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   (Winter/Spring 2010)

 

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(Canadian University College, La Sierra University, Oakwood University, Pacific Union College, and Southern Adventist Universit)

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 Past Issues:

 

   (Summer/Autumn 2009)

 

  • Oakwood University President's Spring Message sets Stage for New Musical Composition

(An oratorio inspired by the Simon of Cyrene statue by Alan Collins located at Oakwood University)

  • Walker Memorial Academy Steel Band wins Top Prize in East Coast Competition

  • SDA College and University Enrollments
  • Columbia Union College renamed Washington Adventist University
  • Music Major enrollment and Faculty in SDA Colleges and Universities in the U.S. and Canada
  • IAMA Election Results
  • Biography Project Nears End
  • A Painful Childhood Odyssey

(Rudolf Strukoff's experience as a child in Europe during World War II)
    • News
      • 2110 General Conference Session Brass Choir
      • Adventist Gospel Music Directory
      • Obituaries

Alma Montgomery Blackmon

Frank Graham Heppel

Barry Jon Lauritzen

Joni Mae Robinson Pierre-Louis

 

   (Winter/Spring 2009)

 

  • The New England Youth Ensemble

(Historical overview of this ensemble, now in its 40th year!)

  • IAMA Celebrates 25 Years!

(Historical overview of the International Adventist Musicians Association)
  • The Wedgwood Trio (Wedgwood)

(The story of this historic ensemble and its effect on Adventist Music)
  • The Liberty Singers and Wretha Griffin Lang

(The story of a professional level choral ensemble, its director, and its success in a Florida community)
    • News
      • IAMA's Future
      • IAMA Biography Project
      • Atlanta's New Creation Choral Group & Its Part in President Obama's Inauguration
      • The Riverside, California, Mt. Rubidoux SDA Church Choir- Winners in Competition

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    • Sacred Music Piano Festival at the Loma Linda University Church
    • Southern Adventist University Steinway Piano Project
    • Upper Columbia Academy Gives a Christmas Concert in Spokane's Fox Theatre
    • Columbia Union College's Concert Band Tours in Puerto Rico
    • Personal Notes:
      • Florence Clarambeau
      • John T. Dennison
      • William DeWitt
      • Ivan E. Flores
      • Jeremy Irland
      • LeRoy Peterson

 

 

 

   (Summer/Autumn 2008)

 

  • A Trip to China

(Canadian University College choir members participated in a series of concerts that provided a cultural countdown to the XXIX Summer Olympic Games)
  • Music at Canadian University College

(Historical overview of music at Canadian University College)
  • Wendolin Pazitka Munroe (Biography)
  • A Providential Choice (A personal experience by Wendolin Pazitka Munroe)
  • In Memoriam: Giving a Musical Gift in memory of a Loved One or Friend

(A personal experience by William Ness)
  • Jazz in Adventist Schools?

(An introduction along with a reprint of an article from Adventist Today on music in the Adventist experience)
    • News
      • Andrews University 5th Annual Music and Worship Conference
      • Andrews University International Piano Competition
      • The Berean Eagles Pathfinder Club Drum Corps in South Bend, Indiana
      • Collegedale Academy's orchestra at Carnegie Hall
      • Pacific Union College $1.2 million piano project
    • Personal Notes:
      • Kimberly Bulgin
      • Elsie & Edwin Buck
      • Clarita Burden
      • Carlos Flores
      • Benjamin Gish
      • Matthew James
      • Ruth & Edmond James
      • Dana Magana
      • Karyelle Fleck Nielsen
      • Lovelyn Sampayan
      • Roma Sanders
      • Giovannni Santos
      • Cynthia Owen Stokes
      • Shi-Yeon Sung
      • Karin Thompson
      • Mark Torsney
      • Chi Yong Yun
      • Charles Zacharias
      • Obituaries
        • Lyle Jewell
        • Opal Miller

 

    (Winter/Spring 2008)

 

  • Andrews University Honors Herbert Blomstedt

Andrews University celebrates Blomstedt's 80th Birthday
  • Herbert Blomstedt (Biography)
  • Music and Spirituality (Excerpts from Blomstedt address at AU)
  • Standing with the Giants (Blomstedt Article)
  • The University of Montemorelos Celebrates Thirty Years of Music
  • Three Decades of Music at the University of Montemorelos

Historical overview of music at the University of Montemorelos
  • Music at Avondale College (Australia)

Historical overview of music at Avondale College
  • Alan George Thrift (Biography)
    • News
      • Adventist Heritage Ministry
      • Battle Creek Academy's "Band Together Festival"
      • Canadian University College's Tour to China
      • Chile Adventist University
      • Georgia-Cumberland Elementary Chorale Festival
      • Southwestern Adventist University's "A Night at Myerson"
      • North American Adventist College and University Enrollments
    • Personal Notes:
      • Melissa Anderson
      • Robert Anderson
      • Byron K. Graves
      • Lucy Lewis
      • Harlen Miller
      • Natasha Hidebran Perez
      • Barry Walmsley

 

(Summer/Autumn 2007)

 

  • The Trumpet Shall Sound . . .

Music at Faith for Today, groundbreaking religious telecast.

  • Herbert G. Hohensee Biography
  • Stan Schleenbaker Biography
  • Andrews University Wind Symphony Tours in Europe
  • Music at Southwestern Adventist University

Historical overview of music at Southwestern Adventist University
    • News
      • Appalachian Praise (SDA religious blue grass group)
      • The Creston Adventist Church Choir (British Columbia, Canada)
      • The Denver First Church NAD Arts Conference
      • Glendale Adventist Academy Chorale
      • The Sacramento Adventist Academy Bel Canto Choir
    • Personal Notes:
      • Debra Bakland (formerly Richter)
      • Elsy Gallardo
      • Glenn Hawkins
      • Marvel Jensen
      • Teona Martiashvili
      • Dwight Morgan
      • Matthew Sandvik
      • Michael Sandvik
      • Bob Schimp
      • Karin Thompson
      • Tim Vandeman
      • Obituaries
        • Dean Friedrich
        • Carl Wessman

 

 

(Winter/Spring 2007)

 

  • The King's Heralds
  • An Unutterable Sense of Glory

Ellen White's experiences in and views about early Adventist music.
  • Music at Walla Walla University

Historical overview of music at Walla Walla University, a program of many firsts in music in SDA higher education.
  • Melvin K. West (Biography)
  • Music in Turkey
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    • News
      • Gem State Academy "Cool Ringings Bells Festival"
    • Personal Notes:
      • Joanne Andersson
      • Joseph Eunkwan Choi
      • Rudyard (Rudy) Dennis
      • Bruce Kuist
      • Will Stuivenga
      • Jim Teel
      • Liva Zaigalve
      • Obituary
        • Wayne Hooper

 

 

 (Summer/Autumn 2006)

 

  • James Lee III/National Symphony Premiere

A firsthand report of the the premiere of a young Adventist composer's work by the National Symphony Orchestra.

  • Walla Walla Symphony Celebrates 100 Years

An overview of the unique relationship that the WWS and Walla Walla College have shared for nearly a century.
  • Music at Oakwood College

Historical overview of music at Oakwood College, how its reputation for outstanding choral groups evolved, and how music has played a major role in shaping the school's identity.
  • Mary Inez Booth (Biography)
  • Alma Montgomery Blackmon (Biography)
    • News
      • Adventist University of the Philippines
      • Artistree Ministry
      • Bass Memorial Academy Update
      • Battle Creek Academy Band
      • Rocky Mountain Fine Arts Festival
      • Southern Adventist University Organ Students
      • United Youth Congress
    • Personal Notes:
      • Philip Binkley
      • Peter Cooper
      • Norman Crarey
      • Carlos Flores
      • Donald Huff
      • Greg Kapiniak
      • Sung-Jung Kim
      • Dean Kravig
      • Andrew Lay
      • Lloyd Mallory
      • Cyril Myers, Jr.
      • Kenneth Narducci
      • Marvin Robertson
      • Dan Shultz
      • Ryan Wells
      • Obituaries
        • Adrian Lauritzen
        • Raiford D. Couden
        • Ellsworth F. Judy

 

(Winter/Spring 2006)

 

  • SDA Music Festivals

An overview of music festivals in Adventist education.
  • A Pioneering Venture

The story of how the first conference-wide music festival for elementary/junior academy students started and developed
  • Music at Andrews University

Historical overview of music at AU, including how music started and developed in its predecessor, Battle Creek College.
  • Paul Hamel (A biography)
    • News
      • Southern Adventist University 8th Annual Chamber Music Festival
      • The Collegedale Academy Madrigal Singers
      • The Lewiston, Idaho, Adventist Church Christmas Cantata
      • Walla Walla College Hosts Suzuki Music Camp Week
    • Personal Notes:
      • J. Bruce Ashton
      • Denice Raymundo Dameron
      • Barbara Favorito
      • Richard Hickam
      • Jerry Lange

 

 (Summer/Autumn 2005)

 

  • Katrina & Bass Memorial Academy

Bass Memorial Academy took a direct hit from hurricane Katrina two weeks into the school year. This is the story of the devastation it brought to that campus and how BMA helped the surrounding community, and how the school was, in turn, helped in its initial steps to recover from this catastrophe.

  • Adventist University of the Philippines Plans New Music Building

AUP, a large Adventist school of higher education has started fund raising to build a music facility, the first on a campus that has always valued music highly..
  • Music at La Sierra University

Historical overview of music at LSU + listing of current faculty
  • Harold Byron Hannum (Biography)
    • News
      • Andrews University hosts 2nd annual Music and Worship Conference
      • Atlantic Union College continues its renovation of Thayer Music Conservatory
      • Canadian University College expands its Casavant organ
      • Portland Adventist Academy introduces its Steel Band ensemble
      • The Sunnyside Church in Portland, Oregon, honors Melvin West and Harold Lickey
    • Personal Notes:
      • Del and Lois Case
      • Gennevieve Brown Kibble
      • Raejin Lee
      • Bruce and Rosalie Rasmussen
      • Obituaries
        • Margaret (Peggy) Bell
        • Frank J. Kravig

 

 

(Winter/Spring 2005)

 

  • Music at the Voice of Prophecy

The story of the Voice of Prophecy from its beginning to the present.
  • Meet Me in St. Louis

A preview of music and related issues at the 58th World Conference of the SDA church
  • Twenty Years of IAMA Publications

The story of how IAMA has grown and its publications evolved
  • Music at Pacific Union College

Historical overview of music at PUC + listing of current faculty
  • Echoes in the PUC Church

Changes in music for college church services at PUC from the late 1960's to the present
  • LeRoy Peterson

How a violin-toting bodybuilder has helped evangelize Russia
    • Personal Notes:
      • Robb Dennis
      • Marvin Robertson
      • Obituaries
        • C. Warren Becker
        • Carolyn Rhodes Bisel
        • Jerry Dill
        • Roy Drusky
        • Bob Edwards
        • Norman Krogstad
        • Bill Shadel

 

(Summer/Autumn 2004)

 

  • La Sierra University Wind Ensemble

This past February the La Sierra University Wind Ensemble was a featured group at the Christian Instrumentalists and Directors National Conference in Tennessee. The story of how that happened and how they did . . .
  • The Westside Brass

How a group of former brass players found each other, became a cohesive group, and rediscovered the joy of making music . . .
  • Opus-I Ensemble Singers & a Trip to Eastern Europe

A Collegedale Academy music group's tour to Eastern Europe
  • Music at Union College

Historical overview of music at UC + listing of current faculty
  • Melvin S. Hill (Biography)
    • News
      • Gem State Academy Handbell Ringers
      • The Andrews University Band in Europe
      • Ring of Fire handbell choir
      • The Taylor String Quartet
      • Union College Piano Pedagogy Degree
      • The Vision of the Apocalypse at Carnegie Hall
    • Personal Notes:
      • Katrina Beddoe Koch
      • Jerry Lange
      • Betty Spalding
      • Obituaries
        • Charles J. Hall
        • Ruimar DePavia

 

(Winter/Spring 2004)

 

  • The Andrews University Howard Performing Arts Center
  • The SDA Church Musicians' Guild (1970-1989)
  • Music at Southern Adventist University (Historical overview of music at SAU + listing of current faculty)
  • Dorothy Evans Ackerman (Biography)
  • Marvin Robertson (Biography)
  • How About a Prism Concert?
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    • Personal Notes:
      • Warren Becker
      • Audley C. Chambers
      • Ellen Cockerham
      • Jeffery K. Lauritzen

 

A listing of Issues prior to these can be viewed by clicking on Back Issues . . .(below)

 

 

Back Issues of IAMA Publications (1985- (A listing of magazines and articles)

 

Publications Checklist

 

These magazines are available at the following libraries: Andrews University, Atlantic Union College, Avondale College(Australia), Canadian University College, La Sierra University, Newbold College (England), Pacific Union College, Southern Adventist University, Southwestern Adventist University, and Walla Walla University