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HEALING POWERMUSIC THE OF 20/21 SEASON WENATCHEE VALLEY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Larry McCracken, President Marc Heminger, Vice-President Ron Bermingham, Ph.D, Managing Director, Non member - Ex Officio JoAnne Prusa, Secretary Karen Keleman, Member at Large Marva Lee McCracken, Member at Large William Rowley, MD, Member at Large Aaron Harris, JD, Member at Large ARTISTIC STAFF Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Music Director & Conductor Wesley Hunter, B.Mus., Apprentice Conductor Michelle Vaughn, Concertmaster CONTACT P.O. Box 3423 Wenatchee, WA 98807 509.667.2640 [email protected] www.wenatcheesymphony.org MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS 3 Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra 2020-21: The Healing Power of Music Keeping the music alive for 74 years Good evening and welcome to the and solo violin, these soundtracks of Wenatchee Valley Symphony. Mother Nature are aural landscapes simultaneously stimulating our ears MISSION It is great to occupy the stage again. and imaginations. While Florence One thing that these times have Price, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Leading with artistic excellence, we culturally revealed is that community and Philip Glass may not seem to have collaboration are essential. Nowhere much in common, this string-only enrich the communities of North Central is this more evident than in orchestral program features composers who each music. Although we spend our days had a unique voice: Price’s African- Washington through music performance, with music around us, it is live music American heritage, Shostakovich’s that elevates our experience to a brutal expressionism, and Glass’ stark outreach and education deeper level. Beethoven, Vivaldi, minimalism. This concert will also Piazzolla, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky feature my debut as a concerto soloist. – they are more than just venerated composers. They are the agents As always, we hope you enjoy these through which we come together programs with the Wenatchee Valley to perform, to experience, and to Symphony Orchestra, and we look connect. As the performance unfolds, forward to welcoming you to future every person in the auditorium is concerts. drawn into a singular event, one that will never be repeated. This fall we explore Antonio Vivaldi’s and Ástor Piazzolla’s musical depictions of the seasons Nikolas Caoile of the year, The Four Seasons and Music Director and Conductor The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Wenatchee Valley Symphony Composed and arranged for strings Orchestra 4 CELLO HORN Noëlle Roberts, Principal Teri Snyder, Principal Cathie Lau Kate Dammann Megan Kelley Sabrina Windsor Meredith Hunnicutt Samantha Segaline TRUMPET Larry Benoit BASS Megan Cleary, Principal TROMBONE Dave Aldrich Tom McNair, Principal WENATCHEE VALLEY SYMPHONY Jameson Varpness ORCHESTRA 2020-21 SEASON FLUTE Don Larson Suzanne Carr, Principal MUSIC DIRECTOR VIOLA Jeanne Lodge TUBA Susan Ballinger Bryan Pomianek, Principal & CONDUCTOR Kay Gossage, Principal Nikolas Caoile Beth Burbank Heath Rush OBOE PERCUSSION Lori Laughlin, Principal Stan Fishburn, Principal VIOLIN I Karen Keleman Susan Reed Sherry Krebs Michelle Vaughn, Concertmaster Anna Aldrich Kerry Travers, Assistant Concertmaster Todd Snyder Rebekah Poulson CLARINET Shelby Dronen Vicki Fechner Jeff Heminger, Principal Josh Cozart PIANO VIOLIN II Kathryn Castrodale Gretchen Woods, Principal BASSOON Cindy Dietz, Assistant Principal Mike Locke, Principal HARP Deborah McClellan Peter Ward Adina Scott Madelyn Larson 6 7 Skeeterbuggins HISTORY OF THE WENATCHEE VALLEY Productions SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra began when a group of less than twenty musicians gathered at Wenatchee Junior College in 1947, just eight years after the founding of the college. George Bower was the high school music teacher leading the group, which he named the Wenatchee Civic Orchestra. It performed free concerts to sparse audiences. Wenatchee Valley College received a federal grant in 1968, which brought three professional artists to the college, one of whom was Broadcast Media - Video Production musician Dr. Malcolm Seagrave. The Wenatchee Valley College, led by President Dr. William Steward, hired Seagrave that year with the desire to have him lead a full symphony. An orchestra board of directors was selected and charged with managing and raising funds. Board members included Dr. Experience the Al Stojowski, Wilfred Woods, Paul Ellis and THE WENATCHEE Sam Mills. They got community sponsors for Skeeterbuggins Difference! every program and organized as a non-profit VALLEY entity. A full symphony repertoire was then SYMPHONY possible. ORCHESTRA In 1970 the symphony made arrangements BEGAN WHEN A Specializing in Virtual Events to play in the Liberty Theater, with its first concert on November 1st. When the new GROUP OF LESS Broadcast Solutions and Wenatchee High School opened in the fall of 1972, its 900-seat auditorium became home THAN TWENTY Video Production! for the symphony concerts. MUSICIANS The 1970’s were memorable not only for the GATHERED musicianship of Dr. Malcolm Seagrave, but IN 1947 Let's Talk! for the addition of Camilla Wicks, concert violinist, who became the symphony’s concertmaster in 1972. She made a profound impression, and Dr. Tell us about your project. Seagrave commented that her presence had moved the orchestra years ahead in its musical development. She played with the orchestra for three seasons. (509) 888- 2995 In 1976, Glenn Kelly took over the podium and conducted the orchestra for the next six seasons. Mike Lee succeeded Glenn Kelly [email protected] in 1982. Among Lee’s concerts was the Mozart “Requiem” with the SKEETERBUGGINS.COM Central Washington University choir, the Columbia Chorale, and the college choir. One of the concerts that Lee conducted that year was a new piano concerto composed and played by Gordon Schuster, 9 who had written the composition while at Eastern Washington University. Dan Baldwin, director of the Central Washington University Symphony, succeeded Lee in 1994. Baldwin conducted the local group until 1997. The symphony had guest conductors until 1999, when Adam Flatt was selected. In 2000, Mel Strauss was hired as conductor. Strauss was head of Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts, and his experience and musical maturity were evident. Marty Zyskowski, from Eastern Washington University, led the symphony from 2004 through the 2009 season. Among the highlights of his tenure was the 60th anniversary season with a program that spanned the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. Nikolas Caoile, Central Washington University symphony conductor, was among the guest conductors of the 2009-10 season. The board hired Caoile for the following season and he continues to conduct the symphony today. x By Wilfred Woods YOUR TRUST, OUR FINANCIAL EXPERTISE Tax Planning “To unite, inspire, and enrich Tax Consulting community life through the power Tax Resolution of live music.” Cloud Accounting - WVSO Vision CONTACT US TODAY FOR YOUR FREE CONSULTATION (509) 888-0543 NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON’S FAMILY MUSIC CENTER V I S I T U S A T W W W . V E R I T A S A C C O U N T I N G S O L U T I O N S . C O M 532 N Wenatchee Avenue [email protected] Ph: 509-663-7300 Wenatchee, WA 98801 WWW.AVALONMUSIC.NET Fax: 509-664-0560 Chapter of the American String Teachers Association. Caoile regularly presents clinics at National Association for Music Educators Regional and State Conferences and has served as a presenter for Seattle Symphony Pre-Concert Talk series. Born in Portland, Nikolas Caoile now resides in Ellensburg with his wife, mezzo-soprano, Melissa Schiel and their son, Kieran. Caoile holds degrees in conducting and composition and completed his Doctor of Musical Arts in orchestral conducting at the University of Michigan. In 2013, he accepted a nomination to join Phi Beta Kappa as a member of the Willamette chapter, Delta of Oregon. His principal teachers are Kenneth Kiesler, Gustav Meier, and Peter Erös. Caoile also enjoys playing golf, NYT Crosswords, and cooking. x MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR: DR. NIKOLAS CAOILE Nikolas Caoile is a conductor, pianist, and music educator. Currently, he is Music Director and Conductor of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra, Director of Orchestras at Central Washington University, and the Music Director Designate of Lake Union Civic Orchestra. In 2017, Caoile was appointed Acting Chair of the Department of Music at CWU. He is Former Conductor and Artistic Director of the Salem Chamber Orchestra. He has conducted many other orchestras including: Auburn Symphony, Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers (OSSCS), Northwest Mahler Festival Orchestra, Rainier Symphony, Yakima Symphony, Gig Harbor Symphony, Lake Avenue Orchestra, and Olympia Symphony. In 2009, he conducted the A PASSIONATE Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas BELIEVER in collaboration with the Christopher Wheeldon’s Morphoses Dance Company at IN MUSIC New York City Center. Caoile participated EDUCATION at the Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music where he worked with Marin Alsop FOR ALL AGES... and Gustav Meier. A passionate believer in music education for all ages, Caoile has led numerous educational and community engagement concerts including the Alaska, Indiana, and Idaho All-State Orchestras, the Washington All-State Jr. Orchestra as well as many regional honor orchestras in Washington, Montana, Alaska, Arizona, Oregon and Indiana. In 2019, Caoile will direct the All-City Middle School Orchestra in Salem, Oregon. In 2016, Caoile