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PAN PIPES WintER 2014 sai-natiOnal.ORg 6 sai legaCy a gi of a quarter-million dollars is making the decision to come to Emporia State University an easy one for 20 music students. ey are the first recipients of the Fulhage Music Scholarships, made possible by a gi from the estate of an alumna, Mildred Fulhage. Mildred was an initiate of Tau-Sigma at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a member of the Kansas City Alumnae Chapter. She pased away in 2012. "We were certainly thrilled when we learned about this scholarship," said Allan Comstock, associate professor of music and music department chair. "e first thing we thought was that we want to honor Ms. Fulhage for her tremendous gi." e 20 students receiving Fulhage scholarships were introduced during a bell-ringing ceremony and reception at Emporia State's Sauder Alumni Center on Sept. 13. Fulhage was posthumously inducted in the Beach Hall of Distinction during the Emporia State music department's Annual Benefit Gala on Sept. 14. A schoolteacher for 41 years, Fulhage earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Kansas State Teachers College in 1936. She taught vocal music in ayer and Cedar Vale, KS, before joining the teaching staff of the Kansas City, KS, public school system where she retired in 1977 as coordinator of music. She was 96 years old when she died in June 2012. Mildred was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota by the Tau-Sigma Chapter in April 1980. She was an active member of the Kansas City Alumnae Chapter for many years. "I am so pleased that you are honoring Mildred Fulhage at your benefit concert," said Kay Wildman, a co-worker of Fulhage's in the Kansas City school system. "She enriched many lives during her years of teaching and instilled in her students a love for music that carried over into their adult years." "While she was alive, Ms. Fulhage made a decision to continue her legacy of teaching music students, and what a wonderful legacy that is," noted Jennifer Denton, Foundation vice-president for stewardship and administration. Ms. Fulhage will also be posthumously listed as a member of the Foundation's Kellogg Society, which recognizes the importance of planned gis to the sustainability of Emporia State University. "Somewhere along the way, someone planted an idea in Mildred Fulhage's mind about leaving a gi to Emporia State. Her generosity will truly change lives," said Michael D. Shonrock, Ph.D., Emporia State president. e Fulhage scholarships mean Emporia State's music department can attract more students to the program. "In the past, we've had to really limit our scholarship awards," said Comstock. "It's a special experience to be able to compete with larger schools for talented students," he concluded. "My biggest dream was to study in the United States," said Anastasia Motiti, Fulhage scholarship recipient and international transfer student from Cyprus, an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Motiti, a talented musician who has attended several piano and flute academies and master classes with a number of European musicians in Cyprus, Greece and Austria, is attending Emporia State with the support of her family, the Fulhage Scholarship, and the Fulbright Commission in Cyprus. "e scholarship given to me is a great present," continued Motiti. "I hope through my studies to make Emporia State University proud." For Trevor Laporte, a music major from Pleasanton, the Fulhage scholarship provides significant relief from the financial stresses of college. "I am taking 19 hours, working two jobs, trying to fit in homework and at least four hours of practice a day, and that can get pretty stressful," Laporte said. Comstock said the scholarships will also help create an ensemble of graduate music students who will travel to schools, work with students and serve as outreach for the university. — Emporia.edu Fulhage Gift Bolsters Harmony to Emporia State t he American Composers Update, an annual supplement to PAN PIPES, is now available exclusively as a digital download from the SAI website. e update will now be available free through any device with online access. e First American Composer Music issue of PAN PIPES is dated December 1947. National President Kathleen Davison called for the creation of a Composers Bureau in an address presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Music Council in May 1947. To further American Music, she notes five "channels," including the Composers Bureau. e December 1947 issue listed a Composers Bureau article for the first time. In it, Marguerite Kelly Kyle, Director of SAI's Composers Bureau, established the keeping and lending of composer library records she maintained in Iowa City. She noted that updates to the composers will be printed in a regular column called "Music of the Moment" which ran throughout the year and listed new compositions under various categories. e December 1948 PAN PIPES reprinted the cover of the December 1947 issue and declared it the "First American Music Issue." is 1948 issue included a "Pen Notes from our Composers" column that functioned as an alphabetized update, reprinting verbatim letters from the composers themselves. Mrs. Kyle edited the listing. In the December 1949 issue, Mrs. Kyle began a column called "AmerAllegro: Premieres, Recent Performances, New Releases." is list is not in any obvious order but is similar to what we now call the American Composers Update. "Music of the Moment" continued to list new compositions. "AmerAllegro" appeared again in the December 1950 issue and subsequent Winter PAN PIPES. "Music of the Moment" now included a footnote stating the included publications "should be supplemented with the many compositions and their listed publishers found in 'Music From Recent Releases,' 'AmerAllegro,' and 'With Fraternity Composers.'" e column lasted until the January 1979 issue of PAN PIPES. In the Winter 1980 issue, it was replaced by the "American Composer Update" with no editor credited. In the Winter 1981 issue, Jeanette Drone is listed as the Director of the Composers Bureau in the American Composer Update section. Since then, Gloria Swisher, Dorothy Gross, and Jane Ellen have served in this capacity, leading up to current director, Susan Cohn Lackman. e update is available exclusively on sai-national.org. Annual Composer Update Goes Exclusively Digital

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