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PAN PIPES S I GM A A L PH A I OTA P H I L A NTH R O P IES, I NC . Florence Rudin, Oak Park Alumnae Fall 2010 Volume 103, Number 1 A Publication Of Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc., the charitable arm of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity HEATHER L. DAVIS Editor RUTH SIEBER JOHNSON Executive Director and Business Manager • Features • 8 10 11 17 GREGORY DICKENS Publications Manager and Art Director ELIZABETH M. NORDLING SAI National President DARYLE GARDNER-BONNEAU, Ph.D Chairman, SAI Philanthropies, Inc. LEgaciES in MUSIC SAI Honorary Member and opera legend remembered Sound Bites Region VI Officer Heather L. Davis named new PAN PIPES editor Sheryl Crow Iota Lambda initiate returns to top of Billboard charts with new album PAN PIPES CONTRIBUTORS Susan Cohn lackman DR. JEANETTE M. DRONE Grace Harrison Gori BRENDA KERR liana valente Marcia Williams Awards The 2010 Fraternity and Philanthropies Awards is a member/supporter of the following organizations: American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum Fraternity Communications Association International Alliance of Women in Music International Women's Brass Conference League of American Orchestras Maud Powell Society for Music and Education MENC: National Association for Music Education (Auxiliary Member) National Federation of Music Clubs National Interfraternity Music Council National Music Council Professional Fraternity Association Society for American Music • Departments • Musical Medley 3 10 SAI Careers 14 Opportunities 34 In Memoriam 36 Distinguished Members Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity was organized in 1903 "to form chapters of music students and alumnae who have a sincere interest in music and uphold the highest standards of music; to further the development of music in America and throughout the world." Its journal PAN PIPES (ISSN-0889-7581) is published four times a year, in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer, by Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc., One Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805. Periodicals postage paid at Asheville, NC, and at additional mailing offices. The subscription price is $30.00 a year, $35.00 for Canadian and foreign subscriptions, $10.00 for the annual Winter Contemporary American Music issue, and $5.00 per regular issue. Send subscriptions, correspondence of a general nature, and changes of address to the National Headquarters in Asheville. Printed in the United States of America. Postmaster: Send address changes to PAN PIPES, Sigma Alpha Iota National Headquarters, One Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805. Email to nh@sai-national.org. sai-national.org FALL 2010 PAN PIPES 1

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