Guest Artists Series - Col Legno Duo 9.23.19

COL LEGNO DUO Monday I September 23, 2019 I 7:30 pm Conservatory Recital Hall

AMY POLLARD bassoon SCOTT POLLARD percussion

3rd Performance I 2019-2020 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 I 7:30 PM Song of Almah (2006) Rose of Sharon

Andrew Beall (b. 1980)

Want It. Need It. Have It. (2015)

Three Gymnopédies (1888) Lent et douloureux

Shadows (2019)

Adam Silverman (b. 1973)

Erik Satie (1866-1925) Arr. Pollard

Reed A. Hanna (b. 1987)

Three Preludes (1926) Allegro ben ritmato e deciso Andante con moto e poco rubato Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

George Gershwin (1898-1937) Arr. Pollard

The Col Legno Duo takes its name from the Italian musical term meaning “with the wood.” Amy Pollard (bassoon) and Scott Pollard (marimba/percussion) have performed recitals and presented clinics together to both national and international acclaim. Based in Athens, GA, the husband and wife duo have performed at major universities throughout the U.S. and South America, including the Piazzolla Conservatory (Buenos Aires), Rice University, University of Texas, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, Ohio State University, Michigan State University, University of Colorado, University of Utah, University of Georgia, Louisiana State University, University of Alabama, and UNCGreensboro, among others. Col Legno has also appeared at four International Double Reed Society conferences, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and several statewide Days of Percussion. With an eye towards expanding the repertoire of this unique instrumental combination, the duo has arranged and commissioned numerous works and recently hosted an international composition contest which featured over 100 submissions from 20 different countries. www.collegnoduo.com

Amy Pollard, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the Associate Professor of Bassoon and Performance Coordinator at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia.

She formerly served as Lecturer of Bassoon at Baylor University and has also been on faculty at the University of Dayton and the Cincinnati School for the Creative and Performing Arts.

During the summer she has been on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Center Advanced Bassoon Institute, the UGA Study Abroad program in Alessandria, Italy, the Saarburg Music Festival in Saarburg, Germany, and the Atlanta Chamber Music Festival.

Amy holds positions as principal bassoon with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and second bassoon with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. She frequently performs with orchestras across the country including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Greenville Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, and the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Pollard also serves on the administrative board for the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium as part of the Competition Committee.

She maintains an active chamber music performance schedule with several groups including the Col Legno Duo, Dueaux, the MPH Trio, and the Georgia Woodwind Quintet.

Amy’s debut solo album, Ruminations: Bassoon Works of Eugène Bozza, and the Georgia Woodwind Quintet’s CD Chroma were both released by Mark Records and are available on iTunes.

Amy received her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University, studying with William Winstead and William Ludwig.

Scott Pollard, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, has held full-time percussion/ timpani positions with the Buffalo Philharmonic and the US Air Force Concert Band in Washington, D.C. Currently an active freelance musician throughout the Southeast, Scott performs regularly with the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Opera, NC Symphony, Alabama Symphony, and Charleston Symphony, and is the principal timpanist with the NC Opera, Carolina Ballet, and Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. In recent years he’s been a featured soloist with the NC Symphony and the Virginia Arts Festival, and in the past performed with the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and Houston Grand Opera.

Scott is a founding member of the Attacca Percussion Group and the Col Legno Duo (bassoon/percussion). He has presented hundreds of educational clinics, chamber music recitals, and calypso band performances (he’s an avid steel drummer) throughout the country, including at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., two Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, and several statewide Days of Percussion. Internationally, he has performed and given master classes throughout Europe and South America. He is proud to maintain artist endorsements with the Zildjian Cymbal Company, Vic Firth, Incorporated, and Majestic/Mapex Percussion.

Scott currently serves as the Artist Affiliate in Percussion at Emory University in Atlanta, where he founded and hosts the annual Emory Percussion Symposium. He also maintains a private studio in Athens, Georgia. Former teaching positions include Professor of Percussion at the University of Georgia and Director of Percussion for the NC Governor’s School. Scott earned his Bachelor’s of Music from the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music and his Master’s of Music from Rice University.

UPCOMING CONSERVATORY EVENTS Sep. 24 I 7 pm Jazz Jam Take 5 Jazz Club

Sep. 28 I 7:30 pm University Symphony Orchestra Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Sep. 24 I 7:30 pm David Moliner, percussion Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Oct. 2 I 7:30 pm Pacific Jazz Ensemble Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Sep. 25 I 7:30 pm Thomas Derthick, double bass Recital Hall

Oct. 11 I 7:30 pm Pacific Prism DeRosa University Center

Sep. 26 I 7 pm Pacific Jazz Ambassadors Take 5 Jazz Club

Oct. 16 I 7:30 pm Pacific Choral Ensembles Cathedral of Annunciation

Sep. 27 I 2 pm Conservatory Concert Hour Faye Spanos Concert Hall

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