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Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame Award (formerly Citation of Merit) was established to recognize and honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society, their profession, the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance, one of its departments or programs, or to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Alumni Society.
Recipients for 2013 have been selected. We invite your nominations for the 2014 Hall of Fame Award winners. This award has been presented annually since 1977. Nominees may be an alumnus/a of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, present or former faculty members, or a friend of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
To make your 2014 Hall of Fame nominations, please reference the Award Nomination Criteria Page, then fill out a Nomination Cover Page and attach it to your submission materials. All nominations must be received by September 16, 2013.
Please submit your nominations to Ellen Storch, 2005 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2075 or e-mail to estorch@umich.edu.
2013 Inductees
Sharon Jensen, BA '69 and MA '71 (theatre)
Sharon Jensen has served as Executive Director of Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts for 24 years. Jensen and Inclusion in the Arts received the 2011 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre and in 2009, Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented Jensen with the City’s diversity “Made in NY” award for Inclusion in the Arts’ “significant contributions to the City’s entertainment industry”. Jensen and Inclusion in the Arts champions the creative power of diversity and inclusion in theatre, film and television. Jensen and her staff work closely with arts and entertainment unions, guilds, trade associations, artists and other professional practitioners for full inclusion throughout the industry. Previously, from 1971 to 1975, Jensen worked in the casting department of Theatre Communications Group and for the next 13 years, served as Executive Director of the League of Professional Theatre Training Programs. In 2002, Jensen organized and chaired the Theatre Diversity Coalition. She is a Member of the Board of The Actors Center (NYC); and served on the Task Force for the 1998 and 2009 National Summits on Careers in Arts for People with Disabilities. Jensen currently serves on the Executive Committee of United Cerebral Palsy’s Eleventh Annual Women Who Care Luncheon.
Bob Phillips, BM '76 and MM '79 (music education and clarinet)
Bob Phillips is a pedagogue, composer, teacher trainer, and conductor in string education. He is an expert in the use of large group pedagogy and in the development of alternative styles for strings. In Saline, MI, Phillips built a string program with over 700 students that is a national model of excellence in both classical and alternative music. His orchestras have performed at Midwest Clinic in Chicago, as well as Michigan’s State Conference. He founded the nationally renowned folk-fiddling ensemble, Saline Fiddlers, which under his direction gained an international reputation performing multiple times at the White House and Kennedy Center as well as many TV, radio shows and international venues. Phillips has authored over 18 book series that include 120 books for use in the classroom, all published by Alfred Music Publishing. Bob along with his wife Pam (BGA, ’80) have created 28 instructional DVDs for band and strings. He has over 100 compositions and arrangements published for orchestras and bands, in addition to being an award winning ASCAP composer. In fall of 2010, Phillips served as the Endowed Chair in Music Education at the University of Alabama. Currently, he is the Director of String Publications for Alfred Music Publishing and serves as President of the American String Teachers Association.
Hall of Fame Past Recipients
1961 Russian Tour Band
Roberta Alexander
Mildred Andrews *
Ann Arbor ONCE Festival
Leslie R. Bassett
Judith Becker
Harry Begian *
Elizabeth Weil Bergmann
Jerry Bilik
Josef Blatt *
William Bolcom
Eugene Bossart
Allen P. Britton *
Wayne S. Brown
Francis Bundra *
George R. Cavender *
Russell Lewis Christopher
Robert Cogan
Hugh Cooper *
Robert J. Courte
David Crawford
Richard Crawford
George Crumb
Louise E. Cuyler *
Christine Dakin
Orien Dalley *
Hans Theodore David
Chip Davis
William Doppmann
Edward J. Downing
Rosalie Edwards *
David Eisler
Nicholas D. Falcone *
Ross Lee Finney *
James Forger
Bruce Galbraith
Armando Ghitalla *
Elizabeth Green *
Nelson Hauenstein *
Harold Haugh *
Ralph Herbert *
Thomas Hilbish
G. Maurice Hinson
H. Wiley Hitchcock *
Marguerite V. Hood *
Howard T. Howard
Marian Owen Hunt *
Lawrence Hurst
Roger E. Jacobi
Kenneth Jewell *
Ernest Jones *
Edith Staebler Kempf *
Nancy Ambrose King
Maynard J. Klein *
John Krell *
Paul R. Lehman
Eva Likova *
Clifford P. Lillya *
Larry Livingston
Albert Luconi *
William R. Malm
Marilyn Mason
John McCollum
Charlotte Whitman McGeoch *
Glenn D. McGeoch *
Robert Emmett McGrath
John D. Mohler
Earl V. Moore *
Barbara Nissman
Weston Noble
Jessye Norman
Fred Ormand
Charles E. Owen *
Willis Patterson
Cynthia Phelps
Ashley Putnam
Emil Raab *
Larry Rachleff
Gail W. Rector *
Willliam D. Revelli *
H. Robert Reynolds
Mary Romig-deYoung *
Gilbert Ross
Gustave Rosseels *
Judith Dow Rumelhart
James D. Salmon *
George Shirley
Donald Sinta
Glenn P. Smith
Carl St. Clair
Clarence E. Stephenson
Carolee Stewart
Louis Stout *
William H. Stubbins *
Laurence L. Teal *
Mary Teal
Nelita True
Glenn E. Watkins
Floyd E. Werle *
* deceased
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