[MASTA] Bob Gillespie Hall of Fame Alumni Award Reception December 6

Thu Dec 2 11:26:20 EST 2021

Hello all,

While this is a busy time of year, if you live in Southeast MIchigan and can swing it, Pam and I would love to see you next Monday evening at this event to honor Bob Gillespie. We all know how massive his contributions to string education have been and continue to be. 

Mike Hopkins nominated Bob for this award and it is heart-warming to see music ed recognized within the collegiate world. I know it meant so much to me in 2013. 

A thank you to Mike as well for his advocacy for string education within the music school and in our state! 
Mike needed RSVPs on the link below by yesterday (sorry to be late writing this) but hopefully a few extra can be added.

Sincerely,
Bob Phillips (the other Bob)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hopkins <mhopkins at umich.edu>
To: members at astamichigan.org <members at astamichigan.org>
Sent: Sat, Nov 27, 2021 4:22 pm
Subject: [MASTA] Bob Gillespie Hall of Fame Alumni Award Reception December 6

Dear MASTA members, 

 I am writing to invite you to a special event next week. I am hosting a reception for Dr. Robert Gillespie, to present him with the 2021 U-M Hall of Fame Alumni Award.  The reception will take place on Monday December 6 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM in the Hussey Room on the 2nd floor of the Michigan League. Following the reception, the University Symphony Orchestra will be performing in Hill Auditorium at 8 PM. The concert is free, no tickets required. The USO will perform Symphony No 3 by Johannes Brahms, Three Latin American Dances by Gabriela Lena Frank (DMA ‘01, composition), and La Valse by Maurice Ravel under the direction of Kenneth Kiesler.

Dr. Gillespie received his PhD in Music Education from U-M in 1985 and has had an incredibly distinguished career with really important contributions to string education and ASTA (please see his bio below). Joining me to present Dr. Gillespie with the award and share some thoughts on his career will be Bob Phillips and Robin Bloomberg. If you are currently near Ann Arbor we hope you can join us to celebrate Dr. Gillespie's contributions to string education. U-M catering will be providing food and beverages.

If you are able to join us, please RSVP using this Google Form: 
https://forms.gle/CmxuEtjCyNfMxrYB9. 
Please RSVP no later than December 1.

Current U-M campus protocols require masks be worn indoors at all times except when eating and drinking. The Hussey Room in the Michigan League is spacious and attendees will be able to maintain adequate social distancing when eating and drinking at the reception. 

I hope to see you there! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Michael

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Dr. Robert Gillespie Bio

Bob Gillespie, Ohio State University Professor Emeritus, was responsible for string education and string pedagogy at OSU for 37 years. Under Dr. Gillespie’s leadership, Ohio State University received from the American String Teacher Association (ASTA) the Institutional String Education Award as the premier string education university in the country. He is a past national president of ASTA and is a frequent guest conductor of All-State, region, and festival orchestras, having appeared in 49 states, Canada, Asia, and throughout Europe. He is co-author of the string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings, the leading string instrument teaching series in the country with sales of over eleven million copies. Also, he is co-author of the college text Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building A Successful School Orchestra Program, the String Clinics to Go DVD series, the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra publications and the method series, Rockin’ Strings. In summers, over 1,750 teachers from through the world have attended the annual summer OSU String Teacher Workshop, the largest string/orchestra teacher-training workshop in the country. In Columbus, he conducts the Columbus Symphony Chamber Strings Youth Orchestra. In 2020, Dr. Gillespie received the Paul Rolland Lifetime Achievement Award from ASTA for significant contribution to the field of string teacher education and string pedagogy.
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Dr. Michael Hopkins
Professor and Chair, Department of Music Education
University of Michigan
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
2230 Earl V. Moore Building
1100 Baits Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 763-7948
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