Cadenza | Opus 37

CADENZA APRIL 2022

UTSA DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Opus 3 7

SPRING HAS SPRUNG April brings bundles of masterclasses, concerts, and more!

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WELCOME A word from Department of Music Chair, Dr. Tracy Cowden

BUILD THE NEST UTSA Giving Day is back! See how you can support UTSA Music!

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: THE SMITHS UTSA Music alumni lovebirds share about life as roadrunners and how it all began

FACULTY BRIEF Winners, performers, travelers. Read about the faculty’s latest phenomenons

HAPPENINGS AROUND THE NEST UTSA Music students exude Roadrunner excellence with all that they do

AN “UNFINISHED” COLLABORATION Orchestra and choir become one to celebrate two iconic composers and their unfinished works

EXTRAVAGANZA EMERGES UTSA Music’s annual award ceremony Extravaganza is back, live and in-person!

LONG-AWAITED JOURNEY After 2 years, UTSA Music students have the enriching experience of studying in Urbino, Italy

CONTRIBUTORS: Rolando Ramon - Cadenza Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jourdan Laine Howell - Graphic Designer/Editor Rebekah Alegria - PR Assistant/Editor Jason Guzman - Graphic Designer Micah Rosenstein - Graphic Designer

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CADENZA

Showcasing UTSA Music

FRIENDS, Welcome to the April 2022 issue of Cadenza! Our performance calendar is happily full this month, and I hope you will make plans to visit us soon for a concert. We hope to see you in person or through our livestream in this last full month of the semester. It is so meaningful to be able to play in front of live audiences again!

This issue is jam-packed with feature articles! Our Alumni Spotlight features two of our young alumni who are making a big impact. And you’ll have a chance to read about our students studying abroad in Italy, as well as special faculty research projects, including a performance by yours truly on Tuesday, April 5th with my colleague, violinist Stephanie Westney (shameless plug!).

This April activity is really important to us: UTSA’s second Giving Day on April 19-20, 2022. Please save the date to help us #buildthenest and support Friends of Music, the Spirit of San Antonio Marching Band (SOSA), and Mariachi Los Paisanos! We have big plans for SOSA, our Mariachi Los Paisanos are growing so fast that we already need more trajes and instruments, and your support for Friends of Music is helping our students achieve great things at UTSA and beyond. Please consider making a gift to celebrate UTSA Music on Giving Day! Please keep an eye on these pages and our online event calendar for upcoming concert information. And share Cadenza with your friends and family outside of San Antonio; our performances are livestreamed on our department Facebook page. As always, we hope that all of you will take this opportunity to follow us on social media, where we post fun features on our students, faculty, and staff, link to our livestreams, and share photos and video clips of all that is taking place in the Department of Music.

Are you interested in having live music at your own event? You could hire a student group! Our Gig Service link is live on the department website! And as always, we invite our alumni to submit your news and reconnect with your UTSA Music friends by sending an update to music@utsa.edu. We look forward to seeing you soon at upcoming UTSA Music events!

Tracy Cowden Roland K. Blumberg Endowed Professor in Music and Chair

BUILD THE NEST RUNNERS GIVE BACK WHAT IS UTSA GIVING DAY? The University of Texas at San Antonio is thankful to have a strong community in the city of San Antonio and through its ever-expanding network of students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and friends. Giving Day is an opportunity for members of that community to support specific areas of UTSA that are meaningful to them, whether it be through financial means, or by sharing the event through any social outlets.

WHEN IS IT? UTSA Giving Day 2022 will run from 10:11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19th until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20th. During this period, there will be a collective focus on fundraising and raising awareness through community engagement.

HOW DO I SUPPORT UTSA MUSIC ON GIVING DAY You can support UTSA Music by donating to or sharing any of our three campaigns: Friends of Music, Mariachi Los Paisanos, and the Spirit of San Antonio Marching Band. Each contribution made helps make a difference for our music students! You can donate online at www.givingday.utsa.edu.

EXPLORE OUR CAMPAIGNS

MARIACHI LOS PAISANOS Mariachi Los Paisanos is one of our fastest growing ensembles! With the group’s traditional instrumentation and performance attire, Los Paisanos are dedicated to the preservation and authenticity of San Antonio’s cultural identity through mariachi music. This campaign seeks to support their continued growth in size and performance quality though the purchase of additional trajes and instruments- specifically a guitarron and vihuela- as well as provide funding for travel expenses and other ensemble needs.

SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO MARCHING BAND The SOSA Marching Band is acclaimed and affectionately adopted city-wide throughout San Antonio. Their spirit and dedication are immediately apparent each time they take formation on the field. Through this campaign, we seek funding to purchase a brandnew trailer for our marching band to transport their equipment to the Alamodome and anywhere else they may perform.

FRIENDS OF MUSIC Friends of Music provides scholarships for music students each year at UTSA. In addition, this fund is also used to help our students travel to participate in competitions and research conferences around the country, as well as allow them to give premiere performances of commissioned works from underrepresented composers. When you donate to Friends of Music, you are creating transformative opportunities for music majors as they advance their skills through higher education.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS: SHELBY AND CONNER SMITH If you’ve heard the saying, “two birds of a feather flock together” and have never understood the meaning, there are two roadrunner alumni that could tell you all that you need to know.

Conner Smith (BA Music Education ‘20) and Shelby Smith, formerly Shelby Gorden, (BA Communications/Minor in Music Marketing ‘20) became acquaintances, then friends, then college sweethearts all through their love of UTSA and music. Read about these roadrunners explore how #UTSAMUSIC and The Spirit of San Antonio marching band changed the lives of two incredible alumni and forever left an impact on our department.

What inspired you to attend UTSA?

Shelby Smith BA Communications, Music Marketing Minor Summa Cum Laude Class of 2020

Describe your time at UTSA and how it led you to UTSA Music and the opportunities it gave you.

Some of my best memories are painted orange and blue. Being involved in the Spirit of San Antonio (SOSA) marching band allowed me to stay connected to my passion for music while being a Communications major. It was the best way to plug myself into the university and develop relationships with friends and colleagues, which would lead me to work for UTSA Music as a graphic designer on their PR team.

UTSA has been a family alma mater for generations to include my sister, parents, and even my grandfather who taught at UTSA in its early years.

I spent many Saturdays at the Alamodome while in high school watching my older sister perform at halftime. There was never really a second choice, it was always UTSA for me.

What was your experience like working for UTSA Music as a graphic designer?

I had the unique task of taking an auditory experience (a concert) and creating a visual representation of it to persuade people to attend.

I worked part time while attending classes and SOSA rehearsals, so if my free time was not spent with Conner it was spent overwhelming my laptop with large files to meet deadlines. You could find me around campus producing content at the lunch table, between classes, or even during if I could get away with it. Although I was not a music major, UTSA Music was a department I believed in and I was happy to contribute to its daily success.

Who or whom would you say had the greatest impact on you during your time at UTSA?

thing for me because I know it will impact future students in an extremely important way.

I am grateful to Cindy Solis, former Senior Events Manager and CADENZA mastermind, for bringing me onto her team to develop the publication you are reading now. It has come a long way since its beginnings and it grew out of hours of ideation in her office. This opportunity pushed me creatively and in hindsight, was like training wheels for my career now.

Who or whom would you say was most influential to you as a UTSA Music student?

Conner Smith BA Music Education, Bassoon Class of 2020

What inspired you to attend UTSA Music?

My high school bassoon instructor, Patty FaganMiller, introduced me to UTSA and I spent a game day with the marching band at the first ever SOSA Crew (which was less than 20 people). It was here that I met Ron Ellis, director of bands, and Aaron Collins, a music student at the time. I was invited to play at their Winterlude and spring concerts when they were needing an extra bassoon, and from there I was hooked on UTSA. The community was friendly and welcoming to me, a rambunctious 17 year old, and I knew UTSA was a place I could grow as a musician and a person.

What would you say was your most rewarding experience during your time at UTSA? I applied for and received the UTSA Alumni Association scholarship every semester that I was in school which was a huge help to me financially.

As both an alumni scholar and drum major, the association staff mentioned that they wanted more scholars that have influential roles on campus.

I loved that idea, but never expected what was announced at my final SOSA banquet. Starting the year after I graduated, all future SOSA head drum majors will receive a $5,000 scholarship from the Alumni Association. This was the most rewarding

Aaron Collins had a huge impact on my time at UTSA. As my roommate for 4 years, I spent a lot of time learning from and watching Aaron as he progressed in his degree. He’s a few years older than me so I got to see how he managed upper level classes, applying for jobs, interacting with faculty, and other things you don’t always learn in the classroom. I am grateful for the long conversations and free advice he has always given to me. I’m convinced that I am a better band director today because of things he taught me as a young college kid. Pro tip: hang around older successful people and ask all the dumb questions.

How has what you learned during your time with UTSA Music translated into your professional life as a middle school music teacher?

UTSA provided me with a toolbox of knowledge and the resourcefulness to learn. The fundamentals of teaching are learned in college, but many of the small details I’m still figuring out in my second year teaching. I am quick to admit when I don’t know the answer and feel comfortable discovering ways to solve problems. The mindset of continuing to learn after graduation is the most important thing my professors instilled in me and translates into my job every day.

As some of the first recipients of the distinguished Spirit of San Antonio (SOSA) Hall of Fame Award reflecting all of their hard work and passion for UTSA and UTSA Music, Conner and Shelby Smith would not be who they are today if it was not for all that UTSA Music has to offer “We owe it to SOSA for bringing us together. We were both saxophone players and spent many hours together on game days, in rehearsals, and at events around campus.

It was not long before we were falling in love on a practice field.” The Smiths are newlyweds as of June 2021 and are living the life of their dreams living in Downtown San Antonio. Conner spends his days teaching music to his students as a band director at Bradley Middle School and Shelby serves as a graphic designer for H-E-B Headquarters.

FACULTY BRIEF 2022 Ariel Bybee Endowment Commission Winner: Dr. Andrew Lloyd UTSA’s professor of organ and composition, Andrew Lloyd was recently awarded 2022 Ariel Bybee Endowment Commission from the Center for Latter-day Saints Arts. For this prestigious commission, he will be composing a collection of art songs highly respected international soprano, Rachel Willis Sørensen. The Endowment is an annual prize/commission for the creation of new art and scholarship by Latter-day Saints.

Lloyd also had acclaimed Hungarian pianist, Éva Polgár premiere his Barlow Endowment Commission, Préludes: Book II Seven Movements for Solo Piano at University United Methodist Church on March 20th.

Dr. Stephanie Westney & Dr. Tracey Cowden

Pictured left to right: Dr. Westney, Dr. Cowden, Edna Longoria

Senior Lecturer of Violin, Dr. Westney and Department Chair, Dr. Cowden will be performing together in a faculty recital on Tuesday, April 5th at 7:30PM in the UTSA Recital Hall. The program will consist of mostly contemporary pieces from the 20th and 21st century by American Women composers.

Among the featured composers whose work will be performed is UTSA Music alum, Edna A. Longoria. Other composer featured on the program include Florence B. Price, Reena Esmail, Jessie Montgomery, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and Clara Kathleen Rogers.

FACULTY BRIEF

Erin Webber Oboe lecturer, Erin Webber will have her recital, titled Vignettes: Chamber Music for Double Reeds, on Friday, April 1st at 5:00PM in the UTSA Recital Hall. She will be performing a selection of works comprising of short movements by Morris, Wilder, Steinmetz, Still, Albert, Larson, and Douglas on oboe and English horn. Also performing on her faculty recital will be Gillian Lopez on oboe and bassoon, Wayne Ching on piano and Dr. Rachel Woolf on flute

Dr. J. Drew Stephen Dr. Stephen, professor of music history, is currently on the other side world with his UTSA Music Study Abroad program students in Urbino, Italy. He has spent this spring semester teaching, as well as indulging in himself, the history behind Italy’s art and culture. Their excursions have also taken them through Italian cities such as Florence, Assisi, Pesaro, and Bologna. A detailed account that he’s provided of their progress through the program’s curriculum and travels can be found on page 22.

A quick look at our UTSA Music students and how they are achieving Roadrunner excellence.

The rate at which the Spirit of San Antonio Marching Band, also known as SOSA, is growing in sheer size and notability is as exponential as that of the UTSA football program, at whose game the band leads fans in support of their team.

The band was recently voted the #1 Marching Band for the 2022 YourSA San Antonio Express-News Readers’ Choice Awards. The accomplishment entails a commemorative plaque, free promotion courtesy of YourSA, and unique sponsorship opportunities.

For band director Ron Ellis and the rest of SOSA, this win is only part of the beginning of the marching band’s success as they continue gain fans throughout the city and state. It’s a testament to the hard work they’ve invested to put their best product on the field. The continual success of UTSA Athletics and academics in the coming years is sure to also be a factor in the band’s growth as it receives more opportunities to be put in the national spotlight.

Making Drum Corp History!

Freshman percussionist, Lisa Huerta is set to make history this summer when she marches with the Madison Scouts Drum Corp. She will be one of two females to play snare drum for the first time with the corps in its over 80-year history!

The corps began as a Boy Scout organization and had been an all-male group since 1938. In 2019, they opened auditions to all genders beginning with the 2020 season. In 2021, Lisa performed in the front ensemble playing the marimba for a shorter, but competitive season. This year, she auditioned to play snare and was offered a contract.

Lisa also plays snare in SOSA and the UTSA Indoor ensemble. We are proud to have her represent UTSA Music and Roadrunner excellence!

2022 COLFA Spring Research Competition Winners In conjunction with the 2022 COLFA Spring Research Conference, the research competition was held on March 23rd and 24th. UTSA Music students had the opportunity to present their research in the Music Lecture-Peformance portion of the competition in front of a panel of judges consisting of Susan Dill, Mark Brill, and Ethan Wickman.

At the undergraduate level, we had Klint Fabian taking the 1st place prize with his presentation, Rest. In 2nd and 3rd, we had Sofia Salazar Arguelles with Hidden meaning in Faure’s Elegie and Isaiah Valdez with Silent Cartography.

Eymen Geylan, 1st place winner at the graduate student level.

For the graduate level competition, Eymen Geylan came in 1st place with Rhythm in Turkish Music: Its History, Adaptations in Piano Music, and Influences. In 2nd place we had Kaitlyn Norman with Aunt Helen

by Monica Pearce, and Natalie Baker in 3rd with Silver Wing: A Lecture Recital.

Congratulations to all our UTSA Music students and their hard work towards achieving Roadrunner excellence at the 2022 COLFA Spring Research Conference!

Klint Fabian (conducting), 1st place winner at the undergraduate student level.

An “Unfinished” Collaboration The UTSA Orchestra and Choir join forces for an epic production, featuring two of the most iconic composers in history and two of their most famous works – both unfinished pieces.

Written by Rolando Ramon

Left: Schubert, Center-top: Troy Peters, Center-bottom: Dr. Yoojin Muhn, Right: Mozart

On April 28th, the UTSA Recital Hall will host a one-of-a-kind program featuring the UTSA Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers. The partnership between string and voice area ensembles is rare, usually only making an appearance together for our annual Winterlude and in reduction for the UTSA Lyric Theater productions. Naturally, such a grand collaboration calls for a performance of two legendary musical works, Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Dr. Yoojin Muhn and Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, also known as the Unfinished Symphony, conducted by Troy Peters. Both pieces were famously never finished, as each of their respective authors passed away before they could be fully realized.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) needs little introduction, being one of the most celebrated composers of all-time. His music career began at age six and would go on to encompass hundreds of composed pieces including symphonies, sonatas, masses, chamber music, operas, and concertos. His works contained some of the most memorable passages in music history. His compositional achievements brought him fame in Europe during his lifetime. However, that life would be short-lived as the Austrian-born composer passed away at the age 35 on December 5th, 1791, and with him went what could’ve been the complete realization of his final composition, Requiem in D minor.

Posthumously, the mythos surrounding the Requiem only grew, such as stories from Mozart’s widow that he received commission for the piece from an anonymous messenger, or that at one point, he believed the Requiem was for himself. “The Requiem remains one of the great mysteries of music history. It was left incomplete when the composer died, yet it remains one of the most popular choral masterworks to this day.

The audience will enjoy the various textures and styles throughout the work,” says Dr. Muhn on the piece.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) cemented his legacy in music history by his own right, being notable for bridging the classical and romantic eras. Like Mozart, his music career also began at an early age. Also, similarly to the latter, he died relatively young, in fact, even sooner at the age of 31. In his short career however, he produced a body of work comprising of over 1,500 works. He was largely influenced by classical contemporaries and his creative genius allowed him deviate from the conventions of harmony at the time, opting to compose around melodic development in lyrical beauty, as well as adapt to any musical form.

Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony stands as one of his most renown works. Only the first two movement were completed by the Schubert himself, with an incomplete sketch of the scherzo in piano being all that was left for the remainder of the work. It is a prime example of his Classical influences coming to meet his own Romantic ideas, as it contains the dramatic structure of sonata form while focusing on a more lyrical melodic * development. The reason for its “unfinished” status remains a mystery and is further complicated by the fact that he lived for 6 more years after starting its composition in 1822. His battles with syphilis, occupation with other works, and creative complications with the symphony’s composition due to the first two movements both being dominated by triple meter have been theorized as likely explanations for the discrepancy in the piece’s completion. Like Mozart’s requiem, attempts have been made by others to complete the work, but it seems that Schubert’s true intentions for the rest of the piece, if there were any beyond the scherzo, will forever remain a mystery.

These two unfinished masterworks will be performed on Thursday, April 28th at 7:30PM in the UTSA Recital Hall. Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony will be conducted by Troy Peters while Dr. Yoojin Muhn conducts Mozart’s Requiem. Mozart’s Requiem will also feature voice soloists Dr. Jourdan Laine Howell (soprano), Crystal Jarrell-Johnson (alto), John Nix (tenor), and Chia-Wei Lee (bass). Tickets the concert will soon be available to purchase through the UTSA Music website at www.music.utsa.edu. * Top right to bottom left: Dr. Jourdan Howell, Crystal Jarrell-Johnson, John Nix, Chia-Wei Lee

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UTSA Recital Hall To purchase tickets, visit the music.utsa.edu events page or call Wesley Penix, Events Manager, at 210-458-5685.

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UTSA MUSIC’S EVENT OF THE YEAR Movie stars have the Golden Globes and Oscars, thespians have the Tony Awards, your favorite hit singers have the Grammys, but the most prestigious of all, #UTSAMUSIC has Extravaganza! A tradition going back many years, the Department of Music is determined to cultivate artists and to give honor where honor is due by recognizing our talented musicians, their teachers, and even past students for the dedication they exude that grew within #UTSAMUSIC. During the annual ceremony event, all individuals related to UTSA Music have the honor of receiving academic and service awards. Among the distinguishments able to be received are the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, Outstanding Friend of Music, and the awards presented by our academic fraternities. Awards such as this and even more date back to the early Extravaganza days in 1993, and date back further to the annual “Scholarship Salute” awards event that was formerly held as a breakfast luncheon ceremony of the likes of the current Extravaganza.

The ceremony also gives students the chance to win academic scholarships to help further their academic journeys, such as the prestigious Presser Scholars Award, a $4000 scholarship that is awarded to a rising senior with very high levels of achievement. “Extravaganza is very meaningful to UTSA Music as a way to celebrate special achievements during the academic year that is nearly done, and reward excellence through the presentation of awards. It is a joyous occasion for us, as the award recipients do not know what they are receiving ahead of time.” said UTSA Music department chair, Dr. Tracy Cowden.

Being that COVID-19 has been a concern for everyone, #UTSAMUSIC’s Extravaganza has been an online event since May of 2020. May of 2022 will usher in the comeback of the in-person presentation and production of Extravaganza! Students, alumni, and faculty alike are thrilled to finally be back in their beloved recital hall, fully able to embrace and recognize those who deserve it most. Along with the live ceremony in the coming months brings the live music performances during the annual celebration, something that was forgotten once the ceremonies were brought to virtuality. Dr. Cowden expressed her excitement for this year’s live ceremony, saying “It is much more fun to see the expressions on student award recipients’ faces in person! Also, it is an opportunity for our donors to connect with our students and their families and learn about their experiences at UTSA.” Be sure to tune in live or virtually to the UTSA Music Extravaganza ceremony this May of 2022!

Music in Urbino: This is Our Classroom Written by J. Drew Stephen

After two full years of remote learning and limited travel, seven students from UTSA Music embraced the opportunity to participate in the COLFA Semester in Urbino, Italy this spring. All participants were able to take courses in music history, conducting, and Italian language. They also had the opportunity to study with professional musicians from the region and take advantage of the many opportunities for experiential learning offered by living and traveling in Italy during the thirteen-week semester. Although regular classes are held in Urbino, much of the learning takes place during our course excursions. Here are some of the highlights so far!

Urbino With so much to see and do in Urbino itself, we have been busy even in our adopted home! We toured the Ducal Palace with its incredible art collection, visited the house where the artist Raffaello was born, and saw the incredible frescoes in the fourteenth-century oratory of St. John the Baptist. After studying the development and conventions of notation in the * ninth century, we went to the State Archives to view fourteenth-century music manuscripts that were repurposed as protective covers for notary documents in the 1600s. It was an incredible opportunity to see some original medieval manuscripts and apply our newfound knowledge of reading early music notation!

We were also very fortunate to receive a demonstration by Gianfranco Bonaventura of two historic organs: the organ in the church of San Francisco constructed by Pietro Nacchini and Francesco Dici in 1762, and the organ in the Oratorio di San Giuseppe constructed by Sebastiano Vici in 1782. Maestro *Tyrique Ivey and Richard Dahl playing the antique organ in the Oratorio di San Giuseppe in Urbino

Bonaventura explained and demonstrated how the organs work, gave us advice on Baroque performance practices, and even let us play the organs ourselves! Check out Gianfranco Bonaventura’s recent recordings on the historic organs of Urbino on Spotify here.

Excursions to Pesaro, Bologna, and Assisi The excursions to nearby cities have offered many rewarding opportunities to explore music in Italy. In the city of Pesaro, we visited Gioachino Rossini’s birth house and were given special permission to play the pianoforte that belonged to him as a student! We also visited the National Rossini Museum housed in the Palazzo Montani Antaldi to see Rossini’s original scores, production materials from his operas, personal items, and discover more about one of Italy’s most famous composers.

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In Bologna, we visited the organ loft in the Basilica of San Petronio, where we saw the Lorenzo da Prato organ of 1476 (which was remarkably still in its original working condition). We also visited the Tagliavini Collection of seventy antique keyboard instruments. Collection curator, Catalina Vicens, met us to talk about the collection and demonstrate some of these amazing instruments.

In Assisi, we visited the upper and lower basilicas dedicated to Saint Francis but also retraced the steps of French composer Olivier Messiaen by listening to and notating the songs of local birds. Messiaen spent over a year in Assisi writing his final opera, Saint François d’Assise, and included original bird songs in the opera to recreate Saint Francis’s sermon to the birds. This was a great way to connect our studies to the soundscape of Assisi!

Extended Excursions to Rome and Florence

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Our four-day major city excursions give us exciting opportunities to expand our classroom. The music students are working with students from other COLFA departments on a cross-disciplinary project called “This Is Our Classroom” that explores the meaning of the Renaissance, the influence of the Florentine Academies, the impact of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the standardization of music and language under Charlemagne, and Shakespeare’s Italian

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4 influences. The project is part of a new Teaching and Learning Reimagined program sponsored by the Department of Academic Innovation. The students are able connect the assigned topics to the significant locations we visit for presentations.

We also explored program music and its connection to the famous locations evoked in Ottorino Respighi’s Pines and Fountains of Rome. In Florence, visited a museum where students gave presentations on rare instruments including Stradivari violins and Cristofori pianofortes. We saw Verdi’s Luisa Miller at the historic Teatro dell’Opera di Roma which introduced us to the great nineteenthcentury traditions of opera in Italy. We also saw Mascagni’s L’Amico Fritz at the brand-new Zubin Mehta Concert Hall in the Teatro del Maggio complex in Florence. The hall was just inaugurated in December 2021 and built by leading acoustic design specialists to create one of the finest spaces of its kind in Europe. Read more about the acoustic design of the Zubin Mehta Concert Hall in Florence.

Even as the semester draws to a close the students are very aware that they will return to San Antonio transformed by the incredible experiences they have encountered during the COLFA Semester in Urbino!

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE COLFA SEMESTER IN URBINO

1- Music students in one of the display rooms at the Tagliavini Collection in Bologna 2- Music students in Lower Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi 3- Adam Garza with the Amati Cello at the Museo degli Strumenti Musicali in Florence 4- UTSA students in the Teatro dell ‘Opera di Roma after a performance of Verdi’s Luisa Miller

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