Music for Brass from UCSB

This splendid variety of music will include the following:

• Nelhybel: Scherzo Concertante – a short add lively piece with rhythmic juxtapositions, syncopated accents, and a smooth melodic line.
• Poulenc: Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone – light-hearted, elegant and upbeat, with occasional flashes of humor.
• Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns, Op. 86 – Inspired by the composer’s hearing an excellent horn quartet in Dresden, Germany. The work is arranged by Max Dei Rossi, a member of the Horn Ensemble.
• Beethoven: The Heavens are Telling, Op. 48, No. 4 – Based on Psalm 19, Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur (God’s Honor of Nature), which express the joy of creation, the horn version is evocative of the natural horn, which is a horn without valves.
• Shaw: Tango – From Fripperies, a collection highlighting enjoyable, accessible and popular music.
• Saint-Saëns: Adagio from Symphony No. 3 – This beautiful and evocative slow movement from the Organ Symphony has been arranged by hornist Wendell Rider.
• Glière: Concerto for Horn, Op. 91 – A major staple for horn, it exemplifies the expressive, ultra-romantic style characteristic of Russian compositional tradition.
• Saint-Saëns: Marche Royale du Lion – From the ever-popular Carnival of the Animals, the lion is featured in recognizable roars in several places.
• Naigus: Polaris – A beautiful, inspiring and calming work for four horns and piano.

UCSB Student Performers

Madison Babovec, French horn, is in the M.M. Degree program. She has played with the Lubbock and Santa Maria Orchestras and the Symphony of the Vines, and performed in the recording Rise Above in “Concerto for Hope” on MSR Classics.

Max Dei Rossi, French horn, is a senior Music Studies and Computer Science double major. He is in charge of, and arranges music for, the UCSB Pops Orchestra, and performs in numerous departmental ensembles.

Connor Hahn, French horn, is a freshman Performance major. He has played horn for 7 years and his current activities include performing in the UCSB Chamber Orchestra, Horn Ensemble, and Nuñes Scholarship Wind Quintet.

Annie Hargis, French horn, is a sophomore Feminist Studies major and has been playing French horn since junior high school. She has performed in various ensembles, from horn quartets and wind ensembles to marching bands.

Pablo Juan Hernandez, French horn and trumpet, is a sophomore French Horn Performance major, and has studied music since the seventh grade. He is also interested in jazz and Mexican music.

Robin Kolankarai, French horn, is from Plano, Texas and is currently a UCSB freshman Biopsychology major. Robin loves playing horn, is very passionate about music, and has played French horn for seven years.

Landon Parcel, trumpet, is a UCSB Performance major who has been playing trumpet for seven years. Currently in the Maurice Faulkner Brass Trio, he has performed in a wide variety of musical ensembles, including honor bands.

Allison Rigler, tenor and bass trombone, is currently studying music and linguistics at UCSB. She began playing trombone at a young age and has performed in a variety of ensembles, including the UCSB Chamber Players.