Hickory Concert 2024

Hayes School of Music Presents Fan Favorites

Presented in the Atrium on App State's Hickory Campus
Thursday, October 3rd, 5:30pm (5:00pm Refreshments)
Free to attend, no ticket required.

The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University presents Fan Favorites on October 3, 5:30 pm on App State's Hickory campus. The concert is free and will be given by App State faculty in the Atrium of the Hickory campus building. Please join us for a varied program, from solo piano, voice and piano, to brass quintet and woodwind trio. The program features music by Mozart, Debussy, Gluck and Bizet as well as delightful new works by living composers Jean Ahn and Cait Nishimura. Don’t miss this free opportunity to hear the superb App State music faculty in a concert of music that’s just for fun!

Program

“Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” from Carmen, by George Bizet (1838-1875)
Performers:
Kellie Motter, soprano
Catherine Garner, piano


Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, maman” K. 265, by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Performer: Melissa Lesbines, piano


Blush, by Jean Ahn (b. 1976)
Performer: Soo Goh, clarinet


Dance of the Blessed Spirits, "Melodie" from Orfeo ed Euridice, by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), arr. Ignaz Friedman
Performer: Mi-Jin Kim, piano


Claire de lune, by Claude Debussy (1862-1918), arr. Alicia Chapman
Performers:
Alicia Chapman, oboe
Eric Koontz, viola
Mi-Jin Kim, piano


Fireworks, by Roger Zare (b. 1985)
Performers:
Bair Shagdaron, piano
Catherine Garner, piano


Canzona Bergamasca, by Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), arr. De Jong
Valley Views, by Cait Nishimura (b. 1991)
   I. flowing with momentum
   II. with sorrow
   III. playful
Performers: HSOM Faculty Brass Quintet
James Stokes and Brent Bingham, trumpets
Dakota Corbliss, French horn
Joseph Brown, trombone
Samuel Ambrose, tuba