Join the School of Performing Arts as they play host to the regional conference of the Society of Composers. Over the course of two days, a group of talented musicians will bring to life some beautiful compositions over the course of six different concerts.

All performances will take place in Minsky Recital Hall and are free and open to the public. In addition, these performances will be streamed on the UMaine SPA YouTube channel here.

You can find a link to the full program here.

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Schedule

Feb 21 – 12:30PM

Matthew Schildt, Two Autumn Reveries, for clarinet and piano
Beth Wiemann, clarinet Laura Artesani, piano

Aaron Alter, La Joie de Vivre – Flute and Piano
Liz Downing, flute Laura Artesani, piano

Ralph Lewis, Duotube, laptop and video
Ralph Lewis

Beth Wiemann, Rose’s Pictures, flute, piano, video
Liz Downing, flute Laura Artesani, piano

Feb 21 – 3:30PM

Cecilia Suhr, Human vs. Transhuman: Act one, for voice and video
Cecilia Suhr, voice

Sheriffs Swanson, Love Songs
Paul Scherer, Les Saisons
Max Johnson, All Night Long (2022)

Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, mezzo-soprano, Scott Cuellar, piano

Thomas Yee, Concerto Ludus for Piano and Gameboy, (video)
Scott Cuellar, piano

Feb 21 – 7:30PM

Sarah Marze, If You Go Outside (To a Cat)
Kayla Gayton, soprano Laura Artesani, piano

Kari Juusela, Karitas Habundat
Kari Juusela, cello Juan Carlos Rios, piano

Philip Carlsen, “The Cellist”
Andrew Bonacci, “Night”
Anuj Bhutani, “Oaks and Roses”;

William Vollinger, “Two Banquets”
Yi-Ning Lo, “Seek Home”
Euphony, chamber choir, Fran Vogt conductor

Feb 22 – 12:30PM

Neil Flory, into the strenuous briefness, for saxophone
Andy Wen, sopranino saxophone

Chris Cresswell, in search of distant guiding suns
Two movements
Ben Ellis, guitar

Dalton H. Regnier, the bat flies at sunset, for clarinet alone
Beth Wiemann, clarinet

Michele Caniato, Half-Time (A Basketball Intermezzo)
Andy Wen, saxophone

Richard Nelson, A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, A Dream
Resinosa Ensemble

Feb 22 – 4PM

Frank Felice, O Virgo Ecclesia, an antiphon of Hildegarde of Bingen
Kayla Gayton, soprano Laura Artesani, piano

Chris Arrell, (Spirits/Spectra) – electronic sound

Sami Seif, Miniatures from Phoenicia – Flute Alone
Liz Downing, flute

Nathan Scalise, Consider the Hippopotamus
UMaine Trombone Quartet

Feb 22 – 7:30PM

Michael Rickleton, Battle Songs
Zachary Fisher, tenor Laura Artesani, piano

Natalie Draper, Until there is nothing left
Scott Cuellar, piano

Tayloe Harding, Sea Island Trio

Beth Wiemann, clarinet Dan Barrett, trombone

Ethan Soledad, “In effect it is this: that I love you”
Wenxin Li, “Kong Shan Xi Yu (Rain in the Mountains)”
University Singers, Fran Vogt conductor