/news-archive/tag/robert-boury/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:51:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/01/31/faculty-recital-wen-boury/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:51:08 +0000 /news/?p=73252 ... Faculty recital to feature saxophonist Andy Wen, pianists Robert Boury and Leann Hatley]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a faculty recital featuring associate professor on saxophone and recently retired music professor Robert Boury and guest pianist Leann Hatley on piano.聽 The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fine Arts Building. The event is free and open to the public. The program includes 鈥�Concertino da Camera鈥� by Jacques Ibert, 鈥淭he Nouvelles Etude Variees鈥� by Jean-Marie Londeix, Jeanine Rueff鈥檚 Concertino, Op. 17, and Improvisation 3 by Ryo Noda. Following the intermission, the concert will continue with the world premiere of 鈥淪epia Tone @ 27鈥� by L.A. Longrande, 鈥淔our Spanish Dances鈥� by Sy Brandon, Neil Flory鈥檚 鈥淎pparitions of Deep Memory,鈥� Boury鈥檚 2017 piece 鈥淒ialogue,鈥� and 鈥淩ock Me!鈥� by Barry Cockroft. For more information, contact Dr. Andy Wen at aywen@ualr.edu or 501-569-3102. More information about the musicians: Wen is an associate professor of saxophone and clarinet at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, a founding member of the Arkansas Saxophone Quartet, and plays principal alto saxophone in the Little Rock Wind Symphony. He earned his Doctor of Music Arts from the University of Georgia, studying saxophone with Kenneth Fischer and clarinet with Theodore Jahn. Wen鈥檚 performances have taken him to 25 states, Belgium, 聽Canada, China, France, Japan, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and Thailand. He has performed concertos with bands and orchestras, solo recitals, and chamber concerts, and has released two CDs, “Apparitions” and “Apparitions 2,” with Emeritus Recordings. Boury, a professor of music history and composition who retired from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in December, wrote the music for 鈥溙切腣log传媒LR Spirit,鈥� the university鈥檚 alma mater. Since 1986, Boury has hosted the annual Songwriters Showcase for students enrolled in his songwriting class and for songwriters in the community. He has also been a composer-in-residence in K-6 schools in North Little Rock as well as Booker T. Washington Elementary and Rockefeller Elementary schools in Little Rock and Mount St. Mary Academy. He has composed many art songs, piano and chamber pieces, three symphonies and most recently, three children’s operas. Currently, he is creating works based on the names of God in the Bible, titled 聽鈥淒ialogue.鈥� Hatley received her Bachelor of Arts 聽in piano and Bachelor of Science in printing management from Arkansas State University. She has accompanied numerous operas, musicals, choirs, and solo instrumentalists/vocalists throughout central Arkansas both in professional settings as well as in high schools and colleges. A collaborative pianist at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock since 2007, Hatley currently sings with the Arkansas Chamber Singers and is church pianist/organist at St. Anne鈥檚 Catholic, Christ Lutheran, and Park Hill Christian churches. In her spare time she enjoys repairing iPhones and iPads and resides in Sherwood with her husband, three children, and five cats.]]> /news-archive/2018/10/01/robert-boury/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:00:48 +0000 /news/?p=72033 ... Recital to honor retiring 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock resident composer 聽]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Department of Music will host 鈥淭he Music of Robert Boury鈥� on Sunday, Oct. 14, as a farewell recital to Dr. Boury, who will retire in December after 37 years of teaching music. The recital will begin at 3 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building and will be performed by guest artist and pianist Norman Boehm, a music professor at Hendrix College, and Suzanne Bannister, soprano. Admission is free and open to the public. The program includes Sonatina for Piano, Carnations for Voice and Piano, Portrait of Chopin for Piano, Songs of Nature and Love (premiere), and selected piano pieces, including two ragtime pieces and three Lost Waltzes. Dr. Boury, professor of music history and composition, will retire in December. 鈥淒r. Bob,鈥� as his students call him, will be remembered for great teaching and for writing the music for 鈥溙切腣log传媒LR Spirit,鈥� the university鈥檚 alma mater. Since 1986, Boury has hosted the annual Songwriters Showcase for students enrolled in his songwriting class and for songwriters in the community. He has also been a composer-in-residence in K-6 schools in North Little Rock as well as Booker T. Washington Elementary and Rockefeller Elementary schools in Little Rock and Mount St. Mary Academy. He has composed many art songs, piano and chamber pieces, three symphonies and most recently, three children’s operas. Currently, he is creating works based on the names of God in the Bible, titled 聽鈥淒ialogue.鈥�  ]]> /news-archive/2017/02/16/ua-little-rock-songwriters-showcase/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:59:01 +0000 /news/?p=66280 ... Local artists to be featured in Songwriters Showcase]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will premiere new music by students and songwriters from the community during the 31st Songwriters Showcase with special guest artists Darci Carlson and Bonnie Montgomery.聽 The free program starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fine Arts Building. The event is organized by composer in residence Robert Boury. Featured local composers and songwriters include Sarah Hastings, Ella Schee, Michael Heavner, John Lee Roberts, and Christopher Loper. Charles Law, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Percussion Ensemble director, will play Robert Boury鈥檚 鈥淕olden Apples of the Sun鈥� on vibraphone, celebrating Boury鈥檚 35th year of teaching at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Darci Carlson was nominated for Outlaw Female at the Ameripolitan Music Awards in 2015, 2016, and again in 2017. She has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with such national acts as Shooter Jennings, The Supersuckers, Bob Wayne and The Outlaw Carnies, Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, and Dale Watson. A multi-faceted artist, Arkansas native聽Bonnie Montgomery has an聽artistic vision that聽transcends classification聽and genre. A classically trained singer whose southern roots run deep, Montgomery has taken her raucous, high-art spin on golden-era country/western music through the U.S. and Europe. Montgomery鈥檚 composition of the modern folk opera, 鈥淏illy Blythe,鈥� about the childhood of Bill Clinton, earned the attention of publications such as The New Yorker, The Economist, The聽Huffington聽Post, and the London Daily Telegraph. Performance company Opera Ithaca premiered the production in April 2016. Parking will be available in Lot 8 behind the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fine Arts Building. For more information, contact Boury at 501.772.5618 or rxboury@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2016/10/20/songwriter-showcase/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:55:47 +0000 /news/?p=65501 ... Songwriter Showcase celebrates resident composer鈥檚 35th year of teaching]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will premiere new music by students, songwriters from the community, and resident composer Robert Boury during the 30th annual Songwriters Showcase.聽 The free program starts at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Building. The subjects of the compositions are diverse and colorful. From David Jukes鈥� optimistic alto pep-talk, to Susan Gail Robbins鈥� mysterious etudes, the evening will show creative minds in action at 糖心Vlog传媒LR. Other composers and songwriters scheduled to contribute include Sarah Hastings, Alex Hampo, Chris Loper, and Mallory Baker. Charles Law, 糖心Vlog传媒LR Percussion Ensemble director, will premiere Robert Boury鈥檚 鈥淕olden Apples of the Sun鈥� on vibraphone, celebrating Boury鈥檚 35th year of teaching at 糖心Vlog传媒LR. Parking will be available in Lot 8 behind the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Fine Arts Building. For more information, contact Boury at 501.772.5618 or rxboury@ualr.edu.]]>