Faculty Participate in Musical Program

May 24, 2000


Faculty members from several departments outside the School of Music and Dance recently performed in the UA Collegium Musicum concert in Holsclaw Hall on April 16.

John T. Brobeck, associate professor of musicology, has been the artistic director and conductor of this early music ensemble since 1989. The Collegium Musicum only performs music composed before 1750. Therefore, the authenticity of the historic period vocal style, language pronunciation and instrumental performance practices are a priority.

Singers and instrumentalists in this ensemble are primarily undergraduate and graduate students from the music department. But, from time to time, other members of the University and Tucson community also participate.
In the Palm Sunday concert this spring, singers and instrumentalists performed music of J.S. Bach. The UA faculty represented were: Tom Kovach, department head and professor of German Studies; Don Bourque, biochemistry, and cellular and molecular biology professor; and Kay Wiley, clinical instructor in the department of speech and hearing sciences. Wiley is a mezzo soprano, Kovach is a baritone and Bourque plays the double bass. All three of these musicians have professional performing experience in ensembles and orchestras throughout southern Arizona as well as in other parts of the country.

The College of Education presented Carol Greenwood Trejo, a Tucson educator, with its Distinguished Service Award during graduation- related ceremonies held May 12.

Trejo, a substitute teacher, was recognized for her extensive volunteer work with literacy groups and with the College of Education alumni club.

Trejo has been an active member of the Tucson Area Reading Council, the International Reading Association and the Arizona Reading Association, of which she is past president. She has served for a decade on the college's Alumni Council board of directors, holding nearly every office and taking on many special projects, including planning Homecoming activities.

She is also active in the education groups Pi Lambda Theta and Delta Kappa Gamma. A graduate of Mary Washington College in Virginia, Trejo earned a master's degree in education from UA in 1978.

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