2022 Schedule
Schedule – March 3-5, 2022
Thursday, March 3, 2022
10:00 AM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 1
Thursday March 3, 2022
10:00 AM
Kossen Auditorium
Three Romances………………………………………………….…Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
1. Andante molto
2. Allegretto
3. Leidenschaftlich schnell
Poem……………………………………………….. Marina Dranishnikova (1929-1994)
Theresa Delaplain, oboe (University of Arkansas)
Miroslava Panayotova, piano (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
Unorthodox Redux (2021)………………………………………………. Stefania de Kenessey
Amanda Wilton, violin (Louisiana Tech University)
Suren Petrosyan, cello (Arkansas State University)
Hsiaopei Lee, viola (University of Southern Mississippi)
Rhapsody in Darkness…………………………………………………….. Evgeniya Kozhevnikova (University of Florida)
Danielle Moreau, marimba (University of Florida)
Sherwood Legend……………………………………………………………………….. Elizabeth Raum
3. Unabashed Scoundrel
Katey J. Halbert, horn (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
Miroslava Panayotova, piano (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
Crescendo – a trilogy for solo piano (2021)……………………………………….Biljana Bojović
1. Heart of a Hero
2. Joyful Sorrow
3. The Ground Is Not Still
Valentin Bogdan, piano
IL SILENZIO DELL’ULIVO ……………….. EMANUELA BALLIO (I.S.S.M. Conservatorio “G.Cantelli” of Novara, Italy)
BATIK Clarinet Quartet
Christy Banks, Bb and bass clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Timothy Bonenfant, bass clarinet (Angelo State University)
Soo Goh, Bb clarinet (Appalachian State University)
Michelle Kiec, Bb clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Conversations ……………………………………………………………. Barbara York (1949-2020)
1. Allegretto
2. Lento
3. Jaunty
Cynthia Cripps, saxophone (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Scott Roeder, tuba (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University San Antonio)
11:30 AM -12:00 PM
Room 211
Paper: The Female Hit Parade: Acknowledging the Women Jazz Song Composers of the 1930s and 40s
Elizabeth Momand (University of Arkansas – Fort Smith)
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Penny Rodriguez’s Nine Poetic Love Songs: Pedagogy, Inclusivity, and Diversity of Texts
Chuck Chandler, tenor (DePaul University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
12:00 PM (Noon)
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 2
Thursday March 3, 2022
12:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Mosaic of Joy……………………………………..Theresa Delaplain (b. 1959) (University of Arkansas)
Theresa Delaplain, oboe (University of Arkansas)
(Pre-recorded track to be played during performance)
Three Songs………………………………………………….………Florence Price (1887-1953)
1. Night
2. Out of the South Blew a Wind
3. Hold Fast to Dreams
Amy Yeung, soprano (University of Tennessee at Martin)
Chan Mi Jean, piano University of Tennessee at Martin)
Blue As In My Dreams……………………………………………………………………..Kim Osteen-Petreshock
I. Sky
II. Aquamarine
III. Turquoise
IV. Lapis Lazuli
V. Indigo
VI. Sea
Miroslava Panayotova, piano (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)
It Comes From Within: Music for Flute and Clarinet
Beats of the Field (1990)…………………………………………………………………Beth Wiemann (b. 1959)
I
II: Allegro
III
A Little Gift (2006) …………………………………………………………………………….Joan Tower (b. 1938)
Three Bagatelles from China West (2010)…………………………………………………..Chen Yi (b. 1953)
I. Shan Ge
II. Nai Guo Hou
III. Dou Dou
Synergy 78
Carol Shansky, flute (New Jersey City University)
Michelle Kiec, clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Break
2:30 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 3
Thursday March 3, 2022
2:30 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Kisahkihitin I Love You…………………………………………………………..… Rhonda Head (Indigenous Super Stars)
From Afar
Voices
500 Years
Rhonda Head, mezzo soprano (Indigenous Super Stars)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Colibri Op. 72………………………………………………….………..Laura Netzel (1839-1927)
Goldfish Through Summer Rain……………………………………………Anne Boyd (b. 1946)
Amazonia (2020) ………………………………………………….….. Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
Paula Gudmundson, flute (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Diana Shapiro, piano (University of Minnesota Duluth)
Piano Suite ‘Circus’ …………………………………………………………….……SiHyun Uhm
I. Monkey
II. Clown
III.Trapeze
IV. Lion
Eun-Hee Park, piano (University of Montevallo)
I Am in Doubt………………………………………………….Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
Night………………………….……………………….………………Florence Price (1887-1953)
Kate Fehan, soprano (Butler University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Fountain Fantasy…………………………………………….……………………Jerry Casey
Michelle Kiec, clarinet (Kutztown University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Three Irish Country Songs……………………………………………………………. Rebecca Clarke
1. I know my love
2. I know where I’m goin’
3. As I was goin’ to Ballynure
Aubade………………………….……………………….……………………Clara K. Rogers
Ecstasy…………………………………………………………….……………………Amy Beach
Blue Bird……………………………….……………………….……………………arr. Helena Kim
Traditional Korean Folk Song
QueensSound Ensemble
Linda Teixeira, soprano
Laura Giannini, violin
Helena Kim, piano
4:00-4:25 PM
Room 211
Paper: The Chamber Wind Ensemble Music of Ruth Gipps (1921-1999): Composer, Conductor, and Performer
Brittan Braddock (University of West Florida)
Room 307
Lecture Recital:Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Einsame Nacht: Sonic Depictions of Existential Loneliness
Matthew Hoch, baritone (Auburn University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
4:00-4:25 PM
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Open Spaces: The Unique Compositional Language of Priaulx Rainier’s Pastoral Triptych
David Munro, oboe (Bowling Green State University)
4:30-4:55 PM
Room 211
Paper: Ruth Crawford: Prestige and Discrimination
Jillian Vogel (Louisiana State University)
Room 307
Lecture Recital: Cabaret Songs of Madeleine Dring
Sofia Scattarreggia, soprano
Rebecca Golub, piano
Wanda Brister, lecturer (Florida State University)
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Opera the Journalist
Larisa Kholodnaya, soprano
Jonathan Levin, piano
5:00 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 4
Thursday March 3, 2022
5:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
From Six Songs on Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay………………Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Women Have Loved Before as I Love Now
Even in the Moment
What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
Susan Hurley, soprano (Mississippi University for Women)
William Reber, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Capriccio, Op. 18 …………………………………………………Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Bohémienne, Op. 31, No. 3
Amanda Wilton, violin (Louisiana Tech University)
Lauren Schack Clark, piano (Arkansas State University)
Black, White, COLOUR!…………………………………………………………………………Emily Joy Sullivan (UC Davis)
BATIK Clarinet Quartet
Christy Banks, Bb clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Timothy Bonenfant, bass clarinet (Angelo State University)
Soo Goh, Bb clarinet (Appalachian State University)
Michelle Kiec, Bb clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Through Tears and Beyond, for Piano, Either Hand Alone…………………….Deborah Yardley Beers (Rivers School Conservatory)
1. Prelude of Hope to a Tale of Sorrow
2. A Fleeting Memory
3. Outburst
4. Meditation by Starlight
Jonathan Levin, piano
Sea Dreams…………………………………………………………………………………Barbara York (1949-2020)
I. Down Under
III. Dolphins
Tuba Songs…………………………………………………………………………………..Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Morning Opens
Hope & Toe Dance
Concert Piece……………………………………………………………………………………Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Steven Darling, tuba (University of Tennessee at Martin)
Chan Mi Jean, piano
Living in the Body…………………………………………………………………………………………..Lori Laitman
1. Burning the Woods of My Childhood
2. Living in the Body
4. Lost at Table
5. Bring on the Rain
6. Crossroads
Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, soprano (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Denise Gainey, clarinet (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Reception hosted by the Music by Women Festival for participants and special guests. Meet in the Poindexter lobby immediately following the 5 p.m. concert to walk over to the reception.
8:00 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 5
Thursday March 3, 2022
8:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Le clown (…c’est moi)……………………………………….……………………Rosita Piritore
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano (Georgia College and State University)
Matthew Hoch, baritone (Auburn University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Sonata in C Minor, Op. 21………………………………………………………Cécile Chaminade
Allegro Appassionato
Andante
Allegro
Julia Mortyakova, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Drift (2002 / rev. 2021)……………………………………………………………….Dorothy Hindman (b. 1966)
Quartet for Four Abstract Expressionist Paintings (2017)…………………..Dana Kaufman (b. 1989)
I. Woman III (Willem de Kooning)
II. Untitled, ca. 1958 by Alma Thomas
III. Children of Frejus by Sonia Getchoff
IV. Gento Niese by Michael West
BATIK Clarinet Quartet
Christy Banks, basset and bass clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Timothy Bonenfant, bass clarinet (Angelo State University)
Soo Goh, Bb clarinet (Appalachian State University)
Michelle Kiec, Eb and Bb clarinet (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Healing………………………………………………………………….Hannah Heaton Adhikari (BMI)
Susan Hurley, soprano (Mississippi University for Women)
William Reber, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Crystal Cathedral (2014) ………………………………….…….…… Leanna Primiani (b. 1978)
Song Without Words (1983) ……………………………………….…… Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet (Angelo State University)
Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University San Antonio)
Sonata in D Minor for Violin and Piano, op. 36 (1920)…………Marcelle Soulage (1894-1970)
I. Lent – Modéré – Allegro
II. Scherzo – Vif
III. Lent et grave
IV. Final – Vif
Chi Young Song, violin (Arkansas State University)
Lauren Schack Clark, piano (Arkansas State University)
Reflections of Hope
Sunrises at the Ocean……………………………………………………………Sophia Pavlenko
Sophia Pavlenko, piano
Muse & Protagonist…………………..…………………………………………Sophia Pavlenko
1.) The Longing and the Doubts
2.) Exaltation and Profession
3.) Desperation, Revelation, and Surrender
Corey Raquel Lovelace, soprano
Sophia Pavlenko, piano
Water Dancer…………………………………………………….………………Sophia Pavlenko
Sophia Pavlenko, piano
Night Music for an Austere Warrior……………..……………………………….Sophia Pavlenko
Corey Raquel Lovelace, soprano
Sophia Pavlenko, piano
Crystal Cathedral (2014) ………………………………….…….…… Leanna Primiani (b. 1978)
Song Without Words (1983) ……………………………………….…… Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet (Angelo State University)
Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University San Antonio)
Friday, March 4, 2022
9:30 AM
Room 307
Lecture Recital: Slip Sliding Away, decoding the mystery of trombone legato using the vocalises of Mathilde Marchesi
Alexandra Zacharella, trombone (University of Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Elizabeth Momand, piano (University of Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Reconstructing Philippa Schuyler’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Sarah Masterson, piano (Newberry College)
10:00 AM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 6
Friday March 4, 2022
10:00 AM
Kossen Auditorium
Lullaby Variation for Solo Piano…………………………………………..…………Jiyoun Chung
Theme
Hymn
Staccato
Arpeggiation
Fuga
High
Low
Octaves
The Finale
April Kim, piano (St. Olaf College)
Three Pieces for Woodwinds…………………………………………………Eurydice Osterman
I. Scherzo
II. Pastorale
III. The Playground
Carol Shansky, flute,
Soo Goh, clarinet (Appalachian State University)
Cynthia Cripps, bassoon (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Soliloquy for solo cello (1995)……………………………………………………Linda Kernohan
Paul Christopher, cello (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
A Single Thread for baritone voice and cello (1994)……..………………………Linda Kernohan
I. Je t’adore
II. Lullaby
III. Longing
Robert Cardwell, baritone (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
Paul Christopher, cello (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
Tillein for an intimate percussionist..………..………………………………. Rania Chrysostomou
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: exulansis..….………….………………. Annika Socolofsky
How to be a Deep Thinker in Los Angeles..……….………………………………. Jennifer Jolley
Danielle Moreau, percussion (University of Florida)
Theme and Variations: Emotions……………………….….……………Hannah Heaton Adhikari (BMI)
Hannah Heaton Adhikari, piano (BMI)
“These Four Directions” for Wind Quartet………………………………….Amber Ferenz Spuller
I. Sunrise in the East
II. Southern Summer: Roan Mountain High Balds
III. Take Your Place Among the Western Stars
IV. North Carolina Called Me Home
Deanna Little, flute
David Cyzak, oboe
Todd Waldecker, clarinet
Sasha Gee Enegren, bassoon
11:30 AM
Room 211
Paper: Women Composers as Poets: Reordering and Omission in 19th-Century Lieder Texts
Tyler Osborne
Room 307
Lecture Recital: Twelve Tone Lizzie: An Analysis of Elisabeth Lutyens’ Serial Techniques in “5 Bagatelles for Piano” (1965)
Sandra Coursey, piano (Bowling Green State University)
Room 408
Lecture Recital: 21st Century Crossover/Musical Theatre Songs & Composers for the Classically Trained Singer
Dorea Cook, mezzo soprano (Valencia College)
Jonathan Levin, piano
12:00 PM (Noon)
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 7
Friday March 4, 2022
12:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Den abschied schnell genommen…………………………..………………………Josephine Lang (1815 – 1880)
Ob ich manchmal Dein gedanke
Rachel Boone, mezzo-soprano
Songs With(out) Words
John Muir Trails……………………………………………………….………. Eva-Maria Houben
Circle of Fun!…………………………………………………………….……… Daria Binkowski
Will It Happen? Did It Happen? Is It Happening?…………………………….…. Ania Sundstrom
Daria Binkowski, flute
Kyle Rowan, clarinet
Snowflakes…………………………………………………………………Shao Fern Teo (b.1992)
Martin Van Klompenberg, bassoon
Jonathan Levin, piano
Threnody (1996)………………………………………………………….Thea Musgrave (b. 1928)
Reverie (2020)……………………………………………….………Eurydice Osterman (b. 1950)
Peace (2020)………………………………………………………….Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
The Kelpie of Corrievrecken (1939)…………………………….………..Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet (Angelo State University)
Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University San Antonio)
La Calavera………………………………………………………..……….Alice Gomez (b. 1960)
Brenda Luchsinger, horn (Alabama State University)
A Woman Keeps Opening (2021)………………………….….……Melika M. Fitzhugh (b. 1972)
World Premiere
IV. Lavmaelt from Nattsanger (2008)……………………………….……. Abbie Betinis (b.1980)
Letter from Beirut (2021)…………………………………………….Jennifer Stevenson (b. 1977)
World Premiere
Say I Am a River (2020)…………………………………………….. Diana Rosenblum (b. 1983)
World Premiere
Scat 2 (1984)……………………………………………….….………….. Victoria Bond (b. 1945)
Whistling Hens
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano (Georgia College and State University)
Natalie Groom, clarinet (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Break
2:30 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 8
Friday March 4, 2022
2:30 PM
Kossen Auditorium
color coming silent………………………………….…………………………….…Olivia Kieffer
Solitudes……………..……………………………………………….…..…Akshaya Avril Tucker
1. Air Through an Open Window
2. Glass Doorknob Refracts Light
3. Leaves Rush By
4. Two Solitudes (You and I)
Nathaniel Gworek, percussion (Point University)
vibraphone, snare drum, bass drum, tom tom
Ode to Odessa…………………………………..…………….Eva Wasserman-Margolis (b. 1956)
May Smith, clarinet (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Sonata for Viola and Piano, op. 7 (c. 1925)…………………….….K. Dorothy Fox (c. 1894-1934)
I. Molto moderato
II. Allegro molto – Un poco meno mosso – Allegro molto
III. Allegro moderato
Josquin Larsen, viola
Lauren Schack Clark, piano (Arkansas State University)
American Dance Suite……………………………………………Julia Frances Smith (1905-1989)
I. One Morning in May
II. Lullaby
III. Lost My Partner
IV. Chicken Reel
Patricia Williamson, piano (Lamar University)
Rachel Clark, piano (Lamar University)
Duo Sonata: “Wisdom of our Fathers” ………………………………. Barbara York (1949-2020)
for alto saxophone, trumpet, and piano
Sarah Hetrick, alto saxophone (Texas A&M International University)
Nicole Gillotti, trumpet (Texas A&M International University)
Tatiana Gorbunova, piano (Texas A&M International University)
Formosa Collages (2021)…………………….……………………………. Chia-Yu Hsu (b. 1975)
I. From afar
II. A song to the land
III. Festival
Hsiaopei Lee, viola (University of Southern Mississippi)
Chialing Hsieh, piano (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
4:00 PM
Room 211
Paper: Composer Diversity in Solo Vocal Repertoire Assignments
Victoria Corona (Texas A&M University-Kingsville)
Room 307
Lecture Recital: Tres for Trois: Flute Trios by Three Mexican Female Composers
Ammi López (University of Alabama)
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Margaret Bonds Sets Edna St. Vincent Millay: Two Brilliant Artistic Minds
Dana Zenobi, soprano (Butler University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
4:30 PM
Room 211
Lecture Recital: Mary Chandler and her works for oboe
Kristin Leitterman, oboe (Arkansas State University)
Room 307
Lecture Recital: Nueve Canciones by Gisela Hernández Gonzalo: A Picturesque Synthesis of Words and Music
Elizabeth Momand, piano (University of Arkansas – Fort Smith)
Katherine White, mezzo soprano
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Six Japanese Songs by Margaret Garwood
Cheryl Coker, soprano (Millsaps College)
Ken Graves, clarinet
Jonathan Levin, piano
5:00 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 9
Friday March 4, 2022
5:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Evening, Ponte al Mare, Pisa………………………………………………………………………….Traci Mendel (Troy University)
Matthew Hoch, baritone (Auburn University)
Ellie Jenkins, horn (Dalton State College)
Jonathan Levin, piano
A Sprout for Solo Clarinet…………………………………………………………………………………Guisook Lee (Korea National University of Arts)
Christy Banks, clarinet (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)
Nocturne……………………………………………………………………………………………………Geraldine Green
In light we see, in light we are seen……………………………………………………………………..Elaine Fine
For Poulenc
Rebecca Johnson, flute (Eastern Illinois University)
Cara Chowning, piano (Ball State University)
Collision Etudes for Solo Oboe………………………………………………………………………..Alyssa Morris
Jimson Weed – Georgia O’Keeffe
City Landscape – Joan Mitchell
Kristin Sarvela, oboe (Sam Houston State University)
How Beautiful…………………………………………..………..……Barbara York (1949-2020)
Scott Roeder, tuba, (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University San Antonio)
Hidden Love (Four Sara Teasdale Poems)…….……………………………Elaine Ross (b. 1966)
1. Hidden Love
2. Houses of Dreams
3. The Flight
4. To Joy
Teri Bickham, soprano (University of North Carolina Greensboro)
Elaine Ross, piano
Set for Clarinet, Op. 15 (1978)…………………………………. Katherine Hoover (1937-2018)
I. Fanfare
II. Air
III. Dance
Wyatt Stocks, clarinet
Les Larmes De La Planète……………………….……….……….……Eliane Aberdam (b. 1964) (URI)
World Premiere
Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet (Angelo State University)
Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University San Antonio)
Biljana Bojović, cello
Ötzi (2017) for Tenor saxophone and Electronics………………………………….Alexis Bacon (b. 1975)
Brian Rodesch, tenor saxophone (Simpson College)
Reception hosted by the Music by Women Festival for participants and special guests. Meet in the Poindexter lobby immediately following the 5 p.m. concert to walk over to the reception.
8:00 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 10
Friday March 4, 2022
8:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
‘Escenarios’ ten audiovisual impressions for piano improv………………….Sofía Matus Cancino (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México [UNAM])
Valentin Bogdan, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Two Ocean Songs……………………………………………………………………Laura Collier
I. Winds of May
II. Once by the Pacific
Deborah Popham, soprano
Jonathan Levin, piano
Venice..…………………………………………..……….…………………………Teresa Carreño
Fileuse, Etudes de Concert Op.35, No. 3..………………………………………Cécile Chaminade
Julia Mortyakova, piano (Mississippi University for Women)
Foam and Sun for clarinet, saxophone, and electronic media ……..…………Yuanyuan (Kay) He
Amy Humberd, clarinet (Berry College and Lee University)
Elizabeth King-Bennett, saxophone (Chipola College)
Cánticos para sonar………………………………………………….………Irma Urtega (b. 1929)
1. Canción de cuna para mi corazón solitario
2. Canto de nodriza
3. Vocalise
4. Capullito
Rebecca Coberly, soprano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Stacy Kwak, piano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Thread of Providence for solo violoncello (2020)…………………….………..…Biljana Bojović
Biljana Bojović, cello
Three Roses ………………………………….……………………….Florence Price (1887-1953)
arr. by The Music Thief
I. To a Yellow Rose
II. To a White Rose
III. To a Red Rose
The Music Thief
Thomas Wheeler, guitar
After All Is Gone …………………………….………………………… Evgeniya Kozhevnikova (University of Florida)
Serena Scibelli, violin (University of North Georgia)
Fantasia-Sonata……………………………………………………….…….…….……. Olga Harris (Tennessee State University)
Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet (Angelo State University)
Home. Lake. Rake.
Homeland…………………….…………………………….……………….. Allison-Loggins Hull
Po jezeru…………………….…………………………….……………………………..Nina Šenk
to all the gooses i have loved …………………….……………………………… Daria Binkowski
Daria Binkowski, flute
Saturday, March 5, 2022
9:30–10:00 AM
Room 211
Paper: The Incomparable Helen May Butler and her Ladies Military Brass Band
Alexandra Zacharella (University of Arkansas-Fort Smith)
Room 408
Lecture Recital: “Too Great to Get Published?” Kaprálová’s Sonata appassionata, op.6
Anna Betka, piano
10:00 AM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 11
Saturday March 5, 2022
10:00 AM
Kossen Auditorium
Kwong Song for Clarinet Quartet …………………………………Elena Kats-Chernin (b. 1957)
May Smith, Clarinet 1, (UNC Charlotte)
Wyatt Stocks, Clarinet 2, (UNC Charlotte)
Gavin Fulker, Clarinet 3, (UNC Charlotte)
Sadie McNair, Clarinet 3, (UNC Charlotte)
Kenan Boswell, Bass Clarinet, (UNC Charlotte)
To Aspire………………………………………………………Shayla Blake (Louisiana Tech University)
Shayla Blake, piano (Louisiana Tech University)
In The City at Night……………………………………………Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)
Jessica Haislip, English horn (Mississippi State University)
Free to Be …………………………………………………… Hannah Rice (Louisiana State University)
James Zingara, trumpet
Pleas to Famous Fairies ……………………………………………………………… Linda Lister
I. Ariel Ambitions
II. Queen Titania
III. Fairy Godmother
IV. Tink
V. Rusalka
VI. Sookie Stackhouse
VII. Fairy Thank You Miscellany
Jordan Dark, voice, soprano
Jonathan Levin, piano
The Vast Unknowable (2017)………………………………………………………Joanne Metcalf
Gray Stone, Green Garden (2018)…………………………………………….…… Anna Meadors
Nicholas Suosso, soprano and alto saxophones
A Favorite Duett for Two Performers on One Piano Forte or Harpsichord…………..Jane Savage
I. Maestoso
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo
Jacob Clark (Lamar University) & Sujung Cho (Lamar University), piano duet
11:30 AM
Room 211
Paper: The Published and Unpublished Choral Compositions of Margaret Vardell Sandresky: An Examination of Style and Conductor’s Guide
Creighton Holder
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Juliana Hall’s Cameos and the Female Visual Artist as Muse – From Inspiration to Creation and Beyond
Molly Fillmore, soprano (University of North Texas)
Elvia Puccinelli, piano (University of North Texas)
12:00 PM (Noon)
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 12
Saturday March 5, 2022
12:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
5 Miniatures for flute solo (2020)………………………………… ……………..Seong Ae Kim
Rebecca Johnson, flute (Eastern Illinois University)
When I am Dead, My Dearest……………………………….………Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)
Dusk in the Valley
Deborah Popham, soprano (Sam Houston State University)
ILonka Rus, piano (Sam Houston State University)
QuarTango (2020) for Clarinet Duet……….………………………………. Elaine Ross (b. 1966)
Amanda Morrison, clarinet (Slippery Rock University)
Lynda Dembowski, clarinet (Towson University)
Song Selections…………………….…………………….……… Zina Goldrich & Marcy Heisler
Apathetic Man
Out of Love
Gabriel’s List
Love Like Breathing
Dorea Cook, mezzo soprano (Valencia College)
Jonathan Levin, piano
20th Century French Clarinet Works by Women Composers
Ashakiran “Ray of Hope”…………………………………………………..…….. Meera Gudipati
Kathleen Carter Bell, English horn (Auburn University)
Elvish Forest………………………………………………..………….. Rushaniya Nizamutdinova
acousmatic composition
Sunrise and Sabbath: Four Songs of Emily Dickinson…………………………..…..Traci Mendel (Troy University)
1. Not Knowing When the Dawn Will Come
2. At Last, To Be Identified
3. Some Keep the Sabbath
4. I’ll Tell You How the Sun Rose
Christi Amonson, soprano (Augusta University)
Tim Phillip, clarinet (Troy University)
Break
2:30 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 13
Saturday March 5, 2022
2:30 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Selections from The Sun is Love …..…………………………….……Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947)
1. Circling the Sun
2. Quietness
6. A Waterbird (Flying into the Sun)
Deborah Popham, soprano (Sam Houston State University)
ILonka Rus, piano (Sam Houston State University)
Sonata for Cello………………….………………………………………………..……Olga Harris
(Tennessee State University)
Deidre Emerson, cello (Tennessee State University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Chansons de la Nature pour la Clarinette………………………………….Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)
I. Les Oiseaux (The Birds)
II. Le Poisson (The Fish)
III. Le Papillon (The Butterfly)
IV. Le Lièvre et la Tortue (The Hare and the Tortoise)
V. L’Etoile (The Star)
VI. Dansez! (Dance!)
VII. Le Serpent (The Snake)
Hilary Lowery, clarinet (Bemidji State University)
Per la più vaga e bella…………….……………………………………………. Francesca Caccini
Già la notte s’avvicina…………………..………………………………………….Isabella Colbran
Kate Fehan, soprano (Butler University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Bolts of Loving Thunder……………………………………………………………Missy Mazzoli
Sandra Coursey, piano (Bowling Green State University)
Night Crossing ……………………………………………………………….I’lana Sandra Cotton
Heather Killmeyer, English horn (East Tennessee State University)
Lisa Perry, bass clarinet (East Tennessee State University)
Jonathan Levin, piano
What we do with the ashes… …………………………………………………………Hannah Rice
I. Our house is on fire. (Louisiana State University)
II. A movement is only people moving.
III. Rise!
IV. The truth will set you free.
V. We can create transformational action.
Jamie Reimer, soprano (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Stacie Haneline, piano (University of Nebraska at Omaha)
4:00-4:25 PM
Room 211
Paper: Bikini Kill’s “Liar”: Trauma, Screams, and Embodied Confusion
Emily Milius (University of Oregon)
Room 408
Lecture Recital: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Josephine Lang – Comparisons and Contrasts of Their Lives and Music in the 1800’s
Cheryl Coker, soprano (Millsaps College)
Samantha Sherman, soprano
Jonathan Levin, piano
4:30 PM
Room 211
Paper: Ma(she)ne?: Posthumanizing Female Vocal Aesthetics in 2000s Electronica
Tyler Osborne
Room 408
Lecture Recital: “Let’s be mono-dramatic!” – Mary Magdalene at the Tomb
Marika Kyriakos, soprano (Arkansas State University)
Jerry Casey, composer/lecturer
5:00 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 14
Saturday March 5, 2022
5:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Four Songs………………………………………………………… Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
1. Even in the Moment
2. Feast
3. I Know My Mind
4. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
Rebecca Coberly, soprano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Stacy Kwak, piano (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Talking Pictures………………………………………………………………………..Amy Quate
I. Water Dance
II. Monet
III. Whirligig
Lisa Perry, clarinet (East Tennessee State University)
Brian Rodesch, soprano saxophone (Simpson College)
Three Studies In Uneven Meters (2011)…………………………..………… Vera Ivanova (b. 1977)
1. Bartokagel: and a little bit of Stravinsky
2. Canon á la Piazzolla: descending canon with all voices sustained
3. Scriabinesque: fleeting cycles
Preludio y Estudio No. 3: Homenaje a Jesusa Palancares (2011)…………Gabriela Ortiz (b. 1964)
from Estudios entre Preludios
Kowoon Lee, piano (Cottey College)
The Etherial Oboe: Exploring Soulful Colors through the Music of Musgrave, Fine, and Brandon
Niobe (1987) …………………………………………….…………………………Thea Musgrave
Solo for Oboe (1929)………………………………………….………………….……Vivian Fine
Wood Song (2019)…………………………………………………………………. Jenni Brandon
Andrew W. Parker, oboe (Oklahoma State University)
Devoid – a musical exploration of being without for euphonium, electronics and piano
Alone Again……………………….………………………..…Florence Anne Maunders (b. 1982)
Tundra………………………………………………………………….…Cait Nishimura (b.1991)
Zero G…………………………………………………………….………..Eris DeJarnett (b.1995)
Danielle VanTuinen, euphonium (University of Florida)
Jesus Has Come at Last………………………………………………………..……….Jerry Casey
from Seven Signs (Song Cycle for Seven Vocalists and Seven Instrumentalists)
Dana Zenobi, soprano (Butler University)
Ellie Jenkins, horn (Dalton State College)
Capricho Montevideano (2008) …………………….……………. Beatriz Lockhart (1944–2015)
Hsiaopei Lee, viola (University of Southern Mississippi)
Chialing Hsieh, piano (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
Break
8:00 PM
Music by Women Festival 2022 – Concert 15
Saturday March 5, 2022
8:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium
Russian soul of Pauline Viardot
Why? Tell me! (poem by A. Koltzov)…………………….………………………. Pauline Viardot
I cannot sleep (poem by A. Pushkin)
I loved him (poem by A. Kotzov)
You are leaving for faraway lands (poem by A. Pushkin)
Julia Jaffe, mezzo soprano (First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, MA)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Divertimento for Solo Clarinet ……..…………..………………….………Gabriela Ortiz (b.1964)
Sadie McNair, clarinet (UNC Charlotte)
Romance in C for horn and piano…………………………………………Fiona Bennett (b. 1962)
from The New Lady Radnor Suite
Matthew Haislip, horn (Mississippi State University)
Sophie Wang, piano (Mississippi State University)
Shoe Jazz (four songs by Nikki Giovanni)………………………………………Gwyneth Walker
1. First Chair
2. No Heaven
3. Shoe Jazz Blue Jazz
4. I Know the Song the Moon Sings
Jamie Reimer, soprano (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Stacie Haneline, piano (University of Nebraska at Omaha)
Suite I for clarinet ………………………….…………………………………..… Johanna Beyer
I. Presto
II. Largo
III. Moderato
IV. Rallentando
Kyle Rowan, clarinet
All Your Love For Me…………………………………………………..……Jane Kozhevnikova (University of Florida)
I. Did You Never Know
II. I Would Live In Your Love
III. When They See My Songs
IV. To Be Free of Myself
Benjamin Schoening, baritone
Vivian Doublestein, piano (University of North Georgia)
Rondo Vittorioso……………………….……………..……..………………………Laura Collier
Ellie Jenkins, horn (Dalton State College)
Jonathan Levin, piano
“Breathing ” Vocal cycle………………………..……………………………………. Olga Harris
Poems by Osip Mandelshtam
1. Only children’s books to read
2. Your tender face
3. My body is given to me — what for?
4. Your slender shoulders
5. The horn of Soviet cities
6.Life fell like dawn
Julia Jaffe, mezzo soprano (First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, MA)
Jonathan Levin, piano
Umoja: The First Day of Kwanzaa (2003)…………………………….Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
Selections from Album des Enfants (1906-1907)..……………… Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)
arr. Erin Cameron/Stephanie Hoeckley/Kristin Leitterman
Rondeau
Rigaudon
Scherzo-Valse
Canzonetta
Air de Ballet
Perian Winds
Stephanie Hoeckley, flute & alto flute (Arkansas State University)
Kristin Leitterman, oboe & English horn (Arkansas State University)
Erin Cameron, clarinet & bass clarinet (Arkansas State University)
