2024 Robb Concert

2024 Robb Concert poster by Chris Orphal and Peter Gilbert

Friday 29 March 2024 7:30pm
52nd Annual
John Donald Robb Concert
featuring guitarist Daniel Lippel composers Tania León and Reiko Füting
world premieres by Juantio Becenti, Monica Demarco, Christopher Orphal
UNM Keller Hall | directions
FREE Admission
all ages family-friendly community event

Composers Juantio Becenti, Monica Demarco, Doug Falk, Reiko Füting, Tania León, Christopher Orphal, John Donald Robb

Performers Debra Ayers piano, Monica Demarco electronics, Kristin Ditlow piano, Sally Guenther cello, Daniel Lippel guitar, Jesse Tatum flute, Laura Tohe poet, Jacqueline Zander-Wall mezzo-soprano

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Commemorative Program

Download a free copy of the Robb Concert commemorative program (PDF). It contains artists’ bios and head shots, extended program notes, song lyrics, information on the Robb Symposium Series and biennial Robb Commission, career highlights of John Donald Robb, donor acknowledgments, sponsors, a history of the Symposium Series, a list of notable Symposium guests, upcoming events, and information about the Robb Trust annual appeal.

Click here for a copy of the one-page program distributed to audience members attending the concert in person.

Play List

• Paisanos Semos! (1984) for solo guitar by Tania León (b. 1943)
• Heterogeneity (2021) for solo guitar by Doug Falk (b. 1981)
• Map Songs of the Sandhill Cranes poetry reading by Laura Tohe (b. 1952)
• Map Songs (2024) for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, piano, and electronics by Monica Demarco (b. 1990), poetry by Laura Tohe ~ Robb Commission world premiere
• Fantasia on Songs from Los Pastores, Op. 40a (1964) for guitar and orchestra (reduction for guitar and piano) by John Donald Robb (1892-1989) dedicated to renowned Cuban guitarist and former UNM professor Héctor García (1930-2022). This performance is in celebration of Diane and Jim Bonnell's 60th wedding anniversary. The Bonnells are longtime patrons of the Robb Trust and Jim has served on its board of directors since 1999.
• The Empty (2024) for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, and piano, dedicated to United States Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, by Juantio Becenti (b. 1984), text by Renee Podunovich from If There Is A Center, No One Knows Where It Begins ©2008 Used With Permission ~ Robb Commission world premiere
• (Less) Simple Studies in Microtonal Scordatura, Vol. 1 - Quartertones (I - V) (2024) for solo guitar by Chris Orphal (b. 1999) ~ world premiere
• wand-uhr: infinite shadows (Prélude) / Hine ma Tov (2013 / 2016) for solo guitar by Reiko Füting (b. 1970)

Video Teaser

Composer Interview

Monica Demarco interviewed by Robb Trust graudate assistant Chris Orphal.