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NORTH CAROLINA’S MUSICAL TREASURE JUNE 27 - AUGUST 1, 2015 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CHAMBER MUSIC FRIENDS & GREAT PERFORMERS YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA FRINGE EasternMusicFestival.org EMF GRACIOUSLY THANKS OUR 2015 SPONSORS WELCOME On behalf of the EMF board, staff, faculty and students, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to Eastern Music Festival’s exciting 2015 season. We celebrate 54 years of bringing amazing music and captivating performances to our wonderful Triad audience. We are proud of the artistic and educational excellence provided by Eastern Music Festival, North Carolina’s Musical Treasure. Gerard Schwarz Chris Williams Music Director Executive Director PEARL ADAMS THE THE 2015 SEASON CARL & TOBY SLOANE FAMILY FOUNDATION SATURDAYS JOSEPH M. BRYAN, JR. FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES 2 MONDAYS EMF FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES AT UNCG SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE AND DANCE 3 TUESDAYS EMF FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES AT GUILFORD COLLEGE 4 THE MEBANE WEDNESDAYS FRIENDS AND GREAT PERFOMERS SERIES 5 FOUNDATION THURSDAYS YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES 8 FRIDAYS YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES 9 MUSICALLY SPEAKING, MASTER CLASSES, Q&A, AND YOUNG ARTISTS RECITALS 10 FRINGE SERIES & MUSEP 11 EMF OPEN HOUSE & KIDS CAMPS 12 THE ENCIRCLING THE CITY 13 NORMAN B. SMITH, L.L.B ALBERT JACOBSON CAROLYN TURNER SMITH; Ph.D FAMILY TICKETS BE SOCIAL WITH US SEASON PACKAGES & SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS ON SALE NOW. Service charges and the mandated NC 6.75% amusement tax apply. If you SUPPORT EMF have questions or need additional help, please call the box office weekdays, Purchase your EMF tickets through the Triad Stage Box Office or online. 336.272.0160. As available, all remaining single tickets will be placed on sale Eastern Music Festival, North Carolina’s Musical Treasure, brings the best music and most gifted at each concert beginning approximately one hour prior to concert time, up to artists and students to our region. We invite you to consider a gift of personal significance to the 2015 Annual Fund, BY PHONE ONLINE (SINGLE TICKETS ONLY) the start of the performance. support a scholarship, endow a chair, or sponsor a concert. All gifts receive our thanks and recognition. 336.272.0160 or http://easternmusicfestival.org/festival/tickets toll-free 866.579.TIXX (8499) There are no refunds or exchanges on purchased tickets. We urge you to For more information, contact: Discounts are available for full-time students with a donate tickets that will not be used back to EMF in time for resale (your gift Chris Williams, Executive Director, 336-333-7450, ext. 224, or [email protected] valid ID, seniors and groups of 10 or more. Call the of tickets will be acknowledged by letter for tax purposes). To donate tickets, box office for more information. #EMFSummerTogether IN PERSON please return them by mail or in person to: EMF, 200 N. Davie St., Suite 303, Pledge cards are available at all concerts. Greensboro NC 27401. 232 S. Elm St., Greensboro, NC 27401 Please note: Gift certificates and discounts Mon–Fri, 10am – 6pm will not be accepted for Special Events. All programs, dates, artists, venues, and prices are subject to change. 1 SATURDAYS sponsored by MONDAYS sponsored by JOSEPH M. BRYAN, JR. FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES AT UNCG SCHOOL OF MUSIC THEATRE AND DANCE SATURDAY, JULY 4 / 8 PM SATURDAY, JULY 25 / 8 PM DANA AUDITORIUM DANA AUDITORIUM MONDAY, JUNE 29 / 8 PM / RECITAL HALL - UNCG MONDAY, JULY 20 / 8 PM / RECITAL HALL - UNCG STEFAN ANNE W.A. MOZART Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K.305 BACH Suite in E minor, BWV 996 AKIKO Jeffrey Multer, violin; Eunhye Choi, piano Jason Vieaux, guitar JACKIW DVORˇ ÁK Bagatelles, op.47 POULENC Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143 Eastern Festival Orchestra MEYERS Jeffrey Multer, violin; Lucas Guideri, violin; Julian Schwarz, cello; Marika Bournaki, piano Danielle Guideri, cello; Eunhye Choi, piano GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor Eastern Festival Orchestra FRANCK Piano Quintet in F minor STEFAN JACKIW, violin GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Trio in A minor, op.50 Qing Li, violin; Miran Kim, violin; ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, violin Jeffrey Multer, violin; Danielle Guideri, cello; Meredith Crawford, viola; Neal Cary, cello; GOOSSENS Jubilee Variations William Wolfram, piano William Wolfram, piano MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 LISZT Les Préludes, S.97 (Symphonic Poem No. 3) Stefan Jackiw, violin DEBUSSY Danses sacrée et profane HOVHANESS Prayer of Saint Gregory, op.62b (Sacred and Profane Dances) Chris Gekker, trumpet Amber Carpenter, harp MONDAY, JULY 6 / 8 PM / RECITAL HALL - UNCG MONDAY, JULY 27 / 8 PM / RECITAL HALL - UNCG TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op.36 Rosen-Schaffel Competition Winner, Appalachian State University SAINT-SAËNS Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, op.124 DVORˇ ÁK Serenade for Wind Instruments, Cello and Double Bass, op.44 CONCERT SPONSOR: GUEST ARTIST SPONSORS: PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op.19 Ida Bieler, violin; Anna Kate Mackle, harp Katie Young Steele, oboe Norman B. Smith, L.L.B Anne Akiko Meyers, violin SUK Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, op.17 Carolyn Turner Smith, Ph.D Karen Birch Blundell, oboe DVORˇ ÁK Ida Bieler, violin; Eunhye Choi, piano In celebration of the 800th Symphony No. 6 in D major, op.60 Shannon Scott, clarinet anniversary of the Magna Carta SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major, D.956 Anthony Taylor, clarinet CONCERT Stefan Jackiw, violin; Jenny Grégoire, violin; George Sakakeeny, bassoon SPONSOR: SATURDAY, JULY 11 / 8 PM Daniel Reinker, viola; Julian Schwarz, cello; Karla Ekholm, bassoon Danielle Guideri, cello DANA AUDITORIUM Anthony Anurca, contrabassoon SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 / 8 PM Kevin Reid, horn; Joy Branagan, horn; LYNN AYCOCK AUDITORIUM Kelly Hofman, horn; Amy Frost Baumgarten, cello; Leonid Finkelshteyn, double bass MONDAY, JULY 13 / 8 PM / RECITAL HALL - UNCG HARRELL AWADAGIN ARENSKY Trio No. 1 in D minor, op.32 Eastern Festival Orchestra BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 5, op.102, no.2 Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Julian Schwarz, cello; GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor PRATT Julian Schwarz, cello; Marika Bournaki, piano Awadagin Pratt, piano Eastern Festival Orchestra LYNN HARRELL, cello DIAMOND Concerto for String Quartet and Chorus Elizabeth Phelps, violin; Anne Donaldson, violin; SHOSTAKOVICH October – Symphonic Poem, op.131 GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor Meredith Crawford, viola AWADAGIN PRATT, piano and RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Suite from Le coq d’or Rebecca Zimmerman, cello (The Golden Cockerel) conductor W.A. MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 R. STRAUSS Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a CAROLE OTT, chorus director Shannon Scott, clarinet; Jenny Grégoire, violin; Theme of Knightly Character, op.35, TrV 194 DIANA HEASTY, soprano Lucas Guideri, violin; Chauncey Patterson, viola; GENERAL ADMISSION $29 RENEE TATUM, mezzo-soprano Lynn Harrell, cello Amy Frost Baumgarten, cello CONCERT SPONSOR: BEETHOVEN Concerto for Piano No. 1 in C major, op.15 The Jacobson family In honor of Mr. Jacobson’s 90th birthday Awadagin Pratt, piano and conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection) SATURDAY, JULY 18 / 8 PM Diana Heasty, soprano* DANA AUDITORIUM Renee Tatum, mezzo-soprano ANDRÉ *Rosen-Schaffel Competition Winner, WATTS Appalachian State University Eastern Festival Orchestra GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor CONCERT ANDRÉ WATTS, piano SPONSORS: THE MEBANE FOUNDATION DIAMOND Symphony No. 4 LOWELL LIEBERMANN Symphony No. 4 (World Premiere) Commissioned by Bonnie McElveen-Hunter BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, op.83 André Watts, piano STARTING AT $38.00 CONCERT SPONSOR: 2 EMF Box Office at Triad Stage (Mon–Fri, 10am – 6pm) 232 S. Elm St. Greensboro, NC 27401 TICKET INFORMATION & SALES: (336) 272-0160 3 TUESDAYS sponsored by WEDNESDAYS sponsored by FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES AT GUILFORD COLLEGE FRIENDS AND GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES TUESDAY, JUNE 30 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM TUESDAY, JULY 14 (Continued) WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 / 8 PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 / 8 PM / TEMPLE EMANUEL TEMPLE EMANUEL, 1129 JEFFERSON ROAD TELEMANN Quartet in G minor, TWV 43:g1 HAYDN String Quartet No. 25 in C major, op.20, no.2 EMF CLASSICAL GUITAR SUMMIT (from the “Paris” Quartets) Anne Donaldson, violin Les Roettges, flute; John Fadial, violin; Elizabeth Phelps, violin “PHANTOMS OF THE OPERA” Beth Vanderborgh, cello Meredith Crawford, viola DAVID HOLLEY, music director Eunhye Choi, harpsichord Rebecca Zimmerman, cello SIDNEY OUTLAW, baritone DONALD HARTMANN, bass baritone POULENC Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and MEL POWELL Divertimento for Five Winds Trombone, FP 33 Jonathan Baumgarten, flute; Randall Ellis, oboe; Metropolitan Opera baritone, Sidney Outlaw headlines Kelly Hofman, horn; Judith Saxton, trumpet; Anthony Taylor, clarinet; “Phantoms of the Opera,” an evening of operatic and musical Michael Kris, trombone Anthony Anurca, bassoon; Chris Gekker, trumpet theatre phantoms and otherwordly spectres swirling into town! MARK J. CONNOR Elegy “Phantoms” also features EMF favorite Donald Hartmann and talented Young Artists from Greensboro Light Opera and Song. Ann Choomack, flute Karen Birch Blundell, English horn TUESDAY, JULY 21 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM STARTING AT $45 Jamie Hofman, viola SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 1 in C major, op.49 W.A. MOZART Flute Quartet No. 3 in C major, K.285b Ioana Galu, violin; Anne Donaldson, violin; WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 / 8 PM Jonathan Baumgarten, flute Jennifer Puckett, viola; Marta Simidtchieva, cello Ioana Galu, violin; Sarah Cote, viola; DANA AUDITORIUM, 5800 W. FRIENDLY AVENUE JOLIVET Petite Suite for Flute, Viola and