TCNJ Faculty Artist Series Featuring: Joshua Kovach & Kathleen Mitchell
February 6 • 7:30 pm
Join TCNJ Department of Music for the first Faculty Artist Recital of this semester, featuring Joshua Kovach, clarinet, and Kathleen Mitchell, saxophone.
The program opens with a transcription of Ginastera’s vibrant Tres Danzas Argentinas, the composer’s first published and most beloved work. From there, the concert highlights international voices, including Hungarian clarinetist Béla Kovács’evocative Hommage à Manuel de Falla and Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga’s Duo, drawn from her ballet Dancing with the Shadow. Contemporary influences surface in Andrián Pertout’s Riesenschritte, inspired by Coltrane’s groundbreaking Giant Steps, and in Ronald L. Caravan’s arrangement of Paquito D’Rivera’s La Fleur de Cayenne, infused with the rhythms of the Venezuelan joropo. The program also features Victor Morosco’s Blue Caprice, a blues-inflected passacaglia that bridges classical form with jazz tradition.
Together, these works create a rich and eclectic evening, weaving folk influences, jazz language, and contemporary voices into a vibrant tapestry of sound.
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