Nazareth College Music Department to present New England Portraits on Sunday, November 6
The Nazareth College Music Department and Nazareth College Ensembles are pleased to present New England Portraits on Sunday, November 6, at 3 p.m. in Linehan Chapel.
This concert will feature the Nazareth College Brass Choir (Jeremy Stoner, conductor), Chamber Winds (Jared Chase, conductor), and Wind Symphony (Jared Chase, conductor). The Brass Choir will open the concert, followed by a work for Chamber Winds and voice featuring Nazareth College voice faculty and soprano Kim Upcraft on “Alcott Songs” by Rochester-based composer Steve Danyew. Danyew has set several of Louisa May Alcott’s poems to music for chamber winds, and Upcraft is a versatile performer who has also appeared with the Eastman Opera Theatre and Eastman Philharmonia.
The Wind Symphony will close the concert with a rarely heard performance of William Schuman’s “New England Triptych,” followed by a piano concerto featuring faculty member Jacob Ertl. The program will close with Charles Ives depiction of Orchard House from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women in his work “The Alcotts” followed by a dramatic conclusion with Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait.
This performance is free and open to the public.
Students in the Nazareth College Ensembles are:
Wind Symphony: Flute – Hannah Baker, Edgardo Barra, Carly R. Bartelini, Marguerite Call, Katarina Hock, Emily O’Sullivan, Katherine Saslawsky, Zoe Zuckerman. Oboe – Abigail Duffy, Rebecca Kittleson. Clarinet – Abigail Hamel, Kathryn Oman, Samuel Stein, Nicole Tabone, Elyssa Utz. Bass Clarinet – Mackenzie Cafferty. Bassoon – Tim McKnight, Jessica Perry. Alto Saxophone – Kayla Freeden, Karis-Kaylan Gregory, Victoria Moore. Tenor Saxophone – Ignatius Marino. Baritone Saxophone – Savannah Gill. Horn – Katie Dickey, Noelle Hensler, Katie Kempf, Hali Shepard. Trumpet – Miles Anglin, Robert Coatsworth, Angel Figueroa, Brandon McArdell, Henry Schall. Trombone – Holly Burrell, Michael Carson, Kristen Collins, Kara Rider. Euphonium – Brianne Evevsky, Matthew Holloway. Tuba – Noah Cote, Nathan Humphry, Alexander Mabrich. String Bass – Emma Pogge. Percussion – Jamison Brooks, Max DiBenedetto, Noah Jones, Spencer Kornrich, Peter White.
Chamber Winds: Flute – Marguerite Call, Pamela Mason. Oboe – Sara Bode. Clarinet – Norah McKnight, Samuel Stein, Nicole Tabone. Bassoon – Tim McKnight. Horn – Kailee Christiansen, Katie Dickey.
Brass Ensemble: Trumpet – Miles Anglin, Cody S. D’Ambrosia, Marissa Mergler. Horn – Noelle Hensler, Hali Shepherd. Trombone – Kara Rider. Euphonium – Brianne Evevsky, Matthew Holloway, Jenna Taylor. Tuba – Nathan Hunphrey, Mike Wall.
For More Information
Mare Millow | Marketing & Publicity Manager | Nazareth College Arts Center | mmillow7@naz.edu | 585-389-2093
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