“Mountain Mission” FIUMGO Spring 2015 Concerts
The FIU-Miami Guitar Orchestra, directed by Mesut Özgen, will present the final concerts of the season, as part of the FIU GuitArt Series, with an exciting program of music from Baroque to modern, as well as jazz and traditional music from the Andes in two concerts at the Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm and at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall in Miami on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 4:00 pm.
Among the highlights are
"Contrapunctus No. 1" from the Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach,
"Mountain Mission" by Adam Cotton,
“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky,
“Ausencias and Escualo” by Astor Piazzolla,
“Spain" by Chick Corea, “Fingerportrait 1” by Thomas Clippert,
"Insensatez y Agua de beber" by Carlos Antonio Jobim,
"Fiesta de Negritas" by "Luis Eduardo (Lucho) Bermudez, and
"Segni Meravigliosi No. 5: Hung Lung Pak Lung” for flute choir and guitar orchestra by Gerald Garcia.
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Guitars: Felipe Carvajal Rojas, Carlos Serrano, Roberto Rodriguez, Romina Salani, Kevin Poblete, Travis Sadbury, Thomas Caprara, Jacques Le Sante, Mario Alfaro, Roy Reta, Gian Melo
Solos: Felipe Carvajal Rojas, Gian Melo, Carlos Serrano, Thomas Caprara, Romina Salani
Guest Artists: Diana Fernandez, quena/flute; Federico Baez, flute; Stephanie Rengifo, flute; Israel Aragon, violin; Vanessa Andrea Urbina Bermudez, dance
Director and Conductor: Mesut Özgen
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to Robert B. Dundas, Elissa Lakofsky, Michelle Vires, Catalina von Wrangell, and Brian Schriner for supporting the FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra. Special thanks to all players and guest artists for contributing to the orchestra with their wonderful musicianship.
Watch the finale of Mountain Mission by Adam Cotton from the FIUMGO Concert at the Frost Art Museum on April 7, 2015:
Mountain MissionFinale of the Mountain Mission by Adam Cotton, performed by FIUMGO at the Frost Art Museum on April 7, 2015
Posted by Mesut Ozgen, guitarist/composer on Sunday, April 12, 2015