legends to young artists and including
regular performances by two new in-house
ensembles. Dr. Little presented a paper,
“New Sounds, New Models, New York,”
at the international Classical: NEXT
conference, in Vienna, Austria. He also
completed new compositions for the
Kronos Quartet and new vocal works for
the upcoming 21c. Liederabend at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). With
his ensemble Newspeak, he performed
concerts in New York City and Washington,
D.C., receiving acclaim in reviews in the
New York Times and the Washington Post.
Most recently, he was in residence at the
University of Notre Dame recording his
composition “Haunt of Last Nightfall” with
Third Cost Percussion, for release on New
Amsterdam Records this coming winter.
Associate Professor of Music and
Director of Music Education Jeffrey
Marlatt, Ph.D., presented a session, “I
Think Therefore I Teach: Developmental
Teaching Philosophies in Music Teaching
and Learning,” at the 12th Mountain
Lake Colloquium in Mountain Lake, Va.
Shenandoah Conservatory colleagues,
Associate Professor of Music Stephanie
Standerfer and May 2013 Bachelor of
Music in Music Education graduates
Brittany McGaffic and Ethan Lawrence
participated as co-presenters. This year’s
Colloquium theme spurred conversations
related to re-visioning and reinventing
music teacher education practice. Dr.
Marlatt, Dr. Standerfer, McGaffic and
Lawrence’s session included strategies for
guiding the formulation of music teacher
identities and teaching philosophies.
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Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor
of Theory and Music History Thomas
Mitts, D.M.A., recorded two landmarks
of early 20th century French organ music,
“Symphonie III of Louis Vierne” and
“Symphonie-Passion of Marcel Dupré,”
on a CD to be released this fall. He also
served as a judge for the organ playing
competition sponsored by the American
Guild of Organists at their Region III
Convention in Winchester.
Professor of Trumpet and Conducting
Scott A. Nelson, D.M.A., adjudicated
concert band, jazz band and orchestra
festivals for Festivals of Music and Music
in the Parks in Williamsburg, Va., and
Virginia Beach, Va. Dr. Nelson performed
a series of concerts in the Maryland Public
Schools with the Maryland Symphony
Brass Quintet. He also performed with the
Maryland Symphony in their Educational
Youth Concert Series at the Maryland
Theatre. He served as an adjudicator for the
Maryland Symphony Principal Trumpet
Audition and performed as principal
trumpet with the Ocala Symphony at its
July 4th Concert at the Top of the World
Center for the Performing Arts near
Ocala, Fla. Dr. Nelson also participated
in a summer conducting workshop at
Shenandoah University, and he served
as adjudicator for the American Legion
National Concert Band Competition in
Houston, Texas, at the American Legion
National Convention.
Associate Professor of Saxophone
Timothy Roberts, D.M.A., served as
wind adjudicator for Fairfax County Band
Directors’ Young Artist Competition this
spring. He also traveled to Paris, France,
to meet with Selmer Paris Saxophones
for trials on their new “Concept” alto
saxophone mouthpiece and performed a
recital with Associate Professor and Anna
Lee Van Buren Chair in Clarinet Garrick
Zoeter, M.M., in Friendship Heights,
Md., in August. He released a solo CD,
“Zynodoa,” this summer. The CD features
contemporary solo works for saxophone
with collaborations by Zoeter and 2013
piano alumnus Silvan Negrutiu, D.M.A.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Trumpet
J. Carlton Rowe, M.M., was a featured
soloist in the “Concerto for Three
Trumpets” by G. P. Telemann as part
of a River Series concert and a Pops on
the Potomac concert presented by the
Chesapeake Orchestra. On the same
program, Rowe served as principal trumpet
for “Music for the Royal Fireworks and
Water Music” by G. F. Handel. Also
with the Chesapeake Orchestra, he was a
featured soloist in a concert including the
music of Aaron Copland. Rowe continues
to perform with the National Philharmonic
Orchestra, Brass Express and the New
Sousa Band. He was honored to have
been mentioned in the new Hickman
Music Editions book “Trumpet Greats: A
Biographical Dictionary,” edited by David
Hickman, Michel Laplace and Edward
Tarr. In a foreword to the book, Leonard
Candelaria stated it was “an extensive and
detailed overview of our trumpet ancestors
and our trumpet brethren.”
Assistant Professor of Bassoon and
Music Theory Ryan D. Romine, D.M.A.,
spent the summer months teaching at the
Roanoke Youth Symphony Summer Music
Institute in Ferrum, Va., and New England
Music Camp in Sidney, Maine. He also
released his debut solo album “Premiére”
on the Blue Griffin label.
Professor of Music/Cello Clyde Thomas
Shaw, M.M., and Director of Instrumental
Chamber Music and Associate Professor
of Viola and Chamber Music Doris M.
Lederer, A.D., served as artist/faculty
members at the Interlochen Arts Chamber
Music Week in Michigan.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Studies and Professor of Voice Aimé
Sposato, D.M.A., and Associate Professor
of Voice Michael Forest, M.M.E., joined
Adjunct Associate Professor of French
Horn Joseph Lovinsky, A.D., and
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Vocal
Coaching Joel Ayau, M.M., in “An
Evening of Song” at the Memorial Chapel
on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in