The Linfield College Concert Band will present its spring concert on Tuesday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield.
Under the direction of Joan Haaland Paddock, professor of music and director of instrumental activities, the band will perform a variety of pieces from well-known films and composers. The concert will also feature senior Christian Santangelo, student conducting intern and composer, and junior Quillan Bourassa, winner of the Linfield Concert Band Solo Competition.
The band will perform music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Jay Chattaway and Philip Sparke. An original work by Santangelo, “Rebirth and Recovery,” will also be performed. Bourassa will be featured in Carl Maria von Weber’s “Concertino for Solo Clarinet, Op. 26.”
Paddock is the first woman to receive a doctorate in trumpet performance from Indiana University. Paddock received the Emmy Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Performer’s Certificate from Indiana University. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Norway, and studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. She is a trumpeter with Halcyon Trio Oregon and holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education and Oregon Band Directors Association, among others. She is also on the Fulbright Senior Specialist roster for the Council of International Exchange Scholars.
Santangelo, a music major, is a percussionist in the Linfield Concert Band and Linfield Jazz Band and has played in the orchestra for various musicals. He is also a percussionist for local bands. He has played timpani in Beethoven’s second and fifth symphonies with local orchestras and has been a member of Oregon Crusaders’ Drum and Bugle Corps.
Bourassa is a music major with a focus on clarinet performance. At Linfield, Bourassa has been under the instruction of Steve Kravitz, adjunct professor of music at Linfield. He also helped found a clarinet quartet at Linfield and has performed with the Linfield Concert Band, Salem Concert Band and in the Intercollegiate Honor Band of the College Band Directors National Association combined region conference in Reno, Nev.
The Linfield Concert Band is an instrumental ensemble comprised of approximately 42 members who play woodwinds, brass and percussion. Student musicians include music majors, music minors and students from across all disciplines. Several community members also participate.
The concert is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Linfield College Department of Music. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
