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o e 5 e u d r n 3 s t e t e ! 2012 Program 25th Anniversary Season 2012 Program July 12 & 13 for rt your ars Op. 25, No. 1 Dear Friends, E Andrew Le, piano Sarah Southard, oboe Amanda Dykhouse, violin Robert “Gabe” Southard, flute Welcome! We are thrilled that you are joining us for the 25th Anniversary season of CMFS. Jennifer Walvoord, violin Bradley Wong, clarinet Antione Hackney, viola Wendy Rose, bassoon We started celebrating this landmark season earlier this spring with a wonderful concert Alicia Gregorian Sawyers, cello Paul Austin, horn featuring Andrew Le and Meredith Arwady at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. We thank the SCA for inviting us into their home and for ‘saluting’ our anniversary with this special event. Serenade in D Major for Flute, Violin, and Viola, Op. 25 Entrata: Allegro The celebration continued with a first-ever concert at the Lakeshore Chapel on July 1st,, Tempo ordinario d’un minuetto another ‘salute’, this time from our friends in this historic lakeshore community. Hopefully, Allegro molto many of you were able to attend one of these special events. Andante con variazioni We have aggressively increased our education efforts this year, our own way of honoring our Allegro scherzando e vivace past and our founders, with a series of programs in area elementary schools in May, a trio of Adagio – Allegro vivace e disinvolto special Young Listener Concerts scheduled for July and August at the SCA (check the website Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) for details), and even more in-school education events scheduled for the Fall.

We cannot let pass the opportunity to especially thank the key contributors who stepped up Three Shanties for Wind Quintet, Op. 4 and helped us gather the funds needed to make these extra efforts possible this year. Their Allegro con brio special donations gave our Education Fund (established in memory of Wayne Richards) the Allegretto semplice boost it needed to plan extra programs this year and to start exciting new educational ventures Allegro vivace for the years ahead, they brought our Joan Conway Young Artists Program fund to within a hair’s breadth of achieving its endowment goal and they funded the extra large roster of Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) artists you will enjoy on our stage this year. You will find the names of these 25th Anniversary supporters listed in this program. We are blessed with such generous patrons! And we all, Breakdown Tango as individuals and as a community, benefit from their gifts. John Mackey (b. 1973) Finally this fall, we are planning a very special ‘Celebrate 25’ party on Sunday, October 7. 3 3 We hope you will be there to join us in applauding the longevity of this wonderful festival and in thanking our Guests of Honor –the musicians who have filled our summers with Intermission music for the past quarter century. Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 40 Now, we invite you to sit back and enjoy the best celebration of all. Our Artistic Directors, Andante – Poco piu animato Drew and Jenny, have planned six wonderful weeks of chamber music, with each program Scherzo: Allegro – Molto meno allegro – Allegro uniquely suited to celebrate our 25th season. As you enjoy the concerts this summer, we Adagio mesto hope you will reflect – as we will – on the many musicians, underwriters, donors, volunteers, Finale: Allegro con brio audience members, board members, community supporters and more whose dedication of time and talent over the years have infused this festival with the vibrancy it brings to its 25th Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) year. We believe CMFS will be with us for many years to come. We hope you will be as well! 34

Mary Ann Quick July 12 concert is underwritten by Judy Oberholtzer President, CMFS Board of Directors in memory of William Oberholtzer Post-concert reception hosted by Lori Ferlito & Sally Zenas

Cover illustration by Nick McDuff, Saugatuck High School July 13 concert is underwritten by Alan McPhail Post-concert reception hosted by Dick & Barb Lucier July 19 & 20 July 26 & 27 Op. 25, No. 2 Op. 25, No. 3 Joan Conway, piano Caroline Holden, violin Perugino String Quartet Sandra Maytan, mezzo-soprano Leanne King MacDonald, viola Eric Tanner, violin Gregory Maytan, violin Alicia Eppinga, cello Diane McElfish Helle, violin Jonathan Holden, clarinet Barbara Corbató, viola Stacey Bosman Tanner, cello

Selections from Myrthen, Op. 25 Robert Byrens, piano Niemand Die Hochländer Witwe Lauren Garza, viola Jemand Hauptmanns Weib Judith Vander Weg, cello Hochländers Abschied Aus den östlichen Rosen Rätsel Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25 “Gypsy Rondo” Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Andante Poco adagio Rondo all’Ongarese: Presto Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) String Quintet in D Major, Op. 25, No. 5 Six Romances, Op. 25 Allegro moderato Reconciliation Largo As When Upon Hot Ashes Minuetto Mignon’s Song Grave The Canary Rondeau: Allegretto Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) I Never Spoke to Her They said, “You Fool, Do Not Go” 3 3 Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Intermission

3 3 String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 Intermission Allegro moderato Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 Dumka: Poco allegretto Allegro Furiant: Presto Larghetto Finale: Tema con variazioni - Presto Menuetto Antonín Leopold Dvorák (1841-1904) Allegretto con variazioni 34 Wolfgang Amadeus34 Mozart (1756-1791) July 19 concert is underwritten by Don & Irma Bruggink and Glenn & Karen Spoerl July 26 concert is underwritten by Dave & Julia Marckini and Sam & Paula Golden Post-concert reception hosted by Dennis & Jane Dreyer, Sue Bohlander Post-concert reception hosted by Roberta Butters & Don Zenas July 20 concert is underwritten by Joan Conway and Karen Dunn July 27 concert is underwritten by Glenn & Janeen Fowler Post-concert reception hosted by Members of the CMFS Board Post-concert reception hosted by Mary Lee Field August 2 & 3 August 9 & 10 Op. 25, No. 4 Op. 25, No. 5

Adam Clark, piano Tesla Quartet Andrew Le, piano Ross Snyder, violin Megan Mason, viola Mihai Craioveanu, violin Michelle Lie, violin Kimberly Patterson, cello Grace Byrd, viola Joy Song Thomson, cello String Quartet No. 25 in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32 Moderato Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19 Capriccio: Adagio Lento – Allegro moderato Minuet: Allegretto Allegro scherzando Fuga a Quattro soggetti Andante Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Allegro mosso Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) String Quartet No. 4, BB95 Allegro 3 3 Prestissimo, con sordino Non troppo lento Intermission Allegretto pizzicato Allegro molto Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Allegro Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato 3 3 Andante con moto - Animato Intermission Rondo alla zingarese: Presto – Meno presto – Molto presto Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, “Rasoumovsky” 34 Allegro Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando Adagio molto e mesto Theme russe: Allegro Ludwig van34 Beethoven (1770-1827)

August 2 concert is underwritten in memory of Judy Motiff by Rudi & Fernande Pruden and James Motiff August 9 concert is underwritten by Jerome & Jacqueline Hurtgen Post-concert reception hosted by Patrick Coyle & Greg Frey Post-concert reception hosted by Joan Conway & Mary Dood August 10 concert is underwritten by Wally Petersen & Mike Tischleder August 3 concert is underwritten by Margaret McDermott Post-concert reception hosted by Jim Motiff & Judy Oberholtzer Post-concert reception hosted by Betsy Good, Nancy Mundinger & Jane Underwood August 16 & 17 Performer Biographies

Op. 25, No. 6 Paul Austin, horn Andrew Le, piano Praised by the "Holzminden Zeitung" for his "absolutely stunning way of playing the horn", and "The Grand Rapids Press" for being Haijin Choi, violin "tender on the warm French Horn", Paul Austin enjoys a multi- Adam Liebert, violin faceted career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, Jennifer Walvoord, violin and pedagogue. Recent appearances include a recital at the Martha Walvoord, violin 2012 International Double Reed Society's annual conference Barbara Corbató, viola with bassoonist Wendy Rose, a concerto with the Holland Leslie Van Becker, viola Symphony Orchestra in 2010, and performances in the USA and Europe with Alicia Eppinga, cello organist Gregory Crowell. Jack Unzicker, bass 2012 marks Paul Austin's 12th season with the Chamber Music Festival of Widmung, Op. 25, No. 1 Saugatuck. He has also performed at summer music festivals in Banff, Fontana, and Southern Illinois, and has been a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony horn Robert Schumann (1810-1856), section since 1999. Paul has premiered compositions written for him by William Arr. for solo piano by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Brusick, Chin-Chin Chen, Eric Ewazen, James Nicholas, Robert Shechtman, Julianna Trivers, and James Woodman. He has been critically acclaimed on three recordings Duos for Violin and Bass which have been released by OgreOgress Productions, featuring music by John Tango Cage, Morton Feldman, and Robert Shechtman. Three In One Perpetuum As a teacher, Dr Austin has served as horn faculty at colleges in Michigan, George B. Chave (b. 1959) Louisiana, and Ohio. He actively promotes historical instruments and is the author of "A Modern Valve Horn Player's Guide to the Natural Horn". Along with Pantomime and Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo for Sextet Wendy Rose and clarinetist Bradley Wong, Paul presents educational programs to Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) elementary school children in west Michigan on behalf of the CMFS.

Paul Austin performs on horns made for him by Karl Hill of Kortesmaki Horn 3 3 Shop in Rockford, Michigan. Intermission Grace Byrd, viola String Octet in B-flat Major, Op. Posth. Grace Byrd loves chamber music, and is excited to once again Allegro moderato be a part of the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck. She is Adagio currently the violist of the Kalamazoo Symphony’s Burdick- Allegro molto Thorne String Quartet, the Tira-Mi-Su Trio (with her husband and pianist Joseph Byrd, and violinist Julia Maley), and serves as Max Bruch (1838-1920) Assistant Principal violist of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. She has played in chamber ensembles in Rochester, 34 New York; Heidelberg, Germany; Medford, Oregon, and throughout Michigan. She earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at the Eastman School of music where she studied with George Taylor, and also studied at the Hochschule Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Germany with Kim Kashkashian. Grace enjoys running, swimming, and playing underwater hockey in her spare time. August 16 concert is underwritten by Carolyn Richards in memory of Wayne Richards Post-concert reception hosted by Bill Galligan

August 17 concert is underwritten by Doug & Kay Walvoord WMUK radio recording underwritten by Post-concert reception hosted by Suzie Blair Mary Ann Quick and Dave Colwell Performer Biographies Performer Biographies

Robert Byrens, piano Joan Conway, piano Robert Byrens, pianist, has enjoyed performing with the Joan Conway, Artistic Director Emerita of the Chamber Music Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck since the summer of 1995 Festival of Saugatuck, is also founder/director of the Herrick and served as the Associate Artistic Director from 1999 to 2008. District Library Concert Series and the Free@3 Concert Series. Robert currently serves as an artist faculty member in collabora- A retired Professor of Music at Hope College where she taught tive piano at Grand Valley State University where he specializes piano, and coordinated and performed on the Faculty Recital in vocal repertoire. He is also rehearsal pianist/vocal coach for Series, she is an active chamber musician, soloist and collabora- Opera Grand Rapids. Robert studied music at the American tive pianist and has appeared with most of the area's outstanding Boychoir School, Olivet College (1979), Geneva Conservatory, Western Michigan artists. Joan is also widely known as a two-piano and piano four-hands performer. University, Westminster Choir College, and Indiana University at South Bend. He Past summers included frequent concerts at Fontana and Bay View Music Festivals. has attended numerous summer music festivals including: Interlochen, Los Angeles She served on the Artistic Committee of the Holland Symphony Board and is Philharmonic Institute Orchestra, Blossom Festival, Fontana Concert Society, and Past-President of the Michigan Music Teachers' Association, receiving their Teacher of Garth Newel. Also a violist, Robert is a former member of the Perugino String the year and Distinguished Service awards. Joan now teaches piano privately. Her Quartet and performed with the Grand Rapids, South Bend, Kalamazoo, and Battle students have won or placed in concerto competitions of the Holland, Grand Rapids, Creek Symphonies. and the Kalamazoo Junior Symphonies, and in Michigan Music Teachers' and Music Teachers' National Association contests. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Conway spent 13 years performing and teaching in New York City before Haijin Choi, violin coming to Michigan. Haijin Choi is a section violinist of the Grand Rapids Symphony and an enthusiastic violin teacher. Originally from South Korea, she moved to the United States in 2000 to continue her post- Barbara Corbató, viola graduate program at Northwestern University after finishing her Barbara Corbató is currently the Assistant Principal Viola of the BM and MM from Seoul National University. Inspired by her Grand Rapids Symphony, where she has performed since 1990. teacher and mentor Blair Milton (a member of Chicago In addition, she is an active chamber musician, performing with Symphony, music director of National High School Institute the Perugino String Quartet since 2007, and the GRS’ educational School of Music at Northwestern University and music director of Winter Chamber ensemble, the Calder Quartet. Music Festival, Evanston, IL), she continued her interest in orchestral experience by participating in National Repertoire Orchestra and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. After Barbara is a member of the Hope College faculty teaching viola playing with Charleston Symphony, SC for one season, she has been a member of while also maintaining a home viola studio. She has also served on the viola faculty Grand Rapids Symphony since 2003. She looks forward to her first appearance in at Calvin College and at their annual String Summit. Chamber Music Festival in Saugatuck this summer.

Before settling in Grand Rapids, Barbara performed in the New World Symphony, Adam Clark, piano Spoleto Festival of South Carolina and Italy, and the orchestras of Columbus, Flint, and Saginaw. She has also participated in music festivals in Santa Barbara, Aspen, Adam Clark is an active soloist, chamber musician, and concerto Keystone, (Colorado), and most recently, Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck. She soloist and has performed to great acclaim throughout the has received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Michigan, United States, as well as in Belgium, Italy, and South Korea. where her principal teachers included Donald McInnes and Yizhak Schotten.

An active chamber musician, he has worked with members of An avid dog lover, Barbara spends her free time with her husband and their two dogs. the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, Dayton Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, Austin Symphony, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. He is a founding member of the Vario Piano Quartet, a group devoted to works written for 2 pianos, 8 hands, and in West Michigan has been featured on the “Free at 3” recital series, the GRAM recital series, and the Sundays at 2 recital series.

Clark is Assistant Professor of Piano at Hope College and holds a Doctor of Musical A Portable Ramp is Available for Wheelchairs. Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music. Performer Biographies Performer Biographies

Mihai Craioveanu, violin Alicia Eppinga, cello Hailed by the prestigious magazine The Strad, as "stunning... Alicia Eppinga has been a member of the Grand Rapids brilliant", Mihai Craioveanu has concertized to great acclaim Symphony since 1989, was appointed Assistant Principal Cello in throughout the world. Pianist Radu Lupu and violinist Jamie 1990, and Principal Cello in 2011. Ms. Eppinga was raised in Laredo, describe him as "very impressive" and a "superb violinist". Grand Haven, MI and attended the Interlochen Arts Academy from 1980 - 1983. She received her Bachelor of Music He performed sold out concerts in legendary concert halls, such Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student as Carnegie Hall in New York City, Palau de la Musica in of Richard Kapuscinski and her Master of Music at the Eastman Barcelona, Atheneum Hall in Bucharest, and the televised "Hour of Power" program School of Music with Steven Doane. at the Crystal Cathedral in California. He also performed on the television program "Joy of Music" hosted by organist Diane Bish. Since arriving in Grand Rapids, Ms. Eppinga has been a frequent performer in solo and chamber music concerts. Her quintet, Supernova, performs educational The Washington Post describes Mihai Craioveanu’s playing as “...dramatic, nuanced programs in the Grand Rapids area schools. She is also a member of Ensemble and playful. His violin became his voice.” Montage, a group of musicians dedicated to bringing unique and contemporary chamber music to West Michigan. She is a founding member of Castalia, a piano Craioveanu ensured that it was the music, and not the musician, that came quartet that focuses on performing music by women composers. Ms. Eppinga has first. His acclaimed performances at the Shanghai International Festival were appeared as a soloist with the Kent Philharmonia, Calvin Alumni Orchestra and, broadcast on the Chinese television and worldwide on broadband. Mihai most recently, on the Classical Series with the Grand Rapids Symphony. Craioveanu appeared at the renowned international music festivals of Edinburgh, Scotland, Banff, Canada, and Bodensee, Germany. He teaches violin, chamber music, and is head of the string area at Hope College. Lauren Garza, viola Lauren Garza, viola, received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Amanda Dykhouse, violin performance from Michigan State University in 2007, where she studied with Robert Dan. She received her Masters degree Amanda Walvoord Dykhouse first studied the violin at age 5 in performance from Michigan State as well; and her Bachelors with Ellen Rizner. She graduated from Interlochen Arts degree from Hope College where she studied with Mihai Academy, attended Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio and graduated Craioveanu. Lauren is an active orchestral performer. She with highest honors from Rice University in Houston, Texas, with is currently the principal violist of the Holland Symphony degrees in music and religious studies. She pursued further Orchestra and is a member of the West Michigan Symphony Orchestra. She training at the Meadowmount School of Music and Music freelances in the West Michigan area and plays regularly on the Free @ 3 Chamber Academy of the West. Her primary teacher was Kathleen Music Series. Lauren also enjoys teaching and has a private studio of viola students. Winkler. She subsequently pursued a Master of Divinity at Western Theological She has been the general manager of Holland Symphony Youth Orchestras since Seminary in Holland, after which she served as a pastor in Holland for four years. May 2007. Amanda is currently the concertmaster of the Holland Symphony Orchestra and the principal second violin of the West Michigan Symphony in Muskegon. She performs frequently throughout the area, including appearances as a soloist with Antione Hackney, viola the Holland Symphony Orchestra and is a regular performer on Holland's Free@3 Antione Hackney holds a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman series (formerly the Herrick Library Chamber Music Series) and the Chamber Music School of Music in viola performance. A Pioneer High School Festival of Saugatuck. She maintains a violin studio in Holland. Her students have graduate, Mr.Hackney was also the principal violist for the won numerous local awards, including the Holland Symphony Orchestra’s concerto Disney Grammy All-American Orchestra, and a performer with competition. UBS Verbier International Orchestra. Performer Biographies Performer Biographies

International Piano Competition and the 1993 MTNA-Baldwin Competition. Drew Caroline Holden, violin performs frequently with his wife, violinist Jennifer Walvoord. Together, they are the Caroline Holden, violin, hails from Kalamazoo, MI. She Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck. Drew is the founder completed her studies in violin performance from Hope and director of the Brown Bag Series at the Holland Area Arts Council, an informal College and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. concert series designed to encourage and foster the accessibility of classical music Her teachers have included Mihai Craioveanu, Yfrah Neaman, to the public. and Walter Verdehr. Currently, Caroline plays in the violin sections of the Lousiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mobile Symphony, and performs with the Grand Rapids and Adam Liebert, violin West Michigan Symphonies when she is in Michigan. She is a founding member of As a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony, Adam Liebert has The Argot Trio, along with her husband, Jonathan Holden. Caroline is the adjunct performed in the violin section since 2002. This season he was violin professor at William Carey University, and maintains a small teaching studio also named Assistant Principal First Violin of the West Michigan in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Symphony and has served as concertmaster for the Arcato Chamber Ensemble, New Millennium Orchestra, and Broadway Theater Guild. Adam enjoys teaching privately at the University Jonathan Holden, clarinet of Chicago and collaborates occasionally in chamber ensembles English born clarinetist Jonathan Holden is Assistant Professor of such as International Chamber Artists, Anaphora, and Dal Niente in the Chicago Clarinet at the University of Southern Mississippi, Principal area. After earning his Bachelor of Music from Western Michigan University, he Clarinetist of the West Michigan Symphony, and a member of spent two years at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany. ensembles Category 5 and The Argot Trio. He has performed as During this time, he had the great opportunity to perform as a member of the a concert soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Philharmonie der Nationen all over Europe, Japan, China, Russia, and the Ukraine. Great Britain and Brazil by invitation of organizations such as He was also on hand for several CD productions by the Heidelberger Symphoniker the British Clarinet Congress, Paris Conservatoire, College Music on the Hänsler Label. Adam has attended music festivals in Brazil, Ohio, Florida, Society, University of Rio de Janeiro, American Music Festival, Chamber Music Colorado, Maryland, and Northern Michigan. His teachers include Renata Knific, Wilmington, and Festival South. Dr. Holden has given concerts, lectures, clinics and Ulf Hoelscher, Paul Kantor, Shmuel Ashkenasi and Blair Milton. masterclasses at numerous collegiate establishments in the US including Vanderbilt University, Michigan State University, Florida State University, and the universities of Gregory Maytan, violin Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, Florida, South and Central Florida, Memphis and Western Michigan. He has performed extensively as Gregory Maytan received his doctorate from Indiana University an orchestral musician with ensembles including the Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and School of Music and is now on the faculty at Grand Valley State Baton Rouge symphony orchestras, the Sarasota Orchestra and the Louisiana University. He performs regularly as a soloist, chamber and Philharmonic. He received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in performance from orchestral musician. Maytan has performed extensively in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studied with Joy Farrall, Europe and the United States, playing about 50 recitals a year. Andrew Webster and celebrated recording artist Dame Thea King. He received a Recent engagements include multiple performances of the DMA from Michigan State University under Dr. Elsa Verdehr. Dr. Holden is a Rico Paganini, Sibelius, Bruch, Barber and Tchaikovsky Violin Artist and plays exclusively on Rico Reserve reeds. Concertos with various orchestras in the United States, Europe and the Far East. An avid chamber musician, he has participated in the prestigious chamber music festivals in Sweden and Memphis, Tennessee. He has performed at venues such as Andrew Le, piano Ravinia, Tanglewood and the Chicago Cultural Center and has been selected to First-place winner of the 2004 Hilton Head International Piano perform on the Dame Myra Hess concert series in December of 2011. He is Competition, Andrew Le is Head of Keyboard Studies and currently performing on the 1766 ‘ex-Loeb’ NIcolo Gagliano. Associate Professor of Piano at Hope College. Described as "individualistic without a trace of contrivance or eccentricity" by critic Harris Goldsmith of The New York Concert Review, Drew is known for his exciting, engaging, and artistically sensitive performances both nationally and abroad. He is also a published Many of these concerts are made possible through underwriters’ contributions photographer and violinist in the Holland Symphony Orchestra. Drew holds a from private individuals and corporations. Doctor of Music Arts degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal. He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Interlochen Arts Academy. Andrew was a prizewinner in the 1997 Gina Bachauer Young Artists For more information about this aspect of the festival please contact us. Performer Biographies Performer Biographies

Sandra Maytan, mezzo-soprano College and Conservatory of Music, and Indiana University. Violist Barbara A young Mezzo Soprano with a “riveting voice” (Conductor Phil Corbato is currently the Assistant Principal Viola of the Grand Rapids Symphony. Baumann, LaPorte Herald), Sandra Maytan “has been given a Ms. Corbato teaches viola at Hope College and through her home studio. Cellist magnetic stage presence” (Umea Post, Sweden) and has been Stacey Bosman Tanner, a graduate of the University of Michigan and Boston lauded in this year’s Early Music America fall issue as “Most Conservatory, teaches at Calvin College. striking was the rich and generous mezzo of Sandra Maytan” for her appearance at the Boston Early Music Festival. She currently The Perugino String Quartet will be performing in the CMFS Young Listeners teaches as an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University, Concerts this summer. MI. Born and raised in Germany Sandra studied voice with Wolfgang Holzmair, Austria, Prof. Patricia Stiles at Bloomington IU, Prof. Tracy Watson, at Roosevelt Wendy Rose, bassoon University, Chicago and Nicholas Loren, Holland. Gwendolynn (Wendy) Rose has performed nationally and internationally as a guest in major orchestras including the Sandra Maytan was a featured soloist at the Kronberg Summer Festival, Germany, Detroit Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, the Vancouver and the Allegro Vivo Summer Festival in Austria and has appeared as a soloist and Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Utah Chamber recitalist in Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Sweden, England and the United States. Orchestra and the Grand Rapids Symphony. A former member of The National Ballet Orchestra of Canada and principal bassoonist with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, she appeared Leanne King Macdonald, viola frequently as a soloist with the orchestra and was heard on CBC Radio in national Ms. Macdonald is a violist with Grand Rapids Symphony and broadcasts. She has performed at Stratford Summer Music, the Spoleto Festival Principal Viola in the West Michigan Symphony in Muskegon. (Charleston, S.C. and Spoleto, Italy), the Banff Festival of the Arts, and was selected She earned both Bachelors and Masters degrees in music, in to be a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. She is a member of RAD viola performance, from Western Michigan University and (Rose/Austin Duo) with hornist Paul Austin of the Grand Rapids Symphony, and Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Her instructors Lake Winds Octet. Rose is Associate Professor of Music at Western Michigan include Masao Kawasaki, Catharine Carroll, Igor Fedotov, University where she teaches bassoon, chamber music, and music theory and is a Burton Kaplan, and Robert Swan. As a soloist she has appeared member of the Western Wind Quintet. Ms. Rose received degrees in bassoon with the West Michigan Symphony (formerly West Shore Symphony), at the performance from the University of Toronto (B.M.) and the University of Michigan GRAM with Shiau-uen Ding, piano, “Solos to Sip to” a special event of pairing (M.M.,D.MA.) where her principal teachers were David Carroll, Hugh Cooper, wines with music at The Reserve in downtown Grand Rapids, and at Art Christopher Millard, and Richard Beene. She will be performing in the CMFS Young Downtown Grand Rapids. Listeners Concerts this summer.

Alicia Gregorian Sawyers, cello Perugino String Quartet A Native of East Lansing Michigan, cellist Alicia Gregorian Sawyers received her Masters Degree from New England The Perugino String Quartet is enjoying its 14th Conservatory in 2008, studying with Natasha Brofsky. She year as quartet-in-residence at Grand Valley State received her BM in 2006 from Michigan State University, where University. Named for the Italian Renaissance artist she studied with Suren Bagratuni. A diverse musician, Mrs. Pietro Perugino from Grand Rapids' sister city, Perugia, Sawyers has performed with famous artists ranging from Itzhak Italy, the quartet has centered its activities in West Perlman to Kanye West. She has appeared in concert at Jordan Michigan, offering performances on both GVSU Hall, Sanders Theater, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall for campuses and concerts for high schools, colleges and the Mostly Mozart Festival. Mrs. Sawyers has spent her summers at various music chamber music series around the state. A highlight for the quartet was their 1999 festivals including the Bowdoin International Music Festival, The Meadowmount performance in an all-Beethoven concert in New York's Lincoln Center as part of School of Music and The Perlman Music Program. As an orchestral musician, she the prestigious Juilliard String Quartet Seminar. All of the quartet members perform has had the pleasure to work with many great conductors, including Joseph regularly in the Grand Rapids Symphony. Silverstein and Hugh Wolf. A passionate chamber musician, she has had the opportunity to work with renowned musicians such as Paul Katz, Roger Tapping Perugino String Quartet first violinist Eric Tanner, a graduate of UMass and the and members of the Borromeo and Juilliard String Quartets. Living in Grand Rapids Manhattan School of Music, is an Artist-Faculty Instructor of Violin at GVSU. Diane MI, Mrs. Sawyers performs with several orchestras throughout the area and around McElfish Helle, second violinist, known for many years as the host of the Grand the state. She is the Principal cellist for the West Michigan Symphony. A dedicated Rapids Symphony's upbeat pre-concert lecture series, has degrees from Cincinnati teacher, Mrs. Sawyers currently has over 30 private students. Performer Biographies Performer Biographies

Sarah Southard, oboe Joy Song Thomson, cello Sarah Hustad Southard joined the Hope College Music A native of Los Angeles, Joy started cello lessons at age 12. She Department faculty as instructor of oboe in fall of 2007. She went on to pursue her studies at the Juilliard School, studying has also taught at Central Michigan University, the University of with Joel Krosnick and Harvey Shapiro, earning a Bachelor's and Michigan-Flint and Northern Kentucky University. Sarah keeps Master's Degree. Under a Fulbright Scholarship, Joy went to an active studio of oboists and has enjoyed working with youth Germany, studying at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” programs including the Interlochen Center for the Arts All-State Berlin, as well as receiving the Ferenc Fricsay Stipendium for the Orchestra. Sarah plays regularly with the Midland and Holland Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin. Joy has participated in Symphony Orchestras, and has performed with the Lansing Symphony, the New the Piatigorsky Seminar, the Taos Chamber Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, World Symphony Orchestra in Miami, the Cincinnati Symphony Opera Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Kneisel Hall, and the Salzburg Festival, among and the Madison Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. Sarah has soloed in the U.S. others. Before moving back to Los Angeles, she was a tenured member of the Weimar and internationally. She is completing her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Staatskapelle. Joy has played as a substitute with the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Michigan State University with oboist Jan Eberle and received her undergraduate Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, San Diego Symphony and the Los Angeles degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master’s Degree at the Philharmonic, and freelances in the Los Angeles area. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Jack Unzicker, double bass Robert “Gabe” Southard, flute Double bassist Jack Unzicker is an artist and educator originally from Juneau, Alaska. Currently residing in Arlington, Texas, he Robert “Gabe” Southard teaches at Hope College where he frequently performs with the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth conducts the Wind Symphony and Anchor Band and leads Symphony Orchestra, and Dallas Opera. He has performed the Instrumental division of the Music Education Department. chamber music with Caminos del Inka, Orquestra Divertimento Dr. Southard completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in (Costa Rica), Dallas Chamber Orchestra, and Santa Fe Pro Conducting at Michigan State University where he worked Musica. Unzicker was recently appointed Assistant Professor of with Professor John Whitwell. He received his Masters of Double Bass at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he performed and lectured at the International Society of Bassists, American String studied conducting with James Smith, and received a Bachelor’s degree in Flute Teacher Association, and Texas Music Educators Association Conventions and has been Performance from Ithaca College. Prior to his residence at MSU, Dr. Southard featured in articles on playing and teaching the double bass in The Strad and Strings served as Wind Symphony conductor and Flute Studio teacher at the University of Magazine. Unzicker received his Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music Michigan-Flint, where he taught Orchestration, Music Appreciation, and Advanced Degree from the University of North Texas. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree Conducting. Dr. Southard served as conductor of the Cincinnati Youth Wind from Western Washington University. He studied with Jeff Bradetich and William Clay. Ensemble. He has performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Lucca, Italy Opera Orchestra, and a number of community orchestras. Leslie Van Becker, viola Leslie Van Becker has been Principal Viola of the Grand Rapids Tesla Quartet Symphony since 1978. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree Winner of the Third Prize in the 2012 London from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Master of International String Quartet Competition and most Music degree from the Yale University School of Music. As a recently the Gold Medal in the Fischoff Chamber Music chamber musician, Ms. Van Becker has appeared with the DeVos Competition, the Tesla Quartet was formed at The Julliard and New World String Quartets, Trio Nouveau, Ghandarva Piano School in 2008 and quickly established itself as one of the Quartet, Clifford Music Group, Castalia Quartet, and on the most promising young ensembles in New York, winning Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck. She has appeared as a Second Prize at the J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music soloist with the Grand Rapids Symphony on its Casual Classics Series and 2005 and Competition only a few months after its inception. The London Evening Standard was featured in Don Quixote in 1998 and 2011. She participates each year as called their rendition of the Debussy Quartet "a subtly coloured performance that principal viola in the Cabrillo Music Festival in Santa Cruz, California—whose mission balanced confidently between intimacy and extroversion." The quartet (violinists is to perform orchestral and chamber music exclusively from the 20th century and Ross Snyder and Michelle Lie, violist Megan Mason, and cellist Kimberly Patterson) beyond. As an educator, Ms. Van Becker serves on the faculties of Calvin College and currently holds a fellowship as the Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence at the Grand Rapids Community College and also maintains an active studio at her home. University of Colorado-Boulder, where they study with the world-renowned She and her husband Ed Clifford have two grown children and now share their Takács Quartet. 100-year-old home with their cat Scraps. Performer Biographies Performer Biographies

Judith Vander Weg, cello Cultural Conde Duque, Girona’s Casa de Cultura, and at the Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona. Walvoord is committed to the promotion of new music. An active performer, Judith Vander Weg has appeared through- She has commissioned, assisted, recorded, and premiered works by composers out the United States, Canada, Belgium, France and Spain in George Chave, Michael Daugherty, David Lefkowitz, and Matthew Tommasini. collaborative recitals and as orchestral soloist. She is currently In 2010, Centaur Records released Walvoord’s recording American Prospectives: principal cellist of the Flint Symphony Orchestra and serves on Works for Violin by Matthew Tommasini. the faculty of Wayne State University. Judith is a clinician for youth symphonies and school orchestras and maintains a busy Originally from Michigan, Walvoord was the Concertmaster of the West Shore private teaching studio in Grosse Pointe. This summer will Symphony Orchestra in Muskegon, MI and held the position of Artist-in-Residence mark her 15th season with the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck. at Hope College in Holland, MI. As an educator, Walvoord was the sole recipient of the TexASTA 2010 Marjorie Keller Young Teacher of the Year award. She Jennifer Walvoord, violin maintains a full and active private and university studio of award- and competition- winning students. During the summer, Walvoord has taught at festivals in Hong Jennifer Walvoord of Holland, Michigan graduated with her Kong and across the United States. She earned her DMA and her MM from the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Michigan in University of Michigan and her BM from Rice University. Walvoord performs on a Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has Masters degrees in both violin violin made by Francois Pique, Paris 1800. performance and chamber music from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelors degree in violin performance from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Her former teachers Bradley Wong, clarinet include Andrew Jennings, Mihai Craioveanu, and Joan Conway. Bradley Wong is Professor of Clarinet and Coordinator of Graduate Studies at Western Michigan University. He has In addition to her position as West Michigan Symphony concertmaster, Jennifer is received awards in recognition of both his teaching and member of the Grand Rapids Symphony. She has performed as soloist with the service to the university, including the College of Fine Arts West Michigan Symphony and the Holland Symphony Orchestra. While at the Outstanding Service Award. He has performed throughout University of Michigan, Jennifer performed electric violin on the Grammy Award- the United States from New York to Alaska, with international winning recording of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and Experience performances in Belgium, Mexico, China, Spain, Italy, the conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Canary Islands and the Dominican Republic. The Clarinet describes his playing as “breathtaking…a fine, liquid tone quality”. As a member of the new music group Jennifer is an active chamber musician. She performs recitals regularly with her Opus 21, winner of a Chamber Music America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming husband, pianist Dr. Andrew Le. Jennifer and Andrew were recently (2009) Award, he has performed at the Library of Congress; Chamber Music America’s appointed to be the Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck. National Conference in New York; and on Carnegie Hall’s Making Music Series. Jennifer collaborated with her sister, Martha, on a recording called “American Bradley Wong is a Yamaha performing artist. He will be performing in the CMFS Perspectives” which was recently released on the Centaur Records Label. Young Listeners Concerts this summer.

Martha Walvoord, violin Dr. Martha Walvoord, Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Texas at Arlington, is an active soloist, chamber musician, educator, and recitalist. Described by American Record Guide as “an enthusiastic and expressive player”, recent solo appearances have taken Walvoord to China, Hong Kong, Spain, England, Costa Rica, and across the US including her performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Quingdao Symphony Orchestra. Walvoord’s Spain tours have taken her across the country. She has been invited to perform in Madrid’s historic Auditorio del Centro Individual Contributors Individual Contributors Volunteers

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Larissa Fall PLATINUM UNDERWRITERS - PATRON ($250-$499) I will be a Junior at Hope College this fall studying Music-Violin ($5,000 and above) Deirdre Dupre & Robert Golub Performance. I studied the violin privately under Jennifer Walvoord Lyle and Anne Warnock Richard and Phyllis Crandell and am now studying under Mihai Craioveanu. This will be my Pete and Mary Haab second year as an intern for CMFS and I am very excited for this PRIMARY UNDERWRITERS - Merle Malmquist & Wayne Nestander season! I learned about the internship opportunity through Jennifer ($1,000-$2,499) Walvoord and Andrew Le. I know that meeting the different Mary Ann Quick and Dave Colwell SPONSOR ($100-$249) musicians and experiencing the behind the scenes work it takes to Jerry and Jacquie Hurtgen Ron and Jesse Dalman put a chamber performance together will shape me as a musician and provide me with Judy Oberholtzer Brad and Mary Lee Field crucial knowledge for my future. Rudi and Fernande Pruden Bob and Bobbie Gaunt Carolyn Richards Dale and Alice Johnson Katie Seifert Doug and Kay Walvoord Fred and Ella Kauffman I graduated from Holland Christian High School in May 2010, and Jo Lalley I have now finished my sophomore year at Calvin College. I am PARTIAL UNDERWRITERS ($500-$999) Saugatuck Center for the Arts pursuing a major in Speech Pathology with a Spanish minor. I am Alan McPhail John and Lois Workman also actively involved in the music program at Calvin, where I play Margaret McDermott violin in the orchestra, participate in chamber music, and take Glen and Janeen Fowler private lessons under the instruction of Dr. David Reimer. My Suzy Richardson and Phil Miller previous instructors have included Christine Witte, Tammy Clark, and Jenny Walvoord.

I am so excited for the opportunity to be a part of CMFS this summer. So much has to happen to put on a performance, and although I have been both a performer and an audience member before, I have never been a part of the Our Mission performance that happens behind stage. I am looking forward to working with and getting The Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck is dedicated to to know many new people this summer at CMFS! perpetuating chamber music – keeping it vibrant and alive. We present concerts in an atmosphere that encourages a sense of belonging and works Education Concerts to involve the audience as an active part of the experience. We provide an opportunity for musicians to share their enthusiasm for their instruments and Young Listeners Concerts music as they present the challenge of the new and the comfort of the familiar. July 13, July 26 and August 9, 2012 During the 2012 concert season, the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck will sponsor three free Young Listeners Concerts in the bright, comfortable space of the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver Street in Saugatuck. These concerts will give young people a chance to discover the fascination of classical instruments and the opportunity to hear some of our finest artists present brief programs designed to delight and inspire them. Founders Artistic Directors Interns Henning Christiansen Andrew Le Larissa Fall Friday, July 13th, 1:00 pm featuring Paul Austin, Wendy Rose and Brad Wong Elaine Richey Jennifer Walvoord Katie Seifert Thursday, July 26th, time TBD (please call 269-857-1424 prior to the date to check time) Charles Parrott featuring the Perugino Quartet Thursday, August 9th, time TBD (please call 269-857-1424 prior to the date to check time) featuring the Tesla Quartet Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck Board Members Special Ticket Offer for Students: Any unfilled seats five minutes Joan Conway Alan McPhail Mary Ann Quick Jennifer Walvoord before each concert will be available for $5 Jane Dreyer Jim Motiff Michael Tischleder Sally Zenas Andrew Le Joy Muehlenbeck Doug Walvoord Dick Lucier Judy Oberholtzer Printed on Recycled Paper