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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Edwin Lacy
“Being associated with SAI for over 20 years has been a very rewarding experience for me. I have appreciated the opportunity to serve as advisor for the Beta Epsilon Chapter. This has been a very easy job because the chapter has the advantage of very good student leaders. The work of the fraternity seems to perpetuate itself without any help from me or anyone else. The chapter seems to be vital and growing, and I expect more great things from the members in the future.” ~Edwin Lacy
Edwin Lacy currently holds the position of Eades Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Evansville, where he teaches bassoon, saxophone, jazz, and woodwind techniques. At UE he is the founder and director of the jazz program and he has served as the Chairman of the Department of music on three separate occasions for a total of seven and a half years. A native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, he holds the Bachelor of Music education degree from Murray State University, a Master of Music degree in Bassoon and a Doctor of Music in Woodwinds from Indiana University.
Dr. Lacy serves as principle bassoonist and saxophone soloist of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he has been a member for 38 seasons. He was also principal bassoonist of the Owensboro, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra for over twenty seasons and has served as principal bassoonist of the Indianapolis Festival Music Society Orchestra and the Harlaxton Quintet. He has performed solo recitals at the University of Colorado, the University of Georgia, Western Michigan University and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. His chamber music performances have included appearances at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Interlochen Arts Academy and on the Wisconsin Public Radio Network.
He has been a member of the International Double Reed Society since the inception of the organization. Dr. Lacy was Secretary of the IDRS for four terms and has served as chairman and host of two of the Society’s annual conventions. He has been featured six times as a performer at the IDRS conferences, including an appearance with the Harlaxton Quintet which was the opening event of the 1980 conference at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.
Dr. Lacy is a member of the International Association of Jazz Educators, Pi Kappa Lambda music honorary society and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity. He is a recipient of Phi Mu Alpha’s Orpheus Award, served as the faculty advisor for Phi Mu Alpha for 30 years, and is an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota.
His teaching experience includes six years in the public school of Indiana and Illinois and one year at the University of Charleston, West Virginia, in addition to his 40 years at the University of Evansville. His visiting professorships include the Visiting Professor of Music at the University of Louisville, KY (1977) and at Indiana University (1986). From 1989 to 1990 he was instructor of bassoon and saxophone at the New England Music Camp in Oakland, Maine. Dr. Lacy has been awarded the University of Evansville Advisor of the Year as well as the National SAI Advisor of the Year in 2002.
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Alumnae Advisor: Kittye Kuester
“I became a member of Sigma Alpha Iota in the spring of 1974. After my college years at the University of Evansville, I affiliated with the Evansville Alumni Chapter and have been active to this day. It is my privilege to serve my home chapter, Beta Epsilon, as their Alumni Advisor.” ~Kittye Kuester
Kittye Kuester currently holds the position Vocal Music and Computer Coordinator at Cynthia Heights, EVSC, where she teaches General Music and Choir for Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. On average she sees over five hundred students a week. She has a Bachelors of Music Education K-12 from the University of Evansville and an endorsement in Computer Education from the University of Southern Indiana. Her Masters degree is in the Science of Elementary Education. Kittye has spent nineteen years as a music teacher, taking a sabbatical for ten other years to start her family.
Kittye is married to Raymond (Butch) Kuester who is an employee of the University of Evansville. She has three adult sons. Two of her three sons are members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and attended/attend the University of Evansville. The other and oldest son is in the Navy serving as a Recruit Training Commander at the Great Lakes Naval Base.
Kittye is a very active Alum. She directed the combined All-American concerts for many years. She attends college chapter meetings at least once a month and has participated in the patroness visits over the years. She continues to perform on musicals and helped to organize the CD’s for our troops project. Kittye has received the Sword of Honor and the Rose of Honor from her Alumni Chapter.
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Alumnae Advisor: Rena Goss
Rena Glover Goss grew up in the small town
of Adena in Eastern Ohio. She received a BS in Music Education
from Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio where she was
initiated into the Alpha Gamma Chapter of SAI in 1957. Her
Master of Music Education degree was completed at Indiana
University in Bloomington. She was a member of the Bloomington
Alumnae Chapter for 1 year.
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