Natchitoches - Northwestern Symphony Society
Presents
The Natchitoches-Northwestern Chamber Orchestra
In Concert
Directed by: Douglas Bakenhus and Andrej Kurti
February 11, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Magale Recital Hall
Program
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049,
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Soloists:
Emilio Castro-violin
Tucker Uebersax-flute
Parrel Appolis-flute
Petite Symphonie, Ch. Gounod (1818-1893)
Cecilia Linares-flute
Yesenia Zapata and Joel Ramos-oboes
Richard Carrillo and Kaylin Butler-clarinets
Kristoff Hairr and Turner Sugg-bassoons
Angie Mejia and Jelsson Flores-horns
Concerto Grosso, in G Major, Op. 6. No. 1, G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Soloists:
Emilio Castro-violin
Carlos Diaz del Valle-violin
Jesus Calderon-cello
Divertimento in D Major, K. 136, W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Bach/Handel/Mozart Roster:
Violin 1
Emilio Castro, concertmaster
Josias Daniel Ramos
Oscar Andres Carballo Torres
Meredith Corrales
Violin 2
Carlos Diaz del Valle, principal
Jose Mario Villeda
Abigail Morales Ramos
Perla Hipp
Viola
Ronald Zaldana Sanchez, principal
Norman Martinez
Emma Felton
Cello
Jesus Calderon, principal
Santiago Rovira
Maira Avellaneda
Prof. Paul Christopher
Bass
William Shupak, principal
Zavion Sowell
Flute
Tucker Uebersax
Parrel K. Appolis
Harpsichord
José Luzuriaga
Remaining 2024- 2025 Concert dates and venues at a glance:
(for more information and repertoire for each concert, click here)
(Program changes are updated here as soon as possible)
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 7:30pm Magale Recital Hall:
(also on Friday, January 17, 2025, 11:30am, LMEA, Grand Ballroom of the Hilton New Orleans Riverside in New Orleans, LA)
We were fortunate to be asked to perform at this year's Louisiana Music Educators Association Conference in New Orleans. Thus, we will have a Natchitoches performance on January 15. The program will include Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Hungarian March (“Marche Hongroise”) from “The Damnation of Faust,” Op. 24 (1846) by Hector Berlioz, and closing with Jean Sibelius’s glorious Finlandia, Op. 26.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 7:30pm, Magale Recital Hall: "Concerto Winners and Appalachian Spring"
This concert will feature NSU's most talented student musicians. In addition, we have Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" and a jovial orchestra demonstration piece by Russell Peck called "Playing with Style."
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 7:30pm Magale Recital Hall: "Bach Magnificat"
For our final concert, we return to our pre-pandemic tradition of closing the season with a grand choral work! We will be joined by the NSU Symphony Chorus performing two of the most profound and heartfelt utterances in all symphonic and chorus repertoire. First, J.S. Bach's awe-inspiring Magnificat followed by Franz Joseph Haydn's passionately majestic Te Deum for the Empress Marie Thérèse.
Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Society, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1979. Our mission is to provide NSU Symphony Orchestra students scholarships to supplement tuition and books. All donations are tax-deductible.