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Robb Symposium Series

5/1/2023
2023 Events

Fri 10 February 11:00am-11:50am
Composition Masterclass with Ellen Reid
in cooperation with New Mexico Philharmonic
Performers: UNM composition students
Tickets: $0

Venue: UNM Center for the Arts, Room 1111
Program: TBA

Fri 10 February 1:00pm-2:40pm
Workshop with
Jeffrey Brooks clarinet & Silviu Ciulei guitar
Composers: UNM composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts, Room 1111
Program: TBA

Sun 12 February 3:00pm
UNM Faculty Spotlight Concert
: Clarinet Meets Guitar
Composers: John Donald Robb (1892-1989), Marc Mellits (b.1966), Adrian Andrei (b.1980), Redi Marku (b.1984), Olga Amelkina-Vera (b.1976), Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Performers: Jeffrey Brooks clarinet & Silviu Ciulei guitar
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Tickets: $0
Program:
  • Fantasia on Themes by Robb arr. Chris Orphal (2023) world premiere
  • Isolation Theory (2020) Mellits
  • Five Moods (2021) Andrei world premiere
  • Albanian Landscape (2020) Marku world premiere
  • Romanian Fantasy (2020) Amelkina-Vera
  • Histoire du Tango (1986) Piazzola

Fri 24 February 11:00am & 1:00pm
Composition Masterclass
with Sarah Hennies
Performers: UNM composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topic: TBA

Fri 3 March 11:00am & 1:00pm
Artist Talk
with Composer Levi Raleigh Brown
Levi will present by Zoom
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topics:
  • 11:00am Out and About: Composing after Graduation
  • 1:00pm Constructing Escalator

Sat 4 March 2:00pm
Workshop
with Percussionist Alan Zimmerman
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall

Sat 4 March 7:30pm
Concert with Percussionist
Alan Zimmerman
Composers: Rebecca Saunders, Kenneth Cornell, Raven Chacon
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program:
  • Dust Saunders (2019)
  • body maps Cornell
  • For Suzanne Kite from For Zitkála-Šá Chacon (2019)

Tue 7 March 3:00pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Tue 7 March 7:30pm
Studio Recital

Performers: New Music New Mexico and The UNM Composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room B120
Program: tba

Wed 8 March 11:00am
Lecture-Demonstration
with Xavier Foley
presented by Santa Fe Pro Musica
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Program: Xavier will demonstrate and give a lecture on good string writing.

Wed 8 March 2:00pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Thu 9 March 12:30pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Fri 10 March 4:30pm
Piano Masterclass
with Emanuele Arciuli
Performers: UNM Music students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba

Wed 22 - Fri 24 & Mon 27 March
51st Annual John Donald Robb Composer's Symposium
Tickets: $0
UNM Keller Hall unless otherwise indicated*
Composers: Axel Retif, Beth Ratay, Cara Haxo, Carlos Arellano, Chris Orphal, Daniel Davis, Doug Falk, John Donald Robb, Jude Harb, Laura Cetilia, Levi Raleigh Brown, Mario Godoy, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Paula Matthusen, Sky Macklay, Thomas Ropp.
Performers: Splinter Reeds (Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon), Moving Lines Ensemble (Charlotte Leung alto saxophone, Adrian Gomez cello, Levi Raleigh Brown percussion, John Barney spoken word), David Felberg and Ruxandra Marquardt violin; Laura Tait Chang viola; Amy Huzjak cello.
  • Wed 22 John Donald Robb Concert 7:30pm reception following
  • Thu 23 Five Splinter Reeds Masterclasses 2:00pm
  • Thu 23 Splinter Reeds Concert 7:30pm
  • Fri 24 UNM Student Composers Concert ft. Splinter Reeds 7:30pm
  • Mon 27 Sky Macklay Composition Masterclass 9:00am-2:30pm *location tba

Fri 7 April 11:00am
Artist Talk
with Clara Byom and Joshua Carro
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topics: tba

Fri 14 April 11:00am
Artist Talk with Beth Ratay
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Center for the Arts Room 1111
Topics: Emotions and Math, the Music of Beth Ratay

Sun 30 April 12:00pm
Studio Recital

Performers: New Music New Mexico and The UNM Composition students
Tickets: $0
Venue: UNM Keller Hall
Program: tba
 

2023 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium

3/27/2023
COMPOSERS
Axel Retif, Beth Ratay, Cara Haxo, Carlos Arellano, Chris Orphal, Daniel Davis, Doug Falk, John Donald Robb, Jude Harb, Laura Cetilia, Levi Raleigh Brown, Mario Godoy, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Paula Matthusen, Sky Macklay, Thomas Ropp
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Sky Macklay, composer-in-residence
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Levi Raleigh Brown, guest composer
PERFORMERS
  • Splinter Reeds: Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon;
  • Moving Lines Ensemble: Charlotte Leung alto saxophone, Adrian Gomez cello, Levi Raleigh Brown percussion, John Barney spoken word
  • Ruxandra Marquardt and David Felberg violin, Laura Tait Chang viola, Amy Huzjak cello
  • Adobe Saxophone Quartet: Taylor Gilman soprano saxophone, Cade Gutierrez alto saxophone, Brady Charrier tenor saxophone, Parker Head baritone saxophone, Ashley Kelly coach
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Splinter Reeds headline the 2023 John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium
The John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium is a part of the Robb New Music Series, in partnership with UNM Music and the UNM College of Fine Arts.

View  and download the 2023 51st Annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium commemorative program:
Download 2023 Program (98.7MB)
SCHEDULE

Wednesday 22 March
John Donald Robb Concert
7:30pm * free admission and reception
UNM Keller Hall | directions

Composers: John Donald Robb, Daniel Davis, Beth Ratay, Levi Raleigh Brown
Performers: Adobe Saxophone Quartet (Taylor Gilman soprano saxophone, Cade Gutierrez alto saxophone, Brady Charrier tenor saxophone, Parker Head baritone saxophone, Ashley Kelly coach); Ruxandra Marquardt and David Felberg violin; Laura Tait Chang viola; Amy Huzjak cello; Moving Lines Ensemble (Charlotte Leung alto saxophone, Adrian Gomez cello*, Levi Raleigh Brown percussion, John Barney spoken word)
John Donald Robb Concert Program
Program ~ Four World Premieres:
  • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 38 (1932) John Donald Robb transcribed for saxophone quartet (2023) Chris Orphal
  • Gems Out of Darkness, Miniatures for String Quartet (1981/2014) Daniel Davis
  • Painting for Strings Beth Ratay
  • Escalator (2019) Levi Raleigh Brown
The public is cordially invited to a free reception in the lobby of Keller Hall following the concert.
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*Adrian's cello is generously provided by
 Robertson & Sons Violin Shop, Inc.

Watch an archival live stream of the Robb Concert provided by UNM Keller Hall.
Thursday 23 March
Splinter Reeds Masterclasses
2:00pm-2:55pm * free admission
UNM Center For The Arts (CFA) multiple rooms:
  • Chamber Music Masterclass UNM Keller Hall | directions ~ Bill Kalinkos, clarinetist with Splinter Reeds, will coach a rehearsal of UNM's contemporary music ensemble, New Mexico New Music
  • Oboe Masterclass CFA alcove ~ Kyle Bruckmann, oboist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM oboe students
  • Clarinet Masterclass CFA 2100 ~ Jeff Anderle, bass clarinetist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM clarinet students
  • Saxophone Masterclass CFA B120 ~ Nicki Roman, saxophonist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM saxophone students
  • Bassoon Masterclass CFA B134 ~ Dana Jessen, bassoonist with Splinter Reeds, will work with UNM bassoon students

Thursday 23 March
Splinter Reeds Concert
Music from the Americas Concert Series
7:30pm * free admission
UNM Keller Hall | directions

Composers: Mario Godoy, Cara Haxo, Sky Macklay, Laura Cetilia, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Paula Matthusen
Performers: Splinter Reeds (Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon)
Splinter Reeds Concert Program
Program:
  • Exercices (2017) Cara Haxo
  • Choppy (2017) Sky Macklay
  • adrift (2019) Laura Cetilia
  • create. process. (2018) Mario Godoy
  • Firing Squad (2018) Niloufar Nourbakhsh
  • Antenna Studies (2018) Paula Matthusen

Watch an archival live stream of the Splinter Reeds concert, provided by UNM Keller Hall.
Friday 24 March
UNM Student Composers Concert
7:30pm * free admission
UNM Keller Hall | directions
Composers:
Axel Retif, Carlos Arellano, Chris Orphal, Doug Falk, Jude Harb, Thomas Ropp
Performers: Splinter Reeds (Kyle Bruckmann oboe, Bill Kalinkos clarinet, Nicki Roman saxophone, Jeff Anderle bass clarinet, Dana Jessen bassoon)
UNM Student Composers Concert
Program:
  • PentaClash (2023) Jude Harb
  • Amalgamation (2023) Doug Falk
  • Maverick (2022) Thomas Ropp
  • Eco IV (2023) Carlos Arellano
  • Atok (2023) Axel Retif
  • Ripples of Luminescence, Both Delectable and Foetid (2023) Chris Orphal

Watch an archival live stream of the Splinter Reeds concert, provided by UNM Keller Hall.
Monday 27 March
Sky Macklay Masterclass

9:00am-4:00pm * free admission
UNM Center For The Arts (CFA) see room schedule below
Composers: UNM composition students
Program: Composer Sky Macklay will coach UNM compositions students
  • 9:00am-10:00am CFA 1106
  • 10:00am-12:00pm CFA 1111
  • 12:00pm-1:00pm lunch break
  • 1:00pm-4:00pm CFA 1106
 

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11/6/2018
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
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