Distinguished Faculty Address
Recognizing a faculty member’s exemplary achievement
The annual Distinguished Faculty Address honors a faculty member who has risen to the front ranks of his or her discipline through achievements in research, scholarship, and teaching.
2022 Address
Keri McCarthy
Professor, School of Music
Mon., March 21, 4:00 p.m.
Kimbrough Concert Hall
Reception to follow, Room 115
The event can be experienced again at this link: https://youtu.be/sMlNB1fH1sc?t=1058
The Power of Live Music in a Post-COVID World
Discover music from the past and today with Professor Keri McCarthy, Core Fulbright Scholar and internationally recognized chamber musician, soloist, teacher, and clinician.
The COVID-19 pandemic made live musical performances less accessible to many people. Professor McCarthy will discuss how live music creates a sense of shared experience, uniting diverse and even divergent populations. As people emerge from their COVID silos, live music can play a powerful role in strengthening communities worldwide.
With the help of all-star faculty ensembles, Professor McCarthy will take you on a toe-tapping exploration of the role of music in local and global communities. She and her colleagues will present music that spans two centuries, four continents, and a multitude of genres. Her address will not only discuss, but demonstrate, the immeasurable value of musical performance.
The following faculty members will perform at the event:
- Julie Wieck, soprano, and Elena Panchenko, piano
- Aaron Agulay, tenor, and Yuna Roh, piano
- The Palouse Trio: Christiano Rodrigues, violin, Ruth Boden, cello, and Fabio Menchetti, piano
- Faculty Brass Quintet: David Turnbull and Ashley Swanson, trumpet, Martin King, horn, A.J. Miller, trombone, and Chris Dickey, tuba
- Jacqueline Wilson, bassoon
- Greg Yasinitsky, saxophone; Cesar Haas, guitar; Dave Bjur, bass; Darryl Singleton, drums
- Keri McCarthy, oboe
The address will feature compositions by faculty members Scott Blasco and Greg Yasinitsky, as well as Yii Kah Hoe, a 2022-23 Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence from Malaysia
About Professor McCarthy
Keri McCarthy has built global awareness of music from Asia and the United States. Her work has resulted in performances and presentations worldwide dedicated to Asian composers and their music. It has also yielded 18 newly commissioned works for oboe or wind quintet and four commercially-released albums sharing music from Asian and Asian-American artists.
In 2011 a Core Fulbright Scholarship took McCarthy to Thailand to study contemporary music. She later co-founded the Light through Music project, introducing oboe and bassoon to musicians in Myanmar. In 2016 she co-founded the Pan Pacific Ensemble, a wind quintet that has commissioned and recorded works from Asian and Asian-American composers. McCarthy founded OctOboeFest NW, which provides high-school- and college-aged oboists opportunities to learn from nationally recognized musicians. Institutions across the Northwest host the event. A service project that she co-founded brings instruments and education to underserved populations. McCarthy advises WSU’s Fulbright Student Association.
Previous Presenters of the Distinguished Faculty Address
2021
Amit Bandyopadhyay
Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
2020
Patricia Hunt
Meyer Distinguished Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences
2019
Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
Professor, Department of Psychology
2018
Susmita Bose
Professor, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
2017
Douglas R. Call
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
2016
Michael K. Skinner
Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
2015
Gerald B. Berthiaume
Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
2014
Raymond Reeves
Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
2013
Kenneth L. Nash
Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences