Live from Grant Recital Hall on the UMKC Campus GUEST ARTIST RECITAL Andy Smith, tuba Jiwon Choi, piano PROGRAM Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 (1955–56)........................Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975) arr. Jarrett McCourt VII. Waltz II: Allegretto poco moderato Jiwon Choi, piano Cascades (1981) .....................................................................................Allen Vizzutti (b. 1952) Drei Romanzen, Op. 94 (1849) .................................................. Robert Schumann (1810–1856) trans. Floyd Cooley I. Nicht schnell II. Einfach, innig III. Nicht schnell Jiwon Choi, piano INTERMISSION Sonate pour tuba basse et piano (1720)............................................Henry Eccles (1670–1742) I. Largo arr. Fernand Lelong II. Allegro III. Adagio IV. Presto Jiwon Choi, piano Concertino for Tuba, Op. 77 (1978/1982) ........................................... Jan Koetsier (1911–2006) I. Allegro con brio II. Romanza e scherzino III. Rondo bavarese Jiwon Choi, piano ABOUT THE ARTISTS Andy Smith was appointed to the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra by Sir Andrew Davis in January of 2012. He began performing with the group in September of that same year. Smith, from Amarillo, Texas, received his Bachelor of Music degree from Texas Tech University, where he studied with Kevin Wass. He has also studied at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music with Dan Perantoni. Prior to winning the Lyric Opera position, Smith was a highly sought after tubist in Texas, where he performed regularly with the Lubbock and Big Spring Symphonies. In addition to his duties in the pit, Smith has served as the principal tubist for the Grant Park Orchestra since 2018. Smith has also performed with many different orchestras in the Midwest, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Smith is a Buffet Performing Artist. Dr. Jiwon Choi is Staff Accompanist at Northwest Missouri State University, where she collaborates with the university choirs, vocal and instrumental studios, student pianists, music faculty, and guest artists. Born in Busan, South Korea, Jiwon won First Prize of the 2014 American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music making her debut at the Carnegie Hall. Her performances as a soloist and a collaborative pianist have spanned many venues throughout the United States, South Korea, and Italy. She was invited to perform world premiere compositions at the 2013 International Beethoven Festival in Chicago, and joined Italian Operatic Experience as a coach in Urbania, Italy. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Kansas, where she served as Graduate Teaching Assistantship and faculty member at the University of Kansas Community Music School. She received her Master of Music in Piano Performance at Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Dong-Ah University in South Korea.