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September6 - Sat^3 p.m.Guest Artist/Faculty Recital: Monica Fosnaugh, oboe, and Scott Strong, horn, with Emily Yap Chua, pianoWimberly Recital Hall, Presser Hall
The Guest Artist Series opens the 2025-26 season with esteemed musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Monica Fosnaugh, English Horn with the Detroit Symphony since 2012, and Scott Strong, Third Horn with the Detroit Symphony since 2014, join with Randolph College professor Emily Yap Chua for an afternoon of chamber music for oboe, French horn, and piano. The program includes works by French composer Francis Poulenc, Belgian composer Jane Vignery, and German composers Robert Kahn and Carl Reinecke. Admission is free.October22 - Wed^7:30 p.m.Guest Artist Series: The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet with Virginia Tango
Houston Memorial Chapel
Immerse yourself in an evening of tango with The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet and Virginia Tango! The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the premiere ambassadors for the evolution of tango into new territories. Composed of four virtuoso musicians, the quartet’s performances feature Pedro's own innovative compositions and arrangements, as well as his interpretations of the great tango masters from Pugliese to Piazzolla. They have released three albums to date: the very first, Vigor Tanguero, won a Latin GRAMMY in 2018. The second, Impulso Tanguero (2021), continued to evolve the possibilities of tango, demonstrating how Giraudo’s contemporary tango style crossed over elegantly and seamlessly to the world of chamber music. In the most recent release, Strata (2024), Giraudo ventures into the world of symphonic music, crafting a rich sonic landscape that draws from his diverse musical influences. Joining them is Virginia Tango, the Richmond-based husband-and-wife duo of Cristian Bravo and Anna León, whose mission is to transmit the identity of Argentine Tango and its social and theatrical expression. These dancers have a combined experience of more than 35 years as professional tango dancers, including championship competition awards, and teaching and performing all over the world and in prominent schools in Buenos Aires. Visit their website at <https://www.virginiatango.com/> to learn more.January24 - Sat^3 p.m.Guest Artist/Faculty Recital: Christopher O'Rear, baritone, with Emily Yap Chua, piano
Wimberly Recital Hall, Presser Hall
Baritone Chistopher O’Rear appears regularly around the southeastern U.S. in recital, opera, and oratorio, and has also appeared internationally as both recitalist and conductor in Berlin, London, and Milan. An assistant professor of voice at the University of Northern Alabama, he holds the Bachelor of Arts in Music from Winthrop University, Master of Music in Choral Conducting with emphasis in Church Music from Samford University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance from The University of Alabama. Dr. O'Rear will be joined by Randolph College professor Emily Yap Chua in this program including selections from opera, art song, and musical theatre. Admission is free.February6 - Fri^7:30 p.m.Guest Artist Series: The Alfred Yun Quartet
Wimberly Recital Hall, Presser Hall
Korean-American jazz pianist and composer Alfred Yun'15 is influenced by his upbringing in both the United States and Korea, with musical connections ranging from jazz, hip hop, and K-Pop to traditional Korean music. Among Yun's recent accomplishments, he was honored to be chosen by the Music Center At Strathmore as an Artist-in-Residence for the 2023-2024 season, and his latest album, Voice and Phenomenon, explores the relationship between love and violence. Voice and Phenomenon was rewarded by the New Music Creator Fund as July’s Grantee of the Month and featured by Bandcamp’s Artist Spotlight on Reddit. Yun has performed works from this album at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage as well as the legendary Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. This concert will feature works from this album, which uses the voice in varying forms -- gibberish, games, poems, singing, spoken word, rap, laughter, and more -- to invite the listener into an intimate account of these disparate voices, sounds, and experiences. Admission is free.March21 - Sat^7:30 p.m.Guest Artist Series: The Shana Tucker Trio
Wimberly Recital Hall, Presser Hall
Hints of acoustic pop soulful folk, infused with strong undertones of jazz illuminate the ChamberSoul™ musical stories woven by cellist/singer-songwriter Shana Tucker. Touted by JazzTimes Magazine as “a jazz talent...whose imprint and vitality has already been quite visible...” Shana’s style and sound have been described as a curious mash-up of Joni Mitchell, Dianne Reeves, Ella Fitzgerald and Tracy Chapman, with an efficient complexity of songwriting reminiscent of Bill Withers. Following the release and promotion of her debut CD, SHiNE (MamaGooch Music), a radio interview on NPR led to an invitation to join the musical cast of KÀ by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, where Shana remained for 5 years before returning to a full-time schedule of performing, recording, collaborating on an international level. A committed arts education advocate, Shana is also a sought-after teaching artist, frequently presenting workshops and artist-in-residences in schools and communities across the country, for people of all ages and abilities, students and teachers and aspiring teaching artists alike.
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