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The W Wind Ensemble Fall 2024 Concert

Published: 15 November 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: November 18 at 7:30 pm
Directed by Melissa Reeves

Selections

Star Spangled Banner – arr. John Kinyon

America the Beautiful – arr. Warren Barker

Variants – Jack Bullock

Soloist – Audrey Houston, Flute

Salvation is Created– Tschesnokoff/arr. Bruce H. Houseknecht

Soloist – Jaylen Lewis, Flugelhorn

My Favorite Things – arr. Robert Buckley

The W Jazz Ensemble Personnel

Director: Melissa Reeves

Woodwinds

Flute: Audrey Houston

Oboe: Dr. Bonnie Oppenheimer

Clarinet: Clara Jennings, Jamie Taylor

Alto Saxophone: Ethan Wilkins, Anna Beth Hirshfeld

Baritone Saxophone: Cristian Canas

Trumpet: Jaylen Lewis, Zahrya Harrison

Trombone: Ryan Clark, Braylen Jones

Euphonium: Reagan Watson, Robert Adams

String Bass: Dr. Brian Burnes

Percussion: Adrian Barber, Joey Knight, Amelia Linton, Charlene Stork

Tech: Brad Sims

The W Jazz Ensemble Fall 2024 Concert

Published: 15 November 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: November 15 at 7:30 pm
Directed by Melissa Reeves

Selections

Bossa de Java – Bruce Pearson

Soloists: Ryan Clark, Trombone & Layla Temple, Flute

C Jam Blues/Duke’s Place – Duke Ellington

Soloists: Gabrielle Foster, Keyboard; Zahrya Harrison, Trumpet; Randy Taylor, Guitar; Ryan Clark, Trombone

Freddie Freeloader – Miles Davis

Soloists: Zahyra Harrison, Trumpet & Ryan Clark, Trombone

Don’t Know Why – Words & Music by Jesse Harris, arr. Paul Murtha

Soloist: Shari Wilson, Vocals

Silent Night – arr. Paul Clark

Soloist: Layla Temple, Flute

Joy to the World “Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog”  – Words & Music by Hoyt Axton, arr. Andy Clark       

Soloist: Charlene Stork, Vocals

The W Jazz Ensemble Personnel

Melissa Reeves – Director

Woodwinds

Layla Temple – Flute/Alto Saxophone

Cristian Canas – Baritone Saxophone

Brass

Zahrya Harrison – Trumpet

Ryan Clark – Trombone

Braylen Jones – Trombone

Jay Lee – Tuba

Rhythm

Gabrielle Foster – Keyboard

Shari Wilson – Keyboard and Vocals

Charlene Stork – Percussion and Vocals

Randy Taylor – Guitar

Adrian Barber – Drum Set

Tech Support

Brad Sims

Piano Students’ Recital Fall 2024

Published: 11 November 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: Tuesday, November 12 at 7:30 pm

Program

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, II. Minuetto and Trio – Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Gabrielle Foster, piano

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 – Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Andrew Meng, piano

Danza del viejo boyero, Op. 2 No. 1 – Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

Shari Wilson, piano

Dansul timpului (Time dance) op. 76, Dansul cerului (Sky dance) op. 76, Dansul pământului (Earth dance) op. 76 – Carmen Petra-Basacopol (1756-1791)

Raisa Virlan, piano

Sunny – Bobby Hebb (1938-2010)

Randy Taylor, guitar

Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor Op. 34 No. 4 – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Gabrielle Foster, piano

Two Movements, II. Impressions – Ryan Clark

Ryan Clark, trombone

Etude in G flat Major, Op. 10 No. 5 – Frederic Chopin

Harrison Shao, piano

Trio Opus 87, II. Adagio cantabille, IV. Presto – Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Zahrya Harrison, trumpet

Douglas Mark, trombone

Ryan Clark, trombone

Fall Recital 2024

Published: 30 October 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: November 5 at 7:30 pm
With William Reber, pianist

Program

Fire Down Below ━ Jay Althouse (b. 1951)

Zachariah Harden, tenor

I Love All Graceful Things ━ Eric H. Thinan (1900-1975)

Kalina Trans, soprano

TEARDROPS – Mitchell Peters (1935-2017)

Adrian Barber, marimba

Bring Him Home from Les Misérables ━ Claude-Michel Schönberg (b. 1944)

Braylen Jones, tenor

Cockeyed Optimist from South Pacific ━ Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) & Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)

Eden Cartwright, soprano

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major II, Minuetto and Trio ━ Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Gabrielle Foster, piano

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered from Pal Joey ━ Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)

Charlene Stork, mezzo-soprano

The Negro Speaks of Rivers ━ Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)

Jerry Brown, tenor

Andante et Allegro ━ Joseph Edouard Barat (1882-1963)

Ryan Clark, trombone

Gia il sole dal Gange ━ Alessandro Scarlatti (1810-1856)

Jerry Brown, tenor

Concert Etude ━ Alexander F. Goedicke (1877-1957)

Zahrya Harrison, trumpet

Die Forelle ━ Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Kalina Trans, soprano

Ich Grolle Nicht ━ Robert Schumman (1670-1725)

Jerry Brown, tenor

Theme and Variations in F ━ Charles Weathersby (b. 2003)

Valentin M. Bogdan, piano

Someone Like You from Jekyll & Hyde ━ Frank Wildhorn (b. 1958)

Eden Cartwright, soprano

If I Can’t Love Her from Beauty and the Beast ━ Alan Menken (b. 1949)

Braylen Jones, tenor

Dansul timpului (Time dance) op. 76, Dansul cerului (Sky dance) op. 76, Dansul pământului (Earth dance) op. 76 ━ Carmen Petra-Basacopol (1756-1791)

Raisa Virlan, piano

Why Can’t You Behave from Kiss Me, Kate ━ Cole Porter (1891-1964)

Charlene Stork, mezzo-soprano

She Loves Me from She Loves Me ━ Jerry Bock (1928-2010) & Sheldon Harnick (1924-2023)

Zachariah Harden, tenor

New Music at the W Concert

Published: 28 October 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: Tuesday, October 29 at 7:30 pm

Program

Suite for Piano No. 2, Arpeggiato, Waltz, March ━ Olga Harris

Julia Mortyakova, piano

Gratitude, a wordless psalm ━ Hannah E. Adhikari

Hannah E. Adhikari, piano

Three songs on Poetry by Mihai Eminescu ━ Valentin M. Bogdan

1. Somnoroase Pasarele (Sleepy Birds) | 2. Si Daca (And If)

Zane Lynn, tenor & Valentin M. Bogdan, piano

Two Movements, II. Impressions ━ Ryan Clark

Ryan Clark, trombone

Art Modules 8/9 – Fugue State/Large Grains ━ Richard Montalto

Processed Sound

Theme and Variations in F ━ Charles Weathersby

Valentin M. Bogdan, piano

Phoenix: of burnout and dreams ━ Moira Cairns

Moira Cairns, soprano & William Reber, piano

All Hallow’s Eve ━ Richard Montalto

Processed Sound

Suite for Piano No. 1, Prelude, Toccata, Basso Ostinato ━ Olga Harris

Julia Mortyakova, piano

LGBTQ+ History Lecture Recital

Published: 11 September 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: September 14 at 7:30 pm
Performers: Susan Hurley, soprano & William Reber, pianist

Program

I.  Through a historical lens

Only after Stonewall – Words by Elaine Sexton & Music by Paula Kimpker (b. 1956)

II.  Self-discovery

Prelude from Michigan Trees: A Guide to the Trees of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region Words and Music by Grey Grant

I want to live from Patience and Sarah – Words by Wende Persons & Music by Paula Kimpker

III. Self-acceptance

La Señora de las Sombras – Words by Eduardo C. Corral & Music by J. Diaz (b. 1990)

IV.  AIDS and loss

I Never Knew – Words and Music by Ricky Ian Gordon (b.1956)

Walt Whitman in 1989 – Words by Perry Brass (b.1947) & Music by Chris DeBlasio (1959-1993)

V. Transcending Violence

Matthew Shepard – Words by Jaime Manrique (b. 1949) & Music by David del Tredici (1937-2023)

       VI. Joy

Let the Little Birds Sing – Words by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) & Music by Ashley Seward

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Junior Piano Recital, Johnathan Lollar

Published: 22 April 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: Friday, April 26 at 7:30 pm

Program

Sonata in D Minor, K. 1 – Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonata in F major, K. 332 I. Allegro II. Adagio – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2 & Etude in F minor, Op. 10, No. 9 – Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Allegro Barbaro – Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Johnathan Lollar is a piano performance student under the instruction of Dr. Valentin Bogdan. Before he came to the W, he attended Bevill State Community College, where he studied music under Dr. John Stallsmith and piano under Becki Stallsmith. He would like to thank the faculty of the W music department for their guidance, the members and alumni of Beta Kappa Tau for their continued support in all of his endeavors, and his family and friends, who pushed him to begin this journey.

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W Piano Students’ Spring Recital 2024

Published: 9 April 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Categories: Virtual Concert Series
Date of Performance: April 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium, Poindexter Hall.

Program

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor WTCI – J.S. Bach (1685-1750) 

Gabrielle Foster, piano

Impromptu Op. post. 142 No. 2 – Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 

Shari Wilson, piano

Etude op. 25, no 1 – Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) 

Raisa Virlan, piano

A Canoa Virou – Ney Rosauro (b. 1952)

Adrian Barber, marimba

Sea Refractions – Mitchell Peters (1935-2017)

Zaylie Jenkins, marimba

Waltz No. 2 in A minor: Op. 34, No. 2 – Frederic Chopin  

Johnathan Lollar, piano

Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 – L. van Beethoven (1770-1827)

III. Allegretto

Harrison Shao, piano

 Film Score – Between Land and See (movie trailer, music by Johnathan Lollar)

Commercial Music Score – Bell Processing (TV commercial, music by Charles Weathersby)

Allegro Barbaro – Béla Bartók (1881-1945) 

Johnathan Lollar, piano