Guest Artist Recital 2012–13 Season Monday 12 November 2012 160Th Concert Dalton Center Recital Hall 5:00 P.M

Guest Artist Recital 2012–13 Season Monday 12 November 2012 160th Concert Dalton Center Recital Hall 5:00 p.m.

MUSICAL ARTS QUINTET Mihoko Watanabe, Flute and Piccolo Aryn Day Sweeney, Oboe Elizabeth Crawford, Clarinet Gene Berger, Horn Keith Sweger, Bassoon

Darius Milhaud La cheminée du roi René Opus 205 1892–1974 I. Cortège II. Aubade III. Jongleurs IV. La maousinglade V. Joutes sur l’Arc VI. Chasse à Valabre VII. Madrigal nocturne

Jenni Brandon Five Frogs b. 1977 I. Leaping II. On the Lily Pad III. Swimming IV. Bullfrog V. Catching Bugs VI. Epilogue

intermission

Jean Françaix Quintet Number 1 1912–1997 I. Andante tranquillo. Allegro assai II. Presto III. Tema con variazioni. Andante IV. Tempo di Marcia Francese

If the fire alarm sounds, please exit the building imm ediately. A ll other em ergencies will be indicated by spoken announcem ent within the seating area. The tornado safe area in Dalton Center is along the lockers in the brick hallway to your left as you exit to the lobby behind you. In any emergency, walk—do not run—to the nearest exit. Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices during the performance. Because of legal issues, any video or audio recording of this performance is prohibited without prior consent from the School of Music. Thank you for your cooperation. The MUSICAL ARTS QUINTET (MAQ) is one of the country’s oldest and most distinguished chamber ensembles of its kind. Established in 1957 as faculty ensemble in residence at Ball State University, the MAQ has gained national attention for its varied programming, including the traditional quintet repertoire with new works written by contemporary American composers. At Brandeis University, the ensemble gave the first performance of Irving Fine’s Romanza (then unpublished) for Fine’s memorial concert and presented the premiere of Morris Knight’s Concerto for quintet and piano with Michael Bourgeot under the auspices of the Georgia State Arts Commission’s Project Radius. The group also gave the premiere performance of Karen Thomas’ Sopravento for quintet and percussion at the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors’ 1994 conference. Most recently, the MAQ released the CD American Breeze on the Albany Records label. Partially funded through an American Masterpieces: Chamber Music grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the CD includes works by Bruce Adolphe, Amy Beach, Jenni Brandon, Jennifer Higdon, David Maslanka, and Steven Stucky. In addition to its regular series of concerts on the campus of Ball State University, the MAQ has performed at conferences of the American Society of Composers, Music Educators National Conference, Music Teachers National Association, Indiana Music Educators Association, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors National Symposium, Society of Composers Inc., and International Double Reed Society, and regularly performs recitals and presents master classes at universities and colleges across the nation.

Mihoko Watanabe, a native of Japan, is Associate Professor of Flute and a member of the Musical Arts Quintet at Ball State University. A celebrated and versatile international flutist, she has won competitions and has appeared in Japan, Israel, England and Canada as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. She is the principal flute of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and performs with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. As a pedagogue, she has given numerous master classes and has adjudicated competitions throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan. In 2005, she joined the faculty of the Brevard Music Center Festival. Watanabe has a published article, “Essence of Mei,” in Flutist Quarterly of the National Flute Association in 2008 and in 2011 it was translated into Dutch for Fluit, the official journal of the Dutch Flute Association. Watanabe serves as president of the Greater Indianapolis Flute Club and sis active in the National Flute Association.

Prizewinning oboist, Aryn Day Sweeney, is Assistant Professor (oboe) at Ball State University and a member of the Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet, Lexington Philharmonic, and the Muncie Symphony Orchestra. Her recent recording, Les Illuminations, is currently available on iTunes and through CD Baby. She has performed with several prominent artists and orchestras including Zubin Mehta, Jeffery Tate, Peter Schreir, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and Fort Wayne Philharmonic. As well as giving solo recitals throughout the United States and England, she has been a featured performer on CBC Radio 2, a 2008 Kia Borrego commercial, and performed as principal oboe in the Rocky Mountain PBS presentation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Sweeney has been on the faculties of East Tennessee State University, Colorado Mesa University, Idyllwild Summer Arts Festival, and Wayne State University.

Elizabeth Crawford is Associate Professor of Music at Ball State University where she teaches clarinet and performs with the Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet. Prior to her tenure at Ball State, Dr. Crawford taught at colleges in Florida, the Stevenson School in Monterey, and the Hill House School in London. She has given classes throughout the United States and in South Africa and was a long time member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. She has worked with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Music Festival, Baltimore Opera Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and in the United Kingdom, she performed extensively with virtually all of the major British orchestras. An active member of the International Clarinet Association, she has also performed for the International Double Reed Society and the National Flute Association. She is the Indiana State Chair of the International Clarinet Association and Coordinator of the ICA’s High School Clarinet Competition.

Gene P. Berger is the Assistant Professor of Horn at Ball State University and member of the Musical Arts Woodwind Quintet. In addition to his teaching position, Berger is the Principal Horn with Southwest Florida Symphony. Prior to his appointment at Ball State University in 2010, Berger was a member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops, and Florida Orchestra. He can be heard on numerous recordings with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel and the Grammy-winning recordings of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Paavo Järvi. Berger has been an active educator, formerly teaching at Interlochen Arts Academy and University of Central Florida. He has presented master classes, lectures, and educational recitals and hosted clinics throughout North America. In the summers, Berger is on the faculty of Music for All Camp and Filarmonica Joven de Colombia.

Keith Sweger is Professor of Bassoon at Ball State University. In addition to teaching bassoon, his responsibilities include performing with the Musical Arts Quintet (MAQ). Active in the International Double Reed Society, he is First Vice President and previously served as Chair of the Gillet-Fox International Bassoon Competition. Sweger is principal bassoon of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, contrabassoon of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and performs regularly with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded on the Arsis, Capstone, Alicia and Albany labels (recently released MAQ CD) and has been a recitalist at conferences and at colleges and universities around the country and abroad. Sweger was named the recipient of the 2007 College of Fine Arts Dean’s Teaching Award and the 2008 IMEA Outstanding University Educator Award. Recently, Sweger was a guest artist/teacher at the 2011 Asian Double Reed Association conference in Bangkok, Thailand and the 2012 Beijing International Bassoon Festival in Beijing, China.