Pacific Horn Ensemble and Studio Recital

LIF T: Solos for Horn by Black Composers

Pacific Horn Ensemble and Studio Recital Judy Kim, Davis Robinson, Michelle Han, Patricia Grimm, piano Jonathan Latta, Matthew Kulm, percussion

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 7:30 pm Recital Hall

37TH PERFORMANCE OF 2023–24 ACADEMIC YEAR

NOVEMBER 29, 2023, 7:30 PM Ave Maria (1930) Pacific Horn Ensemble

Old St. John Jada Ramos, horn Patricia Grimm, piano

Adagio cantabile from Cinnamon Grove Suite (1923) Jas Lopez, horn Judy Kim, piano

Sympathy (To Florence) My Daughter Donald Parker, horn Davis Robinson, piano

American Girl Olivia Gideon, horn Judy Kim, piano

The First Solo Flight Mary Denney, horn Patricia Grimm, piano

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943)

Mary D. Watkins (b. 1939)

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) arr. Margaret McGillivray

Florence Price (1887–1953) arr. Margaret McGillivray

Francis Johnson (1792–1844) arr. Katy Ambrose

David A. Eastmond (b. 1981)

NOVEMBER 29, 2023, 7:30 PM Deep River

African American Spiritual arr. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) transcr. Althea Talbot-Howard (b. 1966) Skylar Warren, horn Patricia Grimm, piano

Eulogy Edgar Leyva, horn Michelle Han, piano

Pesadelos 1 (Nightmare 1) Owen Sheridan, horn Patricia Grimm, piano

Stewart Goodyear (b. 1978)

Jeff Scott (b. 1967)

Pacific Horn Studio

Rising Hope: A Prayer for Ellen (2011)

Megan Vinther (b. 1980)

Dámaso Pérez Prado (1916–1989) arr. Joshua Davis Jonathan Latta, Matthew Kulm, Latin percussion

Qué rico el mambo

Pacific Horn Ensemble

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PROGRAM NOTES Lift: Solos for Horn by Black Composers Sometimes you have to be forced into a quiet place to get your priorities straight.

In January 2021, I confess to being frustrated by a lot of things. Frustrated with the seemingly interminable progress of the pandemic, with trying to supervise three children and online schooling, with working too much at many different jobs, and with trying to keep life in general for those I love from devolving into chaos or hopelessness. That January was a dark time: isolation and fatigue had set in, there was political unrest, and the world was (again) reconciling issues of race and humanity. My frustrations were comparatively small. My students, however, were still showing up in a big way: still practicing, still making music, still asking questions, still hopeful.

So, I took some of the frustration and did something positive to inject beauty and justice into the world in a small way. It became urgent to actually move forward with a project that had been on my mind for several years: to create a resource that helps repair the lack of diverse representation in solo horn music, especially for the advancing horn player.

The result was Lift: Solos for Horn by Black Composers, a collection of music for horn and piano with original works by twelve living Black composers as well as transcriptions of music by historical Black composers. Nothing quite like this, to my knowledge, exists in the music world. The composers of Lift represent Canada, Nigeria, the UK, and the US and create a mosaic of viewpoints that form the future of classical and artistic contributions.

Lift is the culmination of over two years of planning, phone calls, emails, learning, questioning, contracting, crowdfunding, grant writing, badgering, editing, hoping, and praying. Lift is not perfect. But it’s an important first step on the road to filling the gaps in our repertoire. Most importantly, Lift is a chance for young horn players to see themselves in the music they play and to have access to fresh, new music that is pedagogically appropriate for their level of playing.

This collection is made possible in part by a worldwide community of hom players and horn lovers who contributed to a successful crowdfunding campaign, lots of help from Bryan Doughty of Cimarron Music Press, and support from the Maryland State Arts Council. But its heart and soul are formed by the students whose questions inspired this project and a quiet place in time where frustrations became positive action in the world.

—Margaret McGillivray, Lift Commissioner and Editor

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY At University of the Pacific, Sadie Glass is the program director for brass and percussion, teaches the horn studio and music fundamentals, coaches student ensembles, and is the faculty advisor of the Pacific Brass Society.

Recognized for her “polished tone,” Glass is an active educator and performer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Glass is a tenured member of the Monterey Symphony and has performed with many orchestras throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including the San Francisco Symphony, Stockton Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera. Glass also performs as a soloist and orchestral hornist with periodinstrument ensembles throughout the country. She performs regularly on the baroque and natural horn with the country’s leading ensembles including Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, and Portland Baroque.

During the summer, Glass is on faculty at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp as the natural horn specialist. She completed a master’s degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying with Bernhard Scully, and graduated summa cum laude with her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, studying with Patrick Miles. In her free time, Glass enjoys spending time outdoors and traveling with her husband, children, and two dogs, Callie and Macy.

PACIFIC HORN STUDIO AND ENSEMBLE Thank you for attending tonight’s Pacific Horn Ensemble and Studio Recital.

Every semester Pacific's horn students present a studio recital centered around a theme. This semester, every student is presenting a piece from the newly commissioned project, Lift: Solos for Horns by Black Composers. Sadie Glass is a regional ambassador for this project and is delighted to share these works with the Pacific and Stockton community.

Pacific Horn Ensemble and Studio Members Mary Denney Olivia Gideon Edgar Leyva Jas Lopez Donald Parker Jada Ramos Owen Sheridan Skylar Warren

Pacific Faculty Sadie Glass, Pacific Horn Ensemble and studio director Patricia Grimm, piano Jonathan Latta, percussion

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Nov. 30, 7:30 pm, Recital Hall Trio 180 Recital Dec. 1, 7:30 pm, Faye Spanos Concert Holiday Choral Concert Dec. 4, 7:30 pm, Recital Hall Varied Ensembles Concert III Dec. 5, 7:30 pm, Recital Hall Pacific Composers: Fall Premieres

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