Music Major has been named one of five finalists: 2012 Gillet-Fox Competition

Bogdan Dumitriu, CSU junior and student of Dr. Ron Wirt, has been named one of five finalists selected by an international jury to compete in the 2012 Gillet-Fox Competition, sponsored by the International Double Reed Society. A previous winner of the Woodruff Award and the LaGrange Symphony Young Artists Competition, Bogdan serves as principal bassoonist with the LaGrange Symphony while studying full-time at CSU. The final round of the competition will be held at the Society's annual conference, July 7-11 in Oxford, OH. First prize for the competition is an $10,000 US cash award. http://www.idrs.org/competitions/

Music major proceed to semifinal round: Classical Singer Competition

Junior voice major Michael Johnson, of Ashburn, GA, competed in the Classical Singer Competition for young singers in Chicago in June. With a program of songs in three languages, he was selected from over 1000 singers as one of 38 to advance to the semifinal round. Michael is a student of Professor Coleman.

Music Vocal Students performed at National Association of Teachers of Singing

The Schwob School of Music's Vocal Arts Area showed an outstanding performance at State level NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) student auditions at Clayton State University in Morrow, GA (10, 11, Feb, 2012).

Our students were expertly accompanied by Janie Lee Bullock, Tzu-Yi Chen, Yoo-Jung Kim, Aesook Lim, Tatiana Muzanova, Rachel Olsen and Mary Walker. In addition to the names of the pianists listed above and the applied teachers listed below, please note that the growth of these vocal students is positively influenced on a daily basis by Professors Constantina Tsolainou, Joseph Golden and Dr. Elizabeth Parker.


1st Place Overall in Third Year College Women: Kristen Meyers, student of Earl Coleman
1st Place Overall in Musical Theater Upper Level College Women: Lindsay Grant, student of Earl Coleman
1st Place Overall in Musical Theater Upper Level College Men: Justin Stevens, student of Michelle DeBruyn
1st Place (5A) First Year College Women: Lauren Urbina, student of Michelle DeBruyn
1st Place (7A) Second Year College Women: Randi Short, student of Dian Lawler-Johnson
1st Place (23A) Musical Theater Upper Level College Women: Lindsay Grant, student of Earl Coleman
2nd Place (8A) Second Year College Men: Sean Meara, student of Michelle DeBruyn
2nd Place (9A) Third Year College Women: Kristen Meyers, student of Earl Coleman
2nd Place (22) Musical Theater Lower Level College Men: Michael Marshall, student of Kimberly Cone
2nd Place (23A) Musical Theater Upper Level College Women: Hannah Goolsby, student of Earl Coleman
2nd Place (26) Musical Theater Advanced College Men: Phillip McIntyre, student of Earl Coleman
3rd Place (6A) First Year College Men: Dakota Kuykendall, student of Earl Coleman
3rd Place (7A) Second Year College Women: Ashley Seldon, student of Michelle DeBruyn
3rd Place (7B) Second Year College Women: Jeanette Luna, student of Dian Lawler-Johnson
3rd Place (9B) Third Year College Women: Gudbjorg Hilmarsdottir, student of Dian Lawler-Johnson
3rd Place (22) Musical Theater Lower Level College Men: Sean Meara, student of Michelle DeBruyn
3rd Place (23A) Musical Theater Upper Level College Women: Victoria Leggett, student of Kimberly Cone

Also congratulations to both Dian Lawler-Johnson and Earl Coleman on their exemplary high school students who also placed in the competition:
1st Place Overall Beginning High School Boys: Phillip Botica, student of Earl Coleman
3rd Place Beginning High School Girls: McKenzie Curtis, student of Dian Lawler-Johnson
3rd Place Beginning High School Boys: Alex Perez, student of Earl Coleman

Theater Professor published in theater journals

Becker, Becky. " Nollywood: Film and Home Video, or The Death of Nigerian Theatre." Theatre Symposium. 19 (2011): 69-80.

Becker, Becky. "Moving Wor(l)ds: An Interview with Tess Onwueme." West African Theatre and Performing Arts Journal. Inaugural issue. 1:1 (June 2011) 98-124.

Art Professor Selected for Tallahassee International Exhibition

Assistant Professor of Art, Elizabeth Roberts McFalls, was one of fifty
artists selected out of a total 400 artists who applied for the The 25th
Annual Tallahassee International Exhibition. Her work will be on display
through the end of September at The FSU Museum of fine Arts in Tallahassee
FL. For more information:
http://www.mofa.fsu.edu/pages/participate/tallahasseeinternational.shtml

Violinist advances in international competition

CSU senior violin student Suliman Tekalli (from Florida) advanced to the finals of the Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition in Gorizia, Italy, after competing in three rounds (qualification, elimination and semifinals) against violinists from the US, Korea, Japan, Russia, China, Romania, Spain, Estonia, Slovenia, Armenia, and Italy.

Suliman will perform in the finals as soloist with orchestra violin concertos by Brahms and Bartok. As one of the six finalists, he is already guaranteed one of the prizes in the competition. Meanwhile, he has already been awarded three special prizes: € 400,00 for the best performance of Variations by R. Lipizer; € 400,00 for the best sonata performed in the semifinals; and € 400,00 for the best virtuoso piece performance by a semifinalist.

Parker panelist at Live Design Institute

Scott Parker, Technical Director of the Department of Theatre, will moderate the third annual LDI Portfolio Review at Live Design Institute 2010, held at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Young professionals will receive critiques and career advice from lighting, sound, and projection professionals.