20240114_Trombone Day

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents

FSU Trombone Day Concert featuring

FSU Jazz Trombone Ensemble Kevin Jones, Director and

FSU Trombone Choir Hana Beloglavec, Conductor Connor Altagen, Graduate Associate Conductor Grant Keel, Graduate Associate Conductor with

Guest Artist Nathan Zgonc, Trombone

Sunday, January 14, 2024 2:00 p.m. | Opperman Music Hall

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To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All… Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.

Recording Notice: This performance may be recorded. Please note that members of the audience may at times be included in this process. By attending this performance you consent to have your image or likeness appear in any live or recorded video or other transmission or reproduction made in conjunction to the performance.

Florida State University provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the College of Music at (850) 644-3424 at least five working days prior to a musical event to request accommodation for disability or alternative program format.

PROGRAM

Nica’s Dream

FSU Jazz Trombone Ensemble

Horace Silver

Blues Walk

Clifford Brown

Cherokee

Ray Noble

Fanfare to the Morning Star

Rhosymedre

Nunc Dimittis

Hymn to a Blue Hour

Kaleidoscope

FSU Trombone Choir Hana Beloglavec, conductor

Connor Altagen, graduate associate conductor

Grant Keel, graduate associate conductor

FSU Trombone Octet

Nathan Zgonc, soloist Hana Beloglavec, conductor

Andrew Markel (b. 1994) Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958) Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 1612)

John Mackey (b. 1973) Steven Verhelst (b. 1981)

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTIST Nathan Zgonc joined the trombone section of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 2011.

Zgonc has received numerous awards, including special prizewinner at the Budapest International Trombone Competition and first place at the Zellmer, Frank Smith Memorial, and Robert Marsteller solo competitions.

In 2009, Zgonc spent the summer as the Principal Trombone of the Seattle Symphony for Wagner’s Ring Cycle. He has also performed with the San Francisco, Cincinnati, National, and Houston symphony orchestras, as well as the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra. Zgonc previously held positions with the Vancouver Symphony, Utah Symphony, and Opera, Sarasota Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Oregon Symphony, and United States Navy Band.

In September 2010, Zgonc gave the world premiere of Aura by Tony DiLorenzo in honor of his mother, Lorely Zgonc – the late concertmaster of the Portland Opera and Ballet.

Originally from Fairview, OR, Zgonc studied at Indiana University, San Francisco Conservatory, and Manhattan School of Music. His teachers include David Finlayson, Mark Lawrence, and Keith Brown. He is featured on recordings with Vancouver Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, U.S. Navy Band, and Seattle Symphony.

Zgonc also is an avid educator, teaching with former colleague Brian Hecht in their renowned program Slide School.

FSU Jazz Trombone Ensemble Personnel Kevin Jones, Director Sam Barbaro, Steven Blake, August Romaine, Vincent Tozzi, Zach Urbine, trombone John Swallow, bass trombone; Asher Pereira, piano; Dane Harter, bass; Lawrence Turner, drums FSU Trombone Choir Personnel Connor Altagen, Austin Boudi, Sarah Castillo, Jane Cohen, Samuel Cote Romus Edenfield, Christian Estades, Calvin Fein, Tyler Figenscher, Justin Hamann Rene Johnson, Brian Juntilla, Grant Keel, Kyle Krogol, Greg Lambert Will Roberts, Justus Smith, Brad Sparks, Connor Stross, and Carter Wessinger, trombone Mateo Buitrago, Tristan Goodrich, Kevin Li, and Joshua Stambaugh, bass trombone FSU Trombone Octet Personnel Connor Altagen, Christian Estades, Justin Hamann Will Roberts, Brad Sparks, and Carter Wessinger, trombone Tristan Goodrich and Grant Keel, bass trombone