Concert Band

@ Patty Saunders, conductor Cat Keen Hock, clarinet Molly Allman, graduate conductor Jaden Brown, graduate conductor Program REENA ESMAIL Chamak JULIE GIROUX Fields of Gold NATHAN DAUGHTREY Twitch CARLOS SIMON Reflections ROSSANO GALANTE Aurora Borealis CAROL BRITTIN CHAMBERS Kalos Eidos About the Program About the Soloist Dr. Catherine Keen Hock exemplifies the innovative spirit of the contemporary classical musician. Living in Greensboro, North Carolina, Cat (as she is called by her friends) performs and teaches throughout the southeastern United States. Cat is an avid supporter of new music, especially chamber music, and frequently collaborates with local composers and new music ensembles. Cat is a founding member of the award-winning reed ensemble Quintet Sirocco, formed in 2010 by fellow graduate students at UNC Greensboro in an effort to continue advancing this exciting new genre of chamber music. As an ensemble, Quintet Sirocco’s mission encompasses commissioning and performing new music, creating innovative performance experiences for diverse audiences, and presenting educational performances throughout North Carolina. In 2007, Cat was a founding member of the Obsidian Clarinet Quartet, premiering two original compositions at the 2008 conference for the International Clarinet Association, ClarinetFest, in Kansas City. Cat is a member of the Piedmont Wind Symphony, the bass clarinetist for the Fayetteville Symphony and Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, plays clarinet/bass clarinet with WireTap New Music Ensemble (Durham, NC), and serves on the woodwind faculty at the Music Academy of North Carolina. Cat also enjoys sharing her love of music history as program essayist for the Eastern Music Festival. Cat completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree (DMA) in clarinet performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2012 where she was a graduate teaching assistant for the clarinet studio and jazz studies program. Her degree includes a…