February 28, 2020
- ANNUAL CONCERTO/ARIA/COMPOSITION CONTEST CONCERT featuring the WIU Symphony Orchestra and the student winners
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Location:
COFAC Recital Hall
- Description: This performance is free and open to the public and will be live-streamed on the School of Music’s YouTube channel and Facebook Live.
The student winners of the November 2019 competition are:
Parker Carls, soprano – senior vocal performance major, from Beardstown, IL.
Nathalie Hernández-Ayala, cello – senior cello performance major from Tijuana in Baja California, México.
Sean Klink, composer - pursuing a M.M. in Music Composition, from the Quad Cities area.
Mark Mixon, bass – senior vocal performance major, from Chicago, IL.
Michael Rockstroh, euphonium – junior music education major from Davenport, IA.
PROGRAM
Peer Gynt: Prelude - Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Oases for Orchestra (2019) - Sean Klink (b. 1995)
- Sean Klink, composer
La vendetta from Le nozze di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756-1791)
- Mark Mixon, bass
I got plenty o' nuttin from Porgy and Bess - George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Mark Mixon, bass
Violoncello Concerto in B Minor, op. 104 - Antonín Dvořák (1865-1957)
I. Allegro
- Nathalie Hernández-Ayala, violoncello
INTERMISSION
Euphonium Concerto - Vladimir Cosma (b. 1950)
I. Allegro assai
- Michael Rockstroh, euphonium
Giunse alfin il momento, Deh vieni, non tardar from Le nozze di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
- Parker Carls, soprano
Quando me'n vo' soletta from La bohème - Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
- Parker Carls, soprano
Karelia Suite - Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
The Annual Concerto/Aria/Composition Concert features student soloists who are selected as winners of a competition by a panel of external judges each November. The student soloists represent some of the finest musicians in WIU's School of Music. The program also presents an opportunity to premiere a student composition selected by the Theory/Composition faculty for its artistic and creative merits.
- Related Web Site: WIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC
- Contact Information:
Joanie Herbert
Phone: 309-298-1843
Email: JE-Herbert@wiu.edu - Source: School of Music
