Twelfth Annual VCSU Composers Competit ion and Concert

7:30 p.m. Froemke Auditorium *Just Keep Your Candle Shining Bright

Kirci Wagner, soprano; Jaime Namminga, piano Settings for Piano video

Louis Claussen, piano

Etude for Tuba Lyle Hager, tuba

Sonata in Eb

Jaime Namminga, piano Ruhest du Auch video

Michele Izor, soprano; Elizabeth Neff, piano *Cheat Prompt

electronics Flute Calls

Courtney Peterson, flute

Prelude in A Minor video Candace Travis, organ

Inner Musings

Jaime Namminga, piano Blessing video

Dave Ragland, baritone; Dr. Vicki King, piano

*Never and Always on My Mind Dr. Jorge Variego, saxophone; Tyson Eli, guitar

*Moving Forward

electronics Four-Tune Music

Jaime Namminga, piano Coplas por la Muerta de su Padre

Tommy Zinke, baritone; Jaime Namminga, piano *Midnight Recovery

Tyler Manske, vocals/guitar; Sarah Rhyan, piano; Tommy Zinke, trumpet David Burgess, trombone; Bradyn Good, saxophone

Beau Brunsvold and Scott Westby, percussion; Lyle Hager, bass

*Pop Category Collegiate Competition; all others are in the Classical Category Collegiate Competition

J. David Moore has been in love with a cappella singing and the romance of word and melody ever since high school. Since then, he has written over two hundred arrangements of vocal jazz, spirituals, barbershop quartet, Celtic mouth music, Civil Rights marching songs, early American hymn tunes, sixteenth-century madrigals, and folk music in Ukrainian, Gaelic, Austrian, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and Latin. His own compositions are shaped by his voracious appetite for music of every era and style. He has written art song, oratorios, music for percussion ensemble, string quartet, wind ensemble, baroque

orchestra, and tuned wine glasses. He has written music for worship, dance, and the stage, including the outdoor spectacle Solstice River, created by choreographer Marilee Hardenbergh. David has founded and directed two professional a cappella ensembles since graduate school: Cincinnati-based The Village Waytes and St. Paul's Dare To Breathe, with whom he performed, recorded, and was awarded the McKnight Fellowship for Performing Artists in 2001. He has won numerous grants, awards, and residencies from many organizations such as ASCAP, the Jerome Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the American Composers Forum. He has been commissioned by many varied organizations. In addition to his own company, Fresh Ayre Music, David’s music is published through Boosey & Hawkes, Colla Voce, Earthsongs, Hinshaw, Mark Foster, Music for Percussion. Transcontinental Music Publications, and Yelton Rhodes Music. He is currently the Director of Music at Nativity Episcopal Church in Burnsville.

Dr. Jorge Variego is a composer and performer from Argentina who obtained his master’s degree with double major in composition and clarinet performance from Carnegie Mellon University where he attended as a Fullbright Fellow. He also holds the Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Florida and the JD equivalent from the National University of Rosario. He recently released his solo CD “Necessity” under the Albany records label from New York and it has received several outstanding reviews. His dissertation piece, “Colors,” was premiered in August of 2011by the Symphonic

Orchestra of Rosario, Argentina. Dr. Variego assisted with the mentoring, providing feedback for their draft works. He teaches theory, woodwinds and composition at VCSU.

Dr. Sara Hagen hosts and organizes the mentoring program each year. This year marks the fourth consecutive year that VCSU has received the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation grant through the Irving Caesar Fund to support a professional mentor for a semester. Fifty-four students participated in this year’s event, including two high school students from Fargo South.

VCSU Garage Bands Aural Excitement: Tyler Manske, Zach Nelson, Joe Wright, Annalicia Reinig, Sam Grinter, Angie Johnson Two Girls, One Band: Sam Grinter, Caylor Leigh, Kelsey Botner, Lyle Hager, Tyler Olson Riot: Darrin Teske, Bernae Hertz, Alex Bernhardt, Tyson Eli, Crysta Haase

Composer’s names are not reflected on this program to maintain anonymity.