Maya Miro Johnson, composer

Graduation Recital | Broadcast | Free | January 30, 2024 7:30 p.m.

Graduation recitals display the skill and passion of Curtis Institute of Music students on the cusp of professional musicianship. Members of the current class will share the breadth of their talent through a culminating graduation recital. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

This performance will be broadcast live on Curtis’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

Please note: Performance programs are subject to last-minute changes and cancellations.


Program
MIRO JOHNSON white coat syndrome

Diego Alfonso, drumset, percussion, and fixed media

figurative bass

Maya Miro Johnson, violin
Sepehr Pirasteh, kamancheh
Nico Mateo Hernandez, double bass

Mirror Scene, from Patience

Christina Herresthal, mezzo-soprano
Nico Mateo Hernandez, videography
Maya Miro Johnson, direction and production

INTERMISSION
MIRO JOHNSON Corps

Ben Price, oboe
Sky Tian Qin, clarinet 1
Tzu-Yi Yu, clarinet 2
Hwaseop Jeong, bass clarinet
Chris Petrella, trumpet
Tae McLoughlin, percussion
Andy Brown, piano
Lingyu Dong, violin 1
Zhenyi Jiang, violin 2
Alyssa Warcup, viola
Romain-Olivier Gray, cello
Tobias Vigneau, double bass
Maya Miro Johnson, conductor

bruises paraphrase

Katelyn Bouska, piano and pre-recorded video
Matt Hagestuen, video production and editing

ANDERSON O Superman (arr. Miro Johnson)

Maya Miro Johnson, violin and voice
Leigha Amick, violin and voice
Adrian Wong, electric guitar and voice
Isabella Isza Wu, electric organ and voice

  • January 30, 2024
  • 7:30 p.m.
  • Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall

About the Performers

Maya Miro Johnson, from Salt Lake City, a student of Richard Danielpour, Nick DiBerardino, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Steven Mackey, is the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019.   

  

Leigha Amick, from Boulder, Colo., a student of Richard Danielpour, Nick DiBerardino, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Steven Mackey, is the Jimmy Brent Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.   

Andy Brown, from Silver Spring, Md., a student of Alan Morrison, is the Mrs. Cary William Bok Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023. 

Lingyu Dong, from Beijing, a student of Midori, is the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Fellow and entered Curtis in 2019. 

Romain-Olivier Gray, from Québec City and Woodbridge, Va., a student of Peter Wiley and Gary Hoffman, is the Maurice Gendron Memorial Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Hwaseop Jeong, from Seoul, a student of Anthony McGill, is the Mark and Esther Kramer Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022. 

Zhenyi Jiang, from Beijing, a student of Midori, is the Joseph and Marie Field Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Tae McLoughlin, from South Orange, N.J., a student of Don Liuzzi, Eric Millstein, and Ji Su Jung, is the Stanley and Bertha Rogasner Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.   

Chris Petrella, from Hudson, Ohio, a student of David Bilger, is the Sandra G. and David G. Marshall Fellow and entered Curtis in 2023.   

Ben Price, from Portland, Ore., a student of Katherine Needleman and Philippe Tondre, is the Anderson and Daria Pew Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Tobias Vigneau, from Albuquerque, N.M., a student of Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson, is the Robert Montgomery Scott Fellow and entered Curtis in 2020.   

Alyssa Warcup, from Geneva, Ill., a student of Roberto Díaz and Edward Gazouleas, is the Edward Montgomery Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Adrian Wong, from Hong Kong, a student of Richard Danielpour, Nick DiBerardino, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Steven Mackey, is the Milton L. Rock Composition Fellow and entered Curtis in 2021.   

Isabella Isza Wu, from Madison, Wis., a student of Alan Morrison, is the Charles and Judith Freyer Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.   

Tzu-Yi Yu, from Taoyuan City, Taiwan, a student of Anthony McGill, is the Valerija and Ladislaus Medveckis Fellow and entered Curtis in 2022.  

Katelyn Bouska, musical studies faculty 

Matt Hagestuen, video director and editor 

Drew Schlegel, artistic and technical producer 

Diego Alfonso, guest artist 

Nico Mateo Hernandez, guest artist 

Christina Herresthal, guest artist 

Sepehr Pirasteh, guest artist  

Sky Tian Qin, guest artist 

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