Friday, November 21, 2025

4505 Elizabeth Street
Texarkana, Texas

PROGRAM

Requiem ... Marc Andre-Bougie


 

Congratulations to Jesus!

November 19-26, 2025 


 

Morelia, Michoacán a 21 de octubre de 2025

 A QUIEN CORRESPONDA:

 Por medio de la presente, el Festival de Música de Morelia Miguel Bernal Jiménez, con sede en la ciudad de Morelia, Michoacán, certifica e invita oficialmente a los integrantes de la Orquesta Filarmónica Joven de Colombia a participar en el concierto de clausura de la 37ª edición del Festival, que se llevará a cabo el sábado 22 de noviembre de 2025 a las 20:00 horas, en el Teatro Mariano Matamoros, Morelia, México.

La presencia de la orquesta está programada del miércoles al domingo 23 de noviembre de 2025, periodo durante el cual se realizarán ensayos, actividades de montaje y el concierto de clausura.

El Festival de Música de Morelia Miguel Bernal Jiménez es un evento internacional de carácter cultural y artístico, reconocido por promover el intercambio musical entre artistas y agrupaciones de distintos países. La participación de la Orquesta Filarmónica Joven de Colombia representa una colaboración oficial entre ambas instituciones, en un contexto exclusivamente artístico y educativo.

Esta carta puede ser utilizada por los integrantes de la orquesta para justificar sus ausencias en sus centros de estudio o trabajo, así como para acreditar el motivo de su viaje ante las autoridades migratorias mexicanas.

Sin otro particular, agradecemos su amable atención y quedamos a su disposición para cualquier información adicional que se requiera.


VERÓNICA BERNAL VARGAS, DIRECTORA GENERAL

Galeana 56, Col. Centro, C.P.58000, Morelia, Mich., México | Tel. +52 (443) 317 8087 y 321 1633

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Graduate Cello Students Recital

Alejandro Restrepo and Maira Avellaneda, cellists
Friday, November 21, 2025, at 5:30 pm
LSMSA Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821 (1824) ... Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Allegro Moderato
Adagio
Allegretto

Maira Avellaneda, cellist
Karla Gonzales, pianist

Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (1717-1723) ... JS Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Sarabande
Gigue

Alejandro Restrepo, cellist

Kol Nidrei, Opus 47 (1880) … Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Alejandro Restrepo, cellist
Michael Rorex, pianist

Cafecita (Bambuco) … Denier S. Hurtado Aguirre

Alejandro Restrepo and Maira Avellaneda, cellists 





Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Masterclasses and Guest Artist Recital

Sunday, November 16, 2025
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

1:00 pm Masterclasses

Suite for Double Basses ... Colin Brumby

Jonathan Chaparro, Zavion Sowell, William Shupak, Karla Gonzalez

Kol Nidrei, op.47 ... Max Bruch

Alejandro Restrepo Cardozo, cello

Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 ... JS Bach
    Allemande

Aill Harris, cello

Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821 ... Franz Schubert

Maira Avellaneda Pabon, cello

Cello Suite no. ? ... JS Bach
    Gigue

Santiago Roviera Ortiz, cello

String Quartet no. 8 in C minor ... Dmitry Shostakovich 

Jesus Calderone Pena, cello

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7:30 pm Recital







































Wednesday, November 12, 2025

MUS 1500 Student Recitals

November 11, 2025, at 12:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included:

String Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no.2 (1796-97) ... Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
"Erdody/Fifths/Quinten Quartet" 
    I. Allegro 
  
Armonia String Quartet: 
Carlos Diaz Del Valle, violin 
Oscar Carballo, violin 
Ronald Zaldana, viola 
Santiago Rovira, cello



 

Monday, November 10, 2025

Gold Medal Performance

Saturday, November 8, 2025, at 7:00 pm
Marshall Memorial City Hall Performance Center
Marshall, Texas

Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 3:00 pm
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Jefferson, Texas

PROGRAM

Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88 .... A. Dvorak (1841-1904)
    Allegro con brio
    Adagio
    Allegretto grazioso-Molto vivace
    Allegro ma non troppo

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11
    Allegro maestoso
    Romanze-Larghetto
    Rondo - Vivace

Dmitry Yudin, guest pianist





Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Congratulations to Santiago Rovira and Jesus Pena!

Columbian Youth Philharmonic
Cello Section Audition Winners
European Tour in 2026
November 5, 2025




L to R: Sontiago and Jesus

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Sectionals for District One Honors Orchestra

District One: All District Honors Orchestra
High School and Middle School Ensembles
October 24, 2025, at 11:30-12:30 pm and 1:30-2:30 pm
102 Blanchard Street
West Monroe, Louisiana 

High School PROGRAM

Finale from Serenade for Strings ... P. Tchaikovsky, arr. C.L. Grusselle

Curse of the Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space ... Richard Meyer

Sea of Stars ... Liam Ramsey-White

Forever Joyful! ... Brian Balmages

Middle School PROGRAM

Celtic Dance ... Mark Williams

Honor and Glory ... Soon Hee Newbold

Beach Spring ... Deborah Baker Monday

Yee Haw ... Jeremy Woolstenhulme

Bass Sectionals lead by Karla Gonzalez
Viola Sectionals lead by Kerri Christopher
Cello Sectionals lead by Paul Christopher

Natalie Johnson Talliferro, Neville High School Orchestra Director and NSU Alumna



Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Student Recitals

MUS 1500 Student Recitals
Magale Recital Hall
October 21, 2025, at 12:00 pm
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included:

Sonata in C major for Two Violoncelli ... W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
    I. Allegro

Brad Powell and Paul Christopher, celli





Monday, October 20, 2025

Guest Artist Guitar Recital

Cain Budds, guitar
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana
October 27, 2025, at 5:30 pm

PROGRAM

Castle of the White City (1985) ... Susan Bogdanovic (b. 1955)

Lute Suite in E major, BWV 1006a (c. 1740) ... Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
    Prelude
    Loure
    Gavotte en Rondeau
    Menuets I and II
    Bouree
    Gigue

Capriccio Diabolico, Opus 85 (1935) … Mario Castelnuevo Tedesco (1895-1968)

Dos Aires Cubano (1962) … Leo Brouwer (b.1939)
    I. Guajira Criolla
    II. Zapateo

Campfire Songs (2010) ... Michael Karmon (b. 1969)
    I. Blazing
    II. Embers
    III. Dark

Assisted by Paul Christopher, cello