Event Details

Monday, October 27, 2025, 6:00pm

Davis

Free

ACT I

Personnel

Aliyah Danielle, horn 

Patrick Mooney, AJ Shively, Mitchell Stevens, Maddie Klein, Isabel Ceynar, Ian Shelton, Emilee Garcia, Rose Stuber, JD Deninger octet, horns 

Vakhtang Kodanashvili, piano 

Scott Hagarty, Sean Kiefer, trumpets 

Anthony Williams, trombone 

Brett Copeland, tuba 

About the Artists

Aliyah Danielle is a dynamic artist with a unique approach that can be summed up in one word: unconventional. The winding roads of Aliyah’s diverse interests and experiences converge to form the heart of her creations, which seek to tell stories through sound and blend genres to create new, interesting sonic textures. A collaborator at heart, Aliyah’s mission is to use her art to pose questions and start conversations surrounding issues embedded in our world’s cultural and social systems, allowing us to better understand others and their belief systems. 

Aliyah enjoys a multifaceted career as a performer, composer, producer, and educator. Primarily performing as a singer and french horn player, she frequently experiments with genre-fusion and performs music influenced by funk, neo-soul, gospel, jazz, classical, and other contemporary styles. She regularly performs original music as a part of her own projects and initiatives and supports various artists all around the world, including across the USA and in Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Canada, The Netherlands, and Japan. She has presented lectures and masterclasses across the United States, including at the University of Arkansas, Arizona State University, University of Georgia, International Horn Symposium, Appalachian State University, Mid-South Horn Workshop, Oklahoma State University, Lawrence University, University of the Pacific, Utah Valley University, Duquesne University, and the University of Central Oklahoma. She received her Master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration) from Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain, and also holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. She is currently studying for her Master in Management with a specialization in leadership from Marquette University.

Dedicated to equity and inclusion within the field of music, Aliyah is a founding member and the former Director of Artistic Programming for the Chromatic Brass Collective, an organization founded by Black women which celebrates, performs, mentors and educates in an effort to increase the visibility of racially and ethnically underrepresented women and gender non-conforming people throughout the brass world. She serves as Global Initiatives Chair for the International Alliance for Women in Music, and is also a member of the International Society for Black Musicians, Maestra Music Organization, Musicians United for Social Equity and the International Women’s Brass Conference.

About the Program

This event is brought to you by a grant Dr. Tarantelli secured from the UNI School of Music Guest Artist Fund.