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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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The W Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert

Published: 28 May 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Get ready to groove with the W Jazz Ensemble directed by Melissa Reeves for their spring concert featuring songs by Stevie Wonder, Louis Armstrong, and more!

Livestream for this concert can be found here on our Virtual Concert Series page.

This event is free and open to the public.

The W Wind Ensemble Spring Concert

Published: 28 May 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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You are invited to join the W Department of Music for our spring semester’s Wind Ensemble Concert!

This event is free and open to the public.

W Music Student Showcase

Published: 28 May 2024
Written by Jennifer Dowdy
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Join the W Department of Music as we host a musical evening featuring an array of musical genres from our talented music majors!

Livestream for this concert can be found here on our Virtual Concert Series page.

This event is free and open to the public.

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