WIU School of Music Presents Annual Orchestra Concerto Concert
February 24, 2025
MACOMB, IL -- The Western Illinois University School of Music will present its annual Orchestra Concerto Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall. The student winners of the 2024-25 competition will perform with the WIU Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rich Cangro.
The annual Orchestra Concerto Concert features students who are selected as winners of the Concerto/Aria/Composition Competition by a panel of external judges. 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 School of Music's theory/composition faculty for its artistic and creative merits.
The student winners of the 2024-25 competition are:
Kieran McLain, cello
Stanesha Deligence, soprano
Martin Medrano, violin
Drake Miller, oboe
Eden Beier, soprano
Libbey Lazowski, composer
Helena Iacob, violin
The program will include:
Navarraise from Le Cid - Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Cello Concerto No. 1 - Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
I. Moderato
- Kieran McLain, cello
Quandro m'en vo from La Boheme - Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Elle a fui, la tourterelle from Les contes d'Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
- Stanesha Deligence, soprano
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 62 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
- Martin Medrano Gonzalez, violin
INTERMISSION
Oboe Concerto, Op. 45 - Eugene Goossens (1867-1958)
- Drake Miller, oboe
In quelle trine morbide from Manon Lescaut - Giacomo Puccini
Un bel di vedremo from Madame Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini
- Eden Beier, soprano
The Yellow Wallpaper - Libbey Lazowski (composition winner)
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
I. Allegro moderato
- Helena Iacob, violin
The performance is open free to the public and will be livestreamed on the WIU School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook page.
For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit
wiu.edu/cofac/recitalhall/.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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