Nov 18, 2022 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured
The Northern Illinois University Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wilbur Lin, assistant professor of music at NIU, will perform “Oratorio Without Words: Edward Elgar and Alice Mary Smith,” Monday, November 21 at 7 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in NIU’s Music Building. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for non-NIU students, and NIU students are free of charge.
The program features Elgar’s “Prelude to The Kingdom, Op. 51” and Smith’s “The Masque of Pandora Overture”, “Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra” and “Jason, or The Argonauts and the Sirens Overture.”
Gregory Barrett, professor of music at NIU is featured soloist on clarinet for “Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra.”
Roster
Alphabetical order for tutti musicians
Violin I
Daniela Escobar, concertmaster
Reilly Farrell
Chey Fleming
Allen Madison
Jacob Revels
Jordan Weiss
Blaise Magniere†
Mathias Tacke†Violin II
Alexa Garza, principal
Jacob Kukielka, assistant principal
Ella Barribeau
Ashwin Moses
Jair Nunez
Marie Wang†
Melody Walker**
Joanna Nerius*
Viola
Jacqueline Scavetta, co-principal
Zachary Green, co-principal
Christine Beal
Mac Heelein
Annarose Keilty
Gina Stonikas
Cello
Dayoung Park, co-principal
Brandon Rittenour, assistant principal (acting coprincipal)
Andrea LaFranzo, co-principal
Kennedy Buehler
Frances Marshall
Christopher Mendez
Annika Roberts
Hannah Sheridan
Bass
Phoebe Shaughnessy, principal
Ronnie Gorka
Shae Nenadov
Harp
Fiona Hunt |
Flute
Anna Rockman, principal
Chanel Antoshin
Gianna Capobianco, piccoloOboe
Fernando Marroquin, principal
Nicole Riordan
Emily Fagan†, English horn
Clarinet
Anthony Devea, principal
Ben Grych
Andrew Carlson, bass
Bassoon
Yu-Yu Chang, principal
Nicholas Ritter†
Horns
Emma Hinkle, principal
Liam Weber
Shae McCabe
Brooks Wallace
Trumpet
Amos Egleston, co-principal
Dartagnan Stephen, co-principal
Emma Anderson
Trombone
Alex Hassib, principal
Deaglan Sullivan
Liam Kantzler, bass
Tuba
Ryne Dresbach
Percussion
Christian Baugher
Karl Olsen
Timpani
Jonah Payne |
* Guest musician
** Alumnus guest musician
† Faculty musician
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Every year since 2002, the Northern Illinois University School of Music has presented a day-long festival for clarinet players with a different theme. The 2018 Clarinet Cornucopia festival features “The French Belle Époque’” with guest artists Stefan Harg, clarinet and Katarina Ström-Harg, piano. The festival will be held Saturday, February 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. It is free to attend and clarinet players are invited to perform in the Clarinet Choir after registering at go.niu.edu/clarinet.
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