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Photos: Winter concert puts student musicians in the spotlight
Gargoyle staff reporter
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, The OG, photo galleries
UNI HELD ITS annual winter concert Sunday afternoon at Smith Memorial Hall, featuring performances by the orchestra, mixed chorus, and Madrigals. The concert's 13 selections included the orchestra's performance of “Waltz of the Flowers” from “The Nutcracker Suite” and the mixed chorus' “The Road Not Taken,” originally a poem written by Robert Frost. Madrigals sang Henry Leslie's “Charm Me Asleep,” Robert Young's “All for Love,” and Hans Leo Hassler's “Come, All Musicians, Come.” The concert ended with the mixed chorus performing the traditional spiritual “Go Down Moses,” featuring alto Linda Song, tenor Daniel Borup, and string bassist Alex Cahill.
One of the highlights occurred when music director Rick Murphy asked Marilyn Upah Bant to come to the stage. Senior Daisy Hassani presented Bant with a bouquet, and Murphy dedicated “Waltz of the Flowers” to her. Bant, Uni's longtime director of development and alumni affairs, has announced she will be leaving for another position on campus. After 15 years at Uni, including five years as the parent of a Uni student (Jason Bant, Class of 1998), she will take over as coordinator of communications for the new Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. She will begin her new job Feb. 1.
What follows is just a small sample of photos. Be sure to check back later for an audio slideshow.
photos by Michelle Gao & Lizzy Warner
The orchestra performs Vivaldi's “Concerto Grosso in D Major.” (click photos to enlarge)
Music director Rick Murphy leads the mixed chorus as it sings “Mi Yetneni Of” (“Who Will Give
Me Wings”), a traditional Jewish melody, with Daisy Hassani accompanying on piano.
Highlights of the orchestra's performance included its rendition of Claude-Michel Schönberg's
“Miss Saigon.”
The mixed chorus sang six pieces during Sunday's concert, including “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling-place” from Brahms' “Requiem.”
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