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Guitar Ensemble
04.21.26 | Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Guitar Ensemble
with the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy Guitar Ensemble

SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY GUITAR ENSEMBLE
Colin Davin, director

SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY ARTS ACADEMY GUITAR ENSEMBLE
Keith Filppu, director

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

Program
SPECIAL GUEST ENSEMBLE

Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy (SCAA) Guitar Ensemble

Keith Filppu, director

Rain Dance

Annette Kruisbrink (b. 1958)

Sun Dance

Annette Kruisbrink (b. 1958)

Zach Abe, Bob Lowden, Ron Medina, Aly Morales, Bob Moran, Khloe Nichols, Conor Ryan, James Sykes, Robert Whitesell, Jim Wiedower

Romanza Rumba

Traditional
arr. Julie Goldberg

Zach Abe, Bob Lowden, Ron Medina, Aly Morales, Bob Moran, Khloe Nichols, Conor Ryan, James Sykes, Robert Whitesell, Jim Wiedower

WITH THE SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Weijia Chen, Eleanor Choe, Josh Klein, Don McLean, Alice McNutt, Valeria Perero Santa Cruz, Mitchell Roman, Tyson Wright


Shenandoah Conservatory Guitar Ensemble

Colin Davin, director

Musica Incidental Campesina

Preludio
Interludio
Danza
Final

Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)

Josh Klein, Valeria Perero Santa Cruz

Selections from Tango, Milonga y Final

Milonga de Junio
Tango de Abril

Máximo Diego Pujol (b. 1957)

Mitchell Roman, Alice McNutt

Ständchen

 Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856)

Weijia Chen, Tyson Wright

The Flatt Pavin
Galliard to the Flatt Pavin

John Johnson (1545–1594)

Eleanor Choe, Don McLean

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
arr. Jeremy Sparks

Weijia Chen, Eleanor Choe, Don McLean, Tyson Wright

WORLD PREMIERE
A Day in Her Life

Don McLean (b. 2005)

Josh Klein, Alice McNutt, Valeria Perero Santa Cruz, Mitchell Roman

Dusty Grooves

Clarice Assad (b. 1978)

Weijia Chen, Eleanor Choe, Josh Klein, Don McLean, Alice McNutt, Valeria Perero Santa Cruz, Mitchell Roman, Tyson Wright

Meet the Director
Colin Davin
Director
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