Event Details

Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 6:00pm

Davis Hall

UNITUBA Spring Concert 

Directed by Brett Copeland

Dreams…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Nathan Fornal

Aidan Anderson and Riley Capper, soloists

Conducted by Nathan Fornal

Power Play………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………..Frank Gulino

Meltdown………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………..Jonathan Sass

Aidan Anderson, soloist

Sean Middleton, percussion

Amparito Roca………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Jaime Texidor

Arr. Robert Wilkinson

Sean Middleton, percussion

Conducted by Logan Lubahn

Love Thou For Beauty………………………………………………………………..……………………...……….Clara Schumann

arr. Joanna Ross Hersey

Piano Man………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………...…Billy Joel

arr. Zachary Smith

Conducted by Zachary Smith

Libertango………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Astor Piazzolla

arr. Mike Forbes

Personnel

UNITUBA Members

Euphonium

Morgan Westphal

Riley Capper

Leah O'Connell

Nathan Fornal

Elizabeth Simbro

 

Tuba

Aidan Anderson

Garrett Arensdorf

Brian Chea

Logan Lubahn

Miley Seliquini

Zach Smith

Cayman Swartzendruber

About the Program

Dreams

Dreams is a piece written for the UNITuba Ensemble that started as a small idea and gradually grew into a larger work. It includes elements of aleatoric writing which is to evoke a sense of unpredictability, similar to a dream state. 

 

Dreams centers around a recurring call that feels distant in the moment. The piece is characterized by a sense of curiosity and hesitation, longing to move closer to that call; moments that seem to move forward, but never fully arrive.

 

There is no clear resolution, the music fades away, leaving the listener in a space that feels unsettled, not having a clear answer.