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A lecture recital exploring two wind
symphonies.
Bryan Raya, conductor

School of Music
Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts
Arizona State University
2016-2017 Season

November 29, 2016
7:30pm
Katzin Concert Hall

~ 1· Herberger Institute
~FOR DESIGN AND THE ARTS
© 201 5 Arizona Board of Regents. All rights reserved. 0315

ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY

Program

Garb Personnel

Sinfonia for 15 Wind Instruments (1957) .............. ...... .... Ned Rorem (b.1923)
Ill. Lento Appassionato
JV. Scherzando
JI.Slow
I. Like a Motor
Symphony No. 1 in C (2000) ......... .. .
I. Allegro Molto
II . Andante cantabile con moto
Ill. Allegro molto e vivace
IV. Allegro molto e vivace

Adam Garb (b. 1958)

Flute
Jiyoun Hur*
Erin Delaney

Bassoon
Kiefer Strickland*
Rittika Gambhir

Oboe
Sarah Bates-Kennard*
Isaac Miller

Clarinet
Julie Park* .
Kristi Hanno

Horn
Alexis Lovelady*
Paulina Davison
Jackie Fazekas
Dana Mandall
Alexandra Pallad
Double Bass
Ben Jones*

Rorem Personnel
About the Artist
Bryan Raya is a second year D.M .A. conducting student and teaching
assistant at Arizona State University with Professor Gary Hill. Raya earned
his M.A. in instrumental conducting at Fresno State in Fresno, California after
serving over eight years in the United States Army as a trombonist and
bandmaster/conductor. Throughout his musical career, Raya has performed
with various military and civilian ensembles throughout the world including
events for numerous dignitaries and government officials including the
President and Vice President of the United States of America. His military
assignments include bands in Alabama, Texas, Hawaii, and South Korea as
well as a 14-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Raya ·
has numerous military achievements and honors including being named the
2006 U.S. Army, Pacific Soldier of the Year and being the Distinguished
Honor Graduate for the Advanced Leader Course in 2010. Before he joined
the Army, Raya earned a B.A. in trombone performance from Fresno State,
and he also performed with the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps
including their 1999 championship season. Raya has worked with numerous
band programs as an instructor and clinician, and he is currently on staff
with the Sun Devil Marching Band. He is currently researching financial
trends in American adult community bands with plans to defend his research
in the spring of2016.
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Piccolo
Jiyoun Hur*
Flute
Yoon Jung Yim*
Erin Delaney

Bassoon
Sarah Rice*
Rittika Gambhir

Contrabassoon
Jordanna Matlock*

Bass Clarinet ·
Julia Lougheed*
Horn
Alexis Lovelady*
Ryan Everson

Oboe
Chelsea Kanicsar*
Kathleen Romero

English Horn
Alexis Mitchell*

Eb Clarinet
Jack Liang*

Clarinet
Olivia Moonitz*
Julie Park

Percussion
Edouard Beyens*
Cy Miessler
Jingya Zhou
Travis Rowland
Angelita Ponce
Piano
Jeremiah Sweeny*

*denotes principal player

I\
ASU School of Music present

...

Distant
Relatio:ns

,,
l'"'

I '[ .J

A lecture recital exploring two wind
symphonies.
Bryan Raya, conductor

School of Music
Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts
Arizona State University
2016-2017 Season

November 29, 2016
7:30pm
Katzin Concert Hall

~ 1· Herberger Institute
~FOR DESIGN AND THE ARTS
© 201 5 Arizona Board of Regents. All rights reserved. 0315

ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY