Sarah Southard of the Hope College music faculty will present an oboe concert titled 亚洲色吧淥boe du Jour亚洲色吧� on Sunday, April 7, at 2 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The program will feature a collection of pieces written by French composers.
The first two pieces on the program are for oboe and piano, with Southard as well as pianist Jennifer Wolfe of the Hope music faculty: 亚洲色吧淔irst Concertino,亚洲色吧� by Georges Guilhaud, and 亚洲色吧淪onate for Oboe and Piano,亚洲色吧� by Henri Dutilleux. After a brief intermission, Southard will perform two movements from 亚洲色吧淪ix 脡tudes pour Hautbois亚洲色吧� by Gilles Silvestrini that are each based on paintings by French Impressionists: 亚洲色吧淪entier dans le bois (August Renoir)亚洲色吧� and 亚洲色吧淟e ballet espagnol (Edouard Manet).亚洲色吧� The final piece on the program will be 亚洲色吧淒eux Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano亚洲色吧� by Charles Loeffler, and in addition to Southard will include Wolfe and violist Barbara Corbat贸 of the Hope music faculty.
Southard joined the Hope faculty as instructor of oboe in fall of 2007. Additionally, she has taught as temporary instructor of oboe at Central Michigan University, and as adjunct professor at the University of Michigan-Flint and Northern Kentucky University. Along with her collegiate teaching, Southard keeps an active studio of area oboists and has enjoyed working with many youth programs like the Interlochen Center for the Arts All-State Orchestra and All-State Band, the Holland Area Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Program, the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble, and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. Besides teaching, Southard is an active performer, playing regularly with the Midland and Holland symphony orchestras.
Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus at the former 127 E. 12th Street between College and Columbia avenues.