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NATS Competition nets First Place Honor
Eleven Carthage students competed in the Wisconsin National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) student auditions. Vanessa Schroeder, junior, won first place in the Junior/Senior Women's Music Theatre division. Maureen Toomey, freshman, won third place in the Freshman/Sophomore Women's Music Theatre division. Jillian Swanson was a sem-finalist in the Freshman Women's classical division. The students were accompanied by Randy Fisher of Racine and Carhage faculty member Gregory Berg. Carthage has a long-standing record of success at the NATS competition, and is now proud to include Vanessa Schoeder as a first place winner. Congratulations to all participants.
Carthage student Kristina Mathews' new work premiered at WMEA
When some of the finest young musicians in the state gathered in
Madison on October 27 to perform at the Wisconsin Music Educators
Convention, they included in their concert the premiere
performance of John Leavitt's Festival Sanctus, as
arranged by Carthage College senior Kristina Mathews. The
performance was be given by the Middle School Honors Project Band
as conducted by James Ripley, Director of Instrumental Activities
at Carthage.
Kristina Mathews is a music major from Park City, Illinois who
began the arrangement as her final project for the orchestration
course at Carthage. The concert band arrangement is scheduled to
be published by Warner Brothers next year. Several Kenosha and
Racine area students have been selected for the band from
auditions held around the state last year.
Nicole Cabell performs and gives masterclass at Carthage
Miss Cabell was honored as Sam and Gene Johnson Distinguished
Visitor at Carthage in October. A convocation at on Friday,
October 5 celebrating 100 years of Lutheran Campus Ministry
included several sacred selections performed by Miss Cabell.
There were also two presentations given by Miss Cabell on Monday,
October 8 for the Carthage student body.
Nicole Cabell, the 2005 Winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition in Cardiff and exclusive DECCA recording artist, is fast becoming one of the most sought-after lyric sopranos of today. Her solo debut album, "Soprano" was named "Record of the Month" by Gramophone and has received an incredible amount of critical acclaim and several prestigious awards.
Weston Noble to lead Carthage Choir in 2007-08
Weston Noble, named conductor-in-residence of the Carthage Choir for the 2007-08 academic year, is an internationally known conductor who has led more than 800 music festivals in 49 states, Canada, Europe, Australia and South America. He has directed more than 75 all-state bands, choirs and orchestras, and led eight European concert tours. He is professor emeritus of music at Luther College, where he served on the faculty from 1948 to 2005.
"This is an exhilarating opportunity for our students, and for the entire Carthage community," said James Ripley, Music Department Chair. "When Michael [Burkhardt] told me he was taking a full-time position with his music publisher, I stopped to think about who would be the one person I'd like to have work with our students. There was really only one name that came to mind, that of Weston Noble. There is no one more well respected and loved in the choral music world, than Weston. His legacy as a musician is almost beyond compare, but the most exciting thing for me is that he will be able to help shape our Carthage students' lives in a very special way."
Mr. Noble received the St. Olaf Medallion, awarded by the King of
Norway. He was the first to be named Outstanding Music Educator
in the United States by the National Federation of High School
Associations. The North Central Division of the American Choral
Directors Association has established a biennial award for
lifetime achievement in choral arts, named in his honor.
Mr. Noble is a 1943 graduate of Luther, and earned an M.M. degree
from the University of
Michigan. He has received the citation of merit from the
University of Michigan School of Music Alumni
Society, and honorary degrees from St. Olaf College and Augustana
College (S.D.)
He is a charter member of the American Choral Directors
Association and an elected member of the American Bandmasters
Association. Many of his thoughts on music are published in
"Creating the Special World", a collection of his
lectures edited by Steven Demorest and available from GIA Music.
Hoskins and LaPaglia Join Keyboard Faculty
Dr. Richard Hoskins and Michelle LaPaglia are the newest members of the Carthage Music Faculty. Dr. Hoskins will serve as the organ instructor, with Ms. LaPaglia teaching piano and keyboard skills in addition to her work as faculty accompanist. Our new faculty have extensive experience, both in the United States, and around the world.
Richard Hoskins was appointed Director
of Music & Organist of St. Chrysostom's Episcopal
Church, Chicago in January of 1984. He conducts the 16-voice
professional choir, a Children's Choir, and a volunteer
Parish Choir. He is also the Director of the Music at St.
Chrysostom's Concert Series, which he founded in
1985.
Since January 1995 he has been Assistant Professor of Organ &
Harpsichord at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, teaching
Graduate and Undergraduate students. He also directs and teaches
piano and organ for St. Chrysostom's Music Academy.
He has played recitals in churches and at universities throughout
the Midwest, in Canada, in England at York Minster, in Vienna and
in Paris at St. Sulpice and Le Temple du Saint-Esprit. He has
appeared as soloist with the Northern Illinois University
Philharmonic and the LaPorte County Symphony. He has appeared
with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Symphony
Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, the Asbury Brass Quintet and the
Millar Brass Ensemble. During the 2004-2006 seasons he has
appeared as Organist for the Chorale on WTTW's Sunday
evening program, 30 Good Minutes. He has been heard on the
syndicated radio program Pipedreams, playing the Fisk Organ at
St. Chrysostom's, in Chicago on WFMT. His faculty
recitals at NIU have been broadcast on WNIUHe served as organist
for the Choir of Christ Church, Winnetka, under the direction of
Richard Clemmitt, for the Choir's residency at Wells
Cathedral in 2003 and in August 2005 at Durham Cathedral.
Michelle LaPaglia is the Music Director at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in West Allis, Wisconsin. She was most recently the Performance Coordinator and Instructor of Piano at Alverno College in Milwaukee. She completed her Master of Music degree in Piano at Temple University, and received her Bachelor of Music from Wheaton College. A versatile and accomplished musician, she has worked in the areas of church music, music history, music therapy, accompanying, piano pedagogy and studio piano.