UMD Repertoire Repertoire UMD COME:THEIR TIME MUSIC HAS BY COMPOSERS WOMEN University School of of Maryland Music Presents

Tuesday, December 3, 2019 . 8PM DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL at The Clarice 1 ABOUT THE MUSIC DIRECTOR DIRECTOR MUSIC THE ABOUT University of Maryland School of Music Presents Possessing a repertoire of over forty-five and musicals ranging from Mozart and Puccini to Rodgers & Hammerstein and , conductor Their Time Has Come: Music by Women Composers and pianist JESSE LEONG is a musician of uncommon breadth and versatility. His has been called “taut and assured” by Today. Leong was UMD Repertoire Orchestra recently named the 2019 Julius Rudel/Kurt Weill conducting fellow by the Kurt Weill

PROGRAM Foundation. In this capacity he served as associate conductor to Tony Award®- winning artistic director of MasterVoices (New York City) Ted Sperling on Lady in the Jesse Leong Dark featuring another Tony winner, Victoria Clark. 2019 also saw Leong’s return to music director , assisting David Charles Abell on . He debuted with Cincinnati Opera in 2018 assisting Christoph Perick on Der Fliegende Holländer as Yu Wang well as with Pacific Opera Project (Los Angeles), conducting La traviata. assistant conductor Leong serves as associate music director of Queen City Opera (Cincinnati, OH), having joined at the company’s founding in 2012 as assistant conductor. His D’un soir triste (Of a Sad Evening)...... Lily Boulanger (1893-1918) passion for social justice, community activism and the contemporary relevancy of performing arts led to QCO’s collaborations with Planned Parenthood, Jewish Flute Concertino in D Major, Op. 107...... Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Family Services, the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, David Le, flute Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and Women Helping Women. Yu Wang, conductor Leong is also strongly committed to diversity and representation in the arts. His programming focuses on women composers, composers of colors and LGBTQ+ composers in concerts thematically integrated with classical masterworks. INTERMISSION An enthusiastic grammarian and linguist, Leong has authored a book entitled, La Symphony No. 1 in E Minor...... Florence Price (1887-1953) bohème: A Connotative and Grammatical Translation. Having been described as I. Allegro ma non troppo “Nico Castel plus,” Leong’s book has been praised by singers, conductors, coaches II. Largo, maestoso and directors alike. It will eventually be part of a double trilogy of Connotative and III. Juba Dance—Allegro Grammatical Translation books on the Puccini-Illica-Giacosa operas, La bohème, IV. Finale—Presto Tosca and and the Mozart-Da Ponte operas, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte.

UMD Repertoire Orchestra would like to acknowledge the following graduate assistants, Leong holds a B.M. in performance and an M.M. in orchestral conducting from faculty, staff and friends for their contributions to this performance: David Neely, Sabrina University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is currently pursuing Boggs, Madeleine Jansen, Chi Lee, Syneva Colle, Jason Gekker, Levi Bradshaw, Michael his D.M.A. in orchestral conducting at the University of Maryland School of Music. jesseleong.com Chong, Sinan Wang, Katie McCarthy and Hyun Ji Choi.

2 3 UMD REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA REPERTOIRE UMD YU WANG is a young Canadian conductor who made her jump into music Jesse Leong, music director literally. While a student in business school, Wang booked a last-minute Yu Wang, assistant conductor flight and moved West determined to pursue her passion in music. Mark Wakefield, ensembles manager

Now an M.M. candidate in instrumental conducting at the University of FLUTE PERCUSSION Maryland School of Music, she also holds a bachelor’s degree from the Michelle Chen Bruce Perry University of Toronto. She made great advances in skill under the guidance Anna Schilling of Maestro David Neely and Neil Thomson. She has also studied with Olivia Sharon, piccolo HARP conductors Uri Mayer, John Farrer and Ivars Taurins. Jennifer Tatham, piccolo Lauren Twombly

Wang is founder and was inaugural music director of Toronto’s Linus OBOE CELESTA Chamber Orchestra. In 2016, she made her debut at the Pärnu Music Abel Forturbel Yu Wang Festival, an event hosted by Neeme Järvi and Paavo Järvi. Joseph O'Leary Joshua Faison, English horn VIOLIN I A proud millennial, Wang enjoys avocado toast, board games and travelling. Justin Hung, concertmaster CLARINET (Boulanger, Chaminade) Julianna Solomon Mark Jung, concertmaster (Price) Emily Tocco Sabrina Boggs Andrew Zhang, bass clarinet Thomas Brosh ABOUT THE ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Elian Contreras BASSOON Varun Iyer Temon Birch Julia Mittelstaedt Haedn Rho HORN Yuka Sakazaki Eric Aaron Paula Shin Jack Holland Grace Yarrow Phillip Shulman Helen Zhang Allison Happ VIOLIN II TROMBONE Rachel Friedman, principal Lorraine Montana (Boulanger, Chaminade) Yoav Rotman Helena Amberger, principal (Price) Pedro Martinez, bass trombone Bryce Bathras Levi Bradshaw TUBA Margaret Brown Marlin Thomas Carl Chung Madeleine Jansen TIMPANI Haoran Ni Matthew Dupree Manuela Osorio van Isschot Chloe Salkeld Yesica Ventura Joey Yeoh

4 5 VIOLA BASS Thomas Chung, principal Iris Yourick, principal (Boulanger, (Boulanger, Chaminade) Chaminade) Eric Wei, principal (Price) Hannah Weisman, principal (Price) Siddharth Bhatnagar Gabriel Dayanim Lea Broussard Natalie Feldman Michael Chong Jason Gekker John Labbate Elle Johnson Changxu Pang Christopher Lee Sinan Wang Elizabeth Thilmany Jenna Wollney

CELLO Gloria Kim, principal (Boulanger, Chaminade) Andrew Guo, principal (Price) UMD REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA Hyun Ji Choi Roland Kahn Ilia Larkin Katie McCarthy Rachel Robin

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KALEIDOSCOPE OF BANDS HANDEL’S MESSIAH UNIVERSITY BAND, COMMUNITY BAND UMD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND AND MIGHTY SOUND OF MARYLAND UMD CHAMBER SINGERS MARCHING BAND SUN, DEC 8 • 3PM FRI, DEC 6 • 8PM $25 PUBLIC / $10 STUDENT/YOUTH / UMD STUDENTS FREE $25 PUBLIC / $10 STUDENT/YOUTH / UMD STUDENTS FREE Featuring the “Hallelujah Chorus,” the most The School of Music’s finest bands come together for beloved of all Baroque masterworks is brought a crowd-pleasing extravaganza under the direction to life for the Christmas season by the combined of Associate Director of Bands Andrea Brown — forces of the School of Music’s premier ensembles featuring University Band, Community Band and the and alumni soloists. Proceeds from this holiday grand finale, the Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching favorite will benefit School of Music student Band! It’s an upbeat, lively show you don’t want to scholarships! miss. SONGS OF WAR FROM BJÖRK TO SCHMITT UMD REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRA UMD WIND ORCHESTRA THU, MAR 5 • 8PM SAT, DEC 7 • 8PM FREE, NO TICKETS REQUIRED $25 PUBLIC / $10 STUDENT/YOUTH / UMD STUDENTS FREE Throughout history, war has had a profound influence on classical music created during wartime From the Icelandic rockstar Björk’s Overture to and this concert will feature three such pieces: Dancer in the Dark to Florent Schmitt’s joyful In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Dionysiaques, enjoy a dynamic evening of modern Democracy, written by William Grant Still at the masterworks for wind orchestra. height of the Second World War, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, commissioned to celebrate the victory over Napoleon at Borodino, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto, written just months after the end of the First World War.

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC ADMINISTRATION & STAFF

JASON GEARY Director GREGORY MILLER Associate Director for Academic Affairs & Director of Undergraduate Studies PATRICK WARFIELD Associate Director for Graduate Studies & Strategic Initiatives LORI DeBOY Associate Director for Engagement & Enrollment Management AARON MULLER Senior Assistant Director for Productions & Operations

CHRISTINE CASTILLO LAUREN MCDONALD ANDREA BROWN Administrative Assistant Assistant Director for Admissions & Director of Athletic Bands Financial Aid KELSEY EUSTACE ROBERT DILUTIS Marketing Communications Coordinator ELIZABETH MILLIGAN Director of Community Engagement Admissions Recruitment Coordinator THEODORE GUERRANT & CRAIG KIER Accompanist HEATHER MUNDWILER Director of the Maryland Opera Studio Undergraduate Student Services Coordinator TINA HOITT EDWARD MACLARY Athletic Bands Coordinator JEANNETTE OLIVER Director of Choral Activities Business Manager LAURI JOHNSON DAVID NEELY Choral Administrator ASHLEY POLLARD Director of Orchestral Activities Opera Manager SHARON KEYSER TIM POWELL Assistant Director for Finance JOSH THOMPSON Interim Director of Jazz Studies Graduate Student Services Coordinator MING LI DAVID SALNESS Piano Technology GERRI VINES Director of Chamber Music Activities Administrative Coordinator & JEREMY MAYTUM Assistant to the Director MICHAEL VOTTA Athletic Bands Inventory & Director of Bands Communications Coordinator MARK WAKEFIELD Ensembles Manager J. LAWRENCE WITZLEBEN Coordinator of World Music Ensembles