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ArtsCulture &Instrumentally BulowMICHELLE CATEHarry Bulow is tuned to musicalsuperlatives.He plays a score of instruments,studied with such musical giants asAaron Copland and Henry Manciniand performed with legendary bandleaderWoody Herman and his last“Thundering Herd.”His ensemble, the New RococoBandsmen, was a big hit at highschool dances and malls in southernCalifornia during the ’70s. As ateenager, he had a career in radio – risingfrom janitor to announcer at hisparents’ stations. And he worked hisway through graduate school writingjingles for such clients as Taco Bell andfilm and television music for “TheIncredible Hulk,” among others.Bulow, 54, is literally a one-manband, whose Harry Bulow Jazz Quartet HARRY BULOWMinus 3 has entertained audiences foryears. He arranges all the parts (bass, piano and drums) and recordsthem, then plays over them with flute, clarinet or saxophone.Now, he’s taking on new challenges as chair of LamarUniversity’s Department of Music, Theatre & Dance, orchestrating19 full-time and 17 part-time faculty members; 220 undergraduateand graduate music, theatre and dance majors; and about 1,300non-majors who take music each semester.“There are a lot of good things about Lamar. It’s a rising school.It’s emerging,” Bulow said.” I like the people – both the faculty andSharing imagesthrough artIf you had asked Susan Kay Bard in 1997 if she everimagined herself graduating from Lamar, she wouldhave wistfully sighed “no.”Bard says she had no opportunity to go to schoolwhen she was younger, but she always wanted to.Aug. 13, she graduated from Lamar magna cum laudewith a degree in studio art, fulfilling a life-long dream atage 48.In 1999, after moving from Houston to Silsbee,Bard took a job as a reporter for the Silsbee Bee. Ayear later, her husband was killed in a car accident,leaving Bard with her sons, ages 17, 13 and 6.“As sad as that was,” said Bard, “I found I had anopportunity to go back to school full time. So I did, andhere I am.”Since 2003, Bard has been curator of Silsbee’sIcehouse Museum.the students. There’s a lot of positiveenergy – and a strong artistic vision.”Bulow came to Lamar from theUniversity of North Carolina atCharlotte, where he was professor ofmusic and director of the Center forMusic Technology. A native of DeMoines, Iowa, he grew up in Iowa,Minnesota and California, where, inhis formative years, he studied organ,saxophone, clarinet and flute. He graduatedfrom San Diego State Universitywith distinction, earning a bachelor’sdegree in piano. He earned his master’sdegree and doctorate from theUniversity of California at Los Angeles,both in theory and composition.His works have received numerousprizes, including first prize at theInternational Composers Competitionin Italy, a National Endowment forthe Arts Composer Fellowship and 20consecutive awards from the American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers.As chair, Bulow hopes to continue taking the department in thedirection of success.“My principal aim is to reinforce and support the positive areaswe already have and to see if we can’t develop new areas that areemerging technologies in the whole media area,” he said. “My focus asan artist-composer-performer is really the integration of the arts.”— LWBRIAN SATTLERShe began classes in 2000, with a major that shehad been interested in since she was a child: art. In balancingthree children, school and a career, Bard took adifferent approach to multitasking.“A lot of people have said this should have been astruggle, but I always thought it was what had to bedone,” she said. “I believed I was setting a good examplefor my children.”For her thesis, which Bard describes as “socialcommentary,” she painted six life-size figures resemblingsex offenders in the Jefferson County.“I chose to paint them because, though I expectthe offenders to change, I expect the problem to bearound for years and years,” she said. “I believe notenough is done to protect the vulnerable among usfrom sex offenders.”ArtsNotesPamela Saur, professor of Englishand German at Lamar, has publishedtwo new international non-PAMELA SAURfiction works on Austrian history and culture – one she co-editedand another that she translated. The books are Visions and Visionariesin Contemporary Austrian Literature and Film, co-edited by MargareteLamb-Faffelberger and published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc., andthe English translation of Graziella Hlawaty’s Broken Songs: AnAdolescent in War-Torn Vienna, published by Ariadne Press. These arethe third and fourth book projects for Saur, whose translations oftwo other volumes werereleased in 2002, both byAriadne Press . . . TheFrench film series presentedby Ken Rivers, professor ofFrench, will continue duringNovember with French FilmFest VIII, showcasingFrench detective and crimeKEN RIVERSfilm. Films will be screenedat 7 p.m. every Wednesday, except during Thanksgiving week, in theDishman Art Museum Lecture Hall. The films will have subtitles.The series is open to the public without charge . . . Patrick Wright,adjunct instructor of English, placed fifth among 2,000 contestantsin competition sponsored by the International Society of Poets.Wright attended the society’s 2005 summer convention and symposiumAug. 18-21 in Washington, D.C. His poem, TheUntrodden, which he read during the event, earned a $500prize. Also at the meeting, Wright attended lectures and visitedwith such convention participantsas Pulitzer Prize winner W.D.Snodgrass and Delaware PoetLaureate Fleda Brown . . . TheConference of College Teachers ofEnglish has awarded Jerry Bradley,associate vice president for researchand dean of graduate studies, the Dr.Frances Hernandez Teacher-ScholarJERRY BRADLEYAward “in recognition of exemplaryservice to his students and his profession.” Bradley, a professorof English, received a plaque and a $500 award lastspring in Waco. At the same meeting, the conference presentedits fiction award to Daniella Medley, a graduate studentin English. Bradley recently has published poems inLynne Lokensgard atFaculty ExhibitionTexas Poetry Journal and Taj Mahal Review. He read from his fictionat a meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American CultureAssociation in San Diego and from his poetry before theSouthwest/Texas Popular Culture Association in Albuquerque, N.M.. . . Lamar student Ashlynn Ivy of Groves won first place in theundergraduate fiction competition sponsored by the TexasAssociation of Creative Writing Teachers. Ivy, winner of the CharlesOliver Award, was scheduled to read her short story, Grass Hearts, atthe association’s annual meeting Sept. 22-24 in San Antonio, but themeeting was cancelled because of Hurricane Rita. The award alsoincludes a $100 prize and publication in the association newsletter.Jim Sanderson, professor of English at Lamar, is acting president ofthe association . . . Poetry by English professor R.S. “Sam” Gwynnis receiving national attention in poetry publications and over the airwaves.Gwynn’s works appeared in summer issues of Poetry, in theanthology In A Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare and inSonnets: 150 Contemporary Sonnets. Garrison Keillor selected two ofGwynn’s poems to read on The Writer’s Almanac. His ShakespeareanSonnet is included in Poetry 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for EveryDay, edited by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins and publishedby Random House . . . Eleven members of Lamar’s art facultyshowcased their diverse talents during the annual Faculty ExhibitionAug. 22-30 in the Dishman Art Museum. The exhibit featuredworks by Linnis Blanton and Greg Busceme, ceramics; KeithCarter, photography; Kurt Dyrhaug, sculpture and drawings;Steve Hodges, Jamie Paul Kessler and Rose Matthis, painting;Meredith Jack, sculpture; Ann Matlock, fiber; Donna Meeks,mixed-media painting; and Prince Thomas, chromogenic prints.Norma and Abraham Motiee of Kampus Korner join Pulse advisor R.S. “Sam” Gwynn and managingeditor Beverly Williams, from left, in displaying the cover of the literary magazine, featuring thenew Kampus Korner bookstore adjacent to the Lamar campus. “Since their new building marks amajor milestone after 25 years of operation, we chose this opportunity to express our thanks toAbraham and Norma Motiee for all their assistance and dedication to both Pulse and LamarUniversity,” Williams said.38 | Cardinal Cadence September - November 2005 September - November 2005 Cardinal Cadence | 39