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Dana School of Music alumna places in Meistersinger Competition

Dana School of Music alumna places in Meistersinger Competition

Marlina Karimi (M.M., ’22), a former student of professor of music Misook Yun, was awarded third place in the American Institute of Musical Studies’ Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria during the summer of 2022. She performed Rosalinda from the “Die Fledermaus” Act II finale.

Dana School of Music students to participate in Spectrum Brass Seminar

Dana School of Music students to participate in Spectrum Brass Seminar

Dana School of Music students Joseph Lashner and Connor Remington were selected to participate in the 2022 Spectrum Brass Seminar at the Bay View Music Festival in Petoskey, Michigan July 8 – August 15, 2022. The five-week program welcomes students from universities all over the world to learn more about the brass quintet repertoire.

Dana faculty member awarded Distinguished Professorship Award

Dana faculty member awarded Distinguished Professorship Award

Part-time Dana School of Music faculty member Yukitada Onitsuka has been announced as the recipient of a Distinguished Professorship Award for the 2021-22 academic year. His Part-Time Faculty Teaching Excellence Award will be one of three awards given to Cliffe College faculty members at an awards ceremony in May.

Dana School of Music professor awarded Research Professorship

Dana School of Music professor awarded Research Professorship

Dana School of Music professor Caroline Oltmanns has been awarded a Research Professorship from the YSU Office of Academic Affairs for the 2022-23 academic year. Her research, titled “Theme and Variations, Passacaglias and Chaconnes,” will be completed over a period six credit hours throughout the year.

Dana Brass Chamber Ensemble Performance

Dana Brass Chamber Ensemble performs Eric Ewazen’s “Frost Fire”

The Dana Brass Chamber Ensemble held a recital Thursday, December 2, 2021, where they performed Eric Ewazen’s “Frost Fire.” Student performers at the recital included Ryan Bowden, Darren Thompson, Sevérino Paredes, Brandon Hackimer, and Zak Rahal.

YSU Youth Orchestra Concert

YSU Youth Orchestra to perform concert at Stambaugh Auditorium

The YSU Youth Orchestra, comprised of Youngstown-area middle and high school students, will perform their fall concert Monday, December 6, 2021 at 7:00 PM at the Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown. Featured music will include Gioachino Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” and “Jingle Bell Rock.”

Dana School of Music professor named recipient of Distinguished Professorship Award

Dana School of Music professor named recipient of Distinguished Professorship Award

Professor of music Caroline Oltmanns has been named a recipient of a Distinguished Professorship Award for the 2020-21 academic year. Provided by YSU’s Office of Academic Affairs, Oltmanns was awarded for Excellence in Scholarship. These awards are given to YSU faculty members each academic year in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

Jazz Alumni Spotlight On . . . Greg Parnell

Jazz Alumni “Spotlight On . . .” series to feature alumnus Greg Parnell

Volume three of the Jazz Alumni “Spotlight On . . .” series will welcome YSU alumnus Greg Parnell (B.M., ‘95) for a virtual interview Friday, March 19, 2021. Parnell is currently the president of Glenn Miller Productions, Inc. and is the founder and musical director of the Orlando Jazz Orchestra.

Opera soloist Anthony Roth Costanzo to join Pipino Performing Arts Series

Opera soloist Anthony Roth Costanzo to join Pipino Performing Arts Series 

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, a headlining Metropolitan Opera soloist and Musical America’s 2019 Vocalist of the Year, will give a virtual presentation and masterclass Wednesday and Thursday, 2021 as part of the Donald P. Pipino Performing Arts Series.

Jazz Alumni’s “Spotlight On . . .” series welcomes David Perrico (B.M., ’03)

Jazz Alumni’s “Spotlight On . . .” series welcomes David Perrico (B.M., ’03)

YSU’s Jazz Alumni program welcomed Dana School of Music alumnus David Perrico (B.M., ‘03) in the virtual second installment of their “Spotlight On . . . ” series February 25, 2021. An award-winning "Best of Las Vegas" trumpeter, composer, producer, and conductor, Perrico currently serves as the frontman of his newest creation, the Pop Strings Orchestra, at Caesars Palace and The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas.