Newman Blow It Up, Start Again
Zyman Concerto for Flute and Small Orchestra with Sonja Giles, flute
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel arr.)
Admission Charged: $5.00 adults; $2.00 students.
Tickets available at the door.
For it's final concert of 2012-2013, present the thrilling work Blow It Up, Start Again by American composer, Jonathan Newman. Associate Professor of Flute, Sonja Giles, will join the orchestra as the featured soloist in the exciting Concerto for Flute by Mexican composer, Samuel Zyman. For the grand finale, the ISU Symphony Orchestra presents Mussorgsky's towering masterpiece, Pictures at an Exhibition in Ravel's thrilling orchestration.
Sonja Giles has appeared as a recitalist, chamber musician, and educator in a variety of venues across the United States, Austria, Belgium and Russia. She has appeared as a soloist with the Kaliningrad Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Iowa State University Wind Ensemble, Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra, Iowa State University Orchestra and numerous bands throughout Iowa.
Sonja is a member of the Cedar Rapids Opera Company and regularly performs with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra. She has recently performed with the Des Moines Metro Opera, as well as the Des Moines Symphony, American Wind Symphony, Ottumwa Symphony, Tuscaloosa Symphony, and Oskaloosa Symphony Orchestras. Sonja is a founding member of the ensemble Dolce Veloce with oboist, Elizabeth Rennick and pianist, May Tsao-Lim.
In addition to performing as soloist, orchestral player, and chamber musician, Sonja is passionate about performing and promoting new music. She has worked with composers John Corigliano, Joan Tower, Libby Larsen, and Martin Kennedy. At the 2008 LIPA Festival, Giles worked with composer, Art Kreiger on his bass flute solo, Piping Hot! Her recent performances at the 2008 and 2009 National SEAMUS Conventions include collaborations with Larry Austin, Bonnie Miksch and Christopher Hopkins. As a guest artist for the 750th Anniversary of Koenigsburg (currently Russia), Sonja performed Jeffrey Prater's Promise for flute and string orchestra.
As Associate Professor of Flute, Sonja is the director of all flute activities at Iowa State University. She is the recipient of the 2008 Iowa State University Award for Early Excellence in Teaching, as well as the Cassling Early Excellence in Teaching Award. Sonja credits her teaching to her wonderful teachers, Sheryl Cohen, Tadeu Coelho, Immanuel Davis, Julia Bogorad-Kogan and Keith Underwood. She has given master classes in Wyoming, New Mexico, Alabama, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and teaches on the summer faculty at the Young Musicians Camp, in Evanston, Wyoming.
Have questions? Contact:
Dr. Jacob Harrison
Director of Orchestral Activities
jgharris@iastate.edu | 515.294.3978
109 Music Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
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