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Michael Rickman, a native of Asheville, North Carolina, was
privileged to have been a pupil of the late Grace Potter Carroll,
herself a former pupil of Ferruccio Busoni and Theodore Leschetitzky. He
holds degrees and the Performer's Certificate from Mars Hill College and
the University of North Texas, where he was pupil of Richard Cass and
Jack Roberts. He studied further with Karen Shaw of Indiana University.
Dr. Rickman received top honors in the Theodore Leschetitzky International Competition, Carnegie Hall, New York. For two seasons he was
resident pianist with Petit Jean Music Festival, providing the opportunity
to work with pianist Dalton Baldwin. He has appeared in concert with
the Audubon String Quartet. His performances are regularly heard on
Florid Public Radio. Since 1983, Dr. Rickman has been Professor of
Music at Stetson University, where he continues to expand his musical
horizons. Grants from Stetson University enabled him to study the late
works of Schubert and Beethoven with pianist Edward Kilenyi and works
of 20th Century Dutch composers with Dutch pianist-composer Piet
Stalhmeir. In 1990, Dr., Rickman was the recipient of the first Homer
and Dolly Hand Award for Creativity and Research, given by Stetson
University. In May, 1995, Dr. Rickman received the highest honor given
in Stetson, the William Hugh McEniry Award for Excellence in
Teaching. Dr. Rickman has enraptured audiences on three continents,
having appeared in nine foreign countries, including the former Soviet
Union. European critics hailed his "technical perfection and great tonal
beauty, a performer with stylistic and nuance-rich acumen." (Saar
Zeitung). "A lucid performer -- a sure, steady pianist," * New York Times.
Richard Feasel, a native Floridian, has been composing since 1938,
and joined the Stetson faculty in 1946. He conducted Stetson bands
for 25 years, and the orchestra for nine years. As clarinetist with the
Florida Symphony Orchestra for four seasons, he also served as Associate
Conductor. He played clarinet and saxophone in the Daytona Beach
Municipal Band for 28 seasons. He studied conducting with Pierre
Monteux in 1956, and composition with Nadia Bouianger in Paris, 1963.
He was elected to membership in the American Bandmasters Association
in 1955. He is a Past-President of the Florida Composers League.
Frequently serving as an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor, he
was recognized by the School Musician magazine in 1975 as one of the
ten most outstanding music educators in the United States.
Program Notes
Reminiscence (1996)
For Arfene, Wio has liked these sounds since 1938
As a Freshman Music Major in 1938,1 started arranging for my "Big
Band," the "College Clubmen." This Reminiscence includes some of the
sounds I was using then, and others I have used in compositions and
arrangements in the six decades since then.
Pride of Stetson March contains the Stetson University "Pep Song", Go-
Hatters'Gol Written in 1938, this was the composer's first composition.
Listeners will be interested in comparing the style of this with Remmis-
cence, written 58 years later.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Showcase Concert
SYMPHONIC WIND
ENSEMBLE
Bobby Adams, Conductor
featuring
Michael Rickman, Piano
Richard Feasel, Guest Conductor
February 22, 1997
2:00 RM.
Elizabeth Hall
