THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Guest Artist Recital
University of Mississippi
Department of Music Faculty
Nave Graham, flute
Adam Estes, saxophone
Adrienne Park, Piano
Michael Gardiner, Composer
Sunday, February 5, 2023
7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
PROGRAM
Piano Trio No. 3: Ecstatic Samba Kevin Day (b. 1996)
tr. Adam Estes
Nottruno Marilyn Shrude (b. 1946)
Flower Catalog: 12 Preludes for Piano, Op. 39 Stephanie Ann Boyd
12. Lily of the Valley (b. 1990)
In der Tiefe François Rossé (b. 1945)
Strohbass Marcos Balter (b. 1974)
I cannot keep the blossoms from falling Michael Gardiner (b. 1975)
— Premiere Performance —
Dash Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
arr. Jeffrey Heisler
Nave Graham, flute Adam Estes, saxophone Adrienne Park, piano
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All…
Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers.
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ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS
Adam Estes is associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi, where he teaches saxophone and bassoon, coaches woodwind chamber ensembles, and teaches woodwinds methods courses. Most recently, he was assistant professor at Minot State University. Formerly a band director in the public schools in Mason, Texas, Estes has also held posts as visiting professor of saxophone at Furman University and the University of South Carolina, as well as instructorships at Presbyterian College and the South Carolina Governors School for the Arts and Humanities. He is a founding member of the Assembly Quartet, and maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. His performing career has taken him to venues in Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium. Dr. Estes is a Legere Endorsing Artist, Yamaha Performing Artist, and has recorded on Albany Records, MSR Classics, and AMP Recordings.
Adrienne Park is assistant professor of collaborative piano at the University of Mississippi and has a wide breadth of experience performing as a collaborative pianist in chamber music settings and as a pianist within symphonic settings. For six years at The Banff Centre’s Music and Sound program, she was the faculty collaborative pianist for the fall and winter residencies, with the central mission of helping resident artists realize their artistic endeavors. She has performed in recital with many renowned artists, including violinists Joshua Bell and Andrew Dawes, cellists Shauna Rolston and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, bassist Edgar Meyer, flutists Paul Edmund Davies, Timothy Hutchins and Tara Helen O’Connor, bassoonist Frank Morelli, saxophonist Nikita Zimin, horn player Frøydis Ree Wekre, percussion group NEXUS, soprano Mary Wilson, and tenor Telly Leung. For fifteen years, Adrienne has performed regularly with the Memphis Chamber Music Society. Adrienne is Principal Piano, Celeste, and Keyboards with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Moody, a position she has held since 2004.
As a proponent of contemporary music, Adrienne has performed many world premieres, and recently commissioned and premiered one of twelve preludes for solo piano from Flower Catalog by American melodist Stephanie Ann Boyd of ICEBERG New Music. As a faculty member at the University of Mississippi, Adrienne has been a collaborative pianist since 2001. In 2013, she launched Sonic Explorations, a chamber music series that highlights the talents of music faculty and professional musicians in the region. She recently redesigned the curriculum for Keyboard Fundamentals, a required course for music majors. In addition to teaching applied piano at the University, she has an active private piano studio in Oxford, Mississippi.
Prize-winning flutist Nave Graham leads a versatile and fulfilling career as a solo and orchestral performer, chamber musician, and educator. Dr. Graham has been awarded first prize in numerous national competitions including the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Young Artist Competition, the Flute Society of Kentucky Young Artist Competition, and the Central Ohio Flute Association Young Artist Competition. She has also been a prizewinner in the Byron Hester Solo Flute Competition hosted by the Houston Flute Club, the South Carolina Flute Society Young Artist Competition, and the National Flute Association Masterclass Performers Competition.
As an advocate of contemporary music, Dr. Graham has attended various festivals dedicated to new music including the Toronto Creative Music Lab, New Music on the Point, and the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. She was also a fellow at the Bang on A Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Dr. Graham is also a founding member of All of the Above, a contemporary chamber music sextet devoted to creating unique and innovative musical experiences by collaborating with composers and challenging the traditions of the classical concert.
In addition to performing, Dr. Graham previously held the position of Adjunct Instructor of Flute at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She served as adjunct flute faculty at the CCM Preparatory Department and is a teaching fellow at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in the summers. With a cognate in Ethnomusicology, she has conducted intensive research on Buddhist philosophy and psychology as it relates to music performance anxiety. She has presented lectures at the College Music Society Conference, the University of South Carolina, the South Carolina Flute Society Festival, and Northern Kentucky University.
Dr. Graham holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music where she studied with Randolph Bowman. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Carolina where she studied with Jennifer Parker-Harley. She is instructor of flute at the University of Mississippi. For more information, please visit www.navegraham.com.
Dr. Michael C. Gardiner is associate professor of music in music theory at The University of Mississippi. He favors an open approach to materials, one that views the discipline of analysis as a set of design problems and solutions. His book, Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum: A Musical and Metaphysical Analysis was published in 2019 on Routledge, and his articles have appeared in Perspectives of New Music, Current Musicology, Asian Music, and Sonus.
