Christmas at the Perot

Texarkana Symphony Orchestra
Perot Theater
Texarkana, Texas
December 9, 2018, at 4:00 pm

PROGRAM

Texarkana Symphony Chamber Orchestra

12/31/2018 at 5:00 pm
Williams Memorial Methodist Church
Texarkana, Texas

PROGRAM included selections by Offenbach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, and J. Strauss.

Cellists Brett Andrews and Paul Christopher

Recruiting in Lafayette

December 7, 2018
Lafayette High School
Lafayette, Louisiana

Nachtmusik

The Sylvan Center
1264 Canterbury Drive
Alexandria, Louisiana
December 4, 2018, at 7:15 pm

This concert is dedicated to Ann and Isidor Saslav

PROGRAM Notes

Sonata for Violin and Cello ... M. Ravel

Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 ... Z. Kodaly

Lin He, violin and Dennis Parker, cello

Student Recitals

MUS 1500
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana
December 4, 2018, at 12:30 pm

PROGRAM included:

Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 .... A. Dvoark
II. Adagio non troppo

Santiago Uribe Cordoza, cello
Dr. Chialing Hsieh, piano

A Holiday Spectacular

Rapides Symphony Orchestra
Guinn Auditorium
Louisiana College
Alexandria, Louisiana
December 2, 2018, at 2:30 pm

PROGRAM

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin ... P. Tchaikovsky

The Festive Sounds of Hanukah ... arr. Holcombe

Rhosymedre ... R. Vaughn Williams
Conduced by Jolie Masmela

Sleigh Ride ... Leroy Anderson

Nativity Carol ... John Rutter

See Amid the Winter's Snow ... arr. D. Forrest

The Twelve Days of Christmas ... arr. Dragon

Sweet Little Jesus Boy ... MacGimsy, arr. Hamlet

Holiday Pops Sing Along ... arr. Cerulli

Hallelujia Chorus from Messiah ... G.F. Handel

Monroe Symphony Orchestra

A Night at the Movies: Sports Spectacular
The Assembly
West Monroe, Louisiana
November 17, 2018, at 7:00 pm

PROGRAM

The Olympic Spirit ... John Williams

Rocky ... Bill Conti

Hoosiers ... Jerry Goldsmith

Rudy ... Jerry Goldsmith

The Bad News Bears (Les Toreadors from Carmen) ... G. Bizet

Beethoven 5th Symphony Sportscast ... Beethoven (narration by Peter Schickele)

The Natural ... Randy Newman

Chariots of Fire ... Vangelis

Olympic Fanfare and Theme ... John Williams

Student Recitals

MUS 1500
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana
November 13, 2018, at 12:30 pm

PROGRAM included:

Cello Duet in G minor, op. 22, no. 3 .... F.A. Kummer
Allegro

Allison McCloud, cello I
Paul Christopher, cello II

Shreveport Opera

West Side Story
Strand Theater
Shreveport, Louisiana
November 9, 2018

Recruiting in Kilgore, Texas

November 6, 2018
8:00 am and 9:00 am
Kilgore High School
Kilgore, Texas

2018 LMTA Convention

High School Composition Winner: Kurt D.R. Farrington

Winning composition: Erinnerungen “memories” Opus 5

Magale Recital Hall 

Friday, October 26 at 10:30 am

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

Performed by the composer (piano) and Paul Christopher (cello)

10/30/2018 at 7:30 pm

Babbittfest!!

A Tribute to Milton Babbitt (1916-2011)

My Ends Are My Beginnings (1978)

Malena, Mclaren, clarinet

Homily (1987)

Oliver Molina, snare drum

Around the Horn (1993)

Thomas Hundemer, French horn

Danci (1996)

Cain Budds, guitar

Concerto Piccolino (1999)

Andrew Boyd, vibraphone

Autobiography of the Eye (2004)

Terrie Sanders, soprano

Paul Christopher, cello

More Melismata (2005-6)

                

                    Paul Christopher, cello

10/22/2018 at 6:30 pm

Texarkana Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Concert Series
Texas A&M-Texarkana University Center
Tri-State Iron & Metal Atrium, 3rd Floor
7101 University Avenue
Texarkana, Texas

PROGRAM

Flute Sonate in E Minor ... Wilhem Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
Allegro ma non tanto
Larghetto/Siciliano
Vivace

Divertimento in C Major, Hob. IV:1 ... Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Allegro moderato
Andante
Finale/Vivace

Two Aphorisms of Birds & Bushes ... Thomas Hundemer (b.1954)

Trio Sonate in A Minor ... Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)
Andante moderato
Allegro
Affectuoso
Vivace

Dream Dances ... Peter Schickele (b. 1935)
Minuet
Jitterbug
Waltz
Galop
Sarabande

Sally Horak, flute
Theresa Bridges, oboe
Paul Christopher, cello

10/20/2018 at 7:00 pm

Monroe Symphony Orchestra
Neville High School Auditorium
600 Forsythe Ave
Monroe, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Selections from West Side Story ... Leonard Berstein

Meditation from Thais ... Jules Massenet

Havanese ... Camille Saint-Saens

Melissa White, violinist

Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 ... Anton Dvorak

Guest Artist Recital on 10/17/2018 at 7:30 pm

Craig Hultgren, cellist
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Orbital Variations for solo cello (2016) ... Shawn Crouch

Beat for cello with electronics (2016) ... David Bohn

Incendiary Rhetoric a politically inspired rant for cello and speaking cellist (2016) ... Alan Schmitz

Improvisation for amplified cello (2018) ... Craig Hultgren

Ce cE ceLLo for cello and sound file (2000) ... Joe L. Alexander

Arguments with Myself for solo cello (2009) ... Todd Gabriel

Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre for cello and fixed media (2017) ... Charles Mason

BIOGRAPHY

Cellist Craig Hultgren remains active in new music, the newly creative arts, and the avant-garde. Recently leaving Birmingham after more than 30 years as a member of the Alabama Symphony, he now resides outside of Decorah, Iowa as the farmer-cellist.

The New York Classical Review commented that he, "…played with impressive poise and sensitivity…" for Dorothy Hindman's 2016 chamber music retrospective at Carnegie Hall. At this point, almost 300 works have been created for him. A recipient of two Artist Fellowships from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, he was a member for many years of Thámyris, a contemporary chamber music ensemble in Atlanta. He is a founding member of Luna Nova, a new music ensemble with a large repertoire of performances available as podcast downloads on iTunes. Hultgren is featured in three solo CD recordings including The Electro-Acoustic Cello Book on Living Artist Recordings. For ten years, he produced the Hultgren Solo Cello Works Biennial, an international competition that highlighted the best new compositions for the instrument.

Hultgren taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Wartburg College (Iowa) and Birmingham-Southern College where he directed the BSC New Music Ensemble. He is a founding member and former President of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance and was on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestras of Birmingham and their Scrollworks program. Currently, he is Vice President of the Oneota Valley Community Orchestra Board of Directors in Decorah, and he will become Chair of the Board of Directors for the Iowa Composers Forum in 2019. 

MASTERCLASS on 10/16/2018 at 4:30 pm in room 219.

Masterclass with Hultgren

Masterclass with Hultgren

Hultgren speaking to a freshman theory class

10/9/2018 at 6:45 pm

Film Music Lecture and Recital

John T. Dunn, lecturer, and Paul Christopher, cello

Assisted by Chialing Hsieh, piano, and Oliver Molina, marimba

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Fancy on a Bach Air (1996) ... John Corigliano (1938- )

Fantasia for Cello and Piano, Opus 57 (1972) ... Humphrey Searle (1915-1982)

Mariel for Violoncello and Marimba (1999) ... Osvaldo Golijov (1960-)

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Opus 50 (1929) ... Ernest Toch (1887-1964)

I. Allegro commodo

II. Intermezzo “Die Spinne”: Andante

III. Allegro

L to R: Hsieh, Dunn, Christopher, Molina

10/30/2018 at 12:30 pm

MUS 1500 Student Recitals
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM includes:

Le Grand Tango ... A. Piazzolla

Alonso Restrepo, cello
Dr. Michael Rorex, piano

10/6/2018 at 7:30 pm

Rapides Symphony Orchestra
Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center
Alexandria, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Daugherty - Dreamachine
Strauss - Don Juan
Copland - Billy the Kid Suite

Gregory Lyons - Percussion Soloist

https://www.facebook.com/RapidesSymphony/videos/2217584701895299/

10/3/2018 at noon

Music at Midday
Rogers Memorial Chapel
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Duet in D Major, Opus 19, No. 3 ... J. Offenbach (1819 - 1880)

Duet in C Major, Opus 20, No. 1 ... J. Offenbach
Allegro
Andantino
Rondo: Allegretto

Lake Paran's Secrets ... Mara Gibson
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III: Relentlessly

Duet in C Major, Opus 19, No. 1 ... J. Offenbach
Allegro moderato
Allegretto

L to R: Paz, Gibson, Christopher

10/1/2018 at 6:30 pm

Recital for the Lesche Club
Lemme House

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Cello Duo by Jacques Offenbach, Opus 20, no. 1

Paul Christopher and Milo Van Paz

9/26/2018 at 6:00 pm

LSMSA Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

Alejandro Restrepo, cello

Chialing Hsieh, piano

PROGRAM

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 33 ... Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Allegro non troppo

Allegretto con moto

Un peu moins vite

Suite No. 3 in C major for Violoncello Solo,  BWV. 1009 ... J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude
Allemande

Courante

Sarabande

Bourree 1 and 2

Gigue

9/18/2018 at 7:30 pm

The Jewish Temple
2021 Turner Street
Alexandria, Louisiana

Kol Nidrei Service

Kol Nidrei ... Samuel Adler
Kol Nidrei ... Max Bruch

Paul Christopher, cellist
Tanya Nugent, piano

9/15/2018 at 7:30 pm

Rapides Symphony Orchestra
Alexandria Riverfront Center
Alexandria, Louisiana

Jazz Pops on the River featuring The Willis Delony Trio
Willis Delony, Piano, John Medere, Bass, Chad Breaud, Drums

PROGRAM

Cuban Overture ... Gershwin

Overture to "West Side Story" ... Bernstein

Salute to Ol' Blue Eyes ... arr. Moss

Autumn Leaves ... arr. Kosma

Stachmo! ... arr. Ricketts

Night and Day ... Porter, arr. Delony

Fascinatin' Rhythm ... Gershwin, arr. Delony

Sophisticated Lady ... Ellington, arr. Delony

Jazz Concerto for Piano and Orchestra ... Yasinitsky
III. What He Said

September Song .. Weill, arr. Delony

Crazy ... Nelson, arr. Delony

Blue Rondo a la Turk ... Brubeck, arr. Delony

Recruiting in Pineville, La

9/6/2018 at 9:30 am
Pineville High School
John Lee, Orchestra Director
Pineville, Louisiana

Classically Alive presents:

An All-Brahms Program: the Complete Piano and Cello Sonatas, and Piano 4-Hands
Abe Minzer and Robert Sacks, pianists, Paul Christopher, cellist

Thursday, August 2, 2018, at 6:00 pm

The Minzer/Schreuder Residence
8 Broadmoor Hills Drive
Colorado Springs, CO

The Works of Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Sixteen Waltzes for piano 4-hands, Opus 39
Nos. 1 - 7

Sonata No. 1 in E Minor for Piano and Cello, Opus 38
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto
III. Allegro

Robert Sacks, piano; Paul Christopher, cello

Sixteen Waltzes for piano 4-hands, Opus 39
Nos. 8 - 16

Sonata No. 2 in F Major for Piano and Cello, Opus 99
I. Allegro vivace
II. Adagio affettuoso
II. Allegro passionato
III. Allegro molto
Robert Sacks, piano; Paul Christopher, cello

L to R: Christopher and Sacks

Alonso plays principal in Sewanee Symphony's final concert

https://youtu.be/TDXV7AeQnL0

Move the slider to 1:59:40 and 2:02:30 to hear his solo in Elgar's Enigma Variation No. 12!

The program also included Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

7/13/2018 at 7:30 pm and 7/15/2018 at 2:30 pm

Sewanee Summer Music Festival
Student Chamber Music Ensemble with Alonso Restrepo, cellist
Sewanee Symphony Orchestra
Sewanee, Tennessee

7/13/2018 PROGRAM included:

Dvorak: Piano Quintet #2 in A major, Opus 81
Movement 1: Allegro, ma non tanto

7/15/2018 PROGRAM included:

Chris Rogerson: Luminosity
Gershwin: Cat Fish Row, from Porgy and Bess 
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe

Alonso at Swanee Music Festival

July 8, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Guerry Auditorium
Sewanee Symphony
Sewanee, Tennessee

PROGRAM

Hymn to the Sun .... Kevin  Puts

Divertimento .... Leonard Bernstein

Symphony No. 5 in E Flat Major ..... Jean Sibelius

Alonso Restrepo, cellist

6/16/2018 at 7:30 pm

Renova Music Festival
New Castle, PA

Magnificat Chapel
2067 Evergreen St.
Villa Maria, PA 16155

PROGRAM included:

Beethoven Symphony No.3

Haydn String Quartet in D minor

Frank Bridge's Novelette

Alonso and Alejandro Restrepo

6/3/2018 - 6/16/2018

Renova Music Festival
New Castle, Pa

Saturday, June 9, 2018, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Magnificat Chapel
2067 Evergreen St.
Villa Maria, PA 16155

PROGRAM includes: Handel - Suite from Water Music
Alonso Restrepo and Alejandro Restrepo, cellists

5/31/2018 - 6/2/2018

New Music on the Bayou

Thursday, 5/31/2018, at 2:00 pm in Stone Theatre, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La
PROGRAM included:
Fiend .... Norberto Oldrini, performed by Hsieh
Wu Ren Kan Ji for Solo Cello .... Tao Li, performed by Christopher
Intervals 2 .... Philip Schuessler, performed by Hsieh

Friday, 6/1/2018, at 2:00 pm in Grace Episcopal Church, Monroe, La
PROGRAM included:
Gestures III .... Gregory Robin, performed by Christopher
Impact .... Steven Landis, performed by Molina
Five Songs of the Von Seggern's .... Chin Ting Chan, performed by Hsieh

Friday, 6/1/2018, at 7:00 pm in Biedenharm Recital Hall, University of Louisiana at Monroe
PROGRAM included:
Hey batter, batter ... swing! .... Brett Dietz, performed by Molina
Simple Scenes .... Roger Jones, performed by Paz
Radiant Cry II .... Daniel Fawcett, performed by Christopher

Saturday, 6/2/2018, at 11:00 am at Black Bayou Lake Wildlife Refuge, Monroe, La
PROGRAM included: 
IO/F-4 for Solo Cello .... Mark Lee, performed by Christopher
Frivolity No. 3 .... David Bridges, performed by Christopher and Molina



Hsieh, Norberto Oldrini, Christopher, Tao Li

5/18/2018 - 5/20/2018

Sugarmill Music Festival
82 Rosalie Road
Alexandria, La 71302

5/12/2018 at 7:30 pm

South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
El Dorado Municipal Auditorium
El Dorado, AR

PROGRAM

Fanfare for the Common Man ... A. Copeland

Violin Concerto No. 1 ... Philip Glass

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

Natasha Korsakova, violin

Symphony No. 1, "Shreveport" ... Kermit Poling

Sunrise on Cross Lake and Drive into Town

Walk through Oakland Cemetary

Azaleas

Red River

5/6/2018 @ 3:00 pm

Family Concert
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
RiverView Theater

PROGRAM

John Williams ... Theme from Jurassic Park

Edward Elgar ... Vairiation XI "G.R.S." from Enigma Variations

Leroy Anderson ... The Waltzing Cat

Mindaugas Piecaitis ... Catcerto from Nora the Piano Cat

Claude Debussy (arr. Caplet) ... Jubo's Lullaby from Children's Corner

Modeste Mussorgsky (arr. Tushmalov) ... Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition

Peter Tchaikovsky ... Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake

Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet

5/5/2018 at 7:30 pm

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
RiverView Theater

PROGRAM

STRAUSS, JR ...  Overture to Die Fledermaus 

KORNGOLD ... Violin Concerto 
Moderato nobile
Romanze
Allegro assai vivace

Philippe Quint, violin

BRAHMS ... Symphony No. 4
Allegro non troppo
Andante moderato
Allegro giocoso
Allegro energico e passionato

5/1/2018 at 12:30 pm

MUS 1500 Student Recital
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included:

Solo Cello Suite No. 3, BWV. 1004 . . . . J.S. Bach
Prelude

Alejandro Restrepo, cellist