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Adrian
College Music Faculty
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Ms. Lori Bitz
Lecturer, Music
Master of Music, Bowling Green State University
lori_bitz@msn.com 517-265-5161,
X4468
Specialist in Trumpet Performance, Brass chamber Music, Brass
Pedagogy Special recognition: Phi Kappa Lambda Other interests:
Principal Trumpet Adrian Symphony Orchestra, Member Festival Brass
Quintet, Brass instructor University of Findlay,Findlay, OH, Minister
of Music Hope Lutheran Church, Toledo, OH.
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Dr. Colleen Conway
Lecturer, Music
Ed.D, Columbia University
conwaycm@umich.edu 517-265-5161,
X4468
Specialist in Music Education Special recognition:
Editorial Board of "Update: Applications of Research in Music Education"
Publications, exhibits, presentations: Co-authored with Dr.
Hodgman the Handbook for the Beginning Music Teacher, GIA
Publications, Jan 2006; Over 40 articles in refereed music education
journals and books including: Journal of Research in Music Education;
Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education; Music Educators
Journal; Update: Applications of Research in Music Education; Journal
of Music Teacher Education; Arts Education Policy Review; Research
Studies in Music Education; Contributions to Music Education • Author
of a book published by the Music Educators National Conference in
2003 entitled "Great Beginnings for Music Teachers: Mentoring and
Supporting New Teachers." • Regular presentations
at the American Educational Research Association, the American Association
of Colleges of Teacher Education, the Music Educators National Conference,
the College Music Society, the International Society for Music Education,
the National Association of Schools of Music and the Midwest Band
and Orchestra Clinic.
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Mr. John Dodson
Half-Time Associate Professor, Music
M.M., Peabody Conservatory
jdodson@adrian.edu 517-264-3991
Specialist in Orchestral Conducting Special recognition:
American Symphony Orchestra League: Sally Parker Education Award •
Aspen Music School: Conducting Program Fellowship Publications,
exhibits, presentations: Guest Conductor: Budapest Philharmonic
Orchestra, Omsk (Russia) Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony
Orchestra of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia), State Symphony
Orchestra of Irkutsk (Russia), Bialystok Symphony Orchestra (Poland),
Monterrey Symphony Orchestra UANL (Mexico), Rochester Philharmonic
• First Modern Performances: Arthur Foote:
Suite in D Minor for Full Orchestra; Charles Martin Loeffler: Symphony
in One Movement, Hora Mystica; Giovanni Martini: Overture to Sappho
• Performances: Lincoln Center, Carnegie
Hall, Juilliard School, Eastman Theater, Hungarian State Opera House
• Recording: Music of Robert Jager (in
progress)
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Mr. Peter Ford
Lecturer, Music
M.A., Indiana State University
pford@adrian.edu
Specialist in Specialist in Music Theory and Jazz Studies Publications,
exhibits, presentations: Composition Ulterior Motives, for saxophone
quartet, is on the Class A Solo and Ensemble Contest List for Ohio
and Wisconsin • Premiere performance of
composition Dialogue with a Demagogue in June 2004 for the flute,
clarinet, and piano trio Mirepoix at the Aeolus Music Festival in
Toledo. Other interests: Performing on jazz piano around the
region both as a sideman and with his group, The Pete Ford Trio. Primary
arranger for the saxophone quartet Sax 4thAvenue. Background includes
composing music for broadcast commercial jingles. In wide demand as
a lecturer in Music Theory, Keyboard, Jazz History, and Rock History
at other area colleges.
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Ms. Shannon Ford
Lecturer, Music
Master of Music, Bowling Green State University
shannonford@buckeye-express.com
517-265-5161, X4468
Specialist in Saxophone Performance/Woodwind Specialist Special
recognition: Pi Kappa Lambda Publications, exhibits, presentations:
Guest Clinician with Sax 4th Avenue at the Mid-West International
Band and Orchestra Clinic in 1996 • Participated
in a world-premiere performance of John Cage's Four5 at
the World Saxophone Congress in Italy in 1992.
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Michael Gartz
mgartz@adrian.edu
Michael Gartz teaches applied organ and serves as assistant staff accompanist
at Adrian College. He graduated from the Eastman School of Music with
a Bachelor’s Degree in Organ Performance, and a minor in piano.
Further studies were undertaken at Eastman in Musicology. He currently
serves as organist at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Toledo. As a freelance
accompanist he has worked both in Ann Arbor and Toledo for the past
twenty years. Michael is well-known internationally as the owner of
"Liberty Music", a mail-order firm specializing in rare classical
78-rpm records. Many records from his personal collection of 30,000
discs have been used in various CD transfers. His particular field of
study, uniting his background as a performing musician and record collector,
is performance practice of the Romantic era, with emphasis on early
recordings by composers and their pupils. He lives in Perrysburg, Ohio
with his wife Gosia, who runs a local tailoring business.
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Dr.
Thomas Hodgman
Associate Professor, Music
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music
thodgman@adrian.edu 517-264-3925
Specialist in Choral Conducting & Literature; Vocal Pedagogy
Special recognition: Conducting Fellow, Eastman School of Music;
Gray Key Award, Chapman University. Currently serving as CMENC State
Representative to MMEA Executive Board Publications, exhibits, presentations:
Co-authored with wife, Colleen Conway, the Handbook for the Beginning
Music Teacher, GIA Publications, Jan 2006; Chair of the Adrian
College Music Department and Director of Choral Ensembles. Has appeared
as guest conductor and/or adjudicator of choirs in California, New Jersey,
New York, Michigan and Ohio. Active in annual touring and recording
projects with the College Choir Other interests: Artistic Director
and Principal Conductor for the Lenawee Community Chorus; Chorus Master
for Opera!Lenawee. Founder and Executive Director of the Adrian Community
Music Center providing music instruction to Lenawee County and the region
- opened 2004.
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Ms. Cecilia Johnson
Lecturer, Music
Master of Music, Violin Performance - Cincinnati College-Conservatory
of Music
cejohnson@buckeye-express.com,
517-265-5161, X4468
Specialist in Violin, Chamber Music Special recognition:
Ms. Johnson has extensive orchestral experience, having performed
for the Toledo Symphony (1993-2004), the Fort Wayne Philharmonic (1986-1997),
the West Virginia Symphony (including its 50th anniversary Kennedy
Center Performance), the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and the Cincinnati
Ballet Orchestra (principal second violin 1991-92). She is a founding
member and concertmaster of the Trinity Chamber Orchestra in Toledo
and will serve in the same capacity for Ballet Theatre of Toledo in
its upcoming season. Ms. Johnson has performed as principal second
violin for the Lakeside Summer Symphony since 1993. She is the founder
and director of CYMBAL (Community Youth Motivated By Arts Learning),
an arts-based after-school program for the children of Toledo's central
city. She also serves on the part-time faculty of the University of
Toledo and recently at Siena Heights University. Ms. Johnson is the
first violinist of Toledo's Scandia String Quartet. She has recorded
for several rock bands in the Toledo area,primarily "The Pillbugs,"
whose followers cover the globe. Portions of their recent recording
were broadcast on Spanish radio. Ms. Johnson is the program director/vice-president
of Toledo's Euterpean Club, a music service and performing organization.
She frequently performs chamber music with her husband tenor Erik
Johanson, and enjoys supporting their daughter Linnea, in her dancing,
musical, and creative endeavors.
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Ms. Valrie Kantorski
vkantorski@adrian.edu,
517-265-5161, x3924
Specialist in piano and accompanies
student recitals and the choral ensembles at Adrian College. Special
Recognition: She is a pianist in Northwest Ohio, and has been
a member of the Toledo Symphony for 20 years. As a Symphony musician,
she has the honor of holding the Jonathan F. Orser Chair, a keyboard
endowment that she has supported on piano, harpsichord, celesta, organ,
and synthesizer for the orchestra since the Chair's inception. As
a nationally certified teacher of piano, Ms. Kantorski maintains a
private studio for beginning through advanced students. She has been
on the faculties of Florida International University, the University
of Miami, Florida State University and Bowling Green State University
as an adjunct instructor of piano. As a pianist, Valrie debuted as
a soloist at the age of 16 in her native Miami, Florida, playing Beethoven
and Mozart piano concerti with Florida orchestras. She has performed
in Europe and in venues throughout the United States, including New
York's Carnegie Recital Hall. She has performed as collaborative pianist
for nationally known solo artists, has performed on National Public
Radio, and has recorded on Coronet, Capstone, Access, and Riverview
labels. Valrie has been a member of the Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo,
an ensemble that has been on the roster of the Touring Artist program
of the Ohio Arts Council. The Duo was awarded the prestigious Virginia
E. Schrader Residency in Performing Arts, and was a three-time winner
of the Graves Duo Piano competition. She has appeared as a soloist
with the Toledo Symphony, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21,
and most recently, Manuel deFalla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
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Mr. Aaron Keaster
Lecturer, Music
Master of Music, Double Bass Performance, Indiana University
Aaron-Michelle@juno.com
Specialist in Double Bass, Cello Special recognition: Kappa
Delta Pi, Golden Key National Honor Society Other interests:
Double Bassist with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra since 1996; performs
with the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra; teacher at Interlochen
during the summer; also enjoys playing jazz and singing in a gospel
trio for which he composes much of the music.
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Ms.
Kathleen Hill Kretzer
Lecturer, Music
Performance Degree, Illinois State University
M.M., Bowling Green State University
hillkretzer@yahoo.com, 517-265-5161
Specialist in flute instruction at Adrian
College, The University of Findlay, and continues to teach flute lessons
through Bowling Green State University’s Creative Arts Program.
She has previously instructed classes through the Musicology, Composition,
and Theory department at Bowling Green State University, at Adrian College,
and presently at The University of Findlay. Special
Recognition: Kelly is a member of the Adrian Symphony and frequently
performs with the Lima Symphony. She continues to give numerous recitals
with the flute-clarinet-piano trio Mirepoix, including an August 2004
performance on WGTE’s Live on FM 91. In 1994 she performed at
the National Flute Association Convention and currently plays in chamber
settings in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Her teachers include
Randall Hester, Judith Bentley, Walfrid Kujala, and Max Schoenfeld.
Other Interests: In her spare time she
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Mr. Scott Kretzer
Music Education, University of Kentucky
scottkretzer@yahoo.com,
517-265-5161, x4468
Specialist in percussion and Percussion
Methods. Special Recognition: He is
a freelance percussionist and teacher in the Northwest Ohio/ Southeastern
Michigan area. Scott also runs a private studio through the Toledo
School for the Arts. As a member of the UK jazz ensemble, Scott performed
with many top artists including Randy Brecker, Dianne Schur, and Clark
Terry. He has also performed with Gene Parker, the Murphy's Place
Orchestra, The Paul Keller Orchestra, and the Toledo Jazz Orchestra.
In 1991, Scott was inducted into the Yamaha Young Artist Program after
winning the Drum Corps International solo snare drum competition in
the summer of 1990. He served as a percussion instructor for the Cavaliers
Drum and Bugle Corps from Rosemont, Illinois (1991, 92, 94, 96) and
a percussion arranger (1997-1998). He also arranged for and instructed
the Aimachi Band from Nagoya, Japan and the Wistaria Windies Drum
and Bugle Corps from Toyama City, Japan. Other groups include Maumee
High School (Maumee, OH), Klein High School (Houston, TX), the University
of Kentucky (Lexington, KY), and the University of Miami (Miami, FL).
Scott has performed recitals, clinics, and master classes throughout
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Mr. Richard
Lange
Instructor, Guitar
B.A., Communication/Print Media, University
of Toledo
Master's, Music Performance, University of Toledo
rlange@buckeye-express.com,
517-265-5161, x4468
Specialist in guitar. Other:
He joined the Adrian College music faculty in 2004 after receiving
his master's degree from the University of Toledo that year. Lange
is a former journalist and also studied Japanese language and culture
extensively. Before that, he carved out a career in commercial music
regionally. His current focus is jazz improvisation, composition and
arranging. He maintains a private studio and has performed in the
pit orchestra for shows at the Croswell Theatre in Adrian and at the
Tecumseh Civic Auditorium. |
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Ms. Elizabeth Major
Lecturer, Music
Masters, Northwestern University
emajor@adrian.edu, 517-265-5161,
X4468
Specialist in Voice, Opera Workshop,
Vocal Pedagogy, Diction for Singers, and Introduction to Music at
Adrian College. Special Recognition:
She is a noted soloist throughout the Ann Arbor and Detroit area.
She has appeared as soloist with the Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor Symphony
Orchestras and with the University of Michigan Chamber Players. As
a concert soloist, Ms. Major has appeared with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra under the baton of Sir Georg Solti, at the Ravinia Festival
under James Levine, and on the operatic stage with Lake George Opera
Festival and Connecticut Opera. Ms. Major has taught on the faculties
of the University of Michigan and the Israel Vocal Arts Institute
in Tel Aviv. In addition to her studio at Adrian College, she maintains
private studios in Grosse Pointe and Ann Arbor. Ms. Major is the proud
mother of daughters Sonya (13) and Natasha (10) and is a state-ranked
tri-athlete.
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Dr. Marty Marks
Assistant Professor, Music
Music Education & Performance, Wind Conducting, Oklahoma Baptist
University, University of Central Oklahoma & University of Oklahoma
mmarks@adrian.edu
Specialist in Concert & Pep Bands, Jazz Ensemble, Music Education
Special recognition: Summer Teaching Fellow, Northwestern University,
1996; Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Finalist, 1994 Publications,
exhibits, presentations: Executive Officer, 338th Army Reserve
Band of Livonia, Michigan; Bandmaster, 145th Army National Guard Band
of Oklahoma; former conductor of the Oklahoma City Symphonic Band;
served as a clinician and adjudicator throughout Oklahoma Other
interests: Other interests: arranging, playing clarinet and saxophone,
jogging, and reading; currently completing a doctoral document on
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Ms. Melissa
Marks
B. Music Education, Central Michigan University
M.M. Northwestern University.
Specialist in: oboe. Other:
She has studied oboe with Roger Rehm and Carl Sonic. Melissa
performed with the Enid Philharmonic Orchestra and freelanced and
taught privately in the Oklahoma City area. She is currently the director
of bands at Onsted High School.
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Dr. Herbert David
Marshall
Musicplay (writes curriculum & teaches)
Music Education, Michigan State University,
Syracuse University and Temple University
hdm@umich.edu, 517-265-5161,
x4468
Specialist in music education,
and is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. He previously
taught instrumental and general music for 11 years in public schools
in upstate New York. He taught in diverse musical settings including
elementary general music grades 2 through 12, instrumental grades 4
through 12, and choral grades 6 through 8. After school activities included
performances in professional wind ensembles, orchestras, and choirs,
and music direction for over 50 musicals, operettas, and operas.
Special Recognition: In 1998 he was awarded a Distinguished Faculty
Award for his service to the Guilderland Schools. Previous university
positions include Temple University and Georgia State University. He
writes a regular column for General Music Today and often teaches examples
of traditional South African choral music he learned while teaching
in Kimberley, SA in the summer of 1999. In addition, he has taught music
classes for children from birth to preschool age in Philadelphia, Atlanta,
and Michigan. Research interests include music acquisition, general
and instrumental music methodology, multi-cultural music, urban education,
reflective teaching practice, and action research. Dr. Marshall serves
frequently as a clinician, consultant, adjudicator, and conductor, and
teaches workshops for the Gordon Institute of Music Learning. At The
University of Michigan he coordinates student teaching and teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses. At Adrian College he writes curriculum for and
teaches in MusicPlay, a community music program for pre-school children
and their caregivers. He lives in Adrian and is active in musical theatre
in the area with the Croswell Opera House, Siena Heights University,
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Mr. Timothy Olt
Instructor, Low Brass
Bachelor's, Music Education, Wright State University
Master's, Tuba Performance, Miami University
Doctoral studies, Florida State University
tolt@adrian.edu
Specialist in: euphonium, tuba, and trombone
at Adrian College. Special Recognition: As
a performer, he can be seen with the professional tuba quartet All the
King’s Tubas, Glass City Brass Quintet, Queen City Brass Quintet,
and as principal tubist of the Lima Symphony Orchestra. He has performed
with the Cincinnati Opera Orchestra and as an extra/substitute for the
Cincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras and the Tallahassee Symphony
Orchestra, as well as orchestras throughout Ohio, Indiana, Michigan
and Kentucky. Other: His principal teachers
include Paul Ebbers, Sam Green, Jason Smith and Michael Thornton. In
the past he served as assistant band director and interim choir director
at Versailles Exempted School. He is currently the visiting assistant
professor of tuba and euphonium at Bowling Green State University, and
also serves on the faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts camp. Mr. Olt
is very active as a composer and arranger for groups such as the Encore
Brass, All the King’s Tubas, Miami University Brass Choir, Florida
State Tuba Ensemble, and the Lima Symphony Orchestra among others. His
arrangements are available through Cimarron Press and Tuba-Euphonium
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Ms. Alissa Rose
Rice University, the Hochschule für
Musik Detmold (Germany), the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Oberlin
College (Biochemistry).
Currently a doctoral student at the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
alissaro@umich.edu
Specialist in Voice. Special Recognition:
She lived in Germany for several years, where she sang at the State
Theaters in Osnabrück, Münster, and Bielefeld, with the
West German Radio Chorus, and with Ensemble Horizonte, a contemporary
music ensemble. Operatic roles she has performed include Gretel (Hansel
and Gretel), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro),
Frasquita (Carmen), and Célie in Pasatieri's Signor Deluso,
her recording of which was released in May of 2006 by Albany Records.
Ms. Rose’s concert experience includes Händel’s Messiah
and Israel in Egypt, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and the Haydn
Little Organ Mass and Creation, as well as many more contemporary
works. In addition to the companies listed above, she has sung with
the Billings Symphony Orchestra, Bachworks, Rimrock Opera, Opera Company
of Brooklyn, and Orchestra X, and she was recently featured in a world
premiere performance with the American Composers Orchestra in Carnegie
Hall.
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Ms. Ann Marie
Stanley
Oboe Performance, Wichita State University
Teaching, California State University - Hayward
Current Ph.D student in Music Education, University of Michigan
Specialist in music for elementary classroom teachers Special
Recognition: As a Ph.D student in Music Education at the University
of Michigan, she supervises student teachers and instructs woodwind
and elementary music methods courses
She has taught oboe and general music in the pre-college division
of The Juilliard School and Fairfield (CT) University. She taught
K-5 music, an advanced choir, and instrumental lessons in the St.
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Mr. Michael Yuen
Lecturer, Music
Musical Performance, University of Michigan
myuen@adrian.edu,
517-265-5161, X4468
Specialist in
Voice and Musical Theatre Workshop. Special Recognition:
Played Judas in the national touring company of GODSPELL and recorded
the cast album in 2001 under the direction of Alex Lacamoire and Stephen
Schwartz. Michael has performed in over 40 theatrical and film productions,
favorites include: INTO THE WOODS (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), JOSEPH
AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Joseph), WEST SIDE STORY(Bernardo),
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Miles Gloriosus) HONK!
(Cat), HAIR (Berger), Spike Lee's THE 25TH HOUR (film). He was a founding
member of the University of Michigan's award winning a cappella group,
The Dicks and Janes, and is a featured soloist on the group's first
album. Michael's directing, music directing and choreographing credits
include: INTO THE WOODS, GODSPELL, FOOTLOOSE, SCROOGE and SEUSSICAL.
During the summers, Michael teaches the Summer Musical Theatre Workshop
at the Croswell Opera House to youth performers from across the country.
Outside of his Adrian College teaching, Michael also has a private studio
comprised of students from southeastern Michigan and northern Ohio.
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