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

The Assembly

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

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

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

Something Wicked

Rapides Symphony Orchestra

Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center

1101 Fourth Street

Alexandria, Louisiana

Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 7:30 pm 

PROGRAM ...with Halloween just around the corner, “dark” classics are on the program.

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Herrmann - Psycho: A Narrative for String Orchestra in Three Parts

Moussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

R. Strauss - "Dance of the Seven Veils" from the opera Salome

Faculty Recital

Paul Christopher, cello

Monday, October 13, 2025, at 5:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Life Dances for Solo Cello (2024)... Andrew List (b. 1956)

    Struggle

    Reflection

    Freedom’s Reel

Composition for Violoncello Solo (1962) ... Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016)

    Broadly

    Capricious

    With tenderness

    With energy

One Coat of Paint (2004) ... Christian Wolff (b. 1934)

    Part 1

    Part 2

    Part 3

Assisted by Oliver Molina, percussion

This performance is dedicated to Ken Green.

 

Guest Artist Recital

Paul Christopher, cello

Howard Recital Hall

La Tech School of Music

Thursday, 10/9/2025, at 7:30 pm

Ruston, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Invocation for Solo Cello (1987) ... Mel Powell (1923-1998)

Composition for Violoncello Solo (1962) ... Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016)

    I. Broadly

    II. Capricious

    III. With tenderness

    IV. With energy 

Campfire Songs for Cello and Guitar (2010) ... Michael Karmon (b.1969)

    I. Blazing

    II. Embers

    III. Dark

Dr. Cain Budds, guitar

On for Violin Solo (1962) ... Nam June Paik (1932-2006)

Out of the Deep

Texarkana Regional Chorale

3rd Floor, Tri-State Iron & Metal Atrium

Texas A&M-Texarkana University Center

7101 University Avenue

Texarkana, Texas

PROGRAM

Measure Me, Sky! ... Elaine Hagenberg

Out of the Deep ... John Rutter

    Paul Christopher, cello 

Rockin/ Jerusalem ... Andre J. Thomas

Verleih' uns Frieden ... Felix Mendelssohn

Serenade & to the Extinguished Stars ... Anton Arensky

    Paul Christopher, cello

Ain'a That Good News! ... arr. W.L. Dawson

Music ... Marc-Andre Bougie

    Paul Christopher, cello

Look Down, Fair Moon ... Mari Esabel Valverde

 

Guest Cellist Presentation

Music Hall

Stilwell Humanities Building

Texarkana College

September 30, 2025, at 5:00 pm

PROGRAM

 

JS Bach ... Solo Cello Suite No. 1

Paul Christopher answers your questions about cello music

 

Beethoven's Two Fifths

South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

314 East Oak Street

El Dorado, Arkansas 

September 27, 2025, at 7:00 pm

PROGRAM by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67

Allegro con brio

Andante con moto

Scherzo: Allegro

Allegro - Presto

Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Allegro

Adagio un poco mosso

Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Yizhen Chen, 2024 Wideman Piano Gold Medalist

Recruiting in Alexandria, Louisiana

Bolton High School

2101 Vance Avenue

Alexandria, Louisiana

September 25, 2025, at 10:00 am

Ms. Jasmine Johnson, Orchestra Director and NSU alumna