Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 3:00 pm

Jasmine Pigott, tuba (Winner of the 2022 Yale Gordon Competition)

Location: Baltimore Museum of Art

Enjoy an afternoon getting to know the artistry of one of Peabody Conservatory’s top talents in a rare tuba recital. Jasmine Pigott, winner of the 2022 Yale Gordon Competition, has toured Costa Rica, won multiple competitions, and will dazzle with her artistry and virtuosity.

Venue: Baltimore Museum of Art

Suggested Donation: $10; General Seating

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Jasmine Pigott

Jasmine “Jazzie” Pigott began to play the tuba at the age of ten after accidentally choosing the trombone and playing that for a year, and she quickly excelled. In 2016, Jasmine became the first Black woman to place in the International Leonard Falcone Tuba Student Competition. As a college junior in 2018, Jasmine was invited to be a solo artist on the “Promising Artists of the 21st Century” concert series tour in Costa Rica. There, she realized her true passion for performing for people of marginalized backgrounds. Since then, Jasmine has become an activist for increasing the diversity in the field of classical music. With this mission, she has participated in several research projects, performed concerts in marginalized communities, and developed performance-based projects and presentations. In February 2020, Jasmine was awarded the first prize in the Michigan State University Running Start Competition for her grant proposal to commission composers of color to write tuba pieces in Black music styles for her EP, Revolution: The Next Generation of Tuba Music. Jasmine is a co-founder and the historian for the Chromatic Brass Collective—an organization devoted to empowering women and non-binary people of color brass musicians.

Today, when she’s not studying, Jasmine actively performs, composes, writes, and researches with a goal to inspire the next generation of Black musicians. Outside of her musical endeavors, Jasmine enjoys a career as a certified personal trainer and runs a health and wellness blog and podcast, Harmony and Healing, to empower musicians and Black people to incorporate fitness into their lives.

Jasmine holds Bachelor of Music degrees in music education and tuba performance from Ithaca College and a Master of Music degree in tuba performance from Michigan State University. She is currently attending the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University for her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in tuba performance. Her teachers include Velvet Brown, Phil Sinder, David Earll, and Justin Benavidez. Her website is jasminepigott.com.

Aaron Thacker

Aaron Thacker is an accomplished pianist, who has performed extensively in the realm of Opera. He has served as rehearsal pianist for North Carolina Opera, Baltimore Lyric Opera, Peabody Conservatory, and The Ford Theatre. He has appeared on NPR with famous tenor Noah Stewart and played for many other of the greatest and most sought after opera singers in the country, including Christine Goerke, Anthony Dean Griffey, Nathan Gunn, Soloman Howard, Denyce Graves, and Steven LaBrie. He currently is full-time faculty at specialty high school, George Washington Carver Center for the Arts and Technology, in Towson, MD.

Chad Beebe

Born in the Dallas area, Percussionist Chad Beebe began his musical journey being awed by his elder sister in the marching band. Using that inspiration, he became dedicated to sharing the emotions and passion he felt through performing and educating. Chad has been involved in a multitude performing opportunities. He spent two summers traveling across the United States with the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps (2017-2018) and spent one winter performing in Winter Guard International with Vigilantes Indoor Percussion (2017). He has performed with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra as a substitute, played at the Boston Early Music Festival with the UNT Baroque Orchestra (2019), and competed in the Marimba and Vibraphone Competition in Poland (2017). He also spent a summer at the Chosen Vale Seminar (2019), learning new works and building connections he has kept to this day.

Chad graduated summa cum laude and received his B.M. degrees in Music Education and Performance from the University of North Texas with Mark Ford, Christopher Deane, and Paul Rennick. Currently, Chad is currently pursuing his M.M. at the Peabody Institute with Robert van Sice, Jeff Stern, and Jisu Jung.

Anthony Plog (b. 1947)

Tuba Sonata

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Øystein Baadsvik (b. 1966)

Ordner Seg

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Jasmine Pigott (b. 1997)

Gateways for Tuba and Spoken Word (Baltimore Premiere)

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Henry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)

Spirituals for Tuba and Piano (trans. Jasmine Pigott, World Premiere)

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Alice Gomez (b. 1960)

Latin Jazz Suite for Tuba and Congas

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Michael W. Nickens (b. 1976)

A Rapturous Parade

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Program Subject to Change Without Notice