Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach

BCCM ANNOUNCEMENT We will be holding the virtual tribute to the life of Alan Shockley on November 13 at 6 pm. It will be streamed on this site: https://youtu.be/CEgdqoD51vA The first part of the memorial program will be a performance of one of Dr. Shockley’s works performed by current and recent graduates of his New Music Ensemble. After that we will present photos and recorded statements about Dr. Shockley as well as recorded performances of selected works. If you would ...like to participate by submitting a photo or memory/words of kindness statement (maximum 30 seconds), please send your photo/video by November 9 to [email protected] Any type of recording is fine. If you are using a smartphone, please record in landscape view. If we cannot fit all of the photos and statements at the virtual memorial, they will be included on a larger presentation on our YouTube channel. If you would like to participate as a performer in a recording of one of Dr. Shockley’s works for the memorial, please start with the selection of his works in the Google Doc below. The list of his compositions has been narrowed down to pieces that will be manageable to put together (not tempo dependent or small ensemble to be recorded to a click and easily put together). Recordings of each piece are also listed in the Google Docs link. It is not necessary, and may not be possible, to perform every piece on the list due to time constraints or difficultly. Please feel free to add any pieces that you think will be manageable: https://docs.google.com//1xc-To_UR_r3mTboPA9cU8gKlE-/edit Please add yourself to any piece that you would like to play. (in the performers column). All recorded material will need to be submitted between November 2 and November 9 to [email protected] in order to edit/compile it properly. Again, if a work is not on the virtual memorial it will be included on the larger presentation on the YouTube channel. Please join in the desire to celebrate Alan, he is greatly missed. See more

FEED Forum #4: October 30, 2020 3 pm Guest Speaker Garrett McQueen "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Activism in the Arts: Why is this important?"... Guest speaker Garrett McQueen has performed many roles over the course of his already very dynamic career in the arts. He has worked as a professional bassoonist, clinician, teacher, and radio host, and now, he's independently creating content that challenges the status quo of "classical music" in his blog and TRIOLLOQY podcast. At our October 30th Forum, Garrett will share key points in his story, and talk about how his experiences as a performer led him to focusing his efforts on arts activism. Learn more about Garrett on his website garrettmcqueen.com, and more about his podcast at TRILLOQUY.org. Zoom link on Beachboard Music-Undergraduate and Music-Graduate organization news page. For Zoom link email [email protected].

BCCM WEEKLY KUDOS FACULTY David Garrett performed the Schumann Piano Quintet in a (masked, socially distanced) streaming concert as part of the Third at First concert series in Pasadena.... ALUMNI Jasmine Khorsandi (BM Voice Performance, ‘17) is in her second year of graduate studies at the USC, working toward a Master’s of Science in Arts Leadership with emphasis studies in nonprofit management. Jasmine was recently one of eleven selected to participate in the 2020-2021 Protégé Program through Emerging Arts Leaders/Los Angeles. She currently works as the Marketing & Social Media Coordinator at Long Beach Opera. Conductor Mark Alpizar was featured on the PHIMUALPHA Instagram page during Hispanic Heritage Month. Recently, Mark Alpizar was named the music director of the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association and will conduct the Vermont Youth Orchestra for the 2020/2021 Season. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGVPe8IFdzP/?igshid=6ghpc1d86c8a Also this week several of our BCCM alumni singers qualified for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for the 2020-2021 Season. These singers include Brittany Logan, Andy Konopak, Erin Alford, Sarah Conniff, and Saane Halaholo. Edna Longoria (MM, Composition) was awarded "Best Original Score" at the Vegas Movie Awards and "Best Soundtrack" from the New York International Film Awards for her score to A Castle in Umbria (Dir. Terry Ross) #ACastleInUmbria Please forward any BCCM news to [email protected]

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BCCM WEEKLY KUDOS FACULTY Dr. Tamara Thies was accepted to present at the Association for Technology in Music Instruction virtual conference. She will be presenting, "ConneXions: Ableton's Impact on Acoustic-Electronic Performances" on Friday, October 16.... Dr. Palkki has been invited to guest lecture for several schools/events/organizations this semester including: ChorAmor, Montana ACDA, Renaissance High School for the Arts (LBUSD), South Coast Chorale, CSU-Fullerton Student ACDA Chapter, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Georgia State University, and the Northern New England Collegiate Symposium on Music Education (University of Southern Maine). ALUMNI Mezzo-Soprano Erin Alford became the new Artist in Residence for the Pensacola Opera. Please send any news to [email protected]

Dear BCCM Community, Following the earlier announcement of covid cases on campus by the president, all face-to-face instruction/practice on campus is suspended for at least the next two weeks. Our dean specified below that there are no exceptions. I had asked specifically for piano and percussion students in the BCCM. All of these activities are suspended - no student should be on campus for any reason. I will let you know if I hear anything further. Thank you, ... Johannes M. Stosch Director BCCM See more

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 2:00pm PST Guest Artist Masterclass with Dr. Joshua Haberman, Director, Santa Fe Desert Choral and Dallas Symphony Chorus. For a Zoom link to join the discussion, please email Choral Studies ([email protected]).

BCCM WEEKLY KUDOS PST's Debut Album "Have You Heard" is HERE! Congratulations!! https://open.spotify.com/album/57rU9wRVnU0q0RN63sw2z1... FACULTY Christine Guter sang on the soundtrack to Disney's recently released "Mulan". ALUMNI Mezzo-soprano, Erin Alford became the new Artist in Residence for the Pensacola Opera (9/14). Cellist Natalie Do is the new music director at Vista View Middle School, as part of the Ocean View School District in Huntington Beach. She is excited to begin her teaching career so close to where it all began at BCCM. Pianist Michael Rothbart accepted a music teaching position at River Middle School in Napa Valley Unified School District.

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FOCUS ON EDUCATION, EQUITY, AND DIVERSITY (FEED) FORUMS Please join us for the inaugural meeting of our Focus on Education, Equity, and Diversity (FEED) Forums on Sept. 18 at 3 pm. The zoom link is on the Music-Undergraduate and Music-Graduate Beachboard organization sites. As artists, we have the power of influence, and the first step in utilizing this influence for positive change is to educate ourselves about issues of equity. Through this we can influence others through our artistic work. We welcome you to take action with us through a series of presentations, invited guest speakers, performances, guided readings, and discussions. Fall dates this forum are Sept. 18 & 25; Oct. 2, 16, 30; and Dec. 4 at 3 pm. Details about each event will be posted on the Music-Undergraduate and Music-Graduate BeachBoard Organizations.

BCCM Weekly Kudos FACULTY Dr. Tamara Thies along with her research partner, Lisa Crawford (Geffen Academy at UCLA), virtually presented "Exploring Student Identities Using Creative Processes" at the Music in Schools and Teacher Education Commission Forum that was originally to be held in Tallinn, Estonia. Additionally, Dr. Thies was elected and will be serving as President-Elect for the CMEA Southwest Section.... ALUMNI Cellist Hyunji Yi shares her teaching set-up in a YouTube Series about teaching virtually: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLr4mkMCTbw

BCCM Weekly Kudos FACULTY Dr. Joshua Palkki recently completed his co-written book (with Dr. Matthew Garrett) Honoring Trans and Gender Expansive Students in Music Education which will be published soon by Oxford University Press. Additionally, a co-written article (with Dr. Nick McBride), "Big boys don’t cry (or sing) still?: a modern exploration of gender, misogyny, and homophobia in college choral methods texts was accepted for publication in the journal Music Education... Research. He will be presenting at the College Music Society (Virtual) National Conference in October. Dr. Palkki and Dr. Jonathan Talberg had invited articles in the new text, The Choral Conductor’s Companion-100 Rehearsal Techniques, Imaginative Ideas, Quotes and Facts, Compiled by Brian J. Winnie and published by GIA. Lecturer Dr. Alex Miller was commissioned this summer by the HOCKET piano duo (Thomas Kotcheff & Sarah Gibson) to compose a 45 second work for their "#what2020soundslike" project, a collection of miniatures from 50 different composers responding to events this year. Miller's work was a short memorial entitled "BGA (Breonna, George & Ahmaud)." ALUMNI Holly Choe was featured at the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship https://www.youtube.com/watch