Low Brass

  • Studio Recital
  • Mar 30, 2022 @ 8:00 P.M.

The Curtis Institute of Music’s iconic Student Recital Series returns to the stage for a vibrant season of performances. Curtis hosts a variety of chamber, ensemble and graduation recitals this spring. Admission requires advance reservation and is complimentary.

Join our Low Brass studio for an evening of music. Students play solo and ensemble works by a variety of composers from Schumann to Florence Price.

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Program

DUKAS Fanfare pour précéder La Péri

Robert Conquer, trombone
Diogo Fernandes, trombone
Derek Gullett, trombone 
Nitzan Haroz, trombone
Matthew Vaughn, trombone
Ehren Valmé, bass trombone
Blair Bollinger, bass trombone
Cristina Cutts, tuba

PERSICHETTI Parable XVIII, Op, 133
KOCH Monolog 8

Derek Gullett, trombone

JAN KRZYWICKI Ballade
PRICE Elfentanz

Cristina Cutts, tuba 
Michelle Cann, piano

SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

Robert Conquer, trombone 
Jenny Chen, piano

INTERMISSION
TOMASI Être ou ne pas être: Monologue d’Hamlet

Robert Conquer, trombone
Diogo Fernandes, trombone
Derek Gullett, trombone
Cristina Cutts, tuba 

SCHUMANN Drei Romanzen, Op. 94

Diogo Fernandes, trombone
Jenny Chen, piano

BARBER Adagio for Strings, Op. 11, arr. Charles De Paolo

Robert Conquer, trombone
Diogo Fernandes, trombone
Derek Gullett, trombone 
Nitzan Haroz, trombone
Matthew Vaughn, trombone
Ehren Valmé, bass trombone
Blair Bollinger, bass trombone
Cristina Cutts, tuba

MORTIMER Suite Parisienne

Robert Conquer, trombone
Diogo Fernandes, trombone
Derek Gullett, trombone 
Cristina Cutts, tuba 

About the Performers

Robert Conquer, from Toronto, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2018.

Cristina Cutts Dougherty, from Albuquerque, N.M. and Pretoria, South Africa, is a student of Craig Knox and Paul Krzywicki, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Diogo Fernandes, from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Derek Gullett, from Uniontown, Ohio, is a student of Nitzan Haroz and Matthew Vaughn, and entered Curtis in 2019.

Jenny Chen, staff accompanist

Blair Bollinger, faculty

Michelle Cann, piano (’13)

Nitzan Haroz, faculty

Matthew Vaughn, faculty

Ehren Valmé, guest artist

    • Date Mar 30, 2022
    • Time 8:00 P.M.
    • Location Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall