Summary of Dissertation Performances Three Programs of Oboe Music

Abstract

In lieu of a written dissertation, three recital programs were presented.

The program content selected for these recitals aimed to explore a variety of styles and periods of the oboe repertoire from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The second recital featured works with Ibero-American inspiration or influences, as well as the exploration of extended techniques.

Monday, April 16, 2012, 8:00 p.m., Northside Community Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Assisted by: Xavier I. Suárez, piano and Linnea Powell, viola. Program: Georg Philipp Telemann Fantasie No. 2 in A minor, TWV 40:3; Charles Martin Loeffler Two Rhapsodies; Benjamin Britten Temporal Variations; André Jolivet Sérénade.

Saturday, October 6, 2012, 8:00 p.m., School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan. Assisted by: Xavier I. Suárez, piano, Francis Yun, harpsichord,Travis Blume, Madeline Doyle, Lauren Halyo, Perry Maddox, Jennifer Roloff and Katie Philips, wineglasses. Program: Marin Marais Les Folies d’Espagne; José Siqueira Three Etudes; Sonia Morales-Matos Divertimento Caribeño No. 1; Mario Lavista Marsias; Philip Lane Three Spanish Dances; Miguel del Águila Summer Song, Op. 26.

Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:30 p.m., School of Music, Singletary Center for the Arts, Recital Hall, University of Kentucky. Assisted by: Xavier I. Suárez, piano, Julie Hobbs, flute, Scott Wright, clarinet, Peter Simpson, bassoon, David Elliott, French horn. Program: Johann Sebastian Bach Partita in G minor, BWV 1013; Jean-Michel Damase Impromptu; Eugene Goossens Concerto in One Movement, Op. 45; Makoto Shinohara Obsession; August Klughardt Wind Quintet, Op. 79.