March 25, 2024
7:00 PM
Ryan Nielsen, trumpet
PROGRAM NOTES
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante con moto
III. Con moto moderato
IV. Saltarello: Presto
TRANSLATION
Adoration to the universal Buddhas
[and their] unimpeded faith!
Om! In the sky of emptiness,
Destroy, destroy [all obstacles]!
The holy mind! The holy mind!
Flame, flame, light, brilliant light,
Stay, stay, shatter, shatter, burst, burst,
Disperse calamities [and bring] fortune. Swaha!
Cheung Chau is Director of Orchestras at Utah Valley University, Music Director of Sinfonietta Polonia in Poznań, Poland, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Changsha Symphony in China. He served as Music Director of the Bloomington Symphony, as principal guest conductor of the Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra in Lublin, Poland, and held director of orchestra positions at Haverford College and University of Connecticut.
An American Prize finalist in Conducting in 2017 and 2018, Chau is a National Arts Associate in Conducting with Sigma Alpha Iota. In 2017, his world premiere recording of Snow Queen with Sinfonietta Polonia with leading Polish label Acte Prealable received a Global Music Awards Silver Medal. He was assistant conductor of the Hong Hong Philharmonic under Edo de Waart, and guest conducted among others, the Moscow Philharmonic, the China National Symphony, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
As cellist Chau performed as soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Changsha Symphony in China, Sinfonietta Polonia in Poland, the Vidin Sinfonietta in Bulgaria, the UVU Symphony and the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra in the USA, amongst others. Chau performed as soloist and chamber musician in the USA, Hong Kong, Macao, China, Germany, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland, performing at Merkin Hall and Yale Club in New York City, Jordan Hall in Boston, Fine Arts Recital Hall in Ambassador College in Pasadena, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City and the Beijing Concert Hall and Changsha Concert Hall in China.
Cheung Chau
Music Director & Conductor
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First violin Rebecca Dalgleish SECOND Violin Jane Pinnock Violas Sophie Blair Cellos Noah Guzman Bass Seth Dalgleish |
Flute Mickayla Hunter Oboe Emily Adams Clarinet Bob Gabbitas Bassoon Andrew Apgood Horn Rachel Colton Trumpet Percussion Jared Barnum
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Artwork by Shane Walking Eagle (Sisseton Dakota).
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Dean, School of the Arts
Department Chair
JEFFREY O'FLYNN
Administrative Assistant
CHRIS GINES
Chamber Choir/Deep Green
REED CRIDDLE
Emerald Singers
CHERILYN WORTHEN
Concert Choir
DEMAREE BROWN
Opera Coordinator
ISAAC HURTADO
Voice Coordinator
MELISSA HEATH
Private Voice Instructors
AUBREY ADAMS-MACMILLAN
CECILY BILLS
ADRIENNE BRAUN
DEMAREE BROWN
ANTHONY BUCK
REED CRIDDLE
MELISSA HEATH
CHRISTOPHER HOLMES
ISAAC HURTADO
CONSTANCE JENSEN
SERENA KANIG BENISH
EMILY MERRELL
JOSEPH MOORE
