Hunter College Music Department
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
11 am
Welcome
Professor Suzanne Farrin
The Frayda B. Lindemann Chair of Music
Musical Performance
8 Pieces Op.83
Composed by Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Jade Schoolcraft, violin
Amirah Stewart, viola
Aaron Christo, piano
Mixing and Editing by Jade Schoolcraft and Brad Stoller
Video Statement from the President of Hunter College
Jennifer J. Raab
Remarks
Professor Suzanne Farrin
Guest Speaker
Terrance McKnight
Host of Evenings with Terrance McKnight on WQXR
Musical Performance
Joy Spring
Composed by Clifford Brown (1930-1956)
Hillary Grenade, vocals
Jimmy Rose, trumpet
Ethan Wojcik, trombone
Derrion Malik, guitar
Eric Vlesmas, bass
Tim Matthews, drums
Coached by John Chin
Mastering by John Chin
Honoring the Graduates
The Undergraduates
Professor Ashley Jackson
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music
Bachelor of Music
Yanitza Lee
Kiku Ono
Jade Schoolcraft
Bachelor of the Arts in Music
Charlotte Athanasidy
Tyra Basnight
Sebastian Belliard
Antonio Bountouvas
Marcus Burks
Gabriella Carucci
Robert A. Clay, Jr.
Ariella Crisano
Celine Dyer
David Edinboro
Lina Giglio
Nicole Mathews
Emily Medrano
Yeva Mishailov
Janine Moises
Christopher Molina
Paul Morales
Ameerah Muhammad
Kirk Natoza
Pasquale Perrone
Nicholas Politis
Maria Delmar Leon Rodriguez
Adam Schorr
Jacob Sellman
Noah Silversmith
Amirah Stewart
Elizabeth Sullivan
Luis Zamora
Minor in Music
Leann Deebrah
Andrew Tsentner
The Graduate Students
Professor Philip Ewell
Director of Graduate Studies in Music
Master of the Arts in Music
Matthew Beland
George Dulin
Eduardo Farillo
Oliver Glynn
Vincent Guarna
Brendan McGlone
Samantha McGuinness
Ian McNally
Robyn O’Brien
Rich Ocampo
Nicole Otero
Alexandria Pritchard
Katherine Robinson
Erik Stenswold
Eric Vlesmas
Christopher Walker
Angela Wirbiezcas
Noah Wood
Student Reflections
Katherine Robinson
Master of the Arts in Music 2020
World Premiere
Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
Los Guardianes de La Magia
Professor João Luiz, guitar
Closing Remarks & Taking Pictures
Professor Suzanne Farrin
The music heard during the opening of today’s event is selections from pianist Oliver Glynn’s spring 2020 recital, Master of Arts in Music 2020.
Thelonius Monk I Mean You
Jerome Kern All the Things You Are
Jimmy Forrest Night Train
Jules Styne I Fall in Love Too Easily
Charlie Parker Anthropology
Hoagie Carmichael The Nearness of You
Oliver Glynn That Do Dat
The music heard during the closing of today’s event is composed by current student, Calvin Grad, Bachelor of the Arts in Music.
Special Guys
Composed by Calvin Grad
Felix Mastropasqua, vocals
Tyra Basnight, vocals
Brandon Martin, guitar
Calvin Grad, bass
Sebastian Belliard, drums, beat programming
Coached by John Chin
Mastering by John Chin
About Terrance McKnight
Terrance McKnight is the well-known voice of the evening hours for WQXR. He is a member of the board of directors the Bagby Foundation and the MacDowell Colony and is an artistic advisor for the Harlem Chamber Players. He is frequently sought out by major cultural organizations for his insight into the cultivation of diverse perspectives and voices in the cultural and social responsibility spheres. McKnight regularly curates concerts and talks at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, the Billie Holiday Theatre, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at City College, and the Museum of Modern Art.
When Terrance McKnight moved to New York City, his 96-year-old grandmother offered him a few words of wisdom: “If you’ve got something to say, get out there in the middle of the road and say it; don’t go hiding behind no bush.” From a long line of passionate citizens — his maternal family founded a branch of the NAACP in Mississippi and his father was the pastor of a church in Cleveland — Terrance and his siblings were expected to contribute to their community while growing up. Early on, Terrance decided he would take the musician’s journey.
Read More about Terrance McKnight
About Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer Mezquida (b. 1939 in Havana, Cuba) is recognized world-wide as a composer, guitarist, and conductor. He had his first music lessons from his father, Juan Brouwer, and his aunt, Caridad Mezquida, while his great-uncle, Ernesto Lecuona, was famous both as a composer and as a pianist. Brouwer had his first guitar lessons in 1953 with Isaac Nicola, who established the modern school of Cuban guitar-playing, and two years later began to study composition on his own.
In 1959 Brouwer was awarded a scholarship for further study of the guitar in America at Hartford University and of composition at the Juilliard School in New York, where his studies were with Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, Isadore Preed, J. Diemente and Joseph Iadone. In 1960 he was appointed director of the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos, a position that, over the years, brought the composition of a large number of film scores both in Cuba and abroad. From this time onwards Brouwer was associated with the Cuban musical avant-garde, serving as an adviser to Radio Habana Cuba and teaching at the Conservatorio Nacional, and, as occasion demanded, in universities abroad. He established the biennial Cuban Guitar Competition and Festival and since 1981 has been general director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba. Conducting engagements have taken Brouwer to many countries.
