Guest Artist Recital in Sewanee, TN

Paul Christopher, cello

Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 7:00 pm

Guerry Auditorium

Department of Music

The University of the South

Sewanee, Tennessee

PROGRAM of Songs, Dances & Variations

Theme and Variations on “Draw the Sacred Circle Closer” ... Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)

Dance Etudes for Cello Solo (2025) ... Vera Ivanova (b. 1977)

    Cello Tango

    Waltz of Whispers and Sighs

Songs and Poems for solo cello (2007) ... Philip Glass (b. 1937)

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Nashville Recording

Sunday, September 20, 2026, at 1:00 pm

Brad Bass Productions

Nashville, Tennessee

Guest Artist Lecture Recitals

Columbia State Community College

Monday, September 21, 2026,

8:30 am, and 9:30 am

FAAT Auditorium

Franklin, Tennessee

Cellist Paul Christopher will give a 30-40 minute lecture/recital featuring sections from J.S. Bach's Suite no. 1 for cello, and Songs and Poems by Phillip Glass that is free and open to the public. 

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Columbia State Community College

Tuesday, September 22, 2026,

9:30 am and 11:30 am

Hickman Fine Arts Building, Room 146

Columbia, Tennessee

Cellist Paul Christopher will be attending Eric Burgess's Introduction to Music classes repeating the lecture/recital featuring sections from J.S. Bach's Suite no. 1 for cello, and Songs and Poems by Phillip Glass.

Brad Burgess, Instructor, Columbia State

Guest Artist Recital in Bell Buckle, TN

Paul Christopher, cello, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Jose Ottonello, cello, The Webb School Orchestras Activities Director

The Webb School

Follin Chapel

319 Webb Road East

Bell Buckle, Tennessee

September 18, 2026, at 9:15 am

PROGRAM

Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 ... JS Bach (1685-1750)

Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer" ... Adolphus Hailstork (b.1941)

Cello Duo in F major, opus 50, no. 2 ... Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) 

Instragram video

Exploration

Rapides Symphony Orchestra

September 12, 2026, at 7:30 pm

Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center

1202 Third Street

Alexandria, Louisiana  

PROGRAM

Aaron Copland ... Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (1942)

    Buckaroo Holiday 

    Corral Nocturne 

    Saturday Night Waltz 

    Hoe-Down

Gustav Holst ... The Planets, op. 32

    Mars, the Bringer of War

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

    Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

    Uranus, the Magician

    Neptune, the Mystic

   

Jasmine Johnson & Lawson Kirsch

Faculty Showcase Recital

September 1, 2026, at 7:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included:

One for Violin Solo (1962) ... Nam June Paik

 

PROGRAM

Yakamochi, Opus 193, No. 2 (1966) ... Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

    I.    Prelude

    II.    Jhala

    III.    Intermezzo

    IV.    Tremolando Glissando

    V.    Requiem

Brett Alan

Garfinkel, Choreography and Performance

Dance Etudes for Cello Solo (2025) ... Vera Ivanova (b. 1977)

    I.    Cello Tango

    II.    Waltz of Whispers and Sighs

Songs and Poems for solo cello (2007) ... Philip Glass (b.1937)

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Alumnus Cellist Visits

 Friday afternoon, August 21, 2026, alumnus cellist, Alonso Restrepo visited his alma mater. Mr. Paul Christopher's studio class met and they all sightread ensemble music.

  

All-State Audition Repertoire List for High School Cellists

 

Storytime at Natchitoches Public Library

Natchitoches Public Library

450 Second Street

Natchitoches, Louisiana

June 9, 2026, at 10:30 - 11:00 am

"I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello" by Barbara S. Garriel