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Final Round of the 2021/22 Student Soloists Competition
11.23.21 | Armstrong Concert Hall
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2021/22 Student Soloists Competition
Final Round

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

Program
CATEGORY II (GRADUATE)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58

I. Allegro moderato

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

David Lécuyer, piano
John O’Conor,* piano


Ah! Je Veux Vivre from Roméo et Juliette

Charles Gounod (1818–1893)

Katie Burnham, soprano
Tianbo Guo, piano


Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

I. Allegro

Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

Edward Cho, cello
Marika Bournaki,* piano


Je Suis Titania from Mignon

Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)

Gabriella Rose Pisacreta, soprano
Eoín Fleming, piano


Concerto for Clarinet

Artie Shaw (1910–2004)

Sarah McMichen, clarinet
Will Strickler, drums


Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73

I. Allegro

Ludwig van Beethoven

Szymon Czerniak, piano
John O’Conor,* piano


- intermission -


CATEGORY I (UNDERGRADUATE)

Quel guardo il cavaliere from Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)

Lourdes Rodriguez, soprano
Tianbo Guo, piano


Concerto for Clarinet in B-flat Major

Karol Kurpiński (1785–1857)

Jalen Mims, clarinet
Alexander Bernstein,* piano


Des Fleurs from Lakme

Léo Delibes (1836–1891)

Bailey Kinsella, soprano
Grace Frame, soprano
Sarah Gorman, piano


Concerto for Clarinet, op. 57

Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)

Peter Mattson, clarinet
Jacob Routhier, snare drum
Alexander Bernstein,* piano 


*denotes Shenandoah Conservatory faculty

Final Round Guest Jury
Dr. Ivo Kaltchev

Head of the Piano Area at The Rome School of Music, Drama and Art at The Catholic University of America

Ángel Gil-Ordóñez

Music Director Post Classical Ensemble DC, Principal Guest Conductor, Perspectives Ensemble, NY, Music Director, Georgetown University Orchestra, D.C.

Craig Keir

Artistic and Music Director of the Annapolis Opera, Director of Maryland Opera Studio

Awards Presentation

The awards presentation will follow on stage immediately after the Final Round jury’s deliberations.

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