Music Faculty and Staff
Full-time Faculty |
Strings |
Winds |
| Laurel Thomas, Chair, Voice |
Jae Sung Lee , violin | Korin Schilling, flute |
| Jeffrey Jacob, Piano |
Nora Frisk, viola |
Dawn Barrier, oboe |
| Nancy Menk, Choirs, Conducting |
Lara Turner, cello | Chris French, clarinet |
| Zae Munn, Theory, Composition |
Darrel Tidaback, bass | Eric Kuehner, bassoon |
| Daniel Party, Music History |
Charles Lynch, harp | Deanna Emmons, saxophone |
| Dean Wachs , guitar | ||
Voice |
Piano and other keyboards |
Music Education |
| Laurel Thomas | Beverly Butler, piano | Cindy Berryman, elementary methods |
| Michele Dachtler Warner | Darlene Catello, harpsichord | Dennis Phipps, secondary methods |
| Betty Woodland | Jeffrey Jacob, piano | Jason Glashauser, brass/percussion |
| Betty Woodland, piano | Dawn Forsythe, woodwind techniques | |
Brass |
Staff |
Denise Kuehner, string techniques |
| Stephen Allen, trumpet | Sherry Klinedinst, Accompanist | |
| Jason Glashauser, horn | Geena Kam, Women's Choir & |
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Helene Dauerty, trombone |
Collegiate Choir Accompanist |
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Percussion |
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Samuel L. Sanchez |
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Full-time Faculty
Laurel Thomas
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Voice, Vocal Diction, Opera Workshop, Stagecraft for Singers
B.A. Occidental College
M.M. University of Illinois
D.M.A. University of Texas at Austin
e-mail: lthomas@saintmarys.edu
Soprano Laurel Thomas grew up in northern California, land of giant redwoods and craggy beaches. While an undergraduate in music at Occidental College, she studied voice, piano and cello. Her vocal studies led her to the realization that a passion for music could be linked, throughout life, to a deep love of literature and poetry.
She continued her education at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana (Master of Music in vocal performance) and, while teaching full in time in San Antonio, earned her D.M.A. from the University of Texas in Austin. She attended the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria and lived in Mauer, near Heidelberg, Germany for five months.
Before arriving at Saint Mary's Collge in 2001, Thomas lived and taught in San Antonio, Texas where she soloed with major choral groups, chamber music organizations, and orchestras of the region. Thomas has performed with the South Bend Chamber Singers, the South Bend Symphony, Fleur de Lys, the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, and sings frequent recitals on this campus and others. Read a Face to Face article about her.
Jeffrey Jacob
Professor
Piano, Piano Pedagogy
B.M. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
M.M., Juilliard School of Music
D.M.A., Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Performer’s Certificate, Salzburg Mozarteum
e-mail: jjacob@saintmarys.edu
Described by the Warsaw Music Journal as "unquestionably one of the greatest performers of 20th-century music," and the New York Times as "an artist of intense concentration and conviction," Jeffrey Jacob counts as his principal teachers, Mieczyslaw Munz, Carlo Zecchi, and Leon Fleisher. Since his debut with the London Philharmonic in Royal Festival Hall, he has appeared as piano soloist with over 20 orchestras internationally including the Moscow, St. Petersburg, Seattle, Portland, Indianapolis, Charleston, Sao Paulo and Brazil National Symphonies, the Silesian, Moravian, North Czech, and Royal Queenstown Philharmonics.
A noted proponent of contemporary music, he has performed the world premieres of works written for him by George Crumb, Vincent Persichetti, Gunther Schuller, Samuel Adler, Francis Routh, and many others. He has performed solo recitals in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest, Milan, Madrid, Helsinki, Rio de Janeiro, Saõ Paulo, Havana, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto, Ottawa, and throughout the U.S.
Nancy Menk
Professor, Mary Lou and Judd Leighton Chair in Music
Choral Organizations, Conducting
B.S., M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.M., D.M.A., College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
e-mail: nmenk@saintmarys.edu
Nancy Menk conducts the Women’s and Collegiate Choirs at Saint Mary’s and teaches courses in conducting techniques. She loves working with women’s voices and is constantly on the lookout for interesting new music and unique performing opportunities for her choirs. An outgrowth of this interest is the publication of the Saint Mary’s College Choral Series.
She is also the founder and conductor of the South Bend Chamber Singers and serves as conductor of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Chorus. Avid proponents of interesting and unusual programming, the Chamber Singers won the 2004 ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, and were finalists for the prestigious Margaret Hillis Award, given annually by Chorus America, in 2000.
In November 2005 she made her fourth appearance at Carnegie Hall, conducting music of Gwyneth Walker for women's voices and orchestra. Dr. Menk serves regularly as a guest conductor and choral adjudicator throughout the United States. She has conducted All-State Choirs in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, North Dakota, Delaware, and Indiana.
Zae Munn
Professor
Theory, Composition, Orchestration, Form, Senior Seminar
B.M., Chicago Musical College, Roosevelt University
M.M., D.M.A., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
e-mail: zmunn@saintmarys.edu
Zae Munn teaches most of the theory-related courses in the Music Department, and has done so since 1990. She teaches composition and theory at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan in the summers. Born in 1953, her early musical training was as a cellist, with additonal studies in piano, voice, and conducting.
She is an active composer of instrumental and vocal works, and over 30 are published by Arsis Press, Earthsongs, Frank E. Warren Music, HoneyRock, JOMAR Press, Tempo Press, and Yelton Rhodes Music. Recordings are available from Capstone Records, Centaur Records, and a number of independent, local labels.
Daniel Party
Assistant Professor
Music History, Music Appreciation, Popular Music, Senior Seminar
B.S., B.M. Universidad Católica de Chile
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
e-mail: dparty@saintmarys.edu
A native of Chile, Daniel Party is a musicologist specializing in music of Latin America and the Latino communities in the United States, with a secondary interest in contemporary classical music. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania with a dissertation titled “Bolero and Balada as the Guilty Pleasures of Latin American Pop”. Party has presented his research at the annual conferences of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Latin American Studies Association, and the Chilean Musicological Society.
At the University of Pennsylvania, Party taught music history, critical writing and classical guitar. In 2005 he received the “Most Promising Teacher of Writing Award” of the Critical Writing Program at Penn. At Saint Mary’s College he teaches Music History, Music Appreciation and Writing. Read a Face to Face article about him.
Brass
Stephen Allen
Trumpet
Helene Dauerty
Trombone
Jason Glashauser
Horn
Music Education
Cindy Berryman
Elementary Methods
Dennis Phipps
Secondary Methods
Jason Glashauser
Brass and Percussion Techniques
Dawn Forsythe
Woodwind Techniques
Denise Kuehner
String Techniques
B.M.E., Valparaiso University
M.M. Music and Literature, University of Notre Dame
Denise has been a string specialist with the South Bend Community School Corporation since 1984 and is currently orchestra director at Clay High School. She works with the South Bend Youth Symphony and directs the Academy Youth Honors Orchestra in South Bend. She has maintained a private studio since 1977. Denise has been a member of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and Pops Orchestra since 1981. She is a founding member of the Carlson String Quartet and directs the choir at St. Paul Lutheran Church in South Bend. She has taught at the Great Lake Music Camp for nine years and has performed with the Boarderline Philharmonic in Minnesota for the past eight summers.
Michael Wade
Vocal Techniques
Percussion
Samuel L. Sanchez
Piano and Other Keyboards
Beverly Butler
Piano, Accompanying
B.A., Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana
M.M., Indiana University South Bend
Beverly Butler is an Adjunct Piano Instructor at St. Mary's where she teaches private piano and coaches music majors for their piano proficiency exams. She has also accompanied voice students at recitals and competitions and has accompanied both the Women's Choir and the Collegiate Choir. In 2005 she accompanied Women's Choir at the National Convention of the American Choral Director Association in Los Angeles. Beverly also accompanys the Vesper Chorale and plays regularly with the Morrow String Trio. She has served as church organist in South Bend churches and has been an active member of the St. Joseph Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Darlene Catello
Keyboard instruments
M.M. in organ, University of Notre Dame
M.M. in harpsichord, University of Michigan
Darlene Catello performs solo and ensemble music on the harpsichord and organ and teaches keyboard instruments at the University of Notre Dame as well as at Saint Mary’s College. She is a founding member of Fleur de Lys, an early music ensemble, and serves as organist and choir director at Hilltop Lutheran Church in South Bend. While at the University of Michigan, she studied with Penelope Crawford and Edward Parmentier. In 1987 Ms. Catello won the Audience Prize in the Magnum Opus Harpsichord Competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Staff
Sherry Klinedinst
Staff Accompanist
B.M. Piano Performance, Indiana University--Bloomington
Website: http://www.sherryk.com
e-mail: sherry@sherryk.com
Pianist/Composer/Recording Artist Sherry Klinedinst (Sherry K) performs in concert halls, festivals, schools and various organizations across the country. Her most recent appearances have been at the Chicago Music Mart, Nashville’s Opry Mills, and the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. Sherry’s eclectic style includes everything from light jazz and new age to gospel, classical and blues. Recording projects include, “Westbound”, “A Whole New Woman” and “Sunday Best: Hymns and Spirituals Freshly Pressed
Geena Kam
Women's Choir & Collegiate Choir Accompanist
Strings
Jae Sung Lee
Violin
A.D, North Carolina School of the Arts
A.D., Indiana University South Bend
M.M, Indiana University South Bend
Currently pursuing a Performance Diploma at IU South Bend under direction of Jameson Cooper. Major teachers include, Blaise Magniere, Marie Wang, Aaron Berofsky, and Elaine Richey.
He performs with a various ensembles in the area such as South Bend Symphony and Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestras. He also teaches at the Culver Academy, Clay High School and serves as section coach for the South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Nora Frisk
Viola
Lara Turner
Cello
Darrel Tidaback
Bass
Charles Lynch
Harp
Dean Wachs
Guitar
Studied at Purdue and Indiana Universities
Master Classes with Liona Boyd, Andrea Menchuoff, and Eduardo Fernandez
Dean Wachs studied classical guitar with Richard Wisner and has played guitar for 44 years. He has taught at Mendoza's Guitars for 30 years, and IUSB for 20 years.He teaches approximately 70 students each week.
Dean is currently performing as part of the Mendoza's Guitar Duo.
Voice
Michele Dachtler Warner
Voice
B.A. College of William and Mary
M.M. Webster University--St. Louis
email: mwarner@saintmarys.edu
Growing up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA, Michele began studying piano in first grade, singing solos at the age of 10, and was the first cantor for her parish when she was 14. One beloved mentor predicted that someday Michele would be a teacher….and time obviously proved him to be rather prophetic.
For over ten years now, Michele has been active in teaching voice and training cantors in the South Bend area. On weekends, she can be found at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, serving as a cantor and soloist for liturgies and singing with the Notre Dame Folk Choir. In addition to participating fully as a member of the choir, she also works as a vocal coach for the ensemble, training the young men and women in the group to minister as cantors for mass, vespers, and other liturgical celebrations. As both vocal coach and soloist, Michele has assisted on four recordings with the choir, most recently “Witness of the Saints” and “Psalms of the Notre Dame Folk Choir.”
Michele is one of the primary vocalists for NDPrayercast, an “online service of prayer in the faith tradition of Notre Dame.” Along with her husband, composer Steven C. Warner, she edited and assembled the revised Notre Dame Hymnal Supplement (2007) for use in the dorm chapels and around campus at the University. Michele and Steve are also clinicians for World Library Publications in Chicago, and for SummerSong, a renewal program for church musicians, sponsored by the Center for Liturgy, Notre Dame.
Betty Woodland
Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, Applied Music Literature
M.M. University of Montana
D.Mus. Indiana University, Bloomington
Dr. Woodland studied voice with Dale Moore and Jean Deis, and organ with Larry Smith and Marilyn Keiser at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she completed her doctorate in Organ and Church Music, with a minor in Song Literature in 2001. She is Organist at First United Methodist Church in South Bend. She has taught at McGill University, Montreal, Lake Michigan College, Andrews University and Southwestern Michigan College. She has performed as soloist in various states and provinces in the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. In the Michiana area, performances have included vocal solos with Vesper Chorale, Lakeland Choral Society and ProMusica with whom she toured in Scotland, England, Belgium and France. Operatic roles in which she has appeared are: Gretel in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, and the Mother in The Singing Child by Menotti. Other major works in which she has appeared as soloist include, Handel's Messiah, Mass in C, Beethoven and Mozart; B Minor Mass, Bach; German Requiem, Brahms; Missa in Tempora Belli, Haydn; and most recently the Bach Cantata #51 for soprano and trumpet, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen.
Dr. Woodland has received state and regional first place awards in the National Association of Teachers of Singing and National Federated Music Clubs Artist Award Contests and has been inducted into Pi Kappa Lamda and Mu Phi Epsilon
Winds
Korin Schilling
Flute
B.A. music performance, Carleton College
Independent study with Sidney Zeitlin, Minnesota Orchestra
Korin has been a member of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra since 1975, is a past member of the Elkhart County Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the Michiana New Music Ensemble, Indiana Opera North and other local organizations. He is also a flute instructor at University of Notre Dame.
Dawn Barrier
Oboe
B.M., M.F.A. Oboe Performance, Bob Jones University
Currently teaching Music, Art, and French at Community Baptist School and conducting the Church Orchestra at Community Baptist Church. Performs with various area ensembles and orchestras. Private instructor of woodwinds and reed-making.
Chris French
Clarinet
Eric Kuehner
Bassoon
B.M.E. Valparaiso University
Further Study at Northwestern University
Eric is third and contra-bassoonist for the South Bend Symphony and Pops Orchestra. He also teaches bassoon in the Department of Music at the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University, South Bend. He is the bassoon coach for the South Bend Youth Symphony and has an extensive private studio, teaching students from beginners through high school.
Eric has performed with many orchestras in the area, including principal bassoon with the Southwest Michigan Symphony, Elkhart Symphony, LaPorte Symphony, and the Chicago Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and second bassoon with the Northwest Indiana Symphony and the Kalamazoo Symphony. He continues to sub with these and other orchestras in the area.
Deanna Emmons
Saxophone
B.A., Bluffton University
M.M., Saxophone Performance, Indiana University South Bend
e-mail: saxmusic08@gmail.com
Deanna has performed with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, Elkhart County Symphony Orchestra and at the North American Saxophone Alliance conference in Chicago. She regularly performs with the Elkhart Municipal Band, Truth in Jazz and in faculty recitals. Musicals such as the Wizard of Oz, the King and I, and the West Side Story have included both saxophone and clarinet performances from her. Deanna earned a Performer’s Certificate from IUSB for her performance excellence on saxophone. She has been a member of the IUSB wind ensemble and jazz ensemble. She studied with Trent Kynaston, Angela Space, and Phil Barham. She served as the saxophone specialist at Goshen College for their saxophone class and has instructed students for summer band camps at Concord High School and Northridge High School.
