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Appointments • In Memoriam
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Appointments
Ethan Bearman (B.M., 1997, horn), student of Eli Epstein, has been
appointed assistant principal horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Daphne Gerling (M.M., 2001, viola), student of Jeffrey Irvine, has been
appointed professor of viola at Valdosta State University in Georgia.
The head of the Valdosta music department is Dr. James Shrader (M.M.,
1975, opera direction), student of Anthony Addison.
Scott Hostetler (B.M., 1999, oboe), student of John Mack, joined the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s oboe section in 2002. He has now been
named to an additional post as the CSO’s English horn.
Jessica Hung, Master of Music degree violin student of William Preucil
and Stephen Rose, has been appointed concertmaster of the Annapolis
Symphony Orchestra. This summer, she was a fellow at the Tanglewood
Music Center for the second consecutive year, and she joined the
Boston Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique.
Judith Ingolfsson (M.M., 1994, P.S., 1996, A.D., 2000, violin), student of
David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein, has been appointed professor at
the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Germany.
Her CD recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto was recently released
on the BPO Live label. This summer she was on the faculty of the Heifetz
International Music Institute and gave a master class at the Quartet
Program at SUNY-Fredonia.
Lillia Keyes (B.M., 2008, cello), student of Stephen Geber, won a spot in
the Berlin Staatskapelle Akademie under Daniel Barenboim. Her two-year
contract with the orchestra begins this fall. During those two years, she
will be a full member of the Staatskapelle, while having lessons with the
principal cellists, chamber music with the other academists and chamber
orchestra concerts with academy players.
Lars Kirvan (B.M., 2003, cello) and Benjamin Krug (M.M., 2006, P.S., 2008,
cello), students of Stephen Geber, have both been appointed to the cello
section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. It was reported in an
earlier issue of Notes that Patricia Garvey (M.M., 2007, cello), another
former student of Mr. Geber, had also received an appointment.
Peter Kjome (B.M., 1989, oboe), student of John Mack, is the new
president and CEO of the Grand Rapids Symphony (MI).
Emma Murley (M.M., 2004, trumpet), student of Michael Sachs, has been
appointed director of artistic administration at the Alabama Symphony.
She recently completed a year of training in the League of American
Orchestras’ Orchestra Management Fellowship Program.
Robert Van Sice (B.M, 1982, percussion), student of Cloyd Duff and
Richard Weiner, has been appointed to the percussion faculty at the
Curtis Institute of Music.
Bonnie Yeager (B.M., 2006, M.M., 2008, viola), student of Mark Jackobs
and Lynne Ramsey, has joined the viola section of The Phoenix Symphony.
Michael Rosenthal
Janet Century (Century Photography)
IN MEMORIAM
Donald Erb
(M.M., 1953,
theory), composition
student
of Marcel
Dick and Ward
Lewis, passed
away August
12 at age 81.
Dr. Erb was
appointed to
the CIM faculty
in 1952 and
re-appointed
composerin-residence
in 1966. He
became a
distinguished
visiting artist in
1986 and distinguished
professor
of composition in 1987. He headed
the composition department until his retirement
in 1996. In 2000, he was named distinguished
professor emeritus of composition.
That same year, CIM presented a concert
in his honor and established a scholarship
in his name. Dr. Erb wrote for “just about
anything,” from music for two contrabassoons
to a piece for piccolo and percussion.
His early interest in electronic music led to
the completion of Reconnaissance in 1965.
It was premiered in New York with Robert
Moog operating the synthesizer. His orchestral
music has been played by every major
U.S. orchestra and many eminent ensembles
in Europe and Australia. Among his works
for orchestra were ten concertos premiered
by such artists as Lynn Harrell, Richard
Stoltzman, Miriam Fried and Stuart Dempster.
Dr. Erb received grants and fellowships
from the Rockefeller, Guggenheim, Ford,
Fromm and Koussevitzky Foundations and
served as composer-in-residence with the
Dallas and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras.
He authored the article on orchestration
in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Among the
many organizations that honored him were
the International Rostrum of Composers,
National Endowment for the Arts, Library
of Congress, American Academy of Arts and
Letters and the American Academy in Rome.
Dr. Erb received the CIM Distinguished
Alumni Award in 1993. In addition to his
CIM studies, he received a bachelor’s degree
from Kent State University and a doctorate
from Indiana University. According to retired
CIM President David Cerone, “Donald
Erb was a powerful and innovative musical
figure, a loving teacher, a devoted colleague
and a cherished friend. His life must
be celebrated by all who know and understand
the creative spirit and the inquisitive
mind.”
Hung
Ingolfsson
Keyes