contraBAND: Pure Bliss

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Thursday / December 4, 2025 / 8:00 p.m.

Studio 401

31 Hemenway Street, Floor 4—Studio 401

Boston

02215

United States

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The contraBAND new music ensemble performs works by Janulytė, Phungula, Glojnaric, and Anderson.

Program Information

Repertoire

NJABULO PHUNGULA: ochre song

JUSTĖ JANULYTĖ: Clessidra

SARA GLOJNARIC: Pure Bliss

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Pierrot Lunaire

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Der Kranke Mond

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Nacht

JULIAN ANDERSON: Thus

Ensemble

CONDUCTOR
Vimbayi Kaziboni

PICCOLO
Kellen Ko, MM '27

FLUTE
Kellen Ko, MM '27

ALTO FLUTE
Kellen Ko, MM '27

BASS FLUTE
Kellen Ko, MM '27

OBOE
Christopher Mavrogian, MM '26

CLARINET
Christa Calderwood, MM '26

BASS CLARINET
Matt Dearie, MM '25

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
Xander Dawson, BM '26

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Wentao Luan, BM ‘29

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Xander Dawson, BM '26

BASSOON
Matthew Gaudio, BM '28

HORN
Zach Watson, BM '27

TRUMPET
Teddy Mason, MM '27

TROMBONE
Mikayla Frank-Martin, MM ‘25

TUBA
Lowrider James, BM '27

PERCUSSION
Jin Cho, BM '26
Tripp G. Haynes, MM '27

HARP
Claudia Moreno Fraile, MM '26

PIANO
Audrey Puschinsky, MM '26
Mingyu Xie, MM '27

ELECTRIC KEYBOARD
Mingyu Xie, MM '27

VIOLIN I
Stella Feliberti, BM '27

VIOLIN II
Annabelle Lee, BM '28

VIOLA
Finnian Long, BM '26

CELLO
Amanda Sanchez-Sandoval, MM '27
Will Rawlinson, BM '27

BASS
Randy Zigler^

ACCORDION
Audrey Puschinsky, MM '26

SOPRANO
Chihiro Asano

^ Faculty member

Concert Services Staff

Assistant Director, Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Coordinator, Concert Services – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov

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