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Saturday, April 20, 2019, 8:00pm

GERALD R. DANIEL RECITAL HALLCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH

Chloë Agnew

Robert Luke MartinCONDUCTOR

in concert

with THE STUDIO ORCHESTRA

AT THE BOB COLE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

PROGRAM

An Irish Overture ................................................................................................................................ Traditional Irisharr. Robert Luke Martin (b. 1991)

When You Believe ............................................................................................................ Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948)

Fields of Gold .............................................................................................................................................Sting (b. 1951)

The Thing About You ................................................................................................................................Chloë Agnewarr. Robert Luke Martin

A Million Dreams ..........................................................................................Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (b. 1985)

Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears ................................................................................................ Brendan Graham (b. 1945)

The Gathering .............................................................................................................................................Chloë Agnew

-INTERMISSION-

Concert Overture “Donegal to Down” ............................................................................................ Traditional Irisharr. Thomas Quigley

At Last .......................................................................Mack Gordon (1904-1959) and Harry Warren (1893-1981)

My Heart Will Go On ................................................. James Horner (1953-2015) and Will Jennings (b. 1944)

Say it Anyway .............................................................................................................................................Chloë Agnewarr. Robert Luke Martin

Ireland .........................................................................................................................................Garth Brooks (b. 1962)arr. John Byrne

The Lord of the Dance .....................................................................................................Ronan Hardiman (b. 1957)

Viva la Vida ........................................................................................................................................................Coldplay

You Raise Me Up .............................................................................Rolf Lovland (b. 1963) and Brendan Graham

When Irish Eyes are Smiling ............................................................................................Ernest R. Ball (1878-1927)

-A brief intermission will be held in the middle of the program-

Please silence all mobile devices for the duration of the program

ABOUT

Chloë Agnew is a singer, songwriter and actress from Dublin, Ireland. Agnew gained fame for her integral part as one of the original (and youngest) members of the internationally ac-claimed music group Celtic Woman from the age of 14.

Born to Irish entertainer Adéle “Twink” King and Irish oboist David Agnew, Chloë was practi-cally born on the stage and made her first televi-sion appearance at just four weeks old.

Shortly after the success of her second album Walking in the Air, Chloë was approached to become part of a new PBS production, “Celtic Woman”. Ten years later, Chloë held the dual title of being both one of the original members and the youngest performer of the group. At the age of 24, she was already a musical veteran and after an illustrious career with the famous ensemble; she embarked on a solo career

Robert Luke Martin is an internationally recognized conductor, organist, and concert producer who strives to create exciting programming that introduces new audiences to the concert hall.

As a conductor, Robert has served as both Music Director and Executive Director of the Irish Video Game Orchestra (Belfast, Northern Ireland), an organization he started while studying at Queen’s University Belfast. A group of musicians dedicated to introducing unreached audience through video game music, the IVGO has performed concerts described as “one of the most entertaining musical evening I’ve experienced.” (Chris Hastings, Queen’s Radio) Prior to the IVGO, Robert was the Founding Music Director of the Houghton Pops Orchestra (Houghton, NY), and is currently the Music Director and President of the Studio Orchestra at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University Long Beach.

Robert holds degrees from Houghton College, Queen’s University Belfast, and is currently completing a second masters degree in instrumental conducting at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music

that has seen her perform all over the world.The Studio Orchestra at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music is a student-run orchestra committed to training the next generation of Los Angeles’ stu-dio musicians. Each sesmter, the Studio Orchestra strives to pres-ent forward-thinking shows and expose both its musicians and its audiences to a new way of perceive-ing orchestral music. Because each of our concerts is different, our roster of musicians is perpetually

Executive BoardRobert Luke Martin - President, Christian Fuentes - Vice President,

Georgette Patricio - Treasurer, Maxfield Maynard - Secretary, Laruen Cunio- PR ManagerSummer Wilson, Christopher Colocho - Members at Large

Special ThanksCollege of the Arts- Califronia State University Long Beach

The Bob Cole Conservatory of MusicKevin Brown

Dr. Alicia DoyleKate GillonMaria Janus

Anna Nazarian-PetersColleen Ryan

This concert is partially funded by an Associated Students, Inc. Program Grant.

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