Gregory Moore
Liz Ames, piano

Maxwell Godfrey
Abigail Petersen, piano

Jonah Zimmerman
Liz Ames, piano

Saturday, May 18, 2024

9:30 A.M. Bryan Recital Hall
Moore Musical Arts Center

Program

Gregory Moore
Liz Ames, piano

Edinboro Sonata (2009) | Faye-Ellen Silverman (b.1947)
          Mvmnt 1. Quarter Note = 72

Concerto (Revised 2010) | James Woodward (b.1978)
          Mvmnt. 1 Joyously
          Mvmnt. 3 Slowly, Freely
          Mvmnt. 4 Brilliantly 

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Max Godfrey
Abigail Petersen, piano

Sonata for Tuba and Piano (2024) | Joseph Miller

Two Ships Passing in the Dark of Night (2024) | Miller
        Max Godfrey, tuba and James Franklin, double bell euphonium

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Jonah Zimmerman
Liz Ames, piano

TOCcatA (2006) | Yoshio Nakahashi (b. 1978) 

War in Wonderland (2014) | Yo Goto (b. 1958)
          III. A Battlefield - Funeral

Golden Hour (2020) | Cait Nishimura (b. 1991)

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Greg Moore is a graduate of the Tuba studios of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and SUNY Fredonia where studied under Dr. Daniel Burdick III and Raymond Stewart respectively. Today Greg works days as a Direct Support Professional helping those with intellectual disabilities lead independent lives and by night he practices and spends time with his partners so that one day he can go back to making tuba full time work and make music with his partners all the time.

Godfrey

Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Max Godfrey is a consummate professional performer, composer, arranger, songwriter, and researcher about all things Tuba. Currently, he is performer and arranger with Oculus Quartet.

Max started playing low brass instruments at the age of ten, starting on euphonium and then switching to Tuba in eighth grade. After being gifted a 1940s era Conn 4J, he began his journey with tuba, studying under Philip VanOuse of the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet and participating in collegiate masterclasses while still in high school. Auditioning successfully, he landed in Cleveland, Ohio, going on to study at Baldwin Wallace University. At his undergraduate, Max studied under Dr. Kenneth Heinlein, Principal Tuba of both the Akron Symphony and Erie Philharmonic. During his time at Baldwin Wallace, Max performed with two professional brass quintets, and his student tuba euphonium quartet, TuBerea.

Currently, he is pursuing his Master of Music degree in Tuba Performance from Bowling Green State University under Prof. David Saltzman. In terms of experiences, In between his undergraduate and graduate degrees, he was a fellow at Bay View Brass Quintet Festival with the Spectrum Brass.

Composing-wise, Max released two chiptune-era albums, one in 2020: Songs to Stay Awake to and one in 2022: The Levels Part One. He also has composed several works for solo Tuba and Tuba Euphonium Ensemble.

Currently residing in Bowling Green, Ohio, Max is Vice President of the BGSU Falcon Disc golf team and has helped take them to nationals both years in his graduate degree.

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Jonah Zimmerman is a low brass artist and music educator who hails from Atlanta, Georgia. Currently residing in Tallahassee, Florida, Zimmerman is pursuing his doctoral degree in music performance at Florida State University where he serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant of Euphonium and Tuba. As a euphoniumist, Zimmerman has seen success on national and international scales being named first prize in the 2020 International Euphonium and Tuba Festival Artist Solo Competition, a two-time finalist in the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival Artist Euphonium Competition, and two-time finalist in the United States Army Band National Collegiate Solo Competition. In Tallahassee, Zimmerman performs with the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Tuba Euphonium Octet, and the Capital City Brass Quintet while maintaining a local and virtual private teaching studio.The movements are performed without pause.

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Updated: 04/25/2024 04:36PM