Octubafest

PRESENTS

OCTUBAFEST

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 3 PM UTRGV PAC, EDINBURG

PROGRAM Festive Overture

Dimitri Shostakovich Arr. Jon Oliver

Ave Maria

Franz Beibl Arr. Mark Jenkins

March to the Scaffold

Hector Berlioz Arr. William Granger

The Seventh Degree

Jon Oliver Intermission

Pirates of the Caribbean

Klaus Badelt Arr. Scott Sutherland

Them from Beetlejuice

Danny Elfman Arr. Scott Sutherland

Liechtensteiner Polka

Edmun Koetscher Arr. Ray Grim

The Pennsylvania Polka

Lester Lee/Zeke Manners Arr. Ray Grim

Four Horsemen of the A-polka-lypse

Joshua Cutchin

PERSONNEL Euphonium

Tuba

Jose Castillo

Azdruball Montemayor

Jorge Ayala

Samuel De Leon

Noah Jaramillo

Itzhak Corona

Joseph Cardona

Marty Gutierrez

Alejandro Garza

Victor Cruz

Gilbert Moya

Raphael Gonzalez

Cruz Segovia

Jaime Zamarripa

Steven Vallejo

Sergio Colorado Gerry Cano

ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble was founded in 2009 under the direction of Dr. Scott Roeder. Since its creation, the ensemble has quickly gained national and international acclaim. In 2012 the UTRGV Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble performed at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference and Brass Festival Linz in Linz, Austria as one of only a handful of tuba-euphonium ensembles from the United States to be invited to perform.

The ensemble has also performed at the 2014 and 2016 International Tuba Euphonium Conferences at Indiana University and The University of Tennessee and has been a regular performing group at ITEA Regional Tuba/Euphonium Conferences around the country and at the Texas Music Educators Association State Convention.

Additionally, in 2017 the ensemble performed in Washington DC at the US Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Tuba Euphonium Workshop. The ensemble also performs regular concerts at UTRGV and outreach concerts for the surrounding public school music programs. Current and former members of the ensemble have advanced or placed in numerous national and international competitions and perform in professional music ensembles across South Texas.

As advocates of new music, The UTRGV Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble has premiered original works and arrangements for tuba euphonium ensemble. In additional the ensemble and studio has hosted numerous Guest Artists such as Øystein Baadsvik, Steven Mead, Demondrae Thurman, Patrick Sheridan, Roland Szentpali, Steve Mead and Ben Pierce.

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