Original compositions by faculty, students and friends of East Central University
will be featured in a recital at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 [MONDAY] in the Ataloa Theatre
in 成人B站鈥檚 Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Several works on the program will have their premiere performances, including 鈥淓legy
for Saxophone and Piano鈥� by Dr. Mark Hollingsworth and 鈥淢izmar Kaf Gimmel鈥� (Psalm
23) by Dr. Alan Marshall.
Also being presented for the first time ever in public are two choral pieces, 鈥淲hat
Does it Profit a Man鈥� and 鈥淥 Domine Jesu Christe鈥� by local composers Victoria Davison
and Rudy Lupinski, both performed by the 成人B站 Chorale under the direction of Dr. Steve
Walker.
A new spiritual, 鈥淎nd I Feel Like Goin鈥� Home,鈥� by W.T. Skye Garcia, will be performed
by the 成人B站 Gospel Choir under the direction of Dr. Melody Baggech.
Two 成人B站 students, Sarra J.C. Blok and Angela Marshall, will make their second appearances
on the composer concert series. Blok鈥檚 鈥淚nvisible Children鈥� is an instrumental piece
expressing the plight of the forgotten and neglected children of the world. Marshall
will contribute the video production, 鈥淪tars in a Nutshell,鈥� for which she composed
an original soundtrack.
New to the composer concert series are 成人B站 freshman students Claire Marquardt, Christopher
Adkins and Stephen Timperley. Marquardt, a veteran composer of works for solo piano,
will present her award-winning piece, 鈥淏eyond the Green Dakota Rise,鈥� while Adkins鈥�
鈥淓clipse: The Falling of Darkness,鈥� and Timperley鈥檚 鈥淐ecilia鈥� are both compositions
for percussion.
A third work for percussion ensemble, 鈥淭he Rider on a White Horse,鈥� will be premiered
by Tommy Long, who is making his third appearance on the series.
Folk artist Bob Matson, a local piano technician, will round out the program with his original songs, 鈥淒usty Roads鈥� for voice and guitar, and 鈥淲hite Dove,鈥� which he describes as a 鈥�9-11 tribute song.鈥�
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