Meeting Notes
Words of Note 2014
(40 pages total last year, including covers)
(Use Monica’s design from last year)
(Target publication date = late September, 1,000 copies)
Cover Art
- Relates to a feature story—probably Menuhin
Director’s letter
- Mary Ellen Poole, and the passing of the baton from Glenn to Mary Ellen
- Claire working with Mary Ellen on this
Butler School of Music News
- Butler School of Music 2013-2014 Recap
- Theory Program named among top 10 in the country
- Austin Critics’ Table Awards
- Wind Ensemble World Tour (include address to blog)
- Centennial kick-off (last October) recap and Oct. 17 closing event
- Jeff Hellmer’s MOOC
Alumni Updates
- By decade
- Lists degree and year
- Includes photos of select alumni
Faculty Updates, including Retired Faculty and New Faculty Appointments
- Alphabetical order, includes photos of select faculty and their projects
- Retiring Staff (no Faculty this year):
- Bob Gowdy
- Judith Camps
- Get list of New Faculty Appointments from Kevin Crook (will have CVs on file)
Student Achievements
- Listed by award
- James Rodgers has begun layout in InDesign
In Memoriam
- Rose Taylor
- Raymond Crisara (Charles Ball can help write)
Development
- Nathan Russell to design Centennial advert (for Centennial events the weekend of October 17)
- Clara to get assets to Nathan Russell by mid-July
“Then and Now” Faculty Photos
- Old photos of faculty (front of page) juxtaposed with recent photos (back of page)
- Place opposite Centennial advert
The Butler Society
- List—Clara to compile by early July
Endowments
- List—Clara to compile by early July
Back cover art
PLUS: Feature stories scattered throughout
Menuhin Competition Recap, with COMP sidebar
Mary Ellen Poole profile (Q&A piece)
MRH building upgrades (Frank Simon to pen), including:
- Recording studio technology upgrades
- Bates Recital Hall renovations
Classroom 2.614 upgrades—converted classroom to an intimate lecture-recital space