Fifth Annual Swarthmore College
Student-Alumni Composition Concert
8pm, April 26, 2015
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore, PA
Zachary Tanner '16
Four Short Piano Pieces (2015)
Elliott Nguyen '17, piano
Ben Kapilow '13
And Now There Is Me (2014)
Gabrielle Dove, voice
Ben Kapilow, piano
Mark Alburger '79
Mary Variations, Op. 28 (1985)
I. Pentatonic Mary
II. Raga Mary Kalyam
III. Dies Mary
IV. Medieval [Isorhythmic] Mary
V. Mary Is Icumen In
VI. Monteverdi Mary
VII. Salieri Mary
IX. The Rite of Mary
Deborah How '89, flute
Mark Alburger '79, piano
Thomas Whitman '82
The Royal Singer:
A Chamber Opera for Children in One Act (2015)
Libretto by Nathalie Anderson,
after a scenario by Stephen Russell
Messenger: Bradley Carter
Professor Song: Kimaya Diggs
Bo: Kelley Langhans
Ray: Wesley Han
Mi: Aurora Martinez del Rio
Cha: Sarah Tupchong
Kai: Kyle Leigh Carney
Woo: Natasha Nogueira
Gabriel Riccio '11
Flirtation? (2014)
Rebecca Simon, flute
Samuel Lorber '89, alto saxophone
Nathan Scalise '16
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano (2015)
Movement I: Invented
Movement II: Augmented
Jonathan Cohen '15, oboe
Audrey Edelstein '15, bassoon
Josh Mundinger '18, piano
Jeremy Rapaport-Stein '14
Prelude in D (2014)
Fugue in D (2015)
Deborah How '89
Nathan Scalise '16
Crossing the Bar (2015)
Female Vocal Quartet
Natasha Nogueira '18, voice
Jessie Chan '15, voice
Claudia Romano '17, voice
Aurora Martinez del Rio '16, voice
Niels Verosky '14
Ceremony of the Distilled Orange Mist (2014)
Rebecca Simon, flute
Samuel Lorber '89, alto saxophone
Bradley J. Carter '15
I Want My Hat Back (2015)
adapted from the book by Jon Klassen
Kelley Langhans '16 -The Bear, Alto
Christine Emery '16 - The Fox, trumpet
Will Sullivan '17 - The Frog, cello
Willa Glickman '18 - The Rabbit, violin
Nathan Scalise '16 - The Turtle, trombone
Joshua Mundinger '18 - The Snake, oboe
Iris Chan '17 - The Mole, piano
Aaron Slepoi '17 - The Moose, clarinet
Bradley J. Carter '15 - The Squirrel, conducting
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Before this,
the deluge of the day's other events:
breakfast,
and
spiritual
spiritual
service
at
Chambers
Memorial
Church,
preceeded
and
followed
by
a
re-
familiarization
with
the
building's
many
mansions.
A
beautiful,
nostalgic
event
with
fine
message
and
music.
Coffee
thereafter,
and
more
exploration,
up
in
the
old
Sunday
School,
and
down,
inside
and
out,
including
George's
studio
and
MacCrone
Hall
environs,
one
venue
for
early
music-
dramas.
Lunch (including scrapple)
at
formerly-
informally-
known-
as-the-
Hole-In-The-Wall,
then
uptown,
so
to
speak,
speak,
for
a
rehearsal
with
flutist-concert-organizer-par-excellence
Deborah Howe
at
Swarthmore
thereafter,
followed
by
a return on Whittier,
Walnut,
Hillborn,
Victoria,
Wallingford,
Baltimore,
476,
and
1...
to
Bette
and
George,
with dinner locally at
The Big Fish (a seafood combination).
Time
eventually
to
head
back
to
the
College
for
a
soundcheck,
followed by the
marvelous performances (with congrats as well to Andrew Hauze and Gerald Levinson).
Darkness once more...High home bouncing back up 11 degrees to 82, on the 55th day of summer. Heat here (or, rather, lack thereof), up to a springy 64...
