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Faculty
Chapter Adviser
Dr. Kim S. McCormick Is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She also performs with Opera Tampa, the Florida Wind Band and the Florida Flute Orchestra. Previous to her appointment at USF she taught flute at Iowa State University, and the College of Charleston, where she also served as principal flutist with the Symphony and was a frequent performer at Spoleto Festival USA and with the Savannah Symphony. She has performed at numerous festivals and conferences including the College Music Society, International Double Reed Society, International Society for Music Education, the Center for Intercultural Music at Cambridge University as well as eight appearances at the National Flute Convention. During the past few years she toured extensively, performing in Ecuador, China, South Korea and France.
As flutist with the McCormick flute/percussion duo, she has been committed to commissioning and premiering numerous new works. The recently released CD Twilight Remembered has been highly acclaimed in some of the leading audiophile journals including Fanfare, American Record Guide and Gramophone. “The McCormick Duo has carved out a unique corner for intelligent, modern music, and it is good to spend an hour in such varied, sophisticated company. Paul Ingram, Fanfare. Kim McCormick is a flutist of bountiful tonal imagination. Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone. Kim McCormick's flute playing is always supple and expressive. Peyton MacDonald, American Record Guide.
Her articles have been published in Flute Talk Magazine and the Florida Flutist Quarterly. She is Past President of the Florida Flute Association, holds a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of North Texas, and is a Yamaha Artist. Her students have been prize winners in numerous regional and national competitions including the Piccolo Young Artist and the Jazz Artist Masterclass sponsored by the National Flute Association, the Florida Flute Association Young Artist Competition and the Yamaha International Young Artist Competition.
Friend of the Arts
Dr. William Hayden Is Associate Director, and Academic Advisor for the USF School of Music. He came to USF in 1989 as an Associate Professor of Music after serving as Director of Strings and Orchestras at Houghton College, Liberty University, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He completed his Doctor of Arts (D.A.) degree in violin and orchestral conducting in 1981 at Ball State University after attending The Juilliard School from 1970 to 1976 where he earned his B.M. and M.M. degrees as a student of Dorothy DeLay, Joseph Fuchs, and Aaron Rosand in violin and William Lincer in viola. While in New York, William Hayden was Principal Violist of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra before becoming the Concertmaster of the Juilliard Philharmonia and the National Orchestra of New York. In previous summers, Dr. Hayden taught at the Csehy School of Music, George Mason University, the New England Music Camp, and the USF String Academy. He has been a guest clinician for string teachers at the Universities of Michigan, Northern Colorado, and South Carolina and has frequently conducted all-county and regional high school orchestras, including the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestra. Dr. Hayden was a recipient of the prestigious Teaching Incentive Award of Florida's State University System for his excellence in undergraduate teaching. He was also selected for the Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award at USF.
National Arts Associate
Robert McCormick Is currently Professor of Music at the University of South Florida, freelance percussionist and timpanist with Opera Tampa. Robert has worked with major conductors and artists with such organizations as the Harry Partch Ensemble, San Francisco Symphony, and the Philharmonica de las Americas, among others. He was also principal percussionist/assistant timpanist with the Florida Orchestra from 1975 to 1996. Well represented on recordings, McCormick has credits on the Arista, Bourges Prix Magisterium, Sony, GM, Continuum, Centaur, Nuema, Capstone, HoneyRock and C. Alan labels. He has authored several articles, solos, and two percussion texts: Percussion for Musicians (Warner Bros.) and 32 Duets for Percussion (G. Schirmer). Robert also performs with the McCormick Duo, a flute/percussion duo that has received high critical acclaim in leading journals such as Gramophone, Fanfare and American Record Guide. A noted teacher, many of his students have developed highly successful careers. As a conductor, Robert has brought the USF Percussion Ensemble to the attention of composers and musicians from around the world through its' many recordings and first performances. McCormick also is an artist-clinician for Encore Mallets, Zildjian Cymbals and Grover Pro Percussion, which has honored him with a signature drumstick. As a freelance percussionist, McCormick often backs up well-known artists that have included Johnny Mathis, George Shearing, Moody Blues, Tiny Tim, Brian Wilson, Petula Clark, Irish Tenors etc. Bob was also the solo snare drummer on the Whitney Houston recording of the National Anthem.
Dr. Robert Summer Is a professor of music in choral conducting at USF, holds degrees from Susquehanna University and Indiana University where he studied with Fiora Contino and Julius Herford. For 25 years, he served as Director of Choral Activities at USF, conducted the university choirs and was the founder/director of USF's popular Madrigal Dinners. He presently teaches conducting on the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as the course, Introduction to Music Literature, for music majors. Dr. Summer is founder and former director of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, and has prepared many choruses for conductors including Irwin Hoffman, Jahja Ling, Julius Rudel, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Neville Marriner, and Robert Shaw. The Master Chorale and USF Chamber Singers were invited by Shaw to participate in performances and a recording on Telarc Records of the Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the Atlanta Symphony and Chorus in 1991. Dr. Summer has been a guest conductor of The Florida Orchestra on a regular basis, having conducted performances of Orff's Carmina Burana, Verdi's Requiem, the Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Bach's Mass in B Minor, and other major choral/orchestral masterworks. In 1990 he had a Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and several choirs from throughout the United States in Schubert's Mass in G Major. The Master Chorale and the USF Chamber Singers under his direction, joined Sir David Willcocks and The London Bach Choir in June 1996 for a performance of the Berlioz Requiem in Westminster Cathedral, London, as well as in a concert of American and English music at King's College Chapel in Cambridge. Among Dr. Summer's past awards is the 1987 Helen D. Roberts Cultural Award for his contribution to the cultural activity in the St. Petersburg area. In 1989 the Hillsborough County Arts Council designated Dr. Summer as "Individual Artist for 1989" in recognition of his work with the Master Chorale, and in 1998 the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners presented him with the "Favorite Sons and Daughters Award." Additionally, Dr. Summer was presented with an "Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award" (TIP) in 1991 by the University of South Florida, and awarded a "Professor Excellence Award" (PEP) in 1998. In 1993 he was given the Wayne Hugaboom Distinguished Service Award by the Florida Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. Dr. Summer has served as president of the state ACDA, conducted the Florida All-State choruses, and established a Florida Intercollegiate Choral Festival in 1989.
Dr. William Wiedrich Is associate professor of conducting at USF, where he conducts the Symphony Orchestra. He heads the graduate program in conducting, and teaches conducting privately throughout the state of Florida where he is often engaged as a guest conductor and clinician. Prior to his appointment at Tampa, Dr. Wiedrich held faculty conducting positions at East Carolina University, Michigan State University, and visiting professor and conductor at the University of Michigan, where he later earned his doctorate. His teachers include Gustav Meier, H. Robert Reynolds, and Larry Rachleff, as well as with Gunther Schuller at The Festival at Sandpoint. He also attended the conducting seminar at the Tanglewood. He is a member of the board of directors of "Quorum," a professional contemporary music ensemble, and is a founding member of "Newmusic Tampa," a similar ensemble actively performing in the Tampa Bay area. A published composer and arranger, Dr. Wiedrich is in demand as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States. He is active in commissioning works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and wind ensemble. Groups with whom he has collaborated with have consistently received praise for their sensitive performances.
Faculty
Dr. Liana Valente Has been a proud member of Sigma Alpha Iota since 1990 when she was initiated as a graduate student into Gamma Rho Chapter at the University of Tennessee. She served as Sergeant-at-arms for the chapter and received the Sword of Honor during her final semester at UT. Active in the Knoxville Alumnae chapter until 2001, Liana is again a member-at-large, now living in Central Florida with her husband, Michael Shook. When the executive board originally created the Distinguished Membership committees she served as a member of the National Arts Associate committee; she was asked to serve as chair of the Honorary Membership committee and currently holds that position.
As a performing artist Dr. Valente has appeared on stage and in concert throughout the United States and in parts of Europe and has been a performer and presenter at two SAI National Conventions. While still a performer of traditional soubrette and lyric soprano opera and oratorio, she has built a reputation as a specialist in the performance of contemporary music, commissioning and premiering a number of works each year. Recent premieres have included works by Colorado composer Dr. Timothy Brown, Dr. Marty Regan, and Dr. John Valerio. Through membership in the Knoxville, TN Alumna chapter Dr. Valente met SAI sister Judy Ross whose Fanfare for Three Trumpets has opened five SAI National Conventions. She and Judy have collaborated on a number of performances and in 2005 Judy’s song cycle, My Soul Cries Out, was commissioned and premiered.
Dr. Valente holds degrees from SUNY @ Fredonia (BM), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (MM), and the University of South Carolina, Columbia (DMA); she also holds certification in K-12 General/Choral Music Education from NY State and certification in the performance and teaching of Contemporary Commercial Music/Musical Theater, from Shenandoah University. She currently serves on the Music Faculties at the University of South Florida in Tampa and the Harrison School for the Arts in Lakeland, Florida.
Anne Hawkins (retired) Is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Theory at the University of South Florida and a member of the tenured faculty since 1979. Professional education includes B.A. degree, Fisk University, M.A. degree, University of South Florida and post graduate studies, Northwestern University. In 1988, 1990 and 1995 received three outstanding teaching awards and a university grant for pedagogical research. Professional activities have focused primarily in the areas of music theory pedagogy and reductive analytical techniques. Most recent papers delivered at national music theory conferences of the Society of Music Theory have included "Pedagogical Alternatives in Music Theory", UNC-Chapel Hill, 1993, "Diversity in Theory Pedagogy", Baton Rouge, 1996 and "Comparative Techniques of Analyses", Phoenix, 1997. On January 28, 1999 a paper was presented at the International Conference on Technological Directions in Music Learning, "Developing Aural Skills with a Web-Based Component". The paper has been published in the annual proceedings by the Institute for Music Research, University of Texas at San Antonio.
Averill Summer Is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, where she received the master and doctor of music degrees with high distinction, and the University of South Florida, where she received the bachelor of arts in music. Her teachers at Indiana were Sidney Foster and Menahem Presler of the Beaux Arts Trio. She has served on the music faculties of Bucknell and Susquehanna Universities in Pennsylvania, and taught as a graduate fellow at Indiana University. In addition to teaching applied piano at USF, Dr. Summer appears frequently as soloist and in chamber music concerts, and her performances are featured on WUSF-TV's In Concert series. She often adjudicates at state and local FSMTA and FVA piano competitions, and is the founding director of the Tampa Bay Children's Chorus, a community group for children ages 8 through 16.
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