presents
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UT Trombone Faculty and Student Recital
Friday, October 16th, 6:00 p.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Hommage a Bach
Jessica Robbins, trombone
Dr. Alex van Duuren, piano
Eugène Bozza
(1905-1991)
Sonata for Bassoon, TWV 41:F1 Georg P. Telemann
Triste (1681-1767)
II. Allegro
III. Andante
IV. Vivace
Landon Brady, trombone
Dr. Alex van Duuren, piano
Concerto for Trombone Launy Gröndahl
I. Moderato assai ma molto maestoso (1886-1960)
II. Andante grave
III. Maestoso-Rondo
Tylar Bullion, trombone
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Intermission
Dr. Alex van Duuren, trombone
Devin Lyon, piano
Elena Miraztchiyska, piano
Flute Sonata in Eb Major, BMV 1031
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Siciliano
III. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750) arr. A. van Duuren
Danzas y Canciones for Trombone and Piano
I. El día es hoy
II. Portones abiertos y rostros brillantes
III. Sabor melón es el día
VI. Elevado
VIII. Adorable flujo
Sonata for Trombone and Piano
Paul Basler
(b. 1963)
Skye van Duuren
(b. 1992)
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Moisés Paiewonsky, Guest Artist Recital
Saturday, October 17, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Concertino for Trombone, Op. 45/7
I. Preludium: Allegro Pomposo
II. Aria: Andante sostenuto
III. Finale: Allegro giocoso
Sonata “Vox Gabrieli”
Sonata for Trombone and Piano
I. Allegro Maestoso
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Giocoso
Lars-Erik Larsson
(1908-1986)
Stjepan Sulek
(1914-1986)
Eric Ewazen
(b. 1954)
Brief Pause
Bessie’s Blues John Coltrane
Recorda-Me
(1926-1967)
(1937-2001)
(1900-1984)
Friends Klenner
(1899-1955)

50th Anniversary Final Concert
Sunday, October 18, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium
Alumni Memorial Building
UT 50th Anniversary Combined Trombone Choir
Adagio, from Symphony No. 3 Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921) arr. Ken Murley
University of Tennessee Alumni Trombone Choir
Directed by Don Hough
Fanfare for the Third Millennium Keith Snell/Don Hough
Commissioned by the UT Trombone Choir (2000)
Autumn Mountain Harvest Dr. Doug S. Bristol, ASCAP
(b. 1961)
Premier: Written for the 50th Anniversary of the
University of Tennessee Trombone Choir
Color Slides Keith Snell (1997) ASCAP
Slide I: Fanfare
Slide II: Little Overture
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UT 50th Anniversary Combined Trombone Choir
Ian MacDougall Get Out and Stay Out!
Ben Dockery, piano
Daniel Kimbro, bass
Martin Hodge, drums

Knoxville Youth Trombone Choir
Selection to be announced
University of Tennessee Trombone Choir
Directed by Alex van Duuren
Fanfare
(1865-1935) arr. Zorn
O Sacred Head Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Premier: Written for the 50th Anniversary of the
University of Tennessee Trombone Choir
Nimrod Variations Edward Elgar
(1857-1934)
Stars and Stripes Forever
arr. Maximilien Brisson
John Philip Sousa
(1854-1932)
arr. Robert Elkjer
UT 50th Anniversary Combined Trombone Choir
76 Trombones Merideth Wilson
(1902-1984)

Dr. Alex van Duuren is a passionate educator perpetually seeking more knowledge and greater contributions in his various disciplines. He currently serves as Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor of Trombone at the
University of Tennessee, where he is responsible for private and class instruction of undergraduate and graduate trombone students, direction of the UTK Trombone Choir, and performance as a regular member of the
Tennessee Brass Quintet.
Dr. van Duuren completed his doctorate at the University of Arizona, two master’s degrees at the University of Michigan, and an undergraduate degree at the University of Florida. His primary instructors were, respectively, Moisés Paiewonsky, David Jackson, and Dr. Art Jennings. In addition, he completed a doctoral minor in Entrepreneurship with Eller College of
Management, which he received while participating in the nationally renowned McGuire Entrepreneurship Program. He is a winner of numerous scholarships awarded for advanced research and superior performance.
He has multiple publications to his credit, including an original work for trombone and piano (Impromptu, Potenza Music Inc., 2010).
Dr. van Duuren is a member of the Tucson, Arizona-based chamber ensemble, True Concord Voices and Orchestra. In addition, he has performed with a variety of professional orchestras including the Tucson Symphony and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Sonora, and has also performed with
Celtic Woman, the Ohio Light Opera, and the Disneyland All-American
College Band. Dr. van Duuren still performs as a pianist, serving as a piano accompanist for professional recording sessions as well as for his
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Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association.

Don Hough is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Music having recently retired from the University of Tennessee after over 41 years of teaching.
He started his musical training in the small Texas town of Silsbee where he was born in 1940. He attended and graduated from Silsbee High School and was a member of the Silsbee High School Band.
After high school he attended Lamar University and studied music under
Richard Burkart who just recently retired from teaching trumpet at Ohio
State University. After four years of college, and two years of active duty with the United States Navy, Mr. Hough came back to Lamar in 1964 to graduate with a B.S. in Music Education.
It was in l965 that he accepted the position of instructor of trombone at the
University of Tennessee and also the position of Principal Trombone with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for 33 years. It was at UT that Mr. Hough completed a Master of Music in Performance while studying with Frank Crisafulli of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
During these early years at Tennessee, Mr. Hough founded the University of Tennessee Trombone Choir, was instrumental in forming the faculty brass quintet known today as the Brasswind Quintet and also expanded the big band jazz program. In addition to these duties, he directed the brass choir, coached student brass quintets and for several years taught jazz arranging and composition.
In the 1970, Mr. Hough became an artist/clinician for King Musical
Instrument Company which carried on for a decade often appearing with
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Coker, a degree in Studio Music and Jazz was added to the curriculum. It was then that Mr. Hough became involved in the jazz program coaching small jazz ensembles, playing with the faculty jazz sextet and also founding the University Studio Jazz Orchestra. This orchestra was a 45 piece group that appeared throughout the south and performed with such great artists as Jon Faddis, Gene Bertoncini, Manny Album, Sir Roland Hanna, Jerry
Coker, Donald Brown and the great Joe Williams.

Mr. Hough maintained an active playing career performing with the
BrassWind Quintet, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, The Faculty Jazz
Sextet as well as regional orchestras. He traveled with many big bands such as Buddy Morrow, Les Elgart, Charlie Spivak, as well as touring and performing with Tom Jones, Glen Campbell, The Four Tops, Kenny
Rogers, Bob Hope, Isaac Hayes, Ray Charles as well as Holiday on Ice which orginated in Knoxville, Tennessee each year. Mr. Hough took the position of copyist/arranger for Holiday on Ice later to become librarian and ultimately resulting in the procurement of the entire Holiday on Ice library to the special collections department of the UT library.
In l984, Mr. Hough enlisted in the Tennessee Air National Guard in order to finish out a full military career. He was featured soloist with the concert band, director of the jazz band and held the highest enlisted position of
Band Superintendent. He retired 13 years later holding the rank of Senior
Master Sergeant.
Mr. Hough is still active as a clinician, adjudicator, and soloist performing with an directing various regional and all state jazz bands.
The University of Tennessee Trombone Choir was a very important part of Mr. Hough’s contribution to UT. This group performed all over the east coast of the U.S. and at many festivals and workshops including the
Eastern Trombone Workshop and the International Trombone Festival.
Some of the featured performers with this group were Phil Wilson, Urbie
Green, Jim McFalls, and the great Slide Hampton.
In 2003, Mr. Hough founded Tennessee Trombonery a five trombone and
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Winding International Jazz Trombone Ensemble competition resulting in a performance at the Helsinski Conservatory during the International
Trombone Festival.
During the last two years at the University of Tennessee, Mr. Hough was awarded the Chancellor’s Citation for Teaching Excellence presented by the University and the Faculty Outreach Award presented by the College of Liberal Arts.

In 2009, Mr. Hough received the Neill Humfeld Award for excellence in teaching presented by the International Trombone Association. The presentation of this award took place at the International Trombone
Festival in Aarhus, Denmark.
In retirement, Mr. Hough is still an active player performing with the
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and area bands. Mr. Hough spends his spare time now on his 32ft. sailboat, playing golf or riding his motorcycle.
Pianist Devin Lyon is a staff attorney with the City of Knoxville and the Director of Music and pianist at Colonial Heights United Methodist
Church. He is originally from Kingsport, TN, and is a graduate of Vanderbilt
University and UT, where he received his J.D. and M.B.A. Before college,
Devin played lead mellophone with the World Champion Carolina Crown
Drum & Bugle Corps on four tours of the United States, which is where he met his wife, Abby. He then went on tour with Abby in China, performing as a percussionist with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. As a student, Devin placed third on piano in the MTNA Solo Competition in
Tennessee, and second in the Tennessee Young Artist’s Competition on bassoon. He is also active as an arranger and vocalist, appearing in the
Knoxville community on a regular basis.
Bulgarian pianist, Elena Miraztchiyska, completed her Master of Music
Degree at the Yale School of Music in May 2010 as a student of Professor
Claude Frank and Professor Boris Berman. Mrs. Miraztchiyska made her solo debut with the Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra in her home country at
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2007, she was the Grand Prize Winner of the MTNA National “Young
Artist” Competition in Toronto, Canada and received a Steinway Model
M grand piano. As a participant in numerous summer programs, she has worked with such artists as Emanuel Ax, Michel Beroff, Emanuel
Krasovsky, Boris Bloch, Ursula Oppens, and Mykola Suk.

Moisés Paiewonsky earned a Bachelor of Music in music education
(Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Florida (UF) and a Master of Music in performance (trombone) from the University of Michigan (U of M). Currently, he holds the positions of Associate Professor of Music
(Trombone) and Assistant Director of The University of Arizona (UA)
Fred Fox School of Music where, in addition to maintaining a strong studio and directing the trombone ensemble, he is an Honors Professor teaching music and the arts to some of the most academically gifted students at UA.
While at UF, Mr. Paiewonsky performed as the principal/lead trombonist in all of the major large and jazz ensembles as well as in a variety of chamber groups. During his tenure as a master’s fellow at U of M, Mr. Paiewonsky earned the privilege to perform as principal trombonist of the U of M
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kenneth Kiesler and the U of
M Symphony Band under the direction of Michael Haithcock. He was also the lead/jazz trombonist in the U of M Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Ellen Rowe as well as the trombonist in a variety of chamber groups including the Latin Jazz Ensemble and 4G: The U of M Trombone Quartet
(finalists in the 2005 ITA Trombone Quartet Competition). As a graduate assistant during his conducting doctoral studies at UF, Mr. Paiewonsky co-directed the UF Symphonic and UF Concert Bands; directed the UF
Brass Choir, UF Trombone Choir, UF Jazz Ensemble II; and taught courses in Brass Methods and Undergraduate Conducting. In addition, Mr.
Paiewonsky served as the Assistant Director of Bands at Buchholz High
School for two years. His teachers have included David Jackson, Arthur
Jennings, David Waybright, and Gary Langford.
Since his arrival at UA, Mr. Paiewonsky has been awarded numerous
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McCain, Trombones de Costa Rica, and Joseph Alessi. In addition, he has been the recipient of several travel grants for faculty and student travel to conferences and competitions. Most notably, he traveled with recent trombone alumnus Paul Deemer, who won the 2008 Eastern Trombone
Workshop (ETW) National Solo Jazz Competition in Washington, D.C. and was runner-up in the 2008 International Trombone Association (ITA)
Carl Fontana Jazz Competition in Salt Lake City, UT. In the summers of 2010 and 2013, after successfully fundraising over $50,000 through private donations, grants, and benefit events, Mr. Paiewonsky co-directed

the UA Studio Jazz Ensemble in highly acclaimed, one-month, groundbreaking, educational tours throughout China. Due to this, other accomplishments since his arrival in Tucson, and his significant contributions in the community, Mr. Paiewonsky was recently named a winner of the
Arizona Daily Star’s annual 40 Under 40 Award.
Mr. Paiewonsky has also appeared on numerous recordings with U of M and UF ensembles. Some of these award-winning recordings include live performances at Carnegie Hall during a CBDNA conference and another at the Esplanade during a WASBE conference in Singapore. In addition,
Mr. Paiewonsky is interested in arranging and composing for jazz and other ensembles. Some of his arrangements and compositions have also been featured on published recordings. He has also appeared as a soloist with the American Chamber Winds on Soldier Stories (50693-MCD) and the UF Wind Symphony on Stravinsky & Friends (6565-MCD) under the
Mark Records label.
Professionally, Mr. Paiewonsky has performed with several orchestras and/ or its members including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony,
Philadelphia, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Tucson Symphony,
Orlando Philharmonic, Gainesville Symphony, Plymouth Symphony,
Bijou, and Central Florida Symphony Orchestras. He has also performed as a soloist with the UF Wind Symphony (2013, 2008, 2007, & 2006), UA
Wind Ensemble (2013 & 2011), Orquesta Dominicana de Vientos (2011), the U of M Symphony Orchestra (2005), the Northwest Florida Symphony
Orchestra (2004), and the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra (2003). Mr.
Paiewonsky has also collaborated with a wide variety of legendary jazz artists including Terry Gibbs, Chris Potter, Bill Watrous, Jimmy Cobb,
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Harry Watters, Alex Iles, and Jack Wilkins. In addition, Mr. Paiewonsky has also performed and toured with Yanni. He has also worked as a jazz/ commercial musician and lead trombonist/leader in both the Walt Disney
World Christmas Brass and the 2004 Walt Disney World All-American
College Band. In addition, he has been the winner or finalist of numerous competitions including the 2005 and 2003 National Trombone Solo
Competitions, the 2004 International Trombone Quartet Competition, the
2002 International Trombone Solo Competition, and the 2002 Blue Lake
Fine Arts Camp Concerto Competition. Mr. Paiewonsky has also served

on the faculties of the Interlochen Center for the Arts and of Blue Lake
Fine Arts Camp.
As an educator, Mr. Paiewonsky is in high demand as a clinician and a performer. He has appeared as a clinician/performer throughout the
United States, including an appearance at the 2009 ETW in Washington,
D.C. as a featured performer, as well as in Italy, Austria, Brazil, Greece,
Singapore, Mexico, China, and at the National Conservatory of Music in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Mr. Paiewonsky has held the position of news editor for the ITA, managing the news column both on the organization’s website and in its quarterly journal. Currently, he serves as President of the Tucson Federation of Musicians (AFM Local
33). He is also active through organizations such as the College Music
Society (CMS), MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the Arizona Music Educators Association (AMEA), the Arizona Band and
Orchestra Directors Association (ABODA), the Florida Music Educators’
Association (FMEA), the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA), and the Arizona Association of Jazz Education (AAJE).
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Upcoming Events
Monday, October 19, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Kevin Class plays Brahms’ Complete Chamber Music with Piano, Program VI - performances by Ching-Yi Lin, violin;
Andrew Braddock, viola; Christine Kim-cello
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Junior Recital
Lauren Psensky, violin
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Cello Studio Student Recital
Popper Night
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Thursday-Saturday, October 22-24, 2015
University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival
Guest artists: Marc Mellits, Joo Won Park, and Terminus Ensemble
Workshops, lectures, master classes, and performances
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Thursday, October 22, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Marc Mellits Portrait Concert
UT Contemporary Music Ensemble
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Friday, October 23, 2015, 9:00 p.m.
Joo Won Park
Featuring members of the UT Contemporary Music Ensemble
The Black Box Theatre in the Emporium, 100 South Gay St.,
Knoxville, TN. Sponsored by Casa Hola
Saturday, October 24, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, UT Contemporary Music
Ensemble, James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

This is the twentieth program of the 2015-2016 concert season for the University of Tennessee School of Music.
Special thanks to the Gamma Rho chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota for providing ushers and the Theta Omicron chapter of Phi Mu Alpha
Fraternity for providing stage assistance for the performances.
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