Nermis Mieses is the Assistant Professor of Oboe at Bowling Green State University in and principal oboe of the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit. First American to place as finalist in the prestigious Barbirolli International Oboe Competition held in 2014; first place at the 2011 First International Oboe Competition in Santa Catarina, Brazil, and COLLEGE Best Interpretation of Brazilian Music Prize; as well as second place at the 2012 Society for Musical Arts Young Artist Competition in Ann Arbor, MI. She has appeared in solo OF performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Cranbrook Music Guild Series in Bloomfield Hills, MI, has soloed with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Michigan MUSICAL Philharmonic Orchestra and toured Denmark as soloist and chamber music performer with the Thy Chamber Music Festival (2011, 2013). Former principal of the Michigan Philharmonic, ARTS she has also performed with the Ann Arbor, Sphinx, Rochester, Lexington, Puerto Rico Symphony and the National Repertory Orchestra. Previously, she held teaching positions at the BOWLING University of Kentucky, Ohio Northern University and Hillsdale College. She holds D.M.A. and M.M. degrees from the University of Michigan under Dr. Nancy Ambrose King and B.M. from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico under Dr. Frances Colón. GREEN

Lynn Whitney is Associate Professor of Photography and Area Head of Photography at Bowling Green State University. She STATE graduated from Boston University (BA in American Studies), Massachusetts College of Art (BFA in Photography) and Yale University School of Art (MFA in Photography). Her specialty UNIVERSITY is traditional fine art in black and white. Her research focuses on the history and practice of photography, specifically large format presents and the gelatin silver print. Recent solo exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art, "From Start to Finish: Photographs of the I-280 Bridge Project", Conor Nelson, flute 2007. Included in the Midwest Photographer's Project at the Nermis Mieses, oboe Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, 2003-2005 and 2006-2008. Participated in national and regional shows John Sampen, alto including the invitationals "Tracing Lines", Ohio State University Urban Spaces Gallery, "Deep Space", 2010 and "Growing Pains" , piano at the Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, 2006. Selections from this travelled to the Cleveland Clinic, 2007. Lynn Whitney, Represented in public and private collections including the photography Toledo Museum of Art, the "Bridge Project" portfolio; the Cleveland Clinic; the Lea Gallery at the University of Findlay; The Southwest Center for Photographic Studies; University of Northern Iowa; Sterling Library, Yale University.

We are grateful for the generous contribution of the Glanz family which made this project possible.

Special thanks to the members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia for their assistance with this evening's performance. Audience members are reminded to silence alarm watches, pagers and cellular phones before the performance. As Wednesday, November 2, 2016 a matter of courtesy and copyright law, no recording or unauthorized 8:00 p.m. photographing is allowed. The Moore Musical Arts Center is a nonsmoking facility. Bryan Recital Hall Moore Musical Arts Center Phi Award for Creative Achievement (1985); Individual Artist Tierkreis (1975) Karlheinz Stockhausen Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1993-95) (1928 - 2007) and the Ohio Arts Council (1985-86 and 1990-91); Distinguished Arr. Marilyn Shrude Teaching Award (1987); Alverno College Outstanding Alumna Virgo- Harvest, fertility, gathering Award (1988); Woman of Achievement Award from the Libra- Balance, air , harmonious, peaceful Toledo Chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. (1989); Scorpio- Tangled, resilient, vulnerable, infinitely deep Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventuresome Sagittarius- Trusting, sees the beyond, archer, bridge from earth to heaven Programming at BGSU (1992 and 1998); Dean’s Award Capricorn- Tenacious, inner wisdom, steady, striving for for Service & Promotion of Contemporary Music (1994, light 1999, 2005) and Leadership in Graduate Education (2011); Aquarius- Water bearer, hopeful, unites, youthful beauty Ohioana Award (1997); American Academy of Arts and Letters Pisces- Devoted, gentle, mystical, intuition Lifetime Achievement Award (1997); the Cleveland Arts Prize Aries- Springtime, alert, fire, impulsive (1998); Bellagio Fellowship (2000); MTNA Ohio Composer - Earthy, loyal, patient, sensual Taurus of the Year (2002); Hofstra Arts Award (2003); BGSU Chair/ Gemini- Twins, messenger, love, inseparable, calms rough seas Director Leadership Award (2008); Guggenheim Fellowship Cancer- Water, dreamy, glowing, tender (2011-12); Sorel Foundation Award for Choral Music (2011); Leo- Generous, noble, steadfast, independent BGSU Lifetime Achievement Award (2014). Recordings for New World, Albany, Orion, Ohio Brassworks, Impermanence, Centaur, Neuma, Capstone, Azica, Liscio, ATMA, MMC and Access. Compositions published by C. F. Peters, Henri Lemoine Paris, Southern Music, Thomas House and American Composers About the Artists Alliance. Faculty member and chair of theory and composition As one of America's leading concert saxophonists, John for Interlochen Arts Camp (1990-97); visiting professor of Sampen is particularly recognized as a distinguished artist in composition at (1998), Heidelberg University contemporary literature. He has commissioned over eighty new (2001) and Oberlin Conservatory (2004); chair of Musicology/ works, including compositions by Babbitt, Bolcom, Cage, Rands, Composition/Theory Department at BGSU (1998-2011); founder and Rzewski and has premiered saxophone versions of music by and director of the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music Lutoslawski, Stockhausen, and Tower. (1987-1999); coordinator of the BGSU doctoral program in In 1970, Sampen was recitalist and certificate winner at the contemporary music. prestigious International Geneva Concours in Switzerland. He has soloed with ensembles from all over the world, including the Conor Nelson, flutist, appeared as soloist with the Minnesota Nürnberg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italy, Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Flint New Mexico Symphony and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. Symphony, and at the Banff Centre; New York recital debut at As recipient of NEA and Meet the Composer grants, John Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall); Grand Prize, WAMSO Young Sampen has been involved with commissions and premieres Artist Competition; First Prize, William C. Byrd Young Artist of new music by Albright, Babbitt, Martino and Subotnick. Competition; top prizes at the New York Flute Club Young Artist His London premiere of Subotnick's "In Two Worlds" with Competition and the Haynes International Flute Competition; the Electric Symphony featured him as the first classical prizewinner, Fischoff, Coleman, and Yellow Springs national performer to solo on Yamaha's WX7 Wind Controller. The chamber music competitions. Chamber music performances in performance inspired an English critic to write of "the excellence, Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the musicianship and the total involvement of John Sampen... Merkin Concert Hall, The Tokyo Opera City Hall, Tokyo Bunka tremendous passion and eloquence." Kaikan Hall, and Izumi Hall, and on NHK Television (Japan); Sampen has recorded with Belgian and Swiss National Radio radio performances include the McGraw Hill’s Young Artist and is represented on the Orion, CRI, Albany, Naxos, Bridge Showcase (WQXR New York), Minnesota Public Radio, and and Capstone record labels. A clinician for the Selmer company, WGBH Boston Public Radio; festival appearances include the he has presented master classes at important universities and OK Mozart, Skaneateles, Cooperstown, Yellow Barn, Look conservatories throughout Europe, Asia and North America. and Listen (NYC), Norfolk, Aspen, Brevard, Green Mountain, In addition to contemporary literature, Sampen regularly and Chesapeake festivals; performed on the Schneider Concerts performs traditional saxophone repertoire in recital with pianist/ (NYC) with pianist Claude Frank and is a regular guest composer Marilyn Shrude. He holds degrees from Northwestern at the Chamber Music Quad Cities series; has worked with University and has studied with , the Detroit Symphony, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the and Larry Teal. Dr. Sampen is a Distinguished Artist Professor Tulsa Symphony. Formerly Assistant Professor of Flute at at Bowling Green State University and is Past-President of Oklahoma State University; has given master classes at over the North American Saxophone Alliance. fifty colleges, universities and conservatories. Received degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, and Stony Marilyn Shrude, Distinguished Artist Professor at Bowling Brook University where he was the winner of the school-wide Green State University; composer/pianist; degrees from Alverno concerto competitions at all three institutions. Principal teachers College and . Recipient of the Kennedy include Carol Wincenc, Ransom Wilson, Linda Chesis and Susan Center Friedheim Award for Orchestral Music (1984); Phi Kappa Hoeppner.