Departmental Achievements . . . Highlights of the 2006-2007 Academic Year

• CFCC Concert Choir sang Mozart’s Regine Coeli in December and teamed with DBCC (Daytona Beach Concert Choir) and SCC (Seminole Concert Choir) for Faure’s Requiem in April.
• Variations presented “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and an original show, “Younger Than Springtime.”
• Hosted a lecture by Andrea Snyder of Dance/USA and Jon Palmer Claridge of Arlington County Cultural Affairs.
• Presented a series of master classes by professional performances and educators.
• Presented a performance by Orlando Ballet II.
• For the second year in a row, the Patriot Blues (jazz ensemble) was asked to open for Lee Greenwood at Silver Springs Attraction. The estimated audience was about 12,000.
• Also for the second year in row, the Jazz Combo performed in support of Taste of Citrus, Chiefland Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet, H.S. Student Visitation Days, and FACC Chapter Officer's Installation.
• For the third year in a row, the Jazz Combo performed in support of CFCC's Citrus Campus open house.
• For the fourth year in a row, the Patriot Blues performed for packed houses in their Spring Jazz At The Webber event with guest the Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra.

 

Faculty Achievements

 

Samuel McClung

• The bands directed by Mr. McClung have been booked at some very high-profile events within the past year, including the annual Best of the Best at Golden Ocala Country Club.
• Mr. McClung received commissions to write pieces for orchestras, concert bands, and jazz (big) bands.
• By the time classes resume in August, Mr. McClung will have produced a recording session (with orchestra).

 

Gregory Ruffer

• Prepared chorus for the Orlando Philharmonic concerts of Handel’s Messiah and the Music Man.
• Conducted the Orlando Chamber Singers Professional Choir at the annual convention of the Florida Vocal Association.
• Conducted the Orlando Chorale in performances of Mozart’s Requiem in Orlando and Ocala.
• Provided voice-over for Orlando Ballet productions of Snow White.
• Mr. Ruffer commissioned world-renowned composer Jennifer Higdon to write somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond with text by e.e. cummings which premiered in March 2007 by The Orlando Chorale.
• Mr. Ruffer appeared as a clinician/adjudicator for the Orange County Public Schools, Heritage Music Festivals, and Cruise Festivals.

 

Sarah Satterfield

• Dr. Satterfield presented a lecture-recital on a Civil War fife at the International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Honolulu, Hawaii in January of 2006. The title of her presentation was “Fiddlers, Farmers, and the Folks Back Home: Traditional Music in Early Florida.” Dr. Satterfield received a grant to research this topic during her first semester at CFCC.
• Dr. Satterfield received a grant to bring Dr. David Kushner, head of the musicology program at the University of Florida, into her humanities courses to perform a lecture-recital examining controversies surrounding the use of dialect in the state songs of Florida. The lecture-recital ended with a performance by mezzo-soprano Samantha Barnsfarther, doctoral candidate at UF, of the state songs in both the original and dialect-free versions.
• Dr. Satterfield launched Patriot Winds, CFCC’s new woodwind ensemble. The group made its debut at the music department’s Spring concert.
• Dr. Satterfield performed with Wintley Phipps, a critically-acclaimed singer affiliated with the Billy Graham Crusade, at a camp meeting in Hawthorne in June.
• Dr. Satterfield developed this Website for your viewing pleasure!