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Jonathan Holden & Friends

Saturday, November 3rd, 7:30 pm

Doors and bar open at 7 pm

$25 and up

$10 student tickets

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In a showcase of West Michigan Symphony talented musicians, principal clarinet Jon Holden has brought together an ensemble featuring Marissa Olin, flute, Marat Rakhmatullaev, principal bassoon, and Zhihua Tang, piano.

PROGRAM:
Libby Larson
Barn Dances for flute, clarinet, and piano
– Forward Six and Fall Back Eight
– Divide the Ring (Homage to Gene Autry)
– Varsouvianna (A Simple Dream Waltz)
– Rattlesnake Twist

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 6 for flute and bassoon

Felix Mendelssohn
Konzertstücke no. 2, Op. 114 for clarinet, bassoon and piano
– Presto
– Andante
– Allegretto Grazioso

Michael Burns
E Toro nga Hau: The Three Winds for flute, clarinet and bassoon

Ricardo Lorenz
Fluteball: a soccer-driven melodrama for flute and clarinet

Camille Saint-Saëns
Tarantelle, Op. 6 for flute, clarinet and piano

Jonathan Holden is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Florida State University, Principal Clarinetist of the West Michigan Symphony and a member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. A frequent guest of numerous orchestras, he has performed with ensembles such as the Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Baton Rouge and Lansing symphony orchestras, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Mobile Symphony and the Sarasota Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Vireo Ensemble (clarinet, violin, cello, piano) and the Argot Trio (clarinet, violin, piano).

Holden is an ardent soloist and chamber music collaborator. He has made guest appearances with ensembles such as the Degas, Ciompi and Voxare string quartets and has performed as a soloist and chamber musician by invitation of the British Clarinet Congress, Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association, Festival South, Festival Contempoaneo (Brazil), Alfredo de Saint Malo Festival (Panama), Chamber Music Wilmington, American Music Festival and Saugatuck Chamber Music Festival. He has given performances, clinics and masterclasses at collegiate establishments in the US and overseas including Vanderbilt, Michigan State University, the national conservatories of Panama and Paris and the universities of Memphis, Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and Rio de Janeiro.

A proponent of new chamber music, Holden's latest work with the Argot Trio has yielded notable fundraising success and the commissioning of several new trios to be included on a forthcoming CD, Made in Mississippi, featuring works inspired by the birthplace of America's music. Contributing composers include Luigi Zaninelli, Michael Burns, Alan Theisen and James Sclater. The Argot Trio's recording of a new work by Steven Holochwost was released in 2013 on the Albany label. Holden has also prepared and performed works for composers Bright Sheng, Peter Sculthorpe, Ricardo Tacuchian and Judith Zaimont.

Jonathan Holden received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University where he studied with eminent soloist and chamber musician Dr. Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, as well as Nathan Williams and Theodore Oien. He received his BM and MM performance degrees from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama under Joy Farrall, Andrew Webster and celebrated recording artist Dame Thea King.

Jonathan Holden & Friends

Saturday, November 3rd, 7:30 pm

Doors and bar open at 7 pm

$25 and up

$10 student tickets

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In a showcase of West Michigan Symphony talented musicians, principal clarinet Jon Holden has brought together an ensemble featuring Marissa Olin, flute, Marat Rakhmatullaev, principal bassoon, and Zhihua Tang, piano.

PROGRAM:
Libby Larson
Barn Dances for flute, clarinet, and piano
– Forward Six and Fall Back Eight
– Divide the Ring (Homage to Gene Autry)
– Varsouvianna (A Simple Dream Waltz)
– Rattlesnake Twist

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras no. 6 for flute and bassoon

Felix Mendelssohn
Konzertstücke no. 2, Op. 114 for clarinet, bassoon and piano
– Presto
– Andante
– Allegretto Grazioso

Michael Burns
E Toro nga Hau: The Three Winds for flute, clarinet and bassoon

Ricardo Lorenz
Fluteball: a soccer-driven melodrama for flute and clarinet

Camille Saint-Saëns
Tarantelle, Op. 6 for flute, clarinet and piano