70 YEARS • 2010-2011 SEASON Tri-County Concerts Emerging Artists Series October 24, 2010 • 3:00 pm Matthew Bengtson, piano & Trio Camille Matthew Bengtson, piano Min-Young Kim, violin Michal Schmidt, cello and piano Benefit Concert Benefit February 13, 2011 • 2:30 pm Mimi Solomon, piano March 27, 2011 • 2:30 pm Dalí Quartet Luigi Mazzocchi and Carlos Rubio, violin; Adriana Linares, viola; Jesús Morales, cello May 15, 2011 • 2:30 pm Benjamin Beilman, violin Andrew Tyson, piano 69th Annual Youth Festival Concert Sunday • June 12, 2011 • 3:00 pm • Montgomery County Community College OURPURPOSE FFor seventy years, the Tri-County Concerts Association has served the Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery County communities by fostering the performance and appreciation of the highest quality solo and ensemble chamber music. It is the only chamber music series in the area run by an independent community board. Tri-County Concerts is unique in presenting recitals both by emerging ,OUIS3CAGLIONEs-USIC$IRECTOR#ONDUCTOR professional artists and by promising local youths. 'LORIA7ILLIAMDE0ASQUALEs#O !RTISTIC!DVISORS The association has been particularly adept at promoting the careers of exceptionally talented artists on the verge of achieving major recognition. Emerging artists who have performed in Tri-County Concerts include William Kapell, Marian Anderson, Paul Badura-Skoda, Eugene Istomin, the Budapest String Quartet, Leontyne Price, the Juilliard String Quartet, and Vladimir Sokoloff. Many of these artists showed appreciation for this early support by returning years later to perform again for the Tri-County community audience. Local stars who have appeared with Tri-County include the legendary Anna Moffo, Pamela Frank, Marcantonio Barone, and Eric Owens. SERVINGOURCOMMUNITY PPart of the Tri-County mission is to reach a widely varied audience with subsidized ticket arrangements. In this manner, many young people have received their introduction to chamber music, conservatory students their inspiration, and members of retirement communities sheer musical enjoyment in exposure to world-class artists. Ticket prices are kept low to enable families to share a rich cultural experience. )NFORMATIONONTHEnSEASON WWWPYOSORGs 3 OURHISTORY 2+$6(0+95%:-$";'(%<% 2344-56(0$7&/1385.8'59&'./5:.*038 =(10+95%:-$";'(%>> ;./5;(43,+0$7 P/&1&801 2+$6(0+95%:-$";'(%?@ IThis year, Tri-County Concerts Association proudly celebrates its 70th season as <7+**-5=.>>5=.# one of the region’s most significant venues for chamber music. In December =(10+95%A"B'*;'(%C% !"#$%&'(")#*+,-$.)/ 6'33/*72&5")#%'8 :/+0&/15938?&/&8$&@5A+$7.&*597.438 1941, chamber music in the Philadelphia suburbs received a remarkable boost 2+$6(0+95%A"B'*;'(%D?% from Ellen Winsor and Rebecca Winsor Evans when the two sisters decided to <7+**-5B.8$&5=.# sponsor the original Curtis String Quartet in a free public concert at Radnor 2+$6(0+95%A"B'*;'(%>@% AIBPQGHA8I%%Y(BD8U Junior High School. An early program tells us that “its aim was to bring the 2+$6(0+95%E'-'*;'(%F% spiritual peace and the beauty of music in the lives of our fellow-citizens who were 973/.*5C3$+&0-563*+'.-5938$&/0 living under the shadow of war; thus strengthening them with the knowledge that =(10+95%G+,6+(9%DF% D7&56./*&#5E(./0&0@597.#4&/ music is the great international language which unites all peoples in the common 2+$6(0+95%G+,6+(9%>>% bond of friendship.” The musicians were enthusiastically received and the =3&5;3,.835.8'5=3785C$3F&*' Tri-County Concerts Association was successfully launched. Two years later, the =(10+95%G+,6+(9%>H% &ABD474F6G fledgling organization held its first Youth Music Festival and assumed a vital 4.6(#0+95%=';(6+(9%?%I%=(10+95%=';(6+(9%F% position in the area’s cultural life. G+,&/15HH@5D7&.0/&563/+>38 =(10+95%=';(6+(9%DD% A+*&15B.,+1I5J+8'5K?52*(&5L5MN55 From the early 1950s to the late 1970s, the driving force behind the Tri-County :+075=+##-59344 Concerts Association was Mrs. Guida Smith. Her energies were devoted to =(10+95%=';(6+(9%DH% FP8E5D8%PH4FGD bringing top musical artists to the community, as well as relatively unknown 2+$6(0+95%=';(6+(9%>J% virtuosi who later became internationally renowned. The Youth Music Festival 2*(&15O05D7&59/311/3.'1 proved a major springboard to young area talent during this period. Several !",0+95%=';(6+(9%>H% 01#*023'4$&5" G+$7./'5J"52&88&005;&$0(/&17+P5 winners went on to principal positions with such leading orchestras as the Q3/5<&.$&5O8'5C3$+.*5=(10+$& D7CGC$2P$7E8F$1@@8F Pittsburgh Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the San Francisco =(10+95%!+(-.%F% QA8D Symphony. One well-known Festival winner was Metropolitan Opera star Anna 26,0+95%!+(-.%J% Moffo. Another was soprano Clamma Dale, who later achieved stardom following # ' ( 1 ' # <7+*.'&*P7+.5R3(8S5O/0+1015K/$7&10/. her much acclaimed lead role in the Houston Opera Company’s Broadway 2+$6(0+95%!+(-.%D>% J(85R.8S5;+85B.8$&/1 production of Porgy and Bess. 2+$6(0+95%!+(-.%>J% 9.P+03*5C0&P1 In 1979 Jean Wetherill of Radnor assumed leadership of the Association. She 2+$6(0+95%K&(1/%>% )A8E8CB4%GH8D4F7 fostered the organization’s continued health during a period of transition. That 2+$6(0+95%K&(1/%<% year, the Association became a nonprofit corporation in order to strengthen its 2344-5T.8U&*5!+075C0&,&593*&#.8 mission and its increasingly important fund-raising functions. When the Radnor 2+$6(0+95%K&(1/%DJ% A380.8.5G&P)V2(15C03PW54-5:+**+.#5H8S& Middle School underwent renovations in 1980, the concert series was relocated 2+$6(0+95%K&(1/%?@% to Delaware County Community College. After a brief return to Wayne C0&?3856.//+15O8'52*.$U3(0 Auditorium in 1987, the series moved to Centennial Hall at Haverford College 71#.)9*:21#&)& in 1989, then to the Main Line Unitarian Church in 1992 and now to our present location at Eastern University since 1999. Throughout these changes, the tradition of high music standards has continued. In recent years our focus has been on “Emerging Artists,” selected by our artist selection committee. These are &(' " )"0 $ talented young artists who have demonstrated exceptional abilities and preparation, !"#"$##%P84PGF !1($&'.*;&)(% and who will, in a few seasons, become important personalities on the music scene. Our goal is to provide exposure at our concerts and a modest stipend !"#$%&'()"(*+,-'#%.'/0%1,%$.'%2-1',-'%3',$'(%4.'+$'(5%3',$(+/%3+*&6#%1,%7/6'%7'//8 which will afford needed assistance at a crucial time in their careers. At the same CE$G8395GF$1B4$8B6CEA1G8CB0$I8F8G$ !!!"#$%"&'()*+,&*-./01 time we afford our audiences the opportunity to see and hear tomorrow’s stars. 5 VIRTUOSOPERFORMANCESSINCE 1 9 4 1 1941 Curtis String Quartet 1982 David Wetherill, French horn 1942 William Kincaid, flute 1983 The Ridge String Quartet 1943 William Kapell, piano 1986 Cynthia Raim, piano 1944 Marian Anderson, contralto 1987 Peter Wiley, cello 1946 Budapest String Quartet 1989 Gil Shaham, violin 1946 Samuel Mayes, cello, and 1989 Pamela Frank,violin Vincent Persichetti, piano 1991 Gyorgy Sandor, piano 1947 Roland Hayes, tenor 1993 Peabody Trio 1949 Juilliard String Quartet 1995 Meng-Chieh Liu, piano 1952 M. Horszowski, piano Brentano String Quartet 1953 Anna Moffo, soprano 1996 Ying Quartet 1954 Paul Badura-Skoda, piano 1997 Juliette Kang, violin 1955 Joseph Szigeti, violin 1998 Alexander Shtarkman, piano 1956 Eugene Istomin, piano 1999 Jason Vieaux, guitar 1957 Leontyne Price, soprano Alon Goldstein, piano 1958 Guiomar Novaes, piano 2000 Sari Gruber, soprano 1960 Rosalyn Tureck, piano 2001 Eric Owens, basso 1963 Ruggiero Ricci, violin Reiko Watanabe, violin 1964 Hans Richter-Haaser, piano 2002 Sergey Schepkin, piano 1966 Benita Valente, soprano Mimi Stillman, flute Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance offers a diverse 1971 Balsam, Kroll & Heifetz Trio 2004 Shunsuke Sato, violin curriculum, wide array of degree programs and exemplary faculty, 1972 Masuko Ushioda, violin 2006 Matthew Bengtson, preparing students for careers as educators, performers, composers 1973 Orlando Cole, cello, and harpsichord and piano and scholars. Vladimir Sokoloff, piano > Degree programs in instrumental studies, jazz studies, education, 1974 Gyorgy Sandor, piano theory, therapy, choral conducting, keyboard, composition, 1976 Clamma Dale, soprano history, voice and opera. 1981 Katherine Ciesinski, soprano > Annual orchestra and jazz band performances at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. 5 0 THANNIVERSARYGALAPERFORMANCE > Distinguished faculty includes members of The Philadelphia Orches- tra as well as many other noted recording and performing artists. Rosalyn Tureck, piano Cellist Rajli Bicolli performs with the Temple University Symphony Orchestra at the Annual Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Concert. Alan Stepansky, cello Fei-Ping Hsu, piano Photo by Jessica Griffin Timothy Baker, violin James Barbagallo, piano Marcantonio Barone, piano Deborah Carter, flute For moremor e information, pleasep contact: David Hamilton, tenor 215-204-6810 or [email protected]@@temple.edu www.temple.edu/boyerwww .temple.eedu/boyer Philadelphia,Phhiladelphia, PAP A 7 SUPPORTTRI - COUNTYCONCERTS INAPPRECIATION 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0 TTri-County Concerts Association thanks the following individuals and CCommunity support makes this remarkable organization possible. Individuals organizations for their generous contributions over the past year. and local businesses have been generous with both financial and in-kind gifts. Corporations and foundations, recognizing the unique benefits that a FOUNDATIONS & CORPORATIONS Murray and Vera Wilson community-based cultural association can offer, have given their essential support BNG Foundation Runzhi Zhao and Zhengtian Xu to the organization. Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund Jacobs Music Company CONTRIBUTORS (up to $99) Lois L. Ache Support in any of the following categories entitles contributors to a given SPONSORS ($2,500 & over) Jane Baserga number of tickets for each subscription concert.