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Almost 10 percent of the stu
dent population at the Univer
sity of Alaska is taking music
courses, in one form or another.
This wide-spread interest in trills
and arpeggios is due, in large
fart, to Miss Lorraine Donoghue,
ssociate professor and head of
the music department, who
teaches everything from piano to
choral work.
Miss Donoghue lives for music
—and she lives by music. Her
musical day starts at 8 a.m. and
often continues with few breaks
until 8 p.m. If a special musical
program is in the making, she
and her students rehearse far on
into the night.
Thirteen music courses are of
fered by the University, and Miss
Donoghue is an authority in all
13. She is an accomplished pian
ist and is equally adept at teach
ing beginner classes and concert
work. Her curriculum also in
cludes the history of music, the
ory of music, music appreciation
and harmony.
Lorraine’s musical career start
ed in Seattle, Washington, where
she took her first piano lesson at
the age of 6. As soon as she be
came proficient on the piano, she
.branched out to other instruments
*she particularly enjoys—the bari
tone horn, clarinet and viola.
She was an important addition
to her grade school and high
school orchestras, and an enthu
siastic member of the glee clubs.
She continued her musical educa
tion at the University of Wash
ington, graduating with a B.A.,
and for five years supervised
music in the schools of Kent and
Monroe in the state of Washing
ton.
Miss Donoghue was awarded
the first music fellowship ever
offered by the University of
Washington, and returned to that
school to obtain her M.A., then to
instruct for a year.
In addition to her academic
work in Seattle, she did gradu
ate work in music at Boston Uni
versity, and was further honored
when she was named first alter
nate to the Marston Fellowship
in Music at Vassar.
After hearing much about
Alaska from friends and relatives
in the Territory, Miss Donoghue
decided to come north. This year
she is starting her fourth year at
College. “I love it here, and am
very happy at the University,”
she said.
Miss Donoghue is a slight, petite
miss, who loves square dancing—
“Probably because my grandpar
ents taught me these dances when
I was a small child.” She is also
an avid camera fan and has ac
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Her little gray house with a
bright yellow door (which she
painted herself, inside and out)
contains an exquisite collection
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mask is to keep out sour notes,
she says.) Of course, it goes with
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Because of her curricular and
extra-curricular musical activi
ties, Miss Donoghue finds little
time for herself. At present she
is directing three choral groups
which are much in demand for
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pearances. Best - known is her
mixed chorus of 36 voices which
has given two concerts in Fair
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broadcasts. The Men’s Glee Club
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sing the plaintive melodies with
out accompaniment or direction.
The young professor with “mu
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to find with all her activities: the
University of Alaska doesn’t have
a band! This is not due to lack
of student talent, but rather to
i lack of instruments.
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