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The Juilliard School presents ChamberFest 2020

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 1pm Alice Tully Hall

LUCIER Monteverdi Shapero

Claire Chase Claire Chase is a soloist, collaborative artist, curator, and advocate for new and experimental music. She has given the world premieres of hundreds of new works for the and she has championed new music internationally by building organizations, forming alliances, pioneering commissioning initiatives, and supporting educational programs that reach new audiences. Chase founded the International Contemporary Ensemble in 2001, was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2012, and was the first flutist to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize from for the Performing Arts, in 2017. She is in the midst of a 23-year initiative, Density 2036, to commission an entirely new body of repertoire for solo flute leading up to the centennial of Edgard Varèse’s seminal 1936 flute solo Density 21.5. A deeply committed educator, Chase was co-artistic director of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s summer music programs from 2017 to 2019; she and co-director Steven Schick founded Ensemble Evolution, an intensive program for emerging musicians seeking to reimagine the 21st-century new-music ensemble, and Evolution of the String Quartet (EQ), a program for young quartets and composers combining historically informed practice, traditional repertory, and the newest of new music. Chase is professor of the practice of music at Harvard, where she teaches ensemble building, cultural activism, and collaboration across disciplines. She lives in Brooklyn.

Mei Stone Flutist Mei Stone studies at Juilliard under Jeffrey Khaner, principal flutist of the Philadelphia . In summer 2015 she was invited to perform and tour with the National Youth Orchestra of the of America under the of Charles Dutoit. She returned again the following summer to perform with and Valery Gergiev. She has also performed as a soloist with The President’s Own U.S. marine band as the winner and scholarship recipient of its 2016 concerto competition. Stone has been featured on NPR’s From the Top with host Christopher O’Reilly and is also a 2016 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Scholarship recipient as well as a 2016 and 2017 National YoungArts Foundation winner. As a Juilliard Morse teaching artist, she teaches middle school general music. She also performs at various alternative care facilities across City as a founding member of a community engagement quartet comprised of flute, , and two dancers. Outside of music, Stone enjoys eating her way through New York, solo traveling, and running marathons. • Elsa Bickel Scholarship, Bidù Sayão Scholarship

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Taya König-Tarasevich Siberian flutist Taya König-Tarasevich enjoys an international career as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer on renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, and modern . She is committed to authentic performances faithful to the approach and style of the musical era in which a work was originally composed. While fluent in English, German, Italian and Russian, she believes that music speaks a language of its own. A language that reaches deep within the listener touching desires and awakening delights while opening our ears and the eyes of our soul to the depths of beauty. As an artist and global citizen, König-Tarasevich is committed to spreading unity and peace, love and support, healing and hope through her music by crossing the boundaries of language, race, religion, and political geography. She enjoys performing across different social and historical epochs, connecting art forms, and integrating diverse styles of playing. In addition to performing and teaching, she is a quadrilingual poet, committed wildlife conservationist, compassionate women’s rights activist, and practitioner of yoga and meditation. She is grateful to have studied with the best teachers from Russia, Germany, and now at Juilliard.

Kelsey Burnham Kelsey Burnham is in the first year of her master’s studies at Juilliard, where she studies baroque flute with Sandra Miller and recorder with Nina Stern. Last spring, she received her bachelor’s in baroque flute performance with a minor in recorder studying under Michael Lynn at Oberlin Conservatory. A Baltimore native, Burnham attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. She has performed in cities such as Montreal, Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, , Bloomington, Oberlin, New Haven, and Washington, D.C. In her studies, she likes to explore the limits of the flute and the recorder as she studies historic counterparts from the Renaissance onward. • Historical Performance Scholarship

Joshua Rubin Joshua Rubin is a founding clarinetist and served as the artistic director of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) from 2014 to 2018, where he oversaw the creative direction of more than 100 concerts per season in the U.S. and abroad. He served as ICE’s program director from 2011 to 2014. He is the program director of LUIGI, ICE’s management software that is available to ensembles and other arts organizations that value transparency and collective management. Rubin has worked closely with prominent composers including George Crumb, , Chaya Czernowin, George Lewis, Kaija Saariaho, , Okkyung Lee, Nathan Davis, , , and Mario Davidovsky. Performance highlights include the premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Mina with the Seattle Symphony (under Ludovic Morlot) and with the Philharmonic Orchestra (under Martyn Brabbins); Iannis Xenakis’ concerto Échange with ICE, conducted by Steven Schick (on Mode Records); performances of Pierre Boulez’s Dialogue de l'ombre double for clarinet and electronics in New York, Chicago, California, and in France; and the premiere of ’s Pulse at the composer’s 80th birthday celebration at under David Robertson (on Nonesuch). He served on the faculty of the Banff Music Centre’s Ensemble Evolution summer program from 2016 to 2019. Rubin holds degrees in biology and clarinet from and Conservatory and the Mannes School of Music.

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Hanlin Chen Born in Hefei, China, clarinetist Hanlin Chen was the second prize winner of the 2016 Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition. Hanlin was a soloist in the Francaix Concerto with Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra in 2014 and Weber Concertino with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra in 2016. As an orchestral musician, Hanlin has performed with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra in Severance Hall in Cleveland and Juilliard Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall. As a soloist, Hanlin has won numerous prizes in both China and the U.S. He was the first prize winner of the 2007 Hong Kong Young Musician Competition (Group 7), second prize winner of 2009 Guangzhou International Clarinet Competition, third prize winner of the 2010 International Clarinet Competition, and first prize winner of the 2018 International Best Mozart Performance Competition. Hanlin is completing his master’s at Juilliard studying with Jon Manasse. He earned his bachelor’s at Cleveland Institute of Music studying with Franklin Cohen and is a graduate of Idyllwild Arts Academy, studying with Yehuda Gilad.

Coby Petricone-Berg From Nyack, New York, alto saxophonist Coby Petricone-Berg learned early on that music would be his life’s passion. He started with and added saxophone shortly after, his love for soon leading him to Jazz House Kids in Montclair, New Jersey. During his high school summers, he was involved in programs including the Vail Jazz Workshop and Berklee Global Jazz Workshop, and performed at the Newport Jazz Festival. He has had the opportunity to work and study with musicians such as Christian McBride, Mike Lee, Abraham Burton, Terell Stafford, Tia Fuller, and Dick Oatts. In 2019 Petricone-Berg was a YoungArts honorable mention winner, leading to his participation in the New York regional program. He also received the outstanding soloist award at the annual Charles Mingus High School Competition. Petricone-Berg is a first-year student in the jazz studies program at Juilliard. • Juilliard Scholarship

Birsa Chatterjee Birsa Chatterjee is a master’s student at Juilliard studying jazz saxophone. In 2019 he graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with degrees in saxophone and vocal performance. He has been part of jazz education programs such as Jazz House Kids and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Chatterjee has played in Carnegie Hall, the Blue Note Jazz Club, Dizzy’s Club, and NJPAC as well as in Peru and India. He has shared a stage with jazz greats like Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Barron, and Jimmy Heath. Chatterjee performs around the country and has a lot of teaching experience with students of all age ranges/levels. He teaches at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Juilliard youth programs, Jazz House Kids, Virtu Academy, and privately in . • Gerry and Franca Mulligan Scholarship, Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship

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Ryan Muncy Ryan Muncy is a saxophonist who performs, commissions, and presents new music. His work emphasizes collaborative relationships with composers and artists of his generation and aims to reimagine how listeners experience the saxophone through contemporary music. He received the Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists as well as a Fulbright Fellowship and has participated in the creation of more than 100 new saxophone works. His 2013 debut album Hot was released by New Focus Recordings. Before joining the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) as saxophonist and grants manager, Muncy was from 2010 to 2014 executive director of the Chicago-based new music collective Ensemble Dal Niente. Muncy is also a founding member of Anubis Quartet, established in 2007 with the aim of reshaping the saxophone quartet genre. Muncy received his doctorate from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where he studied with Frederick L. Hemke. A devoted educator and pedagogue, Muncy previously served on Northern Illinois University’s School of Music faculty as an instructor of saxophone and music business.

Nathan See Nathan See is a saxophonist based in New York City. He attended Berklee College of Music, where he studied with George Garzone, Ralph Peterson, Tia Fuller, and many others. He has performed across the U.S. at Dizzy’s Club, Smalls Jazz Club, Scullers Jazz Club, and the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival as well as internationally in Belize and South Korea. He is pursuing a master’s in jazz studies at Juilliard. • Juilliard Scholarship

Cornelia Sommer Cornelia Sommer is a bassoonist, arranger, and educator dedicated to sharing music with diverse audiences and expanding the ’s repertoire. Originally from Seattle, she is now attending Juilliard. She has appeared with the Seattle Symphony, New World Symphony, Juilliard415, and Videnia Quintet at the Kennedy Center and Norfolk Festival. An advocate of new music, she regularly commissions and premieres new pieces for the bassoon, and her own arrangements have been performed by members of the Detroit Symphony and . Sommer teaches privately and as a teaching fellow in music history and arts education at Juilliard. A graduate of Yale University (MM) and Indiana University (BM), she has studied bassoon with Frank Morelli, Kathleen McLean, William Ludwig, and Francine Peterson, and baroque bassoon with Dominic Teresi.

Joey Lavarias Bassoonist Joey Lavarias is pursuing his master’s degree at Juilliard, studying with Frank Morelli. He is a recipient of the Jerome Greene Graduate Fellowship. At Juilliard, Lavarias is a member of the Juilliard Orchestra and Opera, playing under some of the world’s greatest conductors. He has also played at the BBC Proms, New York Seminar, National Orchestral Institute/ NOI (where he recorded the Grammy-nominated album Harbison, Ruggles, and Stucky: Orchestral Works with the NOI Philharmonic), Miami Summer Music Festival, and the Alba Music Festival. He was a finalist in the 2017 Leitzinger Solo Bassoon Competition. An avid educator, Lavarias is a Juilliard ear training teaching fellow under Rebecca Scott and Wayne Oquin. He has been a teaching artist at the stArt Summer Arts Intensive of Osceola County, Florida, and the Bocal Majority Northern California Summer Camp. • Jerome L. Greene Fellowship

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Catalina Guevara Viquez Catalina Guevara Viquez holds a master’s in music performance from the University of Montreal. She is from Costa Rica, where she graduated with honors both in bassoon performance and music education. In 2005 she moved to Brazil and traveled to Europe and the U.S., participating in music festivals and fiercely dedicating herself to social projects involving music. Her inspiration into helping others encouraged her to complete a master's in educational administration. Following her participation in early music programs of festivals in Brazil, Poland, Canada, and the U.S., she moved to New York to pursue a graduate diploma in historical performance at Juilliard. She has attended master classes and had private lessons with Afonso Venturieri, Alain Hawkins, Daniele Damiano, Fábio Cury, Gerald Corey, Turkovic, Stefano Canuti, Nancy Goeres, Rob Weir, Benjamin Coelho, Mathieu Lussier, Fraser Jackson, Frédéric Baron, Stéphane Lévesque, Tomasz Wesolowski, Dominic Teresi, Wouter Vershuren, Marc Vallon, and Sergio Azzolini. • Historical Performance Scholarship

Georgeanne Banker A native New Yorker, bassoonist Georgeanne Banker enjoys performing music very old and very new. She is a founder of One Found Sound, a conductorless orchestra that creates engaging performances for modern audiences. She has appeared with the Carmel Bach Festival, Santa Rosa Symphony, and Mercury in Houston. With Juilliard415, she enjoyed recent performances with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco and Les Arts Florissants in France. She appears on the soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated animated short The Dam Keeper, and has worked with artists Shearwater, Christina Vantzou, and Gem Club. Banker holds degrees in music and history from McGill University, a master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory, and is studying baroque bassoon at Juilliard. When not making reeds, she can be found trail running throughout the Hudson Valley with her dog, Sophie. • Historical Performance Scholarship

Benjamin Keating Benjamin Keating, a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has found a home as a multimedia artist and performer in New York City since starting at Juilliard in 2017. As a performer, Keating has played at New York’s greatest concert halls and recently appeared in several collaborative performances with Movement Research, one of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. He also founded 511 Brass, a brass quintet of Juilliard-trained musicians that performs and educates in schools and communities around the country. When not performing, Keating is an equally passionate cinematographer and independent film director and is collaborating with Juilliard’s Center for Innovation of the Arts to present several live multimedia performances in March 2020. He is pursuing a bachelor’s in trumpet performance at Juilliard studying with Raymond Mase. • Frieda and Harry Aronson Trumpet Scholarship

James Haddad James Haddad is a trumpeter and composer who brings a fiery presence to his music. A student at both Juilliard and Columbia, Haddad finds ways of incorporating his original concepts into the deep and rich tradition that is jazz. He has had the privilege of learning from and sharing the stage with many of the world’s top jazz musicians, including Terell Stafford, Helen Sung, Lewis Nash, Wynton Marsalis, John Clayton, and Bruce Barth. Haddad has performed at many of New York City’s top venues, including Dizzy’s Club, Birdland, the Appel Room, Carnegie Hall, the Jazz Standard, and many more.

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Viola Chan Chan (BM ’18, flute) is in her sixth year at Juilliard, studying for her master’s degree with Carol Wincenc. Outside of school, she is a substitute musician in the Albany and Princeton symphony . A passionate advocate for new music, Chan had the opportunity to work with Steve Reich at his 2014 concert in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, performing with Colin Currie and the Juilliard Percussion Ensemble. Last summer she was the principal flutist under Edward Gardner in Juilliard’s tour with the Royal Academy of Music, during which the orchestra performed at the Royal Albert Hall during London’s BBC Proms. In previous summers, Chan has participated in the Spoleto Festival USA (2018, 2019), Orpheus@Mannes (2019), Aspen Music Festival and School (2018), National Orchestral Institute+Festival (2015), and New York Symphonic Ensemble (2015). • Jerome L. Greene Fellowship

Stella Perlic Stella Perlic is a percussionist studying at Juilliard. She has played at Carnegie Hall and the BBC Proms as a member of the Juilliard Orchestra and has played with the Lake George Music Festival Orchestra, Symphony in C, Roosevelt Island Orchestra, Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, Texas Festival Orchestra, and Marrowstone Festival Orchestra. Perlic’s chamber music experience encompasses many genres and performances. She appeared in a showcase concert at PASIC 2017 with the Eastman Percussion Ensemble and performed at PASIC 2018 with the Big Trouble, a percussive rock band. She has also performed with the AXIOM ensemble and OSSIA New Music ensemble and at the Yarn|Wire summer institute. • Caldwell Davis Percussion Scholarship, Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship

Carolyn Semes Carolyn Semes, from Philadelphia, has finished her undergraduate studies and is pursuing her master’s at Juilliard under Laurie Smukler. At Juilliard, she has served as of the Juilliard Orchestra and has been a Gluck Community Service Fellow. She has attended Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West—where she served as concertmaster and participated in the String Quartet Seminar—Aspen Music Festival and School, and Spoleto Festival USA, and she has also performed with the New World Symphony. • Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship, Constance Goulandris Scholarship, John and Mary Cufalo Scholarship

Drake Driscoll Cellist Drake Driscoll has established herself as both a versatile performer and advocate for social change through music. On the roster of the UN Chamber Music Society, she is the executive director and cofounder of the VISION Collective, building connections with and among refugees and new Americans by sharing and exchanging music between diverse communities. A passionate teacher and arts administrator, Driscoll is a mentor and substitute coach for Juilliard Pre-College chamber music, marketing and production assistant for the New York branch of Music for Food, and intern for Reach Teach Play at the . She is pursuing her master’s degree at Juilliard, where she is a Gluck Community Service Fellow and a student of Natasha Brofsky. • Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship

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Leo Simon Leo Simon, a percussionist from Potomac, Maryland, is a fourth-year undergraduate at Juilliard in the studio of Gregory Zuber. He has been a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado and the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan. He is also passionate about teaching, having worked as a mentor for Juilliard's Pre-College and Music Advancement Program. • Juilliard Scholarship

Audrey Emata Audrey Emata is a second-year Juilliard student completing her bachelor’s degree under Carol Wincenc. She debuted as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2013 and has soloed with the Allentown Symphony, Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, and six Philadelphia regional orchestras. She was featured on NPR's From the Top and has won the New York Flute Club, Philadelphia Flute Society, and Flute View magazine competitions. She was a 2018 YoungArts winner and Presidential Scholar of the Arts semifinalist. Emata was invited to play with James and Jeanne Galway at the Kennedy Center in 2016 and twice received a full scholarship to his class in Switzerland. She has also performed in master classes in Scotland, France, and all over the U.S. Emata has performed in the Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra and Texas Festival Orchestra at the Round Top Festival Institute. • Satterthwaite Scholarship

Samuel DeCaprio Winner of the 2018 Aldo Parisot Prize from the Yale School of Music, awarded to gifted cellists who show promise for concert careers, Juilliard doctoral student Samuel DeCaprio has won numerous prizes including the Arlington, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Oneppo Chamber Music, William C. Byrd, and Windham Arts Council competitions as well as the performer’s certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Passionate about chamber music, his festival appearances include Aspen, IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Kneisel Hall, Lake George, the NAC Young Artist Program, and Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. He has also recorded an album for ECM Records with Cuban-jazz composer David Virelles as a member of the Nosotros Ensemble. DeCaprio holds degrees from the University of Connecticut, Eastman, Mannes, and Yale. • Starr Doctoral Fellowship

Qilin Sun Qilin Sun (BM ’16, MM ’18, piano) made her debut with an orchestra at age 11 playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 488 with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. She has since performed throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Her recent highlights include an opening gala with Chengdu Orchestra at the City Concert Hall in China and concerts at Alice Tully Hall, Royal Dublin Society of Ireland, Ruïnekerk in Netherlands, and the Imperial Palace of Goslar in Germany. Born in Sichuan, China, Sun started playing the piano at age 3. At Juilliard, after completing her bachelor’s and master’s, she began studying for her Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the tutelage of Yoheved Kaplinsky and Matti Raekallio. • Starr Doctoral Fellowship

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Keru Zhang Keru Zhang is a second-year master’s student in piano performance at Juilliard studying with Jerome Lowenthal. She has won top prizes in competitions including the Bachauer Scholarship Competition of Juilliard. She has been a guest pianist of the Rising Stars piano series in Southampton and has participated in international festivals and concerts including the Beethoven Music Festival in Bonn, Pianofest in the Hamptons, and Gilmore Keyboard Festival. Zhang also participated in the advanced piano trio and intensive duo program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, worked with members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Cavani Quartet, and Juilliard String Quartet, and collaborated with Lynn Harrell in concert. Zhang transferred from Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing to Juilliard Pre-College in 2010 and studied with Victoria Mushkatkol. She then completed her bachelor’s at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Paul Schenly and Daniel Shapiro. • Vivian Richenthal Scholarship, Harold and Helene Schonberg Scholarship, Howard and Ethel Ross Trust Scholarship

Courtenay Cleary Courtenay Cleary is completing her master’s degree at Juilliard with professor Naoko Tanaka. She received her bachelor’s degree with first-class honors from the Royal Academy of Music in London studying with Maureen Smith. In 2017 Cleary performed as a soloist for Queen Elizabeth II and other distinguished guests at Westminster Abbey for the Royal Commonwealth Service, broadcast live on BBC television. In 2018 she again performed for the the queen at Buckingham Palace for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth heads of government meeting. She has also been a soloist at Wigmore Hall, St James’ Piccadilly, Regent Hall, Colston Hall, and Lincoln Center. She recently performed Beethoven’s with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra in Sydney and gave the Australian premiere of David Lang’s Mystery Sonatas in Brisbane as part of the Dots and Loops concert series. She is a Tait Memorial Trust and ABRSM scholar and was recently awarded second prize at the Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition as well as the Dame Joan Sutherland award from the American Australian Association and the Guy Parsons Award from the Portland House and Australian Music Foundations. • Charles H. Bechter Scholarship, Michael and Ethel Cohen Scholarship

Sunho Song Korean native Sunho Song (BM ’14, clarinet) is the winner of the International Clarinet Association’s young artist competition and has performed frequently in Asia, Europe and the U.S. Last summer Song was heard in Houston, Sarasota, Hamburg, Lübeck, , Seoul, and New York. He has also appeared at festivals including Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and Sarasota Music Festival. Song is pursuing his master’s degree under Charles Neidich at Juilliard, where he also earned his bachelor’s. With great interest in contemporary music, Song performs regularly as a member of AXIOM and the New Juilliard Ensemble. He has also premiered numerous works by Juilliard composers and has collaborated with Juilliard dancers and actors. • Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship, Martha Dwight Douglas Memorial Scholarship

Wonchan Doh Wonchan Doh (BM ’18, clarinet) is pursuing his master’s under Anthony McGill at Juilliard, where he also earned his bachelor’s. Doh has performed in many ensembles at Juilliard, including the Juilliard Orchestra and New Juilliard Ensemble, where he has premiered many new works since 2016. As an active advocate of outreach, Doh has taken part in the following outreach organizations based in Austin, Texas: Meridiem Music Marathon (since 2018) and of the World (since 2011). • Juilliard Scholarship