Music Faculty Fall Activities

Mr. Isaac Bell
July Featured on electronic/acoustic piano and trombone for recently released CD recording entitled “On My Way”, by Bernard Ghivan and Zandra Boswell.
August 30 Solo pianist for the ASU Black and Gold Standard Reception. Tallahassee, Florida.
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer
November 19 Clinician, Baldwin Magnet Middle School. Montgomery, AL.

Dr. Walter Bragg
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer
October 9 Tribute to Dr. David Bowman, Performer.
December 7 ASU University Choirs and Frederick Douglass Hall Community Choir, accompanist

Dr. Caterina Bristol
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer.
September College Music Society National Conference. Community Engagement Presentation. "The Influence of the Negro Spiritual." Atlanta, GA.
September College Music Society National Conference. "Fifty for Fifty." Performer, Wiregrass Trio. Atlanta, GA
October Concerts at the Studio. Wiregrass Trio. Troy, AL.
November National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting. Participant. Seattle, WA
November National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting. Panelist. Historically Black Institutions Forum: The Challenge of Recruiting Doctorate Degree-Holding Minority Faculty. Seattle, WA.
December Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Annual Meeting; San Antonio, TX; participant

Dr. Doug Bristol
August Completed transcription of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 (1st mvmt.) for trombone quartet.
August 26 Performance with brass quintet at Samford University.
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer
October 26 Performance at Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Aug-Oct Composed Conversation for Trombone and Timpani. Commissioned composition.
November Review of Fantasy for Euphonium and Orchestra. ITEA Journal, Vol. 36 No. 1, p. 92.
Oct 27–Dec 24 A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
November 6 Performance and clinic at ASU with the trombone quartet, Quatuor du Sud.
Dec 5 and 7 Performances with the Montgomery Chorale.
December 21 Performance at Memorial Presbyterian Church.
December 21 Performance at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Pamela T. Burns
August National Association of Negro Musicians Annual Meeting. Memphis, TN. Presenter.
September College Music Society National Conference. Community Engagement Presentation. "The Influence of the Negro Spiritual." Atlanta, GA.

Mr. Danny Davis
December Christian Education Conference, Nashville, TN. Course: Alternative Teacher Certification

Mrs. Jamecca Hare-Tanner
August 11-15 Gospel Music Workshop of American, Participant. Nashville, TN.
October 6 Alabama National Fair Music Festival, Bellingrath Junior High Chorus. Superior Rating
November 3 National Peanut Festival Choral Competition, Bellingrath Junior High Chorus. Excellent Rating. Dothan, AL.
December 18 Christmas Musical, Bellingrath Junior High Chorus. Montgomery, AL.

Dr. Gregory Jackson
July-August West Side Story: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer
September 27 Florida Day of Percussion, Clinician
October 12 Westminster Presbyterian Church World Day, Performer


Dr. Carly Johnson
July-August West Side Story: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
September St. John's Episcopal Church, performance
September Church of the Ascension, performance
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer
October American Guild of Organists Concert, performance
October Trinity Presbyterian Church, performance
November St. John's Episcopal Church, performance
November A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Dr. Joel Jones
July-August West Side Story: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer
November A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Brenda Luchsinger
2008-2009 Macon Symphony Orchestra. Third horn. Macon, GA.
Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. Section horn. Tuscaloosa, AL.
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. Substitute. Huntsville, AL.
Meridian Symphony Orchestra. Substitute. Meridian, MS.
Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Substitute. Columbus, GA.
Jan 2009 Southeast Horn Workshop. Performer. Western Carolina University.

Katrina Phillips
2008-2009 Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, 2008-2009 Season; Clarinetist/Performer.
Academic Research, Continued Research on Danish composers and their music for my thesis entitled, "The Influence of Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto on the Clarinet Concertos of Jorgen Bentzon and Herman D. Koppel."
September 9 Alabama State University Faculty Gala, Performer
November 14 Concerts at the Studio; Troy, AL; Clarinetist/Performer.


Damion Womack
2008-2009 President, Alabama Vocal Association

Music Faculty at NASM

Interim Chair of the Department of Music, Dr. Caterina Bristol, was a presenter at the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools of Music on November 23, 2008. Dr. Bristol presented on the topic "Recruiting and Retaining Minority Faculty Members."

Music Faculty and Shakespeare

Music faculty members Drs. Carly Johson, Doug Bristol, Joel Jones, Caterina Bristol and student Lauren Griffin are busy sharing their mucial talents with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of "A Christmas Carol."

Dr. Doug Bristol's composition reviewed

Dr. Doug Bristol's Fantasy for Euphonium and Orchestra was recently performed at the International Tuba and Euphonium Association Conference at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. The performance was reviewed by Jerry Young (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) in the Fall 2008 ITEA journal. Below are the highlights of that review:

"Every serious euphonium player should find this work and study it."

". . no audience exists that would not fall in love with this work."

"It is a major work that I hope to see on concert programs with major orchestras."

". . a very special and worthwhile artistic production."