11/9/2024, Brigid May, Student Recital

MUSIC AT EMORY

Brigid May, harp

Junior Recital

From the studio of Elisabeth Remy Johnson

Saturday, November 9, 2024, 5:00 p.m.

Emerson Concert Hall

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Please turn off phones and all electronic devices. Photography, recording, or digital capture of this concert is not permitted.

Program

Sonata in C Minor Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704–1766)

I. Allegro vigoroso (transcribed by Carlos Salzedo)

II. Andantino espressivo

III. Presto

Images (4e Suite) op. 39 Marcel Tournier (1879–1951)

I. La Volière magique (The Magical Aviary)

Lyra Lynne Plowman (b. 1969)

Every Lover is a Warrior Kati Agócs (b. 1975)

I. John Riley (edited by Bridget Kibbey)

Introduction and Allegro Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Brigid May, harp

Julia Nagel, flute

Nick Wandrick, clarinet

Chloe Nelson, violin

Kaitlyn Kaminuma, violin

Caroline Ma, viola

Christopher Jang, cello

Performer Biography

Brigid May, harp

Brigid May is a third-year Woodruff Music Scholar from Holly Springs, NC, studying harp with Elisabeth Remy Johnson. They began learning the harp at age nine, previously studying with Jacquelyn Bartlett. They have performed with the North Carolina Harp Ensemble, the Triangle Youth Philharmonic, and statewide and regional NC honors orchestras. In 2021, they received a full-ride scholarship to the Interlochen Summer Harp Program, where they were principal harpist of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. Brigid performed standard chamber works and premiered student compositions at the 2023 Cremona Music Festival while attending Emory Music Department’s “Music in Italy” summer program. Most recently, they attended the 2024 Brevard Summer Festival and Institute as a college division harpist in the orchestral studies program. A highlight of this festival was playing second harp on Claude Debussy’s La Mer in the faculty side-by-side Brevard Music Center Orchestra. Brigid is a member of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Emory Wind Ensemble. They also currently hold a position in the New World Symphony’s harpist substitute pool. Alongside Music Performance, Brigid is pursuing a second, interdisciplinary joint major in Classics and English, for which they are studying ancient literature and will write a senior thesis.

Upcoming Emory Music Concerts

Visit schwartz.emory.edu to view complete event information. If a ticket is required for attendance, prices are indicated in the listings below in the following order: Full price/Emory student price (unless otherwise noted).

Sunday, November 10, 4:00 p.m., Emory Chamber Ensembles, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free

Sunday, November 10, 7:00 p.m., Emory Collaborative Piano, Performing Arts Studio

Monday, November 11, 7:00 p.m., FRL with Nikola Peković, Performing Arts Studio

Wednesday, November 13, 8:00 p.m., Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free

Wednesday, November 13, 8:00 p.m., Bojana and Nikola Peković Perform Serbian Folk Fusion, Performing Arts Studio

Saturday, November 16, 8:00 p.m., Eternal Love Triangle, ECMSA: Emerson Series Waits Chamber Music Concert, Cannon Chapel

Saturday, November 16, 8:00 p.m., American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, $70/$10, tickets required

Friday, November 22, noon, Danielle Hahn Piano Trio, ECMSA: Cooke Noontime Series, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free

Saturday, November 23, 3:00 p.m., Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, Cannon Chapel

Saturday, November 23, 8:00 p.m., Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Emory Wind Studies, and Tango Artists, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free

Sunday, November 24, 4:00 p.m. (rescheduled), Jack Mitchener, University Organist, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free