UA Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony
Featuring faculty artist Brian Luce, flute
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Crowder Hall, 7:30 p.m.
$10, 7, 5
Program:
WIND SYMPHONY:
Chad Shoopman, conductor
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
Suite of Old American Dances (1949)
John Barnes Chance (1932-1972)
Elegy for Concert Band (1972)
Ron Nelson (b.1929)
Aspen Jubilee (1988)
WIND ENSEMBLE:
Chad R. Nicholson, conductor
David P. Sartor (b.1956)
Dies Irae – Fanfare for Brass and Timpani (2007)
Richard Danielpour (b.1956)
Vox Populi (1998/2004)
Ben Stonaker (b.1981)
Phosphenes II: Meditation for Winds, Percussion, and Celesta (2013)
Howard J. Buss (b.1951)
Vibrant Horizons for Flute and Wind Ensemble (2018)
Brian Luce, flute
BRIAN LUCE is the professor of flute at the University of Arizona and a Yamaha Performing Artist. Dr. Luce has performed as principal flute of the Champaign-Urbana, Midland-Odessa and Johnstown symphony orchestras and has performed with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Bach Society, Dallas Wind Symphony, Keystone Wind Ensemble and the Tucson Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Korea, Japan and China and has performed concertos with orchestras in the United States and the Republic of Korea. He has been featured at music festivals sponsored by the National Flute Association, British Flute Society, Shanghai International Exposition, Soka International Harp Festival, Texas Flute Society, Florida Flute Association, Mid-South Flute Society, Las Vegas Flute Club, Albuquerque Flute Association, Flute Society of St. Louis, Arizona Flute Society and Tucson Flute Club. His performances have been broadcast throughout the United States and his recordings are recommended references by music education associations including the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). Acclaimed as “an authoritative soloist,” his Albany Records SACD, Music of the Superpowers: Sputnik, Spies, and the Space Race, has been lauded by The American Record Guide: “This release should be of particular interest for the less known, seldom recorded Denisov and Smirnova, though everything on it is enjoyable from beginning to end. Brian Luce plays with flair and intelligence…” He has also made the premiere recording of Anthony Plog’s Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble with the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble. His release with Carrol McLaughlin, Allume, includes numerous premiere recordings of original works and transcriptions for flute and harp. He has given recitals and master classes throughout the United States, Europe and Korea. Editions BIM and IntegrityInk publish his compositions, arrangements and realizations. His performance and pedagogy articles have appeared in Flute Talk Magazine, and his dissertation, “Light from Behind the Iron Curtain: Style and Structure in Edison Denisov’s Quatre Pièces pour flûte et piano,” earned the 2001 Morgan Outstanding Dissertation Award from the University of North Texas. Dr. Luce has previously taught at universities in Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania and tutored numerous young flutists across the nation. Brian is a prizewinner of the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition, Mid-South Young Artist Competition, Kingsville International Young Artist Competition and University of North Texas Concerto Competition. His principal teachers include Mary Karen Clardy, Kathleen Chastain, Jacob Berg and David Etienne. As an Arizona native, and avid outdoorsman, Brian enjoys trekking afield the wonderful alpine regions of the state with his family. He volunteers his time to his local Little League as a coach and board member.
CONTACT: (520) 621-1162
TICKETS: $10, 7, 5
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