Octubafest
Faculty Artist SeriesSFCM’s Faculty Artist Series is presented as an annual concert series featuring SFCM faculty in performance. This series showcases our world-class faculty to our community and audience members in personally curated repertoire.
Program
Elizabeth Raum: Scenes from the Andalusia
Patrick Zhang, tuba
Margaret Halbig, piano
Robert Schumann: Three Romances Op. 94
Nicht schnell
Einfach, innig
Nicht schnell
Jeffrey Anderson, tuba
Margaret Halbig, piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
IV. Youth and Love
Christoph Willibald Gluck (trans. Christopher Bassett): Melodie
Christopher Basset, bass trombone
Margaret Halbig, piano
Francis Poulenc: Four Prayers of Saint Assisi
Modere, mais sans lenteur
Majestueux, et eclatant
Tre expressif et fervent
Bien calme
Tim Higgins and Paul Welcomer, trombones
Christopher Bassett, bass trombone
Jeffrey Anderson, tuba
-Intermission-
Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E-Flat Op. 40
Andante
Scherzo (Allegro)
Adagio mesto
Allegro con brio
Massimiliano Castor, tuba
Jennifer Redondas, violin
Margaret Halbig, piano
Dan Kramer: Brink
Neil Advant and Vidyuth Guruvayurappan, euphoniums
Massimiliano Castor and Patrick Zhang, tubas
James N. Meador: Reciprocity
Massimiliano Castor and Patrick Zhang, tubas
Departments
Faculty
About SFCM’s Brass Department
Made up of principal brass chairs of the San Francisco Symphony, as well as principal players of the San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras, and a close-knit student body, SFCM’s Brass Department challenges and inspires the next generation of great players.
Studio sizes are kept small to ensure students receive the mentorship and performance opportunities they need, and a yearly side-by-side reading of major brass repertoire with faculty members provides insight into the finer points of orchestral brass performance.