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Seven student musicians take the stage for 57th Annual Concerto-Aria Concert

January 20, 2017

Concert: 57th Annual Concerto-Aria Concert
Date and time: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $10 adults, $7 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. Goshen College faculty/staff/students are free with ID.

(L-R) Galed Krisjayanta, Morgan Short, Sadie Gustafson-Zook, Anne Buckwalter, Roxy Gehring, Naomi Peters and Julian Harnish.
(L-R) Galed Krisjayanta, Morgan Short, Sadie Gustafson-Zook, Anne Buckwalter, Roxy Gehring, Naomi Peters and Julian Harnish.

Seven student winners of the 2017 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform arias and individual concerto movements with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, directed by Associate Professor of Music Jose Rocha, in the 57th annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

Performing are:

  • Anne Buckwalter, a sophomore music major from Wellman, Iowa, will perform Clarinet Concerto in e minor, mvt. 1 by Weber.
  • Roxy Gehring, a sophomore music and peace, justice and conflict studies major from Manhattan, Kansas, will perform Viola Concerto in D major, mvt. 1 by Stamitz.
  • Sadie Gustafson-Zook, a senior music major from Goshen, and Naomi Peters, a sophomore music and molecular biology/biochemistry major from Winnipeg, Manitoba, will perform “Pie Jesu” by AL Webber.
  • Julian Harnish, a junior music and mathematics major from Bluffton, Ohio, will perform Piano Concerto in A Minor, mvt. 1 by Schumann.
  • Galed Krisjayanta, a senior music major from Surakarta, Indonesia, will perform “Vesti la giubba” by Leoncavallo.
  • Morgan Short, a senior music and environmental science major from Goshen, will perform “Elle et la! Pres de lui!” by A. Thomas.

Jose Rocha is associate professor of music at Goshen College and director of the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra. Strongly committed to music education, Rocha has taught and directed middle school and high school orchestras in Florida, Texas and Mississippi for the past 15 years, and is a sought-after conductor and cellist in the United States and Mexico. Rocha made his Carnegie Hall debut leading the Johnston Sinfonia Orchestra in 2014. Rocha has enjoyed a diverse musical career, conducting and performing with Ray Price, Glenn Frey, Frank Sinatra Jr., Marvin Hamlish, Ray Charles and Johnny Mathis, among others. His orchestral experience includes membership in the Southwest Florida Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Savannah Symphony, Symphony of Southeast Texas and the Strauss Symphony of America. Rocha holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Houston, a Master of Music degree and bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida.