Media
Peter Maxwell Davies:
Sea Eagle
III. Presto Molto
Performed live in March 2021 as a part of the 70th ARD International Competition. As a result of this video submission, Nikolette was selected as an admitted participant for this competition, the only American to do so. For more information about the ARD competition and to see the list of accepted participants click here.
Karen Tanaka:
Enchanted Forest
I. In the Woods
II. Whispers in the Wind
Nikolette LaBonte, horn
Priscilla Yuen, piano
Performed in recital on February 6, 2022 in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
Instrument Gender-Stereotyping
Originally research originally featured as a part of the 53rd International Horn Symposium, recently published in the October 2022 edition of the Horn Call.
Edith Borroff: Sonata for Horn and Piano (1954)
I. Rhapsody
II. Scherzo
III. Sarabande
IV. Estampie
Nikolette LaBonte, horn
Kurt Galvan, piano
Performed live in August 2019 at the Eastman Horn Institute Faculty Recital.
"Blackbird"
Originally by Lennon/McCartney, as performed by Bobby McFerrin on his 1984 Album The Voice, arranged for horn by Catie Hickey
Performed by Nikolette LaBonte in June 2020, live at First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth
Charles Gounod's first melodie from Six Melodies for Horn and Piano
Nikolette LaBonte, horn
Peggy Graff, piano
Performed live in June 2021 at First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth