DeAunn Davis, horn I Adam Snider, tuba
Hannah Creviston, piano
Guest Artist Series
Katzin Concert Hall I March 21, 2016 I 5 P .M.

Program
Alan Abbott
(b. 1926)

Alla Caccia (1962)

Kaja Bj0mtvedt
(b. 1981)

Tubanitis (2011)

Bela Bart6k
(1881-1945)

From 44 Duos for 2 Violins
Teasing Song
Ruthenian Song
Mosquito Dance
A Fairy Tale
Cushion Dance

Alex Shapiro
(b. 1962)

Music for Two Big Instruments (2000)

INTERMISSION
Scherzo Brillante ( 1983)

Jan Koetsier
(1911-2006)

Six-Pack (2007)
Blowing off Steam
Discotheque
Melancholy
Anger
Inebriated
Invincible

James Meador

Ordner seg (It'll be alright) (2010)

0ystein Baadsvik
(b. 1966)

Dance of the Ocean Breeze (1979)

Roger Kellaway
(b. 1939)

HCUI. Herberger Institute

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ARIZONA

DESIGN AND THE ARTS

STATE

UNIVERSITY

School of Music

BIOS

DeAunn Davis is currently teaching horn at the University of Nevada, Reno. Prior to living in
Reno, DeAunn earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City. She has performed extensively in the Chicagoland area and was a founding member of the
critically-acclaimed experimental chamber group Fifth House Ensemble. DeAunn was a
member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago while earning her Bachelor of Music degree at
Northwestern University, and earned her Master of Music degree from DePaul University in
Chicago. DeAunn currently holds the position of Assistant Principal Horn with the Boulder
Philharmonic in Boulder, Colorado. She has been an artist in residence at Yale University, the
New England Conservatory, and Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. DeAunn has also
performed with the Honolulu Symphony, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, and traveled to Haiti in
2012 as a faculty member with the Ecole de Musique Sainte Trinite Woodwind Festival.

Adam Snider is the Principal Tuba of the Boise Philharmonic and Lancaster Festival Orchestras.
He has held this position with the Honolulu and La Crosse Symphony Orchestras in the past, and
has also performed with the Utah, Alabama, and Traverse Symphony Orchestras. Adam is
currently the Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Nevada, Reno, and
Instructor of Tuba at Boise State University. He has performed and given master classes across
the U.S. as well as in China, Japan, and Chile. Adam has also enjoyed competing at the North
American Brass Band Association Championships with the Chicago Brass Band and playing the
stages of Chicagoland with the rock band Black Umbrella Brigade. Interested in the music of our
time, he has founded and directed new music ensembles at Western Michigan University and
UNR, performed with the Chicago Composers Orchestra, and commissioned works from Miguel
Chuaqui, Brian Kelly, Rudolf Rojahn, Karen Olson, and Lachlan Fife.