SHOALS SYMPHONY AT UNA
The Shoals Symphony at UNA is a partnership organization under the auspices of the University of North Alabama and supported by the Shoals Symphony Association. The Association is funded by the generosity of individual and corporate sponsors, contributions by alumni and friends, grants, and ticket sales. The Symphony encompasses the perfect balance of UNA faculty and rising students (majors and non-majors), as well as area professional musicians. Dedicated, enthusiastic musicians are selected by open audition. The Shoals Symphony at UNA began as a group of local players wanting to make music together. It has grown and evolved into a semi-professional regional orchestra and is recognized as such by the Alabama State Council on the Arts. We invite you to enjoy this year’s performances as we welcome Dr. Daniel Stevens to the podium for the Symphony’s 33rd season.
Daniel Stevens currently serves at the University of North Alabama as an Associate Professor of Music / Conductor of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra, and Director of the Peery Center for Orchestral Studies.
His roles include
conductor and artistic director of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra and teacher of applied violin/viola. As a conductor, he has been the guest clinician/adjudicator for the Alabama Honor Strings Festival (ASTA), Kansas Music Educators Association Large Ensemble and Solo & Ensemble contests, Northeast Oklahoma All-District Honors Orchestra, and the Tulsa Metro Honors Orchestra. He had served on the faculty of Southwestern College (Winfield, KS) for eight years as the Mazie Barnet Kilmer Chair for String Education and conductor of the South Kansas Symphony. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the University of Tulsa as conductor of the University Orchestra. Daniel is regularly invited to clinic/present at universities, recently including the Georgia Institute of Technology, Florida Southern College,
Northern Arizona University, the University of Tulsa, and Idaho State University. As a professional musician, Daniel is a permanent violist with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and has played with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, Tulsa Philharmonic, Tulsa Opera Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, and Akron Symphony Orchestra. He has held esteemed positions in the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, the Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra, and the Colorado Springs Music Festival Orchestra. As a soloist, Daniel was a 1998 MTNA Regional Runner-Up Collegiate Soloist, and has been a feature chamber musician in the Ameropa International Chamber Music Festival in Prague. In March 2010, Daniel performed in a Carnegie Hall – Weill Recital Hall debut through Distinguished Concerts International, New York. Daniel has studied viola with Dr. Susan Dubois, Peter Slowik, Jeffrey Irvine, and Dr. Steven Kruse. As an educator, Daniel received the United Methodist Exemplary Teacher award from Southwestern College in 2008. He has founded two successful youth symphony programs (Tulsa Youth Concert Orchestra and Southwestern College Youth Symphonies) and was a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, teaching college major and minor viola students. Also, he has previously served as the Graduate Teaching Assistant at Oklahoma State University, and the Instrumental Director of Central Christian School in Kidron, Ohio. Daniel wishes to thank Anton Krutz, Misha Krutz, and KC Strings Violin Shop for their generous support of sponsorship. Daniel’s violin and viola are premiere custom instruments made by Anton Krutz and family.
Concert Program
Thursday, 3:30 PM MPAC
Marche Militaire, Op. 51,
No.1.................Franz Schubert / arr. Leopold Damrosch
.........................................Lucks Music Hänsel and Gretel Overture...................................Englebert Humperdinck
........................................................Lucks Music Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 ........Richard Strauss / arr. Robert Mandell ...........................................Kalmus Pub. Warrior Legacy
......................................................Soon Hee Newbold
...............................................FJH Music Company
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