HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_ARTAB_05.17.2016Minutes of the meeting of the
Arts and Culture Board
City of Georgetown, Texas
May 17, 2016
The Arts and Culture Board met on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. in the Small Conference
Room of Georgetown Public Library, 402 W. 8th Street
MEMBERS PRESENT: Gary Anderson, Tim Fleming, Betty Ann Sensabaugh, and Laura Sewell.
STAFF PRESENT: Eric Lashley- Library Director, Dana Hendrix- Fine Arts Librarian, Lawren Weiss -
Administrative Assistant
Chair Sensabaugh called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
Regular Session
A. Citizens wishing to address the board. — Michael Davis with the Palace Theatre was present to
address the board regarding item G (form attached to these minutes).
B. Announcements of upcoming arts and culture events. — Dana Hendrix passed out a flyer
(attached to these minutes) regarding art and music in the library during May. Betty Ann
Sensabaugh announced that the Georgetown Festival of the Arts: Fire and /ce events will take
place June 1-5.
C. Consideration and approval of the minutes of the April 19, 2016 Arts & Culture Board meeting.
-Betty Ann Sensabaugh. Gary Anderson moved to approve the April 2016 minutes as
distributed. Tim Fleming seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
D. Report regarding the operation of Georgetown Art Center. — Eric Lashley. Lashley reviewed
the Art Center report with the Board, adding that Georgetown Art Works has hired a part-time
office manager who will start work in the next 2 weeks. Revenue from leasing the second floor
studio workspaces will fund the position. Lashley informed the Board that Georgetown Art
Works President Amanda Still has resigned and a new president will be elected at next
month's meeting.
E. Report on Red Poppy Art Exhibit. —Eric Lashley. Lashley reported that he sent thank you
letters to Clive Siegle and Jen Rose for bringing the Blood of Heroes Never Dies red poppy
exhibit to Georgetown, as well as to Williamson County for allowing use of the courthouse lawn
to display the poppies. Following the Red Poppy Festival, staff counted over 1,800 poppies
sold since the exhibit began. The poppies are being re -located to the library courtyard on 9th
street, where they will continue being sold by library staff. Sales will also continue at the
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
F. Report on the 2016-2017 Arts and Culture Guide. —Dana Hendrix. Hendrix reported that
progress has been made to gather calendar content and pictures for the 2016-17 Arts and
Culture guide.
G. Consideration and possible action to write letters of support to the Texas Commission on the
Arts' cultural district grants program on behalf of the Georgetown Palace Theatre, Georgetown
Art Works and the City of Georgetown. — Eric Lashley. Michael Davis, Chair of the Building
Committee, presented plans for the Palace Theatre's education center for children. The theatre
is seeking funding from TCA and must receive a letter of support from the Arts and Culture
Board in order to apply. So far the theatre has raised roughly 2 million dollars in pledge
donations. The organization is still determining how much they'll request from TCA since they
won't know costs of the new building until after the grant application is due. After some
discussion, Tim Fleming moved to write a letter of support to TCA regarding the children's
education center. Laura Sewell seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
Lashley reported that city staff would like to apply for a TCA grant, which could fund up to half
the cost of the 2016-2017 Arts and Culture Guide. Following discussion, Sewell moved to
write a letter to TCA in support of the grant application for the Arts and Culture Guide.
Anderson seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
Lashley explained that Georgetown Art Works would also like to apply for a TCA grant in order
to fund the November 2016 exhibit by Carlos Estevez. While it's unknown how much the
organization will request from TCA, Board members deemed the request worthy of support
given the success of past exhibits done by Georgetown Art Works. Anderson moved to write
a letter of support to TCA regarding the November 2016 exhibit by Carlos Estevez. Sewell
seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
H. Consideration and possible action to approve a grant for the Georgetown Poetry Festival. —Eric
Lashley. Lashley reviewed a grant request letter from Mike Gullickson with the Georgetown
Poetry Festival. Lashley explained that while the poetry festival has over a five year history in
Georgetown the group has not been able to apply for a City Arts and Culture grant due to the
timing of their event (October) and the ending of the grant period (typically August or
September). Gullickson requested $500 from the board, which would allow him to pay visiting
poets who are presenting during the festival. After some discussion, Sewell moved to award
$500 to Georgetown Poetry Festival for the 2016 festival. Fleming seconded the motion,
which passed unanimously.
Overview of the City of Georgetown arts and culture budget. —Eric Lashley. Lashley reported
that he put in a budget request for fiscal year 2016-2017 for a Manager of Arts and Culture. He
explained that fifteen percent of the Hotel Occupancy Tax could be used to fund this position.
Lashley asked the board if they'd be amenable to spending most of next month's meeting on
budget. He requested that board members think about what we can do differently with City
funds in the future to have a greater impact on the community. The board was agreeable to
focus on budget plans during the next meeting.
J. Consideration of future board meetings. —Betty Ann Sensabaugh. The next Arts and Culture
Board meeting will be on June 21, 2016 at 4:30 PM.
Chair Sensabaugh adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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1 Watson, Secretary Betty Ann Sensabaugh, Chair
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Every month, the library hosts an art exhibit and a free concert.
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One of our goals is to keep Georgetown an interesting and nourishing place to live and work.
We appreciate the support of our community, and we look for ways to return the favor.For 2015 and 2016, in addition to putting on the Festival in June, these are some of our "extra" activities.
January 2015 Start of a six-week Senior University course taught
by Ellsworth Peterson on the music of Robert and Clara Schumann,
the composers for the 2015 Festival of the Arts.
January 2016 Start of a six-week Senior University course taught
by Ellsworth Peterson on the music of composers for the 2016
Festival of the Arts.
We presented a Chamber Concert at Round Rock Presbyterian
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One of our goals is to keep Georgetown an interesting and nourishing place to live and work.
We appreciate the support of our community, and we look for ways to return the favor.
For 2015 and 2016, in addition to putting on the Festival in June, these are some of our "extra" activities.
January 2015 Start of a six-week Senior University course taught
by Ellsworth Peterson on the music of Robert and Clara Schumann,
the composers for the 2015 Festival of the Arts.
January 2016 Start of a six-week Senior University course taught
by Ellsworth Peterson on the music of composers for the 2016
Festival of the Arts.
We presented a Chamber Concert at Round Rock Presbyterian
Church, co-sponsored by the Round Rock Symphony.
We presented a Chamber Concert at Round Rock Presbyterian
Church, co-sponsored by the Round Rock Symphony.
May 2015 We presented a Chamber Concert in the Hewlett Room
of the Georgetown Public Library, co-sponsored by the Round Rock
Symphony.
April 2016 We presented a Chamber Concert in the Hewlett Room
of the Georgetown Public Library, co-sponsored by the Round Rock
Symphony.
We presented a children's concert, co-sponsored by the Friends of
the Library, in the Hewlett Room of the Georgetown Public Library.
November 2015 We presented a Chamber Concert in the Hewlett
Room of the Georgetown Public Library, co-sponsored by the Round
Rock Symphony.
May 2016 We will present a children's concert, co-sponsored by
the Friends of the Library, in the Hewlett Room of the Georgetown
Public Library.
Please continue your support of the Festival of the Arts. The Festival is run entirely by volunteers,
but we cannot charge our audiences enough to pay for our events. We must rely on contributions from individuals and organizations.
Please consider making a generous donation toward Festival 2016.
Please come to the Festival, June 1 -5, 2016, and bring your friends. If you would like to be a Festival volunteer, please let us know.
l�_E & ICE
This year we feature music of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland: Nordic musiethat is distinct from that of Europe to the south or Russia to the east.
At times it suggests the endless spaces of a dark and lonely frozen land; at other times it rejoices around the warmth of a winter fire or dances in the magical
light of a glorious midsummer evening when the sun never sets.
The Norwegian Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is the
most clearly nationalistic of the three. He had a
great love of the fjords and mountains of his country,
but it is not so much the scenery as the people of
his land that appear in his music: we hear their
songs, their dances, their performances on their na
tive instruments. His compositions are inspired by
Norwegian folk music, an influence that can be felt
even in his most abstract works-the sonatas for
violin, cello, and piano and his one string quartet.
Portr;iits by Paloma Mayorga-'--
The Finn Jean Sibelius {1865-1957) was deeply influ
enced by the Kalevala, the Finnish epic, with its
mythical accounts of the origin and early history
of the Nordic world, and by the runic melodies to
which the stories were chanted. But he seems to
have been more inspired by the landscape of his
country, with its endless forests and immense
lakes, than by its people. Many of his compositions
reflect the gloom and loneliness of vast dark
spaces, bleak. cold and icy, lighted, if at all. by the
mystical Northern Lights.
The Dane Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) has fire to con
trast with Sibelius' ice. Like Grieg, Nielsen loved his
countrymen. He wrote many, many songs for
schools and public gatherings; some have almost
become Danish folksongs. But in his symphonies
he creates fire that moves through the movements
to brilliant. blazing climaxes. For him life, like fire.
is "inextinguishable" {the name he gave his fourth
symphony). No matter how tragic and tense some
sections of his works may appear, they end in a tri
umph of goodness and truth. They seem lit by the
sun. the Helios of his overture by that name.
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Ellsworth Peterson, Artistic Directe:,r, is professor emeritus of music at Southwestern University. He holds an undergraduate degree from SoUJthwestern University,
a Master of Sacred Music de_greefr,al'fl Union Theological Seminary, and a PhD from Harvard. He has been Artistic Director for all of the e1even previous Festivals
of the Arts. Festival composers have been Handel (2005); Haydn (2006); Schubert (2007); Mendelssohn (2008); Dvorak (2009); Coplanl:I �2010); Brahms (20n);
Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc (2012); Tchaikovsky, Arensky, and Rachmaninov (2013); Albeniz, Granados, and Falla (2014); and RoberCand Clara Schumann
(2015). Festival 2017 is stirring in his imagination.
David Polley, organ, is a recently-retired music educator. He is currently music
director and organist at Grace Episcopal Church in Georgetown and teaches
organ students at Southwestern University. A native of Kansas, he has studied
at Concordia University, Northwestern University and the Univ�rsity of Ne
braska. He holds a DMA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has per
formed with high school, college, and community choruses in the United
States, Europe and China.
Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano, is an alumna of Southwestern University and
professor of music at Southern Methodist University. Her career in vocal perform
ance and recording includes a Grammy nomination for her CD Voces Americanas
with the Voices of Change ensemble. An Emily Dickinson scholar, she has recorded
Dwell in Possibility: Emily Dickinson in Song. She has appeared with orchestras and
opera companies across the US, and has been a performer in and supporter of
the Festival of the Arts since its beginning.
Dale Dietert, piano, is a pianist, voice teacher, and coach who has served on the
faculties of the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies {Aldeburgh,
England); the International Institute of Vocal Arts (Tel Aviv, Israel); and the Som
merakademie Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria). He holds a BM in music literature
and MM in piano performance from the University of Texas. He has been on the
vocal faculties of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Texas State
University, and is currently on the faculty of Southern Methodist University.
Gregory Allen, piano, was Grand Prize winner of the 1980 Arthur Rubinstein Inter
national Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. He won second prize at the 1978 Queen
Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and has received top honors in the Los Angeles
Young Musicians Foundation, Gina Bachauer, and Washington International Piano
Competitions. He has appeared with the New York, Los Angeles, and Israel Phil
harmonics, as well as with orchestras in San Francisco, San Diego, Baltimore,
Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. His teachers include John Perry, Jerome Lowen
thal, and Leon Fleisher.
Lynn Parr Mock, soprano, holds a BME degree from Southwestern University,
where she studied with Virginia Dupuy, and MM degree frnm the University of
Texas at Austin. She balances performing commitments with service on the
boards of many fine arts organizations and is a co-founder of Lone Spring Arts
in Dallas.
Hai Zheng. cello, is Artist in Residence at Southwestern University, She has ap
peared in recital at the Shanghai Conservatory and New York City's Steinway Hall,
in master classes and recitals at Gungzhou and Macau Conservatories, and at a
special invitation concert for the Hong Kong Asia Society, among many others.
She has played as guest cellist with the Enso, Mir6, and Shanghai Quartets.
Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano, is Professor of Music and Associate Dean for the
Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University. He has performed as a
soloist and collaborative pianist in North America. Europe, and Asia. His latest
orchestra appearances have been in performances of Mozart's Piano Concerto in
C Major. K. 503, with the Austin Symphony Orchestra; with the Oahu Civic Or
chestra of Honolulu, Hawaii; and performances of Mozart's Concerto in E-flat
Major, K. 482, with the Temple Symphony Orchestra. In 2015 he appeared on tour
in Asia and made a CD recording with Southwestern faculty cellist Hai Zheng.
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano, was born and raised in Foggia, Italy. He was top
prize-winner at the 1998 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris,
France, won the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 1999, and won a
silver medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He has ap
peared in performance across five continents. His recording catalogue features
20 CDs and includes recordings of all of the works of Edvard Grieg on 12 discs for
Centaur Records. A Steinway artist, Mr. Pompa-Baldi is on the piano faculty of the
Cleveland Institute of Music.
Paul Gaffney, lecturer, is Professor of Theater at Southwestern University. From
2003 to 2015 he was Dean of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern,
after serving for 16 years as Professor of Theater at Dartmouth College. Other
teaching assignments include the University of Texas at Austin, the University
of Tennessee-Chattanooga and Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. His area of
specialty in theatre is directing. In addition to many college and university as
signments. he has directed for many other theaters including the Texas Shake
speare Festival, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Nebraska Repertory
Theatre, and the California Theatre Center.
Wednesda}'.'., June 1 Thursdat, June 2
6:30 pm 8:oo pm
Reception for Donors to Piano Recital
Meet the Artists Alma Thomas Theatre
Parish Hall Southwestern University
Grace Episcopal Church Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
8:oo pm Holberg Suite, Op. 40, by GriPg
Sonata in E Minor, Op. 7, by Grieg Opening Concert Six Etudes, Op. 23, Grace Episcopal Church by Anton Rubinstein David Polley, organ
Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano Friday, June 3 Lynn Parr Mock, soprano
Dale Dietert, piano 10:00 am Gregory Allen, piano Fire & Ice Symposium II Hai Zheng, cello Jones Theatre in the Round Kiyoshi Tamagawa, piano Southwestern University
lntrada for Organ by Sibelius Paul Gaffney, Four Songs from Op. 36 Some Words about Ibsen's by Sibelius PeerGynt c:;11itP fnr Pi;inn. On . .1.c;, D,,,..n Dn.�it""
Ryan Ross, lecturer, received his PhD in musicology from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaigne and is on the music faculty at Mississippi State University.
His research interests include Northern European and American composers of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, twentieth-century music historiography, and
music for film and motion picture media. He has written for periodicals including
the Journal of the American Music Research Center, Twentieth-Century Music, Notes,
Carl Nielsen Studies, and The Musical Times. He is writing Ralph Vaughan Williams:
A Research and Information Guide, to be published by Routledge.
The Round Rock Symphony, now in its eighth season, is the only professional
orchestra in Williamson County. It has been under the leadership of Music Direc
tor Stefan Sanders since 2012. Its goal is to make the RRS a part of the cultural
fabric of central Texas, expanding audiences through creative programming,
appearances in a range of different venues, and increased educational offerings.
Stefan Sanders, conductor, is Music Director and Conductor of the Round Rock
Symphony. He also holds the Montante Family Endowed Associate Conductor
Chair with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He holds a bachelor's degree from
the Juilliard School and Master and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Uni
versity of Texas at Austin. Prior to a career as a conductor, Mr. Sanders was a con
cert"trombonist, performing as a soloist in the United States. Asia and Europe.
Jason Kwak, piano, has careers as both an artist and a pedagogue. Born in
Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Kwak began his piano studies at age four and holds de
grees in Piano Performance from Eastman School of Music and The University
of Texas at Austin. He is currently Professor of Piano and Keyboard Area Coor
dinator at Texas State University in San Marcos. Recent performing engage
ments have taken him to England, Turkey, Malaysia, Taiwan, Italy, Brazil,
Bulgaria, and South Korea. He is in demand for performances, master classes,
lectures, and adjudications on the state, national, and international level.
Bruce Cain baritone, is Associate Professor of Music and director of the Opera
Theatre at Southwestern University. He holds a BMus degree from McMurry
University, MM us from Indiana University, and DMus from Northwestern Uni
versity. He has performed concerts on five continents and is conductor of the
San Gabriel Chorale.
Toby Blumenthal, piano, has appeared as soloist with many ensembles, including
the Chicago and Houston Symphony Orchestras. She is director of CHAMPS
(Chamber Music in Public Schools) for Salon Concerts in Austin and Artistic Di
rector and pianist for the Classic Chamber Concerts series. She has studied with
Leonard Shure at the University of Texas and with Rudolf Serkin at the Marlboro
Chamber Music Institute in Vermont.
Jessica Mathaes, violin, is a soloist, recording artist, educator, and concertmas
ter of the Austin Symphony. She has appeared as a soloist in the United States,
Europe, and Asia, and has been broadcast on Performance Today; Chicago Public
Radio; and ARTE, the French-German cultural television channel. She has ap
peared as soloist with orchestras including the Austin, Victoria, Bismarck-Man
dan, Round Rock, and No rthwest Iowa Symphonies and the Masterworks and
National Music Festival Orchestras. She has given recitals on the Dame Myra
Hess Series, the Artist Series of Sarasota, and at The University of Iowa, Texas
Christian University, Texas Tech University, Northwestern College, Baylor Univer
sity, the University of Houston, the University of Texas, the Organ Vesper Series,
and the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City
The San Gabriel Chorale was founded in 1988 at Southwestern University by Dr.
Kenny Sheppard as a "town and gown" outreach to offer adults a chance to sing
works from the rich a cappella and oratorio choral traditions from the sixteenth
century to the present. It has about 75 singers, all volunteers who pay annual
dues and buy their own copies of the music. They are mostly from Georgetown, in
cluding many from Sun City, but some come from anywhere from Lakeway and
North Austin to Killen and Temple. Dr. Bruce Cain has been conductor since 1998.
Kenny Sheppard, conductor, is a professor in the Department of Music at South
western University and conductor of the University Chorale. Since 1988 he has
trained active choral conductors through the Conductor's Institute, providing
instruction and experience in conducting a chorus with orchestra. He has led the
Festival Chorus and Orchestra for all of the Georgetown Festivals of the Arts.
Frida_}'.'., June 3 Saturda_}'.'. Evening
8:oo pm 8:oo pm
Orchestra Concert Concert in the Park
Alma Thomas Theatre The Gazebo in San Gabriel Park
Southwestern University Georgetown High School Music
The Round Rock Symphony Ensembles
Stefan Sanders, conductor Mary Powers, conductor
Jason Kwak, piano Justin Smith, band director
Helios Overture by Nielsen Joey Lowrance, chorus director
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Post-concert fireworks display is
Op. 16, by Grieg courtesy of the Williamson County Sun.
Symphony No. 2 in D Major,
Op. 43, by Sibelius
Sunday, June 5
Saturday, June 4 3:15 pm
Pre-concert Lecture 10:00 am Lois Perkins Chapel Salon Concert Southwestern University Jones Theatre in the Round Ellsworth Peterson Southwestern Universitv A r ___ .J:_ -,1: __ r ........ _____ L-.�--' ��