Instrumental concert Hours

Friday, January 15, 2010

Concert Hour 2:00 pm • Studio 1

Presider: Melissa Jacot

Sprague High School Camerata Orchestra

Conductor: Dijana Ihas sprague High school string camerata is the chamber orchestra compiled of the most dedicated string instrument students in the music department of sprague High school in salem, oregon. music department of this school has been a recipient of the grammy award four times and this particular group has been recognized as one of the most outstanding high school chamber orchestras at the state, national and international level. m ost recently, in september of 2009, the group was pronounced as the 2009 National Winner of the national competition for school orchestras and bands mark of Excellence (adjudicated by mr. Jung-Ho Pak), tied for the first place at the osaa in may of 2009, and won the first place with a perfect score at the Heritage Festival, New York 2009. sergej Rachmaninow: Romance and scherzo for string orchestra (1891)

Publisher: Verlag Walter Wollenweber (WW) munchen- grafelfing dragan suplevski: capriccio # 1 for string orchestra

Publisher: macedonian association of composers (out of print)

Friday, January 15, 2010

Concert Hour 2:00 pm • Studio 1

Presider: Melissa Jacot

OSU Brass Ensemble

Director: Lawrence Johnson our students the best possible educational and performing opportunities throughout our region. a special thanks to the osu music department, dr. marlan carlson - chair, and for their terrific support of our work. also, many thanks to dr. Robert Brudvig for lending us his percussion students for this concert.

Fanfare from “La Peri” Paul dukas canzon in double echo giovanni gabrieli

Excerpt from “goetterdaemmerung”act III Richard Wagner

Libera m e from Requiem gabriel Faure christopher Knotts, Euphonium s oloist a rranged by: s cott gerweck

Fanfares Liturgiques Henri Tomasi

Procession du Vendredi- s aint

Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare Richard s trauss saturday, January 16, 2010

Concert Hour 10:00 am • Siiva

PSU Guitar Ensemble Director: Bryan Johanson

The osu Brass Ensemble, started by Jay chen and Henry Henniger, is currently under the direction of Lawrence Johnson. This large ensemble’s purpose is to expose our brass playing students to the repertoire, original as well as orchestral and operatic repertoire, for the brass family. This is a major performing ensemble at osu our commitment is to give

The Portland state university guitar orchestra is directed by Bryan Johanson was formed in 1979 as part of the department’s many performing ensembles. The guitar orchestra is comprised of students in the Portland state university music program. Though not exclusively limited to music majors, the group is primarily made up of students in one of the many degree programs in the department of music at P su The repertoire ranges in scope from Renaissance composers like John dowland and michael Praetorious; Baroque composers like Bach, Handel, scarlatti, and Vivaldi; classical composers like m ozart, Haydn, and salieri; Romantic composers like albeniz, sibelius, and Puccini; and modern composers like shostakovich, Bartok, Brouwer, and Piazzolla.