Thursday, 3/17/2011, at 7:30 pm in Magale Recital Hall

PROGRAM

Tarantella .... Giovanni Bottesinni (1821-1889)

Fantasia II Puritani .... Bottesinni

A Carmen Fantasy .... Frank Proto (b. 1941)
I. Prelude
II. Aragonaise
III. Micacla's Nocturne
IV. Toreador Song
V. Bohemian Dance

Fantasia for Cello and Bass .... Bottesinni
Themes from Bellini's Il Puritans

BIOGRAPHIES 

A native of Honduras, Josue Ramirez began double bass studies at the age of 16 at the Victoriano Lopez Music School. There he received invaluable instrumental instruction from Maestro Ernesto G. Rodriguez. In 2002 Mr. Ramirez traveled to Costa Rica to study with Maestro Carlos Vives from the Costa Rican National Symphony as well as Professor Klaus Stoll from the Berlin Philharmonic. In 2003 Mr. Ramirez was given the opportunity to continue his double bass studies on a full scholarship at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge where he graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor's degree in Music under the instruction of Yung-Chiao Wei. The following year Mr. Ramirez continued his studies at Northwestern State University and earned the Master of Music degree in Double Bass. At present, he is a candidate for the doctoral degree in music from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA.  He also serves as Principal Bassist of the South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and also performs in the Rapides Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, and Texarkana Symphony.

The founding  member of the Jazz group “Hibriduz” (Hybrid), Oscar Rossignoli currently lives in Tegucigalpa, Honduras where he works  as a freelance accompanist and arranger. A native  Honduran, he performs in both classical and jazz idioms.  His piano studies began at the age of  ten  with Sergio Suazo. At  thirteen, he became a student of Amalia Marin, at the Escuela de Musica Victoriano Lopez where he was awarded first prize at the Juan Tutto Diffent young artist concerto competition with Mendelssohn’s Rondo Capriccioso. Mr. Rossignoli was also awarded the second prize at the young artist concerto competition hosted by the Japan Government Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. His future plans include further studies in the U.S. with an emphasis in jazz