THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Faculty Recital of Hana Beloglavec, Trombone
Valerie M. Trujillo, Piano
Thursday, February 22, 2024
7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
PROGRAM
Tuta å Kör (2022)
Thomas Hultén (b. 1965)
Sonata for trombone and piano Reena Esmail
I. Rumbling and Roiling (b. 1983)
III. Acerbic
II. Mysterious and Flowing
Changes (2017)
Sonata (vox Gabrieli)
John Sipher
Stjepan Šulek (1914-1986)
My Mountain Top Andy Scott (b. 1966)
Poet: Lemn Sissay (b. 1967)
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Trombonist and pedagogue Hana Beloglavec boasts a dynamic career, excelling as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral performer, and educator at Florida State University. She has showcased her talents as a guest artist soloist at prestigious events such as the 2022 International Women’s Brass Conference and the 2020 American Trombone Workshop. In February 2023, her inaugural solo album, Bayou Home, was released by Summit Records.
Beloglavec is also deeply passionate about orchestral music. She currently holds the position of principal trombonist with the Tallahassee Symphony and was previously acting principal trombonist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Beloglavec has also been a substitute trombonist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicagobased early music ensemble, Music of the Baroque.
Beloglavec earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Northwestern University, studying under the guidance of Professors Michael Mulcahy, Douglas Wright, Timothy Higgins, Randall Hawes, and Christopher Davis. She completed the Master of Music degree at Yale University and the Bachelor of Music degree at Western Michigan University, studying with Professor Scott Hartman and Dr. Steve Wolfinbarger, respectively. In recognition of her early career accomplishments, she received the Early Career Award from Western Michigan University’s College of Fine Arts in 2019. Currently, Hana Beloglavec serves as the assistant professor of music at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Before joining the faculty at FSU, she taught at Louisiana State University and Midwestern State University.
Hana Beloglavec is honored to be a Shires Artist and an Ultimate Brass Artist.
Valerie M. Trujillo’s experiences in song literature and opera make her a much sought-after accompanist, coach, and teacher of masterclasses. Formerly Co-Director of the Young American Artists Program at Glimmerglass Opera, she has been associated with many opera companies including Santa Fe Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland), Connecticut Opera, Shreveport Opera, Mississippi Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Theatre at Wildwood, Augusta Opera, Ohio Light Opera and Opera in the Ozarks.
Trujillo has served as artist faculty at the Tanglewood Music Center, Ars Vocalis México (Zamora, México), the Taos Opera Institute, Si parla, si canta (Urbania, Italy), and La Musica Lirica (Novafeltria, Italy) as well as the academic faculty at the Hartt School, Middle Tennessee State University, Yale University, and Central Connecticut State University.
She made her Weill Recital Hall debut in 2006 and can be heard on the Grammy-nominated Chandos release of Bennett’s The Mines of Sulphur, as well as on the Mark Records, Albany, and Azica labels.
Trujillo is proud to have served as the NATS Master Collaborative Teacher for the 2020 and 2021 NATS Intern Programs.
A native of Santa Fe, NM, she received her musical training from Eastern New Mexico University and the University of Illinois. She taught at Florida State University from 1990-1996 and rejoined the faculty in 2002, where she is now Professor of Vocal Coaching and Accompanying and Coordinator of the Voice and Opera Area.
