Bridgewater College music faculty will present a recital in the Concert Hall in the Carter Center for Worship and Music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28. The recital is free and open to the public.
Dr. Larry Taylor will open the recital with Prelude in C Major, BWV 547 by Johann Sebastian Bach on the organ.
Prof. Curtis Nolley, a tenor, will perform “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, “Silent Noon” by R. Vaughan Williams and “Brother Will, Brother John” by John Sacco.
Prof. Richard Adams will perform “Beautiful Savior,” a piece he arranged, on euphonium. He will be accompanied by Bethany M. Newman, a senior music major from Dayton, Va., on the chimes and Taylor on the piano.
Dr. Vimari Colón-León will perform the first movement, “Pan et les bergers,” from La Flûte de Pan, Op. 15 by Jules Monquet on the flute.
Dr. Christine Carrillo will perform “Caprice” by Joseph Turrin on the trumpet.
Prof. Kyle Remnant will perform “Southeastern Rhapsody” by Frank Gulino on the trombone.
Prof. Lacey Johnson will perform Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 by Frédéric Chopin on the piano.
Prof. Anthony Cincotta will perform Épitaphe de Jean Harlow, Op. 164 by Charles Koechlin on alto saxophone. He will be accompanied by Colón-León on the flute and Taylor on the piano.
Dr. Melissa Sumner Swisher, a dramatic soprano, will perform “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Song to the Moon) from Rusalka by Antoniín Dvořák.
Dr. Ryan Hoffman will perform two movements, “Adagio” and “Allegro vivace,” from Sonata No. 4 in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven on the cello.
Johnson and Taylor will serve as piano and organ accompanists.
Bridgewater College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Founded in 1880, it was the state’s first private, coeducational college. Today, Bridgewater College is home to nearly 1,800 undergraduate students.
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