Ithaca College

Higgins, Samuel

Ithaca College 
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2-8-2020 
Elective Recital: Samuel Higgins, double bass 
Samuel Higgins 
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Elective Recital:
Samuel Higgins, double bass
Nabenhauer Recital Room
Saturday, February 8th, 2020
4:00 pm
Program
The Blarney Pilgrim Traditional
The Earl's Chair Traditional
The Silver Spear Traditional
Highpoint Jig Set Traditional
Esopus Jig
The Kesh
The Blackthorn Stick
Atlantic Journey Samuel Higgins
(b. 1998)
Ballroom Jig J.S. Bach
(1685-1750)
The Banshee Traditional
Caoineadh Cú Chulainn Davy Spillane
(b. 1959)
Emily's Reel Mark O'Connor
(b. 1961)
Swallowtail Jig Traditional
The Parting Glass Traditional
Samuel Higgins is from the studios of Nicholas Walker and Will Cravy.


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Elective Recital: Samuel Higgins, double bass

Donza, Cibelle J

Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra

Ithaca College 
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2-9-2020 
Graduate Lecture Recital: Cibelle J. Donza: Gabriela Lena Frank, 
Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra 
Cibelle J. Donza 
Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra 
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Lecture Recital: Gabriela Lena Frank,
Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra
Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra
Octavio Más-Arocas, music director
Cibelle J. Donza, conductor 
Ford Hall
Sunday, February 9th, 2020
4:00 pm

Program
Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra Gabriela Lena Frank
(b. 1972)I. Soliloquio Serrano
II. Huaracas
IV. Tarqueada 
Cibelle J. Donza is from the studio of Octavio Más-Arocas.
Biography
Cibelle J. Donza
     Cibelle J. Donza, is a first-year graduate conductor at Ithaca
College, under the mentorship of Profesor Octavio Más-Arocas. She
serves as the assistant conductor of IC Symphony Orchestra and a
the co-principal conductor of IC Sinfonietta and Cornell University
Open Orchestra. 
     In Brazil, she was the assistant conductor of Theatro da Paz
Symphony Orchestra (OSTP) and performed in important concerts
with this orchestra, such as XXIX and XXX International Music Festival
of Pará. She conducted the closing concert of the XVI International
Opera Festival at Theatro da Paz, being the first woman to conduct at
these festivals and orchestra. She is also, the principal conductor and
artistic director of "Zarabatana Jazz Band", since 2010, having
recorded 2 DVDs and 2 CDs. Cibelle is a professor at the School of
Music of the Federal University of Pará, too.
     
     In 2018, Cibelle won the scholarship to participate in the 49th
Winter Festival of Campos de Jordão, the most prestigious festival in
Latin America, studying with Marin Alsop (USA), Valentina Peleggi (IT),
Sian Edwards (UK), among others. In this festival, she premiered in
Sala São Paulo, conducting the USP Symphony Orchestra (OSUSP).
She also conducted the Festival Youth Orchestra and the Brazilian
première of "Measures of Turbulence" (Steven Mackey/USA). 
     In 2016, Cibelle was one of the 4 conductors selected to
participate in the prestigious "Laboratory of Conducting" of the Minas
Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra (OFMG) with Mo. Fábio Mechetti (8th
ed.), conducting OFMG in concert at Sala Minas Gerais. In the same
year, she was also chosen to participate in masterclass with Mo. Neil
Thompson (UK) and the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra. Cibelle has
been taught by renowned conductors in masterclasses and summer
courses, too, such Harold Farberman (Conductors Institute at Bard),
Maurice Peress (Queens College), Apo Hsu, Mark Gibson, among
others. 
     As a composer, Cibelle had her works programmed by orchestras
like OSTP, OSMC (Campinas Municipal Symphony Orchestra - SP),
Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro Symphony (OSTNCS) and Paulo
Keuffer Symphony Orchestra (OSAP). She created the "Music of
Experience" group, receiving a research and artistic creation award,
to make sensory compositions on poems by Max Martins (amazon
poet). At the EMUFPA, she coordinated the project Contemporary
Studio, aiming to debut works of the 20th and 21st century in the city
of Belém. This year, they did "Pierrot Lunaire" by Arnold Schoenberg
(august 2019) under her conduct. 
Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra
Violin I    Violas     Clarinets   
 I. Feliz Gamez I. Simone Cartales 1. Daniel Jaggars
Jenna Trunk Karly Masters 2/Eb. Emma Dwyer
II. Emily Scicchitano II. Alora Foster 3/Bass. Jenna
 Anna Lugbill Maria Dupree Beaudoin 
 III. Amber Murillo III. Jessica Herman
Masakazu Sarah Nichols Bassoons   
Yasumoto IV. Matthew Rizzo 1. Donald
IV. Caroline Ryan  Chris Chen Schweikert 
 Kathryn Andersen V. Molly Crocker 2. Eden Treado 
V. Robert Funley Faith Willett  3. Sierra
McGregor Winter-Klepel
  Cello   
Violin II    I. Grace Dashnaw Horns  
I. Lily Mell Laura Van Voris 1. Pegeen Friese
Cassie Harrison II. Dylan Costa 2. Charlotte Povey
II. Tiffany Hotte  Elizabeth Carroll
 Ashley Apanavicius III. Hideo Schwartz Trumpets   
III. Benjamin Aidan Saltini 1. Evan Schreiber
Harrison Strait IV. Katelyn Miller 2. Austin Rannestad
 Katelyn Levine Hannah Weibley 3. Anna Damigella
 IV. Toni Nargentino V. Charlie Siegener
 Megan Rowburrey Colleen d’Alelio Trombones   
 V. Liam Mazierski 1. Kurt Eide
Bass     2. Eric Coughlin
I. Zane Carnes
Katelyn Adams Timpani  
II. Samuel Higgins Ethan Cowburn   
Nicholas David
Mathisen Percussion  
III. Samuel Koch Greg Savino
Matthew Suffern Will Hope 
IV. Brandon Kulzer Alex Hoerig
Flutes     Piano  
1/pic. Leandra Lynda Chryst
Stirling
2/Pic. Timothy Harp   
Mullins Jessica Wilbee
3/Pic. Kevin Buff  
Oboes   
1. Bethany Cripps  
2. Raelene Ford
3/Eh. Hannah
Witme
Acknowledgements
Concerts and Facilities  Library of Ensemble Music 
   Erik Kibelsbeck    Becky Jordan
   Molly Windover    and her staff 
   Ford Hall Stage Crew   
* We would like to thank all professors of instrumental studios
for their work. 

Upcoming Events
Sunday Feb. 16th, 3.00pm - “Family Concert” in
Ford Hall
   Z. Kodály:  Háry János Suite 
   Arr. Krogstad: Suíte from Frozen 
      with Ithaca Youth Choir
   Octavio Más-Arocas, music director and conductor 
Friday, Feb. 28th, 8.10pm: IC Orchestras Concert in
Ford Hall
   Gabriela Lena Frank: Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra 
   Fredrik Kaufman: Concerto for Cello and Strings,
“Kaddish” 
      Elizabeth Simkin, cello
   Z. Kodály:  Háry János Suite  
   Octavio Más-Arocas, music director and conductor
 


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