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• Faculty Concert - Sunday, February 5 | 2:30pm

  Faculty Concert

  Sunday, February 5 | 2:30pm
  Dudley Recital Hall | FREE admission 

  Program

  J.C. Bach / H. Casadesus: Cello Concerto in C minor, I. Allegro molto ma maestoso
  Giovanni Sollima: Lamentatio
  Courtenay Vandiver Pereira, cello
   
  Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65, III. Largo
  Karl Davydov: Am Springbrunnen (At the Fountain), Op. 20
  Anthony Kitai, cello & Gwyyon Sin, piano
   
  Andrea Casarrubios: Seven
  Eunghee Cho, cello
   
  Maurice Ravel: Tzigane (arranged for cello and piano by Laszlo Varga)
  Brinton Averil Smith, cello & Evelyn Chen, piano
   
  George Walker: Lyric for Strings (arranged by Eunghee Cho)
  Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody (arranged by Rohan de Korte)
  CelloFest Houston Cello Quartet

• CelloFest Houston Concert - Monday, February 6 | 7:30pm

  CelloFest Houston

  Monday, February 6 | 7:30pm
  Moores Opera House | Reserve tickets here

  Program

  Richard Wagner: "Feierliches Stück" from Lohengrin (arranged by Friedrich Grützmacher)
  Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, II. Adagio assai (arranged by Eunghee Cho)
  Dedicated to the legacy of David Tomatz, MSM Director, 1984-1999
  Carlos Gardel: Por Una Cabeza (arranged by James Barralet)
  CelloFest Houston Cello Quartet, soloist: Timothy Hester, piano
   
  Julius Klengel: Hymnus for 12 Cellos
  Arno Babadjanyan: Elegie "In Memory of Khachaturian" (arranged by Eunghee Cho)
  Dedicated to the legacy of Vagram Saradjian, MSM Professor of Cello, 2000-2019
  Astor Piazzolla: Fuga y Misterio (arranged by Pablo Zinger)
  Moores Cello Ensemble
   
  J.S. Bach: Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 (arranged by Laszlo Varga)
  Dedicated to the legacy of Laszlo Varga, MSM Professor of Cello, 1990-2000
  Heitor Villa-Lobos: Introduction from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
  Houston Cello Orchestra, conductor: Ringel Sat

• Full CelloFest Schedule

  Houston Cello Orchestra Rehearsal 1

  Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023 | 5:30pm-8:00pm
  Moores School of Music (University of Houston)

  Houston Cello Orchestra Rehearsal 2
  

  Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 | 11:00am-1:30pm
  Moores School of Music (University of Houston)
  

  CelloFest Houston Faculty Concert
  

  Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 | 2:30pm
  Dudley Recital Hall (University of Houston)
  (attendance recommended, but not required for participation in the cello orchestra)
  FREE to the public

  Houston Cello Orchestra Dress Rehearsal
  

  Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 | 4:00pm-6:00pm
  Moores School of Music (University of Houston)
  

  CelloFest Houston Closing Concert
  

  Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 | 7:30pm
  Moores Opera House (University of Houston
  (Houston Cello Orchestra students' tickets included with registration)
  Open to the public. Reserve tickets here.
  

• Apply to the Houston Cello Orchestra

  You are invited to apply to participate as a member of the inaugural Houston Cello Orchestra which will perform as a featured ensemble on CelloFest Houston's Closing Concert.

  You will have the opportunity to perform alongside the CelloFest Houston faculty cellists Anthony Kitai, Brinton Averil Smith, Courtenay Vandiver Pereira, and Eunghee Cho.  The Houston Cello Orchestra will perform arrangements for cello choir by legendary cellist and former UH professor, Laszlo Varga, and the Introduction from Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1.

  Apply Here

  Date:  February 5-6, 2023

  Location: University of Houston, Moores School of Music
  3333 Cullen Blvd, Houston, Tx 77204  

  Tuition fee: $60
  (Once your application is processed, we will email you with your invoice and any additional information needed. Invoices with a link to payment will be sent from caa@central.uh.edu within 3-5 business days of the registration deadline.)

  CelloFest Houston Faculty Cellists
  Eunghee Cho
  Anthony Kitai
  Brinton Averil Smith
  Courtenay Vandiver Pereira