HCMC – Concert “Duo Tuba and Piano”

Sat 19 Dec 2015, 7.30 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music

From the organizer:

The program consists of modern pieces in solo and duo performed by two guest artists from Washington State University: ​Dr. Gerald Berthiaume, piano​ and Dr. Chris Dickey, tuba​. The audiences would​ have impressive experiences with the ​new breath in ​music and the special combination of piano and tuba.

Program

Dream Sequence – Suite for Piano (1997) Charles Argersinger

I – Feroce

Divertimento (1997) Charles Argersinger
Gerald Berthiaume, piano

Suite Marine for Tuba and Piano (1989) Jean-Michel Defaye
Chris Dickey, tuba
Jovanni-Rey de Pedro, piano

Piano Sonata (1958) Jerry Bailey

II – Andante misterioso
Gerald Berthiaume, piano

Azure Roads (2015) Zachery Meier
Chris Dickey, tuba
Jovanni-Rey de Pedro, piano

Struck by Lightning (1991) Gregory Yasinitsky
I – Allegro con brio
II – Tenderly
III – Allegro con brio

Gerald Berthiaume, piano

Sonata for Tuba and Piano (1991) Thomas Benjamin
I – Allegro moderato
II – Recitative; freely and slowly
III – With drive

Chris Dickey, tuba
Jovanni-Rey de Pedro, piano

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.

Dr. Chris Dickey, a Miraphone Performing Artist, is an emerging artist-teacher in the United States. Currently, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Music at Washington State University. He is currently the principal tuba in the Washington-Idaho Symphony. He has made solo appearances with such groups as the Spokane British Brass Band, the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, the Iowa Chamber Winds, the University of Iowa Concert Band.

Invitations are now available at the Foreign Affairs office – 112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1. Hotline: 0903.034.112.