Summary of Dissertation Recitals

Abstract

Two recitals and a recording were given in lieu of a dissertation.

Friday, February 28, 2020, 7:00 p.m.; The University of Michigan, Britton Recital Hall, Moore Building, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Assisted by Dr. Liz Ames, piano. This program focused on transcriptions for the tuba. Program: Partita in A minor for Solo Flute, BWV 1013 by Johann Sebastian Bach; Morpheus by Rebecca Clarke; Canzone (Elegy) for Flute and Piano (from Second Piano Concerto), Op. 38a by Samuel Barber; Morceau de Concert, Op. 94 by Camille Saint-Saëns; Selections from Op. 35 by Reinhold Glière; Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 by Robert Schumann.

Saturday, February 29, 2020, 7:00 p.m.; The University of Michigan, Britton Recital Hall, Moore Building, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Assisted by Dr. Liz Ames, piano. This program focused on music performed on the contrabass tuba. Program: Sonata in E minor, TWV 41:e5 by Georg Phillip Telemann; Intrada for Solo Trumpet or Horn by Otto Ketting; Sonata for Tuba by Bruce Broughton; Still and Quiet Places by David Biedenbender; Sonatina for Tuba and Piano, Op. 57 by Jan Koetsier.

Saturday, January 2 through Tuesday, January 5, 2020; Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Assisted by Dr. Liz Ames, piano; Dr. Eric Dluzniewski, recording engineer; Dr. David Biedenbender and Prof. Fritz Kaenzig, producers. This recording is an album of transcriptions for tuba that includes both music previously played in dissertation recitals as well as new music; it explored a depth and breadth of both original and published transcriptions. Program: Canzone (Elegy) for Flute and Piano (from Second Piano Concerto), Op. 38a by Samuel Barber; Still and Quiet Places by David Biedenbender; Morpheus by Rebecca Clarke; Gymnopédie I by Kevin Day; Selections from Op. 35 by Reinhold Glière; Sonata for Bassoon and Piano by Paul Hindemith; Intrada for Solo Trumpet or Horn by Otto Ketting; Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; Morceau de Concert, Op. 94 by Camille Saint-Saëns; Three Romances by Robert Schumann; Gebet by Hugo Wolf.