Piano masterclasses:
UE students also have the opportunity to hear world-class concerto
soloists with the Evansville
Philharmonic Orchestra. Soloists from recent seasons include Tzimon
Barto, Fabio Bidini, Wendy Chen, Janina Fialkowska, Jeffrey Kahane,
Alexander Korsantiya, Louis Lortie, Jon Nakamatsu, Stephen Prutsman,
Jeffrey Siegel, Susan Starr, Alexei Sultanov, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and
James Tocco.
The Musical Community
Evansville is home to
several active musical organizations, many of which sponsor competitions.
These include the Indiana Music Teachers Association, the National
Federation of Music Clubs, the Key Society, the National Guild of Piano
Teachers, and the American Guild of Organists.Degree Programs
The Bachelor of Music in Performance prepares students for careers
as concert pianists and organists, studio teachers, accompanists, and
church musicians. With the exception of the concert career, employment in
all these fields is readily available. The degree program includes
intensive applied music study, pedagogy, piano or organ literature, and
advanced music theory and literature courses.
The Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy combines the study of music
with the study of psychology and the influence of music on human behavior.
Students use their training to restore, maintain, and improve the mental
and physical health of people with special needs.
The Bachelor of Music in Music Education prepares students for
teaching all areas of music, Kindergarten-12th grade. The degree qualifies
students for teacher certification in Indiana and most other states.
The Bachelor of Science in Music Management prepares allows
students to combine their musical training with business studies, leading
to careers in such diverse fields as arts management, the recording
industry, and retail sales.
In all the degree programs outlined above, students have a weekly one-hour
lesson and the same performing opportunities.
The Bachelor of Arts in Music is intended for the student who
wishes to pursue a broad curriculum, maintaining music as the major area
of interest. The degree includes a half-hour lesson every week and
elective courses in theory, literature, and other musical subjects.
The Minor in Music Studies is intended for students pursuing
degrees in other fields, but who wish to continue their keyboard studies.
Students receive a half-hour lesson every week, plus ensemble experience
and courses in music theory and literature.Faculty
Anne Hasting Fiedler is
known to audiences as an active soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.
She has been featured on four occasions as soloist with the
Evansville Philharmonic, and has
appeared in repeat solo performances with the Evansville Chamber Orchestra
and the University of Evansville Orchestra. She guests with a variety of
soloists and ensembles, and performs regularly on the University of
Evansville Faculty Recital Series.
Mrs. Fiedler holds the Bachelor of Music with Highest Honors and Master of Music Degrees from the University of Illinois, where she was a Bronze Tablet Scholar. She was on the faculty of the National Academy of Arts before assuming her present position as Associate Professor of Music. In addition to studio piano instruction, she has taught courses in theory, orchestration, and accompanying, and is in frequent demand as an adjudicator for theory text review.
A finalist and prizewinner in the National Beethoven Sonata Competition, Mrs. Fiedler is distinguished by biographical listings in American Keyboard Artists and Outstanding Young Women of America. While noted for her performances of standard keyboard repertoire, Mrs. Fiedler has given Evansville premieres of modern solo literature, including major works by Boulez, Copland, Sessions, Kirschner, Johnson, and Ives. She currently is principal keyboard and contract violinist with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra.
Douglas Reed has performed
in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Concert tours have taken him to
England, Belgium, France, Scotland, Norway, and the Czech Republic with
performances in such major cultural centers as Paris, Prague, and Antwerp.
In addition to a solo harpsichord concert at
Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City,
he has performed for the Eastman Musica Nova Series in Rochester, the
University of Michigan Contemporary Directions Series in Ann Arbor, the
Organ Historical Society National Convention in Chicago, and numerous
chapters of the American Guild of Organists.
His keen interest in the music of the French Classic composers, early German music, and nineteenth and twentieth century French Romantic literature leads him to perform the widest possible variety of musical styles. He has also commissioned and premiered numerous compositions by such composers as William Albright, Naji Hakim, Sydney Hodkinson, and Alan Hovhaness.
Reed performs as organist and harpsichordist on an ARKAY CD, William Albright: Music for Organ and Harpsichord. The Organ Historical Society has released The King of Instruments, a recording of his live performance at the Society's 1984 National Convention in Chicago. Reed's recording premiere of William Albright's Four Fancies for Harpsichord was released on the Pro Viva Label by the Eastman School of Music. He will release a new CD, Douglas Reed performs on the C.B. Fisk Organ, Op. 98, in Fall, 1997.
He has received numerous grants and awards for commissioning new music andother creative activity from such institutions as the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mesker Trust, and the University of Evansville. He was the 1995 recipient of the University's Sadelle and Sydney Berger Annual Award for Scholarship and Creative Activity.
Dr. Reed is Professor of Music and University Organist at the University of Evansville where he teaches organ, harpsichord, piano, and advanced music theory courses. He serves as organist for University Worship services in Neu Chapel on the University of Evansville campus during the academic year.
Dr. Reed holds the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Organ Performance from the University of Michigan and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Literature (Organ) from the Eastman School of Music where he also earned the Performer's Certificate. His major organ teachers include Robert Clark, Robert Glasgow, and Russell Saunders.
Pianist
Garnet
Ungar has appeared extensively as soloist and chamber musician in
the United States and Canada. His solo performances have been broadcast on Public Radio
in Texas and Indiana, and by CBC in Canada. Dr. Ungar has appeared as
soloist with the Clear Lake Symphony, the University of Calgary Orchestra,
the Oakville Chamber Ensemble, the Brampton Symphony, the University of
Evansville Orchestra, and the Evansville Philharmonic. During
the past five years, he has given recitals and masterclasses at major
universities in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, California, Texas, and
Indiana, as well as performing in Illinois, Oklahoma, Alberta, British
Columbia, Ontario, and Switzerland. He is a frequent collaborator with
members of the University of Evansville faculty and regularly adjudicates
local competitions. He recently released a CD recording of
the Brahms Second Piano Concerto with the Varna Philharmonic in Bulgaria on the
Americus label. Click
here to read a recent review from Clavier
magazine.
Born in Montréal, Québec, Dr. Ungar obtained degrees in piano performance from the University of Toronto and the University of Calgary, where he won the annual concerto competition. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Houston, studying with Abbey Simon and Ruth Tomfohrde. Additional studies include summer sessions at the Banff School of Fine Arts (Marek Jablonski), the Centre d'Arts Orford in Québec (Marc Durand, Anton Kuerti), the Académie de Musique de Sion in Switzerland (Bernard Ebert), masterclasses with Claude Frank and Constance Keene, and classes at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, where he obtained an associate performer's diploma.
Garnet Ungar has served on the piano faculties of Mount Royal College in Calgary and the University Settlement House in Toronto, and is currently Associate Professor of Music at the University of Evansville.
Additional information may be obtained by contacting Anne Fiedler, Douglas Reed, or Garnet Ungar, or by writing to The University of Evansville Department of Music, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, Indiana, 47722. Telephone (812) 479-2754.