10/23/2013 at 8:30 am

Recruiting at Caddo Magnet High School
Elaine Webb, Orchestra Diretor
Shreveport, Louisiana

10/26/2013 at 6:00 pm

Louisiana International Piano Competition Finals
Rapides Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Gianola, guest conductor
Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center
Alexandria, Louisiana

Three world-class finalists perform a concerto with the Rapides Symphony Orchestra in a duel for the top prize.

First prize: Kumi Matsuo from Japan
Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54 . . . .  R. Schumann

Second prize: Julan Wang from China
Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major . . . . F. Liszt

Third prize: Shizhe Shen from China
Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor, Op. 23 . . . . P. Tchaikovsky

 

October 22 @ 12:30 pm

MUS 1500 Student Recitals
Magale Recital Hall
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM includes:

Concerto in B minor, Opus 104 . . . . . A. Dvorak
I. Allegro

Milovan Paz, cello
Elena Bogaczova, piano

10/23/2013 at 7:30 pm

Guest Artists Recital
Paul Christopher, cello
Elena Bogaczova, piano

Anderson Auditorium
Hurley School of Music
Centenary College
Shreveport, Louisiana








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
Rondo: Allegro

10/11/2013 at 9:00 am

Louisiana Music Teachers Association
61st ANNUAL CONVENTION
McNeese State University in Lake Charles
October 10-12, 2013
 
The Music of Iannis Xenakis
Location: Rm. 205
Presenter: Paul Christopher

An introduction to the music of the Greek composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001). The session will include biographical information and theoretical analysis, concluding with a performanceof Kottos for Solo Cello (1977).

Program notes by Jackson Harmeyer

 

10/8/2013 at 8:00 am

Recruiting at Kilgore High School
Kilgore, Texas
Tristan Roberts, Orchestra Director and NSULA Alumnus

10/5/2013 at 3:00 pm

The 2013 National Association of Composers
USA National Festival
Howard Auditorium
Howard Center for the Performing Arts
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

Concert 7 Program includes:

Four Interludes (1995) . . . . . . Dinos Constantinides
Paul Christopher, cello

Dr. Joe L. Alexander

10/3/2013 at 7:30 pm

Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra
Magale Recital Hall
Conductors: Dr. Bakenhus, Lincoln Hall, Mario Torres
Soloist: Dr. Coreil, French horn


According to Dr. Bakenhus, due to growth in the strings and orchestral program at Northwestern State, this year’s orchestra will feature two string sections, the Philharmonic Strings and the Symphony Strings. The combined sections have more than 60 musicians.

“We have a large number of talented freshman and sophomores due to the work faculty members Andrej Kurti and Paul Christopher have done in recruiting and teaching students,” said Bakenhus. “Creating an additional string section gives our music education students an additional opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience.”

Bakenhus said the growth was also made possible by the support of the Northwestern State administration and the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Society. “The administration has been very supportive of the orchestral program and the private support provided by the Symphony Society is so valuable,” said Bakenhus. “The community has also aided the orchestra through their attendance at concerts. We had some of our best attended concerts last year and I hope this trend continues.”

The program is “Russian Sailor’s Dance from ‘The Red Poppy’” by Reinhold Gliere and arranged by Issac, “Suite No. 1” from “Carmen” by Georges Bizet with Torres conducting, “Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major” by Richard Strauss and Symphony No. 8 in G Major” by Antonin Dvorak and featuring Coreil.

Coreil has been a member of the Northwestern State faculty since the fall of 1994, teaching horn and music theory and conducting the Natchitoches-Northwestern Horn Choir. She has played with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Beloit-Janesville (Wisc.) Symphony Orchestra, the Cabrillo Contemporary Music Festival Orchestra in Santa Cruz, Calif., the Longview Symphony, the Texarkana Symphony, the Meridian Symphony and the Rapides Symphony. Coreil is a current member of the Shreveport Symphony, playing in the horn section for the past 14 years.