Guest Artist Recital

Paul Christopher, cello

Wednesday, 2/22/2023 at 3:30 pm

Stephen W. Slaughter Theatre

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Au Crepuscle
Musette, Op. 24 . . . Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Gulya Chandler, piano

Spring Rain for solo cello . . . Augusta Thomas Read (1964-)

I Will Tango (2021) . . . Jane Kozhevnikova (1987-)
1. I Will Tango with You
2. Closer Than I’ve Ever Been
3. Finding a Smile in Your Eyes
4. Until the Night Will Part Us

Sonata in B flat Major, RV 47. . . Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Largo
Allegro
Largo
Allegro

Gulya Chandler, piano

About the Guest Artist

Paul Christopher received his Bachelor of Music Education from the New England Conservatory of Music and his Master of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Memphis.

In 2005 Mr. Christopher joined the string faculty at Northwestern State University of Louisiana where he currently serves as Associate Professor of Violoncello and Music Theory. He has appeared as clinician, adjudicator, and guest artist throughout the United States and internationally. 

Mr. Christopher’s articles have been published in American String Teacher, Bass World, the Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter and Strings. In 2017 he was
awarded the Mildred Hart Bailey Research Award in recognition of his exceptional scholarship as a faculty member at NSU. In the summers of 1991-2014, Mr. Christopher performed as Assistant Principal Cello with the Peter Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon.

Mr. Christopher performed on numerous recordings as a member of the Nashville String Machine with artists such as Faith Hill, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Springsteen and George Strait. He has recorded works by a variety of contemporary composers, as well as the cello duos of Jacques Offenbach, with seven CD's available
on the Human Metronome label. Please visit http://www.paulchristophercello.com.