Tango in the US and Beyond Concert: Student Showcase

Tango for Musicians at Reed College 2024
July 28, 2024
Eliot Hall chapel, Reed College (Portland, Oregon)
A unique concert featuring the ​student ensembles and new ​arrangements and compositions crafted during the Arrangers & ​Composers 2024 program.
Tango for Musicians Guitar Ensemble
Directed by: Sebastián Henríquez
Guitars: Michael Stiffman, Mark Wilson, Stuart Zobel. Piano: Azalea Jane Elaza.
Repertory:
-'Parece Mentira' (Canaro/Manzi) / Singer: Valeria Matzner
-'Nido Gaucho' (Di Sarli/Marcó) / Singer: Sarah Bell
-'Barrio Pobre' (Belvedere/Jiménez) Singer: Teresa Tam
-'Nada' (Dames/Sanguinetti) / Singer: Silvano Colombano
Tango for Musicians Septet 1
Directed by: Guillermo Rubino
Sara Chazin, Nicholas Ibarra, Sarah Lahasky, Hong Lee, Ruben Tedesco, Obadiah Wright, Jennifer Judd. Piano: Rita Sabler.
Repertory:
'Los cosos de al lao' (Larrosa/Canet. Arrangement: Roberto Pansera. Transcription: Tango Sin Fin's Transcription School 2023) / Singer: Valeria Matzner
'Danzarín' (Arrangement: Julián Plaza
'Retirao'(Posadas. Arrangement: Pablo Jaurena)
Tango for Musicians Septet 2
Directed by: Exequiel Mantega
Paulina Barradas, Benjamin Gifford, Nancy Good, Juyoun Han, Jessie Isaac, Albert Lau, Brian Salisbury, Noah Smith, G. Pablo Van Woerkom.
Repertory:
'Nocturna' (Julián Plaza) / Piano: Margaret Bloomfield.
'Golondrinas' (Gardel/Le Pera. Arrangement: Raúl Garello. Transcription: Tango Sin Fin's Transcription School 2023) / Singer: Chih-yu Chao. Piano: Josie Zocco.
'La torcacita' (Martínez. Arrangement: Pablo Jaurena) / Piano: Josie Zocco.
Tango for Musicians Arrangers & Composers
Directed by: Exequiel Mantega and Pablo Jaurena
Charles Gorczynski, Devan Moran, Alex Woods, Sarah Lahasky, Aparna Halpé, Ben Thomas.
Repertory:
'Como dos extraños' (Arrangement: Brian Salisbury)
'París Londres' (Arrangement: Caroline Pearsall)
'Vida mía' (Arrangement: Teresa Tam)
'Lágrimas' (Arrangement: Heyni Solera)
'Entre sollozos' (Composition: Nicco Ibarra)
'Milonguita' (Arrangement: Elyse Weakley)
Ben Thomas Tango Project
Directed by: Ben Thomas
Libby Phelps, Ben Thomas, Moe Weisner, Josie Zocco.
Repertory:
'The Second Brick'
'The Hat with a Grin & a Chuckle'
Ciao Felicia
Directed by: Rita Sabler
Rita Sabler, Benjamin Gifford, Obadiah Wright, Hong Lee, Zacarías Grynberg.
Repertory:
'Yapeyú'
'Rendición'
Charles Gorczynski Quartet
Directed by: Charles Gorczynski
Charles Gorczynski, Devan Moran, Alex Woods, Sarah Lahasky.
Repertory:
'Various Stages of Ruin'
'Dead Stars'
'The Endless Grown All around You'
Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.
Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.

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What an amazing performance