Out of Our Minds Chamber Music - SALON BACH
Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 3:00 PM
Viterbo University Nola Starling Recital Hall
Jonathan Borja, flute
Mary Ellen Haupert, harpsichord
Alexander Fowler, cello
Theodora Nestorova, soprano
PROGRAM
BWV 1034 - Flute Sonata in E Minor (Jonathan, ME, and Alex)
BWV 1007 - Cello Suite in G Major (Alex)
BWV 1013 - Partita in A Minor for Flute and Harpsichord (Jonathan, ME)
INTERMISSION
BWV 1030 - Flute Sonata in B Minor (Jonathan, ME)
BWV 211 - Kaffee-Kantata (Lieschen's aria): "Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße" (Theodora, Jonathan, ME, Alex)
Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 3:00 PM
Viterbo University Nola Starling Recital Hall
Jonathan Borja, flute
Mary Ellen Haupert, harpsichord
Alexander Fowler, cello
Theodora Nestorova, soprano
PROGRAM
BWV 1034 - Flute Sonata in E Minor (Jonathan, ME, and Alex)
BWV 1007 - Cello Suite in G Major (Alex)
BWV 1013 - Partita in A Minor for Flute and Harpsichord (Jonathan, ME)
INTERMISSION
BWV 1030 - Flute Sonata in B Minor (Jonathan, ME)
BWV 211 - Kaffee-Kantata (Lieschen's aria): "Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße" (Theodora, Jonathan, ME, Alex)
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Jonathan Borja
Dr. Borja holds three graduate degrees from the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance (Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance, Master of Music in Flute Performance, a Master of Music in Musicology) and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Principia College. Before coming to the United States, he studied at the National Conservatory of Music in his native Mexico City. His teachers and mentors include Marie Jureit-Beamish, Mary Posses, María Esther García, William Everett, and Andrew Granade. As an orchestral musician, he is a member of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Borja has performed throughout the United States and Mexico and has appeared in festivals devoted to the music of J.S. Bach, George Crumb, Gustav Mahler, Olivier Messiaen, and Elliott Carter. He has performed at Steinway Hall, Helzberg Hall, Powell Symphony Hall, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Palacio de Bellas Artes (Sala Ponce), the National University of Mexico (Facultad de Música, UNAM), the National Conservatory in Mexico City, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Singapore, and at the National Flute Association Convention (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021), the College Music Society National Conference (St. Louis, 2014; Rochester, NY, 2021) and International Conference (Belgium, 2019). His continued advocacy for the music of our time has led him to collaborate with some of today’s finest composers, including Chen Yi and Zhou Long, George Crumb, Libby Larsen, Yehudi Wyner, Narong Prangcharoen, and Samuel Zyman.
Jonathan Borja
Dr. Borja holds three graduate degrees from the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance (Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance, Master of Music in Flute Performance, a Master of Music in Musicology) and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Principia College. Before coming to the United States, he studied at the National Conservatory of Music in his native Mexico City. His teachers and mentors include Marie Jureit-Beamish, Mary Posses, María Esther García, William Everett, and Andrew Granade. As an orchestral musician, he is a member of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Borja has performed throughout the United States and Mexico and has appeared in festivals devoted to the music of J.S. Bach, George Crumb, Gustav Mahler, Olivier Messiaen, and Elliott Carter. He has performed at Steinway Hall, Helzberg Hall, Powell Symphony Hall, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Palacio de Bellas Artes (Sala Ponce), the National University of Mexico (Facultad de Música, UNAM), the National Conservatory in Mexico City, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Singapore, and at the National Flute Association Convention (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021), the College Music Society National Conference (St. Louis, 2014; Rochester, NY, 2021) and International Conference (Belgium, 2019). His continued advocacy for the music of our time has led him to collaborate with some of today’s finest composers, including Chen Yi and Zhou Long, George Crumb, Libby Larsen, Yehudi Wyner, Narong Prangcharoen, and Samuel Zyman.
