Congratulations to Santiago Cardona Uribe for acceptance into Graduate School!

 

National Association of Composers USA

National Conference 2023

University of Montevallo
College of Fine Arts
Department of Music
Montevallo, Alabama

LeBaron Recital Hall

3/24/2023 at 3:00 pm

Recital Program 4 included:

Music for Cello #4 ... Mark Prince Lee

Paul Christopher, cello

Student Recital

Taylor Carrell presents "The Tuba: A Collection of Musical Scenes"
March 19, 2023, at 5:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included:

"Per questa bella mano" ... W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Transcribed and edited by Tyler Carrell and Paul Christopher

Taylor Carrell, tuba

Paul Christopher, cello

Orchestra members included: Jesus Calderone Pena, cello

LMEA Assessment

Louisiana Music Educators Association 
Band/Orchestra Large Ensemble Assessment
Baton Rouge Magnet High School
March 16, 2023, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Adjudicators:

L to R: Michael Fuller, Amy Thiaville, Christopher

Christopher, Molly Goforth

A Vision of Heaven

Rapides Symphony Orchestra
Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center
Alexandria, Louisiana
March 11, 2023, at 7:30 pm

PROGRAM

Voyage for String Orchestra ... Corigliano

Symphony No. 4 in G Major ... Mahler

    Bedachtig, nicht eilen

    In gemachlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast

    Ruhevoll, poco adagio

    Sehr behaglich

Penelope Shumate, soprano

Graduate Double Bass Recital

Karla Gonzalez, Double Bass
Dr. Chialing Hsieh, Piano
Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 5:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM

Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, B.W.V. 1009 ... J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
    Bourrées I and II

Suite Im Alten Stil ... Hans Fryba (1899-1986)

    Gavottes I and II

Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor ... J. Brahms (1833-1897)

    I. Allegro non troppo

Concerto Op. 3 ... Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951)

    I. Allegro

    II. Andante

Sones de la Tierra ... Rodrigo Mata (b. 1985-)

    I. Itsmo de Tehuantepec

    II. Sotavento Veracruzano

Celebration of Diversity Concert Series 2022/23

Repertoire by Women Composers
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Magale Recital Hall
Natchitoches, Louisiana

PROGRAM included:

"I Will Tango with You" for Solo Cello ... Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhenikova)

        I will Tango with You

        Closer Than I've Ever Been

        Finding a Smile in Your Eyes

        Until the Night Will Part Us

        Paul Christopher, cello

L to R: Robert Caldwell, Christopher

Music by Women Festival

Seventh Annual International
Music by Women Festival
Poindexter Hall
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, MS

Concert No. 7 at 9:00 am program included:

Fantasy on Two Klee Studies (1989) ... Augusta Reed Thomas

Spring Song (1995)

    Paul Christopher, cello

Concert No. 9 at 1:00 pm program included:

I Will Tango ... Jane K (Evgeniya Kozhevniova b. 1987)

    1. I Will Tango with You

    2. Closer Than I've Ever

    3. Finding a Smile in Your Eyes

    4. Until the Night Will Part Us

Paul Christopher, cello

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.

American Inspirations

Marshall Symphony Orchestra

East Texas Baptist University                  First Baptist Church
Marshall, Texas                                       Jefferson, Texas
February 18, 2023, at 7:30 pm                February 19, 2023, at 3:00 pm

PROGRAM

Othello Suite, Op. 79 ... Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912)

Dance

Children's Intermezzo

Funeral March

Willow Song

Military March

Miss Sally's Party-Ballet ... William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Introduction

Square Dance

Tia's Dance

Toby and Tip's Dance

Country Dance

Miss Sally's Dance

Jim Slick's Dance

The Cake Walk Contest

Adagio for Strings ... Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Some Enchanted Evening ... Richard Rogers

Old Man River ... Jerome Kern

His Love is All I See ... Brooklyn Tabernacle