VOL 3 NO. 1 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT M~NOAIDEPARTMENT OF MUSIC FALL 1984

Dorothy M. Kahananui APRIL 1,1895 -JANUARY 7,1984

Dorothy M. Kahananui had twin lodestars. First was her faith in God. It was the source of her strength, courage, and independence. The other lodestar was her belief that one should live a purposeful life. Her talent decreed that her life would be devoted to teaching-first as an elementary teacher, then as a teacher of music at the Territorial Normal and Training School, which eventually became the College of Education of the University of Hawaii.

Mrs. Kahananui's dedication to the cause of music education was service enough for any one lifetime. Besides teaching courses for prospective and in-service teachers and supervising student teaching of music, she taught music history successfully, conducted a non-credit glee club for about 20 years, composed numerous children's songs for the Hawaiian edition of Silver Burdett's Music Hour, conducted twice weekly music lessons via radio for Hawai'i's public schools for several years, co-founded and was president of the Hawai'i Music Educators Association. For a number of years in the 1930's she was the Universivs only music instructor. She retired from the University in 1960 and was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus.

wished to exclude their offspring from the conversation), and because their first church was one in which the Hawaiian language was used, they assumed their mother's venture into the teaching of the language was "a natural." Her insistence that it was difficult surprised them. In her home more English was spoken and it was the language of her first 47 years of teaching. When Harold Kent, then president of the Kamehameha Schools, invited her to teach Hawaiian there and to write the textbook to be used, she told him she had serious limitations. She could converse on a

In 1961. Mrs. Kahananui began a new career as a teacher of Hawaiian language. Her family learned only recently something of the dimensions of courage, determination, and hard work this endeavor entailed. Because their parents occasionally conversed in Hawaiian (when they

Presser Scholarship

is still in use at Kamehameha and about to undergo revision), and started the adventure into language teaching a few years at Kamehameha, she moved back to the University to teach Hawaiian and wrote a text with Alberta Anthony. After age 70 she taught privately. (continued on page 8)

The prestigious Presser Foundation has awarded the Music Department one of its continuing scholarships. Under the terms of the award, the amount given to a music unit must be matched by the institution or a support group. The Founders' Committee of FM-AM was happy to match the $500 Presser Foundation offer, which now enables the Department to award an annual $1000 scholarship.

simple level, but not on the esoteric level of kaona. She worried about her limited vocabulary and those questions students might ask for which she would have no answers. Kent suggested that if she faltered, she should get up, dust off her knees and keep going. Grateful for his encouragement and confidence, she went to work. She took a course in the teaching of foreign languages, audited a linguistics

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII U-

The Presser Scholarship is made to an outstanding student majoring in music, following the end of the student's junior year, and is paid at the beginning of the senior year. Each grantee is called the Presser Scholar. The scholarship is a reward for excellence and is intended to help the student pursue an active career in music.

course; studied many language textbooks, dredged from her memory long-dormant wisps of conversation absorbed during childhood, adolescence and early teaching experi- ences in communities of Hawaiian speakers like Ktiloa,

.I HHna, Kaupti, Miloli'i and Mokule'ia, wrote the book (which i Stella Lee, a pianist in the Bachelor of Arts degree program, was chosen by the Department's Scholarship Committee to be the first Presser Scholar. Dr. Fujio Matsuda, president of the University of Hawaii, presented the certificate to Stella at the Music Department's Honors Convocation last May.

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAG

Honors Convocation this past May was a special occasion because of the installation of our UHM chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the Presser Foundation Scholarship, the new scholarships awarded in memory of Geoffrey Lloyd, Bill Pfeiffer, and one given by Ellen Masaki. Since Convocation was to be rather notable, it seemed like a good time to have a reunion of former chairmen and emeriti professors. Our Department is unusual in that all of the former chairmen are still active. Unfortunately, Dick Vine could not attend because he and his wife were moving from Florida to Wisconsin that same week. Shigeru and Grace Hotoke, Floyd Uchima, Dick Lum and other alums from the 1950's got together and offered to fly the Vines to Honolulu, but the moving-date conflict could not be resolved. Dorothy K. Gillett, Marian Kerr, Barbara B. Smith, Floyd Uchima and Raymond Vaught, all retired but in robust health, made the reunion something special. It was good to see those who gave so much of themselves in the building of the international reputation of the Department.

May 10th was also the final appearance of President Fujio Matsuda at a Music Department event in his role as President of the University of Hawaii. Over the past ten years, he and Amy have been unselfish with their time when it came to attending our concerts and social events. Two of the Matsuda's sons were students in the Department. Then in late May the Concert Choir sang at "Fudge's" Aloha Banquet at the Ilikai Hotel. At the end of the performance, the President and Amy made their way from their table to the choir to shake hands and thank each student. As always, the Matsuda's were gracious people - warm hearted and affectionate.

Several years ago when the Department was exploring the possibility of founding a Friends group, I asked advice from several professionals who had had extensive experience in arts support groups. Some of the best counsel I got was from Russell Cades, an old friend of the Department. His suggestion was that a Founders' Committee be established to launch our support organization. Then after the group was on solid footing, the Founders' should move toward a more formal structure. It was excellent advice, for Friends of Music at MInoa has prospered and grown.

This fall FM-AM makes the transition into this second stage of its development. Very often the easy part is the act of establishing a new organization, although it takes a heck of a lot of hard work. The tough job is sustaining the enthusiasm and support level for many years in the future among alums and community members. Therefore, the Founders' Committee and I hope that all of you will continue to participate in FM-AM and support our efforts. The necessity of a strong Friends group is apparent and vital to the future of the Department.

ROBERT S. HINES

STUDENT NEWS

The highlight of every Spring semester is Graduation Day. This is a time for joy, for reflection, and for anticipation of future careers. Many of our graduating seniors have chosen to continue their education by entering advanced degree programs. Among the students that will be attending graduate schools on the mainland next year are Sean Thibadeaux (B.M. composition), who has received a scholarship from Boston University, Daryl Akamichi (B.M. clarinet), who will attend the University of Southern California, Kevin Sereno (B.M. guitar), who will be studying at Arizona State, Carmen Okimoto (B.M. flute), who has decided to go to Eastman, and Susan Ochi (B.M. oboe), who will attend Northwestern University. The Manhattan School of Music will be fortunate to have two of our graduating seniors, Wah-Yeun Mok (B.M. voice) and Shu-Ching Lin (B.M. piano). Good luck to you and to all our graduates.

Two students in our Department have recently received wide recognition. Carmen Okimoto won the Southwestern Division Competition of the Music Teachers National Association held in Los Angeles last January, and, for those of you who missed the program on television, Cheryl Bartlett (B.M. voice) finished as the second runner-up in this year's Miss Hawaii Pageant. Naturally she finished first in the talent competition. Tracy Dullea was chosen to represent Hawaii at the National Congress of Strings held this summer in Cincinatti. She is a double-bass student of Mark Kuraya.

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FACULTY NEWS The Music Department from our ranks this Fall are seven full-time faculty members and a number of lecturers. Perhaps the most conspicuous absentee is the Department Chairman, Robert S. Hines. During the Fall Semester, Bob will serve as Acting Dean of - Arts and Humanities, filling in for Rex Wade, who is helping out Albert Simone, who is filling in for President Matsuda. Completing this round of "Musical Chairs," Armand Russell has agreed to assume the duties as Department Chairman. Although Bob's departure means the loss of an able admin- istrator and the moving force behind FM-AM, we are cheered by the prospect of having another friendly Dean. Best wishes to you, Dean Hines, in your new position.

The other six departing full-time faculty members will be scattered to different areas of the globe. Allen Trubitt will spend his sabbatical in Japan, where he will study 20th- century music and composition. Hardja Susilo will be going to Java to do research. On the mainland, UHM faculty will be active coast to coast. Alan Bowers will be studying and teaching in New York, and Roger Hickman will be teaching at U.C. Irvine and Richard Trimillos at U.C. Santa Cruz in California. Not to leave out the mid-mainland, Judy Van Zile will be writing a book in Ann Arbor. Among the lecturers who will be on leave, Ho'oulu Cambra and Gayathri Kassebaum are furthering their education. Gayathri will be pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.

The loss of our friends and colleagues will be more than compensated by the arrival of an impressive group of teachers. Richard Estes, a tenor, has studied at Juilliard and has performed in a remarkable number of operas. Look for his recital in our Fall concert series. Teaching Dance Ethnology will be Carol Page, who has a MFA from Florida State U.

and has been quite active as a choreographer in New York. Edward Kalahiki, a local performer, will be teaching Hawaiian Chant. And, two of our alumni will be helping out; Don Conover (MA Music Ed., 1974) will teach Music Theory, and Byron Moon (BA Ethno, 1976) will lead the Javanese Gamelan ensemble.

Returning from a one-year sabbatical leave in Korea is Byong Won Lee. Dr. Lee lectured at several Korean universities and did research. He has been asked by UNESCO to write a book on Korean music. Ricardo Trimillos, our traveling ethnomusicolist, went on a lecture tour of East and West Germany in the Spring, and during the summer he gave keynote addresses at the American Dance Festival in Durham, N.C. and at the International Society for Music Education in Eugene Oregon. The traveling musicologist, Roger Hickman, read a paper for the Smetana Centennial Conference held in San Diego last March.

Professors Neil McKay, Armand Russell, and Allen Trubitt have again been awarded ASCAP awards for their excel- lence in composing. Byron Yasui's Four Pieces for Four Double Basses received honorable mention in the 1984 Double Bass Composition Contest. Dr. McKay and his wife Marian have received news that their textbook for an introduction to music course has been scheduled for publication next year. Also accepted for publication are 10 choral editions and arrange- ments by Robert S. Hines.

Edward Shipwright returns to the Department this fall after a sabbatical in which he lived and studied in New York City and traveled for engagements in Maryland and Michigan. Earlier last spring. John Mount sang several roles in Hawaii Opera Theatre productions. Our own Beebe Freitas has been doing a great job as the guiding force behind the successful HOT seasons the past few years.

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ALUMNI NEW Joseph McAlister retired last year from the Alaska public schools, and is currently teaching music appreciation, voice and chorus at the Matanuska-Susita Community College in Palmer and serving as president of the Alaska Music Educators Association. In the summer of 1984 Joe is moving to Honolulu.

Christine Fritchel was married at Christmas time-new name Djalleta. She is working at Schmitt Music in Minneapolis, director of music at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, while her husband operates an Ethiopian restaurant in St. Paul.

Anne Dismukes Anderson is teaching at North Georgia

College, directing a recorder group and performing programs for school children. Anne writes that her introduction to the recorder was in our UH Collegium Musicum.

Kip Irvine, after finishing his doctorate in composition at the University of Miami, accepted a position as assistant professor of data processing at Miami-Dade Community College. He is also busy writing commodities software for the IBM-PC. He and his wife, Cecilia Wooi, have a son, David.

Robert and Catherine Gjerdingen wrote to bring us up to date on their activities. Our report on them in our last issue was, it seems, pure fiction, so here is a correction. Bob com- pleted his doctoral work this spring at the University of Pennsylvania, and he has been hired as an assistant professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota for next year. Catherine will teach an ethnomusicology course. For the past two years she has been a manuscript editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Benjamin Wong, back in Hong Kong after completing his masters at Peabody Conservatory, is auditioning for the post of assistant conductor of the Hong Kong Symphony.

Joyce Andrews has been building a career as a lyric soprano on the East coast. She has performed at the Chautauqua Festival and at the Library and Museum of Pel Arts in New York's Lincoln Center.

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LL- 11-:-- Allan Ho is completing his doctoral studies at ~ I I C u~llversity of Kentucky. His discography Music for Piano I itra: The Recorded Repertory is to be published. A re1 wo volumes of Liszt's opera transcriptions was pub~lsnea m Music Library Association Notes in June 1984.

Don Slepian has been sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture for a week of performances of his electronic works at the Pompidou Center in Paris. He keeps busy producing computerized special musical effects for television.

Ruth Bingham has been accepted into the Ph. Cornell University and given a scholarship. Hur remain in California where he is directing a H band. That should make quite a phone bill!

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Susan Bowman has returned from a trip to Englana ana 1s now working full-time in Colorado.

Honor Society Installed During the Department's annual Honors Convocation on May 10, faculty and students participated in the installation of the Epsilon Upsilon Chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national honor society for men and women music majors. Pi Kappa Lambda was organized in 1918 at Northwestern University to encourage recognition of the highest level of musical achievement and academic scholarship. For musicians it is the equivalent of Phi Betta Kappa.

Dr. Wilbur D. Fullbright of Boston University, former PKL president and member of the national board, traveled to Hawaii for the installation. As part of the ceremony, Dr. Fullbright presented the charter of Epsilon Upsilon Chapter to Chancellor Marvin J. Anderson, representing the University of Hawaii at MBnoa, who in turn presented it to Chairman Robert S. Hines.

Department faculty members who petitioned the national office of Pi Kappa Lambda to establish a chapter at UHM were Dale E. Hall, Roger Hickman, Robert S. Hines, Paul Lyddon, John W. Mount, and Ricardo D. Trimillos. Also joining the society were faculty members Charles Brotman,

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CHAMBER SINGERS COLLEGIUM MUSICUM

Add to the joy of your holiday season with Christmas MUSK for an Elizabethan, a digital cassette recording featuring the Chamber Singers, Collegium Musicum, faculty and student soloists performing Renaissance music heard at the annual Christmas Madrigal Dinner. To receive a recording send a check for $8.50 to: Christmas Music Recording, UH Music Department, 2411 Dole St., Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.

1984 FALL CONCERTS

Faculty Recitals November 26/Monday

October 15/Monday UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

HENRY MIYAMURA, clarinetist LaVar Krantz, Conductor

October 21/Sunday December 10/Monday

JOHN MOUNT, bass UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Henry Miyamura, Conductor

October 29/Monday Neal Blaisdell Center RICHARD ESTES, tenor **November 30/Friday November 5/Monday December l/Saturday PAUL LYDDON, pianist December 7-8/Friday-Saturday

CHRISTMAS MADRIGAL DINNER CHAMBER SINGERS, COLLEGIUM MUSICUM, DANCERS Campus Center Ballroom

*October 20/Saturday PRAGUE STRING QUARTET

*November 9/Friday LOS ANGELES PIANO QUARTET *Honolulu Chamber Music Series

for ticket informaticn call 948-8242 November 11-12/Sunday-Monday OPERA WORKSHOP **Tickets on sale October 1, 1984.

John Mount, Director Call 948-8175 to request order form.

November 19/Monday UNIVERSITY CHORUSES All events in Mae Zenke Orvis Auditorium 8:00 P.M.

unless noted. General Admission - $2.00 - Students Douglas Engelhardt, Conductor and Senior Citizens - $1.00 - except where indicated St. Andreds Cathedral otherwise.

ALUMNI NEWS FORM

If you are an alumnus, whether you graduated or 2411 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822. If you know not, please take a moment to fill out this form and other alums, please send us their addresses so that mail it to Music At MHnoa, UH Music Department, they can be contacted.

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FM-AM News We are delighted to announce the recipients not only of our two FM-AM scholarships, but also of four new scholarships this year. Peggy Rongitsch, BM piano, and Eileen Kajiwar, B.Ed. clarinet, have maintained the highest grade-point average in the Department and will receive the FM-AM awards. The first Ellen Masaki School of Music Scholarship goes to Kiyono Bernier, a piano major from Leilehua High School. David Anderson, BM voice, and Michael Casupang, B.Ed. voice, will receive the first Geoffrey Lloyd Scholarship and the first William R. Pfeiffer Scholarship respectively. The first Presser Scholarship/FM-AM was awarded to Stella Lee, BA piano.

FM-AM has recently received several outstanding gifts. Mr. Mack Masuda donated a Ludwig Aschauer, Mittenwald violin worth over $2000. A new double bass costing $1450 was given by the UH Women's Campus Club. Hundreds of records from the collection of Dr. Edward Langhans, Chairman of the Drama and Theatre Department, as well as some fine old recordings from Mrs. Tandy MacKenzie, will find good service in the Department's Listening Room.

Our appreciation is also extended to all of you who helped make the Gregg Smith Singers concert a success. The Singers provided us with a wonderful musical experience and a small profit as well.

Early in the Fall semester, a special meeting will be held for all FM-AM members. The get-together will give us the opportunity to meet with each other, to share views about the organization, and to elect members for the FM-AM board. The date and place of the meeting will be announced; please attend if you are able.

Among the items for discussion will be the current financial status of FM-AM. A brief summary of our finances follow, and you may want to acquaint yourself with the figures before attending the meeting. Not included in the summary are the

non-monetary gifts described above. Most of our income comes from special contributions. The modest FM-AM membership fees barely cover the costs of producing and mailing this newsletter. Many members are donating their time and talents. We need this help, but if you don't have the time or live a distance from Hawaii, please consider sending a special contribution. We need your support.

SUMMARY OF FINANCES FOR 1983-4

Balance as of 6/30/83 $ 2,148.22 Income 4,158.35 Expenses <3,335.01>

Balance

SUMMARY OF 1983-4 EXPENDITURES

Transferred to FM-AM Endowment Mailing: Music at MLnoa Four FM-AM scholarships

Total

SUMMARY OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

FM-AM Endowment FM-AM Contributions Barry Manilow Concert Arthur OMS Foundation Other Gifts

Total Interest

Balance $10,164.24

Geoffrey Lloyd Scholarship Fund: $ 2,760.00 William Pfeiffer Scholarship Fund: $ 1,493.00

Joel Trapido Susan Bowman Ronald Hill Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Hines Kimiko Ohtani Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Vetter Mr. and Mrs. Donald Almy Laura Loftus Kenneth lshida Carol Plowman Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Pena Mamom Yamasaki Dr. and Mrs. John B. Thompson

CONTRIBUTORS TO FM-AM SINCE JANUARY 1984

Mitsue Stout June R. Offer Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Chun Sister Grace Jose-Capellas Lyle E. Nelson Marian J. Kerr Christopher Klein Clara Richards Mr. and Mrs. Kazys Zvironas Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Englehardt Madeline Alderich Janet Albright Lynette Tokashiki

Christine Andrews Florence Aptekar Harriette Duncan Maxwell J. Fry Carol A. Jenkins William Beckett Don Slepian Russell Yamada David W. Flood John D. Neptune Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bingham Dr. Ann B. Catts Robert Gjerdingen

Lily Sun Wong Christine Oliver Joseph McAlister Roger Hickman Linden Teramoto B.J. Greathouse Dr. and Mrs. Michael Harada Dr. and Mrs. William Bolman Colin Waller Cheryl Bartlett Phyllis Hammel Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kemble Ellen Masaki

Those invited by the faculty committee to become members new mernber;will be inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda at were selected on the basis of cumulative grade point averages Honors Convocation in May.

I HONOR SOCIETY (coi l t i t~urd)

Gary Danchenka, Douglas Engelhardt, Jane Moulin, and Allen Trubitt. Officers of Epsilon Upsilon Chapter are John W. Mount, president, Dale E. Hall, vice-president, and Robert S. Hines, secretary-treasurer.

Pi Kappa Lambda Inductees: (Left to right) Sean Thibadeaux, Royce Tanouye, lennifer Stasack, Michael Overly, S h u - C h i y Lln, Patricia Douxherty, Sandra Davis, C a t h e r ~ ~ ~ e Carlisle, and C h e y l Barfletf.

in all subjects: 3.8 for graduate students, 3.6 for seniors. The first inductees into the society are Cheryl Bartlett, Ruth gingham, Susan Bowman, Catherine Carlisle, Sandra Davis, Christine Fritschel Djalleta, Patricia Dougherty, Shu-Ching Lin, Michael Overly, Jennifer Stasack, Royce Tanouye, Sean Thibadeaux, Lynn Yanagihara and Chris Yano. In the future,

FM-AM invites you to become a member or renew your $25 Family $5 Student I membership fo; 1984. Your contribution for membership $15 Couple I wish to contribute above (tax deductible) will make you an active supporter of the

$10 Single the amounts indicated. UHM Music Department. Your help is needed!

- I wish to become a member of FM-AM.

- I wish to renew my membership.

Mail to: FM-AM/Music Department 2411 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822

DOROTHY M. KAHANANUI (continued)

Dorothy Kahananui's last project was the translating and editing of a history of Hawai'i written by Lahainaluna students under the supervision of Rev. Dibble circa 1838. From hindsight, it is possible to suggest that she was ill while she was working on it but her family dismissed the symp toms as natural concomitants of old age. With the help of the many people connected with the University Committee for the Preservation of Hawaiian Language, Art and Culture, the book will be off the press soon.

Many of her students have "Kahananui Tales" to tell- most of which center on her high standards. Her intolerance of unpreparedness and carelessness was legendary. Some of the nurses at St. Francis Hospital assumed she was the stereotypical Hawaiian Tutu and talked to her in pidgin. She announced her preference for standard English loud and clear and corrected their grammatical errors-teacher to the end! And a worthy descendant of her missionary forbearers.

Besides her intellectual pursuits, Mrs. Kahananui enjoyed gardening and sharing her flowers with family, friends, and her church. She had her share of personal disappointments but bore most with equanimity because as she said many times, her trust was in God. Until the last two years, she

i seemed so indestructible her family and friends thought she would celebrate her one hundrf day. The

1 Lord had other plans. :dth birth

.. . It was Dorothy Kahananui's wish to leave tnls life without fanfare so she asked that there be no funeral and that she be cremated and her ashes scattered so that she would not take up space in the precious aha. She left the legacy of her life's work and the memory of her indomitable spirit. In 1960, she closed her lecture, Music in Ancient Hawai'i

(which was part of the program dedicating the University's new music complex) with an altered quotation from the song "Na Ali'i." With further revision and extension, it is an appropriate epitaph: Ua pau, ua hala 'oia. a koe no kona ha'awina "Ike, kona noi'i a me kona hana no 'eau. (It is finished, she is gone, her gift of knowledge research and artistic works remain.)

The editors of Music at MInoa are grateful to Dorothy Kahananui Gillett for this beautifully written tribute to her mother. Mrs. Gillett is a Professor Emeritus of the Music Department.

Dorothy M. Kahananui Scholarship Fund The family, former students, music faculty and friends of Dorothy Kahananui are establishing a scholarship in her name in the Music Department. Persons who would like to contribute to the fund may send a check made out to "UH Foundation, FM-AM to this address: Dorothy Kahananui Scholarship Fund, UHM Music Department, 2411 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822.

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