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scoreUnive rsit y of Mi ami Spr ing 2 0 1 4INSIDE:Playing from the HeartNew Era in JazzIgniting Interest in ClassicsFROST SCHOOL OF MUSICFrost Online introducesa bold new wayto rebootyour music career.EducationatYour Fingertips
Message from the DeanI am very excited about the energy and vitality of the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music. This fall we welcome one of thelargest and most talented undergraduate classes in the school’s history. The quality of performance at Frost is stunning, whilestudents and faculty are leading the way in a variety of research areas.The campus is undergoing dramatic change. The Patricia Louise Frost Music Studios willbe complete by the end of the year, adding more than 80 new teaching and rehearsalspaces to our footprint. A new plaza in front of Gusman Concert Hall completes abeautiful performing arts complex, and next door to Gusman is the fantastic new StudentActivities Center, the hub of student life on campus. We are planning two more state-ofthe-art buildings—a recital hall and an innovative classroom/incubation space, the Centerfor Experiential Music.Speaking of Experiential Music, our paradigm-altering curriculum is dramatically changingthe perceptions and skill set of undergraduate students, who leave the Frost School betterequipped for the demands of today’s dynamic music industry. To amplify these efforts, wehave begun an exclusive partnership with Universal Classics, one of the world’s largestrecord companies. The goal of the partnership, called Universal Music U @ Frost, is toexpand audiences and opportunities for artists. We are exploring new ideas for concertpresentation, artist training, recording, and the marketing and networking necessary tobuild a larger base for great music. We will also launch an exciting new master’s degreein performance, rooted in the goals of Universal Music U @ Frost.The Frost School of Music is changing the calculus in higher education. We are breakingaway from outdated models with bold curricular and extracurricular activities, includingFrost Online! Rey Sanchez, associate dean for strategic initiatives and innovation, isleading the Frost School’s launch of two online master’s degrees this fall. The Frost/Universal Partnership also will produce online offerings to help performers everywhereopen new career avenues.All of these initiatives—and much more that you’ll read about in this issue of Score—are evidence of the Frost School’scommitment to preparing students for vibrant careers in a music world that is constantly changing, but also constantly growing.Warmly,Shelton G. BergDean, Frost School of MusicPatricia L. Frost Professor of Music
contentsSpring 2014Frost School of MusicFrost School of Music DeanShelton G. BergAssociate Dean, AdministrationRaul Murciano, B.S.C.E. ’91, M.M. ’93, D.M.A. ’97Associate Dean, Graduate StudiesShannon de l’EtoileF E AT U R E SAssociate Dean, Undergraduate StudiesJ. Steven Moore20Playing from the Heart24Right Move, Right Time28Entering the Online FrontierAssociate Dean, Strategic Initiatives and InnovationReynaldo Sanchez, B.M. ’80, M.M. ’82Associate Dean, AdvancementHolly Freyre, M.B.A. ’11Director, Admissions and RecruitmentKaren KerrDirector, Business AffairsDenise Eutsey, B.B.A. ’90Director, Marketing and CommunicationsJulia D. BergUniversity CommunicationsVice President for CommunicationsJacqueline R. Menendez, A.B. ’83Assistant Vice President forCommunications and MarketingTodd EllenbergEditorial DirectorMeredith Camel, M.F.A. ’12Director of Creative ServicesScott FrickerArt DirectorSau Ping Choi24With its emphasis on the lost art of classical improvisation, the Frost Experiential Music Curriculum is revolutionizing the way students hear, play, and create music.Jazz dynamos John Daversa and Kate Reid take a leap of faith tolead the Department of Studio Music and Jazz into a new era.Starting this fall, Frost Online brings the virtues of the virtualclassroom to two renowned Frost School of Music master’s programs.Production ManagerAngie Villanueva, A.B. ’12Editorial ContributorsJulia Berg, Sydnee Waggoner,Dorothy Hindman, B.M. ’88, D.M.A. ’94,David Menconi, Lisa Sedelnik, M.A. ’00Score magazine is published once ayear by the Frost School of Music andUniversity of Miami Division of UniversityCommunications. Score magazine isdistributed free of charge to alumni,faculty, staff, and friends of theFrost School. Reproduction in whole orin part without written permissionis prohibited. Postmaster and others, pleasesend change of address notification toScore magazine, Frost School of Music,P.O. Box 248165, Coral Gables, Florida33124; telephone 305-284-2241.Contributions of articles, photographs,and artwork are welcome; however,Score magazine accepts no responsibilityfor unsolicited items.The comments and opinions expressed inthis magazine do not necessarilyreflect those of the University of Miamior the staff of Score magazine.Copyright 2014, University of Miami.An Equal Opportunity/AffirmativeAction Employer.www.music.miami.edu28D E PA RT M E N T S2FROST NEWSGift supports recital hall Frost Online debutsUniversal Music U Festival anniversaries Violinreunion Weeks Quadrangle dedication NewFrost merchandise HMI musicians on TV andbeyond Ensembles at UMH Frost Chorale inthe UK Grammy winners Capturing liveperformances ’Canes in the Community Storiesand sounds of the Galapagos, and much more!32FACULTY UPDATESNew faculty Retiring facultyAnnouncements and accomplishments42FACULTY PROFILEThe Harmony of Coming Home14431851GUEST ARTISTSThe Cleveland Orchestra Bill Lee benefit WhitSidener tribute Jeff “Tain” Watts James JuddRichard Goode New musicology lecture seriesSTUDENT STARSLatin Grammy-nominated graduate student leavesBrazil to pursue his dream at Frost Studentmusicians rack up awardsCLASS NOTESAlumni tell us why they’re proud to be aFrost musician. Plus, Frost DistinguishedAlumni André Raphel and Elizabeth Caballeroreturn to campus.ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTPeermusic exec Julio Bague credits hisarranging chops for success as a producer.
Frost NewsGift from Swanee and Paul J. DiMareSupports New Recital HallPaul J. DiMare andhis wife Swaneestrengthen the FrostSchool of Music’sbuilding campaignVERSATILE LIGHT STUDIOSwith a special gift.GENEROUS AND LONG TIME University ofMiami supporters Swanee and Paul J. DiMare havepledged a 2 million gift through the Paul J. DiMareFoundation to support the Frost School of Music Building Fund. The dramatic foyer to a new 200-seat recitalhall will be named the Swanee and Paul J. DiMare Lobbyin their honor.The Paul J. DiMare Foundation also pledged 6 millionto fund scholarships at the UM Miller School of Medicineand 500,000 to the Miller School’s UHealth SportsMedicine Division.“Swanee and I are proud to be part of such a wonderful institution. The University of Miami touches somany lives in our community and beyond. We hope oursupport will contribute to the University’s great work ina meaningful way,” Paul DiMare says.The DiMares have contributed more than 12.5 millionthrough the Paul J. DiMare Foundation to Momentum2:The Breakthrough Campaign for the University of Miami. TheDiMares are vice chairs of the campaign, and Paul DiMareis a member of the University’s Board of Trustees.“Swanee and Paul DiMare are pillars of our communitywith deep ties to the University of Miami,” says Donna E.Shalala, president of the University. “We are so thankfulfor their leadership and extraordinary commitment to theUniversity’s mission. They are genuine heroes.”Frost School of Music Dean Shelly Berg commendedthe DiMares for their “commitment to improving thefacilities in which our students and faculty can makemusic together. Their substantial gift brings us closerto building a state-of-the-art recital hall in the heart ofthe music complex that our students and patrons willenjoy for generations to come. Naming the lobby in theirhonor will symbolize their caring spirit for the studentsof our great school.”Paul DiMare is the president of DiMare Brothers,Inc., and DiMare Homestead, Inc., an organization ofgrowers, packers, and shippers of whole fresh fruits andvegetables. Swanee and Paul DiMare were recognizedin 2007 for their community-wide and far-reaching philanthropy with the Outstanding Philanthropists Awardgiven by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.New Online Portal Offers Master’s DegreesFROST ONLINE, the Frost School’snew online portal at frostonline.miami.edu,launches this fall with two of its mostpopular master’s degrees: the Master ofMusic in Music Business and Entertainment Industries and the Masterof Arts in Arts Presenting and Live EntertainmentManagement.A third Frost degree, the Master of Music degree inMusic Therapy, designed to prepare music therapy{2}SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2014students for either advanced-level clinicalpractice or additional opportunities inresearch or college teaching, will be availableonline in early 2015.Alumni and others seeking to expandtheir music business expertise have the optionof entering these programs through a free first course, aMOOC in Music Entrepreneurship, allowing studentsto try online learning risk-free as the first step towardobtaining a degree. Read the full story on page 28.
PHOTOS: VERSATILE LIGHT STUDIOSUniversal Music U @ Frost Will Engage New Generationsof Classics ListenersCAN 20 SOMETHINGS WHOSE music preferences are dominated by rock, hip-hop, and dubstepalso find a place on their playlists for classics? The FrostSchool of Music thinks so. Expanding the audience forclassical music is the mission of a new business-academicpartnership between the Frost School and UniversalMusic Classics (UMC).Elizabeth Sobol, UMC’s newly appointed presidentand CEO, and Frost School Dean Shelly Berg announceda plan to launch Universal Music U @ Frost, a focusedresearch initiative to identify and innovate ways foraspiring young professional musicians to take the lead inengaging the “new classics generation.” The initiative willcenter around four areas of innovation—the concertexperience, training performers, the role of the recordlabel, and building a worldwide network of youngpractitioners and consumers of classics.“The future of great music hinges upon the futuresof the performing musicians and composers who createit,” says Dean Berg. “Our partnership focuses on them,and on giving tomorrow’s artists the tools to expandopportunity.”Frost students and faculty will work on campus withexecutives and artists from UMC, who will provide handson “externships,” develop and test new live concert andrecording models, create new marketing approaches, andinnovate audience and social media strategies. Additionalplans for Universal Music U @ Frost include co-developinga new type of master’s degree in performance, with coursesrelevant to today’s professional world, such as concertprogramming, new recording paradigms, audiencedevelopment, entrepreneurship,touring, stage presence, long-termcareer development, and businessmanagement. Some of thesecourses will eventually be availableonline, including an onlinecertificate program.“For those of us who caredeeply and passionately aboutclassics, it is no longer possible tooperate within the old paradigms,”Sobol says. “We must take responsibility as change agents in thefield, re-imagining and transforming our business to ensure a creative and vibrant future. “Under Sobol’s leadership, Universal Music Classicshas revitalized its commitment to the best that classicsstands for—music rooted in the classical tradition whilealso encompassing various genres like contemporary,jazz, and world music. Universal Music Classics aimsto “re-imagine classics,” with a new focus on U.S.-basedA&R signings while remaining the American home ofDecca, Deutsche Grammophon, and Mercury Classicsand continuing its long-standing relationship with theesteemed ECM label. Universal Music Group owns themost extensive catalogue of music in the industry, including the last 100 years of the world’s most popular artistsand their recordings.Prior to joining Universal in April 2013, Sobol wasmanaging director of IMG Artists (N/S America) andcounted artists such as Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, JamesGalway, Hilary Hahn, Evgeny Kissin, and the EmersonString Quartet among her personal management clients.Spring 2014 SCORE MAGAZINE{3}
Frost NewsFrost School Celebrates 10th Anniversary ofNaming Gift and 30th Anniversary of Festival MiamiJoshua Bell, violin,and Edgar Meyer,bass, perform withthe Frost SymphonyOrchestra, ThomasSleeper, conductor,at a FestivalMiami concertcommemorating the10th anniversary ofthe school’s naminggift from Phillipand Patricia Frost,shown right withDean Shelly Berg.{4}UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI TRUSTEES, PresidentDonna E. Shalala, Dean Shelly Berg, and friends,students, faculty, and staff of the Frost School of Musicgathered on Friday, October 4, 2013, to honor Dr. PhillipFrost and Patricia Frost at a reception celebrating their 33 million naming gift one decade ago.Following the reception was a sold-out Festival Miamiconcert in Maurice Gusman Concert Hall featuring famedviolinist Joshua Bell and virtuoso bassist Edgar Meyerwith the Frost Symphony Orchestra. The duo performedthe Florida premiere of Meyer’s new Double Concerto forViolin and Double Bass with Orchestra, conducted byThomas Sleeper. The concert also included the worldpremiere of Celebration March by Emmy Award-winningTV and film composer Joel McNeely, B.M. ’82, dedicatedto Phillip and Patricia Frost.The concert ushered in the 30th anniversaryseason of Festival Miami in magnificent style. Over 25outstanding festival concerts were presented throughoutthe month of October with record-breaking attendance.Also in honor of its landmark season, Festival Miamiinvited eight-time Grammy Award-winning conductor,composer, and orchestrator José Serebrier to conduct twoclassical music programs with the touring Costa RicaNational Symphony Orchestra. Thirty years ago, Serebrierwas the first artistic director of a new “International MusicFestival of the Americas,” now known as Festival Miami.Other bountiful classical concerts featured vocalluminaries Hila Plitmann, Elizabeth Caballero, B.M. ’99,SCORE MAGAZINE Spring 2014Robynne Redmon, Tony Boutté, andKevin Short; pianist Cecile Licad;Manhattan Piano Trio; and hundredsof outstanding Frost School faculty andstudent performers.Seven-time Grammy Award-winninginternational megastar Gloria Estefan, A.B.’78, treated hometown fans to an intimateconcert with the Frost School’s HenryMancini Institute Orchestra featuringDean Berg’s arrangements and orchestrations from her double-Grammy-nominatedalbum, The Standards.An aptly named Fiddles on Fireconcert highlighted the violin virtuosity of artist-inresidence Mark O’Connor and faculty artist GlennBasham; they lit up the stage in a roaring mash-up ofbluegrass, jazz, and American roots music. AshleyLiberty, M.M. ’08, along with student fiddlers andnational championship finalistsfrom the FrostSchool, alsostoked the musicalfire with theirprodigious talents.Other festivalheadlinersincluded Dr. John& The NiteTrippers, BruceHornsby, B.M.’77, Karrin Allyson, Vince Mendoza, Christian McBride,Joan Osborne, Ana Popovic, Luis Enrique, PaulinhoGarcia, and Arturo Sandoval.Festival Miami concluded at the Adrienne ArshtCenter with the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestraperforming a special motion picture tribute, Pink Pantherat 50. Produced by music impresario Larry Rosen, itfeatured iconic film music composed by Henry Manciniand the lauded vocal talents of international superstarJon Secada, B. M. ’83, M.M. ’86, Monica Mancini, NicoleHenry, B.S. ’97, and Cyrille Aimée.
Frost Violinist Reunites withChildhood IdolWHEN VIOLINIST JOSHUA BELL was rehearsingin Gusman Concert Hall for his Festival Miami appearance, musicians in the Frost Symphony Orchestra wereexcited to be performing on the same stage as the extraordinary musician. For freshman violinist Elijah KirklandAndrews, the evening was a heartwarming reunion.When Andrews was 5 years old, he played the violinfor Bell at Montclair State University in New Jersey. “Iplayed ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ because it was theonly thing I could play at that point,” recalls Andrews.He believes it was either his teacher or mother whotook a photo of Bell hugging the 5-year-old Andrews.Both were grinning.Over the next 13 years, Andrews continued takingviolin lessons. “I never wanted to be a violinist,” Andrewssays. “I wanted to be an astronaut, I had aphase when I wanted to be a stockbroker,and then I wanted to be a basketball player.”After attending a music camp the summer before his sophomore year of highschool, Andrews began pursuing the stringinstrument more intently. He placed thecrinkled photo of himself and Bell in hisviolin case for luck and inspiration.In high school, Andrews was selectedto perform in Georgia’s all-state chorus andorchestra. He played in Emory University’syouth orchestra with jazz and classical tunes as his focus.Last spring, he was accepted to the Frost School of Music.And this year at Festival Miami, the 18-year-old Andrewsarranged to see Bell.He showed the photo to his violin idol, who laughedand recalled the evening. “We only talked for twominutes about the picture,” Andrews said. “But he wasshocked. It’s a small world.”That night, Bell and Andrews took another photothat mimics the first, though Andrew is almost two feettaller now than in 2000. But like the original, both Belland Andrews are smiling.This story was excerpted from an article by Jess Swansonthat ran in the October 24, 2013 edition of The MiamiHurricane.All smiles, thenand now! ElijahKirkland-Andrews,pictured far leftat age 5 and againat age 18, grinswith his violinhero, Joshua Bell.Andrews is nowa violinist in theFrost SymphonyOrchestra.Class of 2017 Stamps Jazz Quintet DebutsTVERSATILE LIGHT STUDIOShe Stamps FamilyCharitable Foundationrenewed its commitment tofund full tuition, room, andboard for select top academicand musical talent admittedto the Frost School of Music.A new crop of five freshmennow make up the StampsJazz Quintet Class of 2017.Aidan Lombard (trumpet),Sam Hart (saxophone), Quinn Sengupta (piano), MarceloBourque Perez (drums), and Bob Bruya (bass) will performtogether as the Stamps JazzQuintet over the next fouryears of study at Frost, aswell as tour together. Theymade their Frost debut at theFestival Miami opening for theChristian McBride Trio, whichspent three days in residencewith the young lions. McBrideinvited the Stamps JazzQuintet back on stage at theend of his concert for a combined jam that proved an extraspecial treat for the entire audience.The new StampsJazz Quintet, Classof 2017, on theMaurice GusmanConcert Hall stageSpring 2014 SCORE MAGAZINE{5}
Frost NewsMarta S. Weeks Honored forHer Spirited ImpactArchitect’srendering of theMarta S. WeeksQuadrangle byYann Weymouth.Right: MartaWeeks-Wulf, farJENNY ABREUright, poses withAsiya Korepanova,a Weeks MusicScholar anddoctoral candidatein keyboardperformance whoperformed at thequad dedication.AT A DEDICATION CEREMONY last May, planswere unveiled for a new Marta S. Weeks Music Quadrangle at the Frost School to honor the iconic UM philanthropist, patron of the arts, and trustee emeritus whoseimpact on the school has been called “immeasurable.” Thenewly designated gathering area will include a granitecobblestone centerpiece with a seal inscribed with thewords, “The Spirit of Marta Weeks Is the Spirit of Music.”Like a symphony meticulously scored for an orchestra, the outdoor quadrangle is taking shape with the helpof bulldozers and construction cranes. When completed,buildings where students make, mix, and master melodies will surround the quad.“Around this quadrangle will growthe most remarkable music campusin the country,” Dean Shelly Berg saidat the ceremony, held at the L. AustinWeeks Center for Recording andPerformance with 150 guests in attendance. Key
to fund scholarships at the UM Miller School of Medicine and 500,000 to the Miller School’s UHealth Sports Medicine Division. “Swanee and I are proud to be part of such a won-derful institution. e University of Miami touches so many lives in our community
