Tracy Carr on the oboe and Mark Dal Porto on the piano will be performing music by Morricone, Still, Dal Porto and Navarro at the September 1 TGIF. Doors to the sanctuary open at 5:15pm and the concert begins at 5:30pm. The concert is free with a free-will offering taken.

The program for the evening is:

• Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission—Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
• Incantation and Dance—William Grant Still (1895-1978)
• Private Moments and Thoughts—Mark Dal Porto (b. 1955)
• Hosanna in Excelsis—Oscar Navarro (b. 1981)

Oboist Dr. Tracy Carr, a founding member of Duo/Trio Encantada, is active as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician & clinician.  Her performance & presentation venues include the IDRS International Conference, CMS National & International Conferences & the Hawaii International Arts & Humanities Conference. She has also performed and presented masterclasses at Texas Tech University, West Texas A & M University, Abilene Christian University, Hardin-Simmons University, UT-Brownsville, University of Southern California, Chapman University, Chicago State University, Southern Utah University, University of North Georgia, the Eastman School of Music, & the Sichuan Conservatory of China.

Her articles on performance & pedagogy have been published in the NACWPI Journal, IDRS Journal, NM Music Educator’s Magazine, & The Instrumentalist magazine among others.  Tracy has also authored three book chapters, is currently a member of the Roswell & Southwest Symphonies & is Professor of Double Reeds & Music History at Eastern New Mexico University.

Composer Dr. Mark Dal Porto has been granted numerous commissions for his works, receiving hundreds of performances by many instrumental and vocal ensembles throughout the US and abroad. In 2022, his orchestral work Bucolic Celebration was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and released on the Grammy-award winning label Navona Records titled Sparks, Eye of London in October 2022. In 2019, he published Peace, Nature & Renewal¸ a Navona Records CD featuring some of his orchestral, choral, and chamber works. In the most recent CODA (College Orchestra Director’s Association) International Composition Contest, he was awarded first prize for his orchestral work Song of Eternity. He has also received certificates of excellence in band, choral, orchestral, and chamber music composition from The American Prize organization.

Dal Porto serves on the faculty of Eastern New Mexico University as Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Theory and Composition. In 2012, he received the ENMU Presidential Award in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities. In 2022, he received an ENMU College of Fine Arts Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities. A former student of Donald Grantham, Dal Porto received degrees from California State University, Sacramento, and the University of Texas at Austin. He frequently serves as a guest composer, conductor, and pianist. Further information about Mark can be found at markdalporto.com.