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Symphony Orchestra
November 20, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor
Isaac Pyatt, marimba – Winner, Student Artist Competition
with the
J.H. Rose High School Orchestra (Greenville, North Carolina)
Elizabeth Hughes, director
ABE
Prism Rhapsody
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Isaac Pyatt is an undergraduate percussion performance major at UNCG, where he is a recipient of the School of Music Minerva Scholarship. In 2017, he was a winner in the UNCG Student Artist Competition. He won the North Carolina Percussive Arts Society University Soloist Competition in 2016 and 2017. In 2015, he performed with the UNCG percussion ensemble at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. In high school, Isaac attended University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Brevard Music Center, and NC Governor’s School West. As an active composer, his music has been featured at several new music festivals, and has music published through Tapspace Publications. In addition to performing and promoting his own music, he has premiered and recorded works by John Mackey, Jason Treuting, Kendall Williams, Mark Engebretson, Adam Silverman, Binshan Zhao, and Wesley Levers. He has studied with percussionists Eric Willie and John Beck, and composers Alejandro Rutty and Mark Engebretson.