Sounds of Nature & Color

Name: Sounds of Nature & Color
Start: 2025-11-09T17:00:00-06:00
Location: Hobby Center For The Performing Arts

Schedule

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Hobby Center For The Performing Arts | Houston, TX

On a mission to live his most interesting musical life, Ilan Morgenstern is one of the leading and most unique voices in the world of trombone.
An avid soloist, Morgenstern's concerto performances have included engagements with the with the San Antonio Symphony, United States “Pershing's Own” Army Orchestra, Millennium Orchestra (Seoul, Korea), Jeju Symphony Orchestra (Jeju, Korea), and the National Repertory Orchestra.
Morgenstern has won numerous awards for his playing including the Jeju International Brass and Percussion Competition, Zellmer-Minnesota Orchestra Competition, National Repertory Orchestra's Concerto Competition, and is a recipient of the Lewis Van Haney Bass Trombone Philharmonic Prize.
Currently the Bass Trombonist of the Vancouver Symphony, and former member of the San Antonio Symphony, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony and Kansas City Symphony, Morgenstern has also performed with the Detroit Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Utah Symphony, Houston Symphony, Virginia Symphony, New Israeli Opera, and the Israel Philharmonic.
Labeled a “Must Buy” in the International Trombone Association Journal, Morgenstern’s debut recording project It's Alive!! New Music for Bass Trombone, a collaboration with composer Robert Denham and pianist David Gilliland was released in May of 2016. When not playing, teaching, or thinking about trombone, Ilan can be found playing with Rham and Ravi, kitty Lola, and trying desperately to stay one step ahead of them with his wife Karina, a renowned arts administrator and Executive Director of the Orlando Philharmonic.
For more information about Ilan Morgenstern, visit: www.ilanmorgenstern.com
PROGRAM
Jonathan Peters - Sonus Colorum (The Sound of Colors), World Premiere
Sterling Maffe - Bass Trombone Concerto, Orchestra Version Premiere
Howard Hanson - Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”
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