Students from the Northern Illinois University School of Music will present a benefit concert organized to raise awareness and aid for Ukraine, Friday, March 25 at 8 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building on NIU’s main campus.
Performers from the School of Music include NIU School of Music Professor and Head of Percussion Studies Gregory Beyer, members of the NIU Philharmonic Orchestra, NIU Jazz Ensembles, steelpan and world music instrumentalists and many more.
There is no charge for admission, audience members are encouraged to consider donating to a Ukraine aid organization such as:
- Mercy Corps – Provides humanitarian assistance, cash aid, and works with local organizations in Ukraine to get funds and donations to places they’re most needed.
- United Nations High Commission for Refugees – Provides resources and aid for refugees, displaces people, and those removed from their homelands. Currently working to provide support for Ukranians fleeing their country.
- Direct Relief – Provides medical supplies, currently working with the Ukranian Ministry of Health, and is working to offer medical aid to people in Ukraine and the surrounding countries.
- Save the Children – Helps families and children in a variety of ways, offering cash assistance, shelter, food, education and much more to provide humanitarian support to the people of Ukraine. This organization focuses its efforts on children and families with children affected by the crisis.
The benefit concert has been organized by a pair of graduate students in the NIU School of Music, Jennalynn Cisna and Annie Sun Chung.
The concert will be live streamed.
Ukraine Benefit Concert
NIU School of Music
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
Friday, March 25, 8 p.m.
Program Order
Ukraine National Anthem, United Armed Forces edition
Collaborate performance of strings and winds
Annie S. Chung, conductor
Drastic Measures, Mvt. I, Russell Peck (1945-2009)
Nick Haddock, Daniël Smith, David Patush, and Aaron Adams
Saxophone Quartet
Berimbau Solo no. 4, “Sakura Park”
Traditional Music from Capoeira Angola
Ladainha, “eu ’tava em casa”
as recorded by Mestre Traíra (b. 1963) and transcribed by Gregory Beyer
Dr. Gregory Beyer, berimbau
Elegiac Trio, Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
Gianna Capobianco, flute; Zachary Green, viola; Abby Stoner, harp
Caritas, Mvt. II ‘Solemn’ Michael Burritt (b. 1962)
Matt Schneider, Marimba
Plyve Kacha, Ukraine Folk Song arr. Andrew Selig (b. 1997)
Andrew Selig, Sergio Arias-Montiel, Liam Weber, and Ting-Yun (Rebecca) Wu
Horn Quartet
Romanze in F minor, Op. 60, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Ranan Antonini, violin; Jennalynn Cisna, piano
Mariel, Osvaldo Golijov (b. 1960)
Ben Heppner, Marimba; Dayoung Park, cello
Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day, Da Yo Lo (b. 1954)
Chih-I Hsiao, Erhu
Ting-Yun (Rebecca) Wu, Piano
Verbovaya Doschechka, Ukrainian Folksong
Steelpan Ensemble
Peace, Horace Silver (1928-2014)
Austyn Menk, piano; Noah Brooks, drums; Kirby Fellis, trombone; Morgan Turner, string bass
Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Members of the NIU philharmonic strings
Annie S. Chung, conductor
Kyiv Waltz, P. Mayboroda (1918-1989)
Dani’ca Richardson, conductor
Full band
Prayer for Ukraine
Bryan A. Flippin, conductor
Full band
NIU Philharmonic Strings
Violins:
*Ranan Antonini
Daniela Escobar Oyola
Alexa Garza
Ella Barribeau
Jair Nunez
Viola
Zachary Green
Jacqueline Scavetta
Cello
Dayoung Park
Frances Marshall
Double Bass
Phoebe Shaughnessy
Band roster
Flute
Gianna Capobianco
Chanel Antoshin
Anna Rockman, piccolo
Oboe
David Coons
Clarinet
Adeline Confederat
Mikaela Jackson
Kayla Bivin
Katelyn Ackland
Rowan Brennan
Saxophone
Nick Haddock (alto)
Daniël Smith (alto)
David Patush (tenor saxophone)
Aaron Adams (baritone saxophone)
Horn
Andrew Selig
Sergio Arias-Montiel
Liam Weber
Ting-Yun (Rebecca) Wu
Trumpet
Jaron Holder
Emma Walsh
Trombone
Emelia Barrera
Kirby Fellis
Tuba
Dan Nowosad
Percussion
Andrew Kinsey
Mikey Speziale
Matt Schneider
