{"id":779,"date":"2023-10-02T10:12:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T15:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/?p=779"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:30:36","slug":"joe-l-alexander-tribute-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/virtual\/joe-l-alexander-tribute-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe L. Alexander Tribute Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter 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=\"Joe L. Alexander Tribute Concert\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qNUF3q8z578?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: October 10, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. in Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium, Poindexter Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">All songs performed this evening were composed by Dr. Joe L. Alexander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Two Bryant Songs: 1. Song (These Prairies Glow with Flowers), 2. November<\/em>  &#8211;                                  Tiffani Jernigan, soprano (MUW) &amp; Kelly Williams (MUW, class of 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Soundscapes <\/em>for guitar and soundfile  &#8211;                                                                                              Alan Goldspiel, guitar (University of Montevallo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Drowned <\/em> &#8211;                                                                                                                                    Susan Hurley, soprano (MUW) &amp; William Reber (MUW)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Salonika Fantasy<\/em>  &#8211;                                                                                                                        Daniel Immel, piano (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Red Mountain Overture <\/em> &#8211;                                                                                                           Video Performance by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Chamber Trio:                                Denise Gainey, clarinet; James Zingara, trumpet; Chris Steele, piano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Summer Sounds Beckon Me <\/em>&amp; <em>Blue Jay, Sing a Tune<\/em>  &#8211;                                                                                                  MUW Chamber Singers directed by William Reber, director (MUW) &amp; accompanied by                                                                                                                          Valentin M Bogdan, pianist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In Loving Memory of<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Composer, tubist, and theory pedagogist, <strong>Dr. Joe L. Alexander<\/strong>, joined the Mississippi University of Women&#8217;s music faculty in the Fall of 2016. His music has been performed throughout the United States, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland and South Korea. His compositions have been performed on recitals at conferences of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance; the International Trumpet Guild Conference; the Louisiana Composers\u2019 Consortium; the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA); the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors; the Society of Composers, Inc.; the College Music Society; the Southeastern Composers\u2019 League, the International Tuba Euphonium Conference, and the NACUSA <em>National Festival<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Alexander loved teaching and he was beloved by generations of his students. 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