2015-2016 T RI -COUNTY CONCERTS J 7 Y e S 5 F o a e 7 F T o p n o 5 e - t H r b n E e m r t i m e f h u A f o a S p l b H a s A r N i U e y a m a a N r N n 2 n Q 2 I o 1 B D V 7 . u n , a , A E p a 2 v 2 R n Y r 0 i o a 0 t , 1 S u e n i 1 6 A A z v t 5 o R e P e t Y R r B I s L a E A M 1 N r l 0 e O E i m y C , x F c i i I 2 t T o K S S 0 e b t e C 1 i e n l l l r 6 O m n e e 2 e N a 5 y a b n , C 2 . E . s 0 v R r f o 1 i l T o u 5 n a l t i e n t i n g 7 5 y e a r s o s r f a s t 7734rdth A Annnnuuaal lY Yoouutthh F Feessttiivvaall CCoonncceerrtt •• SSaattuurrddaay,, June 61,1 2, 0210516 SSciceinencece C Cenenteter rT Thheeaateter r• •MMoonntgtgoommeerryy C Coouunnttyy C Coommmmuunniittyy C Coollelegge e OUR HISTORY TThis season, 2015-2016, Tri-County Concerts Association proudly celebrates its 75th year as one of the region’s most significant venues for chamber music. In December 1941, chamber music in the Philadelphia area received a remarkable boost from Ellen Winsor and Rebecca Winsor Evans when the two sisters decided to sponsor the original Curtis String Quartet in a free public concert at Radnor Junior High School. An early program says that “its aim was to bring the spiritual peace and the beauty of music in the lives of our fellow-citizens who were living under the shadow of war; thus strengthening them with the knowledge that music is the great international language which unites all peoples in the common bond of friendship.” The musicians were enthusiastically received and the Tri-County Concerts Association was successfully launched. In 1943, the fledgling organization held its first Youth Music Festival and assumed a vital position in the area’s cultural life. From the early 1950’s to the late 1970’s, the driving force behind the Tri-County Concerts Association was Mrs. Guida Smith. Her energies were devoted to bringing top musical artists to the community, as well as relatively unknown virtuosi who later became internationally renowned. In 1979 Jean Wetherill of Radnor assumed leadership of the Association. She fostered the organization’s continued health during a period of transition. That year, the Association became a nonprofit corporation in order to strengthen its mission and its increasingly important fund-raising functions. When the 76 Years of Unparalleled Opportunitiestunities Radnor Middle School underwent renovations in 1980, the concert series was relocated to Delaware County Community College. After a brief return to Wayne Auditorium in for Exceptional Music Studentsts 1987, the series moved to Centennial Hall at Haverford College in 1989, then to the Main Line Unitarian Church in 1992 and to our present location at Eastern University The Philadelphia Youth AuditionAudition in 1999. Orchestra is one of the world’ss TheThe PYOPYO organizationorganization hostshosts Throughout these changes, Tri-County upheld its tradition of the highest musical top youth orchestras. Underr auditionsauditions throughoutthroughout thethe year.year. standards. Its roster of virtuoso performers includes Marian Anderson, Eugene Istomin, the direction of Maestro LouisLouis ForFor applicationapplication forms,forms, auditionaudition Vladimir Sokoloff, Paul Badura-Skoda, the Budapest and Juilliard String Quartets, Scaglione and guidance fromfrom Leontyne Price, Rosalyn Tureck, Cynthia Raim, and Peter Wiley, among others. In schedulesschedules andand infoinfo visitvisit online:online: recent years, Tri-County has focused primarily on “Emerging Artists,” one part of its prestigious faculty members,members, www.pyos.org/auditionwww.pyos.org/audition heritage. From the start, Tri-County has showcased brilliant young musicians who were students from thee tri-statetri-state areaarea on their way to distinguished professional careers. When he performed with Tri-County, receive superiorr technical,technical, AAttendttend William Kapell was only twenty, Gil Shaham was seventeen, and Pamela Frank was musical, performance,ormance, andand lifelife FForor a ffullull sschedulechedule ooff uupcomingpcoming twenty-two. Local stars who appeared with us early in their careers include the legendary skills instructionuction thoughthough fivefive pperformances,erformances, ppleaselease vvisitisit Anna Moffo, as well as Marcantonio Barone, Mimi Stillman, and Eric Owens. We carry on this fine tradition today by continuing to bring you outstanding young musicians in divisions:s: thethe PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia YouthYouth wwww.pyos.orgww.pyos.org our chamber series. Orchestraestra forfor agesages 114–21;4–21; No less important is Tri-County Concerts’ Youth Festival, which has been a stepping- Philadelphialadelphia YoungYYounoung AArtistsrtists stone to achievement for many of the thousands of young musicians who have participated. OrchestraOrchestra forfor agesages 110–18;0–18; BBravoravo Former winners have established national and international careers as soloists and as BrassBrass forfor agesages 12–21;12–21; PPhiladelphiahiladelphia members of major symphony orchestras. Opera stars Anna Moffo and Clamma Dale RegionRegion YouthYYoouth StringString MMusicusic fforor first received recognition in Tri-County’s Youth Festival. At present, other winners hold positions as principals in the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, and Detroit agesages 6–14;6–14; andand TuneTune UUpp PPhilly,hilly, aann Symphony Orchestras, and four have seats in the Philadelphia Orchestra. after-schoolafter-school outreachoutreach pprogramrogram With both our Emerging Artists Series and our Youth Festival, we afford our audiences forfor 3rd–8th3rd–8th gradegrade sstudents.tudents. the opportunity to see and hear tomorrow’s stars. OUR PURPOSE TTri-County Concerts Association serves the Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery County communities by fostering the performance and appreciation of the highest quality solo and ensemble chamber music. It is the only chamber music series in the area run by an independent community board. Tri-County Concerts is unique in presenting recitals both by emerging professional artists and by promising Welcomes Tri-Counttyy Concerrtsts Associaciaatition local youths. E A S SERVING OUR COMMUNITY the EASTERNEASTERN EEXPERIENCEXPERIENCE P Part of the Tri-County Concerts’ mission is to reach a widely varied audience with subsidized ticket arrangements. In this manner, many young people have received their introduction to chamber music, conservatory students their inspiration, and Music Schollararships AAvvvailailable members of retirement communities sheer musical enjoyment in exposure to Music Education Composition/Electronic Music world-class artists. Ticket prices are kept low to enable families to share a rich Church Music Individualized Maajjors cultural experience. Performance Contemporary Music Prograram BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015-2016 Eastern Universittyy P RESIDENT Anne Marie Bedford Eleanor James Carolyn Hammond Joy M. Kiszely V ICE P RESIDENT Matthew Bengtson Barbara Miller Edmond H. Morse T REASURER Robert V. Rossi Richard Hammond Barbara Schick S ECRETARY Wendy Schmid Rebecca J. Clement Sherrill Shaffer IN MEMORIAM Pearl Z. Steinberg (1919 – 2015) Board Member, 1997 – 2015 Tri-County Concerts Association, Inc. Box 222, Wayne, PA 19087 610-649-2517 [email protected] www.tricountyconcerts.org 5 VIRTUOSO PERFORMANCES SINCE 1941 1941 Curtis String Quartet 1983 The Ridge String Quartet 1942 William Kincaid, flute 1986 Cynthia Raim, piano 1943 William Kapell, piano Raphael Trio 1944 Marian Anderson, contralto 1987 Peter Wiley, cello 1946 Budapest String Quartet 1989 Gil Shaham, violin 1946 Samuel Mayes, cello and Orion String Quartet Vincent Persichetti, piano 1989 Pamela Frank, violin 1947 Roland Hayes, tenor Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano 1949 Juilliard String Quartet 1993 Peabody Trio 1952 M. Horszowski, piano 1995 Meng-Chieh Liu, piano 1953 Anna Moffo, soprano Brentano String Quartet 1955 Joseph Szigeti, violin 1996 Ying Quartet 1956 Eugene Istomin, piano 1997 Juliette Kang, violin 1957 Leontyne Price, soprano 1998 Alexander Shtarkman, piano 1958 Guiomar Novaes, piano 1999 Jason Vieaux, guitar 1960 Rosalyn Tureck, piano 2000 Sari Gruber, soprano 1963 Ruggiero Ricci, violin 2001 Eric Owens, basso 1964 Hans Richter-Haaser, piano Reiko Watanabe, violin 1966 Benita Valente, soprano 2002 Sergey Schepkin, piano 1971 Balsam, Kroll & Heifetz Trio Mimi Stillman, flute 1972 Masuko Ushioda, violin 2004 Shunsuke Sato, violin Gyorgy Sandor, piano 2006 Matthew Bengtson, 1973 Orlando Cole, cello and harpsichord and piano Vladimir Sokoloff, piano 2010 Giora Schmidt, violin 1976 Clamma Dale, soprano 2011 Benjamin Beilman, violin 1981 Kristine Ciesinski, soprano 2012 Daedalus Quartet Marcy Rosen, cello 2013 Horszowski Trio 1982 David Wetherill, French horn 2014 Stefan Jackiw, violin 50 TH ANNIVERSARY GALA PERFORMANCE Rosalyn Tureck, piano Alan Stepansky, cello Fei-Ping Hsu, piano Timothy Baker, violin James Barbagallo, piano Marcantonio Barone, piano Deborah Carter, flute David Hamilton, tenor 7 YOONIE HAN | PIANO YOONIE HAN P Praised for her “flowing tones, poetic phrasing, and S UNDAY • S EPTEMBER 27, 2015 • 3 PM heavenly singing melodies” (Cincinnati Enquirer) and “her musical imagination and feel for complex textures drew McInnis Auditorium, Eastern University vivid images” (Washington Post) , South Korean pianist Yoonie Han has won top prizes in distinguished international competitions and the highest accolades for Yoonie Han, piano her performances in major concert halls in the U.S. and around the world. Melodie from Orpheus ed Euridice Gluck/Friedman In 2009, Yoonie Han won South Korea’s Gawon Music (1886 – 1948) Award as the “most brilliant pianist aged 17 to 31 of any nationality who possesses the most promising potential for Goyescas, Op. 11 Enrique Granados global prominence.” She also won first prize in the Los requiebros (The Compliments) (1867 – 1916) Washington International Piano Competition (2011), the Fulbright Competition Quejas, o la maja y el ruiseñor (The Girl and the Nightingale) (2011), Juilliard’s Gina Bachauer Piano Competition (2008), the Cincinnati World El amor y la muerte (Love and Death) Piano Competition (2008), and the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition (2005).