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1966

PHILADELPHIA MUSICAL ACADEMY
1613-17 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pa.

A WELCOME TO DEAN CUSTER

Dr. Arthur Custer has received a warm and
friendly welcome from both students and teachers
as the new dean of P.M. A. From the moment he
entered his office he has sincerely immersed
himself in the present activities and future plans
of the college with an enthusiasm which is far
from being unnoticed.

Dean Custer has behind him an extensive list
of commendable accomplishments. After attending
public schools in Manchester, Connecticut, he
continued his education at Hillyer College of
Hartford and the University of Connecticut, where
he received his B.A. in 1949. In 1951 he received
his M.M. at the University of Redlands and his
Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1959. He
studied composition with Timothy Cheney, Paul

Pisk, Phillip Bezanson and Nadia Boulanger. He taught at Kansas Wesleyan University where he

became chairman of the Division of Fine Arts.

In addition to this, Dr. Custer was for three years the music consultant to the Casa Americana
in Madrid, where he assisted in establishing a series of concerts of American music. Presently,
he is the vice-president of the Eastern Division of the Music Teachers' National Association and
the vice-president of the Philadelphia Composers' Forum.

Dr. Custer has been the recipient of various awards and commissions, notably the publication
award of the society for the Publication of American Music and commissions for works presented
by the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and the American Festival Ballet. His musical accomplish-
ments include compositions for the ballet, orchestras, bands, chamber groups, solo instruments,
and voice.

After meeting Mr. Castaldo at an MENC Convention Dr. Custer said that Mr. Castaldo was so
very enthusiastic about P.M. A. that it was "catching." When he came to Philadelphia he was
introduced to Mr. Drake and Mr. Suderburg, both of whom further explained to him the school's
future plans for development. From this Dr. Custer became greatly interested in the school's
promising potential which he wanted to help mold into reality.

When asked about the future of P.M. A., Dr. Custer replied, "We want P.M.A. to be the finest
music college in the country." This is a challenging goal, but it can be successfully attained by
the combined interests and efforts of the administration, faculty and student body of P.M.A.

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JAMES AMADIE

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M., Piano

Jimmy began studying at the age of twelve
with a concert pianist for eight years and later
studied Harmony and Theory. At twenty-two he
left to go on a Jazz concert tour with the famed
Woody Herman Orchestra and toured the country
in 1959. When Jazz artists of national stature
appeared in Philadelphia, they insisted on Jimmy
Amadie. He is considered one of the finest Jazz
pianists in Philadelphia. To quote Frank Brook-
houser. . ."Amadie quietly continues to build
his reputation as one of the best in the country."

JANE BATCHELDER

6240 Carpenter Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Organ

IRMEEN BARSKY

Iroquios Apartments

47th and City Line

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Voice

ACTIVITIES: Choir

Delta Omicron

Dean's list
Irmeen is a vocal major studying to be a
teacher. Upon graduation she would like to start
teaching in Elementary or Junior High School.
She also intends to continue her professional
singing.

DIANE M. BEW

122 llemsley Place

Northfield, N. J.

B.M., Piano

Upon graduation Diane plans to continue
teaching privately. Diane was a member of the
Academy choir for three years.

LOIS CLENDENING

2428 Spruce Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

M.M., Piano

ACTIVITIES: Delta Omicron, Charter member

Choir (2 years)

Dean's list
Lois was the recipient of the Allison R.
Drake scholarship for two years. She gave a
performance for the Lischetisky Foundation. Lois
also teaches at Settlement Music School as well
as being on the faculty of P.M.A.'s preparatory
department. Besides this, she is on the Dean's
list and plays as an accompanist for the college
students.

WALTER C. DL'NLAP

1411 Hancock Street

Chester, Pa.

B.M.E., Clarinet

ACTIVITIES: Chorus (2 years)

Orchestra (4 years)

Phi Mu Alpha, secretary-treasurer
(2 years)

Colegium musicum (1 year)
Walter performed in numerous school activi-
ties throughout his years at the P.M. A. He plans
to teach in the secondary school system as well
as begin graduate work towards a master's degree
and eventually a doctorate in music education.
He anticipates further clarinet study with Mr.
George Rowe.

CEDRIC NAGEL ELMER

345 Douglass Street
Reading, Pa.
B.M.E., Piano

Cedric attended Combs College of Music
where he has a B.M. degree. He is director-
instructor at the Community School of Music and
Arts in Reading. He is also assistant conductor
of the Reading Philharmonic Orchestra. His
pieces "Petite Pavane" and "A Bit Mischievious"
have been published for piano. He is the winner
of the Paderwski scholarship and won first prize
in the American College of Musicians Composi-
tions. Cedric has also been secretary of BETA
chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia for three years.
Upon graduation, Cedric plans to obtain a position
in the public schools and to further his study in
piano and composition.

JAMES S. FAY

556 Estate Road

Maple Shade, N. J.

B.M., Clarinet

ACTIVITIES: Orchestra (3 years)

Woodwind Ensemble (3 years)
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity;
Charter member, President
(2 years)
Student Senate, Secretary (2 years)
Jim's immediate plans for the future include
graduate work at Manhattan School of Music,
along with part-time teaching in the Philadelphia
public schools. Besides performing, he eventually
hopes to obtain his Doctorate in Musicology and
teach Clarinet and Theory in a College or
University.

ALICE EYLER

2925 Morris Road
Ardmore, Pa.
B.M.. Voice

ACTIVITIES: Choir (4 years)

Secretary of Chorus Council
Treasurer of Delta Omicron

(4 years)
Opera Workshop
Yearbook Staff (1 year)
Alice attended the Academy on a partial
scholarship and upon graduation plans to do post
graduate work in voice.

MARY ANN GALLAS

520 Park Avenue

Reading, Pa.

B.M.E., Piano

ACTIVITIES: Choir

Chamber Music
MENC

Mary Ann is studying to be a teacher and
plans to accept a position at the Cynwyd School
in Lower Merion School District in the fall. She
will be teaching vocal music. Mary Ann also
plans to accept the bands of marriage this
summer.

JAY MAGIDMAN

300 East Eleanor Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Flute

ACTIVITIES: Orchestra (4 years)

New Music Group (2 years)
Prior to attending P.M. A., Jay was a member
of the U.S. Army Field Band for four years. During
that tenure, Jay studied flute with Britton John-
son. A year after leaving the service, he enrolled
at P.M. A. studying flute and piano. Since that
time he has done some solo work and has partici-
pated in many school activities. Upon graduation,
Jay plans to teach classes in instrumental music
in the Philadelphia elementary public schools.

JEROME N. MARGOLIS

4045 Balvvynne Park Road

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Piano

Jerry has also received his Bachelor of Music
and Master of Music Degrees. He studied composi-
tion with Vincent Persichetti and Joseph Castaldo;
his piano instructors were Arthur Hice, Dorthea
Persichetti and Clement Petrillo. He is the com-
poser of some forty works. He was narrator of
Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte" in
Carnegie Hall. Jerry is the winner of the Board
of Education Scholarship, is a faculty member of
the Settlement Music School and plans a compos-
ing-teaching career.

JANET EILEEN McCABE

31 West Phil-Ellena Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Violin

Janet is a member of Delta Omicron and also
of MENC. She has been a member of the Academy
orchestra for all of her four years at P.M. A.

THOMAS MOZEE

6115 Jefferson Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
B.M.E., Clarinet

ACTIVITIES: Academy Choir (2 years)

Woodwind Ensemble

Orchestra (1 year)
Upon graduation Tom plans to teach in the
Philadelphia School System and also to continue
to give private instruction.

KENNETH A. McDOUGALD

2329 North Van Pelt Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Piano

ACTIVITIES: MENC

Phi Mu Alpha
Ken intends to teach in the Philadelphia
Public School system upon graduation. After
teaching for a year he hopes to begin work on his
Master's Degree in the Humanities. His ultimate
aim is to teach General Humanities on the college
level.

GEORGE MYERS

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M., Voice

ALEXANDER RAGSDALE, JR.

1214 North 55th Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Voice

ACTIVITIES: Vice-president of choir (1 year)
Vice-president of MENC (1 year)
Yearbook staff (1 year)
During Alex's four years at P.M. A. he has
been a member of the Academy choir and on
occasion has been a soloist with the choir. He
has sung with the Opera Workshop for two years,
and has also given solo performances in schools
and churches. Alex also sang with the Urban
Opera Company. Upon graduation Alex hopes to
teach in the school system and to continue work-
ing towards his Master's Degree in Applied Music.

WILLIAM SMITH

515 Plush Mill Road

Wallingford, Pa.

B.M., Organ

ACTIVITIES: Co-editor of the Yearbook (2 years)
Undergraduate study for Bill was designed to
prepare him for Graduate studies and work in the
church. Accepted at Harpur College in Binghamton,
N.Y., Bill plans to specialize in Historical
Musicology and Cultural Anthropology. He hopes
to eventually work on his Ph.D. in Ethnomusi-
cology as well as give a limited amount of
recitals.

IHOR STARUCH

523 East Thompson Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M., Theory

Ihor studied composition with Joseph Castaldo
and Robert Suderburg, and piano with Allison
Drake and Anita Rudnytsky. Upon graduation Dior
plans to go on to graduate study.

WILLIAM D. TURNER, JR.

1200 East Barringer Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Flute

ACTIVITIES: Woodwind Ensemble (3 years)

Orchestra (3 years)

Symphonic Wind Ensemble (1 year)

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity,
Charter member (2 years)

MENC (2 years)
At the present time, the future is in a state
of uncertainty. The Armed Services, graduate
school or a teaching profession loom as a pos-
sibilities for Bill's future. However, of the three
possibilities, teaching holds first place since it
would fulfill a sincere desire to help others
further their education in the field of music.

ROBERT ALVIN STEWART

515 Chester Street
Lancaster, Pa.
B.M.E., Tuba

ACTIVITIES: President of MENC (1 year)

Member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,

Charter member (2 years)
Football team (4 years)
Brass Ensemble (2 years)
Orchestra (1 year)
Chorus (1 year)

Symphonic Wind Ensemble (1 year)
Upon graduation, Bill hopes to get a position

teaching in the Philadelphia Public School system.

HENRY G. VARLACK

133 North 6'2nd Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Theory

ACTIVITIES: Choir President

Historian, Phi Mu Alpha
MENC
Henry is a theory major whose primary interest
is conducting. He has conducted both the Academy
choir and orchestra. Robert Suderburg, Maurice
Kaplow, and Ward Fern are the instructors with
whom he studied. Henry will probably teach in
the Philadelphia schools as well as persue a
conducting career.

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NORA WINOKUR

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M., Dance

Nora appeared in such LaSalle Masque pro-
ductions as Bye Bye Birdie, and West Side Story,
and in Music Theatre productions of Finian's
Rainbow, Fiorello!, and The Fantasticks. She
was a member of the Nadia Chikovsky Dance
Company, and has appeared on the Repertoire
Work Shop, Expression, and Camera Three tele-
vision programs. Nora was recently seen at
LaSalle in a mime program with world famous
mime artist, Franz Reynders. Nora is also an
accomplished teacher and choreographer of modern
dance and ballet — she presently teaches at the
Heddy Tower School of Dance and at the Somerton
Art Center. She has choreographed local produc-
tions of Carnival, Oliver, Flower Drum Song, and
the off-broadway musical Cindy. As you can
readily see, Nora has come far since her days as
"that little girl who stole the show" in Masque
productions.

SHEILA WEINSTEIN

8007 Hollis Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M.E., Piano

ACTIVITIES: MENC (3 years)

Delta Omicron (4 years)
Choir (2 years)
Shiela was a piano soloist with the Stenton
Hills Symphony Orchestra. She also gave a pro-
fessional performance at the Duo Music Club.
Upon graduation, Sheila plans to travel and per-
form and also hopes to teach in the secondary
schools.

JERRY L. E. WRIGHT

209 Jackson Avenue

Collingdale, Pa.

B.M., Organ

ACTIVITIES: Chorus Accompanist (2 years)
Opera Workshop Accompanist

(1 year)
Accompanist for Voice students of
Mrs. Harvey (1 year)
Jerry has performed as organ soloist with the
Academy orchestra as well as with the chorus.
He was the piano accompanist for voice auditions
at the Academy of Music and Carnegie Hall and
was the organ accompanist at the Academy of
Music in the opera "Faust." He has given reci-
tals at Westminster United Presbyterian Church,
Columbia University and First Baptist Church.
Jerry studied piano for eleven years and organ
five years. He has been a church organist since
he was thirteen, serving his first position for
seven years and his present one for three years.
Jerry's future plans include working towards a
Master's Degree and eventually teaching on a
college level.

MISSING:

MADALYN 0K0L0WSKI

221 Irving Street
Chester, Pa.
B.M., Piano

HOWARD LIPMAN

6246 Everett Avenue

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.M., Theory & Composition

TO THE GRADUATE — 1966

Our very best wishes go with you as you persue the goal for
which you have been preparing. You have been under the guidance
of a very fine, devoted, and forward-looking faculty.

Your mentors have watched your progress with vital interest
while preparing you for the profession of your choice. It is our
hope that in the years to come, you will aim high and you will
feel responsible to continually increase your knowledge in music,
the arts, education, and civic affairs, as well as to develop a
strong personality needed for a meaningful career.

Congratulations on your achievement so far. Let us hear from
you, and the best of success!

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1st Row (1. to r.): Ed Cascarella, Norman Myers, Jeff Langford, Sheldon Ginsberg. Missing: Frank Delvisho,
Ray Dryburgh, Bob Ficturo, Richard Gardner, Harris Kivitz, Francis Keeley, Norman Kaye, Ed Kozempel,
Richard Lerner, Domanic Matarese, Howard Smoyer, Evan Solot, Steve Weinter, Ted Wentz.

Brass

FACULTY

Roger DeLillo — Trombone

Ward Fearn — French Horn, Brass Methods

Robert S. Harper — Trombone

George Hosfeld — Trumpet

Anthony Marchione — Trumpet, Brass Ensemble, Chairman of the Brass Department

Philip Musumeci — Tuba

1st Row (1. to r.): Bill Doyle, Gainor Shoemaker, Dennis Elwell. 2nd Row (1. to r.): Carl Toth, James
Firestine. Missing: Joel Krott, Ronald Rothermel, Kenneth McConnell, Roland Shepherd.

Organ

FACULTY

Robert Ellmore - Chairman of the Organ Department
Herbert E. Siegel
J. Earl Ness

1st Row (1. to r.): Christine Ornaff, Carole Ann Carey, Suzanne Doyle, Carrisima Washington, Norma
Weintraub. 2nd Row: (1. to r.): Russell Meyer, Terry Shepanski, Carol Showater, Ercillia Talavera, Linda
Nettles, John Moustakas, Lenore Pietro, Sandy Pawl, Charles Antolick, Astrida Brunaus, Mary Henkel.
Missing: Manny Abrahamson, Linda Carlson, Ray Costanzo, Ted Didden, Helen Esposito, Thomas
Gallagher, Paul Haines, Duane Hitchings, Ronald Jerimicz, Myrma Jerome, Stanley Johnson, Dorothey Jones,
Virginia Kreszswick, Lorenzo Lacovara, Henri Mamet, Taylor Redden, Maria Semion, Carol Sexton,
Agnes Tomaselli.

Piano

FACULTY

Joseph Arcaro
Doris Bawden
Allison R. Drake — Associate Chairman of

the Piano Department
Lilburn Dunlap — Keyboard Harmony
Clement C. Petrillo — Associate Chairman of

the Piano Department
Herbert E. Siegel
Henry Cook

Paula Ganser

Natalie Hinderas

Florenza Decimo Levengood

Genia Robinor

Dr. Antin Rudnysky

Carol Schoen

Susan Starr

Temple Painter — Harpsichord

1st Row (1. to r.): Diane Bale, Terry Villani, Gloria Wilson, Janet McCabe. 2nd Row (1. to r.): Francine
Hopman, Bonita Cardella, Bridget Pumpolis, Carol Redfield. 3rd Row: (1. to r.): Bill Moorehouse, Mark
Masarek, Igor Szwec, Pete Nocella. Missing: Chip Bond, Ken Dockray, Carole Dockray, Barbara Engle,
Gela Hopman, Ronald Gilotti, William Johnson, Al Latella, Eve Orton, Ted Procaccini, Jimmy Scarpa,
Elizabeth Sarge, Max Fuchs.

Strings

FACULTY

Dr. Jani Szanto — Violin, Chairman of the String Department

David Arben — Violin

Edward Arian — Double Bass

Martha Brons — String Methods

Frank Costanzo — Violin

Lilajane Frascarelli — String Methods

Elsa Helger — Cello

Leonard Nogill — Viola

1st Row (1. to r.): Martin Woltman, Henrietta Mustokoff, Ellen Rettew, Linda Bauman, Dimitri Kauriga.
2nd Row (1. tor.): Steve Wilensky, Richard Demmon, Jeff Langford, John Rossi, Ken Weiner. Missing: Gary
Celain, Nick Cassizzi, Taylor Bell, Charles Elliot, Richard Gigliotti, Jay Hassen, Brian Riffert.

Wo odwinds

Shirley Curtis — Basson
Angelo De Matteis — Flute
Ferdinand Del Negro — Basson
Joseph Gigliotti — Clarinet
Steven Hewitt — Oboe

FACULTY

Jerry Jerome — Oboe
Guido Mecoli — Clarinet
Donald Montanaro — Clarinet
John Wummer — Flute,

Chairman of the Woodwind Department

1st Row (1. to r.): Pat Stasis, Josephine Monte, Dian Reed, Carole Sherman. 2nd Row (1. to r.): Patsy
Baxter, Bonita Glenn, Pamela Ingersoll, Rodger North, Karen Meckes, Osceola Davis. Missing: Tony
Avicolli, Alan Corona, Catherine DeRaco, Andrew Foster, Russell Leib, Maria Murowany, Tony Lupica,
Sandt Pawl, Florence Quivar, Francis Teague, Eugenia Turianska, Barbara Vaughn.

Voice

FACULTY

Harold Parker — Diction, Voice, Voice Pedagogy

Caroline Diller Dengler

Marion Bradley Harvey

Florence Manning

Adele Newfield

Maria Sokil

1st Row (1. to r.), Composition: Pete Nocella, Jack Heller, Mike Pedicin, Jerry Margolis. 2nd Row (1. to r.),
Theory: Eddie Etkins, Stanley Ginsberg, Mike Taylor, Alan Halber, Cecil DuValle, Rodger North,
Marty Fumo. Missing: Paul Combs, Anthony Modica, Louise Phillips, Ken Pyle, Ira Tucker, Mark Zarr,
Evan Solot.

Theory and Composition

FACULTY

Joseph Castaldo — Chairman of the Theory and Composition Department

Arthur Custer — Theory

Lilburn Dunlap — Theory

Dr. Donald Chittum — Associate Chairman of the Theory and Composition Department

Mildred Parker — Music History, Chairman of the Music History Department

Andrew Rudin — Theory and Literature

Robert Suderburg — Theory and Literature, Composition

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(L. to R.): Mary Robson, Mary Elizabeth Gale, Rosalind Cohn. (Faculty): Edna Phillips.

FACULTY

Michael Bookspan - Percussion Ensemble, Chairman of the Percussion Department

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Missing: Dennis Blackwell, Bruce Oltman, Tony Orlando.

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LIST OF GENERAL STUDIES FACULTY

Patricia Cruser — English

Charles B. Grey — Head of the Music Education Department

Ben Schleifer — English, American History

Thomas Cooper Tatman — Foreign Languages, Physical Science

Louis K. Baron — Educational Psychology, Child Psychology

Harold Bernhardt — Biological Science

Joseph Butterweck — Society and Education

Frances Judith Fanelli

Orchestra

VIOLINS
Igor Szwec
Bridget Pumpolis
Bonita Cardella
Diane Bale
Kenneth Dockray
Janet McCabe
Gela Hopman
Mark Masarek

VIOLA
Peter Nocella

BASSES
Betty Sorge
William Moorehouse

ORCHEST

PMA ORCHESTRA

VIOLONCELLOS
Carol Dockray
Carol Redfield
Joyce Irons
Gloria Wilson
Theresa Villani

FLUTES
Stephen Wilensky
Dimitri Kauriga
Ellen Rettew
Jay Magidman

OBOE
Martin Woltman

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PERSONNEL

CLARINETS
Nicholas Cassizzi
Kenneth Weiner
James Fay
Allen Halber

BASSOON
Brian Riffert
Henrietta Mustokoff
Linda Bauman

TROMBONES
Edward Cascarella
Edward Kozempel
Sheldon Ginsberg

HORNS
Richard Gardiner
Townsend Wentz
Jeff Langford

TRUMPETS
Robert Ficoturo
Domenic Matarese

DAVID ARBEN, SOLOIST, MENDELSSON VIOLIN CONCERTO

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERTS

October 10, 1965 Commercial Museum

January 16, 1966 Commercial Museum

February 20, 1966 First Baptist Church

March 12, 1966 Academy of Music

April 17, 1966 Van Pelt Museum

MAJOR WORKS PERFORMED

Symphony No. 21 Mozart

Variations for Orchestra Webern

Siegfried Idyll Wagner

Stenogram Ludwig

Die Kluge Orff

Symphony 29 Mozart

Canti per 13 Nono

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

in E Minor Mendelssohn

Daphnis and Chloe Ravel

Piano Concerto No. 2 Chopin

Variations on a Theme by Haydn Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 3

Egmont Overture Beethoven

Pictures at an Exhibition Moussorgsky

The Unanswered Question Ives

Serenade No. 7 Mozart

Romanian Dances Bartok

MAURICE KAPLOW
Music Director and Conductor

Soprano:
Davis, Osceola
Doyle, Suzanne
Dunmore, Ellen
Eyler, Alice
Freeman, Michael
Glenn, Bonica
Loos, D. Gail
Monte, Josephine
Philips, Louise
Reed, Diane
Sherman, Carol
Shoemaker, Gainor
Stasis, Patricia
Talavera, Ercillia
Teague, Frances
Vaughn, Barbara

fHolders of students conductorships.

Henry Varlack, President
Alice Eyler, Secretary
Tedd Didden, Librarian

THE ACADEMY CHOIR

Robert Suderburg, Director
Henry Cook, Associate Director

Alto:
Carlson, Linda

Jerome, Myrna
Jones, Dorothy
Nettles, Linda
Ornaf, Christine
Pietro, Lenore
Quivar, Florence
Shepanski, Theresa
Showalter, Carol
Walther, Louise

Tenor:
fAbrahamson, Manford

Avicolli, Anthone

Cook, Henry

Costanzo, Raymond

Johnson, William

Leib, Russell
fLupica, Anthony

Paige, David

Staruch, Ihor

Toth, Carl

Choir Officers

Bass:
Bailey, Roger
Combs, Paul
Corona, Alan
Didden, Tedd
Doyle, William
Ginnetti, Joseph
tHeller, Jack
fKauriga, Dimitri
Maestri, Edward
Maniscalo, Salvatore
Ragsdale, Alexander
Rothermel, Ronald
Taylor, Michael
Tucker, Ira
fVarlack, Henry
Wiener, Steve
Wilensky, Steven

Ellen Dunmore, Vice President
Dimitri Kauriga, Treasurer
Jack Heller, Librarian

Manford Abrahamson and Raymond Costanzo, accompanists

Woodwind Quintet

The Woodwind Quintet (1. to r.): Rich Gardiner, Nicholas Cassizzi, John Wummer, director; Brian Riffert,
Martin Woltman, Stephen Wilensky.

String Ensemble

String Ensemble (1. to r.): Diane Bale, Bonita Cardella, Janet McCabe, Carol Redfield. Back row: Theresa
Villani, Betty Sorge, Joyce Irons, Bridget Pumpolis.

Organ Seminar

Organ Seminar, under the direction of Dr. Earl Ness, is a
forum for discussion of the latest trends in church music and
design. The organization provides the opportunity to hear,
perform, and criticize works which they have studied and
performed.

Staff

MAIN OFFICE SECRETARIES

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REPRESENTATIVES

PRESIDENT
Gainor Shoemaker

FRESHMEN

Linda Nettles

Russ Lieb

VICE-PRESIDENT
Ted Wentz

SOPHMORE

Bonita Glenn

Norma Weintraub

SECRETARY
Jim Fay

JUNIOR
Ted Didden
Pete Nocella

TREASURER
Alan Halber

SENIOR

Ted Zimmerman

Ken Dockray

February, 1965 saw the beginning of a new organization at PMA — the Student Senate. The
administration felt that such an organization was essential for communication of ideas between
the faculty and students. The idea was presented, students responded, and elections were held.

The Senate is granted $1,000 annually, but projects such as parties, dances, and a possible
future raffle have been contemplated and experimented with as a means of raising more funds.

Improvements around PMA can be "Attributed" to the work of the Student Senate. Through
their influence our lounge has been redecorated. They are paying half the funds needed to improve
the auditorium as well as the total cost of new seating arrangements.

Having students sit in on faculty meetings for the purpose of learning about curriculum, future
programs and library data is an area in which the Senate is interested. They are also hoping to
initiate a series of lectures of music and the arts by famous people. Further, a promise of many
extended plans developing during this year and next was given by the president. However, without
the support of the student body little can be accomplished. The Student Senate needs the support
of a student body which has interest and a sincere concern for improvements at PMA.

Delta Omicron

Delta Omicron is an important extra-curricular activity which
is dedicated to the ideal of excellence in music, not only in its
own members, but also in the student body at large.

Delta Omicron is an international fraternity for female
musicians which extends its membership to students of music.
The organization was founded in 1909 at the Cincinnati Con-
servatory of Music.

OFFICERS

President Ellen Durmore

1st Vice President Gainor Shoemaker

2nd Vice President Carol Redfield

Secretary Janet McCabe

Treasurer Alice Eyler

Phi Mu Alpha

"Virtue is the strong stem of men's nature and music in the
blossoming of virtue." Phi Mu Alpha is a fraternity for music
students which aims to prove the validity of this quotation. The
fraternity received its charter in 1898 at the New England Con-
servatory of Music. The purpose of the organization is to promote
the advancement of the musical status of its native country, to
strengthen relationships between students of music and to de-
velop music appreciation among fellow students.

These goals are executed by the PMA chapter of Phi Mu
Alpha through the sponsoring of concerts, lectures, and social
events.

OFFICERS

President Jimmy Fay

Vice President Jack Heller

Treasurer Walt Dunlap

Historian Henry Varlack

Alumni Secretary Bob Stewart

Set. at Arms Henri Mamet

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MENC
MENC promotes the advancement of music education by
sponsoring both educational and social activities. Included in
MENC's goal of training music teachers are plans for the es-
tablishment of a music education library. This year PMA was
represented at the Pennsylvania Music Educator's Conference
in Harrisburg by several members of MENC and its officers:
President, Sheldon Kohan; Vice-President, Robert Stewart;
Secretary, Linda Bauman; Treasurer, Alexander Ragsdale; Social
Director, Henrietta Mustokoff. Some of the social activities
sponsored were a Christmas dance and various athletic events,
promoted in an attempt to acquaint the students with our affiliate
school, the Philadelphia Collece of Art.

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Da capo Staff

L. to R.: Editors. Ellen Renew, Terry Shepanski, Staff Standing: Terry Villani, Linda Bauman, Patsy Baxter.

DA CAPO

The Philadelphia Musical Academy's
yearbook, Da Capo, has been designed to
show the year's significant events, im-
provements and progress. We have at-
tempted to give a comprehensive view of
the school, by showing not only the
educational aspects, but also the other
activities which exist in the framework
of the school. This is your book, your
reproduction of the year 1965-66.

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