Natchitoches, LA
Guest Artist Recital featuring Dr. Cain Budds, guitar and Dr. Sean Teets, tenor
PROGRAM
Come again, Sweet Love doth now invite .... John Dowland (1563-1626)
Awake, sweet love
Flow, my tears
Suite Castellana .... Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)
Fandanguillo
Arada
Danza
Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 .... JS Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuets I and II
Gigue
INTERMISSION
Cavatina .... Stanley Myers (1930-1993)
Cinco Piezas .... Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Campero
Romantico
Acentuado
Triston
Compadre
Usher Waltz (After Edgar Alan Poe) .... Nikita Koshkin (b. 1956)
BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Cain Budds, guitar, received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in classical guitar performance at Arizona State University where he was a student of Frank Koonce. While in residence there, he served as a teaching assistant and faculty associate in the internationally recognized classical guitar program. In addition to his teaching duties, he assisted in the editing of the second performing edition: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Solo Lute Works by Professor Koonce which was recently published by Neil A. Kjos company in San Diego.Dr. Budds is currently Assistant Professor of Guitar and Music Theory as well as Head of the String Area at Louisiana Tech University where he heads a vibrant guitar studio. He has performed numerous solo and chamber recitals in the U.S. and Mexico. Budds has appeared as soloist with the Laredo Philharmonic performing contemporary works such as Folias by Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra and Arafura Dances by Australian composer Ross Edwards. Most recently he appeared as soloist with Moscow's Chamber Orchestra Kremlin performing Mauro Giuliani's Quinetto, Op. 65 for guitar and string orchestra. Currently, Dr. Budds lives in Ruston, LA with his wife Monique, their four children, and a rather large and rambunctious dog named Sally.
Dr. Teets conducted a performance of Handel's Messiah with the Northwest Colorado Symphony (2007). This past summer, he traveled to Switzerland and was the assistant conductor and performed at the Lucerne Choral Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. With Opera Classica Europa, he has been the chorus master for several operas including: Carmen, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Otello, and Aida.
He has been the stage director and conductor for numerous operas and musicals including: Riders to the Sea, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Così fan tutte, West Side Story and three world premiere musicals.