WIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FACULTY & STAFF College of Fine Arts and Communication & School of Music Jeffrey Brown - Dir., School of Music/Piano Suyeon Ko - Flute Ryan Aguirre - Music Education Richard Kurasz - Asst. Dir. SOM/Percussion present a Linda Andrews - Organ Anneliese Land - Recruitment Coordinator Whitney Ashe - Jazz Studies/Piano James Land - Tuba/Audio Technician Matt Bean - Voice/Musical Theatre Natalie Landowski - Piano GRADUATE RECITAL Courtney Blankenship - Music Business Kenny Lee - Cello/Dir. of Orchestral Activities Bruce Briney - Trumpet Brian Locke - Music History/Humanities Jesse Mercer, horn Richard Cangro - Music Education Rebecca McGuire - Oboe Joanne Chang - Staff Accompanist Julieta Mihai - Violin Joanne Chang, piano Terry Chasteen - Voice John Mindeman - Trombone/Euphonium Po-Chuan Chiang - Staff Accompanist Coord. Kevin Nichols - Percussion Hong-Da Chin - Theory/Composition James Romig - Theory/Composition Nocturno, Op. 7 for Horn Franz Strauss John Cooper - Dir. Jazz Studies/Jazz Trumpet Alonso Rubio - Music Library Specialist (1822-1905) Denise Coovert - Music Therapy Clinical Trainer Emily Sevcik - Music Therapy Kate Curry - Office Administrator Penelope Shumate - Voice Brisa de Paula - Bassoon/Humanities István Szabó - Viola/Humanities Laudatio Bernhard Krol Mike Fansler - Director of Bands Matt Thomas - Assoc. Dir. Bands/Marching Band (1920-2013) Jena Gardner - Horn/Brass Ensemble Lynn Thompson - Voice/Musical Theatre Eric Ginsberg - Clarinet/Humanities George Turner - Guitar/Humanities Anita Hardeman - Music History/Humanities John Vana - Saxophone Jason Hawkins - Choir/Music Ed./Vocal Jazz Phil Weiss - Video Services/Recording Sonata for Horn and Piano Paul Hindemith Joanie Herbert - COFAC Recital Hall Manager Brian Winnie - Director of Choral Activities (1895-1963) Matthew Hughes - Bass/Humanities Lisa Wipperling - Voice/Musical Theatre I. Mãßig bewegt Jennifer Jones - Music Therapy II. Ruhig bewegt

Tanguito, for horn alone Dante Yenque (b. 1964)

Jesse Mercer is from the studio of Dr. Jena Gardner En Forêt, Op. 40 Eugène Bozza and performs this recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements (1905-1991) for the Master of Music degree in Horn Performance.

Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:00 PM