Concert Program: Guest Artist Recital

October 18, 2022

C. Minor Recital Hall, Ellis Hall
7:30 p.m.

Featuring

Ryan Gardner, trumpet
Dr. Margaret McDonald, piano

Program

"Solo de Concert"

Georges Hüe (1858-1948)

"Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Brahms"

Eric Ewazen (b. 1954)

Intermission

"Two Latin Dances"

Lauren Bernofsky (b. 1967)

1. Bossa Nova
2. Tango

"go to the garden"

Eris DeJarnett

"Oblivion"

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
arr. J. Parman

Tonight's performance is sponsored by glOh Studio, MSU Brass Society, and the MSU Department of Music.

Biographies

Ryan Gardner

Ryan Gardner is the Professor of Trumpet at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Originally from Santa Monica, California, Gardner received his B.M. from the Eastman School of Music with highest distinction, his M.M. Degree from Rice University - Shepherd School of Music, and his D.M.A. from the Manhattan School of Music.

As an orchestral performer, Gardner has played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Colorado Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Honolulu Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, and the Rochester Philharmonic, among others. Gardner is a featured recitalist and his CDs On Track and Sempiternal Songs have received critical acclaim. He is an avid chamber musician and a champion of new music having played with Alarm Will Sound and Crash Ensemble.

He has also performed in many prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, Merkin Concert Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain. He plays principal trumpet with the Distinguished Concerts International Orchestra in New York City and has also performed with Broadway touring shows including Young Frankenstein and The Three Phantoms.

In addition to an exciting performing career, Gardner continues to enjoy impressive teaching successes. His students have gone on to distinguished careers, graduate programs and elite summer festivals. Gardner's students have also achieved success at the international, national and regional levels, most notably at International Trumpet Guild Conferences, International Women’s Brass Conferences, the Music Teachers National Association Competition, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Roger Voisin Memorial Competition, and National Trumpet Competitions.

Gardner serves as the New York and Los Angeles Artist Coordinator for Music for Autism and was named their 2010 Spotlight Artist of the Year.

He is a Bach Performing Artist and Clinician, he serves as Vice President of the International Trumpet Guild, and has recorded with Naxos, Mark Records, and BX Entertainment.

Dr. Margaret McDonald

Pianist Margaret McDonald, a native of Minnesota, is an Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Colorado Boulder. She joined the College of Music keyboard faculty in the fall of 2004. She helped to develop the College’s graduate degree program in Collaborative Piano and the undergraduate collaborative curriculum. Praised for her poetic style and versatility, Dr. McDonald enjoys a very active performing career and has partnered many distinguished artists including the Takács Quartet, Kathleen Winkler, Zuill Bailey, Paula Robison, Carol Wincenc, Ben Kamins, David Shifrin, William VerMeulen, David Jolley, Ian Bousfield, Joseph Alessi, Steven Mead, and Velvet Brown. She has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

McDonald received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Collaborative Piano from the University of California – Santa Barbara. Her principal teachers include Lydia Artymiw and Anne Epperson. She received fellowships to study at both the Music Academy of the West and the Tanglewood Music Center where she worked closely with Dawn Upshaw, Robert Spano, and Osvaldo Golijov.

McDonald is active throughout the country giving master classes at institutions including The Juilliard School, Indiana University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Arizona State University, University of California - Santa Barbara, and Louisiana State University. She has released recordings with Velvet Brown, tuba, Aaron Tindall, tuba, and Erika Eckert, viola for Potenza Records and Meridian Records.

McDonald has been a staff accompanist at the Meadowmount School for Strings in New York and an official accompanist at the Music Teachers National Association competition and the National Flute Association annual convention. McDonald is an alumna of the Music Academy of the West and has been a member of the Music Academy faculty since 2005.