Department of Music to present first
concert in 2005-06 Faculty Recital Series

Sept. 21, 2005 -- The Department of Music at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will present the first concert of the 2005-06 Faculty Recital Series featuring Joe Bonner, Lauren Schack-Clark, Ken Hatch, Ed Owen, and Harriet O’Neal on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive.

The concert will include “Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano” by Alec Wilder performed Bonner and O’Neal; “Jeux d’eau” by Maurice Ravel and “Allegro barbaro” by Bela Bartok, performed by Clark; “Pocket Size Sonata for Clarinet and Piano” by Alec Templeton performed by Hatch and O’Neal; “Sonata in F for Tuba and Piano” by Benedetto Marcello, “Sketches for Tuba and Piano” by Michael McFarland, performed by Owen and Clark; “Non-Connubial Sigh” for solo tuba by Stephen Wilcox and “Fnugg” by Oystein Baadsvik performed by Owen.

Bonner, a flutist and assistant professor of music, received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Houston and his master of arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State University. His professional activities include the positions of principal flutist of both the 2^nd Air Force Band and the 13^th Air Force Band.

More recently, he was principal flute in the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra of Memphis and was co-principal at the Wildwood Opera Festival in Little Rock. Presently, he is principal flute of the Delta Symphony in Jonesboro. His teachers include Byron Hester, former principal flutist of the Houston Symphony and Harold Bennet, former principal flutist of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City.

Clark is assistant professor of piano and keyboard activities supervisor at ASU. She performs frequently as a soloist and collaborative artist. Clark was selected to perform at the 2005 TCU-Cliburn Institute Teachers Session in Fort Worth. She has played with principal players of the Boston Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Scottish National Symphony, Slovenian Radio Symphony, Cincinnati Orchestra, Arkansas Symphony, and Memphis Symphony, and with faculty members of the Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, Cincinnati College Conservatory, Oberlin College, the University of Memphis, and ASU.

She performed in Paris in 1997 in conjunction with the Institute for Advanced Vocal Study, and again at the 2001 French Piano Institute. With her husband, bassoonist Dr. Dale Clark, she has played at the Cork School of Music, Ireland, Florida State University, the University of Washington in Seattle, the University of Texas in Austin, the University of Nebraska, the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Boston Conservatory.

She holds a doctor of musical arts from Boston University, a master’s in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University, a graduate diploma from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass., and a bachelor of music degree from the Hartt School of Music.

Hatch, assistant professor of music, has taught clarinet and saxophone at ASU since 1983. In addition to studio teaching, he coaches chamber music, teaches instrumental technique classes for music education majors, and conducting. He has performed as guest conductor with the ASU Symphonic Band and the wind ensemble. Hatch presently performs as clarinetist and saxophonist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in Little Rock.

He has premiered pieces by Jared Spears, Tom O’Connor, Gay Spears, and Craig Wadley. Hatch has written “The Clarinet Teacher’s CD Companion,” a multimedia text for use in clarinet techniques class. He also has written “Tone, Flexibility, and Scale Studies for Clarinet and Saxophone,” two books with companion practice CDs. He holds a bachelor of music degree in clarinet performance from the University of North Texas, and a master of music degree in clarinet performance from Baylor University.

Owen is assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at ASU where his primary duties include serving as coordinator of graduate studies, teaches applied tuba and euphonium, and conducts the ASU Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble. He currently performs as principal tuba of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Brass Quintet, the Delta Symphony Orchestra. He received a bachelor of arts in music education degree from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, a master of music in tuba performance and a doctor of musical arts in performance and literature from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

Prior to his appointment at ASU, Owen served on the faculties of the University of Southern Mississippi, Ouachita Baptist University, and Indiana State University. He has conducted tuba & euphonium ensemble concerts at the International Tuba & Euphonium Conferences in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and Greensboro, N.C. An active clinician, Owen is in demand for master classes and clinics on brass performance and techniques. 

O’Neal has been associated with the music department at ASU since 1961. She served as instructor of piano and organ until her retirement in 2000, and continues to serve as an adjunct instructor, as well as accompanist for many performances in the Department of Music. An active musician in the Jonesboro community, she serves as organist at First Presbyterian Church and pianist with the Delta Symphony Orchestra and the Over the Hill Gang, a local Dixieland band. She received her bachelor of music degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., and her master of music from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more details, please call (870) 972-2094.

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