| picture of the chapter with Dr. Birr |
Fall 2003 - Epsilon chapter initiates Dr. Diane
Birr as a Patroness
Dr. Birr
earned a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, a M.M.
from Indiana University and her D.M.A from the Eastman School of Music.
Her teaching career includes Ithaca College and the University of Northern
Iowa.
Dr. Birr is the official accompanist for Music
Teachers National Association national competitions, the International
Brass Congress, and the International Horn Society Workshop. She has been
a recording artist with Liscio, Crystal Records, and Houston Publishing.
She is also President-elect for New York state Music Teachers Association.
Read more about Dr. Diane Birr |
Top:
Shana, Klenda, Allison, Melanie, Jaime
Bottom: Laura, Dr. Charis
Dimaras, Alison (kneeling) |
Spring 2003 - Epsilon chapter initiates Dr.
Charis Dimaras as a Friend of the Arts
Dr. Dimaras earned a DipRCM from the Royal
College of Music in London, a M.M. from the Juiliard School, and a D.M.A.
from the Manhattan School of Music. In addition, he has also received a
Soloist's Diploma from the Contemporary School of Music in Athens. In
addition to Ithaca College, his teaching career includes the University of
Miami summer program in Saltzburg, the Royal College of Music, the
Ethnikon National Conservatory in Athens, and private piano and vocal
coaching in London and in New York.
Dr. Dimaras has
been the winner of Conferenza Musicale Mediterranea, the Palmo d'Oro
International Chamber Music Competition, and was a national finalist in
the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition. He is also a recipient of
the International Richard Wagner Foundation Scholarship Award and the
Artists International Distinguished Artists Award.
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more about Dr. Charis Dimaras |
| picture of sisters bowing to Jen |
Spring 2002 - Epsilon Sister Earns National
College Leadership Award!
Jennifer Dearden, member
since 1998, was awarded the 2001 National College Leadership award. We are
so proud! |
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Fall 2001 - Epsilon Chapter
initiates Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer as a National Arts Associate
Dr. Boyer earned his Bachelor's degree
in Music from Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida (initiated
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia), and furthered his study of music by earning the
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Eastman School of Music of the University
of Rochester.
In addition to performing, Boyer has
published over 40 articles in such journals as Music Educators Journal,
The Black Perspective in Music, and the Black Music Research Journal. He
served as advisor on gospel music to the New Grove Dictionary of American
Music (1986), to which he contributed 45 biographical entries and an
analytical essay on black American gospel musicians.
Boyer is listed in the Biographical Dictionary
of Afro-American and African Musicians, as well as International
Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory. The recipient of a
Ford Foundation Fellowship, he serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of
the journal Rejoice, the Advisory Board of the Center for Southern
Culture at the University of Mississippi, Board of Directors of the
National Council for the Traditional Arts of Washington, D.C., and as a
consultant for the Smithsonian Institution.
Read more about Dr. Horace Clarence
Boyer |
