NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

Concert Program

 

Spring 2025 NIU School of Music Honors Convocation

Thursday, May 1, 2025
11 a.m.
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall

 

Program

 

Brass Area

Ereste Trombone Kwartet (2002)
1. Eresťe deel
0. Deel twee
Saskia Apon (b. 1957)
Hunter Otgontseren, tenor trombone
Isabella Rodriguez, tenor trombone
Eric Wahl, tenor trombone
Cameron Elam-Guthrie, bass trombone

 

Keyboard Area

Prelude in b-minor, op. 32, no. 10 (1910) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Lorenzo Dutton, keyboard

 

Winds Area

KLONOS (1993)
Piet Swerts (b. 1960)
Daniël Smith, alto saxophone
Elizabeth Vaughan, piano

 

Composition Area

A Tip in the Right Direction (2025) Adrian Patino (b. 2005)
Zihan Zhou, conductor
Kaelyn Witt, flute 1
Vicky Gonzalez, flute 2
Carly Jackson, oboe
Kelly Nelson, clarinet 1
Eduardo Zamudio, clarinet 2
Daniël Smith, alto saxophone
Jackson Watson, baritone saxophone
Nick Anderson, trumpet 1
Marlowe Galvez, trumpet 2
Adrian Patino, horn
Dylan White, bass trombone
Matt Skirmont, narrator
Joe Berbiak, timpani
Brayden Dulin, percussion

 

Steelpan Area

Dream in Colour (2012) Vanessa Headley (b. 1989)

NIU Steelpan Studio
Tenor – Jalen Charles, Joshua Bedeau, Tiajuana Hernandez
Double Seconds – K-Lee Blackwell, Nathaniel Guerra, Robert Simmons
Cello – Kijuana Duplessis, Shaliyah Yoiung
Bass – Rashunda Dorset-Headley, Alma Perrote

 

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.

Programs

Livestream

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Upcoming Events

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