By Lily Gannon, Staff Writer
“An Evening of Three,” a faculty and guest artist recital will present horn, piano, and violin music live on stage at Stretansky Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30.
The recital will be performed by music lecturer Jaime Namminga on the piano and Gabrielle Finck on the horn.
Susquehanna associate professor of music, Jennifer Sacher Wiley, will also make a guest appearance in the concert, playing the violin.
The recital will include pieces from many different time periods, including pieces that show the importance of standard chamber music.
“An Evening of Three” will represent music by Gordon, Jacob, J.S. Bach an Paul Dukas with features by Johannes Brahms’ Horn Trio.
The highlight of the recital will be Brahms Horn Concerto, which will also include Wiley on the violin.
Namminga and Finck are first cousins and have been wanting to perform together for a long time. However, they only recently had the opportunity to make it happen.
“I had a baby right at the start of my first year [teaching] here, and Gabe had one the following year, so the timing was not right,” Namminga said. “But now is the time and we are both excited for the performance.”
Preparation for the recital has involved a lot of solo practice. The women will not get to practice together until the day before the performance.
However, both musicians are sure their recital will be successful, and encourage everyone to attend their long-awaited joint performance to see the work that they both have put in.
“It is an opportunity to hear fantastic repertoire from first cousins who have lived in opposite parts of the country most of their lives,” Namminga said.
“We finally get to perform together as professional musicians,” Namminga added.
Finck is a recognized horn player who has performed in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She also often performs with groups such as the D.C. and the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra and 21st Century Consort of Washington.
Finck has a bachelor of music degree from Boston University School of Fine Arts and she has been awarded a fellowship from the Tanglewood Music Center twice. According to her biography on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra website, Finck’s interests outside of music include cooking, the outdoors and drawing.
Namminga has numerous degrees, including a bachelor of music in piano performance from the University of Sioux Falls, a master of music in collaborative piano from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a doctor of musical arts in collaborative piano from Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz.
All guest artist recitals are sponsored by the Department of Music at Susquehanna and are free of charge to the public.