Faculty Artist Recital: Doug McConnell, composition
"A Celebration of the Sacred with the Secular"
Assisted by members of the Heidelberg music faculty:
Joel Shonkwiler, trombone
Joan McConnell, piano
Carol Dusdieker, soprano
Cynthia Ramsdell, piano
Ioana Galu, violin
I-Chen Yeh, piano
Dr. McConnell's program features a variety of new and recent works that appear to be sacred works. But the world of the secular plays an important role in how these works express their spirituality. Featured on the program:
Triptych,a three-movement work for trombone and piano
Variations on a Mode, for solo piano
Selected songs from Blooming in Eden, for soprano and piano
While I Run this Race, for violin and piano