Our City Is One of the Busiest and Most Exciting in the World. the People

Orchestra Warm-Up SATURDAY, Check-List JANUARY 24, 2015 eginning at 1:30PM, the Orchestra musicians STRINGS = red or pink B will come onto the stage, one by one, to warm- WOODWINDS = green up and get ready for their concert. You can identify BRASS = blue which “family,” or group of instruments, they are in PERCUSSION = orange by the color of their shirt. HARP AND KEYBOARDS = light blue

Richard Deane, horn Fiona Simon, violin Hometown: Richmond, Kentucky Hometown: London, England Welcome to the Young People’s Concerts ®! Years lived in New York: 4½ years, in total Years lived in New York: 33 years Favorite place in New York: it’s a tie between the practice room Favorite place in New York: Riverside Park New York City! Magic words that make people all over the world think of Times Square, at Avery Fisher Hall and the dining room of Babbo Ristorante. Favorite thing to do in New York: when I’m not playing violin, Broadway shows, skyscrapers, taxis, and bagels. People know the New York they see in Favorite thing to do in New York: hang out with friends after a concert I love to play tennis in Riverside Park movies, but they also know the New York sound in music. Many of the greatest American Can you find Richard warming up on stage? Can you find Fiona warming up on stage? composers have called New York home, and their work has transformed our city into music. Which way does the bell of his horn face? How many other violins do you see? New York Transformed! What do you think it sounds like? What is it about New York that you would want to turn Sherry Sylar, oboe George Curran, bass trombone into music? Get ready for the New York Philharmonic, your Super Sonic Music Box , to show you New York as Hometown: Chattanooga, Tennessee Hometown: Farmington Hills, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) you’ve never heard it before! Years lived in New York: 30 years Years lived in New York: 2½ years Favorite place in New York: it’s a tie between the Bronx Favorite place in New York: I think walking through Times THE PROGRAM Botanical Gardens and Central Park Square is really cool — there are so many interesting people BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town CASE SCAGLIONE conductor Favorite thing to do in New York: I like to eat at one of the many great everywhere and the lights are so bright, especially at night. KAREN LEFRAK A Bite of the Apple THEODORE WIPRUD host restaurants in town and go to one of the many cultural events that are Favorite thing to do in New York: I like to get out and walk or run in ELLINGTON “It Don’t Mean A Thing” MICHAEL THOMAS HOLMES actor available to us: shows on Broadway and at Lincoln Center, or museums! Central Park or along the Hudson River VERY YOUNG COMPOSERS KEVIN DEL AGUILA scriptwriter and director HAWA SAKHO New York: In Town and Out Can you find Sherry warming up on stage? Can you find George warming up on stage? JAZZ COMBO DANIEL GOBLE saxophone, LIAO SHUWEN Shadow of the Wolf Are the instruments to the left and behind her the same, or different? Why do you think he sits towards the back of the stage? JOSEPH ALESSI trombone, DAVID J. GROSSMAN piano, The New York Philharmonic is dressed by UNIQLO. TIMOTHY COBB bass, CHRISTOPHER S. LAMB drums Sound Words Make your own “New York Sound” right in your seat at Avery Fisher Hall! There are some words that mimic familiar Our city is one sounds: for example “vroom” sounds like a car and “achoo” sounds like a sneeze. See how many “sound words” you can make up for the following New York ingredients. of the busiest 1. A crosstown bus 2. The A train 3. A horse carriage in Central Park and most exciting 4. A bike messenger 5. The fountain at Lincoln Center 6. City construction in the world. The people, Now add your sound words to these lyrics from Bernstein’s On the Town, and see how it sounds when you say sites, and sounds them out loud. You can even try singing your creation to the tune “New York, New York,” which you’ll hear in give New York Bernstein’s “Times Square 1944.” a special quality. New York, New York, it’s a (1.) of a town. How many New York The (2.) up, but the (3.) is down. “symbols” The people (4.) in a (5.) in the ground. can you find in this picture? New York, New York, it’s a (6.) of a town!

MetLife Foundation is the Lead Corporate Underwriter for the New York Philharmonic's Education Programs. Additional support by The Theodore H. Barth Foundation. About The Artists Case Scaglione began his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic in September 2011, Bernstein Ellington the same year he received the Conductor’s Prize by the Solti Foundation U.S. He made his Philharmonic subscription debut in November 2012, stepping in to lead the opening work on a concert otherwise Conductor, pianist, composer, author, and educator, Leonard Bernstein (1918–90) Duke Ellington (1899–1974) is one of the most important composers in conducted by Music Director Emeritus Kurt Masur. He has also conducted seven was only 25 years old when he rocketed to world fame in 1943 as a last-minute substitute jazz history. Born Edward Kennedy Ellington in Washington, D.C., he earned New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts. In September 2014 he was elevated to Associate Conductor, a position revived for him by Music Director Alan Gilbert. conductor of a New York Philharmonic concert that was broadcast across the nation. He the nickname “Duke” for his perfect manners and elegant dress. He began became the Philharmonic Music Director and then Laureate Conductor, and led the Orchestra Case was music director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los studying piano at age seven and composed his first piece, “Soda Fountain Rag,” Angeles from 2008 to 2011 and founded 360° Music, which took that orchestra to in 1,244 concerts and more than 200 recordings. Bernstein was greatly admired for his diverse when he was a teenager. He moved to New York to play with a band called The inner-city schools. He has conducted the Cleveland Orchestra and Los Angeles musical talents: he composed hit Broadway shows as well as symphonies and concertos, and Washingtonians and before long he was leading the band and playing at Harlem’s Philharmonic and assisted at the St. Louis Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, he opened up the world of music for adults and kids through television — then a new medium — glamorous Cotton Club. Ellington was a fantastic pianist as well as a bandleader and Baltimore Opera. A native of Texas, Case studied at the Cleveland Institute of in a variety of programs, including the Young People’s Concerts. and composer, much loved by fans for his warm personality and wonderful music. Music and Peabody Institute. Audiences at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1944 were so wild about Bernstein and Jerome “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” quickly became a jazz Theodore Wiprud leads educational activities at the Robbins’s new ballet, Fancy Free, the composer and choreographer were inspired to develop the standard when it was composed in 1931. Since then, it has been performed by New York Philharmonic as Vice President, Education, The Sue B. Mercy Chair. The Philharmonic’s education programs ballet into a Broadway musical, On the Town . Three sailors have 24 hours to explore New York the world’s most recognized vocalists (including Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, City — the musical portrays their fanciful adventures set against the backdrop of World War II. “The include the historic Young People’s Concerts, Very Young who recorded it as part of the album they released together last year!). The People’s Concerts, Very Young Composers, and many other programs for school Great Lover,” the first of three orchestral episodes from the show, is about the romantic dreams of song foreshadowed the “Big Band” or “Swing” era — a time in the 1930s children, aspiring orchestral performers, and adults. Ted has also created innovative one of the sailors, Gabey, who falls in love with a picture of “Miss Turnstile of the Month” on and 40s when jazz orchestras supplied rhythms that young people loved education programs for other ensembles, such as the Brooklyn Philharmonic, display in a subway station and decides to search for her. “Lonely Town” — slow and lyrical — to dance to and which soloists could improvise to, or make up their American Composers Orchestra, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He has worked as a depicts how a city, even if it’s bustling and filled with people, can feel so lonely own swinging tunes on the spot. teaching artist and resident composer in a number of New York City schools. Ted’s if you can’t find that special someone to share it with. Finally, in “Times Violin Concerto ( Katrina ) was recently released on Champs Hill Records. Square 1944,” all the sailors on leave gather together for a New York has Michael Thomas Holmes recently appeared across whirlwind night of dancing and fun! always been known for the country in the 25th anniversary production of The Very Young Phantom of the Opera (Monsieur Reyer), in the York Theatre JAZZ has MUSICAL THEATER — Company’s production of Sondheim’s Saturday Night, and been a big influence Broadway shows and, before Composers that, Tin-Pan Alley. You can hear made his Broadway debut in Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim). He also on the New York sound. toured with The Producers (with Jason Alexander and Martin Short), played Nathan Listen for “swing” rhythm, the influence in the big, attention- The New York Philharmonic believes in young people’s imaginations! Detroit in John Rando’s Guys and Dolls (at Barrington Stage) and was Clown 2 in “blue” notes bent to sound grabbing sound of New York’s More than 100 kids, ages 10 to 18, are composing for Philharmonic The 39 Steps at the George Street Playhouse. Michael received his MFA in acting Karen like a singer, and lots of music, and in melodies that musicians every year through the Very Young Composers program, and from the University of California, Irvine, appeared on the television series Smash “improvisation” — musicians seem to sing with the idea is spreading around the world. You may have heard some works by and Law & Order, and portrayed Stormtrooper Rolf in The Producers: The Movie Musical. Also a BFA-trained graphic designer, he has worked simultaneously as LeFrak coming up with original a New York Very Young Composers during YPC Overtures. Now you will hear some of their accent. an actor / designer for more than 20 years. music on the work for the full orchestra. Kevin Del Aguila is an actor, writer, and director in Karen LeFrak is a New York composer, always spot. Hawa Sakho is 13 years old and attends the Robert F. Wagner Middle School in New York City. He wrote the book for the Off-Broadway enthusiastic about her home city. She grew up playing Manhattan. She is passionate about music and sports and started singing and writing at musical Altar Boyz and received the Heideman Award for his the piano and studying musicology, worked as a music teacher, a young age. She hopes to turn her love for music into a professional career. New York: play The Greekest of Tragedies. Other works include his stage and then devoted herself to composing, writing children’s books like In Town and Out is made up of two parts: the first — fun and upbeat — is about the adaptation of the DreamWorks film Madagascar and Nickelodeon’s Storytime Live, Jake the Philharmonic Dog – and raising show poodles! Her music different and exotic cultures, people, music, and food that we see, taste, and hear in both of which played engagements at Radio City Music Hall. He has been commis - includes ballet scores composed for American Ballet Theatre and for New York City; the second — calm and smooth — is about Upstate New York and how sioned to write many stage adaptations of children’s books for Theatreworks USA, many musicians of the New York Philharmonic. A Bite of the Apple is everything and everyone seems so peaceful, birds fly, and animals run around. Hawa including Click Clack Moo and Skippyjon Jones, and has written for several children’s her first work performed by the full New York Philharmonic. "I was born says, “I want my piece to tell a story about people and things you see in the street. television shows, including the Emmy Award–winning Peg + Cat (PBS). Theatergoers may recognize him as Smee from Broadway‘s Peter and the Starcatcher, and children in New York and have always had the sounds of the city around me,” I want my piece to reach out and touch the listeners’ hearts.” everywhere have heard him as a singing troll in the Disney blockbuster Frozen . Ms. LeFrak says. “Whether I listen to cars honking in traffic, kids Liao Shuwen lives in Shanghai, China, and attends the middle school affiliated with riding the carousel in the park, or builders constructing, it all Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she majors in composition. Last summer, What’s Coming Up… becomes music to my ears! I wrote A Bite of the Apple as my while traveling, she created a poem about a favorite animal: the wolf. As she musical portrayal of how I hear this beautiful Big Apple!" Saturday, February 21 2015 says, Wolves are unruly but united. Wolves are proud and aloof.” Shuwen Listen for different sights and sounds of New York The sounds that a symphony orchestra then transformed her poem into music called Shadow of the Wolf. as you travel through the piece. can produce are almost limitless, as Listen for three sections: 1) Wolves are fierce, like a wild wind. varied as the personalities of composers 2) Wolves are howling in the moonlight. 3) Wolves are crying who create for it. Survey the remarkable fiercely and chasing like lightning. range of sonorities produced by different New York Transformed combinations of instruments. OrchestraT ransformed Orchestra Warm-Up SATURDAY, Check-List JANUARY 24, 2015 eginning at 1:30PM, the Orchestra musicians STRINGS = red or pink B will come onto the stage, one by one, to warm- WOODWINDS = green up and get ready for their concert. You can identify BRASS = blue which “family,” or group of instruments, they are in PERCUSSION = orange by the color of their shirt. HARP AND KEYBOARDS = light blue

MetLife Foundation is the Lead Corporate Underwriter for the New York Philharmonic's Education Programs. Additional support by The Theodore H. Barth Foundation.