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

[Michael Hopkins]

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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