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LYNN PHILHARMONIA #2 Jon Robertson, guest conductor Saturday, Nov. 14 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15 – 4 p.m. Weber: Overture to Euryanthe, J. 291 R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D Major, TrV 292 Joseph Robinson, oboe Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, op. 68 LYNN PHILHARMONIA #3 Jon Robertson, guest conductor Saturday, Dec. 5 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 – 4 p.m. R. Strauss: Don Juan, TrV 156, op. 20 Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings in D Minor Mark Kaplan, violin Mostly Music: Schubert Yael Weiss, piano Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92 LYNN PHILHARMONIA #4 Albert-George Schram, music director and conductor Saturday, Jan. 30 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31 – 4 p.m. Featuring winners of the annual Conservatory Concerto Competition LYNN PHILHARMONIA #5 Albert-George Schram, music director and conductor Saturday, Feb. 20 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 – 4 p.m. Gould: Symphonette No. 2 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, op . 70 Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. LYNN PHILHARMONIA #6 Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 4 p.m. Albert-George Schram, music director and conductor Saturday, Apr. 10 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 11– 4 p.m. Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall de Hoernle International Center J. Strauss: Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 ( Voices of Spring ) Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suites 1 & 2 R. Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 38 (“Spring”) For more information call the ticket office at 561-237-9000 or visit our website at www.lynn.edu/tickets Monday, April 27 Program SPOTLIGHT #2: JOSEPH TURRIN Featuring the 2009 Lynn University commissioned work Become a part of living history by experiencing the world premiere of a new work by Shepherd on the Rock award winning composer, Joseph Turrin, who will join our extraordinary students in a diverse program sampling the incredible music of our composer-in-residence. Time: 7:30 p.m. Arlene Sparks, soprano Location: Green Center Free Jon Manasse, clarinet Tao Lin, piano Saturday, May 2 CLASS OF 2009 IN CONCERT A salute to the graduating class as they captivate us one last time with a final serenade to the patrons who have supported them in their pursuit of musical mastery. Wanderer Fantasie Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Tickets: $10 Valeriya Polunina, piano Sunday, May 3 ROBERTA RUST IN RECITAL Pianist Roberta Rust will be joined by Maryna Yermolenko, violin, Christine Echezabal, cello, The Sisters Stojanovska and The Pink Pair (Molin Wang/Chien-I Yang) duo-pianists, and Dr. Barbara Barry, musicologist, in a concert commemorating Intermission the bicentennial of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn in May 1809. The program includes works for solo piano: the Sonata in B minor, No. 47, the Variations in F minor, and the Fantasia in C major. Chamber works include the Piano Trio in G "Gypsy Rondo," the Mozart Sonata in D for Two Pianos, and the Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn for Two Pianos. Dr. Barry will provide commentary about the Die Forelle (The Trout) works during the program. Time: 4 p.m. Arlene Sparks, soprano Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Tickets: $25 Tao Lin, piano David Balko, piano technician Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114 (“Trout”) Allegro vivace Lynn Philharmonia 2009-2010 Andante Scherzo: Presto Albert-George Schram, music director and conductor Andantino-Allegretto Location: Roberts Theater at Andrews Hall Center for the Performing Arts Saint Andrew’s School │3900 Jog Road, Boca Raton Allegro giusto LYNN PHILHARMONIA #1 Albert-George Schram, music director and conductor Carol Cole, violin Saturday, Oct. 24 – 7:30 p.m. Ralph Fielding, viola Sunday, Oct. 25 – 4 p.m. David Cole, cello Timothy Cobb, double bass Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 16 (1949 version) Roberta Rust, piano Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague” Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, op. 100 Upcoming Events Biographies Thursday, April 9 Soprano soloist, Arlene Graham Sparks, continually delights audiences with DEAN’S SHOWCASE #5 her performances in the specialized genres of oratorio, French, German, and An exposition of various delightful solo and chamber works performed exclusively American art song, as well as many contemporary mediums. Garnering critical by the conservatory’s finest young musicians. acclaim nationwide for her beautiful timbre, brilliant musicianship, sensitive Time: 7:30 p.m. interpretation, and creative programming, Ms. Sparks' performing repertoire is Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Tickets: $10 lengthy and impressive. It includes, in part, the soprano solos in Bach’s Cantata 51, Cantata 140, and Magnificat, Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, Britten’s Ceremony of Saturday, April 18 Carols, Festival Te Deum, and Rejoice in the Lamb, Fauré’s Requiem, Handel’s LYNN PHILHARMONIA AT MIZNER PARK Messiah, Haydn’s Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, and Lord Nelson Mass, The Lynn University Philharmonia honors it’s patrons with a free outdoor concert Mozart’s Regina Coeli, Requiem, Coronation Mass, and Missa brevis in F Major, under the stars at the stunning Mizner Park Amphitheater. The Philharmonia will Pergolesi’s Magnificat, Poulenc’s Gloria, Rutter’s Gloria and Requiem, and be joined by the world renowned Empire Brass for an evening of spectacular Vivaldi’s Gloria. She was chosen for special performance and demonstration at the music. Bring your blankets, chairs and picnic baskets. Amherst Early Music Festival under conductor, Paul Hillier. Florida venues Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Mizner Park Amphitheatre, Boca Raton, FL Free where Ms. Sparks has performed as a recitalist and soloist include the Florida Music Educators Conferences, the American Choral Directors Association Thursday, April 23 Conventions, the Spire Series at First Presbyterian Church of Pompano Beach, the CONTEMPORARY GREATS pre-Evensong series at Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, the Sommermusik Join Conservatory artists including Carol Cole, David Cole, Lisa Leonard, Elmar series at St. Paul’s Church in Delray Beach, and Opera Antica’s productions of Acis Oliveira and Marc Reese as they launch the New Music Festival with an exciting and Galatea and Dido and Aeneas. Known throughout the country as an and eclectic program featuring their favorite contemporary works from the solo outstanding educator, clinician, conductor, and the founding director of the prestigious Vocal Department of the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, and chamber repertoire. Time: 7:30 p.m. Ms. Sparks, a native Iowan, is a graduate of Cottey College for Women in Nevada, Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Tickets: $25 Missouri, and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and a Bachelor of Music Education in Choral Music from The Friday, April 24 Florida State University in Tallahassee. She obtained a Masters degree in CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FORUM Conducting from the University of South Florida under Dr. Robert Summer, and A highlight of past festivals, this forum couples exceptional music performed by has studied voice with Yvonne Ciannella, Elizabeth Mannion, Jana Young, Julianne our exceptional students. Our distinguished new music panel will discuss various Baird, and Martha Sheil. Choirs under her direction at the Dreyfoos School of the artistic and practical components of the music performed in addition to addressing Arts have won top awards at International Festivals in Italy and Wales. All genres questions from the audience. Panelists will include conservatory composition of choirs (Middle School, Women, Men, Mixed) have also performed and received professor Dr. Thomas McKinley and 2009 composer-in-residence Joseph Turrin. fervent accolades at State, Divisional, or National American Choral Directors Time: 7:30 p.m. Association Conventions. In addition to her School of the Arts responsibilities and Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Free her active performance schedule, Ms. Sparks stays busy as a voice instructor and a clinician for honor choir festivals, and teaching workshops on choral rehearsal Sunday, April 26 techniques, building choral tone, developing group sight-singing skills, and effective SPOTLIGHT # 1: YOUNG COMPOSERS programming. She has had the distinct honor of serving as a clinician for festival The third event of the New Music Festival will feature the extraordinary works of and All-State choruses in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, North Dakota, young composers from conservatories around the world performed by the and Ohio. She enjoys being the vocal instructor/performance coach for the composers themselves and their peers. This inspiring concert will feature the international performers, the von Trapp Children. Numerous professional honors winning work of the 2008 Florida State Music Teachers Association high school have been bestowed upon her, including the prestigious "Palm Beach County Arts composition competition. Time: 4 p.m. for a Complete Education Music Teacher of the Year” and Palm Beach County Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Free L.I.F.E. Educator of the Year. Among the most distinguished classical artists of his generation, clarinetist Jon Manasse is internationally recognized for his inspiring artistry, uniquely glorious Jan McArt , appropriately named “The First Lady of Florida’s Musical Theatre” by sound and charismatic performing style. Jon Manasse's solo appearances include two governor’s decrees, has compiled an enviable record since coming to Boca New York City performances at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Avery Raton from New York 28 years ago. Through her Royal Palm Center Production Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Hunter College's Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse, Company, she established the Jan McArt’s Royal Palm Dinner Theatre and Jan’s Columbia University, Rockefeller University and The Town Hall, fourteen tours of Rooftop Cabaret Theatre, along with the Little Palm Children’s Theatre in Boca Japan and Southeast Asia - all with the New York Symphonic Ensemble, debuts in Raton.