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welcome from our music director Dear Friends, The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s month of April marks two substantial highlights to which we hope you have been looking forward all season—we certainly have! April begins with a performance that can only be described as “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” On the News Sentinel Pops Series, we present the highly anticipated Disney in Concert: Mary Poppins. For many of you, seeing Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke on the big screen again will be a trip down memory lane. For the younger members of your family, this might be their first time seeing this timeless classic. But for everybody: it will certainly be the first time experiences this film with a live symphony orchestra. Aram Demirjian Our April Masterworks is all about anthems, and if ever the classical music world had a singular anthem, it would be the ‘Ode to Joy’ from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, an optimistic statement about humanity from a composer who held progressive beliefs for his time about equality and human rights. With enduring poetic declarations including, “All men will become brothers” and “this kiss is for the entire world,” Beethoven puts forth his belief that there is space in this world for all of us, and that we need each other to survive. I am particularly proud to partner with the Knoxville Choral Society, plus two ensembles of young musicians making their debut on Masterworks: the Webb School of Knoxville Chamber Singers, and students from Tennessee School for the Deaf, who will be signing the ‘Ode’ along with the singers. Beethoven, himself, was completely deaf when he conducted the premiere to his Ninth Symphony and needed to be turned around by the concertmaster so he could see the thunderous applause he could no long hear. Opening the program is a piece by New York-based composer Jessie Montgomery, inspired by the most prominent anthem in our society: our National Anthem. Composed in 2014 for the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key’s enduring ode, Banner is a rhapsody on the Star-Spangled Banner, blending its melody with various world anthems and patriotic songs, in an attempt to answer the question: “What does an anthem for the 21st century sound like in today’s multi-cultural environment?” This musical dialogue across the centuries is connected by Time Like an Ever Flowing Stream, composed by Knoxville’s ownMark Harrell, a longtime member of the KSO’s horn section. The month rounds out with lighter fare on Chamber Classics—a slight play of words on a popular TV series: “Mozart in the City.” Each of the four pieces on this program draws its inspiration from an urban setting, from Mozart’s symphonic gift to the cultural-industrial hub of Linz, Austria, to Boccherini’s lighthearted, theatrical evocation of a typical late night in Madrid, to two takes on New York City: Copland’s meditative Quiet City, featuring the KSO’s own Philip Chase Hawkins and Claire Chenette, and HK Gruber’s fiendishly cleverManhattan Broadcasts. Enjoy the concert! Aram Demirjian knoxville symphony orchestra 9 10 knoxville symphony orchestra coming events KSO Q Series Featuring the Woodwind Quintet and the Principal Quartet April 24 at 12 p.m. The Emporium Center KSYO Chamber Music Program Spring Recital April 28 at 7:30 PM Ebenezer United Methodist Church Adults $5.00, Students Pre-K through 12th grade Free Symphony on the Square May 9 at 7:30 p.m. Market Square Stage in downtown Knoxville (free & open to the public – rain location: Bijou Theatre) Picnic in the Park May 18 at 7:30 p.m. Theatre in the Park, Maryville Greenbelt (free & open to the public – rain date: May 19) The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-2019 season is made possible in part by grants from The City of Knoxville, Knox County and The Tennessee Arts Commission. knoxville symphony orchestra 11 12 knoxville symphony orchestra musician roster Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Aram Demirjian, Music Director Natalie L. Haslam Music Director Chair James Fellenbaum, Resident Conductor and Youth Orchestra Music Director Sande MacMorran, Music Director Emeritus, Youth Orchestra Association Mark Zelmanovich, Concertmaster Emeritus VIOLIN I Bruce Wilhite TRUMPET William Shaub, D. Scot Williams Phillip Chase Hawkins, Concertmaster* Alice Stuart Principal* Clayton Family Chair Donald Grohman Brian Winegardner Gordon Tsai, Shawn White Associate Concertmaster* BASS Joseph A. Fielden Steve Benne, Principal* TROMBONE Family Chair Steve Clark* Samuel Chen, Principal* Sean K. Claire* Dan Thompson Josh Walker I-Pei Lin* Herb Hall Brad McDougall Ruth Bacon Yan Peng Rachel Loseke* § BASS TROMBONE Sarah Ringer FLUTE Brad McDougall Mary Ann Fee Fennell, Hannah Hammel, Principal* Principal Karen Keys & Keith Walburn TUBA Susan Eddlemon Bryan Chair Sande MacMorran, Principal Mary Pulgar* Jill Bartine* Jeffrey Brannen Cynthia M. D’Andrea TIMPANI Bing Kuang Fang Bob Adamcik, Principal* Daniel Zellars PICCOLO Michael Combs, Cynthia M. D’Andrea Associate Principal* VIOLIN II Edward Pulgar, Principal* OBOE PERCUSSION Gleb Mamantov Chair Claire Chenette, Principal* Bob Adamcik, Co-Principal* Ikuko Koizumi* Deniz Yayman* Clark Harrell, Co-Principal Zofia Glashauser Elizabeth Telling Andrew Adzima Audrey Pride* Jay Oberfeitinger Michael Acosta ENGLISH HORN Elizabeth Farr Elizabeth Telling HARP Julie Swenson Cindy Hicks, Principal* Peter Aguilar CLARINET Stacy Taylor Gary Sperl, Principal* KEYBOARD Mark Tucker* Emi Kagawa, Principal* VIOLA Traver Family Chair Kathryn Gawne, Principal* DIRECTOR OF Eunsoon Lee-Corliss, BASS CLARINET OPERATIONS Assistant Principal* Victor Chavez Rose Sampley Jennifer Bloch* Bill Pierce* BASSOON PERSONNEL MANAGER/ Hillary Herndon Aaron Apaza, Principal* LIBRARIAN Megan Tipton Cora Nappo Mark Tucker Alicia Keener Kristina Zeinstra CONTRABASSOON * Member of Cora Nappo Knoxville Symphony CELLO Chamber Orchestra Andy Bryenton, Principal* FRENCH HORN Theodore I. Kartal* Jeffery Whaley, Principal* § Leave of Absence Ildar Khuziakhmetov* Sean Donovan Mary and Joe Sullivan Chair Brooke Ten Napel Stacy M. Nickell* Kelsey Bentley knoxville symphony orchestra 13 meet the music director ARAM DEMIRJIAN Aram Demirjian is the 8th Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and is internationally sought after for his dynamic performances, innovative programming and distinctive ability to forge connections with both audiences and performers. Under Demirjian’s galvanizing leadership, KSO audiences have continued to grow, and the orchestra has routinely found itself in the regional and national spotlight. Highlights of his two-year tenure include a landmark collaboration with Clarence Brown Theatre, presenting Bernstein’s Candide as part of the Bernstein Centenary celebration, the founding of KSO and Minnesota orchestras, the Detroit, UnStaged, a new series of multi- Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City sensory, music-centric events taking and St. Louis, plus appearances place in unconventional venues, plus at the Tanglewood Music Center two appearances on the Big Ears and Breckenridge Music Festival. Festival. In 2020, the KSO will be one Internationally, he has performed with of four North American orchestras Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, to be featured in SHIFT: A Festival of Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal American Orchestras at the Kennedy and Orquesta Sinfónico de Minería. Center, Washington, DC. Demirjian is the winner of a 2017 Solti Demirjian is deeply involved in a Foundation U.S. Career Assistance substantial breadth of education and Award and the 2011 Robert J. community outreach initiatives with the Harth Conducting Prize from the goal of ensuring that East Tennesseans of Aspen Music Festival, where he was all ages, backgrounds and circumstances a three-time Conducting Fellow in have access to great symphonic music. the Aspen Conducting Academy. He holds a joint Bachelor of Arts Beyond Knoxville, Demirjian has in Music and Government from conducted many of the most Harvard University and a Master of distinguished orchestras in the Music in Orchestral Conducting from country, including the Philadelphia New England Conservatory. knoxville symphony orchestra 15 16 knoxville symphony orchestra DISNEY IN CONCERT: MARY POPPINS SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019 8:00 P.M. CIVIC AUDITORIUM James Fellenbaum, conductor Sponsored by Disney’s MARY POPPINS (1964) In Concert Live to Film Starring Julie Andrews Dick Van Dyke David Tomlinson Glynis Johns Hermione Baddeley Karen Dotrice Matthew Garber Elsa Lanchester Arthur Treacher Reginald Owen and Ed Wynn Directed by Robert Stevenson Co-Produced by Bill Walsh Music and Lyrics by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman Music Supervised, Arranged, and Conducted by Irwin Kostal Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi Based on the “Mary Poppins” books by PL Travers There will be one 15-minute intermission during this presentation. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts. © Disney Latecomers will be seated during the first convenient pause in the performance. The use of recording devices and/or cameras is strictly forbidden. Please remember to turn off all electronic devices and refrain from text messaging during the concert. Programs and artists subject to change. knoxville symphony orchestra 17 notes on the program MARY POPPINS (1964) Elvis Presley (Roustabout soundtrack), The FILM SYNOPSIS: Rolling Stones (Out of Our Heads) and The Sound of Music soundtrack. The soundtrack won 2 ® A magical English nanny, Mary Poppins, arrives Grammy Awards (Best Original Score Written at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Banks, for a Motion Picture