NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

Ethan Cowburn: Graduate Percussion Recital – October 30, 2024, 7 p.m.

Ethan Cowburn: Graduate Percussion Recital – October 30, 2024, 7 p.m.

Concert Program

Student Recital Series

Ethan Cowburn

Graduate Percussion Recital
assisted by Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, oboe

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
6:00 p.m.
NIU Recital Hall

 

Program

欢乐的新疆 (Merrily Xinjiang) - Zhou Deming

Composed by Zhou Deming, this piece pays tribute to the lively music of Uygher communities in the Xinjiang province of western China. The vigorous rhythm evokes colorful scenes of communal celebration in Xinjiang, while the lyrical section conjures an intense sentimentality. The piece contains harmonies and gestures reminiscent of Central Asian and Eastern European melodies, revealing the porousness of music cultures that spanned the Silk Road.

Pontos e Linhas - Rodrigo Lima (b. 1976)
Featuring Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, Oboe
Well-Groomed - Viet Cuong (b. 1990)
Creation* - Joe Beribak (b. 1987)

I. The First Day

II. The Second Day

III. The Third Day

IIII. The Fourth Day

V. The Fifth Day

VI. The Sixth Day

VII. The Seventh Day

Featuring Fernando Marroquin Mendoza, Oboe

*World Premiere

 

This performance is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Music degree.

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Avalon String Quartet – October 29, 2024, 7 p.m.

Avalon String Quartet – October 29, 2024, 7 p.m.

Concert Program

Faculty Recital Series

Avalon String Quartet

Blaise Magnière, violin
Richard O. Ryan Endowed Chair in Violin 
Marie Wang, violin 
Anthony Devroye, viola 
Cheng-Hou Lee, cello 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
7:00 p.m.
NIU Recital Hall

 

Program

Quartet No. 14 in G Major K. 387

Allegro vivace assai

Menuetto. Allegro

Andante cantabile

Molto allegro

W. A. Mozart

(1756-1791)

 

 

Pisachi (Reveal)

 

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

(b. 1968)

Intermission

String Quartet No. 2 Op. 92 On Kabardinian Themes

Allegro sostenuto

Adagio

Allegro

 

Sergei Prokofiev

(1891-1953)

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2024 NIU Philharmonic Concerto Competition Preliminary Round – October 27, 2024, 1 p.m.

2024 NIU Philharmonic Concerto Competition Preliminary Round – October 27, 2024, 1 p.m.

Concert Program

2024 NIU Philharmonic Concerto Competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Categories: Strings, Voice

Sunday, October 27, 2024
1:00 pm
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

Jury: Silas Huff, Mathias Tacke, Gregory Beyer

 

Concert Program

Program

1:00 pm Benjamin GilbertCello   

Eduard Lalo, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Movement 1 Prelude, Lento – Allegro maestoso. – 10:00’

Sooka Wang, Piano Accompaniment

1:12 pm Ronnie Gorka – Double Bass   

Serge Koussevitzky – Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, Movement 1 (Edited by David Walter) – Approx. 5 minutes

Mikhail Antoshin, Piano Accompaniment

1:19 pm Sofia Vrettou – Cello

Joseph Haydn, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in d major, Movement 1 – 13:00’

Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment

1:31 pm Emily Montelongo –  Voice

Jacques Offenbach, “Les oiseaux dans la charmille”, Les Contes D’Hoffmann, – 5:35’

Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment

1:37 pm Zih-Cian Yu – Cello

Kabalevsky Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.1 in g minor op.49, Movement 1 – 7:00’

Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment

1:50 pm Oskar Kaut – Cello

Ernest Bloch – Schelomo (single-movement work), – Approx. 20 minutes.

Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment

Jury deliberation

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2024 NIU Philharmonic Concerto Competition Preliminary Round – October 27, 2024, 1 p.m.

2024 NIU Philharmonic Concerto Competition Preliminary Round – October 26, 2024, 1 p.m.

Concert Program

2024 NIU Philharmonic Concerto Competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Categories: Woodwind, Brass

Saturday, October 26, 2024
1:00 pm
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

Jury: Gregory Barrett, John Novak, Andrew Glendening

 

Concert Program

Program

1:00 pm Spencer Mackey – Trombone

Ernest Bloch, Symphony for Trombone (1954), Movement 2 – 9:00’

Heewon Cha, Piano Accompaniment

1:12 pm Segun Owele – Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D major k.314 Movement 1 – 9:00’  

Victoria Young, Piano Accompaniment

1:24 pm Violet Whelchel – Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Major, first movement – 7:06’

Minjung Kim, Piano Accompaniment

1:33 pm Liam Weber – French Horn       

Richard Strauss, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No.2, Movement 1 – 7:00’

tba, Piano Accompaniment

1:45 pm Zaire Burks – Trombone

Christian Gouinguene, Concerto for Trombone in A minor, Movement 1 – 5:00’

Heewon Cha, Piano Accompaniment

1:52 pm Juan Garcia – Bass Trombone

Ernst Sachse, Concerto in F Major for Bass Trombone

Heewon Cha, Piano Accompaniment

2:04 pm Madeline Miller – Horn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto no 3 for Horn and Orchestra, Movement 1: Allegro – 7:00’

Heewon Cha, Piano Accompaniment

2:13 pm Isabella Rodriguez – Trombone

Lars-Erik Larsson, Concertino for Trombone and Strings, III movement Finale: Allegro Giocoso   4:00’

Heewon Cha, Piano Accompaniment

2:21 pm Vicky Gonzalez – Flute

Cécile Chaminade, Concertino for Flute and Orchestra OP. 107, Moderato, Vivo, Moderato     10:00’

Mikhail Antoshin, Piano Accompaniment

2:31 Intermission
2:45 pm Cameron Elam-Guthrie – Bass Trombone

Thom Ritter George, Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra – 10:00’

Minjung Kim, Piano Accompaniment

2:57 pm Breanna Negele – Flute

Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773), Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G major, Allegro – 6:00’

Mikhail Antoshin, Piano Accompaniment

3:05 pm Kaelyn Witt – Flute

Carl Nielsen, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1926), Movement 1 – 10:00’

Minjung Kim, Piano Accompaniment

3:17 pm Nicholas Anderson – Trumpet

Oskar Böhme, Concerto for Trumpet in F minor, Movement 1: Allegro Moderato – 7:00’

Olive Phyu Nyein Lynn, Piano Accompaniment

Jury deliberation

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NIU Philharmonic Orchestra: “Hooray for Hollywood!” – October 18, 2024, 7 p.m.

NIU Philharmonic Orchestra: “Hooray for Hollywood!” – October 18, 2024, 7 p.m.

Concert Program

Ensemble Recital Series

NIU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Hooray for Hollywood!

Silas Huff, Director  –  Zihan Zhou, Assistant Conductor

Friday, October 18, 2024
7:00 pm
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

 

Concert Program

Program

Salute to Cinema

“Hooray for Hollywood”

“Singin’ In the Rain”

“Over the Rainbow”

“As Time Goes By”

“A Day in the Life of a Fool”

 

Carl Strommen (b. 1939)
“Morning Music” from Peer Gynt Suite. No. 1 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Zihan Zhou, conductor

 

The Sea Hawk Overture

 

Erich Korngold (1897-1957)
“Death of Aese” from Peer Gynt Suite. No. 1 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Zihan Zhou, conductor

 

“Parade of the Ewoks” from Return of the Jedi

 

John Williams (b. 1932)
Joker: Bathroom Dance Hildur Guðnadóttir (b. 1982)
Sofia Vrettou, cello
Music from “Wicked” Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948) (arr. Ted Rickets)
Featuring Guest Artists from the DeKalb High School Orchestra
Sheila Felder, conductor

 

“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite. No. 1 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Featuring Guest Artists from the DeKalb High School Orchestra (Sheila Felder, Director) and Sycamore High School Orchestra (Ken Tonaki, Director)
Zihan Zhou, conductor

 

How to Train Your Dragon John Powell (b. 1963)
Featuring Guest Artists from the DeKalb High School Orchestra (Sheila Felder, Director) and Sycamore High School Orchestra (Ken Tonaki, Director)
Theme from Jurassic Park John Williams (b. 1932)
Featuring Guest Artists from the DeKalb High School Orchestra (Sheila Felder, Director) and Sycamore High School Orchestra (Ken Tonaki, Director)

 

 

NIU Philharmonic Roster

Silas Huff, Director  –  Zihan Zhou, Assistant Conductor

Flute/piccolo
Chanel Antoshin*
Angel Salas Marcano
Segun Owele

Oboe
Fernando Marroquin*
Amanda Fujii

Clarinet
Eduardo Zamudio*
Kelly Nelson

Bass Clarinet
Mitchell Lucas

Bassoon
Martha Jacobson*|
Dianne Ryan

Horn
Brooks Wallace*
Noah Kocsis
Shaelynn McCabe
Liam Weber

Trumpet
Nick Anderson*
AJ Sullivan
Dr. Megan Bailey (faculty guest)

Trombone
Spencer Mackey*
Isabella Rodriguez

Bass Trombone
Tanner Jackson

Tuba
Cody Toth

Timpani
Michael Speziale

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

Harp
Anya Pasowicz

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

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

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

Basses        
Ronnie Gorka*
William Letterman
Frederick Melki

Special thanks to the students, faculty, administration, and parents of the DeKalb High School Orchestra and Sycamore High School Orchestra, and especially to Ms. Sheila Felder and Mr. Ken Tonaki, for their cooperation and collaboration.

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

The NIU College of Visual and Performing arts puts on more than 200 live performances and exhibitions every year. See what’s coming up next in the School of Music, School of Art and Design, School of Theatre and Dance and the NIU Art Museum.

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