Solos from Home
SoNA's new Solos from Home series is a chance for you to get to know us better! You usually hear our musicians in beautiful synchronicity on stage, but this is an opportunity to hear the individual personalities of our orchestra in a new way, as each musician will perform a short solo and provide insights on their musical choices. Check back from time to time as we plan to release new solos often.
Geronimo Oyenard Performs Piazzolla Tangos
Geronimo Oyenard, SoNA's Associate Principal Second Violin, performs a tango by Astor Piazzolla. Geronimo shares a fond memory of playing tangos for his grandpa, and we're privileged to hear him bring this memory back with a beautiful performance of this melancholy, meditative etude.
Richard Bobo performs The Quiet One by William Grant Still on contrabassoon
SoNA's longtime resident contrabassoonist, Richard Bobo, shares his love of the contrabassoon (x4!) with a performance of Arkansan composer William Grant Still's "The Quiet One.”
Leigh Muñoz performs Valsa Improvisada
Leigh Muñoz, second bassoonist at SoNA, performs Valsa Improvisada by Francisco Mignone.
Ryan Robinson plays Dances by John Stevens
Ryan Robinson, SoNA's Principal Tubist, performs all four parts of "Dances" by John Stevens. The piece was composed in 1975 for solo tuba (or euphonium) and three tubas and premiered by the composer himself at Yale.
Babette Allen fiddles Pachelbel's Canon and Reel
Associate Concertmaster Zsolt Eder performs Fantasia No. 7 for Solo Violin, in E-flat Major by Georg Philipp Telemann as part of our latest in the Solos from Home series.
Zsolt Eder performs Fantasia No. 7
Associate Concertmaster Zsolt Eder performs Fantasia No. 7 for Solo Violin, in E-flat Major by Georg Philipp Telemann as part of our latest in the Solos from Home series.
Fernando Valencia plays Valse Number 3 by Antonia Lauro
Fernando Valencia, SoNA percussionist of 8 years, performs Valse Number 3 by Antonio Lauro for our Solos from Home series.
Kristin Weber plays CPE Bach’s Sonata for Solo Flute, performed on oboe
Meet SoNA oboist Kristin Weber – In the latest release of our Solos from Home series, Kristin performs CPE Bach's Sonata for Solo Flute (on the oboe)!
Theresa Delaplain plays Telemann's “Fantasie 9”
Meet Theresa Delaplain, SoNA's principal oboist! Theresa's previous scholarly study involved ornamentation (musical flourishes—typically, added notes), which is on full display in this piece, Fantasie 9 by Georg Philipp Telemann.
Winona Fifield plays Bach's “Arioso”
For the debut of this series, SoNA's concertmaster, Winona Fifield chose to perform Bach’s Arioso, recounting a profound musical experience she had one clear evening just after performing with SoNA.