Orange County High School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra Christopher Russell, Conductor James Wilt, Trumpet Claire Fedoruk, Soprano
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present a Performance Partner Program SPECIAL BENEFIT CONCERT ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL, CONDUCTOR JAMES WILT, TRUMPET CLAIRE FEDORUK, SOPRANO Monday, February 22, 2010, 7:30 PM Benefiting the CCPA Endowment Fund and the Orange County High School of the Arts Instrumental Music Conservatory PROGRAM There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation. As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance. The Abduction From the Seraglio Overture, K. 384 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Courtly Dances from Gloriana Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Trumpet Concerto in E-flat (1796) Franz Joseph Haydn Allegro 1732-1809 Andante Finale. Allegro James Wilt, trumpet INTERMISSION Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (1977) Henryk Górecki Lento (b. 1933) Lento e largo Lento Claire Fedoruk, soprano 1 ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ROSTER Flute Tuba Viola Nathan Aclander, principal Chris Silverman Gregory Yung, principal Emily Amsler Michelle Song Margo Folwick Percussion Renee Lee Cara Krieger Natalie Collison, principal Courtney Brown Katie Pipal Tamara Win Oboe Margaret Telles Amanda Tong, principal Felicia Vandever Cello Min Seok Kim Lizzi Murtough, principal Harp Chloe Hong Clarinet Twyla Mount Ariel Mizumoto Michael Hong, principal Shannon Swick Emily Liang Piano Sabrina Oh Tia Azimioara Megan MacDougall Ebony Miranda Julia Choi Annalise Newton Violin I Bassoon Chloe Tardif, concertmaster Bass Spencer Evans, principal Candice Tardif Joshua Cobian, co-principal Laura Franklin* Cindy Ahn Elise Reysbergen, co-principal Hyun Koo Kang Richard Hong Horn Stephanie Zapata Richard Cassarino* Clayton Ellis, principal Kyle Deguzman Jeff Habell* India Frivaldi-Vargas Juan Cortez Luke Hamilton Symphony Orchestra Taryn Spink* Violin II Student Council Yuche Lin, principal Renee Lee, president Trumpet Lois Han Courtney Brown Andrew Jones, co-principal Joey Good Natalie Collison Sara Sithi-Amnuai, co-principal Michael Fleming Michael Hong Andrew Gilliam Hannah Galanty Michelle Song Sydney Wyma Trombone Cassie Donahue Kyle Holmberg, principal Puja Sodha Brandon Vu *Guest musician 2 BIOGRAPHIES Founded in 1996, the ORANGE COUNTY HIGH October 2006, the orchestra worked with Australian com- SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (OCHSA) SYMPHONY OR- poser Brett Dean in preparation for the U.S. premiere of CHESTRA is recognized nationally for its talent and inno- one of his compositions. In 2008, the orchestra performed vative programming. For six consecutive years, the orches- at the Sydney Opera House in a concert that included tra received the coveted American Society of Composers, what was believed to be the first Australian performance of Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Award for “Adventurous Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 2 (1909). Programming,” including four consecutive first-place awards Internationally renowned French conductor Stephane from 2001 through 2004. The orchestra has been profiled in Deneve worked with the orchestra in 2009, and the group The Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, OC Weekly, performed in Pacific Symphony’s 2010 American Composer Sounding Board (American Composers Forum magazine), Festival, playing the live soundtrack to Virgil Thomson’s and the nationally syndicated radio program Composers’ score to the 1937 documentary The River. Datebook. In 2009, the orchestra won ASCAP first-place The orchestra’s debut CD for MMC Records was awards for “Adventurous Programming” and “American released in the fall of 2009. Timothy Mangan of The Orange Repertoire on Foreign Tours.” County Register called it a “genuine delight” and Fanfare Under the leadership of founder and music director Magazine said the orchestra was “astonishing.” Christopher Russell, the orchestra performs music ranging CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL received his master’s from the Baroque period to new works. The orchestra has degree in orchestral conducting from Indiana University presented several world premieres; the first U.S. perfor- and his bachelor’s degree in composition from California mances of music by Havergal Brian, Magnus Lindberg, Per State University, Fullerton. He is OCHSA’s orchestral Nørgård, Robert Simpson, Eric Tanguy, and John McCabe; program coordinator and director of Orchestral Studies at and West Coast premieres of works by David Dzubay, H.K. Azusa Pacific University. For several years, Russell was a Gruber, and James MacMillan. member of the Theory/Comp faculty at California State Students in the orchestra have worked with many University, Fullerton. He has served on the faculty of other prominent composers, including Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, universities, including California State University, Long Steven Stucky, William Bolcom, Augusta Read Thomas, Beach; Biola University; and Vanguard University. For Dzubay, and Gruber. Many members have had the opportu- 15 years, Russell was director of OCHSA’s Instrumental nity to meet some of today’s foremost musicians, including Music Department. He was associate conductor of the Lake conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and Maxim Shostakovich Avenue Chamber Orchestra in Pasadena; music director and composers John Adams, Richard Danielpour, and of both the Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra and the Christopher Rouse. Indiana University String Orchestra; and conductor of the In 1998, an ensemble from the orchestra was invited Biola Symphony, serving as a sabbatical replacement. by the Los Angeles Philharmonic to perform in the Upbeat As a conductor of contemporary music, Russell Live pre-concert portion of the New Music Series. In 2003 worked with the Indiana University New Music Ensemble and 2004, the orchestra performed in an outreach event recording the music of Frederick Fox. He has been a guest for the Pacific Symphony’s American Composer Festival conductor for the NOVA Contemporary Music Ensemble and in an invitational rehearsal/master class with composer of the University of North Texas and the California State Thomas as guests of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In Feb- University, Long Beach New Music Ensemble. Russell also ruary 2006, the renowned French composer Tanguy visited has worked with French composer and conductor Pierre the campus for a series of lectures and coaching sessions. In Boulez at the Scotia Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and May 2006, the orchestra made its debut at Carnegie Hall in at Carnegie Hall. In October 2008, Russell conducted the a program hailed by concert presenter Mid-America Pro- first U.S. performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Stockholm ductions as “one of the best programs” it has presented. In Diary with the Azusa Pacific Symphony Orchestra. The Los 3 Angeles Times called Russell “a forcefully dramatic conduc- an appearance as soprano soloist in Johannes Brahms’ Ein tor with a strong technique” and Fanfare Magazine said he is Deutsches Requiem. Fedoruk lives in Pasadena with her hus- “an inspired and inspiring conductor.” band Douglas, two sweet dogs, and two crafty cats. Russell is a frequent pre-concert lecturer for the Los JAMES WILT (Trumpet) joined the Los Angeles Angeles Philharmonic and the Philharmonic Society of Or- Philharmonic in March 2003 in the position of associ- ange County. He has hosted post-concert discussions with ate principal trumpet. He previously spent 14 years in the conductors and guests for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, associate principal trumpet position with the Houston and wrote two scripts for the Philharmonic’s education Symphony. Wilt has also held positions with the New York concerts in 2009 and 2010. Philharmonic, the Denver Symphony, the Rochester Phil- CLAIRE FEDORUK (Soprano) is delighted to be harmonic, and the Dayton Philharmonic. making her debut at the Cerritos Center for the Perform- Although primarily an orchestral musician, Wilt has ing Arts with the OCHSA Symphony Orchestra. Fedoruk performed a wide range of solo and Chamber music, includ- holds a doctorate of musical arts degree in early music ing three solos with the Houston Symphony and appearances performance from the University of Southern California. with the New York Philharmonic’s Chamber music series. She earned her master of music degree from the Eastman Since joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Wilt has per- School of Music and a bachelor of music degree from Pacific formed regularly as part of the Philharmonic’s Green Um- Lutheran University. brella and Chamber Music series. He has performed with Da Fedoruk is a frequent soloist with Los Angeles Phil- Camera and the Greenbriar Consortium and has participated harmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles in the Grand Teton and Colorado music festivals. Chamber Singers, and Musica Angelica, as well as the In 1999 and 2002, Wilt traveled to Japan to perform Concord Ensemble, of which she is a member. Fedoruk’s as principal trumpet of the Super World Orchestra at the recording credits include two Nonesuch recordings of Steve Tokyo Music Festival, as part of an orchestra of musicians Reich’s You Are Variations and Daniel Variations, as well as selected from around the world. In January 2007, he per- the 2007 Grammy award-winning Padilla: Son of Justice on formed as principal trumpet of the Symphonica Toscanini the RCM label. She