Featured on this 50th annual President’s Concert are bassoonist Kenny Kriha, performing a movement of Daniel Schnyder’s Bassoon Concerto, soprano Clarissa Christina Smith performing three selections by Richard Strauss; Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1; Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8; Befreit, Op. 39, No. 4; pianist Shih-Han Su, performing the first movement of Piano Concerto, Op. 13 by Benjamin Britten; and Andrew D. Nix performing the first movement of Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The students are selected from each area of the School of Music – strings, voice, wind and percussion, and keyboard. They represent the depth of talent at the school, shining in this performance with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra. Their performances will be conducted by doctoral students María Fátima Corona del Toro and J Alexander Bennett. The program will also include Verdi’s Overture to La Forza del Destino, under the baton of Dr. Thomas Cockrell.

Clarissa Christina Smith, soprano

3 selections by Richard Strauss
1) Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1
2) Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8
3) Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4

Shih-Han Su, piano
Piano Concerto, Op. 13 by Benjamin Britten
I. Toccata: Allegro molto e con brio

María Fátima Corona del Toro, conductor

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Kenny Kriha, bassoon
Bassoon Concerto by Daniel Schnyder

María Fátima Corona del Toro, conductor

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Overture to La forza del destino by Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi