03.22.2019 GST Laugart

Xiomara Laugart & Axel Tosca Laugart with the Criterions Jazz Ensemble and Chamber Strings

Friday, March 22, 2019 Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre Performing Arts Center 7:30 PM

PROGRAM

Chamber Strings No Tengo Nada ........................................................................................................... R. Diaz La Tarde ................................................................................................................ Sindo Garay No Creo ....................................................................................................... Jose Manuel Solis Arrangements by Jonathan Ragonese

Selections by Xiomara Laugart and Axel Tosca Laugart

The Criterions Jazz Ensemble Las Perlas Tu Boca ............................................................................. Elisio Grenet Sanchez La Mentira ...............................................................................................................Javier Solis Rompe El Cuero ................................................................................................. Yerba Buena Un Amor Asi ................................................................................................ Luis Emilio Rios Arrangements by Jonathan Ragonese

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ARTIST PROFILES Xiomara Laugart is a Cuban singer based in New York City.

Originally from the Guantanamo province of Cuba, Xiomara began her career at the age of 15, performing both traditional and contemporary Cuban music. In the 1980's she was the recipient of many awards and began traveling the world. After recording many albums under her own name in Cuba she moved to Rome and then New York City. She has worked closely with the greatest composers of Cuban song, and performs and records regularly with a wide array of the world's most celebrated Afro-Latin musicians. Xiomara was a member of Yerba Buena and was the star in the Broadway musical Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz. She performs extensively in New York and internationally.

Cuban born Axel Tosca Laugart is one of the most dynamic young pianists on the scene. Laugart's family influenced his musical interests at an early age. Both his father and stepfather were musicians and his father's guitar playing sparked an early interest in the instrument. He began playing guitar around the age of four and piano at the age of seven, accompanying his parents. Laugart benefitted from a wide range of musical experiences growing up in Cuba. Dennis & Swing was a group that Laugart credits for "giving me the real timba groove."

Laugart also played with the Afro Cuban All Stars, Teresa Garcia Caturla, Sexteto Sendito, Jose Miguel Crego (known as “El Greco”), and a Latin Jazz group called the Bobby Carcases Group, where Laugart says "I learned a lot about the language of music." Laugart was also part of the Hip-Hop scene in Cuba and had the opportunity to play with The Roots while they were in Cuba. Now based in New York, Laugart continues to grow musically. Of his future, he says "my goal is to just keep upgrading my talent and my soul. I love the world."

The Criterions Jazz Ensemble SAXOPHONE:

TRUMPET:

TROMBONE:

RHYTHM:

Devon Rickert

Zach Prowse

David Lewis

Anthony Saddic - Piano

Brian Foster

Tony Bennici

Michael Kaplan

James Byrne - Guitar

Marley Bryan

Andrew Walls

Donovan Donnelly

Tim Ragsdale - Bass

Stephen Lang

Nolan Wible

Alex Marshall

Nathan Gittelman – Drums

Andrew Morrison

Omar Mendoza – Percussion

Chamber Strings VIOLINS:

VIOLAS:

CELLOS:

RHYTHM:

Kristin Erle

Freddy Contreras Romero

Elisa Aquino Gomez

Peter Paulsen - Bass

Brittany Shinto-Welty

Blair Cunningham

Alexandra Paino

Chris Hanning - Drums

UPCOMING WELLS SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS For full event details visit www.wcupa.edu/music or call (610) 436-2739 Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 8:15 PM New Music Concert Van Stiefel & Jacob Cooper, directors Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 7:00 PM Guest Artist Recital: Staff Sergeant Hiram Diaz, euphonium Jonathan Fowler, faculty liaison Philips Autograph Library Philips Memorial Building Thursday, March 28, 2019, 7:30 PM Guest Artist Recital: PEN Trio Karen Dannessa, faculty liaison Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Friday, March 29, 2019, 4:00 PM Senior Recital: Benjamin Brubaker, piano Carl Cranmer, director Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building Friday, March 29, 2019, 6:00 PM Senior Recital: Casey Dziuba, percussion Ralph Sorrentino, director Ware Family Recital Hall Swope Music Building *Tickets required for this event.

Steinway & Sons Piano Technical, Tuning and Concert Preparations by Gerald P. Cousins, RPT A majority of performances are available to watch via live stream at Facebook.com/ArtsAtWCUPA and LiveStream.com/wcupa.

Mr. Robert Rust, Audio & Visual Technician Events at the Wells School of Music are often supported by individual sponsors and organizations.

Contributions to the Wells School of Music may be made out to: West Chester University Foundation 202 Carter Drive, West Chester, PA 19382

For further information, please call (610) 436-2868 or contact Dr. Christopher Hanning, Dean.

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