Natalie Wong, Flute Kid Pan Alley Students from Chris Yung Elementary
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Child’s Play ManassasSymphony.org Natalie Wong, Flute Kid Pan Alley ManassasSymphony.org Students from Chris Yung Elementary Manassas Symphony Orchestra Presents Child’s Play Welcome to the second concert of our excitng 2015 – 2016 season. We are of to a great start this year and are excited that you are here with us to enjoy our annual Family Concert. This program has something for everyone, young and old, and features a remarkable group of talented student artsts from our community along with the Manassas Symphony Orchestra’s own dedicated musicians. This year we also have a special treat for everyone, something that has never been atempted by the MSO before. You will have to wait and experience it for yourself! Natalie Wong, a seventeen year-old junior at Patriot High School in Nokesville, Virginia, is our featured soloist, performing Cécile Chaminade’s Concertno for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107. In additon, the MSO will be premiering a number of new pieces composed and produced by Kid Pan Alley and performed by students from Chris Yung Elementary School. Disney’s Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and music from The Polar Express are other children’s favorites that will be performed as well. All of the musicians you see in front of you volunteer their tme and musical talent to make the MSO a success. Travelling from all around the region, some as far as Southern Maryland, the mission and music of the MSO is a labor of love for all of them. We hope, as you pass through the beautful Hylton Center Didlake Grand Foyer, that you will have an opportunity to greet our talented MSO musicians and guest artsts and thank them for their dedicaton in bringing you this wonderful concert. Please consider supportng MSO with a monetary donaton. Your donatons helped us grow and develop into the inspiratonal community orchestra that we are today – recognized locally and natonally for excellence. You will fnd a donaton form in this program to facilitate your contributon. Thank you for your generosity and support for the MSO. For more informaton regarding the Symphony, membership, donatons and tckets, please visit ManassasSymphony.org. You may also reach us at 703-853-0749 or by email at [email protected]. Thank you all for joining us today. We will see you again on March 5th at 7:30 PM for our next concert, From the Britsh Isles, celebratng the charming and breathtaking music of English composers. MSO Principal Cellist Diana Chou will take center stage performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Every Kid - Every Concert - Always Free AbOut the COnduCtOr James Villani, Music Director James Villani has been the conductor and music director of the Symphony since 2004. As a long-tme strong advocate for contnuing adult music educaton and volunteerism in the arts, Mr. Villani has been involved in community musical organizatons since coming to Northern Virginia in 1986. He was associate conductor and clarinetst for the Reston Chamber Orchestra for 10 years, and has been involved with countless other area performances. He is an actve judge and clinician for local music festvals and compettons. He is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the Conductors Guild. Mr. Villani was a semi-fnalist for The American Prize for Community Orchestra Conductors in 2010. A natve of New Castle, Pennsylvania, Mr. Villani began playing clarinet in school at the age of 8. He honed his skills, as many in town did, in the back room of Al Colella’s Shoe Store, where Mr. Colella taught a steady stream of clarinetsts for decades while servicing the occasional shoe customer. Later, while in high school, Mr. Villani studied with Carl Marks, a noted faculty member at Duquesne University and Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music. Mr. Marks was himself a student of the legendary Daniel Bonade. Mr. Villani received Bachelor’s Degrees in Clarinet Performance and Music Educaton from Penn State University, where he studied with Smith Toulson and was a member of every major ensemble, from the marching Blue Band to the Symphony Orchestra. Among his PSU highlights were four major bowl games, playing tenor saxophone in Disney’s All-American College Marching Band at the grand opening of the EPCOT theme park, and performing with the Pitsburgh Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas. He received a Master of Music in Conductng from Northwestern University, where he studied conductng with John P. Paynter and was a graduate assistant for the university wind ensembles. He had a rather unique opportunity for a conductng major -- playing bass clarinet in the top wind ensemble alongside classmates who are now members of top symphony orchestras, including the principal clarinetst of the New York Philharmonic. Mr. Villani was also a student of Clark Brody, principal clarinetst of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner, and Alan Stout, a renowned contemporary composer. Mr. Villani taught in the public schools of Chalfont, PA; East Palestne, Ohio; and at Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas. Mr. Villani is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Northern Virginia Community College. We Would Like to Thank Our Sponsors Natonal Federaton of Music Clubs Fund The Max and Victoria Dreyfus for the Advancement of Musical Arts Foundaton, Inc. This program is supported in part by the Charles J. Colgan Community Arts Beneft Fund of the Hylton Performing Arts Center. 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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM Child’s Play Saturday, December 12, 2015 • 3:30 PM Merchant Hall of the Hylton Performing Arts Center Natalie Wong, Flute Soloist Chris Yung Elementary School Students, Ashley Meyer, Music Teacher Paul Reisler and Lea Morris, Kid Pan Alley Molly Elston, Narrator Kurt Gustafson, Light Show Choreographer and Technician Concert Suite from “The Polar Express” .......... Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard Arranged by Jerry Brubaker Concertno in D Major, Op. 107 ...................... Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Ms Wong, fute My First Day of School ..........................................Paul Reisler, Heather Mae, and Ms. Wyche’s 2nd graders, Chris Yung Elementary I Wonder What Will Happen Next ........................Paul Reisler, Meather Mae, and Ms. Sachs’ 2nd graders, Chris Yung Elementary Thunder Is the Sound of God’s Laughing ..............Paul Reisler, Meather Mae, and Ms. Paulhamus’ 1st graders and kindergartners, Chris Yung Elementary I Do Love Virginia............................. Paul Reisler, Lorraine Duisit, Terri Allard, and Mr. Yarzebinski’s and Ms Camden’s 4th graders, Tye River Elementary Chris Yung Elementary School Students Ms Morris, vocals Mr. Reisler, guitar The Great Locomotve Chase ...............................................Robert W. Smith Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day ........... Songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Score by Buddy Baker Ms Elston, narrator Sleigh Ride ...........................................................................Leroy Anderson Wizards in Winter ........................................... Paul O’Neill and Robert Kinkel Arranged by Bob Philips Mr. Gustafson, Light Show This performance is copyright © 2015 Manassas Symphony Orchestra, Inc. “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” ©2000 Walt Disney Music Company/Wonderland Music Company, Inc. Kid Pan Alley songs arranged and orchestrated by Don Hart. © Kid Pan Alley Music (ASCAP)/Zoidsongs (ASCAP) Our GueSt ArtiStS Natalie Wong Natalie Wong is seventeen years old and a junior at Patriot High School. She has been playing the fute since second grade when she was eight years old, and frst started out her fute experiences with her elementary school choir. Natalie has played in her middle and high school bands, as well as many honor bands and orchestras. She has atended mul- tple band events up and down the east coast. Her success can be credited to her fute teacher, Louisa Loe, who started out with her all those years ago and has been an amazing mentor. Paul Reisler Paul Reisler is a composer, songwriter, recording artsts, performer and teacher. He is the founder and artstc director of Kid Pan Alley,