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Faculty Recital with Guest Artists (October 18, 2017)

Miguel Perez-Espejo Cárdenas, Hyun Ji Kwon, Hsin-Lin Tsai, Hye Min Choi, and Michelle LaCourse

Duo for violin & viola in B-flat, K. 424 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio – Allegro
Andante cantabile
Andante grazioso
Miguel Pérez-Espejo, violin
Michelle LaCourse, viola

Cypresses, for string quartet / Antonín Dvořák
No. 1 – Andante con moto
No. 4 – Poco Adagio
No. 10 – Allegro scherzando
Hsin-Lin Tsai, Miguel Pérez-Espejo, violins
Hye Min Choi, viola
Hyun Ji Kwon, violoncello

String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111 / Johannes Brahms
Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Adagio
Un poco Allegretto
Vivace ma non troppo presto
Miguel Pérez-Espejo, Hsin-Lin Tsai, violins
Hye Min Choi, Michelle LaCourse, violas
Hyun Ji Kwon, violoncello
Faculty Trumpet Recital (October 4, 2017)

Spencer Aston

Hyfrydol Aspects (2008) / Terry R. Everson

Masks (2001) / Dana Wilson
Mask II
Mask I

Hollow Box (2010) / John Howell Morrison

Centennial Horizon (2011) / Kevin McKee
1. Aspen Grove
Interlude-Alpenglow
2. Roaring Gunnison

Three Preludes (1926/2005) / George Gershwin
Arr. Rich and Brandon Ridenour
Prelude 1
Prelude 2
Prelude 3
Faculty Violin Recital (November 16, 2016)

Miguel Perez-Espejo Cárdenas, Hsin-Lin Tsai, Michelle LaCourse, Hye Min Choi, and Hyun Ji Kwon

Duo for violin & viola in G, KV 423 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro
Adagio
Rondeau – Allegro
Miguel Pérez-Espejo, violin
Michelle LaCourse, viola

La Oración del Torero, for string quartet / Joaquín Turina
Hsin-Lin Tsai, Miguel Pérez-Espejo, violins
Hye Min Choi, viola
Hyun Ji Kwon, violoncello

String Quintet in F Major, Op. 88 / Johannes Brahms
Allegro non troppo ma con brio
Grave ed appassionato
Allegro energico
Miguel Pérez-Espejo, Hsin-Lin Tsai, violins
Hye Min Choi, Michelle LaCourse, violas
Hyun Ji Kwon, violoncello
Faculty Showcase Recital (October 25, 2016)

Maryte Bizinkauskas, Edwin Milham, Rachel Daly, Spencer Aston, James Hay, and James Bohn

“Ernani involami” from Ernani / Giuseppe Verdi
“Klänge der Heimat” from Die Fledermaus / Johann Strauss
Maryte Bizinkauskas, soprano
James Hay, piano

Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (1833) / Maurice Ravel
Texts by Paul Morand
I. Chanson romanesque
II. Chanson épique
III. Chanson à boire
Edwin Milham, bass-baritone
James Hay, piano

Concerto for Horn No. 1 in D Major, K412 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro
Nocturno, Op. 7 / Franz Strauss
Rachel Daly, French horn
James Hay, piano

Intrada / Arthur Honegger
Spencer Aston, trumpet
James Hay, piano

“Pantone” for theremin and video
James Bohn, composer, theremin
Hornithology Ensemble (March 3, 2016)

Rachel Daly, Elizabeth Gates, Megan Riccio, and Susan Winterbottom-Shadday

The Star-Spangled Banner / John Stafford Smith
Arr. John Bayrent

Greeting, from Two Hunting Signals / Anonymous

O Che Splendor / Giovanni da Palestrina
Transcribed by Huntington Burdick

Canon / Johann Pachelbel
Arranged by Ken Bell

Allegretto / Franz Joseph Haydn
Arranged by Verne Reynolds

Six Quatours (1910) / Nikolai Tcherepnin
II. Ancienne chanson allemande
III. La chasse

6X4, Six Pieces for Four Horns (1973) / Alec Wilder
IV.

Our Love Is Here To Stay (1938) / George Gershwin
Arranged by Bill Brisson

Embraceable You (1928) / G. Gershwin
Arranged by A. G. Walters

Beale Street Blues (1916) / William C. Handy

Do You Hear the People Sing? / Alain Boublil
from Les Miserables (1980) / Claude-Michel Schonberg
Arranged by Bryan Hilliard
Faculty Showcase Recital (March 1, 2016)

Taras Leschishin, Daniel Acsadi, Maryte Bizinkauskas, James Hay, and Spencer Aston

Saudade No. 3 / Roland Dyens
Daniel Acsadi, guitar

Father Said, for baritone and guitar, op. 28 (1985) / Frank A. Wallace
The Stars
The Fixed Course
Climbing Cliffs
The Taste
Shall I Fret
Shade
Aunt Tabitha
Taras Leschishin, baritone
Daniel Acsadi, guitar

“Tu puniscimi, o Signore” from Luisa Miller / Giuseppe Verdi
“Che tua madre” from Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini
Maryte Bizinkauskas, soprano
James Hay, piano

Concerto in E flat / Johann Baptiste Georg Neruda
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Vivace
Spencer Aston, trumpet
James Hay, piano
Faculty Showcase Recital (October 27, 2015)

Daniel Acsadi, Maryte Bizinkauskas, James Hay, Taras Leschishin, Jerome Mouffe, and Deborah Nemko

Koyunbaba / Carlo Domeniconi
I. Moderato
II. Mosso
III. Cantabile
IV. Presto
Daniel Acsadi, guitar

“Pace mio Dio” from La Forza del Destino / Giuseppe Verdi
“Il est doux, il est bon” from Heriodiade / J. Massenet
Maryte Bizinkauskas, soprano
James Hay, piano

“It is Enough” from Elijah / Felix Mendelssohn
Taras Leschishin, baritone
James Hay, piano

Sonata, op. 61 / Joaquin Turina
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivo
Jérôme Mouffe, guitar

“Love I Hear” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum / Stephen Sondheim
Taras Leschishin, baritone
James Hay, piano

Nocturne / Daniel Belinfante
Tempo di “Blues” / Dick Kattenburg
Deborah Nemko, piano
A Musical Journey through Spain and Latin America (November 17, 2104)

Adriana Ransom and Deborah Nemko

Sonata in Old Spanish Style / Gaspar Cassadó
Largo; Allegro
Grave
Danza con variazioni

Selected Poetry
Sonatina (Rubén Darío, Nicaragua)
Dawilmer Castillo
Rima XXI (Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spain)
Chandler Phillips
Poem 14 (Pablo Neruda, Chile)
Carolyn Walcott
Thanks to life (Violeta Parra, Chile)
Dawilmer Castillo, Chandler Phillips, and Carolyn Walcott

Suite Espagnole / Joaquín Nin
Vieja Castilla
Murciana
Asturiana
Andaluza

Pampeana No. 2 / Alberto Ginastera

Alma Brasileira, Choros No. 5 / Heitor Villa-Lobos

From Cuaderno de Viaje / Mario Lavista

Le Grand Tango / Astor Piazzolla
An Evening with Jon Amon and Friends (November 7, 2014)

Jonathan Amon, Amy McGlothlin, Dennis Shafer, Kimberly Ayers, and Beverly Soll

Macedonian Dance (2011) / Traditional, arr. Goran Daskalov
Muses (1990) / Marie-Hélène Fournier
Muse Verte
Muse Climatique
Muse Rhythmique
Muse Épicée
Jon Amon, saxophone

Sequenza VIIb (1969/1993) / Luciano Berio, ed. Claude Delangle
Ariflex 35 (2010) / Claudio Gabriele
Dennis Shafer, Saxophone

Sonatine (1903-1905) / Maurice Ravel
I. Modéré
II. Mouvement de menuet
III. Animé
Amy McGlothlin, saxophone
Beverly Soll, piano

Mai (1975) / Ryo Noda
Amy McGothlin, saxophone

Sonata IV (1738) / Georg Philipp Telemann
Vivace ma moderato
Piaceuole non Largo
Presto
Jon Amon, saxophone
Amy McGothlin, saxophone

If I’m Lost--Now (2013) / Wei Dai
Jon Amon, alto saxophone
Dennis Shafer, baritone saxophone
Kimberly Ayers, voice
Faculty Showcase Recital (October 14, 2014)

Maryte Bizinkauskas, Rachel Daly, Miguel Perez-Espejo Cardenas, Don Krishnaswami, Jerome Mouffe, and James Hay

Sonata / Georg Philipp Telemann
1. Andante Cantabile
(transcribed by Joseph Eger)
Berceuse, Op. 19 / Jean-Michel Damase
Rachel Daly, French horn
James Hay, piano

Suite Populaire Espagnole / Manuel de Falla
(arr. by Paul Kochanski & Jerome Mouffe)
I. El Paño Moruno
II. Nana
III. Canción
IV. Polo
V. Asturiana
VI. Jota
Miguel Perez-Espejo Cardenas, violin
Jerome Mouffe, guitar

Ritorna vincitor / Giuseppe Verdi
from Aida
Mesicku na nebi hlubokem / Antonin Dvořák
from Rusalka
Maryte Bizinkauskas, soprano
James Hay, piano

Allegro Appassionato for viola and piano, H, 82 / Frank Bridge
Elegy for viola and piano, Op. 44 / Alexander Glazunov
Don Krishnaswami, viola
James Hay, piano
Faculty Recital: Trio Fiero (December 2, 2013)

Miguel Pérez-Espejo, Guy Fishman, and Deborah Nemko

Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV, 28 / Franz Joseph Haydn
Allegro moderato
Allegretto
Finale: Allegro

Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 / Clara Schumann
Allegro moderato
Scherzo. Tempo di Menuetto
Andante
Allegretto
Faculty Recital: Jonathan Amon (October 11, 2013)

Jonathan Amon

Clepsydre (1998) / Bernard Carlosema

Flamenco Sins Límites (1995) / Jaime Fatas

Ten Blake Songs (1957) / Ralph Vaughan Williams
With Kimberly Ayers, soprano
1. Infant Joy
2. A Poison Tree
3. The Piper
4. London
5. The Lamb
6. The Shepherd
7. Ah! Sunflower
8. Cruelty has a Human Heart
9. The Divine Image
10. Eternity
Caravan: Faculty World Music Trio (April 30, 2013)

Amir Milstein, Jerome Mouffe, and Salil Sachdev

Bordel-1900 / Astor Piazzolla

Vou Vivendo / Pixinguinha and Benedito Lacerda
(Choro Serenata)

Carinhoso / Pixinguinha
(Choro Cancão)

Mountain Songs / Robert Beaser
Edited by Eliot Fisk
A. Barbara Allen
B. The House Carpenter
C. Hush You Bye (Fantasia)
D. Cindy

Rumba Blanca / Stu Hacohen

Valse Venezolano No. 3 / Antonio Lauro
Revised by Alirio Diaz

Valse Venezolano No. 2 / Antonio Lauro
Revised by Alirio Diaz
Lecture-Recital by Jonathan Amon (October 10, 2012)

Jonathan Amon

Lecture-Recital by Jonathan Amon, Visiting Lecturer of Saxophone, featuring the music of Christian Lauba

Bat (1994) – “Grand Etude” for trills, tremolos, quarter tones, and melodic glissandi for solo baritone saxophone

Stan (2001) – Homage to Stan Getz, for Baritone Saxophone and Pre-recorded Yamaha DX-7 synth
Faculty Showcase Recital (October 4, 2012)

Paula Bishop, Maryte Bizinkauskas, Gregory Conroy, Vladan Milenkovic, Jerome Mouffe, Berit Strong, and Jacob William

Gavotte / Johann Sebastian Bach
from the 6th Cello Suite
trans. Benjamin Verdery
Gavotte-Choro / Heitor Vill-Lobos
Andecy / Andrew York
Berit Strong, guitar

L’altra note in fondo al mare / Arrigo Boito
from Mefistofele
Senza mamma / Giacomo Puccini
from Suor Angelica
Donde lieta / G. Puccini
from La Bohéme
Maryte Bizinkauskas, soprano
Paula Bishop, piano

Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios / Agustin Barrios Mangore
Asturias (Leyenda) / Isaac Albeniz
Jérôme Mouffe, guitar

ONMO / Kenny Wheeler
La Citta´ delle Donne / Luis Bacalov
Vladan Milenkovic, piano
Jacob William, bass
Greg Conroy, drums
Inside the Piano, Outside the Box: Faculty Recital featuring Barbara Lieurance (Sept. 2012)

Barbara Lieurance

Aeolian Harp / Henry Cowell

Sonata / Sofia Gubaidulina
Allegro
Adagio
Allegretto

Dream / John Cage

Rhapsodies / C. Curtis-Smith
I. “. . . a swift pure cry . . .”
II. “But Wait! Low in dark middle earth. Embedded ore.”
III. “And a call, pure, long, and throbbing. Longindying call”
IV. “Listen! The spiked and winding cold seahorn.”

Meditation for Barbara / John Oliver
GuiHANGtar (October 18, 2011)

Lê-Tuyên Nguyêñ and Salil Sachdev

A performance of compositions and arrangements inspired by traditional Vietnamese music and culture. Compositions and arrangements by Lê-Tuyên Nguyêñ.

Call of the Mountain and the Forest
The mystical landscape and the supernatural world of Vietnamese highlands

Highland Dreaming
Melody and dance rhythms of the Vietnamese highlanders

Nocturne
Creating tone color of the Vietnamese gongs in a study of natural harmonics and the new staccato-harmonoic duotone technique

Moonlight

Come Together
The sounds and activities of the highland harvesters during a good rice crop

Love Song
Nonfunctional harmony for a Vietnamese traditional love song Ly Con Sao

Sunset
Exploration of sonorities on the Vietnamese folk song Ly Chieu Chieu

Fantasia
An arrangement of the folksong Trong Com from North Vietnam for the guitar

Chanson du Sud (Homage to Debussy)
Use of the whole-tone scale for the folk song Ly Chim Quyen from South Vietnam

Gods of the Highlands
Ambience of overtone clusters depicting ritual rhythms of a highland festival

White Bird
Vietnamese folk song Co La
Faculty Showcase Recital (September 29, 2011)

Maryte Bizinkauskas, Taras Leschishin, Donald J. Running, and Mary Jo Running

Diversion for Alto Saxophone and Piano / Bernhard Heiden
Mary Jo Running, saxophone

Ecco l'orrido campo / Giuseppi Verdi
from Un Ballo in Maschera (1857)
Io son l'umile nacelle / Francesco Cilea
from Adriana Lecouvreur (1901)
Maryte Bizinkauskas, soprano

Fishin' (for alto saxophone, trombone and gold fish) / Renee Silas Waters
Donald Running, trombone
Mary Jo Running, saxophone
Daniel Mahoney, hi-hat

I have dreamed / Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein
from the King and I
This is my beloved / Robert Wright and George Forrest
from Kismet
Maryte Bizinkauskas, soprano