Texarkana Symphony Orchestra

December 12, 2022, at 7:30 pm
Perot Theatre
Texarkana, Arkansas

 

Monroe Symphony Orchestra

Amanda Roberts, Hammered Dulcimer National Champion
with MSO Strings and Percussion
January 26, 2023, at 7:00 pm
Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall
University of Louisiana at Monroe

PROGRAM

Planxty Fanny Po'er ... Turlough O'Carolan

Planxty Irwin ... Turlough O'Carolan

Trip It Upstairs ... traditional Irish

Shadon Bells ... traditional Irish

Fair Jenny ... Peter Barnes

Carolan's Draught ... Turlough O'Carolan

Sangshyttevalsen ... Eva Saether & Mats Eden

Wilson's Wilde ... Anonymous, 16th century

Morgan Magan ... Turlough O'Carolan

Planxty George Brabazon ... Turlough O'Carolan

The Ash Grove ... traditional Welsh

Summer Storm ... Amanda Roberts

What Wondrous Love is This ... traditional American

Be Thou My Vision (SLANE) ... traditional Irish

Cooley's Reel ... traditional Irish

Ryan's Rant ... traditional Irish

Southwind ... traditional Irish

As the Snow Gently Covers the Green ... Amanda Roberts

Sail Away ... traditional American/arr. Malcomlm Dalglish, trans. Amanda Roberts

Dancing in the Clouds ... Amanda Roberts

L to R: Samantha Parker, violin

Amanda Roberts, hammered dulcimer

Paul Christopher, cello

Larry Anderson, percussion

 

Faculty Recital

Paul Christopher, cello
Chialing Hsieh, piano
January 23, 2023, at 5:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

A Program of Cello Music by Charles Wuorinen (1938-2020)

Cello Variations I (1970)

Cello Variations II (1975)

Cello Variations III (1997)

Andante Espressivo (2001)

Chialing Hsieh, piano

Wuorinen was a prolific American composer and recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship as well as the Pulitzer Prize, being the youngest composer to receive the latter award.  Wuorinen served as Professor of Music at Rutgers University. Additionally, he was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

Adjudicator for 2023 Monroe Symphony League

Marjorie Stricklin Emerging Artists Competition
Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Saturday, January 14, 2023, at 7:00 pm

PROGRAM of the Finalists Concert

Suite de Trois Morceaux, Op. 116 ... Benjamin Godard
III. Valse

Darick Harris, flute

Richard Seiler, piano

Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 ... Tchaikovsky

I. Allegro moderato

Samuel Garcia, violin (Grand Prize Winner)

Richard Seiler, piano

"Prendi, per me sei libero" from L'elisir d'amore ... Donizetti

"Comme autrefois" from Les Pecheurs de perles ...Bizet

Sierra Shoemaker, soprano

Richard Seiler, piano

Double Bass Concerto, Op. 3 ... Koussevitzky

I. Allegro

Matheus Henrique Ferreira de Souza, double bass

Nick Joslin, piano

Concerto for Euphonium ... Vladimir Cosma

Clayton Moses, euphonium

Richard Seiler, piano

Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 ... Beethoven

III. Rondo

Yinghan Zhang, piano

Ellen Elder, piano

Judge for the String Division:

Paul Christopher, Associate Professor-Cello

Northwestern State University of Louisiana