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.

Art Student is Finalist in the 2007 Midwest Scholarship Competition

Please join the Art Department in congratulating Amelia Schroeder. Her oil painting, titled "Blue Eyes (Self-Portrait)," has been chosen as a Finalist in the 2007 Midwest Scholarship Competition.

Eight Students Selected To Perform At OPCICA Annual Festival

21st Annual Ohio Private College Instrumental Conductors Association (OPCICA) Festival, January 18-20, at the College of Wooster

The Edward E. MacTaggart Department of Music has announced that eight students have been selected to perform in the 21st Annual Ohio Private College Instrumental Conductors Association (OPCICA) Festival, January 18-20, at the College of Wooster. The event will feature the performances of the OPCICA Honor Jazz Ensemble and Honor Concert Band. The Honor Jazz Ensemble will present their concert on Saturday evening, 8pm in the Freelander Theatre and the Honor Concert Band will perform on Sunday afternoon at 1:30pm in McGaw Chapel. There are 23 private colleges in OPCICA, representing all areas of the State of Ohio. OPCICA’s primary purpose is to develop a closer network of communication and resource sharing among the instrumental departments, divisions or conservatories of the various privately funded institutions of higher education within the state of Ohio.

Representing Marietta College in the Honors Jazz Ensemble are, Phil DeOrsey, trumpet, senior from Bellingham, MA; Zenny Frary, baritone saxophone, junior from Burbank, OH and Doug Ferimer, trombone, senior from Houston, TX. Five Marietta College students are participating in the OPCICA Honor Concert Band: Casey Mercer, tenor saxophone, freshman from Wingett Run, OH; Mary Rizzardi, percussion, freshman from Latrobe, PA; Greg Snyder, baritone saxophone, freshman from Coolville, OH; Lauren Morgan, French horn, junior from St. Marys, WV and Amanda Griesser, French horn, sophomore from Grove City, OH.

Marshall C. Kimball, assistant professor of music and director of bands and instrumental activities, will be a conductor with the Honor Concert Band. Professor Kimball stated, "This is a wonderful opportunity for our instrumental students to play with instrumentalists from 22 other private colleges in the state of Ohio. The students will get to rehearse together for two days and give performances. It's a strenuous schedule of rehearsals to prepare the concerts in that short time period. It's an incredible musical opportunity and pushes our students to a new level of musicianship and rehearsal concentration. They will improve and benefit from the experience." This is the first year that Marietta College has had students in the Jazz Ensemble. The annual festivals have enriched the lives of hundreds of college instrumentalists as well as the conductors from many of the state's private institutions. Students are nominated by their home college conductor and instrumentation is set by the festival committee in November. These students are together for two days, and in three rehearsals, their program is rehearsed and prepared for the concert.

Professor Marshall C. Kimball is Director of Bands and Instrumental Activities at Marietta College. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree cum laude in Music Education and a Master of Music from Ohio University. Additional course work has been completed at Ashland University, VanderCook College of Music, Akron University, Illinois State University and Walsh University. He presently is a member of MENC, OMEA, Phi Beta Mu, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha, NEA, OEA, The Society for Music Teacher Education and the College Band Directors National Association. Professor Kimball’s duties include: Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Brass Quintet, Horn Choir, Woodwind Quintet, Percussion Ensemble, Saxophone Trio, Music Fundamentals, applied instrumental lessons and a Freshman Year Seminar Class. He also serves on the Curriculum Committee and Wellness Committee at the college.

In addition to his college responsibilities, Professor Kimball is in demand as a clinician and judge in the State of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, State of Washington, and Oklahoma. He judges solo and ensemble, concert band and marching band competitions. He also serves as the state chair for the Music Support Group of the Ohio Music Education Association.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,400 full-time undergraduates hailing from 42 states and 12 countries. The college offers 39 majors and has been listed among Baron’s Best Buys in College Education, Peterson’s Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S News and World report.

The Edward E. MacTaggart Department of Music at Marietta College offers exceptional training in a supportive environment for undergraduate students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre or a Bachelor of Arts in Music with emphasis in performance, composition, or historical research. A music minor is also available. Each year the Music Department awards numerous scholarships to deserving students who plan to participate in instrumental, vocal, and piano solo or ensemble performance. These renewable scholarships have values totaling up to $14,000 for four years. They are awarded to both music majors and non-majors alike, and may be combined with academic scholarships.

Community Music Program Offering Voice Lessons for Students 11-18

The Edward E. MacTaggart Music Department would like to announce that the Marietta College Community Music Program is offering voice lessons for student’s ages 11 through 18.

These lessons will be taught in the Hermann Fine Arts Center, on the Marietta College campus, by vocal pedagogy students. Lessons will be monitored by professors in the Edward E. MacTaggart Music program.

The cost is $7 per lesson. Anyone wanting more information should contact 376-4696.

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.