9/25/2013 at noon and 7:30 pm

Guest Artist Jeremy C. Baguyos, Double Bass, University of Nebraska at Omaha

• Bass Master Class at noon in room 219

Suite No. 1 in G major . . . .  J.S. Bach
Sarabande
Cameron Normand, Bass

Concerto No. 2 in B minor . . . . G. Bottesini
Moderato
Carlos Gomez Garcia, Bass

• Guest Artist Recital featuring Jeremy C. Baguyous
• Magale Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
• Natchitoches, LA

PROGRAM

Four Short Pieces for Solo Double Bass . . . .David Anderson (b. 1962)
            Prelude

            Scherzando

            Serenade
            Capriccio

 

Duetto for violoncello and double bass . . . . G. Rossini (1792-1868)
            Allegro
            Andante molto
            Allegro

assisted by Paul Christopher, cello

 

Ascent for double bass and electronics . . . . Jeremy Baguyos (b. 1968)

Hints and Hauntings for contrabass and stereo sound . . Kirsten Volness (b. 1980)

Death of Desdemona for bass and tape . . . . Frank Proto (b. 1941)

 

 

 

9/21/2013 @ 7:30 pm

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
RiverView Theater
JENNIFER KOH, VIOLIN  Bio
Michael Butterman, conductor  Bio

Opening night sparkles with the virtuosity of Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Jennifer Koh and the famous violin concerto of Sibelius. Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, perhaps the greatest “first symphony” of all, features a finale of unparalleled nobility and triumph.

JEAN SIBELIUS Finlandia
JEAN SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
“Jennifer Koh is a risk-taking, high-octane player of the kind who grabs the listener by the ears and refuses to let go.”
~The Strad

9/12/2013 at 12:00 noon

Recruiting at Southside High School
Steven Hughes, Orchestra Director
Fort Smith, Arkansas

 

9/11/2013 at 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Pittsburg State University
McCray Hall
Sharon K. Dean Recital Hall
Pittsburg, Kansas

2:00 pm: J.S. Bach Master Class with Paul Christopher

Matthew Maroney, cello
Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G Major

William Mitchell, cello
Allemande from Suite No. 1 in G Major

Maria Goydy, cello
Prelude from Suite No. 3 in C Major

7:30 pm: Guest Artists Recital with Paul Christopher, cello and Elena Bogaczova, piano

PROGRAM                

Au Crépuscule, Opus 29, #1 . . . . Jacques Offenbach

Introduction et Valse mélancolique, Opus 14
Sérénade, Opus 29, #2
Ballade, Opus 29, #3

Kottos for Violoncello Solo  (1977) . . . . Iannis Xénakis

Pièce for Violoncello and Piano, Opus 39 (1897) . . . Ernest Chausson

Legend-Sonata in F# minor (1943) . . . .  Arnold Bax

Allegro risoluto
Lento espressivo

 

9/10/2013 at 6:15 - 6:45 pm & 7:00 pm

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Recital Hall

6:15 pm Pre-Concert Lecture on the Music of Jacques Offenbach

7:00 pm Guest Artists Recital with Paul Christopher, cello and Elena Bogaczova, piano

PROGRAM

 

Au Crépuscule, Opus 29, #1 . . . . Jacques Offenbach 

Introduction et Valse mélancolique, Opus 14
Sérénade, Opus 29, #2
Ballade, Opus 29, #3

Duetto in D Major for Violoncello and Double Bass . . . . Gioachino Rossini

Allegro

Andante molto

Allegro

 

Jeremy Baguyos, Double Bass

 

Kottos for Violoncello Solo  (1977) . . . . Iannis Xénakis

Legend-Sonata in F# minor (1943) . . . . Arnold Bax

Allegro risoluto
Lento espressivo
Allegro

 



9/9/2013 at 3:00 pm & 3:50 pm

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Strauss Performing Arts Center
Room 247 (Keyboard Lab)

3:00 - 3:50 pm Master Class with Paul Christopher

Sonata for Solo Violoncello . . . . George Crumb
Hannah Mayer, cello

Three Easy Pieces for Violoncello and Piano . . . . Paul Hindemith
Joseph Battern, cello

Concerto in A Major for String Bass and Piano . . . . Domenico Dragonetti
Adam Ballard, string bass

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3:50 - 4:30 pm
Q&A: What it is like for classical musicians to work in the studio recording industry.

9/6/2013 at 7:30 pm & 9/8/2013 at 3:00 pm

CAPA faculty to perform The Soldier's Tale

The Northwestern State University Faculty Chamber Players will perform Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) Friday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 8 at 3 p.m. in Theatre West. Admission is free and open to the public. The Faculty Chamber Players is a collaboration of 13 NSU faculty from theatre and dance and music along with three Northwestern State students. Andrew Lewis is the director and J. Mark Thompson is artistic director.

“This is a huge collaboration between faculty in two areas of the school of Creative and Performing Arts,” said Lewis. “It’s exciting to see the faculty and students want to perform this work.” The Soldier’s Tale is a cautionary Faustian parable of good vs. evil, with the many temptations one faces in life.

Readers are Scott Burrell as the narrator, Christian Dantes of Shreveport as the Soldier, Pia Wyatt as the devil and Kathleen Kerner of Mandeville as a Princess. Dancers are faculty Brett Garfinkel as the soldier, Kirstin Riehl as the devil and Lillian Gray as the princess.

Musicians will be faculty members Malena McLaren on clarinet, Douglas Bakenhus on bassoon, Galindo Rodriguez on trumpet, Thompson on trombone, Andrej Kurti on violin, Peter Haas on double bass and NSU student Russell Lancaster of Carthage, Texas, on percussion. Jeffrey Mathews is the conductor.