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Concerts are held in Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 West 14th Street in Tremont (Cleveland), unless otherwise noted.

Admission is by freewill donation

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3pm, Sunday, September 28, 2014 Madeline Lucas, flute Drew Sullivan, clarinet Tara Lynn Ramsey, violin Sophie Benn, cello Shuai Wang, director / piano

~ P R O G R A M ~

Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) L’histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale) (1918­19) [14:30] Suite trans. for violin, clarinet & piano

1. The Soldier’s March 2. The Soldier’s Violin 3. The Little Concert 4. Sequence of Dances Performed by the Princess – Tango, Waltz and Ragtime 5. The Devil’s Dance http://artconcerts.org/ars-futura/ 1/3 8/22/2014 Ars Futura | Arts Renaissance Tremont Johan Halvorsen (1864 – 1935) Passacaglia in G minor on a theme by G. F. Handel for violin & cello

David Lang (b. 1957) Sweet Air (violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano)

Joan Tower (b. 1938) Petroushskates (violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano)

John Harbison (b. 1938) Songs America Loves to Sing (violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano)

ABOUT ARS FUTURA

Ars Futura Ensemble, a newly formed (2012), Cleveland­based collective of classically trained musicians, is dedicated to commissioning and performing new music. Our mission is to nurture the evolution of modern music through collaboration with living composers. We strongly believe in early education and the importance of young students learning about the field of contemporary music and developing their creative side at an early age. The first season began with a successful debut performance at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ars Futura commissioned two works by Joseph Hallman, a composer on the faculty of Drexel University and University of . The season also included a tour to Philadelphia and Baltimore where musicians performed and worked with students of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s El Sistema inspired program called ORCHkids. Ars Futura has been the ensemble­in­residence for the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Young Composer’s summer program (2013/2014). Ars Futura has performed at Kutztown University, Wooster Chamber Music Series and for the Cleveland Public Library Music@Main series. Ars Futura is deeply committed to outreach programs for young students, having worked with an inspiring Cleveland­based organization – Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School, where economically disadvantaged children receive free music lessons. Ars Futura musicians have worked closely with well­known composers Keith Fitch, , Joan Tower, Chen Yi, Victoria Bond, Paul Dresher, Claude Baker, Melinda Wagner and David Rakowski. Visit arsfuturaensemble.com.

A recitalist and soloist, Dr. Shuai Wang, piano, founded and directs the Cleveland­based contemporary music ensemble Ars Futura Ensemble in 2012. From Couperin to Messiaen, she is known for her wide range of repertoire and extensive experience on period instruments, to the extended techniques of modern music. Recently she shared the stage with The under the direction of Ton Koopman and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra with music director JoAnn Falletta. This year, Dr. Wang will appear as soloist with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra (China). She has performed at the Kennedy Center, Merkin Hall (NYC), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston) and for the Buffalo Chamber Music Society. She has invitations to perform in Stuttgart (Germany) and Budapest (Hungary). She frequently performs in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Dalian and Xiaman). As a chamber musician, she has performed with Caroline Goulding, violin (Opus3 artist), Annie Fullard (1st violin, Cavani Quartet), Weiwei Le (violin faculty, University of Nevada­LV), Isabel Trautwein (violin, The Cleveland Orchestra), Terry Orcutt (principal oboe, Canton/Akron Symphonies) and Jing Zeng (violin, Phoenix Symphony). She has appeared in the Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine, ClevelandClassical, Washington Times and Huffington Post. Her concerts have been broadcast on WCLV 104.9, WQSR 105.9 and WNED 94.5. She co­founded and has directed Classical Revolution Cleveland since 2009. This summer she was on the piano faculty of the New England Music Camp (Maine). Dr. Wang is a faculty member of Cleveland State University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Madeline Lucas is a flutist and artistic administrator based in Cleveland, Ohio. Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Ms. Lucas studied with Valerie Simosko before earning Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music in the studio of Joshua Smith. She is currently the flutist of Ars Futura, a new music ensemble that focuses on living composers and early education, and North Coast Winds, a professional woodwind quintet.

As an administrator, Ms. Lucas is the Ensembles Manager at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Madeline also enjoys cooking, politics, hiking and baseball and resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with writer and video­artist KD Tolliver.

Drew Sullivan began playing the clarinet in 2006, after hearing a performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Originally from Southern California, Sullivan graduated from California State University, Fullerton, where he studied with Håkan Rosengren and James Kanter. He received his Master of Music degree in May 2013 from CIM, studying with Franklin Cohen. Drew is only the second doctoral clarinetist in the history of the Cleveland Institute of Music, and has played with The Cleveland Orchestra. He plans a career http://artconcerts.org/ars-futura/ 2/3 8/22/2014 Ars Futura | Arts Renaissance Tremont teaching clarinet, music theory and history, in addition to maintaining a full performing schedule. In addition to music, Drew is an avid ultra runner, who enjoys conquering distances beyond the standard 26.2 miles.

Violinist Tara Lynn Ramsey is committed to revitalizing audiences’ experiences with classical music through performances of the highest calibre, exploration of less conventional concert formats, educational outreach, and the direct engagement of musicians with their listeners and the communities in which they live and work. She holds degrees from Northwestern University (Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude) and the Cleveland Institute of Music (Master of Music). Originally from Cedar Falls, IA, she makes her home in Cleveland as a freelance violinist and violin teacher. In addition to her work with Ars Futura, she has toured with Blue Streak Ensemble and performs as a substitute musician with the New World Symphony (Miami Beach, FL) and orchestras throughout northeast Ohio. Tara Lynn is a member of the Suzuki faculty at the Music Settlement of Cleveland and maintains a private studio at Skyline Music in Westlake, OH. She is married to pianist Andrew Rosenblum.

Sophie Benn, cello, is especially interested in developing creative collaborations that bring the joy and power of classical music to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, with a special interest in recently composed music. Performing has taken Sophie throughout the Americas and Europe, including Quebec, Rio de Janeiro, Germany, Italy and the United States. Sophie graduated cum laude from Rice University with degrees in both Performance and Musicology. She recently received her Master of Music degree from CIM, where she will continue her studies this fall.

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