Schedule

Festival Check-In

Festival check-in will be held in the lobby of the Fine and Performing Arts Center during the following times:

Dear Festival Participants,

Please check in at the FPA lobby during the following times:

• Friday, October 2, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

• Saturday, October 3, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the festival!

Friday, October 2, 2026

4 p.m. - Community Mural Painting
Community mural painting featuring a student's artwork.

7:30 p.m. - Opening Music and Dance Concert

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Concerts and Lecture-Recitals

9 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (FPA)

A full day of performances and lecture-recitals featuring guest artists, faculty, and musicians.

9 a.m. - Recital Hall

Nicole Gillotti, trumpet

Tatiana Gorbunova, piano

• In the Style of Albéniz (1959) - Rodion Shchedrin, arr. Dokshizer

Juan-Pablo Andrade, piano

• SoLatina para Piano (2023) - Manuel Matarrita
• Trozo No. 1, Op. 22 No. 1 (1927) - Guillermo Uribe Olguín
• Impromptu No. 1 (2011) - Juan Antonio Rojas Lazcano
• Danza Cubana No. 9, “Canta, Clave, Canta” (1984) - Mario Ruiz Armengol
• Ancestro (1988) - German Dario Perez

Timothy Hanley, clarinet and bass clarinet

• Deiopea (2023) - Alissa Voth
• Cast Iron Skillet (2023) - Nadine Silverman
• Pleistocene Epoch: The Great Ice Age (2009) - Jenni Brandon

Timothy Hanley, clarinet

Javier Elizondo, bass clarinet

• Black (2008) - Mark Mellits

10 a.m. - Recital Hall

Alexander Sanso, trumpet

Rebecca Ortiz, trumpet

• No. 4 Du Style (2000) - Theo Charlier, arr. James Olcott
• Ruminations (2011) - Nicole Piunno
• Bop Duets No. 6 (1979) - Bugs Bower
• Special Someone (2022) - Catherine Likhuta

Sergio Hernandez Felix, guitar

• Candombe en Mi - Maximo Diego Pujol
• Choro Da Saudade - Agustin Barrios
• No Se Tu - Armando Manzanero, arr. Julio Cesar Oliva
• La Llorona - Traditional Mexican Folk Song, arr. Julio Cesar Oliva
• Guajira a mi Madre - Jose Antonio (Ñico) Rojas

David Maldonado, 1st euphonium

Armando Trevino, 2nd euphonium

Dan Sipes, 1st tuba

John R. Reimund, 2nd tuba

• Manhattan Suite - John Stevens, Movements 1–4

11 a.m. - Recital Hall

Jessica Wu, flute

Amrutha Koteeswaran, flute

• Brown Squares (2010) - Nathalie Joachim / Allison Loggins-Hull
• Peony (2019) - Mary Kouyoumdjian
• Ecstasies (2022) - Kian Ravaei

Carlos Merino Gutierrez, flute

• Sorrow, Like Pleasure, Creates Its Own Atmosphere (2003) - Gene Pritsker

Alyssa Conde, piano

Aleksandra Velgosha, piano

• Divine Aspirations for Two Pianos (2026) - Sawyer Gage
• Satine for Two Pianos - Tania Leon

12 p.m. - Recital Hall

Elizabeth King-Bennett, saxophone

Valerie Nuzzolo, clarinet

• Stubborn as Hell - Stacy Garrop
• Las Dolly Sisters (2021) - Gabriela Ortiz

Light, Bird, Wind: South American Works for Reed Trio

Sara Renner, oboe

Caitline Beare, clarinet

Scott Pool, bassoon

• Absent Lights (2021) - Miguel del Aguila
• Red Bird (2022) - Ricardo Lorenz
• Trio ao vento (2002) - João Guilherme Ripper

1 p.m. - Recital Hall

Mary Grace Galván-Carroll, piano

Terrance Johnson, dance

• Danzas Cubanas Para Piano - Mario Ruiz Armengol

Mary Grace Galván-Carroll, piano

• Cançons i Danses - Federico Mompou
• Las Calles de Seville, Op. 96 - Joaquin Turina

Carlos Morales, guitar

• Three Venezuelan Dances - Antonio Lauro
• Homage to Antonio Lauro: Three Valses, Op. 83 - John W. Duarte
• Suite del Recuerdo - José Luis Merlin

2 p.m. - Recital Hall

Alex Strader, Sheng, Pipa and Dizi

• Time Immemorial (2021) - Roydon Tse
• Tajik Dance (1985) - Wang Huiran
• Rainbow, Concerto for Sheng (2006) - Liu Wenjin
• Xiuying's Dream after 铁弓缘 (2026) - Eddie Shannon
• Fire – Maiden in the Dreamcoat (2002) - Liu Wenjin

2 p.m. - FPA Room 121

Lecture Recital Series

Sara Renner, oboe

• Myths (1997) - Stacey Berk

2 p.m. - Community Mural Painting

Community mural painting featuring a student's artwork.

3 p.m. - Recital Hall

Patsy Vara, piano

• Gracias a la vida (1966) - Violeta Parra
• Oblivion (1982) - Astor Piazzolla
• Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Ennio Morricone
• Summer (1999) - Joe Hisaishi
• Canción y Danza No. 6 (1942) - Federico Mompou

4 p.m. - Recital Hall

Lecture Recital Series

• The Sheng: History, Construction, and Performance Practice of the World's Oldest Mouth Organ

4 p.m. - Poster Printing Session

Poster printing session with Jesse.

5 p.m. - Recital Hall

SungEun Park, primo

Giyong Ahn, secondo

• Romance del Plata - Carlos Guastavino
• Arirang Rhapsodie - Jisoo Lee, arr. Hyojung Yeon

Giyong Ahn, piano 1

SungEun Park, piano 2

• Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941) - Witold Lutoslawski

7 p.m. - Ballet Folklórico Concert

A performance featuring traditional Ballet Folklórico dances, music, and cultural traditions.