HCMC – Saigon Wind Ensemble “Season’s Greetings”

Fri 18 Dec 2015, 7.30 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music

From the organizer:

Besides the remarkable wind ensemble repertoire, our special guest Dr. Gerald Berthiaume will perform the solo piano part in “Rhapsody in Blue” of George Gershwin, with the Saigon Wind Ensemble under the baton of conductor – Dr. Danh Pham. This was ​one of the ​America’s most prominent works for piano & orchestra which mixed the jazz material in classical music and has also captivated music lovers’ heart all over the world.

Program:

1. Consort for Ten Winds – Robert Spittal
I. Jeux
II. Aubade
III. Sautereau

2. Preludio – Jean Sibelius/edited by Eugene Corporon

3. A Touch of Tuba – Art Dedrick
Tuba: Dr. Chris Dickey

4. Suite from The Danseyre – Tielman Susato/arranged by Patrick Dunnigan
I. La Morisque
II. Bergerette (2:09)
III. Les Quartre Branles (4:36)
V. Den Hoboecken Dans (8:14)
VI. Ronde & Salterelle (10:14)
VII. Ronde & Aliud (11:53)
VIII. Basse Danse: Mon Desir (13:43)
IX. Pavane: La Battaille (15:54)

5. Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin
Piano: Dr. Gerald Berthiaume

Dr. Danh Pham is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Washington State University. He conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and serves as the Coordinator of Instrumental Music Education within the University’s School of Music. This season, he will be conducting the University of South Carolina Band Clinic and Symphonic Band, the Central District Band Festival Honor Band (Honolulu, Hawaii) and serve as conductor-in-residence with the University of Hawaii Symphonic Band.

Dr. Gerald Berthiaume is Professor of Music at Washington State University and served as Director of the School of Music from 2003 to 2011. Berthiaume has performed throughout the United States, in Germany, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Ukraine. In 1993, he was a winner in the USIA “Artistic Ambassador Competition” at Stanford University.

Tickets:
Tickets are now available at the Foreign Affairs office – 112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1.
Ticket prices: 200,000 VND – 300,000 VND

*Customers who buy the 18-12 tickets are in priority of getting the 19-12 invitations.

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