Performance Night Photos
Thanks to all involved
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| Sally Hunter with Julie Beck on Puccini aria (photo by Des Penny) |
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| MB3 Jazz Quartet |
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| Southern Utah String Quartet |
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| Sally Hunter Jensen and Julia Tawa |
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| Julie Beck, Bill Brough, and Sally Hunter Jensen performed Purcell |
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| Joceylnn Green performed a viola concerto movement with Julie Kluber |
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| Purcell opened the recital |
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| Dvorak finale of "American Quartet |
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| Julia Tawa performed original music. |
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| MB3 Jazz Quartet |
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| Special Thanks to Lisa Cox, stage manager, and Frank Stearns, sound engineer, for technical work on recitals |
Recital Finale is a Musical Journal on
Tuesday
You are invited to the final Fall Recital with a journey through
musical styles starting with Elizabethan England and culminating with modern
jazz. The “Art of the Ages” recital sponsored by Orchestra of Southern
Utah starts at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage
Center Theater, 105 N. 100 East in Cedar City.
Soprano Sally
Hunter Jensen begins the evening with a famous aria by Henry Purcell
accompanied by Julie Beck and Bill Brough. Jocelynn Green takes us to late Baroque and early Classical era with music by attributed
Johann Christian Bach, son of Sebastian, but now understood to be written by a
French composer named Henri Casadesus. She plays the exciting first movement in the style of late
Baroque and early Classical eras accompanied by OSU musician Julie Kluber.
The Southern Utah Quartet plays the finale of Dvorak’s exuberant
“American” String Quartet Opus 96 moving the recital into the
Romantic era. The grand opera melodies of Puccini are in the same musical
period with a selection from La Boheme
featuring a vocal/violin duet with Sally Hunter Jensen and Sara Penny
accompanied by Julie Beck.
Folk inspired music is an essential part of our musical journey
and Julia Tawa will share an original piece called Valkyrie with vocal and guitar.
The MB3 Jazz Quartet concludes the recital with favorites such
as Doxy by Sonny Rollins and Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk plus an
original by David Bolsover.
The OSU Fall recitals are in their 21st year and
give community musicians an opportunity to perform in a wide range of musical
styles. “We appreciate everyone who is involved with the recitals,” said
Emily Hepworth, OSU manager. “Having a beautiful concert hall like the Heritage
Theater and a professional staff gives performers a positive experience.
Everyone who has performed, attended, or assisted with the recital series is
helping keep music strong for our area. We recommend this for families ages 6 and up as
recitals are recorded.”
More information on the orchestra is at myosu.org and updates with photos and
reviews are at http://osucedarcity.blogspot.com/
The Recital is
Tuesday at 7:30 pm in the Heritage Theater. A suggested donation of $8 for
adults and $5 for students is gladly accepted at the door, although any amount
is welcome! Best for ages 6 and above with adult supervision as recital is recorded.
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| Jocelynn Green |
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| Julia C Tawa |
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| Sally Hunter Jensen |
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| Southern Utah String Quartet |
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| MB3 Jazz Quartet |
Performer
Bios:
Jocelynn Green is 17 years old and is attending her Senior year of Canyon View
High School. She is in her eighth year of studying violin and is in her fifth
year of studying viola. She started in St. George with the Dixie Strings and
Kris Palmer, playing violin while doing choreography. Then she moved to Cedar
City and learned in Suzuki Strings. She played in all four of the Canyon View
Middle Orchestras, including the Honor’s Orchestra. This is where she started
learning viola, and is currently studying viola with Sara Penny. She is also
studying violin with Marin Colby. She is currently playing in the Canyon View
High School Philharmonic as viola section leader, along with three of Canyon
View High School Choirs, including Madrigals. She has been a part of the
Orchestra of Southern Utah for a year and a half. She has gone to State Solo
and Ensemble every year of High School and has received the highest rating each
time. She competes in the annual Music Festival each year and has received
Superior ratings every year. She has just recently started instructing students
in the Suzuki method. Music is Jocelynn’s passion and she plans to continue
pursuing it for the rest of her life.
Her pianist is Julie Kluber who plays bassoon for OSU.
MB3 Jazz Quartet
David Bolsover plays sax, writes tunes,
and leads the group. Christian Bohnenstengel plays keyboard; he is also the
piano professor at SUU. Last spring, Christian played a Rachmaninoff concerto with
the Orchestra of Southern Utah. Lydia Feild plays drums. She is also a pianist
and percussionist, and works as a staff piano accompanist in the SUU Music
Department. Trekker Burt plays electric bass; he is a student at SUU and plays
in several bands in the Cedar City area. The group plays bebop, standards,
funk, ballads, blues, and Afro-Cuban styles.
(David Bolsover on sax, Christian Bohnenstengel on keyboard,
Trekker Burt on bass, and Lydia Feild on drums.)
The Southern Utah String Quartet has
provided community music for 25 years. Lindsay Szczesny joins the group
this season as first violin. Other members are Suzanne Stewart on violin,
Leah Brown on cello, and Sara Penny on viola. All are active string
teachers. Lindsay is returning to Cedar City after living in Texas and
completing her music degree from Utah State. The other three perform with
the Orchestra of Southern Utah. Their recital selection is the exuberant
finale of Dvorak's "American Quartet" that was written when the Czech
composer was spending a summer in Iowa in 1894.
Sally Hunter Jensen, proud Cedar City native, business owner or The Wizz, a
retail store, and graduate student, currently in the Southern Utah University
Arts Administration program, finds it absolutely necessary to find time to
perform and chair the OSU fall concerts and has been involved as a performer
for many years. This is her 4th year as concert chair and is co-chairing with
Sara Penny, past president of OSU for the evening of September 26th.
Jensen will tell you that performing is her
most favorite sport. “Some people jump out of airplanes and challenge
themselves physically and some of us perform, which is the same kind of
challenge, but emotionally,” claims Jensen.
This year she is revisiting her operatic roots
and will be singing two very different and recognizable pieces, “When I am Laid
in Earth” by Henry Purcell and “Quando m’en Vo” by Giacomo Puccini. Jensen’s
musical and theatrical background is varied, but her time spent on the stage in
operas, has been substantial. In fact, she sang the role of Musetta when SUU
last performed “La Boheme.” She has worked with the Shakespeare Festival, Neil
Simon Festival as an actor and on stage in many other capacities throughout her
career.
Jensen enjoys adding her own creative flair to
her pieces and hopes that Purcell and Puccini would be pleased with the unusual
arrangements of these two arias. Musical guests Bill Brough, Sara
Penny and Julie Beck will be joining her in September.
Julia C Tawa has been what one
might call a 'closet artist' for many years. She enjoys painting, collaging,
writing short stories and poetry, dancing many different styles, singing and
songwriting, and speaking with nature. She has been dancing since she was a
toddler, and grew up in an environment surrounded by performers and
entertainers. She began playing the guitar at the age of 13 and took some time
to grow into her own style. She enjoys a rare method of improvisational
performance where her art is not pre-planned and happens in the moment
according to intuition and her environment. Julia brings with her a background
of diverse cultures, which greatly influences her musical taste. She is often
surprised by what comes out when she is on stage, and that is part of what makes
her performances so enjoyable.
