School of the Arts, they all had 

one thing in common — an eclectic 

and enthusiastic audience. 

South Bend Dance Company in its 

debut performance featuring men’s 

contemporary Native American 

dance, hip-hop infused ballet, and 

an interactive hip-hop tutorial. 

“I love this event, I think it’s 

fabulous,” said Leeah Oxley, a dance 

company member and dance minor, 

after performing in the hip-hop ballet 

routine. “I think it’s great exposure 

for IUSB and a great way to promote 

health and wellness.” 

Following the dance company were 

performances of Middle Eastern 

dance with Ruby Jazayre, flamenco 

Down the street at the South Bend 

Chocolate Café, Dance Instructor Karen 

Pajor taught an enthusiastic children’s 

jazz dance class, much to the delight of 

the crowded roomful of laughing tots and 

their parents. 

Local mom Amy Scott recognized the 

benefit of community events for her 

family. “There are not many things to do 

in the winter, so it’s been great. We’ve 

been coming to the past couple of First 

Fridays and we’ve had a blast.” 

Patrons of the upscale Café Navarre Bar 

and Restaurant wined and dined to the 

live classical music of Assistant Professor 

“It was a very big night for us,” said 

Dean Marvin Curtis, who visited each 

venue. “People got to see what we do. 

I think that’s very important for us.” 

Downtown South Bend approached 

the Raclin School of the Arts about 

sponsoring the evening after positive 

experiences and community feedback 

from the school’s participation in the 

summer 2011 Fridays by the Fountain 

series, another downtown event that 

showcased IU South Bend’s best in 

music, dance, and drama.

PR students 

Hospice 

MAKE 

By Kim McInerney 

their business 

End of life care for our loved ones is 

a topic few people like to think about, 

especially college students. In spring 

2012, a class was tasked not only 

with thinking about the topic, but also 

strategizing how to get more college 

students thinking about it. Nineteen 

students in Senior Lecturer in 

Communication Arts Alec Hosterman’s 

Public Relations Research & Planning 

class were assigned with the mission 

of raising awareness about the Center 

for Hospice Care among the collegeaged 

demographic and provide 

opportunities for donations. 

The Center for Hospice Care is an 

independent, community-based, 

not-for-profit organization that aims 

to improve the quality of living in 

Northern Indiana. The services 

include hospice, home health, grief 

counseling, and education. At the 

start of the semester, representatives 

from the Hospice Foundation visited 

campus to speak about hospice, its 

services, and what they needed from 

the students. 

“Each team is charged to develop 

a working fundraising plan for our 

client,” says Hosterman. “Along 

the way I treat the project the 

same as they might encounter in a 

professional setting, complete with 

external feedback from working 

professionals and constructive in-class 

feedback aimed at improving their 

communication skills.” 

According to Hosterman, the students 

pitched their fundraising plans at 

the end of the semester and Hospice 

left with four viable plans ready to 

implement.“It’s a win-win for everyone.” 

And the work began. After months of 

thinking and creating, the four groups 

presented campaigns. 

The first of four plans presented was 

Cycle at Sunset, a campaign aimed at 

further developing a current Hospice 

event that involves biking downtown 

South Bend to create awareness, and a 

fundraising after-party for participants 

and friends. 

The second proposal was Concert 

for Care, a campaign focusing on a 

one-day event on the IU South Bend 

campus to raise awareness among 

IU South Bend students. The pitch 

included involving many of the campus 

clubs and greek organizations. 

The third plan was Project Umbrella 

Parade, a campaign that asks people to 

“open up” about end-of-life planning. 

Participants walking through the streets 

of South Bend, umbrellas in hand, 

giving out hospice information. The 

plan called for a flash mob. 

The last presentation was The Big 

Reveal, a campaign that involves 

donations for artistic cubes to be 

displayed in South Bend until ArtBeat, 

a popular city event. The cubes are 

combined to create a single mosaic 

cube, generating awareness for the 

Hospice art counseling program. 

“Each of the four presentations was 

excellent. The professionalism of your 

students, the caliber of thinking they 

put into their ideas, and the attention 

to detail were outstanding,” said 

Cyndy Searfoss, director of 

communications and annual giving 

for the Hospice Foundation. 

Typically, one student group is chosen. 

This year, the organization chose two: 

Cycle at Sunset and The Big Reveal. 

“This experience challenged me as a 

leader,” said student Krista Keirnan. 

“I learned so many new things about 

myself and what I need to improve on. 

I am grateful to everyone involved in 

this semester and can’t wait to use my 

experience in the professional world.” 

“None of us had ever done anything 

like this before so it proved to be a 

very valuable learning experience 

for each of us,” said student Kelsey 

Sheets. “Creating something like 

this is definitely a process. Our final 

campaign was actually nothing like 

what we had originally planned. But 

I think that’s how we knew we were 

really learning from the process and 

growing as a group. The project helped 

us realize what it would actually be 

like to plan a PR campaign for a 

professional company.” 

Ashley Gilbert, member of the winning 

Cycle at Sunset group, received a 

summer internship with Hospice to 

implement the winning campaigns. 

Lecturer in Communications Kimberly 

McInerney teaches public speaking. 

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hungry for the 

Arts 

Theatre is an art that everyone can learn from. This is what 

the K-8th grade students at Our Lady of Hungary Catholic 

School quickly found out thanks to the IU South Bend 

Players’ Guild. 

A group of theatre students decided to revive the guild, with 

the purpose of bringing theatre arts to the community in 

exciting new ways. 

In partnership with Marian High School and their “Arts Alive” 

program, designed to provide art lessons to Our Lady of 

Hungary students, the guild stepped in to introduce theatre. 

“It’s a magnificent opportunity for the students because it 

promotes a creativity that is useful in many aspects of life,” 

says Jerry Sailor, a senior and secretary of the guild. “We 

are so excited to have these students helping us this year,” 

says Kitty Gunty, chair of the art department at Marian. 

Gunty says there is a great connection with Marlon Burnley, 

who is the guild vice president and a Marian graduate. “I 

am so happy that he has come back to help in a cause he 

believes in.” 

Students from the guild chose the play The Jungle Book as 

their first project to tackle with the kids. “Everyone knows 

the story because of the Disney film, and it’s a really fun 

piece. It was easy for the kids to pick up on the flow of 

things,” says guild president Kyle Techentin. 

Throughout the semester, the children worked on art 

projects. Using bright colors and lots of imagination, the 

children made character masks. 

“I really like this program. All of the bigger kids are so 

nice,” says Tania, an eighth-grade student and second-year 

participant in the program. “I like watching plays, and I have 

been in a couple before. It will be fun to do it again!” 

IU South Bend and Marian students also taught scene 

construction and t-shirt silk-screening to the students. 

“Children’s theatre is one of my favorite aspects when it comes 

to theatre,” says Burnley. “There is a certain mystery about it, 

an innocence that is interesting to me. And I truly believe that 

theatre in this form is where actors find out the most about 

themselves and what they represent.”

social 

change 

By Samantha Nogueira Joyce // 

Photography Dean Cates 

on the 

small 

screen 

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Recently there has been a lot of talk about how in 

America “we live in a post-racial society,” and the fact 

that we have a black president is often used as proof 

that this is the case. This is especially true in regards to 

mainstream media, and being the media aficionado that 

I am, the topic is of great interest to me. 

Around the time of President Barack Obama’s campaign, 

racial relations in Brazil were also being discussed in 

a lively way. Much of that discussion was in reaction 

to the broadcast of the telanovela Duas Caras, the first 

to feature an Afro-Brazilian as the central protagonist, 

openly addressing race matters through plot and dialogue. 

The effects of that broadcast are the topic of my book, 

Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth of Racial Democracy. 

Telanovelas are a distant cousin of the American soap 

opera. They dominate prime time programming in most 

Latin America. Produced with high production values, a 

telanovela typically broadcasts for about nine months and 

is viewed by a demographically diverse audience. 

Although Brazil has always been racially and culturally 

diverse, this diversity has not been reflected on television, 

especially not in telenovelas. While the genre has been the 

most popular program type in Latin America for the past 

30 years, traditionally, when it comes to Brazil, African 

descendants have been virtually invisible or relegated to 

secondary roles. The good news is that this is changing. 

Writers and politicians have been making a conscious effort 

to introduce a more diverse cast as well as incorporate 

storylines that address matters of race and racism in a 

country that was once believed to be a “racial democracy.” 

Duas Caras, which aired from October 2007 to May 2008, 

was a watershed program for two main reasons: It presented 

audiences with the first Afro-Brazilian as the traditional hero of 

a prime time telenovela, and it openly addressed contemporary 

race matters through graphic and shocking politically incorrect 

plot and dialogue. Additionally, author Aguinaldo Silva kept a 

blog where he discussed the telenovela, the public’s reactions 

to the storylines, the media discussions pertaining to the 

characters and plots, and therefore directly engaged with fans 

and critics of the program. 

So, around the time that a black politician was taking 

center stage in the U.S. a fictional one was also running 

for office in Brazil. And while some may assume that the 

fictional world of TV does not compare to the reality of 

everyday life, the imagined world of the television screen 

can create real change. 

The fictional story contributed to the public discussions of 

race, racism, and affirmative action policies, such as the 

quotas in Brazilian media, law, politics, and society at large. 

Duas Caras viewers made more than 700 comments for 

each post in Silva’s blog. The program was also the subject 

of talk shows and articles. The telanovela proved it had the 

capacity to intervene in history, to help construct it. 

In my book I uncover the ways in which race and race 

relations were negotiated in the telenovela as well as 

in Brazil at large during the time of the broadcast. 

Additionally, it illustrates how different factors such as 

narrative, audience reaction, as well as media criticism 

and commentary played a dynamic role in creating a metadiscourse 

about race in the broader mass media and in 

Brazilian society. I also examine how the social discourses 

about contemporary race relations and racism in Brazil were 

circulated, constructed and reconstructed during the time 

the program aired. 

Duas Caras was a component of a contemporary progressive 

social movement in Brazil, debunking the ideology of racial 

democracy in Brazil once and for all. 

Assistant Professor of Mass Communication Samantha 

Nogueira Joyce’s new book, Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth 

of Racial Democracy was published by Lexington Books.

orn to be 

dramatic 

Prepare for the performance of a lifetime with hands-on 

creative experience and a faculty of practicing theatre and 

dance professionals.

2012-13 Season 

Smash 

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play 

The Wizard of Oz 

Pippin 

audition dates 

// 7pm Campus Auditorium, Northside Hall 

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 

Degree Programs 

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre 

• Performance 

• Design/Technical 

• Theatre Studies 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre 

• Performance 

• Design/Technical 

>> Costume Design 

>> Scene Design 

>> Lighting Design 

>> Technical Design 

Offering minors in 

• Theatre 

• Dance 

ERNESTINE M. RACLIN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 

For more information about theatre & dance at 

IU South Bend, visit us on the web at arts.iusb.edu/.

IUSB Forum 

Welcomes Speakers to Campus 

By Samantha Joyce and Tami Martinez 

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Intercultural communication and 

media pranks were the focus of the 

2011-12 IUSB Forums. In October, 

Gottfried Oosterwal, director of the 

Center for Intercultural Relations in 

Berrien Springs, Mich., presented 

“You Just Don’t Understand: 

Communicating with People from 

Diverse Cultures.” In March, Kembrew 

McLeod, associate professor of 

communication studies at the 

University of Iowa, presented 

“The New Market Affair: On Media, 

Pranks, and Pedagogy.” 

Oosterwal charted the increasing 

multiculturalism in today’s society. He 

discussed its effects on professional 

relationships, outlining the increased 

possibilities for misunderstanding and 

miscommunication. Through rich, 

real-world examples and historical 

case studies, Oosterwal stressed 

the importance of having cultural 

communication competence in 

the fields of education, medicine, 

business, and politics. A master 

storyteller, he related several of 

his own experiences with intercultural 

communication. 

Oosterwal stressed that communication 

is more effective when people 

attempt to understand one another’s 

differences and make accommodation 

for those differences in their own 

communication. According to 

Oosterwal, knowing one’s own cultural 

code and recognizing the different 

cultural codes of others is important 

and necessary in our globalizing world. 

Oosterwal is originally from the 

Netherlands. He has lived in the 

United States for many years 

and travels worldwide speaking 

on intercultural communication. 

He is a consultant to hospitals, 

medical schools, medical and 

nursing organizations, international 

business groups, and governmental 

organizations. 

In his lecture on media pranks, 

McLeod presented an in-depth 

discussion on the pedagogical and 

political potential of pranks and 

discussed his own involvement with 

media hoaxes. Some of his pranks 

included selling his soul in a glass jar 

on EBay, and trademarking the phrase 

“Freedom of Expression” and then 

threatening AT&T with a cease-anddesist 

letter for copyright infringement 

for using it in a campaign slogan. 

In addition to teaching, McLeod is 

a documentary film maker, author, 

cultural critic, and self-professed 

prankster. McLeod co-produced the 

documentary Copyright Criminals, 

which aired on PBS’s Emmy Awardwinning 

documentary series, 

Independent Lens. McLeod’s book, 

Freedom of Expression®: Resistance 

and Repression in the Age of 

Intellectual Property, received the 

American Library Association’s Oboler 

book award for “best scholarship in the 

area of intellectual freedom” in 2006. 

Samantha Joyce, assistant professor 

of mass communication, and 

Tami Martinez, lecturer in 

communication arts, organized 

the 2012-13 IUSB Forums.

Dance 

Company 

Formed 

By Carolynn Hine-Johnson // 


The newly formed IU South Bend Dance Company hit 

the ground running, or should I say dancing, soon after 

auditions in January. The 23 men and women selected 

began rehearsals twice a week. The rehearsals were intense, 

especially after accepting an invitation to perform for 

downtown South Bend’s First Friday on March 2. 

At First Friday, the troope performed three dances. The 

first piece was a hip-hop and ballet fusion choreographed 

by senior Stephanie Phillips. In the second dance five 

men performed “The Hawks,” a contemporary dance I 

choreographed based upon a Native American story. 

“I came from a background in jazz and tap dance so being 

a hawk challenged me to dance differently,” says company 

member Marlon Burnley. 

The third piece featured a hip-hop dance choreographed by 

theatre major Victor Kamwendo for the entire company. He 

broke down the steps and taught it to the audience as well. 

Gospel Choir Director CreAnne Mwale invited company 

dancer and student Sardius Giden to perform a solo ballet 

dance at the choir’s spring concert “All Praise to Music.” 

Rehearsals continued throughout the summer as the 

dancers prepared for signature summer events, Friday at 

the Fountain and Art Beat. 

“It was exciting to be a part of forming the company. As a 

freshman, it gave me the opportunity to meet other dancers 

since I live in LaPorte,” says student Krystyn Smith. 

New works are underway for a busy year ahead. Flamenco 

and modern dance instructor Vladimir Sorokin and I will 

collaborate on dances from the Bizet/Shchedrin version of 

the “Carmen” ballet. Students Alyssa Mathieu, Chelsea 

Johnson, and Jessica Izak choreographed a contemporary 

dance they are currently teaching to the other company 

members. Finally, “The Hawks” will expand into a longer 

piece that will include female dancers. 

This fall the company will perform for Studies in Dance, 

a lecture demonstration; Speech Night, and the annual 

Teddy Bear Concert. The dance company will also perform 

selections from Swan Lake with the IUSB Philharmonic. 

In addition to a spring performace by students and faculty, 

Dean Marvin Curtis has invited the dance company 

to perform Carmina Burana in April 2013 with the 

Symphonic Choir. 

Auditions will be held again in the early fall semester. They 

are open to any IU South Bend student or alumni who have 

five years of dance training in ballet, modern, or jazz.

Toradze Pianist 

WINS GOLD 

By Naomi Keeler // Photography Michele Morgan-Dufour 

Toradze Studio pianist Nikita Abrosimov was awarded the 

gold medal in the Artist Division at the 55th World Piano 

Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio. Held annually for over 

50 years, the World Piano Competition attracts aspiring 

musicians from all over the world to compete for prize 

money and worldwide performance opportunities. Pianists 

undergo a rigorous series of auditions in pursuit of the gold 

medal. Included in Nikita’s prize package are $10,000 

in prize money and a debut recital in New York at Lincoln 

Center’s Alice Tully Hall in spring of 2013. 

No stranger to music or competition, 21-year-old Abrosimov 

has played the piano since six years of age and won four 

other international piano competitions: Kiev, Ukraine 

(2000); Paris, France (2002); Cortemilia, Italy (2003), 

and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (2004). So what is special 

about this particular competition? “On the one hand, this 

competition was an important moment in my professional 

life,” says Abrosimov. “It was the result of a long and hard 

work with Professor Toradze and with my Russian teacher 

Natalia Fish. On the other hand, if we speak about lifelong 

career, winning or losing a competition does not mean 

much. So I need to keep working.” 

For this dedicated Russian pianist, studying with 

Martin Endowed Professor in Piano Alexander Toradze and 

Lecturer in Piano Ketevan Badridze as part of the Toradze 

Piano Studio “has affected the way I practice; therefore 

it affects the way I play … most of the work I have to do 

by myself, meaning that I have to find my own way of 

performing music.” 

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Interview: 

Nikita 

Abrosimov 

By Marvin Curtis 

MC: You just won the World Piano 

Competition. How does that make 

you feel? 

NA: It makes me feel good. I 

feel I have grown artistically. I 

was satisfied with my 

performances, not just the 

result of the competition. 

MC: How did you prepare? 

who surround you and teach you, 

learn from them. Finally, I learned 

that one must love what he or 

she does and continually pursue 

their passion. 

MC: When you stood on the stage that 

night, what went through your mind? 

NA: The finals were the easiest for 

me. At that point, I understood that 

at the least I would get the bronze 

medal. I didn’t think about which 

medal, I just enjoyed the moment. 

MC: Where are you going from here? 

NA: Of course, I have a couple of 

competitions in mind. I hope I will 

have some performances, but I can’t 

say for sure. 

NA: The year before the 

competition, I practiced six to 

seven hours a day. One of the 

most difficult things to do was 

to forget I was preparing for a 

competition, yet play in a way 

that would convince the judges 

of my talent. 

MC: How did you get started 

in piano? 

NA: My parents wanted me to go 

to music school when I was six 

years old. My father wanted me to 

have a musical background, so he pushed me. I didn’t really 

want to practice, I wanted to play soccer and hang out 

with my friends. At the age of 11, I met the distinguished 

piano teacher Natalie Fish. She invited me to study with 

her in 1999. 

MC: When did you come to America? 

NA: I came in 2007 after graduating from Nizhny 

Novogorod Music College. I went to Bowling Green State 

University and studied with Maxim Mogilevsky, a student 

of Lexo [Alexander Toradze], and Virginia Marks. After one 

year, I transferred to IU South Bend when Lexo extended 

an invitation to study with him. 

MC: You are 23 years old, what have you learned so far? 

NA: First of all, I learned that it’s important for every person 

to always remember his or her roots. Second, be honest with 

yourself; figure out what you want. Be respectful to those 

“... one must love 

what he or she does 

and continually 

pursue their passion.” 

MC: When did you get married? 

NA: I married my wife Ekaterina in 

2008. My wife is a great support 

for me emotionally. She shares 

completely in my interests, goals, and 

thoughts. She left her job in Russia in 

2010, even though she had so many 

things going on, she left everything. 

That is why I won the competition, it 

was for her! 

MC: Who was your greatest influence? 

NA: It is not one person, it a 

combination of all of them. Natalie Fish led me until I finished 

college. Then I had a chance to work and study with Lexo 

Toradze, a concertizing pianist of international level. I am very 

grateful to them and I am very lucky to know them. I also try to 

learn from pianists, conductors, and singers who have died; as 

well as people I meet in everyday life. 

I have four parents; my own as well as my wife’s parents, 

who take care of me as if I was their own son. In addition to 

my wife, these are the people who are most important to me. 

Professional lives and people are so connected, I can’t tell 

where one stops and the other one starts. 

MC: Any advice to future pianists? 

NA: Another difficult question – Love what you do!

By Naomi Keeler // Photography Ethan Kampa 

For the first time, IU South Bend has incorporated an 

overseas study program for music majors. Developed by 

Associate Professor of Music Jorge Muñiz, the program 

gives music majors the chance to perform and study music 

in Northern Spain. Students broaden their perspectives in 

musical training using the European tradition. 

This new program is a partnership between Indiana 

University and Conservatorio Superior de Música de 

Asturias (CONSUMPAS). 

The northern coastline of Spain is ideal place for music 

students to experience Spanish culture. The area hosts 

an international piano festival, a dance festival, a jazz 

festival, an opera festival and many theatre companies. 

Additionally, two professional symphony orchestras with 

perform throughout the year. 

Composition major Ethan Kampa was the first student 

to take this adventure. This was his first overseas 

travel experience. 

Kampa recommends all students travel overseas. “It 

is a chance to get away and focus [on being a 

musician], released from the constraints of general 

education requirements.” 

One of the biggest differences Kampa noticed was the 

contrasting teaching styles. At CONSUMPAS, the average 

class size is 2 to 15 students. The class will sit around a 

table completing assignments, while the professor makes 

his rounds to give individual time with each student. 

Kampa notes that, “… questions are resolved immediately 

and learning becomes a more interactive process. It’s a 

phenomenal learning environment.” 

The pace of Spain is a bit slower and more easy-going. 

Shops close from two to four in the afternoon for siesta 

and a meal. The change in pace and perception of time 

refreshed him, making it easier to focus on music. “In 

Spain, I was able to make music a priority. I found that 

I enjoy being in my own space with adequate time and 

energy to self-reflect,” says Kampa. 

The most valuable lesson Kampa brings home with him 

is to live life unafraid. “I have always had wanderlust but 

it was slightly bridled by a fear of the unknown. Here, I 

would wander the city alone, absorbing the sensory stimuli 

and loving every minute of it.” 

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Yuri 

Obata: 

lecturer, violinist, 

and pop culture 

connoisseur 

By Brandy Bohm // Photography Dean Cates 

Assistant Professor of Communication Arts Yuri Obata grew 

up as an aspiring musician in Matsue, a small city of the west 

coast of Japan. After earning her undergraduate degree in 

music in Kyoto, she traveled to the United States to attend the 

University of Michigan where she earned a master’s degree in 

violin performance. Her studies complete, Obata returned to 

her hometown to teach music at the local high school. 

So how did she become a professor of communications at 

IU South Bend? 

“I wasn’t a good player at all,” says Obata. “Music is 

very competitive.” 

Her interest in studying communication began back in Michigan 

while interning for a public radio station. She decided to move 

back to the United States, where she studied television and 

radio in the master’s program at Southern Methodist University 

in Dallas, Texas. 

“Two years in a master’s program could get me a decent job, 

but I wanted to know more about mass media,” she says, 

so she studied for her Ph.D. at the University of Colorado 

in Boulder, where she focused on media studies with a 

concentration on freedom of speech. 

“My parents thought that once I returned from Michigan to 

be a violin teacher in Japan, I was supposed to settle down, 

get married and have kids, sort of the expected path for most 

of Japanese women,” Obata says. “Becoming a professor of 

communications was not planned. I finished Ph.D., and I 

looked for a job. I did not mind returning to Japan, but IU 

South Bend was looking for a person who could teach media 

theories, media law, and international media. We were a good 

match, and I like the Midwest region.” 

Many of Obata’s courses examine popular culture and its 

relationship with communication. Some of her favorite pop 

culture icons and phenomena include viral cat videos, the 

British band Duran Duran, novelist Agatha Christie, and 

BBC’s production of Sherlock Holmes. 

She is also drawn to the controversial media figure Rupert 

Murdoch. 

“I find he is an icon because of the power, influence, and 

fame he has in the global pop culture world. From an 

academic stand point, I find him a very interesting and 

important figure, and we talk about him and his company 

News International in my senior seminar class.” 

In addition to teaching, Obata is the internship coordinator 

for communication studies at IU South Bend, a program she 

hopes to expand. Many local agencies have been eager to get 

involved, including WNIT, Potawatomi Zoo, Ugly Dog Media, 

Habitat for Humanity, and a variety of departments on the IU 

South Bend campus. 

Despite the cultural differences Obata faced when first 

coming to the United States, her experiences have broadened 

her understanding of human communication. 

“It is hard to conceptualize, but I live in both cultures,” 

Obata says. “I may experience both sides positively, or 

sometimes I may feel like an outsider in the both cultures. 

Fundamentally we are all humans, and I think that we often 

emphasize the differences between cultures too much, and 

underestimate the similarities that are shared by all of us in 

the world.”

Arts Codec 

explores 

digital media 

Arts Codec is a campus association of 

new media student artists, focused on 

digital and electronic media, with the goals 

of promoting creative exploration and 

providing venues for exhibition of artwork. 

During the club’s dynamic first semester, 

25 members hosted open screenings, 

created Artist Transmissions, and staged 

a flash exhibition. 

The club was founded by students Sky Santiago and Mark 

Sniadecki in early 2012, with Assistant Professor of New 

Media Eric Souther acting as the group’s advisor and 

sponsor. Its roots, however, began in the summer of 2011, 

when Souther first arrived on campus. 

“I saw the need for a community with a greater focus on 

digital media,” said Souther, whose own experience includes 

interactive art installations and experimental video. 

Souther began to host open screening events where new 

media students, faculty, and staff could bring their work 

for exhibition and critique. When he suggested to Santiago 

that a student organization might be formed, she leapt into 

action, quickly generating a blog, artscodec.blogspot.com, 

and laying down the core ethos for the group. 

“I am proud to be one of the first founding members of 

Arts Codec, and have been excited to see it foster growth 

and appreciation for electronic and experimental arts in our 

community,” said Santiago. “To work with Eric Souther has 

been a great opportunity for me personally as a student, 

and professionally as an artist.” 

Sniadecki, another of Souther’s students, joined soon 

afterward, designing the club logo and taking on an 

Installation, experimental video by Eric Souther // Faculty 

organizational role. He also created an online forum to 

facilitate communication among members. 

Arts Codec is the official host of the open screenings on 

campus. The club has had a series of evening viewings, 

called Artist Transmissions, which expose students to the 

work of innovative video artists such as Jan Švankmajer 

and Stan Brakhage. In association with Arts Codec, Souther 

also provided a workshop on circuit-bending, a method that 

involves reconfiguring sound-making devices to produce 

novel—and often unexpected—new sounds. 

Perhaps the most important moment for the club thus far, 

however, was the “#Occupy the Outlets” show on April 2. For 

the first time, Arts Codec installed the work of its members in 

a public space—the front hallway of Northside Hall. The work 

of 11 members was featured over the course of the four-hour 

show. Simultaneously, two massive procedural drawings, an 

homage to artist Sol LeWitt, were generated using sidewalk 

chalk in the Northside courtyard. 

With the success of the “#Occupy” show, Arts Codec is poised 

to expand in the fall 2012 semester, with more installations 

and a push for greater membership and involvement. 

To view more artwork by Arts Codec 

members, visit the group’s website at 

artscodec.blogspot.com/. 

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e r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b 

l e 

i t ’ s 

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l o n g t i m e 

c o m i n g t h a t i 

h a d t o s a y , w h e n 

i w a k e u p i n t h e 

m o r n i n g a l i d o i s 

p r a y , f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e 

a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e 

s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r 

t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i a s k 

e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e 

b i r d s t h a t u s e d t o fl y h e r e , t e l 

m e w h y d o t h e c o m e t o d i e h e r e , 

a n d a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o r u n 

h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r 

g u n s h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s 

w h e n , w e w e r e o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o 

d e f e n d , i j u s t w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , 

d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m 

t h e t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s 

b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e 

e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f t h e 

p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k 

i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , 

r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , 

y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t a h t n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , 

y o u g o t t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t y o u l o v e y o u 

k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e t h a t y o u l i v e 

y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w 

l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o 

s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y 

h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , 

t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , i w o n ’ t 

l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s b e e n a l o n g 

t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o s a y , w h e n i w a k e u p 

i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e 

g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e s t r e e t s t o d a y , 

a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i a s k 

e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s t h a t 

u s e d t o fl y h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e c o m e t o 

d i e h e r e , a n d a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o r u n 

h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r g u n s 

h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s w h e n , w e 

w e r e o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , i j u s t 

w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p 

t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f 

t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s b e l o w , 

f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e 

e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f 

t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , 

t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r 

w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , 

r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t 

e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , 

y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t 

n o t h i n g i s 

i m p o s s i b l e , y o u 

g o t a l i v e f o r 

t h e o n e t h a t 

y o u l o v e 

g o t a 

i t ’ s b e e n 

a l o n g t i m e 

c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o 

s a y , w h e n i w a k e u p i n 

t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , 

f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d 

p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e s t r e e t s t o d a y , 


e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s 

t h a t u s e d t o fl y h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e 

c o m e t o d i e h e r e , a n d a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d 

t o r u n h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r 

g u n s h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s w h e n , w e 

w e r e o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , i j u s t w r a p 

m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s 

f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e 

s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e 

e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e 

s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r 

w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g 

i s p o s s i b l e , y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t a h t n o t h i n g i s 

i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t y o u l o v e 

y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e t h a t y o u l i v e 

y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s 

t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t 

l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o 

m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t 

i g o t t o s a y , i w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p 

a w a y i t ’ s b e e n a l o n g t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o 

s a y , w h e n i w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s 

p r a y , f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e 

s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i 

a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s t h a t 







t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f 



e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s 

o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l i n a 

r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e 

g u t t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , 



y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e 

t h a t n o t h i n g i s 




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l i f 

i t ’ s 

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m o r n i n g a l l i d o i s 

p r a y , f o r s o m e 

g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n 

o n t h e s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d 

a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i 

a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y 

d o t h e b i r d s t h a t u s e d t o fl y 

h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e c o m e t o 

d i e h e r e , a n d a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d 

t o r u n h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y 

l o a d t h e i r g u n s h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n 

t h e d a y s w h e n , w e w e r e o n e h e a r t n o 

n e e d t o d e f e n d , i j u s t w r a p m y a r m s 

a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s 

f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o 

t h e s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t 

b a n k s t o t h e e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e 

l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , 

t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r 

g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s 

p o s s i b l e , y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t a h t n o t h i n g i s 

i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t 

y o u l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e 

t h a t y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y 

n o m a t t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e 

t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r 

m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o 

m a t t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e 

t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , i w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r 

m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s b e e n a l o n g t i m e 

c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o s a y , w h e n i w a k e u p i n 

t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e 

g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e s t r e e t s 

t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i a s k 


u s e d t o fl y h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e c o m e 

t o d i e h e r e , a n d a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o 

r u n h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r 



d e f e n d , i j u s t w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d 

y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r 

y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s 

t o t h e s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l 

s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e e m p t y h o m e s , 

b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e 

s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a 

c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a 

fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g m e 

t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s 

p o s s i b l e , y e a h 





t h e o n e 

t h a t y o u 

l o v e 

i t ’ s 

b e e n a 



h a d t o s a y , w h e n i 

w a k e u p i n t h e 

m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , 

f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d 

p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e s t r e e t s 

t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e 

q u e s t i o n s i a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l 

m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s t h a t u s e d t o 

fl y h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e c o m e 

t o d i e h e r e , a n d a l t h e k i d s t h a t 

u s e d t o r u n h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y 




a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r 

y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e 

s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o 

t h e e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f t h e 


i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g 

m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , y e a h r e m i n d i n g 

m e t a h t n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e 

f o r t h e o n e t h a t y o u l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a 

l o v e f o r t h e l i f e t h a t y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ 

h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s 

j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t 

a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o 

m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g 

t h a t i g o t t o s a y , i w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t 

s l i p a w a y i t ’ s b e e n a l o n g t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d 

t o s a y , w h e n i w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s 

p r a y , f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e 

s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i 

a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s t h a t 




h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s w h e n , w e w e r e 

o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , i j u s t w r a p 

m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s 

s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e 

b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e 

w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e e m p t y h o m e s , 



c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r 

g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t 

e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , y e a h 

r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t n o t h i n g 

i s i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a 

l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t 

y o u l o v e g o t a h o w 

l i f e t o d a y , t h e r e ’ 

s j u s t o n e 

t h i n g 

i t ’ s 

b e e n a l o n g 

t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i 


w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l 

i d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e 

g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e 

s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e 

q u e s t i o n s i a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e 

w h y d o t h e b i r d s t h a t u s e d t o fl y h e r e , 

t e l m e w h y d o t h e c o m e t o d i e h e r e , a n d 

a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o r u n h e r e , t e l m e 

w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r g u n s h e r e , i 

r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s w h e n , w e w e r e o n e 

h e a r t n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , i j u s t w r a p m y a r m s 

a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , 

f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s 

b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e e m p t y 

h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g 

a l i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a 

fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s 


i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t y o u l o v e 

y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e t h a t y o u l i v e 

y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e 

i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I 

w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , 

h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e 


m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s b e e n a l o n g t i m e c o m i n g 

t h a t i h a d t o s a y , w h e n i w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g 

a l i d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d 

p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r 

t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y 

d o t h e b i r d s t h a t u s e d t o fl y h e r e , t e l m e w h y 

d o t h e c o m e t o d i e h e r e , a n d a l t h e k i d s 

t h a t u s e d t o r u n h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y 

l o a d t h e i r g u n s h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e 

d a y s w h e n , w e w e r e o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o 


d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , 

f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e 

s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t 

b a n k s t o t h e e m p t y h o m e s , 




fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g 

m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s 






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t h a t y o u 

l o v e 

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p r a y , f o r s o m e 

















t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r 



i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t 

y o u l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e 

t h a t y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y 

n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e 

t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r 

m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o 

m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e 







e v e r y d a y , s o t e l l m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s t h a t 









t o t h e s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l 












t h e o n e 

t h a t y o u 

l o v e 




t e v e 


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p o s s i b l 


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m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s 

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h a d t o s a y , 

w h e n i w a k e u p i n 

t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o 

i s p r a y , f o r s o m e 

















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i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t 

y o u l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e 

l i f e t h a t y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , 

h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t 

o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t 

a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y 

n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e 
















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a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o r u n h e r e , 

t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r g u n s 




t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e 



b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l 

i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e g u t t e r w h e r e a 



i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t y o u 

l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e t h a t 

y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y n o 

m a t t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g 

t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t 

s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e 

i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o 

s a y , i w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s 

b e e n a l o n g t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o s a y , 

w h e n i w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , 

f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e 

s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s 

i a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s 




g u n s h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s w h e n , 

w e w e r e o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , i 

j u s t w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e 

u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f 


f r o m t h e w a l l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e 



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n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , 

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s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e 

g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t 

e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t a h t 

n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e 

t h a t y o u l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e 

l i f e t h a t y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y 

n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g 

t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p 

a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s 

t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , i 

w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s b e e n a 

l o n g t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o s a y , w h e n i w a k e 

u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e 









w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e 

u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s 

o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s 

b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s 

t o t h e e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e 

l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l 

i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e 

g u t t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , 









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a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i 

a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e 


w h y d o t h e c o m e t o d i e h e r e , a n d a l 

t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o r u n h e r e , t e l m e 








s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e 

g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t 

e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t a h t 

n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e 

t h a t y o u l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e 

l i f e t h a t y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y 

n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g 

t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p 

a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e i s 

t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , i 

w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s b e e n a 

l o n g t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o s a y , w h e n i w a k e 

u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e 





d i e h e r e , a n d a l l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o r u n 




w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e 

u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s 

o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s 

b e l o w , f r o m t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s 

t o t h e e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e 

l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l 

i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e 

g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , 









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w h y d o t h e c o m e t o d i e h e r e , a n d 

a l t h e k i d s t h a t u s e d t o r u n h e r e , 

t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r g u n s 




t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e t o p s o f t h e 



b e t w e e n t h e l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l 

i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a c r a c k i n t h e g u t t e r w h e r e a 



i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t y o u 

l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e t h a t 

y o u l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y n o 

m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g 

t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t 

s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e 

i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o 

s a y , i w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s 

b e e n a l o n g t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o s a y , 

w h e n i w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , 

f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e 

s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s 

i a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s 




g u n s h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s w h e n , 

w e w e r e o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , i 

j u s t w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e 











n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , 

y o u g o t a l i v e f o r 

t h e o n e t h a t y o u 


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l o n g t i m e c o m i n g 

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w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i 

d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e g u i d a n c e a n d 

p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d 

a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i a s k 




h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d t h e i r g u n s h e r e , i 

r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s w h e n , w e w e r e o n e h e a r t 

n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , i j u s t w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d 

y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m t h e 

t o p s o f t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m t h e 

w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e e m p t y h o m e s , b e t w e e n t h e 

l i n e s o f t h e p e o p l e s t a n d i n g a l i n a r o w , t h e r e ’ s a 

c r a c k i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , r e m i n d i n g 

m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t a h t 

n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , y o u g o t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t 

y o u l o v e y o u k n o w , y o u g o t t a l o v e f o r t h e l i f e t h a t y o u 

l i v e y o u k n o w , s i n g i n ’ h e y , h e y , h e y n o m a t e r h o w l i f e 

i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i g o t t o s a y , I w o n ’ t 

l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y , I s a y h e y , h e y , h e y n o 

m a t e r h o w l i f e i s t o d a y , t h e r e ’ s j u s t o n e t h i n g t h a t i 

g o t t o s a y , i w o n ’ t l e t a n o t h e r m o m e n t s l i p a w a y i t ’ s 

b e e n a l o n g t i m e c o m i n g t h a t i h a d t o s a y , w h e n i 

w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g a l i d o i s p r a y , f o r s o m e 

g u i d a n c e a n d p r o t e c t i o n o n t h e s t r e e t s t o d a y , a n d 

a n a n s w e r t o t h e q u e s t i o n s i a s k e v e r y d a y , s o t e l 

m e w h y d o t h e b i r d s t h a t u s e d t o fl y h e r e , t e l m e 

w h y d o t h e c o m e t o d i e h e r e , a n d a l t h e k i d s 

t h a t u s e d t o r u n h e r e , t e l m e w h y d o t h e y l o a d 

t h e i r g u n s h e r e , i r e m e m b e r , i n t h e d a y s 

w h e n , w e w e r e o n e h e a r t n o n e e d t o d e f e n d , 

i j u s t w r a p m y a r m s a r o u n d y o u , d o n ’ t g i v e 


t h e b u i l d i n g s t o t h e s t r e e t s b e l o w , f r o m 

t h e w a l s t r e e t b a n k s t o t h e e m p t y 

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d o n ’ t g i v e u p t h i s s o n g i s f o r y o u , f r o m 

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i n t h e g u t e r w h e r e a fl o w e r g r o w s , 

r e m i n d i n g m e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g i s p o s s i b l e , 

y e a h r e m i n d i n g m e t a h t n o t h i n g i s i m p o s s i b l e , 

y o u g o t t a l i v e f o r t h e o n e t h a t y o u l o v e y o u 

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orn to be 

in tune 

Study music at IU South Bend for personal attention from a 

faculty of professional musicians, innovative educators, and 

recognized composers.

ensembles 

Brass Choir // Chamber Choir // Flute Ensemble // 

Guitar Ensemble // IU South Bend Chorale // 

IU South Bend Wind Ensemble // 

IUSB Jazz Ensemble // IUSB Philharmonic // 

Jazz Combos // Gospel Choir // New Music Ensemble // 

South Bend Symphonic Choir // 

IU South Bend Woodwind Quintet // 

audition dates 

Saturday, November 17, 2012 

Saturday, February 9, 2013 

Friday, March 8, 2013 


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Dressed for 

the Stage 

By Aimee Cole // Photography Dean Cates 

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The costumes that sweep across the 

stage in every theatre performance 

begin as little more than wisps of 

inspiration. The final product 

blooms from the costume designer’s 

vision, a whirlwind of sketches and 

fabric samples. 

At the IU South Bend theatre 

costume shop Visiting Lecturer in 

Costume Design Sallie Hanson, 

Visiting Lecturer in Theatre Aimee 

Cole, and their team of theatre majors 

work to create costumes for four 

productions each year. 

The budget of the show, time 

available, and skills needed to create 

collection, rented, or purchased, then 

are fit to the actors, and alterations 

are made. 

With a large cast and only five weeks 

to prepare, most of the women’s bustle 

period dresses were rented, and the 

chorus costumes were purchased. The 

costume shop constructed three bustled 

dresses, the women’s hats, the men’s 

sailor shirts, and one military uniform. 

The remaining costumes were pulled 

from existing stock. 

Creating costumes from scratch is a 

lengthier process. First, a pattern is 

created using the detailed measurements 

of the actor. Patterns can be created by 

Costume shop staff duties vary by 

show and skill level. The assignments 

range from stitching the costumes 

to assisting the pattern maker with 

fabric preparation and pattern. Those 

ready for the challenge are assigned 

as pattern makers or cutter/drapers. 

Costume shop employees also work in 

millinery, crafts, painting, and dyeing. 

In addition to the employed staff, 

each semester students are required to 

complete 20 hours of production work 

as part of their course work. 

The most intense part of the process 

occurs just days before opening night 

at dress rehearsals. As the costumes 

a costume, determines where it comes 

from. Costumes are pulled from 

existing stock, rented, purchased, 

or built. The costume designer’s 

challenge is combining costumes 

from different sources to create a 

cohesive look for the production. 

The 2012 spring musical, H.M.S. 

Pinafore, is a fine example of using 

multiple costume sources. More 

than 50 performers were cast in 

the production. 

The process begins when the actors 

are cast and their measurements are 

taken. Costumes are pulled from our 

modifying a commercial pattern, draping 

fabric onto a dress form that most closely 

matches the size of the actor, or by flat 

patterning. 

The costume technician must work 

closely with the designer through every 

step of this process in order to maintain 

the designer’s vision. Some costumes 

begin with a mock-up constructed of 

inexpensive muslin. This allows the 

pattern maker to achieve the desired fit 

of the garment and make changes before 

the more expensive final fabric is cut. 

The designer determines the finishing 

touches for the garments — button 

selection, trims and accessories. 

and set come together, the actors 

rehearse their costume changes and 

adjustments are made. The costume 

staff is involved with the production 

through the final performance and 

strike. Costumes are pressed and 

inventoried daily, and repairs and 

laundry are completed as needed. 

After the final performance, costumes 

are cleaned and returned to stock or 

shipped back to the rental house. 

Then, a few days of downtime arrive — 

just enough to tidy the costume shop, 

sweep the floors, and prepare for the 

next show.

Lift every voice 

By Brandy Bohn and Sarah Duis // Photography Ryan Stutzman 

The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts and the South 

Bend Symphonic Choir celebrated Black History Month with 

the fourth annual “Lift Every Voice: Celebrating the African 

American Spirit” concert. The two-day event featured a 

symposium and concert comprised of predominately African 

American performances, arrangements, and compositions. 

“Tonight we come to celebrate music, talent, and strength,” 

said Dean and South Bend Symphonic Choir Director 

Marvin Curtis in his introduction before the concert. 

The symposium focused on the works of African American 

composers and was led by the internationally recognized William 

Chapman Nyaho, the author of the five volume compilation 

Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora. Nyaho also 

demonstrated his piano expertise at the concert, performing 

pieces from Nigerian composer Fred Onovwerosuoke. 

“One of my passions is to help expand the canon of music,” 

says Nyaho. 

The concert featured each artist performing one selection 

by a European composer and two by African American 

composers. Genres included anthems, spirituals, and 

gospels.The performers explained the background of each 

piece, providing a history lesson in the diversity of music. 

Guest and mezzo-soprano Paulette G. Curtis received her 

Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University, where she 

developed an interest in music. She has performed in Opera 

Notre Dame, at the Snite Museum, and is the assistant 

dean in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame. 

Tenor Cornelius Johnson has a reputation as an international 

recitalist. Johnson has sung with the Chamber Opera 

Chicago and the Chicago Cultural Center Summer Opera. 

He is founding board member and music director for South 

Shore Opera Company of Chicago. 

The three brothers of the Moore String Trio; Jamison, 

Jeshua, and Johann; played pieces from composers Mozart 

and Giammario. They are residents of Berrien Springs 

and members of the Berrien Springs Community Youth 

Orchestra.The young musicians, ages 15, 13, and 11 

respectively, have performed at Andrews University, on the 

island of St. Maarten, and were part of the Drake Academy 

sponsored by the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. 

A combined choir of the IU South Bend Gospel Choir and 

the South Bend Symphonic Choir were the last to perform, 

with Curtis conducting their performances. 

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Life 

after 

college 

By Marianne Weesner // 


As my final classes were coming to an end in 2011, I got 

an unexpected opportunity to apply for a job with the Troyer 

Group thanks to a recommendation from Senior Lecturer in 

Communication Arts Alec Hosterman. Just 10 minutes after 

the initial phone interview, they asked me to come in for an 

interview. Two anxious weeks later, I was offered a position 

as marketing coordinator. 

I experienced the “college blues” during my first month 

on the job. In college, I created my own schedule, starting 

classes at 10 o’clock in the morning. The change in routine 

and adjusting to a completely new environment made me 

miss my college days. The blues disappeared as work got 

busier, and I started really enjoying my job. 

College is much like how your job will be. You will have 

homework, research to do, and you will constantly be 

learning. The top three things I did at IU South Bend that 

helped me prepare for a job were group work, my internship, 

and serving as a peer mentor at the Ernestine M. Raclin 

School of the Arts. 

While nearly everyone dislikes group work in college, I 

actually enjoyed it. Some of my college groups worked 

better than others, and that does not end in the professional 

world. Your co-workers are your group and you will have to 

rely on them for many things. 

Group work, especially in classes that involved local 

companies, was beneficial. In J428 Public Relations 

Planning and Research we developed a fundraising event for 

a nonprofit organization. This was an invaluable experience, 

because we had to interact with people outside of the 

classroom in order to complete the task, a common part 

of most jobs. 

Working as the outreach services intern at the school 

of the arts was one of the best decisions I made during 

college. It helped me work on my writing, determine my 

strengths, and take initiative to make my ideas become a 

reality. Internships give you professional experience; they 

educate you about professional jobs; and they look great on 

your résumé. I am thankful for my supervisor, Director of 

Community Outreach Michele Morgan-Dufour. She gave me 

the freedom I needed and the encouragement to succeed. 

My work as a peer mentor for the school of the arts also 

prepared me for life after graduation. Registering 20 plus 

students is not an easy task, especially when it is a week 

before classes start. Deadlines and working under pressure 

are things I learned from peer mentoring. Now, I deal with 

multiple deadlines and I work with many people on different 

projects. I have been complimented on how well I am able 

to handle these things, and I owe that partially to my work 

as a peer mentor. 

My advice to students is to not waste your college years. Do 

not hold others responsible for what you get out of college. 

Get as much experience before graduation as possible; 

compete in competitions that will help showcase your 

talents, and get involved in something that will challenge 

you. It is only then that you will see the rewards of your 

hard work. When applying for jobs, do not get discouraged if 

you do not get the first couple. Perseverance and a go-getter 

attitude always win. 

Mary Anne Weesner, BA ’11, is marketing coordinator for 

the Troyer Group in Mishawaka. 

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aJewel in our community 

By David Beem // Photography Ryan Stutzman 

Northside Hall’s rehearsal room 026 takes me back. Way 

back. It takes me back to the days of the South Bend Youth 

Symphony Orchestra (SBYSO), when I was 12, before I 

moved away and made a career as a professional musician. A 

few years ago, I brought my family back to South Bend and I 

was delighted to discover my hometown youth orchestra alive 

and thriving. 

In my day, the SBYSO was comprised of gifted 7th-9th 

graders led by a veritable titan of a conductor, Rocco 

Germano. In fact, it was Germano and two other men, who 

first noticed the void in our community, all the way back 

in 1968, and filled it by creating the South Bend Youth 

Symphony Orchestra. Germano, a former Chicago Symphony 

violist, partnered with Robert Demaree, the former dean of 

the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at IU South Bend, 

and Kenneth Geoffroy, the fine arts coordinator for the South 

Bend Community School Corporation. 

I look back on my experience in the SBYSO and smile when 

remembering the rehearsal breaks and chasing friends. I 

remember wearing the white cotton button-down, black 

trousers and bow tie, and trotting along with my Kay 

model cello for a Sunday afternoon concert. I remember 

trembling in awe of Maestro Germano, and his stern, but 

fair discipline, his wisdom and musicianship, but most of 

all, his kindness and passion for education. 

It’s rare to have a musician of his caliber creating, leading, and 

educating a group of preteens, though none of us understood 

it then. Most performers who land that coveted Chicago 

Symphony Orchestra gig keep little in reserve for educating 

our children, or civic contributions. Fortunately for Michiana, 

Rocco Germano wasn’t most performers. 

In fact, as I look around, many in my generation meet the 

call for outreach with reluctance. As increasing numbers 

of musicians graduate from top conservatories, fewer jobs 

are there to meet them. Orchestras downsize and fold. 

Competition is fierce. Time spent introducing a child to a 

violin or cello often seems tangential to the practice necessary 

to play in tune and with good rhythm, indeed, values that 

constitute a musician’s ability to pay the rent and eat. Yet, this 

is no different than in Germano’s day. Musicians have always 

struggled to make ends meet and advance their careers, yet 

Germano and his colleagues kept their eye on the ball. 

The SBYSO is a jewel in our community, and a gift to cherish. 

You’ll discover its value in your children’s grades, or emotional 

health. You’ll find its value in your children’s future. We’ve all 

seen the research about how these things are true, but in an 

era where so many arts organizations shrivel and die, aren’t 

you glad you live here? The SBYSO endures because you value 

it. It’s pushing fifty, and it’s stronger than ever. 

And that is something you can be proud of. 

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Top Left // 

Nature, photograph 

by Elizabeth Nicholas // student 

Top Right // 

Figure in Repose, charcoal and 

gauche by Dustin Timm // student 

Bottom // 

Vessel, pastel 

by Ron Monsma // faculty

New Media: 

Next Step in 

Visualization 

By Naomi Keeler 

What is new media? Essentially, it is electronic 

communication. Sounds simple right? Do not be fooled. 

New media is more complex than it seems. It is more a way 

of working than a single, closely defined medium. New media 

encompasses a broad range of projects from interactive 

medical visualizations to thought provoking art. 

“I think in a lot of ways, new media is a thinking medium.” 

says Assistant Professor of New Media Eric Souther. “It 

allows for thoughts and ideas to be explored in real-time. I 

think [new media] is a very post-modern form that’s coming 

out of the collaboration between art and technology.” 

The new in new media is the artist’s use of evolving digital 

technologies that saturate the world we live in. According 

to Souther, “New media is a way in which you can create 

experiences and immersive environments … the great 

thing about new media is that it is everywhere.” Different 

forms of new media are seen all around us; they include 

interactive websites, apps, music, video, design, responsive 

environments, and computer graphics. 

New media at IU South Bend has two concentrations: 

graphic design and multi-media for video and audio. 

“With new media there are tool sets that our students can 

utilize to satisfy industry demands and also explore artistic 

practices for gallery aesthetics,” says Souther. “For me, 

the technology allowed me to see and to develop things that 

I was seeing in my mind, at a rate much faster and more 

playful than more traditional materials of art making.” 

The majority of the students entering new media 

classes are digital natives, people born after the general 

implementation of digital technology and who are familiar 

with digital technologies. Souther feels “digital natives are 

ready for more complex ways of thinking about media.” 

He believes teaching problem solving skills, to learn any 

software and how to push the software beyond its limits 

are valuable for his students. Students are encouraged to 

explore their perceptions of the world and how we think 

about it, using the technology to push creativity, and using 

creativity to push the technology. 

After working with the software to learn intended functions, 

students have the knowledge to explore the creativity 

beyond the technology’s intended use. Noting Galileo’s 

discoveries with the telescope Souther explains, “He was 

seeing things that no one had ever seen before through his 

telescope. Galileo’s discoveries were not made through him 

using technology as it was, but his discoveries came from 

modifying and pushing the technology, which allowed him 

to observe sunspots and the moon.” 

One of the most important things for students to participate 

in is having their work shown publicly. “The danger of 

working on the computer is if you don’t get it off there and in 

the public eye then nobody sees it,” says Souther. Students 

share their art online as well as in the Northside 033 Media 

Lounge, galleries, exhibitions, and film/video festivals. 

Being active in the community and being able to show their 

work is essential when creating a resume. “Working in this 

field, being an artist or creative thinker depends heavily 

on being able to self-promote, and that is very difficult no 

matter what medium you use” acknowledges Souther. 

Explore the video art created by 

new media students at vimeo.com/channels/ 

inmsiusb#gallerystudent/. 

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Datamining the Self, by Sky Santiago // student 

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Toradze Piano Studio 

debuts Russian Accents 

By Naomi Keeler // Photography Dean Cates 

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Martin Endowed Professor of Piano 

Alexander Toradze and senior 

members of the Toradze Piano 

Studio recently recorded the radio 

documentary series Russian Accents: 

Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and the 

Piano. Supported by a grant from 

the National Endowment for the 

Arts (NEA), the documentary was 

premiered nationwide by WFMT 

Chicago, the number one American 

classical music station. 

The eight-hour broadcast series 

examines the work of two famous 

Russian composers: Sergei 

Commentary from Toradze, Chicago 

Symphony Orchestra Conductor Valery 

Gergiev, and author Joseph Horowitz 

guide audiences through the featured 

recordings. Writer and producer Horowitz 

has worked closely with the Toradze 

Piano Studio since its establishment 

in 1991, and wrote the Russian 

Accents script. 

The goals of the piano series were to 

“highlight the Toradze Piano Studio and 

to explore some fresh dimensions of the 

two composers,” says Horowitz, “An 

unusual feature of these shows is that all 

the performances are ‘live’ and unedited; 

Horowitz. “I don’t think there’s ever 

been anything quite like that on the 

radio before.” 

“Lexo [Toradze] is a towering presence 

on the world scene; his Toradze 

Studio is one of the greatest teaching 

organizations of its kind,” says WFMT 

Chicago Executive Vice President Steve 

Robinson, who first met Toradze through 

Horowitz in 2009. “Horowitz is one 

of the greatest writers, producers and 

thinkers about classical music. The 

results have proven what a dynamic 

team this turned out to be.” 

“you don’t hear more galvanizing 

performances than these.” 

Rachmaninoff, distinguished 

representative of Romanticism in 

Russian classical music, and Igor 

Stravinsky, acknowledged as one of 

the most significant composers of 

the 20th century. 

Both composers were exiled 

from Russia as a result of the 

revolution in 1917. Burdened by 

memories of conflict and rebellion 

of their homeland, the impact and 

repercussions of these experiences 

had complex consequences on their 

music and performance styles. 

“Suffering is part of the Russian 

experience. It is part of my experience 

as a musician. Composers express 

what they need to through music 

… you don’t need to get out of your 

system pure happiness and joy. No, 

because it’s comfortable,” Toradze 

says. “So you need an element of 

discomfort, of irritation. That’s where 

our real difference lies – in pain.” 

The marathon concert series attempts 

to explain a fundamental area of 20th 

century music, crediting the original 

artists’ abilities while encouraging 

further insight and engagement of 

the music. 

you don’t hear more galvanizing 

performances than these.” 

Performing alongside Toradze were 

Toradze Piano Studio senior members 

Ketevan Badridze, lecturer in music; 

Sean Botkin, Vakhtang Kodanashvili, 

Alexander Korsantia; Edisher Savitzki, 

associate faculty in music; George 

Vatchnadze, and Genadi Zagor. 

The documentary adopted the marathon 

style of the Toradze Piano Studio, where 

multiple members of the piano studio 

perform the complete piano works of a 

composer. “If all these pieces had been 

performed by the same pianist, or by the 

same two or three pianists, the shows 

would lose a lot of their momentum.” 

explains Horowitz. “Ketevan Badridze’s 

Rachmaninoff is a lot different from 

Vakhtang Kodanashvili’s … the sound, 

the conception. And yet they are both 

supreme exponents of his solo pieces.” 

The recordings highlight the interplay 

between the composer’s music and the 

pianist’s interpretation. “Some novel 

features are Genadi Zagor improvising 

Stravinsky and a lecture demonstration 

by George Vatchnadze, challenging 

Stravinsky’s notion that his Piano 

Sonata shouldn’t be ‘interpreted,’” says 

For audiences, the broadcast series 

“presents new insights into the 

music of these great composers,” 

says Robinson. “Listeners will gain 

a new and deeper appreciation of 

their music.” 

WFMT Chicago was a logical choice 

for distribution, specializing in the 

production and distribution of classical 

music concerts and documentaries 

around the world. The documentary was 

broadcast by 133 public radio stations 

throughout the United States, Europe 

and other parts of the world, and to 

Sirius XM Satellite Radio. 

The Russian Accents series enjoyed the 

international connections and support 

of the Toradze Piano Studio. In addition 

to the NEA grant, funding for the 

Russian Accents series was provided by 

the Geraldine Martin Foundation, the 

Rachmaninoff Foundation, and the 

IUSB Carmichael Foundation. 

Naomi Keeler, BA’12, is pursuing 

a career in public relations. 

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H.M.S. 

Pinafore 

By Stacie Jensen // Photography Dean Cates 

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The IUSB Theatre and Dance Company and the South 

Bend Symphonic Choir worked together to produce of 

H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, a comedic 

operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan. The production was 

directed by Associate Dean Randy Colborn with music 

direction by Dean Marvin Curtis. 

For many students, this was their first opportunity to 

perform an operetta. This can be a challenge, especially 

for young actors. Actors must be able to distinguish the 

difference between singing and speaking, and mesh 

them together. 

It was the first time that IU South Bend students worked 

with an exceptionally large cast, totaling around 70, often 

Mary Mills, who has been a part of the South Bend 

Symphonic Choir for 45 years, enjoyed the unmatchable 

excitement of performing on stage. “It was wonderful to 

be part of the cast, even though we were mostly 

background,” she says. “There is a thrill about the theatre 

that nothing can imitate. Developing a character for the 

part on stage, even though it wasn’t a speaking part, 

was fun. 

For the first time since 1966, an adjudicator from the 

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival watched 

the performance and reviewed the show. Students Emily 

Beck and Marlon Burnley were chosen to compete in the 

2013 College Theatre Festival acting competition. 

with everyone onstage at once. This required focused 

precision from actors who needed to travel around the set, 

dance in limited spaces, and form onstage relationships 

with other characters. 

Because the piece is a period show, women had to learn 

how to properly move around the stage in elaborate 

costumes and sing while wearing a corset. 

IU South Bend theatre major Dorea Britton enjoyed 

this challenge. “It was interesting and difficult. It was 

interesting because the costume changes how you walk, 

take steps, or do the choreography. It was difficult because 

the corset sometimes slipped, and the boning would start 

to poke me.” Britton also stresses the importance of proper 

breathing while wearing a corset. 

Senior theatre major Kyle Techentin was declared eligible 

to enter his lighting design into the student design 

competition and will be competing next year. There is a 

great deal of preparation required for the competition, but 

the rewards benefit both the students and the school. 

“This is important for IU South Bend because it has been 

many years since we have had students competing on 

the collegiate level and representing IU as a whole,” he 

says. H.M.S. Pinafore was also part of the summer theatre 

program at Elkhart’s newly renovated Lerner Theatre. 

Theatre major Stacie Jensen spent the summer studying 

at the Moscow Art Theatre School.

Murphy 

& 

Raclin 

honored 

By Moira Dyczko // Photography Dean Cates 

On Friday, Nov. 18, the Ernestine M. 

Raclin School of the Arts recognized 

emeritus IUSB Arts Foundation board 

members Carmi Murphy and Ernestine 

M. Raclin for their tireless commitment 

and generous support of the school. 

The recognition was held at a Toradze 

Piano Studio concert featuring Martin 

Endowed Professor in Piano Alexander 

Toradze, with a backstage reception 

following the performance. 

Carmi Murphy is the founder of both the IUSB Music 

Foundation and the broader IUSB Arts Foundation. In 

the early 1980s, Murphy was introduced to Dean Robert 

W. Demaree Jr. who informed her of drastic budget 

cuts facing the music department at IU South Bend. 

Murphy sprang into action to assist the music program, 

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assembling six arts advocates from the community. Thus, the IUSB 

Music Foundation was created. Through Murphy’s leadership, 

the IUSB Music Foundation developed and presented the annual 

Sounds of Music festival. This one-evening fundraiser featured 

multiple appearances by every IU South Bend related music effort 

in the community—from the IUSB Philharmonic to the South Bend 

Symphonic Choir, the South Bend Youth Symphony, the Michiana 

Opera Guild, and, for many years, the Fischoff Competition. 

When the arts programs merged together in 1990, Murphy expanded 

the IUSB Music Foundation to become the IUSB Arts Foundation. 

Theatre, visual arts, dance, and communication studies faculty and 

students were eager to take part in the annual festival, which became 

the IUSB Showcase of the Arts. Over the years, Murphy served 

as chair of various events committees, and as president and vice 

president of the foundation. She is responsible for countless gifts 

to the school through her support, time, and advocacy. 

Ernestine M. Raclin began her long-time support of the school 

through the annual Sounds of Music and IUSB Showcase of the 

Arts festivals. She later joined and presided over the IUSB Arts 

Foundation, and was the principal fundraiser for the initial week-long 

Toradze Concerto Festival in 1998. Through her support and with 

that of others, the school went on to present the festival three more 

times over the following decade. She also served as host of the 2002 

Showcase of the Arts Patron Party at her home. 

In 2002 Raclin gave the school an endowment to be used at the 

discretion of the dean. The gift has allowed for faculty development, 

program expansion, student development including travel to overseas 

programs, capital improvements, and public relations. In appreciation 

of the endowment, the school was named in her honor and became 

the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. 

To celebrate Murphy and Raclin’s tireless years of service, support, 

and contributions, the Toradze Piano Studio presented a concert 

featuring as many studio members as the stage could handle. Studio 

members, alumni, faculty, and Toradze himself played classical works 

by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, and Prokofiev. 

Following the concert, a committee from the board worked quickly 

to transform the working stage into a cocktail reception hosted 

by the IUSB Arts Foundation, providing delectable refreshments 

and beautiful centerpieces. The event honored and celebrated the 

emeritus board members and their efforts to transform and uphold 

IU South Bend as a cultural beacon and haven for learning in 

the community. 

Teddy bears: 

Something to Hold Onto 

The South Bend Symphonic Choir 

presented its annual “Teddy Bear Concert” 

in December, dedicated to the late Peggy 

Soderburg. For the third year, teddy bears 

were collected in lieu of purchasing a 

concert ticket. 

The Center for the Homeless received the 

cuddly bears. Dean Marvin Curtis chose 

the center because “the bears last all 

year. From the smallest child to the largest 

adult, Center for the Homeless clients will 

have something to hold onto.” For those at 

the center, the teddy bears give comfort to 

those in transition. The choir collected 500 

teddy bears at the concert. 

Accompanying the South Bend Symphonic 

Choir on stage were the IU South Bend 

Chorale, Chamber Choir and Gospel Choir. 

The Michiana Male Chorus, conducted 

by Bill Soderberg, performed the “Twelve 

Days of Christmas” along with 78 IU 

South Bend student dancers in costume, 

the IUSB Philharmonic, and IU South 

Bend Wind Ensemble. Composition major 

Katherine Price premiered her oratorio “The 

Christmas Reel-III Nativity” at the annual 

holiday concert. Price began composing 

the oratorio in high school, with each 

movement devoted to a Christmas carol. 

Curtis shared his favorite part about hosting 

this annual holiday event. “Being a dean 

is not just about sitting behind a desk 

pushing papers around. What I enjoy the 

most is the opportunity to be accessible to 

my students and share the experience of 

what it means to be an artist. Their high 

energy is inspiring!” 

Prior to the concert, a reception open 

exclusively to alumni was held in the East 

Lounge of Northside Hall. 

Foundation board members Pam Beam, Judy Ferrara, Leslie Gitlin, 

Chris Kelly, Valeri Sabo, and Stephanie Schurz worked tirelessly to 

present the reception.

Under the Canopy of the 

Governor’s 

Arts Awards 

By Sara Duis // Photography Peter Ringenberg 

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In April IU South Bend hosted the 

prestigious Governor’s Arts Awards, a 

biennial event presented by the Indiana Arts 

Commission (IAC) that recognizes Indiana’s 

brightest stars in the areas of artistic 

achievement, philanthropy, arts education 

and leadership. Two of the six awards 

presented by Gov. Mitch Daniels went 

to influential South Bend figures. 

Alexander Toradze received the award for his outstanding 

achievements as IU South Bend’s Martin Endowed Professor 

of Piano. The world-renowned graduate of the Tchaikovsky 

Conservatory of Moscow founded IU South Bend’s esteemed 

Toradze Piano Studio, which showcases some of the world’s 

most talented students. 

South Bend philanthropist June H. Edwards was recognized 

for her significant contributions to the arts, including her 

service as vice president of the IUSB Arts Foundation, 

making the largest donation in history to the South Bend 

Museum of Art, and establishing the South Bend Symphony 

Chamber Music series. 

The evening began in the Student Activities Center, which 

was masterfully transformed into an elegant dining hall, 

with a parachute placed above the gymnasium floor to 

create a tent. 

More than 300 attendees from around the state dined as live 

music was provided by the IUSB Jazz Ensemble. 

“I think the event changed a lot of people’s perceptions 

about IU South Bend,” says Dean Marvin Curtis. “They 

didn’t know where they were that night. They knew it was a 

gym when they got there, but when they saw the students 

in costumes leading them down the steps, it was really 

intriguing. It just made everything seem magical that night.” 

The formal awards ceremony took place in the Northside 

Hall Campus Auditorium, with each award recipient 

introduced with a video vignette highlighting their 

contributions to the arts. Performances were given by the 

Euclid Quartet, harpists from IU Bloomington’s Jacobs 

School of Music, the Mario Community School for the Arts, 

and Alexander Toradze Jr., an IU Bloomington student and 

son of recipient Alexander Toradze. 

Also receiving awards were actor and arts educator Mark 

Fauser of Marion, harpist Susann McDonald and soprano 

Sylvia McNair of the IU Bloomington Jacobs School of 

Music, and the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. 

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“It was a 

fabulous night. 

We got to showcase the 

university and our students. 

People saw the campus in 

a different light.” 

- Marvin Curtis

Twins, Triplets, & Art 

– Oh My! 

By Naomi Keeler // Photography Katie Carrico 

The atmosphere was fun, friendly, and messy as artists 

created their masterpieces. While this is an ordinary 

circumstance in the Fine Arts Building of IU South Bend, 

the 35 artists creating these works are extraordinary, living 

proof that miracles are possible. 

Director of Community Outreach Michele Morgan-Dufour 

and visual arts students Katie Carrico and Tabetha Coburn- 

McDonald organized the afternoon art session for March 

of Dimes clients to create artwork that would be sold at 

the organization’s annual fundraiser. To engage the young 

artists, Carrico and Coburn-McDonald selected art activities 

involving a variety of techniques and tools. The children 

worked with brushes, marbles, and chalk at a series of art 

stations. The children enjoyed printmaking, finger-painting, 

marble painting, scratch art, and texture rubbings with the 

help of students from the IU South Bend Visual Arts Area. 

The March of Dimes 16 th Annual Signature Chef’s Auction 

featured the artwork created at IU South Bend by the 

The artists, ranging in age from 18 months to young adults, 

and their families are all strangers who have found comfort, 

hope, and support from one common source—the March 

of Dimes. The families in attendance have experienced 

premature births, birth defects, or severe childhood illness. 

They share a common belief that the March of Dimes was 

important to their children’s survival. 

“Without the March of Dimes, premature infants would not 

be able to survive,” says Tonya Rush, whose daughter spent 

time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). “Their 

research and fundraising to create the NICU in hospitals, 

to prevent premature pregnancies, and explore treatment 

alternatives is the reason many premature babies have 

a fighting chance to survive. Without them, our children 

wouldn’t be a part of our lives.” 

children and young adults. “The few hours that we’re here 

together will help us tremendously in the silent auction and 

raise money to go back toward March of Dimes. We are all 

about raising money for healthier, stronger babies, so we 

really thank everyone involved,” says Director for March of 

Dimes Denise Patterson. 

“Having the children create the artwork for this auction 

rather than bringing in work from professional artists 

places sentimental value along with raising awareness for 

the cause,” says Carrico. “It reminds patrons why they 

purchased the artwork, as well as raising conversation 

among admirers.”

Bill Gering 

leaves speech legacy 

By Naomi Keeler // Photography provided 

Retired IU South Bend speech 

professor William “Bill” Gering passed 

away on February 8, 2012, in South 

Bend. Arriving on campus in 1965, 

Gering was IU South Bend’s first fulltime 

speech professor and over the 

next 25 years crafted many of the 

elements of today’s speech program, 

including the long-running Speech 

Night competitions. He and his wife 

also established the William L. and 

Lucille E. Gering Scholarship for 

students in communication studies. 

He valued the rhetoric of public 

speaking origins, reflected in his 

belief and admiration of the classic 

Greek scholars, such as Cicero. Gering 

strongly believed in preserving and 

passing on the importance and value 

of the Greek classics to students and 

showing how they are still relevant 

to today’s world. Wanting students 

to experience Greek theatre “as a 

Greek,” he invited his friend Peter 

Arnott, who made Greek marionettes, 

to present classic Greek plays to 

students in Recital Hall. 

Adjunct instructor Craig Hosterman, 

who worked with Gering in the late 

1970s, recalls “He was born to be 

a teacher but reached out to his 

students beyond the role of educator. 

He was a mentor of sorts … to me 

and students. He encouraged people 

to learn about listening, which pushed 

the envelope in our field at the time. 

His approach to public speaking was 

to touch the situation the way the 

masters would.” 

Among Gering’s many achievements 

was the creation of Speech Night, a 

traditional event at IU South Bend. 

April marked the 30th anniversary for 

the long-time public speaking event. 

Considered the hallmark of the required 

public speaking course, students 

nominate speakers from each class 

section to compete in a persuasive 

speaking contest held in Recital Hall. 

“Taking the essence of the speech 

from the classroom to a 250-seat 

auditorium gave students a public 

speaking experience they likely had not 

had before,” says Senior Lecturer in 

Communication Arts Kevin Gillen. 

In 1995, Gering and his wife Lucille 

established the William M. and Lucille 

R. Gering Scholarship. The scholarship 

was created to continue Gering’s legacy 

as an educator, which emphasized 

classroom learning and academic 

extracurricular activities. Their wish was 

to provide students with the opportunity 

to have speech as a basic subject, while 

also furthering the university’s mission, 

and encouraging others to donate to 

Indiana University. 

Gering’s education began in a oneroom 

country school in South Dakota. 

He earned a B.A. from Bethel 

College in North Newton, Kan. and 

a Ph.D. in Speech Communication 

from Indiana University. He was a 

member of the Speech Association of 

America, the American Association of 

Parliamentarians, and the International 

Listening Association. 

He retired from teaching in 1989. 

He enjoyed collecting primitive and 

antique tools to educate and share with 

fourth grade students in Mishawaka 

public schools. Gering also found great 

satisfaction in restoring old furniture, 

reveling in discussing the furniture’s 

origins the most. He is survived by his 

wife of 55 years, Lucille, and their 

two children, daughter Caroline and 

son Jeffrey.

thirty years 

of friendly 

competition 

By Naomi Keeler // Photography Ryan Stutzman 

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Just hearing the words speech or public 

speaking can cause an anxiety attack for 

some people. Students enrolled in the S121 

Public Speaking program overcome their 

fears to face the challenge of Speech Night 

twice a year. The hallmark event of the 

public speaking course celebrates its 30th 

anniversary this year. 

This event turned academic tradition began in 1982, when 

the late Professor William “Bill” Gering took the essence 

of the speech out of the classroom. Gering’s goal was to 

provide a platform for students to compete on a broader 

scale to a more diverse audience. The venue moves from 

the classroom to Recital Hall, an experience Gering believed 

was important for all college students. 

Semifinalists elected by classmates present their persuasive 

speeches to an audience of peers and family. After a grueling 

three days of preliminary rounds, six to eight semifinalists are 

chosen to present their speeches on Finals Night to a panel 

of guest judges. “In a world where speech communication 

is dominated by social media, media communication, and 

electronic communication — Speech Night is not that. It’s 

a live event in real time, no second chances” says Senior 

Lecturer in Communication Arts Kevin Gillen. 

The university echoes the importance Gering placed 

on rhetoric by requiring all IU South Bend students to 

complete the public speaking course, S121. The class 

teaches students to be audience centered, frame messages 

effectively, and learn to criticize and critique persuasive 

messages. “The other half of public speaking is listening. 

If there are no listeners, there is no reason to have it. You 

are just talking to yourself,” Gillen says. 

Gillen, the director of the S121 public speaking course for 

the past six years, passed the leadership position to Lecturer 

in Communication Arts Tami Martinez in January 2012. 

Public speaking professors advise students to be audience 

centered in order to frame their message more effectively. 

“Our job as educators and facilitators of learning is to 

guide students to think critically about their topics,” says 

Martinez, “bringing fresh, new information to topics that we 

have all heard and are aware of, but in a new light.” 

Controversial topics have always been a source of discussion 

for the public speaking faculty. In the end, the consensus 

is “in a country that values and upholds freedom of speech, 

we really don’t feel it is right to say to students what they 

can and cannot speak about. How can we do that and 

uphold free speech?” says Martinez. 

Special guest speeches are featured as entertainment in 

between persuasive speech performances. One of Senior 

Lecturer in Communication Arts Rachael Sylvester’s favorite 

guest speeches was a eulogy to a student’s car. “He came 

in with a suit, tie, and urn … he was so serious. He created 

a somber mood, taking character, and maintained that 

composure and mood throughout the entire speech. The 

audience roared with laughter as it went on,” Sylvester 

recalls, “At the end, he asked the audience, ‘Have you 

hugged your car today?’ and took the urn and placed 

his keys in there.” Sylvester feels these performances 

bring a unique aspect to Speech Night because they are 

entertaining, fun, and relaxed. Most importantly, they 

showcase the students’ creativity with public speaking. 

New to Speech Night this year was the incorporation of 

social media to promote the event. A committee created by 

a group of seniors from Lecturer in Communications Kim 

McInerney’s public relations course created Facebook and 

Twitter profiles. The Facebook page featured a “People’s 

Choice Award.” The speaker with the most Facebook “likes” 

was presented an award at the finals round. Those unable to 

attend the event could watch and listen to speeches online 

and voice their opinions about who was best. 

The 30th anniversary event featured judges who are former 

faculty in the S121 program; they are Julie Allee, Craig 

Hosterman, and Gwen McLean. 

Congratulations to our Fall 2011 Speech Night winner Karra 

Chaltraw, finalists Laura Brown, Paige Tribbet, Nicole Miller, 

Andrew Stuff, and Ashley Gould, who was also the People’s 

Choice Award winner. 

Congratulations to our Spring 2012 Speech Night winner 

Nathan Ratkiewicz, finalists Kayla Lawson, Nick Wort, 

Tara Troyer, Robbie Rainer and Celia McCarty, and People’s 

Choice Award recipient Alexa Lazo. 

Naomi Keeler, BA’12, worked with fellow students to 

develop a social media presence for the 30th anniversary 

Speech Night. 

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Keyed 

into 

steinway 

By John Mayrose // Photography Marvin Curtis 

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In 2011 the Raclin School of the Arts began 

an initiative to join a select group of colleges 

and conservatories that have become 

“All-Steinway Schools,” including the 

Oberlin Conservatory, Cleveland Institute 

of Music, and Yale School of Music. 

Dean Marvin Curtis worked to create an innovative 

partnership between the Meridian Music Company of 

Carmel, Ind. and the prestigious piano builder Steinway & 

Sons that enabled the school to immediately upgrade 

the quality and size of their piano inventory while allowing 

“I had practiced so much on the bad pianos trying to 

make a good sound that by the time I played a normal 

piano I had to completely change my touch again,” 

says Leah Dominy, an undergraduate music student 

and member of the Toradze piano studio. “Now if I’m 

struggling with something, I can tell that it’s me and not 

the piano.” 

The new pianos have also given students an opportunity 

to improve their performance techniques. “These pianos 

make a huge difference for the students,” says Ketevan 

Badridze, lecturer in piano. “Before, they couldn’t work 

on their sound and were only able to move their fingers. 

Now they can work on tone colors and musicality.” 

the school to select and purchase instruments from the 

Steinway family of pianos over the next five years. 

“As is the case with many institutions, the pianos used 

in performance spaces, faculty studios, and practice rooms 

had deteriorated through years of overuse and limited 

budget allocations for maintenance and repair,” says 

Curtis. “The condition of our pianos had made it difficult 

for our faculty to recruit highly sought students, and for 

existing students to perform at the highest level possible.” 

Each year, IU South Bend will purchase two new Steinway 

pianos. Two new grand pianos that will be housed in the 

remodeled Recital Hall and the new Education and Arts 

Building have already been purchased. Pianos will be 

housed on campus during the academic school year and 

spend summers at prestigious music festivals. 

Assistant Professor of Music Theory John Mayrose 

performs with his ensemble pusloptional when he is 

not in the classroom. 

In October 2011, 14 Steinway and Boston grand 

and upright pianos were delivered to Northside Hall at 

IU South Bend.

Johnny 

Appleseed 

Entertains 

By Jeremy Weyer // Photography Ryan Stutzman 

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” 

explained Johnny Appleseed to his 

friend Joshua Pierce as the dastardly 

Doctor Feelgood began to spin his web of 

manipulation and deceit. Johnny was right, 

his message of love and health conquered 

Feelgood’s unnatural machinations and 

spread joy to more than 7,000 elementary 

school audience members. 

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new degree 

moves forward 

Children laughed and cheered as the American folklore legend 

paraded around the stage, making new friends at every turn, and 

throwing an occasional wink to the audience. 

Johnny Appleseed was the 49th annual children’s show presented 

by the IUSB Theatre and Dance Company. The children’s theatre 

presentations offer area students and teachers classic children’s tales 

that fit within required curriculum, while at the same time raising 

scholarship funds for IU South Bend theatre and dance students. It 

truly is a win–win situation. The children’s theatre productions are also 

the first exposure to live theatre for many area children. 

The productions are entirely student produced, so the academic 

rewards for the actors and crew are as significant as the children’s 

enjoyment. Participation in the children’s show is an unparalleled 

opportunity for aspiring actors because the exuberant children 

provide immediate feedback on the performance. 

Johnny Appleseed incorporated classic children’s theatre fun. 

Youthful audiences love to participate in the action, and Johnny did 

not disappoint as he frequently asked the kids whether or not he was 

being followed by Joshua on stage. His questions were met with cries 

of “He’s behind you!” and shrieks of joy as Joshua hid behind his 

friend. 

“The children are such a great audience,” says senior Marlon 

Burnley. “They reward us with giggles, belly laughs, and even 

shouted warnings when danger lurks onstage.” 

Johnny Appleseed also kept with the tradition of adding a musical 

number to the show. In The Hall of the Mountain King underscored 

the townspeople’s capture of Dr. Feelgood and the rescue of Johnny 

from a wicked blizzard. 

Actors rehearsed for a month before opening for a two-week run of 

14 performances. Angela Flowers, a freshman who played Red Wing, 

said, “My favorite part of the show was playing improv games before 

each rehearsal, particularly when we were asked to be little kids and 

see the world through their eyes.” 

Thomas Neff, a sophomore who played Dr. Feelgood agreed adding, 

“Sometimes the actors got out of hand, but in a good way. It helped 

contribute to the childish energy needed for the show.” 

In the end, the cast and crew produced a memorable and enjoyable 

experience for the children. The members of the IUSB Theatre and 

Dance Company are eagerly looking forward to celebrating next year’s 

50 th anniversary of the children’s theatre program with a production 

of The Wizard of Oz. 

Theatre major Jeremy Weyer directed Johnny Appleseed. He also 

appeared in A Raisin in the Sun as Carl Linder. 

The Visual Arts Area expects to launch a new 

Bachelor of Art Education degree program 

sometime during the 2012-13 academic 

year. Assistant Professor of Art Education 

Jane Cera has spent two years writing the 

curriculum, which must be approved by the 

Indiana State Department of Education, the 

IU Board of Trustees and the Council on 

Higher Education. 

All of the documents have been submitted 

to each decision-making body, and a final 

decision is expected this fall. Some of the 

current art majors are expected to transfer 

into the degree program. 

Cera believes there is a genuine need for 

this program. 

“We are at a point in the retirement cycle of 

area school districts where many talented art 

teachers will be leaving the profession in the 

next several years,” Cera says. Currently, any 

students wishing to become art educators 

must either go to smaller, much more 

expensive colleges, or leave our area to 

obtain this degree. 

The Art Education program will be stateof-the-art. 

Students can expect to be 

immersed in a curriculum that will enable 

them to teach 21st century skills. There is a 

strong emphasis on helping K-12 students 

understand our visual culture. Technology, 

media and contemporary art are stressed, 

along with all of the more traditional visual 

art forms. 

“Art education is one of the most exciting 

professions in the arts. We produce the 

visually literate citizenry, the art patrons, 

and artists of tomorrow. Just think about 

how much we all love art. Now, think about 

how great it is to light that fire in someone 

else,” Cera says. “I can’t think of a better 

way to be around art each and everyday and 

to make a positive change in the world at 

the same time.” 

Cera invites students who have interest 

in finding out more about the program to 

contact her at jacera@iusb.edu.

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a raisin 

in the sun 

By Stacie Jensen // Photography Peter Ringenberg 

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The IU South Bend Theatre and Dance Company opened 

their 2011-12 season with A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine 

Hansberry. The play debuted in 1959 and was the first 

American play produced on Broadway to be written by 

an African American woman and directed by an African 

American man. Hansberry was 29 when she wrote the 

play, making her the youngest American playwright to 

receive the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Play. 

Director Lloyd Richards went on to become the dean of 

the Yale School of Drama. 

The IU South Bend production was directed by visiting 

artist Walter Allen Bennett Jr., who studied under Richards 

at Yale, bringing with him exclusive knowledge and training 

to stage the play as Richards had in 1959. Bennett holds 

a whole new level, and I was glad I had the opportunity 

to work with a person of his caliber.” 

A Raisin in the Sun challenged IU South Bend students, 

who learned that it can be difficult to perform pieces that 

hold historical significance. Staying true to the period, 

Hansberry includes controversial phrases, beliefs, and 

racial slurs that are hard enough to hear, let alone say. 

Most of the individuals working on the show did not live 

in the era of the play and never experienced the same 

racial intolerance that their grandparents, or even their 

parents, had to endure. 

For the community, this means there is even more reason 

to continue performing this piece. Jeremy Weyer, a junior 

an MFA in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama and 

is known for his work for The Cosby Show and The Steve 

Harvey Show. 

Marlon Burnley, a theatre performance major, played George 

Murchinson in the production. This was his first experience 

acting in a nearly all African American play. “I learned a lot 

about my culture through character research,” says Burnley. 

“It’s a piece that isn’t about black and white. It’s about 

the American Dream, and fulfilling those dreams. Every 

single person left that show with something to think about. 

I guarantee it.” 

theatre performance major, played the role Karl Lindner, 

the sole Caucasian character. “Lindner lives in a world of 

racism,” he says. “I do not, and it made it difficult to say 

a few of the lines I had to say. But in the end it gave me 

perspective on just how hard acting is sometimes, and it 

was a great lesson to learn.” 

New media major Shaylon Wright played Bobo in the 

production. “I loved having the chance to work with 

Walter,” he says. “I feel that he has brought my acting to

Michiana Monologues: 

Personal Storytelling 

By Sara Curtis // Photography Katie Carrico 

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her 

life? The world would break open,” wrote American poet 

Muriel Rukeyser. 

Telling the stories of Michiana women is complicated 

and important. Michiana Monologues features locally 

written monologues recounting the personal experiences 

of Michiana women. It is directed and produced by local 

men and women. A silent auction is held each night of 

the performance to raise much needed funds for local 

organizations that help women in crisis. 

I became interested in the production of the Michiana 

Monologues in the winter of 2009. I am particularly 

interested in how stories about women become the 

larger story about the community in which those 

women find themselves. 

My participation is part of a long line of others from the 

Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts staff and students. 

For the 2012 production, Zorina Frey, Kris Robinson, 

Sabrina Lute, Taylor Marks, and Trisha Miller, and I were 

part of the Michiana Monologues. 

Story telling is a foundation of human communication, the 

reason we communicate with each other at all. Parents 

tell children stories to educate them about the world 

around them. Teachers share stories with their students 

about people from other cultures to increase cross cultural 

understanding. We form personal and professional bonds 

with others through our personal story telling. The Michiana 

Monologues is a powerful resource for bringing the 

community together to enhance our shared experiences. 

The original performance of the Michiana Monologues was 

inspired by The Vagina Monologues. This readers’ theater 

production brings life to the local voices of survivors, 

humorists, sarcastic observers, and people who may 

sound like your colleagues, your sisters, your neighbors... 

or maybe even yourself. The use of personal narratives 

gives our production a focused emphasis on Michiana as 

a community and our impact and responsibility to one 

another. Our focus is Michiana because when the settings 

of events shared in the monologues are familiar and local, 

the audience is more likely to connect with the experiences 

shared in those stories. 

All of the stories are true; some are sad, others humorous. 

Many are about finding inner peace, a few are inspiring, and 

some are downright sobering. They are important stories 

about the lives of Michiana women. 

Michiana Monologues is an IU South Bend club, welcoming 

members from the IU South Bend campus, as well as the 

Michiana community. In addition to other projects during 

the year, the keystone campaign of Michiana Monologues 

is the annual stage production. 

To submit your story or to learn more about our 

organization and volunteering please visit us on the 

web at Michianamonologues.org 

Sara Curtis, associate faculty in communications, 

teaches public speaking and coaches the debate team. 

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Ruby sparkles in NYC 

By Sarah Duis // Photography provided 

When South Bend native Laury Rubin, known by her stage name as 

Ruby Jazayre, joined IU South Bend’s faculty in 2001, she brought 

with her an international reputation as a performing artist, choreographer, 

and instructor of Middle Eastern dance. 

Much of her career has been spent under the mentorship of the 

late renowned instructor Ibrahim “Bobby” Farrah of New York City, 

a highly respected influence for Middle Eastern dancers and the 

founder of Arabesque Magazine, the foremost publication of 

Middle Eastern dance. 

In 2011, Jazayre was invited to the Big Apple to perform in a fourday 

event hosted by members of the Ibrahim Farrah Near East 

Dance Group. The event, titled “Remembering Bobby,” honored 

Farrah’s legacy as an instructor, choreographer, and visionary 

through a seminar series and a performance. The events were 

attended by former students and fans from throughout 

the United States and abroad. At the Lafayette Grill 

Supper Club in New York City, Jazayre and nine other 

distinguished former students illustrated the 

powerful influence Farrah had on their dance 

styles, performing with the same live musicians 

who accompanied them at annual galas hosted by 

Farrah throughout his tenure. 

Jazayre has spent much of her career traveling yearly 

around the country to participate in Farrah’s intensive 

week-long study sessions and workshops. He called 

her “The Queen of Beledi,” after her mastery of the 

rhythmic Egyptian dance style. Jazayre has taken 

what she learned from the dance master and 

made it her own, combing Farrah’s teachings 

with a comprehensive knowledge of cultural 

and historical backgrounds to create her own 

unique style. 

Jazayre’s movements and Beledi style are 

admired by her peers. “Ruby Jazayre is 

the beledi heartbeat, earthy, sensual, and 

hauntingly eloquent,” says Elena Lentini, 

principal dancer with the Ibrahim Farrah 

Near East Dance Group. “She has been 

a treasure in the dance community for many 

years.” And at IU South Bend she adds a 

Ruby-red sparkle to the Raclin School of 

the Arts.

Summer 

Fun 

By Kathy Borlik // Photography Dean Cates 

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Wednesday night at Arts Camp means lots of noise. The 

30 high school students, the camp counselors and theater 

professor Randy Colborn are playing theater games. It is 

improvisational and a version of charades. The teens are 

assigned a party identity, and the host must guess who 

they are. 

One was God. Someone else was the Invisible Man. 

Someone else was a magician. And a few others were 

complete mysteries. 

There are laughs and fun. Colborn asks for quiet and 

doesn’t get it. 

It is a good form of mayhem. 

and Martha Jane Fields Foundation; the Muessel-Elliston 

Memorial Trust Foundation, and the IUSB Arts Foundation. 

Marvin Curtis, dean of the Raclin School of the Arts, said 

it was a good experience and there have been calls already 

for next year. “The kids are excited, enthusiastic and 

creative. We’ve already seen what we can do next year that 

is different.” 

Curtis said the first evening some students were hanging 

back a bit. By day two, they were mixing and participating. 

“They are loving being here, eating the food and having a 

good time.” 

Student Brendan Johnson likes to sing and play the piano. 

The students are part of the first residential arts camp 

at Indiana University South Bend. The week’s worth of 

activities includes music, theater and dance, visual arts, 

communications and new media. They spend a week living 

in student housing, eating campus food and getting a taste 

of college life. 

They have taken a photo safari, learned about music and 

dance and found out a bit about themselves. A Saturday 

performance and exhibition for their peers and parents 

closes the week. 

The pilot camp was funded by IU South Bend, the 

Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, the Florence 

V. Carroll Charitable Trust Foundation; the Stanley A. 

and Flora P. Clark Memorial Foundation; the John, Anna 

“This has been a good experience to be exposed to other 

kids and other music,” he said. 

Samantha Stitt, another student, is involved in 

communications and designing a Facebook page. 

“We’ve been interviewing people and getting their 

opinions about the camp,” she said. 

Student Keri Oursler said it has been an eye-opening 

experience. “I know that I want to do something in the arts.” 

Mark Sniadecki is a counselor in the new media area. 

“Eventually I’d like to be a professor in the field and this 

is giving me a first experience working with students,” he 

said. “I’m having a great time. Everyone is great and they 

are all creative.”

99 Bottles of 

Beer on the Wall 

By Tiffany Gilbert 

Ninety-Nine bottles of beer were on the walls of the 

Thaddeus C. Gallery in LaPorte, but not for long! Every 

painting was sold to separate owners before the exhibition 

closed. Inspired by the traditional road trip song “99 

Bottles of Beer,” artist and gallery owner Thaddeus 

Cutler, BFA’99, took on the challenge of creating 99 

to-scale oil paintings in 99 days, each depicting a 

different brand of bottled beer. 

The idea for the project emerged two years ago during 

the gallery’s 50th anniversary celebration. Cutler had a 

painting of a cupcake on display, and was soon bombarded 

with requests for more food-related works. One thing led to 

another, and the 99 bottles project was born. 

“There is a reason why there are microbreweries in 

practically every city in the United States,” says Cutler, 

explaining the project’s wide appeal. “The brewing of beer 

and its connoisseurship has become an art form in itself.” 

He began blogging about the project online. Throughout 

the process, he would create a post showing the finished 

painting and a description of the beer, a quote, video, or 

personal anecdote related to that particular brand. 

“It had a similar effect to reading someone’s diary. People 

wanted to keep discovering more.” 

Though every painting sold on the night of the exhibition, 

Cutler produced a limited edition book with a reproduction 

of all 99 paintings and their accompanying stories. 

“The biggest challenge was being in the studio every day for 

three months and nine days with no breaks and no days off. 

It was so mentally and physically exhausting that when the 

project was over it took me almost two months before I could 

even be in my studio again,” says Cutler, who continues to 

take commissions for requested beer bottle paintings. 

As an artist in the 21st century, Cutler realizes that he and 

his peers must keep up with the ever-changing demands of 

a cyber-savvy public. 

“Embracing social media and technology is a must for 

today’s artist. Gone are the days of unveiling your new body 

of work at an art opening. The public wants to see the work 

the minute it is finished.” 

But there is a danger. 

“An artist has to be very careful about how much 

information they give about a work of art or about 

themselves. The tendency is to ‘spill your guts’ to a 

potential client. Mystery generates desire. By revealing 

everything, you remove the desire.” 

The exhibit included common favorites, like Corona, Miller 

Lite, and Pabst Blue Ribbon, and more obscure craft beers, 

like Gonzo Imperial Porter, Abita Amber, and Four in Hand. 

The only beer that was not for sale was painted open, with 

its cap setting next to it. The brand is called “La Fin Du 

Monde,” which means the “end of the world,” a fitting end 

for Cutler’s ambitious project. 

Artist Tiffany Gilbert is working towards a B.F.A. degree. 

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Music Area Seeks 

National Accreditation 

By Jeffrey Wright // Photography Madelyn Glassford 

The Music Area recently received an evaluation from the 

National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), the 

culmination of a three-year process to achieve accreditation. 

Although the organization releases its final decision in 

November, informal feedback from the evaluation team was 

positive, noting the many strengths of the Music Area. 

The Music Area recognizes the importance of periodic 

evaluation of its work, and by seeking independent 

judgment, it ensures that it achieves its own education 

objectives and the standards set by the NASM. 

The accreditation process began with the creation of a 200- 

page document in which the area critically examined its 

current policies, degree offerings, and future plans. 

“Working toward achieving membership status within the 

NASM has been very important to the Music Area,” says 

Jorge Muñiz, former area coordinator of music and main 

author of the document. 

“A positive result in November would be very important to us, 

but the work that the faculty and students have done in selfreflection 

and improvement is perhaps even more important,” 

he added. “We have a stronger program today that meets the 

standards of music education that our current and future 

students expect of an institution like IU South Bend.” 

The accreditation process involved two on-campus visits. 

The first, in November 2010, was a preliminary visit from 

an NASM consultant who provided early feedback to the 

Area. The report was mainly positive, and the suggestions 

were specific and easily remedied through the creation of 

new classes and redistribution of resources. 

The final stage of the process occurred in February 2012, 

when a team of two evaluators from NASM visited campus 

to meet with administrators, faculty, and students, observe 

classes, and attend a recital of student performers. 

The Music Area and the entire Raclin School of the Arts 

anxiously await the NASM’s official decision this November. 

If granted accreditation, IU South Bend will join the nearly 

650 institutions that uphold the highest standards of music 

education. Regardless of NASM’s decisions, the Music Area 

is looking forward to its future. 

“The whole accreditation process really gave us the 

opportunity to take a fresh look at all of our programs,” says 

Assistant Professor of Music Ken Douglas. “I personally 

gained a great deal of insight into what our next steps could 

be as we continue to grow. There are so many possibilities.” 

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Summer at the 

Lerner Theatre 

By Naomi Keeler // Photography Peter Ringenberg 

A partnership with the Lerner Theatre of Elkhart granted the 

IU South Bend Theatre and Dance Company’s students the 

chance to recreate their performances from the 2011-12 

seasons. Beginning in June, the company reprised their April 

production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comedic operetta H.M.S. 

Pinafore. The children’s production Johnny Appleseed, and a 

Christmas in July production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live 

Radio Play were on stage in July. Guest director Walter Allen 

Bennett Jr. concluded the summer series with A Raisin in the 

Sun in August. 

The summer series is a valuable opportunity for theatre 

students. “It teaches them the differences between 

performances in a school setting versus the professional 

theatre world,” says senior Greg Demetrakis. “Many have 

not ever done theatre outside of IU South Bend.” 

Students learned to recreate a familiar production in an 

unfamiliar space. “Remounting a show is like waking up 

the beast. We are recreating the momentum of the show in 

a short amount of time that took us months to put together 

initially,” says Associate Professor of Theatre Tim Hanson. 

“On the technical side, adapting to new spaces teaches 

students all theaters are different. Scenery displays, 

lighting, and sound systems may have to be altered 

depending on the theater.” 

A touring show is a much different responsibility. “It’s a 

daunting task for actors and crew but placing students in 

real life situations prepares them for future endeavors,” 

says Hanson. “Learning to multi-task and adjusting to a new 

performance setting equips them to be more adaptable.” 

Recreation of past performances required the cast to relearn 

roles they had not performed for months. “Performing 

in a historic yet state-of-the-art facility is an incredible 

experience,” says senior Stacie Jensen. “This was the first 

time we were able to take A Raisin in the Sun on the road.” 

Participants of the summer theatre program earn experience 

and academic credit for their creative work. Hanson, who 

instructed the Creative Work in Summer Theatre course, says, 

“Students will be concentrating solely on the performances. 

A less demanding academic schedule enables programs 

like this to happen over the summer.” The summer series 

developed as a collaboration between Dean Curtis and David 

Smith, general manager of the Lerner Theatre. 

Future seasons of IU South Bend summer theatre at the 

Learner have been assured by a generous gift from Elkhart 

resident Doloris C. Cogan. 

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It’s A Wonderful 

Life Takes to the 

Air Waves 

By Jerry Sailor // Photography Dean Cates 

“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and 

welcome to the WRSA Studio production of 

It’s a Wonderful Life,” begins Marlon Burnley, 

theatre major, and narrator of America’s favorite 

Christmas story as told by WRSA Studios, the 

makeshift radio station at the center of It’s a 

Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. 

While the presentation of It’s a Wonderful Life 

as a radio play “is not totally new, we are being 

faithful to the original screenplay,” says director 

John Sterchi, by focusing on the lessons and 

themes conveyed through the story. 

The story, which centers on George Bailey, a 

hardworking businessman discouraged by life’s 

circumstances, became a holiday classic after 

the original film’s release in 1946. On a snowy 

Christmas Eve George learns that while he did 

not have the life he planned, the life he lives is 

an important one. 

The production was peppered with commercial 

jingles, raffles, and special hellos to those 

listening at home, layering life at the radio 

station over the holiday tale. 

The star of the show was the foley artist, Ryan 

Stutzman, who produced all of the sound effects 

necessary to make the folks at home, and the 

studio audiences, hear, and then believe. If you 

can use the typewriter, slam the door, and play 

records all at the same time, you might be a 

great foley artist. 

The cast and crew from the Raclin School of the 

Arts staged the production of the radio play in 

the Upstage, IU South Bend’s black box theatre, 

before taking it on tour. 

The first stop on tour was Chicago’s Ada S. 

McKinley Community Services where the cast 

performed the play for adults with disabilities. 

The next day found the production on the stage 

at South Bend’s Washington High School before 

an enthusiastic audience. The production was 

also broadcast as an actual radio play on local 

public radio station, WVPE.

B.F.A. 

Exhibitions 

By Giovanni Ponciano // Photography Karen Ackoff 

Exhibiting a collection of their work for the 

first time is an exhilarating and intimidating 

experience for burgeoning young artists. Each 

student preparing to finish their Bachelor 

of Fine Arts degree at IU South Bend must 

participate in an exhibition showing. 

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The exhibition consists of pieces the students created over 

their years at IU South Bend. Fourteen students worked 

tirelessly throughout the spring semester to prepare for their 

B.F.A. exhibition. “As a rule, this is the first time students 

see their work presented as a collection in their professional 

career,” says Gallery Director Randall Clark. 

The artists find the exhibition experience is an incredible 

learning opportunity. The students who presented their work 

at the spring exhibitions were a mix of visual arts majors 

concentrating in areas of graphic design, sculpture, and 

photography, along with new media majors. Arranging their 

first major exhibition at the end of their academic careers is 

a monumental task for the students. 

“It was an amazing experience that gave me great closure 

for graduation,” says photography major Ashley Briggs. For 

many students, seeing their work on display for an event 

that has taken years of hard work to get to is gratifying. 

New media major Ruth Divine echoed a similar sentiment. 

”The exhibition brought all my accomplishments together. I 

invited people to come see my work.” 

Preparing for the exhibition is more than just creating or 

putting art on the walls for people to admire. Students learn 

the process required to present an exhibition. Selecting 

which pieces to exhibit, framing their work, hanging the 

exhibition, and preparing their artist statements is time 

consuming and meticulous work. The semester of hard 

work, dedication, and planning is not exclusive to students; 

professors and faculty work directly with the students in 

preparation and planning for the exhibitions. 

The faculty has been with the students every step of 

the way in their careers at IU South Bend and serves as 

mentors as the students prepare their exhibitions. Associate 

Professor of Fine Arts Susan Moore explains, “The B.F.A. 

exhibition is a culmination of four years of effort and 

improvement in technical skills, formal image making, and 

idea development. It is a rewarding experience to watch the 

students grow and mature artistically while studying at IU 

South Bend.” 

Professor of Fine Arts Karen Ackoff describes the 

importance of the exhibition, “It is a milestone for students, 

and I’m always proud to see students reach this level of 

accomplishment and professionalism.” 

For all those involved, the B.F.A. exhibition is the final 

event that defines the years it took to get to graduation. 

“This experience really put my style and artistic ability out 

there for the public to see. Putting my B.F.A. work together 

helped me realize who I am as an artist and what I want to 

accomplish,” says Briggs.

The 

(he)art of 

Florence 

By Joe Kuharic // Photography Ryan Stutzman 

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For some students, the chance to explore a city as alluring 

as Florence, Italy, is a once in a lifetime experience. But at 

IU South Bend, students are now offered the opportunity 

every summer. The trip is on a rotating schedule—offering 

photography one summer and painting and sculpting the next. 

The programs are created in conjunction with the Santa 

Reparata International School of Art, located in Florence. 

Instead of being crammed into a typical classroom setting, the 

city itself becomes the classroom. More than that, Florence 

becomes the frame and the canvas for student creation. 

However, for last year’s photography students, it did not take 

long before they were faced with the challenges of 

a foreign city. 

and involve myself in my surroundings and I try and just 

really get involved in whatever I’m shooting.” 

Consciously or not, the students began to see themselves 

reflected in their work; subtly, the city had become a part of 

who they were as artists and students. 

The potential impact of the experience has not been lost on 

this year’s painting and sculpting students either. 

“I’m really looking forward to the experience and the 

exposure of the trip. All of the things that I love in art 

history I’ll be able to experience in real life,” says Katherine 

Swiental, a junior majoring in drawing and painting who is 

going on the 2012 painting and sculpting trip. 

“Asking people to take their picture in English wasn’t the 

greatest thing. Because a lot of them would just right away 

say no and walk away, or wouldn’t pay attention to you. So, 

I learned some Italian while I was there. Once I learned 

that, even if I murdered it, they at least appreciated that I 

was trying,” says Dean Cates, a senior in the photography 

program and who participated in the 2011 Florence trip. 

Being in a foreign country with a completely foreign 

language forced students out of their cultural isolation. 

They needed to adapt and see the world, themselves 

included, in a new light to succeed. 

“I look at things a lot differently here now,” says 

photography student Ryan Stutzman. “When I go to shoot 

something, I think I look more at a personal side. I look 

more than just trying to get the shot and go on. I really try 

The rotating schedule of the trip every summer allows 

students the chance to dig into the rich history and culture 

of the thriving city every year. 

Many students have been fortunate and thankful to receive 

some sort of financial aid or scholarship to help pay for the 

trips, such as the Gabrielle Robinson Scholarship—but the 

high cost of overseas travel remains a significant determining 

factor for many. 

Students who go on the trips receive six credits towards their 

degree, but the rewards far exceed earning college credits. 

Florence will inspire them long after they 

return home.

Healing Haiti 

one note at a time 

By Naomi Keeler // Photography Dean Cates 

It was Macedonian-born Natasha Stojanovska’s passion for 

classical music and piano performance that brought her to 

heal young hearts broken by tragedy. In 2010, the Ernestine 

M. Raclin School of the Arts graduate music student 

traveled to Haiti to share her musical talent with the victims 

of the earthquake through Friends of Music Education for 

Haiti (FMEH). 

FMEH is a nonprofit organization created by Romel Joseph. 

A Julliard-trained, nearly blind violinist, he transformed 

the experience of his horrific 18-hour entrapment under 

the rubble of his Haitian academic and music institution 

into the inspiration for a plan that introduces classical 

music to Haitian children. The FMEH’s mission is to 

expose underprivileged children to classical music, spread 

awareness of Haiti’s need for a modern performing arts 

center and music conservatory, and raise funds to build it. 

Joseph planned benefit concerts as part of the organization’s 

mission, inviting the musical talents of Stojanovska. The two 

met in 2008 at a competition presented by Joseph’s Miamibased 

Walenstein Musical Organization. 

“I simply admire their work for building and introducing 

a new musical world in Haiti, as well as their awareness 

efforts about FMEH throughout America,” says Stojanovska. 

“He asked me to participate in his newly created 

organization, which was a pleasure and an honor. Not only 

is it fun for me, but others benefit greatly from the work we 

are doing.” 

In December 2011, Stojanovska joined FMEH in presenting 

their first children’s lecture concert at the Haitian American 

Institute Cultural Hall in Port-au-Prince. More than 200 

students received an introduction to piano and strings. The 

children’s reaction was joyful. 

Their response emphasized the importance of social and 

cultural outlets in communities, especially after natural 

disasters. The earthquake destroyed all of the movie 

theaters, community centers, schools, churches, and their 

only concert hall. 

“I’m not going to let an earthquake stop me from doing 

my work. Yes, Haiti needs food and water, but the people 

need not only to survive, but to live,” says Joseph. “If no 

one offers Haiti a positive social and cultural outlet, what is 

there left to do to fill that void?” 

In March, Stojanovska joined Joseph and other musicians in 

Florida to record the first three volumes of a Haitian/French 

music album for beginning violin students. “Natasha is 

really an amazing person and musician,” says Joseph. 

Exposing underprivileged children to classical music 

is valuable because “it teaches us many things — selfdiscipline, 

the value of working together, raising our 

self-esteem, brain development, and so much more,” 

says Stojanovska, “These children need music to express 

themselves in ways that cannot be done with words, 

especially in Haiti, where they don’t have many creative 

outlets for self-expression.” 

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Arts 

stars 

Shine 

By Sarah Duis // Photography Alec Hosterman 

As the academic year begins every fall, each 

student of the Raclin School of the Arts sets 

out on a distinct and personal voyage. They 

experience struggles and setbacks, triumphs 

and victories, all in the name of personal 

advancement and to contribute to the field 

they are passionate about. 

As the school year comes to a close two dates on the 

calendar acknowledge and honor these experiences and 

the students’ achievements — the Arts Excellence Awards 

and Commencement. 

On May 3, students, faculty, and guests gathered in the 

new University Grill for the annual Arts Excellence Awards 

presentation to recognize the school of the arts’ best and 

brightest. 

Dean Marvin Curtis opened the night by welcoming students 

and their families, and Executive Vice Chancellor Alfred 

Guillaume delivered words of praise and encouragement. 

Scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year were awarded 

to 43 students, and more than 350 Dean’s List recipients 

were recognized. 

Arts Excellence Awards were presented to 13 students 

who have demonstrated excellence through scholarship, 

performance, or exhibition in communication studies, music, 

new media, theatre and dance, and visual arts. 

Arts Excellence Awards were presented to Jennifer Andrews, 

New Media Studies; Joel Bazzell, Mass Communication; 

Naomi Keeler, Mass Communication; Shannon Dunfee, 

Speech Communication; James Hurley, Writing; Amanda 

Traver, Fine Arts/Graphic Design; David Brennan, Music; 

Rex Gard, Music; Kyle Techentin, Theatre and Dance; Dean 

Cates, Studio Practice, Photography; Amy Ellis, Studio 

Practice, Drawing/Painting; Rubia Hagans, Studio Practice, 

Sculpture; Nathan Henry, Studio Practice, Printmaking. 

“I am truly honored to be recognized by the faculty who 

have been my mentors over the past six years,” says Joel 

Bazzell, Arts Excellence Award recipient. “They had faith in 

me when I didn’t believe in myself. I am also honored to be 

recognized by Dean Curtis who has been a fierce advocate 

for me.” 

In addition to student awards, the Visual Arts Area 

recognized alumnus Brandon Briggs for his accomplishments 

as an artist and teacher. Curtis presented Dean’s Special 

Awards to IU South Bend staffers Carl De Bruyn, Anne 

McGraw, and Tiffany Goehring. Finally, Yatish Joshi accepted 

the Dean’s Special Award on behalf of his late wife, Louise 

Addicott-Joshi. 

The finale of many students’ academic journeys came a week 

later on May 8 at Commencement. The Joyce Center at Notre 

Dame was packed with energetic graduates, beaming faculty, 

and proud families, friends, and supporters. 

Associate Professor of Fine Arts Alan Larkin led the arts 

graduates into the ceremony where they received their 

diplomas. Coordinator of Student Services Tamea Rector 

and assistant Trisha Miller were on hand to assist arts 

students and faculty with their regalia. 

A total of 81 students in the Ernestine M. Raclin School of 

the Arts earned undergraduate or graduate degrees in 2012.

new talent 

This fall the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts 

welcomes eight new faculty members. 

Justin Amellio // Asst. Professor of 

Theatre, Acting and Directing 

As far back as I remember theatre has been my passion. It 

started when I was 4 and I performed with my cousins. I 

knew then that this would be my life. I’ve been performing 

and directing professionally for more than half of my life. I’ve 

managed companies, directed and choreographed in Chicago, 

New England and Richmond, Va. I earned my M.F.A. in 

theatre from Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Aimee Cole // Lecturer in Theatre 

and Costume Shop Manager 

I was born and raised in Michigan. I have my B.S. from 

Michigan State University and my M.F.A. in costume 

technology from Florida State University. I have worked in 

many professional theatres. My most interesting job was 

making hats for Sesame Street Live. I love to travel. I look 

forward to my annual trip to Disney World with my husband 

and two daughters. I learned to play the guitar and ran a 

half marathon after turning 40. 

Geoffrey Duce // Asst. Professor 

of Music, Collaborative Piano 

As a pianist, I find each type of performance has its own 

challenge and joy. I love sharing the passion of music with 

others. I’m inspired by new environments. After growing 

up in Scotland, I lived in Berlin, where, apart from making 

music, I learned German (and enjoyed the sausage and 

beer), before spending the most recent period of my life in 

New York City. 

Sean Hottois // Asst. Professor of 

New Media 

I was born into a theatre family and have lived in and 

around Indiana for most of my life. My artistic endeavors 

are my passion and I continue to enjoy my work in print 

and web design while developing new interactive art. As 

for leisure, racing and basketball often top the list of most 

Hoosiers. At 5-foot-7, it’s no surprise the Little 500 and the 

Indianapolis 500 are more my style than basketball. 

Casey Lard // Lecturer in Drawing 

and Painting 

My childhood in Louisiana and rural Pennsylvania was 

rich in art and academia. My mother is a painter and my 

father is an art professor. I received an M.F.A. from Tulane 

University in 2010. During graduate school in New Orleans, 

I frequented the French Quarter and enjoyed crawfish boils 

and Mardi Gras. I love to cook, sew, kayak, and listen to 

audio books and NPR. Oh yeah, and I love to paint. 

Jessica McCormack // Asst. Professor 

of Voice 

I am a soprano originally from New Brunswick, Canada. 

When I am not on the concert stage or teaching, you will 

often find me in the kitchen. I hold degrees from the 

University of Toronto, Southern Methodist University, and 

the University of North Texas. My interests include new 

works, Baroque performance, women in music, and vocal 

health. I also enjoy traveling and sharing a good laugh. I am 

married to trumpeter Edward Phillips, and we reside with 

our two cats, Cleo and Poncho. 

Jason Lee Resler // Asst. Professor of 

Theatre, Costume Design and Makeup 

I blame The Muppets take Manhattan for inciting my career 

in theatre. I received my M.F.A. from the University of 

Minnesota and have a background as a professional costume 

designer and technician. I have worked as a costume 

shop manager and as a wardrobe supervisor. I also joined 

the circus where I helped costume elephants for Ringling 

Brothers Circus. I am a fan of musical theatre and have a 

fascination with liturgical clothing. 

Kari Wilson // Asst. Professor of 

Communication Studies 

Teaching has been a passion of mine for as long as I can 

remember. Being in the classroom is probably the most 

energizing part of my day. I love that I learn as much from 

my students as I (hopefully) teach them. While not in the 

classroom, I enjoy exploring new things — restaurants, 

locations, recipes, or ideas. I am also a bowler and reader 

and love coming home to my dog Sophie. 

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Sean Hottois 

Kari Wilson 

Justin Amellio 

Jessica McCormack 

Geoffrey Duce 

Jason Lee Resler 

Casey Lard 

Aimee Cole

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Choirs present “All Praise to Music” 

The IU South Bend Chorale, Chamber Choir, and Gospel 

Choir joined voices to presented their concert “All Praise 

to Music.” The concert featured a variety of styles from 

each ensemble individually, as well as several joint 

selections. Associate faculty members CreAnne Mwale 

conducted the gospel choir and Michael S. Wade conducted 

the chorale and chamber choir. Music performed ranged 

from Handel and Mozart to a Broadway selection, and of 

course, some “on your feet” gospel styling. The featured 

work of the evening was a performance of Howard Hanson’s 

“Song of Democracy.” IU South Bend Dance Company 

member Sardius Giden choreographed and performed a 

solo ballet for the concert. 

IU South Bend Debate team competes 

The IU South Bend Debate Team competed in the Boiler 

Maker Tournament at Purdue University. They are coached 

by Sara Curtis, associate faculty in communication studies. 

Cory Gilmartin, Luis Hernandez, Preston Tracey, and 

Karra Chattraw scored 11th overall out of 36 teams at the 

University of Indianapolis Forensic 500 debate tournament, 

defeating teams from Butler University, Ferris State, IUPUI, 

and Grove City College. 

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves to perform 

Denyce Graves, one of the greatest vocalists of our time, will 

visit IU South Bend in November for two days of exclusive 

performance and instruction. On Nov. 9, she will give a 

solo performance in the Campus Auditorium of Northside 

Hall. On Nov. 10, she will hold a masterclass for specially 

selected IU South Bend vocal students. USA Today has 

called Denyce Graves “an operatic superstar of the 21st 

century.” Her powerful voice has been heard in the world’s 

finest opera houses, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and in 

the White House, among other prestigious locations. Graves 

is particularly recognized by opera audiences for her title 

role performances in Carmen and Samson et Dalila. Her 

programs include classical repertoire of German Lieder, 

French mélodie, and English art song, as well as the 

popular music of Broadway musicals, crossover and jazz 

together with American spirituals. Graves’ performance 

at IU South Bend is supported by grants from the South 

Bend/Mishawaka Convention and Visitors Bureau and the 

African American Fund of the Community Foundation of 

St. Joseph County. 

IUSB Arts Foundation remembers board members 

This year the school of the arts lost two important friends, 

IUSB Arts Foundation board members Sharon McLeod and 

Peggy Soderberg. Their tireless service to the community 

will be greatly missed. 

// Sharon McLeod 

For Sharon McLeod, the details were important. Whether 

she was making a presentation for a small dinner party, 

hostessing a large event, or preparing for a church 

anniversary dinner, nothing escaped her expert eyes. She 

was a master of the art of event planning, giving advice 

and services freely and with aplomb. Sharon was a woman 

of deep faith, whose life centered around her church and 

family. Her friendships reflected her artistic gifts — she 

was serious and dedicated, but always loyal to those with 

whom she shared it. 

// Peggy Soderberg 

Peggy’s upbeat personality and ever-present smile are 

greatly missed. Her positive outlook on life never wavered 

and her perseverance was an inspiration to everyone in 

her wide circle of friends. Peggy truly epitomized the 

Studebaker motto of “giving more than you promised” 

through her countless contributions to a plethora of 

local organizations. 

“I admired many things about my dear friend, but most of 

all I admired her ability to talk to anybody about anything,” 

says her friend Becky Bonham, “her numerous, wellrounded 

interests, quick wit, and sharp intellect made 

her an absolute joy to know and work with.” 

Raclin artists perform at Friday at the Fountain 

The Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts was wellrepresented 

at South Bend’s “Fridays at the Fountain” in 

August 2011. Performing were the IU South Bend Gospel 

Choir; Flute Ensemble; solo dancers Joel Stockton, Amorena 

Ruffolo, Karen Pajor, Halana Hattery; Flamenco dancers 

Vlad Sorokin and Carolyn Hine-Johnson; a jazz trio led by 

Sam Que; and members of the theatre area performing the 

Bollywood dance from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

Gospel Choir takes spring break tour 

In March 2011 the IU South Bend Gospel Choir embarked 

on their second annual trip to North Carolina at the 

invitation of Holy Trinity United Holy Church. On the way, 

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the choir stopped at the historic Third Baptist Church 

in Toledo, Ohio, to perform a variety of traditional and 

contemporary gospel music. The choir continued their 

journey to North Carolina, arriving at the Holy Trinity 

United Holy Church, where they performed during Sunday 

morning worship. 

“We created memories that will not only leave a permanent 

impression on our lives, but the lives of others as well,” 

says choir member Jasmine Ray. 

The IU South Bend Gospel Choir recently appeared in a 

film featuring the Maestro Tsung Yeh, Notre Dame Women’s 

Basketball head coach Muffet McGraw, Miss Indiana, South 

Bend Fire Fighters, and others singing “Take Me Out to 

the Ballgame” in front of the new entrance to the Stanley 

Coveleski Regional Stadium. The film is being produced by 

The Big Idea Company, a local Emmy-winning media firm. 

Flute/Guitar Ensemble performs for Mishawaka 

Lions Club Fine Arts Series 

The IUSB Flute and Guitar Ensembles performed at the 

2011-12 Mishawaka Lions Club Fine Art Series. The 

series aims to bring talented local artists to the Mishawaka 

High School Performing Arts Center to enrich the lives of 

students and the local community. Profits from the series 

are given to the Mishawaka Education Foundation, which 

supports musical and visual arts programs to benefit grades 

K-12. The 2011-12 event set a new record, raising over 

$5,200. Other performing guests included the Southold 

Dance Theatre, the South Bend Symphony String Quartet, 

and the Michiana Jazz Assemblage. The performance 

marked one of many off-campus performances for both the 

flute and guitar ensembles. 

2012 IU South Bend Flute Festival 

A full day of flute workshops with well-known flute instructors 

inspired students and teachers alike with ideas to enhance 

every flutist’s technique. Interactive workshop sessions 

by guest artist Angeleita Floyd, professor of flute at the 

University of Iowa, and Assistant Professor of Music and 

composer Jorge Muñiz got flutists out of their seats and 

into the music. The day ended with “Flute Extravaganza,” a 

closing concert featuring the festival’s Honors Flute Choir. 

Exhibitors were open throughout the day offering fine flutes, 

music, and accessories. The festival was sponsored by 

Conn Selmer, Woodwind & Brasswind, and the Ernestine M. 

Raclin School of the Arts. The festival was organized by IU 

South Bend Flute Instructor Rebecca Hovan and Director of 

Community Outreach Michele Morgan-Dufour. 

Wind ensemble gathers donations for local food pantry 

The IU South Bend Wind Ensemble, directed by Assistant 

Professor of Music Kenneth Douglas, presented a concert 

in April with the Clay High School Concert Band under the

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direction of Gary Kurtis. The program featured the music of 

J.S. Bach, Frank Erickson, Henry Fillmore, Percy Grainger, 

Gustav Holst, Robert W. Smith, and John Zdechlik, among 

others. The concert also featured student conductors 

Alyssa Cabrera and David Brennan. Attendees brought nonperishable 

food items in lieu of purchasing a ticket to support 

the Broadway Christian Parish United Methodist Church Food 

Pantry, which aids more than 3,000 individuals per year. 

Vocal students travel to Italy 

Tamra Garrett, Lawrence Mitchell-Matthews, and Lauren 

Desrosiers participated in the Ezio Pinza Council for the 

American Singers of Opera (EPCASO) program in Oderzo, 

Italy this summer. All three are students of music instructor 

and soprano Deborah Mayer, who is also an alumna of 

the EPCASO program. EPCASO is celebrating its 20th 

anniversary, and was started in the memory of Claudia 

Pinza’s father, the legendary bass, Enzi Pinza, to teach 

American singers Italian phrasing and provide them with a 

taste for the Italian culture. The program is an intense sixweek 

study program in the Veneto region of Italy. Students 

had the opportunity to study voice with Claudia Pinza, La 

Scale coach Enzi Ferrara, legendary Italian soprano Maria 

Chiara, and Italian conductor Maurizio Arena. 

Pianist Michael Mizrahi’s solo recital 

Pianist Michael Mizrahi presented a masterclass for 

students and gave a solo recital feauturing works from 

his forthcoming album, The Bright Motion, recorded with 

the NOW ensemble. An avid proponent of contemporary 

music, Mizrahi is a founding member of NOW Ensemble, 

a chamber group devoted to the commissioning and 

performing of new music by emerging composers. Noted 

for his compelling performances of a wide range of 

repertoire and his ability to connect with audiences of all 

ages, Mizrahi has appeared as concerto soloist, recitalist, 

chamber musician, and music educator across the U.S. 

and in Europe. 

LOOK! Scholarship Art Sale celebrates sixth year 

Visual Arts students joined their faculty and alumni to raise 

scholarship funds at the sixth annual “LOOK!” Scholarship 

Art Sale in November. More than 500 pieces of art, created 

by 50 student, faculty and alumni artists, were included 

in the sale. The fundraiser featured prints, paintings, 

drawings, sculpture, photography, pottery, jewelry, and 

mixed media works. The sale is sponsored by the Visual 

Arts League, Art History Club, and the Ernestine M. Raclin 

School of the Arts. 

because it offers a sampling of different dance techniques 

and styles. Each faculty member discussed their own genre 

accompanied with student demonstrations. The genres 

performed were ballet, flamenco, Latin dance, jazz, Middle 

Eastern, modern dance, and social dance. The recital also 

featured solo and group performances choreographed by 

students and faculty members. Presenting faculty were 

Halana Hattery, Carolynn Hine-Johnson, Ruby Jazayre, 

Karen Pajor, Vladimir Sorokin, and David Seymour. 

South Bend Symphonic Choir travels to Florida 

The South Bend Symphonic Choir traveled to Florida in May 

to participate in the 20th anniversary celebration of the 

Ebony Chorale of the Palm Beaches. The invitation to attend 

was a reciprocal gesture from Chorale Founder and Director 

Orville Lawton, who brought his singers to IU South Bend’s 

2011 Lift Every Voice: Celebrating the African American 

Spirit concert at the invitation of Dean Marvin Curtis. 

The Ebony Chorale is dedicated to preserving the Negro 

Spiritual; songs borne out of the African American slavery 

experience. The four-day Palm Beach event included a 

concert featuring two guest ensembles, a gala banquet, and 

the 20th anniversary gala concert, all open to the public. 

“It was a very good chance for us to fellowship with another 

choir,” said Curtis. The South Bend Symphonic Choir 

performed nine pieces, with selections from composers Anton 

Bruckner, Rene Clausen, and Curtis himself. 

The celebration marked the second major trip for the 

South Bend Symphonic Choir, who traveled to Washington, 

D.C. in 2009 to perform a concert in the Grand Foyer of 

the White House. 

New dedicated theatre classroom 

Northside 013, a former lecture hall, has been partially 

remodeled to accommodate theatre classes and rehearsals. 

Associate Professor of Theatre Tim Hanson and the scene 

shop crew built a basic stage in the classroom during the 

spring semester. Additional work on the facility is planned 

for the 2012-13 academic year. 

Campus Auditorium gets new carpet 

IU South Bend installed new carpeting in Campus 

Auditorium in May, replacing the auditorium’s original 

carpet. The installation was delayed for several months to 

avoid interrupting the spring performance schedule. 

“Studies in Dance: A Lecture Demonstration” 

The IU South Bend dance faculty and their students 

performed a variety of dance genres as part of a lecture 

demonstration. The “Studies in Dance” recital is unique

alumni, student, faculty 

NEWS 

ALUMNI NEWS 

ASHLEY BOWEN, BA’10, is copy 

editor for jewelry brand Simon G. 

in Malibu, Calif. She appeared as a 

spokesperson on an episode of Extra 

to speak about Hollywood celebrities’ 

choices of jewelry for the SAG Awards. 

Darin Dahms, BA’98, directed the 

production Alceste at Theatre of Note 

in Los Angeles. The production was 

listed in LA Weekly as one of the top 

10 theatre experiences of 2011. Darin 

recently finished writing a one-man 

play, The Player King, based on the 

lives of Edwin Booth, Junius Brutus 

Booth, and John Wilkes Booth. He 

rehearsed the play at IU South Bend 

and performed it for family and friends 

at the Battell Center in Mishawaka in 

March. He will be producing the play 

in Los Angeles in the coming months 

and intends to take it to high schools 

and colleges around the country. For 

more information on The Player King, 

please visit spurredproductions.com. 

KRISTA KUSKYE, BFA’11, was 

accepted into a national juried 

exhibition for emerging artists with 

disabilities at the Smithsonian 

Institution in Washington, D.C. The 

exhibition, entitled “Momentum: A 

National Juried Exhibition for Emerging 

Artists with Disabilities, Ages 16-25,” 

is the 9th exhibition in this series 

presented by VSA and Volkswagen 

Group of America, Inc. Her exhibition 

piece, a silver gelatin print of Union 

Station, Gary, Ind., was produced using 

the traditional darkroom process. The 

image is part of an ongoing series 

dedicated to deteriorating buildings 

that she has been working on for 

the past several years. Her work was 

displayed along with 14 other artists 

from across the nation. 

JESSICA L. (RYLL) OTTOW, BA’05, 

received her Master’s in Education 

from Trevecca Nazarene University 

in Nashville, Tenn. She is licensed 

for K-6th grade and is teaching 

kindergarten in Nashville while 

continuing to pursue a vocal music 

career. She appeared in a USO Tour 

in California with JoDee Messina, did 

commercial demo work for Nashville 

musicians, and is the lead singer for 

two Nashville bands. 

TERRIE PHILLIPS, BA’11, has 

recently been accepted to Valparaiso 

University’s digital communication 

master’s degree program. 

STUDENT NEWS 

AMANDA BENHAM, theatre and 

dance, spent spring semester studying 

theatre in London. She served an 

internship with the Space, a London 

theatre. During her stay she traveled to 

Scotland, Cardiff, Paris, Dublin, and 

Poland. Benham recommends studying 

abroad for everyone. 

IGNASI CAMBRA, piano performance, 

joined the Music Academy of the West 

in Santa Barbara, Calif. during summer 

2012. The highly selective program 

chooses only 10 pianists every year. 

Through this program, he was able to 

study with Jerome Lowenthal, faculty 

member at the Juilliard School. 

LEAH DOMINY, piano performance, 

was accepted to an international 

piano festival in Gijon, Spain, where 

she studied with Robert McDonald 

from Juilliard, Marc Durand from the 

University of Montreal, and Jose Ramon 

Mendez from New York University. 

SARAH DUIS, communication studies, 

is editor-in-chief of the Preface for the 

2012 academic year. Duis will also 

serve as the 2012-13 Aspire magazine 

and newsletter intern. 

TAMRA GARRETT, voice, was selected 

to perform with the South Bend 

Symphony in the 2013 Pops Concert 

at the Morris Performing Arts Center. 

She will be a featured soloist and 

perform selections from Porgy and 

Bess. This will be the first time that 

student vocalists perform as soloists 

with the South Bend Symphony. She 

is a student of vocal instructor 

Deborah Mayer. 

JOSEPH GRAF, communication 

studies, is managing editor of the 

Preface for the upcoming school year. 

RUBIA HAGANS, visual arts, won 

the Youth First Place award with 

her sculpture Mother Nature at the 

Michiana Annual Art Competition at the 

Box Factory for the Arts in St. Joseph, 

Mich. In 2011, Hagans had a summer 

residency at the South Bend Museum 

of Art (SBMA). 

NATHAN HENRY, visual arts, is 

the recipient of the Harold Zisla 

Scholarship. He participated in the 

Summer Studio College Residency 

Program exhibition at the South Bend 

Museum of Art. The residency program 

offers a unique curriculum of selfdirection 

for fine arts majors enrolled 

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in Indiana University and college 

art programs. 

KETEVAN KARTVELISHVILI, piano 

performance, won first prize in 

the Young Artists Piano Concerto 

Competition in Kankakee, Ill. She was 

awarded a $2,000 cash prize and a 

performance with the Kankakee Valley 

Symphony Orchestra. 

AMANDA MALONE and ALEISCHA 

SHEPHERD, members of the IU South 

Bend Flute Ensemble, performed 

music for the Donor’s Reception at the 

Natatorium in September 2011. 

LAWRENCE MATTHEWS, voice, sang 

at Carnegie Hall in New York City with 

the United Voices of Detroit ensemble. 

He competed in the Classical Singer 

Vocal Competition and advanced to the 

second round. Matthews has also been 

selected to perform with the South 

Bend Symphony in the 2013 Pops 

concert at the Morris Performing Arts 

Center as a featured soloist. 

DMITRY MOLKOV, piano performance, 

received second prize in the 2012 

Indianapolis Matinee Musicale 

Competition. He was also awarded the 

Mildred Allen Memorial Scholarship. 

MALORY PECINA, communication 

studies, is multimedia editor for 

the Preface for the 2012-13 

academic year. 

GIOVANNI PONCIANO, BA’12, joined 

Ugly Dog Media in May. 

NATASHA STOJANOVSKA, piano 

performance, received first prize at the 

2012 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale 

Competition. She was awarded the 

Mildred Allen Memorial Scholarhip. 

Stojanovska will perform a solo recital 

in Indianapolis this fall as part of her 

prize package. 

KRYSTAL VIVIAN, BA’12, joined the 

Elkhart Truth as a digital journalist 

in May. 

ALEXANDRA WALKER, photography, 

had work accepted and printed in 

a nationally juried gallery catalogue 

entitled Man As Object Reversing 

the Gaze published by SOMArts, a 

nonprofit arts center in San Francisco. 

FACULTY & STAFF NEWS 

CHRISTOPHER ANDrEWS, associate 

faculty in fine arts, created and directed 

an experimental musical/theatrical 

work in collaboration with a group of 

local artists and musicians. The Work 

was designed to aid the preservation of 

Truman’s Night Club and Entertainment 

Complex as a thriving safe space for 

LGBTQ people and to re-establish the 

center as a supportive environment for 

the arts in the community. The Work is 

a simple-yet sophisticated-combination 

of drag, opera, and Butoh-esque 

performances. The piece is dramatic, 

surreal, and intense. 

Alexander Blatt, stage manager, 

joined the Raclin School of the Arts 

in July. “My first performing contract 

was with Ringling Brother’s Circus, 

1987, as clown and trampoline 

acrobat. Since then I studied theatre 

at DePaul University, attained my 

SAG card and became a professional 

stagehand,” says Blatt. “My first 

backstage experience was at age three, 

waiting at the Kennedy Center for 

my father, as he rehearsed with the 

National Symphony Orchestra. There’s 

something magical about “backstage” 

at great facilities, like we have at 

IU South Bend.” 

JANE CERA, assistant professor of art 

education, gave two presentations at 

the National Art Education Association 

Annual Convention in New York. At 

the first presentation, she discussed 

the benefits of art education in 

the general education curriculum. 

The second presentation was about 

mentoring others in the art field. Cera 

presented “Using Social Media to 

Promote Individual Agency: How Allies 

Can Resist Discrimination in Visual 

Culture” at the St. Mary’s College 

Diversity Conference. 

MARVIN CURTIS, dean and professor 

of music, conducted the combined 

choirs of St. Stephen’s Episcopal 

Church and the Unitarian Church of 

Fairfax in his composition, The City 

on the Hill (written for the 1993 

inauguration of President Bill Clinton) 

at New York Presbyterian Church 

in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 

2011. The performance was part of 

the concert An Evening of Songs and 

Remembrance featuring baritone 

James E. Laws Jr. Laws premiered 

three new works for concert for cello, 

piano, and baritone written by Curtis. 

Special guest artist soprano Denyce 

Graves appeared on the program. The 

concert commemorated 25 years of 

Damien Ministries’ Community Service 

and honoring the 10th anniversary 

of the Sept. 11 tragedy. Three works 

for cello, voice, and piano composed 

by Curtis were performed at The 

African American Art Song Alliance 

Conference at UC Irvine, California, 

and the Videmus 25th Anniversary 

Celebration Concert at the University 

of North Carolina Chapel Hill. In May, 

Curtis conducted the South Bend 

Symphonic Choir in West Palm Beach, 

Fla., as a part of the 20th anniversary 

celebration of the Ebony Chorale of the 

Palm Beaches. 

LAURA CUTLER, visiting professor 

of fine arts, was awarded a grant 

from the La Porte Urban Enterprise 

Association for Historic Preservation 

and Restoration for her building, home 

to the Thaddeus C. Gallery. Other 

recognitions awarded to Cutler this 

year include “Creativity and Innovation 

Award” from the Center for Creative 

Solutions in Michigan City, and the 

“Recognition of Service Excellence 

Award” from the LaPorte County 

Convention and Visitors Bureau for 

creating and coordinating the 2nd 

Saturdays Arts and Music event 

in LaPorte. 

The EUCLID QUARTET performed on 

Oct. 19 at the Chicago Cultural Center 

in a concert sponsored by WFMT 

radio. The quartet also performed 

in Palm Beach, Fla., at the Flagler 

Museum in January. The Palm Beach 

Daily News review said “… the Euclid 

Quartet performed with romantic

élan and a beautiful, lush tone that 

sounded orchestral at times.” Prior 

to that concert the quartet visited 

Enterprise, Ala. for a formal concert 

and a performance for local seventh 

graders, introducing most of them to 

live classical music for the first time. 

KEVIN M. GILLEN, BA’02, senior 

lecturer in communication studies, 

participated in a benefit event at the 

Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) 

in Northampton, Mass. The IMA is a 

non-profit teaching, performing, and 

recording facility to support women 

in music and music-related business. 

Their philosophy includes being 

“rooted in women’s relationships 

and dedicated to promoting equality, 

balance, and harmony.” 

ALEC HOSTERMAN, senior 

lecturer and area coordinator for 

communication studies, contributed 

a chapter entitled, “Twitter 101: 

Tweeting in the Classroom,” for the 

book Social Media: Usage and Impact. 

The book was released by Lexington 

Books in December. 

CHRISTINE LARSON SEITZ, adjunct 

faculty in music, performed at Art 

Beat in the Jon Hunt Plaza outside 

the Morris Performing Arts Center. She 

also performed at the Florida Flute 

Convention in Orlando, Fla. 

REBECCA HOVAN, adjunct faculty in 

music, attended the National Flute 

Convention in Charlotte, N.C. She 

instructed a one-day teacher training 

seminar on various aspects of flute 

teaching. She has two new publications 

of her arrangements: Wedding 

Collection for Flute and Violin and a 

medley of Winds Through the Olive 

Trees and It Came Upon the Midnight 

Clear for Flute and Guitar. She 

presented a clinic at the Texas Music 

Educators Convention in San Antonio. 

She also attended the Mid-South Flute 

Festival at the University of Alabama 

to present a clinic, perform at the 

afternoon recital, and conduct the adult 

flute choir at the closing concert. 

DEBRA INGLEFIELD, adjunct faculty 

in music, performed as a soloist for 

the Elkhart Municipal Band’s concert 

at McNaughton Park, Elkhart. She 

performed Franz Strauss Fantasie for 

horn, Op. 2, arranged for French horn 

and band by her husband, Kenley, 

professor emeritus from Bowling Green 

State University, and retired associate 

faculty from IU South Bend. 

RUBY JAZAYRE (Laury Rubin), 

associate faculty in dance, was 

featured as an instructor and soloist 

performer at the 6th annual Great 

Lakes Belly Dance Convention in Ann 

Arbor, Mich. This is her sixth year 

as one of the convention headliners. 

Nine members of her troupe appeared 

in the convention’s Saturday evening 

performance, including two IU South 

Bend students, one IU Bloomington 

alumna, and one IU South Bend 

faculty. Jazayre was featured as a 

finale performer, and also taught five 

hour-long workshops during the event. 

She was the featured artist in the fall 

issue of Yallah Magazine, a national 

Middle Eastern dance publication. 

She acted as assistant stage manager 

for the off-Broadway production of 

the Dalia Carella Dance Collective’s 

Ten Year Retrospective in New York 

City. Jazayre and nine members of her 

dance company traveled to Lansing, 

Mich., to perform in the production of 

The Evolution of Bellydance. 

LARRY LAMBERT, associate professor 

of communication studies, gave a 

presentation and was a participant in 

a panel talk as part of Schurz Library’s 

exhibit: “Lincoln: The Constitution 

and the Civil War.” The theme for the 

panel was “Would Lincoln Get Elected 

Today?” The talk complemented the 

national traveling Lincoln exhibit that 

was set-up in the library, organized by 

the National Constitution Center and 

the American Library Association and 

funded by the National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

MICHAEL LASATER, professor of mass 

communication and area coordinator 

of new media, had a solo exhibition 

of multiple works at the South Bend 

Museum of Art. His exhibition was in 

the Art League Gallery and curated 

by Mark Rospenda. All pieces were 

in high-definition and included seven 

flat screens and two projections. The 

Jesse Stuart Foundation is running 

his 1997 documentary Jesse Stuart: 

An American Writer as a streaming 

video resource on their website. 

The University Press of Kentucky is 

running his 1989 documentary James 

Still: Man on Troublesome Creek. 

DEBORAH MAYER, MM’11, vocal 

instructor, performed at the DeBartolo 

Performing Arts Center with pianist 

Eric Weimer. The recital, titled “An 

Afternoon of European Legends 

and Love Themes,” included a 

repertoire by Richard Wagner and 

other German composers. 

JOHN MAYROSE, assistant professor 

of music, will premier his composition 

Bending Light, commissioned by 

Andrew Mast and the Lawrence 

University Bands, at the 2013 College 

Band Directors National Association 

Conference. The piece will be 

performed by the Lawrence University 

Wind Ensemble. In May 2012, 

pianist Michael Mizrahi released 

his debut CD, The Bright Motion on 

New Amsterdam Records. The album 

includes Mayrose’s composition 

Faux Patterns. 

RON MONSMA, BA’85, associate 

professor of fine arts, performed on 

drums with the Lake Michigan College 

Jazz Band and the Jim Pickley Trio 

at the Mendel Center for the Arts. 

The April 2012 issue of The Artist’s 

Magazine featured his article “Still 

Lifes and Figures in Pastel.” Three 

of his works appear in Manifest’s 

International Drawing Annual 6. 

Monsma is also featured on the 

cover of 100 Artists of the Midwest, 

published by Schiffer books. Monsma 

was a juror in The Artist Magazine’s 

International Competition. His work 

was also accepted into the 2012 

Contemporary Realism Biennial at 

the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. 

SUSAN MOORE, associate professor 

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of fine arts, presented an exhibition 

titled Subdivided Views at the Artpost 

gallery in South Bend. She also 

received a grant from the Research 

and Development Committee to 

support her project “Lake Michigan: 

A Photographic Residency.” 

JENNIFER MUÑIZ, visiting assistant 

professor of music, chaired a session 

at the College Music Society National 

Conference in San Diego, Calif. 

JORGE MUÑIZ, associate professor 

of music, released La Nueche de San 

Xuan for flute and harp on the CD 

LaNoche. The CD is a collection of 

works by Singaporean and Spanish 

composers. His work for solo cello 

Behold, The Lamb of God with 

cellist Kate Dillingham premiered at 

Episcopal Church of Heavenly Rest in 

New York City. This work will also be 

performed at the Queens New Music 

Festival presented by Random Access 

Music in New York. 

DORA NATELLA, associate professor 

of visual arts, was awarded the MAAC 

2011 Best Sculpture Award and 

third place in the overall exhibit at 

the Michiana Annual Art Competition 

at the Box Factory for the Arts in St. 

Joseph, Mich. She was invited to show 

her work at the Biennial Sculpture 

Invitational at the Krasl Art Center in 

St. Joseph, Mich. Natella also created 

the bronze sculpture Nike for the 

United Way of St. Joseph County. The 

sculpture will serve as the United Way 

of St. Joseph County’s new “Ernie 

Award” which will be awarded annually 

to recognize individuals’ dedication to 

the community through their service 

with United Way. Ernestine Morris 

Raclin, the award’s namesake, is the 

first award recipient. Natella was also 

invited by Joseph Becherer, curator 

of Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park 

in Grand Rapids, Mich., to be part of 

a spring 2012 exhibition titled Body 

Double: The Figure in Contemporary 

Sculpture. Her artwork is included in 

two exhibitions: 2012 Contemporary 

Realism Biennial and the National 

Invitational and Juried Exhibition. 

INSEUNG PARK, assistant professor 

of theatre, designed the scenery for 

Provision Theatre’s production of 

Bonhoeffer’s Cost in Chicago. 

TAMEA RECTOR, coordinator of 

student services, received her Master 

of Arts in English from IU South Bend. 

MARJORIE M. RUSCHE, associate 

professor of music, was selected by 

the Educational Testing Service, based 

in Princeton, N.J., to be a College 

Board’s Advanced Placement Reader 

in the subject area of Music Theory. 

Rusche also reached her funding goal 

for composing Variations Vortex (Into 

the Swirling Storm), dedicated to the 

inspiring imagery and preservation 

of the environment. Euclid Quartet 

violinist Jacob Murphy and pianist 

Nicholas Roth premiered her work. 

Many individual donors contributed 

to the project site hosted by USA 

Projects, with matching funds from 

Artists2Artists Fund, USA Open 

Matching Fund, Chestwater Music 

Commissioning Fund, Elnora Stickley 

Scholarship Fund, and the IU South 

Bend Center for a Sustainable Future. 

ANDREA RUSNOCK, associate 

professor of art history, participated 

in a faculty and graduate seminar at 

Notre Dame featuring Gábor Tamás 

Rittersporn, director for research 

and senior research fellow at The 

Centre National de la Recherche 

Scientifique (National Center for 

Scientific Research) in Paris. Her 

weaving project won “Best in Show” 

in the adult category at the South 

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Faculty art show. Rusnock received 

the REEI Summer Faculty Research 

Fellowship through the Andrew W. 

Mellon Foundation Endowment for 

her research project Old Stitches/ 

New Patterns: Russian Fin-de-Siècle 

Needlework and Imperial Culture. She 

received a New Frontiers Exploratory 

Travel Fellowship from IU. Rusnock coauthored 

the article “We’re Not Barbie 

Girls: Tweens Transform Feminine 

Icon” in Feminist Formations. 

EDISHER SAVITSKI, adjunct faculty 

in music, performed as a soloist with 

the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra 

at Hilton Head Island. The concert 

featured Shostakovich Piano Concerto 

No. 1 in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet 

and Strings, Op. 35. A reviewer wrote, 

“Both conductor and pianist, who are 

native to the composer’s part of the 

world, have a deep understanding of 

Shostakovich and were very successful 

in drawing the audience into this 

unusual and complicated music.” 

ERIC SOUTHER, assistant professor 

of new media, will exhibit his work 

Search Engine Vision in a group show 

in September at the Mint Museum of 

Craft + Design in Charlotte, N.C., and 

in February 2013 at the Museum of 

Art and Design in New York. His work 

will also be exhibited at the Scientist 

Video Art Festival in Ferrara, Italy. 

MICHAEL S. WADE, associate faculty 

of music and choral director, provided 

choral clinics at Mishawaka, Marian, 

and Elkhart Central High Schools.

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