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IAJE-Wisconsin
News On-Line
The Newsletter of the Wisconsin Chapter of
The International Association
for Jazz Education
www.iajewi.org
VOTE!
Volume 3, Number 1: May, 2005
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In This Issue:
Contributing
Authors:
"The One Chord
Jam"
A fun Improvisation Activity
for Jazz Ensemble
By Sam Fettig;
Vice President
An
Interview With Cliff Gribble
The 2005 IAJE-WI
Distinguished Service Award Recipient
By Steve Sveum;
Past-President
WSMA Honors Auditions Report
By Bill Dennee;
Treasurer
A
Report on the 2005 IAJE Conference
by Brad Curran;
President-Elect
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iaje-WI Contact Information:
iaje-WI
Executive Board
iaje-WISCONSIN
website
IAJE National
Website
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IAJE-Wisconsin
President's Message
Dear Wisconsin
Jazz Folk,
Welcome
to our May On-Line IAJE-WI Newsletter! As this newest issue comes out
towards the end of the current Exec Board term of office, this will be
my final message as president of the Wisconsin Unit of IAJE. As
of July 1, I will gracefully fade into the sunset and morph blissfully
into the coveted post known as past-president. Taking over as
your new president will be Brad Curran.
Brad will also be taking on the website and newsletter duties, so he
will be our go-to person for jazz education activities in Wisconsin!
It
is time once again to vote for a new IAJE-WISCONSIN Executive
Board. Please go to the candidates
section of the newsletter and have a look at the great lineup from
which to choose! We have a very strong field of candidates and
your vote will really make a difference here! So, how does this
work? Send me an e-mail with your list of officers (vote for one
for each office) and the election
committee will compile the votes. Note: The national rules stipulate that student members may
not vote. Sorry folks!
Send
your votes to (wiests@uww.edu)
We have from May 1 to June 15 to submit votes. The new exec board team
will take office effective July 1 and will hit the ground
running! Therefore, we will have a quick turnaround for you and
an e-announcement with the results ASAP!
In
other news: Once again, Wisconsin led the way in getting a proclamation
from our ever-hip Governor, Jim Doyle designating April as Jazz
Appreciation Month. I hope that many of you had the opportunity
to celebrate this great initiative through concerts and other
events. If you did, please send in your programs via e-mail to us
here at IAJE-WI and we will put them on our website. Also, I
suggest that you send the info to the Smithsonian site directly as they
are collecting and posting everything relating to J.A.M. Send it
to: jazz@si.edu While you're
at it, go to the IAJE International site (IAJE LINK)
website and you will see Wisconsin featured as the only state to have
been on top of things enough to have a proclamation photo-op!
Other
states may follow, but we lead!
Speaking
of our state, we are honoring the legendary Cliff Gribble this year as
the recipient of our Distinguished Service Award. Please go to
this link, Cliff-Notes, read all about
Cliff's great doings in our state, check out Steve Sveum's great interview with Cliff, and then offer your
congratulations to this wonderful educator! Congrats Cliff!
Well,
it has been a blast being your prez these past two years, and I feel we
have certainly made a difference. I thank you for the honor and I
look forward to working with Brad and the new Exec Board as we keep
things groovin'!
Sincerely:
Steve
Wiest
President,
IAJE-Wisconsin
wiests@uww.edu
http://www.stevewiest.com/
Copyright 2005 iaje-Wisconsin All
Rights Reserved
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Governor Jim Doyle with IAJE-WI-Pres Steve
Wiest and students at the
signing ceremony for the 2005 Jazz
Appreciation Month Proclamation
2005 IAJE-WISCONSIN Distinguished Service Award
recipient Cliff Gribble
A Report From the 2005 IAJE National Conference in Long Beach, CA
The IAJE Chicago
Regional Conference
April, 2005:
Jazz Appreciation Month
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Candidates for 2005 IAJE-WISCONSIN
Executive Board
The
following have been nominated for positions on the 2005 Executive Board
for IAJE-WISCONSIN. Please vote for one person in each category
by sending your votes to
wiests@uww.edu
Please
write your e-mail subject as follows:
IAJE-WI 2005 Exec Board Ballot
You may
click on each name for bio information. Please send in your votes
ASAP, and we will announce the results by our June Newsletter.
Thanks!
Steve
Wiest
President,
IAJE-WISCONSIN
President-Elect
(Pres-Elect:
2005-2007, President: 2007-2009, Past-Pres: 2009-2011)
Mathew Buchman
Marty Robinson
Vice President
(2005-2007)
Dave Dunning
Steve Zenz
Treasurer
(2005-2007)
Paul Bhasin
Patrick Phalen
Secretary
(2005-2007)
Lisa Lichter
Bruce Tychinski
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Marty
Robinson
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UW Oshkosh
Department of Music
800 Algoma Blvd
Oshkosh WI 54901-8636
(920) 424-7015
robinsm@uwosh.edu
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Dr. Marty Robinson, Assistant
Professor of Trumpet and Jazz at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh,
directs the jazz ensembles and teaches jazz history in addition to
applied trumpet students. He holds degrees from Lawrence University
(B.M. in trumpet performance), the Eastman School of Music (M.M. in
jazz studies), and Florida State University (D.M. in composition).
Prior to his appointment at Oshkosh for the fall of 2004, Dr. Robinson
served for 10 years as Associate Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies
at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, where he was recognized
as “Teacher of the Year” in 2001.
Dr. Robinson’s interests cover the broad spectrum of music as a
performer, composer, musicologist, and educator. As a trumpeter, he
performs with the Oshkosh Symphony, several brass quintets, and leads
his own jazz quartet in regional and national performances. His jazz
CD, “Standards – Vol. 1,” was released in 2003. As a pianist, he has
served as accompanist for his own students’ trumpet recitals and he is
also in demand as a jazz pianist.
He is the composer and trumpeter on numerous recordings that have
been aired in recent years on national television and radio, including
music for ABC’s 20/20, Fox’s NFL Films, PBS’s National
Geographic, and CBS’s U.S. Open Tennis Coverage, as well
as ad campaigns for NBC’s ER, Hershey’s Chocolate, ADT
Security, and Burger King. His television music has been heard
internationally in Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan,
Malaysia, Netherlands, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Robinson’s compositions in the contemporary classical realm include
a recent commission for string bass concerto with orchestra and a
commission by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His Symphony
for Winds was premiered in May 2004 and is scheduled for
performances by university wind ensembles in the coming year. Other
major works include his Gloria for mass choir and brass
quintet, Allegory of the Cave for wind ensemble, Children
of Gebelawi for symphony orchestra, and a chamber piece for 12
players titled Five Rodin Sculptures. In addition, he has
composed a brass quintet, a string quartet, and numerous other chamber
works.
As a jazz composer and arranger, Dr. Robinson’s music is published
by the UNC Jazz Press. His original works have been written for
trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist Gary Bartz, pianist Steve Kuhn,
and guitarist Gene Bertoncini. His jazz shuffle, The Art of Lee,
was premiered at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Dr.
Robinson has arranged over fifty different jazz works for jazz
ensemble, including such titles as Daahoud, Grand Central,
Lush Life, Pent-Up House, Syeeda’s
Song Flute, and If I Should Lose You.
Dr. Robinson’s interest in music history has led to research papers
as diverse as Stravinsky and Meter in L’Histoire du Soldat
and Don Redman: The Beginnings of Jazz Arranging, and his
recent attention has been focused on both a comparative theoretical
analysis of the Haydn and Hummel trumpet concertos and jazz solos
played by trumpeter and composer Thad Jones. His expertise as a jazz
historian and musicologist led to a recent appointment on the IAJE
Resource Team of Advisors in the area of jazz transcriptions.
Dr. Robinson has been active as a clinician at high schools and
universities throughout the Southeast (when living in Florida) and in
the Midwest, often featured as guest artist with the ensembles. Since
2000, he has served on the faculty at the Birch Creek Music Academy in
Door County, Wisconsin. From 1997 through 2002, he served as a judge
for the Great American Jazz Piano Competition held in Jacksonville, FL.
He has also been quite active in state and national IAJE functions,
including giving clinics, presenting papers, and serving as performing
artist. His students have performed professionally with Wynton
Marsalis, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Elvin Jones, the Count
Basie Orchestra, the Charles Mingus Jazz Band, and the Saturday Night
Live Band.
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Mathew
Buchman
Associate Professor
& Director of Jazz Studies
 Mathew Buchman is an Associate professor and
director of jazz studies at UW-Stevens Point. Buchman received his M.M.
in Improvisation from the University of Michigan and his B.M. in
composition and theory from Lawrence University. Additional studies
have included composition with Lyle Mays and Ken Schaphorst, and jazz
piano with John Harmon and Ellen Rowe. A native of Wisconsin, Buchman
has toured the United States, Canada, and Germany and remains active as
a jazz pianist in large and small jazz ensembles in the Midwest. As a
composer and arranger, Buchman’s works include music for piano, large
and small jazz ensembles, and orchestra.
Other questions-feel free to e-mail me: mbuchman@uwsp.edu
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Dave Dunning
David Dunning has been an instrumental
music teachers at Neenah High School for the past 13 years. He is
director of the Freshman Band and the Advanced and Intermediate Jazz
Ensembles and serves as the team teacher for the Concert and Symphonic
Bands as well as
the Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Dunning received his Bachelors Degree
in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and is
currently finishing a Masters Degree program also in Music Education at
the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. As a trombonist Mr.
Dunning plays with the Big Band Reunion and Bay City Swing big bands
and performs frequently in small-group jazz setting in the Fox Valley
area. Mr. Dunning is also a member of the Oshkosh Symphony
Orchestra and the Music Associate at Calvary
Bible Church in Neenah.
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Steve Zenz
Steve Zenz, percussionist, has been
performing music professionally for nearly 40 years. A native of
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, he obtained a Bachelor of Music
Education degree from UW-Eau Claire in 1975 and a Master
of Music Education degree from UW-Stevens Point in 1987. Mr. Zenz's
career in education has spanned more than two decades and has included
appointments at UW-LaCrosse and UW-Stevens Point and is currently
employed by the Slinger Wisconsin Public School. Steve has
performed with the Wisconsin Chapter of Young Audiences Inc., taught at
Point Music Camp at UW-Stevens Point, Birch Creek Music Center in Egg
Harbor, Wisconsin, the Summer Youth Program at Michigan and the
UW-Green Bay
Summer Jazz Camp
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Paul Bhasin
Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Paul Bhasin received his musical
training at the University of Michigan School of Music and the
Northwestern University School of Music. In addition to many
recent solo performances in the Green Bay area, Mr. Bhasin has
performed with several noted ensembles including the New World Symphony
with Michael Tilson Thomas, the Chicago Symphony Civic Orchestra,
Columbus (OH) Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Chamber Symphony, the
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and the Kalamazoo Symphony
Orchestra. As a soloist, he has been featured at the Illinois
State University's Braden Auditorium (sponsored by Yamaha Corporation
of America), the International Computer Music Conference, the
Aspen Music Festival, the Chautauqua Music Festival and throughout the
Green Bay area. An active performer of chamber music, he has been
featured with the Aspen Chamber Ensemble with James Conlon, the Chicago
Symphony Civic Brass Quintet and the Michigan Chamber Brass. He
is also a founding member of the Artemis Chamber Brass of Chicago, a
brass quintet recently featured live in recital on Chicago's WFMT
Network Chicago.
An accomplished commercial player, he
has performed on stage with Chuck Mangione, John Pizzarelli, and
Marvin Hamlisch in addition to being a featured performer at the
Detroit Montreux Jazz Festival. Mr. Bhasin can be heard as a
soloist on Centaur Records' recent 2001 CD release entitled
"Alternating Currents", an album exploring music written for trumpet
and computer effects processor. Following an international competition,
Yamaha Corporation of America named him the Young Performing Artist of
1998. A dedicated teacher, Mr. Bhasin has given
masterclasses and clinics in association with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra and Music Institute of Chicago.
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Lisa Lichter
I am a middle school band and orchestra
director at North Lake School, near Hartland, WI. I have served on the
IAJE-WI Executive Board for 2 years, and the IAJE Midwest regional
conference planning committee in 2004-05. I am good at typing quickly
and know speedwriting techniques. I
have attended several IAJE national conferences, and look forward to
continuing my participation at these events. I serve as Chief counselor
at the UW-Whitewater Summer Jazz Camp, where I have also coached small
group rehearsals and taught the jazz theory class. My interest in
jazzis not only that of an educator, but also as a jazz performer -
this last December I toured London with the Jazz Express out of
Waukesha, and I am on the substitute lists for trombone for many groups
in the
Milwaukee/Waukesha area.
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Dr. Bruce D.
Tychinski
Trombonist Bruce
Tychinski is
currently Assistant Professor of Low Brass at St. Norbert College,
where he teaches applied lessons on trombone, euphonium, and tuba,
conducts the Jazz Ensemble and Trombone Choir, and teaches courses in
music theory and jazz history. He remains an active soloist
and clinician for low brass and jazz ensembles. Over the last
three years Bruce has performed solo recitals at universities in
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Virginia, North
Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi, and Texas.
Internationally, he has performed as a soloist in France, Germany,
Austria, Spain, and Peru and this summer he will lead a group
of high school jazz musicians as
Director of the Blue Lake Fine Arts
Camp International Jazz Ensemble on a three week European
tour. Bruce is a member of the Green Bay Symphony, performs
jazz with Big Band Reunion (Appleton) and has recorded compact
discs with the Skyline Brass, American Wind Symphony Orchestra,
Boulevard Big Band (Kansas City), the University of Kansas Symphonic
Band, Penn State Alumni Trombone Choir, and for an upcoming release by
Big Band Reunion.
Prior
to joining the St. Norbert College faculty in August 2000, Dr.
Tychinski taught at the University of Northern Iowa, Penn State
University, and the University of Kansas, and performed professionally
with the Skyline Brass Quintet. He received his Bachelor and
Master of Music degrees from Penn State University and the Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from the University of Kansas.
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