Alex Rotundo, composition - 2nd Year Master's Recital
Student Recital
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Program
In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.
Alex Rotundo: Jaunt
Sasha Santarcangelo, violin I
Cullen Luper, violin II
Tristan L’Heureux, viola
Joshua Gordon, cello
A. Rotundo: Gigue
Alex Rotundo, piano
A. Rotundo: Music of the Spheres (texts by Emily Dickinson)
I. A Slash of Blue
II. Frequently the woods are pink
III. A promise is firmer than hope
IV. There is another sky
V. Navy Sunset
Cora-Melin Mikat, soprano
Alex Rotundo, piano
- Intermission -
A. Rotundo: The Moon’s Fluent Route to Dawn (texts by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman)
Morgan Wolfe, soprano
Alex Rotundo, piano
A. Rotundo: Uplift
I. Rapid and energetic
II. Very relaxed
III. With restless propulsion
The Bridge Music Collective
Colton Potter, oboe
Caleb Rose, clarinet
Jessica Folson, violin
Sarah Hooton, viola
Carlos Valdez, double bass
Composition
Mason Bates
About SFCM’s Composition Department
Prize-winning faculty develop and refine the skills of the next generation of great composers. The composition department both honors tradition and encourages innovation. Our four versatile faculty members closely mentor students while maintaining high-profile composing careers. We strongly emphasize interdepartmental collaboration, matching composers with performers, as well as offer frequent concerts and readings of student works. Every year, SFCM hosts the Highsmith Competition, an internal composition contest that grants the winner a performance of the submitted work by the Conservatory Orchestra. You'll be able to take advantage of the extraordinarily rich musical life of San Francisco, home to some of the most groundbreaking musical activity of the past half-century.
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