Pacific Single Reed Day Recital, 03/06/22

SINGLE REED DAY RECITAL Sunday I March 6, 2022 Faye Spanos Concert Hall

I 10:15 am

Clarinet/Saxophone Duo PATRICIA SHANDS, clarinet RICARDO MARTINEZ, saxophone Saxophone Quartet RUSSELL VEIRS, soprano saxophone YUH-BOH FENG, alto saxophone JONATHAN HOSTOTTLE, tenor saxophone RICARDO MARTINEZ, baritone saxophone

49th Performance I 2021–22 Academic Year I Conservatory of Music I University of the Pacific

CONCERT PROGRAM I MARCH 6 , 2022 I 10:15 AM Las Dolly Sisters (2021)

Gabriela Ortiz (b. 1964) World Premiere

Patricia Shands, clarinet; Ricardo Martinez, saxophone 5 minute transition Hayate - Introduction and Fantasia (2009)

Miho Hazama

(b. 1986) Saxophone Quartet

Russell Veirs, soprano saxophone; Yuh-Boh Feng, alto saxophone; Jonathan Hostottle, tenor saxophone; Ricardo Martinez, baritone saxophone Variations Saxophoniques (1939)

Fernande Breilh-Decruck

Theme: Andante espressivo

(1896 - 1954)

Variation 3: Come prima (con flessibilita, senza rigore) Variation 7: Tempo flessible e vivo di filotesa Variation 9: Moderato e senza rigore, molto espressivo Variation 10: Moderato senza Pentezza molto flessible e senza rigore Variation 11: Fugue - Allegro moderato con ritmo Saxophone Quartet Keen (2004)

Roshanne Etezady (b. 1973)

Saxophone Quartet Mirror Images (2002)

Adrienne Albert (b. 1941)

Saxophone Quartet

PERFORMER BIOS Clarinetist Patricia Shands has appeared to popular and critical acclaim throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. Her performances have been applauded by the critics of such publications as The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Il Giornale (Milan), Fanfare, and The American Record Guide. Dr. Shands joined the faculty of the University of the Pacific in 1995 where she is currently Professor of Clarinet and Program Director of Chamber Music in the Conservatory of Music.

Originally from San Jose, CA, Ricardo Martinez is Assistant Professor of Practice in Saxophone at Conservatory of Music at University of the Pacific. Martinez has performed concerts internationally in France, Scotland, and Japan.

An avid chamber musician, Martinez earned Grand Prize in the 2019 Plowman Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the 2017 Chicago Woodwind Ensemble Competition and First Prize in the 2015 East Central Division MTNA Chamber Music Competition. Martinez studied under acclaimed saxophonists Eugene Rousseau at the University of Minnesota, and Jean-Yves Fourmeau in France where he obtained the Médaille d’Or in saxophone and chamber music with honors at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Cergy-Pontoise. Martinez completed graduate work at Indiana University where he served as Associate Instructor of Saxophone to Otis Murphy. Additional private instructors include David Henderson and William Trimble.

Ricardo Martinez is an endorsing artist of BG France and Légère Reeds.

Winner of multiple awards such as the prestigious Beverly Hills National Auditions and the University of California Los Angeles All-Star Concerto Competition, concert saxophonist Dr. Russell Veirs has performed as a soloist with the UCLA Philharmonia, Dana Point Symphony, CSUS Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and numerous community ensembles. As an orchestral saxophonist, he has performed in venues such as Schoenberg Hall, Mondavi Center’s Jackson Hall, the Gallo Center for the Arts’ Mary Stuart Rogers Theater, and Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento.

Led by his passion for the saxophone’s history, he released an album of early 20th century music for saxophone and piano with pianist Dr. James Lent in 2018. Veirs earned his B.A. and M.M. degrees from UC Davis and CSU Sacramento, studying with Dr. Keith

Bohm at both universities, and earned his D.M.A. under the guidance of Dr. Douglas Masek at UCLA.

PERFORMER BIOS Picking up the saxophone at age 9, Yuh-Boh Feng has performed on the saxophone for over 15 years. He received his master’s degree in Saxophone Performance with a concentration in Music-in-Education from the distinguished school of New England Conservatory under the guidance of Kenneth Radnofsky. Yuh-Boh Feng was also a student of Dr. Keith Bohm from Sacramento State University and David Henderson from Stanford University. In 2016, He was selected to perform George Gershwin’s Porgey and Bess: A Symphonic Picture with the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra.

As a member of the Kenneth Radnofsky’s Saxophone Ensemble, they performed Etienne Rolin’s Mural Treatment, at the North America Saxophone Alliance 2018 Conference. The ensemble has also performed Leonard Bernstein’s Candide Overture, Jupiter from Planets by Holst, Serenade Op. 48

by Tchaikovsky, and many more. Currently, Yuh-Boh Feng works as a Musician in the Army Reserves at Camp Parks and teaches privately in California.

Originally from Corning, NY, Jonathan Hostottle is a multi-instrumentalist and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He currently teaches elementary and middle school band and general music in Atherton, CA. Jonathan is an active classical and jazz performer, playing across the country as a soloist and chamber musician. Previously, Jonathan served on the faculty of Mansfield University and taught private saxophone lessons in the Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit areas. Jonathan holds undergraduate degrees in saxophone performance and music education and a Master’s Degree in saxophone performance with a cognate in conducting from the University of Michigan.

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