NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

Concert Program

Ensemble Recital Series

NIU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Masterworks: Then and Now

Silas Huff, Director  –  Zihan Zhou, Assistant Conductor

Friday, November 15, 2024
7:00 pm
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

 

Concert Program

Program

Andante Moderato Florence Price (1887-1953)
Zihan Zhou, conductor
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Zihan Zhou, conductor
Appalachian Spring Suite for 13 instruments Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
INTERMISSION

Overture to Don Giovanni

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Overture to The Song of Hiawatha, Op. 30
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

 

NIU Philharmonic Roster

Silas Huff, Director  –  Zihan Zhou, Assistant Conductor

Flute
Chanel Antoshin*†
Segun Owele*
Angel Salas Marcano

Oboe
Fernando Marroquin*
Amanda Fujii

Clarinet
Eduardo Zamudio*†
Kelly Nelson*
Mitchell Lucas

Bassoon
Martha Jacobson†
Jason Khanna*

Horn
Brooks Wallace*
Noah Kocsis
Shaelynn McCabe
Liam Weber

Trumpet
Nick Anderson*
AJ Sullivan

Trombone
Isabella Rodriguez*
Zaire Burks
Tanner Jackson

Tuba
Cody Toth

Timpani
Michael Speziale

Percussion
Michael Speziale*
Karl Olsen*
Will Carr
Delaney Jacobi
Rose Malcome
Abagail Vokoun

Harp
Anya Pasowicz

Piano
MinJung Kim†
Austyn Menk

Violin
Reilly Farrell**
Sally Waterhouse**†
Christian Balgeman*
Javier Polania Cleves*†
Vanessa Felix
Ella Feuersthaler
Jacob Kukielka†
Mei Lin McDermott
Myshona Philips
Keira Specht
Aditi Venkatesh
Jordan Weiss†

Viola
Emily Bychowski*
Jacob Seabrook*†
Baxter Brown†
Mac Heelein
Savannah Lisner
Tim Liu
Chloe McKendry
Vivian Munoz

Cello
Oskar Kaut*
Sofia Vrettou*†
Chris Mendez†
James Zih-Cian Yu
Ben Gilbert
Hannah Schwarz
Hannah Sheridan
William Colangelo

Bass
Ronnie Gorka*†
William Letterman*
Frederick Melki

 

** Concertmaster

* Principal player

† Copland ensemble

Tickets

Tickets for School of Music concerts are available online only. There are prices for adults, seniors, faculty and staff and non-NIU students. NIU students are admitted free of charge to all performances with pre-reserved tickets. Most recitals are not ticketed.

Livestream

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Upcoming Events

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