2023 Selma Moidel Smith recital featuring Phyllis Pan

The Selma Moidel Smith Recital series celebrates and honors former UCLA music student Selma Moidel Smith. The 2023 recital featured Phyllis Pan, an exceptional doctoral student in the School of Music. Pan performed original compositions by Selma Moidel Smith, other works, and a new piano trio by UCLA graduate composition student Morgan Kelly Moss. The recital took place on June 15, 2023, at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Program:
Fazil Say (b. 1970)
Black Earth
Selma Moidel Smith (b. 1919)
Waltz in E Minor, No. 1
Tango in C Minor, No. 2
Waltz in B-flat Minor, No. 2
Morgan Kelly Moss (b. 2000)
“Storks” Piano Trio
Michelle Sheehy, violin
Benjamin Fleischacker, cello
(Selma Moidel Smith Recital commission)
Selma Moidel Smith
Waltz in A Minor, No. 1
Beguine in F Minor
Night Waltz
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Notturno from 6 Pieces for Piano
Pedro Osuna (b. 1997)
Ludwig’s Music Box
world premiere
Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020)
Variations, Op. 41