Music Mastery to be Showcased at Faculty Concert
February 26, 2019 (Jackson, Miss.) - Faculty from Belhaven University’s Music Department will showcase their mastery during a concert that will offer choral, instrumental, and original works. This free concert on Friday, March 1 begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Concert Hall and is open to the public.
The concert will include:
Mrs. Sarah Waters (Vocal Adjunct)
- Youkali by Kurt Weill (1900-1950), lyrics by
Roger Fernay
- Singing/Accompanying self on piano
- Youkali is a Tango-Habanera composed in Paris for
an opera in 1934
Mr. Casey Kirk (Director of Marching/Pep Bands) and Dr. Owen Rockwell (Specialty & Percussion Instructor)
- Sonata for Timpani, II. Jazz by John Beck (b. 1933)
- Casey Kirk, Timpani; Owen Rockwell, Drumset
Dr. Stephen Sachs (Music Chair and Piano Instructor) & Mrs. Carolyn Sachs (Piano Adjunct)
- Waltz from Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
- Dr. & Mrs. Sachs, piano for four hands
Dr. Andrew Sauerwein (Associate Professor of Music: Composition) - performed by Dr. Stephen Sachs
- Pursuit by Dr. Andrew Mark Sauerwein (b. 1963)
- Dr. Sachs, Piano
Mr. Kenneth Graves (Clarinet Adjunct) & Dr. Sachs
- Prelude No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Ken Graves, Clarinet; Dr. Sachs, Piano
Dr. Tanja MiriÄ (Classical Guitar Adjunct)
- Kraj tanana šadrvana (At a Small Fountain)
- Moj dilbere (My Darling)
- Both are traditional Bosnian songs
Dr. Rebecca Geihsler (Specialty Vocal Instructor)
- La diva de l’empire by Erik Satie (1866-1925)
- Je te veux by Erik Satie
- Dr. Geihsler, Soprano; Mrs. Katie Moody, Accompanist
Mr. Christopher Phillips (Specialty Vocal Instructor)
- No. 29 Recit "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart" and No. 30 Air "Behold, and see if
there be any sorrow" from Messiah, Handel
- No. 31 Recit "He was cut off out of the land of the living" and No. 32 Air "But thou
didst not leave his soul in hell" from Messiah, Handel
- "Jesus is Mine" by Matt Merker & Jordan Kauflin - Based on the hymn Fade, Fade,
Each Earthly Joy by Catherine J. Bonar (1821-1884)
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor (Viola/Violin Adjunct)
- Suite in G Minor Op. 131d No. 1 by Max Reger (1873-1916)
Ms. Margaret Ingram (Jazz Piano Adjunct)
- Wave by Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994)
Mrs. Kaitlin Moody (Staff Accompanist and Piano Fundamentals Adjunct)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 25 Movement I. by Dianne Rahbee (b. 1938)
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