Recitals 4 You

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 7:30 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:39:00 +0000

Paul Christopher, cello

Assisted by Mary Ann Ybarra, piano and David Schepps, cello

Keller Recital Hall

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

PROGRAM

Musette, Opus 24 .... Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

La course en traineau .... J Offenbach

Suite #1 in G major BWV 1007 .... JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude

Allemande

Courante

Sarabande

Menuet I and II

Gigue

Ballade for the Hellenic Land (1996) .... Dinos Constantinides (1929-

Adagio for two violoncelli .... Auguste Franchomme (1808-1884)

Resonance, I-V (2009) .... Mark Prince Lee (1960-

Introduction et Valse mélancolique, Opus 14 .... J. Offenbach

Les Larmes de Jacqueline .... J. Offenbach

PROGRAM NOTES

The music of Dinos Constantinides has been performed throughout the world. He is the recipient of many grants, commissions and awards, including first prize in the Brooklyn College International Chamber Opera Competition, the First Midwest Chamber Opera Conference, and the Delius Composition Contest. He also received the American New Music Consortium Distinguished Service Award, the Glen Award of l’Ensemble of New York, several Meet the Composer grants, numerous ASCAP Standard Awards, and he was honored with a Distinguished Teacher White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Dr. Constantinides is presently Boyd Professor, the highest academic rank at Louisiana State University, head of the Composition area, and Music Director of the Louisiana Sinfonietta.

Ballade for the Hellenic Land (1990) for solo cello includes two contrasting sections. The first one reflects the style of an Athenian serenade (kandatha) which was characterized by lyrical song-like tunes sung by voice and accompanied by guitar or mandolin employing fast repeated notes (tremolo). The second one is a dance-like section that is rhythmic and fast. Both materials are vivid in the memory of the composer from his teen aged years in his native city Athens, Greece. This work was written for a concert of the composer’s music given at New York University in 1996. It was premiered by cellist Ning Tien.

Mark Prince Lee received his B.M. in composition from Florida State University, and his M.M. in composition from Memphis State University. Dr. Lee also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in German from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Lee did post graduate study in composition for two summers at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Lee was also a participant in the composition and analysis seminars given by Karlheinz Stockhausen in the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2004, in Kürten, Germany.

Dr. Lee is Associate Professor of Music and German at Columbia State College (near Nashville, Tennessee), where he teaches Theory, Composition, Piano, German Literature, directs the Student Performance Ensemble, and serves as the Music Department Chair.

Resonance for Solo Amplified Cello (2009) duration c.15’ is an expansion of an earlier cello piece, Solo #3 for Cello, which is part of a larger work entitled Quintet for Winds and Strings. Resonance is divided into five Groups, each with its own fixed pitch group, derived from the final set in Group V. The first four Groups consist respectively of 10, 8, 6, and 5 pitches, the original set not used until the final Group. Like much of my recent music, fixed pitches receive their own dynamics and articulation, with the first four tempos organized according to their relationship to the final tempo.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009, @ 5:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:18:00 +0000

Magale Recital Hall @ NSU

Junior Recital featuring Brett Andrews, cello and Lane Dunn, piano

Ghirlarzana .... Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)

Suite #2 in d minor for solo cello, BWV 1008 .... JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I and II
Gigue

Fantasie et Variations sur des motifs de l’Opera la Fille du Regiment, opus 16 .... Adrien-François Servais (1807-1866)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, @ 4:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Magale Recital Hall @ NSU

MUS 1500 Student Recital program includes:

Suite #2 in d minor for solo cello, BWV 1008 .... JS Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude

Lillia Lara, cello

Ghirlianza pour Violoncelle Solo .... Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)

Brett Andrews, cello

Monday, October 26, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Magale Recital Hall, NSU
Faculty Piano Trio:
Christine Allen, piano
Andrej Kurti, violin
Paul Christopher, cello

Trio in C major, KV 548 .... WA Mozart (1756-1791)
Allegro
Andante cantabile
Allegro

Three Nocturnes .... Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Andante
Andante quieto
Tempestoso

Trio in d minor, Opus 49 .... Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Molto Allegro agitato
Andante con moto tranquillo
Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

Saturday, 10/17/2009 @ 10:00 a.m.

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:19:00 +0000

MTNA Louisiana Young Artists Competition
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Angelle Hall, Room 143

Junior Strings Winner
Wesley Newton (Hammond), violin student of Jivka Jeleva

Senior Strings Winner
Catherine Owens (Shreveport), violin student of Pasha Sabouri

Collegiate Strings Winner

Kostadin Dyulgerski (LSU-Baton Rouge), viola student of Matthew Daline

Alternate: Edward Charity (Northwestern SU), violin student Andrej Kurti

Friday, 10/16/2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0000

2009 Louisiana Music Teacher's Association Conference
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m., Room 143

Music for Cello and Piano by Jacques Offenbach

A lecture/recital devoted to the works for cello and piano by Jacques Offenbach

Paul Christopher, cello
Elena Kuroda, piano

11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m., Room 143

A performance of works by Fitzenhagen, Popper and Tschesnokoff under the direction of Brett Andrews.

NSU Cello Ensemble:
Brett Andrews, Kilgore, Texas
Nabor Berumen, Longview, Texas
Amber Carter, Alexandria, Louisiana
Christine Davis, Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Christina Lake, Shreveport, Louisiana
Adam Leblanc, Shreveport, Louisiana
Lillia Lara, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Hannah McEvoy, Longview, Texas
Matthew McFarlane, Arlington, Texas
Grace Moulton, Big Sandy, Texas
Edward Norwood, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Jorge Rodriguez, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Micah Sasser, Shreveport, Louisiana
Eva Wilson, Sugarland, Texas

1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m., Room 147

College Faculty Forum

A panel discussion of issues facing college music teachers with Mr. Christopher and faculty from around Louisiana moderated by Tulane music professor Dr. Joan Jensen.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 7:30 p.m.

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:14:00 +0000

Van Cliburn Recital Hall
Kilgore Community College
Paul Christopher, cello
Elena Kuroda, piano

Musette, Opus 24 .... Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880

La course en traineau .... Offenbach

Suite #1 in G major BWV 1007 ....J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I and II
Gigue

Ballade for the Hellenic Land (1996) .... Dinos Constantinides (1929- )

Introduction et Valse mélancolique, Opus 14 .... Offenbach

Les Larmes de Jacqueline .... Offenbach

Thank you to Dianna Norwood for inviting us to perform.

Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 12:30 p.m.

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:46:00 +0000

Performing Arts Theater
Bossier Parish Community College
Paul Christopher, cello
Elena Kuroda, piano

Musette, Opus 24 .... J. Offenbach (1819-1880)

Suite #1 in G major, BWV 1007 .... J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I and II
Gigue

Introduction et Valse Mélancolique, Opus 14 .... Offenbach

Les Larmes de Jacqueline .... Offenbach

Monday, September 28, 2009, @ 11:00 am

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:03:00 +0000

Student Union
LSU-Shreveport

Musette and Les Larmes de Jacqueline .... Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)

Selections from Suite #6 in D .... J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

The Swan .... Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Dr. LaWanda Blakeney, piano
Paul Christopher, cello

Tuesday, September 22, 2009, @ 4:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:23:00 +0000

Faculty Showcase Recital
Magale Recital Hall

Program includes:
Music for Cello (2009) .... Gregory W. Pinney
Paul Christopher, cello

Monday, September 21, 2009, at 6:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:59:00 +0000

New Music for Cello
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Music for Cello (2009) .... Gregory W. Pinney

Reoccurrence (1990) .... Al Benner

Ballade for the Hellenic Land (1996) .... Dinos Constantinides

Resonance for Amplified Solo Cello, Groups I-V (2009) .... Mark Lee

Paul Christopher, cello

Composer Biographies and Program Notes

The music of Al Benner has been performed frequently throughout the US and Canada, with overseas performances in several countries. He has received numerous commissions from organizations, institutions, and individuals, such as the Louisiana Association of Symphony Orchestras and the Louisiana Sinfonietta, to name a few. His awards include ASCAP Standard Awards, two Composers Commissioning Awards from the Louisiana Music Teacher’s Association, and the Audience Choice Award from the Louisiana Sinfonietta, among others. He is the founder of the Louisiana Composers Consortium, the Commissioning Chair for LMTA, the editor and National Board member of ComposerUSA, and on the Advisory Board of the Louisiana Sinfonietta. He has three degrees from Tulane University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from LSU. Benner is on the music faculty of the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches.

Reoccurrence (1990) mixes unmeasured sections, played as cadenzas, with specific rhythmic areas. Thus the title refers to the constant "re-occurrence" of material. Spanning a range of over four octaves, the work explores various advanced cello techniques.

The music of Dinos Constantinides has been performed throughout the world. He is the recipient of many grants, commissions and awards, including first prize in the Brooklyn College International Chamber Opera Competition, the First Midwest Chamber Opera Conference, and the Delius Composition Contest. He also received the American New Music Consortium Distinguished Service Award, the Glen Award of l’Ensemble of New York, several Meet the Composer grants, numerous ASCAP Standard Awards, and he was honored with a Distinguished Teacher White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Dr. Constantinides is presently Boyd Professor, the highest academic rank at Louisiana State University, head of the Composition area, and Music Director of the Louisiana Sinfonietta.

Ballade for the Hellenic Land (1990) for solo cello includes two contrasting sections. The first one reflects the style of an Athenian serenade (kandatha) which was characterized by lyrical song-like tunes sung by voice and accompanied by guitar or mandolin employing fast repeated notes (tremolo). The second one is a dance-like section that is rhythmic and fast. Both materials are vivid in the memory of the composer from his teen aged years in his native city Athens, Greece. This work was written for a concert of the composer’s music given at New York University in 1996. It was premiered by cellist Ning Tien.

Mark Prince Lee received his B.M. in composition from Florida State University, and his M.M. in composition from Memphis State University. Dr. Lee also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in German from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Lee did post graduate study in composition for two summers at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Lee was also a participant in the composition and analysis seminars given by Karlheinz Stockhausen in the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2004, in Kürten, Germany.

Dr. Lee is Associate Professor of Music and German at Columbia State College (near Nashville, Tennessee), where he teaches Theory, Composition, Piano, German Literature, directs the Student Performance Ensemble, and serves as the Music Department Chair.

Resonance for Solo Amplified Cello (2009) duration c.15’ is an expansion of an earlier cello piece, Solo #3 for Cello, which is part of a larger work entitled Quintet for Winds and Strings. Resonance is divided into five Groups, each with its own fixed pitch group, derived from the final set in Group V. The first four Groups consist respectively of 10, 8, 6, and 5 pitches, the original set not used until the final Group. Like much of my recent music, fixed pitches receive their own dynamics and articulation, with the first four tempos organized according to their relationship to the final tempo.

Gregory W. Pinney, born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, has music degrees from Florida State University and the University of Alabama. In 1998, while pursuing a PhD in NYC, he co-founded a composers collective called Friends and Enemies of New Music. He was awarded a ‘Meet the Composers Grant’ for discussing the drama inherent in his work prior to a premier of his Piano Studies 2A and 2B by Christopher Oldfather. He currently lives, writes and, works in his hometown.

The composer feels that program notes are not needed for Music for Cello (2009).

Sunday, September 6, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:20:00 +0000

Christine Davis is the cellist on a soon-to-be released CD featuring Jessie Brooks of Hammond, Louisiana.

Monday, August 31, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:29:00 +0000

We are starting an American String Teacher's Association chapter at NSU! If you are interested in string music, then please join our group. Contact Brett Andrews for more information. Paul Christopher is the faculty advisor.

Monday, August 31, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:18:00 +0000

Welcome to Josue Ramirez as our new instructor of double bass! Josue graduated in May 2009 with a Master of Music degree.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:55:00 +0000

Welcome 2009 low string students!

Lillia, Alfredo, Edward, Nabor, Adam, Justin and Matthew.

The Really Terrible Orchestra

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:51:00 +0000

This article titled, "And the Band Played Badly" appeared in the _New York Times_ on March 9, 2008, written by op-ed contributor Alexander McCall Smith.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:47:00 +0000

Drew McManus, orchestra consultant, commented on the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra on his blog with a posting titled, Let’s See If Recent Changes Can Shake Things Up In Shreveport

July 13-14, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:18:00 +0000

Kerri and I visited with Robert Folstein. He is the editor of the Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter and an Offenbach scholar.

Sunday, July 5, 2009, @ 7:30 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:21:00 +0000

DMMO Chamber Music Concert
Lekburg Recital Hall
Simpson College
Indianola, Iowa

PROGRAM includes:

Nostalgica, Opus 60 (1998) .... Manuel del Anguila

II. Blue
IV. Happy End

Rudi Heinrich, bassoon
Chung-Yon Hong, violin I
Desiree Cedono-Suarez, violin II
Nonoko Okada, viola
Paul Christopher, cello

Wednesday, June 24, 2009, @ 9:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:16:00 +0000

Public Broadcasting Service aired a fascinating 2-hour special last Wednesday. If you missed it, then check out the below link:

The Music Instinct: Science and Song provides a ground-breaking exploration into how and why the human organism--and the whole ebb and flow of the cosmos--is moved by the undeniable effect of music. This follows visionary researchers and accomplished musicians to the crossroads of science and culture in search of answers to music's deep mysteries.

June 7-July12, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:35:00 +0000

I have the good fortune to play principal cello with the Des Moines Metro Opera. The performances include Puccuni's Tosca, Weber's Der Freischutz and Rossini's Barber of Seville. Come and visit me in Indianola, Iowa!

Shreveport Symphony minus their Orchestra

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Drew McManus summarizes Shreveport Symphony negotiations in his article titled, Mission Accomplished?

Tuesday, 4/21/2009 @ 4:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:34:00 +0000

MUS 1500 Student Recital
Magale Recital Hall @ NSU

PROGRAM includes:

Fade to Black .... Metallica, arranged by Apocalyptica

NSU Cello Studio Class:
Brett Andrews
Amber Carter
Christine Davis
Christina Lake
Hannah McEvoy
Grace Moulton
Jorge Rodriguez
Micah Sasser
Eva Wilson

Friday, 4/3/2009 @ 1:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:01:00 +0000

Santa Fe International Festival of Electroacoustic Music
Society for Composers, Inc.
St. Francis Auditorium
College of Santa Fe

PROGRAM includes:

Solo #3 for Cello .... Mark Prince Lee

Paul Christopher, cello

Tuesday, March 31, 2009, @ 4:00 pm

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Christopher) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:56:00 +0000

MUS 1500 Student Recital
Magale Recital Hall

PROGRAM includes:

The Train Whistle .... Aaron Minsky

Christine Davis, cello