The College of Humanities and Fine Arts Department of Music, along with Sigma Alpha Iota, hosted an American Musicale on Tuesday, Nov 13, at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Martin. The musicale had a variety of instruments including trombone, clarinet, English horn, bassoons and many more. There was also a variety of songs from different American composers that kept the attention of the audience.
The musicale began with all the sisters of Sigma Alpha Iota performing a piece of music together entitled “One For All and All For One.” Sigma Alpha Iota choral director Asha Moody directed this piece, while Music Department chair and accompanist Elaine Harriss assisted on the piano. The audience members were grinning from ear to ear, because it was so wonderful.
Next, Samantha Ragain played the horn, and Crissy Miller played the trombone. The piece they chose was Bippery No. 3 composed by Lowell E. Shaw. The ladies selected this piece of music because Ragain was already playing this piece during her recital and it was an American composer.
Ragain and Miller were followed by “Sonata” for clarinet and piano composed by Leonard Bernstein with Molly Waxman playing the clarinet and Andrew Moore on the piano. “C.S. Theme and Variations” composed by Randall Compton was played together by Carley Cherry and Victoria Russell on the piano. Lizzie Lee played the clarinet for the piece “Polychromatic Diversions” for unaccompanied clarinet composed by Ronald L. Caravan. These three pieces were beautiful and had the audience begging with clapping for more.
The double reed quintet was a great addition to the middle of the musicale. “Riatto Ripples” composed by George Gershwin, Will Donaldson and trans. David Bussick was performed by Kirby Cherry and Chloe Smithson on the oboes, Kaitlyn Trobaugh on the English horn and Ticker Gillihan and Zachary Barker on the bassoons.
“Sonata” for alto sax and piano, composed by Lawson Lunde, was played by Elaine Harriss on the piano and Chantia Brown on the alto sax.
Next, Asha Moody sang “Lullaby from The Consul” composed by Gian Carlo Menotti accompanied by Elaine Harriss on the piano. Moody received a curtain call for her outstanding performance.
The musicale ended with Victoria Russell on the piano performing “Souvenirs de Porto Rico” composed by Louis Moreau Gottschalk. She also received a curtain call due to her entertaining performance.
“Everyone performed beautifully and represented the fraternity very well,” said Sophomore Music major and Sigma Alpha Iota member Chantia Brown.
The ladies of Sigma Alpha Iota hosted a great American Musicale and everyone performed extremely well. For more information on events hosted by the UTM Department of Music, please go to www.utm.edu/music.
