James Fellenbaum, conductor
Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium
Alumni Memorial Building
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Roman Carnival Overture
Hector Berlioz
Trombone Concerto
Launy Grøndahl
I. Moderato assai
II. Quasi una Leggenda
III. Finale - Rondo
Alexander van Duuren, trombone
INTERMISSION
Act III Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio italien
Piotyr Tchaikovsky
Maria Fernanda Castillo, flute
Jaren Atherholt, oboe
Victor Chávez, Jr., clarinet
Benjamin Atherholt, bassoon
Katie Johnson-Webb, horn
Arthur Zanin, trumpet
Alexander van Duuren, trombone
Alexander Lapins, tuba
Andrew Bliss, percussion
Kevin Zetina, percussion
Miroslav Hristov, violin
Evie Chen, violin
Hillary Herndon, viola
Wesley Baldwin, violoncello
Jon Hamar, contrabass
Alex van Duuren, D.M.A. is a dynamic and versatile trombonist currently serving as Associate Professor of Trombone and Coordinator of the Brass and Percussion Area at the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the Quintasonic Brass Quintet with colleagues Vince DiMartino, Jason Dovel, Matthew Haislip, and Alexander Lapins. Alex has performed with a variety of professional ensembles including the Knoxville Symphony and Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, the Nashville Recording Orchestra, Greenville Symphony, Brevard Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony, Symphony Augusta, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Sonora. In addition to his activities on trombone, he still performs on his original instrument, serving as a piano accompanist for professional recording sessions as well as for his students and guest artists at the University of Tennessee.
van Duuren enjoys as active career as a solo recitalist, performing recently at the Universidad de Las Artes in Guayaquil, Ecuador and appearing in May 2023 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. In the past five years he has performed 40 recitals, solo and with brass quintets, at venues across the United States and abroad.
In addition to maintaining a highly active performing schedule, Alex also enjoys an active career in the recording studio, playing trombone and bass trombone on the 2020 film The Wolf of Snow Hollow, appearing with the American Chamber Winds on Radix Tyrannis and Live at WASBE (Mark Custom Records), as well as producing La Loba, a solo album released by Dr. Katie Johnson-Webb on Summit Records. His own solo album, Vocalizations, can be heard on most streaming services including Spotify and Amazon Music.
After attending the University of Florida and then the University of Michigan, Alex completed his doctorate at the University of Arizona. While there he also completed a doctoral minor in Entrepreneurship with Eller College of Management, which he received while participating in the nationally renowned McGuire Entrepreneurship Program. In 2018, Alex van Duuren was honored with the Governor’s School for the Fine Arts Outstanding Teacher Award.
Violin
Emma Woodward, concertmaster
Katherine D. Moore Endowed Concertmaster Chair
Hunter Wilburn, principal second violin
Euclides Andrade
Hayden Daniel
Ryan Dixson
Grace Fortune
Ethan Hess
Autumn Larmee
Kaylene Letsinger
Krystle Perez de Leun
Yarem Melnyk
Maya Momot
Gabrielle Odom
Jackson Presnell
Sofia Sanchez
Fresly Umaña
Viola
Jackson Alderman, principal
Alex Durkee
Cole Taylor Filip
Jasmine Fischbach
Violet van Gyzen
Jackson Howard
Michael Pasto
Violet Peterson
Anna Robertson
Jeremy Simmons
Ian Skelly
Emily Wankerl
Cello
Stephen Arthur, principal
Erik Isakson
Dylan Jowell
Eli Parsley
Daniel Rivera
Ethan Sharp
Micah Taylor
Tom Williamson
Bass
Jase Conley, principal
Halimah Muhammad
Avery Noe
Jack Willard
Flute
Rebecca Deal, principal
Lynne-Grace Wooden
Sophia Dobbie
Piccolo
Sophia Dobbie
Oboe and English horn
Grace Davis, principal
Matthew Barrett
Clarinet
Rafael Puga, principal
Nathaniel Palcone
Bass Clarinet
Landon Blankenship
Bassoon
Peyton Morgan
Horn
Caleb DeLong, co-principal
Ben Makins, co-principal
Olivia Rhines
Maya Siddiqui
Casey Treanor
Trumpet
Andrew Beiter, principal
John Matthew Dunevant
Dylan McCurry
Micah Purvis
Trombone
Matthew Walker, principal
Wyatt Detrich
Elijah Hoffmann, bass
Tuba
Cameron McKenzie
Timpani
Annika Blackburn
Percussion
Trik Gass, principal
Brooke Duez
Christopher Rosas
Ezekiel Wondwosen
Harp
Cindy Emory*
Piano
Eric Xie
* guest
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