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Children’s Concert Series 2020–2021

AN INTERACTIVE CONCERT WITH MUSIC, DANCE, AND NARRATION

Saturday, March 13, 2021 | 6:00 pm Virtual Family Concert

1 ver fifty years ago, a brave American man stepped out of a landing craft onto the surface Gerard Schwarz of the moon and made history. With the help of Conductor O the Demetrius Klein Dance Company and four exciting pieces of all-American music, Palm Beach Symphony Brenda Alford brings that indelible moment of Milky Way magic to the Narrator stage through an interactive concert in which students will literally take part in exploring such scientific concepts as Demetrius Klein Dance Company (DKDC) the Earth’s rotation, gravity and telescope viewing. All this choreography and dance while thrilling to a powerful Copland fanfare, the soaring themes of Star Wars and sharing the adventures of a very special resident of Earth’s satellite, Rocky de Luna, an Saturday, March 13, 2021 | 6:00 pm inquisitive moon rock. Virtual Family Concert With a special narrative accompanied by the music of Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, students will meet Rocky as she hitches a ride with two friendly NASA astronauts on the Program Apollo 11 lunar module en route back to Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man planet Earth. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin show Rocky some out-of-this-world John Williams – Princess Leia’s Theme from Star Wars views of the moon, help define the moon’s John Williams – The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) from Star Wars place in the solar system, describe how the moon Aaron Copland – Selections from Lincoln Portrait affects all life on Earth ... and leave Rocky with a sense of wonder and pride in her “rockdom”! Joan Tower – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman John Williams – Throne Room & End Title from Star Wars

Sponsors and Partners

As part of the One Small Step program this year, Palm Beach Symphony offered virtual field trip opportunities to Paul & Sandra Goldner K - 12 grade students in Palm Beach and Broward Counties. Conservatory of Music Selected fourth grade classes were offered pre- and post- concert arts and science integrated workshops with teaching artists from the Symphony and DKDC, as well as from the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium. Eric Friedheim Foundation, Inc.

2 3 CREDITS & STAFF ORCHESTRA ROSTER

Palm Beach Symphony Violins I Gerard Schwarz, Music Director Evija Ozolins, Concertmaster David McClymont, Chief Executive Officer Marina Lenau, Olga M. Vazquez, Director of Education and Orchestra Operations Assistant Concertmaster Clarinet Hulya Selcuk, Development and Special Events Coordinator Monica Cheveresan Julian Santacoloma, Principal Felix Rivera, Patron Advancement Coordinator Claudia Cagnassone Stojo Miserlioski (bass clarinet) May Bell Lin, Membership Director Anne Chicheportiche Mary Arden Carroll, Marketing and Development Assistant Alfredo Oliva Bassoon Jason Barroncini, Stage Manager Gabriel Beavers, Principal Alfredo Oliva of Miami Symphonic Entertainment, Orchestra Contractor Violins II Christina Bonatakis Valentin Mansurov, Principal One Small Step Michelle Skinner French Horn Kristin A. Zirkle, Script Writer Askar Salmidjanov Amber Dean, Principal Lisa Bruna (posthumous), Story Concept and Design Orlando Forte Juan Berrios Morena Kalziqi Valerie Nelson, Graphic Designer Andrew Karr Ronni Gerstel, Puppeteer Stan Spinola Viola Jim Hammond, Assistant Puppeteer | Puppet Network Yael Hyken, Principal Trumpet Olga M. Vazquez, Producer Felicia Besan Gonzalo Meija of Bananas Films, Video Engineer Kevin Karabell, Principal Glenn Loontjens Dana Salminen of Aesir Sound, Audio Engineer Jim Hacker Hilary Gamble Alex Ramazonov Justin Chervony, Assistant Audio Engineer

Cello Trombone Recorded at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Claudio Jaffé, Principal Domingo Pagliuca, Principal Bob Rodgers, Technical Director German Marcano Salvador Saez Diane L. Carlton, Theatre Operations Coordinator Aziz Sapaev Melinda Gallant, Backstage Coordinator Brent Charran Bass Trombone December 14–15, 2020 Gabriel Ramos, Principal Bass Matthew Medlock, Principal Tuba Palm Beach Symphony is South Florida’s premier orchestra known for its Santiago Olaguibel Kevin Ildefonso, Principal diverse repertoire and commitment to community. Founded in 1974, this 501(c) Flute (3) nonprofit arts organization adheres to a mission of engaging, educating, Timpani and entertaining the greater community of the Palm Beaches through live Joseph Monticello, Principal Lucas Sanchez, Principal performances of inspiring orchestral music. Elizabeth Lu (piccolo)

Percussion The orchestra is celebrated for delivering spirited performances by first-rate Oboe Evan Saddler, Principal musicians and distinguished guest artists. Recognized by The Cultural Council Erin Gittleshon, Principal Guillermo Ospina Jessica Myers (English horn) for Palm Beach County with a 2020 Muse Award for Outstanding Community Karli Viña Engagement, Palm Beach Symphony continues to expand its education and Scott Crawford community outreach programs with children’s concerts, student coaching sessions and master classes, instrument donations and free public concerts that Harp have reached more than 50,000 students in the past five years. Kristina Finch, Principal

4 5 MEET THE MAESTRO

Gerard Schwarz Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and New York Chamber Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony, and Artistic Internationally recognized for his musicians. With Chamber Symphony, Orchestre Advisor to the Tokyo Philharmonic. moving performances, innovative more than 300 National de France, The Philadelphia He completed his final season as programming and extensive catalogue world premieres to Orchestra, Royal Liverpool music director of the Seattle Symphony of recordings, American conductor his credit, Schwarz Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic and in 2011, after an acclaimed 26 years—a Gerard Schwarz serves as Music has always felt strongly Eastern Music Festival. period of dramatic artistic growth for Director of the All-Star Orchestra, about commissioning and A gifted composer and arranger, the ensemble. He was instrumental in Eastern Music Festival, Palm Beach performing new music. The Bonnie Schwarz now has an extensive the building of Benaroya Hall; amassed Symphony and Mozart Orchestra of McElveen Hunter Commissioning catalogue of works recently adding A a critically acclaimed discography of New York, and is Conductor Laureate Project with the Eastern Music Festival Journey, a large scale orchestral tone more than 140 recordings, numerous of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and brings ten new world premieres from poem; his work for concert band Above television programs and concert Conductor Emeritus of the Mostly American composers to the festival and Beyond, premiered by The United broadcasts; implemented music Mozart Festival. He is Distinguished over a period of ten years. Works by States Marine Band and a new version education programs including new Professor of Music; Conducting and John Corigliano, Richard Danielpour, of Rudolf and Jeannette also for that series and the successful Soundbridge Orchestral Studies of the Frost School and Lowell Lieberman are amongst ensemble. A Poem was given its first Center; and significantly increased of Music at the University of Miami and premieres so far presented. performance by the Hartford audience attendance. Music Director of the Frost Symphony A prolific recording artist, Schwarz’s Symphony; his Triptych for violin In his nearly five decades as a Orchestra. total discography numbers over 350 on and cello was premiered at respected classical musician The All-Star Orchestra is an more than 11 labels. The Gerard Bargemusic and his work and conductor, Schwarz has ensemble of top musicians from Schwarz Collection, a 30-CD box set of for euphonium and band, received hundreds of America’s leading orchestras featured previously unreleased and limited based on In Memoriam honors and accolades in 18 programs that have aired release works spanning his entire and Rhapsody for Cello including seven Emmy throughout the United States on public recording career, was released by and Orchestra were Awards, fourteen television, worldwide by online Naxos in November 2017. His vast premiered in Korea. GRAMMY nominations, streaming and is the basis for their repertoire includes major 20th century Adagio, based on Webern’s eight ASCAP Awards and Khan Academy education platform that ballets by composers Stravinsky, Langsamer Satz was premiered at numerous Stereo Review and has already reached over six million Strauss, Bartók, Ravel and Prokofiev, the Eastern Music Festival in July 2019. Ovation Awards. He holds the Ditson students. The most recent program is as well as multi-disc cycles of works Schwarz is also known for his Conductor’s Award from Columbia in collaboration with the United States by Schumann, Strauss, Wagner and operatic performances, having University, was the first American Marine Band adding three more Stravinsky. Schwarz’s dedication to the appeared with the Juilliard Opera, named Conductor of the Year by programs. All programs are now promotion of American music is also Kirov Opera, Mostly Mozart Festival, Musical America and has received released by Naxos on DVD and have represented with his pioneering cycles San Francisco Opera, and Washington numerous honorary doctorates. The been awarded seven Emmy Awards of 26 American symphonists such as National Opera, and has led 21 City of Seattle recognized his and the Deems Taylor Television William Schuman, David Diamond, productions with the Seattle Opera. outstanding achievements and named Broadcast Award from ASCAP. Walter Piston, Paul Creston, Peter A graduate of The Juilliard School, the street alongside the Benaroya Hall The summer of 2020 was Schwarz’s Mennin, Alan Hovhaness and Howard Schwarz joined the New York “Gerard Schwarz Place,” and the State 13th year at the artistic helm of the Hanson. In addition to his numerous Philharmonic in 1972 as co-principal of Washington gave him the honorary Eastern Music Festival, one of recordings with the Seattle Symphony, trumpet, a position he held until 1977. title of “General” for his extraordinary

America’s most important summer he has also recorded with the Berlin INDIEHOUSE FILMS Schwarz’s numerous previous positions contributions as an artist and citizen. educational institutions bringing Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech include Music Director of New York’s His book, “Behind the Baton” was together world-renowned artists and Philharmonic, English Chamber Mostly Mozart Festival, Royal released by Amadeus Press in March

exceptionally gifted worldwide young Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, London PHOTO CREDIT: Liverpool Philharmonic, Los Angeles 2017.

6 7 MEET THE NARRATOR MEET THE DANCERS Demetrius Klein Dance Company (DKDC) Demetrius Klein

Demetrius Klein is a performer, choreographer, and teacher. His 501c3 non-profit arts organization, DKDC/DIY Projects, is committed to the creative process and to producing dance works of uncompromising integrity in traditional and non-traditional settings. Brenda Alford Since forming DKDC in 1986, Klein has made a significant impact on the world of dance; performing, creating and teaching in Brenda Alford is a highly respected, Palm Beach County. Klein has presented over eighty works on the award-winning vocalist, recording stages of major regional venues, nationally and internationally. He and his artist, songwriter, educator, author, and diverse company members continue to break new ground by actively pursuing and actress, as well as the owner and engaging new dance audiences by rehearsing and performing in public places. C.E.O. of her own company, Brenda Klein was named 1998–1999 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Alford, L.L.C. Born in Baltimore, He has received three choreographic fellowships from the state of Florida, the Maryland, she has performed in Hector Ubertalli Award for Artistic Excellence from the Palm Beach County for concert in a wide range of settings, the Arts, and a National Endowment for the Arts Choreographic Fellowship. His including the South Miami Dade work has been commissioned by Ballet Florida, the Wexner Center, Jacobs Pillow, Cultural Arts Center, the first Miami Southeastern Center for the Contemporary Arts, The Florida-Brazil Festival, Downtown Jazz Festival, Festival Danza Del Lobo, Minnesota Dance Alliance and most recently the Downtown Miami, Baltimore’s Artscape, National Development Authority of West Palm Beach. Public Radio, The Delaware Grand Kristen Vencel Julie Williams Opera House, the Meyerhoff Symphony other jazz luminaries as well, including Hall (Baltimore, Md.), and numerous Ella Fitzgerald’s bassist, Keter Betts, Kristen Vencel serves as Rehearsal Julie Williams danced under jazz clubs, universities, and houses of Tommy Flannigan, Ron Carter, Al Director with DKDC. She earned her Colleen Dabill before becoming worship in the U.S and abroad. She Foster, Flip Phillips, and more. BA in Dance at Palm Beach a dance major at Palm also appeared in two movies, Jon Admired and encouraged personally by Atlantic University and has Beach Atlantic University Waters’ original “Hairspray” and Barry Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Betty enjoyed cross-cultural studies in and dancing under Levinson’s “Avalon.” Brenda is one of Carter, and Abbey Lincoln, Brenda dance internationally. In addition Demetrius Klein. Her only a handful of vocalists ever chosen celebrates this, the 40th year since she to performing with DKDC, Vencel years at PBAU were filled to record with jazz piano legend first stepped into the world of teaches creative movement to with various performances, Horace Silver on the Blue Note Record entertainment with a new recording, young children and adults. She is a most notably as the “Peace” label, and has performed with many “Messages…Songs for the Soul.” filmmaker, creating and collaborating on solo in the dance ensemble’s short dance films with Demetrius Klein, repertoire work of Jose Limon’s Clarence Brooks, and Jon Rhoads. Her “There is a Time.” Julie has danced films have been shown at local film in Demetrius Klein’s popular works festivals and performances, including Fat including “Prayer Cycle” and Basset Film Festival in West Palm Beach, “Messiah” as well as numerous FL. Vencel is also a business owner, new works, and has danced as a marketing affirming clothing for women, a member of the Demetrius Klein homeschooling mom of four, and loving Dance Company since 2016. When wife to her husband who is a local pastor. she is not dancing she is working She continues her education in dance and as a NICU nurse and loves to travel in life and calls dance her heart language. as much as she can.

8 9 PROGRAM NOTES PROGRAM NOTES

Aaron Copland (1900–1990) Copland’s music sent a message that all John Williams (Born 1932) Joan Tower (Born 1938) the little people were important, too, from Fanfare for the Common Man the young soldiers fighting the war to Star Wars Suite Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman the ordinary citizens who paid taxes and What makes classical music sound worked to keep the country moving. When John Williams was born in 1932, There have been extraordinary women American? Aaron Copland was the first movies with sound had only been around composing great music for centuries, composer to find a really successful Lincoln Portrait for a few years, and Hollywood directors but it has been pretty much impossible answer to that question. were just figuring out how composers for them to get the same respect as their The son of Jewish immigrants from The same year that Copland composed could improve their films. The first male peers. Joan Tower, now in her Lithuania, Copland (pronounced COPE- Fanfare for the Common Man, he wrote composers to become stars of film scoring eighties and still at the top of her game, lind) was born in 1900 in Brooklyn, New a longer piece for orchestra inspired by came from Europe, and many had started was one of the first women to be seen as York. As a young man, he studied in Abraham Lincoln, the president who their careers writing big, dramatic operas a leader among American composers. Paris, France, where the best modern abolished slavery and guided the United using enormous orchestras. Thanks to her and other pioneers, more composers lived at the time. States through the Civil War. In Lincoln After finishing music school, Williams young women than ever before are Copland’s real breakthrough came in Portrait, a narrator joins the orchestra to worked his way up in Hollywood, learning establishing strong careers as composers. the 1930s, when he began to write music read quotations from Lincoln’s famous under those great European composers. Taking inspiration from Aaron inspired by the scenery and people of speeches, including the Gettysburg He went on to become the top film Copland—and also poking fun at his rural America. He composed one ballet Address. The music, speeches and composer in history, creating some of the title—Tower wrote the first part of about a famous outlaw in the Southwest descriptions of the man himself combine most memorable themes of the last fifty Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman in (Billy the Kid), another about cowboys to form a new kind of portrait, using years. It is hard to imagine what Jaws, 1986, dedicating it “to women who take on a ranch (Rodeo), and a third about sound instead of paint or a camera. E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic risks and who are adventurous.” Her own pioneers in the mountains (Appalachian Like the fanfare, Lincoln Portrait relies Park or the Harry Potter movies would adventurous approach to the orchestra Spring). on pure and simple musical ideas. Just as be without Williams’ music, among the shows how the traditional fanfare can Copland wrote Fanfare for the Common you might use the primary colors of red, many credits that have led to his 51 Oscar move in fresh new directions, pushing an Man in 1942, after the United States yellow and blue to paint a very bright and nominations. old art form into an exciting future. entered World War II. Fanfares had clear image, Copland started with basic Of all the films that Williams has existed for hundreds of years before themes and combined them to make all worked on, the one he is most famous for Copland—they were short pieces of sorts of colorful effects, like how red and is Star Wars from 1977. In music such as music usually played by trumpets or yellow combine to make orange. He also the opening theme, with its rising trumpet other brass instruments, sometimes included quotations from American songs melody, Williams takes an old-fashioned joined by percussion—but they were that have been popular since Lincoln’s orchestra on a wild, futuristic ride. usually played for important people like time, making this music feel even more kings, presidents, and military officers. classic and familiar.

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