Resident Artist Series Recital, Ricardo Martinez and Patricia Grimm, 10/11/21

R E SID EN T A R T I S T S E R I E S

Ricardo Martinez Patricia Grimm, piano Monday, October 11, 2021 7:30 p.m.

Conservatory Recital Hall

8TH PERFORMANCE OF 2021-22 ACADEMIC YEAR

CO N CER T P RO GR A M , O C TOBER 1 1 , 2 0 2 1 , 7 : 3 0 P M Esbozos fugaces (Fleeting Sketches) (2019)

Kenichi Ikuno Sekiguchi (b. 1985)

Sendero Naciente (The Rising Path) (2015) 1. Freely and with great expression 2. Slowly but flowing 3. Rhythmic and playful

Lilia Vázquez Kuntze (b. 1955)

Mambo Ninón (2015) Estrellita (Little Star) (1912)

Gabriela Ortiz (b. 1964) Manuel Maria Ponce (1882 - 1948) arr. T. Asakawa

Tequila Saxiana (2002)

Jorge Calleja (b. 1971)

Ryan Porter, Alto Saxophone Danzón No. 5 “Portales de Madrugada” (1997) Arturo Garcia, Alto Saxophone Theresa Huynh, Tenor Saxophone James Scott, Baritone Saxophone Veracruz!

A collection of Mexican Folk Songs from Veracruz Arturo Garcia, Alto Saxophone Theresa Huynh, Tenor Saxophone James Scott, Baritone Saxophone

Arturo Márquez (b. 1950)

José Oliver Riojas (1982 - 2020)

A highly evolved saxophone player, American saxophonist Ricardo Martinez has performed concerts internationally in France, Scotland, and Japan. Most recently in 2019, Martinez toured Japan giving concerts in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Shizuoka. Martinez was featured soloist with the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Cergy-Pontoise Wind Ensemble performing Deux Mouvements by André Waignein.

He has performed frequently at major conferences including the International Saxophone Symposium, North American Saxophone Alliance, American Single Reed Summit, and World Saxophone Congress and has been broadcasted several times on WFIU Public Radio.

An avid chamber musician, Martinez was Grand Prize Winner in the 2019 9th Plowman Chamber Music Competition. While in France, Martinez performed frequent chamber concerts in Paris at the Korean Cultural Center, Maison de la Culture du Japon, Maison Heinrich Heine, and Temple du Saint Esprit. As an orchestral musician, Martinez has performed with several symphonies, including the California Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, and University Orchestra at Jacobs, as well as the San Jose Wind Symphony. Martinez has been invited to teach and perform at San José State University, Stanford University, and the Indiana University Summer Saxophone Academy. He has served as a clinician in the California Bay Area and to members of the California Youth Symphony Wind Ensemble.

Martinez studied under acclaimed saxophone virtuoso Eugene Rousseau at the University of Minnesota, as well as Jean-Yves Fourmeau, and Philippe Braquart in France, where he obtained the Medaille d’Or in saxophone and chamber music with honors at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Cergy-Pontoise. Additional teachers include David Henderson and William Trimble. Martinez earned a Master of Music and is completing a Doctor of Music with minors in Music Education and Wind Conducting at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the guidance of Otis Murphy, where he held the position of associate instructor in saxophone from 2016-2019.

In his spare time, Martinez enjoys traveling and learning languages. He is a polyglot speaking fluent English, Spanish and French.

Patricia Grimm holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Sacred Music with organ concentration from Duquesne University, a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Kent State University, and a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from the Hartt School of Music. She also studied piano with Jonathan Feldman at the Juilliard School.

As a collaborative pianist, Ms. Grimm has performed at the Edinburgh International Music Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland; the Trinity Wall Street Music Series in New York City; and chamber music concerts at the Musica no Museu Festival of Winds, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, and Universidade Federal Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro – Unirio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She regularly performs throughout the United States as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician. Prior to moving to Sacramento in 2013, she was a freelance collaborative pianist in the New York City metropolitan area and staff accompanist at Central Connecticut State University, in addition to maintaining an active private teaching studio.

Ms. Grimm currently serves as organist at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento. At University of the Pacific, she teaches sight singing, collaborative piano, and serves as a collaborative pianist with students, faculty, and guest artists.

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