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Where Luxury Costs Less 866.272.7364 101 Maher Lane, Harriman, NY ocbmw.com HE NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY is a premier cultural Torganization nationally recognized for its innovative educational programs for talented young musicians between the ages of 12 and 22. Founded in 1963 to showcase the metropolitan area’s most gifted young orchestral musicians, its activities have grown significantly to include programs in chamber music, conducting, jazz, composition, musical theater songwriting, and commissioning, serving more than 260 students annually.

Through exceptional ensemble training, performance opportunities, and career guidance, the NYYS offers invaluable opportunities for teen- and college-age musicians to train for professional careers and develop critical life skills while making pivotal decisions about their future. Over 7,000 alumni have participated in NYYS programs, including many of the world’s most notable musicians, conductors, and music directors. Young alumni can be found at leading conservatories and music schools, and launching careers with major , Broadway tours, and chamber ensembles. The NYYS remains committed to making the benefits of its programs accessible beyond its core programs to young musicians in underserved communities through ongoing partnerships with the Youth of St. Luke’s, Harmony Program, Harlem School of the Arts, and more.

The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to present challenges in how NYYS engages with its students and the music community. However, adapting to online activities, including virtual concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and video compilations, has allowed NYYS to reach an international audience, a true silver lining in this situation. NYYS students have shown incredible resilience that belies their age, and it is from them and for them that the NYYS has drawn inspiration and has planned for the season ahead. Now in its 58th season, the NYYS continues to create a musical path forward for the next generation of musical citizens. Program

Matan Marder Friedgood, cello J.S. Bach: Gigue from Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009

Welcome Elliott Forrest, WQXR Host and NYYS Trustee

NYYS Jazz All Star Alumni Andy Clausen, Director Blue Skies Gershwin, arranged by Mary Lou Williams

A Brief History of the NYYS Shauna Quill, NYYS Executive Director

From the Community Celine Wei, NYYS Parent Zoe Buff, NYYS Chamber Music Student Program (continued)

Musical Theater Songwriting Program Anna K. Jacobs, Director I Miss Minnesota performed by Jordan White, New York Film Academy Music/Lyrics by Kayden Merritt Arranged by Simon Broucke

Presentation of the Theodore L. Kesselman Award for Arts Education Seth Baer, Presenter Anthony McGill, Honoree

Musical Tribute to Anthony McGill Traumerei Beethoven: String Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 4

A Musical Path Forward Bill Kapell, President, NYYS Board of Trustees

NYYS Orchestra Michael Repper, Music Director Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan”, Movement 2 (excerpt) Video Edited by Raina Tung NYYS JAZZ ALL STAR ALUMNI Saxophones Trombones Kacey Fassett, alto Mariel Bildstein Derek Lap, alto Isaac Poole Michael Bliss, tenor/clarinet Armando Vergara Anthony Ferrara, tenor Joshua Harris, baritone Rhythm Luke Celenza, piano Trumpets Satchel Peterson, guitar Benny Troschel Hannah Dunton, bass Chloe Rowlands Jarrett Walser, drums Benny Benack Thanddnes Palmer TRAUMEREI Joshua Choi, clarinet Cadee Lee, clarinet Seung Hee (Sunny) Rhew, clarinet Dongkon Lee, clarinet Jacob Cho, bass clarinet Seungho Choi, coach

Spain 2019 We are proud to support the NYYS Orchestra and Chamber Music Program, which have nurtured our son for the last 4 years, and counting.

Thank you, Shauna Quill, Michael Repper, Lisa Tipton, and Jia Kim, for granting Matan the precious opportunity, both, to learn from you and his fellow musicians, and create such extraordinary music.

Dova Marder & Stephen Friedgood ANTHONY MCGILL

Clarinetist Anthony McGill is one of ’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures. He serves as the principal clarinet of the , that orchestra’s first African-American principal player. Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (The New York Times), as well as for his “exquisite combination of technical refinement and expressive radiance”The ( Baltimore Sun), Mr. McGill also serves as an ardent advocate for helping music education reach underserved communities. He was honored to take part in the inauguration of President Obama, premiering a piece by John Williams alongside violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo- Yo Ma, and pianist Gabriela Montero. Mr. McGill appears regularly as a soloist with top orchestras around North America including the New York Philharmonic, , Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Kansas City Symphony, and is a favorite collaborator of the Brentano, Daedalus, Guarneri, JACK, Miró, Pacifica, Shanghai, Takacs, and Tokyo Quartets, as well as Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnatan, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham, Midori, Mitsuko Uchida, and Lang Lang. A graduate of the Curtis Institute, Mr. McGill previously served as the principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera. He serves on the faculty of the , the Curtis Institute of Music, and Bard College’s Conservatory of Music.

The Theodore L. Kesselman Award for Arts Education was established by the New York Youth Symphony in 1995 to recognize significant dedication by an individual or institution making outstanding contributions in nurturing young people in the arts. The award is named in memory of the remarkable man who served the arts and the New York Youth Symphony as Board President from 1985 to 1994. SPEAKER BIOS Bassoonist SETH BAER is a passionate performer and educator of music. Seth serves as Director of Programs and Operations for Juilliard’s K–12 Programs and Initiatives where he oversees a multi-faceted collaboration with an international school consortium, including the development of three summer programs in three continents featuring dance, drama, and music. He is a founding member of Decoda and an alumnus of Ensemble Connect, an exciting collaboration between and The Juilliard School focused on chamber music, education and community engagement. He was the founding Festival Director of the Decoda|Skidmore Chamber Music Institute. Seth is a member of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and has performed with many of the finest ensembles in the New York and Philadelphia regions including The Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Ensemble Connect, and the Mark Morris Dance Group Orchestra. He was a member of Amici New York, the resident orchestra at the OK Mozart festival in Bartlesville, OK., and has toured Japan as a member of the New York Symphonic Ensemble. As a chamber musician, Seth has performed at Bargemusic, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, The Music Academy of the West, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Spoleto Festival, Italy, and at the Altenburg Music Festival in Germany. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and graduated cum laude from Princeton University. Seth has taught at Montclair State University and CW Post University and has served as the Dean of Music at the Special Music School in New York City. ELLIOTT FORREST is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, director, and producer. He is the afternoon host on New York’s Classical Radio Station 105.9FM, WQXR, host of the radio concerts of The Chamber Music Society of , and has hosted more the 60 concerts on-stage at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Forrest is producing the national tour AN EVENING WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN and is the Co-Director and Projection Designer of the live national tour and PBS TV Special: CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD. He regularly produces, directs and designs symphony concerts: LA Philharmonic, The NY Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, New Haven Symphony Pasadena Pops and the Little Orchestra Society in venues including the Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center. He is the Founding Executive Artistic Director of ArtsRock.org of Rockland County, NY, bringing professional concerts and conversations to the community. SPEAKER BIOS ANNA K. JACOBS is a Jonathan Larson Award-winning composer, lyricist, and librettist. Her works include POP! (Yale Rep, Pittsburgh City Theatre, Studio Theatre; book/lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman), TEETH (NAMT, O’Neill; co-book/ lyrics by Michael R. Jackson), ANYTOWN (George Street Playhouse; book by Jim Jack), HARMONY, KANSAS (Diversionary Theatre; book/lyrics by Bill Nelson), ECHO (Musical Theatre Factory), and STELLA AND THE MOON MAN (Sydney Theatre Company/Theatre of Image; play by Richard Tulloch, co-composed by Adrian Kelly), and the movie musical, KAYA: TASTE OF PARADISE (NY Film Academy; screenplay by Jerome A. Parker, directed by Paul Warner). She also contributed music and lyrics to the multi-composer song cycle, LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT (Berkshire Theatre Group). Currently, she and playwright Anna Ziegler are collaborating on a new musical for Barbara Whitman Productions and Grove Entertainment that is inspired by the life and disappearance of child prodigy novelist, Barbara Newhall Follett. Ms. Jacobs is a recipient of the Eric Salzman Award for New Music Theater Composition and the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award, which aims to celebrate female musical theater composers. She is a former Sundance Fellow and Dramatists Guild Fellow and holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU-Tisch. As an educator, she is passionate about helping the next generation of songwriters to develop their voices and craft, and has served on the faculties of Temple University, Mannes School of Music, and the Dramatists Guild Institute.

WILLIAM KAPELL’s professional background includes 25 years as a commercial litigator, first at the firm of Olwine Connelly Chase O’Donnell & Weyher and then at Winston & Strawn, where he was a partner in the firm’s New York office. He also served as lead counsel for eight years at Children’s Rights, Inc., a national watchdog organization that seeks to improve the conditions experienced by children in state foster care. A lifelong fan of all musical genres, Mr. Kapell studied classical piano for 13 years and became a devoted ragtime pianist when the movie “The Sting” ushered in a revival of Scott Joplin’s music. He also took banjo lessons with the banjo virtuoso, Tony Trischka, and guitar lessons for several years. Mr. Kapell comes from a family of accomplished musicians – his uncle was a concert pianist, his oldest sister and niece are professional flutists, his mother still plays and studies piano at the ageof 93, his daughter studied double bass at Juilliard as a member of the Juilliard- Columbia University joint program, and his son is an avid guitar player. Mr. Kapell’s father was a former NYYS trustee, and his sister and daughter are past members of the NYYS Orchestra. Mr. Kapell is also a member of the board of trustees of Child Care Vietnam, which provides educational and physical therapy services to disabled and abandoned children in Vietnam. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Fordham Law School. SPEAKER BIOS

SHAUNA QUILL joined the New York Youth Symphony as Executive Director in the fall of 2011. Under her leadership, NYYS has expanded its outreach into the community through artistic partnerships with organizations including the Harmony Program, Youth Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Orpheus Ensemble, DeCoda and Harlem School for the Arts, among others; initiated the organization’s first in-school residency in the South Bronx and created the new Musical Theater Songwriting program; embarked on its first-ever international tours to Argentina (2015), Brazil (2016), and Spain (2019); expanded the profile of the First Music commissioning program through a partnership with Interlochen Center for the Arts; and created Pipeline to Success, which includes over $50K in scholarships and fellowships to students from underserved communities. She was previously Executive Director of the University of Chicago Presents, the University’s professional presenting series, where festivals she designed and curated on Olivier Messiaen and the Soviet Era were named top cultural events in Chicago by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and TimeOut Chicago. Ms. Quill has held senior leadership positions at arts organizations including the Aspen Music Festival and School, La Jolla Music Society, Sejong Soloists, Green Mountains Music Festival, and the Herbert Breslin Agency. She received her BFA in flute performance from Carnegie Mellon University where she was a student of Jeffrey Khaner, Julius Baker, and Ethan Stang. She is an alum of the NYYS Chamber Music Program. BENEFIT PATRONS AS OF OCTOBER 19, 2020

PLATINUM SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS (cont’d) Bettina Buss and Oliver Fiduciary Trust Company Jakob* International Benson and Marcia Chapman Gladstein Family Foundation Phyllis and Slade Mills Anne and John Hermann Robert Levine and Joan Alan W. Kornberg and Harold Mirviss J. Koda Rima Vargas-Vetter & Paul Lauren M Lombardi Ukena Mark Maupin and Shauna Jan and Marica Vilcek Quill Kenneth Mirkin GOLD SPONSORS Morse Family Foundation David and Camille Dibble Peter Park and Anita Szerzen Melissa Eisenstat and Rebeca Rosow Jonathan Blau Sarah Billinghurst Solomon Barbara Field & Seth Dubin and Howard Solomon William and Sandra Kapell The Specter Foundation Sung Yoon and Alex Kim* Hak and JungHee Sung* Michael and Vanessa Howard and Yvonne Tsao* Marquez* Christine van Itallie Ruth E. Pachman & Donald T. Andrew Yaguda and Melissa Fallati Batista Robert and Amy Poster The Youn Family* Ajay Rai and Aparna Saha Joanne J. and Robert H. Yunich Susan and Kanti Rai Dr. and Mrs. Michael and PATRONS Anne Ro* Robert Buff and Celine Wei* Ian C. Schaefer Bruce and Marcia Fowle Rachel Mullen SILVER SPONSORS Joel and Joan Picket Dr. and Mrs. Todd Albert Steven Shaiman Jorge and Marlene Alva Anna Weber Bori Chung Family* Rhea Graffman Cohen JUNIOR PATRON Max Cohn Gavin Scotti, Jr. Magda Cruz and Carlos Sevillano Paul and Jane Fagan BENEFIT PATRONS AS OF OCTOBER 19, 2020 (CONT’D)

SUPPORTERS Daniel Annese Park Avenue Benefit Planning Celine Armstrong Inc. Chithra Balasingham* David Laveton Sera and Richard Barry Hwansoo Lee* Thomas Beckner* William Leggio Orange County BMW Anthony Leitner Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Brooks Emmons Levy Bousquet-Chavanne Peter Lichtenthal Fernando Burgos Lorraine Lucido Jeffrey Carpenter* Christine Maresca Susan Cassidy Steven Mayerson Rosemary Caviglia* Rebecca Miller* John and Katha Chamberlain Beth and Bob Mitchell Carol Cirigliano Sabine Nicoleau David Clough and Andrea Peter and Susan Nitze Levine David and Tracy Poirot* Myra Cui Carmel Quill Glenn Dicterow John S. Rodman, M.D. David DiGregorio Jerry G Rubenstein Natalie Dyer Joan Sarnoff Mary Felton Debbie and Danny Schnur The Frehse Family Marilyn and Joseph Schwartz Stephen Friedgood and Dova Paul Segal and Christine Flynn Marder* Ruth Suzman Katherine A. Greene Leopold Swergold Edith Henley Kenneth and Jean Telljohann George A. Hirsch Lisa Tipton and Sebu Sirinian Mr. and Mrs. Hans G. Jepson The Torres Family Mary Ellen Kahn The David Berg Foundation Mindy Kaufman Ms. Daryl Brown Uber and Vijay Kori Bruce Uber Chloe Kramer Susan L. Weiner Dr. Michael Krochak Michael Dennis and Katherine Andrea Labov Clark and Wenning Timothy Clark Renee J. Youn Michael Zaretsky*

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Board of Trustees Emeritus Trustees A. Slade Mills, Jr., Co-Chair Leslie Garfield,Chair Emeritus Robert L. Poster, Co-Chair Johanna Garfield Melissa Eisenstat, Vice Chair Barry Goldberg, Executive Director Emeritus William A. Kapell, President Robert J. Levine, Senior Vice President Bettina Buss, Treasurer Susan S. Rai, Secretary

Cecile Antier Jacob Bousso Benefit Committee Benson J. Chapman Bettina Buss, Co-Chair Rhea Graffman Cohen Melissa B. Eisenstat, Co-Chair Michael R. DiYanni Barbara Field Jacob Bousso Elliott Forrest Elliott Forrest Sung Yoon Kim Vanessa Marquez Michael A. Marquez Siqi Mou Siqi Mou Peter Park Sabine Nicoleau Andy Yaguda Ruth E. Pachman Peter Park Ajay Rai Ian Schaefer Steven D. Shaiman Christine van Itallie Rima Vargas-Vetter Marica Vilcek Anna Weber Andy Yaguda Robert H. Yunich

Executive Administration Shauna Quill, Executive Director Amanda Fischer, Director of Artistic Operations John Stolen, Director of Marketing Justin Bak, Administrative and Marketing Assistant

Artistic Directors Michael Repper, Music Director, Orchestra, Robert L. Poster Apprentice Conducting Dr. Lisa Tipton Director, Chamber Music Andy Clausen, Director, NYYS Jazz Dr. Kyle Blaha, Director, Composition Anna K. Jacobs, Director, Musical Theater Songwriting

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