THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Guest Artist Recital
Aletheia Duo
Jonathan Keeble, Flute Ann Yeung, Harp
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
7:30 p.m. | Lindsay Recital hall
The Song of the Lark (1989) for flute and harp
PROGRAM
Charles Rochester Young Song to the Waking Sun (b. 1965) Flight Into Darkness
rapid◆fire (1992) for flute
Suite Imaginaire for flute
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Johann Martin Blochwitz Sarabande (1687–1742)
Double I
Double II
Double III
Double IV
Kheírōn, Op. 53 for harp
Caroline Lizotte (b. 1969)
New work for HARP•E and electronics (2025) Xavier Davenport (b. 1995)
Fantasia Andina (1986) for flute
Zoom Tube for flute
O bien aimée (1955) for flute and harp
Cesar Vivanco (b. 1949)
Ian Clarke (b. 1964)
Marcel Grandjany (1891–1975)
Flute part arr. Keeble Keeble
Three Fragments (1953) for flute and harp
Witold Lutosławski Magic (by Theocritus) (1913–1994)
Odysseus in Ithaca
Presto
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.
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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.
As the Aletheia Duo, Jonathan Keeble and Ann Yeung share a passion for bringing the creative possibilities of the music of today to their audiences. Uniquely poised as artist-citizens for the 21st century, they are award-winning Professors of Music at the University at Illinois Urbana-Champaign with internationally distinguished studios and Past Presidents of their respective national professional organizations. Their evocative performances have been described as having “lyricism, and above all, magic (Flutist Quarterly)” and “A spectacular pairing (Harp Column).” Individually recognized as two of the leading performers and pedagogues of their generation with a commitment to advocating for the next generation of creative artists-citizens, they have performed throughout the world together since 2002.
Jonathan Keeble is known for his rich tone, effervescent personality, and nuanced musicality. In high demand as performing artist and master class clinician. He has been described as having an “infinitely flexible sound, with many subtle colors,” and is among the leading performer/pedagogues of his generation. He is a regular performer, adjudicator, and presenter at National Flute Association (NFA) conventions, and is a Past President of the Association. In 2023 he became the 51-year-old Association’s 15th recipient of its Distinguished Service Award. Recent tours include appearances on concert series and festivals in New Zealand, Brazil, Australia, Ecuador, South Korea, Hong Kong, and throughout the United States.
He has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and in chamber recitals with Yo-Yo Ma, Renée Fleming, and Luciano Pavarotti, among others. Classes and solo performances include appearances at the Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard School, Rice University, Indiana University, Northwestern University, and venues throughout the globe. His critically acclaimed recordings as soloist, and as a member of the Prairie Winds and Aletheia Duo are available on Albany Records.
Keeble is the flutist for the award-winning Prairie Winds and Aletheia Duo, and Principal Flute of the Sinfonia da Camera. He spends summers performing and teaching at Aria International, the Orford Musique, and at the University of Illinois Pre-College Flute Seminar. As the Professor of Flute at the University of Illinois, Keeble is one of two faculty in the School of Music’s history to receive the Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence. In the spring of 2017 he received the College of Fine and Applied Arts Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Keeble’s students populate the globe as recording artists, faculty at universities and colleges, and as orchestra members. He plays a Nagahara Full Concert flute with 14 karat headjoint, and platinum extended riser.
Known for her bold artistry and diverse repertoire, Ann Yeung is recognized as one of the leading teachers and harpists of her generation throughout the world and enjoys a multi-faceted creative career. An international and national prize-winning harpist early in her career, she is now a frequent adjudicator for performance and composition competitions, has published scholarly articles worldwide, and is considered an authority on the works and method of Henriette Renié. Presently, she is Professor of Harp and Area Chair of Strings in the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign School of Music and Principal Harp of the Sinfonia da Camera where she founded the Illinois Summer Harp Class and Illinois Harp Jam for all ages and levels.
Dedicated to the expansion of the repertoire, Yeung has premiered numerous compositions. She has made recordings for the Innova, Fons, Albany, and Cadenza labels including the critically acclaimed Voyage: American Works for Flute and Harp as part of the Aletheia Duo with flutist Jonathan Keeble, and Song of the Black Swan: Works Inspired by Nature.
Recognized for her exceptional ability to foster individual creativity, agency, and artistry in her students, she has given master classes at renowned institutions, including the Curtis Institute of Music, Royal Academy of Music in London, and the Shanghai Conservatory and received the 2014 Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching at Illinois. Her students have won international and national first prizes, hold prestigious faculty positions, garnered principal harp positions, published significant editions and articles, founded innovative ensembles, enacted change through entrepreneurial leadership, and have achieved distinction in a variety of professions, including leading some of the largest secondary school harp programs across the USA.
As a Past President of the American Harp Society, having overseen a transformative period, she is also former Editor of the World Harp Congress Review, for which she was recognized in 2014 for outstanding dedication and service by the World Harp Congress. Currently serving as Secretary and as a Member of the Corporation and Board of Directors of the World Harp Congress and on the USA International Harp Competition Board and Executive Committee, she has received the 2015 College of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty Award for Excellence in Service at Illinois.