2018-19 Guide To Yellow Springs

46 the Guide to YelLow Springs y 2018 - 1 9 Y e l l ow S p r i n g s N ews   Musical Spotlight—  y  allen m c . cullough  y By Lauren heaton It was six years ago that Chamber Music Yellow Springs commissioned a string quar- tet composition by Yellow Springs native Dr. Allen McCullough. The homecoming was funded with a $10,000 grant from the National Endow - ment for the Arts and a $2,000 grant from the Ohio Arts Council. McCullough, currently a member of the music faculty at Purdue University, grew up in the village, graduating from Yellow Springs High School in 1996. He has written extensively for the piano, voice, chamber ensembles, choral forces and symphony orchestra, including a symphony in five movements, and a concerto for piano and orchestra. McCullough got his start at home on the piano under the tutelage of his mother, local piano teacher Sarah McCullough, who played piano for Community Chorus and helped to book ensembles for CMYS. His father, William McCullough, was also involved in community life, as a Greene County health commissioner. But McCullough’s music was nurtured by many others in the village, not the least of whom was high school music conductor Shirley Mullins, who taught him to play the cello. McCullough’s older brother, Prentice, played the cello under Mullins as well. In 2013, Chamber Music Yellow Springs commissioned a string quartet by Yellow Springs native Allen McCullough that was performed by the Aeolus Quartet. McCullough grew up in a local musical family, including his mother Sarah McCullough, a pianist and well-known piano teacher. • Submitted photo courtesy of mercer university CMYS president Jeff Huntington, it’s mar - velous but hardly surprising that a brother and sister duo from a tiny Ohio town both landed careers in the music profession, a field as difficult to master as it is to make a living from. But beyond their immediate family, Yellow Springs has launched dozens of others into musical careers, including many in the classical genre but also in jazz, rock and pop. Huntington, who has been part of the music community here for 40 years, recently came up with just shy of 100 people who either grew up here or worked in music in the village. 1 “My brother always joked that Yellow Springs was probably some kind of govern- ment experiment to create a community of the super talented people because of the way the arts are nurtured and valued here,” McCullough said. “This definitely is a special place,” he said. “As a kid you don’t realize it, you just play in the orchestras and you think surely this must happen everywhere. And you quickly find out that it doesn’t. Yellow Springs is unique.” McCullough’s sister, Helen Allen, is also a musician. A 1993 YSHS graduate she is a soprano with a doctorate in voice from Ohio State University. According to former B attino C ounseling s erviCes Adults, Couples, Adolescents Rubin Battino, M.S. Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Very Brief Therapy and Hypnosis By appointment 767-1854 Yellow Springs Monday–Saturday 9–7 • Sunday 10–6 237 Xenia Avenue • 767-8291 A Gourmet Deli & Contemporary Catering Company • Freshly Made Salads, Sandwiches & Soups • Business Boxed Lunches • Full Service Catering • Special Occasion/Wedding Cakes • International Groceries WWW. CURRENTCUISINE .COM IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Police Emergency 911 Police Non-Emergency & Utility Emergency 767-7206 General Information 767-3402 ext 0 Clerk of Council 767-9126 Utility Billing 767-7202 ext 221 Public Works 767-8649 Water & Wastewater Facility 767-7208 Parks & Recreation 767-7209 Gaunt Park Pool 767-9172 Mayor’s Office 767-3400 Village Mediation Program 605-8754 Public Access TV 767-7803 Village Manager 767-1279 Economic Development 767-1702 Zoning & Code Enforcement 767-1702 Bryan Center Room Scheduling 767-7209 TO REGISTER TO VOTE, CALL Greene County Board of Elections, 562-7470 WE URGE YOU TO VOTE The Village of YELLOW SPRINGS WelcomesYou POPULATION: 3,761 767-2981 or 767-2162 More than 30 Years Planting and Caring for the Urban Forest and Tribute Trees in Yellow Springs TheYellowSprings TreeCommittee