Final stanza
Retiring symphony conductor
notes changing UNL, world
By Virginia Newton
Staff Reporter
For 15 years, students of the
University Symphony Orchestra and
the Lincoln Symphony have been
guided to perfection by the same
dedicated conductor.
This era will come to an end in
the spring of 1993 when Robert
Emile, a profes
sor of strings
and music the
ory at the Uni
versity of Ne
braska-Lin
coln, retires as
conductor of
the Lincoln Symphony.
Although Emile will retire from
the Lincoln Symphony, he will retain
his employment at UNL as a pro
fessor and conductor of the Uni
versity Symphony Orchestra.
Throughout the years, Emile said,
he has seen students and musicians
come and go. Both the university
and the department have diversi
fied considerably, he said.
“The university has changed a
great deal,” he said. “I think that
* those of us who deal with the arts
are recipients of whatever changes
are happening. The students are
different, the world is different, so
we re different.
“There are certain things that
don’t change in life, like talent,” he
said. “But the attitudes of the
community and the state of Ne
braska and throughout the country
have changed since 1975.”
A native of New York, Emile
graduated from Yale University, in
New Haven, Conn., in 1947 with a
bachelor’s of arts degree. He re
ceived his master’s degree in 1949,
and his doctorate of musical arts
from Eastman School of Music, in
Rochester, N.Y., in 1957.
After working at several uni
versities, Emile joined UNL’s music
department in 1975.
The joint appointment between
the Lincoln Symphony and the UNL
Orchestra was arranged by both
the symphony and UNL, Emile
said.
“They wanted someone with
experience so it was arranged that
they would open up a position which
was for both parties,” he said.
“There has been a lot of coop
eration between the school and
symphony, even before 1 took over
both positions and will continue to
be after I’m gone.”
Emile’s love of music is no
accident. His parents, as well as his
older sister, arc musicians. His father
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Robert Emile, professor of strings and music theory, stands in a rehearsal roorh In
Westbrook Music Building.
was not only musically inclined,
but was also a certified public
accountant.
Emile’s mother was a voice
teacher and an organist, his sister a
concert pianist.
“It was the kind of environment
that was very conducive for a young
person to study music,” he said.
Emile said he was looking for
ward to the changes that could occur
after he retired from the symphony,
and said he was keeping his op
tions open for the future.
“I have some feelers out, but it’s
over a year away,” he said. “.. .
There are opportunities out there,
and I don’t necessarily want to
leave Lincoln, but I may.”
“I just fell that I needed change,”
he said. “I thought change was
good for me, I thought it was good
for the players, we’ve gotten little
bit used to each other. I felt it was
time to do something else.”
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Regents change names
of agriculture degrees
By Jared Wittwer
Staff Reporter
Traditional agricultural engineer
ing students at UNL and those in the
new field of biological systems engi
neering will be able to pursue new
master of science and doctorate de
grees, an official said.
Glenn Hoffman, head of the de
partment of biological systems engi
neering, said the names of the degrees
were broadened to allow students in
both areas to pursue graduate degrees
at the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln.
At its March 16 meeting, the NU
Board of Regents approved changing
master of science and doctorate de
grees in “agricultural engineering”
and ‘‘mechanized agriculture” to
“agricultural and biological systems
engineering” and “mechanized sys
tems management,” Hoffman said.
He said the new names reflected
changes in the Institute of Agricul
ture and Natural Resources. In March
of 1990, IANR changed the name of
the agricultural engineering master
and doctorate degrees to agricultural
and biological systems engineering.
The new name also reflects changes
in the field, Hoffman said, as oppor
tunities in agriculture expand off the
farm.
Hoffman said similarchangesalso
were made in undergraduate degrees
in the biological systems engineering
department.
Many students have been attracted
to undergraduate degrees in water
science, mechanized systems man
agement, agricultural engineering and
biological systems engineering, he
said.
Students should have bright fu
tures in agriculture, business and
industry, he said, because specialists
arc needed to address new product
opportunities and growing environ
mental concerns, such as hazardous
waste control.
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