Crenshaw Elementary and Middle school teacher Catherine Jackson’s daughter Caitlyn is an aspiring young harpist, and they have organized a harp and clarinet performance featuring Dr. and Mrs. Gary Mizener, both music professors at Lamar University. The concert is Friday, November 22 at Crenshaw School. The evening will begin with a stuffed baked potato dinner provided by Tiki Beach Grill at 6:00 pm, followed by music performances by the Mizeners and Caitlyn Jackson starting at 7:00 pm. Tickets are only $5 and include dinner. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience an evening of fine music right here on Bolivar Peninsula.
I. Pavane XVI Century, arr. Carlos Salzedo
II. Autumn Leaves – Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prevert, and Joseph Kosma
Whirling Leaves – Edna-Mae Burnam
Automne – Marcel Grandjany
Charlotte Mizener, harp
III. All through the Night – Welsh Folk Song, arr. Pamela Bruner
Caitlyn Jackson, harp
IV. The Little Fountain – Samuel Pratt
Charlotte Mizener, harp
V. The Ash Grove – Welsh Folk Song, arr. Claudia Place
Triptic Dance – Pierre Beauchant
Caitlyn Jackson and Charlotte Mizener, harps
Gary Mizener, clarinet
VI. Night Breeze – Carlos Salzedo
Chanson dans la Nuit – Carlos Salzedo
Charlotte Mizener, harp
VII. Nocturne – Robert Barclay
The Fog is Lifting – Carl Neilsen
Entr’acte from Act III of Carmen – George Bizet, trans. Ch. Delsaux
Charlotte Mizener, harp Gary Mizener, clarinet
VIII. Romance without Words (Bois Solitaire) – Felix Godefroid
Charlotte Mizener, harp
IX. Divertissement Aspenois Victor Babin
I. Humoresque
II. Siciliana á L’Anglaise
III. Rondino
IV. Dithyramb
Gary Mizener, clarinet
X. We Gather Together – Dutch Melody
Arr. D. Rees-Rohrbacher
Charlotte Mizener, harp
CHARLOTTE MIZENER
Charlotte Mizener is a professor of music education at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate music education courses and applied harp. She also serves as the coordinator of music education and the graduate adviser. She previously taught elementary music in grades kindergarten through six. She received the Bachelor of Music Education degree and Master of Music in harp performance degree from the University of North Texas and the PhD in music education from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Mizener has performed in several orchestras in the North Texas area and in the Rio Grande Valley. She currently serves as harpist in the Lamar Civic Orchestra. She also performs with ensembles on the Lamar University campus. In addition, she frequently plays for weddings, receptions, and parties.
GARY MIZENER
Gary Mizener is an adjunct professor of music at Lamar University. He earned a Bachelor of Music—Music Composition degree and a Master of Music Education degree from the University of North Texas. He later completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in clarinet at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently teaches theory fundamentals, theory, orchestration, form and analysis, and technology in music at Lamar. He is a prize winner in the Texas Composer’s Guild Composition Festival for a work for soprano and cello.
While in the Dallas area, Dr. Mizener taught clarinet in several school districts in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, as well as music fundamentals and composition for young students. He served as co-principal clarinet with the Valley Symphony Orchestra in Edinburg, Texas and played with the South Texas Lyric Opera orchestra in Mc Allen, Texas. Before going to Southeast Texas, he played with the North Dallas Chamber Orchestra and the Lake Cities Symphony in Lewisville, Texas. In addition, he played B-flat and solo E-flat clarinet in the Fort Worth Professional Concert Band. He studied with Lee Gibson, Andrew Crisanti, James Gillespie, Harry Schmidt, and Leland Munger.
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I am quite excited about this event because normally we would have to drive into Houston to experience something like this, and even then it wouldn’t be in such an intimate setting. Both Dr. Charlotte Mizener and Dr. Gary Mizener are amazing. For me, their music is breathtaking and stunning. This is just one of those rare moments that I hope many people attend. I can’t thank both Dr. Mizeners enough for working it into their quite busy schedule to come to the beach and perform for us.