Faculty Artist Series: James Naigus, horn

EXPERIENCE MUSIC FACULTY ARTIST SERIES

JAMES NAIGUS HORN DAMON DENTON, PIANO

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 7:30 P.M. RAMSEY CONCERT HALL

UGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 230 RIVER RD, ATHENS, GA

music.uga.edu | 706-542-3737

@ugamusic

FACULTY ARTIST SERIES

JAMES NAIGUS HORN

Monday, October 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Ramsey Concert Hall UGA Performing Arts Center

DAMON DENTON, PIANO

PROGRAM Scherzo Concertante (1966)

Václav Nelhýbel (1919-1996)

Miniatures for Horn and Piano (2023) I.

Ode

II.

Joviality

III.

Groove

IV.

Epilogue

Jacob Evarts (b. 2003)

For the next three sets of miniatures (Nine, Eight, and Ten), you are invited to “play along.” The program insert includes the titles of each miniature for each set, along with a corresponding number of lines. Please write down the title that you think you hear for each piece. There is no wrong answer...but let’s find out what we all perceive together.

Nine Miniatures (2020)

James Naigus (b. 1987)

Eight More Miniatures (2021)

James Naigus (b. 1987)

Ten Additional Miniatures (2022)

James Naigus (b. 1987)

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

James Naigus Assistant Professor of Horn, Brass Area Chair Dr. James Naigus is Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Georgia and hornist with the Georgia Brass Quintet. He is co-founder of the Cor Moto Horn Duo with Dr. Drew Phillips, and co-editor/contributor of the Creative Hornist and Technique Tips columns in the Horn Call, the journal of the International Horn Society.

He has played with the Atlanta Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Brevard Symphony, Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony, and Ocala Symphony Orchestra. In 2019 he was selected to perform with the WCIT World Orchestra in Yerevan, Armenia. He has toured Europe in 2017 & 2014 and South America in 2011 as a member of the American Chamber Winds. He has also performed on recitals at the MidNorth, Midwest, Midsouth and Southeast Horn Workshops, as well as the 2018, 2015 and 2013 International Horn Symposiums.

Naigus has been a member of the faculty and staff at the prestigious Kendall Betts Horn Camp for the last six years, which included designing and teaching an aural harmony music theory course. Additional teaching interests include music theory, concert and commercial composition, film music, and technology.

Naigus’ compositions have been performed throughout the United States and beyond, with enthusiastic reception and rave review. In 2013 he was the Composer-in-Residence at the Southeast Horn Workshop in Richmond, VA. In 2009 he was awarded an honorable mention award in the International Horn Society Composition Contest. He has written commercial compositions for clients such as Google, University of Michigan, University of Florida, and University of Iowa. He currently has over sixty works published by RM Williams Publishing, Veritas Musica Publishing, and self published.

He is a graduate of the University of Iowa (DMA) studying with Jeffrey Agrell, studied horn and composition with Paul Basler at the University of Florida during his masters degree, and while attending the University of Michigan for his undergraduate degree studied with Soren Hermansson, Bryan Kennedy, and Adam Unsworth. Prior appointments include the University of Central Missouri and the University of Iowa.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Damon Denton Resident Accompanist, Senior Academic Professional Damon Denton was born in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up in Severna Park, Maryland. He is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the Juilliard School where he received a Master of Music degree studying under Russian pianist, Oxana Yablonskaya. He has been a faculty accompanist at the University of Georgia since 2010.

During his career Damon has performed concerts in England, Ireland, Mexico, Germany, South Africa and throughout the United States. Venue highlights have included: Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall; Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall; The University of South Africa; The State Theater of Pretoria; The Royal Dublin Society in Ireland; The Lyric Theater in Baltimore Maryland; The Leighton House Museum in London; The Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara; The United Nations; Le Theatre de Queretaro in Mexico, among others. Denton has performed as collaborator with Fred Mills (UGA professor and former member of the Canadian Brass), with members of the New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras as well as with soloists from the St. Lukes Orchestra, New York’s “Winds of New Amsterdam”, and the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble. Damon was also a close friend and studio pianist in New York City for the late Metropolitan opera star, Anna Moffo.

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NAME THAT MINIATURE!

For each set of miniatures listed below, you are invited to “play along.” On this sheet are the titles of each miniature for each set, along with a corresponding number of lines. Please write down the title that you think you hear for each piece. There is no wrong answer...but let’s find out what we all perceive together.

Nine Miniatures (2020) Aura

1.

Cadenza

2.

Chase

3.

Chorale

4.

Glee

5.

Lament

6.

Lullaby

7.

Romance

8.

Waltz

9.

Eight More Minatures (2021) Dialogue

1.

Ennui on D

2.

Evocation

3.

Groovy

4.

Shadows

5.

Sonder

6.

The Hunt

7.

Truth

8.

TURN THIS OVER FOR THE LAST SET OF MINIATURES.

NAME THAT MINIATURE!

For each set of miniatures listed below, you are invited to “play along.” On this sheet are the titles of each miniature for each set, along with a corresponding number of lines. Please write down the title that you think you hear for each piece. There is no wrong answer...but let’s find out what we all perceive together.

Ten Additional Minatures (2022) Ardor

1.

Drifting

2.

Fantasy

3.

Havoc

4.

Honor

5.

Loss

6.

Masquerade

7.

Resounding

8.

Solidarity

9.

Wonder

10.

THIS IS SIDE TWO. TURN THIS OVER FOR THE FIRST TWO SETS OF MINIATURES