Student Recital Series
2023 NIU Philharmonic Concerto Competition 
Preliminary Round

Categories: Keyboard, Strings, Voice 
Jury: TBA 

1:00 pm Hannah Sheridan - Cello  

• Eduard Lalo, Cello Concerto, Movement 1 Prelude, lento - Allegro maestoso. 10:00’ 
  Shuai Zhang, Piano Accompaniment 

1:12 pm Ronnie Gorka - Double Bass  

• Domenico Dragonetti, Double Bass Concerto, Movement 1   5:00’ 
  Shuai Zhang, Piano Accompaniment 

1:19 pm Ranan Antonini - Violin 

• W.A. Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5, Movement 1, Adagio – Allegro aperto   10:00’ 
  Shuai Zhang, Piano Accompaniment 

1:31 pm Phoebe Shaughnessy - Double Bass  

• Giovanni Bottesini, Double Bass Concerto no. 2, Movement 1   6:00’ 
  Wonseok Lee, Piano Accompaniment 

1:38 pm Brandon Rittenour - Cello 

• Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto, Movement 1 Adagio, Moderato plus coda from Movement 4, Adagio, come prima    9:00’ 
  Wonseok Lee, Piano Accompaniment 

1:50 pm Daniela Escobar Oyola - Violin 

• Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1, Movement 1 Allegro moderato   10:00’ 
  Yuchen Lin, Piano Accompaniment 

2:02 pm Benjamin Gilbert - Cello 

• Dmitri Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 Op. 107 Moderato   10:00’ (12:00’) 
  Sooka Wang, Piano Accompaniment 

2:24 pm Alexa Garza - Violin 

• Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto Op.14, Movement 3, Allegro   10:00’  
  Sooka Wang, Piano Accompaniment 

2:35 pm Joseph Quaynor - Voice 

• W.A. Mozart “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” 
• G.F. Handel “Comfort Ye, Ev’ry Valley” 
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdi “Ye People Rend Your Heart”  10:00’ together 
  Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment 

2:45 INTERMISSION 

3:00 pm Hyounkyoung “Joy” Kim - Piano 

• Edward Grieg, Piano Concerto Op. 16, Movement 1   10:00’ 
  Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment 

3:12 pm Richard Brown - Viola 

• Paul Hindemith, Der Schwanendreher: Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal   8:00’ 
  Rebecca Wu, Piano Accompaniment 

3:21 pm Christopher Mendez - Cello 

• Samuel Barber, Cello Concerto Op. 22, Movement 1 Allegro moderato   10:00’ (12:30’) 
  Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment 

3:33 pm Amanda Perez - Viola 

• Bela Bartok, Viola Concerto, Movement 1   10:00’ (15:00) 
  Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment 

3:45 pm Boone Elledge and Joseph Quaynor - Voice 

• Georges Bizet, Les pecheurs de perles, Recit: C’est toi! Toi qu’enfin je revois 
• Duet: Au fond du temple saint.   8:00’ 
  Sohyun An, Piano Accompaniment 

3:55 pm Annika Roberts - Cello 

• Antonin Dvorak, Cello Concerto Op. 104, Movement 1 Allegro   10:00’ 
  Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment 

4:07 pm Emily Montelongo - Voice 

• G.F. Handel, “O Had I Jubal’s Lyre” 
• Gaetano Donizetti, Don Pasquale “Quel guardo, il cavaliere… So anch’io la virtu magica”  8:00’ 
  Chang Xu, Piano Accompaniment 

Jury deliberation