03.11.2021 NRC Tom Smith Cello Benefit

TOM SMITH CELLO SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT CONCERT

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021 PHILIPS AUTOGRAPH LIBRARY PHILIPS MEMORIAL BUILDING 8:15 PM

PROGRAM CELLO SONATA IN G MINOR OP. 65................................................................ Frédéric Chopin II. Scherzo and Trio (1810-1849) III. Largo

Lia Criscuolo, cello

SUSPENDED BETWEEN THE WORLDS .......................................................... Ovidiu Marinescu (Composed 2020)

Ovidiu Marinescu, cello

ORBIT ...........................................................................................................................Philip Glass (b.1937)

Carlos Martinez, cello

STRING QUARTET NO. 6 IN F MINOR, OP.80.............................................Felix Mendelssohn III. Adagio (1809-1847)

Benjamin Weaver, violin Olivia Jihyun Choi, violin Priscilla Nieves, viola Alexandra Paino, cello

I’M NOT OK.............................................................................................. My Chemical Romance (2001)

Ceara Caisido, cello Carlos Martinez, cello Lia Criscuolo, cello Simon Perez, cello

Aloneliness ....................................................................................................... Ovidiu Marinescu (Composed 2020)

Ceara Caisido, cello

CONCERTO IN D MINOR FOR PIANO BWV 1052 .................................. Johann Sebastian Bach I. Allegro (1685-1750)

Soloist: Joseph Rosetti, piano Benjamin Weaver, violin Olivia Jihyun Choi, violin Priscilla Nieves, viola Alexandra Paino, cello

Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices.

UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739

COVID-19 STATEMENT In Person Audiences Are Not Permitted for Spring 2021 Events Friday, March 12, 2021, 7:30 PM Symphony Orchestra Concert Joseph Caminiti, director WCU Foundation West Chester, PA

Sunday, March 21, 2021, 3:00 PM Mastersingers Concert Ryan Kelly, director Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall Swope Music Building

Sunday, March 21, 2021, 7:30 PM Concert Choir Concert David P. DeVenney, director Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall Philips Memorial Building

Sunday, March 28, 2021, 3:00 PM Wind Ensemble Concert Andrew Yozviak, director Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

Monday, March 29, 2021, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: Terry Klinefelter, piano

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 8:15 PM Trumpet Ensemble Concert Jean-Christophe Dobrzelewski & Robert Skoniczin, directors Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center

Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Thursday, April 1, 2021, 12:00 PM Madeleine Wing Adler Concert Series

Monday, April 5, 2021, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital: Karen Dannessa, clarinet

Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building

Philips Autograph Library Philips Memorial Building

*Tickets required for this event.

Events at the Wells School of Music are often supported by individual donors and organizations.

Contributions to the Wells School of Music may be made out to: WCU Foundation, 202 Carter Drive, West Chester, PA 19382 Please include “School of Music Deans Fund” in the memo line.

For further information, please call (610) 436-2868 or visit wcufoundation.org A majority of performances are available to watch via live stream at Facebook.com/ArtsAtWCUPA and LiveStream.com/wcupa.

Mr. Robert Rust, Audio & Visual Technician Steinway & Sons Piano Technical, Tuning and Concert Preparations by Gerald P. Cousins, RPT If you do not intend to save your program, please recycle it in the baskets at the exit doors.

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