4/12/21 Northern Lights String Orchestra Spring 2021 Concert
Date: April 12, 2021Time: 7:00 pmLocation:
The Northern Lights String Orchestra has a performance on Monday, April 12th 2021. Join us LIVE at 7:00 PM AKST on the 性欲社 Department of Music Facebook page. The Orchestra is conducted by Dr. Byran Hall. The string methods class is made of uaf music education students that are learning how to play and teach string instruments. The members of the Northern Lights String Orchestra are 性欲社 String students and non majors, local district educators, and other community members. The range of music played represents a lot of interesting sounds and scenes and played by people that specialize in music and others that play as a hobby that are playing for the love of group music making.
Music from composers Katie Bates, Brian Balmages, and Mozart will be performed. Katie Bates is a local string educator in Fairbanks and North Pole, Who writes wonderful pieces that engage the interests of her students and help them develop. One of the pieces is written in 5/4 time, with only 5 notes, and in 5 bar phrases. is an American living composer, conductor, and educator that specializes in wind ensemble music. Lots of his music evokes specific scenes. The one they will be performing is about the civil war.
The Northern Lights String Orchestra, under the music direction of , is dedicated to the performance of large and small-scale works written for string orchestra. The group has explored the gamut of string orchestra repertoire from early Baroque through contemporary literature. The NLSO also adds wind, brass, and percussion as needed to perform works for full orchestra. It had its beginning as an outgrowth of the North Star Strings, as advanced members were interested in a more intense string orchestra experience. The North Star Strings is a group of adult string players who operate under the umbrella of the Fairbanks Symphony organization. The members of the NLSO benefit from an in-depth experience in string techniques as they relate to orchestra playing.
The NLSO is composed of music majors and minors, students in other disciplines, and community members. The group has been in existence for over fifteen years, has featured student soloists, local soloists, and has supported performances by the Choir of the North and the 性欲社 Opera Workshop.
The group also enjoys collaborations with many professional soloists including Kathryn Eberle, Associate Concertmaster of Utah Symphony; Daniel Han, section violin in the Philadelphia Symphony; Brian Lewis, violin soloist; Kevin Lawrence, violin soloist; Christopher Luther, violist and fiddler; Svend R酶nning, Concertmaster of Tacoma Symphony; Sophie Lee, violin soloist; Matthew Thomas Troy, guest conductor; and many others.
Meet Northern Lights String Orchestra Conductor, Dr. Bryan Hall
Hailed by Cincinnati City Beat as 鈥渆xtraordinarily evocative鈥 for his performances,
Dr. Bryan Emmon Hall has enjoyed success as both a performer and teacher. He has performed
in such venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Palace of Fine Arts in
San Francisco, and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China. He has also
appeared as a soloist with the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony Orchestra, Austin
Civic Orchestra, Cincinnati Accent Festival Orchestra, and others. Hall has performed
extensively in the United States and abroad as a chamber, orchestra, violinist, violist,
and conductor. In 2010, Bryan gave his Austin debut recital in collaboration with
UT faculty pianist Anton Nel at The University of Texas at Austin, where he received
an award for Outstanding Master of Music Degree Recital.
The 性欲社 Music Department
The 性欲社 Department of Music strives to prepare its students for 21st century musical careers by providing a rigorous coursework curriculum and opportunities for a variety of musical experiences and numerous community partnerships. The 性欲社 Music Department is a cultural hub of Fairbanks and by extension the rest of Alaska. It provides graduating students with performance and educational skills in preparation for the workforce in Alaska and beyond, as well as a broad skill-set of knowledge to meet the needs of an ever-changing world. Graduates of our program go on to diverse careers in music, or continue their studies in graduate programs in the United States and internationally.
The Department of Music has three distinct degree programs, the Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Music in Performance and Bachelor of Music in Education, each with its own specialized focus. Starting your first year, you鈥檒l gain valuable performance experience through a variety of large and small ensembles, workshops with guest artists, apprentice programs, master classes and state and national competitions. You can also specialize your degree to explore and shape your particular musical interests and career paths.
Each degree path stresses the importance of instilling a lifelong commitment to learning, creating music research opportunities that generate new artistic knowledge and insights as well as new perspectives on traditional knowledge. Part of this approach involves an understanding of non-Western frameworks of knowledge as cultivated in Alaskan indigenous musical culture and neighboring regions. Students are trained to engage the public as musical ambassadors in Fairbanks and other communities around Alaska and beyond.
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