2008 Lewis Hugh Cooper Memorial

On Saturday, March 15, 2008, friends, family and former students and colleagues of Lewis Hugh Cooper joined together in Britton Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. This video presents the complete event with multiple performances and speakers, with most of the performances given by former students of Professor Cooper. Some of the players that evening have since left us, including Robert Barris, Paul Ganson, and Eric Varner. We hope you enjoy the memories shared of this great pedagogue and friend.
The individual events of the program are listed below with the relative starting points indicated for each.
00:15 Welcome: Jeffrey Lyman and Mark Clague
4:30 Francisco Mignone: Sonata para dois fagotes, II. Modinha; Robert Barris and Paul Ganson
12:02 Julius Weissenborn: Eines Humoristen Jetzte Stunde; Robert Barris, Paul Ganson, Victoria King
18:46 Various short tributes read by Jeffrey Lyman
21:50 Franz Danzi: Quartet in B flat, op. 40/3, II. Larghetto; Yoshi Ishikawa, Wan-Yi Lo, piano
29:35 "How THE BOOK Came to Be" Howard Toplansky
45:40 Leslie Bassett: Metamorphoses
46:41 Plaintive; Assertive, robust: Gwendolynn Rose
52:05 Lyrical, expressive; Very fast: Randal Dennler
56:12 Brilliant; Smooth, flowing: Karrie Pierson
59:10 Tremolos with solo; Dance: Lynn Hileman
1:04:45 Memories of Hugh: Michael DiPietro
1:20:40 Antonio Lauro, arr. Paquito D'Rivera: Lauro for Bassoon; David Schreiner
1:26:06 Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet in C Major, 1. Largo, 2. Allegro; Danette White, Mark Clague, Chip King, Jeffrey Lyman
1:32:00 A Tribute to Hugh Cooper: Mark Avery
1:39:42 Astor Piazzolla, arr. Fraser Jackson: Tango Suite, 1. Allegro libero; Eric Varner, Matthew Harvell, Jonathan Friedman, Jeffrey Lyman
1:47:22 Umberto Bertoni: Adagio from Concerto in Fa; Jeffrey Lyman, Wan-Yi Lo, piano
1:53:09 Closing remarks and Hugh Cooper recorded interview; Mark Clague
02:03:11 DeWert, arr. Nathaniel Zeisler: Ah, Dolente Partita; Members of the 2008 University of Michigan Bassoon Studio