Monday, October 7th
7:00 PM
Highland Recital Hall
Ralph Vaughn Williams
(1872-1958)
Three Vocalises
I. Prelude
II. Scherzo
III. Quasi Menuetto
Julie Linder, clarinet
Matthew Swihart, trumpet
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
"Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" op. 129
Matthew Swihart, trumpet
Valeria Diaz Navarro, piano
Elizabeth Raum
(b. 1945)
Faustbuch
1. Faust and Mephistopheles
2. Faust and Gretchen
3. Walpurgis, Death and Redemption
Matthew Swihart, trumpet
Jugwon "Jay" Noh, piano
Amanda Harberg
(b. 1973)
Hall of Ghosts
Julie Linder, clarinet
Stanley Friedman
(b. 1951)
B’Shertah
Julie Linder, clarinet
Matthew Swihart, trumpet
Valeria Diaz Navarro, piano
Matthew Swihart served as Assistant Professor of high brass and music theory at Nicholls State University in Louisiana. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music. Matt has studied at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and SUNY Stony Brook. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the Hochschule fur Musik in Detmold, Germany from 2001 to 2003. Matthew was a member of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in the summer of 1997 and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra in the summer of 1999. He was awarded 3rd prize in the International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition both in 1995 and 1998. Matthew has performed with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Opera Orchestra, the Tacoma Philharmonic, and the Eastman Virtuosi. Matthew’s primary instructors include Armando Ghitalla, Max Sommerhalder, and James Thompson. He has performed under the batons of Seiji Ozawa, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Christoph Eschenbach.
Live performances by Dr. Swihart can be heard in a variety of chamber music settings on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@matthewswihart/videos
Julie Linder-Gaulin is the founder of Musician Pro Workshops, a company that produces educational clinics connecting students with expert teachers and performers. She is the Director of the clarinet division’s summer camps – Clarinet Pro Workshops. In that role, Julie partners with University professors to write curriculum and help connect with young students in their area.
In addition, Ms. Linder-Gaulin plays with the Corpus Christi Symphony, Corpus Christi Ballet and LOLA Austin and is past adjunct Professor of Clarinet at Texas A&M University – Kingsville and Concordia University Texas. She teaches privately and clinics in and around Austin, with a particular emphasis on beginner pedagogy.
Ms. Linder studied at the University of North Texas, DePaul University and with Matthias Glander, Staatsoper Berlin.
Ms. Linder-Gaulin is a D’Addario Woodwinds and Selmer Artist. She plays on Selmer-Paris Privilege clarinets.
