Administrative Libretto
FADP Improvisations
Upcoming Events
Program Notes
Alumnotes
Faculty Sketches

In January, membership on the CVPA Graduate Committee was refined to comprise Graduate Advisors from Art, Music, and Theatre (titles vary by unit) and one rotational member from each unit. The change diversifies the committee by opening it to faculty not involved with the FADP, allows it to conduct business that impacts graduate students in two or more college units, and permits invited visitors when considering interdisciplinary issues. Immediately thereafter, the new Graduate Committee worked closely with Dr. Laura Deahl, one of our representatives to the university’s Graduate Council, and with Dr. Ron Anderson, then Dean of the Graduate School, on a successful proposal to eliminate the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) as a requirement for admission to performative-based degree programs such as the M.F.A. in Art, the D.M.A., and so on. The GRE still is required for admission to more academic degree programs such as the Ph.D. in Fine Arts or the educational degrees M.A.E. and M.Ed. This example demonstrates how the FADP and individual units are consolidating under the collegiate structure for effective action even while maintaining traditional identities. Inaugural members of the college’s Graduate Committee are Linda Donahue, Theatre & Dance; Jonathan Marks, Theatre & Dance; Andrew Martin, Art; John Stinespring, Art; Michael Stoune, Music; and William Westney, Music.

We all intend to work toward continued improvement of the FADP, the college, and its constituent units.

Brian Steele, Director, FADP

FADP Improvisations

At the college gala on March 8, 2003, Dr. Thomas Langford was honored for his commitment to the FADP. The following statement was read by actor and alumnus Barry Corbin: “The College of Visual and Performing Arts is pleased to express its gratitude to Dr. Thomas A. Langford, who, in 1972, recognized that a combined program of graduate study in Art, Music, Theatre, and Philosophy fulfilled an urgent need for the development of leaders with broad understanding of the significance of the arts in public life, awareness of their mutual problems, and appreciation of the arts’ impact on society. This vision engendered the Fine Arts Doctoral Program that he directed for many years and that, on a small scale, gave rise to an administrative structure and an intellectual environment that impelled the creation of a College of Visual and Performing Arts exactly thirty years thereafter.”

Many of these words paraphrase Langford’s evaluation of the program published by the Texas Tech University Press in 1982. In greater detail there, he opined that “the concept of interdisciplinary studies in the fine arts has been growing in favor in recent years, but it does not seem that wide-spread change has taken place in higher education curricula to reflect the philosophical arguments for the interrelationships of the arts. It is frequently acknowledged that the future of the arts and their impact on society in general depend on the recognition that the arts are one in their benefits to humankind, in their need for public support, and in their claim to a significant place in all formal educational curricula. Although there will always be a place for highly specialized study at the graduate level in each area of the arts, the field also has an urgent need for the development of leadership that will reflect awareness of the mutual problems and the impact on society of all the arts. At the college, community, state, and national levels, informed and well-trained leaders with broad understanding of the current place and future significance of the arts in public life can do much to fulfill the potential envisaged by such federal breakthroughs as the establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts.” [Full text is available on the FADP website by following the links to Program and Guidelines, in the section History.]

By such activities as hosting Music from Chautauqua for Public Radio International, painting as a designated Taos Living Treasure, serving as Artistic Director / Conductor for the prestigious Linz Festival in Austria, and introducing theatre management instruction in South Korea, many distinguished FADP graduates continue to build upon this legacy and to bolster college and university aspirations for national and international prominence.

On October 9, 2003, the Fine Arts Doctoral Program presents its fall focus event, “The Philosophy of Suzanne Langer and Its Use by Musician, Novelist, and Aesthetician,” in the Music Building, Choir Rehearsal Room, 5:00-6:30. A conversational format explores the both textual passages and ways in which Langer’s philosophy have inspired creative and interpretive activity, together with the logical implications of her work. Points of difference, dispute, and agreement are sought by the participants, who include Dr. William Westney, Mr. Michael Kimball, and Dr. Aaron Meskin. Light refreshments close the formal discussion and provide an informal opportunity for visitors to examine similar interdisciplinary discourse(s). Attendance is encouraged on the part of doctoral students, all graduate students and faculty in the college, and arts alumni in the surrounding area. Passages from and studies on Langer’s philosophy can be accessed electronically via the college’s News and Events page under CVPA Events.

In Search of Convergence is a CD produced by Eugenio Zapata (FA M) featuring his renditions of works by European composers including Bach and Hayden, and by Colombian composers Luis Antonio Calvo, Julio Reyes, and Karol Bermudez. The CD forms part of a multimedia program integrating music, dance, and visual art that Zapata presented under the same title as a lecture-recital in June at the annual convention of the Texas Music Teachers Association (Arlington, TX). He was assisted there by graduate students Seung-Joo Park (T&D) and Daniel Gibson (Art), and by undergraduates K. Blackburn for photography and K. Bownds, K. Geddie, K. Hindman, B. Strosser, A. Tidwell, and J. Veteto for dance. Dance faculty member G. Panova provided a formal Artistic Assessment; Dr. William Westney generously supported the endeavor by means both intangible and tangible. Zapata will present an extended version of the project under new title in December as the opening half of the fall Dance Concert at Texas Tech. Among his goals is the development of an interdisciplinary approach to piano education utilizing his experience as actor and dancer, a unique approach to education that he currently is applying to a series of children's piano pedagogy books.

Planning progresses for the FADP spring focus event, which is slated to be conjoined with the Comparative Literature Symposium, March 25-27, 2004. The keynote speaker, Dr. Lawrence L. Langer, will discuss paintings exhibited on campus by Samuel Bak, whose work embodies the conference themes of memory, history, holocaust, and genocide. Scenes from “The Diary of Anne Frank,” together with comments by the production’s director and its dramaturg, are tentatively scheduled as one contribution by the FADP. The conference program and call for papers are available here. Be sure to consult the college’s web site for final plans as the time draws near.

The FADP has been awarded three $12,000.00 Fine Arts Research Assistantships for a period of one year by the Graduate School, which will allow students to be mentored by a supervising faculty member in professional responsibilities and research / creative activity. Recipients have not been selected at press time due to the timing of the award. Nonetheless, we are excited at the prospect of supporting three doctoral students who show outstanding promise for advancement in their chosen fields of activity.

Graduates During the Past Year

As of August 2003, the program numbers 230 graduates who productively engage the arts in some 33 states and eight countries. Congratulations to our most recent alumni and the mentors who guided their research.

James Beekman Bush (FA T), “The Actor’s Makeup: A Psychological Profile of Acting Students.” (Marks)

Philip Reuel Camp (FA M), “A Historical and Contextual Examination of Alexandre Gretchaninoff’s Second Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Opus 29.” (Davis)

Joyce Michelina Centofanti (FA A, 02), “A Single-Subject Multiple Baseline and Feminist Intertextual Deconstruction of Gender Differences Among Kindergartners in Learning the Alphabet Using Clay and a Tactual/Kinesthetic Multiple Intelligence and Montessori Pedagogy.” (Kiefer-Boyd)

Candida Dawn Delgatty (FA M), “Administrative Leadership and Organizational Structure of the American Symphony Orchestra: An Internship Report.” (Stoune and Westney)

Laurie L. Doyle (FA M), “Church Drama and Conservative Christianity: Developing a Drama Ministry at Broadway Church of Christ.” (Bert)

Leslie Ruth Dutton (FA M), “Merging Music and Poetry; A Professional Problem.” (Stoune)

Wade John Fransen (FA T), “Process Drama and Creative Problem Solving: An Integrated Approach.” (Homan)

Martie Jo Geiger-Ho (FA A), “Pathways of Transmission: Investigating the Influence of Chinese Kiln God Worship and Mythology on Kiln God Concepts and Rituals As Observed by American Ceramicists.” (Check)

James Robin Hood (FA M), “Worship Arts Technology Used by Early Twenty-First Century Urban Baptist Churches in Northwestern Texas: An Analysis.” (Stoune)

Hua Zhang (FA A), “The Landscape of Solitude: Encountering Images of Contemplation in Western Landscape Painting.” (Lloyd)

Elizabeth Goñzalez Leal (FA A), “The Transformative Power of Art: A Self-Study.” (Keifer-Boyd)

James William Lee (FA T), “Dalcroze by Any Other Name: Eurythmics in Early Modern Theatre and Dance.” (Marks)

Karl Eric Rubrecht (FA M), “A Study of Selected Twentieth-Century Student Works for Piano and Orchestra, With Application Through an Original Composition: Three Essays for Piano and Orchestra.” (Westney)

Mei-Yuk Tang (FA M), “Pedagogical Works for Piano by Samuel Adler.” (Deahl)

Thomas R. Webster (FA M), “E7A (Concert March): A Theoretical Analysis and Conductor’s Rehearsal Guide.” (Stoune)

Kok Cheow Yeoh (FA A, 02), “A Grounded Theory Study on Influences of Computer Usage on Idea Formation in Graphic Design Students.” (Fehr)

Current Students

Fifteen fine arts doctoral program students participated in eleven productions during the 2003-03 season, for which Priscilla Anderson and Nadia Bodie provided House Supervision. Cleo House, Jr., directed performers Cathy Alleman, N. Bodie, and Radhica Ganapathy in The Amen Corner, for which Remy Blamy served as dramaturg and program designer. Lisa Westkaemper coordinated the Education and Outreach efforts for Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches, in which P. Anderson acted. As playwright, Anderson’s Artifacts was produced as a scholarship fundraiser with C. House, Jr., and Hershell Norwood performing.

Eugenio Zapata (FA M) performed in Coppelia. C. Alleman choreographed Damn Yankees and performed in it with R. Blamy, N. Bodie, S. Crew, Jim McDermott, R. Carson Soelberg, and David Wygant. The Foreigner featured S. Crew and C. House, Jr., as actors. Crew directed and dramaturged The Grapes of Wrath, in which R. Blamy and J. McDermott performed. C. Alleman acted in Jake’s Women with R. Ganapathy. Khoreographer’s Kick featured the choreography of E. Zapata (FA M) as well as his performance in the ensemble. C. House, Jr., performed in The Laramie Project.

Produced by C. Alleman, Raider Red’s One-Act Play Spectacular included Mike Morelli’s direction in Fixin’ It. R. Ganapathy and C. House, Jr. (“Decisions of Late”), Jeffrey Wells (“Across a Moonbeam”), and N. Bodie (“Aye, No!”) all performed in three of the five original one-act plays.
In keeping with the interdisciplinary spirit of the program, the Department of Theatre and Dance pierces the barrier between theatre scholarship and practice more than do most graduate programs in the discipline. Whereas many theatre departments forbid doctoral students to participate in productions, the TTU program requires it.

Cathy Alleman (FA T) serves on the Membership Committee of the Southwest Theatre Association.

Ginger F.V. Angstadt (FA T) <gangsta53fva@aol.com> is interning with the Department of Education in Delaware where, among other responsibilities, she establishes sessions and focus groups for the State Arts Summit in October. During the fall and the spring, she was Lighting Director for performances with the Second Street Players at the Riverfront Theatre in Milford (DE).

Mickey D. Best (FA T, A.B.D.) received the 2002 Outstanding Community College Drama Faculty Award at the Southwest Theatre Association conference. Best intends to complete his doctoral degree in emphasizing Arts Administration and History, Theory, Criticism by May of 2004. In October 2002, he presented “A Day in the Life of a Dean” at the National Council of Arts Administrators in Tucson (AZ), and performed with the Hobbs (NM) Community Players in “A Tuna Christmas” during the spring.

Scott Crew (FA T, A.B.D.) received the 2003 Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the Southwest Theatre Association conference. He currently serves as a member of the Southwest Theatre Association’s Membership Committee.

The article “Cross-Cultural Casting in The Amen Corner” was authored by Cleo House, Jr., (FA T) and published in Black Masks. House presented a paper at this summer’s conference of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.

Po-Hsien Lin’s (FA A) e-mail address is jaojao48@ms47.hinet.net.

Currently Assistant Curator at the Historic Arkansas Museum, Donna Maher (FA M, A.B.D.) is an adjunct professor of music at Hendrix College (woodwind studio) and an adjunct at the University of Central Arkansas (private woodwind studio). In November 2002 she presented a recital with three commissioned works. She can be reached at donna_maher@excite.com.

Hershell Norwood (FA T) received the First Place Competition in Humanities from the National Black Graduate Student Association for "The Racial Views of Paul Laurence Dunbar as Seen in His Plays."

Contact Mei-Yuk Tang (FA M) by e-mail at mtang@ttacs.ttu.edu.

Jeffrey Wells (FA T) is a member of the Southwest Theatre Association’s Membership Committee.

The Chair of the Membership Committee for the Southwest Theatre Association is Greg White (FA T).

See the section “Upcoming Events” for activities by Eugenio Zapata (FA M).

Note: the change to a college structure facilitated uniform designations for the degree program, which are used here to identify alumni. FA designates “Fine Arts,” and the additional letter indicates the majors of Art, Music, or Theatre.

The production manager at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock is James Beekman Bush (FA T, 03). A member of Phi Kappa Phi, Bush completed a minor in formal psychology in addition to his major area (see graduates listing). His e-mail address is james.bush@ttu.edu.

Chair of the Speech and Theatre Department at Tyler Junior College in Tyler (TX), David W. Crawford (FA T, 87) <dcra@tjc.edu> has authored a full-length play, “Artesia,” to be published by Players Press this fall. Crawford directed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Harvest: A Texas Trilogy, which consisted of three one-act plays, “Barren Fields,” “Squaring,” and “End of the Row.” He is a member of the TETAAO Ethics Committee, and has been chosen to judge the state One-Act Play Contest-Conference, AAA Division, in 2004.

Bill Doll (FA T, 99) has contributed a chapter to a newly published book on Paul Baker.

Ruth J. Holmes (FA M, 76) <ruth.holmes@lcu.edu> is Professor of Music at Lubbock Christian University and has performed with the Trillium Trio in chamber music recitals for the Texas Tech Museum Association and the Allegro Music Club (October and May), and, with soprano Laurie Doyle, for the Museum Association (February). In Amarillo, Lubbock, and Midland/Odessa, she ajudicated piano festivals and competitions. Her role as Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Music Teachers Association has required travel to several regional meetings. In May/June, Holmes attended the Leipzig Bach Festival, which has given impetus to related presentations in the fall for the Lubbock Music Teachers Association and the Allegro Music Club, and a lecture/recital for the Museum Association.

Associate Professor Ron Hubbard (FA T, 85) <rhubbard@uab.edu>, at the University of Alabama, was stunt coordinator for a feature “Valley of Lost Souls,” and fight choreographer for “Moon Over Buffalo” at ACTA, for equity productions of “T’Bone and Weasel” and “Private Lives,” and for “Julius Caesar” at GMT Productions. Hubbard acted in the film short “A Porcelain Doll “ and directed the film short “Banker’s Story” and a show for the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Catherine Jennings (FA A, 01) teaches at California State University in Chico (CA). During the year, she exhibited two solo shows of paintings and drawings at the Benizia Public Library in Benizia (CA) and the Humanities Center Gallery of California State University in Chico (“Marks on Place: American Landscapes”). In addition, she combined a solo show with Artist’s Talk and studio visits via the Orville J. Hanchey Art Galleries at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches (CA). Her recent work currently is on display at the College of the Siskiyous Art Gallery in Weed (CA): see http://www.csuchico.edu/~cjenning.

Promoted to the rank of full professor during the spring, Candace Keller (FA A, 01) is Chairperson of the Art Department and Curator of Art for Museum of the Llano Estacado and the Abraham Art Gallery at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview (TX). In the latter capacity, Keller organized nine exhibitions for the art gallery during the ’02-03 year, including “An American Vision: Works by Candace Keller.” Her husband Michael, LTC with the Lubbock Civil Affairs Brigade of the U.S. Army, has been serving in Iraq since February. Contact Candace at kellerc@wbu.edu.

The coordinator for the Women’s Studies Program at Texas Tech University, Esther Lichti (FA T, 86), can be contacted at esther.lichti@ttu.edu.

Dean McIntyre (FA M, 98) continues to travel extensively as a resource person for the United Methodist Church in music, worship, and the liturgical arts, giving presentations, holding training sessions, leading workshops and convocations, and working closely with local church musicians and pastors in all kinds of settings. He is involved in the development and publication of numerous print publications and electronic resources, and has begun a project of source readings in Methodist hymnody and in republication of early Methodist hymns that have not been available for use since the original publication. Recent projects have included the development and release of the first United Methodist hymnal in the Hmong language, with recent articles published by several church music and worship publications and journals. His e-mail address is music@gbod.org.

Kate Musgrove (FA T) accepted a position as chair of the Theatre Department at Columbus State University in Columbus (GA) as of Fall 2003.

Co-founder of Connecticut Performance Workshop and host of the Public Radio International program "Music from Chautauqua," Ed Simone has been named professor and co-director of the Garret Theatre at St. Bonaventure University.

Recently appointed Director of Fine Arts Division at Northwest Community College (MS), Kenneth L. Sipley (FA M, 93) is also Director of Musical Activities at First Presbyterian Church in Hernando and serves as Regional Representative for St. Andrew Presbytery in the Presbyterian Association of Musicians. Sipley can be reached at ksipley@midsouth.rr.com.

Nancy Lee (Boone) Stewart (FA A, 82): see In Memoriam Charles Stewart, above.

Roberta L. Walters (FA A, 99) enjoyed a month during the summer visiting museums and exhibitions in London, Amsterdam, and Berlin, prior to teaching as visiting faculty at Pepperdine University in Malibu (CA). In the fall, Walters begins her fifth year as Assistant Professor in Art History and Gallery Director at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches (LA).

Arden Weaver (FA T, 82) is professor and associate dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Minnesota (Duluth campus). His e-mail address is aweaver@d.umn.edu.

Cole H. Welter (FA A, 89) <welterch@jmu.edu> was elected to the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) Commission on Accreditation (2002-2005 term). He received a $50,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of James Madison University’s “Madison Digital Image Database” (MDID), and facilitated the university’s selection as a beta test site for the Mellon Foundation’s “ARTstor” Project
<http://www.artstor.org/news/fall_2003_testing.shtml>.

Working at Texas Tech University’s International Cultural Center, Lari Dianne Young (FA M, 94) is Senior Director of the K-12 Outreach Program for the Office of International Affairs. In May, she was selected as the Lubbock Avalanche Journal’s Newspapers in Education Teacher of the Month for May 2003, and will study with a group of scholars from Texas Tech in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos during 2004 on a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant. Her e-mail address is lari.young@ttu.edu.

Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor in Music at Texas Tech University, was awarded the YWCA Women of Excellence Award in Music in 2003. The Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra commissioned her A Symphony of Celebration for LYSO’s 15th anniversary and premiered it on March 9, 2003, with Dr. Eric Fried conducting. Her Galilean Galaxies for flute, bassoon, and piano received performances at the Conservatory of Music, Lynn University, in Boca Raton (FL) and at the College of Fine Arts and Humanities, University of Nebraska at Kearney (NE). Premiered also in the spring was Passages III for clarinet, cello, and piano, by the Trio Montecino at the School of Music of the University of Illinois-Urbana.

Co-editor with Deb Bert, Norman A. Bert published New One-Act Plays for Acting Students and More One-Act Plays for Acting Students, 2^nd edition (both Meriwether Press), which included his own Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor and A Play about Color, and a selection joint-authored with Madeleine Martin, Birthday Party. Bert’s Scenes from a Romance was selected for American Theatre in Higher Education’s Play Works Showcase held in New York City; his America Shows Her Colors was a contest winner for INNER VOICES Social Issues Theatre (non-student, long play category) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The Journal of Religion and Theatre (2002) 1/1, published his "Theatre is Religion," which may be accessed here , and his book review “Theatre and Holy Script by Shimon Levy” appeared in Theatre Journal 55/1 (March 2003): 184-5. In addition, Bert organized and presented a panel entitled “Religion Shapes the Actor’s Work” at ATHE’s 2003 conference. His e-mail address is norman.bert@ttu.edu.

Susan Brumfield recently lectured on "The Relevance of Kodaly in Today's Global Classroom" and presented four sessions on children's songs and games from England and Scotland at the International Kodaly Symposium in Birmingham (UK). She is Academic Director for three American Kodaly teacher education programs: The Kodaly Institute of Texas at the University of North Texas, the Westminster Choir College Kodaly Institute in Princeton (NJ) and the Kodaly Summer Institute at Portland State University in Portland (OR). Colla Voce Music has published Brumfield's choral arrangements "One Man Shall Mow My Meadow," "Love Lies Under the Old Oak Tree," and "Ton The." The Turtle Creek Chorale premiered a tenor-bass setting of her composition "The Wind" and recorded it on the chorale’s CD "Celestial." Heritage Music Press will publish her forthcoming books cum CDs "Over the Garden Wall" and "Hot Peas and Barley-O," songs and games collected in the UK during the 1950s and 60s.

“Voice-Leading Attractions: A Study of Diatonic-Seventh Chords” is a paper that Greg Bulls presented to the Texas Society of Music Theory at Texas Christian University in February. The paper deals with psychoacoustics and how we hear pitches and chords as being close or distant in a diatonic space. Bulls’ e-mail address is greg.bulls@ttu.edu.

Lora Deahl is a professor in the School of Music and can be reached at lora.deahl@ttu.edu.

Linda Donahue (FA T, 82) <linda.donahue@ttu.edu> is the Head of Arts Administration in the Department of Theatre and Dance. She taught two theatre courses to undergraduate students during the spring semester at the TTU center in Seville, Spain.

“The Choral Warm-ups of Robert Shaw,” by Pamela Elrod, was published in The Maestersinger, journal of the Association of British Choral Directors, and was selected as the initial one to be published online at www.abcd.org.uk.

Chair of Music Education Janice Killian presented an invited paper, "Director Self Report of Accommodations made for Changing Voice Boys in Choral Settings," at the 15th International Symposium for Research in Music Behavior in Chicago (April), having submitted an abbreviated version of these data to the TMEA research poster session in San Antonio (February). With Dr. Michele Henry of Baylor University, Killian designed and implemented individualized sight-reading assessment as part of both the Baylor and the Texas Tech All-State Choir Camps (July).

Professor emeritus Judson Maynard, having retired from Texas Tech in 1994 after 33 years teaching organ, theory, and so on, can be reached by e-mail at judson.maynard@verizon.net.

With Jonathan Weinberg, Aaron Meskin <aaron.meskin@ttu.edu> published “Emotions, Fiction, and Cognitive Architecture” in the British Journal of Aesthetics 43/1 (January 2003). Meskin presented “Aesthetic Testimony” to the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, in Philadelphia and, with Jonathan Cohen, presented “Photographs are not Transparent” to the American Society for Aesthetics, Pacific Division Meeting, in Pacific Grove (CA).

Steven Paxton (FA M, 81) has resigned from the School of Music in order to take up a new appointment as Director of the Contemporary Music Program at the College of Santa Fe. His e-mail address is spaxton@csf.edu.

Paul Sharpe premiered “Concertino” by Stuart Hinds, a piece for solo double bass and chamber orchestra, at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, University of North Texas, for the Texas Double Bass Symposium (October), and conducted a masterclass there. He has performed as guest artist at the Sixth Annual International Double Bass Encounter in Pirenopolis, Brazil, and at the Fairbanks (AL) Summer Arts Festival. In March, Sharpe performed Franz Schubert's “Trout Quintet” in Dallas for Chamber Music International with Paul Rosenthal, violin; Paul Coletti, viola; Nathaniel Rosen, cello; and John Nakamatsu, piano; and in May, he performed Bottesini's “Grand Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass” with John Gilbert at Anchorage and Fairbanks. Throughout the year, Paul regularly reviewed new publications and editions for Double Bassist Magazine (Orpheus Publications).

John A. Stinespring (FA A, 89) has retired from the faculty of the School of Art. Prior to this he published a review “A thing of beauty is a joy forever?” that examines D. Holt’s The search for aesthetic meaning in the visual arts: The need for the aesthetic tradition in contemporary art theory and education (Arts Education Policy Review 104/4: 38-39). An article written in 2001 has come to define a major position in debate over the social theory / visual culture approach to art education. Published in Arts Education Policy Review 102/4: 11-18, his “Preventing art education from becoming ‘a handmaiden to the social studies’” has been cited by, e.g., Peter Smith and Michelle Kamhi (loc cit. 102/4: 3-8; loc cit., 104/4: 9-12, respectively).

Organizer of the exhibition 1519/ One Reed Year: The Wonders of Aztec Mexico. Paintings by Scott & Stuart Gentling and Aztec Arts from their Collection, Carolyn Tate has edited and designed the catalogue for the exhibition that will be on view at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock from September 22 – November 15 of 2003. With the help of Landmark Arts Gallery Director Joe Arredondo, she wrote a powerpoint presentation on the topic for public school usage, and to accompany it, Tate has organized a symposium "The Aztec Capital: A Reinvention of Place and History" on October 30. In February, she presented a paper, “Ethnography as Demystification: the Case of the Were-Jaguar,” at the College Art Association annual meeting in New York.

In El Paso, a performance of the dance-band version of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue began the summer for Paul Whitfield Horn Professor William Westney. He then sojourned as artist-in-residence at the Adamant (VT) Music School, appeared in recital in Pittsburgh with operatic mezzo-soprano Mimi Lerner, and was invited back for the third time by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington (DC), to give summer workshops for young orchestral musicians. Published by Amadeus Press, Westney’s first book – The Perfect Wrong Note – appears in fall 2003.

Peggy Willis-Aarnio published a book, Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951)-Her Place in the History of Ballet and Her Impact on the Future of Classical Dance (Edwin Mellen Press). With Prima Ballerina Galina Mezentseva, she produced two educational videos, "Classical Ballet Lesson - Beginning of Advanced Level” and "Classical Ballet Lesson - End of Advanced Level.” The Saint-Petersburg Classic Ballet of Marina Medvetskaya (Saint-Petersburg, RU) premiered "Beethoven - A Classical Inspiration," a one-act ballet she choreographed to the music of the composer’s 5th Piano Concerto. It has toured America at sites including the Jackie Gleason Performing Arts Center in Miami (FL) and the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. In addition, she taught and directed her 7th International Congress for the Teaching Method of Classical Dance at the Infinity Ballet Conservatory in Apex (NC). Willis-Aarnio’s contributions during 31 years of service were honored with a performance, in May, of her choreography for "Coppelia" as staged by Sara Martwig at the Maedgen Theatre on the Texas Tech campus.

Bruce Wood presented an invited paper "Identity, Saga and Change: The Department of Music at Midwest State University " in the Social Dimensions of Music, Music Teaching and Learning symposium at the University of North Texas in April. In February, Wood also presented at the research poster session held by the Texas Music Educators’ Association in San Antonio.

Fine Arts Notes

Fine Arts Notes is the annual newsletter of the Fine Arts Doctoral Program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Texas Tech University, and is edited by Director Brian D. Steele.