Student Recitals for the 2008-09 academic year are listed here and updated regularly. Thank you for your interest in Pick-Staiger and the Bienen School of Music!
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Doctoral Recital: Daniel Black, conducting
7 p.m., Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Student of Victor Yampolsky
Assisted by Hsiao-Ling Lin, piano
Program includes Concertino for Horn and Orchestra by Daniel Black, Concerto in G Major for Piano and Orchestra by Maurice Ravel, and Symphony No. 5 in D Minor by Dmitri Shostakovich.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Senior Recital: Kelsey Betzelberger, voice
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Karen Brunssen
Assisted by Jia-Yee Tang, piano
Program includes works by Mozart, Bellini, Head, Niles, Rorem, Bowles, Bernstein, Massenet, Debussy, Foudrain, Beach, Quilter, Ronald, and Duke.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Doctoral Recital: Brian Edwards, tuba
8:30 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Rex Martin
Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano
Program includes Concertino by Rolf Wilhelm, Concerto by Roland Szentpali, Concerto by Arild Plau, New Orleans by Eugene Bozza, and Rumanian Dance No. 2 by Dumitru Ionel.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Senior Recital: Yoshihiko Nakano, violin
6 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Almita Vamos
Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano
Program includes Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major by J.S. Bach; Sonatine 1 for Viola Solo by Roger Steptoe; Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120/1 by Johannes Brahms; Viola Concerto, Op. posth. by Béla Bartók; and La Campanella by Niccolo Paganini (arr. William Primrose).
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Senior Recital: Elizabeth Isenberg, flute
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Richard Graef
Assisted by Mark Anderson, clarinet and Yoko Yamada, piano
Program includes Sonata I in G Major by J.S. Bach; Ballade, Op. 288 by Carl Reinecke; Duo for Flute and Clarinet by Robert Muczynski; and Sonata in A Major for Flute and Piano by César Franck.
Senior Recital: Sana Ma, piano
8:30 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of James Giles
Program includes French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major by J.S. Bach; Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 by Ludwig van Beethoven; Jeux d’eau by Maurice Ravel; Waldesrauchen, from Two Concert Etudes by Franz Liszt; and Dumka, Op. 59 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Senior Recital: William Robin, saxophone
6 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Frederick Hemke
Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano
Program includes Sequenza IXb by Luciano Berio; She Sings, She Screams by Mark Engebretson; Sonata by William Albright; and “Hecuba’s Lament” from La Didone by Francesco Cavalli.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Megan Crognale, flute
12 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Richard Graef
Assisted by Yoko Yamada, piano
Program includes Sonata for Flute and Piano by Paul Hindemith; Density 21.5 for flute alone by Edgard Varrese; Sonata in D major, Op. 94 for Flute and Piano by Sergei Prokofiev.
Andrea Mumm, harp
3 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Harriet Wong, conducting
5 p.m., Alice Millar Chapel
Student of Victor Yampolsky
Assisted by Katie Kirkpatrick, horn
Program includes Serenade in D minor for Winds, Cello, and Double Bass, Op. 44 by Antonin Dvorak; Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 495 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; and Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a by Johannes Brahms
Tuesday, February 25, 2010
Laura Brisson, horn
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Gail Williams
Assisted by George Marshall, horn; Jahn White, horn; Dana Wilson, horn; Emily Wilson, horn; and Jamie Namkung, piano
Program includes Sonata by Bernhard Heiden, Air de Chasse by Louis Piantoni, Introduction and Allegro by Johan Kvandal, Alpha by Jean-Michel Defaye, and Theme and Variations by Franz Strauss.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Masters Recital: Angela Hamilton, bass
3 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Peter Lloyd
Assisted by Karen Chan, piano; Amanda Fuerst, flute; and Terry Foster, viola
Program includes Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71 by Alexander Glazunov; Suite No. 2 in D Minor by J.S. Bach; Concertino per Flauto, Viola, e Contrabasso by Erwin Schulhoff; and Concerto in C Major by Jan Krtitel Vanhal.
Student Recital: Zachary Green, bass
6:15 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Peter Lloyd
Assisted by Tracy Figard, piano; Julie Chang, violin; Carol Park, violin; Rachel Taylor, viola, and Karen Yeh, cello
Program includes Cello Sonata in G Major by Giovanni Battista Sammartini; Kol Nidrei, Ip. 47 by Max Bruch; Double Bass Concerto No.2 in D Major by Carl Ditters Von Dittersdorf; and String Quintet in G Major, O. 77 by Antonin Dvorak.
Student Recital: Chelsea Keaton, clarinet and Tiffany Bayly, tuba
8:30 p.m., Regenstein Master Class Room
Student of Steve Cohen and Rex Martin
Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano, and Tiffany Bayly, soprano
Program includes Sonata for Tuba and Piano by Alec Wilder; Premiere Rhapsodie by Claude Debussy; Capriccio for Solo Clarinet by Heinrich Sutermeister; Sonatina for Tuba and Piano by Halsey Stevens; and der Hirt auf dem Felsen by Franz Schubert.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Masters Recital: Joshua Paulus, horn
12 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Gail Williams
Assisted by Rachael Kerr, piano; Stephanie Lane, violin; and Emily Hu, cello
Program includes Intrada by Henri Lazarof; Suite for Horn and Piano by Alec Wilder; Divertimento à tre by Joseph Haydn; and Horn Trio in E-flat, Op. 40 by Johannes Brahms.
Daniel Watt, trombone and Katherine Krissel, horn
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Students of Michael Mulcahy and Gail Williams, respectively
Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano; Kristofer Hammond, trumpet; Jean Laurenz, trumpet; and Thomas Curry, tuba
Program includes Fandango by Joseph Turrin, Sonata by Paul Hindemith, Larghetto by Emanuel Charbrier, Concerto by Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Bagatelle by Hermann Neulig, and Quintet No. 2 by Victor Ewald.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Doctoral Recital: Johnny Salinas, saxophone
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Frederick Hemke
Assisted by Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano
Program includes Night Bird by Karen Tanaka; Sonatine by Maurice Ravel; Senderos…que bifucan Urbana 19 by Luis Naon; and Concerto by Henri Tomasi.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Senior Recital: Jennifer Moore, oboe
7 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Scott Hostetler
Assisted by Dana Jackson, bassoon, and Kanad Khanna, flute
Program includes Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2 for Oboe and Piano by Tomaso Albinoni; Trio by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Conte Pastoral pour Hautbois et Piano by Eugene Bozza, and Deri Romanzen fur Oboe und Klavier by Robert Schumann
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Doctoral Recital: Bill Staub, conducting
6 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Mallory Thompson
Program includes Ionisation by Edgard Varrese; Septett fur Blasintrumente by Paul Hindemith; O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen; and La Creation Du Monde by Darius Milhaud
Student Recital: Kyle Yecke, clarinet
3 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Steven Cohen
Assisted by Hsiao-Ling Lin, piano; Maggie Gould, violin; and Jasmine Nagano, piano
Program includes Fantasy Pieces, Op. 43 by Niels Wilhelm Gade; Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier, Op. 5 by Alban Berg; Three Preludes for Piano by George Gershwin (arr. James Cohn); and Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano by Paul Schoenfield.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Masters Recital: Holly Kortze, clarinet
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Steven Cohen
Program includes Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2 by Johannes Brahms; Quatour pour la fin du temps by Olivier Messiaen; and Quintette en forme de choros by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Student Recital: Sam Rothstein, clarinet
8:30 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of J. Lawrie Bloom
Assisted by Hsiao-Ling Lin, piano
Program includes Hommage a M. de Falla by Bela Kovacs; Duo for Clarinet and Piano by Norbert Burgmuller; and Gnarly Buttons by John Adams
Friday, March 12, 2010
Doctoral Recital: Paul Whitley, piano
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Alan Chow
Program includes “Traditions in Piano Transcription;” Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major by J.S. Bach; Renaissance by Jean Philippe Rameau; and Chaconne in D minor (from Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor) by J.S. Bach
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Student Recital: Analiese Trimber & Hilary Tidman, flute
3 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Walfrid Kujala
Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano
Program includes Sonata No. 1 for Two Flutes by Georg Philipp Telemann; Cantabile et Presto by Georges Enesco; Suite for Flute and Piano, Op. 34 by Charles-Marie Widor; Acht Stucke by Paul Hindemith; Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando by Philippe Gaubert; Ballade by Frank Martin; and Fantasie on Hungarian Motifs, Op. 35 by Franz Doppler
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Student Recital: Daniel Linder, piano
8:30 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Alan Chow
Assisted by Nolan Pearson, piano
Program includes Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330 by W.A. Mozart, Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 by Arnold Schoenberg, Vallée D’Obermann by Franz Liszt, and Piano Concerto in G by Maurice Ravel
Monday, March 15, 2010
Senior Recital: Luke Streich, trombone
6 p.m., Regenstein Recital Hall
Student of Randall Hawes
Assisted by Kathryn Goodson, piano
Program includes New Orleans by Eugene Bozza; Phidyle by Henri Duparc; Concertino for Bass Trombone by Eric Ewazen; and Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano by David Gillingham
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Masters Recital: Sandra Wu, flute
6 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Friday, March 19, 2010
Doctoral Recital: Klaus Georg, tenor
8:30 p.m., Lutkin Hall
Student of Karen Brunssen
Assisted by Charles Srstka, piano
Program includes Die Winterreise by Franz Schubert.



