Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

CATEGORY I

Concertino da camera

I. Allegro con moto
II. Larghetto - Animato molto

Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)

Aidan Robbins, alto saxophone

CATEGORY I

Concerto for Alto Saxophone

I. Andante et Allegro

Henri Tomasi (1901–1971)

Wentao Luan, alto saxophone

CATEGORY I

“Quel guardo il cavaliere… So anch’io la virtù magica” from Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)

Grace Ashby, soprano
Amy Bowman, piano 

CATEGORY I

Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, op. 26

Franz Doppler (1821–1883)

Christian Claudio-Segovia, flute

CATEGORY II

Piano Concerto No. 3

I. Allegretto
II. Adagio religioso
III. Allegro vivace

Béla Bartók (1881–1945)

Ido Shalom, piano

- brief intermission -

CATEGORY II

“A Lucky Child” from At the Statue of Venus

Jake Heggie (b. 1961)

Alyssa Bonfardeci, soprano
Karen Schlosser, piano

CATEGORY II

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23

I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
III. Allegro con fuoco

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

Lizhuo Sun, piano

CATEGORY I

Piano Concerto No. 3, op. 26

I. Andante - Allegro

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Andrew Wood, piano

CATEGORY II

“Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” from Carmen

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Morna Chenchen Hu, soprano
Beryl Garver, piano

CATEGORY II

Concerto for Alto Saxophone

I. Andante et Allegro
II. Final: Giration

Henri Tomasi (1901–1971)

Coleman Wright, alto saxophone

VOICE

Nancy Gustafson

Northwestern University

PIANO & CONDUCTOR

Simeone Tartaglione

The Catholic University of America

VIOLA

Jim Kelly

National Philharmonic

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