Charlie Beauregard, bassoon and Madina Rashidova, oboe, at Colorado State University, perform “Going to the Sun: Snapshots from Glacier National Park” by Jenni Brandon. The performance is at Organ Recital Hall, 6:00 p.m. Friday, April 18, 2025, University Center for the Arts, 1778 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, Telephone (970) 491-5529. The program is:

Quatour Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995)
I. Overture
III. Spirituoso
Alex Rumley, soprano saxophone
Olivia Calzaretta, alto saxophone
Isaiah Allen, tenor saxophone
KC Flanagan, baritone saxophone
Sam Lumsden, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Bouquet from the Glen for auxiliary flute and bassoon Amber Sheeran (b. 1999)
Fanfare: Red Penstemon
Dance: Wild Geraniums
Romance: White Yarrow
Ella Patterson, alto flute, Charlie Beauregard, bassoon
Dr. Galit Kaunitz, faculty coach
Gabriela – Vals pasaje Carmen Marulanda (b. 1967)
Concerto Op.15 No. 2 for five flutes in A minor Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755)
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
CSU Flute Choir
Karin Sotillo, Josie Schell, Grace McFarland, Elise Renner – flute
Ella Patterson, CJ Buttermann – alto flute
Madison Tallman – bass flute/Teaching Assistant
Dr. Ysmael Reyes, faculty coach
Going to the Sun: Snapshots from Glacier National Park Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)
Madina Rashidova, oboe, Charlie Beauregard, bassoon
Dr. Galit Kaunitz, faculty coach
Arrivee de la reine de Sabbat Georg-Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Arr. Jean-Yves Fourmeau
Histoires Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Arr. Robert Clerisse
I. La Meneuse De Tortues D’Or
II. A Giddy Girl
III. Bajo La Mesa
Bailey Permenter, soprano saxophone
Evelyn Swank, alto saxophone
KC Flanagan, tenor saxophone
Melody Mills-Honstein, baritone saxophone
Peter Sommer, faculty coach
The Toreador Song from Carmen Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Arr. Claire Tomsett
Bailey Permenter, soprano saxophone
Alex Rumley, soprano saxophone
Evelyn Swank, alto saxophone
Olivia Calzaretta, alto saxophone
Isaiah Allen, tenor saxophone
KC Flanagan, tenor saxophone
AJ Kalvelage, baritone saxophone
Melody Mills-Honstein, baritone saxophone
Peter Sommer, faculty coach

Going to the Sun: Snapshots from Glacier National Park for oboe and bassoon explores the beauty of Glacier National Park in Montana. When Jennifer Gookin Cavanaugh approached me about writing a work, she told me how much she has always loved visiting the park and that it had been a family tradition for many years. Both Jennifer and Elizabeth Ball Crawford, who premiered this work, taught at the University of Montana at the time of writing this work. I thought it fitting to write a work that highlighted the performers’ close connection to the area in which they lived.

As I began to spend time with hiking books, topographical maps, and pictures taken by many visitors to the park over the years, I knew that a work about a journey through this park would be a great way to share not only Jennifer’s memories, but also the many travelers on the Going to the Sun Road. Those fifty miles across the park bring the visitor in contact with lakes, weeping walls, animals, meadows, the Continental Divide, and the power of the glacier that now moves closer and closer to extinction due to climate change.

The work is in one movement; however, it is broken into several sections. I liked the idea of telling these stories like looking back at snapshots you might take on your vacation to remind you of these natural and manmade wonders.

All of Jenni’s compositions are available for purchase on her website Home – Jenni Brandon https://www.jennibrandon.com