Robb Symposium Series

2023-2024 Season

2023

Friday 15 September 11am
Matthew Bertner, composer
Location: CFA Room 1111
Program: Artist talk and composition master class with UNM composition students

Friday 29 September 11am
Rhonda Rider, cello
Location: CFA Room 1111
Program: Read through and discussion of cello excerpts by UNM composition students

Friday 27 October 11am
Majel Connery, composer
Location: CFA Room 1111
Program: Artist talk

Wolf Tones '23 poster by Hannah Trader

Friday 27 October 7pm
Wolf Tones '23 Concert #1
New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble *
Location: UNM Arts Lab
Program: tba

Saturday 28 October 7pm
Wolf Tones '23 Concert #2
Manny Rettinger and The Chuppers *
Location: UNM Arts Lab
Program: tba

* An audio-visual analogue-hybrid installation by Micah Hood will also be featured.

Friday 3 November 11am
Leo Eguchi, cello
Location: Keller Hall
Program: Read through and discussion
of UNM composition student works

2024

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Friday 23 February 7:30pm
loadbang
Location: Keller Hall

Composers: Doug Falk, Elias Lang, Carlos S. Medina, Axel Retif, Lucas Stafford, Heather Stebbins

Program:

• MOGOR (World Premiere) - Axel Retif
• Manic Evening (World Premiere) - Lucas Stafford
• This Land (World Premiere) - Doug Falk
• Dos Poemas Del Páramo (World Premiere) - Carlos S. Medina
• The Eye of Balor (World Premiere) - Elias Lang
• Quiver - Heather Stebbins
  

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Thursday 28 March 2:00pm
Dana Wilson, composer
Location: CFA Room B120

Thursday 28 March 7:30pm
UNM Symphony Orchestra
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 seniors and UNM employees, $5 students
Location: Popejoy Hall
Director: Colonel Jim R. Keene Commander U.S. Army Field Band, UNM alum 1988
Program:

• Carmen Suite No. 1 (Bizet)
• Black Iris (Esmail)
• Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (Dana Wilson), soloist Dr. Michael Walker
• Magnificent Seven Symphonic Suite (E. Bernstein)

Friday 29 March 11:00am
Reiko Füting, composer
Location: CFA Room 1111

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Friday 29 March 7:30pm
Annual Robb Concert

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

Program (performance order tba):

• 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. 1986), 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 1991.
• 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)

The public is cordially invited to a free reception in Keller Hall lobby following the concert.

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Friday 12 April 11:00am
Kurt Stallmann, composer
Location: CFA Room 1111

Friday 26 April 11:00am
Rodrigo Sigal, composer
Location: CFA Room 1111

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