Concerts

Join us for the Cello Festival of Southern Utah 2024 concerts!  Audience can attend these three performances either in-person or remotely through YouTube Live.  You can have access to the concert links through our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/cellofestival.s.utah  The year of 2024 marks  the 9th anniversary of our festival.  This year’s featured clinicians and artists include Brandon Vamos (Pacifica Quartet), Kristen Yun (Purdue University), Dr. Phoenix Park-Kim & Rodney Farrar.  Dr. Yun and Dr. Park-Kim (Duo Dolce) will give a cello recital on Sept 13 at 730pm.  Lunchtime concert at 12pm in Sears Art Museum will feature Sarah Rommel from University of Washington on Sept 14.  The Matinee Chamber Concert on Sept 14 at 2pm will showcase local and visiting artists as well as first-prize winners of the festival’s new event –  Brimhall Cello Competition.  Prof. Brandon Vamos will be the soloist in the Final Cello Ensemble Concert on Sept 14 at 730pm, performing a concerto arranged for solo cello and cello ensemble. All four performances are held in the Eccles Fine Arts Center, and are open and free to the public.

Livestream available at:

https://www.youtube.com/c/UtahTechUniversityMusicDepartment

Program:

Estrellita (Little Star, arr. Caspar Cassado)     Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)

Cuatro Abadias Cistercienses (2004)                     Karla Carrola (b. 1974)

Tae Geuk for cello solo (2024)                                 Harry Bulow (b.  1951)

Summerland                                               William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Fisherman’s song for violin and piano (arr. Kristen Yun) Chen Yi (b. 1953)

Deep River                      American Spirituals, arr. Moses Hogan (b. 1972)

Give Me Jesus

Haranbanjō (2024)                                                                                                  Michael Schelle (b.1950)

Sonata no.2 for Violin and Piano in A Major Op.100                                    Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Arr. Laszlo Varga

I. Allegro amabile

II. Andante tranquillo

III. Allegretto grazioso

In addition, please join Dr. Park-Kim in her piano masterclass and Dr. Yun for her lecture on September 14 at 1pm. Both events are open to the public.

(Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/c/UtahTechUniversityMusicDepartment

“Why We Teach and How We Teach”

Speaker: Rodney Farrar

Description:

Rodney Farrar, former resident of Planet Yendor, reminisces about a journey, a blessed life of coincidences

leading to his becoming a teacher of children and a self-described cello chauvinist.  He may also touch on

a couple of his personal teaching points.

*This lecture is sponsored by the Utah American String Teachers Association

Livestream available at:

https://www.youtube.com/c/UtahTechUniversityMusicDepartment

Program

Renaissance Festival                                                                                              Stephen Mitton (b. 1991)

Andrew Smith, Ka-Wai Yu, Stephen Mitton & Kamille Brooks, cello

Arpeggione Sonata, D.821                                                                                 Franz Schubert (1797-1827)

II. Adagio

I. Allegro moderato

Rodney Farrar, cello

Dr. Phoenix Park-Kim, piano

Canzona Seconda                                                                                Givoanni Gabrieli (arr. Nick Halsey)

“Heartbreaker” as performed by Pat Benatar               Cliff Wade, Geoff Gill (arr. Sarah Cellobat Chaffee)

Cellomania USA:

(Nina Hansen, Brenda Jessop, Sam Hodnett,  Ethan Johnson, McKayla Jacobsen, Desi Price, Isaiah Arnold & Emily White)

Pavane, Op 50                                                                                         Gabriel Fauré (arr. Andrea Rellini)

Allegro Moderato                                                                                               JS Bach (arr. Rick Mooney)

Amichevoli:

(Aliya Gardner, Peter Lloyd, Kenton Brady, Henry Derr, Natalie Rowe with directors Brittany Gardner, Ariel Haubner, & Jamilyn Morris)

Brimhall Cello Competition 2024 First-Prize Winner (Junior Category)

Brimhall Cello Competition 2024 First-Prize Winner (Senior Category)

Livestream available at:

https://www.youtube.com/c/UtahTechUniversityMusicDepartment

Program:

Twinkle Variations                                                                                                          arr. Patrick Gowers

French Folk Song                                                                                                             arr. Rodney Farrar

~Ensemble Bravo~

Peter Romney & Erica Hardy, directors

Robin Hood Changes His Oil                                                                                        Gideon Freudmann

XII. Chor der Janitscharen from 12 Pieces for Cello Quartet                            W. A. Mozart (arr. Franz Beyer)

Shake it Off                                 Shellback, Taylor Swift, Johan Schuster, Max Martin (arr. Janelle Ruesch)

~ACelloRondo~

Kamille Brooks & Stephen Mitton, directors

~~~ Short break ~~~

Andante from Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19                                     Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Ka-Wai Yu)

Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68                                                                   David Popper (arr. Edward Laut)

Brandon Vamos, cello solo

Bolero                                                                                                     Maurice Ravel (arr. James Barralet)

~Festival Soloists~

Ka-Wai Yu, director

Festival workshop participants are assigned to three different cello ensembles based on their level and playing experience: Festival Soloists (advanced-level), ACelloRondo (intermediate-level) & Ensemble Bravo (beginners)