Saturday, January 22, 2011

Thursday, 1/27/2011 @ 7:30 pm

Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, LA
Guest Artist Recital featuring Dr. Cain Budds, guitar and Dr. Sean Teets, tenor


PROGRAM

Come again, Sweet Love doth now invite .... John Dowland (1563-1626)
Awake, sweet love
Flow, my tears

Suite Castellana .... Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982)
Fandanguillo
Arada
Danza

Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 .... JS Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuets I and II
Gigue

INTERMISSION

Cavatina .... Stanley Myers (1930-1993)

Cinco Piezas .... Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Campero
Romantico
Acentuado
Triston
Compadre

Usher Waltz (After Edgar Alan Poe) .... Nikita Koshkin (b. 1956)

BIOGRAPHIES

Dr. Cain Budds, guitar, received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in classical guitar performance at Arizona State University where he was a student of Frank Koonce. While in residence there, he served as a teaching assistant and faculty associate in the internationally recognized classical guitar program. In addition to his teaching duties, he assisted in the editing of the second performing edition: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Solo Lute Works by Professor Koonce which was recently published by Neil A. Kjos company in San Diego.

Dr. Budds is currently Assistant Professor of Guitar and Music Theory as well as Head of the String Area at Louisiana Tech University where he heads a vibrant guitar studio. He has performed numerous solo and chamber recitals in the U.S. and Mexico. Budds has appeared as soloist with the Laredo Philharmonic performing contemporary works such as Folias by Puerto Rican composer Roberto Sierra and Arafura Dances by Australian composer Ross Edwards. Most recently he appeared as soloist with Moscow's Chamber Orchestra Kremlin performing Mauro Giuliani's Quinetto, Op. 65 for guitar and string orchestra. Currently, Dr. Budds lives in Ruston, LA with his wife Monique, their four children, and a rather large and rambunctious dog named Sally.

Dr. Sean Teets, tenor, currently serves as the Director of Choral Activities at Louisiana Tech University, where he is an Assistant Professor in the School of the Performing Arts. Sean Teets completed degrees at Youngstown State University, Bowling Green State University, and the Doctor of Arts degree from The University of Northern Colorado.

Dr. Teets conducted a performance of Handel's Messiah with the Northwest Colorado Symphony (2007). This past summer, he traveled to Switzerland and was the assistant conductor and performed at the Lucerne Choral Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. With Opera Classica Europa, he has been the chorus master for several operas including: Carmen, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Otello, and Aida.

He has been the stage director and conductor for numerous operas and musicals including: Riders to the Sea, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Così fan tutte, West Side Story and three world premiere musicals.

Saturday, 1/22/2011

Rapides Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition
Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center

1st Place: Minjung Kim, piano
Dr. Francis Yang, accompanist
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor .... P. Tchaikovsky
III. Allegro con fuoco

Lillia Lara, cellist
Elena Kuroda, pianist
Cello Concerto in B Minor .... E. Lalo
III. Introduction and Rondo


L to R: Lara, Kuroda, Kim

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Saturday, 1/15/2011 @ 7:30 pm

2011 Monroe Symphony League
Emerging Artists Competition
Final Round Auditions
Emy-Lou Biendenharn Recital Hall
University of Louisiana at Monroe

Young Adult Division Winners:

First Place:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor, Op. 23 .... P. Tchaikovsky
III. Allegro con fuoco
Minjung Kim, piano soloist
Francis Yang, piano

Third Place:
Cello Concerto in D Minor .... E. Lalo
I. Prelude: Lento-Allegro maestoso
Milovan Paz, cello
Felipe Ledesma Nunez, piano

Monday, January 17, 2011

Sunday, 1/16/2011 @ 9:15 am

Music Teachers National Association, Student Performance Competitions
South Central Division: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas
School of Music, University of Oklahoma in Norman

Young Artist String Competition 

Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 .... JS Bach
I. Prelude
IV. Sarabande

Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 .... J. Brahms
I. Allegro non troppo

Concerto in D Mino .... E. Lalo
III. Introduction: Andante - Allegro vivace






Alternate Winner: Lillia Lara, Cello
Elena Kuroda, Piano

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Saturday, 1/8/2011 @ 7:30 pm

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra Master Works 3
First Baptist Church of Shreveport
543 Ockley Drive
Shreveport, LA 71106

Nena Plant Wideman Piano Competition Finalists:
  • Ko-Eun Lee (The Juilliard School)
  • Jannie Sing-Yen Lo (San Francisco Conservatory)
  • Soyeon Park (Manhattan School of Music)

Wideman Piano Competition logo

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Friday, 12/17/2010 @ 7:30 pm

Longview Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Fireworks
Belcher Chapel and Performance Center
LeTourneau University


PROGRAM


Prelude to Hansel and Gretel .... Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)

Fantasy of Carols: A Child’s Christmas .... Terry Mizesko (b. 1946)

Excerpts from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 .... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
              March
              Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
              Trepak
              Dance of the Reed Flutes
              Pas de deux
INTERMISSION

A Feast of Carols .... Randol Alan Bass (b.1953)                                                                                                                                       
              The East Texas Community Chorus
               The Kilgore College Chorale
               Jim Taylor, director

The Skaters Waltz, Op. 183 .... Émile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

German Dance No. 3, K. 605, “Sleigh Ride” .... Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756-1791)

Sleigh Ride .... Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Christmas Singalong .... John Finnegan (1928-2007)

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Wednesday, 12/15/2010 @ 2:00 pm

A Holiday Concert at Natchitoches Assisted Living

PROGRAM

Duo in C major, Opus 49, No. 1 .... Offenbach
Allegro
Andante
Amber Carter and Christina Lake, cellists

In the Twilight .... Offenbach

Amber Carter, cello and Mary Osteen, piano

The Evening .... Offenbach

Christina Lake, cello and Mary Osteen, piano

Harmonious Blacksmith .... Handel, arranged by Cassado/Christopher

Paul Christopher, cello

A Selection of Holiday Songs for Three Celli .... Traditional

Left to right: Osteen, Christopher, Lake, Carter

Friday, December 10, 2010

Saturday, 12/11/2010 @ 7: 30 pm

El Dorado Municipal Auditorium
South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

CHERISH THE LADIES : A CELTIC CHRISTMAS

Cherish The Ladies made their symphonic debut with the Cincinnati Pops and after the overwhelming response from the audience, they traveled to Boston where they performed another four shows including the prestigious Tanglewood Summer Series. Their successful collaboration led to their Grammy nominated album "The Celtic Album".  Cherish The Ladies are now the most successful Celtic Pops act in America and this concert features their Celtic Christmas show.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Tuesday, 12/7/2010 @ 4:15 pm

MUS 1500 Student Recital
Magale Recital Hall, NSU

PROGRAM includes:

Sonata #1 in E minor, Opus 38 .... J. Brahms (1833-1897)
Movement I: Allegro non troppo

Lillia Lara, cello
Elena Kuroda, piano

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Monday, 12/6/2010 @ 7:00 pm

Musical Odyssey VII Concert Series presents:
Paul Christopher, cellist
Vernon Parish Library
Leesville, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Suite #4 in E Flat major, BWV 1010 .... JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bouree I and II
Gigue

* Gently Weep for solo cello with audio digital delay (2004/2009) .... Thomas Hundemer (1954- )

Harmonious Blacksmith ... GF Handel (1685-1759) .... Arranged by G. Cassado and P. Christopher


*A special thank you to Helen and Beecher Wood for providing the electronic equipment used in Gently Weep.