Recital to showcase students’ musical talents

The SoCA Fridays series of student recitals continues today — Friday, March 31 — with performances at noon in the Music Building’s Recital Hall.

The program features:

  • Percussionist Justin Skalaa performing “Autumn Portrait” by Nicholas Papador;
  • Mezzo-soprano Andrea Obeid performing “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” by Jules Massenet, and “Where in the World Is My Prince?” by Jerry Herman — accompanied by pianist Yvonne Chittle;
  • Flutist Holly Charron performing the Hornpipe, Menuet and Comic Song movements from “Six Pastiches” by Cecilia McDowall — accompanied by pianist Monique Simone;
  • Trombonist Nathan Duczman performing “Five O’Clock Drag” and “Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me” by Duke Ellington — accompanied by pianist Mark Calcott;
  • Trumpeter Niklas Pizzolitto performing “Fantasie, Theme and Variations on the Carnival of Venice” by Jean Baptiste Arban — accompanied by pianist Alde Calongcagong;
  • Guitarist Colin Cooper performing “Cello Suite No. 1” by Johann Sebastian Bach and “Julia Florida” by Agustin Barrios;
  • Pianist Konrad Jarecki performing “Novelette, Op.21, No.7” by Robert Schumann;
  • Pianist Sarah Sundac performing “Prelude in D Minor, Op.23, No. 3” by Sergei Rachmaninoff;
  • Pianist Courtney Menard performing “Sonata in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1” by Ludwig van Beethoven;
  • Pianist Allison Knight performing Beethoven’s “Rondo in C Major, Op. 51, No. 1.”

Admission to this event is free and open to the public.