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<P>I was privileged to have known Bruce during my time at Michigan State. I got to know him pretty well during that time: I served as his teaching assistant for a year, completed two semesters of counterpoint study with him, and was rewarded with his insight when he gladly agreed to serve as co-chair of my dissertation committee. One of my fondest memories was a conversation we were having the day I arrived to tour the campus, and before I actually committed to study there: I found his candor refreshing and disarming: I felt that here was a man of sincerity and integrity; a man posessed of a deep knowledge of, and love for, music and music theory. I knes that I wanted to study with him.</P>
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<P>As I got to know him through working with him as he prepared and taught his freshman classes, I gained more admiration for his dedication to the art of teaching. He spend innumerable hours developing materials and carefully crafting his approach to a complex subject matter to ensure clarity and transparency. As a teacher of counterpoint, his pedagogy was nothing short of masterful, and he spent time with each individual student in order to bring out the strongest aspects of his or her work, develop motivic ideas, and keep us focused on a solid and idiomatic tonal structure. His socratic method of questioning questions was often homorous to those inclined to find humor in advanced contrapuntal studies. When I asked what we should do in a contrapuntal situation that seemed to have no solution, he wrote "WWJD" on the board and asked, "What would Johann do?"</P>
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<P>I have been enriched by by association with Bruce, and have been inspired by him. I pray for strength and comfort to his family duting this most sorrowful time.</P>
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<P>Requiem æternam dona eis domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Rest in peace, Bruce. You are missed.</P>
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<P>Sincerely,</P>
<P>Benjamin Ayotte <BR><BR></P>
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<P><B>From: </B>smt-talk-request@lists.societymusictheory.org<BR><B>To: </B>smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org<BR><B>Sent: </B>Wednesday, January 4, 2012 3:04:58 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Smt-talk Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2<BR><BR>Send Smt-talk mailing list submissions to<BR> smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org<BR><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> smt-talk-request@lists.societymusictheory.org<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR> smt-talk-owner@lists.societymusictheory.org<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of Smt-talk digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR> 1. Bruce Campbell (Elizabeth W. Marvin)<BR> 2. Bruce Campell (Elizabeth W. Marvin)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:04:49 -0500<BR>From: "Elizabeth W. Marvin" <bmarvin@esm.rochester.edu><BR>To: <smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org><BR>Subject: [Smt-talk] Bruce Campbell<BR>Message-ID: <CB28AD71.3E9D4%bmarvin@esm.rochester.edu><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR><BR>We are writing with the sad news that our colleague Bruce Campbell, recently<BR>retired from Michigan State University and former faculty member at the<BR>Eastman School of Music, died on December 29, 2011, of a heart attack while<BR>driving. His memorial service is Tuesday, January 3 at 4:00 p.m. at<BR>Eastminster Presbyterian Church in East Lansing, where he had served as<BR>organist for many years. A few biographical notes from his obituary: Bruce<BR>had degrees from Brandeis University, the Juilliard School, and Yale<BR>University. He studied organ with Anthony Newman, harpsichord with Fernando<BR>Valenti and Ralph Kirkpatrick, composition with Leonard Stein and Frank<BR>Lewin, and advanced theoretical studies with Allen Forte, Oswald Jonas, and<BR>Ernst Oster. He was also a composer, whose published works include music<BR>for band, orchestra, choir, and many solo instruments. Bruce had a passion<BR>for hiking, travelling, and bagpipe playing, and had recently spent three<BR>months living and working in Scotland's Iona Community.<BR>> <BR>We remember Bruce from his time at Eastman, where we heard him perform and<BR>where we had many conversations with him about music theory and music theory<BR>pedagogy. He was well known at Eastman for his deep knowledge of Baroque<BR>and species counterpoint, and also for his work as an early Macintosh<BR>adopter and HyperCard programmer. Bruce was a ?straight talker? who was not<BR>shy about voicing his opinions about our discipline, as any one who knew him<BR>will attest. But a conversation with him was almost always stimulating, and<BR>even when his critique became particularly pointed, it still grew out of a<BR>deep engagement with music and musicianship.<BR><BR>Betsy Marvin, Bob Wason, and Steve Laitz<BR>Eastman School of Music<BR><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <http://lists.societymusictheory.org/pipermail/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org/attachments/20120103/00a9ba7c/attachment.html><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:29:29 -0500<BR>From: "Elizabeth W. Marvin" <bmarvin@esm.rochester.edu><BR>To: "smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org"<BR> <smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org><BR>Subject: [Smt-talk] Bruce Campell<BR>Message-ID: <CB28DD69.3E9F1%bmarvin@esm.rochester.edu><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR><BR>Julie Nemire asked me to post this response to the list:<BR><BR>I was so saddened to learn this. Dr. Campbell was the advisor for my<BR>dissertation at MSU, which was completed in 2002. I was pretty self-directed<BR>about my dissertation, and he allowed me to be, for which I will ever be<BR>grateful.<BR><BR>I took his graduate species counterpoint class and can testify that his<BR>teaching of that class was sublime. I also studied HyperCard with him (still<BR>have the massive manual at home somewhere!) and probably owe my fondness for<BR>Macs to him, as well. Several of us on Facebook were swapping stories and<BR>the many little gems he uttered are still memorable these many years later.<BR>I specifically remember his great reverence for J. S. Bach (whom he always<BR>referred to as "The Great Man") and for Heinrich Schenker.<BR><BR>May he rest in peace ... he will be missed and fondly remembered.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR>Julie Nemire<BR><BR>Posted by: Elizabeth Marvin<BR>Eastman School of Music<BR><BR><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <http://lists.societymusictheory.org/pipermail/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org/attachments/20120103/6d5e231a/attachment-0001.htm><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Smt-talk mailing list<BR>Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org<BR>http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org<BR><BR><BR>End of Smt-talk Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2<BR>***************************************<BR></P></div></body></html>