{"id":10102,"date":"2026-03-26T09:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/?p=10102"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:00:26","slug":"senior-composition-recital-charles-weathersby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/virtual\/senior-composition-recital-charles-weathersby\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Composition Recital \u2013 Charles Weathersby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio center\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Senior Composition Recital \u2013 Charles Weathersby\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEhIqN46nbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Date of Performance: Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 PM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">PROGRAM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Morning (2023) \u2013 Charles Weathersby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Charles Weathersby, piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Theme and Variations in F (2024) \u2013 Charles Weathersby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Valentin M. Bogdan, piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Waves (2025) \u2013 Charles Weathersby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anne-Ga\u00eblle Ravetto, violin <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Douglas Mark, trombone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> Valentin Bogdan, piano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Cuore e Mente (2024) \u2013 Charles Weathersby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>MSMS Strings Club<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">1st Violin: Claire Rhee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">2nd Violin: Katie Chung<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viola: Mr William Funderburk (MSMS Faculty)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cello: Mirae Nishikawa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Song Cycle on Poetry by Christina Rossetti (2025) \u2013 Charles Weathersby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">1. What Would I Give | 2. Vanity of Vanities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Zane Lynn, tenor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> Valentin Bogdan, piano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For Better or Worse (2025) \u2013 Charles Weathersby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73a99bce wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anne-Ga\u00eblle Ravetto, violin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> Valentin Bogdan, piano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Weathersby Jr (b. 2003) born in Wesson, Mississippi is a composer who has shown significant growth and has developed an impressive portfolio during his time at the Mississippi University for Women. Under the tutelage of Dr. Valentin Bogdan, he has had the chance to be featured in several new music festivals, institutional recitals, and national NACUSA concerts. Charles has garnered a lot of experience working with professional ensembles and prominent modern-day composers by attending intensive summer composition programs in places like Geneva, New York and Cleveland, Ohio, working with Mississippi\u2019s very own Symphony Orchestra, and attending state conferences. He placed 1st in the state of Mississippi for two consecutive years in the MTNA Music Composition Competition. From knowing little-to-nothing of music theory to winning state competitions, Charles has a deep sense of gratitude for his instructors, friends, and family who have supported him so far and will far into the future as he continues his pursuit of knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROGRAM Morning (2023) \u2013 Charles Weathersby Charles Weathersby, piano Theme and Variations in F (2024) \u2013 Charles Weathersby Valentin M. Bogdan, piano Waves (2025) \u2013 Charles Weathersby Anne-Ga\u00eblle Ravetto, violin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[48,27,45,64,66,88,93,36,20],"class_list":["post-10102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual","tag-brass","tag-instrumental","tag-piano","tag-singing","tag-strings","tag-trombone","tag-violin","tag-vocal","tag-voice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10107,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10102\/revisions\/10107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}