Arunda/Dr Masahito Sugihara
 Dr Masahito Sugihara is the assistant professor of saxophone at Morehead State University. He earned the Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Northwestern University as a student of Dr Frederick L Hemke. Sugihara has appeared as recitalist and clinician in Japan, Canada, Norway, and United States. He has performed in the Chamber Orchestras of Philadelphia, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chicago Lyric Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Dal Niente, Grant Park Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and New York City Ballet. Previously, he taught saxophone and chamber music in the Chicago area at Northwestern University, Roosevelt University. Sugihara is a Rico Artist and performs on Rico Reserve Classic Alto Reeds. Arunda (Sarah Cruickshank, Jenny Stephenson, Anna Mary Lynch) is a young and dynamic wind trio of graduates from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, The Royal College of Music London and The Conservatoire à Rayonnement Région de Marseille. This versatile and enthusiastic trio enjoys bringing music to a wide variety of audiences, events and venues. The trio has been accepted by the prestigious Live Music Now scheme, as founded by Yehudi Menuhin, and has also been invited to work with the Music in Hospitals charity. |
The Nutcracker Overture - Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThe Nutcracker has been performed by countless ballet companies every year and it has become a holiday classic for many decades. The overture is originally scored for somewhat unconventional instrumentation of 3 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, a triangle, violins, and violas.Le Tombeau de Couperin, - Maurice Raveli. Prélude
ii. Fugue
iii. Rigaudon
Ravel pays homage to the French Baroque composer Françiois Couperin as well as the Baroque style and formalism in Le Tombeau de Couperin. Timbre of the reed quartet adds more colors to the expressive music. Three movements are chosen from the six-movement suite. Three Preludes - George Gershwini. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
ii.Andante con moto e poco rubato
iii. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Originally composed for solo piano, Gershwin's Three Preludes successfully incorporates elements of jazz into concert music. The outer movements are highly rhythmic and energetic while the middle movement has a lethargic and bluesy atmosphere. |
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