Aires tropicales program notes

Christopher Graham. He also had the opportunity to attend Eastern Music Festival in Jackie Glazier. Caitlynn Sandberg is currently a horn performance major and graduate assistant to Johanna Lundy at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

She is expected to graduate in the Spring of and plans to continue her schooling in Europe. David Hoover and then Dr. While in Los Angeles she was a consistent freelancer and private teacher and one of the founders of 5th Floor Brass Quintet. Building her private studio for the past couple of years she has also coached horn and other brass at the middle and high school level. Outside of horn, she loves to travel and enjoys spending time with her dog Dakota. He has studied conducting with Dr.

These short yet powerful pieces display a variety of textures, tone colors, and musical effects. The first bagatelle, Allegro con spirito, is comprised of only four pitches, yet has impactful and memorable melodies. This is contrasted immediately by the second bagatelle, Rubato-Lamentoso. This movement begins with an eerie oboe solo, followed by sounds of anguish, achieved through dissonance and changes in texture throughout the ensemble.

The piece ends with a furious movement that ultimately dissolves into the last note. William Grant Still was a prominent American composer and conductor during the 20th century. He is best known for his Afro-American Symphony as well as being the first African-American conductor to conduct a major orchestra in the United States. Mugar Memorial Library Borrow it.

Music Library Borrow it. Pikering Educational Resources Library Borrow it. School of Theology Library Borrow it. Stone Science Library Borrow it. Library Links. Layout options: Carousel Grid List Card. Include data citation:. Copy to clipboard Close. Cite Data - Experimental. Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces. The music of the people, namely the son, danzon and habanera, are still popular and played routinely.

Jazz was a late addition to the fray but has remained popular with many Cuban musicians. The members all have extensive training and backgrounds in classical music from their childhood days in Cuba to their transition to ensembles in Spain, where most have lived since the late s or early s.