MATTHEW SHIPES,
euphonium with ANATOLY SHELUDYAKOV, piano
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 at 7:30 p.m.
RAMSEY CONCERT HALL
UGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 230 RIVER RD, ATHENS, GA
MATTHEW SHIPES, euphonium
Tuesday, January 14, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
UGA Performing Arts Center
PROGRAM
Concerto per flicornobasso
Selections from ‘Six Suites for Cello’
Prelude from Suite 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Prelude from Suite 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Prelude from Suite 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Café 1930
INTERMISSION
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) ed. Henry Howey
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
FLOW
Pearls
I. Ducati SPS 916
II. My one and only love
III. Susi
Benjamin Dean Taylor (b. 1983)
Roland Szentpali (b. 1977)
Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano
Dr. Matthew Shipes is the Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at The University of Georgia and tubist with the Georgia Brass Quintet. A dedicated advocate of tuba and euphonium performance and pedagogy, Matt has also worked with the International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA) as Membership Marketer and Social Media director, communicating with an international audience of enthusiasts, students and professionals.
In 2020 Matt created the first-ever international euphonium mock-band e-competition, Stars and Shipes, engaging over 100 participants from several countries around the world and featuring a judging panel of top euphonium performers from the premier military bands in Washington D.C. over three years.
Matt was a member of The United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C as a euphoniumist in the Ceremonial Brass, a position he held until 2016. While in the band, he had many opportunities to perform for former President Obama, several foreign leaders, and for hundreds of ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery.
Matt has performed recitals and given masterclasses across the country, including a featured solo recital at the 2019 United States Army Band’s Tuba and Euphonium Workshop. He was also an invited speaker at the 2019 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC) at the University of Iowa, and presented his class, “A Guide to Military Band Auditions,” which he has presented at several regional tuba and euphonium conferences as well. He also performed with the American Tuba Quartet, of which he is a founding member, at the 2016 ITEC at the University of Tennessee, and has most recently been a featured soloist and performer at 2022 and 2024 regional ITEA conferences.
A native of Moscow, Anatoly Sheludyakov graduated from the Gnesin’s Musical Academy and completed doctoral studies there under professor Anatoly Vedernikov. He also graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the composition class of Tikhon Khrennikov. His compositions include Variations for Orchestra, Ostinato for Orchestra, Suite for Oboe and Piano, Suite for Violin and Piano, the cantata Brotherhood Songs, Trombone Quartet, six vocal suites, and many other compositions.
Sheludyakov was winner of the 1977 Russian National Piano Competition and, in 1999, was awarded the name “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.” He has performed solo concerts with orchestras, solo recitals, and chamber music in the most prestigious concert halls in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other major cities throughout Russia, Germany, France, Italy, China, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Australia and the USA. He has recorded twenty-five CDs of piano solo and chamber music and has performed on Russian Television and Radio. His repertoire includes the major works for piano, piano and orchestra, and piano chamber music of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods.
Prior to his UGA appointment, Sheludyakov was assistant professor of piano at the Gnesin Institute of Moscow and maintained a private piano studio. A vocalist as well as a pianist, Sheludyakov was active as a church musician, and performed authentic folk music as a soloist with the Pokrovsky Ensemble.
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SPRING FACULTY CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
FACULTY ENSEMBLES: MOSTLY ROMANTIC
Featuring: Brahms, Rachmaninoff, and Piazzolla
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 AT 7:30 P.M.
Ramsey Concert Hall
$3 for UGA students | $15 for adults
NEW FACULTY TRIO: WELCOME HOME
A shared concert featuring the three newest music faculty
MONDAY, MARCH 24 AT 7:30 P.M.
Ramsey Concert Hall
$3 for UGA students | $15 for adults
ImaginePossibilities the
6 p.m.
First Christian Church
TUES 1/21
5:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall
FREE CONCERT SAT 1/18
7:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall TUES 1/21
UGA CHORAL PROJECT: TWO STREAMS
Two Streams (2021) is a cantata in 14 movements for choir and string orchestra that incorporate elements of Chant, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, and contemporary styles. The texts are a combination of excerpts from the Diary of St. Faustina, Scriptures (in Latin), and liturgical texts (in Greek and Latin).
FACULTY CHAMBER ENSEMBLES MOSTLY ROMANTIC: BRAHMS, RACHMANINOFF, AND PIAZZOLLA
This program showcases pieces from the stylistic movement of Romantic music which made use of more fully defined and emotionally evocative themes. Featuring Levon Ambartsumian, violin; Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva, viola; James Kim, cello; and Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano.
7:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall FREE CONCERT THURS 1/23
GUEST ARTIST: CAROLINE LEIGH HALLECK, saxophone
Caroline is an alum of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and is currently based in Italy as a free-lance saxophonist and teacher.
5:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall FREE CONCERT MON 1/27
7:30 p.m.
Ramsey Concert Hall FREE CONCERT TUES 1/28
FACULTY RECITAL: LEAH PARTRIDGE, soprano
Celebrated for her “full, rich voice, captivating in its beauty and grace” (Opera Now) and her “clear, agile soprano” (Chicago Sun Times), Leah Partridge has garnered worldwide critical acclaim for her compelling interpretations of over forty of opera’s leading ladies.
GUEST ARTIST: MEGUMI KANDA, trombone
Megumi Kanda, Principal Trombone of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since 2002, is an internationally acclaimed performer, teacher, and author.