Recruiting in Alexandria, Louisiana

Bolton Academy

2101 Vance Avenue

Alexandria, Louisiana

High School Orchestra

Jasmine Johnson, Orchestra Directory, NSU alumna

February 28, 2025, at 9:15 am

 

MUS 1500: Student Recitals

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 12:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM includes:

Sonata in B-Flat Major for Bassoon and Cello, K. 292 .... WA Mozart

    Allegro

Vicky Gomez, bassoon

Santiago Rovira, cello

String Quartet, Op. 96, "American" .... A Dvorak

    Lento

    Finale

Oscar Carballo and Carlos Diez, violins

Ronald Zaldana, viola

Jesus Calderon, cello

Faculty Solo Recital

Paul Christopher, cello

Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 5:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Deborah Parker (Aria per Violoncello, 1987) .... Sylvano Bussotti (1931-2021)

2R (1986, rev. 2019-2020) .... Mark Prince Lee (b. 1958)

Fantasia for Solo Cello (2018) .... Allen Shawn (b. 1948)

2R PROGRAM NOTES by Mark Prince Lee

2R serves as Part IV of the instrumental cycle Radiate for alto flute, bass clarinet, percussion, violin, and cello. The piece is organized around four parameters: pitch, tempo, dynamics, and mode of attack. These parameters play an important role in the work's formal design. 

Pitch - A primarily chromatic, 12-note fixed-pitch set serves as the basis for Part IV of the cycle. As 2R unfolds, ten of the pitches are transposed up, on at a time, one or two octaves until the piece concludes with a repositioned 10-note set. 

Tempo - The piece contains four primary tempos, each assigned to one of the four dynamics: ff, f, mf, pp. One of the tempos with corresponding dynamics is also assigned to one of two specific modes of attack. A basic quarter note pulse of 54 is used for the molto sul tasto sections throughout the piece. However, the molto ponticello sections are expressed as a proportion of the basic pulse with changes as the piece develops. 

Structural Design - R2 is formally organized into two broad regions dividing the piece into two approximately equal halves. Region I is temporally centered around a quarter note pulse of 86. Region II is centered around a quarter note pulse of 72. Throughout R2, the two base tempos and mode of attack tempos are intermingled, frequently interrupted by sporadic, metric subdivisions which emerge as a temporal sub-structure. The differing sections are fractured into layers and juxtaposed with increasing irregularity. Oppositional segments assimilate into contrapuntal time blocks where they cease to follow any discernable linear course, creating a friction in the time-flow of the piece. In the central section of the second region, the individual segments begin to unravel, and the time polyphony disperses. 2R closes with a final distillation of these disparate elements into a single musical unity expressed in the concluding lines of the piece.

Armonia String Quartet

Student Chamber Music Recital

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 5:30 pm

Watson Memorial Library, room 201

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Duet in D Major .... Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

    Prelude

Ronald Zaldana, viola and Jesus Calderon, cello

3 Concertante Duets, Op. 57

Duet in D Major, No. 3 .... Charles-Auguste di Beriot (1802-1975)

    Allegretto (Rondo)

Oscar Carballo and Carlos Diaz, violins

String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 ... Anton Dvorak (1841-1904)

    Allegro

    Lento

    Molto vivace

    Finale: vivace ma non troppo

Oscar Carballo, 1st violin

Carlos Diaz, 2nd violin

Ronald Zaldana, viola

Jesus Carlderon, cello

Coached by Sofiko Tchetchelashvili, Violin and Viola Instructor

Recruiting in Monroe, Louisiana on February 14, 2025

Natalie Johnson, Orchestra Director and NSU alumna

Neville High School at 7:30 am 

600 Forsyth Avenue

Monroe, Louisiana

Kevin Berry, Orchestra Director

Ouachita High School at 10:45 am

681 Highway 594

Monroe, Louisiana

Natchitoches Northwestern Symphony Orchestra

NNSO Chamber Orchestra

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 7:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included

Concerto IV in G Major, BWV 1049 ....  JS Bach

    Allegro

    Andante

    Presto (Gavotte)

Emilio Castro, violinist

 

Guest Artist Recital

Dennis Parker, cello

Ying-Shan Su, piano

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 5:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Sonata in D Major (transcribed by A. Piatti) 

    Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764)

 Allegro

Adagio

Allegro

Ricordanza ... George Rochberg (1918-2005)

Pohadka ... Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

Sonata in A Major, Opus 100 (transcribed by L. Varga)

    Johannes Brahms (1883-1897)

Allegro amabile

Andante tranquillo

Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)

Serenade Spanish Dance, Opus 54, Number 2

    David Popper (1843-1913)

 

Master Class with Dr. Dennis Parker

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at noon

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

Maira Avellandea

Bach Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Sarabande

Santiago Rovira

Bach Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Prelude

Aill Harris

Chopin Sonata in G minor, Opus 65

Largo

Jesus Calderon

Saint-Saens Allegro Appassionato, Opus 43 

MUS 1500: Student Recitals

February 4, 2025, at 12:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall

Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM includes ....

Cello Duo in C Major, Op. 15, No. 1 .... Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860)

    III. Andantino avec Variations

Brad Powell, cello 1

Paul Christopher, cello 2

NSU Faculty, Students, and Alumni

The Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

January 25, 2025, at 7:30 pm

600 Clyde Fant Parkway

RiverView Theatre 

Shreveport, Louisiana 

PROGRAM 

JOHN HEINS .... Moons of the Giants (Louisiana Premiere)

    I. Proteus

    II. Ariel

    III. Enceladus

    IV. Titan

    V. Europa

    VI. Io

GUSTAV HOLST .... The Planets

    I. Mars, the Bringer of War

    II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger

    IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

    V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

    VI. Uranus, the Magician

    VII. Neptune, the Mystic 

Centenary College Women's Choir and 

presented with choreographed film visuals by Adrian M. Wyard