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10 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 2016-2017 15 PYO 77th Annual Festival Concert 19 Louis Scaglione: Music Director & Conductor 22 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Young Composer’s Competition 23 Alan Mackwell: Composer 25 Michael Ludwig: Violin 27 Alexandra Nowakowski: Soprano 29 Eric Rieger: Tenor 31 John Viscardi: Baritone 33 Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia 38 Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale 41 PYO Festival Concert Program Notes 64 Section Leaders of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 65 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Graduating Seniors 66 History of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 69 Master Class & Advanced Orchestral Training Program 70 Helen T. Carp Distinguished Service Award 71 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Ovation Award 72 Season Repertoire 2016-2017 74 Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra 2016-2017 77 PYAO 22nd Annual Festival Concert 78 Rosalind Erwin: Director & Conductor 79 Danny Bishop: Violoncello 80 PYAO Festival Concert Program Notes 89 Section Leaders of the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra 90 Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra 2016-2017 92 PYMO Inaugural Festival Concert 93 Kenneth Bean: Director & Conductor 94 Rachel Segal: Associate Director 95 Section Leaders of the Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra 96 Bravo Brass 2016-2017 98 Bravo Brass 14th Annual Festival Concert 99 Paul Bryan: Director & Conductor 100 Barry McCommon & Robert Skoniczin: Associate Conductors 101 Bravo Brass Faculty 102 PRYSM and PRYSM Young Artists 2016-2017 104 PRYSM 10th Annual Festival Concert 105 Gloria dePasquale: Director & Conductor 106 Andrea Weber: Conductor, PRYSM Young Artists 107 PRYSM Faculty 110 Tune Up Philly 2016-2017 113 Tune Up Philly 7th Annual Festival Concert 114 Paul Smith: Director & Conductor 115 Tune Up Philly Faculty 120 In Appreciation 2016-2017 131 Season Performance Schedule 2016-2017 132 Auditions 2017-2018 133 Open Rehearsals 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra • 2016–2017

Louis Scaglione Music Director and Conductor

Violin I Violin II Violoncello Jason Vassiliou, Lily Mell, Daniel J. Kim, Concertmaster Principal Principal Stephanie van Duijn, Chloe Cho, Sabine Jung, Associate Concertmaster Associate Principal Associate Principal Fiyi Adebekun, Sarah Kim, Joy Zhao, Assistant Concertmaster Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Allyson Cohen Anne Liu Daniel T. Kim John May Alyssa Kim Katherine Quinn Hiroto Saito Karthik Yegnesh Robin Park Catelyn Huang Steven Zhang Jason Shu Isabella Egawa Rebecca Kim Daniel Y. Kim Austina Lin Portia Maidment Kail Yuan Joanna Kuo Maxwell Chambers Shizhuo Duan Kathryn Song Olivia Brody-Bizar Seol-Yee Lee Andrew Pai Akili Farrow Jordan Brooks Rachel Zimmerman Shannon Quinn Nathan Kim Jolade Adebekun Jenna Kim Shangen Lu Eric Gao Raphael Lopez Rose Ni Ramya Muthukrishnan Boglarka Kearney Young Young Wang Grace Wei Vanessa Poe Daniel Cho Derrick Pondexter-Lee Double Bass David Kwon Carly Soll Justin Cao, Allen Sun Principal Eion Lyons, Viola Associate Principal Conor McAvinue, Hannah Perron, Principal Assistant Principal Christopher Dahlke, Sami Jamieson Associate Principal Raymond Zhang Sarah S. Jang, Gregory Padilla Assistant Principal Sophia Kelsall Vera Lee Braden Ellis Joshua Baw Anthony Christou Micaela Greco Zebadiah Coombs Clara Bouch Isabelle D’Amico David Shapiro Nicolette Sullivan-Cozza Isabella Maloney Robert Brosnan Harry Kim 12 13

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra • 2016–2017

Flute/Piccolo French Horn Percussion Betty Ben-Dor Emerson Ahn Reilly Bova * Jessica Lynch Henry Crocker Christopher Carlson Hannah Silverberg * Isaac Duquette Heidi Chu Olin Wei Gregory Greene Haley Cowan Etienne Kambara * Christian Ortolf Oboe/English Horn Benjamin Kenzakowski Alyssa Resh • Branch Buehler Paige Richards Nina Haiyin Cheng * Jordan Robinson Harp Hsihsin Liu Sarina Marone * Trumpet Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Robert Kellar * Piano/Celeste Jun Choi Erik Larson Brett Miller Daniel J. Kim * Dallas Taylor Immanuel Mykyta-Chomsky * Jae Hoon Kim Josue Villegas Justin Yeo William Klotsas Maria Thomas Trombone Mohan Biswas Bassoon/Contra Noah Stein * Section Leader • Guest Musician Bassoon Ehren Valmé * Tara Frederick Anand Iyer Tuba Nolan Wenik * Evan Sacks-Wilner * Dotan Yarden 14 15

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 77th Annual Festival Concert

Louis Scaglione • Conductor

Michael Ludwig • Violin

Alexandra Nowakowski • Soprano Blake Smith • Tenor John Viscardi • Baritone Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts • Verizon Hall Sunday, June 04, 2017 • 3:00 p.m.

PROGRAM

Ovation Award Presentation Jack Moore, WRTI Classical Host • Master of Ceremonies

III. Secretly Ramses the Second Alan Mackwell

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 Alexander Glazunov I. Moderato II. Andante sostenuto III. Allegro Michael Ludwig • Violin

INTERMISSION

Latecomers will not be seated until an appropriate time in the concert. The use of photographic and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to the performers and fellow concert-goers, please silence all cell phones prior to the performance. 16 17

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 77th Annual Festival Concert

Carmina Burana Carl Orff

FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI 01. O Fortuna – Coro 02. Fortune plango vlunera – Coro I. PRIMO VERE 03. Veris leta facies – Coro piccolo 04. Omnia Sol temperat – Solo per Baritono 05. Ecce gratum – Coro UF DEM ANGER 06. Tanz 07. Floret silva – Coro 08. Chramer, gip die varwe mir – Soli (Soprani) e Coro 09. Reie Swaz hie gat umbe – Coro Chume, chum geselle min – Coro piccolo Swaz hie gat umbe – Coro 10. Were diu werlt alle min – Coro II. IN TABERNA 11. Estuans interius – Solo per Baritono 12. Olim lacus colueram – Solo per Tenore e Coro (Tenori e Bassi) 13. Ego sum abbas – Solo per Baritono e Coro (Tenori e Bassi) 14. In taberna quando sumus – Coro (Tenori e Bassi) III. COUR D’AMOURS 15. Amor volat undique – Solo per Soprano e Ragazzi 16. Dies, nox et omnia – Solo per Baritono 17. Stetit puella – Solo per Soprano 18. Circa mea pectora – Solo per Baritono e Coro 19. Si puer cum puellula – Soli (3 Tenori, Baritono, 2 Bassi) 20. Veni, veni, venias – Coro doppio 21. In trutina – Solo per Soprano 22. Tempus est iocundum – Solo per Soprano e Baritono, Coro e Ragazzi 23. Dulcissime – Solo per Soprano BLANZIFLOR ET HELENA 24. Ave formosissima – Coro FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI 25. O Fortuna – Coro

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Louis Scaglione • Music Director & Conductor

Scaglione’s tenure began in 1997, when Joseph Primavera, who served as PYO’s Music Director for 51 years, appointed him Conductor of the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra. In 1999, Maestro Scaglione was named Associate Conductor of the PYO organization, becoming the organization’s first Executive Director two years later. In 2003, Scaglione accepted the position of President, and upon Maestro Primavera’s retirement two years later, he became the organization’s fifth Music Director, President and CEO. Maestro Scaglione has led the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra on several international Louis Scaglione concert tours, with destinations includ- Music Direcor & Conductor ing The 1998 World Youth Music Forum in Moscow; the Czech Republic and Italy This season, Maestro Scaglione celebrates (2000); China (2002); eastern and central his 20th anniversary with the Philadelphia Europe (2004); and Brazil (2007), where Youth Orchestra organization. Under his they performed to sold-out venues in São leadership, the organization has grown to Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Scaglione has include six program divisions and more also arranged musical collaborations for than 525 students. Maestro Scaglione the orchestras with many nationally and is deeply committed to the greater internationally celebrated concert artists, Philadelphia cultural and educational com- as well as many regional performing arts munity, and has served on numerous institutions. nonprofit boards and committees. He has extensive experience as a nonprofit Maestro Scaglione has also served as executive, and also serves as Executive Vice Artistic Director of the Choral Society President and Chief Operating Officer of of Montgomery County in residence at The Philly Pops. Montgomery County Community College from 2002 to 2012. From 2006 through 20 21

Louis Scaglione • Music Director & Conductor

2010, he was Resident Music Director and The Philly Pops; and Treasurer of Studio Conductor for the Luzerne Music Center Incamminati. Past appointments included (NY). He is a former member of the faculty serving as Director of The Union League and administrative staff of Temple University of Philadelphia; and Vice Chairman of The Music Preparatory Division. Because of Youth Work Foundation of The Union his work with the PYO program, Maestro League of Philadelphia; among others. Scaglione was elected by his peers in Maestro Scaglione graduated with 2006 to serve as Chairman of the Youth honors from The University of Illinois with Orchestra Division Board of the League of a Bachelor of Science in Music Education American Orchestras, and served on the and holds a Master of Music degree League’s Board of Directors. from Temple University. Philanthropy is Additionally, Maestro Scaglione’s involve- paramount to Maestro Scaglione, and he ment with the greater Philadelphia cultural teaches his students the importance of and social community includes service as “giving-back” to one’s community through a member of the Board of Directors of one’s talents.

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PYO Young Composers Competition • 2017 Alan Mackwell • Composer

The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Young The winner will receive a cash prize of Alan Mackwell, a New Zealander-American, Composers Competition recognizes and $2,000, have his/her composition premiered began his music career in the third grade honors the talents of young composers by the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra in through piano lessons. He soon showed tal- between the ages of 19 and 23. Verizon Hall, and recorded for a future ent in music, and was encouraged to begin This competition is an opportunity to WRTI broadcast. The second prize winner composing by his piano teacher. Alan began encourage young composers to develop will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and have writing orchestral music in the eighth grade their most valued skills, and teach PYO his/her composition recorded in a read- after being accepted to the American Festival orchestra students the value of supporting ing rehearsal. The third place winner will of the Arts’ Composer’s Institute, where two new orchestra works, as well as the receive a cash prize of $500. of his pieces were performed. In 2014, he was one of the fifteen composers world- experience of exploring and performing wide to attend the Interlochen Summer Arts new music. Grand Prize Winner Alan Mackwell Program for music composition, and wrote The winning composer will be selected School: Boston Conservatory of Music for the World Youth Symphony Orchestra collaboratively by orchestra’s music director, Composition: III. Secretly Ramses the Second conducted by Jung-Ho Pak. He was selected Maestro Louis Scaglione, and the in 2015 to attend the prestigious Boston director of the Young Composers Second Prize Winner Conservatory High School Composition Competition, Sheridan Seyfried. Christopher Lazzaro Intensive. Alan is a three time winner of the Mr. Seyfried is a Philadelphia-based School: Boyer College of Music, Texas Young Composer’s Competition, placing composer, and is a graduate of The Curtis Temple University 2nd in 2015 and 2016. He is currently pursu- Institute of Music where he studied with Composition: Epic, An Orchestral Sketch ing a BM in Music Composition at the Boston Richard Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon and Conservatory of Music. Ned Rorem. Mr. Seyfried is a PYO alumnus. Third Place Winner Austin Ali School: University of Texas at Austin Composition: Ostinato

The 2017 PYO Young Composers Competition is generously presented and endowed by the H.E.L.P.® Foundation.. 24 25

Michael Ludwig • Violin

Ludwig’s discography includes recordings of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, Bruch Scottish Fantasy, and Dvorak Romance with the Virginia Symphony, as well as the Wieniawski Concerto No. 2, Corigliano Red Violin Concerto, and Suk Fantasy with the Buffalo Philharmonic. Ludwig’s recording of the Corigliano Red Violin Concerto with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic is “hot, sharp, and close to the edge” writes critic Norman Lebrecht. His recording of the rarely performed Dohnanyi Violin Concertos with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has received extraordinary reviews worldwide, and has revived interest in these neglected romantic works. Ludwig’s Hailed by Strad Magazine for his “effort- discography has drawn critical acclaim from less, envy-provoking technique… sweet both sides of the Atlantic. And BBC Music tone, brilliant expression, and grand style”, Magazine praises his “persuasive playing, Michael Ludwig enjoys a multi-faceted silky tone, sensitivity to colour and flair for career as a soloist, recording artist, and golden-age’ style.” Ludwig’s new record- chamber musician. A highly sought-after ings released in 2014 include the works soloist, he has performed on four con- of Joseph Achron for violin and piano, as tinents, including appearances with the well as the Bartok Portrait No. 1 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Buffalo Philharmonic, both for the NAXOS Orchestra, Boston Pops, KBS Symphony label. in Seoul, Korea, Beijing Symphony, and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, col- As a chamber musician, Michael has shared laborating with such conductors as JoAnn the stage with numerous acclaimed artists, Falletta, Sir Georg Solti, and John Williams such as Christoph Eschenbach, Wolfgang among others. He has recorded with Sawallisch, Yefim Bronfman, Sarah Chang, the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. His recording Scottish National Orchestra, Lithuanian of the world premiere of Marcel Tyberg’s National Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Piano Trio in F Major was released by and Virginia Symphony. Ludwig serves as NAXOS in August 2010. Artist-in-Residence Professor of Violin Michael studied violin with his father, at Montclair State University’s John J. Irving Ludwig, who was a violinist in the Cali School of Music and is the Music Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director Director of the Roxborough Orchestra in of the Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra. Philadelphia. 26 27

Alexandra Nowakowski • Soprano

In the 2016/17 season at AVA Ms. Nowakowski covered the role of Gilda (Rigoletto) and sang Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor). She is scheduled to sing Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) to conclude the season. In the 2015/16 season she was seen as Sophie (Werther) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni). In the summer of 2016, Ms. Nowakowski was a finalist in the Zinka Milanov International Competition in Rijeka, Croatia. She also trained with renowned Polish soprano Teresa Zylis-Gara in Radziejowice, Poland. In the summer of 2015, she joined the Wolf Trap Opera Company as a Studio Artist, covering the role of Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro Polish-American soprano Alexandra and singing La Comtesse Adèle in a scene Nowakowski is currently a third year resi- from Le Comte Ory as part of the Studio dent artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Spotlight. Philadelphia. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Ms. Nowakowski is a recipient of an Champaign. Encouragement Award from the Giulio Gari Foundation in New York, is a District Winner of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2nd place winner in FAVA’s Grand Concours de Chant, and 1st place winner in the ACPC Marcella Kochanska Sembrich Vocal Competition. She has also been a scholarship recipient from the Kosciuszko Foundation. 28 29

Eric Rieger • Tenor

Equally at home on the concert plat- form, Dr. Rieger has been featured at the Claudio Monteverdi Festival (Italy), the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), and Carnegie Hall. He has appeared with many notable orchestras including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Basel Sinfonietta, Trier Philharmonic Orchestra, Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, and St. John’s Orchestra in London. Frequent performances have included Handel’s Messiah; J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Magnificat and many Cantatas; Mozart’s Requiem; Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Rossini’s Messe Solennelle; Orff’s Carmina Burana and American tenor Eric Rieger has enjoyed Britten’s Serenade, among others. A pas- success performing opera throughout sionate recitalist, Dr. Rieger has performed Europe, where he has sung under such with Lyric Fest in Philadelphia, Market conductors as John Elliot Gardner, Stefano Square Concerts in Harrisburg, St. John’s Ranzani, and Franz Welser-Möst. His career Smith Square in London, and many other has led him to the opera companies of venues across the U.S. and Europe. He has Zürich, Luzern, Basel, Trier, Regensburg, collaborated with such notable artists as J.J. Kaiserslautern, Bremerhaven, Osnabrück, Penna, Laura Ward, Iain Burnside, Malcolm Nordhausen, Konstanz, Novara, Treviso, Martineau, and Simon Over. as well as Zomeropera Alden Biesen in Belgium, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Citizens In addition to his performance career, Dr. Theatre in Scotland, and Everyman Palace Rieger is in demand as a voice teacher Theatre in Ireland. Known for his interpre- and lyric diction specialist. He is Assistant tations of Rossini, Donizetti, and Mozart, Professor of Voice at Westminster Choir Dr. Rieger has excelled in such roles as College and Assistant Director of the Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Don Ramiro CoOPERAtive Program. Previously, he (La Cenerentola), Lindoro (L’Italiana in served on the faculties of Texas Tech Algeri), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore), Ernesto University and Nazareth College. Dr. Rieger (Don Pasquale), Tonio (La Fille du Régiment), is a graduate of the Eastman School of Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Belmonte (Die Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Entführung aus dem Serail), Don Ottavio Scotland. (Don Giovanni), and Ferrando (Cosí fan tutte). His large repertoire spans from the Baroque (Alcina, Dardanus), to the 20th century (The Rake’s Progress, Albert Herring). 30 31

John Viscardi • Baritone

In the 2014/15 Season, Mr. Viscardi made a series of role debuts beginning with Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with NYOE, followed by his Michigan Opera Theatre debut as Valentin in Faust, Bumerli in The Chocolate Soldier with Concert Operetta Theatre and Robert in Iolanta with Tri- Cities Opera. Mr. Viscardi finished the 2015 season with a concert of Bel Canto works led Maestro Eve Queler. The 2013/14 included a return to Opera Philadelphia as Torero in Ainadamar and Abdallo in Nabucco, debuts with the Shreveport and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestras and a performance with Baritone John Viscardi, New York native Maestro Eve Queler at Alice Tully Hall. The and graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts summer of 2013, Mr. Viscardi joined Santa (AVA), is a rising talent notably acknowl- Fe Opera as an Apprentice Artist and edged for his diversity of vocal repertoire. went on to garner the Anna Case McKay Memorial Award. 2016/17 season includes the title role in Cyrano with Michigan Opera Theatre, a Mr. Viscardi has seen great success in the return to San Louis Obispo as Marcello in American Competition circuit. Awards La Boheme, Soloist in the Juliet Letters and include: 1st Place in the Gerda Lissner the Motorcycle Cop in Dead Man Walking International Vocal Competition, 1st both with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, a Place in the Concorso Internazionale F.P. concert in Tokyo, Japan, recitals in Trevi and Tosti, 2nd Place in the Zachary National Ortona, Italy and the baritone soloist in Voice Competition, Santa Fe Opera’s Anna Carmina Burana with the Philadelphia Youth Case MacKay Memorial Award, the Lys Orchestra. Symonette Award from the Kurt Weill Foundation- Lotte Lenya Competition, 2nd The 2015/16 season saw Mr. Viscardi per- Place Prize in the Giargiari Bel Canto form Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs Competition, George London Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Carmina Burana with Encouragement Award, 1st place in the Opera Philadelphia, Silvio in Il Pagliacci Mario Lanza Scholarship Competition, with Opera San Louis Obispo, Bill Calhoun the Bertha Koempel Award from the in Kiss Me Kate with the Phoenicia Liederkranz Foundation, 4th place in the International Festival of the Voice, Morales Giulio Gari Foundation Vocal Competition in Carmen with Lyric Opera of Kansas City. and Audience Favorite in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition. 32 33

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia • 2016–2017

Dr. Paul Rardin, Alto Bass Artistic Director and Christy Bacon Andrew Bigelow Principal Conductor Brenda B. Bary Evan Birnholz Amanda Bauman Matthew Brower Emily Bigelow Tyler Cudia Soprano Nora Burgard Lucas DeJesus Rachelle Brisson Christine Chaapel Tom Elkinton Caitlin Butler Lindsay Dever Donald Gilchrist Rachel Castro-Diephouse Robin Eaton Steven Glasser Patricia Conrad Ellie Elkinton William Jantsch Allie Faulkner Sierra Fox John Kohlhas Roberta Fischer Sara Ying Gao Martin Levitas Maria Fox Anne F. Gold Michael Moore Fay Goldberg Katherine Haas Peter C. Phillips Kelsey Hendler Becky Hallam Bob Ranando Elizabeth Hohwieler Kathleen Kershaw Daniel Rosen Jina Jang Bobbie Konover Daniel Simpson Nancy Jantsch Hope Lindblade Iain Sturrock Anna Juliar Florence Moyer Thomas D. Sutton Emily Grace Kane Maggie Nice Julianna Kelley Margaret Oravetz Lynn Kirby Gina Polite Fang-Hsuan Li Gabrielle Rinkus Carolyn Linarello Rebecca Roberts Marianne Lipson Jennifer Sheffield Fay Manicke BrendaRose Simkin Natalie McQuiston Maria Sisto Ilene Meyers Miller Elizabeth Oliver Stephanie Rosie Tenor Roberta L. Rote Jaron Beadle Julia Richie Sammin Andrew Beck Margaret C. Satell Frank Cassel Elizabeth C. Sollecito Mark Davidson Laura M. Temoyan Josh Hartman Rebecca McKillip Warren Hoffman Thornburgh Michael Hogue Sara Tipton Frank Kanther Jennifer Wait John P. Leonard Emily Westlake William Lim, Jr. Zanna Yoshida John H. Luttenberger, III David Pauls Joseph Scholl Kyle Sheehan 34 35

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia • 2016–2017

Rardin has served as a guest conductor for all-state choirs in fifteen states, for divisional honor choirs for the ACDA and Music Educators National Conference, and for Manhattan Concert Productions at Lincoln Center. He has presented clinics for state, regional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association. His engagements for 2015-2016 include conducting the Temple University Concert Choir in conference presentations for the National Collegiate Choral Organization and ACDA Eastern Division; guest conduct- ing the Ohio All-State chorus and PMEA District 12 chorus; and guest conducting at Carnegie Hall with Manhattan Concert Dr. Paul Rardin, Productions. Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Rardin is a graduate of Williams College Paul Rardin is the thirteenth Artistic and the University of Michigan, where Director of Mendelssohn Club of he received the M.M. in composition and Philadelphia. He is also Elaine Brown Chair the D.M.A. in conducting. He has stud- of Choral Music at Temple University, ied conducting with Theodore Morrison, where he conducts the Concert Choir, Jerry Blackstone, and Gustav Meier, and teaches graduate conducting, and oversees composition with Leslie Bassett, George the seven-choir program at Temple’s Boyer Wilson, and Robert Suderburg. He has also College of Music and Dance. Rardin previ- participated in conducting master classes ously taught at the University of Michigan with Helmuth Rilling, Charles Bruffy, and and Towson University, where his choirs Dale Warland. His arrangements of spiritu- appeared with the Kirov Orchestra of the als and folk songs are published by Santa Mariinsky Theatre, Baltimore Symphony Barbara Music Publishing, and his articles, Orchestra, and Baltimore Choral Arts many on the topic of contemporary music, Society. Under his direction the University have appeared in the ACDA publications of Michigan Men’s Glee Club performed Choral Journal, Troubadour, Resound, and at the 2010 American Choral Directors Bel Canto. Central Division Convention. In 2015 the Temple University Concert Choir per- formed with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Bernstein’s MASS under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 36 37

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia • 2016–2017

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, one outside of the USSR of Shostakovich’s of America’s longest-standing musical Symphony No. 13. Mendelssohn Club ensembles, is performing its 143rd season continues this tradition today through com- and its second season with its 13th Artistic missions from luminaries such as Alberto Director, Dr. Paul Rardin. Since its founding Ginastera, Alice Parker, and Jennifer Higdon. in 1874, the chorus has carried on a rich Mendelssohn Club has commissioned 58 tradition of performing the great works of works under Artistic Director Alan Harler, the choral canon while also commissioning and Maestro Rardin has already contin- and premiering new choral works at the ued that tradition with five commissions highest artistic level. The chorus has per- in his first season alone. Mendelssohn formed under the batons of world famous Club is known throughout the nation as conductors such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, a leader in advancing the field of choral Eugene Ormandy, Claudio Abbado, Zubin music, and recognition for this dedication Mehta, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Riccardo is exhibited through a GRAMMY nomina- Muti, and has maintained a performing rela- tion for the 1985 recording of Persichetti’s tionship with The Philadelphia Orchestra Winter Cantata, receipt of the 1992 and since its inception. 2013 ASCAP/Chorus America Award for In its early history, Mendelssohn Club gave Adventurous Programming, and our 2014 the Philadelphia premiere of Brahms’ Ein commission, Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields, deutsches Requiem, American premieres receiving the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music. of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, and the first performance 38 39

Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale • 2016–2017 Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale • 2016–2017

Jeffrey R. Smith, Christopher Doyle Maximilian Missler Smith has led the group on local and Music Director Harry Dozor Nathanael Moore national television including five consecu- Samad Dunbar Luke Mumma tive annual appearances on “Good Morning Griffen Anderson Benjamin Favino Philip Okala America”. Many political dignitaries have Caden Atlas Damian Ferraro Andrew Owens been an audience to the choir, including Aiden Barrow Luke Ganley Payton Owens foreign ambassadors, presidents and prime Julian Bates-Harris Nate Garthe Will Pickering ministers, American ambassadors, and our Corey Becker Peter Gauntt Owen Reece own president, Barack Obama. Nathan Birdwell Conor Gilmore John Reilly V Smith is a 1999 summa cum laude graduate Evan Bishop Ivan Harlamov Sam Rekulak of Ithaca College with a Bachelor of Music Cameron Bowden Aviv Haroz Spencer Rosenbaum in Composition. His original compositions Luke Branes-Huff Sean Harrington Sergio Tristen Santana and vocal/instrumental arrangements have Zac Brosky Sam Heft JD Scarpa been performed by various ensembles Dawan Brown Mekkhi Hernandez Evan Schaffer throughout the country, including the Malachi Brown Brandon Hillwig Sridhar Shenoy Toledo Symphony, York Theatre (NYC), River Bunster James Hinesley Matthew Sleeper Ocean City Pops and Philly POPS. As a Jeffrey Jabbour Ben Steinberg Jeffrey R. Smith, Alexander Byler Music Director pianist in much demand, Smith has played Julian Caesar Zachary Jaeger Colin Thomas-Philip with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New Rowan Cahill Noah Jaouad Emmet vonRoach An alumnus of Philadelphia Boys Choir & Jersey Symphony, Philly POPS, and for sev- Devin Casas Gabriel Johnson Jake Wade Chorale, Smith stepped into the position eral shows on and Off-Broadway. He is also Aleem Castillo- Camron Kaiser Alden Walker of Music Director in 2004 and has since assistant conductor for the Philly POPS. Gambardella Benji Kaufman Jason Wearing led the choir on concert tours throughout Jason Cho Joseph Kenworthey Daniel West North America, South America, Europe Charlie Connolly Phillip R. King Michael West and Asia. Under his direction, the choir Dan Cook Tyler Krasting Charles Witmer has performed with the Philadelphia Patrick Corcoran Lyonel LaGrone Joshua Xavier Orchestra, Pennsylvania Ballet, Peter Nero Zachary Crothamel Lucas Laje Owen Yoder and the Philly POPS, Opera Philadelphia Vaughn A. Cultrara Ethan Lander and Curtis Institute. Venues have included Dante DiMaio Cyril Leahy the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Ethan Lee the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, and Michael Lowry Carnegie Hall in New York City. Julian Lucca Matt Malec Danard McNair Liam Miller Samuel Miller Julian Mills 40 41

Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale • 2016–2017 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Program Notes

Alan Mackwell Alexander Glazunov Born: Bayreuth, Germany, Born: St. Petersburg, Russia, 23 February 1998 10 August 1865 Died: Paris, France, III. Secretly Ramses the Second 21 March 1936 Mackwell’s III. Secretly Ramses the Second is composed for piccolo, two flutes, oboe, Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, Glazunov’s Violin Concerto is composed contrabassoon, four horns, two trumpets, for solo violin, piccolo, two flutes, two three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle, oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four glockenspiel, cymbals, bass drum, snare horns, two trumpets, three trombones, drum, piano, harp, and divided strings. timpani, triangle, glockenspiel, cymbals, Duration: 7 minutes. harp, and divided strings. Duration: 20 minutes

Secretly Ramses the Second is the third movement of the Tintin Suite, a large Parallel Events of 1904 orchestral work written about the Belgian cartoon character Tintin. The purpose of World’s Fair opens in St. Louis Renowned for their musicianship, intel- PBCC maintains an extensive concert the entire suite was to step away from the Theodore Roosevelt is elected the ligence and interpretive abilities, the schedule throughout the Mid-Atlantic concept of writing linear musical stories 26th U.S. President, having already finished Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated region as well as an illustrious international and instead to focus and develop on the William McKinley’s term after his Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale has cul- touring program. In 2017 PBCC returned characteristics of Tintin that make his sto- assassination tivated a devoted following worldwide for to Cuba for the fourth time, having already ries so fascinating. their highly-acclaimed concerts and perfor- performed there twice in 1999 and again in Trans-Siberian Railroad is completed mances. Established in 1968 and under the 2003. Their unique relationship with Cuba The title of the third movement, Secretly Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation direction of Jeffrey R. Smith since 2004, the began when they were the first American Ramses the Second, is taken from a quote of Dreams Choir is known as “America’s Ambassadors performing arts group to perform on in the Tintin comic book Cigars of the of Song”, having proudly represented both Cuban soil in the decades following the Pharaoh in a scene which features an Monet paints Water Lilies the City of Philadelphia and the United revolution. insane man who makes an attempt at Mahler’s Fifth Symphony premieres Tintin’s life. It is in moments of danger and States of America on its many concert Recent and upcoming engagements include Puccini’s Madame Butterfly premieres conflict like these that evoke the sense of tours across the globe. Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kimmel adventure that Tintin is so known for. The First color photographed is produced PBCC’s achievements include recordings Center, the Mann Center for Performing movement itself reflects on the concept of with internationally renowned orchestras Arts and the Academy of Music. Television Choreographer George Balanchine, perilous and intense action, while also tak- and soloists, such as Luciano Pavarotti, appearances include Good Morning actor Cary Grant, pianist Vladimir ing into account the reactions of the other television appearances, and praise from America, Saturday Night Live and The Today Horowitz, Dr. Seuss, painter Salvador Dali, characters in the stories, which include critics and audiences worldwide. PBCC has Show. jazz pianist William “Count” Basie, and the Thompsons (two bumbling detectives collaborated with many ensembles includ- band leaders Glen Miller and PBCC continues to break through social, that provide comic relief throughout the ing Philadelphia Orchestra, the Philly POPS, Jimmy Dorsey are born political, and cultural barriers to invite the cartoon series) and how Tintin’s loyalty Pennsylvania Ballet, Opera Philadelphia, most talented boys and men in the region is especially brought out during times of Curtis Institute, the Mendelssohn Club, Vox to join in a journey of musical education danger and peril. Ama Deus, and The Chamber Orchestra of and discovery. Philadelphia. Television appearances include Good Morning America, Saturday Night Live, and The Today Show. © Program notes by Alan Mackwell 42 43

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About the Composer (a former student), because he lost his With a penchant for Russian folklore Carl Orff “His musical development progressed temper due to his outrage of the work, and exoticism (like The Mighty Five), the Born: Munich, Germany, not by the day, but literally by the hour.” and stormed out eight measures from the melodic themes of Glazunov’s Violin 10 July 1895 So proclaimed legendary composer and end! Glazunov did have a lesser known Concerto reflect a Russian nationalist remi- Died: Munich, Germany, teacher Rimsky-Korsakov of his 15-year-old gentile side too, as former student Dimitri niscent of folk music. Unlike Tchaikovsky’s 29 March 1982 Tiomkin explained, “my teacher was one of Violin Concerto (which Auer refused to student Alexander Glazunov. While the Carmina Burana teacher-student relationship only lasted the most magnanimous persons, a friend give the premiere), Glazunov’s work is two years, the two remained close friends of the poor and the outcast, and a man essentially conservative in its language, Carmina Burana was originally scored for until the elder’s death in 1908. Glazunov with a real heart.” In addition to teach- although highly virtuosic and unquestion- piccolo, three flutes, three oboes, English was part of a new generation of Russian ing Prokofiev and Shostakovich, Glazunov ably sensitive to the violin’s capabilities. The horn, three clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass composers, succeeding The Mighty Five received honorary doctorates from first movement’s chromatic, pensive main clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four (which included Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Oxford and Cambridge Universities. theme is accompanied by Mendelssohn- horns, three trumpets, three trombones, Mussorgsky). This new era of Russian com- Glazunov’s compositional career peaked like repeated notes of the clarinets and tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, xylophone, cas- posers sought to instill nationalism into during the first decade of the 20th century. bassoon throughout. After the extensive tanets, sleigh bells, ratchet, chimes, triangle, Russian art music, all the while prevent- His works displayed a complete mastery unaccompanied solo that replaces the tra- tambourine, snare drum, bass drum, cym- ing the music from becoming part of the of the craft of composition where he ditional slower second movement, the final bals, suspended cymbal, tam-tam, celesta, Western European style. combined the colorful, traditional Russian movement opens with a trumpet fanfare two pianos, divided strings, mixed chorus, until the violin solo takes up the broad children’s chorus, soprano solo, tenor solo, As the son of a book publisher father and style with elements of the German theme that is given warmth from the harp and baritone solo. pianist mother, Glazunov grew up in a cul- Romantic trends of the late 1800s. His and horn, and even some major moments Duration: 55 minutes tivated family. He composed his first sym- works appealed to audiences throughout Europe and America; however, his creativity for the glockenspiel. The work comes to a phony and first string quartet in his early- flashy ending with a final display of violin teens, and was financially supported by a seemed to fizzle out by the time he was pyrotechnics. Parallel Events of 1937 wealthy arts patron. He went on to teach 41, and his music was quickly overshad- composition for three decades at his alma owed by other composers, such as his two King of England, George VI is crowned former students, and Stravinsky, Scriabin, mater, the St. Petersburg Conservatory. As George Gershwin dies Schoenberg, and Bartók. a teacher, he was often considered rude at the young age of 39 and gruff, even walking out on a perfor- About the Work Composer Maurice Ravel dies mance of a new work by Serge Prokofiev Composed during a high moment in his Rodgers & Hart’s Babes in Arms premieres career, Glazunov’s Violin Concerto exudes JRR Tolkien publishes The Hobbit bittersweet melodies embedded in lush Romanticism and a hint of a weariness San Francisco Bay’s Golden Gate Bridge towards the world. Set in two movements and New York City’s Lincoln Tunnel open (instead of the conventional three) con- First McDonald’s opens nected with an elaborate unaccompanied solo (cadenza), his Violin Concerto was premiered by the world famous violinist Leopold Auer (to whom the work was dedicated). 44 45

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“With Carmina Burana, the associations of gestures and simple Carmina Burana, itself, is a scenic, secular In the process of deriving a musical style my collected works begin.” rhythms which later are used in ensembles cantata based on 13th century anony- to reflect the vigorously shifting moods of — Carl Orff before the student has the slightest mous poems and songs in Latin and high- the poems, Orff called on the earlier melis- notion of how to read or write music. middle German which were discovered matic (sequence of several notes moving Musicologist Marcel Marnat asserts that in a Bavarian monastery in 1803. The quickly), curving lines of Gregorian chant, In 1937, composer and educator Carl Orff “Orff, most importantly, wants the pupils manuscript employed scholarly verses and the virtuoso style of the early operas, and believed that his new composition Carmina to become conscious of the group’s spon- parodies of sacred texts, including love the shattering rhythmic pulses of Stravinsky Burana was remarkable enough to warrant taneous creation which reflects a certain songs and seemingly offensive tunes. Orff (Les Noces, in particular). To these, Orff withdrawing all of his earlier works. Today, collective unconscious. Therefore, rhythm set twenty-four of these poems to music, added a pure melodic gift and superb it remains one of the most performed is designated well before melody as a con- dividing them into three categories devot- orchestral colors, and what emerged was 20th century works and has achieved necting force between conception and ed to spring, the tavern, and love, framed a work of unique drive, energy, and charm. universal popularity along with hostile criti- expression.” Furthermore, harmony almost by an appeal to the power of fortune (O The poetry is complemented by music cal response. Carmina Burana has all the becomes unnecessary and is, in a sense, Fortuna). of gigantic power (such as the O Fortuna trademarks that the public would come to replaced by rhythm. The three sections deal with humankind’s which encases the entire work), simplicity know and want: drinking, gambling, sex, and and grace (demonstrated in the soprano love. Musically, the work evokes the spirit The other element of Orff’s works and encounter with nature, with the joys of philosophy grew from his interest in the drinking, and with the bliss of love, par- solo’s Stetit puella), boisterous vulgarity of the modern age, yet made modern by (as in the male chorus’ In taberna), and the sheer animal strength of the repeated formal, simple melodies of Renaissance ticularly the secular pleasures of romance. composer Monteverdi. Before Carmina Carmina Burana (literally meaning, “the pointed parody (the tenor solo’s “roasted phrases and driving rhythms, joining them- bird” aria). selves to ancient folk and jazz character- Burana, Orff wrote several unaccompanied songs of the Beurens”) pays tribute to a istics. Carl Orff’s musical style that culmi- choral works and songs with ancient Latin world that thrives off desire and love and It must be remembered that Carmina nated with Carmina Burana evolved out of texts that began to show the traits of their ability to enable man to live, struggle, Burana was designed to be seen as well his obsession with primitive and evocative Carmina. At a fairly young age, Orff studied and believe; a world that does not fear to as heard; but, either mimed and cho- rhythms – not simply rhythms in music, but piano, cello, and organ, although he did contradict itself and pour out its heart with reographed as a ballet or performed in music coupled with dance. Orff proclaimed not take kindly to instruction and much equal intensity at all levels of its conscious. concert, Carmina continues to maintain its that his natural aim in music was “reviving preferred to improvise and to develop Marnat states that “Carmina Burana pres- chilling and hypnotic effect on admirers of the natural unity of music and movement his own musical ideas through imitation ents all that the Christian world between all generations (even when they are not … which arise from a single source.” of earlier composers. Born into a musi- the 11th and 12th centuries was capable familiar with the work itself), proving that cal family, his mother assisted him with besides the ear of the “civilized” man there The composer began to develop a strong of expressing. That age was not partitioned his first set of songs that were published, like today nor was it inhibited by taboos – exists another ear – a greedy, barbaric one interest in music education, creating a along with his first story, at the age of ten. that cries for its food, drink, desire, lust, new range of percussion instruments. The an entire cosmos wherein Good does not Captivated by imaginative fables, Orff was exist without Evil, faith without curses and risks, and fate. “Orff Method” of teaching incites children attracted to the melodramatic tone poems to express themselves with percussion doubts: thus perpetual oscillation wherein of Richard Strauss, who would musically lies the grandeur of Humanity.” instruments, at first by making very simple paint the lives of fictitious characters, such noises and then clashes that become more as Don Juan and Don Quixote. Orff’s © Program notes by Allan R. Scott and more elaborate. 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Carl Orff Sors salutis Fate is against me Carmina Burana et virtutis in health Texts and Translations michi nunc contraria, and virtue, est affectus driven on et defectus and weighted down, semper in angaria. always enslaved. 1. FORTUNA IMPERATRIX 1. FORTUNE, EMPRESS Hac in hora So at this hour MUNDI OF THE WORLD sine mora without delay corde pulsum tangite; pluck the vibrating strings; O Fortuna O Fortune quod per sortem since Fate Chorus sternit fortem, strikes down the string man, mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me! O Fortuna O Fortune, velut luna like the moon 2. Fortune plango vulnera 2. I bemoan the wounds of Fortune statu variabilis, you are changeable, semper crescis ever waxing Chorus aut decrescis; and waning; Fortune plango vulnera I bemoan the wounds of Fortune vita detestabilis hateful life stillantibus ocellis with weeping eyes, nunc obdurat first oppresses quod sua michi munera for the gifts she made me et tunc curat and then soothes subtrahit rebellis. she perversely takes away. ludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it; Verum est, quod legitur, It is written in truth, egestatem, poverty fronte capillata, that she has a fine head of hair, potestatem and power sed plerumque sequitur but, when it comes to seizing an opportunity dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice. Occasio calvata. she is bald.

Sors immanis Fate - monstrous In Fortune solio On Fortune’s throne et inanis, and empty, sederam elatus, I used to sit raised up, rota tu volubilis, you whirling wheel, prosperitatis vario crowned with status malus, you are malevolent, flore coronatus; the many-coloured flowers of prosperity; vana salus well-being is vain quicquid enim florui though I may have flourished semper dissolubilis, and always fades to nothing, felix et beatus, happy and blessed, obumbrata shadowed nunc a summo corrui now I fall from the peak et velata and veiled gloria privatus. deprived of glory. michi quoque niteris; you plague me too; nunc per ludum now through the game Fortune rota volvitur: The wheel of Fortune turns; dorsum nudum I bring my bare back descendo minoratus; I go down, demeaned; fero tui sceleris. to your villainy. alter in altum tollitur; another is raised up; nimis exaltatus far too high up rex sedet in vertice sits the king at the summit - caveat ruinam! let him fear ruin! nam sub axe legimus for under the axis is written Hecubam reginam. Queen Hecuba. 48 49

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I. PRIMO VERE I. SPRING Rerum tanta novitas All this rebirth in solemni vere in spring’s festivity 3. Veris leta facies 3. The merry face of spring et veris auctoritas and spring’s power jubet nos gaudere; bids us to rejoice; Chorus vias prebet solitas, it shows us paths we know well, Veris leta facies The merry face of spring et in tuo vere and in your springtime mundo propinatur, turns to the world, fides est et probitas it is true and right hiemalis acies sharp winter tuum retinere. to keep what is yours. victa iam fugatur, now flees, vanquished; in vestitu vario bedecked in various colours Ama me fideliter, Love me faithfully! Flora principatur, Flora reigns, fidem meam noto: See how I am faithful: nemorum dulcisono the harmony of the woods de corde totaliter with all my heart que cantu celebratur. praises her in song. Ah! et ex mente tota and with all my soul, Flore fusus gremio Lying in Flora’s lap sum presentialiter I am with you absens in remota, even when I am far away. Phebus novo more Phoebus once more quisquis amat taliter, Whosoever loves this much risum dat, hac vario smiles, now covered volvitur in rota. turns on the wheel. iam stipate flore. in many-coloured flowers, Zephyrus nectareo Zephyr breathes nectar- 5. Ecce gratum 5. Behold, the pleasant spring spirans in odore. scented breezes. Certatim pro bravio Let us rush to compete Chorus curramus in amore. for love’s prize. Ah! Ecce gratum Behold, the pleasant et optatum and longed-for Cytharizat cantico In harp-like tones sings Ver reducit gaudia, spring brings back joyfulness, dulcis Philomena, the sweet nightingale, purpuratum violet flowers flore rident vario with many flowers floret pratum, fill the meadows, prata iam serena, the joyous meadows are laughing, Sol serenat omnia. the sun brightens everything, salit cetus avium a flock of birds rises up Iamiam cedant tristia! sadness is now at an end! silve per amena, through the pleasant forests, Estas redit, Summer returns, chorus promit virgin the chorus of maidens nunc recedit now withdraw iam gaudia millena. already promises a thousand joys. Ah! Hyemis sevitia. the rigours of winter. Ah!

4. Omnia sol temperat 4. The sun warms everything Iam liquescit Now melts et decrescit and disappears Baritone Soloist grando, nix et cetera; ice, snow and the rest, Omnia sol temperat The sun warms everything, bruma fugit, winter flees, purus et subtilis, pure and gentle, et iam sugit and now spring sucks at summer’s breast: novo mundo reserat once again it reveals to the world Ver Estatis ubera; a wretched soul is he faciem Aprilis, April’s face, illi mens est misera, who does not live ad amorem properat the soul of man qui nec vivit, or lust animus herilis is urged towards love nec lascivit under summer’s rule. Ah! et iocundis imperat and joys are governed sub Estatis dextera. deus puerilis. by the boy-god. 50 51

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Gloriantur They glory Minnet, tugentliche man, Good men, love et letantur and rejoice minnecliche frouwen! women worthy of love! in melle dulcedinis, in honeyed sweetness minne tuot iu hoch gemout Love ennobles your spirit qui conantur, who strive unde lat iuch in hohen eren schouwen and gives you honor. ut utantur to make use of Seht mich an Look at me, premio Cupidinis: Cupid’s prize; jungen man! young men! simus jussu Cypridis at Venus’ command lat mich iu gevallen! Let me please you! gloriantes let us glory et letantes and rejoice Wol dir, werit, daz du bist Hail, world, pares esse Paridis. in being Paris’ equals. Ah! also freudenriche! so rich in joys! ich will dir sin undertan I will be obedient to you durch din liebe immer sicherliche. because of the pleasures you afford. UF DEM ANGER ON THE LAWN Seht mich an, Look at me, jungen man! young men! 6. Tanz 6. Dance lat mich iu gevallen! Let me please you!

7. Floret silva nobilis 7. The woods are burgeoning 9. Reie 9. Round dance Chorus Swaz hie gat umbe Those who go round and round Floret silva nobilis The noble woods are burgeoning Chorus floribus et foliis. with flowers and leaves. Swaz hie gat umbe, Those who go round and round daz sint alles megede, are all maidens, Ubi est antiquus Where is the lover die wellent an man they want to do without a man meus amicus? I knew? Ah! allen disen sumer gan! all summer long. Ah! Sla! Hinc equitavit, He has ridden off! Chume, chum, geselle min Come, come, my love, eia, quis me amabit? Oh! Who will love me? Ah! Chorus Floret silva undique, The woods are burgeoning all over, nah min gesellen ist mir we. I am pining for my lover. Chume, chum, geselle min, Come, come, my love, ih enbite harte din, I long for you, Gruonet der walt allenthalben, The woods are turning green all over, ih enbite harte din, I long for you, wa ist min geselle alse lange? why is my lover away so long? Ah! chume, chum, geselle min. come, come, my love. Der ist geriten hinnen, He has ridden off, o wi, wer sol mich minnen? Oh woe, who will love me? Ah! Suzer rosenvarwer munt, Sweet rose-red lips, chum un mache mich gesunt come and make me better, 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir 8. Shopkeeper, give me color chum un mache mich gesunt, come and make me better, suzer rosenvarwer munt sweet rose-red lips. Chorus Swaz hie gat umbe Those who go round and round Chramer, gip die varwe mir, Shopkeeper, give me color Swaz hie gat umbe, Those who go round and round die min wengel roete, to make my cheeks red, daz sint alles megede, are all maidens, damit ich die jungen man so that I can make the young men die wellent an man they want to do without a man an ir dank der minnenliebe noete. love me, against their will. allen disen sumer gan! all summer long. Ah! Sla! Seht mich an, Look at me, jungen man! young men! lat mich iu gevallen! Let me please you! 52 53

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10. Were diu werlt alle min 10. Were all the world mine Mihi cordis gravitas The heaviness of my heart res videtur gravis; seems like a burden to me; Chorus iocis est amabilis it is pleasant to joke Were diu werlt alle min Were all the world mine dulciorque favis; and sweeter than honeycomb; von deme mere unze an den Rin from the sea to the Rhine, quicquid Venus imperat, whatever Venus commands des wolt ih mih darben, I would starve myself of it labor est suavis, is a sweet duty, daz diu chunegin von Engellant so that the queen of England que nunquam in cordibus she never dwells lege an minen armen. might lie in my arms. habitat ignavis. in a lazy heart.

Via lata gradior I travel the broad path II. IN TABERNA II. IN THE TAVERN more iuventutis as is the way of youth, inplicor et vitiis I give myself to vice, 11. Estuans interius 11. Burning Inside immemor virtutis, unmindful of virtue, Baritone Soloist voluptatis avidus I am eager for the pleasures of the flesh magis quam salutis, more than for salvation, Estuans interius Burning inside mortuus in anima my soul is dead, ira vehementi with violent anger, curam gero cutis. so I shall look after the flesh. in amaritudine bitterly loquor mee menti: I speak to my heart: 12. Cignus ustus cantat 12. The Roast Swan factus de materia, created from matter, cinis elementi of the ashes of the elements, Tenor Soloist similis sum folio, I am like a leaf Olim lacus colueram, Once I lived on lakes, de quo ludunt venti. played with by the winds. olim pulcher extiteram, once I looked beautiful dum cignus ego fueram. when I was a swan. Cum sit enim proprium If it is the way viro sapienti of the wise man Men’s Chorus supra petram ponere to build Miser, miser! Misery me! sedem fundamenti, foundations on stone, modo niger Now black stultus ego comparor the I am a fool, like et ustus fortiter! and roasting fiercely! fluvio labenti, a flowing stream, Tenor Soloist sub eodem tramite which in its course nunquam permanenti. never changes. Girat, regirat garcifer; The servant is turning me on the spit; me rogus urit fortiter; I am burning fiercely on the pyre: Feror ego veluti I am carried along propinat me nunc dapifer, the steward now serves me up. sine nauta navis, like a ship without a steersman, Men’s Chorus ut per vias aeris and in the paths of the air vaga fertur avis; like a light, hovering bird; Miser, miser! Misery me! non me tenent vincula, chains cannot hold me, modo niger Now black non me tenet clavis, keys cannot imprison me, et ustus fortiter! and roasting fiercely! quero mihi similes I look for people like me et adiungor pravis. and join the wretches. 54 55

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Tenor Soloist Quidam ludunt, quidam bibunt, Some gamble, some drink, Nunc in scutella iaceo, Now I lie on a plate, quidam indiscrete vivunt. some behave loosely. et volitare nequeo and cannot fly anymore, Sed in ludo qui morantur, But of those who gamble, dentes frendentes video: I see bared teeth: ex his quidam denudantur some are stripped bare, quidam ibi vestiuntur, some win their clothes here, Men’s Chorus quidam saccis induuntur. some are dressed in sacks. Miser, miser! Misery me! Ibi nullus timet mortem Here no-one fears death, modo niger Now black sed pro Baccho mittunt sortem: but they throw the dice in the name of Bacchus. et ustus fortiter! and roasting fiercely! Primo pro nummata vini, First of all it is to the wine-merchant 13. Ego sum abbas 13. I am the abbot ex hac bibunt libertini; the libertines drink, semel bibunt pro captivis, one for the prisoners, Baritone Soloist post hec bibunt ter pro vivis, three for the living, Ego sum abbas Cucaniensis I am the abbot of Cockaigne quater pro Christianis cunctis four for all Christians, et consilium meum est cum bibulis, and my assembly is one of drinkers, quinquies pro fidelibus defunctis, five for the faithful dead, et in secta Decii voluntas mea est, and I wish to be in the order of Decius, sexies pro sororibus vanis, six for the loose sisters, et qui mane me quesierit in taberna, and whoever searches me out at the tavern septies pro militibus silvanis. seven for the footpads in the wood, in the morning, post vesperam nudus egredietur, after Vespers he will leave naked, Octies pro fratribus perversis, Eight for the errant brethren, et sic denudatus veste clamabit: and thus stripped of his clothes he will call out: nonies pro monachis dispersis, nine for the dispersed monks, decies pro navigantibus ten for the seamen, Baritone Soloist and Men’s Chorus undecies pro discordaniibus, eleven for the squabblers, Wafna, wafna! Woe! Woe! duodecies pro penitentibus, twelve for the penitent, quid fecisti sors turpassi what have you done, vilest Fate? tredecies pro iter agentibus. thirteen for the wayfarers. Nostre vite gaudia the joys of my life Tam pro papa quam pro rege To the Pope as to the king abstulisti omnia! you have taken all away! bibunt omnes sine lege. they all drink without restraint. Ha ha! Ha ha! Bibit hera, bibit herus, The mistress drinks, the master drinks, 14. In taberna quando sumus 14. When we are in the tavern bibit miles, bibit clerus, the soldier drinks, the priest drinks, Men’s Chorus bibit ille, bibit illa, the man drinks, the woman drinks, bibit servis cum ancilla, the servant drinks with the maid, In taberna quando sumus When we are in the tavern, bibit velox, bibit piger, the swift man drinks, the lazy man drinks, non curamus quid sit humus, we do not think how we will go to dust, bibit albus, bibit niger, the white man drinks, the black man drinks, sed ad ludum properamus, but we hurry to gamble, bibit constans, bibit vagus, the settled man drinks, the wanderer drinks, cui semper insudamus. which always makes us sweat. bibit rudis, bibit magnus. the stupid man drinks, the wise man drinks, Quid agatur in taberna What happens in the tavern, ubi nummus est pincerna, where money is host, hoc est opus ut queratur, you may well ask, si quid loquar, audiatur. and hear what I say. 56 57

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Bibit pauper et egrotus, The poor man drinks, the sick man drinks, 16. Dies, nox et omnia 16. Day, night and everything bibit exul et ignotus, the exile drinks, and the stranger, Baritone Soloist bibit puer, bibit canus, the boy drinks, the old man drinks, bibit presul et decanus, the bishop drinks, and the deacon, Dies, nox et omnia Day, night and everything bibit soror, bibit frater, the sister drinks, the brother drinks, michi sunt contraria; is against me, bibit anus, bibit mater, the old lady drinks, the mother drinks, virginum colloquia the chattering of maidens bibit ista, bibit ille, this man drinks, that man drinks, me fay planszer, makes me weep, bibunt centum, bibunt mille. a hundred drink, a thousand drink. oy suvenz suspirer, and often sigh, plu me fay temer. and, most of all, scares me. Parum sexcente nummate Six hundred pennies would hardly durant, cum immoderate suffice, if everyone O sodales, ludite, O friends, you are making fun of me, bibunt omnes sine meta. drinks immoderately and immeasurably. vos qui scitis dicite you do not know what you are saying, Quamvis bibant mente leta, However much they cheerfully drink michi mesto parcite, spare me, sorrowful as I am, sic nos rodunt omnes gentes we are the ones whom everyone scolds, grand ey dolur, great is my grief, et sic erimus egentes. and thus we are destitute. attamen consulite advise me at least, Qui nos rodunt confundantur May those who slander us be cursed per voster honur. by your honour. et cum iustis non scribantur. and may their names not be written n the book of the righteous. Tua pulchra facies Your beautiful face, me fay planszer milies, makes me weep a thousand times, pectus habet glacies. your heart is of ice. III. COUR D’AMOURS III. THE COURT OF LOVE A remender As a cure, statim vivus fierem I would be revived 15. Amor volat undique 15. Cupid flies everywhere per un baser. by a kiss.

Children’s Chorus 17. Stetit puella 17. A girl stood Amor volat undique, Cupid flies everywhere Soprano Soloist captus est libidine. seized by desire. Iuvenes, iuvencule Young men and women Stetit puella A girl stood coniunguntur merito. are rightly coupled. rufa tunica; in a red tunic; si quis eam tetigit, if anyone touched it, Soprano Soloist tunica crepuit. the tunic rustled. Siqua sine socio, The girl without a lover Eia. Eia! caret omni gaudio; misses out on all pleasures, tenet noctis infima she keeps the dark night Stetit puella A girl stood sub intimo hidden tamquam rosula; like a little rose: cordis in custodia: in the depth of her heart; facie splenduit, her face was radiant os eius fioruit. and her mouth in bloom. Children’s Chorus Eia. Eia! fit res amarissima. it is a most bitter fate. 58 59

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18. Circa mea pectora 18. In my heart 19. Si puer cum puellula 19. If a boy with a girl Baritone Soloist and Chorus Baritone Soloist and Men’s Chorus Circa mea pectora In my heart Si puer cum puellula If a boy with a girl multa sunt suspiria there are many sighs moraretur in cellula, tarries in a little room, de tua pulchritudine, for your beauty, felix coniunctio. happy is their coupling. que me ledunt misere. which wound me sorely. Ah! Amore suscrescente Love rises up, pariter e medio and between them Manda liet, Mandaliet, avulso procul tedio, prudery is driven away, Manda liet mandaliet, fit ludus ineffabilis an ineffable game begins min geselle my lover membris, lacertis, labii in their limbs, arms and lips. chumet niet. does not come. 20. Veni, veni, venias 20. Come, come, O come Tui lucent oculi Your eyes shine Chorus sicut solis radii, like the rays of the sun, sicut splendor fulguris like the flashing of lightening Veni, veni, venias Come, come, O come lucem donat tenebris. which brightens the darkness. Ah! Veni, veni, venias, Come, come, O come, ne me mori facias, do not let me die, Manda liet Mandaliet, hyrca, hyrce, nazaza, hycra, hycre, nazaza, Manda liet, mandaliet, trillirivos... trillirivos! min geselle my lover chumet niet. does not come. Pulchra tibi facies Beautiful is your face, oculorum acies, the gleam of your eye, Vellet deus, vallent dii May God grant, may the gods grant capillorum series, your braided hair, quod mente proposui: what I have in mind: o quam clara species! what a glorious creature! ut eius virginea that I may loose reserassem vincula. the chains of her virginity. Ah! Rosa rubicundior, Redder than the rose, lilio candidior whiter than the lily, Manda liet, Mandaliet, omnibus formosior, lovelier than all others, Manda liet, mandaliet, semper in te glorior! I shall always glory in you! min geselle my lover chumet niet. Does not come. 60 61

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21. In truitina 21. In the balance Tempore brumali In the winter vir patiens, man is patient, Soprano Soloist animo vernali the breath of spring In truitina mentis dubia In the wavering balance of my feelings lasciviens. makes him lust. fluctuant contraria set against each other lascivus amor et pudicitia. lascivious love and modesty. Oh, oh, oh Oh! Oh! Oh! Sed eligo quod video, But I choose what I see, totus floreo I am bursting out all over! collum iugo prebeo: and submit my neck to the yoke; iam amore virginali I am burning all over ! ad iugum tamen suave transeo. I yield to the sweet yoke. totus ardeo, with first love novus, novus amor New, new love 22. Tempus es iocundum 22. This is the joyful time est, quo pereo. is what I am dying of! Soprano & Baritone Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus Mea mecum ludit My virginity virginitas, makes me frisky, Tempus es iocundum, This is the joyful time, mea me detrudit my simplicity o virgines, O maidens, simplicitas. holds me back. modo congaudete rejoice with them, vos iuvenes. young men! Oh, oh, oh Oh! Oh! Oh! totus floreo I am bursting out all over! Oh, oh, oh, Oh! Oh! Oh! iam amore virginali I am burning all over ! totus floreo, I am bursting out all over! totus ardeo, with first love iam amore virginali I am burning all over novus, novus amor New, new love totus ardeo, with first love! est, quo pereo. is what I am dying of! novus, novus amor New, new love est, quo pereo. is what I am dying of! Veni, domicella, Come, my mistress, cum gaudio, with joy, Mea me confortat I am heartened veni, veni, pulchra, come, come, my pretty, promissio, by my promise, iam pereo. I am dying! mea me deportat I am downcast by my refusal Oh, oh, oh Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, oh, oh Oh! Oh! Oh! totus floreo I am bursting out all over! totus floreo I am bursting out all over! iam amore virginali I am burning all over ! iam amore virginali I am burning all over ! totus ardeo, with first love totus ardeo, with first love novus, novus amor New, new love novus, novus amor New, new love est, quo pereo. is what I am dying of! est, quo pereo. is what I am dying of! 62 63

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23. Dulcissime 23. Sweetest one Sors immanis Fate - monstrous et inanis, and empty, Soprano Soloist rota tu volubilis, you whirling wheel, Dulcissime, Sweetest one! Ah! status malus, you are malevolent, totam tibi subdo me! I give myself to you totally! vana salus well-being is vain semper dissolubilis, and always fades to nothing, obumbrata shadowed BLANZIFLOR ET HELENA BLANCHEFLEUR AND HELEN et velata and veiled michi quoque niteris; you plague me too; 24. Ave formosissima 24. Hail, most beautiful one nunc per ludum now through the game Chorus dorsum nudum I bring my bare back fero tui sceleris. to your villainy. Ave formosissima, Hail, most beautiful one, gemma pretiosa, precious jewel, Sors salutis Fate is against me ave decus virginum, Hail, pride among virgins, et virtutis in health virgo gloriosa, glorious virgin, michi nunc contraria, and virtue, ave mundi luminar, Hail. light of the world, est affectus driven on ave mundi rosa, Hail, rose of the world, et defectus and weighted down, Blanziflor et Helena, Blanchefleur and Helen, semper in angaria. always enslaved. Venus generosa! noble Venus! Hac in hora So at this hour sine mora without delay FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI FORTUNE, EMPRESS OF THE WORLD corde pulsum tangite; pluck the vibrating strings; quod per sortem since Fate 25. O Fortuna 25. O Fortune sternit fortem, strikes down the string man, Chorus, Soloists, and Children’s Chorus mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me! O Fortuna O Fortune, velut luna like the moon statu variabilis, you are changeable, semper crescis ever waxing aut decrescis; and waning; vita detestabilis hateful life nunc obdurat first oppresses et tunc curat and then soothes ludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it; egestatem, poverty potestatem and power dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice. 64 65

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Maestro Scaglione and Eion Lyons, double bass PYAO The Board of Trustees Conor McAvinue, viola Gia Angelo, viola of the Philadelphia Youth Cleveland Institute of Music Temple University Orchestra congratulate our graduating seniors. Lily Mell, violin James Crew *, tuba Best of luck in your future Ithaca College David Grosmick, violoncello endeavors! Christian Ortolf, percussion Jeremy Horn *, trombone University of Maryland University of Pittsburgh Jordan Robinson, horn PYO Siddarth Parameswar, violin Evan Sacks-Wilner *, tuba Mohan Biswas, trombone Jessica Zhang, violoncello University of Cincinnati Dartmouth College Northwestern University College Conservatory Olivia Brody-Bizar, violin of Music Jessica Zhang, violoncello Dartmouth College Hiroto Saito, violin Olivia Brody-Bizar, violin Stanford University Bravo Brass Jordan Brooks, violoncello David Shapiro, viola Sam Istvan, trumpet Boyer College of Music, University of Delaware Haverford College Temple University Hannah Silverberg, flute Daniel Klugman, horn Branch Buehler, oboe Carly Soll, violin Drexel University William Saurman, trombone Backw Ro (Left to Right): Frontw Ro (Left to Right): Kathryn Song, violin Carolyn Tillstrom, tuba Nina Cheng, oboe University of Chicago Sarina Marone, harp Immanuel Mykyta-Chomsky, Drexel University San Francisco Conservatory Reilly Bova, percussion piano Maria Thomas, clarinet Miller Yuan, bass trombone Etienne Kambara, horn Evan Sacks-Wilner, tuba Chloe Cho, violin Peabody Institute of the Vasaar College Ehren Valmé, trombone Hannah Silverberg, flute Catelyn Huang, violin Johns Hopkins University Robert Kellar, trumpet Connor McAvinue, viola Sarah Jang, viola Ehren Valmé, * Daniel Kim, clarinet Lily Mell, violin II bass trombone Nina Cheng, oboe Stephanie van Duijn, Etienne Kambara, horn Boyer College of Music, Jacobs School of Music, Nolan Wenik, bassoon acting concertmaster for Indiana University Daniel J. Kim, violoncello Jason Vassiliou Temple University * Bravo Brass Member Justin Cao, double bass Sophia Kelsall, double bass Jason Vassiliou, violin Olin Wei, flute List complete Benjamin Kenzakowski, horn as of April 11, 2017. Daniel J. Kim, violoncello Nolan Wenik, bassoon Northwestern University Daniel T. Kim, violoncello Princeton University Dotan Yarden, bassoon Sarah Kim, violin Kail Yuan, violoncello University of Michigan William Klotsas, clarinet Raymond Zhang, Austina Lin, violin double bass Hsihin Liu, oboe Drexel University Joy Zhao, violoncello 66 67

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Louis Scaglione Ranging in age from 6 to 21 years, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra President and Music Director musicians of the Philadelphia Youth Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, having been Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra, a Orchestra organization are selected by presented on tour in over twenty coun- new and expanded educational offering of competitive audition and come from tries, is one of the most well-recognized the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organiza- The Philadelphia Youth a 70-plus-mile radius of Philadelphia Orchestra Organization youth orchestra programs in the nation. tion, is a beginning to intermediate level full encompassing nearly 20 counties within It provides the region’s most advanced symphonic orchestra that provides most The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra is the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. classical instrumental music students with students with their first introduction to tri-state region’s premier youth orchestra Through advanced orchestra repertoire, unparalleled training and performance large orchestral playing. Through a challeng- organization for gifted, young, classical students are challenged to perform at pro- opportunities with world renowned solo- ing repertoire including both arrangements musicians, and one of the oldest and most fessional levels, to strive for advanced musi- ists under the direction of Maestro Louis and original masterworks, students are highly regarded youth orchestra organiza- cianship, and to achieve superior technical, Scaglione, one of the leading youth orches- challenged to hone their talents for listen- tions in the United States. For 77 years, the musical, and personal application. tra conductors in the country. In addition ing, blending, balancing, and making music Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization Former PYO musicians currently hold chairs to the opportunity to showcase their tal- within the full orchestral context. PYMO has been providing professional-caliber in most of the top 20 professional orches- ents through high-profile radio broadcasts prepares its members for participation in musical experiences to young instrumental- tras in the United States, with 12 PYO on WRTI FM and live performances in Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra — and, ists, while thrilling discriminating audiences alumni currently serving in The Philadelphia Verizon Hall of The Kimmel Center for the eventually, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. in the Greater Philadelphia region and Orchestra. Performing Arts, members learn character- Maestro Kenneth Bean is the director and across the globe. Extraordinary artistic leadership is a hall- building life skills and supplement their col- conductor of PYMO, and is also Conductor The organization has six programs: mark of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra legiate and conservatory applications, mak- of the Junior String Philharmonic of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra (PYO), organization. Adolph Sorian (1940–1941), ing them strong candidates for acceptance Lehigh Valley and Symphony in C Youth Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra J.W.F. Leman (1941–1952), William R. into the most prestigious universities and Orchestra, and Associate Director of the (PYAO), Philadelphia Young Musicians Smith (1952–1954), and Joseph Primavera conservatories around the world. Primavera Fund. Orchestra (PYMO), Bravo Brass, (1954–2005) served as Music Directors, Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra Bravo Brass Philadelphia Region Youth String Music with Maestro Primavera having had the (PRYSM), and Tune Up Philly, an El Sistema extraordinary distinction of being the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra chal- Bravo Brass, the only year-round brass inspired program. longest-serving active conductor of any lenges students through sophisticated ensemble in the Philadelphia area and one orchestra in the world. Louis Scaglione, symphonic repertoire and musical discipline, of only three in the country and under the appointed in 1997 by Maestro Primavera is under the director of Maestra Rosalind direction of Paul Bryan, offers the highest and the PYO Board of Trustees, continues Erwin. PYAO further provides the opportu- level of individual and ensemble training the legacy of leadership currently serving as nity to rehearse standard orchestral reper- opportunities for the most accomplished the PYO organization’s President, CEO and toire with a highly experienced professional young brass musicians in the area. In addi- Music Director. conductor; to work with master teachers tion to the opportunity to showcase their in sectional rehearsals; to participate in a talents through multiple live performances concerto competition; and to perform in throughout the year, members have dis- high-profile professional venues throughout tinguished themselves and gained accep- the greater Philadelphia region, including tance to some of the most competitive The Kimmel Center for the Performing and prestigious institutions for music and Arts. Ms. Erwin, a graduate of the New School of Music and Temple University, studied conducting with Ricardo Muti, Leonard Slatkin, and David Zinman. She was previously Music Director of the Pottstown Symphony and is currently Music Director and Conductor of the Drexel University Orchestra. 68 69

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higher learning around the globe. Maestro Tune Up Philly Gloria dePasquale Violin Bryan serves as both the Dean of Faculty Tune Up Philly offers a differentiated musi- Artistic Advisor Richard Amoroso and Students and a faculty member at the cal curriculum that was created to meet The purpose of the Master Class and Michael Ludwig Curtis Institute of Music. An accomplished the specific needs of students living in Advanced Orchestra Training Program is Rachael Ludwig trombonist and teacher, he also holds posi- challenging social and economic conditions, to provide advanced training in orchestra Hirono Oka tions as Music Director of Symphony in with a focus on effecting meaningful com- playing techniques, instrumental tech- William Polk C’s Summer Symphony Camp and Head munity change. As the first Philadelphia-area niques and musicianship to all members Viola Conductor of the Young Artist Summer of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and El Sistema program founded in 2010, Tune Kerri Ryan Program at Curtis. Up Philly offers children in under-resourced Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra. This is accomplished through the engagement Cello communities an opportunity to learn and Philadelphia Region Youth String Music of master teachers from The Philadelphia Gloria dePasquale perform orchestral music and make a true Philadelphia Region Youth String Music Orchestra, who collectively serve as the Glenn Fischbach difference within their communities, both faculty, through the implementation of a offers unparalleled, personalized small Bass through the use of music and through a formalized schedule, and by setting the group instruction and educational sup- purposeful connection with others. An highest levels of performance expecta- Joseph Conyers port for beginning to intermediate string award-winning educator, classical recording tions. Additional instruction is also provid- Mary Javian students, under the direction of the highly artist, and nationally performed composer, ed by members of the following profes- Robert Kesselman respected Philadelphia Orchestra cel- Paul Smith, Director of Tune Up Philly, holds sional orchestras: The Chamber Orchestra Anne Peterson list Gloria dePasquale. With performance degrees from Mannes College of Music of Philadelphia, Opera Philadelphia, Woodwinds opportunities alongside the program’s and The Juilliard School. Mr. has helped Pennsylvania Ballet, The Philly POPS, and Holly Blake faculty, PRYSM also provides members with hundreds of families and leading cultural Harrisburg Symphony, as well as noted Jonathan Blumenfeld peer mentors from the senior ensembles of freelance professional musicians from institutions use intensive performing arts to Samuel Caviezel the PYO organization. Maestra dePasquale throughout the region. The aim is to pro- engage communities and foster success. David Cramer joined The Philadelphia Orchestra’s cello vide excellent orchestral training oppor- Geoff Deemer section in 1977 at the invitation of Eugene tunities with internationally renowned Paul Demers Ormandy. She was cellist of the dePasquale faculty in order to elevate PYO’s status David DiGiacobbe String Quartet and dePasquale Trio. She TheO PY organization receives support from as an exceptional training and performing ensemble. Mark Gigliotti is an advocate for music education and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a commonwealth agency funded by the Loren Lind chairs the Music Education Committee of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Elizabeth Masoudnia The Philadelphia Orchestra, and is senior Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Department Michelle Rosen artistic and educational advisor to PYO. She of Education & The Philadelphia Cultural Fund. Charles Salinger maintains a large private cello studio, and Richard Woodhams is nationally recognized as an instructor of cello performance. Brass Blair Bollinger Trish Giangiulio Jeffrey Lang Anthony Prisk Shelley Showers Matthew Vaughn Percussion Christopher Deviney Phillip O’Banion Anthony Orlando Ralph Sorrentino 70 71

Helen T. Carp Distinguished Service Award Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Ovation Award • 2017

The Distinguished Service Award honors 1986-87 Sarah Kaderabek, violin The Top Ten Finalists and one Grand Prize PYO musicians who demonstrate excep- Francesco Narducci, violin Winner have been selected by a Blue tional effort, reliability, assistance to others, 1987-88 Paul Hewitt, viola Ribbon Panel, consisting of representatives positive attitude, and devotion to the ideals 1988-89 Karyn Park, percussion from regional universities, colleges, conser- of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. The vatories, and institutions. 1989-90 Robert Birman, percussion award is announced at the Annual Festival 1990-91 Troy Peters, viola The Top Ten Finalists have been invited, Concert. The DSA was renamed in 1999 with their nominators, to attend the award 1992-93 Robert Wilkowski, percussion to honor the memory of Helen T. Carp, ceremony and PYO Annual Fesival Concert who served as a volunteer and member of 1993-94 Elizabeth A. Kell, flute on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in the Board with intelligence, optimism, and Rachel Lubov Segal, violin The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. a generous and welcoming spirit for more 1994-95 Gabriel J. Kovach, horn than 30 years. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced 1995-96 Mechelle Lee Chestnut, viola and presented with an award tribute, cash Kim A. Kelter, oboe The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Ovation prize, and other recognition from our spon- 1965-66 John Kunkel, viola 1996-97 Andrew Koehler, violin Award For Inspiration and Outstanding sors. All finalists will each receive a recogni- Leadership in Music Education honors an 1966-67 David Gillis, violin 1997-98 Steven A. VanName, violin tion award from our sponsors. Additionally, 1998-99 Sabrina Goldberg, horn outstanding music teacher in the Delaware the Winning Nominator will be recognized. 1967-68 Wayne P. Lauser, trumpet Valley Region who, while imparting musical Diane Bale, violin 1999-00 Nathanael F. Primrose-Heaney, cello knowledge, builds character, self-confidence 2016 Finalists 1968-69 Mary Laycock, cello 2000-01 Eleanor Miriam Kaye, viola and capabilities that position students for Shelley Beard – Lansdowne, PA 1969-70 Geraldine Fink, flute 2001-02 Sheridan Alexander Seyfried, violin success in every aspect of their lives. The Matthew Ceresini – Malvern, PA ​ 1970-71 Allison Herz, clarinet 2002-03 Larissa Mika Koehler, cello OVATION AWARD highlights the sig- Tanya Ivanova – Penn Wynne, PA 1971-72 Anne Marie Gerlach, double bass 2003-04 Peter Schiller, trumpet nificance of music education and applauds Mary Javian – Philadelphia, PA 1972-73 Paul Dowling, timpani 2004-05 Eric J. Huber, percussion the positive impact of music teachers on Jie Jin – Berwyn, PA the greater community. It is presented and Meichen Liao-Barnes – Merion Station, PA 1973-74 Jeff Zimmer, horn 2005-06 Ben Odhner, violin endowed by H.E.L.P. ® Foundation and Dr. Ovidiu Marinescu – West Chester, PA 1974-75 Thomas Jackson, violin 2006-07 Harrison Schley, double bass sponsored by Jacobs Music Company, J.W. Susan Nowicki – Glenside, PA 1975-76 Alan Abel, timpani 2007-08 Patrick Bailey, percussion Pepper and WRTI-90.1 FM. Charles Salinger – Ambler, PA Sandra Packer, violin Stephanie Hollander, horn Nominators were asked to submit a brief Coco Symer – Cherry Hill, NJ ​ 2008-09 Charlotte Nicholas, violin 1976-77 Joseph Morrow, double bass application and statement of no more than Jeffery Schnitzer, timpani Ryan Jin Touhill, violin 2016 Grand Prize Winner 250 words, answering the question: “How Jie Jin – Berwyn, PA 1977-78 Joanne DiMaria, double bass 2009-10 Lucinda Olson, horn Has Your Music Teacher Changed Your Life?” James Warshaw, percussion Leland Hauslein, clarinet 2016 Winning Nominator 1978-79 Joan Hudson, violin 2010-11 Alexandra Cantalupo, violin Jessica Zhang Richard Vanstone, violin Sarah Segner, violin 1979-80 Steven Belczyk, bassoon 2011-12 Matthew Angelo, flute 1980-81 Jacqueline Grasso, horn Benjamin Wulfman, horn 1981-82 Joseph Lanza, violin 2012-13 Colin Fadzen, flute Chason Goldfinger, viola 1982-83 Stephen Rhindress, tuba 2013-14 Helen Gerhold, harp 1983-84 Elizabeth Kaderabek, violin Bartholomew Shields, violin Richard Rhindress, percussion 2014-15 Anne Lin, cello 1984-85 Edith Bradway, violin James McAloon, trumpet Robert Rhindress, bass trombone 1985-86 David Schast, oboe 2015-16 Kyle Michie, viola Olivia Steinmetz, double bass 72 73

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Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Bravo Brass Barber Overture to The School for Scandal Bizet / Allen Carmen Suite Glazunov Violin Concerto Britten Russian Funeral Humperdinck Overture to Hansel and Gretel Bull / Howarth Pavan Mackwell III. Secretly Ramses the Second Byrd / Allen Callino Casturame Orff Carmina Burana Byrd / Allen The Bells Prokofiev Second Suite from Romeo and Juliet Byrd / Allen Wolsey’s Wilde Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade Byrd / Howarth Earle of Oxford’s March Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Ewald Symphony for Brass Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 Farnaby / Allen A Toye Sibelius Violin Concerto Farnaby / Allen His Dreame Smetana “Dance of the Comedians” from The Bartered Bride Gibbons / Howarth In Nomine Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird Hoffman City of Light Tchaikovsky “Waltz” from Sleeping Beauty Leontovich / Hanson Carol of the Bells Morely / Snedecor Now is the month of Maying Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra Rachmaninov / Allen Vocalise Rachmaninov / Bray Prelude Op. 23, No. 5 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Rossini / Allen Overture to The Barber of Seville Borodin “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor Puccini / Wolfe “Nessun dorma” from Turandot Debussy “Nuages” and “Fêtes” from Nocturnes Rimsky-Korsakov / Snell “Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada Dvoˇrák Symphony No. 8 Shostakovich / Kelly Prelude No. 14 Gershwin An American in Paris Tchaikovsky / Allen Suite from The Nutcracker Hoiby Overture to a Farce Vaughan Williams / Frackenpohl Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 Wagner / du Maine “Prelude to the Bühnenweifestspiel” from Parsifal Smetana “The Moldau” from Má Vlast Wagner / King “Funeral March” from Die Götterdämmerung J. Strauss Overture to Die Fledermaus Whitacre Lux Aurumque Tchaikovsky Excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite Wagner Overture to Rienzi PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists

Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Del Borgo Dance Senario Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Grieg Holberg Suite for Orchestra Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 Holst / Hans Songs Without Words Elgar “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations Joplin / Zinn The Entertainer Holst / Leidig “Jupiter” from The Planets W.A. Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik Glière / Errante “Russian Sailors’ Dance from The Red Poppy Puccini Chrysanthemum Mascagni / Bean “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana Spata Meridian Passes Rimsky-Korsakov / Dackow “Dance of the Tumblers” from Snow Maiden Sibelius / Goldsmith Finlandia J. Strauss Radetzky March J. Strauss The Blue Danube Verdi Overture to Nabucco 74 75

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Rosalind Erwin Viola Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Director and Conductor Gia Angelo * Yerin Chang Patrick Bailey Sung-Me Lee Robin Y. Choi * Assistant Conductor Peirce Ellis Marquise Lindsey-Bradley Sejin Park Alexander Phipps Anthony Stacy Saxophone Violin I Felicia Chen Esther Kim, Concertmaster Brian Cowen • Emma Maloney Dustyn Debernardo • Lea Wang Anton Belzer Victoria Smith Anthony Nigro • Saakshi Navile Violoncello Bassoon Melody Yu Aidan Bolding * David Hiester * Shua Kim Leigh Magness Elexys McDowell Madison Li Jason Tan Joseph Plavin Ananya Muthuskrishnan Jessica Zhang Lexia Tomino Danny Bishop Vincent Cart-Sanders French Horn Andrea Eleazar Eugenia Feng Allison Cho Guthrie Buehler Helena Munoz Caitlin Cai Neha Narayan David Grosmick Jonathan Miller Maxwell Du Jennifer Guo Sophia Filippone * Bryan Towey Matthew Wong Audrey Zhang Daniel Wu Daniel Lee Benjamin Kenzakowski + Kevin Hu Nathan Mann Frank Wang Jing Yi Lovick Trumpet Jason Ren Ariadne Jones-Davidis Samuel Love * David Kim Leonard Meirson Violin II Luigi P. Mazzocchi Lucas Sachs Nicholas Hsieh * Bowen Ying Double Bass Trombone Virginia Yu Camille Donoho * Jeremy Horn * Claire Li Julia Crainic Ethan Spingarn Jung-Me Lee Lane Magness Ehren Valmé + Daniel Kwon Austin Gentry Tuba Pamela Li Hannah Perron + James Crew * Kirsten Ho Flute/Piccolo Timpani/Percussion Heidi Suh Taylor Kang * Zeke Millrood * Siddharth Parameswar Sarah Park Ocean Shen Magellan Rankin Piano Rachel Huang Anna Ridenour Brett Miller * Carly Mitchell Oboe/English Horn Eva Li Anna Devine June Park Cecilia Diaz Jamie Dinella * Section Leader Colin Li * • Guest Musician Elisa Macera * + PYO Intern Winds, brass, percussion rotate. 76 77

Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra 22nd Annual Festival Concert

Rosalind Erwin • Conductor

Danny Bishop • Violoncello

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts • Perelman Theater Sunday, May 21, 2017 • 3:00 p.m.

PROGRAM

Overture to A Farce, Op. 15 Lee Hoiby

Nocturnes Claude Debussy I. Nuages II. Fêtes

Concerto No. 1 in A minor Camille Saint-Saëns for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 33

Danny Bishop • Violoncello Winner, Third Annual PYAO Young Artists Solo Concerto Competition

INTERMISSION

An American in Paris George Gershwin

Latecomers will not be seated until an appropriate time in the concert. The use of photographic and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to the performers and fellow concert-goers, please silence all cell phones prior to the performance. 78 79

Rosalind Erwin • Director & Conductor, PYAO Danny Bishop • PYAO Solo Concerto Competition Winner

by emerging American composers and pre- Danny Bishop, age 13, is an eighth grade sented world premieres both in the USA honor roll student in the Exeter Township and abroad. school district and has been studying cello As Music Director of the Pottstown for six years. For the past three years, he Symphony Orchestra, Erwin elevated the has been a student of Priscilla Lee. Danny orchestra to exceptional artistic heights, is the 2016 winner of Allentown Symphony expanded educational outreach via col- Orchestra’s Voorhees competition and laboration with other arts organizations, the 2017 winner of Reading Symphony introduced audiences to internationally Orchestra League’s competition. For the renowned soloists and brought contempo- past six years, he has won first place in rary music into regular concert programming. the Quartner-Herman String Scholarship through the Reading Musical Foundation. Highly acclaimed as an educator, Erwin Prior to coming to Philadelphia to par- has conducted Pennsylvania and New ticipate in PYAO, Danny was the principal Jersey Music Educator Associations’ cellist of the Reading Symphony Junior All-State, Regional and District Festival String Orchestra and the PMEA District 10 A flexible, creative and highly accomplished Orchestras. Erwin is the former Music orchestra. This past summer, Danny attend- conductor, Rosalind Erwin is welcome on Director and Conductor of the Delaware ed Curtis Institute’s Young Artists Summer podiums both in the USA and abroad. County Youth Orchestra, Luzerne Music Program in Philadelphia. In prior sum- Born in Great Falls, Montana, Rosalind Center, Settlement Music School Chamber mers, he participated in the Philadelphia Erwin began her musical studies on the Orchestra and Staff Conductor for the International Music Festival. Danny was a clarinet and piano, and made her conduct- Philadelphia International Music Festival. concerto competition finalist at both the ing debut at age 13. She received her Erwin has served as guest lecturer for YASP and the PIMF festivals. Danny has per- Bachelor’s Degree in Performance from Arcadia University’s Community Scholars formed in master classes with Philadelphia the New School of Music in Philadelphia program, and Guest Lecturer and Celebrity Orchestra members Yumi Kendall, Kim and her Masters in Performance from Guest for the Philadelphia Orchestra Fisher, and Derek Barnes. When not playing Temple University. At Temple she studied Lecture/Luncheon Series sponsored by the cello, Danny enjoys playing ice hockey. with Anthony Gigliotti, Principal Clarinet Rittenhouse Square Women’s Committee. of The Philadelphia Orchestra and was Guest conducting engagements have includ- appointed Resident Conductor of the ed orchestras in Portugal, Czech Republic, Composition Department. As clarinet- Croatia and Bulgaria, as well as throughout ist, Erwin has appeared soloist with the the USA. She was featured conductor dur- Pittsburgh Symphony and has performed ing American Music Week with the Sophia with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has Philharmonic in Bulgaria, and guest con- studied with and been mentored by con- ducted Sinfonijski orkestar Hvratska vojske ducting greats Riccardo Muti, Leonard where she presented the Croatian premier Slatkin, David Zinman, Joseph Barone and of David Gillingham’s Concerto for Marimba William Smith. She has been honored and Wind Ensemble with internationally by the Leopold Stokowsky Memorial renowned marimbist Ivana Biliˇc. Conducting Competition sponsored by the Rittenhouse Square Women’s Committee Erwin was named Director and Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. of the Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra in January 2014. Since 2013 Erwin has also Erwin was the founder and creative force been Conductor and Music Director of the behind Musica 2000 – The Symphony Drexel University Orchestra. Orchestra where she commissioned works 80 81

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Lee Henry Hoiby “For me, composing music bears some like- Even though his earliest influences included ‘originality’.” One of Hoiby’s best examples Born: Madison, Wisconsin, ness to archeology. It requires patient dig- several powerful musical personalities that of his melodic gift is his 1986 opera The 17 February 1926 ging, searching for the treasure; the ability to represented the fashionable avant-garde Tempest, adapted from Shakespeare’s final Died: New York, New York, distinguish between a treasure and the rock of the early 20th century, including Darius play. Hoiby’s other staged works include 28 March 2011 next to it and recognizing when you are dig- Milhaud and Rudolf Kolisch (a member of Bon Appetit! (with text by chef Julia Child!), ging in the wrong place.” the renowned Pro Arte Quartet and son- The Italian Lesson, and the one-act opera Overture to a Farce, Op. 15 — Lee Hoiby in-law of composer Arnold Schoenberg), This is the Rill Speaking. The Overture to (Overture to Something New Hoiby embraced more of their European a Farce is a seven-minute concert work at the Zoo) While not a household name like other American giants such as Gershwin, musical traditions and less of their con- composed in 1990 that Hoiby later used as Hoiby’s Overture to a Farce is composed Bernstein, Copland, and Barber, Lee Hoiby temporary and atonal teachings. Moreover, an overture for his 1979 one-act comedy for three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, is considered one of the greatest compos- Hoiby had an affinity for Franz Schubert, Something New for the Zoo. two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, ers of songs – works for solo voice or perhaps the greatest composer of art In many ways, Hoiby is similar to the three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, chorus. Writing over 100 songs, Hoiby’s songs. “What I learned from Schubert,” Samuel Barber (a fellow Curtis graduate triangle, tambourine, cymbals, harp, and fame is due mostly because of the leg- Hoiby explained, “came from a long, deep, and longtime partner of Menotti) in that divided strings. endary singers who performed his music, and loving exposure to his songs. A lot Hoiby maintained a commitment to tonal- Duration: 7 minutes especially Leontyne Price, Frederica van happens on a subconscious level, so it’s ity and melody as the primary force in Stade, and Marilyn Horne. hard to verbalize, but I Schubert’s songs his music during times when it was more taught me about the line, the phrasing, the Born into a Scandinavian family in fashionable to let atonality, dissonance, and Parallel Events of 1990 tessitura, the accentuations of speech, the rhythmic exploration dictate the work. In Wisconsin, Hoiby’s mother was a violinist careful consideration of vowels, the breath- Collapse of Soviet Union from Denmark – his aunts actually formed that sense, as with Barber’s music, it can be ing required, and an extremely economical refreshing to experience Hoiby’s fun, pleas- East Germany reunifies with Germany an all-girl touring saxophone band! Hoiby use of accompaniment material, often the began his piano training at age 5, and his ant, and passionate sounds that still con- Tunnel between England and France, same figure going through the whole song.” father forced him to entertain in dive bars. tribute and hold value to American music. Chunnel, is complete He went on to study at Cornell and Mills Hoiby’s art songs embrace melodic rich- South African government releases College with pianist Egon Petri and com- ness seem to pay tribute to centuries of Civil Rights leader Nelson Mandela poser Darius Milhaud before being accept- music, from Monteverdi to American blues from prison ed into the prestigious Curtis Institute of and jazz. One critic wrote that Hoiby’s style is “an elegant and unobvious bridg- Exxon Valdez oil spill Music in Philadelphia where he studied composition with Gian Carlo Menotti. At ing of the lyrical worlds of Verdi and Panama dictator Manuel Noriega Curtis, Hoiby had to take two years of Gershwin, which can be profoundly mov- surrenders to U.S. Palestrina counterpoint, and then Menotti ing or smoothly good-humored, but skirts Virginia elects the first African introduced Hoiby to opera. entirely the modernist obsession with American governor Hoiby’s first opera, The Scarf, was a one- First McDonald’s opens in Moscow, Russia act chamber opera and was premiered at Actress Ava Gardner, singers Sarah Vaughn the first Spoleto Festival (Italy) in 1957, and Sammy Davis, Jr., composers Leonard and later at the New York City Opera. His Bernstein and Aaron Copland, and puppe- most celebrated work, an opera adapted teer Jim Henson die from Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke, came in 1971 and was declared “the finest American opera to date. His final work was a setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and still awaits a premiere performance. 82 83

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Camille Saint-Saëns Craftsmanship, fluency, and restraint best and Stravinsky. Saint-Saëns’ compositional In many ways, though, the Cello Concerto Born: Paris, France, describe Camille Saint-Saëns’ approach to output includes over 300 works, including was unconventional. Saint-Saëns, who 9 October 1835 composition. This creed would not only six symphonies (though he only published greatly admired Franz Liszt’s ability to Died: Algiers, France, serve as a true rejection of the overly exu- three), ballets, incidental music, sacred and transform a theme by taking a melody and 16 December 1921 berant and self-expressive era dominated secular choral music, chamber music, works reshaping it into several musical ideas, laid by the operas of Richard Wagner, but it for solo piano and organ, thirteen operas, out his Cello Concerto No. 1 in an organi- Cello Concerto No. 1 would begin the very musical revolution tone poems (including Carnival of the cally compact single 20-minute movement, in A minor, Op. 33 that was passed down to Fauré, Debussy, Animals and Danse macabre), three violin instead of the traditional three movements. Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto is scored and Ravel. Above all else, Saint-Saëns stood concertos, five piano concertos, and two Moreover, the cello solo is not set as the for cello solo, two flutes, two oboes, two for the classical ideals of Mozart, Haydn, cello concertos. hero in conflict with the orchestra. Instead, clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two and Beethoven – ideals that seemed to As a child prodigy, Saint-Saëns made his the cello is carefully integrated within the trumpets, timpani, and divided strings. adapt to the French culture, yet took on its debut piano recital at age ten, and as an orchestral fabric, introducing each of the Duration: 20 minutes own uniquely French sound. encore he allowed the audience to choose declamatory statements with the Bach Even though he was born to a family of any of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas for organ-like orchestral backdrop. peasant origins and raised only by his him to play from memory. His career as a From the opening moments of the Parallel Events of 1872 mother, Saint-Saëns began composing at soloist introduced all five of Beethoven’s Concerto, the soloist (who enters immedi- Ulysses S. Grant is re-elected U.S. President the age of six, and was still composing at piano concertos to the skeptical French ately instead of after the traditional orches- the age of 86 (performing piano until ten audience of the mid-1800s. So, it is no tral introduction) maintains the drama Andrew Carnegie builds first steel plant days before he died). Often compared to coincidence that Saint-Saëns composed almost exclusively. While there are not sep- in Pennsylvania the genius of Mozart, Saint-Saëns began exactly five piano concertos of his own. arate movements, the Concerto does have First Afro-American is elected governor picking out tunes on the piano at age two, At a time when most of the repertoire for sweet minuet middle section that allows of Louisiana and could read music at age three. Saint- solo instrument with orchestra was for vio- the soloist to play an exquisite serenade in Yellowstone National Park is created Saëns not only excelled musically, but was lin or piano, Saint-Saëns composed a cello the upper registers of the cello. The pace an extremely well-rounded individual who and the passion quicken after the reflective Metropolitan Museum of Art opens concerto for the well-known French cellist wrote poetry, was well-versed in many section, and the work culminates with the in New York Auguste Tolbecque (1830-1919). Tolbecque, languages, sciences, and history, and spoke an instrument maker as well, premiered cellist performing gymnastic type of runs, Tolstoy writes Anna Karenina out politically during the Franco-Prussian the Cello Concerto No. 1 in 1873, which double-stops, and lyrical flourishes. Tchaikovsky composed his War. As a highly skilled organist and pianist, helped Saint-Saëns gain acceptance in the Saint-Saëns’s First Cello Concerto remains Second Symphony he sought to gain notice as a composer by more conservative French musical estab- a staple for cello virtuosos. Both winning the coveted Grand Prix de Rome. Secretary of State William Seward and lishment. In Saint-Saëns’ early years he was Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff considered Saint-Saëns failed to win twice; however, at newspaper editor and Republican Party considered a controversial composer, radi- it to be the greatest of all cello concertos. the age of twenty-two, he was appointed founder Horace Greely die cal, and even a “prophet of Wagner” ini- organist of La Madeline – the most cov- tially. The work was well-received because U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, ballet eted post in France. it was “free from Saint-Saëns’ modernist master Sergei Diaghilev, composers In addition to serving at the cathedral tendencies.” Alexander Scriabin and Ralph Vaughan of La Madeline, he toured as a pianist Williams, and Dr. Albert Barnes of the throughout Europe and America; briefly Barnes Foundation are born taught at the Paris Conservatory; and championed the cause of new French music and rediscovery of Bach, Handel, and Mozart in France. 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Claude Debussy There are very few defining moments in music, by its very essence, is not something While often considered tranquil, expres- Born: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, musical history that drastically altered the that can flow inside a rigorous, traditional sive, lyrical, and sometimes with a touch of 22 August 1862 course of music. Certainly Beethoven’s form. It consists of colors and of time. melancholy, nocturnes will usually convey a Died: Paris, France, Third and Ninth Symphonies, Stravinsky’s There is not theory. You have only to listen. variety of moods. American painter James 5 March 1918 Rite of Spring, and Debussy’s Prelude to Pleasure is law.” McNeill Whistler preached “art for art’s Afternoon of a Faun in 1894. In a single ten- sake” and proclaimed that “fine art should Nocturnes Influenced from several Russian compos- minute work, the grandiose late-Romantic ers, especially Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, essentially be concerned with the beautiful Nocturnes is scored for three flutes, two era shaped by Richard Wagner collapsed, and Tchaikovsky, Debussy’s compositions arrangement of colors in harmony.” In fact, oboes, English horn, two clarinets, three and the sounds of 20th century were include an opera (Pelléas et Mélisande), many of Whistler’s paintings were titled bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three ushered in and, as modern composer and incidental music, major orchestra works “arrangements,” “harmonies,” and “noc- trombones, tuba, two harps, timpani, cym- conductor Pierre Boulez often claimed: such as La Mer, choral works, several works turnes.” It was Whistler’s philosophy and bals, snare drum, divided strings, and mixed “The art of music began to beat with a for small ensembles and solo instruments, paintings that inspired Debussy to com- women’s chorus. new pulse.” and numerous uncompleted projects. pose his Nocturnes. “The title Nocturnes is Duration: 25 minutes to be interpreted here in a general and, The thirty-two year old, pianist Claude Debussy’s Nocturnes is one of the most Debussy indeed did create a completely more particularly, in a decorative sense,” quintessential works that have come to explained Debussy. “Therefore it is not new sound of music with this tone poem define his music; complete with a very Parallel Events of 1899 that was inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé’s meant to designate the usual forms of the transparent and almost watery quality; nocturne, but rather all the various impres- Spanish American War ends poem (written almost two decades ear- swells of colorful non-rhythmic sonori- lier), but it was not because of the subject sions and the special effects of light that Anglo-Boer War begins ties moving along without a clear sense the word suggests.” matter; rather, it was the suggestions of of pulse; and an almost dream-like state First international radio transmission images that Debussy tried to musically that transcends the listener throughout. Debussy beautifully explained that the first Leo Tolstoy writes his last novel, capture. The effect of this sensuous, fluid, Debussy originally intended the work to movement, Nuages (clouds), “renders the Resurrection subtly constructed music and supremely be for solo violin and orchestra as “a study immutable aspect of the sky and the slow, refined style of composition became solemn motion of the clouds, fading away Monet paints his first Lily Pond series in gray painting.” His Nocturnes is anything known as impressionism in music, thereby but gray; rather, it is various shades of in gray tones lightly tinged with white.” In Sibelius’ First Symphony premieres linking Debussy with painters such as pastel-like sonorities. his “painting” of clouds, Debussy composes Composer Johann Strauss, Jr. dies Monet, Renoir, and Seurat. a sense of calm and a harmonically static French for “nocturnal,” a nocturne refers to murmuring that allow fragments of sound Actors Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, For Debussy, music was rooted in memory. music inspired by or evocative of the night. to emerge. Even with a contrasting middle James Cagney, jazz legend Duke Ellington, “Collect impressions,” Debussy wrote a By the 18th century, a nocturne usually section, the placid mood remains. composer Randall Thompson, film maker student. “Don’t be in a hurry to write was performed by an instrumental ensem- Alfred Hitchcock, gangster Al Capone, them down. Because that’s something ble containing several movements for occa- Wonderfully contrasting with the ethereal and writers Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir music can do better than painting: it can sions such as an evening party or even just images of the first movement, Debussy Nabokov, Hart Crane, and E.B. White centralize variations of color and light an evening concert. Nocturnes are most partially bases his second of the three are born within a single picture.” This very state- commonly thought of as works for solo movements on a memory of an excit- ment became Debussy’s creed, mirroring ing, rowdy village festival complete with a Aspirin, lawn mower, and the rubber piano, such as Chopin’s 21 nocturnes and statements from the impressionist and military band. The composer explains that heel are patented the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano post-impressionist painters. While Debussy Sonata No. 14, subtitled Moonlight Sonata; “Fêtes (festival) gives us the vibrating atmo- hated being referred to as an impressionist, and nocturnes appear in other larger sphere with sudden flashes of light. There is he was fascinated with light and the subtle orchestral works, such as in Mendelssohn’s also the episode of the procession (a daz- shadings of color in music. In a note to his incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s zling fantastic vision) which passes through publisher, Debussy sums up this quiet musi- Dream. the festive scene and becomes merged in cal revolution: “I feel more and more that it, but the background remains persistently the same: the festival, with its blending of music and luminous dust, participating in the cosmic rhythms.” 86 87

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George Gershwin Parallel Events of 1928 Gershwin’s total creative output truly cre- About the Work Born: Brooklyn, New York, Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse is introduced ates a musical bridge between the two Soon after Rhapsody in Blue launched 26 September 1898 camps of classical music and vernacular Amelia Earheart’s flight across the Atlantic Gershwin’s career into the concert hall in Died: Hollywood, California, music. Beginning with his first successful 1924, the composer and two of his siblings 11 July 1937 Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera premieres song, “Swanee” from the musical Sinbad made a European tour. Spending most of (performed by Al Jolson), Gershwin and his An American in Paris Herbert Hoover is elected U.S. President their trip in Paris, George brought with lyricist brother Ira wrote several musicals, him an unfinished orchestra work that was An American in Paris is orchestrated for pic- General Electric begins first regularly including Lady Be Good!, Tip-Toes, Oh Kay!, scheduled TV broadcasts being commissioned by Walter Damrosch, colo, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, Strike Up the Band, Funny Face, Girl Crazy, conductor of the New York Symphony two clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, and Of Thee I Sing, which was the first Society. tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, two About the Composer musical ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three drama. These musicals have immortalized Paris of the 1920s still remained the center trombones, tuba, celeste, timpani, snare At a late night party typical of the Jazz Age, such well-loved songs as “The Man I Love,” of the artistic universe; the city was host to drum, bass drum, tom-toms, triangle, cym- pianist George Gershwin was overheard “Clap Yo’ Hands,” “Someone to Watch a dazzling array of sculptors, painters, jazz bals, glockenspiel, xylophone, wood block, pondering if his music would “be heard a Over Me,” and “Let’s Call the Whole musicians, dancers, writers, poets, and com- four taxi horns, and divided strings. hundred years from now.” “It will,” a friend hing Off.” posers, including Ravel, Milhaud, Poulenc, remarked, “if you are around to play it.” Prokofiev, and Stravinsky. Gershwin was Duration: 18 minutes Despite his Broadway success, George It is almost a hundred years since still eager to be accepted as a “serious” also followed his less natural talents as a composer in the classical music world, so Gershwin composed is legendary Rhapsody classical composer, pianist, and orchestra- An American in Paris’ standard orchestration spending so much time in Paris gave him in Blue (1924), yet Gershwin has not been tor. Even though Ravel, Boulanger, and is augmented by the saxophones, an array of the incentive to make his next work a seri- around to play his music for almost seven- Stravinsky turned him down as teachers, percussion instruments, and on of Gershwin’s ous piece for the concert hall. ty-five years. Gershwin did eventually study composi- most prized souvenirs from his trip to Paris – tion, theory, and orchestration. His more Since the premiere of his tone poem, An a set of four French taxi horns. Born Jacob Gershowitz to Russian immi- grants, George Gershwin actually began formal works include his most performed American in Paris has become a standard his music career as a high school drop work, Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto work of orchestral repertoire. The work is out in Tin Pan Alley, New York’s famous in F, Preludes for Piano, Second Rhapsody, best explained by Gershwin himself who songwriting district. As a “song plugger” for Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” Cuban Overture, provided the following outline of the work: the Jerome Remick Company, the young and his landmark opera, Porgy and Bess. This new piece, really a rhapsodic ballet, is George was exposed to thousands of written very freely, and is the most mod- songs and limitless experience as a jazz ern music I’ve yet attempted. The opening pianist. part will be developed in a typical French As one of the first notable American com- style, in the manner of Debussy, though the posers, Gershwin made the first attempts themes are all original. My purpose here is to close the gap between “popular” music to portray the impression of an American and “serious” music. While some classi- visitor in Paris, as he strolls around the city cal music purists still do not fully accept and listens to various street-noises and Gershwin into the circles of classical music absorbs the French atmosphere. completely, no one can deny Gershwin’s uncanny ability as a songwriter. 88 89

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As in my other orchestral compositions, Like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Greaty Gatsb , I’ve not endeavored to represent any defi- Gershwin’s music has come to define nite scenes in this music. The rhapsody is American life and culture during the “roar- programmatic only in a general impression- ing” 1920s. Immediately after Gershwin’s istic way, so that the individual listener can death and throughout the 1940s through read into the music such as his imagination the 1950s, Gershwin’s songs essentially set pictures for him. the stage for some of the great perform- The opening gay section is followed by a ers, like Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Frank rich blues with a strong rhythmic undercur- Sinatra, and Tony Bennett. There is not a rent. Our American friend, perhaps after cabaret singer, jazz musician, or jazz lover strolling into a café and having a couple that does not hold Gershwin as the father of drinks has succumbed to a spasm of of the American song. From airline com- homesickness. His harmony here is both mercials and dozens of films, to remakes more intense and simple than in the pre- of nearly every kind, (including hip hop, ceding passages. This blues rise to a climax, rock and roll, and rap), Gershwin’s music followed by a coda in which the spirit has remained in main stream Americana. of the music returns to the vivacity and Sadly, the man who gave us the cheerful, bubbling exuberance of the opening part, fun-spirited, heart-warming music that has with its impression of Paris. Apparently the stayed with us for nearly a century never homesick American, having left the café lived long enough to enjoy it. When he and reached the open air, has disowned died, it was and remains an incalculable loss his spell of the blues, and once again is to American music. Gershwin collapsed in Backw Ro (Left to Right): Frontw Ro (Left to Right): July 1937 and fell into a coma from which an alert spectator of Parisian life. At the Aidan Bolding, violoncello Robin Choi, clarinet conclusion, the street noises and French he never regained consciousness and died of a brain tumor. He was 38. Zeke Millrood, percussion Sophia Filippone, horn atmosphere are triumphant. Taylor Kang, flute Gia Angelo, viola Gershwin’s use of the orchestra in Brett Miller, piano Esther Kim, concertmaster American in Paris is much more confi- James Crew, tuba Nicholas Hsieh, violin II dent than in either the Rhapsody in Blue Jeremy Horn, trombone Elisa Macera, oboe (which was arranged and almost entirely Samuel Love, trumpet orchestrated by Frede Grofé) or the Piano Colin Li, oboe Concerto in F. The influence of jazz is David Hiester, bassoon clearly audible, but the most prominent Camille Donoho, double bass element is the variety of orchestra moods he projects and the ingenious ways he achieves them. 90 91

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Kenneth Bean Director and Conductor Rachel Segal Associate Director

Violin I Viola Bassoon Miles Zhou, Amber Li * Justin Choi Concertmaster Gia Angelo # Ezra Frank * Semaj Murphy Rachel Segal • Isabel Lee Trumpet Patricia Cao Violoncello Simone Donoho Deja Small Christine Ma * William Johnson * Alisa Deczynski Ashley Iveson Kwangjun Jung Sharon Chen Luke Gray Giovanni Pamphile Kevin Wu Gustavo Menezes Michael Pizzo Raphael Lopez + Eliza Kaplan Trombone Violin II Double Bass Agnes Williams * Kevin Xu * Sophia Kelsall + Charis Trusty Hannah Perron + Valerie Cohen Piano Saniya Vaidya Michael Yu * Murphy Wei Flute Sean Li Caleb Becker Aditi Pothukuchi Elena Bull Sowmya Bulusu * Section Leader Maya Posecznick • Guest Musician Malinda Voell * # PYAO Intern + PYO Intern Winds, brass Oboe and percussion rotate Nicole Guo * Norah Kaplan Anna Devine #

Clarinet Michael Hu Sumi Jung Jessica Spruill Bryan Zhou * Richard Zhu Olin Zimmet 92 93

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Kenneth Bean • Conductor Following a desire to pass on the gift of music, Kenneth has worked with a number of music education organizations, including Temple Performing Arts Center Play on, Philly! and Settlement Music School, Saturday, May 27, 2017 • 4:00 p.m. both of which serve Philadelphia youth. He has also taught at summer festivals, such as Kinhaven Music School and Luzerne PROGRAM Music Center. He currently serves as Associate Director of the Primavera Fund, an initiative to fund music education for youth in Philadelphia. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Ludwig van Beethoven In recent years, Kenneth has been most fortunate to engage his passion for con- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 Georges Bizet ducting. He held the position of Music Director/Conductor of the Junior String Kenneth began seriously studying music as Philharmonic of the Lehigh Valley from 2011-2015. In 2016, he was appointed Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi a high school student when he attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. He Music Director/Conductor of the Young Rachel Segal • Conductor matriculated to Oberlin Conservatory People’s Philharmonic of the Lehigh where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Valley. He also serves as the Conductor Trumpet Performance, following which he for the Symphony in C Youth Orchestra. “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana Pietro Mascagni completed a Master of Music Education Kenneth currently lives in West Philadelphia. Arranged by Kenneth Bean from Jackson State University. As a trumpeter, Kenneth has enjoyed a thriving freelance career, playing with such The Blue Danube, Op. 314 Johann Strauss, Jr. ensembles as Mannheim Steamroller, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Soulful Symphony Orchestra, Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra and Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra. He Latecomers will not be seated until an appropriate time in the concert. The use of photographic and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. can be heard on recordings with Symphony As a courtesy to the performers and fellow concert-goers, in C, the Monocacy Chamber Orchestra, please silence all cell phones prior to the performance. and hip-hop artist Thee Phantom & the Illharmonic Orchestra. 94 95

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Rachel began her violin studies at age three in the Suzuki Method. As a teen she partici- pated in the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Temple University’s Center for Gifted Young Musicians, the Settlement Music School, and The New York String Orchestra Seminar. Rachel spent her summers during college at The Aspen Music Festival and Taos School of Music. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Michigan in the studio of Paul Kantor and her Master of Music degree from The Yale School of Music in the studio of Sidney Harth. Other teachers include Jascha Brodsky, Peter Winograd, Jerome Wigler and Barbara Govatos. A native Philadelphian, Rachel has enjoyed an exciting and varied career both at Rachel’s commitment to education and out- home and abroad. As a performer, her reach has taken her into dozens of public career highlights include more than a schools for performances and residencies, decade as a member of the Colorado and she has held faculty positions at Regis Symphony Orchestra, and posts in Europe University and the Community College of with the Tampere Filharmonia in Finland Aurora, as well as at the Luzerne Music Backw Ro (Left to Right): Frontw Ro (Left to Right): Center. She has worked extensively as a and as Concertmaster of the Orquestra Christine Ma, violoncello Malinda Voell, flute chamber music and sectionals coach for the Sinfónica Portuguesa in Lisbon, Portugal. Miles Zhou, concertmaster Nicole Guo, oboe Denver youth orchestras and as a private She is Concertmaster of the Central City Ezra Frank, bassoon Bryan Zhou, clarinet teacher. Opera Orchestra and began her career Agnes Williams, trombone * Not pictured: as Concertmaster of the South Bend Rachel makes her home at the Greene Kevin Xu, violin II William Johnson, trumpet Symphony. Street Artists Coop in Germantown, a historic neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia, with her two beagles, Gus and Abby, and her cat, Otter. Rachel is honored to serve on the Board of Directors of the Musicopia/Dancing Classrooms Philly. 96 97

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Paul Bryan Director and Conductor Barry McCommon Associate Conductor Robert Skoniczin Associate Conductor

Trumpet Horn Tuba Genna Goins Emerson Ahn Brian Brown * Samuel Istvan Sophia Filippone James Crew Erik Larson Daniel Klugman Evan Sacks-Wilner Samuel Love Bryan Manzano Carolyn Tillstrom Robert Skoniczin * Karen Schubert * Josue Villegas Percussion Trombone Matthew Kallend + Justin Amgott Ehren Valmé Jeremy Horn Tyler Jenkins-Wong William Saurman * Bravo Brass Faculty + Guest Musician Bass Trombone Barry McCommon * Ehren Valmé Miller Yuan

Euphonium Sam Minker + 98 99

Bravo Brass Paul Bryan • Director & Conductor, Bravo Brass 14th Annual Festival Concert

Paul Bryan • Conductor Described by composer Eric Ewazen as a “stunning” interpreter producing per- Saint Mark’s Church • Philadelphia formances with “riveting momentum and Saturday, May 13, 2017 • 7:30 p.m. heartfelt lyricism,” Paul has led concerts with a variety of groups including the Brass On Stage wind and brass ensembles of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Rodney PROGRAM Mack Philadelphia Big Brass, and Boyz II Men. Overture to The Barber of Seville Giaocchino Rossini Sought after for his ability to train gifted Arranged by Michael Allen instrumentalists, Paul pushes his groups to take risks and to make music as opposed “Prelude to the Bühnenweifestspiel” Richard Wagner to just playing it. Past positions have includ- from Parsifal Arranged by Wayne J. du Maine ed Conductor of the Drexel University Orchestra, Conductor of the Philadelphia Paul Bryan leads a distinguished career as All-City High School Concert Band, and “Nessun dorma” from Turandot Giacomo Puccini both performer and educator. A graduate appearances with the ensembles of the Arranged by Andy Wolfe of the Curtis Institute of Music and Temple New York Summer Music Festival, Play On, University where he studied trombone Philly!, and numerous honor groups in the City of Light Patrick Hoffman with Glenn Dodson and Eric Carlson Delaware Valley. and conducting with David Hayes, Arthur A respected member of the Philadelphia Chodoroff, and Lawrence Wagner, Paul cur- INTERMISSION area’s musical community, Paul serves as rently serves as Director and Conductor Dean of Faculty and Students at the Curtis of Bravo Brass – the Philadelphia Youth Institute of Music where he directs the “Procession of the Nobles” from Mlada Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestra brass ensemble, Music Director educational programming and curricular Arranged by Keith Snell of The Philadelphia Wind Symphony, Head life of one of the world’s foremost conser- Conductor of the Young Artists Summer vatories. “Funeral March” from Die Götterdämmerung Richard Wagner Program at Curtis Summerfest, Music Arranged by Robert King Director of the Symphony in C Summer Camp, and a faculty member at Temple Carmen Suite Georges Bizet University and the Curtis Institute of Music. Prelude Arranged by Michael Allen Argonaise Habanera Toreador Song Danse Boheme

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Bravo Brass Faculty • 2016–2017 Bravo Brass Faculty • 2016–2017

Barry McCommon Robert Skoniczin Karen Schubert Brian Brown Associate Conductor Associate Conductor Horn Tuba Barry McCommon is a musician that defies Robert Skoniczin performs in a variety Karen Schubert is a graduate of The Curtis Brian Brown earned his Bachelor and categorization. Having begun his career of settings, including classical, commercial, Institute of Music. She is principal horn of Master degrees from the Juilliard School. while still enrolled at the Curtis Institute jazz, and touring Broadway shows. Rob has the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Opera His major teachers include Paul Krzywicki, of Music, his versatility has earned him backed various star attractions and can Delaware, and the Kennett Symphony of Don Harry, Donald Harwood and Vincent respect as a “crossover” artist, perform- be heard on several recordings including Chester County, and is also a member of Penzarella. He is currently principal tuba ing in venues ranging from Lincoln Center Manhattan Transfer’s DVD The Christmas The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, of The Philly Pops, Delaware Symphony to the House of Blues with anyone from Concert, Reanimations and Shadowcatcher the Opera Philadelphia orchestra, and Orchestra and The Stamford (Conn.) the Royal Ballet, to the Jaco Pastorius with the West Chester University Wind the Fairmount Brass Quartet. She has Symphony Orchestra. As an active free- Big Band, to R&B legend Aretha Franklin. Ensemble, American Anthems with the performed as soloist with The Chamber lance musician, Mr. Brown has performed A member of the genre-bending Nu Gramercy Brass Orchestra, and numer- Orchestra of Philadelphia, Delaware with The Philadelphia Orchestra,The North Directions Chamber Brass, Mr. McCommon ous spots for NFL Films. In October Symphony, and The Kennett Symphony of Carolina Symphony,The Pennsylvania is to some the tuxedo-clad classical bass 2015, Rob made his Carnegie Hall debut Chester County. Mrs. Schubert has been Ballet, and the Opera Company of trombonist for The Chamber Orchestra performing with Tromba Mundi, where on the faculty of Immaculata University and Philadelphia among others. He is the tuba of Philadelphia—to others he’s the jazz three new works for trumpet ensemble Widener University. She is currently the player for NFL Films. He is a member of musician they’ve seen backing the likes of were unveiled. His principal teachers have adjunct horn teacher at Cairn University the Westminster Brass and the Rowan Herbie Hancock—in another realm, he included Vince Penzarella of the New York and maintains a private horn studio. University Faculty Brass Quintet. Mr regularly can be seen on the r&b/funk cir- Philharmonic and Christopher Tranchitella Brown is Adjunct Professor of Tuba and cuit of Philadelphia and Atlantic City with of the Kennedy Center Opera House Euphonium at the College of New Jersey, luminaries such as Pattie Labelle. Orchestra. He teaches trumpet at the Rowan University, University of Delaware In addition to his work as a performer, University of Delaware and West Chester and lecturer at Princeton University. Mr. McCommon is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a mem- University of the Arts where he teaches ber of the National Band Association, the lessons and directs the UArts Trombone International Trumpet Guild, and Phi Beta Ensemble. He is an Associate Conductor Kappa. Rob is a performing artist for S.E. of Bravo Brass and was on faculty of the Shires trumpets. Philadelphia International Music Festival, where he taught chamber music and solo performance classes. 102 103

PRYSM • 2016–2017

Gloria dePasquale Violin II Mark Lancaster Director and Conductor Jeremy Luu * Deana Yuan Angelique Payne Theo Sharp Violin I Dylan Huffman Eugenia Li Kyla Curnow, Michael Patridge Ruijia Yang Concertmaster Shreya Harikrishnan Adina Olson Katharine Neary, Krystal Michoma Owen Li Assistant Concertmaster Elliot Lee Ethan Lee Dori Olson Zoe Berman Ethan Niu Brandon Hsu Viola Michael Gao Dean Moon Charles Witmer Miro Raj Christopher Tyburski * Alexandra Beekley Lela Miller Double Bass Chloe Hyun Violoncello Trevor Russin * Bole Ying Feyi Adebekun * Surya Penna Christopher Li Abigail Wolf Michael Chou Elijiah Lee Ariadne Jones-Davidis * Section leaders Benjamin Kozoloff

PRYSM Young Artists • 2016–2017

Gloria dePasquale Viola Bryan Towey # Director Mona Redder * Grace Wei + Andrea Weber Violoncello Viola Conductor ​Katina Pantazopoulos * ​Joshua Baw + • Violin I Thayne Sharp Ella Maloney + • Justin Chow, Matthew Tyburski Emma Maloney # • Concertmaster Mabel Qiu Seijin Park # Kai Freeman Lucas Moon Violoncello Sarah Li Liam Corrigan ​Allison Cho # Violin II PYO Organization Interns Nathan Mann # Sydney Chen * Katie Quinn + Violin Kail Yuan + Jacqueline Chow Daniel Cho + Regan Lee Kirsten Ho # • Double Bass Ananda Leahy Nicholas Hsieh # • ​Camille Donoho # • Ava Luu Eva Li # • Julia Crainic # • Sophia Rothman Austina Lin + • Liana Yau Anne Liu + Amelia Fisher Johnny May + * Section Leader + PYO Member Lily Mell + # PYAO Member Torrie Smith # • • PRYSM Alumnus Heidi Suh # • 104 105

PRYSM Gloria dePasquale • Director & Conductor, PRYSM Philadelphia Region Youth String Music 10th Annual Festival Concert Mr. and Mrs. dePasquale were frequent soloists with area community and youth PRYSM • Gloria dePasquale • Conductor orchestras, performing both the Brahms PRYSM Young Artists • Andrea Weber • Conductor Double Concerto and Saint-Saëns’ La Muse et le Poète. Their last public performance Centennial Hall • The Haverford School • Haverford together was in June of 2010 in Verizon Saturday, May 13, 2017 • 3:00 p.m. Hall at the Kimmel Center performing with PYO. Mrs. dePasquale had also appeared PROGRAM as soloist with the PYO in Verizon Hall, performing Haydn’s C Major ‘Cello Concerto Overture to The Abduction from The Seraglio W.A. Mozart and Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante. Arranged by J. Hoffman Ms. dePasquale is an advocate for music education both at The Philadelphia Second Movement Gustav Mahler Orchestra where she serves on the musi- from Symphony No. 1 in D Major Arranged by S. Dackow cian education committee and at the PYO Gloria dePasquale joined the ‘cello sec- organization where she is Artistic Advisor Theme from Havanaise Camille Saint-Saëns tion of The Philadelphia Orchestra in to the organization. In addition to serv- Arranged by R. Longfield 1977 at the invitation of Eugene Ormandy. ing as director and conductor for PRYSM, PRYSM Young Artists She is a graduate of The New England Ms. dePasquale designed and directs the Conservatory of Music and graduated with PYO College and Conservatory Audition Romanian Folk Dances Béla Bartók honors with both her BM and MM degrees Preparation Program and directs the PYO Maruntel as a student of Stephen Geber. masterclass and sectional program. PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists ‘Cellist of the dePasquale String Quartet for Ms. DePasquale maintains a large private more than two decades, the quartet was in studio and her graduating students are Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 J.S. Bach residence at Villanova University and pre- regularly accepted to the nation’s finest I. Allegro Moderato Arranged by L. Latham sented a highly acclaimed chamber music conservatories, colleges, and universities. Ms. II. Allegro series performing with such artists as Yo-Yo DePasquale teaches for the New York State Ma, Emanuel Ax, Christoph Eschenbach, School of Orchestral Studies and is also on Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Yefim Bronfman, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and the faculty of Luzerne (NY) Music Center, I. Allegro con spirito Andre Watts. Ms. dePasquale was also Philadelphia International Music Festival, and ‘cellist of the dePasquale trio, performing Carnegie Hall’s NYO2. “Hoe Down” from Rodeo Aaron Copland alongside daughter, Francesca and her late Ms. dePasquale serves on the board of The Arranged by S. Bulla husband, William. Philadelphia Orchestra and the board of PRYSM the League of American Orchestras.

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Andrea Weber • Conductor, PRYSM Young Artists PRYSM Faculty • 2016–2017

Ms. Weber currently teaches for two divi- Matthew Barrell, viola coach, is enjoying Hannah Doucette, violin, earned a Master sions of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra his fifth season with PRYSM. Currently of Music degree in string pedagogy from organization as Site Manager at the City employed at Vanguard, he is a graduate of Temple University and a Bachelor of School in Fairmount for Tune Up Philly Temple University with degrees in Viola Music in violin performance from The and Conductor of PRYSM Young Artists. In Performance and Music Education. Mr. Hartt School. She is a former student of 2013, Ms. Weber was named Lower School Barrell has performed with the Temple William dePasquale. Hannah is the Violin/ String Specialist at the Friends Select University Symphony Orchestra, the Viola Instructor, Private Music Lesson School where she teaches 3rd and 4th Reading Pops Orchestra, and the Optimis Coordinator, and Lower School Orchestra grade string ensembles. Quartet. He is looking forward to another Director at Germantown Academy. In addi- As a cellist, Ms. Weber is focusing on her exciting season with these talented young tion, she is certified in books 1-8 of the work as a crossover musician. She has the musicians! Suzuki Method and works with various pleasure of writing cello parts and impro- Robert dePasquale was a member of the Suzuki programs. Hannah has been on the vising with regional songwriters including New York Philharmonic before joining The adjunct faculty at Moravian College, Temple Matt Duke and Andrea Nardello. Her ses- Philadelphia Orchestra in 1964, where University, and Ursinus College and per- sion work is featured in over 25 records as he served as Associate Principal Second formed in chamber groups and orchestras throughout the East Coast and Peru. Andrea Weber, cellist and string special- has been aired on national and internation- Violin until his retirement in 1997. He ist, has been teaching and performing in al radio broadcasts. She has performed with studied at the New School of Music with Jessica Nataupsky Kang, violinist, is an the Philadelphia region for 11 years. After featured artists at the Philadelphia Folk Fest, Jascha Brodsky, and gave many recitals in active teacher and performer in and around working for Temple University’s Community the Bethlehem Music Festival, the Dewey Philadelphia and Washington while he was the Northeastern PA and Philadelphia Outreach program from 2005-2007 Ms. Beach Music Festival, World Café Live in a member of the US Navy Band. He is now regions. In addition to coaching at PRYSM, Weber went on to co-create and teach for Philadelphia, The Queen in Wilmington, currently Music Director of the Academy of Jessica maintains a Suzuki violin studio in Symphony in C and the LEAP Academy’s the Tin Angel, and has won such awards Community Music, which he co-founded in Northeastern PA and coordinates the after school string program. In 2008, she with Andrea Nardello as the Philadelphia 1983 with his wife, Ellen Fisher. He is a very Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic’s joined the teaching faculty of the Musicopia Songwriter’s Competition. sought after teacher and maintains a large student mentorship program. Having String Orchestra as well as the coaching Ms. Weber holds a Bachelor’s Degree studio in the Philadelphia area. trained with Carrie Reuning-Hummel, staff of the PRYSM Young Artists orchestra. in Cello Performance from the Eastman Risa Cullen is a K-6 General Music teacher Jessica is a Suzuki certified teacher and During this time Ms. Weber performed School of Music and a Master’s Degree in in the Bensalem School District. Since is a strong proponent of this teach- as a section cellist for both the Lancaster Cello Performance from the Ester Boyer February, she has been acting as the Lower ing method. She received her master’s Symphony and Symphony in C and became College of Music and Dance at Temple Merion High School Orchestra Director. degree from Temple University’s Esther a founding member of the Elysium String University. Risa attended and performed in the Siena Boyer College of Music where she was a Quartet. Music Festival in the summer of 2013. She student of William dePasquale. Jessica cur- studied viola privately with Ellen dePasquale rently plays and substitutes with numerous and Kerri Ryan. Risa is an alumnus of the professional orchestras in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra and New Jersey, and New York including the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Binghamton Philharmonic, Symphoria (for- merly Syracuse Symphony), Delaware Symphony, Pennsylvania Ballet and the Philly POPS. 108 109

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Herold Klein was a member of The Steve Kramer has appeared at festivals Carreras, Placido Domingo, Frank Sinatra, Delaware Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra from 1971 until such as the International Kammermusik- Tony Bennett, and Johnny Mathis. Mr. The Philly Pops, Schenectady Symphony, his retirement in 2011. He began study- Akademie Kronberg in Taunus, Germany; Pirollo has composed for such groups as M. Bard Conducting Institute Orchestra, and ing the violin at the age of four with pri- the Manchester International Cello Festival Stewart Dance and The Society of Ancient the Ridgefield Symphony, among others. In vate teachers in Detroit, and was playing RNCM, in England; the Cervo Music Instruments. Mr. Pirollo is assistant conduc- her free time, Lauren enjoys traveling and with community orchestras, including the Academy and Orvieto Musica in Italy; La tor of The Bel Canto Opera Company. He playing chamber music. South Oakland Symphony, by the time Fete de la Musique in Nice, France; Festival currently sits as president of the Atlantic Angela Sulzer studied violin performance at he was nine. He has studied with Mischa de Radio France in Montpellier, France; City Musicians Union. Temple University as a student of William Mischakoff, Ivan Galamian, Josef Gingold the Jeunes Prodiges Au Palais in La Grand Lauren Ellis Scott is the newest orchestra dePasquale. She has been a member of the and Rafael Druian.Mr. Klein entered Wayne Motte in France; and in Ajacio, Bonifacio director in the Unionville-Chadds Ford PRYSM violin faculty since 2007 and is cur- State University in 1962, and while there and Porto Vecchio, Corsica. Steve Kramer School District. Following her graduation rently a string instructor at the Agnes Irwin joined the Indianapolis Symphony and later has also worked for composer Andrew from Temple University, Lauren received the School, and Teaching Artist for Maestro’s the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Klein Lloyd Webber and adventurer and film- Max Aronoff Prize for combined excellence Friends after school music program. Angela has been a member of the United States director Ivars Silis. He received artistic guid- in performance and music education, and has spent many summers studying at Army Band Strolling Strings, and since 1987 ance and inspiration from Martha Casals, she recently received her Masters in Liberal Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina, served as concertmaster of the Greater chamber music pedagogue, Tim Frederiksen Studies with Instrumental Conducting Festival of the Youth Symphony Orchestra Trenton Symphony Orchestra. and composer Ib Norholm. concentration from Stony Brook of the Americas in Puerto Rico, and most Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Steve Although primarily a violinist, David Michie University. She became a Philadelphia recently the National Orchestral Institute Kramer started playing the violin at the is a viola coach for PRYSM. He is an alum Orchestra Violin Teaching Artist in 2016, in Maryland. She is currently a member of age of three with his grandfather, Vladimir of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra under joined the PRYSM coaching staff in 2007, Prometheus Chamber Orchestra. Yeshayavitch Novak. Picking up the cello Maestro Primavera, a former member and continues to serve as a violin and viola ames Wilson is a freelance violinist. A at age five, Steve Kramer soon contin- of the Trenton Symphony, the Delaware consultant for the Western Connecticut graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, ued his studies with his first formal cello Valley Philharmonic, Concerto Soloists Youth Orchestra. Lauren directed a stu- he received his master’s degree under Clio teacher, Erling Blondal Bengtsson. He made of Philadelphia and the Philly Pops. He dent ensembles in cultural exchanges in Gould and his bachelor’s degree at Temple his debut at 12 years of age, playing as a has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, New York and Shanghai in 2012 and 2015 University studying with William dePasquale. soloist while touring with orchestras in Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and at music and received top honors from the New James is an alumnus of the PYO organiza- Scandinavia. Steve Kramer has performed festivals in Italy, Great Britain, Australia and York State School Music Association for tion. He serves as PRYSM Operations as soloist or chamber musician for violinist Canada. Currently he is Concertmaster of her student ensembles. An active violin- Manager and member of the violin facult Isaac Stern, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, the Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, ist and violist, Lauren has performed with violinist Maricio Fuks, violin pedagogue and is a student of Maestro dePasquale. Milan Vitek, cellist Vladimir Chevel, cellist Mr. Michie is the founder of David Michie Heinrich Schiff, and members in the Alban Violins, L.L.C. of Philadelphia, specializing Berg Quartet, the Amadeus Quartet and in fine violins, violas and cellos. Along with the Borodin Quartet. He has extensive his wife, Denise and sons Andrew and Kyle experience playing in orchestras led by con- (PYO Alumni), he resides in Ardmore, PA. ductors such as Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Anthony Pirollo attended the Philadelphia Yuri Temirkanov, Kurt Masur, Bernhard Musical Academy where he studied with Haitink, Neemi Jarvi and Mikhail Jurowski. Claus Adam, George Harpham, and William dePasquale. Mr. Pirollo has appeared as solo cellist with the Houston Opera, solo cellist in the United States and Europe for the world premiere of Meredith Monks opera Atlas, as well as principal cellist for such artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Jose 110 111

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Paul Smith, Director and Conductor

Violin Thomas Kalokoh 6 Flute Selaya Abraham 10 Wisdom Lambert 8 Suraya Anthony 1 Victoria Alamo 10 Mehki Lee 6 Caleb Becker 10 Jaiden Alexander 8 Jayde Lites 6 Ayani Bernard 7 Donovan Ajiboye 8 Salina Ly 6 Alexis Breyel Proett 7 Logan Amaya 10 Kaniya McKenzie 5 Chloe Campbell 7 Alasia Anthony 6 Asa McKinney 1 Richard Crawford Jr 7 Mackenzie Austin 5 Rosabella Miller 6 Jada Farmer 7 Da’Jah Ballenger 5 Noadiah Milord 6 Victor Flores Jr. 7 Sofia Barone 10 Aalayah Murray 1 Deontee Harris 1 Luke Becker 8 Sydney Newmuis 8 Eisa Kelly 10 Maggie Becker 8 Hannah Perez-Parks 5 Huy Le 7 Benjamin Bergman-Miller 10 Nye Powell 10 Angelina Lor 7 Assata Boelter 5 Kayla Reeves 5 Jason McKenzie 7 Unique Clark-Carr 1 Kaya Sanchez 8 Mekenzie Mitchell 7 Neah Dempster 6 Destiny Simpson 1 Samyyah Muhammad 10 Hanirah Dolan 5 Andrea Smith 6 Elijah Owens 1 Morgan Ebo 10 Naje Smith 5 MaKayla Polk 1 Ayomide Ehinmode 6 Rylee Smith 8 Riley Randolph 1 Serenity Fairfax 5 Eloisa Tovar 10 Faith Theodore 7 Tre Ferguson 10 Tyler Trieu 6 Brendan White 10 Aa’Sia Freeman 8 Ariel Trusty 10 William Williams 7 Paulina Glotto 6 Charis Trusty 10 Eman Horan 6 Sanaa Ward 1 Zyree Isley 5 Nat White 10 Andre Johnson 8 Soldier Williams 8 Gabrielle Jubilee 6 Viola Avyanna Jusino 8 Gabriel Devine 10 Intisaar Edwards 10 Jacob Feldman 10 Raquel Alamo 10 Violoncello Aurie Brown 10 Allen Chestnut Jr. 1 Divine Epps 10 Evelyn Feldman 10 Alana Jones 10 Jazmyn Pope 10 Fatoumat Sidibe 10 Ciin Sian Sung 1 112 113

Tune Up Philly • 2016–2017 Tune Up Philly 7th Annual Festival Concert

Paul Smith • Conductor

Temple Performing Arts Center • Philadelphia Clarinet Trumpet General Music Jeffrey Bedford 10 Irving Alejandro-Martinez 3 Peyton Barnes 2 Saturday, May 27, 2017 • 1:00 p.m. Rhyan Bell 9 Carmen Andrade 3 Myriam Bolarian 2 Toni Boyd 9 Max Austin 5 Semaj Davenport 2 Elijah Bryant 5 Tyra Baker 10 Mikaylah Moore-Lopez 2 PROGRAM Kameryn Bunn 10 Makiyah Blackwood 5 Charlotte O’Connell 2 Zephyra Devine 10 Adrianne Brown 5 Grace O’Connell 2 Flute Presentation Hamirah Dolan 5 Christina Green 4 Janlil Opher 2 Belmont Charter School & Independence Mission School Inaya Edwards 10 Jayla Hill 5 Amari Palmer 2 Present the Flute Destiny Fairfax 5 Tahiyah Johnson 4 Amir Palmer 2 Shanjae Fergerson 5 Salim Kelly 10 Amiya Palmer 2 Dance of Fire Frank Halferty Ava Ford 9 Lola Lane 5 Isabella Ponton 2 Solomon Ford 9 Shahadah McCall 4 Jayla Reese 2 Rustic Dance Mark Williams Makai Garnett 5 Xavier Newton 3 Elijah Smith 2 Riley Hardee 5 Augustina Ocasio 5 Khalid Trower 2 Overture to William Tell Gioachino Rossini Bree Jackson 9 Caleb Olshefski 10 Arranged by R. Myer Shakur Johnson 10 Amare Page 5 TUP String Orchestra Tasia Jones 5 Giovanni Pamphile 3 1 Belmont Charter School Ava Lewis 9 Ordanis Peralta 3 Autumn Hill Brendan McBrien Safiya Muhammad 10 Geonna Peterson 5 2 Inquiry Charter School Emmanuel Parsons 9 Kareem Peterson 5 3 Mariana Bracetti Avenger Rob Grice Kyaire Peterson 5 Levi Pope 10 Academy Charter School Tymia Pratt 5 Takin Shields 4 4 People for People Tynira Pratt 5 Shakim Sligh 5 Charter School With Thine Eyes Traditional Tori Shears 10 Leighanne Thomas 3 5 Saint James School Arranged by R. McWilliams Jenna Slingerland 9 Tamira Tomlin 5 6 Saint Barnabas Catholic TUP Wind Ensemble School, An Independence Lucas Small 9 Juan Tovar 10 Mission School Samir EJ Watson 5 Elizabeth Velez 3 La Folia Traditional 7 Saint Helena Incarnation Josiah White 10 Arranged by P. Smith School, An Independence Trombone Mission School Allegro for Orchestra Shinichi Suzuki Kelis Harvey 4 8 The City School Najir Mouzon 4 at Fairmount Arranged by P. Smith Cornelia Quinones 3 9 The City School Ludwig Sosa 3 at Spruce Hill Largo from Xerxes G.F. Handel Luis Vargas 3 10 The Salvation Army Ray Arranged by P. Smith Joey Vasquez 3 and Joan Kroc Center TUP Orchestra Kyndall Williams 4 Dominik Zayas 3 Latecomers will not be seated until an appropriate time in the concert. The use of photographic and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to the performers and fellow concert-goers, please silence all cell phones prior to the performance. 114 115

Paul Smith • Director & Conductor, Tune Up Philly Tune Up Philly Faculty • 2016–2017

Mr. Smith is an active composer, Originally from Fullerton, California, rock elements. The trio appears on Matt performer and educator. As a performer, Esther Chung received her BM in Flute Sharayko’s debut album Friends of Friends. Mr. Smith has premiered dozens of Performance from Duquesne University, John has also attended Tafelmusik’s baroque works to include the premiere of Robert where she studied with Damian Bursill- summer institute and Domaine Forget, Cuckson’s “Concerto for Guitar” with Hall and Jennifer Conner. In Pittsburgh, she a music festival along the St. Lawrence the Mannes Orchestra under David was a winner of the Pittsburgh Concert river in Quebec. At Domaine, John had Hayes and the premiere recording on the Society Young Artist Competition and has the opportunity to work with Francois Vienna Modern Masters label of David performed recitals at Duquesne University, Rabbath, a world renowned double bass Loeb’s “Asian Fantasias” for solo guitar. He Carnegie Mellon University, and Point Park soloist and pedagogue. received his Bachelors of Music from the University. Chung later attended Temple Joseph T. Dvorak holds a M.M. in clarinet Mannes College of Music studying under University, where she studied with David performance from University of Wisconsin- Frederic Hand where he was awarded Cramer. She has won first place in the Milwaukee, where he was a student of the Associated Music Teacher’s award. Mr. Southwestern Young Musicians Festival Grammy-award winning clarinetist, Todd Smith received a Masters Degree from The Competition and the Central Pennsylvania Levy, and a B.M. in clarinet performance Juilliard School where he studied under Flute Festival Young Artist Competition and from Temple University. At Temple, where Sharon Isbin and was a recipient of the has performed at the Aria International he was awarded a full-scholarship, Joseph McCabe Fellowship award, specializing in Music Festival and Orford Arts Centre. studied primarily with Paul Demers (bass creating performance based educational Esther is currently a member of the clarinet, The Philadelphia Orchestra) and outreach programs. He has performed Connecticut Army National Guard Band Lawrence Wagner. At UWM, Joseph was with The New Juilliard Ensemble, ICE, and a flute instructor and performer in the awarded full tuition-remission and a sti- and has received intensive baroque per- Philadelphia area. pend and was featured in a performance formance coaching from Lionel Party. Mr. John DiCarlo holds a bachelor’s degree of the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto as a con- Smith’s compositions have been featured in double bass performance from Ithaca certo competition winner with the UWM in venues ranging from Alice Tully Hall, to College and is currently finishing his orchestra. Joseph currently teaches clarinet Seoul, Korea, and receives regular commis- master’s degree from Temple University. with Tune Up Philly, as well as at S&S Music sions for new works. His voice and guitar His teachers have included Nicholas School in Ambler, PA and freelances as a ensemble, The Spoon River Duo, specializes Walker and Joseph Conyers, assistant performer in the Philadelphia area. in works for the classical guitar and voice principal of The Philadelphia Orchestra. medium and has also premiered numerous John is a frequent freelancer throughout commissions. Mr. Smith has developed after the Philadelphia area with experience school enrichment programs at The School in early music, jazz, chamber music, and at Columbia University and instrumental orchestral repertoire. Most recently he instruction at Settlement Music Schools in has performed with the Temple University Philadelphia. Symphony and Sinfonia Orchestras, the York Symphony, and Symphony in C. He also plays in a trio alongside Matt Sharayko (vocals, guitar) and Aiko Richter (violin) which is a blend of folk, bluegrass, and 116 117

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Rebecca Graham is a musician and educa- A Long Island native, Dorothy Mackey ferent institutions around Philadelphia and Mallory Tittle is a freelance clarinetist and tor of both vocal and instrumental music. began her violin studies at age four through this learned that teaching music D’Addario Woodwinds clinician living in A graduate from Ithaca College’s James J. through the Suzuki method. She continued teaches so much more than just music. the Philadelphia area. She has a private Whalen School of Music, Rebecca earned her studies with Juilliard graduate Nina Music becomes the gateway between teaching studio and also teaches group her degree in Music Education with a Chmelev through high school, participating daily life and the magic in the world. Music lessons with Tune Up Philly. Her students concentration in trumpet in 2010. Upon in both All County and All State music fes- embraces the humanity and majesty that is have been accepted into the Philadelphia graduating, she served as Music Director tivals. She received her Bachelor’s degree inherently in all of us. It is Chelsea’s great Young Musician’s Orchestra (PYMO), at New Roots Charter School in Ithaca in Music Performance from University of joy to share what she knows about this as well as district and all state bands in where she taught and developed sustain- Dayton, in Ohio, where she studied both with her students. both Philadelphia and Alabama. Mallory ability and social justice curriculum for violin and viola. Dorothy continued her Julia Morelli teaches cello at Tune Up received her Masters in Music from grades 9-12 with classes including cho- postgraduate studies at Temple University, Philly, the Haverford School and main- Temple University, where she studied rus, jazz ensemble, chamber ensemble, a where she studied with Meichen Barnes of tains a private cello studio. She performs with Sam Caviezel of The Philadelphia student-led rock band, music theory and the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra. She orchestral and chamber music throughout Orchestra. She received her Bachelors appreciation. Since living in Philadelphia, completed her Master’s Degree in String Philadelphia and the Mid-Atlantic, and she in Music from the University of Alabama Rebecca has worked as a vocal Teaching Pedagogy this past spring, and now enjoys is a confounding member of Trio Amaranth. in Tuscaloosa, where she studied with Artist with Musicopia’s FAME (Fostering teaching and freelancing in the Philadelphia She received her Bachelor of Music degree Dr. Osiris Molina. From the University of Artistry and Musical Excellence) and area. from Indiana University in Bloomington, Alabama, she received a full tuition music residency programs. Her Complaint Choir Chelsea Meynig believes that music, as Indiana. And she received her Master of scholarship. Mallory has performed with program has been hailed as “innovative” an art form, is at its base communica- Music degree from Temple University-- the Tuscaloosa, Tupelo, and Huntsville and “highly popular” and is often requested tion. Hans Christian Andersen said: having completed the first year at Boston Symphony Orchestras as well as the at sites that have a high population of at- “Where words fail music speaks” This is University. University of Alabama Wind Ensemble, the risk and special needs students. Rebecca Huxford Symphony Orchestra and the one of Chelsea’s core values in teach- Claudia Pellegrini is a Spanish born also serves on the Musicopia Board of ing as well as playing music. She began Temple University Wind Symphony. She Directors. This is Rebecca’s fourth year at violinist-composer-producer-vocalist. With has also performed as a pit clarinetist with playing music at the age of 10 years old a “Teaching and Pedagogy Certificate” by Tune Up Philly as a brass faculty member in Charlottesville Virginia. After playing in the Actor’s Charitable Theater and Theater and Teaching Artist. This year, she has taken the University Complutense of Madrid and Tuscaloosa. Mallory has performed in mas- the local upper elementary school band a “Masters’s Degree in Violin Performance” on the new position of Site Supervisor for two years Chelsea began lessons with ter classes for notable clarinetists such as working closely with the Director to by Temple University, she is a vastly expe- Yehuda Gilad, Julian Bliss, Steve Cohen, and Margaret Newcomb, who she studied with rienced teacher and performer, with over ensure continued program-wide success through High school. Mrs. Newcomb’s Elsa Verdehr.Andrea Weber among students and faculty. You can catch 18 years as an educator in Europe, the deep devotion to music and caring but firm U.S. and Puerto Rico. She performs with Rebecca performing with Philly-based hip disposition truly inspired Chelsea to pursue hop collective Hardwork Movement. several orchestras in PA and NJ, as well music as a career. In college, Chelsea stud- as with numerous Theatres. She also per- ied with Dr. Frances Lapp Averitt who real- forms often as a soloist, often collaborating ly focused on tuning and making the music with the Dementia Society of America to conversational. Afterward Chelsea studied present music programs to Memory Care with Mr. Jonathan Snowden who taught patients. She has won several awards, both the magic in the meaning of music. At as a performer (“Albert Tashjian Award for the start of her master’s degree Chelsea Excellence in Violin Performance”2004) and (under the expert tutelage of Mr. David as a composer (VH1’s “Song Of The Year” Cramer) began to teach more seriously Competition, 2007). Most recently she as part of her assistantship with Temple composed and recorded the music for the University, where she became faculty for children’s stage show “Goldilocks”(2015), Temple’s community music scholar’s pro- which was premiered to great success at gram. Chelsea also began teaching at dif- the Broadway Theatre of Pitman, NJ. 118 119

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Mandy Wolman has been described 2010 and has recorded several CD’s with Select School where she teaches 3rd and Ezgi Yargici is an active cellist and a teach- as an “impressive and bold leader” by them for Chandos recording label. In addi- 4th grade string ensembles. As a cellist, ing artist in the Philadelphia area. She the Chestnut Hill Local. She has been tion, she has recorded for Naxos with the Ms. Weber is focusing on her work as a graduated from Bilkent University with a a soloist with the Los Angeles Jewish Chamber Orchestra of New York. As an crossover musician. She has the pleasure Bachelor of Music degree in cello perfor- Symphony premiering a piece by orchestral player, Mandy performs regularly of writing cello parts and improvising with mance and Temple University with Master Philadelphia composer Andrea Clearfield with Symphony in C, Chamber Orchestra regional songwriters including Matt Duke of Music degree in both cello perfor- and is a regular soloist with Prometheus of New York, Philly Pops Orchestra, and Andrea Nardello. Her session work is mance and string pedagogy. Additionally, Chamber Orchestra. A specialist in both Pennsylvania Ballet, Prometheus Chamber featured in over 25 records as has been she has completed professional studies baroque and modern instruments, she per- Orchestra, and University of Pennsylvania aired on national and international radio at Hartt School of Music. Ezgi has taught forms as a section violinist with Tempesta Orchestra. She was a founding mem- broadcasts. She has performed with fea- for various music education organizations di Mare, Handel Choir of Baltimore, ber and concertmaster of Prometheus tured artists at the Philadelphia Folk Fest, including the Green Tambourine, Mainline Bach Festival of Philadelphia, Washington Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless the Bethlehem Music Festival, the Dewey Music Academy, The Nelly Berman School Cathedral Orchestra, Spire Ensemble, chamber orchestra, as well as Classical Beach Music Festival, World Café Live in of Music, New Jersey School of Music, Chestnut Hill Cantata Series, and the Revolution Players. Most recently she has Philadelphia, The Queen in Wilmington, Play On Philly, Settlement Music School, Indianapolis Early Music Festival among premiered music by Jeremy Gill and Riho the Tin Angel, and has won such awards The Shipley School, and Temple Music others. As a soloist, she has given concerts Maimets as part of the inaugural Salon with Andrea Nardello as the Philadelphia Preparatory Division. at University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers Series for collaborative artists and new Songwriter’s Competition. Ms. Weber holds University with members of Piffaro and is a composers in Philadelphia. a Bachelor’s Degree in Cello Performance regular performer in the Bach @7 Cantata Andrea Weber, cellist and string special- from the Eastman School of Music and series. She has appeared with members ist, has been teaching and performing a Master’s Degree in Cello Performance of the Dali String Quartet in a chamber in the Philadelphia region for 11 years. from the Ester Boyer College of Music and series at the Plastic Club Art Gallery, After working for Temple University’s Dance at Temple University. combining both of her loves; violin and Community Outreach program from Daniel Wright received his Bachelor of Flamenco. She joined Tempesta di Mare in 2005-2007 Ms. Weber went on to co- Music Degree from the Eastman School create and teach for Symphony in C and of Music in 2006. While there, he studied the LEAP Academy’s after school string in both Jazz and Classical Performance. program. In 2008, she joined the teaching Upon moving to Philadelphia in the fall faculty of the Musicopia String Orchestra of 2007, he started the DWMusic Brass as well as the coaching staff of the PRYSM Studio and began teaching at the Nelly Young Artists orchestra. During this time Berman Music School. In the fall of 2008, Ms. Weber performed as a section cel- Daniel began teaching at the Germantown, list for both the Lancaster Symphony and South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, Symphony in C and became a founding and Northeast branches of Settlement member of the Elysium String Quartet. Music School. In 2012, he was hired as a Ms. Weber currently teaches for two divi- Teaching Artist for Tune Up Philly, an out- sions of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra reach program of the Philadelphia Youth organization as Site Manager at the City Orchestra. In addition to being a member School in Fairmount for Tune Up Philly of the PYO team, Daniel maintains his own and Conductor of PRYSM Young Artists. private studio and travels the Northeast, In 2013, Ms. Weber was named Lower United States as a performance clinician. School String Specialist at the Friends 120 121

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Foundations Corporations Judith Haskell Brewer The Andrew W. Mellon Aetna Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation AirProducts, Corp. Foundation Serving The Philadelphia Allen Organ Company Richmond & Central VA Foundation Artistic and Board of Trustees The Philadelphia Youth Julian A. and Lois G. AmazonSmile Foundation Educational Leadership Orchestra organization and A. Carter Pottash Family Brodsky Foundation Foundation Archer & Greiner, P.C. Louis Scaglione Joseph F. DiMauro, VMD, the Board of Trustees thank D’Addario Foundation President, CEO Chairman the following individuals, The Presser Foundation Bachrach Photography corporations, foundations & Music Director, PYO Renée Dillon Johnson, Dolfinger-McMahon BHC Holdings, Inc. and government agencies Psalm 103 Foundation Colleen M. Hood Vice Chair Foundation for their generous The Rittenhouse Brown Brothers Harriman General Manager James Matour, Esq., contributions during the Elsie Lee Garthwaite Foundation Citizens Bank & Librarian Treasurer past year. Memorial Foundation Kevin Gifford The Robinson Family Comcast Zachary M. Johns, Esq., The Ethel Sergeant Clark Development Director Secretary Foundation of The Jewish Custom Processing Smith Memorial Fund Communal Fund Rosalind Erwin Kenneth Blank, Ph.D. This list acknowledges Services, Inc. (Sandra H.E.L.P. ® Foundation Director & Conductor, PYAO Gary Frank donations through March 15, The Samantha Fund & Jeffrey Klinger) Patrick Bailey Frank Giordano 2017. If a name, company, Henrietta Tower Wurts of The Community David Michie Violins, LLC Assistant Conductor, PYAO foundation or government Memorial Fund of The Foundation of NJ Trude Haecker, MD Donatic Kenneth Bean agency has been omitted or Philadelphia Foundation Sharon McGinley The Seattle Foundation Director & Conductor, PYMO misprinted, please accept our Eastern Standard David R. McShane Colleen Maguire Jean and David Soll Rachel Segal apologies and notify us by Family Fund David Michie Philanthropic Fund Frederick W. Cook Associate Director, PYMO calling 215 545 0502 & Co., Inc. Lydia Ogden The Maguire Foundation of the Jewish Federation Paul Bryan or email at [email protected] of Greater Philadelphia GE Foundation Matching Director & Conductor, Carl Primavera, Esq. The McGinley Family Gifts Program Bravo Brass Christopher Rinaldi Foundation William Penn Foundation Barry McCommon W. Matthew Skilton The Wright-Hayre Fund of Give with Liberty Associate Conductor, MaryTeresa Soltis, Esq. the Philadelphia Foundation Bravo Brass Walter Strine, Esq. Robert Skoniczin Rick Touhill Associate Conductor, Denise Valmé-Lundy, Esq.. Bravo Brass Gloria dePasquale Director & Conductor, PRYSM Andrea Weber Conductor, PRYSM Young Artists Paul Smith Director & Conductor, Tune Up Philly Rebecca Grahm, Site Supervisor, Tune Up Philly Patrick Bailey Operations Associate, PYO & PYAO 122 123

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Benefactor Guarantor Patron $5,000 and above $2,500 – $4,999 $1,000 – $2,499 GlaxoSmithKline Paone Design Associates Anonymous Nancy Moses The Adebekun Family, Michele & Donald Foundation Matching Gift Pfizer Foundation Matching Min Chang & Myron Bloom in memory of Maestro Kenzakowski Program William dePasquale Gifts Program Drs. Robert Day Marie & Joseph Field, Dr. Jiyeon Lee, in honor Gramercy Property Trust PNC Bank & Trude Haecker Day in honor of David Michie Joan Carter & John Agliaoro of Chloe Cho GTPHL, LLC The Prime Rib of Philadelphia Dr. & Mrs. Joseph DiMauro Robert Foley Gabriel Battista Junghe Lee The Haverford Trust PSEG Power of Giving Gary Frank Drs. Tsai-Ching & Yixin Guo, Michael Bleiman, Dr. Charles Lentz Company Program & Mr. Shangen Lu in honor of Margery & Matthew Malinowski Dorothy & Frank Giordano & Howard Bleiman Henry Troemner, LLC Quaker Chemical Susan & James Matour Don S. Liuzzi Sarah & Zachary Johns, Esq. Susan Bleiman-Soll Horsham Veterinary Foundation Drs. Donna Murasko Mark Nicoletti, Sr. Renée Dillon & Phillip & Kenneth Blank & Adam Soll Hospital Republic Bank Johnson, MD Elizabeth Pitcairn Christina & Carl Lois & Julian Brodsky Jacobs Music Company The Royal Heritage Society Leroy Kean, in honor Wayne Shuh of the Delaware Valley Primavera, Esq. Dr. Lydia Ogden Johnson & Johnson Family of Louis Scaglione & Dr. James Buehler Linfeng Song & Weiqing of Companies SAP Software Solutions Leslie & Frank Skilton, Xuan Frances & James Maguire in honor of Maestro Louis Anne Callahan J.W. Pepper, Inc. SKF, Inc. Sharon & Joseph McGinley Scaglione & Charles Croce Gang Wei Karen Corbin Society of The Sons David R. McShane Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Smith Salvatore DeBunda, Esq. Communications of St. George Denise Houghton, Esq. Karen & David Smith Barbara & Michael Devine Love the Arts in Southern Ocean & David Michie Philadelphia Medical Center MaryTeresa Soltis, Esq. Jayne & Walter Garrison Louis Scaglione Macy’s Philadelphia Station Place Enterprises Denise Valme-Lundy, Esq. Penelope Harris Matthew Skilton Microsoft Matching Gift Studio Incamminati Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Henze Alice & Walter Strine, Esqs. Program Strine Family of Companies Alysson Cwyk The Templeton Family & Colleen M. Hood Network for Good UHS of Delaware, Inc. Peter Jang, in honor UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc. of Daniel & Sarah Jang Tiffany’s Bakery The Welsh Society of Philadelphia 3 Veritable Friends

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Donor Contributor Friends $500 – $999 $250 – $499 Up to $249 Anonymous Joanne & Walter Jenkins, Julie & Eugene Allport Michael Li Eunice & Henry Alexander Sigrid & Ulf Cahn von Mary & Robert Ballard, in Esqs. Anonymous, in honor PeiHong Chen & Peng Liu Jill & Paul Aschkenasy Seelen memory of Maestro Joseph Julie Jensen & Robert Bryan of Geana Snart William Loeb Jessica Attie Yurn Li Or & Wenwen Cai Primavera Yinghe & Austin Li, in honor Susan & Dave Bravo Christine Lussier Dagny Barone Christine Charles Willo Carey & Peter of Colin Li Carolyn Cohen & Robert Hamill Ren Egawa & Rujing Chang, Benoliel Dr. Alec Beekley St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Lisa Crocker James Lynch in memory of William Lisa Brody & Steven B. Bizar Cynthia & David Beekley, in dePasquale Edith May Lei Cui Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Lynch honor of Alexandra Beekley Joellyn & Edward Cattell Fred Charles, in honor Susan Ng & Andrew Jason DePue, in memory Nathalie & John May Brian Benda Gloria dePasquale Maidment of Ehren Valmé of William dePasquale Robert Mead, in honor Frances Berkman Monica & Daniel DiLella Graham & Susan McDonald Lan Jin & Gang Cheng, Gerard Donahue, in of Gareth T.E. Haynes Rita Bevilacqua, in memory in honor of Nina Cheng Kathy & David Dinella Kelly & Michael Perron memory of Sharon Donahue Margaret & William Metz of Richard Bevilacqua Kathy Chou William Daniels Joseph Petko Deborah & Gary Barbara Mitnick Jerry Bidlack, in honor Dorshimer, MD Karen Huang & Paul Chou Dr. Reginald Bettye Ricks Sue & Steve Munzer of Kenneth Bean & Mrs. Kathy Foy Rosalind Erwin, in memory Maria Christou Kerri Ryan, in memory Barbara Noseworthy Harriet Bleiman, in memory Judith Francis of Helen Carp of Rosamond Jeanette of Margery Bleiman Sharon Clark & William Nathan Erwin Serena & Frank Donna & Lawrence Gacek Dr. Bradley Robinson Mary Bobolis Charlene Clarke Margaret G. Ewing Pantazopoulos Alice & Stephen Gaston Yumi & Henry Scott Diane Borrowman Shannon Cline Phyllis Fox Rong Wang & Zhiping Qiu Heather Giampapa David Segal Ann & Scott Botel-Barnard Diane & Ross Collins, Patricia Furlan Maureen Quinn in honor of Joshua Collins Lorrie Gunn Charlotte Sibley, Dr. Harry Rosenthal Joan & George Brantz Mendelssohn Club Alice & Stephen Gaston Peter Cressman Lynn & Steve Hewitt Sharon Roszkowski Kathleen Breslin Martha & Ronald Stang Mandi Jo & David Hanneke Joseph, Veronica, & Olivia Gladis & Richard Hwang Sheryl & Eric Rothman Kristen Poole & Martin Cwynar, in memory of Dr. & Mrs. Michael Warhol Dorothy & George Hawke Brueckner Padma Iyer Teresa Sison Sharon & Louis Scaglione Lisa & Greg Warshaw Peggy Hobbs, in honor Barry Buchy of Michael Chou Ramona & Jack Vosbikian Monica & William Nancie W. Burkett DeGrandis, in memory Karen & William Hoffman, Winnie Zhu & Qi Wang of Otello & Eleanor in honor of Cayley Hoffman Kristin & Ulf Cahn Michelle Che & Xiao Yang von Seelen DeGrandis Lisa & William Hoffman P.K. Yegneswaran Debora L. DeVaughn Commander Michael Frances Dimond & Mrs. Terez Kearney Gisela & Herold Klein, in honor of Louis Scaglione Robert Laskowski William Leach, in honor of Arnold Grossi 126 127

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Mr. & Mrs. Roger Dinella Daphne Child Hill & Jesse Michele & Robert Levin, William J. Nolan Geoffrey Rupprecht Elaine & Martin Sussman, Jay Donner Hill, in memory of Stanley in memory of Margery Frances O’Brien, in honor Steven Sacks-Wilner in memory of Margery Child Bleiman Bleiman Francis Dougherty of Nanette A. O’Brien Ralph Sauer, in memory Sharon & Isidore Hofferman Laura Lewis (Buckwald) Michelle Sysol Cristin Dziekonski Hirono Oka of Joseph Primavera Sophie Huang Ilene & William Lipshutz, Nara Takakawa Hope & Matthew Feldman Mira & Timothy Olsen Selma & Samuel Savitz Geri & Mark Huxsoll in memory of Margery Chik-Kwun Tang Phyllis Fox Bleiman Irene & Theodore Oslick Pascale & Matthew Shaftel Alexander Ioffreda Claire & Evan Thomas Joseph Freedman Min Zhu & Wei Liu Andrea Packard & Jay Thuy Pham Sharp Nicholas Ioffreda Dahlke Ann Marie Turner Martha Friedman, in memo- Tarasa Lovick Shelley A. Showers ry of Marcia Kopps Sandra & Richard Josephs Theodore Pasternak, in Rita & Charles Schedel, Johanna & Jonathan Tyburski Judy & Charles Lyons, memory of Michael Maleno Chun Ren & Peng Gao Roger Janssen in memory of Margery in honor of Dr. Margaret Kathleen & David Vito Melissa Patridge A. Schedel Charlotte Gardiner Ming Jiang Bleiman Richard Vogel Michelle & Michael Johns Lynne & Bill MacKnight David Paulsen Barbara & Richard Deborah Volker Mark Garvin, in memory Schmeltzer of Bob Gallagher Christiane & Takahito Douglas Mapp Robert & Lance Podell Caroline Walsh Joseph Shapiro Alfred Gaus, Jr. Kambarra Margarete & Robert Marvin Leonard Podolin Eve Warner Cheryl & Robert Shelderfer Kevin Gifford Michelle & Richard Kang Meg Matlack Linda Polishuk Lesley & Mark Weber Mung-Yo Sheu Nancy & William Giles Ruth Kartman, in honor Robert & Theresa McLaren Joy Pollock Robin Weiner of David Segal Joan & Leonard Shore Michelle Golden Elizabeth McLean Mark Rachlin Rochelle, Jonathan, Susan Ketell The Siegel Family, in memo- Kris & Jeff Grabell Philip Mendelsohn Min Zhong & Dejian Ren Haley & Drew Weiss Denise Kinney & Susan ry of Margery Bleiman John Granozio, in honor Frances Menin Rosemarie & Bill Reynolds Jerome Wigler, in memory Bernini Janet Sigman, in memory of Joseph Primavera of Gloria & William Marguerite Mertz & Catherine Robinson of Margery Bleiman dePasquale Susan Kirsch Martin Wilensky Michael Lynagh, in honor Michael Robbins Robert Simpson Kent Gushner, in memory Lorraine Kligman of Dan Rothermel John Wolf Albert Rodstein, in memory David Smith of Margery Bleiman Jeri & David Kozloff, Susan Meyer, in memory of Margery Bleiman Brian Wormley in honor of Benjamin Rheta Smith Kate Hall, in memory of Margery Bleiman Leah Roszkowski Jayanthi Subramaniam of Margery Bleiman S. Kozloff Richard Donald Smith Kimberly Miller Toba Guttler Rotman, in & P. K. Yegneswaran Lucinda & Roland Harper Mary Louise& Kenneth Carole Solomon, in memo- Kubacki Margarita Montanaro honor of Ruth H. Guttler Catherine Harper & Roy ry of Margery Bleiman Jeffrey Lang Jean Hee Moon Arlene Rubin, in memory Winnick of Margery Bleiman Gary & Amy Steinberg, EunJoo Lancaster Richard Mulford in memory of Margery Dr. Morton A. Langsfield, Nancy & Michael Neary Bleiman DDS Holly & Norman Nelson Jill & Sydney Steinberg Gregory Lare Maria L. Newman Shari & Richard Steinberg, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lawler Mr. & Mrs. Reade Nimick in memory of Margery Bleiman Rob Lawless Etta & Charles Nissman, Patricia Stewart Brad Lederman in memory of Margery Bleiman Nancy Stokking 128 129

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Volunteers Special Thanks City School, Spruce Hill Kimmel Center for the Paone Design Associates The Philadelphia Orchestra The PYO program could not We thank the many special Jake Becker, Head Performing Arts Gregory Paone, Association exist without the tireless individuals and organizations of School Anne C. Ewers, Principal & Creative Allison Vulgamore, contributions of numerous who supported our program Stephanie Hooks, President & CEO Director President & CEO dedicated volunteers. The in important ways, apart Principal J. Edward Cambron, Joshua Bankes, Jeremy Rothman, Vice Administration and the Board from financial contribution, Curtis Institute of Music Senior Vice President Design Associate President, Artistic Planning of Trustees wish to thank all in the past year. Paul Bryan, Dean Joseph Dillon, Director, Dave Hanas, Naomi Gonzales, those listed below. We apolo- of Students & Faculty Production Digital Media Associate Manager, Collaboration Bachrach Photography Casey Rodger, and Access gize to anyone whose name Peter Blaikie, Photographer Nan Alderson, Director Parkway Corporation has been inadvertently omit- of Facilities Operations Director, Facility Sales Joseph S. Zuritsky, Robert M. Grossman, ted or misspelled. Barnes Foundation & Independent Chairman & CEO Principal Librarian Kathleen Ogilvie Greene, David Michie Violins, LLC Presentations Steven Amgott People for People The Primavera Fund Public Programs Manager Edgimo Co. Jay Wahl, Artistic, Rachel Segal, Founder Director of Programming Charter School Jennifer Bouch Belmont Charter School Ben Dickinson, Founder & Executive Director & Presentations Rev. Hebert H. Lusk, II, Sunn Cho Chris Hanlon, Executive The Haverford School Kenneth Bean, Program Leigh Sweda, Founder Director, Community Steve Stephenson, & Associate Director Carolina Cozza & Family Event Manager Pri Seebadri, CEO Education Alliance Managing Director, Nicole Thornton, Corey Dwyer, Principal Saint Barnabus Catholic Susan Feenan Farish Sawyer, Centennial Hall Production Manager, Philadelphia 76ers School, an Independent Richard Greco Head of School Daniel Solderitsch, Verizon Hall Mission School Carrie Brandon, Assistant Director, Angelina Gasparo, Kathy Hiester Senior Account Executive Anne McGoldrick, OST Director Centennial Hall Love the Arts in President, Independence Michele Hill Jessica Williams, Staff Inquiry Charter School Philadelphia Pennsylvania Academy Mission Schools H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest Terez & Michael Kearney Bryn Mawr College Claire Cohen, of the Fine Arts Sister Margaret & Marguerite Lenfest Abby King Crystal Kim Lisa Zernicke, Director, OST Coordinator McCullough, Principal Joel & Lois Gibbs Philadelphia All-City Steve Klugman Conferences & Events Jacobs Music Saint Helena-Incarnation Debra Chadwick, Chris Rinaldi, President The Mariana Bracetti Orchestra Catholic School, an Gail Kotel Secretary, Conferences & CFO Academy Charter School Joseph Conyers, Director Independent Mission School Barbarette Pondexter Lee & Events Gabrielle Rinaldi, Angela Villani, CEO Philadelphia Chamber Anne McGoldrick, Walter Aikens, Ruth & Weilun Liu Charles Gagnon Audio Executive Vice President Music Society President, Independence Coordinator Production & Engineering & Director Mission Schools Stacy Lyons Philadelphia Museum of Art Musicopia Claire Frosch, Principal Christine Witkowski, J.W. Pepper Lindsey Bloom, Naomi Maloney Denise Kinney, Jenn Reed, Assistant Consultant Lee Paynter, Chief Museum Educator Denise Mann Operating Officer Executive Director Principal Church of the Holy Trinity, Daniela Pierson, Philadelphia Music Alliance Kristin Kemmerer, Lisa & Andrew Mell Rittenhouse Square Kathy Fernandes, for Youth (PMAY) Vice President, Marketing Conductor & Artistic Teacher Liason John May Amy Barley, Coordinator, Musicopia Philadelphia Phillies Communications Manager Angela McAvinue String Orchestra Teresa Leyden, Ed Weston, Ox Coffee Entertainment Coordinator Nancy & Michael Neary Central Director Max Cudworth Susan Ng City School, Fairmount & Williams Gross, Kathy Sellers Jake Becker, Head Owners & Operators of School Na’ama Yarden Melissa Sanchez, Principal Laura Zimmerman 130 131

In Appreciation • 2016–2017 Season Performance Schedule • 2016–2017

Saint Mark’s Church, Sam Ash Music Tiffany’s Bakery Sunday, November 20, 2016 – 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Showcase 2017 Philadelphia School District of The Union League Rev. Sean E. Mullen, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Philadelphia of Philadelphia Information: 215 893 1999 Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra Rector Frank Machos, Executive Jeffrey McFadden, Jason De La Roi, Sexton Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra Director, Office of The Arts General Manager Saturday, December 17, 2016 – 7:30 p.m. PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists Saint James School & Academic Enrichment Abby Kanak, Director Bravo Brass Bravo Brass David Kasievich, Head Marjorie Keefe, Teacher of Banquet Operations Church of the Holy Trinity Tune Up Philly of School Settlement Music School Stewart Mahan, Information: 215 545 0502 The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts David M. McDonough, Helen Eaton, Executive Private Event Director Information: 215 893 1999 Assistant Head of School Director John Meko, Executive Sunday, December 18, 2016 – 3:00 p.m. for Academics Adam Johnston, Director Director, Youth Work Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra Saturday, May 13, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. Annie Lerew, Dean of Strategic Initiatives Foundation Temple Performing Arts Center 10th Annual Festival Concert of Operations Kira Foley-Tuzman, Information: 215 545 0502 PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists Feldscher Horwitz Public Saint Mary’s Episcopal Youth Work Foundation Centennial Hall – The Haverford School Relations Martin Hamann, Saturday, January 21, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. Information: 215 545 0502 Church, Burlington Sharla Feldscher, Rev. J. Connor Haynes, Executive Chef Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra President / Partner Saturday, May 13, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. Rector Donny Santiago, Tune Up Philly Hope Feldscher Horwitz, Executive Sous-Chef Temple Performing Arts Center 14th Annual Festival Concert Saint Patrick’s Church, Vice President / Partner Information: 215 545 0502 Bravo Brass Philadelphia Wendi Schweiger, Victory Brewing Company Saint Mark’s Church of Philadelphia Amanda Giangiulio Father Daniel E. Mackle, Manager Saturday, February 4, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. Information: 215 545 0502 Rector Studio Incamminati WRTI PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists Loretta Colucci, Leona Shanks, Founder William Johnson, Centennial Hall – The Haverford School Sunday, May 21, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. 22nd Annual Festival Concert Office Manager Jay Pennie, Executive General Manager Information: 215 545 0502 Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra The Salvation Army Director Kile Smith, Director The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Kroc Center Andrew Yanelli, Director of Content Sunday, February 12, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. Information: 215 893 1999 Captains, Tawny Cohen of Education Programming Jane Kelly, Director Philadelphia Youth Orchestra The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts -Zanders & Kevin Bill Wedo, of Development Jack Moore, Classical Information: 215 893 1999 Saturday, May 27, 2017 – 1:00 p.m. Zanders, Administrators Communications Manager 7th Annual Festival Concert Louise Smith, Music Director Temple Performing Saturday, March 4, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. Tune Up Philly Education Director & Classical Host Arts Center Joe Patti, Production Bravo Brass Temple Performing Arts Center Aaron Harris, Sean Roche, Event Saint Mark’s Church of Philadelphia Information: 215 545 0502 Performing Arts Manager Manager Service Manager Denise McDevitt, Information: 215 545 0502 Saturday, May 27, 2017 – 4:00 p.m. Account Manager Friday, March 10, 2017 – 6:00 p.m. Inaugural Festival Concert 2017O PY Gala Dinner and Concert Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra Bravo Brass Temple Performing Arts Center Tune Up Philly Information: 215 545 0502 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra The Union League of Philadelphia Sunday, June 4, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. To request an invitation: 215 545 0502 77th Annual Festival Concert Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Sunday, March 12, 2017 – 3:00 p.m. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra Information: 215 893 1999 The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Information: 215 893 1999 132 133

Auditions 2017 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Organization

To audition for one of the Philadelphia Bravo Brass Give to PYO Open Rehearsals Youth Orchestra ensembles, please Auditions are open to musicians from The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra is a visit our website for additional information, 12 through 21 years of age. Philadelphia Youth Orchestra 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization audition applications and online registration. Advance registration is required. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. which relies on the generous support Advance registration is required: Monday, June 5, 2017 of donors and foundations. If you would Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra www.pyos.org Brass, Percussion like to make a tax-deductible contribution, Sundays, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. please visit our website or mail your Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra Contact: Paul Bryan, Director & Conductor donation payable to: Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Saturdays, 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia Young Artists Orchestra Phone: 215 545 0502 Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 41810 Bravo Brass Auditions are open to musicians from Philadelphia, PA 19101-1810 Mondays, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 10 through 21 years of age. Office: 215 545 0502 Saint Patrick Hall Advance registration is required. PRYSM & PRYSM Young Artists Email: [email protected] Twentieth & Locust Streets Auditions are open to student string www.pyos.org Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Thursday, May 11 and players from 6 through 14 years of age. Friday, May 12, 2017 Advance registration is required. PRYSM Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Follow us on: Fridays, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 16, 2017 Percussion, Harp, Keyboard Bryn Mawr College 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 101 North Merion Avenue Location: Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 Saturday, June 3 and 10, 2017 Member: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, 101 North Merion Avenue • League of American Orchestras Tune Up Philly – Daily Operation Percussion, Harp, Keyboard Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 • Arts & Business Council 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Belmont Charter School Contact: Colleen Hood, General Manager of Greater Philadelphia Inquiry Charter School Sunday, June 11, 2017 Phone: 215 545 0502 • Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Email: [email protected] • Pennsylvania Association People for People Charter School Percussion, Harp, Keyboard of Nonprofit Organizations Saint James School 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saint Barnabas Catholic School, An Location: Saint Patrick Hall Independence Mission School Twentieth & Locust Streets Saint Helena Incarnation School, An TheO PY organization receives support Philadelphia, PA 19103 Independence Mission School from the Pennsylvania Council on the The City School at Fairmount Contact: Colleen Hood, General Manager Arts, a commonwealth agency funded Phone: 215 545 0502 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The City School at Spruce Hill Email: [email protected] the National Endowment for the Arts, The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center the U.S. Department of Education and The Philadelphia Cultural Fund. PYO Annual Festival Program Book Editor: Colleen Hood Principal photography: Bachrach Photography As part of PYO’s commitment to the Program printing: Garrison Printing environment, this program was printed on an FSC certified wood-free paper Poster printing: Fidelity Graphics which is elemental chlorine free and contains Program book and poster design: 30% recycled content. Paone Design Associates, Ltd. Please, save share or recycle this book. 134 135

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