Concert Program
Ensemble Recital Series
2025 NIU School of Music
Chamber Ensemble Competition
Jury: Paul Bauer, François Henkins, Linc Smelser
Saturday, April 5, 2025
1 pm
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
Program
1:00 p.m.
NIU Steelpan Studio
Jalen Charles – Tenor Steelpan
K-Lee Blackwell – Double Seconds Steelpan
Joshua Bedeau – Tenor Steelpan
Tiajuana Hernandez – Tenor Steelpan
Robert Simmons — Double Seconds Steelpan
Nathaniel Guerra – Double Seconds Steelpan
Kijuana Duplessis – Cello Steelpan
Shaliyah Young – Cello Steelpan
Rashunda Dorset-Headly – Bass Steelpan
Alma Perrote – Bass Steelpan
- Vanessa Headley-Brewster: Dream in Color (composed 2012)
1:12 p.m.
Flute Trio
Segun Owele – Flute
Violet Whelchel – Flute
Jake Santini – Flute
- Alan Hovaness (1911-2000): Spirit of Ink
Movements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9
1:30 p.m.
Trombone Unit DeKalb
Spencer Mackey – Alto/Tenor Trombone
Deaglan Sullivan – Tenor Trombone
Zaire Burks — Tenor Trombone
Tanner Jackson – Bass Trombone
- Alfred Hornoff (1902-1969): Suite für vier Posaunen
I. Solenne
II. Moderato
III. Allegro quasi Presto
IV. Andante non troppo
V. Molto allegro deciso con impeto
- Charles Wuorinen (1938-2020): Consort of Four Trombones
1:47 p.m.
BOG Trio
Gabriel Roethle – Violin
Richard “Baxter” Brown – Viola
Oskar Kaut – Violoncello
- Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960): Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10
Movements I, IV, and V
2:04 p.m.
The Airheads
Jovana Cortez – Flute
Danny Clements – Flute
Danie Martin – Flute
- Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977): Trio for Three Flutes, Op. 59
4th Movement
Intermission
2:30 p.m.
DeKalb String Quartet
Keira Specht – Violin
Christian Balgeman — Violin
Tim Liu – Viola
James Yu – Violoncello
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2 “Quinten”
I.Allegro
- Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904): String Quartet Op. 96 “American”
IV. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo
2:43 p.m.
NIU Trumpet Ensemble
Nick Andersen – Trumpet
AJ Sullivan – Trumpet
Christian Barazza – Trumpet
Bianca Zhinin – Trumpet
Isaac Lopez – Trumpet
Julian Hernandez – Trumpet
Julian Suarez – Trumpet
- Johann Altenburg: (1734-1801): Concerto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani
1st Movement
- Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868): The Barber of Seville (arranged by Eric Morales)
2:58 p.m.
Diversity
Hunter Otgontseren – Trombone
Isabella Rodriguez – Trombone
Eric Wahl – Trombone
Cameron Elam-Guthrie – Bass Trombone
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Girl with the Flaxen Hair (arr. Michael Levine)
- Thelonious Monk (1917-1982): Round Midnight (arr. Slide Hampton)
- Saskia Apon (*1957): Eerste Trombone Kwartet
2nd Movement
3:13 p.m.
Overcon Duo
Reilley Farrell – Violin
Ben Gilbert – Violoncello
- Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967): Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
III. Maestoso e largamento, ma non troppo lento; presto - Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Sonata for Violin and Cello
III. Lent
3:32 p.m.
Quinn Brass Quintet
Julian Suarez – Trumpet
Bianca Zhinin – Trumpet
Liam Weber – French Horn
Zaire Burks – Tenor Trombone
Tanner Jackson – Bass Trombone
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Es ist ein Ros‘ entsprungen
- Jan Koetsier (1911-2006): Brass Quintet Op.65
I. Kleiner Zirkusmarsch
II. Die Seiltänzerin