Friday, December 13, 2024

Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols

Trinity Episcopal Church
533 Second Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana
December 12, 2024, at 7:00 pm
 
The Lessons
 
Genesis 3:1-22 ... The First Sin and it's Punishment
 
Isaiah 40:1-11 ... God's People are Comforted 

Jeremiah 31:31-43 ... A New Covenant

Isaiah 35:1-10 ... The Return of the Redeemed to Zion

Baruch 4:36-5:9 ... Look Towards the East

Isaiah 7:10-15 ... Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Sign of Immanuel

Isaiah 11:1-9 ... The Peaceful Kingdom

Isaiah 65:17-25 ... The Glorious New Creation

Luke 1:26-56 ... The Birth of Jesus Foretold
 
Dr. Sam Stokes, organ, piano, choirmaster
Paul Christopher, cello
Patricia Brown, soprano
Dr. John Dunn, tenor
Dr. Tony Smith, bass



 
 

Yoga at the WRAC

December 9, 2024, at 5:30 pm
WRAC
Natchitoches, Louisiana
 
Providing music for a Brett Garfinkle's yoga class
 

 

Monday, December 9, 2024

A Jolly Holiday

Coughlin-Saunders Performing Art Center
Alexandria, Louisiana
December 8, 2024, at 2:30 pm

PROGRAM

Carnival Overture, Op. 92 ... Dvorak

Fantasia on Greensleeves ... Vaughn Williams

Hanukkah Festival Overture ... arr. Richman

Sinfonia Pastorella ... L. Mozart
    Movement 3
        William Rose, Alphorn

Thunder and Lightning Polka ... J. Strauss, Jr.

Sleigh Ride ... Anderson

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ... Pola & Wyle

Jesu Bambino ... Yon, arr. Ryden

Santa Clause is Coming to Town .. Coots, arr. Farnon

White Christmas ... arr. Bennett

Holiday Pops Sing-Along ... arr. Cerulli

God Bless Us Everyone ... Silverstri & Ballard






Wednesday, December 4, 2024

9th Living Library: Everyone Has a Story

We've Got the Music
Ora G. Williams Electronic Media Center
Kyser Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana
November 20, 2024, at 6:00 pm

Panelists included Drs. Douglas Bakenhus, Burt Allen, Anthony Pursell, Mr. Paul Christopher, and student Rikki Landry, and moderated by Donna Baker.
















Monday, December 2, 2024

MUS 1500 Student Recital

Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana
December 3, 2024, at 12:30 pm

PROGRAM includes:

Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 ... JS Bach (1685-1750)
    Prelude

Maira Avellaneda Pabon, cello



Saturday, November 30, 2024

Storytime at NPL

450 Second Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana
November 26, 2024, at 10:30 am

Children's Librarian read aloud "Meow Cello" by Kristen Halverson while Paul Christopher played his cello for storytime.



Monday, November 25, 2024

Handel's Messiah

The Conclusion 
Dr. David Hobson, director
November 24, 2024, at 3:00 pm
Sanctuary of First Methodist Church
Shreveport, Louisiana

PROGRAM:

The Lord Gave the Word
How Beautiful are the Feet
Their Sound is Gone Out
Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?
Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
Thou Shall Beak Them
Hallelujah
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Since By Man Came Death
Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
The Trumpet Shall Sound
Then Shall Be Brought to Pass
O Death, Where is Thy Sting?
But Thanks Be to God
If God Be For Us
Worthy is the Lamb






Monday, November 18, 2024

NNSO Concerto Competition

Sunday, November 17, 2024, at 2:00 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

Auditionees included:

Maira Lizeth Avellaneda Pabon, cello .... Haydn Cello Concerto, movement 1
Anselmo Mata Erick Cabrera, piano

Jesus Calderon, cello .... Elgar Cello Concerto, movement 1
Dr. John Price, piano

Santiago Rovira, cello .... Faure Elegy
Dr. John Price, piano



Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Celebration of Diversity

Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 7:30 pm
Varnado Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included:

Epitaph ... Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
Dedicated to Tom Phillips, former SSO principal clarinetist
Paul Christopher, cello


 

Monday, October 21, 2024

Tchaikovsky's Pathetique

RiverView Theater
October 19, 2024, at 7:30 pm

PROGRAM

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 ... Rachmaninoff
Allegro vivace
Largo
Allegro vivace

Ilya Shmukler, Wideman Gold Medalist

Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique," Op. 74 ... Tchaikovsky
Adagio - Allegro non troppo
Allegro con grazia
Allegro molto vivace
Finale: Adagio lamentoso





Monday, October 14, 2024

A Time for Choosing

Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center
Alexandria, Louisiana
October 12, 2024, at 7:30 pm

PROGRAM

DUKAS ... Fanfare from "La Peri"

CHAUSSON .... Poeme, Op. 25
Lin He, violin

DEBUSSY .... Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

ROSSINI .... Overture to William Tell

NSU musicians

Jasmine, NSU alumna

R
Ricky, NSU alumnus


Friday, October 11, 2024

2025 Marjorie Stricklin Emerging Artists Competition

 


Cello Chat with Dr. Benjamin Whitcomb

Dr. Benjamin Whitcomb, Professor of Cello
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 
October 11, 2024, at 5:00 pm on fb

The basic theme is inspiring young cellists to practice. Here are the questions I tend to ask:
• Introduce yourself; tell about your musical background
• What inspires you for teaching, practicing, and performing?
• Other than leading by example, what are some ways that you try to infuse enthusiasm in your students?
• What effect has your breadth of musical experience had on your approach to performing, or to musicianship?
• Any additional words of advice or inspiration?

Master Class with John-Henry Crawford

September 23, 2024, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

Master Class with John-Henry Crawford:
 
Santiago Uribe
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme,  Opus 33

Jesus Calderon
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Opus 85
Movement 4: Allegro

Aill Harris and Maira Avellandea
J.S Bach: Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Prelude

















Monday, July 15, 2024

Master Class with Dr. David Rosen, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

Saturday, July 13, 2024, at 9:00 am
Natchitoches, Louisiana


 

Summer Music Festival continued

Chamber Music Recital
July 14, 2024, at 1:00 pm

PROGRAM included:

Piano Quintet Op. 83 .... Carl Reinecke
Finale

Maggie Myint, piano, Leyah James and Paris Tse, violins
Evan Clark, viola, and Jesus Calderon, cello













Sunday, June 30, 2024

Summer Music Festival 2024

Guerry Auditorium
68 Georgia Avenue
Sewanee, Tennessee

June 23, 2024, PROGRAM

Chelsea Gallo, conductor 

Johannes Brahms—Academic Festival Overture, Op.80

Richard Strauss—Der Rosenkavalier Suite 

J. Strauss—Radetzky March 

Brahms—Hungarian Dance No. 5

J. Strauss II.—Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka



 

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Simply Classical

June 15, 2024, at 7:30 pm
Magnificat Chapel
Villa Maria, Pennsylvania

PROGRAM

Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Hob. 1:2 ... Haydn
    Allegro
    Andante
    Presto

Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, "Classical" ... Prokofiev
    Allegro
    Larghetto
    Gavotte: Non troppo allegro
    Finale: Molto vivace

Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, "Haffner" ... Mozart
    Allegro con spirito
    Andante
    Menuetto
    Presto






Chamber Music Concert

June 14, 2024, at 7:30 pm
The Henry Banquet Center
New Castle, PA

PROGRAM 

String Quartet in E Minor, from "My Life" ... Smetana
    Allegro vivo appassionato
    Allegro moderato a la Polka

Eva Cook, violin
Pablo Senosiain, violin
Ronald Zaldana, viola
Elizabeth Mathiesen, cello

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 50, No. 6, "The Frog" ... Haydn
    Allegro
Abigail Morales, violin
Imole Olugbola, violin
Roman Cintron, viola
Gavin Nist, cello

Quintet for Winds ... Nielsen
    Allegro ben moderato
    Praeludium-Theme and Variations

Laura Bowden, flute
Valentina Restrepo, oboe
Kyle Norberg, clarinet
Julia Straton, bassoon
Nora Lemmon, horn

String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 26 "Slavic" ... Glazunov
    Moderato

Gracie Hayes, violin
Kiley Foxhall, violin
James Kaufman, viola
Santiago Rovira, cello

String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80 ... Mendelssohn
    Allegro vivace assai

Nathan Jeoung, violin
Carlos Diaz de Valle, violin
Abigail Benzinger, viola
Olivia Schute, cello

Glazunov String Quartet & C. Chung, coach





Saturday, June 15, 2024

NSU Band Camp Guest Lecture

June 12, 2024, at 8:30 am
Interpretation Class
Orchestra Room
Natchitoches, Louisiana

Taylor Carrell, tubist





Sunday, June 9, 2024

Classical Chamber Music and Orchestra Festival

Magnificat Chapel
Villa Maria, Pennsylvania
Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 7:30 pm
 
PROGRAM

Pavane, Op.50 ... Faure (1845-1924)

Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ... Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    Scherzo
    Nocturne
    Wedding March

Le Tombeau de Couperin ... Ravel (1875-1937)
    Prelude
    Forlane
    Menuet
    Rigaudon





Friday, June 7, 2024

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Guest Artists Duo Recital

Yunjung Lee, violin
Dong Yeol Hong, cello
Monday, April 29, 2024, at 5:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Deux Choros (bis) ... Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Modere
Lent-anime

Paul Christopher, cello

Eight Pieces, Op. 39 ... Gliere (1874-1956)
Prelude
Gavotte
Berceuse
Canzonetta
Intermezzo
Impromptu
Scherzo
Etude

Together (1989) ... Isang Yun (1917-1995)
I.
II.

Duo for violin and cello, WV. 74 ... Erwin Shulhoff (1894-1942)
I.
II. Zingaresca
III.
IV. 



 

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel: the Opera
April 27, 2024, at 7:00 pm
Municipal Auditorium
El Dorado, Arkansas
 


Virtual Masterclass with Alumnus

Santiago Uribe Cardona, graduate student
Roosevelt School of Music
Chicago, Illinois
Thursdays, April 18 and 25, 2024, at noon





















 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

MUS 1500 Student Recitals

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 12:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM includes:

Cello Duet in C Major ... Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879)

Kohner Smith & Paul Christopher, cellists


 

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Hollywood Heroes and Heroines

Riverfront Amphitheater
April 20, 2024, at 7:30 pm
Alexandria, Louisiana

POPS PROGRAM

Ben Hur Prelude ... M. Rosza

Themes from 007 ... arr. Custer

Gonna Fly Now ... B. Conti, arr. Holcombe

Theme from Schindler's List ... J. Williams
    Dr. Lin He, violinist

Raider's March ... J. Williams

Colonel Bogey March .. K. Alford

Magnificent Seven ... E. Bernstein, arr. Phillippe

How Far I'll Go ... L. Miranda

As Time Goes By ... H. Hupfeld, arr. Lewis

Let It Go ... R. Lopez

Over the Rainbow ... H. Arlen, arr. M. Renzi

Happy ...P. Williams, arr. Bachalis
    Claire Marie Miller, vocalist

Star Wars - Throne Room ... J. Williams, arr. Holcombe




 

56th Annual Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival

Fourth Wall Concert
First United Methodist Church
2727 Jackson Street
Alexandria, Louisiana
April 13, 2024, at 7:30 pm

PROGRAM

Four Motivations ... Robert Owens
    I. The Cottager to her Infant (text by Dorothy Wordsworth)
    II. Hope (text by Emily Dickinson)
    III. A Complaint (text by William Wordsworth)
    IV. Could I But Ride Indefinite (text by Emily Dickinson)

Terrance Brown, baritone

From the Hearts of Women ... William Still Grant, lyrics by Verna Arvey
    Little Mother
    Midtide
    Coquette
    Bereft

Tiffany Bostic-Brown, soprano
Chialing Hsieh, piano

Three Songs on Tests of Paul Laurence Dunbar ... H. Leslie Adams
    The Meadowlark
    The Valse
    He/She Gave Me a Rose

Terrance Brown, baritone
Siying He, piano

Heart on a Wall ... Robert Owens, text by Langston Hughes
    I. Heart
    II. Remembrance
    III. Girl
    IV. Havanna Dream
    V. For Dead Mimes

Tiffany Bostic-Brown, soprano




Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Student Cello Duo Recital

Santiago Rovira and Jesus Calderon
Thursday, April 18, 2024, at 5:30 pm
Varnado Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

FEATURING JS Bach 

Solo Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major ... BWV 1007
    Prelude
    Allemande
    Courante
    Sarabande
    Minuet I and II
    Gigue

Solo Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major ... BWV 1009
    Prelude
    Allemande
    Courante
    Sarabande
    Bourree I and II
    Gigue






Sunday, April 7, 2024

Congratulations to Santiago Rovira Ortiz

Dear Santiago,

Based on your audition materials, we are pleased to be able to offer you a position at the 2024 Renova Music Festival! 

The dates of the festival are Sunday evening, June 2 through Saturday night, June 15.  

We will be in touch with more details in the coming weeks.

I look forward to seeing and working with you,

Joshua Zona, Music Director




A Conference for Portable Chamber Duos

2024 International Duo Symposium
April 5-6, 2024
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included

Riding to School with Samuel Becket ... Neal Endicott

Malena McLaren, bass clarinet
Paul Christopher, cello

Assobio a Jato (The Jet Whistle) ... Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Allegro ma non troppo
    Adagio
    Vivo

Stephen Clark, flute
Paul Christopher, cello




 

Faculty Guitar Recital

Luke Brouillette with special guests
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included

Douce Ambience ... Django Reinhardt

Minor Swing ... Reinhardt/Grapelli

Gypsy Jazz Trio Luke Brouillette, Patrick Bordelon, and Paul Christopher



Thursday, April 4, 2024

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Aill Harris III Senior Cello Recital

 


PROGRAM

Duo in G major, Opus 37, No. 1 ... Sebastian Lee (1805-1887)
Allegro non troppo

assisted by Paul Christopher

Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 ... JS Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuette 1 and 2
Gigue