PROGRAM

All songs performed this evening were composed by Dr. Joe L. Alexander.

Two Bryant Songs: 1. Song (These Prairies Glow with Flowers), 2. November – Tiffani Jernigan, soprano (MUW) & Kelly Williams (MUW, class of 2022)

Soundscapes for guitar and soundfile – Alan Goldspiel, guitar (University of Montevallo)

Drowned – Susan Hurley, soprano (MUW) & William Reber (MUW)

Salonika Fantasy – Daniel Immel, piano (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)

Red Mountain Overture – Video Performance by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Chamber Trio: Denise Gainey, clarinet; James Zingara, trumpet; Chris Steele, piano

Summer Sounds Beckon Me & Blue Jay, Sing a Tune – MUW Chamber Singers directed by William Reber, director (MUW) & accompanied by Valentin M Bogdan, pianist

In Loving Memory of

Composer, tubist, and theory pedagogist, Dr. Joe L. Alexander, joined the Mississippi University of Women’s music faculty in the Fall of 2016. His music has been performed throughout the United States, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland and South Korea. His compositions have been performed on recitals at conferences of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance; the International Trumpet Guild Conference; the Louisiana Composers’ Consortium; the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA); the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors; the Society of Composers, Inc.; the College Music Society; the Southeastern Composers’ League, the International Tuba Euphonium Conference, and the NACUSA National Festival.

Dr. Alexander loved teaching and he was beloved by generations of his students. He will be missed.