Small Ensembles Students Present Annual Spring Concert With Trombone Choir On Tuesday
Texas A&M students in the Small Ensembles courses will present their annual spring concert with the Texas A&M Trombone Choir on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Admission is free.
Ensemble performances will include a string quartet; a piano and string trio; solo trombone and piano; saxophone trio; and the Trombone Choir.
For the first time in 15 years, Dr. David Wilborn, associate professor, will have a fellow Performance Studies faculty member coaching the students during the concert: Virginia Figueiredo, instructional associate professor in music for woodwinds.
Figueiredo’s students will have five performances:
Anton Dvorak’s String Quartet No. 12, “American,” Op. 96, Movement 1.
- Violin 1: Lam Ngo
- Violin 2: Kim Chen
- Viola: Emma Cleveland
- Cello: Michael Louie
Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden,” D810, Movement 1.
- Violin 1: Kim Chen
- Violin 2: Lam Ngo
- Viola: Emma Cleveland
- Cello: Michael Louie
Dmitri Shostakovich’s “5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano, V – Polka.” Arrangement by Levon Atovmyan.
- Piano: Andrew Mao
- Violin 1: Kim Chen
- Violin 2: Lam Ngo
Franz Schubert’s “Serenade” for trombone and piano. Arranged by Theo Moses.
- Trombone: Andrew Mao
- Piano: Lam Ngo
Franz Schubert’s “The Elf King.” Arrangement by Eichler.
- Trombone: Andrew Mao
From Wilborn’s class:
Saxophone Trio: Kameran Myers (soprano); Ben Bourg (alto); Campbell Scott (baritone)
- Marc Mellits: “Tapas,” Movements 1 and 5
- Chris Evan Hass: “Luminous Sky”
Texas A&M University Trombone Choir
- Chris Evan Hass: “Boiling Point”
- Daniel Isgar: “In Their Gentle Presence”
- David F. Wilborn: “Gladiatrix From the Arena of Valor”
Tenor Trombones: Ryan Beaver, Ethan Cavagnaro, Jorge Castaño, Chris Coker, Billy Dorton, Evan Ganske, Nelson Ganske, Fernando Gutierrez, Joshua Hayden, JC Luna, Leo Luo, Andrew Mao, Obinna Nwakwue, Seth Patterson, Michael Parnell, Caleb Shurtz, Lauren Tompkins, Alex Vasquez, Will Williams, Milada Zatkalik.
Bass Trombones: Ryan Elms, Gabriel Gonzalez, Alexander Nuccitelli, Philip White.
Top photo, from left: String and trombone students Andrew Mao, Michael Louie, Kim Chen, Emma Cleveland and Lam Ngo.
