20th Century Greats is a concert honoring some of the best classical composers of that century. The concert will feature solos by faculty members Enric Madriguera, guitar, and Kathryn Evans, soprano. Donald Fabian of Southern Methodist University (SMU) will play the saxophone as a featured guest and soloist. Other performers include faculty member Mary Medrick, celesta; and guest artists Steven Pettey, oboe, Debbie Johnson, flute, and Rebecca Scherschell, harp.

The evening’s program will focus on how the guitar relates to other instruments and to the voice. The concert will include works by Paul Hindemith, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Jacques Ibert, Igor Stravinsky, and Ralph Vaughn-Williams. Madriguera selected these pieces because, though “they are very good works,” they “are seldom performed due to the interesting mix of instruments.”

Donald J. Fabian is principal saxophone and soloist with “America’s Premiere Wind Band,” the Dallas Wind Symphony. The Dallas Morning News has praised Mr. Fabian’s outstanding virtuosity and musicality…. “Donald Fabian gave a stunning performance, pulsing with drama and almost unimaginable color.” Mr. Fabian is also the music director and soprano saxophonist with the award winning Texas Saxophone Quartet. The TSQ was the first saxophone chamber music ensemble to win the prestigious Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in 1987 and finalists in New York’s Concert Artist Guild and Chamber Music Chicago.
A graduate of the Crane School of Music, S.U.N.Y. at Potsdam New York, he earned his bachelor’s degree in both performance and music education under the tutelage of renowned saxophone pedagogue, Dr. James M. Stoltie. His master’s degree was completed in multiple woodwinds and saxophone performance at Michigan State University with saxophone virtuoso James Forger.
A fluid performer in all mediums of saxophone stylings, from the orchestra pit of the Dallas Opera and Dallas Summer Musicals to the stage of the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center, Mr. Fabian is an active performer and comprehensive teacher in the musical life of Dallas, and its vibrant surrounding communities.
Mr. Fabian is presently the professor of saxophone at Southern Methodist University. He also concurrently holds the position of personnel manager of the Dallas Wind Symphony.
The S.M.U. Meadows Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Jack Delaney will feature Mr. Fabian as soloist in two solo performances with the group during the 2005-2006 Meadows Concert Season. They are Libby Larsen’s Holy Roller, for Saxophone and Wind Orchestra and the Michael Mower Jazz Saxophone Concerto.

Enric Madriguera is Director of Guitar Studies at Eastfield College and at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is co-founder of the Mesquite Summer Guitar Camp and Festival at Eastfield College,which just finished its 2nd year, and Artistic Director of the Guitar Concert Series and the Annual Texas Competition at UT Dallas, which in 2005 will celebrate its 4th season. Madriguea is a former Advisory Chair and current Advisory Board member for the Dallas Classic Guitar Society. As a recording artist, he has CD releases on Encore Gold – “Old World/New World” and “Duo Madriguera” with Sabine Madriguera, the Documentary Arts Label – “Guitars of the Americas” with Felix Casaverde, and the CRI Label, “Frida” and “Voces Americanas.” The CRI releases are contemporary chamber music with the new music ensemble Voices of Change. “Voz y Guitarra” with soprano Kathryn Evans is a release sponsored by the School of Arts and Humanities at UTD – it features works for guitar and voice and solo guitar by Ernesto Cordero and John Duarte. Madriguera is an active teacher, adjudicator, and performer especially in Europe and the Americas. In 2003, he was a judge for the GFA in Merida, and in 2004 for the International Festival and Competition held in Rust, Austria. As a writer, Madriguera has contributed to Soundboard and Classical Guitar magazines. The Guitar Foundation of America invited Enric to serve on the judging panel for the semi and final rounds of the GFA Internatioal Competition. The GFA Festival and Competition was held at Oberlin Conservatory in October 2005.

Kathryn Evans joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Dallas in 1994. She was Arts Coordinator for the School of Arts and Humanities from 1995 to 1998, and Assistant Dean from 1998 to 1999. Currently, Ms. Evans serves as the Associate Dean for the Arts in the School of Arts and Humanities, teaches vocal and choral music, and directs the UTD Chamber Singers. She is an accomplished recitalist and chamber musician; performing in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and in Europe. Before coming to UTD, Ms. Evans was the Director of the Bach Society Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in La Jolla, California and the Musical Director of the Orpheus Ensemble. She founded and directed the Washington Pro Musica and the Early Music Ensemble of San Diego. She has directed European concert tours of Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy. Ms. Evans holds Master of Arts degrees in Music and in Mathematics from the University of California at San Diego. Ms. Evans has completed tours of music for voice and guitar with fellow faculty member Dr. Enric Madriguera in Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Mexico. Ms. Evans released the CD “Voz y Guitarra” with Dr. Madriguera in October of 2003. In April, the pair returned to Austria to judge the Rust International Guitar Competition and perform selections from their CD.