Drew Sperry - Composer | Cellist


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JCA Students Present: The Last Days of Louis Capet

January 25, 2025 - 7:30pm

January 26, 2025 - 2:30pm​


Join us on January 25 and 26, 2025 for the fully staged world premiere of "The Last Days of Louis Capet", a chamber opera detailing the final days of the ill-fated French monarch.


Presented as part of the JCA Student Collaboration Projects, Drew Sperry's original score will be brought to life by Nathan Matthews as Louis Capet, and members of the Butler University School of Music under the baton of Tori Thomas. The talents of Butler Theatre and Butler Ballet will also be featured, with original staging by Samie New and choreography by Astrid Ariana. Combining the forces of dramatic theatre, music, and dance, this is a production you won't want to miss!


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2024



Past Events

Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - October 3, 2024

Program included the world premiere of "Elegy" (2024)


Annie Donato's Senior Violin Recital - April 27, 2024

Program included a performance of "Soliloquy" (2023)


Composition Recital - April 6, 2024

Program included world premieres of the following works:

- "Soliloquy" (2023)

- "Vignette Suite" (2022)

- "Double Sonata" for Two Cellos (2024) - Partial premiere

- "Comforts From a Place We Call Home" (2022)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - April 4, 2024

Program included the partial world premiere of "Comforts From a Place We Call Home" (2022)



2023



​Butler University JCA Student Collaboration Projects - April 5, 2023

Program included the world premiere of "But a Breath Amongst the Wind" (2023)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - March 30, 2023

Program included the world premiere of "As They Might Have Done" (2022)



2022



​Butler University 24-Hour Concert - December 11, 2022

Program included the world premiere of "Various Connotations" (2022)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - September 29, 2022 Program included a performance of the third movement of "Cello Sonata" (2022)


Butler University Duckwall Artist Series: Schelle, Sasaki, and Friends - New Chamber Music - September 27, 2022

Program included the world premiere of "Feronia Dissolved" (2022)


Butler University Cello Studio Recital - April 21, 2022

Program included the world premiere of the third movement of

"Cello Sonata" (2022)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - March 31 2022

Program included the world premiere of "Still Out There" (2021)​



2021



Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - September 31, 2021

Program included the world premiere of "Disquiet Drizzle" (2021)



Drew Sperry - Composer | Cellist