The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 28, 1956 Page: 3 of 8
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Two musical .settings for -mixed
voices by Robert MacKinnon,' As-
sistant Professor of Voice and'
Theory at Tarleton State College,
have recently- heen published.
The first of these works is en-
titled "And Time Still Passing."
The text, of the piece is a poetical
passage taken, from the, closing-
•paragraph of "The.Lo^t Day,"' a.
fitoi'y by :Thomas Wolfe, ail Anveti-
carr20tir Century novelist. -
; "Aiid Time Still Passing" .is for
unaccompanied mixed voices. It was
commissioned by the Catawba Col-
lege Choir (Salisbury, N. C.)' in
1952, while MacKinnon was teach-
ing at Yale University. The pietw
was performed extensively J>y the
Catawba Choir for 't\Vo years, and
was accented for publication in
1954 by Shawnee' Press. It was
published last summer.
Fred Waring.,. Summer
• Workshop
"Just in time," relates MacKin-
non, "to be performed at several
different sessions of the Fred War-
ing Summer Workshop, in Pennsyl-
vania." ■■
: The second, publication is a Mac-
Kinnon arrangement of Stephen
Foster's "Camptown Races," and
came out in January of this year.
It was also published by Shawnee
Presa which is owned and operated
by Fred Waring- Enterprises.
The music professor's interest
in music started' in high school
"when .be was a student in Coeur
D! Alene, Idaho. MacKinnon was
born in Lincoln, Neb., but his par-
ents moved to Idaho- when he was
14-.
"We had a remarkable music
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program in that high school, botli
vocal and instrumental, and that
got me- started," says MacKinnon.
University of Idaho
Upon graduating from high
school. MacKinnon entered the Uni-
versity of Idaho as a voice major.
"It was at the end of the depres-
sion. ,M.y money soon ran .out, and
•I. had to quit school."
.. He then became a professional
musician, playing-' in orchestras,
chambe--' groups, ami for radio in
Salt Lake City aiid in San Fran-
cisco. 1
' Then World War II —- MacKin-!
'lion joined the Armed, Forces in
1,942. . As a sergeant in the 8Uth
Infantry Division Band, ' he w^s
sent, overseas in, 1944 and se'rve'd
in England, France, Luxembourg
and Gormany. ;
MacKinnon was discharged in
February, 1940. . 1
He enrolled at the University of
Kansas shortly after this and re-
ceived his Bachelor of Music degree
in Composition in 1949. He Won the
Hayes B. White, Composition
Award there in his senior year.
Yale University
Next in his musical training was
Yale University, where he receiv-
ed his second Bachelor's degree in
195], and his Master of Music in
1952. At Yale he was the winner
of the Woods Chandler Composition
Prize for two successive years.
Following his graduation, he
taught music theory at Yale for a
year for a faculty member who
was on leave of absence.
Anson Weeks' Orchestra was the
next stop. He played clarinet,
saxaphone,. bass clarinet, sang,.
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and wrote arrangements
Weeks.
MacKinnon has been at Tarleton
since the summer of 1954;
During- the past four years, the
Tarleton composer has had perfor-
mances of his music at .Yale, Juil-
liard, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Prince-
ton, with the New Haven Syni-.
phony, at the VVNYC Festival in
New York City, and at Town Hall.
Works
His wprks include:- String Quar-
tet' N.o, lj Suite for Six Wood-
winds, Seven colors for Six Brass
(variations), Chamber-Cantata (six
voices and six instruments), Fugue
for Four Double, Heeds, 'Diverti-
mento for Piano, Dance for Sym-
phony Orchestra, and maliy compo-
sitions, and, arrangements for A
Cappella Choir.
The "Quintet for Willds" was
performed iii Town Hall last Jan-
uary at a conceit of the National
Association of American Compos-
ers and Conductors. MacKinnon
personally conducted his "Chamber
Cantata" in concert at the Juil-
liard School in 1953.
His "Suite for Six Woodwinds"
which is dedicated to the Oberlin
Wind Ensemble (Oberlin Conserva-
tory of Music) will be performed
by that organization in a first per-
formance this spring.
Teachers
His teachers in theory and com-
position include Laurel Kveretta
Anderson of the University of
Kansas, Quiney Porter and Paul
Ilindemith, both of Yale Univer-
sity, and Normand Lockwoodi of
New York and San Antonio,
MacKinnon emphasized that his
wife is of great assistance to him
in writing music. Mrs." MacKinnon
graduated from Brigham Young
University with a. major in Eng-
lish, and ■ did graduate study at
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HAS SETTINGS'PUBLISHED—Robert MacKinnon, assistant pro-
fessor of Voice and Theoijy at Tarleton, has recently had two
musical settings for mixed voices published. MacKinnon has been
at Tarleton since the summer of 1954.
the University of Iowa,'
| "When it comes to selecting a
\ text to set to music, I rely upon
j her taste and judgement complete-
J !y. She's p. writer too," Maekiimon
said, with pride,
"I> also value her criticism of
my music very highly, because it
in completely honest, I know- there
will be no quarter "given."
The couple have an eight-year-
old son, Ian.
Dallas Symphony-
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Conductor to Artiir Rodzinsky,
where he made as successful debut
as conductor of the New York Phil-
i harmoniq. He cpmpoyed the music
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for "Dark of the Moon," a Broad-
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piano appearances with the sym-
phonies of Eastern United States.
In 1949 Mr, Hendi' was appointed
Musical- Director and Conductor of
the Dallas Symphony Orchestra,
the position which he now holds.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 28, 1956, newspaper, February 28, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140590/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Tarleton State University.