Cal Performances Presents Program
Th ursday, May , , pm Preben Antonsen (b. ) Camoufl age Zellerbach Hall Viaggio String Quartet Eric Gratz, violin Anthony Bracewell, violin From the Top Stephanie Price, viola Ken Kubota, cello A Showcase of the Nation’s Top Young Classical Musicians English traditional Th e Water of Tyne arr. Michael Neaum (b. ) with host Canadian traditional Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser! Christopher O’Riley arr. Donald Patriquin (b. ) from Six Songs of Early Canada () San Francisco Girls Chorus Dr. Susan McMane, artistic director Susan Soehner, piano PROGRAM
Camille Saint-Säens (–) Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Program and repertoire subject to change. Op. () Anthony Bracewell, violin Christopher O’Riley, piano Tune in to From the Top on . KDFC, Sundays at pm. Carl Maria von Weber (–) Andante & Hungarian Rondo, Op. () Th is program is scheduled to broadcast on September , . Brigid Babbish, bassoon Christopher O’Riley, piano See Hilda Huang, San Francisco Conservatory’s Luna Trio and other fantastic young musicians on From the Top at Carnegie Hall on San Francisco’s KQED-Channel , Sundays at am beginning July , .
Johann Sebastian Bach (–) Selections from Th e Art of Fugue (bef. ): Th e From the Top radio program is produced in association with WGBH Radio Boston and New England Conservatory of Music, its home and education partner, with support from the National Endowment for the Contrapunctus No. Arts and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. National Public Radio distributes From the Top. Contrapunctus No. Hilda Huang, piano Cal Performances’ – season is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank.
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Preben Antonsen (composer), , from Berkeley, performance for girls and young women, ages –. no arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s tangos with Liberty Mutual. Season premieres on PBS net- California, has been composing since he was More than singers from schools in Bay Argentine pianist Pablo Ziegler and collaborated works and on pbs.org this spring. four and now studies with prominent American Area cities participate in this internationally recog- with choreographer Martha Clarke in a work which Radio. From the Top is a weekly, hour-long composer John Adams. He has attended music nized program, deemed “a model in the country sets the staged stories of Anton Chekhov to the pi- radio showcase of America’s top young classical programs at Aspen Music Festival and School, for training girls’ voices” by the California Arts ano works of Alexander Scriabin. He has recorded musicians hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher Perlman Music Camp and Yellow Barn Young Council. Each year, dedicated young artists present two discs of his own re-imaginings of Radiohead O’Riley. Distributed by NPR to more than Artists Program. A serious pianist, Preben ap- season concerts, tour nationally or internationally, songs, as well as a tribute to Elliot Smith, where stations nationwide, From the Top reaches nearly peared on From the Top when he was . He also and appear with respected sponsoring organiza- he delves into the deeply emotional and complex , loyal listeners each week, ranking it loves outdoor activities, science and tennis, and ap- tions, including San Francisco Symphony and San work of the troubled singer/songwriter who died among the top weekly programs on public ra- preciates the hip-hop productions of Dr. Dre. Francisco Opera. Th e Girls Chorus has won many prematurely in . Mr. O’Riley’s most recent dio, along with long-term notables Car Talk and honors, including the prestigious Margaret Hillis disc, Second Grace: Music of Nick Drake, interprets A Prairie Home Companion. Brigid Babbish (bassoon), , is a very recent Award in , given annually by Chorus America the work of singer/songwriter Nick Drake. Next Live Events. From the Top records its radio and graduate of Cranbrook Kingswood School in to a chorus that demonstrates artistic excellence, season he will play a series of recitals that inter- television programs in front of live audiences at its Bloomfi eld Hills, Michigan. She was fi rst at- a strong organizational structure, and a commit- twine his own piano transcriptions with classi- home concert hall, New England Conservatory’s tracted to the bassoon in seventh grade because of ment to education. Other honors include two cal compositions. Th ese will debut at Columbia Jordan Hall, at Carnegie Hall and in up to its rich red color. She plays with the Detroit Civic ASCAP awards for Adventurous Programming in University’s Miller Th eatre and feature Claude communities across the country each year. Symphony and her school’s band and orchestra and and . Debussy/Nick Drake, Robert Schumann/Elliott Online. On fromthetop.org, YouTube and has attended Interlochen Arts Camp and Eastman Smith and Dmitri Shostakovich/Radiohead. A Facebook, From the Top shares the music and sto- School of Music’s summer institute. Brigid loves Th e Viaggio String Quartet is Eric Gratz (vio- recipient of top prizes and awards from the Van ries of its young performers. reading and writing and playing ice hockey in her lin), , from Shaker Heights, Ohio; Anthony Cliburn Competition and the Avery Fisher Career Education. From the Top’s education and backyard in the winter. Bracewell (violin), , from Essex, Ontario, Grants, Mr. O’Riley is a graduate of the New community outreach programs bring classical Canada; Stephanie Price (viola), , from England Conservatory of Music in Boston. music and From the Top performers into class- Anthony Bracewell (violin), , is a From the Worthington, Ohio; and Ken Kubota (cello), rooms, youth organizations, and arts programs Top , Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist from , from Troy, Michigan. Th ey are team coached Joanne Robinson (announcer) has a broad arts across the country. Th e goals: to inspire budding Essex, Ontario in Canada. He is co-concertmas- in Cleveland by Debbie Price of the Chamber and communications background. She has per- musicians of all ages, share the joy of music mak- ter of the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra and Music Connection in Worthington, Ohio, and formed and toured with several children’s theater ing, and thrill young audiences with the power has attended summer programs at Meadowmount Annie Fullard of the Cleveland Institute of Music. companies and worked on production teams of two of great performances by exceptional teen musi- School of Music in New York. Anthony also per- Recently, the quartet placed fi rst in the Saint Paul children’s television programs. In addition to being cians. Th ese programs include collaborations with forms with his chamber ensemble, the Viaggio String Quartet Competition. From the Top’s announcer, she serves as the show’s Young Audiences, Inc., Macmillan/MacGraw Hil String Quartet. A junior at Walkerville Collegiate graphic designer and editor of fromthetop.org. Publishers, and the Wallace Foundation. High School, he is active in drama and music and Christopher Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Awards. From has received honors for writing original composi- O’Riley (host, From the Top is an independent non-profi t or- the Top collaborates with the Jack Kent Cooke tions for school productions. piano) has rede- ganization that celebrates the passion, dedication, Foundation to award , scholarships to fi ned the possi- and personal stories of the nation’s outstanding deserving young artists annually so they can make Hilda Huang (piano), , is a seventh grader at bilities of classical young classical musicians. Th rough entertaining the most of their abundant talent and seize oppor- Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto, California, and music through radio and television broadcasts, online media, and tunities to play at their best. a student of John McCarthy at the San Francisco electronic media, a national tour of live events and outreach pro- Young Composer Project. With support from the Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division. She contemporary grams, these performers inspire the pursuit of ex- Ann & Gordon Getty and ASCAP foundations, has participated in master classes with David music and inno- cellence and encourage participation in the arts as From the Top encourages the development of the Finkel, Barbara Nissman and Stephen Swedish and vative program- an integral part of a vibrant and civil society. next generation of composers. Honorees appear on
was one of only four pianists in the world selected Wendy Lynch ming. In addition From the Top’s training and mentorship pro- the radio show and are paired with a professional to attend Music@Menlo. Hilda also plays harp- to hosting From the Top’s radio and TV programs grams prepare young musicians to serve as positive composer for a one-on-one mentoring session. sichord and enjoys riding her bicycle and playing and appearing with top orchestras and festivals peer role models, connect with new audiences, and sports. Watch Hilda on From the Top at Carnegie around the world, O’Riley is also an interpreter of give back to their communities in many ways. Hall on KQED-Channel this summer! some of the most important contemporary popular Television. From the Top at Carnegie Hall is pro- music of our time. He lives by the Duke Ellington duced by Don Mischer Productions, From the Top Th e San Francisco Girls Chorus, founded in adage, “there are only two kinds of music, good and WGBH Boston in partnership with Carnegie , is a regional center for music education and music and bad.” O’Riley has performed two-pia- Hall. Th is PBS series is generously sponsored by
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From the Top Production Staff
Jennifer Hurley-Wales CEO & Executive Producer Gerald Slavet CEO & Executive Producer
Tom Voegeli Producer Tim Banker Co-Producer David Balsom Tour Producer Tom Vignieri Music Producer Caroline Cardiasmenos Assistant Music Producer Elizabeth DeVore Production Manager Corinne King Production Assistant
Berred Ouelette Technical Director Dan Hallas, John Servies Sound Engineers Tori Sweetser Lighting Designer
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