Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Faculty artist Recital: George Curran, bass trombone and Bernard H. Flythe, tuba.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1595/thumbnail.jp

Curran, George

Flythe, Bernard

Pool, Valerie

English

DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University

                                            School of Music   presents   FACULTY ARTIST RECITAL  George Curran, bass trombone Bernard H. Flythe, tuba  Valerie Pool, piano     Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center Performance Hall  Fifteenth Concert of the 2008-2009 season                                         Kennesaw State University School of Music  Faculty Artist Recital George Curran, bass trombone Bernard H. Flythe, tuba Valerie Pool, piano   Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center Performance Hall   PROGRAM   Concerto for Bass Tuba (1954) Ralph Vaughan Williams  (1872-1958)  I. Allegro moderato Mr. Flythe   Ms. Pool   Andante, Op. 64 (1939) Alexander Tcherepnin   (1899-1977) Mr. Curran   Ms. Pool   Three Furies for Solo Tuba James Grant   (b. 1954)  Fury II-very clean, gently inebriated  Fury III-relentless throughout Mr. Flythe   Concerto No. 2 for Bass Trombone (1986) Alexei Lebedev   (1924-1993) Mr. Curran   Ms. Pool  INTERMISSION                                               Kennesaw State University  Upcoming Music Events   Thursday, October 30 Kennesaw State University Faculty Artist Recital Jana Young, soprano 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Sunday, November 2 Kennesaw State University Ensemble-in-Residence Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra 7:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Wednesday, November 5 Kennesaw State University  Jazz Guitar Ensemble 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Thursday, November 6 Kennesaw State University  Jazz Ensembles 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Friday, November 7 Kennesaw State University  Classical Guitar Ensemble 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall  Saturday, November 8 Kennesaw State University Alumni Recital Matthew Dunlap, classical guitar 8:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Performance Hall     For the most current information, please visit http://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/events/   Ricercar VII (1689) Domenico Gabrieli   (1651-1690) Mr. Curran   Adagio from “The Limpid Stream”  Dmitri Shostakovich  Op. 39 (1935) (1906-1975)   Transcribed by Harri Miettunen Mr. Flythe   Ms. Pool   Concerto for Bass Trombone, Op. 239 (2006) Derek Bourgeois   (b. 1941)  I. Allegro con energico  II. Adagio molto  III. Allegro molto vivace Mr. Curran   Ms. Pool                                                                George Curran bass trombone  Bass trombonist George Curran began his first season with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2006, the same year he joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University. Prior to his appointment with the ASO, Mr. Curran performed with the New World Symphony from 2004-2006. A native of Farmington Hills, Michigan, he received his BME from Central Michigan University in 2000 and MM from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 2002. His principal teachers have been John Rojak and Peter Norton. Mr. Curran has performed extensively around the United States, including with the Cincinnati, North Carolina, West Virginia and New Haven Symphonies, the Chicago Civic and Louisville Orchestras, and Dayton Philharmonic. He was also a member of the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra As a soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Curran has also been successful in competitions, winning the Eastern Trombone Workshop Solo Competition in 2003 and solo competitions at both of his alma maters. At the 2002 International Trombone Festival, he was a member of the Quartet Competition Winner and was finalist in the Yaxley Solo Competition.   Bernard H. Flythe tuba  Bernard H. Flythe joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University in 2007. Prior to his appointment at KSU, Mr. Flythe served for three years as the assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at Austin Peay State University and is currently serving on the artist faculty at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival. He also served on the faculties of the University of Toledo, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan All State Program at Interlochen, the University of Michigan Summer Arts Institute, and the UNC-Greensboro Summer Music Camp. As an orchestral tubist, Mr. Flythe has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony. During the 1992-1993 season, he served as the acting principal tubist with the North Carolina Symphony. As a chamber musician, Mr. Flythe has performed with the Detroit Chamber Winds, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, and the North Carolina Symphony Brass Quintet. Mr. Flythe received a bachelor of music degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He earned his master of music and his specialist in music degrees from The University of Michigan. Mr. Flythe’s principal tuba teachers include Fritz Kaenzig, Robert Leblanc, David Lewis, Wesley Jacobs, and Michael Sanders.   Valerie Pool piano  Valerie Pool is currently a staff pianist at Kennesaw State University, where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance. She is an active performer and freelance musician in the metro Atlanta area, performing with both instrumentalists and vocalists, and working with musical theatre productions. She recently completed her Master’s Degree in Collaborative Piano at the University of Georgia.  Valerie has participated in the collaborative piano programs at Brevard Music Center and at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, and she served as the Assistant to the Director of Collaborative Studies at the Asolo Festival for Song Interpretation in Asolo, Italy during the summer of 2008.               

Faculty Artist Recital: George Curran, bass trombone and Bernard H. Flythe, tuba

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1595&amp;context=musicprograms

Faculty Artist Recital: George Curran, bass trombone and Bernard H. Flythe, tuba

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University