NORTH CAROLINA’S MUSICAL TREASURE JUNE 27 - AUGUST 1, 2015 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CHAMBER MUSIC FRIENDS & GREAT PERFORMERS YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA FRINGE
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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
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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:
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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 Harp Featuring Eastern Music Festival Guitar Faculty. Amy Frost Baumgarten, cello Ann Choomack, flute; Sarah Cote, viola; PIEDMONT MUSIC CENTER JULIAN GRAY, guitar PATRICK SCHULZ Snapshots Anna Kate Mackle, harp SERAP BASTEPE-GRAY, guitar Demondrae Thurman, euphonium BLAKE TYSON Vagabond of Light PIANO GALA KAMI ROWAN, guitar Jenny Grégorie, violin John Parks, percussion Featuring Eastern Music Festival Piano Faculty. EMF GUITAR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Eric Schweikert, percussion John Shaw, percussion TUESDAY, JULY 7 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM CONCERT DVORˇ ÁK String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat major, op.97 SPONSOR: MARK SUMMER Julie-O Randall Weiss, violin; Yuka Kadota, violin; Danielle Guideri, cello Robert Vernon, viola; Daniel Reinker, viola; Rebecca Zimmerman, cello Marta Simidtchieva, cello ENESCU Dixtour in D major, op.14 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM Les Roettges, flute; Ann Choomack, flute; AWADAGIN PRATT WILLIAM WOLFRAM EUNHYE CHOI Randall Ellis, oboe TUESDAY, JULY 28 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM EMF CHORAL INSTITUTE Karen Birch Blundell, English horn DEBUSSY Petite Suite (arr. M. Webster) EMF Chamber Orchestra and Chorus Shannon Scott, clarinet CONCERT SPONSOR: Les Roettges, ; Shannon Scott, Anthony Taylor, clarinet flute clarinet; GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor Eunhye Choi, George Sakakeeny, bassoon piano CAROLE OTT, conductor Karla Ekholm, bassoon LUTOSLAWSKI Bucolics Nos. 1, 2, 3 DIANA HEASTY, soprano Joy Branagan, horn; Andrew McAfee, horn Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola; Jennifer Puckett, viola RENEE TATUM, mezzo-soprano MATTHEW PLENK, tenor DVORˇ ÁK Piano Quintet in A major, op.81 ALEC WILDER Six Trios CRAIG PHILLIPS, baritone Jeffrey Multer, violin; John Fadial, violin; Chris Gekker, flugelhorn Meredith Crawford, viola; Lynn Harrell, cello; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium W.A. MOZART Missa Brevis in F major, K.192 Awadagin Pratt, piano Tom McCaslin, tuba W.A. MOZART Requiem, K.626 MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, op.13 Diana Heasty, soprano* Courtney LeBauer, violin; Anne Donaldson, violin; Renee Tatum, mezzo-soprano TUESDAY, JULY 14 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM Ben Geller, viola; Neal Cary, cello Matthew Plenk, tenor STILL Danzes de Panama Craig Phillips, baritone
David Yarbrough, violin; Jennifer Rickard, violin; *Rosen-Schaffel Competition Winner, Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola Appalachian State University Beth Vanderborgh, cello LANCE HULME The Street Has Changed Clara O’Brien, mezzo-soprano Chris Gekker, trumpet DIAMOND Two Concert Pieces for Flute and Harp Anna Kate Mackle, harp; Les Roettges, flute (continued)
GENERAL ADMISSION $29 GENERAL ADMISSION $29
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NORTH CAROLINA’S MUSICAL TREASURE OUR 54TH YEAR OF AMAZING MUSIC!
7:00-7:30 PM / FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS / MUSICALLY SPEAKING, Dana Auditorium at Guilford College For the most current calendar information please visit: EasternMusicFestival.org/festival/calendar
SUNDAY JUNE 28 MONDAY JUNE 29 TUESDAY JUNE 30 WEDNESDAY JULY 1 THURSDAY JULY 2 FRIDAY JULY 3 SATURDAY JULY 4 4:00 MASTER CLASS 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES 8:00 FRIENDS & GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES Ida Bieler, violin 8:00 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES Recital Hall at UNCG School of Music, Dana Auditorium at Guilford College “PHANTOMS OF THE OPERA” Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College Gerard Schwarz, conductor Theatre and Dance David Holley, music director 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES Stefan Jackiw, violin 2015 Sidney Outlaw, baritone EASTERN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Donald Hartmann, bass baritone & YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRAS Temple Emanuel Gerard Schwarz, conductor SEASON William Wolfram, piano Qing Li, violin Neal Cary, cello Dana Auditorium at Guilford College SUNDAY JULY 5 MONDAY JULY 6 TUESDAY JULY 7 WEDNESDAY JULY 8 THURSDAY JULY 9 FRIDAY JULY 10 SATURDAY JULY 11
3:00 YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO RECITAL 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES 8:00 FRIENDS & GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES 4:00 MASTER CLASS 8:00 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES Sternberger Auditorium at Recital Hall at UNCG School of Music, Dana Auditorium at Guilford College PIEDMONT MUSIC CENTER Grant Cooper, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Gerard Schwarz, conductor Guilford College Theatre and Dance PIANO GALA Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College Lynn Harrell, cello Awadagin Pratt, piano Dana Auditorium at Guilford College William Wolfram, piano 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES Eunhye Choi, piano Eric Garcia, conductor Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Dana Auditorium at Guilford College
SUNDAY JULY 12 MONDAY JULY 13 TUESDAY JULY 14 WEDNESDAY JULY 15 THURSDAY JULY 16 FRIDAY JULY 17 SATURDAY JULY 18
3:00 YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO RECITAL 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES 7:30 YOUNG ARTIST CHAMBER RECITAL 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES 4:00 Q&A 8:00 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES Sternberger Auditorium at Recital Hall at UNCG School of Music, Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Sternberger Auditorium at Eric Garcia, conductor André Watts, piano Gerard Schwarz, conductor Guilford College Theatre and Dance Guilford College Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College André Watts, piano Dana Auditorium at Guilford College 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES Grant Cooper, conductor Jeffrey Multer, violin Dana Auditorium at Guilford College
SUNDAY JULY 19 MONDAY JULY 20 TUESDAY JULY 21 WEDNESDAY JULY 22 THURSDAY JULY 23 FRIDAY JULY 24 SATURDAY JULY 25
3:00 YOUNG ARTISTS 4:00 YOUNG ARTIST CHAMBER RECITAL 2:30 MUSICIAN HEALTH & WELLNESS SEMINAR 8:00 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES 7:30 YOUNG ARTISTS POPS AND 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES Sternberger Auditorium at Serap Bastepe-Gray, MD, MM, MOTS 4:00 MASTER CLASS PIANO COMPETITION FINALS Gerard Schwarz, EMF CONDUCTING FELLOWS Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Guilford College Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium, Guilford College Anne Akiko Meyers, violin conductor Sternberger Auditorium at Hayworth Fine Arts Center, Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College Anne Akiko Meyers, violin Guilford College High Point University 8:00 FRIENDS & GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES 4:00 MASTER CLASS Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Robert Vernon, viola 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES 6:30 MUSEP/ YOUNG ARTISTS POPS AND EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES CLASSICAL GUITAR SUMMIT Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College Eric Garcia, conductor EMF CONDUCTING FELLOWS Recital Hall at UNCG School of Music, Julian Gray, guitar 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES George Sakakeeny, bassoon Founders Lawn at Guilford College Theatre and Dance Serap Bastepe-Gray, guitar Grant Cooper, conductor Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Kami Rowan, guitar Julian Schwarz, cello Temple Emanuel Dana Auditorium at Guilford College SUNDAY JULY 26 MONDAY JULY 27 TUESDAY JULY 28 WEDNESDAY JULY 29 THURSDAY JULY 30 FRIDAY JULY 31 SATURDAY AUGUST 1 12:00 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA & 1:30 YOUNG ARTISTS CHAMBER RECITAL 6:30 PIANOPALOOZA 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES CONDUCTING FELLOWS 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES Sternberger Auditorium at 8:00 YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES 1:30 YOUNG ARTISTS CHAMBER RECITAL Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Sternberger Auditorium at EMF CONCERTO COMPETITION Recital Hall at UNCG School of Music, Guilford College EMF CONCERTO COMPETITION Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College Theatre and Dance Guilford College WINNERS WINNERS 3:00 YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO RECITAL 8:00 FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College 6:15 YOUNG ARTISTS CHAMBER RECITAL 8:00 FRIENDS & GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES Grant Cooper, conductor Eric Garcia, conductor Sternberger Auditorium at MOZART REQUIEM: WITH EMF Eric Garcia, conductor Grant Cooper, conductor Gerard Schwarz, conductor 4:00 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT Guilford College CHORAL INSTITUTE SINGERS Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Awadagin Pratt, piano Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Gerard Schwarz, conductor Festival Chorus 6:00 MUSEP / FRINGE SERIES CONCERT 8:00 FACULTY CHAMBER SERIES Carole Ott, conductor Aycock Auditorium at UNCG Featuring The Meldavians Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Dana Auditorium at Guilford College Founders Lawn at Guilford College 6 TICKET INFORMATION & SALES: (336) 272-0160 Triad Stage Box Office (Mon-Fri, 10am - 6pm) 232 S. Elm St. Greensboro, NC 27401 7
THURSDAYS FRIDAYS YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SERIES
THURSDAY, JULY 9 / 8 PM FRIDAY, JULY 17 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM DANA AUDITORIUM GRANT JEFFREY GRANT COOPER MULTER COOPER YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ERIC GARCIA, conductor GRANT COOPER, conductor JEFFREY MULTER, violin and conductor DIAMOND Music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet W.A. MOZART Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 W.A. MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216 (The Marriage of Figaro) Jeffrey Multer, violin and conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A minor (Tragic) SCRIABIN Le Poème de l’extase, op.54 (The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No. 4)
THURSDAY, JULY 16 / 8 PM DANA AUDITORIUM FRIDAY, JULY 3 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM FRIDAY, JULY 24 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM ERIC THURSDAY, JULY 30 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM GERARD WILLIAM ERIC GEORGE GARCIA GRANT ERIC GARCIA SAKAKEENY YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA SCHWARZ WOLFRAM YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ERIC GARCIA, conductor COOPER GARCIA YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRAS QING NEAL ERIC GARCIA, conductor CORIGLIANO Promenade Overture GRANT COOPER, conductor LI CARY WEBER Overture to Der Freischütz, op.77, J.277 DIAMOND Suite from the Ballet Tom Soloists and repertoire TBD W.A. MOZART Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191 (186e) FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA George Sakakeeny, bassoon STRAVINSKY Le Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale) EMF CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor R. STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie, op.64, TrV 233 (Alpine Symphony) YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, op.21 ERIC GARCIA, conductor YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRAS THURSDAY, JULY 23 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM FRIDAY, JULY 31 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes GERARD SCHWARZ, conductor GRANT JULIAN by Carl Maria von Weber WILLIAM WOLFRAM, piano ERIC QING LI, violin GRANT COOPER SCHWARZ NEAL CARY, cello GARCIA COOPER YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto in D major, op.61a GRANT COOPER, conductor (After the Violin Concerto) EMF CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS JULIAN SCHWARZ, cello William Wolfram, piano YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRAS ERIC GARCIA, conductor COPLAND Lincoln Portrait BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano Soloists and repertoire TBD Grant Cooper, narrator in C major, op.56 Qing Li, violin; Neal Cary, cello; YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRAS ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 William Wolfram, piano GRANT COOPER, conductor Julian Schwarz, cello BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, op.19, Sz.73 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op.39 FRIDAY, JULY 10 / 8 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM ERIC GARCIA YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA ERIC GARCIA, conductor MOZART Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 (The Abduction from the Seraglio) MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E minor
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MUSICALLY SPEAKING, MASTER CLASSES, Q&A, & YOUNG ARTISTS RECITALS FRINGE SERIES & MUSEP
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS / DANA AUDITORIUM / 7 PM STERNBERGER AUDITORIUM, GUILFORD COLLEGE TUESDAY, MAY 26 / 7:30 PM / RECITAL HALL, UNCG SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE AND DANCE MUSICALLY SPEAKING YOUNG ARTISTS THE 2015 EMF FRINGE SERIES KICK-OFF CONCERT Musicologist Dr. Greg Carroll and Maestro Peter Perret explore Co-Presented by EMF Fringe and Music for a Great Space in honor of the 25th Anniversary of MGS. Tickets available by calling the history behind the evening’s composers and repertoire in a CHAMBER RECITALS Triad Stage, 336-272-0160. Taxes and service fee not included in ticket price. http://easternmusicfestival.org/festival/fringe casual, conversational atmosphere during EMF’s summer season. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 7:30 PM Friday and Saturday nights in the Moon Room of Dana Auditorium, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 4:00 PM CHRIS BRUBECK, JOHN SALMON AND Guilford College. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1:30 PM THE FRENCH CONNECTION TUESDAY, JULY 28, 6:15 PM In 2013, Grammy-nominated composer Chris Brubeck was asked by the Orchestre STERNBERGER AUDITORIUM, GUILFORD COLLEGE / 3 PM Symphonique de Bretagne to co-write an orchestral piece commemorating the 70th SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1:30 PM anniversary of D-Day. Chris’s co-composer is the wonderfully talented saxophonist and YOUNG ARTISTS composer, Guillaume Saint-James, whose music has been described as “Ellingtonian and visual.” The two men had performed together in Rennes, France in 2013 and eagerly went PIANO RECITALS about writing “Brothers in Arts: 70 Years of Liberty,” which featured a jazz combo in front of SUNDAY, JULY 5; SUNDAY, JULY 12, the orchestra made up of Chris on trombone, Guillaume on saxophones, and his outstanding French musician friends. Brothers premiered in France in June of 2014 as part of that country’s SUNDAY, JULY 19 - PIANO COMPETITION FINALS
photo: Stephane Colbert Photography celebrations of the anniversary of D-Day. It went on to be performed in Florida and in SUNDAY, JULY 26 California in November 2014 and in Fayetteville, NC as part of the Fayetteville Symphony’s Memorial Day celebration, May 24, 2015. Chris is excited to be bringing his French friends to Greensboro: Guillaume Saint-James on saxophone, Jerome Seguin on bass and Thierry SUNDAY, JULY 26 / 4 PM / DANA AUDITORIUM Arpino on drums. They will be joined by Chris’s long-time friend, John Salmon on piano. Together this combo will be playing some Brubeck PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE classics, as well as some excerpts from Brothers in Arts. TICKETS STARTING AT $25 *Thank you to UNCG for use of the Recital Hall. SATURDAY, JUNE 20 / 1-5 PM / DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO Featuring EMF Percussion Faculty and students in an The participating venues are: unforgetable performance. CHAMBER CRAWL Koshary Restaurant EMF Fringe sponsors our first Chamber Crawl Triad Stage Liberty Oak Restaurant WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 / 6:30 PM / STERNBERGER AUDITORIUM, GUILFORD COLLEGE / 4 PM On a Saturday afternoon in June, music lovers will enjoy a series of mini- STERNBERGER AUDITORIUM, GUILFORD COLLEGE concerts at a variety of venues along South Elm Street. Four different chamber groups will perform a Scuppernong Books MASTER CLASSES / Q&A staggered schedule of 30-40 minute concerts, moving among the venues. At 5 pm, all of the ensembles will The Green Bean converge at Gibb’s Hundred Brewery on Lewis Street for a finale and a party with the musicians. Spice Cantina PIANOPALOOZA FRIDAY, JULY 3, IDA BIELER, violin Featuring EMF student pianists in a unique setting with salon-style There will be no charge for any of the performances, and the venues will have special offerings during the Ambleside Gallery FRIDAY, JULY 10, LYNN HARRELL, cello seating available. Crawl. Chamber crawl artists include The Railyard String Quartet, The Battleground Bassoon Quartet, The Elsewhere Museum FRIDAY, JULY 17, Q&A WITH ANDRÉ WATTS, piano Chad Eby Quartet and Collapss. For performance times, locations and repertoire, download the itinerary Gibb’s Hundred Brewery THURSDAY, JULY 23 / 2:30 PM THURSDAY, JULY 23, ROBERT VERNON, viola from the EMF website. easternmusicfestival.org/festival/fringe. JOSEPH M. BRYAN JR. AUDITORIUM, GUILFORD COLLEGE FRIDAY, JULY 24, ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, violin Fringe Concert dates are August 7, 8, 14, and 15 at the Crown Theater in Greensboro. For the lineup announcement, MUSICIAN HEALTH AND please visit our website in June. http://easternmusicfestival.org/festival/fringe ALL EVENTS LISTED ON THIS PAGE ARE FREE WELLNESS SEMINAR AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SUNDAY, JULY 19 / 6:30 PM With Serap Bastepe-Gray, MD, MM, MOTS MUSIC FOR FOUNDERS LAWN AT GUILFORD COLLEGE SUNDAY EVENING YOUNG ARTISTS POPS CONCERT IN THE PARK (MUSEP) Featuring EMF Young Artists POPS and EMF Conducting Fellows.
SUNDAY, JULY 26 / 6 PM / DANA LAWN EMF FRINGE SERIES AND MUSEP PRESENT: THE MELDAVIANS “Hailing from the distant planet Teronus, the Meldavians bring an interplanetary aural experience to their shows. Led by piano wizard Dave Fox (“Dr. Dave”), this five-piece ensemble performs surprisingly Earth-friendly music, ranging from hard-driving rock in odd meters to beautiful ballads to quirky, jazzy improvisations. Besides being a master of guitar loops, Melissa Reaves will make the Janis Jopin fans in the audience believe in a second coming. Scott Sawyer takes the music to other worlds with his tight, well- crafted guitar leads, and the solid-rocket boosted rhythm section of Roger Kohrs and Ian Pasquini pull it all together. A Meldavians
photo: Bob Powell show is a journey through the space-time continuum.” 10 EMF Box Office at Triad Stage (Mon–Fri, 10am – 6pm) 232 S. Elm St. Greensboro, NC 27401 TICKET INFORMATION & SALES: (336) 272-0160 11
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EMF OPEN HOUSE & ENCIRCLING THE CITY
EMF ENCIRCLING THE CITY WITH THE GREENSBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY: LEARNING WITH MUSIC Developed by Diane Phoenix-Neal, DMA, EMF Faculty and Former Board Member EMF Encircling the City, now in its fifth year, is an educational performance and service-learning project designed in collaboration with the Greensboro Public Library for EMF’s 50th anniversary in 2011. EMF String Scholar Quartets travel to branches of the Greensboro Public Library to offer a short program of major works from classical literature highlighting living composers. Hailed as a successful program by the Library and the families they serve, EMF’s String Scholars have the expertise to engage children and invite their imagination and desire to learn-a shared mission with the Public Library’s Summer Reading Program.
SUNDAY, JULY 26 12 PM / Eastern Festival Orchestra and Conducting Fellows SCHEDULE 2015 EMF String Scholars performing celebrated overtures from Mozart to Kathleen Clay Edwards Branch / Monday, July 6 / 10:30 am Brahms / Dana Auditorium VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO EMF OPEN HOUSE Vance Chavis Branch / Wednesday, July 8 / 10:30 am DAYLONG FREE MINI FESTIVAL Hannah Barrow Peter Dutilly Stephanie Barrett 3 PM / Young Artists Piano Recital, Sternberger Auditorium Central Library / Thursday, July 9 / 10:30 am Jacksonville, FL Yulee, FL Richmond, VA The day begins at noon with a special concert in Dana Auditorium 4 PM / Percussion Ensemble Concert, Dana Auditorium Glenn-McNairy Branch / Monday, July 13 / 10:30 am (New Branch) Minyoung Cho Brandon Gianetto Roman Placzek featuring the Eastern Festival Orchestra and Conducting Fellows from Tallahassee, FL Port Chester, NY Durham, NC the new EMF Conducting Institute performing 9 famous Overtures. 6 PM / EMF Fringe/MUSEP concert / Dana Lawn / The Meldavians McGirt-Horton Branch / Tuesday, July 14 / 10:30 am Annaliese Kowert Benjamin Branch / Tuesday, July 14 / 2:30 pm & 3 pm West Palm Beach, FL Glenwood Branch / Thursday, July 16 / 10:30 am Alexandra Matloff Hemphill Branch / Tuesday, July 21 / 10:30 am Tallahassee, FL EMF KIDS CAMPS SESSION ONE: AGES 4-5, JULY 6-10 / 9 AM-NOON SESSION TWO AGES 6-8, JULY 13-17 / 9 AM-NOON This camp caters to a young child’s natural curiosity and desire to learn. EMF explorers will have constant interaction with EMF faculty and students. Each day, campers will explore and discover music through a variety of activities including instrument demonstrations, rehearsal visits, singing, and receiving an introduction to melody, harmony, and rhythm. All children are welcome to register, and acceptance is not based on musical experience. The week culminates with attendance at an EMF orchestral performance.
ONE SESSION ONLY: Curriculum and instructors are provided by The Music Academy 1ST - 5TH GRADERS, JULY 20-24 / 1:00-4:00 PM of North Carolina. For more information about summer camps, FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER including registration and daily schedules, visit This exciting camp is designed for rising 1st-5th graders with EasternMusicFestival.org/camps Autism Spectrum Disorder who function independently in a group setting with other children with ASD and are interested in music. All families enrolled in EMF Kids Camps receive two complimentary EMF discovery participants receive a top-notch introduction to tickets to a Young Artists Orchestra concert. Please join us at 6 pm, classical music and the orchestra through hands-on learning. Sunday, July 19th on Founders Lawn at Guilford College for Experienced music and special needs resource teachers provide pre-concert fun including mask making, healthy snacks and more! a kid-friendly and creative approach to music through instrument demonstrations, making and playing instruments, singing, and a unique introduction to melody, harmony, and rhythm. All children are welcome to register, and acceptance is not based on musical experience. The week culminates with an open house for parents at the Music Academy of NC. 12 13 Non-Profit Org. U.S.Postage PAID Permit No. 154 Greensboro, NC
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PLATINUM PACKAGE $534 CLASSICS (19 CONCERTS) YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA With a donation of $2,500 or more (WEDNESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAYS) (THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS) - Two reserved tickets to all events Includes tickets for 5 Festival Orchestra, 4 Friends & Great Dana Auditorium, Guilford College - Designated parking space at Dana Auditorium Performers and 9 Young Artists Orchestra events. Includes tickets for 9 Thursday/Friday events which include - Concierge service Reserved / Senior, Student $489 / $459 2 Concerto Competition Winners’ Concerts. - Meet the conductor at each concert backstage General Admission / Senior, Student $382 / $373 Reserved / Senior, Student $171 / $153 - Join us for a pre-concert refeshment on General Admission / Senior, Student $135 / $117 Saturday nights. FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA EMF CHAMBER AT UNCG FLEXPASS $390 (SATURDAYS) Dana Auditorium, Guilford College Final Saturday - Aycock Auditorium, UNCG (MONDAYS) Flex Pass includes ten vouchers that may be Includes tickets for 5 Saturday Festival Orchestra events. Includes tickets for 5 Monday Chamber events at redeemed for General Admission tickets to any UNCG Recital Hall. EMF concert or event in any combination. Flex- Reserved / Senior, Student $205 / $190 General Admission / Senior, Student $125 / $110 Pass may not be used for more than 2 Festival General Admission / Senior, Student $170 / $150 Orchestra Series events. FRIENDS & GREAT EMF CHAMBER AT PERFORMERS GUILFORD COLLEGE (TUESDAYS) (WEDNESDAYS) Temple Emanuel and Includes tickets for 5 Tuesday Chamber events at Dana Auditorium, Guilford College 2015 Fringe Series details and tickets available: Dana Auditorium. Includes tickets for 4 Wednesday events. easternmusicfestival.org/festival/fringe General Admission / Senior, Student $125 / $110 General Admission / Senior, Student $112 / $100
Package prices include mandated NC 6.75% amusement tax. $5.00 service fee per order not included. Season Tickets do not include special concerts, events, benefits, or other functions appearing on, or which may be added to the calendar in the brochure. For best seat selection, we advise FlexPass holders to redeem their coupons for single tickets before the season starts. Season Tickets will be mailed after May 15th. Call about discounts for groups. Dates, programs, artists, and venues are subject to change. Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 1.888.830.4989. The license is not an endorsement by the State. Eastern Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.