Fine Arts at Marietta College

Senior Art Exhibition Opens Saturday, Apr. 19

The Marietta College Art Department is proud to announce the Senior Art Exhibition entitled “I Am…”

This exhibition is the Senior Capstone for all Graphic Design and Art majors of the class of 2008. The show will be from April 19 to May 17. An opening reception is scheduled for April 19, 2008, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Hermann Fine Art Gallery, located on the third floor of the Hermann Fine Arts building at Fourth and Butler Streets on the Marietta College campus; light refreshments will be served.

The exhibition features a variety of mediums from the 17 seniors participating in the show, ranging from monoprint and painting to digital illustration and branding.
The seniors featured in the exhibition are:

Justin Armstrong of Baltimore, Maryland,
Courtney Bailey of Burnt House, West Virginia,
Brittany Dawson of Gahanna, Ohio,
Angela Gindlesperger of Cleveland, Ohio,
Joe Hickman of Parkersburg, West Virginia,
Nola Juliano of Dexter City, Ohio,
Jen Kozono of Cleveland, Ohio,
Caroline McKean of Green Bank, West Virginia,
Christina Moritz of Canton, Ohio,
Kelli Park of Fryeburg, Maine,
Claire Reintgen of Latrobe, Pennsylvania,
Amelia Schroeder of Sarahsville, Ohio,
Lauren Shepard of Amherst, New Hampshire,
Mallory Sinoski of St. Clairsville, Ohio,
Jennifer Sutton of Washington, West Virginia,
Paige Ward of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and
Dave Welch of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Hermann Fine Arts Center is handicapped accessible. Please contact the Marietta College Art Department for further information at 740-376-4696.

Music Education Students Attend State Music Conference

Approximately 900 music education majors from Ohio colleges and universities and more than 3,000 music educators attended this year's conference.

The music education majors of the Edward E. MacTaggart Department of Music at Marietta College attended the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Development Conference in Cincinnati from February 7-9. During the course of the conference the students attended clinics presented by outstanding clinicians from around the country and concerts by a large variety of music groups from Ohio. All music education majors at Marietta College are members of the Collegiate Music Educators National Conference (CMENC), the student arm of the National Association for Music Education. Annual attendance at the state conference is a part of their studies toward a degree in music education.

According the Professor Marshall C. Kimball, director of bands and instrumental activities and co-advisor of the campus CMENC organization, stated “Our local chapter of MENC received recognition at the Ohio Music Education Association State Board meeting and also at the State CMENC banquet. It was a great opportunity for our music education students to network both with clinicians and other music education students from around the state. It was a proud moment for our music department to see our students in that setting. Although our music education program is new this year, the growth of the program and students and the recognition of our program at the state level has been very rewarding.”

Nick Giebel, a music education major and president of the local CMENC chapter said of the conference “It provided a valuable experience to not only learn from professionals but to meet other music education students with goals similar to our own. It was a tremendous opportunity to advance the name of Marietta College in the state music education arena.”

The Ohio Music Educators Professional Conference is held annually in various parts of the state and is attended by active music educators, college professors and college music education majors. Approximately 900 music education majors from Ohio colleges and universities and over 3,000 music educators attended this year's conference. The three-day conference is comprised of approximately 250 clinics and 50 concerts.

Six music students accepted into collegiate chorale

Six students accepted into the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Collegiate Repertoire Chorale The Edward E. MacTaggart Department of Music would like to congratulate the following students on their acceptance into the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Collegiate Repertoire Chorale: Heather Boomer Rachel Carter Laura Horn Nathanael Leonard Patrick Simone Rachel Taylor These six students have been chosen to be a part of a choral ensemble of 103 graduate and undergraduate students (including only 15 from Ohio!) from over 30 colleges and universities in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. They will travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in February to rehearse and perform under the direction of acclaimed Venezuelan conductor, Maria Guinand and to participate in the division's convention.

Music Department Juried Prize Winners

Cristin Donhauser and Lang Zhao receive honors The William A. and Prudence A. Fields Juried Prize Cristin Donhauser (voice student of Debra Rentz) The William L Buelow Juried Prize Lang Zhao (percussion student of Marshall Kimball) The department awards juried prizes after a two-stage competitive process. A student must first receive a nomination from their applied teacher based on the quality of their work throughout the semester. Nominated students must have distinguished themselves from other students primarily through their work ethic and devotion to improvement. In the second part of the competition, the department's applied faculty judge students based solely on the performance quality of their applied juried exam. Juried Prize winners receive a monetary waiver allowing them to pursue more extensive applied study (a two credit hour double lesson) in the semester following their award. The juried panel may select additional students for honorable mention. In addition to the winners, this semester's nominees were Lauren Berry (voice), Celia Brockway (voice), Jean Marie Brizendine (voice), Rachel Carter (voice), Britney Koser (voice), Nathan Leonard (voice), Casey Mercer (saxophone), Jessica Pirc (voice), Mary Rizzardi (voice), Rachel Taylor (voice), Patrick Simone (voice), and Phillip DeOrsey (trumpet). Please join us in congratulating all of these students on their hard work and effort throughout the semester.