2023 | 2024

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MUSIC
2023 | 2024

A Celebration of the
Female Musician
Alexandra Shatalova Prior,
oboe and English horn
Choo Choo Hu, piano
Saturday, February 24, 2024, 8:00 p.m.

Emerson Concert Hall

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Program

Pastorale et Arlequinade (1925) Eugene Goossens

I. Pastorale (1893–1962)
II. Arlequinade
Alina Windell, flute

Pibroch (1981) Melinda Maxwell

Song for Sidney (2015) (b. 1953)

Brief Intermission

Pietà (1980) Ulysses Kay

(1917–1995)

Poem (1953) Marina Dranishnikova

(1929–1994)

Sonata in C Major, op. 100 for Oboe and Piano (1958) Edmund Rubbra
I. Con Moto (1901–1986)
II. Elegy
III. Presto

This recital is supported in part by a project grant from Emory Arts.

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Performer Biographies

Choo Choo Hu has performed all across the United

States, Canada, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, chamber
musician, and collaborative pianist. Recent solo
engagements include appearances with the Atlanta
Symphony, the Spokane Symphony, and the Atlanta
Philharmonic. She frequently collaborates with the
Atlanta Symphony as an orchestral pianist, and with
the Atlanta Opera as music director/repetiteur. Hu is a
founding member and pianist of ensemble vim, a 501c3 new music
collective dedicated to bringing multidisciplinary performances of
underrepresented living composers to underserved communities. Ask
her about her dog Oscar, or about her dreams of someday opening a
chamber music festival/farming co-op somewhere in the mountains.

Alexandra Shatalova Prior is acting principal oboe of

the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and principal oboe of the
LaGrange Symphony Orchestra. At Emory University,
Shatalova Prior instructs oboe and chamber music as
an artist affiliate and is program coordinator of the
Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta. Her
international performing career has included concerts
with the National Jeugd Orkest of the Netherlands, the
St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Restoration
in venues such as the Berlin Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Musiekgebouw,
Graz Stefaniensaal, and the Mariinsky Theater.
Shatalova Prior has doctoral and masters degrees and an Arts
Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where she
studied with Richard Killmer. Her undergraduate degree is from
SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music, where she studied with Anna
Hendrickson. She has been on faculty at the University of West Georgia,
Nazareth College, the SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music, and the
Eastman Community Music School, where she received the 2012 Jack L.
Frank Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Shatalova Prior’s 2024 performances include Rigoletto and La Bohème
with the Atlanta Opera, the North American premiere of Coco Chanel with
the Atlanta Ballet, and a performance at the Amelia Island Chamber Music
Festival. Shatalova Prior lives in Decatur, Georgia, with her composer/
conductor husband Richard Prior, son, two stepsons, and two cats.
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 Praised for her vibrant sound and powerful musicality,
Cuban-American flutist Alina Windell has captivated
audiences throughout the United States and abroad.
Windell teaches flute at Huntingdon College and the
Orfeo International Music Festival in Italy, and in 2023
served as visiting instructor of flute at Columbus State
University. She has been a prizewinner in the American
Prize Instrumental Soloist Competition and the
National Flute Association (NFA) Convention Performers Competition.
Windell has performed at NFA Conventions in Orlando and San Diego, the
Flute New Music Consortium Festival, Mid-Atlantic Flute Festival, Mid-
South Flute Festival, San Diego Flute Festival, Houston Flute Club Flute
Fest, and Colorado Flute Association Festival. Solo and master class
engagements include a sponsored concert tour of Malaysia, the University
of Wyoming, University of Alabama, University of Colorado, University of
Nebraska, Columbus State University, Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur,
the Kinta Valley Wind Ensemble in Malaysia, and Auburn University.
Windell is principal flute of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra and
performs with Duo Flautas Frescas. She regularly subs with the Atlanta
Ballet Orchestra and the Columbus Symphony, and has performed
at the Springer Opera House, with the Albany Symphony Orchestra,
South Florida Symphony Orchestra, Lynn Philharmonia, Bloomington
Camerata Orchestra, the National Orchestral Institute Festival Orchestra,
and the Opera Theatre and Music Festival Orchestra of Lucca in Italy. She
has recorded for Naxos and Centaur Records, and is a commissioning
member of the Flute New Music Consortium. Windell has adjudicated for
the NFA, the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, the San Diego Flute Guild,
the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia, the Alabama All-State Orchestra,
the Atlanta Flute Club, and the Arts Association of East Alabama. She
completed her undergraduate studies at Indiana University, her masters
with renowned flutist Carol Wincenc at Stony Brook University, and
doctoral degree from the University of Colorado. Windell is currently
serving as immediate past president and competition coordinator of
the Atlanta Flute Club, in addition to teaching music courses at Auburn
University and maintaining a private flute and piano studio (alinawindell.
com).

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Upcoming Emory Music Concerts

Many concerts at Emory are free to attend. Visit music.emory.edu or

schwartz.emory.edu to view complete event information. If a ticket is
required for attendance, prices are indicated in the listings below in the
following order: Full price/Emory student price (unless otherwise noted
as the price for all students).

Sunday, February 25, 4:00 p.m., Atlanta’s Young Artists, ECMSA: Family
Series, Carlos Museum, free

Tuesday, February 27, 8:00 p.m., The Merian Ensemble, Schwartz Center,
Emerson Concert Hall, free

Friday, March 1, noon, Bertrand Giraud, piano, ECMSA: Cooke Noontime

Series, Carlos Museum, free, registration required

Thursday, March 7, 8:00 p.m., Emory University Symphony Orchestra

featuring Eighth Blackbird, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free,
tickets required

Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, 8:00 p.m., Same Light, Different
Lanterns, Atlanta Master Chorale, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert
Hall, $38/$10, tickets required

Friday, March 22, 8:00 p.m., Turtle Island Quartet: Island Prayers, Candler
Concert Series, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, $45/$10, tickets
required

Sunday, March 24, 7:00 p.m., Collaborative Piano, Performing Arts Studio,
free

Tuesday, March 26, 8:00 p.m., Emory Jazz Combos, Schwartz Center,
Emerson Concert Hall, free

Saturday, March 30, 8:00 p.m., Vega Quartet, ECMSA: Emerson Series,
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free

Friday, April 5, 8:00 p.m., Randall Goosby, violin, Candler Concert Series,
Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, $35/$10, tickets required

Sunday, April 7, 7:00 p.m., Emory Chamber Ensembles, Schwartz Center,

Emerson Concert Hall, free
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