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Faculty Headlines
Performances, service, and innovative teaching
- Dr. Chad Payton (voice) received one of twelve national internship awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing organization. As one of the selected interns, Dr. Payton will spend ten days at The Ohio State University this summer, and will be paired with a master teacher to critique his voice teaching and work with several voice students. He offered, “I am thrilled to have this opportunity to improve my own teaching to better the instruction our students receive here at Delta State University! Several of my own teaching mentors are alumni of the NATS Intern Program, so it is certainly an honor to be among that list of pedagogues.â€
- Dr. Bret Pimentel (woodwinds) plerformed as a clarinet and saxophone soloist with the North Mississippi Symphony Big Band for a December concert featuring Duke Ellington’s jazz version of the Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.
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Alumni News
- Vicki Blaylock (BME 1982) was recently selected as the 2013 Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher of the Year at East Central Community College in Decatur, where she is the choral/vocal music instructor and also serves as Chairperson of the Division of Fine Arts. Blaylock joined the ECCC faculty in 2000 and has 31 years experience in music education. She has taught keyboard, voice and music education courses and currently serves as director of the Concert Choir and Ac'cents show choir. She was recently elected president of the Mississippi Community and Junior College Choral Association. Blaylock received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Delta State University and the master’s degree in music education from Mississippi College. She also has completed Kodaly Level I Certification. [source]
- David Stafford (BME 2013) is the assistant band director in Carthage, MS, where he also teach General Music and jazz band.
Please send alumni updates to music@deltastate.edu.
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Calling All Alumni!
The DSU Department of Music Alumnus/a of the Year Award
Now Accepting Nominations
If you are a graduate of Delta State University, we invite you to make nominations for the DSU Department of Music Alumnus/a of the Year Award. Nominees for the award must be graduates of the DSU Department of Music and display excellence in the field of music. To make a nomination please go the Department of Music website and follow the link to “Alumni News†to view selection criteria and download the nomination form. Forms may be submitted electronically to dmark@deltastate.edu, or by regular mail to:
Dr. Douglas Mark
Delta State University
Department of Music
Box 3256
Cleveland, MS 38733
All nomination forms must be received or postmarked by March 15, 2014.
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Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Ogle
During the summer of 2013, DSU senior music education major Elizabeth Ogle traveled to 10 different states from Minnesota to Alabama as a member of the Music City Drum and Bugle Corps.
Elizabeth wrote: "I woke up every morning at 7:00 am, sometimes earlier, and did not go to sleep until 11:00 pm, sometimes later. I slept on the floor of gyms, classrooms, and auditoriums with about 150 other people and traveled by bus. I was in the sun for about 12 hours a day, shared a bathroom and shower with those 150 people, and ate my meals on paper plates in the grass or on the sidewalk. I can honestly say I will never forget the experiences I shared with those 150 people I now consider family.
"Music City had their best season since the corps' start in 2009. We placed 5th in Open Class finals, and performed as one of the top 25 corps in the world at World Class Semi Finals. We performed our show, Postcards from Havana, to audiences numbering in the thousands!
"I cannot even begin to describe the many things I learned through drum corps about color guard, music, teaching, and myself. Music City gave me the opportunity to meet other students from around the country and Canada who are interested in music education and share the same passion as I for color guard and music."
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