Philip Sinder, Tuba - MSU College of Music - Michigan State University

Upcoming EventsMonday, November 5, 2012, 7:30, Cook Recital Hall, FREEHonors College ConcertTuesday, November 6, 2012, 7:30, Cook Recital Hall, FREEPremieres of New MusicThursday, November 8, 2012, 7:30, Cook Recital Hall, FREEPercussion EnsembleFriday, November 9, 2012, 8:00, Cook Recital Hall, $Jazz OctetsSaturday, November 10, 2012, 8:00, Wharton Center’s Cobb Great HallLansing Symphony Orchestra, with Univ. Chorale, State Singers, ChoralUnion. Tickets $15-50, available from Lansing Symphony Orchestra517.487.5001 or lansingsymphony.orgSunday, November November 12, 3:00, Cook Recital Hall, FREETrombone ChoirMonday, November 12, 2012, 7:30, Cook Recital Hall, $Panayis Lyras, PianoTuesday, November 13, 2012, 7:30, Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall, $Men's and Women's Glee ClubsThursday, November 15, 2012, 7:30, Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall, $Symphony BandFriday, November 16, 2012, 8:00, Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall, $Symphony Orchestra$ - General Admission tickets are $10 for adult, $8 for senior (age 60 and older), and freefor students with ID and those under age 18. These tickets are available at the doorbefore each performance, online at music.msu.edu, over the phone at 517.353.5340, orin person in Room 102, Music Building, 333. W. Circle Dr., M-F, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m, or atthe Wharton Center, 517.423.2000, or 800.WHARTON. A $2.50 restoration fee added ifpurchased through Wharton Center.WCS - West Circle Series tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for senior (age 60 and older), and$5 for students with ID and those under age 18. These tickets are available at the doorbefore each performance, online at music.msu.edu, over the phone at 517.353.5340, orin person in Room 102, Music Building, 333. W. Circle Dr., M-F, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.$$ - Special Admission tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors (age 60 and older), and$10 for students and those under age 18. These tickets are only available at the WhartonCenter, at whartoncenter.com, or 517.423.2000, or 800.WHARTON. A $2.50 restorationfee will be added to tickets purchased at Wharton Center.presentsFaculty Artist RecitalPhilip Sinder, TubaWithDeborah Moriarty, PianoAssisted bySteven Kandow, TromboneAva Ordman, TromboneGretchen Renshaw, TubaGail Robertson, EuphoniumMichael Robinson, TromboneStefan Stolarchuk, Bass TromboneDaniel Stull, EuphoniumBill Waterman, Tuba/ConductorJon Weber, PercussionSunday, November 4, 2012, 3:00 pmCook Recital Hall

ProgramArtist BioSonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027 Johann Sebastian BachAdagio (1685 – 1750)Allegro ma non tanto(arr. Bryan Doughty)AndanteAllegro moderatoFantasia, for Tuba and Piano (1979)Jabberwocky, for Tuba and Piano (2012)Ave VerumTake This Hammer (2008)IntermissionSoichi KonagayaDavid GillinghamWolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756 – 1791)(arr. David Sabourin)Steven SnowdenPhilip Sinder serves as professor of tuba and euphonium at theMichigan State University College of Music, celebrating his 31styear in 2012-13. He has also served as principal tuba of theLansing Symphony Orchestra for 25 years. Sinder has performedwith many leading orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony,Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, and HoustonSymphony. He is a founding member of the Brass Band of BattleCreek, and also performs frequently with the Michigan OperaTheatre Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the DetroitChamber Winds, as well as the Beaumont Brass Quintet of MSU.His solo tuba recording, “Aerodynamics”, has received strongcritical acclaim, including a review in the American Record Guidewhich states, “with his big and utterly stable tone quality,expressiveness, and well-honed technical skills, he makes virtuosopieces sound easy”.Sinder has appeared as tuba soloist throughout the United States aswell as in Japan and Canada, and has been a featured artist attwelve international and regional conferences. He has alsocommissioned/premiered over twenty works featuring tuba. Hecurrently serves as chairman for the Leonard Falcone InternationalEuphonium and Tuba Festival (a world recognized solocompetition), and since 2005 has been a Valade Teaching Fellowat the Interlochen Arts Camp. Sinder earned a Bachelor of MusicEducation degree and Performer’s Certificate from the EastmanSchool of Music, and a Master of Music degree from Wichita StateUniversity.Three Prayers (2010)ChantLament and InvocationNiggunKim Portnoy