Sarah Southard of the 91自拍论坛 music faculty will present an oboe concert titled 鈥淥boe du Jour鈥� 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: 鈥淔irst Concertino,鈥� by Georges Guilhaud, and 鈥淪onate for Oboe and Piano,鈥� by Henri Dutilleux. After a brief intermission, Southard will perform two movements from 鈥淪ix 脡tudes pour Hautbois鈥� by Gilles Silvestrini that are each based on paintings by French Impressionists: 鈥淪entier dans le bois (August Renoir)鈥� and 鈥淟e ballet espagnol (Edouard Manet).鈥� The final piece on the program will be 鈥淒eux Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano鈥� 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.