Outdoor Concert, free admission

World Premiere - Composed by Ryan Chase

Work for Trumpet and Electronics

Sequoyah Brass, faculty brass quintet in residence at Northeastern State University, will join the NSU Wind Ensemble for Stephen Roberts' "Marlvern Chase Suite."

Dr. Lacey Hays will teach lessons and present a masterclass for all music students at Northeastern State University.  

Dr. Lacey Hays, founding member and director of DFW Brass, grew up on a farm in central Oklahoma and began playing the trumpet in 5th grade. Before beginning her Undergraduate studies, she was named an Emerson Scholar and attended Interlochen. Dr. Hays has enjoyed a career in numerous settings and has performed with orchestras throughout Europe as well as North, South and Central America.  She has also given masterclasses and clinics throughout the US and South/Central America.  Comfortable with numerous styles, Dr. Hays has performed with Johnny Mathis numerous times, has played lead trumpet for Broadway Tours such as Matilida and If/Then at the AT&T Center in Dallas, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Verdi Opera House in Italy and the Classical Music Festival in Austria.

Dr. Hays previously held a position at the Verdi Opera House in Trieste, Italy and has performed at numerous music festivals including The Second International Brass Festival (Mexico), The Aspen Music Festival (Colorado), Young Euro Festival (Berlin), Spoleto (Italy), Spoleto USA (South Carolina), Le Domain Forget (Canada), Great Waters International Music Festival (New Hampshire), Le Festival Bel Canto (Québec), Snape Maltings (England), Festival de Musique de Monton (France), Musica Riva Festival (Italy), and Campos do Jordao Music Festival (Brasil). Dr. Hays co-founded Les Femmes Five Quintet, an all female brass quintet that performs and teaches in Panama (Central America).

n addition to participating in several recording projects, Dr. Hays can be heard on multiple DVDs, including: The Legacy, a documentary featuring the Youth Orchestra of the Americas where she can be heard playing principal trumpet of Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra" under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel (Lobo Productions) and Messa Da Requiem with Placido Domingo conducting Verdi's Requiem which was recorded and videoed in Munich, Germany (Glor Music Productions). Dr. Hays has also recorded for PIPE DREAMS, and Internationally Syndicated Broadcast. Currently Dr. Hays performs throughout DFW as a freelance artist, and often serves as a clinician and adjudicator, and is a member of the Blast of Brass Ensemble.

Enthusiastic about teaching, Dr. Hays is on the faculty of both Mountain View College and North Central Texas College where she teaches trumpet and lecture courses. She has been asked to join the faculty at the Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain in the summer of 2016 and will also present clinics and performances at the 2016 Oklahoma Band Master's Association in Tulsa, OK as well as the Dallas Trumpet Workshop.  She has also presented master classes at the University of Panama, Bethel College (Kansas), Baylor University (Texas), University of Oklahoma, and Marshall University (West Virginia). Dr. Hays hold degrees from The School of Music at The University of Oklahoma (BM, BME, DMA) and The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University (MM).  She is a member of Tau Beta Sigma, Pi Kappa Lambda, Gamma Beta Phi Academic Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, International Trumpet Guild (for which she has authored articles), International Women's Brass Conference, ASCAP, and Texas Music Educator's Association.

Lacey and her husband Chad reside in the Dallas area. They have two dogs, Toto and Pepper and a cat named Miss Priss.

Program includes works by Tartini, Arban, Kevin McKee, Eric Nathan, Michael Daugherty, and more.

Christmas in Tulsa

Christmas is a time for reflection, for relationships and for joy. This Christmas we have the joy of remembering Larry Dalton, the pianistic genius, who brought musical brilliance to Tulsa as music director and pianist for Oral Roberts’ television broadcasts and orchestral pianist and arranger for the Signature Symphony for many years. We wish you a blissful holiday season and invite you to join the Signature Symphony family along with the Signature Chorale in a night of carols from around the world.

http://signaturesymphony.org/christmas-in-tulsa.html

Christmas in Tulsa

Christmas is a time for reflection, for relationships and for joy. This Christmas we have the joy of remembering Larry Dalton, the pianistic genius, who brought musical brilliance to Tulsa as music director and pianist for Oral Roberts’ television broadcasts and orchestral pianist and arranger for the Signature Symphony for many years. We wish you a blissful holiday season and invite you to join the Signature Symphony family along with the Signature Chorale in a night of carols from around the world.

http://signaturesymphony.org/christmas-in-tulsa.html

Dvorák New World Symphony

Akpabot’s Three Nigerian Dances carries the musical traditions and culture of West Africa to a Western audience by crafting Nigerian sounds with Western instruments. Though the work finds its origins in the traditional dances of Africa, it resonates the worldwide euphonic reflection of joy.
 
Mejía’s Pequeña Suite (Oklahoma premiere) is the symphonic embodiment of the Andes Mountains and the traditional dances of the Colombian people surrounding them. And like the mountains’ muse, it moves from the bambuco, to the torbellino and cumbia in exuberant finale.
 
The rivetingly talented Colombian dancers Diana Gómez and Andrés Figueroa, from our very own Tulsa Ballet, will take the stage for one movement from Pequeña Suite. Dancers from Tulsa Ballet II will dance a separate movement.
 
Dvořák’s New World Symphony is considered to be one of the most admired symphonies of all time. It accompanied the maiden voyage of the Apollo 11 in 1969. The composer was inspired by both African-American spirituals and Native-American dances. This renowned work brings its audience to the moon and back.
 
Presented in partnership with Tulsa Ballet.

http://signaturesymphony.org/dancing-across-the-continents.html

Spacious Skies & Amber Waves

Debbie Gravitte’s genre-transcending voice and award-winning acting have been a showstopper for nearly forty years. Though she is clad in awards from the symphony to the screen and beyond, this Tony Award winner began her career on the world-renowned stages of Broadway. Now, we take it back to where it all started.

http://signaturesymphony.org/big-band-broadway.html

Spacious Skies & Amber Waves

Debbie Gravitte’s genre-transcending voice and award-winning acting have been a showstopper for nearly forty years. Though she is clad in awards from the symphony to the screen and beyond, this Tony Award winner began her career on the world-renowned stages of Broadway. Now, we take it back to where it all started.

http://signaturesymphony.org/big-band-broadway.html