Philadelphia Youth Orchestr a OVATION AWARD
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Philadelphia Youth Orchestr a OVATION AWARD For Inspiration and Outstanding Leadership in Music Education Presented and Endowed by H.E.L.P.® Foundation Sponsored by Jacobs Music Company, J.W. Pepper and WRTI Sunday • June 1 • 2014 • 3:00 p.m. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall 01 02 Derek Barnes • Merion Station, Pennsylvania William Cain • Willow Grove, Pennsylvania A native of Philadelphia and member A member of a musical family, Bill Cain of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 1995, began performing percussion at the age Derek Barnes previously held the post of nine in his home town’s band where of co-principal cello of the Concerto he cultivated a lifelong devotion to music. Soloists of Philadelphia (now the Chamber Since 1982, Mr. Cain has taught instru- Orchestra of Philadelphia) and has been a mental music to hundreds of students at member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra the Wissahickon Middle School, where he and the New York String Orchestra. leads three concert bands, two jazz bands Mr. Barnes has appeared as soloist with and a marching band. Mr. Cain has per- the Curtis Symphony, the Tanglewood formed with the Philly Pops, the Delaware Music Center Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony and the Princeton Chamber Symphony, the Anderson Symphony, and Symphony. He is currently Principal the Muncie Symphony. He has also par- Percussionist with the Kennett Symphony ticipated in the Tanglewood Fellowship of Chester County. As a music teacher, he program as a Bernstein Fellow and at the notes that there is no greater moment summer music festivals of the Taos School than when a student finally understands a of Music, the Encore School for Strings, difficult concept, and then masters it. He Derek Barnes inspires and enlightens and Congress of Strings. A graduate of “Music in its many forms has surrounded me believes that music gives his students the students about “the beauty and spirituality the Curtis Institute of Music, Mr. Barnes throughout my life and I have always ability to pursue a long range goal until it of musicianship.” has performed chamber music with many felt compelled to pass my knowledge and is realized—even if it takes years to come notable musicians and has appeared on my passion on to the next generation to fruition. television in “Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood.” of musicians.” Nominator: Nominator: Michael Brookshire, Horsham, PA Jake Aronchick, Villanova, PA Michael, a Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Jake studied cello for seven years with alumnus, notes Bill Cain taught him about Derek Barnes, who through his generous discipline, values, and the impact arts have actions and principles became a role model on the world—ultimately helping him to in all aspects of Jake’s life. A Philadelphia perform at Lincoln Center and tour Europe Youth Orchestra alumnus, Jake currently playing the Jazz Vibraphone. attends Boston College where his is a member of the Boston College Symphony Orchestra. 03 04 Thomas Elliott • Narberth, Pennsylvania Elizabeth Kaderabek • Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Thomas Elliott, a graduate of The Curtis Elizabeth Kaderabek, daughter of retired Institute of Music, is the founder and for- Philadelphia Orchestra principal trumpet mer director of the Westminster Brass. player Frank Kaderabek, began studying He has performed as trombonist with the violin at age six with the famous many ensembles including The Philadelphia concertmaster and teacher Mischa Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Mischakoff, and culminated her education Metropolitan Opera and the Marlboro at the Philadelphia Musical Academy as a Music Festival. Mr. Elliott has played jazz student of Frank Costanzo and then and commercial music with notables such William dePasquale. For ten years she as Mel Torme and the Glenn Miller Band was a member of the New York City and was a resident orchestra member at Opera National Company, the last three the former Valley Forge Music Fair. As a as concertmaster, and spent time each full-time music educator, Mr. Elliott has been year bringing opera to small towns across Director of Instrumental Music at Lower the United States. For the past 20 years Merion High School in Ardmore, PA since she has spent her summers in Santa Fe, 1989, and also developed an innovative New Mexico as a member of the Santa program to introduce classical music to Fe Opera. In Philadelphia she is the assis- Thomas Elliott considers the whole person, young children. Mr. Elliott took a recent Elizabeth Kaderabek inspires students to tant principal second violinist with the not just the budding musician, in each of his sabbatical in Venezuela to take part in the reach their utmost potential and to improve Chamber Orchestra, a first violinist in the students. El Sistema music initiative that is impact- themselves as individuals. Pennsylvania Ballet and Opera Philadelphia, ing young people all over the world. He as well as a regular substitute with The returned with a renewed excitement about Philadelphia Orchestra. She enjoys teach- what music can do in children’s lives. ing a broad range of private students, from beginners to very advanced, and is also on the faculty of the University of the Sciences. Nominator: Elizabeth Sher, Cambridge, MA Elizabeth, formerly a trombone player with Nominator: the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, was not Jason Herrmann, Bryn Mawr, PA only inspired by Thomas Elliott to be a Jason, a member of a number of prestigious better musician, but to also be a generous, musical organizations including the National creative and “wide awake person in the Youth Orchestra and the Philadelphia Youth world.” Orchestra (Assistant Concertmaster), is bound for Harvard in the fall and believes Ms. Kaderabek’s teachings not only strengthen her students’ musical skills, but also profoundly enrich their academic and extracurricular pursuits. 05 06 Hirono Oka • Cherry Hill, New Jersey Anthony Prisk • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hirono Oka, a violinist with The Anthony Prisk joined The Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra, made her debut Orchestra in 2013 after spending 11 sea- in her native Japan at the age of eleven sons playing the trumpet with the Houston with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. She Symphony. He has performed internation- continued her studies at The San Francisco ally with a number of important musical Conservatory and The Curtis Institute of organizations, including the Los Angeles Music in Philadelphia. Ms. Oka has appeared Philharmonic, the Montreal Symphony, as soloist with The San Francisco Chamber the Boston Symphony, and the Moscow Ensemble, The Utica Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic. Mr. Prisk has won two inter- and numerous other orchestras throughout national trumpet competitions and can the country and in the Philadelphia area. As be heard on recordings with the Houston a chamber musician she has appeared with Symphony, the New World Symphony, multiple prestigious musical organizations, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and the including The Marlboro Music Festival, The McGill Symphony. Teaching and community Theatre Chamber Players of The Kennedy outreach are important to Mr. Prisk. He Center and The Philadelphia Orchestra participated in Houston’s Fidelity Future Chamber Music Series. She has performed Stage program, bringing instrumental music Hirono Oka teaches her students the impor- and collaborated with world-renowned Anthony Prisk teaches his students that musi- instruction to inner city schools, and has tance of a positive attitude and respect for artists and is a faculty member of Temple cianship gives them the opportunity to trans- presented master classes at the New fellow musicians. University and its Music Preparatory mit profound beauty to the world. World Symphony, the University of Texas, Division. Baylor University, Bowling Green State University, Northwestern University, and Iowa State University, among others. Nominator: Helenmarie Vassiliou, Berwyn, PA A student of Ms. Oka’s for eight years, Nominator: Helenmarie credits her teacher as a Di Yue, Blue Bell, PA brilliant educator who lovingly instills self Di, a member of Philadelphia Youth confidence in her students. Helenmarie is Orchestra’s Bravo Brass ensemble and of currently a member of the Philadelphia the All-State Orchestra in Pennsylvania, Youth Orchestra, YCO (Temple Music appreciates Anthony Prisk for teaching his Prep), and the Settlement Music School students to focus on the beauty of music Braverman Quartet. as well as technique and perseverance to always improve. 07 08 Angela D. Riggs • Flourtown, Pennsylvania Kimberly Rowe • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A Philadelphia native, Ms. Riggs was a star Kimberly Rowe is known in the harp com- musician in the bands and orchestra at munity as an innovative performer, writer, Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, publisher, and teacher. She has played PA, leading to her appointment as first with ensembles throughout the region, clarinetist in Philadelphia’s All City Band and including frequent performances with The the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Band, and Philadelphia Orchestra, and has been a graduating with a gold medal in music. She featured musician at conferences of the pursued her passion for music after high American Harp Society and the World school, earning a diploma in performance Harp Congress. Ms. Rowe co-founded and teaching, along with a certificate in the Young Artist’s Harp Seminar and music theory and applied musicianship Competition summer program in Georgia, from Philadelphia’s Neupauer Conservatory which has become one of the premiere of Music. She began her music teaching training programs for aspiring young harp- career with Jacobs Music Company, and ists worldwide. She also founded the inter- has since taught classroom music, piano, nationally acclaimed Temple Music Prep organ, band instruments, voice and music Harp Ensemble and teaches undergraduate theory to children and adults in private and students at Temple’s Boyer College of Music Angela Riggs has been a source of inspiration public schools and in her home studio in Kimberly Rowe models unselfish and Dance. A mentor with the National to music students of all ages throughout the Flourtown, Pennsylvania.