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 Mirić (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)