April 20, 2026
- Guest Recital: New Downbeat Ensemble
- Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
- Location: COFAC Recital Hall
- Description: This performance is free and open to the public.
PROGRAM
Grace - Jordan Nobles (b. 1969)
Flute, Julianna Eidle
Flute, Valentina Arango Sánchez
Oboe, Sarah Minneman
Bassoon, Caroline Sackleh
Horn, Rebekah Lorenz
Brushstrokes - Alyssa Morris (b. 1984)
I. Monet
III. Van Gogh
IV. Pollock
Flute, Julianna Eidle
Oboe, Sarah Minneman
Bassoon, Caroline Sackleh
INTERMISSION
Hibiscus - Julien Monick (b. 1994)
Flute, Julianna Eidle
Landscape Lithograph - Julien Monick (b. 1994)
*Premiere
Flute, Valentina Arango Sánchez
Oboe, Sarah Minneman
Bassoon, Caroline Sackleh
Horn, Rebekah Lorenz
ABOUT NEW DOWNBEAT
New Downbeat's mission is to present accessible, engaging, and diverse new music performances featuring women & other gender marginalized musicians performing works by living composers. Our mission is driven by our underlying core values of community building, intersectional feminism, gender equity, and cutting-edge artistry.
Founded in 2019 by bassoonist Caroline Sackleh, New Downbeat began as a group of likeminded, classically trained musicians and composers who wanted more - to create performance opportunities that celebrate women’s musicianship and to collaborate with living composers to create something special, together.
By nature of our mission, we actively work with musicians and living composers in everything we do, prioritizing those at the intersection of race and gender. Through our work, we have come to collaborate with organizations including including Flight88, Price Hill Will, Lives United/Vidas Unidas, concert:nova, The Well, CityLink Center, Robert O’Neal Multicultural Arts Center (ROMAC), Cincinnati Public Radio, Cincinnati May Festival, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), and Hear Us, Hear Them; with many more promising partnerships being planned for the future!
Since its inaugural concert in 2019, New Downbeat has commissioned, collaborated on, and performed over 50 new music premieres written by their Composers-in-Residence.
Currently, New Downbeat’s roster includes 41 musicians, 9 composers, and is administered by Directors Caroline Sackleh, Alexis Shambley and Julianna Eidle.
Learn more at www.newdownbeat.com. - Related Web Site: NEW DOWNBEAT
- Contact Information:
Joanie Herbert
Phone: 309-298-1843
Email: JE-Herbert@wiu.edu - Source: School of Music
