2023 Underwriting Recipient5/28/2024UNM Symphony Orchestra  Wednesday 25 September 7:30pm WORLD PREMIERE ...Contempla, alma, y considera double concerto for oboe and viola by Sérgio Azevedo (b. 1968) Kevin Vigneau, oboe Kimberly Fredenburgh, viola Sebastián Serrano-Ayala, conductor UNM Symphony Orchestra Other works on the program:
Popejoy Hall $15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 UNM students general admission purchase tickets All pieces on the program are tied by the utilization of folk and popular materials from the regions of Iberia to Nuevo México. The University of New Mexico Symphony Orchestra commissioned Dr. Sérgio Azevedo, a leading contemporary Português composer, to write a concerto for oboe, viola, and orchestra. The concerto utilizes materials from the collected folk and indigenous music found in the John Donald Robb Archives at the University Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections. The work will have a programmatic element related to the story of an Iberian immigrant's journey to Nuevo México.  Dr. Serrano-Ayala photo by Jota Pardo Dr. Sebastián Serrano-Ayala is the newly-appointed Visiting Professor of Orchestral Studies at UNM. An advocate for the music of our time, Colombian-born conductor Sebastián Serrano-Ayala blends inclusive collaboration, and effortless conducting with fresh and timely interpretations. Sebastián is actively involved with symphonic music and educational programs in the United States and an avid adjudicator. He has also served as Assistant Conductor with the Skagit Symphony and the Saratoga Orchestra, and has held Conducting Fellowships at the the Cabrillo Festival, the National Orchestral Institute, Symphony Tacoma, Allentown Symphony Orchestra and the Mostly Modern Festival in NY, where he premiered works with the American Modern Ensemble. Below is an example of Sérgio Azevedo's compositional oeuvre: "O vento sopra onde quer..." (The wind blows where it wants) Concerto para Orquestra de Sopros (2020) performed by BSP, directed by Francisco Ferreira, 30 October 2021. Dr. Azevedo served as "BSP Composer in Residence" in 2020. 2023 Projects9/12/2023The UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust is actively involved in supporting the community by providing underwriting to organizations, ad hoc projects, educational outreach, programming, concerts, and events. Below is a list of the Trust's recent endeavors.  Adobe Saxophone Quartet Part of the Robb Trust's mission is to promote the compositions of John Donald Robb. To that end, the Trust commissioned the Adobe Saxophone Quartet to perform a new arrangement of Robb's String Quartet No. 2, created by the Trust's graduate assistant Chris Orphal. The arrangement received its world premiere in March 2023 at the Robb Concert, the headliner event of the annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium. The Adobe Quartet subsequently recorded the Robb String Quartet No. 2 arrangement in May of 2023. The Trust underwrote the studio recording, which involved hiring an artistic director to oversee the recording session, a recording engineer, the musicians, and an audio/visual editor to mix and edit the audio and create an official music video.  National Hispanic Cultural Center The Robb Trust underwrites annual community programming produced by the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Most recently was Día de Familia y Comunidad: Fiesta de Barelas March 22, 2023. Visitors had a chance to make paper architecture, maracas, and weavings, and learn from Barelas community organizations. Vicente Griego and Chuy Martinez who presented sing-along performances featuring music from the John Donald Robb Archives at the UNM Center of Southwest Research and Special Collections. The free community event was supported by Bank of Albuquerque and musical performances were sponsored by the Robb Trust.  PBS Learning Project Folk Music of New Mexico: The John Donald Robb Collection is an educational initiative produced by New Mexico PBS and the University of New Mexico John Donald Robb Musical Trust with support from the University of New Mexico Libraries' Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, The Mr. and Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Foundation, The Brabson Library and Educational Foundation, and Albuquerque Public Schools. The collection contains video, audio, Spanish transcriptions, English translations, and sheet music for the traditional songs. Support materials include lesson plans (coming soon), student handouts, and video descriptions of the song forms. Supplemental reading material and a documentary film by NM PBS, The Musical Adventures of John Donald Robb in New Mexico, are also available. The Robb Trust provides underwriting and extensive, detailed content. Trust Board members Rosalia Pacheco and Nancy Harbert, and Honorary Board member Enrique Lamadrid, are working closely with NMPBS to bring this project to a completion.  Universidad de Nuevo México Mariachi The Trust pays salary and benefits for two adjunct faculty teaching with the UNM Mariachi Program. Currently, those faculty are Monica E. Trujillo and José Carrillo. UNM Music Department Audiotape Digitization Archival Project  Approximately 25 years ago the UNM Fine Arts Library discarded about 1,500 reel-to-reel audio tapes of events presented by the UNM Music Department. The library no longer had the technology to play these tapes. The tapes represent a historic treasure trove with recordings of faculty, student, and guest performances dating from the 1950s – 1990s.
They were given to the Music Department which placed them in the basement of Hokona Hall where they sat deteriorating and unavailable for decades. In the summer of 2022, the tapes were “rescued” and subsequently cleaned, labeled, and catalogued. They now reside back in the Music Department. The next goal of the project is to get the tapes digitized so the recordings are once again playable on modern equipment. The UNM Robb Trust and its Archives/Underwriting Committee initiated support for the process. Lone Piñon is the 2022 recipient of a Robb Trust underwriting grant, for their project “Musica de los Manitos”. They recently delivered an invitational workshop with dancers from bailefolklorico and flamenco backgrounds, in which elders Reyes and Cordelia García (Pecos) and Lucy Salazar (Cañoncito) led participants through the entire repertoire of Northern New Mexico figure dances, with a focus on two endangered forms (el taleán and las cuadrillas). Attached is a video excerpt from the dance workshop. Upcoming events in the series will serve evacuees from communities affected by the Calf Canyon / Hermits Peak fire. For more information about Robb Trust underwriting, visit: robbtrust.org/underwriting.html Below: Elders Lucy Salazar, Reyes Garcia, and Cordelia Garcia lead young dancers from El Ballet Folklorico Santa Fe in "La Cuna," a traditional figure dance of Northern New Mexican bailes and fandangos. Lone Piñon performs a cuna from the repertoire of Mariano Romero and Los Villeros Alegres de Santa Fe. 2020 ¡Música del Corazón! Sun Nov 3p11/11/20202017 ¡Música del Corazón! Sun 5 Nov 1p8/23/2017NOVEMBER 5, 2017, 1 PM at the NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER - FREE TICKET PICK-UP STARTS AT NOON AT THE NHCC BOX OFFICE
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