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Guest Artist Series Recital – Spark Duo Kate Amrine, trumpet; Ford Fourqurean, bass clarinet

Guest Artists Thursday February 27, 2020 - 7:00p.m. to 9:00p.m.

Venue: Fred Fox School of Music, Holsclaw Hall

Spark Duo
Guest
Kate Amrine, trumpet
Ford Fourqurean, bass clarinet

Masterclass: “New Music and Entrepreneurship”
February 27, Thursday, 1:00 p.m., Room 232, $Free

Recital: February 27, Thursday, 7:00 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $Free

PROGRAM

Ford Fourqurean – Crack | Melt

Celka Okajangas  – Xecution

Megan DeJarnett – Pushing Back

Kevin Joest – Thoughts and Prayers

Ford Fourqurean erode | submerge

Niloufar Nourbakhsh – My Body My Choice

Kate Amrine – As I Am

Jinhee Han – Echo me (ii)

Howie Kenty – It Wasn’t Something That We Could Control

Jacob TV – Close Fight

BIOS

Kate Amrine and Ford Fourqurean are Spark Duo, performing premieres for clarinet and trumpet, mixing solos, duos, improvisations, and live electronics. The ensemble has actively commissioned a large repertoire of new works using both multimedia and interactive electronics. In 2019, Spark Duo toured Upstate New York and Vermont performing at Superior Merchandise in Troy and on The Community of Sound series in Burlington. Amrine and Fourqurean have active careers performing in New York City and across the United States. Fourqurean regularly presents guest performances and lectures with Unheardof//Ensemble and Amalgama. Amrine serves on the faculty at New York University and has premiered over 30 pieces both as a soloist and chamber musician. She has released two solo albums exploring social justice themes. Spark Duo is on tour with performances at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the Interference series in Flagstaff, AZ, and the University of New Mexico. The program includes a mix of duos by Howie Kenty, Jinhee Han, Kevin Joest, Jacob TV, Ford Fourqurean, and more.

PROGRAM NOTES

crack | melt examines glaciers as they break apart. The sounds of air, wind, water flowing as these giant objects crack and disappear. The video layers multiple instances glacier melt and pixelates them, obscuring the original images, imitating the process of these concrete objects dissolving and losing form and shape. – Ford Fourqurean

In the spirit of bebop, instrumentalists play most of the piece in pitched unison (adjusted for octave ranges); the effect is an intended blend of awkward note splits and honks as the two work to stay together.This piece is directly inspired by this track, which is inspired by the scratch-king group the X-ecutioners, hence the cheesy name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqKpzEAROzk – Celka Okajangas

Among my favorite musical adventures are the ones where a friend who’s already deeply familiar with my work asks me to create a piece of it that works for their instrumentation. Pushing Back is one of those pieces—Kate Amrine, a dear friend, came to me seeking a socially relevant piece for Spark Duo that would be a reliable performance piece incorporating electronics. We threw ideas back and forth for awhile but ultimately decided tape would be the best accompaniment for the project. Kate’s one stipulation was ultimately the one that brought the piece to life: that the music and narration exist on a more gender-neutral plane than much of my other work, so neither she nor Ford would feel like the narration couldn’t be about them.

So instead of misogyny and assault, I went with an old standby: Millennial despair. The heart of Pushing Back was born of the frustration I see in my peers, colleagues, and friends when considering our futures. It’s easy to fall into pessimistic (though maybe realistic) thought patterns that tell us if our country doesn’t nuke the world in our lifetimes, chances are good that climate change will do the job anyway. It’s a difficult pill to swallow, but it increasingly seems like the most likely timeline. I won’t spoil the piece, but Pushing Back is about coming to terms not only with all of that but with where our individual futures within structures that aren’t sustainable. – Megan DeJarnett

The crux of the piece comes from the anger and frustration of inaction. At the root of the various specific debates in our society is the very real fear that inaction will allow these events to continue happening unchecked. The 2016 campaign, subsequent election, and its aftermath eventually became a static of television, news, and social media for which volume is at 10 and content is at 1. I wanted to highlight that idea of the cheapness of talk, so while there are only 5 or 6 sources for the tape, they are blended in such a way that only the moments of clarity and substance really are heard. The rest is just voices trying to outspeak each other. On the other side, the trumpet music is all derived from Taps, which serves as a requiem to those who were slain in the too-numerous tragedies. It becomes most recognizable toward the end, as the derivations that are least like the original come at the beginning, creating a sense of movement from distortion to clarity, of many voices into one. Taps is a powerful melody with deep ties to a great many people, and to use it was a deliberate choice to elicit the connotations of death, war, sacrifice, and loss, but also gratitude, action, and of working to uphold beliefs through those actions. The disparity between the empty chatter of the tape and the ultimate sacrifice alluded to by the trumpet is bridged by the quotes from Dominique Christina. Extraordinary in these words is her conviction that the ideas one has and expresses should not be said to be convincing or browbeating. She says “maybe, [if said with enough conviction], these things become instructive, and maybe you find they are also belonging to you.” It’s that sense of belonging as the powerful call to action that inspired the work. – Kevin Joest

erode | submerge explores the concept of shoreline erosion. As waters rise and the elevation of the wave subsumes the shore, the heated sands are obscured and submerged. – Ford Fourqurean

It is actually quite simple. It is my body, and I get to decide what I want to do with it. For centuries such a simple and basic right has been denied to us, all over the world. And today, we are witness to the passage of the most stringent abortion laws in the United States of America. We cannot and must not fail in protecting our most basic right: My Body, My Choice. – Niloufar Nourbakhsh

I wrote this piece and recorded it in September, after being inspired to add my own personal compositional touch to the album. I started writing it by recording myself improvising different versions of the piece and then picking from that what I liked and wanted to keep. As I Am has a sweet sort of longing and pleading, shown with repeating phrases in a minor key that expand and change slightly as the piece develops. In terms of the message behind the piece, I think of it as reaching out to be noticed or to be seen. When I perform this piece, I think of lyrics in my head: “As I Am…. As I Am…Take me as I am” for the opening three phrases. While the piece is written out in standard music notation, each performance varies slightly because I improvise on and between certain phrases—making each performance a new experience. – Kate Amrine

Echo me(ii) for clarinet in Bb and trumpet’ is inspired by a series of ‘Echo me’, which is inspired by Volta performance by cirque du soleil in Montreal, 2017, which reminded me of my youthful days, chaotic moments, stillness and progressive time in my life. Also, ‘Echo’ infers a repetition of the reflection from somewhere, a person who reflects or imitates another, and a sympathetic or identical response, as to sentiments expressed, which is one of my important musical concepts by abstract and controlled musical materials in a form. Three sections,- A, B, and C-, and the short bridges in-between sections are bulit on each different scale structure that starts from the chromatic mode on E, ‘represents Me as mi’ to scale, 2(W)-1(H)-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1, on Bb and m(minor)3-M(major)2-M1-M2-M3-M2-M1-M2- M3-M2-M1-M2-M3-M2-M1-M2-M3 on C scale is related by intervals until the end. Also, a thematic gesture at the beginning is segmented and developed as a reflection from A to B, B to C. – Jinhee Han

CLOSE FIGHT for trumpet, trombone (ad lib) soundtrack and video was written in 2014 for Stephen Burns with financial support from the FPK. Based on interviews with 2 boxers after a match that took place June 22, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. WBA welter weight champion Paulie Malignaggi, hailing from Brooklyn, New York, defended his title against Adrian “The Problem” Broner, from Cincinnati, Ohio. – Jacob TV

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Friday Night at Fred Fox
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.


Tonight we feature the UA percussion performing a riveting quartet, Professor Morris Palter on solo snare, and a choral performance led by conductor Huang He. Please read below for more details on some of the pieces.

Notes from "Sevenly Reward" composer Bob Becker (featured performer: Morris Palter)
Bob writes, "During 2005/2006 I composed a series of eight etudes for solo snare drum, which were included in my book Rudimental Arithmetic (published in 2008 by Keyboard Percussion Publications). In 2019, at the request of Morris Palter for a solo drum set piece, I elaborated Etude #7 to include bass drum played with foot pedal, and hi-hat cymbals. The etude is set in septuple meter throughout, and the title 'Sevenly Reward' is a reference to the 7/4 time signature. The piece is comprised of five sections. The first introduces and develops an intricate motive in quadruple subdivision. The second part changes to a contrasting theme in triple subdivision followed by a further development of the initial motive. The fourth section presents the traditional “double- stroke roll” in diminishing note values but configured to remain in septuple meter. A short coda restating the motive from the first section concludes the piece."

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Semi-Finals:

Monday, March 8, 2021

2:00 p.m.





Finals:

Sunday, March 14, 2021

2:00 p.m.





The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music presents the 39th Annual Sholin Guitar Competition, honoring the memory of Norman Douglas Sholin (1951-1980).

Norman Douglas Sholin founded and designed the guitar degree program at the University of Arizona School of Music [and Dance] in 1974. He earned a BFA (1974) and an MFA (1978) in classical guitar from the California Institute of the Arts. He studied with teacher and musicologist Emilio Pujol in Cervera, Spain in 1972 and 1973 and played in a master class for Andrés Segovia in 1973.

The University of Arizona has become a major international center for the study of classical guitar. The Norman Douglas Sholin Memorial Scholarship Award, which is presented annually, promotes excellence in this segment of the arts. Through their gifts, donors honor the students that qualify for it, as well as the memory of Mr. Sholin, whose love for the guitar and its music still brings inspiration.

For additional information about the Norman Douglas Sholin Scholarship Fund contact Tom Patterson, professor of guitar, rtp@email.arizona.edu, 520-621-1157.

Past winners, Norman Douglas Sholin Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients:

1982 Bobby Orlando, 1983 David Mintz, 1984 Alison Bert,
1985 Lou Mowad, 1986 Alison Bert, 1987 Todd Seelye,
1988 Todd Seelye, 1989 Charles King, 1990 Douglas James,
1991 Mark Basinski, 1992 Douglas James, 1993 Douglas James,
1994 Ivan Rijos, 1995 Celso Cano, 1996 Paul Grove,
1997 Alieksey Vianna, 1998 Alieksey Vianna,
1999 Bruno Correia, 2000 Andrew Hull,
2001 Randall Avers, 2002 Daniel Bolshoy,
2003 Dieter Hennings, 2004 Gonzalo Molano,
2005 Gonzalo Molano, 2006 Jane Curry, 2007 Matthew Palmer,
2008 Matthew Palmer & Lars Rosvoll, 2009 Eduardo Minozzi Costa,
2010 Eduardo Minozzi Costa & Renato Serrano Muñoz,

2011 Renato Serrano Muñoz, 2012 Renato Serrano Muñoz,

2013 Misael Barraza Díaz & Renato Serrano Muñoz,

2014 Augustus Woodrow, 2015 Misael Barraza Díaz,

2016 Misael Barraza Díaz, 2017 Andrés Pantoja,

2018 Misael Barraza Díaz, 2019 Misael Barraza Díaz
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The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music presents the 39th Annual Sholin Guitar Competition, honoring the memory of Norman Douglas Sholin (1951-1980).  

Norman Douglas Sholin founded and designed the guitar degree program at the University of Arizona School of Music [and Dance] in 1974. He earned a BFA (1974) and an MFA (1978) in classical guitar from the California Institute of the Arts. He studied with teacher and musicologist Emilio Pujol in Cervera, Spain in 1972 and 1973 and played in a master class for Andrés Segovia in 1973.

The University of Arizona has become a major international center for the study of classical guitar. The Norman Douglas Sholin Memorial Scholarship Award, which is presented annually, promotes excellence in this segment of the arts. Through their gifts, donors honor the students that qualify for it, as well as the memory of Mr. Sholin, whose love for the guitar and its music still brings inspiration.

For additional information about the Norman Douglas Sholin Scholarship Fund contact Tom Patterson, professor of guitar, rtp@email.arizona.edu, 520-621-1157.

Past winners, Norman Douglas Sholin Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients:

1982 Bobby Orlando, 1983 David Mintz, 1984 Alison Bert,
1985 Lou Mowad, 1986 Alison Bert, 1987 Todd Seelye,
1988 Todd Seelye, 1989 Charles King, 1990 Douglas James,
1991 Mark Basinski, 1992 Douglas James, 1993 Douglas James,
1994 Ivan Rijos, 1995 Celso Cano, 1996 Paul Grove,
1997 Alieksey Vianna, 1998 Alieksey Vianna,
1999 Bruno Correia, 2000 Andrew Hull,
2001 Randall Avers, 2002 Daniel Bolshoy,
2003 Dieter Hennings, 2004 Gonzalo Molano,
2005 Gonzalo Molano, 2006 Jane Curry, 2007 Matthew Palmer,
2008 Matthew Palmer & Lars Rosvoll, 2009 Eduardo Minozzi Costa,
2010 Eduardo Minozzi Costa & Renato Serrano Muñoz, 

2011 Renato Serrano Muñoz, 2012 Renato Serrano Muñoz, 

2013 Misael Barraza Díaz & Renato Serrano Muñoz, 

2014 Augustus Woodrow, 2015 Misael Barraza Díaz, 

2016 Misael Barraza Díaz, 2017 Andrés Pantoja, 

2018 Misael Barraza Díaz, 2019 Misael Barraza Díaz
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To Music with Love: In direct support of our students

With just 11 days left in our first-ever crowdfunding scholarship drive, we are down to the wire to effect change in our deserving student's lives! Can you spare $11? Any amount makes a difference! Please consider sharing this post and using our Facebook frame!



The Music Advisory Board, in support of the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, cordially invites you to participate in our Spring 2021 scholarship drive, To Music with Love.

What the world needs now is more love and more music! And the Fred Fox School of Music needs your financial support. Your tax-deductible gift helps to provide the financial support that our talented, visionary young musicians need in order to thrive, create, and innovate at the Fred Fox School of Music.

The Fred Fox School of Music is a place of discovery, growth, and of musical excellence. The generous support of our loyal patrons, alumni, and friends is crucial to serving our bold mission and supporting our wonderful students. This monthlong fundraising event features student performances, stories, and powerful testimonies to the transformational power of scholarship gifts.

Thank you for joining with us for our shared belief in our young artists and scholars, and for the love of music.
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To Music with Love: In direct support of our students

With just 11 days left in our first-ever crowdfunding scholarship drive, we are down to the wire to effect change in our deserving students lives! Can you spare $11? Any amount makes a difference! Please consider sharing this post and using our Facebook frame!

https://crowdfund.arizona.edu/music

The Music Advisory Board, in support of the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, cordially invites you to participate in our Spring 2021 scholarship drive, To Music with Love.

What the world needs now is more love and more music! And the Fred Fox School of Music needs your financial support. Your tax-deductible gift helps to provide the financial support that our talented, visionary young musicians need in order to thrive, create, and innovate at the Fred Fox School of Music.

The Fred Fox School of Music is a place of discovery, growth, and of musical excellence. The generous support of our loyal patrons, alumni, and friends is crucial to serving our bold mission and supporting our wonderful students. This monthlong fundraising event features student performances, stories, and powerful testimonies to the transformational power of scholarship gifts.

Thank you for joining with us for our shared belief in our young artists and scholars, and for the love of music.
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Victoria Gonzales from Tucson, Arizona, is an undergraduate music performance (harp) and Japanese culture major at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music. Thank you Victoria for sharing your story!



How you can support students like Victoria:
To Music with Love: In direct support of our students
The Music Advisory Board, in support of the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music, cordially invites you to participate in our Spring 2021 scholarship drive, To Music with Love.

What the world needs now is more love and more music! And the Fred Fox School of Music needs your financial support. Your tax-deductible gift helps to provide the financial support that our talented, visionary young musicians need in order to thrive, create, and innovate at the Fred Fox School of Music.

The Fred Fox School of Music is a place of discovery, growth, and of musical excellence. The generous support of our loyal patrons, alumni, and friends is crucial to serving our bold mission and supporting our wonderful students. This monthlong fundraising event features student performances, stories, and powerful testimonies to the transformational power of scholarship gifts.

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We are delighted to announce this week's masterclass within the UA Bolton Guitar Studies Virtual Series where students of Bolton Guitar Studies will perform for legendary classical guitarist David Russell. Undergraduate candidate Yihui Wang and alumni Duo Chinoiserie prepared works by Manuel María Ponce and Claude Debussy.

This event is scheduled for Friday, March 5th at 11:00 a.m. (MST). The meeting will last one hour and a half with a Q & A segment towards the end and it will be live streamed on the University of Arizona Guitar Studies Facebook page, where audience can submit their questions through chat.

To access the meeting simply go to the Bolton Guitar Studies website and click on the link for the Zoom meeting, found below the flyer:


The password to enter this virtual class will be sent by email to all interested parties. If you would like to be a part of this virtual class please email Ana Maria Iordache (anamariaiordache@email.arizona.edu) and let her know your name and affiliation.

In the case you have missed the fall season featuring great artists such as David Russell, María Jesús Rodríguez, Sérgio Assad, Dennis Tolz, Antonius Müller, Douglas James, Joaquín Clerch, Stephen Goss, Xianji Liu, Stephan Connor, Berta Rojas, Misael Barraza Díaz, Judicaël Perroy, Marco Tamayo, they are now available on the Bolton Guitar Studies official website:
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We are delighted to announce this weeks masterclass within the UA Bolton Guitar Studies Virtual Series where students of Bolton Guitar Studies will perform for legendary classical guitarist David Russell. Undergraduate candidate Yihui Wang and alumni Duo Chinoiserie prepared works by Manuel María Ponce and Claude Debussy. 

This event is scheduled for Friday, March 5th at 11:00 a.m. (MST). The meeting will last one hour and a half with a Q & A segment towards the end and it will be live streamed on the University of Arizona Guitar Studies Facebook page, where audience can submit their questions through chat.

To access the meeting simply go to the Bolton Guitar Studies website and click on the link for the Zoom meeting, found below the flyer:
https://bddy.me/3b97DQy

The password to enter this virtual class will be sent by email to all interested parties. If you would like to be a part of this virtual class please email Ana Maria Iordache (anamariaiordache@email.arizona.edu) and let her know your name and affiliation.

In the case you have missed the fall season featuring great artists such as David Russell, María Jesús Rodríguez, Sérgio Assad, Dennis Tolz, Antonius Müller, Douglas James, Joaquín Clerch, Stephen Goss, Xianji Liu, Stephan Connor, Berta Rojas, Misael Barraza Díaz, Judicaël Perroy, Marco Tamayo, they are now available on the Bolton Guitar Studies official website:
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Congratulations to UArizona alumnus Gabriel Machado, who is currently conducting the Brazilian National Virtual Choir - a project that started during the pandemic, in which over 5,000 people have participated. Thank you for changing the world with your music (and for wearing your Arizona shirt)!

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