Alex North: Love Theme from Spartacus
Natalie Boeyink: Julio
J. Rosamond Johnson, / James Weldon Johnson: Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Morae: Chega de Saudade
Bud Powell: Crazeology
Natalie Boeyink: Milonga para M
Richard M. Sherman / Robert B. Sherman: Chim Chim Cher-eeNatalie Boeyink bassist, composer and educator, joined the UNCW faculty in 2015 and is an active clinician, panelist, and adjudicator. She has performed with Lorraine Feather, Ingrid Jensen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jovino Santos Neto, Joe Piscopo, David ‘Fathead’ Newman, Christine Jensen, Jeff Coffin, Almir Côrtes, Keith McCutchen, John Hendricks and Michael Philip Mossman. She has been an invited guest performer in Barbados; the Bahamas; Perm and Moscow, Russia; and Natal, Brazil. Her group, Batuquê Trio, released its debut album, Transparency, in 2015, which highlights their fusion of contemporary Brazilian, American and Afro-Cuban jazz. A second album is in production with release slated for late 2022.
Paolo André Gualdi is an active jazz and classical pianist, and has collaborated with Italian pianist Gian Luigi Clemente, bassist Natalie Boeyink, and singer Tish Oney, among others. He has recorded for Mark Records and IFO Classics, and his performances have been broadcast by radios such as BBC, NPR, Clásica 650 and Radio Vaticana. He performs worldwide and has won numerous piano competitions, including the Ibla International Piano Competition and the 15th Bartók-Kabalevsky International Competition. He is the founder and artistic director of the South Carolina Chamber Music Festival, and is associate professor of music at Francis Marion University. Gualdi is a part-time member of the UNCW jazz faculty.
Jon Hill is a part-time faculty member (and alumni) at the UNCW Department of Music, where he teaches jazz drums. He is an active performer, working with numerous groups across the state.