Tuesday, October 28, 2008 @ 4:00 pm

Magale Recital Hall
MUS 1500 Student Recital includes:

Concerto for Double Bass and Piano .... D Dragonetti
Allegro moderato


Natalie Johnson, bass
Frankie Daugherty, piano

Thursday, 10/23/2008 @ 4:15 pm

LMTA @ Centenary College
Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall








Concertante Works of Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1887)
Presenter: Josue Ramirez, bass

Grand Duo Number 2 for Double Bass and Viola
Mario Torres, viola

Duetto for Clarinet and Double Bass
Dr. Malena McLauren, clarinet
Elena Koruda, piano

Grand Duo for Cello and Double Bass on Themes from Bellini's "Il Puritani"
Paul Christopher, cello
Elena Koruda, piano

Thomas Hundemer biography

Pauli's Prelude .... Thomas Hundemer (1954-

Thomas Hundemer, principal horn of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra since 1983. Mr. Hundemer is Instructor of Horn at Centenary College in Shreveport, and was the 1997 recipient of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council's Artist Fellowship in Music, as well as a 1999 and 2001 individual grant. He has been a frequent soloist with orchestras in the region.

Mr. Hundemer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in composition from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master of Arts degree in horn performance from the University of Iowa. As a composer and arranger he has had numerous performances of his works for chamber ensembles and choir, including his orchestral pieces Spring Rain (1992), and On Highways & Byways (2003) commissioned for the Shreveport Symphony's commemoration of the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase.

Kenneth Olson biography

Ricercare per Quattro Violoncelli .... Kenneth Olson (1950-

Kenneth Olson originally trained as a Russian linguist at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. From 1980-1986 studied composition/theory at the University of the Arts in Berlin, Germany, with concurrent studies in conducting at the Herbert Von Karajan Foundation in Berlin and the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart. Prizewinner in composition competitions in Berlin, Munich, Dresden and Boston. In 1991 awarded a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University. Since 1991 instructor of Russian, German and Fine Arts at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts.

Strings @ LMTA Convention

Hurley School of Music
Centenary College
2901 Woodlawn Avenue
Shreveport, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Thursday, October 23, 2008









1:00-2:00 pm Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall
Evangeline Trio .... “Quatuor pour la fin du Temps”
Presenters: Jennifer Carsillo, violin; Ruth Drummond, cello; Gay Grosz, piano; Eric Thomas, clarinet

2:00-3:00 pm Hurley Building, Room 201
Mental Practice: The Key to Successful Memorization
Presenting: Christopher Thompson









3:15-4:15 pm Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall
String Music by Todd Gabriel
Presenter: Todd Gabriel and End of Time performers








4:15-4:15 pm Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall
Concertante Works of Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1887)
Presenter: Josue Ramirez

Friday, October 24, 2008









8:30-9:30 am Hurley Building, Room 201
Suzuki Violin from Age Zero
Presenter: Samara Humbert









9:30-10:45 am Whited Room, Bynum Commons Dining Hall
A Balancing Act: How to get it all done!
Moderator: Joni Jensen
This session is a panel discussion on college teaching concerns.

12:00-1:15 pm Brown Bag Lunch Whited Room, Bynum
The Ark-La-Tex Chamber Music Project
Presenter: LaWanda Blakeney

1:15-2:15 pm Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall
Practical and Efficient Ways of Learning Left-Hand and Right-Hand Techniques on the Violoncello.
Presenter: Evgeni Raychev













2:15-3:15 pm Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall
New Music for Low String Ensemble
Presenter: NSU Low Strings Studio Class of Paul Christopher









3:30-4:30 pm Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall
French Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Presenters: Lin He, violin and Gregory Sioles, piano









4:30-5:30 pm Hurley Building, Anderson Recital Hall
The Violin-Cello Duets: A Fun and Rewarding Experience,
Presenters: Evgeni Raychev, cello and Jennifer Dalmas, violin

Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

Faculty and student recital featuring the NSU Low Strings Ensemble debuting world premier performances of two original commissioned works indicated by bold font in the program listed below.







PROGRAM

Seven Ricercari for Unaccompanied Cello .... D Gabrielli

Number 1 in g minor
Number 3 in D major
Number 6 in G major

Paul Christopher, cello

Ricercare per Quattro Violoncelli .... Kenneth Olson (1950-

Paul Christopher, cello I
Christina Lake, cello II
Grace Moulton, cello III
Jorge Rodriguez, cello IV

INTERMISSION


Suite Number 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello .... JS Bach

I. Prelude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Menuets I and II
VI. Gigue

Paul Christopher, cello


Pauli’s Prelude .... Thomas Hundemer (1954- )

NSU LOW STRINGS ENSEMBLE conducted by MARIO TORRES

Bassi:

Michael Herron of Bossier City, Louisiana

Natalie Johnson of Shreveport, Louisiana

Mitchell Moerhing of Bossier City, Louisiana

Josué Ramirez of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Brian Williams of Shreveport, Louisiana

Celli:

Richard Campbell of Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Amber Carter of Alexandria, Louisiana

Christine Davis of Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Roger Hall of Marshall, Texas

Laura Helton of Pineville, Louisiana

Christina Lake of Shreveport, Louisiana

Hannah McEvoy of Longview, Texas

Grace Moulton of Big Sandy, Texas

Jorge Rodriguez of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Micah Sasser of Shreveport, Louisiana

Eva Wilson of Sugarland, Texas


Composition of Pauli’s Prelude was made possible through the generous support of Northwestern State University’s Enrichment Fund Grant Program (NEF PD 07-08 R3-002).

This program was repeated on 10/24/2008 @ LMTA Convention.