VISITING COMPOSER SERIES

LOUIS W. BALLARD
COMPOSER

CONCERT HALL
Thursday, April 23, 1992 • 7:30 p.m.

PROGRAM
COMPOSITIONS BY LOUIS W. BALLARD

Ritmo Indio - A Study in American Indian Rhythm
(for woodwind quintet)
The Source
The Soul
The Dance
Eric Hoover, flute
Martin Schuring, oboe
Robert Spring, clarinet
Thomas Bacon, horn
Arthur Weisberg, bassoon

Katcina Dances
(Suite for cello and piano)
Powamu (Coming of the Gods)
Ahul (Sun God)
Kwahu (Eagle)
Momo (Bees)
Monwu (Owl)
Koyimsi (Foolish Ones)
Calako (Huge Birds)
Tumas, Tunwup (Crow Mother and Son)
Soyokos (Monsters)
Niman (Departure of the Gods)
Maria Simiz, cello
Theresa McDougall, piano

A City of Light
(Concert Impromptu for piano)
Louis W. Ballard, pianist-composer

"The prophecy of Dvorak: one hundred years later"

INTERMISSION

Siouxiana (woodwind choir)
Legends Retold
Vision Quest
Richard Strange, conductor

Desert Trilogy (octet for winds, strings and percussion)
Sagebrush
Yucca
Saguaro
Arthur Weisberg, conductor
Robert Spring, clarinet
Jeff Nevin, trumpet
Chirstopher Dearth, trombone
J.B. Smith, percussion
Scott Werner, percussion
Linda Lambie, violin
Susan Ung, viola
Maria Simiz, cello
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Woodwind Choir Personnel
Richard Strange, conductor
Flute
Rodolfo Murillo
Theodore Doubek
0.12&
Sheri Mattson
Laura Tucker
Clarinet 1
Scott Wright
Angela Moy
Jay Hassler
Clarinet 2
Jolson Oshiro
Wendy Webster
Ani Berberian
Clarinet 3
Kenneth Ellison
Charlene Sandquist
Dawn Mann
E-flat Alto Clarinet
Angela Gregory
Bass Clarinet
Robert Howey
E-flat Contra-Bass Clarinet
James Chavey
Bassoon
Lindsey Bartlett
Annette Robinson
Saxophones
David Chapp, Alto Saxophone I

Erica Burgess, Alto Saxophone II
Wade Whisler, Tenor Saxophone
Kenneth Smith, Bari Saxophone