February 20, 2024
7:00 p.m.
Emily Adams, oboe
Fantasie for Flute
Georges Hüe (1858 – 1948)
MicKayla Hunter, flute
“Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen” from Der Freischütz
Carl Maria von Weber (1786 – 1826)
“Vesti la Giubba” from I Pagliacci
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 – 1919)
Christian Holden, tenor
Danzón no. 2
Arturo Marquez (b. 1950)
Cheung Chau
Director and Conductor
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1st violin Blanka Bednarz 2nd violin Brain Rowe viola Elsa Saunders cello Jacob Egbert Bass AJ Peery flute |
oboe Emily Adams clarinet Bob Gabbitas bassoon horn Rachel Colton TRUMPET trombone TUBA PERCUSSION |
Emily Adams is currently studying with Luca Florin. After graduating from Skyridge High School in 2020, she studied for 2 years at Snow College, where she was principal in the Wind Symphony. She then transferred to UVU, where she is the principal oboist of both the Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra.
During the 2022-23 season, Emily has performed with numerous local symphonies, including Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra, Wasatch Symphony, West Jordan Symphony, Westminster Chamber Orchestra, and the Sally Bytheway Chorale. Always a passionate chamber musician, Emily has been in a number of chamber ensembles, including the Music Bravos, a wind quartet selected to perform at the 2023 Annual UVU Scholarship Ball.
After graduating from UVU in Spring 2024, Emily aspires to get a Masters degree in Oboe Performance.
Christian Holden s a spinto tenor living in Springville, Utah, with his wife, Sarah, and daughter, Claire. Christian’s robust voice has allowed him to shine in roles such as Mario Cavaradossi in Pucinni's Tosca, Canio in Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, and excerpts from Verdi's Otello, Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, and Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Later this year, he will sing his first Don Jose in Lyrical Opera Theater’s production of Carmen. He has also accepted an apprentice artist position with Central City Opera for the 2024 summer season, covering Dick Johnson in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West, and singing Daniel Buchanan in Kurt Weil’s Street Scene.
From the age of 8 years old onward, Mickayla Hunter has enjoyed the versatility of the flute that enables her to play in both string symphonies and band/wind symphonies, be a flute soloist with choirs, and playing duets and trios with her harpist and cellist sisters. Mickayla will be receiving a dual degree from UVU in both Flute Performance and Music Education this Spring. She received her Associates degree in Music-Flute Performance from BYU-I. Mickayla was a member of the Nauvoo Brass Band as a Performing Missionary flautist 2021 and 2022.
MicKayla was Lone Peak's 2019 Sousa award recipient. She was 1st chair flautist both at All-state and District Honor band. Mickayla was awarded the 2018-2019 Instrumental LPHS Music Sterling scholar. She has been a concerto soloist multiple times with various bands and orchestras, and a finalist for Utah Symphony Salute to Youth. Mickayla was 1st chair in UVU's Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra. She was principal flutist in the BYUI Sinfonietta, BYUI Symphony orchestra, and in Lyceum Philharmonic. Mickayla has 10 years of private flute and piano teaching experience. Her students have been 1st chair in their local school bands, and have participated in marching band. As an artist, music has always been Mickayla’s means of expression to tell her story and her vehicle of communication to connect with others' hearts.
Utah Valley University acknowledges that we gather on land sacred to all Indigenous people who came before us in this vast crossroads region. The University is committed to working in partnership—as enacted through education and community activities—with Utah’s Native Nations comprising: the San Juan Southern Paiute, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Uintah & Ouray Reservation of the Northern Ute, Skull Valley Goshute, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute-White Mesa Community, and urban Indian communities. We recognize these Native Nations and their continued connections with traditional homelands, mountains, rivers, and lakes as well as their sovereign relationships with state and federal governments. We honor their collective memory and continued physical and spiritual presence. We revere their resilience and example in preserving their connections to the Creator and to all their relations, now and in the future.
With this statement comes responsibility and accountability. We resolve to follow
up with actionable items to make the School of the Arts at UVU and The Noorda Center
for the Performing Arts an inclusive, equitable, and just space for all. There is
much work to be done, and we are committed to putting these words into practice.
Artwork by Shane Walking Eagle (Sisseton Dakota).
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The arts possess the unparalleled power to inspire, educate, liberate, and transform. They elevate moments, mark milestones, soften edges, and generate profound meaning. Experience the beauty and wonder of the arts with us this season at The Noorda and begin at once to live!
Courtney R. Davis, J.D., M.A.
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
