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