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Young Artists Orchestra Young Artists Chorus coLLEGE OF FINE ARts ADMINistRatioN BUTI ADMINistRatioN Boston University Benjamin E. Juarez, Dean Phyllis Hoffman, Executive and Artistic Director Robert K. Dodson, Director, School of Music Shirley Leiphon, Administrative Director Tanglewood Institute Jim Petosa, Director, School of Theatre Arts Lisa Naas, Director of Operations and Student Life Lynne Allen, Director, School of Visual Arts David Faleris, Program Administrator John Amend, Assistant Dean of Finance and Grace Kennerly, Publications Coordinator presents Administration Manda Shepherd, Office Coordinator Patricia Mitro, Senior Assistant Dean of Enrollment Mandy Kelly, Office Assistant Stephanie Trodello, Assistant Dean of Development Jensen Ling, Private Lessons Coordinator and and Alumni Relations Assistant to the Program Administrator Laurel Homer, Director of Communications Travis Dobson, Stage Crew Manager Steven Fulginiti, Paul Kinsman, Andres Trujillo, Matt Visconti, Stage Crew YOUNG ARtists ORCHEstRA PROGRAM Shane McMahon, Recording Engineer Young Artists Orchestra FacuLTY AND StaFF Xiaodan Liu, Piano Technician Tito Muñoz, Conductor Ken-David Masur, Conductor Young Artists Chorus Paul Haas, Conductor YOUNG ARtists VocaL PROGRAM Mark Berger, Viola Coach, String Chamber Music FacuLTY AND staFF Franziska Huhn, Young Artists Harp Program Phyllis Hoffman, Director Assistant Director, Coach KEN-DAVID MASUR, conductor Michael Israelievitch, Percussion Coach Beth Willer, Chorus Conductor David Krauss, Brass Coach, Brass Chamber Music Elissa Alvarez, Vocal Program Coordinator Hyun-Ji Kwon, Cello Coach, String Chamber Music Joy McIntrye, Artist in Residence Hyun Min Lee, Cello Coach, String Chamber Music Meredeth Kelly, Voice Faculty Kai-Yun Lu, Winds Coach, Wind Chamber Music Evangelia Leontis, Voice Faculty Laura Manko, Viola Coach, String Chamber Music Colin Levin, Voice Faculty Miguel Perez-Espejo Cardenas, Violin Coach, Vera Savage, Voice Faculty String Chamber Music Coordinator Dana Schnitzer, Opera Coordinator/Voice Faculty Brian Perry, Double Bass Coach, String Chamber Music Caroline Pliszka, Violin Coach, String Chamber Music Mark Tempesta, Voice Faculty Samuel Solomon, Percussion Coordinator and Coach Gregory Zavracky, Theory Coordinator/ Klaudia Szlachta, Violin Coach, String Chamber Music Voice Faculty Hsin-Lin Tsai, Violin Coach, String Chamber Music Patricia Au, Pianist/Vocal Coach Dan Bauch, Private Lessons Instructor, Percussion Augustine Gonzales, Pianist/Vocal Coach Saturday Ronald Haroutunian, Private Lessons Instructor, Brett Klaus, Pianist/Vocal Coach Bassoon Steven Seigart, Choral Pianist July 27, 2013 Don Lucas, Private Lessons Instructor, Trombone Mandy Kelly, Vocal Program Intern Kevin Owen, Private Lessons Instructor, Horn Andrew Price, Private Lessons Instructor, Oboe 2:30pm Linda Toote, Private Lessons Instructor, Flute Thomas Weaver, Staff Pianist Nikoma Baccus, Orchestra and Chamber Music Tanglewood Theatre Manager Debra Egan, Orchestra Librarian and Assistant Manager Tanglewood Theatre SUPPort FOR THE Boston UNIVERSITY TANGLEWOOD Young Artists Orchestra Institute IS Provided by: Young Artists Chorus KEN-DAVID MASUR, conductor SCHNITTKE (K)ein Sommernachtstraum BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem Lacrymosa Dies irae Requiem aeternam ~Intermission~ MOZART Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626 in memory of Dr. Larry Jones Introitus: Requiem aeternam Kyrie eleison Sequentia Offertorium Sanctus Agnus Dei Communio Young Artists Chorus Beth Willer, conductor Elissa Alvarez, soprano Vera Savage, mezzo soprano Gregory Zavracky, tenor Colin Levin, baritone IN MEMORIAM The Boston University Tanglewood Institute acknowledges with sadness the passing of Dr. Larry Jones on April 2, 2013. He was a devoted member of the BUTI Advisory Board. Larry’s love of music, his This program is supported in part by awards from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the Klarman Family passion for choral singing, and his commitment to our young artists programs was evident in his con- Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the ASCAP Foundation stant presence here along with his support for the work of his wife, Dr. Ann Howard Jones, for 17 years Irving Caesar Fund, Zildjian, and the Bose Foundation. conductor of the Young Artists Chorus. His leadership was exemplary for the planning of BUTI’s 40th anniversary celebration as was his consistently generous support for the scholarship fund. To honor him Yamaha is the official piano of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, arranged in cooperation with Falcetti Music. and all that he has meant to BUTI, all performances for the 2013 season, and in particular this perfor- mance of the Mozart Requiem, are dedicated to his memory with our abiding gratitude and affection. KEN-david MASUR, conductor Boston UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE Arts Conductor and Grammy nominated producer Ken-David Masur has been critically hailed as “fearless, bold” and a “life-force” (U-T San Diego) and “a brilliant and com- manding conductor with unmistakable charisma” (Leipzig Volkszeitung). His recent The Boston University Tanglewood Institute is part of the educational and artistic pro- engagements include the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Russian grams of the Boston University School of Music. Founded in 1873, the School of Music National Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Toulouse, Hiroshima combines the intimacy and intensity of conservatory training with a broadly based, Symphony, Japan Philharmonic and Memphis Symphony Orchestras. He currently traditional liberal arts education at the undergraduate level and intense coursework at serves as Principal Guest Conductor of the Munich Symphony as well as Associate the graduate level. The school offers degrees in performance, composition and theory, Conductor of the San Diego Symphony. In the summer of 2013 he will make returns musicology, music education, collaborative piano, historical performance, as well as a to Tanglewood and the Colmar Festival in France where he will conduct the Russian certificate program in its Opera Institute, and artist and performance diplomas. National Philharmonic at their summer home. Founded in 1839, Boston University is an internationally recognized private research Between 2004 and 2006 he was an assistant conductor for Orchestre National de France in Paris before being appointed Resident Conductor of the San Antonio Sym- university with more than 30,000 students participating in undergraduate, graduate, phony in 2007. In 2010, Masur was one of three finalists in London Symphony Orches- and professional programs. BU consists of 17 colleges and schools along with a number tra’s Donatella Flick Conducting Competition and in 2011, was the recipient of the Seiji of multi-disciplinary centers and institutes which are central to the school’s research Ozawa Conducting Fellowship at Tanglewood, where he returned once again upon and teaching mission. The Boston University College of Fine Arts was created in 1954 invitation as a Fellow in 2012. to bring together the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the School of Visual Arts. The University’s vision was to create a community of artists in a conservatory- Ken-David Masur received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in style school offering professional training in the arts to both undergraduate and gradu- New York City. There he served from 1999 to 2002 as the first Music Director of the ate students, complemented by a liberal arts curriculum for undergraduate students. Bach Society Orchestra and Chorus, which toured Germany and released a critically ac- Since those early days, education at the College of Fine Arts has begun on the BU claimed recording of symphonies and cantatas by W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and J.S. Bach. campus and extended into the city of Boston, a rich center of cultural, artistic and intel- He received further music studies at the Leipzig Conservatory, the Detmold Academy, lectual activity. the Manhattan School of Music and the “Hanns Eisler” Conservatory in Berlin, where he was a five-year master student of bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff. Through his vo- cal background, Masur was also a frequent guest conductor of the French Radio Choir, the Children’s Chorus of Radio France and prepared many choirs including for the London Philharmonic, the 92nd Y in New York as well as the Academy of Choral Arts in Moscow. Masur studied conducting primarily with his father Kurt Masur. His mentors include Jorma Panula, Larry Rachleff, Christopher Seaman, Helmut Rilling, Stefan Asbury, Christoph von Dohnányi, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Colin Davis, Jaap van Zweden, André Previn, Charles Dutoit and Vladimir Spivakov. Together with his wife, pianist Melinda Lee Masur, he serves as Artistic Director of the Chelsea Music Festival, an annual summer music festival in New York City lauded as “a gem of a series” by the New York Times. It introduces multi-sensory, innovative pro- grams by fusing performing, visual and culinary arts in many different venues through- out Manhattan and features the world’s leading musicians and exciting newcomers on the classical and jazz music stage. Young Artists Chorus BETH WILLER, conductor Noted for her “directorial command and technical expertise,” Beth Willer is fast be- coming one of Boston’s most sought-after young conductors. Currently holding posi- tions as Resident Conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society at Harvard University and conductor of the Boston Conservatory Women’s Chorus, Ms. Willer is also
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