PPLS Adopt-A-Composer
2009-2010
Michelle Mielke, Coordinator
Featured Composer:
Valerie Roth Roubos
It is my great pleasure to reintroduce this year's adopted composer, Valerie Roth Roubos. We will have the opportunity this year to work with Ms. Roubos as each student in the PPLS has the opportunity to learn her compositions and also compose and improvise original compositions of their own. The PPLS teachers will encourage students to write questions to Ms. Roubos, either about her compositions or about their own. At the end of the year selected students will be invited to perform Ms. Roubos's compositions and several new works commissioned by the PPLS in a recital. Ms. Roubos will offer a master class for student performers in the PPLS and broader music community, and students will have the chance to interact with her in a "Meet the Composer" hour. We will also coordinate with the schools in the Pullman School District to bring Ms. Roubos into some of the classrooms of our PPLS students for interactive sessions with the entire class. This is going to be another exciting year for everyone, and I hope you will join with me in encouraging your students to unleash their creativity in improvisation and composition this year at the piano!
Biography:
Valerie Roth Roubos earned degrees in music theory and composition and flute performance from the University of Wyoming. Ms. Roubos maintains a studio in her home in Spokane, Washington, where she teaches flute, piano and composition. Her teaching philosophy and compositions reflect her belief that all students, from elementary to advanced, are capable of musical playing that incorporates sensitivity and expression. Ms. Roubos’ choral and piano works represent a variety of musical styles including sacred and secular.
Active as a performer, adjudicator, lecturer and accompanist, Ms. Roubos has lectured at the Washington State Music Teachers Conference. She has presented workshops at Holy Names Music Camp, Spokane Music Teachers Association, Tri-Cities Music Teachers Association, Lake Washington Music Teachers Association and the Clark County Music Teachers Association. She serves as the chair of the WSMTA Composer Commissioning Committee and has played an active role in the Spokane Music Teachers Association.
In 2001, the South Dakota Music Teachers Association selected Ms. Roubos as Composer of the Year. Valerie was chosen to be the 2004-2005 composer-in-residence at Washington State University. In 2006, she was named Composer of the Year by the Washington State Music Teachers Association and the Wyoming Music Teachers Association selected her as the Composer of the Year for 2007.
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