Orchestra Series

University Symphony Orchestra Student Showcase

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 8pm Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center Pacific Lutheran University School of Arts and Communication and The Department of Music present

Orchestra Series

University Symphony Orchestra Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, conductor

Student Showcase Featuring Sarah Martin, mezzo-soprano Katherine Nakasone, flute Torsen Necessary, flute Elliott Turner, composer

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 8pm Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center

Welcome to Lagerquist Concert Hall. Please disable the audible signal on all watches, pagers and cellular phones for the duration of the performance. Use of cameras, recording equipment and all electronic devices is not permitted in the concert hall.

PROGRAM

Spiritus Mundi ...... Elliott Turner (b. 1995) World Premiere

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ...... Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) 1. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht 2. Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld 3. Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer 4. Die zwei blauen Augen Sarah Martin, mezzo soprano

Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy ...... Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883)

Katherine Nakasone, flute

Intermission

Concerto No. 1 in G Major for Flute, K. 313 ...... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Adagio ma non troppo Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto Torsen Necesary, flute

Adagio for String Orchestra ...... Cindy McTee (b. 1953)

Awakening ...... Joseph Curiale (b. 1955) Compassion Forgiveness Joy Guest Performers from the Eatonville High School Band, Jon Stein Director: Kyla Ames, flute; Kylie Kondra, flute; Lauryn Harvey, clarinet Program Notes

Composer, Elliott Turner writes the following about his new work, Spiritus Mundi: The piece was initially conceived as an intersection between the musical worlds of jazz and classical music, and for this reason the groove of the piece is integral to its portrayal. This groove mainly comes from an ostinato bassline that continues throughout, and its interaction with the 11/8 pattern and the 3/8 pattern which first creep in early in the piece, coupled with the jazz ride which comes in at various places in the piece. Another important structural component that I would point out is that the vibraphone’s metallic, bright sound and its theme contrast with the marimba’s mellow, woody sound and theme later on; and that this contrast is what drives a lot of the piece similar to how the literary themes “city” and “pastoral/rural” are contrasted.

Gustav Mahler’s song cycle, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, is a youthful work written when he was in his mid-twenties. The texts were selected from a collection of six poems by the composer, written during a love affair with Johanna Richter. The imagery, along with the implied central character of the wayfarer, are rooted in the pastoral world of German romanticism. They all explore the juxtaposition of love and the pain that so often accompanies it. The music of these songs would subsequently form much of the substance in the composer’s first symphony.

Translations:

When My Sweetheart Has Her Wedding I Have a Glowing Knife When my sweetheart has her wedding, I have a glowing knife, a knife in my breast, alas! alas! Has her joyful wedding, It cuts so deep into every joy and every delight, so deep, so I will have my wretched day! deep! I’ll go to my little room, gloomy little room! Ah, what an evil guest it is! I’ll weep! I’ll weep! For my sweetheart, It never keeps still, it never rests, neither by day nor by night For my beloved sweetheart! when I would sleep! Alas! Alas! Alas! Little blue flower! Little blue flower! When I look up to heaven, I see two blue eyes there! Alas! Wither not! Wither not! Alas! Sweet little bird! Sweet little bird! I walk in the yellow field, I see from afar the blonde hair You sing on the green heath! blowing in the wind! Alas! Alas! Ah! The world is so lovely! When I awake from the dream and hear her silver laughter Chirrup! Chirrup! Sing not! Blossom not! ringing, alas! alas! Spring is truly past! All singing is now done! I wish that I were lying on the black bier, and could never, Evenings when I go to bed, I think on my pain! never open my eyes!

I Went Out This Morning Over the Countryside The Two Blue Eyes I went out this morning over the countryside, dew still hung The two blue eyes of my sweetheart have sent me into the from the grass; the merry finch spoke to me: wide world. So I had to take leave of the dearest place! “Oh, it’s you, is it? Good morning! Is it not a lovely world? O eyes, blue! Why did you look at me? Chirp! Chirp! Pretty and Lively! How the world delights me!” Now I have eternal pain and sorrow! The bluebells in the meadow also rang merrily and cheerfully I went out in the still night, over the gloomy heath. for me with their little bells, ring-a-ring, rang their morning No one said farewell to me, Farewell! Farewell! Farewell! greeting: “Is it not a lovely world!? Ring, ring! Pretty thing! My companion was love and sorrow! How the world delights me! Ho!” On the highway stood a linden tree, there for the first time did And then in the sunshine the world at once began to sparkle, I rest in sleep! everything, everything took on sound and color in the Under the linden tree, which snowed its blossoms down on me, sunshine! There I knew not how life goes, everything was fine again, ah, Flower and bird, the large and the small! everything was fine again! “Good day! Lovely world!” Now surely my happiness also Love and pain! And world and dream begins?! No! No! What I love can never bloom for me!

Albert Franz Doppler was a member of a successful family of musicians. His father was the well-known oboist Joseph Doppler. However it was his brother, Karl, also a virtuoso flutist, with whom he toured Europe multiple times concertizing and building his fame. He spent the early part of his career as a flutist in theatrical orchestras in Pest. While there he wrote a number of successful operas for the state opera theater on Hungarian themes. This success no doubt helped to cement his embrace of the Hungarian folk idiom that suffuses this work. The Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy was originally written for two flutes and piano, almost certainly for the two brothers to play. It was later reworked for one flute by the composer, and has been orchestrated multiple times, here by A. Klautzsch.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Concerto No. 1 for Flute in G Major, K. 313 was composed in 1778 during a stay in Paris that proved to be fateful for the composer and his entire family. During the summer months his mother, who was travelling with him, was taken ill and died in early July. His father, Leopold, who had stayed behind in Salzburg for financial reasons (both father and son had been released from Archbishop Colloredo’s employ at the court earlier that year) was beside himself with grief, and responded to the news with letters that seemed to have blamed Wolfgang for this tragic turn. While the flute concerto was likely written late in the year, the music betrays little sign of this personal turmoil. Nonetheless, the second movement, with which this performance begins, is filled with tenderness, and the Rondo of the third movement is unusual for its slow, danceable minuet tempo.

Cindy McTee writes about her Adagio for String Orchestra:

Adapted from my Agnus Dei for organ in the wake of events following the horror of September 11, 2001, the Adagio became the second movement of my Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra. It was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra - music director, Leonard Slatkin - and made possible by the John and June Hechinger Fund for New Orchestra Works.

The Adagio gradually exposes a hauntingly beautiful melody from Krzysztof Penderecki's Polish Requiem (Ab, G, F, C, Db, Eb, Db, C). A falling half-step and subsequent whole-step emphasize the interval of the minor third. With occasional references to Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, the work's harmonic language reflects my interest in using both atonal and tonal materials within the same piece of music.

All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon; All night has the casement jessamine stirr'd To the dancers dancing in tune; Till a silence fell with the waking bird, And a hush with the setting moon. ---- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Maud, and Other Poems

Whether or not you recognize his name, at least some of Joseph Curiale’s music is likely familiar to you. He began a successful career as a film and television composer on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1982. His “Sick of the Blues” became the show’s closing theme. He went on to compose music for many movies and television programs, including Roxanne, Little Nikita, and Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. He turned to concert music in the 1990s, and released his first compact disc recording with the London Symphony in 1995, of which Awakening is the title work.

Cast in three short movements, it traces a path of emotional and spiritual awakening not unlike one that the composer describes having experienced. Like much of his concert music, it possesses a bold expansive character often associated with American music melded with elements of Asian musical culture. The composer’s comments about his own spiritual awakening give context to this unity of elements and to the seeming simplicity of the music:

The simple things seem to have the greatest power yet are so easy to miss. It is up to us to be more sensitive. However, it seems the more I learn the less I feel I understand about the meaning of life and what this world is all about...why God would allow such misery and suffering. But through all the ups and downs of this life, for me there is one undeniable truth and that is music...the purest form of love that I have ever known. And maybe that's all I need to know.

About the Student Showcase Composer

Elliott Turner is a senior music composition major at Pacific Lutheran University. He has studied with Dr. Greg Youtz, Dr. John Paul, Clement Reid, and Dr. David Deacon-Joyner during his time at PLU, writing several jazz band original pieces and arrangements, and several pieces in the classical tradition. A fanatic for jazz and impressionist music, Elliott hopes to continue to write music which inspires others and connects different musical genres. After graduation, he will be performing, composing, and recording his original music over the next year while he finalizes his plans for graduate school.

About the Soloists

Sarah Martin is a senior at Pacific Lutheran University where she is majoring in Music Education and German. In addition to her vocal training, Sarah plays the French horn and aspires to be a middle school band teacher after graduation. Throughout her career at PLU she has been involved in numerous ensembles such as the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, University Symphony Orchestra, WaveLand Woodwind Quintet, Chamber Singers, Choral Union, and Opera. Sarah was honored to premiere the role of Mother in PLU's production of Cai Yan, Fiery Jade by PLU faculty composer, Greg Youtz. Other honors include the James D. Holloway scholarship, section leader for the Wind Ensemble, and student conductor in the Concert Band. A student of LeeAnne Campos, voice, and Gina Gillie, horn, Sarah has presented two vocal/horn recitals based around particular musical areas of interest: modern American composers, and the great German composers. As a double major in German, she has specific interest in the use of the German language in song. For this reason she is very excited to be able to perform Mahler's Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen.

Katherine Nakasone started playing the flute at age twelve and is currently a third-year student at Pacific Lutheran University, studying flute performance under Dr. Jennifer Rhyne. Throughout her studies at PLU, she has performed in numerous masterclasses and as a member of various ensembles, including the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble. In addition, she has volunteered with PLU’s annual honor orchestra and honor band, and has acted as a student escort for music scholarship auditions. Her extracurricular activities include being an active member of the Mu Phi Epsilon music fraternity Epsilon Sigma chapter, and regularly attending meetings with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. She will also participate as a dancer in PLU’s first annual lu`au later this month. Katherine has recently received an offer for a summer internship at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan.

Torsen Necessary is in his fourth year at Pacific Lutheran University, studying flute under Jennifer Rhyne. He plays in PLU’s Wind Ensemble under the direction of Edwin Powell. An accomplished flutist, Torsen’s honors include awards from the Tacoma Philharmonic’s Beatrice Hermann Competition, the Seattle Flute Society’s Horsfall Competition, as well as the Wayne Timmerman Award from the Tacoma Concert Band. Torsen has spent summers at Oberlin Conservatory studying under renowned flutists Michel Debost, Kathleen Chastain, and Alexa Still, as well as modern flutist, Robert Dick. Torsen was also invited to play at Carnegie Hall during his junior and senior years of high school and was given a proclamation from the city of University Place honoring his musical achievements.

Guest Composer in Residence

Hailed by the Houston Chronicle as a composer whose music reflects a charging, churning celebration of the musical and cultural energy of modern-day America, Tacoma native Cindy McTee brings to the world of concert music a fresh and imaginative voice. The Washington Post likewise characterized her work as unmistakably American-sounding, composed with craftsmanship and a catholic array of influences across several centuries. There’s also a polished gleam about her colors, according to the Detroit Free Press, as well as an inventive approach to form and a respect for tradition.

Cindy McTee has received numerous awards for her music, most significantly: a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship, a Composers Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, two awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Music Alive Award from Meet The Composer and the League of American Orchestras, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's third annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award, and a BMI Student Composers Award. She was also winner of the 2001 Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition. Her works have received performances by leading ensembles in important venues throughout the world, including Carnegie Hall on five separate occasions.

An alumna of Eatonville High School, she will be honored there later this week with the dedication of a special plaque to be placed in the Eatonville High School Auditorium in honor of her achievements.

About the Conductor

Jeffrey Bell-Hanson is in his fifteenth season as conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, and has established himself in the Pacific Northwest as a clinician, adjudicator and conductor. He brings to the podium a dedication not only to high standards, but also to performances informed by scholarship. His continuing research in the rhetorical conventions of eighteenth-century orchestral literature enlivens his renditions of even the most contemporary works.

His thirty-five year career on the podium and as a teacher has also included faculty appointments in Kansas, Louisiana and Michigan, where he won recognition for excellence in teaching both from Michigan Technological University and the State of Michigan. In addition to his academic positions, Dr. Bell-Hanson has conducted orchestras and wind ensembles throughout the United States and in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, including the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, the Vratza Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Bulgarica.

Student Showcase is an event sponsored each year by the University Symphony Orchestra as a service to the musical community at PLU. Upper class students studying with one of our many studio faculty members are eligible to audition. The soloists are chosen in November by a panel of non-PLU-affiliated judges from among a talented group of candidates, who all represent their respective performance areas with distinction. Beginning in 2010, this award concert has also featured the premiere of a short work by a student composer, chosen by the composition faculty.

Members of the University Symphony Orchestra offer congratulations and thanks to the soloists and the featured composer on tonight’s program. We also wish to thank our judges for this year:

Dr. Sandra Glover, DMA, earned her doctorate in vocal pedagogy at University of Washington. She has sung a variety of operatic and oratorio roles, as well as extensive concert work. Dr. Glover is a well known clinician and adjudicator, judging many local, state and regional competitions. Dr. Glover shared lectures with Jianghai University at Shanghai and Yangzhou University during her tour to China. Glover students are frequent winners of young artist programs, scholarship auditions and other competitions. She is a faculty member at Highline Community College.

Erin Calata is a mezzo-soprano based in the Seattle-Tacoma area, who is an active performer and voice instructor. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Pacific Lutheran University and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Arizona State University. She is a seasoned soloist, recitalist and chorister, singing with a wide variety of choral and Early Music ensembles, and teaches voice lessons privately and at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, pianist Michael Seregow enjoys a multifaceted career as a teacher, performer, and scholar. He joins the faculty at the University of Puget Sound for the 2016-17 academic year. Dr. Seregow maintains an active career as a soloist and collaborative pianist, performing a diverse selection of repertoire. A musician of uncommon versatility, Seregow has received formal training in a variety of keyboard instruments, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ, in addition to studies in jazz piano, basso continuo, historical performance practice, and composition.

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