CONWAY, Ark. (January 26, 2016) – Hendrix
College composers Sydney Hickok '17 and Dr. Karen Griebling will be featured in
the Conway Composers Guild Concert on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. at First United
Methodist Church in Conway.
The event is free and the public is invited. For more information,
email musicianmail-ccg@yahoo.com
or visit https://www.facebook.com/ConwayComposers.
The program will also feature student performers Bridget Yelk
’17, Kelsey Williams ’17, Delia De Silva, and Abby Condit ’16, as well as faculty
performers Timothy Allen, Betty Lewis Coombs Cohen, Gretchen Renshaw, Alicia
Williams, Lorraine Duso, and Beth Hendrix, and alumna Stephanie
Smittle ’03.
Ryan Key of Fayetteville is the winner of the 2016 McBeth Memorial
Composition Competition. His winning work, "Cling" will be premiered
at the event, which will also include the awards ceremony.
The competition was offered by the Conway Composers Guild
with the support of the Conway Symphony Orchestra, Israel Getzov Artistic
Director, Geoffrey Robson and Philip Mann of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra,
and Makemusic Software, whose generous support made possible the tangible
award of a Finale music notation software package for the winner and Smartmusic
software package for his teacher, Dr. Robert Mueller.
The CCG
Annual Concert program includes:
The Gingerbread Man by
Jorrell Bonner
Abby Condit, Violin; Alicia Williams, Flute; Beth Hendrix, Clarinet; Maleka
Momand, Bassoon.
Typical Minor Canon by
Jorrell Bonner
Abby Condit, Violin; Sara Vaca Anaya, Cello
Do You Love Me? by
Jorrell Bonner
Abby Condit, Violin; Sara Vaca Anaya, Cello; Jorrell Bonner, Voice
Cabotaje by Michael
Yoder
Michael Yoder, Fretless electric bass and electronic effects
“Hey” The Oven Bird by Sydney Hickok
Soprano-Bridget Yelk
Mezzo-soprano- Delia De Silva
Alto- Kelsey Williams
Piano- Timothy Allen
Dialogues d’amour et de
la mort Poems and Music by Karen Griebling
Stephanie Smittle, soprano
Betty Lewis Coombs Cohen, piano
Cling by Ryan Key
Gretchen Renshaw, Euphonium
Gail Robertson, Tuba
Paul Dickinson, Piano
Trio DDG by Paul Dickinson
Lorraine Duso and Leanna Booze, oboes
Elizabeth Wheeler English horn
About
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway,
Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since
1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges
That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is
nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic
quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.