CONWAY, Ark. (April 17, 2017) – The Hendrix College Department
of Music presents A Chamber Players, Jazz Ensembles, and Composers Forum on Sunday,
April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall.
The program is free and open to the public. For more
information, contact Hendrix music professor Dr. Dr. Karen Griebling at 501-450
1249 or griebling@hendrix.edu.
The jazz portion of the program features arrangements by the
Hendrix College Jazz Band, directed by Dr. Barry McVinney, and members Sam
Coker (tenor saxophone); Hayden Criswell (drums/percussion); Molly Harris (vocals);
Christine Hayes (trombone); Jon Dale Nichols (trombone and banjo); Mimi Rebein
(bass); Eli Spake (piano); Kennedy Valley (guitar and ukulele); and John Tate, (drums/percussion).
The group will perform:
- Bemsha Swing by Thelonius
Monk
- The Boy from Ipanema by Antonio
Carlos Jobim
- All of Me by Gerald Marks and Seymour
Simons
Following a brief pause, the program will include the world
premiere of three compositions by Hendrix students:
- Delaney
Wells (mezzo-soprano) and Sam Melhorn (piano) perform Alone by Blythe Bull
- Caralee
Shephard (oboe) and Hendrix music professor Dr. John Krebs (piano) perform Reflections of Spring by Danielle Rosson
- Sydney
Hickok will direct her composition I
Could Float, featuring lyrics by Phil Krell, and performed by Noah Adams (bass),
Chris Donnell (tenor II), Travis Howk (tenor I), Kathleen Mowrey (alto II), Delaney
Wells (alto I), and Bridget Yelk (soprano).
Alto saxophonists Shuhau Kou and Justin Pogue will Duos for Saxophones, Opus 186 by Charles
Koechlin, 19. Moderato tranquillo & 16. Allegretto con moto.
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.