Music by Women Festival 2022

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WELCOME
Dear festival participants,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to the 6th Annual International Music by
Women Festival 2022 hosted by the Mississippi University for Women.
I hope this festival will serve as a catalyst for dialogue,

future collaborations, and performances. I am passionate
about sharing this music with the world and making sure it
is recorded in history. After the conclusion of the festival, I
hope you will join me in continuing this mission in your
local communities, and wherever your travels may take you.
The 2017-2021 festivals brought this project into the

international spotlight and helped contribute to
programming diversity in concert halls around the world. I
am excited to share with you the robust program of the 6th
annual festival and look forward to seeing the effect it has
on our field!
Dr. Julia Mortyakova
I believe we all dream of a future when works by women are
part of the classical music performance canon, and each concert, whether a solo recital or an
orchestral performance, will feature music by women composers. However, until that dream
becomes a reality, it is important to highlight this music in order to inspire future
performances, facilitate its further study by music students, and ignite the interest of the
general public. Thank you for doing your part and supporting this historically important
endeavor. Whether you are a performer, composer, student, professor, independent
musician, or music lover, your participation in this event truly helps recognize and pass on
to the next generation the important works written by great artists.
Once again, thank you for joining us and I hope you enjoy all of our concerts and
presentations!
Julia Mortyakova, D.M.A.

Artistic Director, Music by Women Festival
Professor and Chair, Department of Music
Mississippi University for Women
Sixth Annual International Music by Women Festival 1

SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
2 Sixth Annual International Music by Women Festival

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome from Julia Mortyakova, Festival Artistic Director ............... 1

Schedule At-a-Glance.............................................................................................. 2
Table of Contents .................................................................................................... 4
Schedule of Events.................................................................................................. 5
Thursday .................................................................................................... 5
Friday ........................................................................................................... 7
Saturday ..................................................................................................... 9
Concert Programs.................................................................................................. 11
Concert No. 1 ......................................................................................... 11
Concert No. 2 ......................................................................................... 12
Concert No. 3 ......................................................................................... 13
Concert No. 4 ......................................................................................... 14
Concert No. 5 ......................................................................................... 15
Concert No. 6 ......................................................................................... 17
Concert No. 7 ......................................................................................... 19
Concert No. 8 ......................................................................................... 20
Concert No. 9 ......................................................................................... 21
Concert No. 10 ...................................................................................... 22
Concert No. 11 ...................................................................................... 24
Concert No. 12 ...................................................................................... 25
Concert No. 13 ...................................................................................... 26
Concert No. 14 ...................................................................................... 27
Concert No. 15 ...................................................................................... 28
Festival Abstracts.................................................................................................. 30
Participant Biographies ...................................................................................... 37
Acknowledgements .............................................................................................. 62

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THURSDAY MARCH 3RD
10:00 AM Concert No. 1 in Kossen Auditorium
11:30 11:55 AM
211 Paper: The Female Hit Parade: Acknowledging the Women Jazz Song Composers of
the 1930s and 40s
Elizabeth Momand (University of Arkansas - Fort Smith)
408 Lecture Recital: Penny Rodriguez's Nine Poetic Love Songs: Pedagogy, Inclusivity,
and Diversity of Texts
Chuck Chandler, tenor (DePaul University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Noon Concert No. 2 in Kossen Auditorium
BREAK
2:30 PM Concert No. 3 in Kossen Auditorium
4:00 4:25 PM
211 Paper: The Chamber Wind Ensemble Music of Ruth Gipps (1921-1999): Composer,
Conductor, and Performer
Brittan Braddock (University of West Florida)
307 Lecture Recital: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Einsame Nacht: Sonic Depictions of
Existential Loneliness
Matthew Hoch, baritone (Auburn University)

408 Lecture Recital: Open Spaces: The Unique Compositional Language of Priaulx
David Munro, oboe (Bowling Green State University)
4:30 4:55 PM
211 Paper: Ruth Crawford: Prestige and Discrimination
Jillian Vogel (Louisiana State University)
307 Lecture Recital: Cabaret Songs of Madeleine Dring
Sofia Scattarreggia, soprano
Rebecca Golub, piano
Wanda Brister, lecturer (Florida State University)
408
Olga Harris, composer/presenter (Tennessee State University)
Larisa Kholodnaya, soprano
Reception hosted by the Music by Women Festival for participants and special guests. Meet in the Poindexter
lobby immediately following the 5 PM concert to walk over to the reception.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4TH
9:30 9:55 AM
307 Lecture Recital: Slip Sliding Away, decoding the mystery of trombone legato using
the vocalises of Mathilde Marchesi
Alexandra Zacharella, trombone (University of Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Elizabeth Momand, piano (University of Arkansas-Fort Smith)
408
Sarah Masterson, piano (Newberry College)
11:30 11:55 AM
211 Paper: Women Composers as Poets: Reordering and Omission in 19th-Century
Lieder Texts
Tyler Osborne
307
Sandra Coursey, piano (Bowling Green State University)

408 Lecture Recital: 21st Century Crossover/Musical Theatre Songs & Composers for
the Classically Trained Singer
Dorea Cook, mezzo soprano (Valencia College)
BREAK

4:00 4:25 PM
211 Paper: Composer Diversity in Solo Vocal Repertoire Assignments
Victoria Corona (Texas A&M University-Kingsville)
307 Lecture Recital: Tres for Trois: Flute Trios by Three Mexican Female Composers
Ammi López (University of Alabama)
408 Lecture Recital: Margaret Bonds Sets Edna St. Vincent Millay: Two Brilliant Artistic
Minds
Dana Zenobi, soprano (Butler University)
4:30 4:55 PM
211 Lecture Recital: Mary Chandler and her works for oboe
Kristin Leitterman, oboe (Arkansas State University)
307 Lecture Recital: Nueve Canciones by Gisela Hernández Gonzalo: A Picturesque
Synthesis of Words and Music
Elizabeth Momand, piano (University of Arkansas - Fort Smith)
Katherine White, mezzo soprano
408 Lecture Recital: Six Japanese Songs by Margaret Garwood
Cheryl Coker, soprano (Millsaps College)
Ken Graves, clarinet
BREAK
Reception hosted by the Music by Women Festival for participants and special guests. Meet in the Poindexter
lobby immediately following the 5PM concert to walk over to the reception.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH
9:30 9:55 AM
211 Paper: The Incomparable Helen May Butler and her Ladies Military Brass Band
Alexandra Zacharella (University of Arkansas-Fort Smith)
408
op.6
Anna Betka, piano
11:30 11:55 AM
211 Paper: The Published and Unpublished Choral Compositions of Margaret Vardell
Creighton Holder
408 From
Inspiration to Creation and Beyond
Molly Fillmore, soprano (University of North Texas)
Elvia Puccinelli, piano (University of North Texas)
BREAK

4:00 4:25 PM
211
Emily Milius (University of Oregon)
408 Lecture Recital: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Josephine Lang - Comparisons
and Contrasts of Their Lives and Music in the 1800's
Cheryl Coker, soprano (Millsaps College)
Samantha Sherman, soprano
4:30 4:55 PM
211 Paper: Ma(she)ne?: Posthumanizing Female Vocal Aesthetics in 2000s Electronica
Tyler Osborne
408 - Mary Magdalene at the Tomb
Marika Kyriakos, soprano (Arkansas State University)
Jerry Casey, composer/lecturer
BREAK

CONCERT PROGRAMS
CONCERT NO. 1
Three Romances ....................................................................... Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
1. Andante molto
2. Allegretto
3. Leidenschaftlich schnell
Poem .............................................................................. Marina Dranishnikova (1929-1994)
Theresa Delaplain, oboe (University of Arkansas)
Miroslava Panayotova, piano (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
Unorthodox Redux (2021) .................................................................... Stefania de Kenessey

Amanda Wilton, violin (Louisiana Tech University)
Suren Petrosyan, cello (Arkansas State University)
Hsiaopei Lee, viola (University of Southern Mississippi)
Rhapsody in Darkness ....................................................................... Evgeniya Kozhevnikova

(University of Florida)
Danielle Moreau, marimba (University of Florida)
Sherwood Legend ......................................................................................... Elizabeth Raum

3. Unabashed Scoundrel
Katey J. Halbert, horn (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
Crescendo - a trilogy for solo piano (2021) ...................................................... Biljana Bojovi

1. Heart of a Hero
2. Joyful Sorrow
3. The Ground Is Not Still
Valentin Bogdan, piano
IL SILENZIO DELL'ULIVO ........................................................................... EMANUELA BALLIO

(I.S.S.M. Conservatorio "G.Cantelli" of Novara, Italy)
BATIK Clarinet Quartet

Christy Banks, Bb and bass clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Timothy Bonenfant, bass clarinet (Angelo State University)
Soo Goh, Bb clarinet (Appalachian State University)
Michelle Kiec, Bb clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)

Conversations ............................................................................... Barbara York (1949-2020)
1. Allegretto
2. Lento
3. Jaunty
Cynthia Cripps, saxophone (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Scott Roeder, tuba (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University San Antonio)
CONCERT NO. 2
Mosaic of Joy ..............................................................................Theresa Delaplain (b. 1959)
(University of Arkansas)
Theresa Delaplain, oboe (University of Arkansas)
(Pre-recorded track to be played during performance)
Three Songs ................................................................................ Florence Price (1887-1953)

1. Night
2. Out of the South Blew a Wind
3. Hold Fast to Dreams
Amy Yeung, soprano (University of Tennessee at Martin)
Chan Mi Jean, piano University of Tennessee at Martin)
Blue As In My Dreams ........................................................................Kim Osteen-Petreshock

I. Sky
II. Aquamarine
III. Turquoise
IV. Lapis Lazuli
V. Indigo
VI. Sea
It Comes From Within: Music for Flute and Clarinet

Beats of the Field (1990) .................................................................. Beth Wiemann (b. 1959)
I
II: Allegro
III
A Little Gift (2006) ................................................................................ Joan Tower (b. 1938)
Three Bagatelles from China West (2010) ................................................... Chen Yi (b. 1953)
I. Shan Ge
II. Nai Guo Hou
III. Dou Dou
Synergy 78
Carol Shansky, flute (New Jersey City University)
Michelle Kiec, clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)

CONCERT NO. 3
Kisahkihitin I Love You ..................................................................................... Rhonda Head
From Afar (Indigenous Super Stars)
Voices
500 Years
Rhonda Head, mezzo soprano (Indigenous Super Stars)
........ -1927)
........
.......
Paula Gudmundson, flute (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Diana Shapiro, piano (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Piano Suite 'Circus' ............................................................................................SiHyun Uhm

I. Monkey
II. Clown
III.Trapeze
IV. Lion
Eun-Hee Park, piano (University of Montevallo)
I Am in Doubt .................................................................... Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Night .......................................................................................... Florence Price (1887-1953)
Kate Fehan, soprano (Butler University)
Fountain Fantasy.................................................................................................. Jerry Casey

Michelle Kiec, clarinet (Kutztown University)
Three Irish Country Songs ............................................................................. Rebecca Clarke

1. I know my love
2. I know where I'm goin'
3. As I was goin' to Ballynure
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Traditional Korean Folk Song
QueensSound Ensemble
Linda Teixeira, soprano
Laura Giannini, violin
Helena Kim, piano

CONCERT NO. 4
From Six Songs on Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay .................. Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Women Have Loved Before as I Love Now
Even in the Moment
What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
Susan Hurley, soprano (Mississippi University for Women)
William Reber, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Capriccio, Op. 18 ................................................................... Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Bohémienne, Op. 31, No. 3
Amanda Wilton, violin (Louisiana Tech University)
Lauren Schack Clark, piano (Arkansas State University)
Black, White, COLOUR! ............................................................................... Emily Joy Sullivan

(UC Davis)
Christy Banks, Bb clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Michelle Kiec, Bb clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Through Tears and Beyond, for Piano, Either Hand Alone ................... Deborah Yardley Beers
1. Prelude of Hope to a Tale of Sorrow (Rivers School Conservatory)
2. A Fleeting Memory
3. Outburst
4. Meditation by Starlight
Sea Dreams .................................................................................. Barbara York (1949-2020)

I. Down Under
III. Dolphins
Tuba Songs ................................................................................... Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Morning Opens
Hope & Toe Dance
Concert Piece...................................................................................... Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Steven Darling, tuba (University of Tennessee at Martin)
Chan Mi Jean, piano

Living in the Body .............................................................................................. Lori Laitman
1. Burning the Woods of My Childhood
2. Living in the Body
4. Lost at Table
5. Bring on the Rain
6. Crossroads
Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, soprano (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Denise Gainey, clarinet (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
CONCERT NO. 5
...................................................................................... Rosita Piritore
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano (Georgia College and State University)
Sonata in C Minor, Op. 21.......................................................................... Cécile Chaminade

Allegro Appassionato
Andante
Allegro
Julia Mortyakova, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Drift (2002 / rev. 2021) .............................................................. Dorothy Hindman (b. 1966)

Quartet for Four Abstract Expressionist Paintings (2017) ................. Dana Kaufman (b. 1989)
I. Woman III (Willem de Kooning)
II. Untitled, ca. 1958 by Alma Thomas
III. Children of Frejus by Sonia Getchoff
IV. Gento Niese by Michael West
Christy Banks, basset and bass clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Michelle Kiec, Eb and Bb clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Healing ........................................................................................... Hannah Heaton Adhikari

(BMI)
Susan Hurley, soprano (Mississippi University for Women)
William Reber, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
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Crystal Cathedral (2014) ............................................................... Leanna Primiani (b. 1978)
Song Without Words (1983)................................................................. Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet (Angelo State University)
Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Piano, op. 36 (1920) .............. Marcelle Soulage (1894-1970)
I. Lent Modéré Allegro
II. Scherzo Vif
III. Lent et grave
IV. Final Vif
Chi Young Song, violin (Arkansas State University)
Reflections of Hope
Sunrises at the Ocean .................................................................................. Sophia Pavlenko

Sophia Pavlenko, piano
Muse & Protagonist ...................................................................................... Sophia Pavlenko

1.) The Longing and the Doubts
2.) Exaltation and Profession
3.) Desperation, Revelation, and Surrender
Corey Raquel Lovelace, soprano
Water Dancer ............................................................................................... Sophia Pavlenko

Night Music for an Austere Warrior .............................................................. Sophia Pavlenko

Corey Raquel Lovelace, soprano

CONCERT NO. 6
Lullaby Variation for Solo Piano ........................................................................ Jiyoun Chung
Theme
Hymn
Staccato
Arpeggiation
Fuga
High
Low
Octaves
The Finale
April Kim, piano (St. Olaf College)
Three Pieces for Woodwinds..................................................................... Eurydice Osterman

I. Scherzo
II. Pastorale
III. The Playground
Carol Shansky, flute,
Soo Goh, clarinet (Appalachian State University)
Cynthia Cripps, bassoon (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Soliloquy for solo cello (1995) ...................................................................... Linda Kernohan

Paul Christopher, cello (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
A Single Thread for baritone voice and cello (1994) ....................................... Linda Kernohan
I. Je t'adore
II. Lullaby
III. Longing
Robert Cardwell, baritone (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
Paul Christopher, cello (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
Tillein for an intimate percussionist ...................................................... Rania Chrysostomou

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: exulansis ........................................... Annika Socolofsky
How to be a Deep Thinker in Los Angeles ......................................................... Jennifer Jolley
Danielle Moreau, percussion (University of Florida)
Theme and Variations: Emotions...................................................... Hannah Heaton Adhikari

(BMI)
Hannah Heaton Adhikari, piano (BMI)
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"These Four Directions" for Wind Quartet ............................................. Amber Ferenz Spuller
I. Sunrise in the East
II. Southern Summer: Roan Mountain High Balds
III. Take Your Place Among the Western Stars
IV. North Carolina Called Me Home
Deanna Little, flute
David Cyzak, oboe
Todd Waldecker, clarinet
Sasha Gee Enegren, bassoon

CONCERT NO. 7
Den abschied schnell genommen ............................................. Josephine Lang (1815 1880)
Ob ich manchmal Dein gedanke
Rachel Boone, mezzo-soprano
Songs With(out) Words

John Muir Trails ......................................................................................... Eva-Maria Houben
Circle of Fun!................................................................................................ Daria Binkowski
Will It Happen? Did It Happen? Is It Happening? ............................................. Ania Sundstrom
Daria Binkowski, flute
Kyle Rowan, clarinet
Snowflakes ........................................................................................Shao Fern Teo (b.1992)

Martin Van Klompenberg, bassoon
Threnody (1996) ............................................................................ Thea Musgrave (b. 1928)

Reverie (2020) ...........................................................................Eurydice Osterman (b. 1950)
Peace (2020) ............................................................................ Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
The Kelpie of Corrievrecken (1939) .................................................. Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
La Calavera ........................................................................................ Alice Gomez (b. 1960)

Brenda Luchsinger, horn (Alabama State University)
World Premiere
World Premiere
World Premiere
Whistling Hens
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano (Georgia College and State University)
Natalie Groom, clarinet (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

CONCERT NO. 8
color coming silent ........................................................................................... Olivia Kieffer
Solitudes .............................................................................................. Akshaya Avril Tucker
1. Air Through an Open Window
2. Glass Doorknob Refracts Light
3. Leaves Rush By
4. Two Solitudes (You and I)
Nathaniel Gworek, percussion (Point University)
vibraphone, snare drum, bass drum, tom tom
Ode to Odessa ..................................................................Eva Wasserman-Margolis (b. 1956)

May Smith, clarinet (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 7 (c. 1925) ............................. K. Dorothy Fox (c. 1894-1934)
I. Molto moderato
II. Allegro molto Un poco meno mosso Allegro molto
III. Allegro moderato
Josquin Larsen, viola
American Dance Suite .......................................................... Julia Frances Smith (1905-1989)

I. One Morning in May
II. Lullaby
III. Lost My Partner
IV. Chicken Reel
Patricia Williamson, piano (Lamar University)
Rachel Clark, piano (Lamar University)
Duo Sonata: "Wisdom of our Fathers" ............................................ Barbara York (1949-2020)

for alto saxophone, trumpet, and piano
Sarah Hetrick, alto saxophone (Texas A&M International University)
Nicole Gillotti, trumpet (Texas A&M International University)
Tatiana Gorbunova, piano (Texas A&M International University)
Formosa Collages (2021) .................................................................... Chia-Yu Hsu (b. 1975)

I. From afar
II. A song to the land
III. Festival
Chialing Hsieh, piano (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)

CONCERT NO. 9
Evening, Ponte al Mare, Pisa ............................................................................. Traci Mendel
(Troy University)
Ellie Jenkins, horn (Dalton State College)
A Sprout for Solo Clarinet .................................................................................. Guisook Lee

(Korea National University of Arts)
Christy Banks, clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Nocturne ......................................................................................................Geraldine Green

In light we see, in light we are seen ...................................................................... Elaine Fine
For Poulenc
Rebecca Johnson, flute (Eastern Illinois University)
Cara Chowning, piano (Ball State University)
Collision Etudes for Solo Oboe .......................................................................... Alyssa Morris

Jimson Weed
City Landscape Joan Mitchell
Kristin Sarvela, oboe (Sam Houston State University)
How Beautiful ................................................................................ Barbara York (1949-2020)

Scott Roeder, tuba, (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Hidden Love (Four Sara Teasdale Poems) .............................................. Elaine Ross (b. 1966)
1. Hidden Love
2. Houses of Dreams
3. The Flight
4. To Joy
Teri Bickham, soprano (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
Elaine Ross, piano
Set for Clarinet, Op. 15 (1978) ................................................ Katherine Hoover (1937-2018)

I. Fanfare
II. Air
III. Dance
Wyatt Stocks, clarinet

Les Larmes De La Planète ............................................................... Eliane Aberdam (b. 1964)
(URI)
Biljana Bojovi , cello
Ötzi (2017) for Tenor saxophone and Electronics ................................Alexis Bacon (b. 1975)
Brian Rodesch, tenor saxophone (Simpson College)
CONCERT NO. 10
'Escenarios' ten audiovisual impressions for piano improv ...................... Sofía Matus Cancino
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México [UNAM])
Valentin Bogdan, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Two Ocean Songs ............................................................................................. Laura Collier

I. Winds of May
II. Once by the Pacific
Deborah Popham, soprano
Venice .......................................................................................................... Teresa Carreño

Fileuse, Etudes de Concert Op.35, No. 3.....................................................Cécile Chaminade
Julia Mortyakova, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Foam and Sun for clarinet, saxophone, and electronic media ................... Yuanyuan (Kay) He
Amy Humberd, clarinet (Berry College and Lee University)
Elizabeth King-Bennett, saxophone (Chipola College)
Cánticos para sonar ............................................................................. Irma Urtega (b. 1929)

1. Canción de cuna para mi corazón solitario
2. Canto de nodriza
3. Vocalise
4. Capullito
Rebecca Coberly, soprano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Stacy Kwak, piano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Biljana Bojovi , cello

Three Roses ................................................................................ Florence Price (1887-1953)
I. To a Yellow Rose arr. by The Music Thief
II. To a White Rose
III. To a Red Rose
The Music Thief
Thomas Wheeler, guitar
After All Is Gone ................................................................................ Evgeniya Kozhevnikova

(University of Florida)
Serena Scibelli, violin (University of North Georgia)
Fantasia-Sonata ................................................................................................... Olga Harris

(Tennessee State University)
Home. Lake. Rake.

Homeland .............................................................................................. Allison-Loggins Hull
Po jezeru ...............................................................................................................Nina enk
to all the gooses i have loved........................................................................ Daria Binkowski
Daria Binkowski, flute

CONCERT NO. 11
Kwong Song for Clarinet Quartet .............................................. Elena Kats-Chernin (b. 1957)
May Smith, Clarinet 1, (UNC Charlotte)
Wyatt Stocks, Clarinet 2, (UNC Charlotte)
Gavin Fulker, Clarinet 3, (UNC Charlotte)
Sadie McNair, Clarinet 3, (UNC Charlotte)
Kenan Boswell, Bass Clarinet, (UNC Charlotte)
To Aspire................................................................. Shayla Blake (Louisiana Tech University)

Shayla Blake, piano (Louisiana Tech University)
In The City at Night ........................................................................... Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)

Jessica Haislip, English horn (Mississippi State University)
Free to Be ................................................................ Hannah Rice (Louisiana State University)

James Zingara, trumpet
Pleas to Famous Fairies ....................................................................................... Linda Lister

I. Ariel Ambitions
II. Queen Titania
III. Fairy Godmother
IV. Tink
V. Rusalka
VI. Sookie Stackhouse
VII. Fairy Thank You Miscellany
Jordan Dark, voice, soprano
The Vast Unknowable (2017) ......................................................................... Joanne Metcalf

Gray Stone, Green Garden (2018) .................................................................... Anna Meadors
Nicholas Suosso, soprano and alto saxophones
A Favorite Duett for Two Performers on One Piano Forte or Harpsichord .............. Jane Savage
I. Maestoso
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo
Jacob Clark (Lamar University) & Sujung Cho (Lamar University), piano duet

CONCERT NO. 12
5 Miniatures for flute solo (2020) .................................................................... Seong Ae Kim
Rebecca Johnson, flute (Eastern Illinois University)
When I am Dead, My Dearest ....................................................... Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

Dusk in the Valley
Deborah Popham, soprano (Sam Houston State University)
ILonka Rus, piano (Sam Houston State University)
QuarTango (2020) for Clarinet Duet ...................................................... Elaine Ross (b. 1966)
Amanda Morrison, clarinet (Slippery Rock University)
Lynda Dembowski, clarinet (Towson University)
Song Selections ....................................................................... Zina Goldrich & Marcy Heisler

Apathetic Man
Out of Love
Love Like Breathing

Dorea Cook, mezzo soprano (Valencia College)
20th Century French Clarinet Works by Women Composers
Ashakiran "Ray of Hope" ................................................................................ Meera Gudipati

Kathleen Carter Bell, English horn (Auburn University)
Elvish Forest .................................................................................. Rushaniya Nizamutdinova

acousmatic composition
Sunrise and Sabbath: Four Songs of Emily Dickinson ......................................... Traci Mendel
1. Not Knowing When the Dawn Will Come (Troy University)
2. At Last, To Be Identified
3. Some Keep the Sabbath
4. I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose
Christi Amonson, soprano (Augusta University)
Tim Phillip, clarinet (Troy University)

CONCERT NO. 13
Selections from The Sun is Love ................................................... Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)
1. Circling the Sun
2. Quietness
6. A Waterbird (Flying into the Sun)
Deborah Popham, soprano (Sam Houston State University)
ILonka Rus, piano (Sam Houston State University)
Sonata for Cello .................................................................................................. Olga Harris

(Tennessee State University)
Deidre Emerson, cello (Tennessee State University)
Chansons de la Nature pour la Clarinette.......................................... Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)

I. Les Oiseaux (The Birds)
II. Le Poisson (The Fish)
III. Le Papillon (The Butterfly)
IV. Le Lièvre et la Tortue (The Hare and the Tortoise)
V. L'Etoile (The Star)
VI. Dansez! (Dance!)
VII. Le Serpent (The Snake)
Hilary Lowery, clarinet (Bemidji State University)
Per la più vaga e bella ................................................................................ Francesca Caccini

Già la notte s'avvicina .................................................................................. Isabella Colbran
Kate Fehan, soprano (Butler University)
Bolts of Loving Thunder .................................................................................. Missy Mazzoli

Sandra Coursey, piano (Bowling Green State University)
Night Crossing .......................................................................................

Heather Killmeyer, English horn (East Tennessee State University)
Lisa Perry, bass clarinet (East Tennessee State University)
What we do with the ashes ................................................................................. Hannah Rice

I. Our house is on fire (Louisiana State University)
II. A movement is only people moving.
III. Rise!
IV. The truth will set you free.
V. We can create transformational action.
Jamie Reimer, soprano (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Stacie Haneline, piano (University of Nebraska at Omaha)

CONCERT NO. 14
Four Songs ............................................................................... Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
1. Even in the Moment
2. Feast
3. I Know My Mind
4. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
Rebecca Coberly, soprano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Stacy Kwak, piano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Talking Pictures ................................................................................................... Amy Quate

I. Water Dance
II. Monet
III. Whirligig
Lisa Perry, clarinet (East Tennessee State University)
Brian Rodesch, soprano saxophone (Simpson College)
Three Studies In Uneven Meters (2011) .............................................. Vera Ivanova (b. 1977)
1. Bartokagel: and a little bit of Stravinsky
2. Canon á la Piazzolla: descending canon with all voices sustained
3. Scriabinesque: fleeting cycles
Preludio y Estudio No. 3: Homenaje a Jesusa Palancares (2011) ......... Gabriela Ortiz (b. 1964)
from Estudios entre Preludios
Kowoon Lee, piano (Cottey College)
The Etherial Oboe: Exploring Soulful Colors through the Music of Musgrave, Fine, and Brandon
Niobe (1987) ................................................................................................. Thea Musgrave
Solo for Oboe (1929) ........................................................................................... Vivian Fine
Wood Song (2019) ...........................................................................................Jenni Brandon
Andrew W. Parker, oboe (Oklahoma State University)
Devoid - a musical exploration of being without for euphonium, electronics and piano
Alone Again ..................................................................... Florence Anne Maunders (b. 1982)
Tundra ............................................................................................ Cait Nishimura (b.1991)
Zero G ............................................................................................... Eris DeJarnett (b.1995)
Danielle VanTuinen, euphonium (University of Florida)
Jesus Has Come at Last ........................................................................................ Jerry Casey

from Seven Signs (Song Cycle for Seven Vocalists and Seven Instrumentalists)
Dana Zenobi, soprano (Butler University)
Capricho Montevideano (2008) ............................................... Beatriz Lockhart (1944 2015)

Chialing Hsieh, piano (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)

CONCERT NO. 15
Russian soul of Pauline Viardot
Why? Tell me! (poem by A. Koltzov) ................................................................Pauline Viardot
I cannot sleep (poem by A. Pushkin)
I loved him (poem by A. Kotzov)
You are leaving for faraway lands (poem by A. Pushkin)
Julia Jaffe, mezzo soprano (First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, MA)
Divertimento for Solo Clarinet ........................................................... Gabriela Ortiz (b.1964)

Sadie McNair, clarinet (UNC Charlotte)
Romance in C for horn and piano ...................................................... Fiona Bennett (b. 1962)
from The New Lady Radnor Suite
Matthew Haislip, horn (Mississippi State University)
Sophie Wang, piano (Mississippi State University)
Shoe Jazz (four songs by Nikki Giovanni) ...................................................... Gwyneth Walker

1. First Chair
2. No Heaven
3. Shoe Jazz Blue Jazz
4. I Know the Song the Moon Sings
Jamie Reimer, soprano (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Stacie Haneline, piano (University of Nebraska at Omaha)
Suite I for clarinet ........................................................................................... Johanna Beyer

I. Presto
II. Largo
III. Moderato
IV. Rallentando
Kyle Rowan, clarinet
All Your Love For Me ................................................................................ Jane Kozhevnikova

I. Did You Never Know (University of Florida)
II. I Would Live In Your Love
III. When They See My Songs
IV. To Be Free of Myself
Benjamin Schoening, baritone
Vivian Doublestein, piano (University of North Georgia)
Rondo Vittorioso ............................................................................................... Laura Collier


"Breathing " Vocal cycle ........................................................................................Olga Harris
Poems by Osip Mandelshtam Tennessee State University
1. Only children's books to read
2. Your tender face
3. My body is given to me -- what for?
4. Your slender shoulders
5. The horn of Soviet cities
6. Life fell like dawn
Julia Jaffe, mezzo soprano (First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, MA)
Umoja: The First Day of Kwanzaa (2003) ....................................... Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
Selections from Album des Enfants (1906-1907) .................... Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Rondeau arr. Erin Cameron/Stephanie Hoeckley/Kristin Leitterman
Rigaudon
Scherzo-Valse
Canzonetta
Air de Ballet
Perian Winds
Stephanie Hoeckley, flute & alto flute (Arkansas State University)
Kristin Leitterman, oboe & English horn (Arkansas State University)
Erin Cameron, clarinet & bass clarinet (Arkansas State University)

FESTIVAL ABSTRACTS
BETKA, ANNA
Lecture Recital: Too Great to Get Published? Kaprálová's Sonata appassionata, op.6
Czech composer Vít zslava Kaprálová composed her only sonata for piano, Sonata Appassionata, op.6, in
1933, and yet it was only published for the first time in 2006. Why? Why did it take nearly a century for one
of the most notable Czech piano works of the first half of the 20th century to be published? Kaprálová was
a child prodigy, she had the finest musical training, she had notable achievements already at a young age,
and she composed two works for Rudolf Firku ný, a renowned 20th-century Czech pianist. In fact, one
could argue that she was more accomplished than either Dvo ák or Smetana had been at comparable ages.
And yet, they became a part of the musical canon, and she did not. Aside from biographical merit, Kaprálo-
low compatriots. She was a confident, courageous woman who passionately pursued having her musical
voice heard. "'Even if the times work against me, if everything tries to stop me, nothing will...steer me away
oeuvre?
BRADDOCK, BRITTAN
Paper: The Chamber Wind Ensemble Music of Ruth Gipps (1921-1999): Composer, Conductor, and Per-
former
tet Op. 65, and Wind Sinfonietta Op. 73 into a larger perspective with consideration to her career, the mu-
sical culture of London for 20th century women musicians, and her wind writing based on extensive per-
formance experience on the oboe. It is important to re-introduce these pieces as substantial, quality, and
wonderful additions to the chamber wind ensemble repertoire to the profession. This presentation includes
tion will serve to introduce Ruth Gipps as a composer, conductor, and performer and will give an overview
of musical life for women musicians in 20th century England. Part II will give specific biographical insight
into the life and career of Gipps with focus on the Royal College of Music, World War II, and the English Re-
naissance. Part III of the presentation will include discussion and excerpts from her three chamber wind
ensemble pieces.
BRISTER, WANDA
Lecture Recital: Cabaret Songs of Madeleine Dring
Vocal recitals often are unrelentingly serious events in languages that are only understood with a transla-
tion in hand. Today we take a look a look at English language repertoire that is not so serious, but it a tre-
mendous source of entertainment. Madeleine Dring (1923-1977) was classically trained at the Royal Col-
lege of Music from the age of ten. Her father was able to play piano by ear and to improvise and served as
great musical influence in her musical life. Her accompaniments always were known for their "colorful"
chords. She found herself involved as a contributor to West End musical revues with the likes of Flanders
and Swann and quickly adapted her songs to the comical and sarcastic, "sending up" musicians of the time.
The recital features songs about music, about composers, and about a woman's plight in the 1950s as well
as the topic of women's liberation. They are delightful representations of the 1950s and 60s. Our audienc-
es are ready for some lighthearted repertoire that deserves treatment from talented and well-trained art-
ists.

CHANDLER, CHUCK
Lecture Recital: Penny Rodriguez's Nine Poetic Love Songs: Pedagogy, Inclusivity, and Diversity of Texts
The need for diverse, pedagogically useful vocal repertoire is strong, and literature that fills this need,
though growing, is still somewhat limited. Composer, Penny Rodriguez, is primarily a choral and sacred
music composer whose Nine Poetic Love Songs are relatively unknown in the vocal music world. They are
lush musical settings of among the most famous love poems of Classical Western literature. Analysis of the
poetry reveals love as universal, inclusive, and human, not gendered. Rodriguez deftly sets poems in a
style and tessitura appropriate for almost any voice, providing inclusive, non-gender specific repertoire.
Poems by male and female writers comprising Nine Poetic Love Songs suit almost any singer's perspective
on gender identity and sexual preference. Further analysis offers parallels between music and poetry such
as balance between bright and dark (chiaroscuro). In Nine Poetic Love Songs, the texts drive the music;
their sounds and meter inform the music providing the opportunity to teach students about prosody and
enough of the voice to be pedagogically useful. This lecture recital will explore well-known love poems,
COKER, CHERYL
Lecture Recital: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Josephine Lang - Comparisons and Contrasts of Their
Lives and Music in the 1800's
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847) and Josephine Lang (1815-1880) both were prolific as composers
of Lieder during the 1830's and 1840"s. They also shared communication with Felix Mendelssohn who was
Fanny's brother; however, his manner of interaction and level of encouragement differed significantly be-
tween the two women. This presentation will examine the education, family dynamics, public exposure
and distributof compositions, and other elements of the lives and music of these two women who were
both performers and composers. Selected Lieder will be performed by a student who is a double major in
music and science, and a professor of music. Handouts containing selection of texts (poets), lists of Lied-
er, and other elements of information about both composers will be available for those attending.
Lecture Recital: Six Japanese Songs by Margaret Garwood
Margaret Garwood (1927 - 2015) chose to write primarily operas, developing her musical ideas in a larger
scope; however, the shorter works which comprise this collection provide vivid musical pictures for per-
formers and audience alike. Beginning her compositional efforts at age thirty-five, she noted that
"composing is a slow process and should not be rushed." She would have been supportive of the Festival
of Women Composers had she been living because she had a keen interest in performances of work by
women composers. We are planning to make a video-recording of this work prior to the conference to al-
low for any exigencies of health.
COOK, DOREA
Lecture Recital: 21st Century Crossover/Musical Theatre Songs & Composers for the Classically Trained
Singer
This 25 minute lecture recital will introduce new and exciting repertoire to many 2022 Music by Women
Festival attendees! As an educator and performer, I have for several years researched art songs by 21st
century North American women composers. While the bulk of my research has centered around their clas-
sical repertoire, there are a number of composers who are more within the cross-genre or musical theatre
styles. This provides many classically trained singers the opportunity to learn a new style of singing and
repertoire. My lecture recital will provide a brief overview of 21st century North American woman compos-
ers writing in the musical theatre or crossover genres, specifically those who write songs not directly
meant for the musical stage. I will conclude with a performance of representative music by the composers
Georgia Stitt, Zina Goldrich, Stefania De Kenessey, Elizabeth Alexander, and possibly Masi Asare, Jane Lee,
Zoe Sarnak, Rory Michelle Sullivan, and more. The original genesis for this research was presented at the
2019 Music by Women Festival and has continued through 2021 with presentations and performances at
state and regional NATS conferences, the 2020 NATS national conference, and in recital throughout the
southeast.

CORONA, VICTORIA
Paper: Composer Diversity in Solo Vocal Repertoire Assignments
Throughout history, female composers have been overlooked in favor of their male counterparts to a great
ture continues without correction. Even with plentiful composed selections by females, educators remain
close-minded when choosing vocal solos for their students. This paper aims to state the issue of how lim-
ited music educators are in assigning repertoire and offer suggestions that can diversify the repertoire be-
ing assigned. This paper will demonstrate the lack of female composers represented in the most common
published vocal anthology books and vocal solo competition repertoire lists in Texas. Throughout the pa-
per, I will be including discussions with distinguished voice teachers and significant people at the forefront
of vocal diversity research. I will also be recommending art songs composed by women for high school and
college singers that can function just as well as the traditional male-dominant selections. Results show that
female compositions are woefully discounted in the NATS competition list, 38 published anthology books,
and the list of vocal piece selections for all 3 classes on the UIL PML list.
COURSEY, SANDRA
Largely credited as the composer who brought serialism to Britain, Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983) is no
also developed her own 12-

ry and expressive character. This lecture recital will cover brief biographical and contextual information,
of tone rows and matrixes as needed. I will then perform the work, as well as play examples of the tone
rows during the lecture.
FILLMORE, MOLLY
From Inspiration to Creation
and Beyond
one for each song of the set.
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recital, not only will these fascinating and diverse female visual artists be discussed (with samples of their
work to view), but also the process by which the art song cycle was created, from idea through publication
and commercial recording (2021). The lecture will culminate in a performance of the work by the duo who
premiered it. The visual artists who served as muses for the songs are: Sarah Albritton, self-taught artist
from Louisiana; Kay WalkingStick, member of Cherokee Nation whose paintings incorporate patterns of
Southwest Indigenous art; Nellie Mae Rowe, self-taught painter and multi-media artist from Georgia; Alice
Dalton Brown, an exquisite painter of light; Agnes Pelton, painter of both desert landscapes and abstract
images; Corita Kent, a former nun who was a standout figure of the pop art wave. Cameos 1. Sarah Albrit-
ton 2. Kay WalkingStick 3. Nellie Mae Rowe 4. Alice Dalton Brown 5. Agnes Pelton 6. Corita Kent
HARRIS, OLGA
Lecture Recital: Opera the Journalist
female project: producers, librettist, conductor, musicians, painters, and stage workers are women. In the
understanding that sensational articles and scandalous blogs about crime incidents lead to new murders of
women. The journalist wants to stop the killings and decides to act. Will it be possible to change society?
HOCH, MATTHEW
Lecture Recital: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Einsame Nacht: Sonic Depictions of Existential Loneliness
Einsame Nacht was written by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939) in 1971 while she was enrolled as the first-ever
woman DMA student at the Juilliard School. The short cycle sets six lyrics by the German poet Hermann
Hesse (1877 1962). The result is a series of dark monologues composed an atonal style that perfectly
complements the unifying poetic theme of existential loneliness. This lecture-recital will give an overview

and formal concerns. Excerpts from an interview with Zwilich will also be shared and discussed. The
presentation will end with a complete performance of Einsame Nacht, a cycle that has never been recorded
in its entirety.
HOLDER, CREIGHTON
Paper: The Published and Unpublished Choral Compositions of Margaret Vardell Sandresky: An Examina-
Margaret Vardell Sandresky is an award-winning American composer, organist, music theorist, and profes-
sor emeritus. Her compositions, most notably her organ works, hold prominence in the modern music can-
on. Although her instrumental works encompass most of her compositional output, her choral works are
tional style can be described as a union of the new, innovative techniques of the twentieth century and the
often challenging to perform; she continues to employ these high standards for the musicians performing
her choral pieces. The combination of these characteristics demands that a scholarly resource be devel-
tions to choral music. Although providing a central resource is the ultimate purpose of this paper, the au-
with a biography, interview, and discussion of her compositional style, this presentation examines all cho-
ral works and provides rehearsal and performance considerations for future conductors.
KYRIAKOS, MARIKA
-dramatic! - Mary Magdalene at the Tomb
Collaboration involving writing and producing a new composition specifically for a particular artist can be
very exciting, especially when the process is entirely remote until the premier. In fact, these collaborators
will not meet until the festival, if selected, and the journey would be revealed in the form of a mini lecture-
utes in mind. The composer will share the use of various techniques to convey the subject as well as con-
siderations and modifications regarding the collaborative project. Further collaborative explorations will be
revealed with the demonstration of various/optional performance formats and venues for the ultimate
product(s). Multiple possibilities include a theatrical setting, a format enhanced with creative media and
finally perhaps a video in a real setting. This cross-disciplinary work in deciphering and producing the ap-
propriate experience for the audience will support if not enhance the intent of the composer.
LEITTERMAN, KRISTIN
Lecture Recital: Mary Chandler and her works for oboe
Mary Chandler (1911-1996) was an English composer, oboist, and pianist. She began her career in 1934
as an English teacher to young girls at grammar schools in London, but in 1944 left teaching for a career
in music. She was principal oboist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 1944 1958, and
was frequently featured with the orchestra not only as a composer and oboe soloist, but also as a piano
soloist. In 1960 she became Area Director of the Kent Music School looking after its wind teaching and the
Tonbridge Music Centre. She retired from Kent in 1971 to focus on composing and to continue organizing
concerts. During her schooling she studied with Harry Farjeon (composition), Leon Goossens (oboe), and
LOPEZ, AMMI
Lecture Recital: "Tres for Trois: Flute Trios by Three Mexican Female Composers"
The purpose of this lecture recital is to present to a wider audience five flute trios by three living Mexican
female composers: Marcela Rodríguez, Gabriela Ortiz, and Ana Lara. These compositions were commis-
of instruments through performance of original works. The objectives of this lecture are to introduce these
compositions to a wider audience and to offer flutists five nontraditional works outside of the Western can-
on. To achieve these objectives, the lecture will include an analytical overview of each trio, an introduction
to the nontraditional sounds found in the pieces, commentary from interviews with the composers, and

MASTERSON, SARAH
Born to an African-American writer and the white daughter of a Texas oil baron, Philippa Duke Schuyler
(1931-1967) was a child prodigy in music and academics. By the time she was twenty-three, she had toured
as a pianist in thirty-five countries, performing her own compositions along with classical repertoire. As an
adult, Schuyler led a troubled life, often in the public eye. Much of her time was spent outside the United
States, performing and working as a freelance writer. In May 1967, she was killed in a helicopter crash in
Vietnam, while helping to evacuate students from Bien Hoa High School. Written in 1964-65, Seven Pillars
-recital will
describe the process of recreating Seven Pillars and also provide a brief introduction to the musical themes
used to depict the plot of this programmatic work.
MILIUS, EMILY
[CW: sexual assault, r*pe] As the face of Riot grrrl punk, Kathleen Hanna (of Bikini Kill) sings about violence
against women and sexual assault/rape. Using timbral and trauma studies, I examine the juxtaposition of
mirror trauma responses. Trauma rewires the brain, hyperactivating the amygdala. Triggers can send survi-
vors into a hyper-arousal zone, causing fight (rage) or flee (avoidance) responses, or a hypo-arousal zone,
causing freeze responses (dissociation) (Mischke-Reeds 2018). The amygdala, and fear/danger processing,
is also activated by screams because they indicate danger (Arnal et al 2015).
activating opposite embodied responses concurrently. When non-dangerous stimuli trigger survivors, it
causes confusion and intense fear without logical reasoning. I argue this portrays both arousal zones, cre-
ating bodily confusion which does not operate between zones, but simultaneously at both extremes. In
ma in popular music.
MOMAND, ELIZABETH
Lecture Recital: Nueve Canciones by Gisela Hernández Gonzalo: A Picturesque Synthesis of Words and
Music
The music of Cuban composer Gisela Hernández Gonzalo (1912-1971) clearly reflects compositional influ-
ences of the French impressionists, Hindemith, Bartok, and Stravinsky. However, at the core her composi-
tions are distinctively Cuban. Although she was a founding member of the Musical Renewal Group, a group
that sought to shift Cuban compositions towards Europeans models, in her later compositions, Hernández
Gonzalo sought to incorporate Afro-Cuban sounds into traditional Western musical forms. Through her
song compositions, she perfectly achieves this goal. Nueve Canciones represents a skillfully crafted amal-
gamation of sound, imagery, emotion, and poetry that makes her music enjoyable for the audience and the
singer. This lecture recital will provide a brief overview of the life and music of Gisela Hernández Gonzalo
and an examination of her Nueve Canciones from a pedagogical perspective
Paper: The Female Hit Parade: Acknowledging the Women Jazz Song Composers of the 1930 and 40s
Since jazz became an established musical form of expression in American popular music in the 1920s, it
has largely been a male-dominated art form. Yet even in the Jazz Age of the 1920s, and continuing in the
30s and 40s, there were a number of women who found success in jazz song composition and whose hits
were included on the iconic Hit Parade. During this time women would sometimes use male pseudonyms
instead of their own names, and others would collaborate with well-known male band leaders, lyricists, and
and 40s. Yet the songs are most often known by the artists who performed them instead of the women
that composed them. This paper presentation will examine the lives and works of selected women song
composers of the 1930s and 40s whose works are still part of the jazz standard canon and are frequently
performed, but whose names are not often associated with their compositions.

MUNRO, DAVID
written for a prominent female English oboist of its time, Janet Craxton, it has largely been forgotten, with
few performances and no professional recordings. However, it exhibits a unique approach to the unaccom-
consistent use of successive large intervals in its themes and melodies. These large intervals are unconven-
tional for the oboe, an instrument typically thought of as lyrical rather than vertically agile. Through theo-
retical analysis, including some set class analysis, I will demonstrate how Rainier organizes her musical
material in the first movement through clear formal structures defined by phrasing, contour, and pitch
space while also connecting these structures by organically weaving similar musical ideas throughout the
work. I will also compare the third movement to movement one, showing how although on the surface the
movements appear quite similar, Rainier develops a distinct musical identity for the third movement that I
describe as a more exaggerated variation of the first. I will also perform the two movements for a demon-
stration of this unique instrumental sound and texture in action.
OSBORNE, TYLER
Paper: Ma(she)ne?: Posthumanizing Female Vocal Aesthetics in 2000s Electronica
Since the 1960s, technological advances in music production have allowed the human voice particularly
the female voice to become a vehicle for sonic experimentation. Pioneering women in early electronic mu-
sic (e.g. Ruth White) manipulate their own voices to blur partitions between organic human and synthetic
ther obscured, creating musical moments or genres that challenge perceptions of the human voice ends
and the mechanized other begins. In this presentation, I utilize philosophies of cyberfeminism and posthu-
manism in tandem with music theory and embodiment to examine how the boundaries between the female
voice and machine have eroded over the last two decades. I focus my repertoire on female-fronted elec-
tronica where the vocal treatment questions not only the relationship between organic and synthetic, but
qualities that lead one to reconsider Cartesian-based humanist dualisms including organism/machine,
physical/nonphysical, and cognizant/incognizant. From a posthumanist evaluation, as the female voice
instead allowed to ascend beyond conventional Western Enlightenment binaries substantiated on patriar-
chal systems.
Paper: Women Composers as Poets: Reordering and Omission in 19th-Century Lieder Texts
Romantic-era poetry utilized in German Lieder regularly features themes centered in idyllic descriptions of
nature, longing for a lost love or distant lands (Sehnsucht), or exercises in ironic twists (e.g. the Stim-
mungsbruch of Heinrich Heine). These topics create complete, causal, and temporally-logical plots that im-
lute. Yet instances where immutability is not absolute forms the foundation for my presentation. Using lit-
erary theory, music theory, and historical feminist writings, I explore ways in which composers reorder or
omit verses to dramatically transform the poetic narratives that they set to music. Specifically, I examine
Lieder written by Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Josephine Lang, and illustrate how their use of omis-
sion and reordering alters the musical-poetic plot. These case studies demonstrate how women engaged
with and transformed romantic-era philosophical/aesthetic ideals, and when observed in tandem with
the music that accompanies these changes, exhibits how their authorship creates an entirely new, com-
plete-in-itself work of art.

VOGEL, JILLIAN
Paper: Ruth Crawford: Prestige and Discrimination
-tonal composition tech-
nique. While the first and fourth movements share similar compositional styles, the second and third
movements are vastly different. The first and fourth movements both feature fundamental set classes that
unite the movements, while the second movement is rooted in transformations of contours, and the third
movement is centered in groups of six pitches moving through rotation symmetry. Despite the composi-
collections. Despite being an exemplary composition, due to gender discrimination, her work is often left
success in her career and present an analysis of her work, Diaphonic Suite, to demonstrate why it should
be included in the canon and taught in the post-tonal music theory curriculum.
ZACHARELLA, ALEXANDRA
Lecture Recital: Slip Sliding Away, decoding the mystery of trombone legato using the vocalises of
Mathilde Marchesi
The art of trombone legato is perhaps one of the most important pedagogical topics among trombonists.
canon by discussing the study and art of legato playing using the vocalsies of Mathilde Marchesi. Marchesi
time, she was a prominent vocal pedagogue, composed multiple series of vocalises and vocal method
books and taught at conservatories in London, Vienna, Cologne, and Paris. Marchesi studied with famed
vocal pedagogue Manuel García II a contemporary of Marco Bordogni. Marchesi, in her writings commented
vocalises Twenty-Four Vocalises Op. 2 for Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano and Thirty Vocalises Op. 32 for Mez-
zo-Soprano, that have been transcribed and arranged for tenor/bass trombone. The lecture recital will
and slurred musical passages, for developing lyrical playing on the tenor and bass trombone.
Paper: The Incomparable Helen May Butler and her Ladies Military Brass Band
Helen May Butler (1867-1957) was born on a farm in New Hampshire and began the study of violin at an
early age. She studied with the principal violinist of the Boston Symphony and became an accomplished
cornetist. Butler billed herself as Directress of her Ladies Military Bands and directed an all-women travel-
ing military band from 1898 to 1913. Her first band was named the U.S. Talma Ladies' Military Band to play
in public venues, because at this time there were no such female concert bands. The band performed from
coast to coast and achieved a high level of success that rivaled the best bands of the day. Butler became
known as the "Female Sousa" and one of the band's mottoes was "Music for the American people, by Amer-
ican composers, played by American girls". This paper will explore the life of Helen May Butler, her rise to
fame, how her composition Cosmopolitan America March became the official Republican party campaign
march during Theodore Roosevelt's presidential campaign of 1904, her being a pioneer as a Conn artist by
having C.G. Conn endorse her ensemble with Conn instruments and to Butler announcing candidacy for a
U.S. Senate seat in 1936.
ZENOBI, DANA
Lecture Recital: Margaret Bonds Sets Edna St. Vincent Millay: Two Brilliant Artistic Minds
This lecture recital explores the compelling musical results of the combined artistic efforts of composer
Margaret Bonds (1913-72) and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950). These six virtuosic settings of
work of scholars including musicologist John Michael Cooper and soprano Louise Toppin, and became
available to singer/pianist pairs in spring of 2021 via two new critical editions from Hildegard Publishing
Company and Videmus Press. The final two Bonds/Millay settings were performed at the Music by Women
Festival in 2020, and this presentation introduces listeners to the rest of the set. Informed by the recent
scholarly work by Toppin, Cooper and others, the lecture portion will frame performances of the newly
tings, and by drawing attention to the musical connections that weave some of the songs together into
larger musical units.

PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES
ABERDAM, ELIANE. Eliane Aberdam studied the piano, ear-training and harmony at the Conservatoire National
de Region in Grenoble, France. She studied composition at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jeru-
salem and continued at the University of Pennsylvania where she studied with George Crumb, and obtained
her MM in 1992. She completed her Ph.D. in Composition at U.C. Berkeley. In 1998-1999, she taught com-
position, theory and Music Technology at the University of Northern Iowa. Her works are performed in Isra-
el, Europe and the US. She attended music festivals such as The Bartok Seminar in Hungary, June in Buffalo,
the Académie d'Été in Paris, and Voix Nouvelles in Royaumont (France). In 1995, she was selected by
IRCAM for the Annual Course in electronic music, and for the commission of "PaRDeS", an electro-acoustic
work for chamber ensemble and electronics. In 2000, the Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris) commis-
sioned and premiered the chamber orchestra piece "Quoi? Ce point". She has written three operatic works
and is currently working on an orchestra piece on the theme of climate change and the dangers our planet
faces. She is teaching composition and theory at the University of Rhode Island since 2001.
BALLIO, EMANUELA. Emanuela Ballio (Milan-

lan under Rotondi's guidance. She studied electronic and film music, and was awarded an advanced degree
to write for orchestra, choir, solo instruments and unusual ensemble, such as accordion quartet, recorder
ensemble and military band. Her compositions have been used for two theatre performances. She has won
many awards in national and international composition competitions. Her compositions have been played
in concerts and festival all over the world, in important cities like Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Hartford,
Buenos Aires, Rosario, Kiev, Odessa, Tallin, Melbourne, Tokyo, Madrid, Santander, Las Palmas De Gran Ca-
grade, Milano, Roma, Venezia, Trieste, Padova, Brescia, Bergamo, Como, Novara, Alessandria, Bologna, Li-
Casa Musicale Eco, Curci, Edi-Pan, Fonè, Sconfinarte, Taukay, Wicky, Gavino de Franchy Editores, MAP Mu-
sicisti Associati Produzioni, Aliamusica Records, QTR Productions, McHarmony, Centro Musica Contempo-
BANKS, CHRISTY. Christy Banks is Associate Professor of Clarinet/Saxophone and Assistant Chair of the Tell
School of Music at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. She has appeared as a soloist/recitalist through-
out the US as well as in Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Iceland, Italy, and New Zealand. Pas-
sionate about new music, Banks is a member of NakedEye Ensemble, Batik Quartet, and Spatial Forces Duo.
Orchestra Lancaster, and Manor Woodwind Quintet. She holds degrees from the University of Nebraska-
Lincoln and The Florida State University. Banks is the Artistic Director of the International Clarinet Associa-
BEERS, DEBORAH YARDLEY. Deborah Yardley Beers is a composer, pianist, and teacher. Her compositions have
been performed previously at the Music by Women Festival, at the Women Composers Festival of Hartford,
on the Seminar on Contemporary Music for the Young at Rivers School Conservatory (where she teaches
piano), and on Modern American Music recitals at the Longy School of Music. They have also been per-
formed at the Berklee College of Music in a festival sponsored by the International Association of Women
in Music and Feminist Music and Theory 15, as well as on a Faculty Artist Recital at Central Michigan Uni-
and from different Dalcroze Eurhythmics instructors have played a role in the development of her composi-
tional process. Deborah has performed as solo pianist with five orchestras, including the Atlanta Sympho-
ny, Denver Symphony, and the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts de-
gree in piano from the University of Colorado. More information about her music is available on her web-
site, www.deborahyardleybeers.com

BETKA, ANNA. Anna Betka is a dynamic pianist, coach, and communicator. In North America, Dr. Betka has per-
formed in diverse venues such as Roy Thompson Hall, Lincoln Center, and the National Sawdust. Dr. Betka
has also appeared in concert in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and the UK. As a
chamber musician, Dr. Betka has performed, premiered, and recorded many contemporary works both in
the USA and in Canada. She is an alumna of the University of Toronto and the State University of New York
at Stony Brook. In New York, she served as Adjunct Professor at Adelphi University, Music Director at St.
James Episcopal Church, and Assistant Coach at The Glimmerglass Festival. She maintains a virtual studio
of private students, offers diction coaching in Czech, and also offers her expertise in copywriting and edit-
ing. Currently, her research focuses on the works of Czech women composers of the early 20th century,
including Vit zslava Kaprálová, Ilse Weberová, and Geraldine Mucha, and explores themes of belonging and
displacement within the historical context of the female voice.
BICKHAM, THERESA.
performed a diverse repertory of operatic roles that include a specialization in Mozart heroines (Donna An-
na, La Contessa, Fiordiligi), Italian opera (Adina, Violetta, Musetta), German operetta (Rosalinde, Hanna
Glawari), and contemporary American opera. In addition, she has placed in prestigious competitions in-
cluding The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Palm Beach Opera, Shreveport Opera Singer of
the Year, and the Concorso Lirico Internazionale per Cantanti lirici Rosa Ponselle. Dr. Bickham regularly
performs with orchestras throughout the country and is an avid recitalist and scholar of female composers,
poets, and performers. She earned degrees from the University of Maryland College Park (DMA), the Univer-
ords in 2021 and she is an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Her
performance experience has culminated in her passion for training young professionals and her students
have been recognized for their polished performances and exemplary teaching.
BINKOWSKI, DARIA. Daria Binkowski is a flutist, (toy) pianist, composer and musical adventurer. Binkowski is
part of Figmentum, an ensemble specializing in works for toy pianos and assorted other instruments. Fig-
mentum has appeared at the Florida International Toy Piano Festival, the CMS Conference (Pacific South-
west Chapter), and the San Diego Toy Piano Festival. Binkowski also created the Toy Piano Library, an
online, ever growing catalogue of works featuring toy piano. When not playing with toy pianos, Binkowski
spends their time as an accomplished flutist, having performed at the Music by Women Festival, SEAMUS,
Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, Newport Jazz Festival, Beijing Modern Music Fes-
tival and the Audio Art Festival in Krakow, among many others. Past ensembles include the Liminal Project,
Inverted Space Ensemble, and the Talea Ensemble. Binkowski holds degrees in music performance
(Eastman School of Music and McGill University) and arts administration (Seattle University), and remains a
doctoral candidate at the University of Washington in perpetuity.
BLAKE, SHAYLA. Shayla Blake studied at Stetson University and Texas Tech University in the studios of Geof-
-up in the Texas Tech University Graduate Con-

certo Competition and was awarded the job of Graduate Teaching Assistant. Currently, at Louisiana Tech
University, she teaches piano, flute, songwriting, Choral Arranging and is a staff accompanist. She has also
served at the University of Louisiana at Monroe as collaborative pianist and taught piano and flute in pri-
vate studio. Shayla Blake has conducted and accompanied choirs and instrumental ensembles of all ages.
As a composer/arranger, her choral and piano compositions are published by Lorenz, Shawnee Press, Hal
Leonard, Easy Choir Music.com and Fred Bock music and have been featured at TMEA and performed inter-
nationally, including the Vatican. In 2020, Shayla was awarded a Fellowship at Hambidge Center for the
Arts and has served as a past volunteer Coordinator for Nashville Songwriters Association, is a member of
the National Flute Association and ASCAP.
BOGDAN, VALENTIN. Valentin Bogdan is Professor of Music at Mississippi University for Women. He has won
awards at national and international competitions, including the Ellis Two Piano Competition (2017), Varna
International Piano Competition (2008), Wayne State Concerto Competition, and many more. He has per-
formed in Europe, Asia, and North America, including France, England, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria,
Romania, Jordan, Canada, and the US. He has performed on stages and festivals throughout the world: the
Oregon Bach Festival, Festival Miami, American-Romanian Festival, National Association of Composers USA
Festival, and many more (including concerts at the Russian Union of Composers (Moscow, Russia)), Prokofi-

ev Museum (Moscow, Russi)a, at Spectrum Festival (Kazan, Russia), Aula Sergiu T. Chiriacescu (Transilvania
University, Romania), Sala Patria (Brasov, Romania) and Assisi Performing Arts in Italy He was a soloist with
the Starkville Symphony Orchestra, Assisi Performing Arts Orchestra, Wayne State Symphony Orchestra. He
was the winner of an Artist Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission (2018). Valentin was named
the 2010 Florida State Music Teachers Association commissioned composer of the year, and the 2015 Mis-
sissippi Music Teachers Association commissioned composer. He has recorded and release three solo pi-
ano albums, and two duo-piano albums.
BOJOVIC, BILJANA. After graduating from music high school in Bitola, North Macedonia, Biljana Bojovi contin-
ued her studies at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, completed her undergraduate studies at West
Virginia University in Morgantown and graduate studies at Butler University in Indianapolis. She studied
cello with William Skidmore and William Grubb, and music composition with John Beall, Frank Felice, and
Michael Schelle. Biljana has participated in composition masterclasses with William Bolcom, Eric Ewazen,
formed at the 33rd International Summer Festival Imago Slovenia, 5th International Music by Women Festi-
val (virtual edition), Illinois Modern Ensemble Concert Series, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Indiana State Uni-
versity 40th Contemporary Music Festival, Finger Lakes Summer Chamber Music Festival, New York, at sev-
eral of the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) conferences with most recent one being the 2021 Society of
Composers Online National Conference, at the International Double Reed Society Conference (2009), Bir-
mingham, England, and at many other concerts in the US, Czech Republic, Slovenia and North Macedonia.
Her works are written mostly for solo instruments and chamber ensembles, and often draw inspiration
from Balkan folk and Orthodox church music. She currently lives and creates in California.
BONENFANT, TIMOTHY. Dr. Timothy Bonenfant is Professor of Single Reeds at Angelo State University. He is a
member of The Mesquite Trio, The Batik Quartet and the West Texas Jazz Orchestra. He holds three de-
album, Multiple Personae, features music by Virko Baley. It uses seven different members of the clarinet
family. He has premiered over thirty works, many written especially for him, including Virko Baley's Partita
Symphony Orchestra, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Abilene Philharmonic,
San Angelo Symphony, Boise Symphony, Nevada Opera Theater, and various groups on the Las Vegas Strip.
Timothy Bonenfant has developed an international reputation as an extremely versatile clarinetist. He has
performed at multiple International Clarinet Association ClarinetFests, at the Society for Electro-Acoustic
Music, at the International Double Reed Society Conference, the American Single Reed Summit. and pre-
sented performances and panel sessions at the National Association for College Wind and Percussion In-
structors Conference. His major teachers include Alberto Asercion, Felix Viscuglia, William Powell, Raphael
Sanders, Marina Sturm and Michele Zukovsky.
BOONE, RACHEL. Rachel Boone is a mezzo-soprano from Grove Hill, Alabama. She graduated with a Bachelor of
Chorus and performed with the AU Opera Workshop. One of her very first roles was as the spirit in Dido
She also played the Sandman in scenes from Hansel and Gretel by Engel Humperdinck. In addition to opera
dic. After graduating she has performed with the Auburn Area Community Theater and continued to take
voice lessons, and sings alto in the choir at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn. Rachel plans to attend
BRADDOCK, BRITTAN. Dr. Brittan Braddock is visiting assistant professor of music education and director of
bands at the University of West Florida. She conducts the UWF Symphonic Band and teaches courses in in-
strumental music education, wind band literature, conducting and applied clarinet. In her time at UWF, she
founded the UWF High School Honor Band, redesigned the Bachelor of Music Education curriculum to in-
clude specialization tracks, and increased enrollment in the band and music education programs. Braddock
is in demand as a guest conductor, clinician and presenter. Her research into the wind ensemble repertoire
of Ruth Gipps and the Portia Wind Ensemble is gaining momentum in national and international presenta-
tions and performances. In March of 2021, she was a guest panelist for Ruth Gipps: a Centennial Symposi-
um, a presentation hosted by Kingston University in London. Prior to her appointment at UWF, Braddock
completed her doctoral studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She was featured as a guest conduc-
tor with the CU Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and Concert Band. In June of 2018, she traveled to Lon-
don, England as a J.D. Ogilvy Travel Fellow through the British and Irish Studies department.

BRISTER, WANDA. Wanda Brister is a professor of voice at Florida State University where she has taught since
2003. She discovered the music of Madeleine Dring in 2000 and since that time has been a champion dedi-
cated to the dissemination of information and music of Dring. In that time she has published a disserta-
tion, a biography, and several articles about Dring's vocal music as well as overseeing recordings of 86 se-
lections. She worked with Glendower Jones to publish all of the music that could be found and catalogued
as of 2016, as well as her opera, Cupboard Love. Brister's biography has received steady positive commen-
tary, assuring it to be the most comprehensive report of Dring's life. Brister has performed throughout the
United States, in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and
Ukraine. In the US, she has performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall in Oratorio, Opera, and Recital, as well
as a recital at Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and at Philharmonic Hall.
CAMERON, ERIN. Erin Cameron enjoys a diverse career as a clarinetist, composer, and educator. She serves as
Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Cameron has worked
Hampshire, and as a Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas. An avid proponent of new music,
she has performed over 30 world and regional premieres of new works. Her compositions have been per-
n. In July 2021, she was featured at the International Clarinet Association Virtual Clari-
netFest Conference as both a performer and composer. In fall 2021, she presented a recital in Victoria,
Texas as winner of the Victoria Bach Festival Emerging Artists Competition. Cameron holds degrees from
the University of North Texas, Bowling Green State University, and Northwestern University.
CARTER BELL, KATHLEEN.

chamber, and orchestral repertoire. Dr. Bell has given masterclasses and presentations across the country
tional University's 2019 Chamber Music Festival and performed with the Elicio Winds at the 2021 CMS Na-
tional Conference in Rochester, NY. As a passionate performer of new music, Kathleen recently commis-
sioned several new works for oboe, including five woodwind trio pieces which each feature a unique cultur-
use of the oboe in his operas. Kathleen earned her DM degree from IU and was one of six graduate recipi-
CASEY, JERRY. Jerry Casey, Naples, Florida, composes music in all genres. She received an Honorable Mention
in the Choral (shorter works) category of The American Prize, 2020-2021. A scene from her chamber
opera, Pilate's Wife, was performed at the 2017 SCI Region VI Conference. Mrs. Casey released a CD, Yet, I
Will Rejoice, featuring her choral/vocal chamber music Tracks from this were featured on two Virtual Con-
ferences of CFAMC (Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers) as well as a Virtual Conference of the
Woodwind Quintet/Narrator were released on an MMC CD. Awarded the 2009 Marilynn Etzel Piano Com-
mission by Iowa Composers Forum, Out of the Depths premiered at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa. Her
compositions have been performed in the U.S.A., England, China, Slovakia and Spain. She has received the
Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a former faculty member at University of the Cumberlands, Williams-
burg, Kentucky, and a former adjunct teacher at Florida Southwestern State College, Ft. Myers, Florida.
CHANDLER, CHUCK. Chuck Chandler is an award winning teacher and has garnered acclaim as a frequent recit-
alist, master clinician, and presenter at conferences in the U.S. and abroad with recent engagements in
Sweden, Italy, and at Carnegie Hall, as well as colleges and universities throughout the US. He is recently
published on fitness training and the singing voice in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Jour-
nal of Singing, and presents on this topic as well as the influence of film in opera at conferences including
National Opera Association, College Music Society, and others. His upcoming schedule will take him across
the US to 5 states for performances, and to Vienna, Austria to present two sessions at the International
Congress of Voice Teachers 2022 conference. Equally comfortable with opera and oratorio, Chandler has
extensive performance credits in venues both nationally and internationally. His students have won compe-
titions including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and have appeared with the Lyric
Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera and others. He holds a
Doctorate from University of Kentucky and serves on faulty at DePaul University and at Red River Lyric

CLARK, LAUREN SCHACK. Lauren Schack Clark is Chair of the Music Department and Director of Keyboard
Studies at Arkansas State University. She has performed as soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the
US, Europe, and China. In October 2017, she performed as soloist with the New York Classical Players. In
Summer 2021, she performed a virtual chamber recital at the FIMUS Music Festival in Brazil. Dr. Clark has
performed at the International Double Reed, Horn, Tuba/Euphonium, and Trumpet Guild Conferences, and
at the American Viola Society Conference. She has presented at the World Piano Conference and at the
MTNA National Conference, and at several state music teachers conferences. She has recorded on the Cen-
taur, Vienna Modern Masters, and Emeritus labels. She has served on the faculty of the Saarburg Interna-
tional Music Festival and School in Germany and the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. She has
adjudicated for several local, state, regional, and national piano competitions, and her students have won
many awards. She is an MTNA Foundation Fellow, in March 2022, she will be the MTNA South Central Divi-
sion Director. She holds degrees from Boston University, Northwestern University, the Longy School, and
The Hartt School. Her website is www.laurenschackclark.com.
CLARK, RACHEL. A pianist from Lumberton, Texas, Rachel Clark is working towards her Master of Music in Pi-
ano Performance at Lamar University, where she studies under Dr. Jacob Clark. In addition to maintaining a
private studio, Rachel has worked as a pianist and organist at numerous east Texas churches, including
mary instrument is piano, she has also enjoyed some success as a harpist: in 2017, she won first place in
the Symphony of Southeast Texas Concerto Competition. As a collaborative pianist, she has premiered and
performed numerous new works, including at the Society of Composers International Region VI conference.
COKER, CHERYL. Cheryl Coker has been on the faculty of Millsaps College since 1984 teaching voice, Vocal
Pedagogy, Vocal Literature and a course of Women and Music. Prior to joining the faculty at Millsaps she
grees in Music Education (1969) and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance (1982) from the University of
Southern Mississippi were augmented with a DMA in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota
(2001). A three- day conference named Voices of Women in the Arts was co-chaired by Dr. Coker at
Millsaps in 2002 during which she premiered duets written for her and mezzo Lester Senter by composer
Judith Lang Zaimont.She has served as Mississippi Chapter President (1993-1995), Mississippi Governor
(2007-2012), and as Registrar and Secretary for Southern Region NATS (2006-2020). She has presented
and performed during a National NATS Conference, Southern Regional NATS Conferences, Mississippi State
NATS Conferences and in concert during a summer NATS Workshop in Minnesota. She was Collegiate Vocal
Area Chair for Mississippi Music Teachers Association (1989-1992 and 2005-2007), giving presentations
for State and National conferences.
COLLIER, LAURA.
Mason University where she studied under Mark Camphouse and Jesse Guessford. Recent accolades in-
clude winning the NED Ensemble Call for Scores for Voice and Piano, being selected as a finalist in the So-
rodha 7th International Composition Competition, and receiving an honorable mention in the 2019 Arcady
COOK, DOREA. Dorea Cook is known for her clear, vibrant sound, and flexibility within diverse styles from solo
operatic roles to oratorio, chamber, and contemporary repertoire. Recent performances include the title
Rosenkavalier, Southeastern premieres of music by John Moody, Emma Lou Diemer, and Stefania De Ke-
nessey, and chamber music by Bellini, Mahler, Brahms, and Ravel. Dorea has presented her research on
21st century North American women composers at the 2019, 2020, and 2021 Music by Women Festivals,
the 2019 and 2021 Southeastern Regional NATS conferences, and the 2020 NATS national conference. Up-
coming plans include performances in the Orlando area, a poster presentation at the NATS 2022 national
conference, and more. Dorea has soloed with the Houston Chamber Choir, Conspirare Chamber of Voices,
Conspirare Symphonic Choir and the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and more. Formerly an Assistant Profes-
sor of Music at Valdosta State University (GA), Dorea is a Visiting Professor of Music Theory at Valencia Col-
lege and a private instructor and freelancer in the Orlando area, where she performs with Orlando Sings
and the Solaria Singers. She received her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.

CORONA, VICTORIA. Victoria Corona is an undergraduate student at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK)
pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree specializing in Vocal Music Education. Her principal teacher and men-
tor is Dr. Melinda Brou, Professor of Voice and Opera at TAMUK. Victoria is a McNair scholar and as such
has presented her research at the National Diversity in STEM conference, and at the TAMUK McNair Schol-
ars Research Symposium. She won an award for Outstanding Research Presentation in the year of 2021 at
in music administration, in order to work as a Fine Arts Director for a public school district.
COURSEY, SANDRA. Sandra Coursey is a solo pianist, collaborative pianist, and piano teacher. As a performer,
her repertoire choices aim to support the performance of living and underrepresented composers. A dedi-
cated and in-demand teacher, Sandra currently teaches collegiate piano courses as well as private lessons
to students of all ages. She is currently working on her Doctorate in Contemporary Music Performance un-
der the direction of Dr. Solungga Liu.
CRIPPS, CYNTHIA. Cynthia Cripps has taught at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley since 2006. She teaches
saxophone and saxophone ensembles, serves as graduate advisor and on many other department and uni-
tered 70 saxophonists from across deep South Texas. Dr. Cripps has presented solos, chamber music, and
lectures in numerous North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Biennial and Regional Conferences and
World Saxophone Congresses in Croatia, Slovenia, and the US. She has performed and presented work-
shops in Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, and locally. She continues to perform on saxophone, bassoon,
flute, and clarinet in local chamber and large ensembles. Dr. Cripps received degrees from Central Michi-
gan University (BME), Ball State University (MM), and the University of Miami (DMA).
DARK, JORDAN. Jordan Dark is a soprano from Dadeville, Alabama. She graduated from Auburn University in
2020 with a Bachelor's in Vocal Performance. During her time at Auburn, Jordan was a member of the Au-
burn University Chamber and Women's Choirs and participated in the Auburn University Opera Workshop.
Jordan's full roles include Belinda in Dido and Aeneas and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. Her partial roles
have included Despina in Cosí fan tutte, Countess from Le Nozze di Figaro, and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte.
Jordan also participated in the first International Music Festival at the American University of Sharjah, UAE
and has placed first in the classical and musical theatre categories of ALANATS three times. She is current-
ly taking a break from school and is singing in the choir at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn. Jordan
plans to attend graduate school in the fall of this year to pursue a master's degree in vocal performance.
DARLING, STEVEN. Dr. Steven Darling serves as Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University
of Tennessee at Martin. Darling has garnered recognition at many competitions including the Falcone Festi-
val Tuba Artist Competition, International Tuba-Euphonium Association Euphonium Artist Competition, and
the American Prize in Instrumental Performance. A Performing Artist for Eastman Winds, Darling has re-
leased two award-winning albums: Dualities, in 2018 and American Landscape, in 2020. Darling fields fre-
quent residencies and invitations at Regional and International Tuba-Euphonium Conferences, as a soloist
with large ensembles, and at universities throughout the United States. In 2019 Darling premiered his work
At the Mountains of Madness for tuba and string orchestra with the Wright State University Chamber Or-
chestra and made his solo Carnegie debut at the Weill Recital Hall. An active composer and pedagogue,
enjoy a variety of successes, working as educators throughout the Midwest and South, serving in the U.S.
Army Bands, and gaining admittance to prestigious graduate programs. Dr. Darling studied with Timothy
Northcut, Jason Smith, and Martin Erickson.
DE KENESSEY, STEFANIA. Composer STEFANIA DE KENESSEY works in a variety of genres and venues, from
the Financial Times, it was recently released by House of Film, with permission from Warner Bros. Enter-
tainment. She collaborates regularly with the all-female Ariel Rivka Dance company. Her
-inspired electronic score adapted in 2021 for the Orchid Trio as
is modeled on the Emmy-nominated Netflix series of the same
-performance piece for two singers dressed as
nuns, launched the Gender and Sexuality Studies Institute at The New School; it features a text by feminist

philosopher Chiara Bottici and poet-provocateur Vanessa Place. De Kenessey is also the founding president
of the International Alliance for Women in Music. Further information: www.stefaniadekenessey.com and
[email protected]
DEMBOWSKI, LYNDA. Lynda Dembowski is Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at Towson University and Anne Arun-
del Community College. At AACC, she is Director of the Clarinet Choir and Assistant Director of the Con-
cert Band. Dembowski has been a featured soloist with multiple ensembles in Maryland and Virginia. She is
Principal Clarinetist of the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra, Second Clarinetist of the Shenandoah Valley
Bach Festival Orchestra, and has also performed with Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Choral
Arts Society, and Roanoke Symphony. She is a member of the United States Naval Academy Band, serving
as Principal Clarinet of the Concert Band for the bulk of her 22-year career. Dembowski formed the Milano
Duo with Dr. Amanda Morrison in 2018 with the inspiration to expand the repertoire for two clarinets. The
ClarinetFest in 2019 and 2021, and will premiere a new work by Eric Mandat at the 2022 event in Reno,
Nevada. Dembowski holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland.
DOUBLESTEIN, VIVIAN. Vivian Doublestein began her study of the piano at age three and by the age of twelve,
was actively accompanying various choral groups, instrumentalists and summer theater productions. A
graduate of the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, with a degree in piano performance, she continued
her studies at Michigan State University where she studied with Ralph Votapek, winner of the first Van Cli-
burn Competition. There she earned her masters degree in chamber music and accompanying. A huge pro-
schooled children based on the six historical time periods of the arts. After serving as Founder and Execu-
tive Director for twenty years, and overseeing 35 schools around the country, she returned to her first love
of collaborative piano. Mrs. Doublestein currently serves as a part of the Collaborative Piano faculty at the
University of North Georgia, and as a freelance accompanist in the greater metro Atlanta area. This is her
fifth year of performance at the Music By Women Conference
EMERSON, DEIDRE. Deidre Vaughn Emerson first started playing cello at the age of five. She received her Bach-
elor's of Music in Cello Performance magna cum laude at Birmingham Southern College, and her Masters in
Cello Performance at University of Houston in the studio of Vagram Saradjian. She has had the opportunity
to study and perform at a number of music festivals throughout the United States and Europe. Deidre per-
forms and teaches in multiple genres. She has led many master classes and clinics and as a cellist and con-
ductor. She has taught university classes in Orchestra, Applied Cello, Cello Ensemble, String Ensemble,
String Methods, Theory, Ear Training, Aural Skills, and Sight Singing. She has been honored as guest artist
tions.Currently she resides in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two children. Here she teaches at
a number of schools and studios and also maintains her own private teaching studio. She also does record-
-time ensembles. She
is currently the Professor of Cello at Tennessee State University, Nashville State Community College, and
Trevecca Nazarene University.
FERENZ SPULLER, AMBER. Amber Ferenz is a Walks Between nonbinary bassoonist and composer. Inspired
deeply by the magic and mystery of the natural world, Amber writes pieces that weave together melodies
work.
FILLMORE, MOLLY.
itan Opera debut as Helmwige in Die Walküre, which won a Grammy award for Best Opera Recording. Dur-
ing her seven seasons at the Met, she also appeared as Mrs. Naidoo in Satyagraha. Fillmore made her solo
operatic debut with the Washington National Opera while a sophomore at American University. By the com-
pletion of her MM degree from the University of Maryland, she had sung six additional roles with the WNO
at the Kennedy Center, and within a year of her graduation was named principal mezzo-soprano soloist
with Oper der Stadt Köln (Cologne Opera), where she sang over 20 roles. As a soprano, Ms. Fillmore's roles
include the title role in Salome (San Francisco Opera and Arizona Opera), and Marietta in Die tote Stadt

(Theater St. Gallen). This she achieved alongside her activities as a faculty member at Michigan State Uni-
versity, then University of North Texas. Highlights as a concert soloist, both as a mezzo-soprano and a so-
prano, include singing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orches-
tra, and at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kennedy Center, Spoleto Festival, and Tanglewood Festival.
GAINEY, DENISE. Denise Gainey is Professor of Clarinet and Instrumental Music Education and Associate Chair
of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Backun Artist/Clinician
and a Légère Reeds Endorsing Artist, and serves as President of the International Clarinet Association. An
avid chamber musician, Gainey is sought after as a clinician and performer throughout the United States
and abroad, performing with the Amicitia Duo, and the UAB Chamber Trio, with recordings available
through Naxos, Ravello Records, and Potenza Music. She has compiled and edited a collection of clarinet
solos, Solos for Clarinet, published by Carl Fischer and published a book on master teacher Kalmen Opper-
man, Kalmen Opperman: A Legacy of Excellence, with Carl Fischer, New York, in 2018. Gainey holds de-
grees from the Florida State University, the University of North Texas, and the University of Kentucky.
GIANNINI, LAURA. Laura Giannini is an Italian classically trained violinist based in New York City. She has been
awarded in duo and piano trio competitions throughout Europe while already performing for Accademia
dei Cameristi, A.Gi.Mus. Roma, and Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband, among others. In 2006 Laura was fea-
Records. Ms. Giannini has performed in duo, chamber ensembles, and orchestras at prestigious venues
Art Center, and Auditorium Parco Della Musica. Her playing has also been featured on Deutschland Radio
on the WVOX radio of NY in a musical interview about South-Italian composers. At present, she performs
with Semplice Players at Bargemusic, the Connecticut-based New Britain Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble
Leonarda, and the co-founded QueensSound Ensemble and OLLA Rhapsody violin duo. Ms. Giannini is also
a teaching artist for YOSL, the youth orchestra program of the Orchestra of St. Luke.
GOH, SOO. Soo Goh is an Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Appalachian State University. He is one of the first
few musicians from Penang, Malaysia to further his studies on the clarinet. Soo holds a B.A. in Music and
Computer Science from Luther College, a M.M. from Bowling Green State University, and a D.M.A from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His primary teachers have been Michael Chesher, Kevin
Schempf, and Kelly Burke. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Music at Kutztown University of
Pennsylvania. While at Kutztown, Soo was the Music Admissions and Outreach Coordinator. He firmly be-
lieves in mentorship and advocacy for students who may otherwise not have access to quality music educa-
tion. He has performed with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra,
Symphony of the Mountains, Carolina Philharmonic, Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, and others. Soo has
adjudicated for the International Clarinet Association and the MTNA. He has presented and performed in
conferences such as the NCMEA, PMEA, ClarinetFest, Society of Composers, Inc., College of Music Society,
Music by Women Festival, NACWPI, and others. Additionally, he has performed and taught masterclasses in
Malaysia, Singapore, Austria, and Jordan.
GORBUNOVA, TATIANA. Russian pianist Tatiana Gorbunova is an active soloist, teacher, chamber musician
and adjudicator. Recent performances include solo, chamber, lecture recitals, and masterclasses across the
United States and Mexico. In summers of 2018 and 2019 she was featured as a Guest Artist/Clinician at
the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition and Festival in Carmel, Indiana and was on adjudication
panel for Planet of Art International Competition in Washington D.C. As a chamber musician, Gorbunova
has performed with members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Sichuan Symphony Orchestra, Handel
and Haydn Society, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and Nizhny Novgorod
Philharmonic orchestras. Gorbunova was appointed in the fall of 2018 to the piano faculty of Texas A&M
International University in Laredo, Texas.
GRAVES, KEN. Ken Graves is currently the Principal Clarinetist of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. In addi-
tion, he performs frequently with the Meridian, Gulf Coast and Pensacola Symphony Orchestras. Ken is on
faculty at Millsaps College and Mississippi College and enjoys maintaining an active clarinet studio in the
Jackson, MS area. Ken enjoys performing chamber music and collaborating with other artists. He has ap-
with the Mississippi Opera, Mississippi Chorus, and has been a featured soloist with the Mississippi Sym-
phony Orchestra. During the summer, Ken enjoys participating in FestivalSouth events and concerts in

Hattiesburg, MS. Ken received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory
of Music where he was a student of Richie Hawley. He received his Master of Music degree from the Univer-
sity of Southern California and completed additional studies at the Colburn School where he was a student
of renowned clarinet professor Yehuda Gilad.
GROOM, NATALIE. Dr. Natalie Groom teaches clarinet and chamber music at the University of Maryland, Balti-
more County, performs as a co-founder of Whistling Hens, works as Manager of Advancement Operations
and Analytics at Washington Performing Arts, and is a voting member of the GRAMMY Recording Academy.
bassies, and Goethe-Institut. She toured China with the Fred Fox Quintet and performed with the Berlin
Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Baltimore Symphony Youth Ensemble, Annapolis Symphony, Annapolis Opera,
partner soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick. As a composer/arranger, her music has been performed at the Missis-
sippi Music by Women Festival, The Anthem, and the Smithsonian American History Museum. In 2022, two
pieces written for Classically Dope + University of Maryland Wind Orchestra will be premiered, and one of
her solo clarinet works will be featured in the International Clarinet Association Journal. Her publications
include three reports in The Clarinet journal and five sheet music publications, and she is the co-inventor
of the new single reed micrometer, Reed Mapper. Learn more at www.nataliegroom.com.
GUDMUNDSON, PAULA. Dr. Paula Gudmundson, Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Minnesota
Duluth, focuses on centering her work around collaboration, community engagement and bringing voice to
the absent narratives in the arts. Gudmundson has performed at numerous music festivals and events, in-
cluding regional and national conferences of the College Music Society, National Flute Association conven-
Flûte Festival. Recordings include La Flauta of Buenos Aires (2012) and Breaking Waves (2019) Melodies of
the Forest (2022) www.paulagudmundson.com
GWOREK, NATHANIEL. Nathaniel Gworek is an Assistant Professor at Point University where he is the Assistant
Band Director and Percussion Instructor. He continues to work with the percussion community commis-
sioning new music and performing recitals and clinics in the area. He is a member of the Percussive Arts
Society Health and Wellness Committee, the Georgia PAS Vice President, and has previously served on the
Board of Directors for the Women Composers Festival of Hartford. He has had the pleasure to play with the
Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra, UConn Opera Company, and the Hart-
ford City Singers. Interested in playing many different styles of music, he has toured the Northeast with
Percussion Ensembles, Orchestras, Wind Ensembles, Rock and Jazz bands, Mexican and African music
groups, and a Renaissance Music Ensemble. He has studied with Keith Aleo, Kay Stonefelt, a female pio-
neer on Broadway, and Jim Tiller of the Rochester Philharmonic. Dr. Gworek has previously worked as an
instructor at Georgia College, Stephen F. Austin State University, Manchester Community College, and as a
Music Festival, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts.

HAISLIP, MATTHEW. Matthew Haislip serves as Assistant Professor of Horn at Mississippi State University and
Principal Horn of the Starkville Symphony. During the summer months, he teaches at Blue Lake Fine Arts
Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan. He serves the International Horn Society as the Mississippi Area Representa-
for Two Horns, was released in 2019 by Mountain Peak Music and has been praised by leading hornists
across the world. As a performer, he is a founding member of Quintasonic Brass and he is Third Horn of
the North Mississippi Symphony. He was previously Co-Principal Horn of the Midland-Odessa Symphony
and has performed with dozens of professional ensembles, including the Cincinnati Opera, Opera Naples,
Omaha Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, and the Mississippi Symphony. He has appeared as a soloist with
the Mississippi State University Wind Ensemble, Angelo State University Wind Ensemble, and the Wills Point
High School Band. He holds degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Cincinnati,
College-Conservatory of Music, and Texas A&M University-Commerce. His personal website may be found
at www.matthaislip.com. Matthew is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
HALBERT, KATEY.
and performer. Residing in Northwest Arkansas, she is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn at
the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In addition to maintaining the studio and running studio class,
she also performs with the faculty wind quintet, Lyrique Quintette, and the faculty brass quintet, Arkansas

Brassworks. Previously, she has served on the faculty of Grand View University, Central College, Musk-
ingum University, Marietta College, and Mount Vernon Nazarene University. She spends her summers on
faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan and is also a member of the Wild Prairie Winds,
a nonprofit wind quintet.
HARRIS, OLGA. Olga Harris was born Moscow, Russia. She received her Master degree as a composer from
Moscow Conservatory and a Doctorate from the Moscow Arts Academy. She studied composition with the
famous Composer Aram Khachaturian. Mrs. Harris specializes in Chamber Music and has composed three
symphonies, two Piano Concertos, two Quartets, two trios, four Sonatas for piano, clarinet, violin and cello,
two cantatas, five vocal cycles, many songs and over 600 pieces for piano and chamber instruments. She
has also written music for two animated movies and music for Drama Theater and TV. Her music has been
performed at many festivals and concerts, such as Moscow Autumn in Russia, Russian Avant garde in Hei-
delberg, Germany. She has performed many concerts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kiev,
Riga, Germany, Spain and France. Olga Harris is a Professor of Music in Tennessee State University. She
was chosen by Tennessee Music Teachers Association as Composer of the year 2007 and Mississippi Music
Teachers Association as Composer of the year 2020. Her music has been performed in Aspen Colorado,
Interlochen Michigan, Purchase New York, Hamburg and Munich Germany,Assissi Italy, Moscow Rus-
sia,Malaga Spain, Varna Bulgaria and Nashville Tennessee.
HEAD, RHONDA. Eight-time international award-winning Mezzo-Soprano vocalist Rhonda Head is the official
recipient of two Global Music Awards for a pair of her most celebrated songs. Judged by Emmy and Gram-
my Award
Music category, moving through the pain of being an intergenerational Residential School Survivor. Record-
the Contemporary Classical category. This recognition adds to her length list of milestones including sing-
roots category and attending the Los Angeles award show (2020) and sitting as a Board Member at Cana-
HEATON ADHIKARI, HANNAH. Hannah Heaton Adhikari (b. 2000) is a pianist, composer, and private piano
teacher in the Columbus, MS area. She began playing the piano at age 8, composing at age 11, and teach-
ing piano full time at age 20. She has been an active member of BMI and NACUSA since 2019 and even
during the COVID-
Artist Composer in the state of Mississippi for the third year in a row since 2019. She also won 1st place in
cians during the COVID-

Hannah and her music from her website: https://hannahehmusic.wixsite.com/pianist.
HOCH, MATTHEW. Matthew Hoch is professor of voice at Auburn University. He has appeared as a soloist with
the Oregon Bach Festival, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Vox Consort, Harmonie Universelle, the Hart-
ford, Rome, and Nashua Symphony Orchestras, the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, the Chattanooga Bach
Choir, Griffin Choral Arts, and the United States Coast Guard Chamber Players. Hoch is the author, coau-
thor, or principal editor of eight books and peer-reviewed articles in over a dozen different professional
and academic journals. Hoch is the 2016 winner of the Van L. Lawrence Award, presented jointly by the
Voice Foundation and NATS. He holds a BM from Ithaca College, an MM from the Hartt School, a DMA from
the New England Conservatory, and the Certificate in Vocology from the National Center for Voice and
Speech. In 2018, he presented performances and master classes in the United Arab Emirates as was award-
ed the Auburn University College of Liberal Arts Teaching Excellence Award. In addition to his academic
life, Hoch also serves as choirmaster and minister of music at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn, Ala-
bama.
HOLDER, CREIGHTON. Creighton Holder currently serves as Director of Music (Organist/Choirmaster) at the
First Presbyterian Church of Oxford, Mississippi. Creighton is a graduate of the University of Southern Mis-
sissippi where he earned the Master of Music in Choral Conducting and the Bachelor of Music in Piano Per-
formance. His primary instructors were Dr. Gregory Fuller and Dr. Ellen Price Elder. Through his work as a
collaborative artist, he has participated in multiple world premieres by award-winning composers including
Mack Wilberg, James Quitman Mulholland, Richard Burchard, Tõnu Kõrvits, and Galina Grigorjeva. He has
taught as an instructor through the Southern Miss Piano Institute and has presented sessions on sacred

music for the Mississippi and North Carolina ACDAs and the Mississippi Music Teachers Association. He
recently studied Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique at Salem College (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
under Dr. Barbara Lister-Sink and continues to focus research and performance on women composers of
sacred music. Creighton is active in the music community of Oxford, serving as a collaborative pianist for
the Ole Miss Department of Music and as Co-Director of the Oxford Civic Chorus.
HUMBERD, AMY. Amy Humberd has appeared throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and cham-
ber musician. In November of 2017, she presented her Carnegie Hall debut as the second prize winner of
the Concert Artists International Virtuoso Competition. Outside of the performance hall, Humberd is an
accomplished teacher. Currently, she serves as the Artist Affiliate of Clarinet at Berry College and the Ad-
junct Instructor of Clarinet at Lee University. In 2019 she was appointed to the faculty at Blue Lake Fine
Arts Camp, where she taught and performed with the faculty ensembles. In addition, she has presented
clinics and masterclasses throughout Tennessee. An advocate for the arts, Humberd is on the planning
committee for the American Single Reed Summit, where she holds the social media coordinator position.
Previously Humberd volunteered as a coordinator of Classical Revolution - Tallahassee, an organization
dedicated to presenting free classical music concerts in community and neighborhood venues. Amy is clar-
inetist for Civitasolis Reed Quintet, a nonprofit ensemble that is dedicated to promoting new music by and
for underrepresented communities and engaging audiences through creative programming and community
outreach. Her former teachers include Jonathan Holden, Deborah Bish., Howard Klug, Eric Hoeprich, Peter
Cain, and David Shaffer.
HURLEY, SUSAN. Dr. Susan Hurley is Assistant Professor of Voice at the Mississippi University for Women De-
partment of Music where she teaches Applied Voice, Opera Workshop, Voice Pedagogy, and Music Litera-
ture. A prizewinner at the 2002 international Meistersinger competition, she has performed 25 principal
operatic roles throughout the United States and Germany and has soloed with numerous orchestras in the
U.S. and abroad. Her current and former students have won top competition prizes. Dr. Hurley is the
now in its ninth year. She has presented lecture-recitals, masterclasses, and talks on the songs comprising
the AQS at conferences and universities throughout the South. In summer 2022, she will perform a lecture
recital on AQS at the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Vienna. Additionally, Dr. Hurley has pre-
sented lectures on Tomatis listening at the International Congress of Voice Teachers (Stockholm, Sweden),
at NATS chapter conferences, and the Mississippi Music Teachers Association. Her writing on the impact of
published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2020.
HURST-WAJSZCZUK, KRISTINE. Soprano Kristine Hurst-
the Alabama Symphony, the Tuscaloosa Symphony, the Boulder Bach Festival, and several appearances
Kristine and clarinetist Denise Gainey, was released by Naxos in 2020. Sakira Ventura of SVMusicology.com
songs was released in 2008 by Centaur. Kristine is the only certified teacher of Koru meditation in Ala-
bama, and her workshops have taken her throughout the United States and Europe. An accomplished
opera stage director, her operas have won three awards from the National Opera Association. She is Profes-
sor of Voice and Associate Dean of the Honors College at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Please
visit www.kristinehurst.com for more information.
JAFFE, JULIA. Julia Jaffe, mezzo-soprano, was born in Minsk, Belarus where she attended a specialized music
school. She immigrated to the USA as a teenager and studied voice and literature at the University of Utah.
In Boston Julia had a career as a linguist and pursued post graduate studies in voice at the New England
Conservatory of Music. She had performed as a soloist with the Lowell House Opera and Commonwealth
Lyric Theatre as well as an ensemble member of Utah Opera, Opera Tampa and the Odyssey Opera. Julia is
a soloist/section leader at the First Church UU in Lexington where she has had opportunities to sing music
of dizzying variety under the leadership of Rip Jackson. Julia has found her niche in creating the original
thematically organized programs. She performs as a guest soloist throughout the USA and became a fea-
tured artist at the 2019 Assisi Music Festival in Italy. Julia -- with Olga Harris and Julia Mortyakova --
-- Rushania Nizamudtinova -- praised

JEAN, CHAN MI. Chan Mi Jean is the Lecturer in Collaborative Piano at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Jean is an emerging solo pianist, chamber musician, and opera coach who has made her international ap-
pearances including performances in Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Thailand, and the Unit-
ed States. As an active chamber musician, Jean has performed with various musicians on a wide range of
repertoire and appeared in music festivals including Aspen Music Festival, Oberlin in Italy, Napa Valley Mu-
sic Festival, and Vancouver International Song Institute. During her doctorate studies in Madison, WI, Jean
was selected as the pianist for the prestigious Perlman Trio in 2016-17. Jean was the winner of the Irving
Shain Woodwind-Piano Duo Competition with Oboist Dr. Emily Knappen and has received an Honorable
Mention in the American Prize Instrumental Solo Competition for her recent recording with UT Martin tuba
professor Dr. Steve Darling. A native of Seoul, Korea, Jean has received her D.M.A. in Collaborative Piano
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.M. and P.D. in Piano Performance from Indiana University; and
B.A. in Music Performance from Asbury University.
JENKINS, ELLIE. A native of coastal Georgia, Ellie Jenkins (horn) joined the faculty at Dalton State College in
2010, and is an Affiliate Artist in horn at Berry College. An active performer, she is principal horn in the
Carroll Symphony and the Chamber Players of the South, and second horn with the Rome Symphony. She
performs in Austria most summers with the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, and performed on the
first two seasons of Chamber Music Montana in the Missoula area. She has also performed with the Chatta-
nooga Symphony Orchestra, and toured Taiwan with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra. She has been an invited
presenter at the International Horn Workshop, where she outlined her research on women as professional
horn players August 2018. She also edits a regular column in The Horn Call, the journal of the Internation-
al Horn Society. Dr. Jenkins holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin Madison (DMA), University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee (MM) and the University of Miami (BM). She has performed in Europe, South America,
and Asia as an orchestral and chamber musician and as a soloist. Dr. Jenkins resides in north Georgia, with
her husband and three dogs.
JOHNSON, REBECCA. Flutist Rebecca Johnson is Assistant Professor of Flute at Eastern Illinois University,
where she has taught since 2007, and is 2nd flutist of the orchestra Sinfonia da Camera. Internationally,
she has regularly performed and taught at the Convención Internacionál de las Flautistas in Quito, Ecuador,
since 2009, and was a featured artist at the 2018 Festival Internacional de Flautistas in São Paulo, Brazil.
Dr. Johnson enjoys collaboration with friends and colleagues. In 2021, she presented collaborative perfor-
Festival Orchestra and Sinfonia da Camera. She served the National Flute Association as the Program Chair
-President/President-Elect. Dr. Johnson
was a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester,
England. She holds degrees from the University of Illinois (DMA), the University of Louisville (MM), the Roy-
al Northern College of Music (PGDip, PPRNCM) and the University of Northern Iowa (BM).
KIEC, MICHELLE. Michelle Kiec, Interim Vice Provost for Extended and Lifelong Learning and Dean of Graduate
Studies at Kutztown University, merges a career as an academic administrator with performances as a clari-
netist. Dr. Kiec has presented at conferences including the International Clarinet Association, College Mu-
sic Society, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. She has performed with the
Harrisburg Symphony and Opera, West Virginia Symphony, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Opera Lancas-
ter, Aspen Music Festival, and Breckenridge Music Festival. An advocate of newly composed classical mu-
sic, she is delighted to perform chamber music as a member of the Batik Quartet, Synergy 78, and Kadi-
gan. She earned degrees from Peabody Conservatory of Music and University at Buffalo.
KILLMEYER, HEATHER. Heather Killmeyer serves as Associate Professor of Double Reeds at East Tennessee
State University. An enthusiastic advocate for introducing oboe to new audiences, her performances range
from the traditional to the unconventional. Her orchestral experience includes the Los Angeles Philharmon-
ic, Symphony Silicon Valley, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Reno Philharmonic, San Antonio Symphony, Corpus
Christi Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Mid-Texas Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, and the Nimbus Ensem-
ble. She created Dada Cabaret, an experimental chamber ensemble blending eclectic contemporary art mu-
sic with spoken narrative and elements of theatre, and is a member the Classical Appalachia chamber en-
semble. Killmeyer has performed at International Double Reed Society conferences stateside and abroad
and at the Australasian Double Reed Society conference. Summer engagements have included the Hot
Springs Music Festival, National Music Festival, Mozart Festival Texas, the Classical Music Festival in Aus-
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McDermott, David Benoit, and Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders. She has participated in numer-
ous commissions and premieres of new works for oboe. Heather Killmeyer received her degrees from the
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and the University of South-
ern California.
KIM, APRIL. Dr. April Ryun Kim has given numerous performances as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and cham-
ber musician. As an advocate for new music, she has performed in various new music ensembles including
the St. Olaf Faculty Chamber Ensemble, and is a regular performer in 10th Wave Chamber Collective, a
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been invited to present at numerous conferences including the CMS Regional Conferences, the 2019 Music
By Women Festival, and the 2019 Women Composers Festival of Hartford. Furthermore, she has presented
at the 2019 CMS International Conference held in Belgium, the Third Compositions in Asia Symposium and
Festival, and the 2021 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. A native of Minnesota, Dr. Kim com-
pleted a B.M. in piano performance with a collaborative emphasis from St. Olaf College, M.M. in solo and
collaborative performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and D.M.A. in piano performance from the
University of Missouri - Kansas City. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at St. Olaf Col-
lege.
KIM, HYOJUNG HELENA. Hyojung Helena Kim has been an active performer as a pianist, organist, and conduc-
tor. She recently received a DMA in organ performance at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers
University and was awarded the Elizabeth Wyckoff Durham Award.
Ms. Kim is a Music Director at the St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in Great Neck, NY. She participated
in various productions of the New York Grand Opera under the direction of late Maestro Vincent La Selva
and studied orchestral conducting under his tutelage. In 2019, Ms. Kim was the Music Director of the Gil-
success. Hyojung Helena Kim has performed extensively on the piano in various recitals in New York City
and New Jersey. Currently, she is the pianist of the QueensSound Ensemble.
KIM, SEONG AE. Seong Ae Kim is a Korean-born composer based in New York City. Her recent works spanning
the past 5 years have been acutely focused on amplifying self-truth and voicing social justice concerns. As
an advocate for social justice, she collaborated with fellow artists and ensembles to address and confront
those who oppress others through acts of racial dis-
crimination and immigrant scapegoating. Recent commissions include Left Coast Chamber Ensemble,
Amanda Gookin of Forward Music Project, Parhelion trio, Hypercube, Ensemble mise-en and Popebama
Now Festival, Women Composers Festival of Hartford, New York Women Composers Inc. Festival, IDRS con-
ference in Tokyo-Japan, and ATM Festival in Seoul-South Korea. Her works have been performed by various
ensembles and artists as Andrés Orozco-Estrada, James Baker, Er-Gene Kahng, the Köhne Quartet, Ensem-
ble Ipse, and the Krechkovsky-Loucks Duo among others. She holds a PhD in composition from Stony
Brook University and an MA and BA both in composition and conducting from University for music and per-
forming arts in Vienna, Austria. www.seongaekim.com
KING-BENNETT, ELIZABETH. Beth King-Bennett is a passionate performer, educator, and advocate for new mu-
sic. She has presented performances across the United States as a soloist and chamber musician, including
premiers and commissions for solo saxophone, mixed duos, saxophone quartet, reed quintet, and saxo-
and at the Szechuan Conservatory in Chengdu, China. She was recently featured as a guest artist with H2
Quartet on their performance of Urban Requiem by Michael Colgrass. Beth currently serves as Adjunct In-
structor of Woodwinds at Chipola College in Marianna, FL. She maintains an active teaching studio and
serves as a clinician and adjudicator, and she has taught at summer camps and festivals including Florida
State University Band Camps and Great Plains Saxophone Workshop. Beth is the saxophonist for the Civi-
tasolis Reed Quintet, a nonprofit ensemble that is dedicated to promoting new music by and for un-
derrepresented communities and engaging audiences through creative programming and community out-
reach. Beth received her Doctor of Music at Florida State University, where she was a saxophone Teaching
ty.

KOZHEVNIKOVA, EVGENIYA. Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevnikova) is a composer, pianist, and educator. Her works
have been performed at regional, national, and international level music events. Jane composes in various
styles and genres, from classical to jazz and tango, tastefully blending them. In 2020, she released a jazz-
tango album Tango Avenue with her original works.In 2019, Jane received a DownBeat Magazine Outstand-
ing Performance award in the Latin jazz category with her original jazz-tango compositions. In 2019, she
became one of the winners of the "Music Now" contest, a part of Indiana State University Contemporary
Music Festival. Jane became a runner-up at the University of North Carolina Greensboro Call for Scores and
Competition. Her choral works were awarded the 1st Prize and a Special Prize at the 2020 International
sic Composition and Music Performance, from Western Michigan University. She is working on her doctor-
ate degree in Music Composition at the University of Florida.
KYRIAKOS, MARIKA. Lyric coloratura, Marika Kyriakos enjoys exploring innovative ways to connect to a variety
of audiences, no matter what the genre or style of vocal literature. With degrees both in piano and voice
performance, Kyriakos completed her doctorate at the University of Texas. After teaching at Tarleton State
University for nine years, she joined the music faculty in 2008 at Arkansas State University. Kyriakos has
worn several hats at A-State as voice teacher, opera director, musical director, chair of music and theatre,
and assistant dean. As of 1 July 2022, she is celebrating her return to the sole position of Professor of
Voice, focusing on teaching and devising unique, sometimes cross-disciplinary collaborative performances
to cultivate audience entertainment and enlightenment. Kyriakos also enjoys traveling and plans to resume
endeavors involving study-abroad for students. Recent international performing excursions include Opera-
Maya festivals in Mexico, and College Music Society conferences in Buenos Aires and Sydney.
LARSEN, JOSQUIN. Josquin Larsen, violist, has engaged with audiences throughout North America and Europe.
As an orchestral musician he plays with and has held leadership positions with groups such as the Arkan-
sas and Shreveport Symphonies, the Utah Festival Opera Orchestra, and the Orchestre du Creusot in
France. Chamber music has allowed him to connect with diverse audiences across the US and abroad
from chamber music series in the Mid-South, to the 2018 American Viola Society Festival in Los Angeles. In
recital, Josquin is committed to putting into dialogue the works of marginalized and underrepresented
composers with the traditional repertoire. www.josquinlarsen.com
LEE, GUI SOOK. Gui Sook Lee received her doctoral degree from Ohio State University, and won the prizes for
Competition and the Han-Min-Jok Competition. She has served as a guest composer in residence at the Uni-
versity of South Florida and an invited composer at California Polytechnic University, etc. Her CD, The Mu-
sic of Lee Gui Sook, was released by Ravello Records. Dr. Lee was also named Grand Prize Winner of the
2013 Korea Composition Award in the category of Korean Traditional Music. She is focusing on the globali-
zation of Korean traditional music and also working hard on creating Korean contemporary music that in-
corporates contemporary ideas into Korean traditional musical expression, and especially devoting to the
"Sanjo" project. She currently serves as professor at Korea National University of Arts.
LEE, KOWOON. Dr. Kowoon Lee debuted as a concerto soloist at age 16, and has since performed internation-
ally with many orchestras and ensembles. As a strong advocate of new music, she has worked with many
renowned living composers, such as Chen Yi, Gabriela Ortiz, James Mobberley, Juri Seo, Karan Tanaka, and
Vera Ivanova, to name a few. She co-founded Duo Confluence, a flute and piano duo that performs newly
-piano duo that she co-founded, promotes music by women composers. Duo Century has been selected to
perform at the 2022 International Women's Brass Conference. She presented her lecture-
doctoral research project involved piano music written by women composers, and included an original re-
search paper and a recording. She studied at University of Missouri-Kansas City, Indiana University, and
ber for the Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano.

LEITTERMAN, KRISTIN. Dr. Kristin Leitterman defies modern convention as a solo artist of oboe and voice,
bringing exciting and unusual programs to audiences. She makes it her responsibility to commission
works for oboe/voice, with works by Michael-Thomas Foumai, Whitney George and Lyle Davidson. Dr. Leit-
terman is dedicated to bringing music to the younger generations. Currently she is the Assistant Professor

of Oboe at Arkansas State University. In addition to teaching oboe, her duties include Double Reed Tech-
niques, Fundamentals of Music, and coaching small chamber ensembles. She is also the Director of the Lu-
carelli Oboe Master Class, a weeklong immersive oboe master class founded by Bert Lucarelli. She holds
tory, and the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. Her teachers include
Humbert Lucarelli, Mark McEwen, Barbara Bishop, and Amy Burton.
LEVIN, JONATHAN.
pelling pianist, composer, concert producer and music entrepreneur, creating innovative programs and
and cross cultural events which reach diverse audiences throughout the world. Jonathan performed Gersh-
erations Festival with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, and has made solo
appearances in major venues across the US including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and Beneroya
Hall. He has been a laureate of many competitions and prizes including the National Stillman-Kelley Award,
2nd Prize at the 2012 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and recipient of the Alan Walker Award
from the American Liszt Society. Jonathan is Artistic Director and Founder of Clayton Piano Festival in Clay-
ton, NC which is now in its 10th season of concerts, public classes, school outreach and other community
events. The festival creates accessible, educational, world-class concerts and music presentations that
uniquely enrich the cultural life of the region.
LITTLE, DEANNA. Deanna Little is Professor of Flute at Middle Tennessee State Univ. Her BME is from the Univ
of N Iowa and her MM and DM are from Indiana Univ. She was a student of Angeleita Floyd, Kate Lukas,
Peter Lloyd, Trevor Wye and Jim Scott. Little is an Altus Artist. Listen to Diamonds Uncovered (2009) and
Inspirations from Tennessee (2019) on Apple Music. Visit www.mtsu.edu/flute for more.
LÓPEZ, AMMI. Ammi López began her flute studies at the age of nine in her home city of Xalapa, Mexico. She
completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Pennsylvania under the tutelage of Dr. Naomi
Seidman. López then served as a Teaching Assistant at the Longy School of Music and at the University of
Arkansas where she completed both the Master of Music and Graduate Certificate in Advance Performance
as a student of Dr. Ronda Mains. She has performed with the Boston Opera Collaborative, Sequoya Wood-
wind Quintet, Longy Conservatory Orchestra, and the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra. Her music indus-
try employment includes Blue Lake Fine Arts Camps, University of Arkansas Summer Band Programs, Wild-
wood Park for the Arts, Summer Academy, and the National Take a Stand Festival at Bard College. She has
performed in masterclasses with Marina Piccinini, Ransom Wilson, Leone Buyse, Nina Assimakopoulos,
Marco Granados, and Susan Milan. Miss López is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Music and Arts at the
University of Alabama with Dr. Diane Boyd Schultz, where she holds the flute assistantship and performs
with the Huxford Woodwind Quintet and Huxford Symphony Orchestra.
LOVELACE, COREY RAQUEL. Corey Raquel Lovelace hails from Chicago, but happily resides in Alexandria, Vir-
ginia. Mrs. Lovelace is the founder and artistic director of Feminine Lyrique Ensemble, an arts organization
dedicated to performing musical works by women-identifying composers and musicians. Mrs. Lovelace re-
turned to the operatic stage this summer singing the role of Mimi in La Boheme with Opera North. Early in
the 2020 season she made her debut with Opera Carolina in the role of Musetta. Mrs. Lovelace had the
pleasure of serving as a young artist with Opera Delaware and preparing the role of Drusilla for the then
Cendrillon in La Cendrillon, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Lady Billows in Albert Herring and Donna Anna in
Don Giovanni. As a featured soloist, she had the pleasure of performing in China with the iSING! Interna-
tional Festival during the summer of 2019. Mrs. Lovelace received the First Place Award from the Opera
LOWERY, HILARY. Dr. Hilary Lowery is the Assistant Professor of Single Reeds at Bemidji State University. She
holds performance degrees from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Kansas. Dr. Lowery has
a passion for exploring a wide range of new music and exposing her students to a variety of musical styles
and composers, especially those from diverse backgrounds. She is set to release her first album, entitled
Czech Republic, Germany, and throughout the United States. She has recently performed with the Classical
Beat Festival 2019, touring in cities across Germany. Dr. Lowery worked considerably as a chamber musi-
cian, performing with the Virago Quartet and Trio Soave. She is looking forward to her upcoming perfor-
mance at ClarinetFest 2022 in Reno, Nevada where she will be premiering multiple works.

LUCHSINGER, BRENDA. Brenda Luchsinger teaches applied horn, musicianship courses, and brass methods at
Alabama State University. She is a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin and graduated Magna Cum Laude with
BM degrees in Applied Horn and Instrumental Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, an MM in Horn Performance from the University of Florida, and completed her DMA in Horn Perfor-
mance from the University of Alabama. Dr. Luchsinger performs with symphony orchestras in Tuscaloosa,
Montgomery, LaGrange (GA) and Destin (FL). International performances include concerts, solo recitals and
chamber recitals in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Russia, Spain, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Can-
ada. In July 2018, she became one of the first horn players certified to teach the Suzuki Method for horn.
She serves on the Brass Committee for the International Suzuki Association. Dr. Luchsinger is a frequent
lecturer, performer, and adjudicator at workshops and competitions. Lecture topics include the Suzuki
Brass Method, unaccompanied horn repertoire, and techniques for musicians with temporomandibular
Alabama and News Editor for The Horn Call. Her teachers have included Charles Snead, Paul Basler, and
Patrick Miles.
MASTERSON, SARAH. Dr. Sarah Masterson is currently Associate Professor of Piano and Music Theory at New-
berry College in Newberry, South Carolina, where she serves as the Coordinator of Music Theory, Director
of Department of Music Social Media, and the founding Artistic Director of the W. Darr Wise Piano Competi-
-century American women composers, and she
maintains an active schedule of related performances, lecture-
2022 on Centaur Records.

MATUS CANCINO, SOFÍA. Sofía Matus Cancino is a composer and digital artist based in Mexico City. Her work
deals with the dialectical relationships between visual and auditory phenomena, studying the aesthetic
characteristics of their different levels of meaning and emerging classification theories. Matus Cancino's
artistic work incorporates different approaches to audiovisual creation; individual and collective, within
electroacoustic music, video art, video music and short fiction. Her works have been presented in many
cultural spaces in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Spain, Germany and Japan. She is a graduated pianist
from the Conservatory of Music of the State of Mexico and has a Bachelor degree in Digital Art from the
UAEMex. Currently, Sofía continues her professional education in the Master of Music (Musical Technology)
of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
MILIUS, EMILY. Emily Milius is currently working towards her PhD in Music Theory at the University of
Oregon. Previously, she taught Music Theory and Aural Skills at Stephen F. Austin State University in East
popular song. Recently, Emily has also been very interested in music theory pedagogy, specifically in order
to learn and implement ways to be more actively antiracist and trauma-informed in the music theory class-
room.
MOREAU, DANIELLE. Danielle Moreau is a percussionist, educator, and arts entrepreneur based in Gainesville,
Florida. She currently serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Florida and maintains a private studio
throughout north-central Florida. Danielle has been featured as a soloist at several international festivals,
including the North American Brass Band Association, the International Alliance for Women in Music, and
the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. As percussionist of the Moreau | VanTuinen Duo, she
has performed at conferences throughout the United States and Europe and regularly presents at universi-
ties discussing career development for 21st-century musicians, authenticity in the performing arts, and
professional chamber playing. At the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown, the duo initiated a Call for Minia-
tures Project aimed at fostering remote music collaborations. It resulted in 84 newly composed works from
50 different composers, representing 10 countries around the world. As a strong proponent for new mu-
sic, she has expanded contemporary percussion repertoire through commissioning projects with compos-
earned a DMA in Music Performance from Arizona State University and is an endorser of Black Swamp Per-
cussion, Innovative Percussion, and Marimba One.
MORRISON, AMANDA. Dr. Amanda Morrison is on faculty at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, teaching
applied clarinet and directing the SRU Clarinet Choir. Morrison is also a Vandoren Artist-Clinician and pri-
vate studio instructor in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the co-founder of chamber groups, the flute/clarinet duo
The PM Woodwind Project and Milano Duo clarinet duo. Committed to community engagement, Morrison is

the founder and event director of Steel City Clarinet Day, an event designed to bring the western Pennsyl-
vania clarinet community together for a day to share in music making and learning. Dr. Morrison earned a
BM from Duquesne University and a MM and DM from Florida State University under Mark Nuccio, Dr. Deb-
orah Bish, and Dr. Frank Kowalsky.
MORTYAKOVA, JULIA. Pianist Julia Mortyakova maintains an international performing career. She is the recipi-
ent of the 2021 Performing Arts Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission and is the 2017 Missis-
sippi Honored Artist. The Mortyakova/Bogdan Piano Duo are the Second Prize winners of the 2017 Ellis
Duo Piano Competition. Julia is a laureate of the 2014 American Prize for her performance Cécile
es on the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre and the life of Cécile Chaminade. She has presented her re-
search at numerous conferences. Dr. Mortyakova serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Music
at the Mississippi University for Women and is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Music by Women Festi-
val. She is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Vanderbilt University, New York University, and the Uni-
versity of Miami. Julia is President of the College Music Society Southern Region and serves on the National
Association of Schools of Music Board of Directors as Chair of Region 8 and on the Board of the IAWM. She
is an on-site evaluator on behalf of the NASM Commission on Accreditation.
MUNRO, DAVID. Oboist David Munro is a bold and versatile performer who builds upon tradition while embrac-
ing contemporary, avant-garde, and electro-acoustic music, engaging audiences through thoughtful and
innovative performances. David thrives in collaborative environments, performing regularly with Diverge
Trio and Newphonia Ensemble. David has been featured in multiple chamber performances at the 2021
Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, including a performance of Adam Har- -
winning Yeats Songs with Newphonia. He performed in the 2019 Nief Norf Summer Festival as a Perfor-
where the quintet will perform new works written for the ensemble by young student composers. David is
currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music at BGSU. He received his MM from
BGSU in 2020 and his BM from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015. His primary teachers include
-ing, David loves ambient music, Tai-
OSBORNE, TYLER. Tyler Osborne received his Ph.D. in music theory from the University of Oregon in 2019 af-
Language. He actively researches topics including the music of nineteenth-century women composers,
Formenlehre, and Posthumanist applications in popular music. His publications have appeared in Oxford
bar in Eugene, OR.

OSTERMAN, EURYDICE. Eurydice V. Osterman, a Fulbright scholar, is a published author and composer whose
works have been read and performed around the world. A listing of her works is cited in the book, Music
by Black Women Composers: A Bibliography of Available Scores by Helen Walker-Hill, CBRM Monographs,
rydice V. Osterman, and the author of two books, What God Says About Music and Worship: From Praise
Him to Praise Hymn. Formally the Dean of the Greater Huntsville Chapter of the American Guild of Organ-
ists, she was commissioned by the AGO to compose a piece for the 2024 national convention. Dr. Oster-
man earned the Bachelors and Masters degrees from Andrews University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts
degree in Composition from The University of Alabama. She retired from Oakwood University, a former
chaired the Department of Music at Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica. Dr. Osterman has conducted
music seminars throughout the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, South America, and Africa. She is the
recipient of many awards and holds membership in several professional organizations, including Phi Kappa
Lambda, a national honor society.
PARK, EUN-HEE.
debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Korean pianist Eun-Hee Park enjoys a diverse career as soloist,
chamber musician, and educator. She has given numerous concerts throughout the United States, South
Korea, Japan, Italy, Brazil, and Costa Rica. As a recording artist, she has released albums on the Naxos,
Emeritus, MSR Classics, Navona Records, and Capstone labels. The Naxos album Gulfstream was selected

-Hee Park's fast, light-fingered
touch...provides numerous moments of purely physical delight." Currently, Dr. Park is an Assistant Profes-
sor of Music and Head of the Keyboard Area at the University of Montevallo. Her previous appointments
include the University of Southern Mississippi, Southern Mississippi Piano Institute, Westport School of Mu-
sic, Music in the Mountains Conservatory, the Hartt School, and the Chapel Hill Chamber Music Workshop.
Park holds degrees from Florida State University (D.M.), Oklahoma City University (M.M.), and Colorado Me-
sa University (B.A.).
PAVLENKO, SOPHIA. Sophia Pavlenko was born in Siberia on the far shore of Lake Baikal in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia.
While Sophia was still only a couple of months old, her family moved back to Kiev, Ukraine where she was
raised on the top floor of the Musicians' Residence in downtown Kiev. A child prodigy, whose parents were
both noted musicians, she began to play the piano at age 4 and wrote her first composition at age 5. She
attended a special music school for Ukraine's most gifted young children, the Lysenko Conservatory, from
the time she was 7 until she was about 16. Then, she attended the premier music conservatory in Ukraine,
the famous Gliere Conservatory, that has trained some of the world's finest musicians and pianists such as
Vladimir Horowitz. There she studied under the world renowned master piano teacher Lidia Nikolayevna
Kivituhka. At present, she has over 400 compositions to her credit and some, including her astounding 1st
and 2nd Piano Concertos have been featured regularly on programs of the Kiev Symphony and Chorus and
the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra. Her music has been regularly featured in orchestra concerts and recitals
all across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
PERRY, LISA. Lisa Perry is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Perry has
appeared with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of the Mountains, the Stamford In-
ternational Chamber Music Festival (UK), and has recorded for Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). During the
summer, Dr. Perry has assisted at the Interlochen Center for Arts Clarinet Academy and has been on facul-
ty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (MI), the Minnesota Clarinet Academy (MN), the International Music Camp in
North Dakota/Canada, and has served on faculty and adjudicated for the International Clarinet Workshop
and Competition (ICW) in Mizra, Israel. Dr. Perry earned her doctor of musical arts degree in clarinet perfor-
mance at the University of Minnesota. She received her master of music degree in clarinet performance at
Florida State University and holds a bachelor of music degree in clarinet performance from East Carolina
University. Her teachers include Janice Lipson, Michael Cyzewski, Anne Dervin, Christopher Grymes, Frank
Kowalsky, and Alexander Fiterstein.
PETROSYAN, SUREN. Dr. Suren Petrosyan holds degrees in Orchestral Conducting and Cello Performance from
Michigan State University and the Yerevan State Conservatory. Originally from Armenia, he began music
lessons at the age of five and has dedicated his life to music as an active cello performer, teacher, and con-
ductor. As a cellist, he has won numerous competitions and awards, and has performed throughout the
United States, Armenia, and in Europe, including performances in France, the Netherlands, and Russia, and
most notably at the Bach International Festival in Leipzig. He is an active performer and serves as Principal
Cello of the Delta Symphony. He has also played with the Jackson and Texarkana symphonies, the Lansing,
Jackson, Alma, and Midland Symphonies in Michigan, as well as with the Sioux City Symphony and the
Omaha Symphony. As a teacher, Dr. Petrosyan has extensive experience both in Armenia where he re-
ducted youth orchestras, faculty ensembles, the Blue Lake Opera, and Festival Orchestra, and taught cello
since 2006. Dr. Petrosyan currently serves as Director of Orchestral Activities and Instructor of Cello at Ar-
kansas State University.
PIAZZA-PICK, JENNIFER. Soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick has performed with the Nationaltheater Mannheim, Ger-
many as well as with US military bands in Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania. In the US, she has performed with
the Princeton Festival, Ithaca Opera, the Charlottesville Symphony, the Richmond and Alamo City Ballet
companies, and Oregon Bach Festival, among others. Known for her expressiveness as a performer, Jen-
nifer focuses on engaging audiences with concert experiences that resonate in the imagination. The winner
-Pick was also the winner of the George Cortes Award
for Classical Singing by the Artist Foundation of San Antonio. Her work has been featured on NPR and the
has been presented at the Music by Women Festival, Darkwater Womxn in Music Festival, the Women Com-
posers Festival of Hartford, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, and the American Library Association Na-
tional Convention. Her love of artistic collaboration led her to co-found Whistling Hens, a chamber music

ensemble that performs only music by women composers. Dr. Piazza-Pick is currently Lecturer of Voice
and Aural Skills at Georgia College and State University.
PIRITORE, ROSITA. Rosita Piritore (Agrigento, 1996) is an Italian pianist and composer. In 2019 she achieved
Parma. She performs a heterogeneous concert activity as a soloist and with numerous ensembles and or-
chestras, with repertoire ranging from classical to modern-contemporary and improvvised music in various
European cities. She was awarded in international piano and composition competitions such as Pjeter Gaci
Competition, Composition Competition City of Barcelona P.G., Composition and Transcription Competition
sition Competition Il Casale di Riardo, Golden Classical Music Awards etc. As an artist, she collaborated
with European Opera Academy (Maastricht, Vilnius and Porto), Objet-Trouvé Project (Modena), Eparm
(London), GATM 2021 (Rimini) and many others. Her works have been performed and presented in Europe,
America and China in seasons such as Music by Women Festival (Columbus), Art.9 (Hong Kong), LunART
Festival (Madison), I concerti del Boito (Parma), Voices Raising Voices (New York), Incontri al pianoforte
(Caltanissetta), Verdi Off Festival (Parma), Performing Media Festival [PMF~2021] (South Bend), Genesis:
The Beginning of Creativity (New York), PREview Festival (Porto).
POPHAM, DEBORAH. Deborah Popham currently serves as the Associate Director of the School of Music at Sam
Houston State University, where she is also a member of the vocal area faculty. She has presented her re-
search on both vocal repertoire and voice pedagogy nationally and internationally, including ICVT, NOA,
and CMS. Having made her Carnegie Hall debut in a solo recital in 2015, she is a champion of art song and
a frequent performer of new works and living composers. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree in voice
performance, and two Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Philosophy from University of Akron. She
concluded her studies at Arizona State University, where she earned a Master of Music in Music Theater
Performance (Opera) and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice Performance. Dr. Popham is an NCVS-
trained Vocologist.
PRIMIANI, LEANNA. Leanna Primiani is an award-winning composer who aims to bring together the collective
experiences of the many for greater understanding. Her music asks listeners to consider deep issues relat-
ed to the female experience, as she believes that connection and thoughtful participation can catalyze
powerful change. Starting out as a conductor, with credits including the National Symphony and LA Opera,
she never imagined that composition would take over her life. Leanna channels her kinesthetic experience
of music-making as a conductor into her writing. Leanna recently won a Toulmin Commission from the
League of American Orchestras and The ACO to compose a work for ROCO in Houston, with her music be-
ing championed by the Rochester Philharmonic, Bang On A Can at MASS MoCA, the Nashville Symphony,
American Composers Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Wheeling Symphony, Imani Chamber Music Festival,
QUEENSSOUND ENSEMBLE. Award-winning ensemble founded in 2019 by three Queens/NYC resident female
performers: Linda Teixeira soprano, Laura Giannini violin, and Helena Kim piano/organ, QueensSound
mainly takes the form of a trio or a duo. It strives to combine the sonorities of voice and instruments in
various chamber music geometries, always delivering a new story to the audience. Concert programs are a
blend of music from the past and new, original and arranged, with musical theatre, pop, and jazz influ-
ences. QueensSound Ensemble performs classical, contemporary, and works in various styles written by
living composers.
RALEY, LYNN. Pianist Lynn Raley has performed across the US, Canada, The Netherlands, Thailand, and Taiwan.
His commitment to new music has brought him engagements at the Santa Fe and Florida international fes-
tivals of electro-acoustic music, the NewMusicNewCollege series (Sarasota FL), and contemporary music
festivals in Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee. Raley was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the National
-13. His solo recital of American music at
the Taipei International New Music Festival, was followed by a tour around the island performing new
works by Taiwanese composers, sponsored by the International Society for Contemporary Music. Raley can
be heard on the Leonarda, Capstone, and Nimbus labels. BBC Music Magazine called his 2018 solo CD

RICE, HANNAH. Hannah Rice is a Louisiana-based composer and coloratura soprano currently pursuing a dual
B.M. degree in composition (Dr. Mara Gibson) and vocal performance (Dr. Lori Bade) at Louisiana State Uni-
-22 Presser Scholar and was 1 of only 10 composers nationally
selected by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) to be a part of their 2021-22 Composer
Carnegie Hall by the Constantinides New Music Ensemble. Hannah is also an active performer, having re-
ceived numerous vocal awards. She is excited to be singing in the premiere of her new chamber opera and
passionate about uplifting historically underrepresented composers and performers, and she is thrilled to
be a part of the 2022 New Music by Women Festival!
RODESCH, BRIAN. A dynamic performer and educator, Dr. Brian Rodesch is an emerging voice in concert and
jazz saxophone performance and pedagogy. Comfortable in an array of genres and educational settings,
Rodesch has presented performances and clinics at institutions throughout the United States. As an advo-
cate for new music and a founding member of the Nexus Duo (saxophone & clarinet), Rodesch has empha-
sized commissioning and presenting works that focus on creating engaging musical experiences for young
audiences. Rodesch currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Simpson College (Indianola, IA),
where he teaches saxophone and directs the jazz ensemble. He also serves on faculty at Blue Lake Fine
Arts Camp and has previously taught at the University of Minnesota-Morris, MacPhail Center for Music, and
served as a director with the Minnesota Youth Jazz Bands (MYJB). He holds a Doctor of Arts degree in Saxo-
phone Performance and Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado, and additional degrees
from East Carolina University (M.M.), and the University of Minnesota (B.M.E). Rodesch is a Conn-Selmer
and Dahlke Mouthpiece performing artist.
ROEDER, SCOTT. Dr. Scott Roeder is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Texas Rio Grande
Valley where he teaches applied tuba/euphonium and conducts UTRGV Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. Previ-
ously Dr. Roeder served for 4 years as Principal Tubist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Lone Star
Brass Quintet. Currently he serves as Principal Tuba with the Valley Symphony Orchestra. Additional or-
chestral performances include the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Xa-
lapa Symphony Orchestra, Canton Symphony, Illinois Symphony and many other professional orchestras
throughout the country. Dr. Roeder is a Buffet Group USA Artist performing exclusively on B&S Tubas and
Meinl Weston tubas. As a soloist Dr. Roeder has performed recitals at conservatories and universities
around the United States, Spain, and Mexico and has been a featured artist at multiple ITEA Regional Tuba
Euphonium Conferences as well as a guest artist at International Tuba Euphonium Conferences in the Unit-
ed States, Hungary, and Austria. Additionally, he has been a featured soloist with the Midland-Odessa Sym-
phony, Valley Symphony Orchestra, University of Akron Symphony, Odessa College Band, and the UTRGV
Wind Ensemble and UTRGV String Orchestra.
ROSS, ELAINE. Dr. Elaine Ross is the President and CEO of The Southern Atlantic Conservatory of Music, a new-
ly founded higher education institution intending to launch its inaugural curriculum in the Fall of 2025.
She also currently serves on the faculty of both Charleston Southern University and College of Charleston.
Dr. Ross recently served as head of aural skills and instructor of music theory at Morgan State University.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Ross was on the theory faculty at Towson University, Ohio University, served
as chair of music theory at the Colburn Conservatory, and was the coordinator of music theory/
composition at Central Washington University. Dr. Ross is a sought-after collaborative pianist. She has per-
formed with such artists as Toby Oft, principal trombone of the Boston Symphony, Harry Watters, premiere
jazz trombonist of the army blues(ret.), world renowned clarinetist Fred Ormand, and internationally ac-
claimed hornist Frank Lloyd, to name a few. Dr. Ross is published by Southern Music Company, Sisra Press,
and Triplo Press and has had performances in France, Germany, Israel, and has numerous upcoming per-
formances throughout the world. A complete catalogue of works can be found at www.elainemross.com.
RUS, ILONKA. Transylvanian born pianist Dr. ILonka Rus is the Director of Keyboard Studies and Professor of
Piano at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. She began her piano studies with her mother at
the age of five in Romania. By the age of ten she had given her first public performance and won her first
Rus has appeared in concert with her Romanian Trio (Rodica Oancea Gonzalez and Mihaela Oancea Frusina,
Houston Symphony violonists) at Carnegie Hall, in New York. In the summer of 2008, Dr. Rus gave her Car-

negie Hall recital debut in New York and continues to perform and teach piano solo and chamber music
master classes in US, Romania, Colombia and Mexico. Since 2009 Dr. Rus has been a regular guest teacher
and recitalist at the International Music Festival in Medellin, Colombia. She continues to perform clinics and
adjudicate national and international competitions and is the Vice President of the World Piano Teachers
Association-Texas Chapter. In the fall of 2021, Dr. Rus received the prestigious Kawai Educator Medallion
Award and became a Shigeru Kawai Artist.
SARVELA, KRISTIN. Dr. Kristin Sarvela joined the faculty of Sam Houston State University as Assistant Professor
of Oboe and Music Theory in Fall of 2021. Previous appointments include Instructor of Oboe and Music
Theory at Eastern Illinois University and Instructor of Oboe at the University of Illinois at Springfield. She
earned a Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance from the University of Illinois with a Minor in Mathemat-
ics, a Master of Music in Oboe Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University with a
Masters Minor in Music History, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Oboe Performance and Literature
from the University of Illinois with a Cognate in Musicology. Sarvela has an active performing career and
has held many positions in orchestras around the Midwest, including principal oboe of the Danville Sym-
phony Orchestra, second oboe in the Sinfonia da Camera, English horn in the Heartland Festival Orchestra,
and oboe and English horn in the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra.
SAYWELL, MARTHA. Martha Saywell joined the faculty of Texas A&M University-San Antonio in 2016 where she
oversees the music curriculum of the Creative Arts and Performance Studies program. She also served as
music curriculum architect for College Credit for Heroes, a specialized online program created in partner-
ship between A&M-SA and the Texas Workforce Commission to provide a more accessible and streamlined
pathway to college graduation for American military veterans. She directs the all-volunteer University Voic-
es choral ensemble, advises the Jaguar Music Student Organization, and serves as faculty liaison and host
to the San Antonio Community Wind Ensemble. In demand as a collaborative pianist, Dr. Saywell has been
seen on stages in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and across the United States. As a
strong advocate for music by women composers, she is a regular performer at the annual Music by Women
Festival at Mississippi University for Women. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Keyboard Studies degree from
Murray State University, and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from University of Wiscon-
sin. She is a member of the College Music Society, International Alliance for Women in Music, and American
Association of University Professors.
SCHOENING, BENJAMIN. American lyric baritone, Benjamin Schoening has enjoyed much success as a vocalist
throughout the United States, Europe, and South & Central America. Having started his career as a Horn
player and orchestral conductor, he possesses a distinctive combination of talents and abilities that have
allowed him to gain a unique insight into the music he performs. Benjamin has garnered a reputation for
his performances of Art Song in the English language and is a champion of the American repertoire. In ad-
dition to his song recital performances, Benjamin has made appearances with the Symphonia da Camerata
(Illinois), and White Mountain Symphony Orchestra (Arizona), and Northeast Georgia Chamber Symphony
ke in Strass' Die Fledermaus, and the Sacristan and Sciarrone in Puccini's Tosca.
In addition to performing, Benjamin is a devoted teacher. He has served as a guest clinician for many
events in the Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast United States. He is presently Head of the Department of
Music at the University of North Georgia where is also a Professor of Music and Director of Vocal Studies.
SCIBELLI, SERENA. Serena Scibelli is faculty at University of North Georgia. She has presented masterclasses
and performed in the United States, Europe, Russia, South America and Arab countries in theaters such as
Wiener Musikverein, and La Scala. She has performed as a soloist and Concertmistress with orchestras such
the Athens Symphony and the Venice Symphony. Passionate about research and contemporary music for
years, Dr. Scibelli is an active participant in international conferences such as the Music by Women Festival,
writes articles such as the one on Tania León published by Quinte Parallele, and collaborates with compos-
ers performing and recording new pieces for violin. As a musician, she aims to bridge the gap between
classical music and today's life by considering music a need, not just entertainment. An enthusiastic sup-
porter of education, arts and interculturality, she is member of the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art
and the Athens Cultural Affair Commission. She graduated from the Florence Conservatory at the age of 19
and continued her studies with a MM at the Steffani Conservatory, IT, and a MM at UGA where she obtained
a DMA in 2018. In 2021 she completed a MM in Cultural Diplomacy for International Relations and Global
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palette of colors and timbres, her breath control allows her to spin out endless phrases without losing
Recital Hall, Tanglewood Little Theatre, and the Bruno Walter Auditorium (Lincoln Center) and conventions
and conferences of the National Flute Association, College Music Society, American Single Reed Confer-
ence, International Clarinet Association, NACWPI and International Alliance of Women Musicians. She per-
forms with Synergy 78, the Katigan Trio and is principal flute of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Carol
has been interviewed and performed live on New York Public Radio and North Jersey Public Radio. Dr. Shan-
sky is Coordinator of the Music Education Program and Assistant Professor of Music at New Jersey City Uni-
versity where she teaches Applied Flute. She received her DMA and MM from Boston University where she
studied under Leone Buyse, and her BM from Ithaca College. Other teachers and coaches include Frances
Blaisdell, Samuel Baron, and Tom Nyfenger.
SHERMAN, SAMANTHA. Samantha Sherman is a senior at Millsaps College pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music
with a certificate in Vocal Performance, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemis-
try. She is involved with the Music Department at Millsaps as a member of the Millsaps Singers and Cham-
ber Singers, which is the leading choir on campus that travels to schools and Methodist churches in the
region. She enjoys singing and playing piano and has performed in several productions, including an up-
coming role as Young Violet in the musical Violet this coming March. She is currently collaborating with
composer Jerry Casey and will be performing an original piece, The Key-Note, this April. In addition to mu-
sic, her interest in Biochemistry inspired her to pursue a research project with the Honors Program at
Millsaps studying membrane transport proteins in E. coli bacteria. Recently, Samantha was accepted into
the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and plans to become a physician.
SMITH, MAY. May Smith is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. They are currently
working towards a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance. Smith is a performing member of UNC
formed as a part of the North Carolina South-Central All-District band, the North Carolina Southeastern All-
District band, and the UNC Charlotte Youth Wind Ensemble for two years. Smith was recognized as an Hon-
orable Mention in the 2021 North Carolina MTNA Young Artist Woodwinds Competition. Smith is currently
studying under Dr Jessica Lindsey.
SONG, CHI YOUNG. Winner of the coveted Seoul-Asia International Music Competition amongst other major
international competitions, Chi Young first came to the attention of music critics at the age of sixteen
while competing at the Menuhin International Violin Competition. His successful performance of Brahms'
Violin Concerto in Berlin, Germany led to recital performances in major concert halls in France, England,
and Denmark. As a devoted orchestral player, Chi Young has held positions with the Boston Chamber Or-
chestra, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and has worked with
conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Marek Janowski. In chamber music, he
has collaborated with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Conserv-
atoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. Chi Young received his degrees in Violin Perfor-
mance from The Boston Conservatory under the tutelage of world renowned Joseph Silverstein, Roman
Totenberg, and Ronan Lefkowitz. He currently holds the position of Coordinator of Strings/Assistant Pro-
fessor of Violin and Viola at Arkansas State University.
STOCKS, WYATT. Wyatt Stocks is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he is pur-
He has performed in the UNC Charlotte Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and Clarinet Choir. During his high
school education at Northwest Cabarrus High School, he performed in both the Cabarrus County All-
County band and the North Carolina South Central All-district band for three years. In addition to playing
for many years he has sung in the choir there. In his clarinet studies with Dr. Lindsey, he enjoys enhancing
his clarinet playing by learning more about clarinet pedagogy and extended techniques in clarinet perfor-
mance.
SULLIVAN, EMILY JOY. Emily Joy Sullivan (b. 1987) writes music animated by the spirit of song, dance, and sto-
rytelling, grounded in a deep respect for vernacular traditions and their immense communicative potential.
Her works have been performed in New York, Chicago, Memphis, Melbourne, Vancouver, Valencia, and

Education, and she is active as an educator and choral-community-maker, in addition to her composing.
Sullivan is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Theory & Composition at UC Davis, where she researches
emotional prosody and confessional singer-songwriters. Her greatest passion is writing for the voice be it
lyrical art song, community-focused choral works, or a musical drama retelling fairy tales from the hero-
SUOSSO, NICHOLAS. Saxophonist Nicholas Suosso enjoys a career as a performer, educator, and administrator
in the Arkansas River Valley. A dedicated performer, Nick has presented solo and chamber recitals at re-
gional NASA Festivals, SPLICE Festival IV, the Mostly Modern Festival, Penn State Single Reed Summit, Music
by Women Festival at the Mississippi University for Women, and the New England Saxophone Festival. An
advocate for new music, Mr. Suosso has premiered works by Guggenheim Fellow Felipe Salles and Chris-
tine Delphine Hedden and been a commissioning member of works by Shelley Washington, Andrew Nose-
worthy, and Gillian Rae Perry. He currently works as an administrator at the University of Arkansas Fort
Smith's Department of Music and Theatre. His mentors include Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Nathan Jorgen-
sen.
TEIXEIRA, LINDA. Linda Teixeira is thrilled to be a member and co-founder of the QueensSound Ensemble. Lin-
da is an accomplished New York based soprano and music educator. She has performed abroad with Amal-
fi Coast music festival and with Dicapo Opera in Szeged, Hungary. She has appeared as a guest soloist with
the West Islip Orchestra and Long Island Guitar and Mandolin Orchestra. Regionally, she has performed
Opera. Linda maintains a flourishing career in sacred and liturgical music. Equally passionate about teach-
ing, Linda is an NYS Certified Music Educator K-12. She is also the co-creator and co-
VAN KLOMPENBERG, MARTIN. Originally from Holland, Michigan, Martin J. Van Klompenberg has been a bas-
soonist with the United States Army Bands since 2013. Currently, he performs with the 101st Airborne Di-
the United States Air Force Band of the West. Prior to joining the ranks of military musicians, he attended
the University of Arizona, where he obtained the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree, studying with William
Dietz. He also earned degrees from Arizona State University and Western Michigan University, studying
with Albie Micklich and Wendy Rose, respectively. A proponent of new music, Martin is active in commis-
sioning projects for new works for bassoon, working with composers such as Jamie Leigh Sampson, Dylan
by Malaysian composer, Shao Fern Teo, along with flutist Danielle Breisach.
VANTUINEN, DANIELLE. Danielle VanTuinen is a performer, educator, and entrepreneur based in Gainesville,
Florida. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium and Director of the University
of Florida Brass Band at the University of Florida. Prior to her current appointment, Danielle served as Lec-
turer of Music at Plymouth State University. She also served as low brass faculty at the Portland Conserva-
tory of Music, adjunct staff for the marching band at the University of New Hampshire, private lesson in-
structor throughout northern New England, and low brass instructor for the Phoenix Youth Symphony. She
has been invited to adjudicate at a variety of festivals, including the New Hampshire MEA Solo & Ensemble
petition, and the AETYB Young Artist Competition in Madrid, Spain. As a co-founder of the internationally
acclaimed Moreau | VanTuinen Duo she has been invited to perform at the Spanish Association of Tubas
and Euphoniums, Northern Arizona University, Ithaca College, the Miraphone Academy of the Southwest,
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Brass Conference.
WALDECKER, TODD. Todd Waldecker joined the faculty of the Middle Tennessee State University School of Mu-
sic in 1998 where he teaches clarinet, pedagogy and chamber music. He holds degrees from the Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music, Yale University, and the University of Missouri. He has also served for
the United States, Europe, Asia and South America and has appeared by invitation at several conventions of

the International Clarinet Association. He is a frequent performer with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
and Nashville Opera, and can be heard on commercial recordings for film, television and video games.
orchestral and military band performers, and in the fields of music publishing, sales, marketing and instru-
ment repair. His students have been semi-finalists and finalists in the International Clarinet Association
Competitions and regularly attend summer music festivals around the globe.
WHEELER, THOMAS. Thomas a.k.a. The Music Thief (b. 1995) is a guitar arranger, pedagogue, and visionary.
Thomas believes in the importance of guitar arranging, applying it to every facet of his work. He created
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diversifying the guitar repertoire, he made first-of-their-kind arrangements of music by Florence Price, Hen-
ry Cowell, and Alfred Schnittke. An avid multi-instrumentalist, Thomas is redefining the guitar quartet with
the creation of a new plucked string quartet that plays his electronic music arrangements on acoustic in-
struments. He has many arrangements of baroque lute music, even some for harp guitar. Thomas has ar-
ranged music for free-to-the-public guitar orchestras, private and community music schools, and the pres-
tigious Romero Institute. Currently a co-host on the Guitar Arrangers Podcast, he leads an online communi-
WHISTLING HENS. Whistling Hens was founded by Jennifer Piazza-Pick (soprano) and Natalie Groom (clarinet)
with a vision to celebrate and advance the artistic accomplishments of women through an ensemble per-
forming all female-composed music. Inspired by a quote from a male music critic who said of Lili Boulan-
performs only music by women and commissions works by female composers to expand the soprano/
clarinet repertoire. In 2021, Whistling Hens was the Darkwater Womxn in Music Festival's Ensemble in Resi-
dence, recording the premieres of the finalist pieces from the call for scores competition. In 2020, the
some Without Borders/The Harnisch Foundation, and the M-Cubator Grant for Entrepreneurial Projects to
bring a series of interactive and socially conscious programs to seniors at Collington Retirement Communi-
ty during the pandemic. Whistling Hens is recording their debut album, a collection of world premiere re-
cordings of nine pieces by living American women, five of which are commissions. This project is funded
WILLIAMSON, PATRICIA. Patricia Williamson has worked as a music educator and solo/collaborative pianist in
the Beaumont, TX area for over 20 years. Raised in Houston, she studied piano under Barry Oser and Ger-
aldine Sharpley, receiving her BM in piano performance and mus. ed. (magna cum laude) from Lamar Uni-
versity. She enjoys performing piano, euphonium, and voice with a variety of ensembles including the
Beaumont Interfaith Choral Society, currently serves as principal keyboardist of the Symphony of Southeast
TX, and directs a church youth a cappella chorus. In 19 years as an educator she has taught band, choir,
piano, and elementary music, and is currently working as a graduate asst. toward a MM in piano perfor-
mance from Lamar University. She is also a mother of five.
WILTON, AMANDA. Dr. Amanda Wilton performs frequently as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral play-
of the Brazos Valley Symphony and Cedar Rapids Symphony, and has played with the Symphony of South-
east Texas, Sioux City, Dubuque, Quad City, Delta, Jackson and Texarkana symphonies. She has performed
extensively in Spain, Switzerland, and Germany, in recital in Houston, Chicago, Omaha, and West Michigan
both as soloist and in chamber ensembles. Dr. Wilton has presented lecture-recitals at three American Vio-
la Society Festivals, the College Music Society National Conference in Louisville, and at the Music by Wom-
en Festival. Dr. Wilton holds degrees in violin and viola from the University of Houston, University of Mary-
land, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain
where she studied as a Fulbright Researcher. She has taught at the University of Idaho, Creighton Universi-
ty, and Lone Star College-Tomball, and is currently on the string faculty at Louisiana Tech University and
during the summer at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.

YEUNG, AMY. Dr. Amy Yeung, soprano, Professor of Music, teaches applied voice and directs lyric opera theatre
Award for 2020-2021. A native of Hong Kong, Yeung has performed extensively in recitals and concerts on
three continents. She is particularly active in recitals of art songs and chamber music. She founded the Trio
Sonoritas (flute, soprano, and piano) in 2018. Her debut art song CD with pianist Jung-Won Shin, released
Music. Yeung holds a DMA in voice performance and an MM in music theory from Michigan State Universi-
ty, an MM in voice performance from Texas State University, and a BA in voice performance from Hong
Kong Baptist University. She is an active member of the CMS, and NATS, and is currently the treasurer and
board member of the Tennessee State chapter of NATS. She is also a member of Phi Kappa Phi. In collabo-
ration with pianist Chan Mi Jean, Yeung has recently embarked on series of art song recitals by female
composers from various periods and countries.
ZACHARELLA, ALEXANDRA. A native of New Jersey, Alexandra Zacharella is Director of Bands and Associate
Professor of Low Brass at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. Zacharella holds a Doctor of Musical Arts
in performance with minors in conducting, music education, jazz studies from the University of Southern
California, Master of Music degree from The University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Music and Music Edu-
cation from The Hartt School. Zacharella has presented at the 65th and 70th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chi-
cago, Illinois and gave the plenary paper at the CMS International Conference in Sweden. Zacharella has
performed at the International Trombone Festivals in Spain, France, Georgia with the All-American Trom-
bone/Cramer Choir and presented at ITF Festivals in Georgia. Zacharella has presented over 56 peer re-
viewed presentations, papers, performances/recitals, lecture recitals and poster sessions on trombone,
euphonium, conducting, music education/pedagogy at the International Conference of CMS in Belgium,
Australia, Sweden, Argentina and South Korea and at National and Regional CMS Conferences throughout
Directors National Association Southwestern Regional Conference, National Association of College Wind
and Percussion Instructors and various state MEA Conferences.
ZENOBI, DANA. Dana Zenobi has earned national recognition as an interpreter of Art Song by women. She has
also garnered operatic success in roles ranging from Mozart and Verdi to Mark Adamo and Philip Glass,
appearing with Austin Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, The Living Opera, Opera in the Heights, line upon line
percussion ensemble, and the Austin Civic Orchestra. Both her performing and her studio teaching have
received accolades from The American Prize. At Butler University, she teaches studio voice, pedagogy, dic-
tion,and vocal literature courses, and directs the Butler University Vocal Competition. A grateful recipient
of the 2020 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Vocal Pedagogy Award, Dr. Zenobi has pre-
sented at conferences and festivals including NATS, the International Music By Women Festival, the Voice
Foundation, the Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA), Bel Canto Boot Camp, and the Associated Col-
leges of the South Gender Studies Conference. A native of Northport, NY, she earned both DMA (Voice Per-
formance & Pedagogy) and MM (Opera Performance) from The University of Texas at Austin. She holds a
ZINGARA, JAMES. Dr. James Zingara has performed throughout the United States as well as Canada, England,
Germany, the Czech Republic, Denmark, China and Singapore. Currently he serves as Associate Professor
of Trumpet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where his responsibilities include applied trumpet
and brass methods, coaching and conducting brass ensembles, performing with the UAB Faculty Brass
Quintet and UAB Chamber Trio, and coordinating the annual Brass Symposium. Former positions include
Associate Professor of Trumpet at Troy University, and principal cornet/trumpet soloist with the USAF Her-
itage of America Band. He has held positions with the Northwest Florida Symphony, National Symphonic
Winds, Sinfonia da Camera, Illinois Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Pensaco-
la Symphony and the Cheyenne Symphony. He has recorded on the Ravello, Telarc, Zephyr, Capstone and
Mark labels, and his recording of modern works for trumpet entitled Textures was released on the Ravello
label. Dr. Zingara holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, East Carolina University, and a
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance with a minor in wind conducting from the University
of Illinois. Dr. Zingara currently represents Bach Trumpets as a performing artist/clinician.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Music by Women Festival gratefully acknowledges all of those who have worked tireless-
ly to make this festival a success:
Nora Miller, President, Mississippi University for Women

Dr. Scott Tollison, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs, MUW
Dr. Brian Anderson, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, MUW
Anika Perkins, Executive Director, University Relations, MUW
Andrea Stevens, Executive Director of Development and Alumni, MUW
Dr. Alexander J. Evans, Music by Women Festival Director of Media and Publications
and Assistant Professor, Brown University
Jonathan Levin, Music by Women Festival Collaborative Pianist and Director of Video
Production
Rich Sobolewski, Web Communications Director, University Relations, MUW
Jennifer Dowdy, Music by Women Festival Coordinator and Administrative Assistant,
Department of Music, MUW
Dr. Valentin M. Bogdan, Professor of Music, MUW
Dr. Joe L. Alexander, Professor of Music, MUW
Dr. Olga Harris, Music Faculty, Tennessee State University
Brad Sims, Technical Production Assistant, MUW
MUW Music Students
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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
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those who have provided financial and other support to this Festival.
This project is supported in part by funding

from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state
agency, and the National Endowment for the
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The 2017-2021 festivals brought this project into the

Julia Mortyakova, D.M.A.

Sixth Annual International Music by Women Festival 1

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Welcome from Julia Mortyakova, Festival Artistic Director ............... 1

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10:00 AM Concert No. 1 in Kossen Auditorium

Noon Concert No. 2 in Kossen Auditorium

2:30 PM Concert No. 3 in Kossen Auditorium

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David Munro, oboe (Bowling Green State University)

5:00 PM Concert No. 4 in Kossen Auditorium

8:00 PM Concert No. 5 in Kossen Auditorium

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10:00 AM Concert No. 6 in Kossen Auditorium

Sandra Coursey, piano (Bowling Green State University)

Noon Concert No. 7 in Kossen Auditorium

2:30 PM Concert No. 8 in Kossen Auditorium

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5:00 PM Concert No. 9 in Kossen Auditorium

8:00 PM Concert No. 10 in Kossen Auditorium

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10:00 AM Concert No. 11 in Kossen Auditorium

Noon Concert No. 12 in Kossen Auditorium

2:30 PM Concert No. 13 in Kossen Auditorium

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5:00 PM Concert No. 14 in Kossen Auditorium

8:00 PM Concert No. 15 in Kossen Auditorium

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Unorthodox Redux (2021) .................................................................... Stefania de Kenessey

Rhapsody in Darkness ....................................................................... Evgeniya Kozhevnikova

Sherwood Legend ......................................................................................... Elizabeth Raum

Crescendo - a trilogy for solo piano (2021) ...................................................... Biljana Bojovi

IL SILENZIO DELL'ULIVO ........................................................................... EMANUELA BALLIO

BATIK Clarinet Quartet

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Three Songs ................................................................................ Florence Price (1887-1953)

Blue As In My Dreams ........................................................................Kim Osteen-Petreshock

It Comes From Within: Music for Flute and Clarinet

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Piano Suite 'Circus' ............................................................................................SiHyun Uhm

I Am in Doubt .................................................................... Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)

Fountain Fantasy.................................................................................................. Jerry Casey

Three Irish Country Songs ............................................................................. Rebecca Clarke

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Capriccio, Op. 18 ................................................................... Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Black, White, COLOUR! ............................................................................... Emily Joy Sullivan

Sea Dreams .................................................................................. Barbara York (1949-2020)

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Sonata in C Minor, Op. 21.......................................................................... Cécile Chaminade

Drift (2002 / rev. 2021) .............................................................. Dorothy Hindman (b. 1966)

Healing ........................................................................................... Hannah Heaton Adhikari

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Sunrises at the Ocean .................................................................................. Sophia Pavlenko