Name: Low Brass
Start: 2022-03-30T20:00-04:00
Location: Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall

The Curtis Institute of Music’s iconic Student Recital Series returns to the stage for a vibrant season of performances. Curtis hosts a variety of chamber, ensemble and graduation recitals this spring. Admission requires advance reservation and is complimentary.

Join our Low Brass studio for an evening of music. Students play solo and ensemble works by a variety of composers from Schumann to Florence Price.

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Program

DUKAS	Fanfare pour précéder La Péri Robert Conquer, trombone Diogo Fernandes, trombone Derek Gullett, trombone Nitzan Haroz, trombone Matthew Vaughn, trombone Ehren Valmé, bass trombone Blair Bollinger, bass trombone Cristina Cutts, tuba
PERSICHETTI	Parable XVIII, Op, 133
KOCH	Monolog 8 Derek Gullett, trombone
JAN KRZYWICKI	Ballade
PRICE	Elfentanz Cristina Cutts, tuba Michelle Cann, piano
SCHUMANN	Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Robert Conquer, trombone Jenny Chen, piano
INTERMISSION
TOMASI	Être ou ne pas être: Monologue d’Hamlet Robert Conquer, trombone Diogo Fernandes, trombone Derek Gullett, trombone Cristina Cutts, tuba
SCHUMANN	Drei Romanzen, Op. 94 Diogo Fernandes, trombone Jenny Chen, piano
BARBER	Adagio for Strings, Op. 11, arr. Charles De Paolo Robert Conquer, trombone Diogo Fernandes, trombone Derek Gullett, trombone Nitzan Haroz, trombone Matthew Vaughn, trombone Ehren Valmé, bass trombone Blair Bollinger, bass trombone Cristina Cutts, tuba
MORTIMER	Suite Parisienne Robert Conquer, trombone Diogo Fernandes, trombone Derek Gullett, trombone Cristina Cutts, tuba

Robert Conquer, from Toronto, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2018.

Cristina Cutts Dougherty, from Albuquerque, N.M. and Pretoria, South Africa, is a student of Craig Knox and Paul Krzywicki, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Diogo Fernandes, from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Derek Gullett, from Uniontown, Ohio, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Jenny Chen, staff accompanist

Blair Bollinger, faculty

Michelle Cann, piano (’13)

Nitzan Haroz, faculty

Matthew Vaughn, faculty

Ehren Valmé, guest artist