Armonia String Quartet

Student Chamber Music Recital

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 5:30 pm

Watson Memorial Library, room 201

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Duet in D Major .... Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

    Prelude

Ronald Zaldana, viola and Jesus Calderon, cello

3 Concertante Duets, Op. 57

Duet in D Major, No. 3 .... Charles-Auguste di Beriot (1802-1975)

    Allegretto (Rondo)

Oscar Carballo and Carlos Diaz, violins

String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 ... Anton Dvorak (1841-1904)

    Allegro

    Lento

    Molto vivace

    Finale: vivace ma non troppo

Oscar Carballo, 1st violin

Carlos Diaz, 2nd violin

Ronald Zaldana, viola

Jesus Carlderon, cello

Coached by Sofiko Tchetchelashvili, Violin and Viola Instructor

Recruiting in Monroe, Louisiana on February 14, 2025

Natalie Johnson, Orchestra Director and NSU alumna

Neville High School at 7:30 am 

600 Forsyth Avenue

Monroe, Louisiana

Kevin Berry, Orchestra Director

Ouachita High School at 10:45 am

681 Highway 594

Monroe, Louisiana

Natchitoches Northwestern Symphony Orchestra

NNSO Chamber Orchestra

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 7:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included

Concerto IV in G Major, BWV 1049 ....  JS Bach

    Allegro

    Andante

    Presto (Gavotte)

Emilio Castro, violinist

 

Guest Artist Recital

Dennis Parker, cello

Ying-Shan Su, piano

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 5:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Sonata in D Major (transcribed by A. Piatti) 

    Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)

 Allegro

Adagio

Allegro

Ricordanza ... George Rochberg (1918-2005)

Pohadka ... Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

Sonata in A Major, Opus 100 (transcribed by L. Varga)

    Johannes Brahms (1883-1897)

Allegro amabile

Andante tranquillo

Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Serenade Spanish Dance, Opus 54, Number 2

    David Popper (1843-1913)

 

Master Class with Dr. Dennis Parker

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at noon

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

Maira Avellandea

Bach Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Sarabande

Santiago Rovira

Bach Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Prelude

Aill Harris

Chopin Sonata in G minor, Opus 65

Largo

Jesus Calderon

Saint-Saens Allegro Appassionato, Opus 43 

MUS 1500: Student Recitals

February 4, 2025, at 12:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM includes ....

Cello Duo in C Major, Op. 15, No. 1 .... Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860)

    III. Andantino avec Variations

Brad Powell, cello 1

Paul Christopher, cello 2

NSU Faculty, Students, and Alumni

The Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

January 25, 2025, at 7:30 pm

600 Clyde Fant Parkway

RiverView Theatre 

Shreveport, Louisiana 

PROGRAM 

JOHN HEINS .... Moons of the Giants (Louisiana Premiere)

    I. Proteus

    II. Ariel

    III. Enceladus

    IV. Titan

    V. Europa

    VI. Io

GUSTAV HOLST .... The Planets

    I. Mars, the Bringer of War

    II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger

    IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

    V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

    VI. Uranus, the Magician

    VII. Neptune, the Mystic 

Centenary College Women's Choir and 

presented with choreographed film visuals by Adrian M. Wyard

3rd Sunday of Advent

Benton Methodist Church

4615 Palmetto Road

Benton, Louisiana

December 15, 2024, at 6:00 pm

A Christmas Cantata

Logan & Hannah Spataro (NSU alumae)

 

4th Sunday of Advent

First United Methodist Church

400 East 6th Street

Texarkana, AR

Larry Dymott, Music Director

December 22, 2024, at 10:30 am

Christmas Canticles: a Cantata of Carols in Four Suites .... Benjamin Harlan

Introit and Processional

Suite I: the Announcement

Suite II: the Promised Coming

Suite III: the Child in the Manger

Suite IV: the Light of Christ 

Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols

Trinity Episcopal Church

533 Second Street

Natchitoches, Louisiana

December 12, 2024, at 7:00 pm

 

The Lessons

 

Genesis 3:1-22 ... The First Sin and it's Punishment

 

Isaiah 40:1-11 ... God's People are Comforted 

Jeremiah 31:31-43 ... A New Covenant

Isaiah 35:1-10 ... The Return of the Redeemed to Zion

Baruch 4:36-5:9 ... Look Towards the East

Isaiah 7:10-15 ... Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Sign of Immanuel

Isaiah 11:1-9 ... The Peaceful Kingdom

Isaiah 65:17-25 ... The Glorious New Creation

Luke 1:26-56 ... The Birth of Jesus Foretold

 

Dr. Sam Stokes, organ, piano, choirmaster

Paul Christopher, cello

Patricia Brown, soprano

Dr. John Dunn, tenor

Dr. Tony Smith, bass