Concerts Presented March 2016
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Edward Perez, Bass
Jazz Recital
Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 3 pm, Room 264
Because That's What We Do Edward Bass
Return Flight Edward Bass
Clarinet Concerto Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Leeryeong Jeong, Bass
Master of Music in Jazz Studies, Graduation Recital
Thursday, March, 3rd, 2016, 3:45pm, 226 Recital Hall
On the Sunny Side of the Street Jimmy Mchugh
In Walked Bud T.Monk
Arr. Leeryeong Jeong
Ceora Lee Morgan
Arr. Leeryeong Jeong
Beatrice Sam Rivers
Arr. Leeryeong Jeong
Forgetting Things of the Past Leeryeong Jeong
One by One Wayne Shorter
Leeryeong Jeong / Bass
Bora Lim / Piano
Dennis Bulhões / Drum
Rémy Labbé / Trumpet
Sergej Avanesov / Tenor Saxophone
Leeryeong Jeong is a student of David Wong.
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Nadia Petriw, Violin
Bachelor of Music Graduation Recital
Friday, March 4, 2016, 7:30pm, LeFrak Concert Hall
Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 Johann Sebastian Bach
Impromptu Jason Vanwynsberghe
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94bis Sergei Prokofiev
- Moderato
- Presto – Poco piu mosso del – Tempo 1
- Andante
- Allegro con brio – Poco meno mosso – Tempo 1 – Poco meno mosso – Allegro con brio
With Qian Shen, piano
Nadia Petriw is a student of Daniel Phillips.
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Youngjoon Kim , Drums
Jazz Studies, M.M Graduation Recital
March 10th , 2016 , 3:45pm, 226 Recital Hall
No Moon At All JDavid Mann
January JMiyoung Lee
Jumping To My Home JYoungjoon Kim
Quiet But Strong JYoungjoon Kim
Windows JChick Corea
Miyoung Lee, Piano
Changmin Jun , Bass
Youngjoon Kim , Drums
Youngjoon Kim is a student of Dennis Mackrel.
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents a
Spring Concert
with the
Queens College Choir and Queens College Women's Choir
Monday, March 14,2016, 12:15 pm, LeFrak Hall
Queens College Women's Choir
H. Roz Woll, Conductor
Ecco la primavera Francesco Landini
Sanctus Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Alleluia Orlando di Lasso
***
Ayo Visto Lo Mappa Mundi Anonymous
Lammaa Badaa Yatathannaa Traditional Muwashshah
arr. Shireen Abu-Khader
Fog Elna Khel Traditional Syrian/Iraqi Song
arr. Salim Bali
Ashley Commisso, Soloist
***
Juramento Miguel Matamoros
arr. Electro Silva
Alma Llanera Perdro Gutièrrez
arr. Ángel Sauce
Queens College Choir
James John, Conductor
Bogoroditse Devo Sergei Rachmaninoff
Ave Maria Igor Stravinsky
Bogoroditse Devo Arvo Pärt
***
Lobet den Herrn, all Heiden, BWV 230 J.S. Bach
YooJin Kim and Hyunju Ji, violin
Erh Ho Chen, viola
Daeil Yang, cello
Adam Ali, organ
Sunkyong Lee, Student Conductor
***
Requiem and Kyrie from Messa da Requiem Giuseppe Verdi
Klaudia Morelowska, Soprano
Georgia Smalios, Alto
Kaleb Hopkins, Tenor
Ian Joyal, Bass
Adam Ali, Piano
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Michael Stanton, Trombone
Sophomore Recital
Monday, March 14, 2016, 4 p.m., LeFrak Concert Hall
Cavatine op. 144 Camille Saint Saëns
Peis Huan, Piano
La Femme à Barbe Josè Berghmans
Peis Huan, Piano
Morceau Symphonique op. 88 Alexandre Guilmant
Peis Huan, Piano
Recitative and Prayer op.15 Hector Berlioz
Peis Huan, Piano
Morceau Symphonique Philippe Gaubert
Peis Huan, Piano
Michael Stanton is a student of Haim Avitsur
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Olivia Rodriguez, Trombone
Syed Hassan, Tuba
Monday, March 14th 2016, 6:00pm, LeFrak Concert Hall
Six Sonatas, Sonata No. 2 Johann Ernst Galliard
I. Andante
II. Vivace
III. Alla Siciliana
IV. Spiritoso e Allegro
Olivia Rodriguez, Trombone
Mary Kate Mutze, Piano
Suite for Tuba Don Haddad
I. Allegro Maestoso
II. Andante Espressivo
III. Allegro Con Brio
Syed Hassan, Tuba
PeiHsuan Tsai, Piano
Trombone Sonata Paul Hindemith
III. Lied des Raufbolds (Swashbuckler’s Song)
IV. Allegro Moderato Maestoso
Olivia Rodriguez, Trombone
Gloria Kim, Piano
Sonata for Tuba and Piano, Op. 93 Leonard Salzedo
I. Allegro
II. Lentissimo
III. Allegretto
Syed Hassan, Tuba
PeiHsuan Tsai, Piano
Fantasia Per Trombone Frigyes Hidas
Olivia Rodriguez, Trombone
Andante for Tuba and Piano Alexandre Tcherepnine
Syed Hassan, Tuba
PeiHsuan Tsai, Piano
18 Duos aus den "44 Duos dur 2 Violinen" Bela Bartok
I. Sommer- Sonnwendlied (Midsummer Night Song)
II. Slowakisches (Slovak Song)
III. Spottlied (Teasing Song)
VII. Polster-Tanz (Cushion Dance)
Syed Hassan, Tuba
Olivia Rodriguez, Trombone
Syed Hassan and Olivia Rodriguez are both students of Haim Avitsur.
The Dvořák American Heritage Association
and
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
present
Dvořák at the Fair
The Queens College Orchestra
Maurice Peress, Conductor
Tong Chen, Conductor
Wednesday, March 16, 12:15 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
'My Homeland' Overture, Op. 62
Slavonic Dances Nos. 9-12, Op.72
Molto Vivace "Woodcutter's Dance"
Allegretto grazioso "Dumka"
Allegro "Jump Dance"
Symphony No. 7 in D-minor, Op. 70
Allegro Maestoso
Poco Adagio
Scherzo Vivace-Poco meno mosso
Allegro
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Emily Dana, viola and Nicolas Giacalone, piano
Junior Recital
Friday, March 18, 2016, 3pm, LeFrak Concert Hall
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011 J.S. Bach
Emily Dana, viola
Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op.109 L. van Beethoven
Nicolas Giacalone, piano
Viola Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.120 No. 1 J. Brahms
Emily Dana, viola
Nicolas Giacalone, piano
Emily Dana is a student of Edward Klorman.
Nicolas Giacalone is a student of Nina Lelchuk.
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Justin Fields, Piano and Composition
BA Music Ed, Composition Concentration
Friday, March 18, 2016, 5:00 PM, Choral Room 264
An Attempt Justin Fields
Kelsey Sheldon, Cello
Three Pieces for Flute Justin Fields
I. Nervous Dance
II. Playful Musings
III. Combinations
Alix Smith, Flute
Reflections Justin Fields
Cody Hosza, Baritone Saxophone Adam Ali, Piano
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major “Quasi una fanstisia,” Op. 27 No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven
- I. Andante
- II. Allegro molto e vivace
- III. Andagio con espressione
- IV. Allegro Vivace
Justin Fields, Piano
There Will Never Be Another You H. Warren, M. Gordon, Arr. Justin Fields
Chris Joyal, Violin
Nadia Petriw, Violin
Christian Barros, Viola
Kelsey Sheldon, Cello
Scenes from a City Justin Fields
- I. Fog
- II. Snow
- III. After the Storm
Cody Hosza, Soprano Saxophone
Edric Echevers, Alto Saxophone
George Weisman, Tenor Saxophone
Anthony Izzo, Baritone Saxophone
Preludes, Book II Claude Debussy
7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (The Terrace of Moonlit Audiences)
3. La puerta del Vino (The Wine Door)
Justin Fields, Piano
Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79 No. 1 Johannes Brahms
Justin Fields, Piano
Justin Fields is a composition student of David Schober and a piano student of Christopher Vath.
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Lauren Fagan, Viola
BA Music Graduation Recital
LeFrak Concert Hall
Friday, March 18, 2016, 5 pm
Suite No. 2 J.S. Bach
I. Prelude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Menuet I-II
VI. Gigue
Lauren Fagan, Viola
Kol Nidrei Max Bruch
Lauren Fagan, Viola
Kristin Samadi, Piano
Fanstasie in G minorJohann Nepomuk Hummel
For Viola and Orchestra Op. 94
Lauren Fagan, Viola
Kristin Samadi, Piano
Oceans and Stars Amy Bernon
Arranged by Lauren Fagan
Gregory Antonelli, Michael Drozd, Kayla Faccilongo, Corin Greene
Paulina Salcedo-Watson, Violin
Lauren Fagan, Viola
Monica Fox, Cello
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Joseph Franzino, Piano
Bachelor of Music Graduation Recital
LeFrak Concert Hall
Friday, March 18, 2016, 7:30 pm
Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Berceuse, op. 57 Frederic Chopin
Reflets dans l'eau (from Images, Book I) Claude Debussy
La Puerta del Vino (from Preludes, Book II)
Pour les cinq doigts (from Etudes, Book I)
Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16 Edvard Grieg
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Assisted by Youn Ju Namkoong
Joseph Franzino is a student of Morey Ritt
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Victor Murillo's Master Recital
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 3 pm, Room 264
Tenor Sax: Sergej Avanesov
Piano: Takafumi Suenaga
Drums: Kazuhiro Odagiri
Bass: Victor Murillo
Inception McCoy Tyner
Lover Richard Rodgers
So not a Sonata Victor Murillo
Tenderly Walter Gross
Un Poco Loco Bud Powell
The Transformation Victor Murillo
Let's Thad Jones
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
The Queens College Saxophone Ensemble
&
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Dr. Paul Cohen, Director
Dr. Kristin Mozeiko, Director
Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 7:30 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
The Queens College Saxophone Ensemble
Valley Views and Bridges Robert Shaut
I. What Henry Saw
II. Zap! View with a Twist
III. View That Changes Us
IV. View from East to West
As the Sun Sets Kevin Baldwin
St. Paul's Suite Gustav Holst, Arr. Blum
I. Jig
III. Intermezzo
IV. Finale (Dargason)
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Love for Three Oranges Sergei Prokofiev
Arr. Frank Erickson
Stages of Grief Andrew W. Smith
I. Denial
II. Anger
III. Bargaining
IV. Depression
V. Acceptance
Trittico (Conducted by TJ Cusack) Vaclav Nelhybel
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Esprit de Corps Robert Jager
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Voice Majors Recital
Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 12:15 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
Dr. Sherry Overholt, Dr. James John, voice coordinators
Dr. Max Midroit, pianist
Faites-lui mes aveux C. Gounod
From Faust
Georgia Smalios, Mezzo-soprano
Als Luise die Briefe G. Puccini
Alessandra Gulf, Soprano
Si mes vers avaient des ailes R. Hahn
Anna Clare Del Vecchio, Soprano
Wie Melodien J. Brahms
Michael Drozd, Baritone
Connais-tu le pays A. Thomas
From Mignon
Mary Grace Nolan, Soprano
Vainement, ma bien-aimée E. Lalo
From Le roi d'Ys
David Szabo, Tenor
Intorno all'idol mio A. Cesti
From Orontea
Rose Rutkovsky, Soprano
Bester Jüngling W.A. Mozart
From Der Schauspieldirektor
Samantha Dwyer, Soprano
In quelle trine morbide G. Puccini
From Manon Lescaut
Mary Abrams, Soprano
Song to the Moon A. Dvořák
From Rusalka
Andrea Lapinski, Soprano
Un'aura amorosa W.A. Mozart
From Così fan tutte
Benjamin Muratore, Tenor
Romance C. Debussy
Deborah Carter, Soprano
Io son l'umile ancella F. Cilea
From Adriana Lecouvreur
Elisa Troetsch, Soprano
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Casey Heuler, Guitar
Jazz Graduate Degree Recital
Thursday, March 24, 2016, 3:00 PM, Choral Room 264
Fried Bananas Dexter Gordon
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To Cole Porter
My One And Only Love Guy Wood
Along Came Betty Benny Golson
Confirmation Charlie Parker
Casey Heuler, guitar
Jason Wexler, piano
Jeremy Heuler, bass
Jerrold Kavanagh, drums
Casey Heuler is a student of Paul Bollenback.
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Gregory K. Williams, Viola
Juliana Han, Piano
Faculty Recital
Thursday, March 24, 2016, 7:30 pm, LeFrak Concert Hall
Chahagir for Viola Solo, Op. 56a (1944) Alan Hovhaness
Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte, Op. 101 (1941) Hans Gál
I. Adagio
II. Quasi menuetto tranquillo
III. Allegro risoluto e vivace
Sonata for Solo Viola in e, Op. 46, No. 4 (1946) Günter Raphael
I. Sehr beseelt und bewegt
II. Äußerst lebhaft, rauschend
III. Schlicht und einfach
IV. Lebendig
Introduction and Allegro for Viola Solo, Op. 44 (1988) Miktòs Ròzsa
Sonata in f minor, Op.120, No.1 (1894) Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro appassionato
II. Andante un poco Adagio
III. Allegretto grazioso
IV. Vivace
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Queens College Brass Ensemble
Lefrak Concert Hall, 12:15pm
Monday, March 28, 2016
Professor David Jolley, Director
Suite for Three Trombones G. F. Handel/arr. Ostrander
"Total Eclipse" from Samson
"Ah, Let.Me Weep" from Rinaldo
"Sound An Alarm" from Hercules
Queens College Trombonium
Syed Hassan, Zachary Raia, Olivia Rodriguez, Michael Stanton
Canzonetta William Byrd
Triumphal March from Sigurd Jorsalfar Edvard Grieg
Queens College Trumpet Ensemble
Frank Huber, Director
Colette Goldman, Matt Hart, Frank Huber, David Szabo
Konzertstuck: Movement One Robert Schumann
Katie Angielczyk, Peter Delgrosso, David Jolley, Alejandro Salaverry
Markus Kaitila, Piano
Aria from Lakme Leo Delibes/arr. Martinet
Hungarian Dance. No. 5 Johannes Brahms/arr. Martinet
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
The Graduate Composition Recital
of
Andrew M. Smith
Monday, March 28, 2016, 6 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
Leitmotif No. 1 for Saxophone Quartet
Cody Hosza, Soprano
Edric Echevers, Alto
George Weisman, Tenor
Anthony Izzo, Baritone
Childhood for String Quartet and Fixed Media
Chris Joyal, Violin
Sara Dudley, Violin
Christian Barros, Viola
Kelsey Sheldon, Cello
Emika Wada
Family Portrait for Piano Trio and Fixed Media
Markus Kaitila, Piano
Chris Joyal, Violin
Kelsey Sheldon, Cello
Weather Systems for Piano and Spoken Word
Markus Kaitila, Piano
Rina Dutta, Vocalist
I. Sunshower
Text: "Rain Has Fallen All the Day," James Joyce
"To One Shortly To Die," Walt Whitman
II. Cloudless Breeze
Text: "Proud Music of the Storm," Walt
III. Frost
Text: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
"Awake Ye Muses Nine, Sing Me A Strain Divine," Emily Dickinson
IV. Flurries
Text: "The Snow-Storm," Ralph Waldo Emerson
V. Approaching Storm
Text: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
VI. Tempest
Text: "Rise, O Days" Walt Whitman
VII. Rainfall
Text: "My November Guest," Robert Frost
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director, and Queens College New Music Group
present
Spring Concert Series
Mostly Mallets
Featuring QC Gamelan Ensemble and
Percussionist Hansol Choi
Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7:30 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
Percussionist Hansol Choi
Soliloquy for Vibraphone Andres Maldonado
Purgatory Federico Zeggara
Violin for Naomi Ramon Acosta
Lullaby for Marimba Four-Hands Andrew M. Smith
also featuring Juan Herrera
The Trusting Heart to Jesus Clings W.J. Kirkpatrick
arr. Hansol Choi
Commissioned Works
Coconut Trees Katie Bishop
Alix Smith, Flute
Yuta Tanaka, String Bass
A Song For Holly (After John 14:27) Christopher Thomas Emery
Alix Smith, Flute
Ayana Ouchi, Clarinet (Oboe)
David Valbuena, Clarinet
Katie Angielczyk, Horn
Katie Bishop, Bassoon
Gamelan
"Oh, to be a machine. To be wanted. To be useful" Jacob Elkin
Featuring Juan Herrera on Solo Vibraphone
Order Of The King Federico Zeggara
Kehidupan Jonathan Buissereth
Pondside Chorus Andrew W. Smith
Traveling Turtle Glen Kotche
Pangenter Alit I Dewa Alit
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Bachelor of Arts Voice Recital
David Taubman, Piano
Thursday, March 31, 2016
7:30 pm, Room 264
Nel cor piu non mi sento Giovani Paisello
Kristen Scalice, Soprano
Amarilli, mia bella Giulio Caccini
Carolina Campero, Mezzo-Soprano
Se tu m'ami Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Raye Machado, Mezzo-Soprano
Ma rendi pur contento Vincenzo Bellini
Angie Amador, Soprano
Almen se non possio Vincenzo Bellini
Yara Hoppenstein, Soprano
Vaga luna che inargenti Vincenzo Bellini
Gerard Gallagher, Tenor
Someone To Watch Over Me George Gershwin
Anisa Fowler, Contralto
Das Veilchen W.A. Mozart
Martha Lucia Paguay, Soprano
Bel Piacere G. F. Handel
Nicole Cicero, Soprano
Aaron Copland School of Music
Edward Smaldone, Director
presents
Benjamin Cohen, Percussion
Graduate Degree Recital
Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:30pm
Suite no. 3 in C Major for Cello J.S. Bach
Prelude
Stop Speaking for Snare Drum and Digital Playback Andy Akiho
Improvisation for Tambourine Benjamin Cohen
Ir Shel Shalom for Vibraphone and Electronics Yoav Gal
Phénix François-Bernard Mâche
Selected Rhythms from the Oro Secco for Batá
Juan Herrera, Itótele
Brian Maulick, Okónkolo
Benjamin is a student of Dave Cossin and Michael Lipsey