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Jason Dovel (MM ’05) performs in Greece

alumni, brass-percussion-alumni

BGSU music alumnus Jason Dovel taught and performed in Greece as part of the 2013 Exploring Trumpet in Greece International Music Festival. He presented a morning warm-up clinic, coached chamber ensembles, and presented a lecture recital titled “Baroque Trumpet and Early Music Performance Practice.” The festival included performances, clinics, and events in Athens, Kalavrita, and Klitoria. Master classes, clinics and recitals were presented by internationally renowned trumpet artists including Gerassimos Ioannidis of the Orpheus Conservatory in Athens; Vince DiMartino, an international soloist and 2012 NSU Trumpet Festival featured artist; David Hickman of Arizona State University; Rich Illman of Michigan State University; Edward Reid of the University of Arizona; and Al Hood of the University of Denver.

Jason Dovel is assistant professor of trumpet at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He studied trumpet at BGSU with George Novak and Charles Saenz.

Charles Saenz and Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu in Brazil

faculty news, keyboard

Charles Saenz, Associate Professor of Trumpet, and Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu, Assistant Professor of Piano,  will present recitals and masterclasses in Brazil during the week of March 18-25, 2013.  The duo will perform in Porto Alegre, Campinas, and Sao Paolo during this tour.  Venues include the Theatro Sao Pedro http://www.teatrosaopedro.com.br/tsp/, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Artmahhas do Som, and Universidad de Campinas.

BGSU piano students excell at Detroit Symphony Beethoven sonata marathon

keyboard, student news

32 pianists, chosen from the region’s schools (Univ of Michigan, BGSU, Michigan State, Central Michigan University, Wayne State Univ, Interlochen, etc.), performed all the Beethoven piano sonatas at the DSO’s Max Fisher Music Center.   Six of the 32 participants were selected to have their performances broadcast on WRCJ.  Two of those six chosen were  BGSU pianists Xueli Liu, who performed the Sonata in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3, “The Hunt,” and Jianhong Hu, who played the Sonata in F-minor, Op. 57, the “Appassionata.”

BGSU Graduate Composes Music for New York City Production

composition, student news

BGSU graduate Andrew Selle (BMus 2012) has taken a big bite out of the Big Apple! He was selected from numerous applicants to compose music and serve as musical director for “Circle of Haunts”, a ghost opera/dance theater event based on Henry James’ novella “The Turn of the Screw.” Selle composed all the opera’s music, which includes nine performers singing numerous a capella arias and recitatives, along with assorted hand-held instruments the performers use on stage. The opera was staged seven times in February, and reviewed by nytheater.com, which hails Selle’s music as “most striking.” http://www.nytheatre.com/Review/martin-denton-2013-2-12-circle-of-haunts