Friday, April 25, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
arr. Cliff Hernandez

To Speak as One

Bobby Ge (b. 1996)

Tango Virtuoso

Thierry Escaich (b. 1965)

PAREA SAXOPHONE QUARTET

Coleman Wright, soprano saxophone
Patrick Rippeon, alto saxophone
Aidan Robbins, tenor saxophone
Cliff Hernandez, baritone saxophone

- brief pause -

Octopus

Karol Beffa (b. 1973)

Shams

Jean-Denis Michat (b. 1971)

Doug O'Connor, saxophone

Deciduous

Viet Cuong (b. 1990)

Featuring the Shenandoah Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

Christopher Boxall
Ethan Fox
Alex Gamboa
Luka Mendoza-Felix
Brodie Meyers
Logan Sawyer

Shine You No More

Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (b. 1983) 
Danish String Quartet
arr. Colin Crake

SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY SAXOPHONE COLLECTIVE

Coleman Wright, soprano saxophone
Aidan Robbins, soprano saxophone
Patrick Rippeon, alto saxophone
Beau Baldassari, alto saxophone
Sarah McCown, tenor saxophone
Shaun Evans, tenor saxophone
Cliff Hernandez, baritone/bass saxophone
Adam Dockins, baritone saxophone
Timothy Roberts, director

The Shenandoah Conservatory Saxophone Ensemble comprises undergraduate and graduate saxophone majors from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. Its mission is to teach the importance of entertaining its audiences while still challenging the artistic and intellectual curiosity of its members in an academic environment.

The group has performed in concerts and masterclasses with many international guest artists that have visited the Shenandoah campus, including Claude Delangle, Philippe Geiss, Mario Marzi, Jean-Yves Formeau, Derek Brown, Lars Mlekusch, Raaf Hekkema, Mariano Garcia, Esneider Valencia Hernandez and Alfonso Padilla. The Shenandoah Conservatory Saxophone Collective was one of the few saxophone ensembles in the world that traveled with full scholarship to the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. The ensemble recently completed its second international tour to Sevilla, Spain, and Paris, France in the summer of 2023, while maintaining an active performance schedule throughout Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.

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