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.1 Peter Eros, conductor 2004-2005 UPCOMING EVENTS Information for events listed below is available at www.music.washington.edu December 7. 2004 7:30 PM Meany Theater and the School ofMusic Events Hotline (206-685-8384). Tickets for events listed in Brechemin Auditorium (Music Building) and Walker­.' Ames Room (Kane Hall) go on sale at the door thirty minutes before the c,t;tr r'1 (fro 't PROGRAM performance. Tickets for events in Meany Theater and Meany Studio J Theater are available from the UW Arts Ticket Office, 206-543-4880, and at ~ {he PgJ:, office thirty minutes before the performance. ... .a- ~ #I> CD QUlEfCITY...... !...:'.~!f ...... AARON COPLAND (1900-1990) To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office ay' least ten days in advance at 206-543-6450 (voice); 206-543-6452 (TTY); Jayne Drummond, English Horn / Edward Castro, Trumpet 685-7264 (FAX); [email protected](E-mail). >' +I: i December 8, Studio Jazz Ensemble. 7:30 PM, Meany Theater. December 9, Keyboard Debut Series. 7:30 PM, Brechemin Auditorium. @ CONCERTO FOR FLUTE 1(.:;' 'L-:;­ December 11, Guest Artist Master Class: Spencer & Traci Hoveskeland, double AND ORCHESTRA (2001) ...... :...... GLORIA WILSON SWISHER (b. 1935) bass & cello. 'THE BOTTOM LINE Duo.' 2:00 PM, Brechemin Auditorium. December 12, Faculty and Guest Artist Performance: Barry Lieberman and I. Lento, ma rubato e misterioso; Allegro moderato Friends. 2:00 PM, Brechemin Auditorium. II. Lento December 13, Faculty & Guest Artist Performance: Solos and Duos for Piano, III. Andante, molto rubato; Allegro con brio Violin and Viola. 7:30 PM, Brechemin Auditorium. Felix Skowronek, Flute January 10, Guest Artist Lecture-demonstration: Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ. 10:00 AM, Walker-Ames Room. January 11, Guest Artist Performance: Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ. 7:30 PM, Walker-Ames Room. -INTERMISSION ­ January 12, Guest Artist Lecture-demonstration: Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ. 7:00 PM, St. James Cathedral. January 14, Guest Artist Performance: Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ, 'THE FRENCH ~YMPHONY No.3, " 2

AARON COPLAND has earned a special place in the hearts and minds of American musical audiences for his ability to take musical and popular three brass instruments (hom, trumpet, trombone,) harp and percussion. images from the vernacular and translate them into music that is fresh, This ensemble was chosen to provide a wide palette of instrumental col­ inventive, and invigorating. The composer's life-long interest in the jazz ors, while still preserving the careful balance that must be maintained idiom found a unique outlet in the music for QUIET CITY. In 1939, with the flute soloist. The composer has stated her desire to create a Copland composed incidental music for a play by Irwin Shaw, "a realis­ truly collaborative piece in which the soloist and orchestra share and tic fantasy concerning the night thoughts of many different kinds of peo­ develop musical ideas together. ple in a great city," in the composer's own words. The musical work was At the opening of the first movement, high, gentle chords played by originally scored for clarinet, saxophone, trumpet and piano. While the muted strings provide a beautiful texture over which the flute plays its original instrumentation is yet unpublished, the 1940 suite for solo trum­ song. Following a loud outburst from the entire orchestra, the flute solo pet, English horn and strings, arranged by Copland himself. has had leads us into the remainder of the movement, which the composer lasting popular success. describes as "propulsive" and "almost relentless" in its energy. The sec­ The play itself suggested some musical material to the composer, par­ ond movement shows the composer at work creating a truly collaborative ticularly in the character of a lonely and troubled young man who gives piece in which the orchestra is as important as the soloist. It begins with voice to his isolation on his jazz trumpet. This image, perhaps fueled by an extended dialogue between the string instruments and sharply-con­ Copland's own tendency to work late at night, inspired him to create a trasting solos in the oboe and clarinet. This dialogue is briefly inter­ deeply nostalgic and reflective work. The trumpet's entrance, marked rupted by a declamatory entrance of the solo flute, after which the soloist "nervous, mysterious," is at first a meditation on a single pitch, then a takes up the role earlier held by the oboe and clarinet. After an extended second, and finally a full, seemingly improvised riff. Throughout the solo for harp in the introduction to the third movement, the work con­ work, the trumpet appears to maintain the role of a protagonist with the cludes with a brief and invigorating perpetual motion finale. English hom in a more reflective role, responding and expanding upon the stateme~ts of both the strings and solo trumpet. A limping string fig­ ure which, again in the composer's own words, represents "the slogging PAUL CRESTON'S THIRD SYMPHONY was completed in 1950, and readily gait of a dispossessed man" opens the central section of the work. It displays the composer's beliefs that all music, at its core, is either song leads to a powerful climax, after which we are left where we began in the or dance. The subtitle "Three Mysteries" is a reference to three events in quietness of the night and the loneliness of the trumpeter. the life of Jesus, each of which receives its own movement. Rather than try to paint these events programmatically. the composer instead sought to translate to the audience the emotional impressions and reactions GLORIA WILSON SWISHER grew up in a house filled with song. Listen­ related to each event - joy, tragedy, and triumph. Seeking inspiration in ing to her mother sing throughout her childhood years developed within extra-musical sources was typical of Creston, and his desire to turn to the composer a passion for melody that has served her throughout her Christian imagery can also be seen in the work Corinthians XIII, com­ over 6O-year-Iong creative career. The composer credits this upbringing pleted in 1963. as the reason she has been drawn to wind instruments as well. In her The composer's given name at birth was Giuseppe Guttoveggio. The own words, she enjoys the flute in particular for both its brilliance as name by which he is familiar to audiences, Paul Creston, was of his own well as its ability to be expressive, lyrical. and "deeply emotional." choosing. As a young man, his musical training consisted only of piano THE CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA is ·one of several concerti lessons with Gaston Dethier and organ lessons with Pietro Yon. He by Mrs. Swisher. The work was begun in 2000 and completed one year never did receive any formalized instruction in harmony or composition. later. It is dedicated to her son, Stephen Swisher, and Joel Salsman, both At age 26, he decided on a career in composition, receiving a Guggen­ of whom she credits with providing her the necessary support and heim Fellowship in 1938. In 1941, he won the New York Music Critics' encouragement to complete the concerto in its present form. Circle Award for his first Symphony, an event which launched his pro­ Written for a smaller orchestra, the score calls for traditional body of fessional career and significant popular success. From 1968 to 1975 he strings plus three single woodwind instruments (oboe, clarinet, bassoon,) was professor of music and composer-in-residence at Central Washing­ ton University (then known as "Central Washington State College.") Each of the movements in the work utilizes a theme of Gregorian chant. The first movement opens in an atmosphere of tension and DONORS TO THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC expectation in the serene, yet slightly dissonant chords for upper strings January 1, 2002 - October 19f 2004 and flute. After a powerful early climax, the principal theme is intro­ duced in tender settings featuring the horn and English horn, as a prelude We are grateful for the generosity and vision ofour donors. to three sets of variations, each featuring a distinctive dance style. Dra­ matic low chords in the trombones set the tone for the second movement, The Crucifu:ion. Played underneath the solo 'cello statement of the prin­ School of Music Visiting Committee cipal theme, a triplet-based "heartbeat" figure in the timpani serves as the Barbara Buchman Patti Marsh rhythmic inspiration for the dirge-like passacaglia which follows. The Norman Calvo Prof. Robin McCabe finale, The Resurrection, is another vigorous dance movement in which David Davis Joyce McCallum Deborah Emory Prof. Patricia Michaelian the constant shifting of accents gives a listener the impression of Dr. Ramesh Gangolli Dr. Donald Miller changing meters. Max Gellert Dr. Elaine Monsen Gordon Grant Renee Ries Barbara Himmelman Bernice Mossafer Rind [Program notes by David Upham} Dr. Kennan Hollingsworth Prof. Felix Skowronek Karen Koon Dr. Gloria Swisher Spencer Lehmann Donald Thulean GLORIA WILSON SWISHER earned a BA in Piano Performance at the University of Washington School of Music, followed by an MA in Music (composition) from Mills College, where she studied with Darius Mil­ Lifetime Friends Bernard Rogers, and Armand Basile. Drs. Glenna Burmer & Bruce Kulander Dr. & Mrs. Donald W. Miller David & Jane Davis Ms. Mary P. Nelson Swisher was on the faculty at Shoreline Community College from Deborah & Meade Emory Helen L. Ness 1969-98 and now is Professor Emerita. She has also taught at the Uni­ Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Evans Mrs. John F. Newland versity of Washington, Pacific Lutheran University, the British School in Mrs. Robert A. Friedman Dr. & Mrs. Eric Offenbacher Caracas, Venezuela, and at Washington State University. Prof. & Mrs. Ramesh A. Gangolli Jessie M. Paterson Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Garrison Prof. & Mrs. Comelius J. Peck William P. & Ruth Gerberding Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Pennell Mr. & Mrs. George Halpern Mr. Robert M. Pennell Dr. Edward Hermanson A Seattle native, FELIX SKOWRONE~ received a BM degree in Flute Per­ Mina Brechemin Person Mr. Gregg N. Herrell Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Petersen formance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he Anne M. Hewitt Ms. Helen A. Reynolds studied flute with William Kincaid and chamber music with Marcel Mr. & Mrs. Lynn P. Himmelman Renee Ries & Richard T. Black Tabuteau. He returned to Seattle, where he was principal flute with the Mary E. Hirsch Bernice Mossafer Rind Seattle Symphony for two seasons, interspersed with military service Drs. Kennan Hollingsworth & Mrs. John S. Robinson Phyllis Bagdi Ms. Carolyn T. Rowland with the U.S. Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra in Germany. Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Huh Mr. & Mrs. Steve C. Samuelson In 1960, Skowronek was invited to be instructor of flute at the Con­ Mr. & Mrs. Luther E. Jones Mr. Wayne R. Schaub servatory of Music of Puerto Rico, newly founded by Pablo Casals, and Mr. Douglas F. King Dr. Gloria & Mr. Donald Swisher Karen Koon Mr. H. Dale Thompson with fellow faculty members he formed the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet Mr. Palmer D. Koon Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Thompson in 1962. During his six years in Puerto Rico, he also served as principal Drs. Bruce Kulander & Glenna Burmer Ms. Jean Viereck & flute with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Puerto Rico and performed as a Thelma Lehmann Mr. Robert Leventhal member of the Casals Festival Orchestra. Mr. Edmund W. 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Mathews Dr. Vincent Michel Jolivet Dr. Randall J. Uyeno Dr. Robert F. Jones Ms. Oarice A. Van Biber Mrs. Richard W. Jones-Bamman Dr. & Mrs. Wade Volwiler Dr. Timothy W. Keller Ms. Mary S. Warrington Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Kischner Mr. Stuart M. Williams Mr. Loran L. Kollmorgen Antoinette Wills, Ph.D. Ms Suzanne Mackas Kouatly Mr. Roy A. Wilson Mr & Mrs. Robert Lancaster Mr. & Mrs. David Wood Mr. & Mrs. Laurence H. Lang Ms. Virginia Holland Wyland From 1966w68, he was principal flute with the St. Louis Symphony Gifts $99 and under before rejoining Soni Ventorum at the University of Washington, where Mr,andMrs. Ms. Joanne Huot Hall Mr. T. Rosenberger &: Kevin R. Aanerud Prof. Mary &: Dr. M. Nalbandian the ensemble was engaged as the woodwind instrument faculty of the Dr. William Ha1Iauer, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Frederick Rupp r Anonymous gifts - School of Music. Skowronek toured extensively with Soni Ventorum in Faculty &: Staff Dr. Jenrufer L. &: Mr. James L. Schindler Ms. Joan F. Ashcraft Mr. Tully Hammill Mr. G. Schmidt &: South America and Europe under the auspices of the U.S. State Departw Prof. Karl Banse Ms. Betsy L. Hay Mrs. Petrisor-Schmidt ment, and throughout the United States, before the ensemble disbanded Mr. &: Mrs. Robert F. Barta Mr. &: Mrs. D.E. Hay Mr. David L. Schott Ms. Mary W. Basham Drs. Ernest M. &: Ms. Lois M. Schumacher in 2001. Prof. & Mrs. Elaine D. Henley Ms. Heather M. Seeley He has been an instructor and ensemble coach with the National James M. Beale Mr. &: Mrs. John Henly Dr. Jacqueline &: Mr. Mr.&:Mrs. Mr. Colby E. Hubler William Shannon Youth Orchestra of Canada, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and Marrow­ Dennis L. Behrens Mr. Steven M. Humphrey Ms. Harriette T. Smith stone Music Festival, as well as serving as a regular sectional coach for Dena L. Snyder Ms. Nancy H. Blakemore Ms. Delores H. Jones the Seattle Youth Symphony. In 2001, he was invited to be an adjudi­ NellM.Bogue Prof.&:Mrs. Ms. Geraldine Sorrentino­ Mr. Scott L. Brown David. Kechley Hoefer cator for the Ville d'Avray International Flute Competition held in Paris, Dr. &: Mrs. Daniel C. Bruck Ms. Andrea King Ms. Jan D. Stark France. In 2002, Skowronek performed and presented master classes at Dr. &: Mrs. David A. Buck Drs. Nancy B. &: Ms. Nancy H. Stevens Ms. Carol A. Campbell Mark D. Kiviat Mr.&:Mrs. the XVII Seminarios Internacionais de Musica in Salvador, Brazil. Dr. Timothy P. Carey Dr. Rita Klinger &: James A. Stewart Mr. Peter Strohm In 1979, he was named Founding President of the Seattle Flute Soci­ Mr. John D. Carrington Mr. Bill J. Dore F. ~ Ms. Mary Jo Carlsen Ms. Joan R. Landry Mr. Ned B. Sudborough ety, and retained this position for three years. He also served as a board Mr. Alex Chordas Mr.&:Mrs. Ms. Marilyn A. Swafford member and as Vice-President. In addition, he was National Flute Assow Ms. Selina Chu Donald B. Lanphere Ms. Sue Tate Ms. Eleanor M. Clark Mr. Douglas Mclaren Ms. Margaret Thomas &: dation president, chairman of the board, board member, and program Prof. Thomas W. Collier William P. Mahrt, ph.D. Mr. Andrew Gardner chairman of the 10th anniversary convention. From 1982w91, and again Thomas L. Crews, Jr. Ms. Regina M. Manning Ms. Vondean K. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Mr. &: Mrs. Robert M. May Ms. Diane M. Tinker from 1999 to the present, he was Music Director of Belle Arte Concerts, John C. Croskey The Hon. Chuck W. Mertel Matthew Turetsky &: a professional chamber music series in Bellevue with performers drawn Ms. Nancy D. Curtis &: Mr. Mr.&:Mrs. Molly Sandvick from the ranks of local, regional, national, and international artists. ,/" Hubert Wilson Chris W. Monroe Ms. Barbara Ro Jean Ms. Kay Cynarnon Ms. Amanda L. Walker At the UW School of Music, Skowronek served for many years as Bernard deCillia, Jr. Montgomery Dr. Stephen G. Wampler chairman of the Concerts Committee and was head of the Orchestral Mr. &: Mrs. Brad DeLuca Ms. Sue E. Moore Mr.&:Mrs. Mr. &: Mrs. Robert R. Dolan Mr.&:Mrs. William M. Wanser Instruments Division. He was Associate Director for Performance and Mr. Matthew S. Drumm Frederick C Ockwell Ms. Shirley L. Weaver Public Affairs form 1994-96. He currently serves as a member of the Mr. &: Mrs. Mr. &: Mrs. Robert W. Ogan Mr. William R. Weber Richard C. Dunlap Ms. Sharon L. Olsen Mr. Richard M. Webster School of Music Visiting Committee, as well as teaching undergraduate Mr. &: Mrs. Mr. &: Mrs. Daniel A. Owen Ms. Dorothy E. Wendler and graduate flute performance majors and music majors, and coaching Tom C Dziekionsld Ms. Junko Pankiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Sara Mae Eckstein Dr. James E. Paul and Ms. Thomas J. Widden flute and chamber ensembles. Dr. Bettina M. Emerson Dolores Wells Mr. and Mrs. Skowronek has been the leading promoter of the revival of the Douglas M Wilson Ms. Judith M. Filibeck Dr. John C Paulson wooden Boehm-system concert flute in the United States. Through his Prof. David L. Fluharty Mr.&:Mrs. Ms. Mary Kay. Wilson Mr. &: Mrs. James V. Paynton Ms. Eileen S. Wingard research, particularly in Australia, he has become an authority on the use Edward Forman Mr.&:Mrs. Mr.&:Mrs. of new foreign and domestic hardwood species for flute and woodwind David C. Fullmer, Ph.D. Mark A. Petersen Steven W. Wright Mr. William B. Gillespie Mr. &: Mrs. Robin Pnnzing Mr. T. Zimbcrg &: instrument manufacture. His experimental flute head joints, made from a Mr.&:Mrs. Mr. Fred Radke Ms. M. Laird-Zimberg variety of these species, have been heard in Seattle and elsewhere in the Leonard J. Good Mr. &: Mrs. Patrick D. Rice Mr&:Mrs. Ms. Erin H. Ring-Howell United States. Most recently, he has been a consultant with the noted William W. Graylin Dr. Lynne Rogers Boston flute makers Verne Q. Powell, Inc., in their project to reintroduce the wooden flute on a substantial basis by an American manufacturer. Skowronek has given a series of lecture-recitals in the United States, The School ofMusic regrets any misspellings, omissions, or other errors in this Germany, and Puerto Rico, illustrating the specialized applications of donor listing. To notify us ofany inaccuracies, please contact Cynthia St. Clair several of his head joints made from researched Australian species. at (206) 543-1186. THE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY PETER EROS is professor of instrumental conducting at the University of Peter Eros, conductor Washington School of Music. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and is a graduate of the Franz Liszt Music Academy, where his teachers VIOLIN I CELLO BASS CLARINET included Zoltan Kodaly and Leo Weiner. In 1956, during the Hungarian Rick Dorfer, Dylan Rieck* Stefan Van Sant Revolution, he emigrated to Holland. At age 27, he was named associate Concertmaster Joanne de Mars conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, a post he held Teo Benson Nick Brown BASSOON for five years. In the summers of 1960 and 1961 he was a coach for the Roy Lim Meghan Bass Aaron Chang* Bayreuth Wagner F esti val, and in 1961 Eros was assistant conductor of Kang Yu Brendan Kellogg Bruce Carpenter the Salzburg Mozart Festival's production of Mozart's ldomeneo, among Evelyn Gottlieb Janice Lee others, though 1964. Erica Brewer Sandy Kuan CONTRA BASSOON He then held the positions of music director and conductor of the Emily Terrell Sabory Huddle Paul Swanson Malmo Symphony Orchestra (1966-1969, Sweden), the Australian Derek Wong SuhrimChoe Broadcasting Commission Orchestras (1967-1969, Sydney and Mel­ Lisa Noguchi Lianna Wood HORN bourne; 1975-79, Perth), the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and La Miodrag Veselinovic Rachel Orheim Maxwell Burdick* Jolla Chamber Orchestra (1971-1980), and the Aalborg Symphony Carson Smith Orchestra (1982-1989, Denmark). VIOLIN II BASS Michael Tisocco As a guest conductor, Eros has appeared with numerous major sym­ Catherine Chi * Bren Plummer* Josiah Boothby phony orchestras and opera companies on five continents, such as the MatthewWu Leslie Woodworth Kestrel Wright Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Seattle Albert Chang James Tseng Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Israel Philhar­ Lisa Doubet John Eaton TRUMPET monic Orchestra, the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ham­ Chris de Leon Edward Castru.* burg Pliilharinonic Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the J Heather Carmen PICCOLO Chad McCullough Scottish National Orchestra, and others, including nine tours of South Charles Chang Elaine Cho Michael Loomer Africa. He received ASCAP awards in 1983 and 1985 for playing music Deanna Doan by American composers. Andrew Yang FLUTE TROMBONE Eros came to the UW School of Music in 1989 as conductor of the Svetalana Abramova* Josh Bell* University Symphony Orchestra. He has also taught at the Amsterdam VIOLA Sarah Carr Colby Wiley Conservatory and at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Felisa Hernandez- Jessica Lee 1. J. Cooper Salmeron Brianna Atwell OBOE TUBA Ruth Navarre Gabriel Renteria* Nate Lee Kore Hanratty Jennifer Muehrcke Dane Armbuster HARP Caroline Verbeek ENGLISH HORN Ashley Wong Jayne Drummond TIMPANI CLARINET Paul Pogreba

.1 Matthew Nelson* Chrissie Gilbert PERCUSSION Miki Sugahara *principal player Robert Campbell